tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44075003538247852762024-03-17T18:30:29.553-07:00Whom are you seeking?Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-90288612267394897112024-03-10T09:28:00.000-07:002024-03-10T09:28:33.832-07:00God knows exactly where you are:)<h2>
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<span>I love this testimony by Ken Gaub. I am blessed every time I think of it.</span><br>
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<span>Name: Ken Gaub<span></span><span></span><span></span><br>Country: USA<br>Date: 11/17/99</span><br>
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<span>Praise_Jesus: Testimony by Ken Gaub </span><br>
<span>Do you believe that God not only loves you, but knows where you are and what you're doing every minute of the day? </span><br>
<span>I certainly do after an amazing experience I had several years ago.</span><br>
<span><br>At the time I was driving on 1-75 near Dayton, Ohio, with my wife and children. We turned off the highway for a rest and refreshment stop. My wife Barbara and children went into the restaurant. I suddenly felt the need to stretch my legs, so waved them off ahead saying I'd join them later. I bought a soft drink, and as I walked toward a Dairy Queen, feelings of self-pity enshrouded my mind. .<br>
<br>I loved the Lord and my ministry, but I felt drained, burdened. My cup was empty..<br>Suddenly the impatient ringing of a telephone nearby jarred me out of my doldrums. It was coming from a phone booth at a service station on the corner. Wasn't anyone going to answer the phone?.<br>Noise from the traffic flowing through the busy intersection must have drowned out the sound because the service station attendant continued looking after his customers, oblivious to the ringing. .<br>"Why doesn't somebody answer that phone?" I muttered. .<br>I began reasoning. It may be important. What if it's an emergency? Curiosity overcame my indifference. I stepped inside the booth and picked up the phone..<br>"Hello," I said casually and took a big sip of my drink..<br>The operator said: "Long distance call for Ken Gaub.".<br>My eyes widened, and I almost choked on a chunk of ice. Swallowing hard, I said, "You're crazy!" .<br>Then realizing I shouldn't speak to an operator like that, I added, "This can't be! I was walking down the road, not bothering anyone,and the phone was ringing... " .<br>
<br>Is Ken Gaub there?" the operator interrupted, "I have a long distance call for him.".<br>
<br>It took a moment to gain control of my babbling, but I finally replied, "Yes, he is here." .<br>
<br>Searching for a possible explanation, I wondered if I could possibly be on Candid Camera! .<br>
<br>Still shaken, perplexed, I asked, "How in the world did you reach me here? I was walking down the road, the pay phone started ringing, and I just answered it on chance. You can't mean me.".<br>"Well," the operator asked, "Is Mr. Gaub there or isn't he?" <br>
.<br>"Yes, I am Ken Gaub," I said, finally convinced by the tone of her voice that the call was real. .<br>
<br>Then I heard another voice say, "Yes, that's him, operator. That's Ken Gaub.".<br>
<br>I listened dumbfounded to a strange voice identify herself. "I'm Millie from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. You don't know me, Mr. Gaub, but I'm desperate. Please help me.".<br>"What can I do for you?".<br>
<br>She began weeping. Finally she regained control and continued. "I was about to commit suicide, had just finished writing a note, when I began to pray and tell God I really didn't want to do this..<br>Then I suddenly remembered seeing you on television and thought if I could just talk to you, you could help me. I knew that was impossible because I didn't know how to reach you, I didn't know anyone who could help me find you. Then some numbers came to my mind, and I scribbled them down.".<br>At this point she began weeping again, and I prayed silently for wisdom to help her..<br>She continued, "I looked at the numbers and thought, 'Wouldn't it be wonderful if I had a miracle from God, and He has given me Ken's phone number?'.<br>
<br>I decided to try calling it. I can't believe I'm talking to you. "Are you in your office in California?".<br>
<br>I replied, "Lady, I don't have an office in California. My office is in Yakima, Washington.".<br>A little surprised, she asked, "Oh really, then where are you?".<br>"Don't you know?" I responded. "You made the call.".<br>She explained, "But I don't even know what area I'm calling. I just dialed the number that I had on this paper.".<br>
<br>"Ma'am, you won't believe this, but I'm in a phone booth in Dayton, Ohio!".<br>
<br>"Really?" she exclaimed. "Well, what are you doing there?".<br>
<br>I kidded her gently, "Well, I'm answering the phone. It was ringing as I walked by, so I answered it.".<br>
Knowing this encounter could only have been arranged by God, I began to counsel the woman..<br>As she told me of her despair and frustration, the presence of the Holy Spirit flooded the phone booth giving me words of Wisdom beyond my ability. .<br>
<br>In a matter of moments, she prayed the sinner's prayer and met the One who would lead her out of her situation into a new life..<br>
<br><span>I walked away from that telephone booth with an electrifying sense of our Heavenly Father's concern for each of His children.. </span><br>
<br>What were the astronomical odds of this happening?.<br>
<br>With all the millions of phones and innumerable combinations of numbers, only an all-knowing God could have caused that woman to call that number in that phone booth at that moment in time..<br>Forgetting my drink and nearly bursting with exhilaration, I headed back to my family, wondering if they would believe my story. .<br>Maybe I better not tell this, I thought, but I couldn't contain it. .<br>
<br>"Barb, you won't believe this! God knows where I am!" </span>Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-37042387511129652392015-03-13T06:48:00.001-07:002015-03-13T06:48:52.361-07:00To The Ends Of The Earth Blog: Why Did Jesus Curse the Fig Tree?<a href="http://totheendsblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/why-did-jesus-curse-fig-tree.html?spref=bl">To The Ends Of The Earth Blog: Why Did Jesus Curse the Fig Tree?</a>: A fig tree in early spring. Early one spring morning, just before Passover, Jesus walked with his disciples up the Mt. of Olives towa...Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-25260939739136431632013-05-11T03:01:00.002-07:002024-03-10T09:31:45.530-07:00True You<span>A stained glass window is absolutely beautiful when the Sun is shining through it. It is then that you can see what it was truly created for. So it is with you! When the Son is shining through you. ~ Ray</span><br>
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</span></span><span><br /><p class="MsoNormal">60 seconds from atheist to believer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was an atheist.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The testimony Raymond Davis <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In Germany as a teenager and later in the military,
Christians would come up to me and start talking to me about God/Jesus, and I
would ask them if He was real. They would say, "Yes." I would say to
them, “If he is real you have 60-seconds to have Him appear, if He appears I
