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I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. John 15:5 KJV

Faith that trusts even though you seem to stand alone. Faith that trusts when your heart is sinking and it aches within you. Faith that trusts when you do not understand, and when you cannot feel. Faith that believes and looks on in the face of discouragement. Faith that is sturdy and stout and will not be moved by doubt. Faith that hopes. Faith that believes in Me. Faith that stands on My Word. Faith that marches on and endures all things, knowing that I will not fail and cannot fail.

This gift of faith is faith that will move mountains, and will stand when all else fails, faith that will change the world and conquer the minds and hearts of men. This anointing of faith that I give to you is the victory that will overcome the world.

Do not fear for the times of testing that tumble about you. Know that through these I am able to give you a great gift of faith. This great faith is a work of My hand; it is My gift to you. It descends from above as you simply place your trust in Me, regardless of the circumstances you face.

I am working and I will come alive within you as you walk on and simply trust. Be encouraged, for you will know Me in ways that you have never known before. Rest now. Have peace. I am near! Eye has not seen, nor has ear heard, the things that I have prepared for you who accept this gift of faith that I freely give to all who ask.

Establishing the connection

“I own the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine. … All the world is mine and everything in it. Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.”—Psalm 50:10–12, 14–15 (4)

As the master of the universe, all true riches and abundance belong to Me. I have in My hands all that you ask for, all that you seek, and all that you strive for.

I am willing and able to bless you in the ways that you seek, but I can only fully bless you and supply for you when you place your trust in Me and have faith in My will and plan for your life. As you do your part to place your trust fully in Me, I will never fail to guide and keep you, and give you the perseverance and strength to overcome everything you meet throughout your life journey.

Take the time to be like Mary, who was content to sit at My feet, listen to My words, and spend time with Me. Then you will find the strength for your work, and it will be blessed. You will reap dividends of faith and peace that will give you the strength to travel down the path of My will.

The secret is found in spending time with Me—time in My Word, time to be strengthened, to have your faith renewed and your connection and link with Me established. That is the secret to overcoming and success.

4 NLT.








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Some animals can do amazing things, but no matter what an animal’s speciality, there is usually something else that is almost as good at it. A cheetah can leave most other animals standing but a gazelle can give it a run for its money. With humans and their brainpower, though, nothing even comes close. Because of this huge gulf between us and all other living creatures we tend to think of ourselves as being very special. And we are very special; our immensely superior intelligence has enabled us to dominate our world unchallenged. Does our position at the top of the pecking order entitle us to think that nature, the Universe or God -if you must- has marked us out for a singular destiny?

In reality we seem just as subject to natural phenomena as everything else. We are no less susceptible to illness and disease than any other living thing; we are affected by gravity and every other law of physics just like anything else is. We die and decompose just like any other organism. Yet, many of us believe we have an exclusive union with some sort of spiritual dimension, and think that after death something wonderful is in store for us.

But why do we believe these things when the logical faculties we rely on every day to survive, and on which we are completely dependent, have to be suspended in order to do it? Besides intelligence, we also have imagination to tempt us into promoting hope over experience; perhaps that’s why some of us prefer not to settle for the more mundane reality.

The beliefs of some are fantastic and varied, and, no doubt, can be life enriching. I’m not at all spiritual, that’s probably why I don’t get it when people talk about souls and cosmic energies that need to be resonated with. Besides, I think our world and nature is already fantastic without projecting a mystical dimension onto it.

I was reading how trees communicate with each other; not by some sort of mystical telepathy, but through the mycelia of fungi and the intricate networks they create in the soil. Not only is that fantastic, it’s real and can be empirically verified. That’s just one of countless amazing discoveries, and we are learning more all the time. Who needs mythology? There’s nothing wrong with revering nature, but why the need to credit it with supernatural qualities to make being in harmony with it feel worthwhile. It’s good to love nature, to be in awe of it and strive to be in tune with it; after all, we are part of it and no more or less important than any other part of it.

Just my perspective.

