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Thousands of people have made plans to escape from the realities of life. A new word has come into common usage the last few years. That word is “escapism.” The dictionary defines it as “a retreat from reality into an imaginary world.” The escape of imagination. Solomon spoke of the unregenerate heart as one which is inclined to excessive fantasy. The dream world Satan promotes always ends with disillusionment. Thousands of people live in an unreal dream world, while shirking their responsibilities toward their families and toward God. The Bible teaches that with Christ in your heart, you can face the realities of life. Even though they are hard, the grace of God will give you greater joy and pleasure than any dream world to which you try to escape.
 
Satan is at work in our world. The Bible is my authority. He exists and he has control over thousands of young people, whose hearts have never been captured by Jesus Christ. He has hundreds of agents writing pornographic literature and producing sex movies to pollute young minds. He has intellectuals in high positions teaching a hedonistic and permissive philosophy.

Daily I come in contact with mixed-up people who are caught in the anguish of their own unpreparedness, intellectuals who have been seduced by false science, and rich men who are held in the grip of insecurity. They have no commitment to any goal. They lack an anchor for their real selves. And I long to take every one of them by the hand and lead them into the presence of the One who said, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
 
“In whom we have redemption . . . the forgiveness of sins.”
-Ephesians 1:7
 
Christians are to enjoy life and enjoy one another. When children see no joy in their home, no joy in your Christianity, they will not be attracted by it. When they see you excited about going to a ball game, or watching television, and then dragging around to do spiritual things, they will soon get the idea that Christianity does not mean much to you. Your attitude will rub off. My wife says that the best way to get a child to eat his food is to see his parents enjoying theirs. Our children will not be attracted to Christ if we make Him seem dull.
 
“Now you are happy with the inexpressible joy that comes from heaven itself.”
-1 Peter 1:8
 
Q: I've ruined my life because of some stupid things I did, and now I'm in prison. I feel so hopeless. Even my family doesn't want anything to do with me when I get out in a few months. If you could give me just one piece of advice, what would it be?



A:
Instead of giving you advice, I'd rather give you something far more important: a truth you can depend on, one that will give you hope for the future.

What is that truth? It is this: God loves you. Yes, He knows all about you; He knows what you have done (and what you have failed to do), and He knows the feelings you have right now. But no matter what your past has been, God still loves you and has not abandoned or discarded you. And because this is true, you can have hope for the future.

How do I know this? I know it for one reason: Jesus Christ was willing to die for you so you could spend all eternity with Him in heaven. If you had been the only person on earth who needed to be saved, He still would have died for you. God loves you that much!

Jesus didn't come to die just for good people (although they need Him also). He came to die for sinners—including you. The Bible says, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).

By a simple prayer of faith ask Christ to come into your life today, and He will. Then commit your future to Him, for "the God of hope (will) fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him"
 
Q: I don't mean to offend you, but I don't believe people who tell me they have changed because they've given their life to Jesus. I'm in prison, and I think anyone around here who claims they've gotten religion is faking it. They're just trying to impress the parole board so they can get out earlier. What do you think?


A:
Yes, perhaps some are faking their commitment to Christ; even one of Jesus' closest disciples (Judas) turned out to be a fake. He was only following Jesus because of what he selfishly thought he could gain from it, not because he really believed.

But does that mean no one has ever believed in Jesus and had their life turned around? No, certainly not. God delights in taking even the most rebellious person and changing them through the power of Christ. As the Bible says, the Gospel is "the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes" (Romans 1:16).

In fact, the same day I received your letter I also received a report about an evangelist I have never met who is making a deep impact on many lives. His background? He was a prisoner, but one day he met Jesus Christ and his life was dramatically changed. He is a living example of the Bible's promise: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Corinthians 5:17).

And this is God's promise to you. Why serve the devil any longer? Why allow him to continue to deceive you? Your life can be different if you only open your heart and life to Christ. Make your commitment to Him today.
 
Q: Thanksgiving is coming up in a few weeks, and I'm already dreading it. We always have a big family gathering at our house, and it almost always ends up with hurt feelings and everyone getting mad. This year, I'm tempted just to cancel it. Do you have any better suggestion?


A:
Instead of avoiding this family gathering, why not ask God to help you be a peacemaker in your family? Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God" (Matthew 5:9).

How can this happen? First, ask God to help you change your own attitude, and to give you a deeper love for those in your family—even those who aren't easy to love. Remember, God loves them (even if they don't love Him), and He wants you to love them also. The Bible says, "This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another" (1 John 3:11).

Then pray for this gathering—not just that it will be harmonious, but also that it will be a time of true thanksgiving. Even if it hasn't been your custom, begin your time together with a prayer of thanksgiving. The Bible says, "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Finally, ask God to help you be a witness for Christ to your family. Elsewhere in your letter you mention that there aren't many committed Christians in your family. Share your concern with those who are, however, and together make it your goal to show Christ's love to your family. The Bible says, "Make every effort to live in peace with all men"
 
Thank You, Lord

By presidential proclamation, the fourth Thursday in November is set aside as a day of Thanksgiving in the United States. Canada’s Thanksgiving Day is observed on the second Monday in October. Britain’s churches celebrate a “Harvest Festival” during September or early October with gifts for those in need.