will believe.” Of course He never appeared!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While living in Frankfurt Germany, I read Eric Von Daniken's
book, Chariots of the Gods. As a young teenager it made an impact on me, and I
quickly believed Eric’s theory to be the right stuff. In 1978, we moved to the
New Cumberland Army Depot near Harrisburg, PA where I met a man from Guam who
became my martial arts instructor. He is a very highly respected person and had
attained a very high level of "enlightenment." He was able to do
unbelievable things in the physical and spiritual realm, of which I began to
follow. One of the strangest things he did was stand in the middle of the floor
with his hands out to his side and no one could move him. He “became an iron
beam” he would say.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By the summer of 1992, I was teaching martial arts in
several locations, working in a top secret job and considered myself an atheist
acquainted with the spiritual realm. I was quite happy with my understanding of
the universe and money was something I had plenty of. One of my favorite toys
was a car stereo that I purchased in 1984 that cost me about $3,000. I loved
music whether classical, rock, techno, jazz, yes, even country.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My commute was 35 minutes from Harrisburg to the U.S. Army
War College in Carlisle. One day I just could not listen to the stereo anymore
so I began to read poetry. Amazing what we do driving. I had memorized a large
part of the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and about 30
poems within a few months. One day I forgot my poetry book, and I looked around
the car to see if there was anything I could memorize. I saw a booklet on the
back seat that was left in my car from my wife’s catholic church. Not liking
religion, but needing something to memorize, I started memorizing what seemed
to me to be a poem, but was really a song, “How Great Thou Art.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With the radio off while I was driving home, I began to
memorize the song and when I read the verse:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing; Sent Him to
die, I scarce can take it in; That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing, He
bled and died to take away my sin.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I said out loud, “Why would you do that?” and for a split
second I thought, why did I just say that and to whom am I speaking?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(What happened next is difficult to place into text or
speech. All I can say is that God is not constricted to linear time. Several
things happened simultaneously and something that would take you, and I several
seconds to say and do took Him a split second. Think of it as 60 seconds in 1
second?)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then suddenly I heard an audible voice come from the back
seat area of my car which amazed me. The voice said, “Because, I love you.” As
I heard the “B” sound in the word “Because” I felt something get out of my body
and take a position in the air between my head and the side window. I knew it
was there, but I could not see it. I was never aware that I had anything in me,
but I felt it get out of me and place itself right next to the left side of my
head. I was slightly startled by the audible voice but more so by what just got
out of me. Even though I could not see it, I knew it was there more than if I were
standing in front of you with my hand on your shoulder hearing you speak back
to me while looking into your eyes. Something I just can’t explain. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At the same time that I heard this audible voice—time and
space changed. During the time it took Him to say the word “Because” audibly,
He spoke three sentences directly into my mind and showed me two things. All
during the time I heard the word “Because.” And there was no confusion. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In my mind I heard Him say, “I Am the God of Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob”... and I thought... you are the Jewish God but at the same time as I
know he was the Jewish God I knew the he was not Allah, Buddhism, Hinduism, Mormonism,
Shintoism or any other god. It was as if there was a line and on top of that
line was one name. The name of the Jewish God, the one true living God and
under the line was the longest list of all the other gods which were not the
one true living God. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then I heard Him say again, in my mind… “I Am, who stretched
out the heavens.” And all of a sudden I was no longer in the car. I was suspended
in space in pitch black darkness. I could not feel and pressure on my feet. I
was in the middle of nowhere, no light no anything out in the space I was
looking. And then suddenly, way out in front of me as if someone huge pulled
out a vast never ending blanket from an unseen box. The lights continually very
rapidly expand beyond my ability to see where they ended… I saw the stars/galaxies
going out away from me as if someone pulled them open like a blanket. I was
amazed! It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! I watched this for
what seamed 12 to 15 seconds.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And then suddenly I was back in my car, driving on 81 with
the spirit next to my head. I was the shape and size of a baseball. And then God
spoke in my mind again, “I Am,” right over the center console an oval hole
opened up. I looked down into this hole and about an eighth of a mile away I
see them. Three men hanging on crosses. They were up on a slight hill from a
road which went from north to south. To the north I could see the beginning of
a town and to the south just land no houses. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were people standing on the road looking
up at the men hanging on the cross. Immediately I began to know that this was
Jesus the Son of God, that He is God, and that He was dying on that cross for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">my</b> sins. The holiness which came from
Him up into me through the hole was indescribable and my physical being was being
overwhelmed. There was so much information mixed with holiness coming through into
my very being I began to pass out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After a few seconds the hole closed up, I stopped passing out
and I heard the rest of the sentence, “I love you.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">unconditional</b>
“I LOVE YOU”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So He showed me all that during the time it took Him to say,
“Because.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now I have this spirit riding along with me, right between
me and the driver’s side window. I just heard God say to me audibly, “Because,
I love you.” I heard His voice in my mind, saw the creation of the universe and
saw Him dying on a cross. Now I know the holiness of what Jesus did for us on
that cross.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I knew that this love was unconditional. It was the first
time I had ever felt unconditional love. But out of my mouth, out loud, I say,
“But I’m stupid.” And I thought to myself, “Why did I just say that?” And
immediately I remember my mother saying to me in many ways over the years that
I was slow, couldn’t do what the other kids could do etc. etc. etc. But the