When I close my eyes to go to sleep I allow the visions to come as a way of relaxing me before I drift off to sleep. Often the images my mind conjures up are pretty dull. However some are very interesting and I just watch and try to figure out what the heck they are.

I see colors too. Colors of an intensity and mix I have no words for. I can maybe direct or influence the shape of the pictures but I drop off to sleep a lot quicker if I just relax and let them flow.

Sometimes there are people like things watching me in my mind. They change appearance and morph, but they have faces, most of the time, but those change too. Gosh I wish I had enough artistic ability to put some of what I have seen on paper. When I was 2 or 3 I used to be able to talk to the live things, but I lost the ability to hear them somewhere around age 5.

I see worlds with 3 suns, worlds where the lines are neither curved nor straight. There are realms where steel is as soft as an over ripe banana and the worms can fly because there they eat the air and not the soil. The bird becomes a tree when it lands, but then it becomes a fritvil and splashes away. Many of the people things I sense are male, but some radiate they are female. Some, I am not sure and I don't think it is important to them. I walked on suns and he light there is so bright it hurts to look at it.

Knowledge flows in that realm like the letters from the books flowed up Willow's arm when she turned dark. Sometimes when I loiter near the things with faces I learn things. An exception to Ohm's law, branes have doorways. Cracks in the wall too. Did you know there is a realm where Oswald missed? What a sad place. I was shown the first few nuclear blasts that swept the lands there only a year later. Sure some folks lived, but it is cold there and winter most of the time and the children are strange when they live. There are two races of ETs that come here. The ones Hollywood calls the Greys and another group best called little furries. They are both from other whens but not of the same origin. They fight sometimes too but without moving. They try to shift each other's existence probabilities. Did you know gravity can be changed?

Yesterday I was on a street, maybe somewhere in Europe in the 1800s, but I am not sure. I saw one of the people things coming. She looked at me so scornfully. They have a low opinion of those humans who dream into their realm, or perhaps they poach into our minds. Either way the don't believe we can see them. When we are awake they are correct. This one changed as I looked at her. She went from a gold outfit to a red one similar to the one in CH's blog, then to something blue, but then she changed shape too as she walked. Not quite really asleep yet I decided to have some fun and tried something. In the real world as she looked at me in the dream world, I picked up my arm and waved at her and softly said, Hi how are you doing tonight?

LoL, you never saw such shock on a face before. She just froze wide eyed staring at me, then walked backwards away from me. Then she turned and hurried away down an alley that opened up for her. At the end of the alley she looked at me again with an expression of worry and I waved again. She ran off no doubt to alert the others at least one of us can see them.

I don't think they will believe her but I shifted to a rocky world where I would be alone anyway, then I went to sleep.

Where do you go when you sleep?

"Thou dost provoke her (The Old Church) to jealousy by thy good works."

By David Berg, 8-26-69

THESE ARE THEY THAT LOVE ME. For who is My mother and who are My brethren and who are My sisters? They that do the will of My Father. (Matthew 12:50 KJV)

NOT THEY THAT WEAR THE GARMENTS OF THE RELATIVES and who bear relationship in name only, but love Me not, neither obey Me, nor honor Me but honor themselves and obey themselves and follow their own way and lift themselves on high and brag of their relationship with Me in name only.

FOR THEY DO NOT THE THINGS THAT I ASK and they know Me not, and they lie not with me in the bed of love, neither do they wait upon Me continually in the things that I ask, neither do they look up unto Me to be guided with Mine eye, My wish their command, as doth this one.

THEY CLAIM TO BE MINE--My wife--My Church--but the relationship is in name only. There is no other relationship. They have no other communion. They have no other intercourse and they bear no children. Therefore is this hypocrisy and not a marriage. This is pretense and not love.