This year as we observe our season of thanksgiving, let us be grateful not only in word but also in deed. Let our gratitude find expression in a resolve to live a life more unselfish and more consecrated to Jesus Christ.

When we sit around our tables laden with sumptuous delicacies, let us not forget that nearly a billion people around the world will go to bed hungry. As we enjoy the comforts of our cozy homes, let us not forget that great numbers have no homes to go to. When we step into our modern cars, let us not forget that many people in the world cannot afford even a bicycle.

As we go to our churches to thank God for material and spiritual blessings, let us remember that millions have never heard the Gospel of salvation. Let us remember the servants of God in many parts of the world who deprive themselves in order to take the Gospel to the multitudes who have not yet been reached with the message of Christ.

In the Lord’s Prayer as recorded in the sixth chapter of Matthew we read, “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11, NKJV). Scripture teaches that the good things of this life are the gifts of God, and that He is the provider of all our blessings. James declares that “every good gift ... is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights” (James 1:17, NKJV). Isaiah says that wisdom is the gift of God. The knowledge that builds our great scientific instruments is a gift from heaven.

Some people have asked, “Why should those who have plenty pray, ‘Give us our daily bread’?” Even those favored with plenty should pray this way in order to have a blessing upon their provisions and to teach them their continued dependence upon God.

Christ said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4, NKJV). That is a word of blessing. Although the bread be in our hand, yet the blessing is in God’s hand, and it is obtained from His hand only by prayer. If God withheld His blessing, nothing we have would do us any good. Our food would not nourish us and our clothes would not warm us.

One of the frightening passages in the Bible is found in Psalm 106:15. It reads, “He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul” (NKJV). Many people have riches today as a result of greed and covetousness; but their souls are lean, their hearts are cold toward God, their consciences are dulled and their minds are blinded. They know spiritual poverty here, and the moment they die they will know material poverty as well.

The very prosperity that we know should lead us to repentance, and we should give humble thanks to God. Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!” (Mark 10:24, NKJV).

Christ taught also that from everyone who is given much, much shall be required. Some day God will ask for an accounting of our stewardship. A great percentage of the wealth of the nations of the world is being expended on alcohol, gambling, entertainment, cosmetics and overeating. A very small percentage of the national income goes to churches. We are enjoying the bounty that God has bestowed upon us, but often we are biting the hand that feeds us.

The Bible teaches that God delights in giving and that He gives even to His enemies. Men and women spread nets and snares for their enemies, but God spreads a table. The dew forms on the thistle as well as on the rose. The rain of God’s mercy falls upon the worst of people. God puts bread in the mouths that are opened against Him. God feeds millions, and they fight against Him. He gives them bread, and they give Him rebellion. Not only do the ungrateful millions forget His mercies, they abuse Him. The Lord said to Jeremiah, “When I had fed them to the full, then they committed adultery” (Jeremiah 5:7, NKJV).

God gives people wisdom, and they serve the devil with it. He gives them strength, and they waste it in fornication. He gives them food to eat, and they lift up their heel against Him. They are like Absalom who, as soon as David his father had kissed him, plotted treason against him.

However, the Bible warns that a day is coming when those who sin against their Giver and abuse God’s royal favors will face a terrifying judgment. They will scream for mercy and call for the rocks to fall on them and hide them, but they will not escape the wrath of God. All of God’s giving ought to drive us to thanksgiving. He is the founder and provider of all our blessings and is entitled to all our acknowledgments. The Bible says that all the rivers come from the sea and there they return again. So all our gifts come from God, and to Him must all our praises return.

We are told in Psalm 119:165 that peace is also the gift of God. He has a formula for peace. His formula is in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ, whom He has designated as Prince of Peace. The nations of this world have rejected the peace that God offers. They plan and build for war. Yet there are millions of people around the world who do have peace at this moment, because they have found the secret of peace. They have peace in their hearts, as the Bible teaches: “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1, NKJV).

The real war in which men and women are engaged is a war of rebellion against God. This rebellion has brought about destruction, suffering, misery, frustration and a thousand and one ills to the population of the world. God longs to see this rebellion cease. He has sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to the cross as a demonstration of His love and mercy. He asks us to come to that cross in repentance of our sins and submission of our will to Him. He promises a peace treaty for all who will come by faith.

Several years ago I received a letter from a man who said that he had been on the verge of alcoholism. His home had broken up, and twice he had been on the brink of committing suicide. With this deep need in his soul, he came to one of our Crusade meetings. As he sat among the thousands of people, he felt lonely and miserable. He hated himself and despised God. He made fun of Cliff Barrows as he led the singing. When the offering was taken he thought, “What a racket!” When I stood to preach, he sneered.