love would not go away, it was unconditional. I knew that God loved me no
matter what I could or could not do. And I thought to myself, “What do you
want?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I knew that Jesus just paid for my sins and that He was
Holy; I wanted to give God something back. “What do you want?” I thought. I
thought I would give Him all my money… no response…He didn’t want that? I will
give You all my money and my house?...no response… He didn’t want that? I will
give You all my money, my house, and my cars?... no response. What do You
want?.... Me! I felt so unworthy. I knew at this point that Jesus Christ was
without sin, that He was pure and holy… Me? “Yes.” Me!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That would be like me giving you a dried up piece of grass
and you gave me everything you have. This was an uneven exchange. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And then in front of me I saw, as if on a flat screen tv something
I did on a cold winter day in Frankfurt Germany. A boy our age irritated me and
my friends, would not leave us along. My two friends grabbed him and while he
was bent over I kicked him in the chest, he fell to the ground and we ran off. Suddenly
I saw him with God’s eyes. The value! The value of a human being… we have no
idea. I jerked my head away from what I was seeing and if I could have I would
have crawled out of my seat belt out of the back of the car. I wanted to get away
from this sin, as far away as I could. I saw how valuable he is and I grieved
deeply and began to weep. I cried out, “O’ God, Please take this from him as if
it never happened.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted this
removed from him so he could live his life as it never happened. And in my
spirit I heard, “Forgiven,” “Paid for.” And as if there was an audible clap the
screen then went up through the roof of the car and was gone. I knew it was
done with. The spirit next to me got out of the car and was now traveling right
outside the window. As if it did not want to leave, it wanted to see what was
going to happen. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And immediately the next image popped up in front of me. I
saw the face of a girl whom I can't remember. We mutually agreed to have intimacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had forgotten her, but when I saw her face
I saw how valuable and precious she is! She had no Idea… nor did I. Again I wanted
to get away from this sin and I jerked my head away and cried out “O’ God,
Please take this from her as if it never happened!” I wanted her to live her
life without this sin. “Forgiven!” there was a clap and the image went up
through the roof of the car and the next image popped up. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have no Idea how many sins we commit. Hundreds of images
popped up, things you wouldn’t think are sins are sins. My heart was grieving,
I was asking for forgiveness… The images/sins were meeting forgiveness like
fanning the pages of a flip book. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then the Lord said to me in my mind, “The way you are, right
now.” And I said, “But I have to change my language.” I used foul language on a
regular basis at the military basis I worked. And He said, “No, the way you are
right now.” And suddenly I saw a screen in front of me the left was all black
with a white “No” and to the right was all white with black “Yes.” And when I
saw this I leaped at the “Yes” with all my being with my spirit I could
actually feel myself leap to the “Yes.” And two things happened, first the
spirit that was outside my car traveling long side me began to leave—I sensed
it, as if I could see it go up and away from me back towards Carlisle. I could
sense it for about a half a mile, and then it just took off and I lost
connection with it. I knew that it was gone. It wanted nothing to do with what
was happening to me. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At the same time electricity touched the top of my head and
as a wave began to filter down through my body. When it reached my heart
another wave started at the top of my head. This continued on until I had four
waves going down through my body at the same time. When one would leave my feet
another would enter my head. I could not drive anymore, and I pulled over to
the side of the road. My body was shaking as if being shocked—but I felt no
pain. I began to cry, laugh, and sing songs I had never sung. I felt such joy,
such love, I was overwhelmed. This went on for an hour. Every time I would pull
on to the road it would happen again, and I would have to pull over. This was
the greatest day of my life. I couldn’t wait to get home and tell my wife. Oh,
the love, Oh He’s real.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When I got home my wife opened up the door and said, “Where
have you been?” (no cell phones at that time.) I grabbed her by the shoulders
and gently shook her and I said, “Honey, you have got to give your life to
Jesus!”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Her eyes opened real wide and she replied with a shout, “Of
course I have, I’m catholic. Who are you?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I said, “No you don’t understand, you need to give your life
to Jesus!”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Five years later, Leah would have an experience which I find
incredible and wonderful that would accomplish the same for her as this
testimony has done for me: salvation and a personal relationship with the
Creator of the Universe, the God of Three Parts; Yahweh— whom we know as the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.<o:p></o:p></p><br /></span>Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-54200318422731576702013-03-23T21:06:00.001-07:002013-03-23T21:06:19.486-07:00Faith in answered prayer<span style="font-size: 13pt;">
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A Simple Prayer</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">By <b><a href="http://articles.ochristian.com/preacher512-1.shtml"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mrs. Charles E. Cowman</span></a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br clear="all" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> "I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me" (Acts 27:25). <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #4c1130;"> I went to America some years ago with the captain of a steamer, who was a very devoted Christian. When off the coast of Newfoundland he said to me, "The last time I crossed here, five weeks ago, something happened which revolutionized the whole of my Christian life. We had George Mueller of Bristol on board. I had been on the bridge twenty-four hours and never left it. George Mueller came to me, and said, "Captain I have come to tell you that I must be in Quebec Saturday afternoon." "It is impossible," I said. "Very well, if your ship cannot take me, God will find some other way. I have never broken an engagement for fifty-seven years. Let us go down into the chart-room and pray." <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"> I looked at that man of God, and thought to myself, what lunatic asylum can that man have come from? I never heard of such a thing as this. "Mr. Mueller," I said, "do you know how dense this fog is?" "No," he replied, "my eye is not on the density of the fog, but on the living God, who controls every circumstance of my life." <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"> He knelt down and prayed one of the most simple prayers, and when he had finished I was going to pray; but he put his hand on my shoulder, and told me not to pray. "First, you do not believe He will answer; and second I BELIEVE HE HAS, and there is no need whatever for you to pray about it." <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-38584451892600953062013-03-02T17:32:00.003-08:002013-04-17T18:28:00.422-07:00He brought me to the banqueting house<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
