Post of the day. THANK YOU JESUS.

Verses Of The Day:

For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
2nd Corinthians 5:21

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Hebrews 9:28

Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:25-26

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Proverbs 11:30

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.
2 Corinthians 2:14

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;
but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:56-57

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and here's a great sermon teaching about satan:

The Christian's Adversary: The Devil - Charles Leiter
http://illbehonest.com/The-Christians-Adversary-The-Devil-Charles-Leiter

1 Peter 5
8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
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the word devil - diabolos, means slanderer.

diábolos (diabállō, "to slander, accuse, defame") – properly, a slanderer; a false accuser; unjustly criticizing to hurt (malign) and condemn to sever a relationship.

Submit to God. How to submit? Why?

James 4:7

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

"In all the New Testament incidences where the word submit occurs, the word is translated from the Greek word hupotasso. The hupo means "under" and the tasso means "to arrange." This word and a root of it are also translated by the words subject and subjection. The word's full meaning is "to obey, put under, be subject to, submit oneself unto, put in subjection under or be under obedience or obedient to."

1 Peter 5:5-7

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

"The theme here is one of humility. One cannot submit to God without humility. Obedience requires us to humble ourselves to surrender to the authority of another, and we are told that God resists pride—the opposite of humility—and the arrogance that fosters that pride."

"as born-again believers we daily make a choice to submit ourselves to God for the work that the Holy Spirit does in us to "conform us to the image of Christ." God will use the situations of our lives to bring us the opportunity to submit to Him."

Romans 8:28-29

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

"We have to choose to submit to God for the process of learning in order to grow spiritually. It is a process begun at salvation and ongoing with each and every choice that we make to submit ourselves to God. This process will continue until the Lord comes again or He calls us home.
The wonderful thing about this is that, as the Apostle Paul so aptly states:"

2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.

"God does not require us to submit because He is a tyrant, but because He is a loving Father and He knows what is best for us. The blessings and peace that we gain from humbly surrendering and submitting ourselves to Him daily are a gift of grace that nothing in this world can compare to."

Quotes from:
http://www.gotquestions.org/submit-to-God.html
blue text is from The Bible

and finally;

James 4:6

“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

i now humbly wish that you may continue your effort to submit to God successfully or if you have been rebelling, that you will see, there is no better time to start submitting (more) to God than now! :)

Will you perish?

Luke 13:5
"I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."

perish:
to become destroyed or ruined : cease to exist
deteriorate, spoil
to cause to die : destroy
weaken, benumb

Psalm 73:26-28
My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish;
You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry.
But it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have put my trust in the Lord GOD,
That I may declare all Your works.

Selah

from wikipedia:
Selah is a word used frequently in the Hebrew Bible, often in the Psalms and is a difficult concept to translate. It should not be confused with the Hebrew word Sela which means "rock".

Selah is probably either a liturgico-musical mark or an instruction on the reading of the text, something like "stop and listen". "Let those with eyes see and with ears hear" is most concise. The Psalms were sung accompanied by musical instruments and there are references to this in many chapters. Thirty-one of the thirty-nine psalms with the caption "To the choir-master" include the word "Selah". Selah notes a break in the song and as such is similar in purpose to Amen in that it stresses the importance of the preceding passage.
Another interpretation claims that Selah comes from the primary Hebrew root word [calah] which means "to hang", and by implication to measure (weigh).
Also "Selah" is the name of a city from the time of David and Solomon.

It is translated into today's general language with the meaning: think about it or praise [the Lord]. Other editions just leave it untranslated as "sela" or "selah"

http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/faq/selah.html :
"But what we do know is that it is a word which means to weigh or measure. And in these contexts, to weigh the preceding words of God and wisely consider them. It is a signature exhortation from God for our thoughtful reflection and weighing of what we have just read."

Psalms 4:4
"Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah."

Psalms 9:20
"Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah."

Psalms 57:6
"They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah."

Psalms 62:8
"Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah."

Who Is True

Revelation 3:7
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write,
‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”

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“True” is the Greek word alhqinos. It means “the real, the genuine, the ideal,” and stands opposed to what is false and to what is only a picture or type of the real.

revive definition

# to come or bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate
# to come or bring back to a healthy, vigorous, or flourishing condition after a decline
# to come or bring back into use or attention
# to become or make valid, effective, or operative again
# to come or bring to mind again

revive Synonyms

revive

v.

1.

To give new life

reawaken, awaken, resuscitate, refresh, renew, enliven, enkindle, rekindle, vivify, revivify, revitalize, animate, reanimate, recondition, rejuvenate, bring to, bring around, wake up, rouse, arouse, resurrect, bring back, exhilarate, energize, freshen, invigorate, breathe new life into, reproduce, reshow, restage, regenerate, restore, activate, reactivate.

Antonyms weary, suppress, extinguish.
2.

To take on new life

come around, come to, recover, improve, flourish, awake, reawake, strengthen, gain strength, overcome, come to life, regain consciousness, rally, get better, pick up, perk up; see also recover 3.

Antonyms die*, faint*, weaken. *
3.

To hearten

cheer, comfort, brighten, encourage, inspirit, solace, console, relieve, divert, gladden, raise the spirits, soothe, please, make joyful, delight, rejoice.

some changes...

like the name of the blog,

peace

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In its use in Scripture, shalom describes the actions that lead to a state of soundness, or better yet wholeness. So to say, shalom seems not to merely speak of a state of affairs, but describes a process, an activity, a movement towards fullness. Using the King James Version as reference, James Strong lists the rendering of shalom and shalam, among others, as: • To make amends • To make good • To be (or to make) peace • To restore • Peace • Prosperity • Wellness • Wholeness

shalom

Apocalypse

from wikipedia:
Apocalypse "lifting of the veil" or "revelation" is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind.

Today the term is often used to refer to the end of the world, which may be a shortening of the phrase apokalupsis eschaton which literally means "revelation at the end of the æon, or age"

from merriam-webster:
"the expectation of an imminent cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil and raises the righteous to life in a messianic kingdom"
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