THIS IS SACRIFICE AND NOT OBEDIENCE. This is the fat of rams and not hearkening. And it is unto Me as witchcraft and idolatry and their temples are as the temples of men and of devils--an abomination unto Me, and their offerings are as a stench in My nostrils and their holy days do horrify Me. And their children do sicken Me and their luxury doth cause Me to abhor them and their beauty is a reproach unto Me and I shall utterly cast them out and destroy their palaces and strip them of all these things until they shall beg unto Me for mercy. And if they shall cry unto Me, even these should call unto Me and upon My name in repentance and in turning, I would yet forgive, but I could not save their system.

I CANNOT BEAR THEIR ABOMINATIONS, but I would pluck them as one from the dung heap and as her that hath been cast aside, as I did in her infancy before she became proud against Me. For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved. Return, therefore, unto Me, O thou backsliding daughter, lest I return unto thee in My fury and pluck thee out of thy place, for I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy and I will have mercy, not sacrifice, for she hath not had mercy. She hath cast forth My children, and her that was dear unto Me and she hath beaten My prophets. She hath harmed Mine anointed.

THEREFORE SHALL I BEAT AND HARM HER IN GREAT WRATH and in great fury in the hour when her cup of iniquity shall be full, but I shall spare these that she hath beaten and protect these that she hath harmed and bring them through as by fire and they shall glorify Me and they shall enter in to the Marriage Feast of My Beloved. For I rejoice in her, delight in her--this, My New Bride, who hath oiled her lamps burning brightly and who doth lighten this world in this last dark hour.

THEREFORE, SHALL THEY SAY unto thee, "Whence cometh this one? And who is she and wherefore dost thou love her and why is this one in thy house?" and I shall say unto them, "This is the Bride of Mine affliction. This is the darling of My Tribulation." This is the one that doth suffer for Me. The one that endured unto the end in the hour of greatest need and gave her life for Me and that of her children.

SHE IT IS THAT LOVETH ME. Therefore do I delight in her and do highly honor her and do give her a place above all the maidens. And she hath gone with Me through Great Tribulation, neither hath she forsaken nor hath she deserted Me as this other whose light died out because she had no oil and who was left in darkness because she depended upon man, and who fled from Me for the fear of man.








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My wish is PEACE in whole world on this Christmas & may god bless all.

Assuming, you would get mourners at your funeral, what would they say ?

“Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”–Pearl S. Buck

Tips on how to strengthen your faith and put it into action
Be willing to take steps, especially if they stretch your faith.

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Manifest your faith by taking initiative, by thinking outside of the box and breaking out of your mold or comfort zone.

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Let your mind stretch. Your faith is almost always limited by your mind and what you are willing to accept as possible. Push the barriers back. Explore the uncharted seas.

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Settle on a plan to put your faith into action, even if it’s a plan that you know will stretch you, or that you may not feel fully ready for. Tossing around a variety of ideas is a good first step, but there comes a point where you have to look at the valid ones and select your course of action. Once you have your course of action, determine a first step. So many good ideas go nowhere because the first step isn’t taken.

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Be willing to do the hard work that comes with putting your faith into action. Faith is the underlying belief that a plan is workable and achievable. But any worthwhile venture requires elbow grease, slogging it out at times, and perseverance to see it through, and sometimes even to simply get it off the ground.

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Invest time in proving your faith once you know something is God’s will. Don’t fizzle out at the first sign of difficulty. Don’t give up too soon. Faith takes the challenges, both expected and unexpected, as they come, and tackles them. It doesn’t just will them away; it devises a plan for the solution and then puts it into effect.

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Faith requires a will to work. Faith doesn’t lazily wait for a bolt of lightning from the sky before acting. The “bolt” may be on its way, but faith won’t be idle during that time; faith will be hard at work, both trusting the Lord and also actively doing what you can.

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Expect some setbacks, but don’t let them hold you back. Learn to work around, over, under, or even through them if need be. Setbacks often bring to light elements that were not fully accounted for in your initial plan, and as a result they can help your plan to be more successful in the long run. Faith will give you the right outlook on setbacks and help you take advantage of them as stepping stones to success.

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Celebrate the victories along the way, even the little ones. Even celebrate the unexpected problems you had to resolve that then resulted in victory.