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Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-51652573963688572122013-03-02T17:09:00.001-08:002024-03-10T09:38:35.527-07:00Leah's testimony <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b><u><span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The story of my wife Leah… (This she read at her baptism.)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For, “All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter 1:23-25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If I would have read this scripture several years ago I would not have understood it nor known the truth it declares.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I grew up believing in GOD and His existence and I knew He had a son Jesus who was nailed to a cross.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I did not know Him as a Living GOD who sent His one and only son to die for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">After the birth of my son Zachariah I became increasingly aware of GOD’s presence, but there was something missing and I did not know what.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life was good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I left my career to raise a beautiful son, my loving husband was thriving in his business - financially, physically, emotionally - our future was bright.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">But spiritually it was void.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This emptiness deteriorated my soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no purpose, no direction and most importantly no joy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This led to clinical depression, marital turmoil – physically I was a disgrace. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The deteriorated soul was now bandaged – life seemed ok. (But it wasn’t and GOD knew it and HE sent someone to tell me!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was during this time a beautiful messianic Jewish woman named Natalie began to visit me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would tell me of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and how much she loved him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would pray for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She seemed to know so much about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me that the Lord sent her to me and she was planting and watering HIS seeds!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Two years later, while reading scripture all night with a friend I sought the Lord GOD with all my heart and soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(The friend I was with had committed her life to the Lord many years earlier and GOD spoke to her through HIS word – something I didn’t understand, yet marveled at and strongly desired!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So in those early morning hours after reading the bible all night, I asked the Lord to come into my life and teach me HIS ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked HIM to give me ears to hear and eyes to see in accordance with scripture, and I told HIM I wanted to know HIM in the fullest measure!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Well, the Holy Spirit came upon me that morning in a the most powerful, magnificent<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>way – the presence of the Lord was truly marvelous - scripture began to come alive on the pages of the bible - I asked the Lord questions and HE showed me the answers –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The love that resurrected my heart, soul and mind was beyond human realization and I so hungered for more!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Lord then sent Natalie (HIS messenger) to see me that day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow she knew I had just given my life to the Lord!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(HIS seed had sprouted!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She prayed with me and instructed me to seek the Lord’s will with all my heart, soul and mind and stay in the word of GOD. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I have continued over the years to seek the LORD and live each day for HIM and HIM alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HE continues to be faithful, just and true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HE leads me, guides me and instructs me in all HIS ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">HE continues to rescue, save and deliver me as HE promises in HIS word . . . Shortly after I gave my life to Him HE delivered me from the bondage of depression!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HE has provided and sustained me in ways beyond comprehension!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fourteen months ago He delivered me from an enormous falling tree that should have taken my life!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the moment that tree cracked and fell on my head, I was ready to see HIM in all HIS glory - but my LORD had other plans - for HIS grace held me in the palm of HIS hand and rescued me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I have been captured by the Lord’s Holy calling. I love HIM with an unquenchable love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will praise HIM all the days of my life and I sing with David as he did in Psalm 18: “I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Lord liveth, and blessed be my rock, and let the God of my salvation be exalted!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I now follow Jesus, my Savior in His instruction in believer’s baptism and I await to see HIM one day in the heavenlies where every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth; It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is 55:10-11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For, “All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter 1:23-25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but only GOD made it grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So either he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only GOD, who makes things grow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-35078285616311768112013-03-02T09:24:00.001-08:002013-03-02T09:46:23.420-08:00I am with them all.<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #38761d;">(This happened to me one evening while working at the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg PA.)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;">This particular evening was no different other than the cold rain coming down. But as I went over to open the door I peered out to see who was there, and to my amazement I saw over 20 who made it through the foul weather. As I opened the door and let them in, a few minutes early, I noticed a small figure in the line. "Nice to see you. Thanks for coming," I said. She did not look up at me nor did she say anything to me. </span></span></span><br />
