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Message From Richard
Greetings my brothers and sisters and welcome to our latest edition of Gods Faith Book's weekly newsletter.
GFB's new Christian Dating site (www.godsdatematch.com) continues to grow by Thousands every day. Our number has swelled to over 50,000 new members since last week when we reported 25,000 new member. As stated last week, because of our unexpected rapid growth we out grew our disk space for storing pictures and information. That problem has been resolved with the addition of plenty of disk space to handle all our anticipated growth. As with any new venture, there are always problems that arise. Our current staff has been over whelmed with administrating all new member requests. We have increased our staff and all problems and questions will be answered. We have also been hit by scammers and others that are not working in a true Christian atmosphere.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS A TRUE CHRISTIAN SITE WITH ZERO TOLERANCE FOR NON CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES. Scammers and foul language and photos will be taken of site and those responsible will be banned from this site. If you have faith and a true love for the Lord, than and grow with us and hopefully you will find that special someone to share the rest of your life with. Most of these new members are not members of GFB, so this will give you a great opportunity to meet new individuals. If you are single and looking for that special person, just click on and discover new friends with similar interests.
If you haven't taken a look at our gift store, located at top of home page in black menu bar, please check it out. We have added 13 new book titles for you to check out. These books will make excellent gift for that someone special. In addition to reading these books we have made arrangements with several of the authors to join us here at GFB to discuss their books and answer any questions you might have. Check the front page for further announcements.
This week we are featuring of our new books on sale in the gift store: 'Eradicate' by David Fiorazo
'Eradicate' identifies two major problems causing the spiritual and moral decline in our country: the secular agenda to blot out God, and the apathy of Christians. This book will expose the anti-Christian movements in America and give you a thorough understanding of the foundational battle for truth. With 78% of Americans claiming to be Christians, how did it get to the point where Christianity is having less of an influence on our culture than culture is having on Christianity? Too many believers have conformed to our culture and we're now suffering the consequences as a nation.
The Bible contains much prophecy concerning end times, warning us to not be ignorant so we can be bold and fight the good fight of faith. As Christians, we'll predictably face more hostility and possibly increased persecution in America as we draw closer to Jesus Christ's return. It is now more pivotal than ever that we prepare ourselves, know the truth of Scripture, and understand the direction our country has taken
Enemy forces continue to destroy this nation by attacking America's Judeo-Christian roots from within. This book will investigate government, media, Hollywood, public schools, our culture of death, and the push toward socialism and Marxism. You'll see how some churches and leaders are diluting the Word of God weakening the witness of believers. You may be outraged as this book exposes how sin is being openly promoted, yet encouraged because God is still in control. There's a remnant of committed Christians resisting evil and standing in the way. The choice is ours: who or what will we give our allegiance to, God or man; to Jesus Christ or to culture and politics? As Christians, our loyalties must not be divided any longer or America may be lost.
About the Author
David Fiorazo is an author, radio personality, actor, blogger, and speaker. He has over 30 years of experience in the broadcasting and entertainment industries. David recommitted his life to Jesus Christ in 1987 and as he traveled across America, he witnessed the moral decay and spiritual decline of our Republic under God that continues today.
I'm sorry to report that our Chat Room is still not working. We are still working with the developer of the chat room as well as our technicians to get the problem solved within the next several days.
Keep reading the home page for further information on the upcoming Bible Cruise.
Helpful Sponsorships: As we have said, GFB is growing! (Praise the Lord!) But with increased web traffic, and more active email readers like you being added every day to our list of thousands, our expenses have been growing rapidly as well! We wanted to be completely transparent with you and let you know that to help offset the costs, GFB has invited a select group of sponsors to advertise with us. We're confident these modest ads won't interfere with our mission of inspiring millions to seek the Holy Spirit in their lives and share His fruit with others!
Remember, that this site does not belong to one person, it belongs to all of you. Without YOU, there is no US. Always Dare To Dream.
"Thank You Lord for this day, and for all you have done for us. Lord forgive us our sins, and help us with forgiveness of others. Lord please heal our bodies, minds and hearts, so that we are free and healthy in body, mind and Spirit. Lord may you guide , protect and provide for our family needs. In Jesus name we pray. Amen"
WE ARE IN JESUS HAND SO DON'T WORRY HE IS ALWAYS WITH US.
GOD'S GRACE IS WHAT ENABLES YOU TO BELIEVE IN HIM. SO THANK HIM EACH DAY FOR REVEALING HIMSELF TO YOU!
DON'T KEEP GODS FAITH BOOK A SECRET--SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS
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Please visit the new and improved GFB gift store! The store is found on the menu and also by clicking here. Shipping and handling is FREE for all GFB members in the continental United States.
Proceeds from our store are used to both host and improve the GFB site...as well as fund different charities we are involved with.