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Ask for prayer from others if you feel your faith is under attack.

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Be faithful to spend time in God’s Word, which helps to strengthen your faith and increase your vision.

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Listen to faith-building stories and testimonies from others. Be around people with faith.

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(Jesus:) Faith is at its finest when it’s been through the wringer and still comes out with a grin. That’s the sign of durable faith. Do your part to strengthen your faith and nourish it through your times with Me and My Word.

Faith has a work element to it as well. Faith is what transfers something from a nice thought to a world-changing action. There’s nothing laid back about having faith; you need to be willing to get off your rump, roll up your sleeves, and work hard.

Your work for Me is a work of My Spirit, but it’s equally a work in the physical realm. Faith is what will take you from a mere plan to reality. Faith is not complete without action; it’s a package deal.

Faith will rock your world, because not only will you hope for great things, you will set about to take action by faith. Faith will be the substance of the things you hope for and the evidence of them even while they are yet unseen.3

3 Hebrews 11:1.






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Words from Jesus

Each new year brings with it many things. It’s full of freshness, growth, and new experiences. It’s full of second chances, forgiveness, and opportunities to try again. It’s also full of tests, new challenges, and its share of difficulties and problems.

The most important thing in your new year is your relationship with Me. Because with Me at your side, you’re guaranteed to make it through whatever this new year may hold.

It’s been wisely said that life on earth is a testing ground and a learning experience, and with Me as your guide and coach, you’re sure to be successful. Your success may not look like success as it is popularly perceived, but you will be successful in the things that last beyond this life and into eternity.

Enter this new year with Me, holding My hand, and letting Me lead and guide you. Although I can’t promise that the paths you will walk this year will be easy or problem-free, I can promise you that My strength will always be sufficient for you, and that you will not face a challenge too big or too difficult for you and Me to handle together.

As we walk through this year together, the challenges you face can become opportunities for you to experience My unfailing power and strength. The choices that you face will be easier to make with My counsel to direct you. The connections and relationships you have this year will be sweeter and deeper as more of Me shines through you. At the close of this new year you’ll be able to look back and see the progress you’ve made and look forward to another year with Me.

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Look back and see how far you’ve come this last year. Look at all the victories that have been won, all that you’ve learned, and how much you’ve grown. You’ve come through some pretty tough times, but you didn’t give up when the going got tough. You held on, fought through to victory, and now you’re stronger and your faith has grown. Everything that you’ve gone through has helped you in some way, and will also serve to help you in the future. Being able to look back and enjoy the victories of the last year is part of the reward of making it past the obstacles and overcoming them.

Now that you’ve looked back at the view from the mountain you climbed last year, look ahead to the future and to the mountain of this next year in front of you. This next mountain looks higher than the one you just climbed, and it is. But that also means that the summit is going to have an even more incredible view! And even though this new mountain may present a few more challenges than the last one, because of the experience you’ve gained and the things you’ve learned, you’re stronger and more prepared to tackle the challenges ahead. Plus, with Me as your guide, you can’t go wrong. I’ll be with you every step of the way on the climb.

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Much of life is about the little decisions you make every day. Decisions of the past have had their effect on your life, but every new day can be a new start. No matter what has happened up till now, you have a chance to make the right choices today.

Don’t waste time reliving the pain of past mistakes and wrong decisions. That only saps your power to do the good that you can do today. You can’t change the past, but you can make decisions that will build the future, starting right now, so take full advantage of the present.

Learn from past mistakes and put them behind you today. Forgive those who have wronged you and ask forgiveness from those you have wronged. That probably won’t be easy, but don’t put it off; determine today to do it. Look to Me and My Word for fresh courage and hope, starting today. Dream new dreams today. Set new goals today. Spend your time on things that truly count today. Love your family today. Be a friend today. Do things better, starting today.






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"I will have a New Bride who will love Me!"--Old Love, New Love.