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Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-32066488730800657212013-02-23T08:49:00.001-08:002013-02-23T08:49:24.649-08:00Because you have seen Me, have you believed<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Often when I share my testimony many people say to me, “I never had anything like that happen to me!” Me response is John 20:29. “Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><sup>19 </sup>So when it was evening on that day, the first <i>day</i> of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and *said to them, </span><span class="woj">“Peace <i>be</i> with you.”</span> <span id="en-NASB-26888"><span class="text"><sup>20 </sup>And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.</span></span> <span id="en-NASB-26889"><span class="text"><sup>21 </sup>So Jesus said to them again, </span><span class="woj">“Peace <i>be</i> with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”</span></span> <span id="en-NASB-26890"><span class="text"><sup>22 </sup><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, </span></b></span><span class="woj"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“Receive the Holy Spirit.</span> </b></span><span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">(Come back to this later and ask God to give you the Holy Spirit in the same way as the disciples received it here.)</span></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #fabf8f; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themetint: 153;"> </span></b><span id="en-NASB-26891"><span class="woj"><sup>23 </sup>If you forgive the sins of any, <i>their sins</i> have been forgiven them; if you retain the <i>sins</i> of any, they have been retained.”</span></span><o:p></o:p><span id="en-NASB-26892"><span class="text"><sup>24 </sup><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">But Thomas</b>, one of the twelve, called Didymus, (Didymus meaning twin) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">was not with them</b> when Jesus came.</span></span> <span id="en-NASB-26893"><span class="text"><sup>25 </sup><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">So the other disciples were saying to him,</i></b> “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hands</b> the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”</span> (Thomas was not believing his friends, the other disciples… he is saying, “If I don’t have the same experience you have, the same proof, I will not believe. The people who were telling me about Jesus knew he was real, I would challenge them and say, “IF he is real… You have 60 seconds… and IF he shows up I will believe.)</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span id="en-NASB-26894"><span class="text"><sup>26 </sup>After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. <span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Jesus came</span>, <span style="color: #548dd4; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;">the doors having been shut, (the door of my life was shut for the longest time… and he still came in and spoke with me, revealing himself to me in a way that would allow me to believe and receive Him as both LORD AND SAVIOR…)</span>, and stood in their midst and said, </span><span class="woj">“Peace <i>be</i> with you<span style="color: #f79646; mso-themecolor: accent6;">.(he is peace</span></span><span class="woj"><span style="color: #f79646; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: accent6;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="color: #f79646; mso-themecolor: accent6;">)</span>”</span></span> <span id="en-NASB-26895"><span class="text"><sup>27 </sup>Then He said to Thomas, </span><span class="woj">“Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”</span></span> <span id="en-NASB-26896"><span style="color: #f79646; mso-themecolor: accent6;">(Were these not Thomas’ requirements he said to the others??? Jesus knows exactly what you need from Him. He knows every thought you think and everything you speak.)</span><span class="text"><sup>28 </sup>Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”</span></span> <span id="en-NASB-26897"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #f79646; mso-themecolor: accent6;">(Thomas just needed a little something, he gets it and immediately he recognizes who is in front of him… and he say’s “My LORD and MY GOD!!!) </span><span class="text"><sup>29 </sup>Jesus said to him, </span><span class="woj">“Because you have seen Me, have you believed? <span style="color: #f79646; mso-themecolor: accent6;">(some of us will have to see… and He will show Himself to us…)</span> </span><span class="woj"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt;">Blessed <i>are</i> they who did not see, and <i>yet</i> believed.”</span></b></span></span><br />
<o:p></o:p><span class="text"><sup><span id="en-NASB-26898">…30 </span></sup>Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;</span> <span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span id="en-NASB-26899">but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; </span></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">and</span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>that believing you may have life in His name.</u></i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #001320; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">3107</span></b><span style="color: #001320; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <i>makários</i> (from <i>mak</i>-, "become long, large") – properly, when God <i>extends</i> His <i>benefits</i> (the advantages<i> He confers</i>); <i>blessed</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #001320; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://biblesuite.com/greek/3107.htm"><span style="color: purple;">3107</span></a> <i>/makários</i> ("blessed") describes a believer in <i>enviable</i> ("fortunate") position from receiving <i>God's provisions </i>(<i>favor</i>) – which (literally) <i>extend</i> ("make long, large") His grace (benefits). This happens with receiving (obeying) the Lord's inbirthings of faith. Hence, faith (<a href="http://biblesuite.com/greek/4102.htm">4102</a> <i>/pístis</i>) and <a href="http://biblesuite.com/greek/3107.htm"><span style="color: purple;">3107</span></a> (<i>makários</i>) are closely associated (Ro 4:5-7,14:22,23; Rev 14:12,13).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-88068197428624978742013-02-22T08:14:00.001-08:002024-03-10T09:37:10.057-07:00Believe Genesis <div>
<span>I know that some of you might struggle in believing exactly what Genesis says about the creation of the universe. Fortunately for me, Jesus has erased all doubt concerning his word. It is true and you can rest in it. Having seen the universe created with my own eyes and the revelation received from him while he was on the cross, I find that all the other theories are the deceiver’s deception in keeping us away from Him, truth, and power. I haven’t studied the theories of evolution since 1992… I have no need to. As you believe the bible’s account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ d</span><span>o the same with the rest of it and you will enjoy a great freedom and find power in HIS word</span><span><span>J</span></span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></div>