This man was a University of California graduate who had taken several speech courses. He said that during the first five minutes I broke every law of speech he had ever learned. Yet even as I spoke, another Voice began speaking to his soul. That night I preached on the text, “What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” (Mark 8:36, NKJV). At the invitation, this man who had cursed God and made fun of his wife’s churchgoing felt himself pulled out of his seat by an irresistible power. Tearfully he made his way to the front of the auditorium to stand with the others, indicating his need for repentance and asking to receive Christ as Savior.

He wrote, “That night I made my peace with God. I never dreamed what a transformation would take place in my life. I lost all taste for alcohol. My business is prospering. I am back with my family, and we are enjoying daily Bible readings and prayers. I have joined the church and was recently asked to teach a Sunday school class. I wish to thank you, but most of all I want to give thanks to Him who died on the cross to make it all possible.”

Thanksgiving? Yes. Let us get on our knees humbly and thank God for the blessings He has given us, both material and spiritual. They have come from His hand. Let us not neglect to thank Him.
 
W.C. Burns of India wrote, “Oh to have a martyr’s heart, if not a martyr’s crown.” Popularity and adulation are far more dangerous for the Christian than persecution. It is easy, when all goes smoothly, to lose our sense of balance and our perspective. The important thing is to walk with Christ, to live for Christ, and to have one consuming passion—to please Him. Then, whatever happens, we know that He has permitted it in order to teach us some priceless lesson and to perfect us for His service. He will enrich our circumstances, be they pleasant or disagreeable, by the fact of His presence with us.
 
The broken home has become the number one social problem of America, and could ultimately lead to the destruction of our civilization. Since the basic unit of any society is the home, when the home begins to break, the society is on the way to disintegration. It is a threat to the American way of life. It does not make screaming headlines; but, like termites, it is eating away at the heart and core of the American structure.

It is high time that our so-called experts on marriage, the family, and the home turn to the Bible. We have read newspaper columns and listened to counselors on the radio; psychiatrists have had a land-office business. In it all, the One who performed the first marriage in the Garden of Eden and instituted the union between man and wife has been left out.
 
If you are a young man or young woman hooked on dissent or despair, ready to split, then lend me your attention. My answer concerns your dreams, and the element in your make-up called “faith.” All that God requires of anyone in taking his first step toward Him and toward total self-fulfillment is faith—faith in His Word, that teaches that God loves you and that you were alienated from Him by sin, that Jesus Christ died on the cross for you, that when you make a personal surrender to Him as Lord and Savior, He can transform you from the inside out.
 
man with his infinite varieties of culture, religion and behaviour must be a delight to someone.

and whoever it is who appreciates us, for certain doesn't care what religion you are. we are all people; created equal, die equal.

organised religion, whether you like it or not, was organised by man, not god. if it was truly organised by god, then everyone would believe the same thing.

yes i have faith, but how and what i choose to believe or worship is a freedom granted to me by the ability of independant thought. and the same goes for everyone else in the world.

i have respect and tolerance for all religous views and all those people who who don't have any "tenenment of faith" equally. by what right do others claim to be my moral superior and tell me i'm going to hell?? i would never presume to know the mind of god like that, yet all religious people do. (with the exception of perhaps the budhists who are probably among one of the most tolerant religions in the world in my experience)

we are all equal. accept it. revel in it. feel the joy of true tolerance. listen with an open ear, open heart and open mind to everyone. then come and tell me your views. i will still be here waiting to hear you then, when you are truly ready to hear me.
 
Franklin78 said:
Just a quick comment to everyone here, i have 4 people that have read my thread from the start and now they are true christians. they read what i had to say along with sending me privae messages wanting to know things.
These 4 gave their life to jesus christ and are all filled with the holy ghost! they told me they finally can feel peace and happiness. thanks everyone, Frank
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Are they filled with the "holy ghost" because of the size of your cock?

Faith heals all shortcomings.
 
The Bible teaches that faith will manifest itself in three ways. It will manifest itself in doctrine—in what you believe. It will manifest itself in worship—your communion with God and the fellowship of the church. It will manifest itself in morality—in the way you live and behave. . . . The Bible also teaches that faith does not end with trust in Christ for your salvation. Faith continues. Faith grows. It may be weak at first, but it will become stronger as you begin to read the Bible, pray, go to church, and experience God’s faithfulness in your Christian life. You will learn more and more how to rely on Christ for every need, in meeting every circumstance, and every trial.
 
Let us face this fact: We came into the world with nothing, and we will leave it with nothing. Where do we get the notion that man’s idea of success and God’s are the same? You have written a book; you are a clever manager and promoter; you are a talented artist; you are independently rich; you have achieved fame and fortune. Without the gifts of intelligence, imagination, personality, and physical energy—which are all endowed by God—where would you be? Are we not born poor? Do we not die poor? And would we not be poor indeed without God’s infinite mercy and love?

We came out of nothing; and if we are anything, it is because God is everything. If He were to withhold His power for one brief instant from us, if He were to hold in check the breath of life for one moment, our physical existence would shrivel into nothingness, and our souls would be whisked away into an endless eternity. Those who are poor in spirit recognize their creatureliness and their sinfulness—but more, they are ready to confess their sins and renounce them.
 
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