SHE IT IS THAT LOVETH ME, not this one that would save her life and her reputation by compromise with the Beast and would save her glory and ornaments and houses by pleasing man, but rather this little one that hath forsaken all--houses and lands and family and friends and have made themselves of no reputation and have worn the tattered sackcloth dipped in blood and carried the simple staff of power and been enyoked in the bondage of My love and obedient to My slightest command.
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BUT THESE ARE THEY WHICH ARE VIRGINS IN MY SIGHT, who follow the Lamb wheresoever He goeth, and who minister unto Me and who are not contaminated by the things of this world--the things in which her soul delighted--but their delight is only in Me--their joy is only in My presence and they do follow Me wheresoever I go, even through Great Tribulation.

THEY WILL NEVER LEAVE NOR FORSAKE ME as she hath done in the hour of her prosperity. For she did desert Me in the hour of her power--in the hour of her glory and did dote upon herself and her own things, but these have followed Me with nothing, even through Great Tribulation, because they loved Me and Me alone.

BUT THERE SHALL BE THOSE OF HER CHILDREN THAT SHALL STONE THEE and beat thee and shall say unto thee, "Why dost thou not honour this, our mother? Has she not been faithful through many years and ages and times? Hath she not preserved us over the centuries? Hath she not made unto us homes and palaces and nourished us and clothed us in fine linen? Is she not our Mother? Why, therefore dost thou disown her and dishonor her to us, and take unto thee this one who is nothing--contemptible in her sight, despicable unto us, who is nobody, and how doth thou flaunt her in our face to shame us and dishonor our Mother?

AND THERE WILL BE THOSE OF HER CHILDREN THAT WILL BELIEVE THEM and follow them and say, "These things ought not to be so, for have we not done many mighty works in His name and are we not also called by His name? Is He not our Husband? Have we not dwelt in His house and have been clothed in His raiment and fed at His table? How shall they say unto us then that we are not His, that we are no longer His bride, and that we have been cast forth as the shameful ones? How could He cast us aside? Are we not His temple?"

BUT I SHALL SAY UNTO THEM, "DEPART FROM ME, ye workers of iniquity, I never knew you, for I was an hungered and ye gave me no food, thirsty and ye gave me no drink, in prison and ye visited Me not, naked and ye clothed Me not, and I was alone and ye loved Me not, but rather ye doted upon your own children and upon your own ways and your own houses and upon others and ye departed from Me in heart long ago--not I from thee."

THEREFORE HATH THY MOTHER ALREADY DEPARTED, lo, these many years for I was gone from her and she sought Me not. She even wist not that I was not there, and she knew not that My love was gone from her, because she hath forsaken Me in her heart and honoreth Me with her lips only, for she willfully goeth her own way, despite My entreaties and she leadeth others astray with her, for she hath many children and many do follow her. She hath led them all astray.

EVEN SO, MY MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER and My loving-kindness unto all generations if they will return unto Me. Therefore, though they reject thee, still I will love them and receive them. For if she would but return unto Me, I would receive her.

But these faithful ones, these little ones whom they buffeted, shall be raised to everlasting glory, and shall shine as the stars--as they that turn many to righteousness, and as those that remain faithful through Great Tribulation.







DeepTruths TFI [Posted Video -- Spirit Wars Basham Report- Audio]--Rachelle Ferrell & Deborah Cox (Tribute to Natalie Cole) [ST Lady Of Soul Awards 1999]

For the last couple of years, the internet has become more and more obsessed with the end times and Judgement Day, as well as any other disaster that you could have ever imagined.
It certainly looks like many of the prophesies of the Bible are coming true as we watch, and the prophesies of several different aboriginal peoples are likewise looking pretty accurate as well.
The Bible tells us that before the Judgement there will be The Rapture. That is when the 'believers' will be taken away and saved from all of the horrors of the end days and the final Judgement.
Well, I've decided that if this is all true, and if I am one of the chosen to be saved in The Rapture, I must humbly refuse.
I wish to stay here and do what I can for the one's that are left behind. I think that it is where I will be needed.
Anybody care to join me?