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<span>The following I copied from </span><span>Relevant Bible Teaching making minor changes.</span><span></span></div>
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<b><span>Evolution</span></b><span></span></div>
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<span>Evolution in the strictest sense states that there was no creator (even going further than Darwin did). It argues that matter either always existed, or it came into existence spontaneously and by chance exploded into a universe. Life formed from non-life and gradually grew more complex, changing from one species to another. This would have taken billions of years and the process should still be ongoing. </span></div>
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<i><span>Problems with Evolution</span></i><span></span></div>
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<span>Life doesn’t come from non-life, ever. Where do male and female species come from? Things go from order to disorder, not from chaos to order. Where is evolution now? (They answer with the theory of punctuated equilibrium- that evolution happens in short spurts every billion or so years, so we are just in a lull). Where did the initial matter come from? Why did it explode? Evolution contradicts the Genesis account totally. Organisms don’t change to survive (all genetic mutations are harmful). No intermediate species have ever been found that have not either been unclear or been proven hoaxes. Many more in-between forms should have been found if the theory was true. </span></div>
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<b><span>Theistic Evolution</span></b><span></span></div>
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<span>This is a view many professing Christians take. It is a supposed wedding of theism and naturalistic evolution, and it proposes that the strongest survive while weak species are worked out of existence or change to survive. Basically, theistic evolutionists argue that God used and oversaw the evolutionary process, helping it begin and complete. God is used to solve all of the problems discussed above in the evolutionary theory.</span></div>
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<i><span>Problems with Theistic Evolution</span></i><span></span></div>
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<span>It contradicts the Genesis account of “after their kind” and six literal days. Since God is perfect and His ways are perfect, why would He use a chance process when Genesis plainly indicates that He spoke the world into existence (see also Hebrews 1:3 which states that He “upholds all things by the word of His power”). According to the Bible, death didn’t come until after sin. According to theistic evolution, plants and animals had been living and dying for billions of years until the strongest survived. Why doubt the Genesis account? Can we trust any other part of Scripture?</span></div>
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<b><span>Progressive Creationism</span></b><span></span></div>
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<span>This view argues that the universe is billions of years old, that stellar evolution is by natural process alone, that the stars were made before day four of creation (thus allowing for their light to reach the earth), and that the Big Bang was responsible for the “creation” of the world. Progressive creationists argue that the days of the creation process overlapped, and we are currently in the seventh day until the New Jerusalem. Death preceded the first sin; thus, the garden of Eden wasn’t really a paradise as meteorites and floods and other natural disasters including sickness and disease had been ongoing. Random, wasteful inefficiencies were used to “create” the world. The history of man is a minute fraction of the history of the earth and universe because the universe is so old. This view also seems to indicate that there were man-like mammals. Finally, it denies the worldwide flood of Noah. Many “conservative” evangelicals buy into this view.</span></div>
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<span>The Bible says that death was the result of sin, not that it preceded sin (Genesis 2:17). The Bible teaches that man was created at the beginning of creation, not much later as Mark 10:6 indicates saying, “But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’” It is a violation of text interpretation to assume that the days overlap. There is no way anybody reading the account with no Bible knowledge would conclude that the author is intending for the reader to understand that the days overlapped. As one ended, morning and evening, another began. There is no Biblical basis to assume that we are still in the seventh day. No Scripture gives ground to make such a statement; it is merely hypothetical. They do not believe that the universe was created with the appearance of age (Adam and Even were created as adults, for example, yet they were only a second old). There is no hard evidence for ape-men. Finally, in regard to Noah’s flood, why would God make Noah stay in an ark for so long if there was land elsewhere? </span></div>
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<span>This view states that each day in Genesis 1 is actually millions or billions of years. Many supposed conservative Christians take this view, seeing it as some kind of compromise with “scientific evidence.” It is merely one way to try to reconcile the evolutionary account with the Genesis account. God doesn’t need anymore time than 24 hours. The verse quoted to give supposed credence to this view is 2 Peter 3:8 which says, “But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.” The curious thing is that the verse is not making a literal claim. It is saying that our view of time is different than God’s view of time when it comes to His delaying His return. Yet they take this verse literally and deny the literal interpretation of Genesis.</span></div>
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<span>It is dangerous because it undermines the authority of the Scripture. For example, why does the Genesis account emphasize the evening and morning of each day every time? The text gives no evidence of a drawn out evolutionary process for creating man. There is no reason to believe that when God said He created man in one day that it took him a thousand years. Where this view really wants to go is to allow millions and billions of years, which Scripture in no way grants. Many times, it is no more than a cleverly devised scheme to let theistic evolution creep in the back door. </span></div>
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<span>This view states that a primitive earth was created in Genesis 1:1, Satan fell and corrupted it, God flooded it, and a second earth was created in Genesis 2:2 out of corruption. This is an attempt to harmonize with the supposed “clear evidence” of the “ancient” geologic column. Sketchy scientific conclusions are held as being more important than what the Bible plainly indicates (two creations and two earths?). They do not believe that God used evolution, but they do believe that the earth is indefinitely old. They try to take the Genesis account literally, but they feel compelled by science to read into it.</span></div>
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<span>They assume that some scientific assumptions and conclusions are grounds to be forced to doubt the Word of God when there are plenty of contradictory scientific claims to uphold it (see young earth creationism below). This view jeopardizes confidence in the written Word by adding to it, a dangerous thing to do and condemned by God. That there was a previous creation with evil, sin, and corruption doesn’t square with the perfection indicated in the Garden of Eden. Death came only through Adam’s sin (Romans 5:14).</span></div>
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<span>This is the view that the earth is millions or billions of years old. Light travelling from distant stars is often cited as proof that the world has been around for billions of years. While a logical argument, it assumes that time has been constant, which as the theory of relativity states, may or may not be the case. Also, God could have created the world with light already having travelled to its visible destination. Regardless, old earth creationists are quick to dispense of the idea of a young universe rather than taking Scripture at face value when it speaks of six literal days. This view is typically accompanied by progressive creationism or theistic evolution. It typically holds to uniformitarianism which states that the geologic changes on the earth happened gradually over billions of years rather than quickly through a catastrophic worldwide flood. Thus, a worldwide flood is typically denied, also denying a literal interpretation of Scripture.</span></div>
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<b><span>Young Earth Creationism</span></b><span></span></div>
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<span>This is the view that the Genesis account is to be taken as an historical account with every word being taken literally. They believe (and I) that God created the world in six literal 24 hour days and rested for a literal 24 hour seventh day. The Garden of Eden was a paradise because death happened only after Adam and Eve sinned, as the Bible plainly indicates when it says that death came through Adam. The earth was changed rapidly during a worldwide flood (no more water under the earth or above it), so therefore the geologic column is not uniform across the face of the earth, which is indeed indicative of a catastrophic event. The earth is likely 6 to 10 thousand years old as the genealogies of the Old Testament would seem to indicate. There never was nor ever will be any in-between species because evolution never did occur nor will it again in the future. There is plenty of scientific evidence to support this view (no reliable in-between fossils and a certain shortage of what should be found if evolution was true, no evolution has happened in the recorded history of man, geologic columns are mixed up, life doesn’t come from non-life, species don’t change from one to another, the universe has evidence of divine planning and design, etc.). </span><b><span>Copyright © 2013 Relevant Bible Teaching.</span></b><span></span></div>
Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-37979741174097458382002-10-13T13:15:00.000-07:002013-04-13T13:15:50.424-07:00Restoring marriages is his business! Pray, Listen, Pray… God wants to use you<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pray, Listen, Pray… God wants to use you</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Restoring marriages is his business</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leah and I were asked to be on a ministry team which prayed for members at the end of each Sunday service. On this particular day a friend of ours came up and asked me if I would be going to the men’s conference the church was having at the black rock conference center. I said that I was thinking about it. He walked away about five paces and came back and informed me that the church had scholarships if I needed it. I thanked him for that information and again informed him that I was thinking about it. I didn’t tell him that I actually did not have the money to go and I surly wasn’t going to take any money. Again after taking a few steps away he came back and said, “and if you need it and don’t take it you have a pride problem!” and he turned and left. Pride? Not me! Really Lord… Pride? I was thinking… then I yelled back at him, “Ok, I’ll take it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I spent the weekend with him, a friend of mine and a new fellow I had never met. I’ll call the new fellow Joe. Joe drove me home from the church at the end of the conference. I told my wife about this great guy I wanted her to meet. She came out and said hi for a few minutes and Joe left. She immediately turned to me and said that he was hiding something. No… I said, he’s a great guy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">During the week Joe kept coming on my mind, and I knew that I was to call him, but I did not have his phone number. I would wait to see him in church. That Sunday the pastor talked about a great weekend and the healing that came to many men. But he did say that one man thought that God was telling him that it was ok to leave his wife. What? I couldn’t believe my ears, was he at the same conference I was? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the end of church Leah and I went up to pray. A woman came up and she began to cry, she couldn’t say anything because she was too upset. Leah and I just prayed for her. Then the thought came to me that she was the wife of Joe. So I asked… and she was. I told her that God told me to call him can I have his number. She told me I could but he won’t pick up, he has been ignoring everyone’s calls, pastors family etc. I said, “If God has asked me to call him… he will pick up.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The next day I got a call back from Joe. I asked him to meet me for breakfast… and he did. We began to meet every week. He had moved out of the house by this time and was in a relationship with another woman. (He moved right into a neighborhood close to my parents and parent-in-laws… So I could pop in to see hem often.) He had been trying to end his relationship with the other woman for over five years and could not do it. He worked with the church and other brothers and could not break off the relationship so he gave up on ending it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I prayed over him and met with him for nine or ten months. One day while I was at work I received an e-mail from my father which he forwarded to me. His e-mails are usually jokes and I usually don’t take the time to open them. This one I could not delete for some feelings I was having not to delete it. A few hours passed and I opened the e-mail and it was a joke about Kama Sutra religious activities. I wanted to delete it again but could not. Ok, Lord what is it you want me to know? So I researched the word. Page after page popped up about the religious activities… on the fifth page in the middle of the page was one site concerning witchcraft! Witchcraft???? Is my dad involved in witch craft??? This was not making sense. What is it Lord…. Then Joe’s name came into my mind. It’s Joe? No, it’s the lady Joe has been trying to separate from??? I thought. Lord, I need to talk with Joe. I was going to call him… no… I need to do this in person. Ten minutes later someone knocked on my office door. Come in, I said... Joe opened the door. Joe, I just told the Lord I needed to see you in person. We talked about witchcraft… it turned out that there was a witch in the neighborhood he and his wife lived in. Joe and his wife found out about her when they had gone to the church for counseling five years earlier. The counselor learned this through counseling several marriages from that neighborhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Over the next week I prayed for Joe to be out from under the curses of this witch. There was a dramatic separation between him and the woman he could not leave. Joe and his wife have been living happily together for the past 11 years and are doing great things for the Kingdom of God</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-65153202808882099282001-07-23T06:07:00.000-07:002013-04-13T06:23:23.207-07:00God will take control… if you let Him… and sometimes even if you don’t, but he always LOVES YOU!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">God will take control… if you let Him… and sometimes even if you don’t, but he always LOVES YOU.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sometimes my daughter wants to do something that could harm her. Ok, if you know Ellie (she’s 5), sometimes comes many times a day. But Leah and I have to tell her that she could get hurt. Many times she does not understand this but we take the time and tell her anyway. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have you ever disciplined your children and while you were disciplining them you could sense God saying the exact same thing to you? Especially when it concerns listening and doing what He says????</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One day I was frustrated about something in my life and was pondering this while cutting the grass. Of course I was giving my side of the story to God the whole time I was walking around the yard. I hit something in the yard which bent my lawnmower blade which of course caused me to get more frustrated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I got the tools necessary to remove the blade and with difficulty I got the black green stained nut holding the blade on; off. I placed the nut on the side of the lawnmower since the mower was on its side. After straightening the blade I was back in the yard next to the mower sliding the blade onto the shaft when the mower fell over and the nut, of course flew into the grass. I was too busy trying to get away from the mower I was sitting next to and did not see where the nut flew to. NOW I am VERY VERY frustrated, especially since I managed to bust my hand on the mower when my wrench had slipped off the nut while loosening it. Now I was on all fours searching through the Grass for a black greenish nut which was blending in to the ground. The Lord says to not sin in your anger and so I am doing my best. My best only lasted about 60 seconds and I said to the Lord, “If you loved me” and I was going to say, “If you loved me you would show me the nut!” but I never got the whole sentence out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said, “If you loved me” and immediately my eyes jerked involuntarily to the right side of my eye sockets right to the black nut about five feet away from where I was looking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I fell to the ground face first and started weeping. I know…. I know…. I know you love me Lord. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Whatever </b>you are going through… He KNOWS </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">He knows everything about you, the good… the bad… and the ugly… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">right now, take a deeeeep deeeeeep breath and exhale, let it all out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Relax and know that He loves you so so very much.</span></div>
Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-14005942714059869922000-09-20T08:34:00.000-07:002013-04-13T08:35:39.976-07:00Lost Eye Glasses in Hay Stack<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">There was a party for the Hershey Free Church Coop Home School program at a barn. It was a great party and lasted into the evening. While I was standing around the bon fire with my wife and friends David and Ami Dinnison, I got the urge to go into the barn and get a drink. As I did I saw a few adults and students rooting around in the hay pile they had been swinging over and dropping into. I felt a pull to go over and ask what was going on, but I continued to the drink table at the other end of the barn. On my way back I again felt a pull to the hay pile. As I got there one of the parents was stand at the edge and I asked him what was going on. He said that his six year old son lost his glasses. They were brand new and very small. I asked him if they asked God to help them find the glasses. He said they did about 20 minutes ago. Ok, I thought and asked God again to show me the glasses. As I moved closer to the edge to jump in I felt a hand on my chest holding me back so I stopped and waited with expectation. About a minute or two passed and I saw a glint of light and I asked God, “Is that it?” I got no response but I just jumped in. I took three steps to where I had seen the light flash and before reaching down I turned and looked at the father. While I was reaching down into the hay, my head turned up looking at the father I grabbed a hand full of hay and stood up. I opened my hand and looked down at my hand. In my hand were some hay and the little blue glasses. The father screamed, “How did you do that?!” he had been watching me the whole time. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Raymond Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03248485464686904939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407500353824785276.post-37695092081210710181998-04-12T18:58:00.000-07:002013-04-12T19:01:10.499-07:00Lost then found.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My son Zach (he was about 5 years old at the time.) came into the house one day crying… Dad, I lost a piece to my toy. (Some kind of action figure like G.I. Joe.) I asked him if he asked God to help him find it. He said, “No”. I said, “ask Him.” He said I don’t want to ask him you ask him, he listens to you. (???) I looked at him for a few seconds and asked if he was afraid to ask… he said yes. I said, “Ok”, I will ask. So out the door we went. I asked Zach where in the yard he was playing and he could not tell me. I said, “Zach, this is a very big yard where were you??? In the front yard, back yard, side??? Where? “I don’t know” he said. At that point I felt that I should go to the left side of the house towards the back… all the way to the neighbor’s fence. I said, “Were you playing back here?” No! Hummm… I looked at the chain link fence and stuck in the fence two feet above the ground was the two inch plastic piece… the only way that could have gotten in there was IF <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SOMEONE</b> put it there. I was amazed, Zach wasn’t, he just pulled the toy out of the fence and off he went.</span></div>
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