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Left Behind but Not Forgotten-Tribulation Saints
by Gregory Booker
The specific tribulation period of the book of Revelation is a time which God reveals His Wrath against sin and unbelief. In the normal course of living in this cursed world suffering and disciplining is a part of this life but it does not represent God's wrath. As one who believes in a pre-tribulation rapture from various scriptural readings, there is one caveat that makes such a timing more profitable to getting people to yield to Jesus and walk into heaven.
When the rapture happens, especially a pre tribulation rapture, it seems quite apparent that all those people in the church and even those not in the church will be aghast, yes stunned, at the reality of such an event. Clearly their position of unbelief would be have been proven wrong. Their tears will flow in the streets and at the altar because the literal word of God will also be manifested before them.
This awakening will provide hope to the those left behind that they can still be found in favor with Jesus. This is God's grace still working before men. Under our present conditions things are generally calm and non intrusive into our lives. As a result, many people are noncommittal and complacent. The wisdom of the Word suggest that as a tribulation saint many will turn to Jesus when under present conditions this simply would not happen, dying of old age in their unbelief. Call it God's grace for it is is greater...still!!
All the allegorizing...spiritualizing...symbolizing and anything else will fall to dust as the literal interpretation of the word of God will rise up from the ashes of Time. The rapture occurring at this time, I believe, will do more to empower faith to those left behind than anything you or I could do through the Church. Some things belong to God and this will be to his glory and to magnify Himself before mankind.
All of a sudden the Book of Revelation is no mystery for it can be read like an instruction guide as the New Jerusalem which is our mansion of many rooms is set to come down. But first a nation called Israel is also left behind and surrounded by a world of unbelief. God will then have some deliverance yet to be performed in honor for all the work He has done through them to facilitate the gospel to the Gentiles. And His Name will be glorified and His Nation will be redeemed and His Church will be honored. All in our Robes of righteousness.
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Weekly Devotional - From Middle of Life to Center of Truth by Shawn McEvoy
Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD; may your love and your truth always protect me.
Hebrews 12:1-3, NIV
I turned 40 a couple months ago. Woo-hoo.
You'll pardon my "enthusiasm," I'm sure. What nobody tells you about turning 40 is that you ask yourself a lot of questions, sort of a checklist of making sure you have certain things right before proceeding to the most meaningful half of the game. It's like you're in the locker room at halftime of life - bandaging injuries, reflecting on the strategies of the first half - both failed and successful - and considering your options as you re-emerge to the field.
One upside of this odd time (one of my most awkward since adolescence; think of me as a teenager plus a modicum of wisdom, confidence, and gainful employment. I even found a couple of zits this week for goodness sakes) is empathy. I wouldn't call what I'm going through a "mid-life crisis"... but I now understand why some people have them. I wouldn't say that agnosticism is any kind of answer to the meaning of life... but I now understand why people gravitate to it, conscientiously or not. I wouldn't say this life is the point or that this world is our home... but I get why people begin to make the most of the time they have left as they see the clock running down.
The downside, however, is that I find myself prone to thinking I'm smarter than I am, to thinking so much depends upon me, to buying into answers that are all at once beyond biblical teaching in both complexity and sanity. My like-it's-on-hormones brain has me wondering about...
Dinosaurs, definitions of marriage, death, love, whom I've loved, whether I've loved, addictions, exercise, accountability, honesty, privacy, sexuality, inerrancy, accuracy, cosmology, biology, psychology, mighta-beens, coulda-beens, shoulda-beens, woulda-beens, fairness, facts, food, euthanasia, hip dysplasia, adoptions from Asia, character, selfishness, and yes... even shiny new sportscars.
Good gracious.
Take any one of those categories - plus many more - and I've been bogged down thinking about it. Some of my thoughts challenge my own beliefs, beliefs I've long held as established, settled. Some of my thoughts wake me up to new possibilities, or things I haven't done yet that I may still be called to. But in the end all these ideas remain merely...
My. Thoughts.
Biblically, those just aren't very trustworthy words. So what do I do now?
The same thing I've always done - come back to first principles. Study the old verses from childhood. Memorize scripture. And be really, really honest with friends and acquaintances. That authenticity, though, is a new ingredient, one that is making this halftime speech much more meaningful, bearable, and shared.
But at its root is just the same formula from which I deconstruct everything: something happened in Jerusalem and the surrounding areas over 2,000 years ago that sent plain old uneducated men to the corners of the earth convinced that everything - life, meaning, all time and all space - was on the line, and there was a Truth worth dying for. They did this because they knew a man who was also God, whom death could not hold, and who offered an amazing gift to anyone who would faithfully open it. And there's this book about those men, and the One in whom they believed, and no matter how many questions you seem to have about this book or how it was put together or who wrote it or whether its teachings are fair or right, one thing is for sure - it spoke in advance of the One who came, and in Him it becomes a whole lot clearer.
And the same God who caused all that to happen wanted the rest of the story told in certain ways. He told us some things were good for us, some bad. He told us some things were right in His eyes, some wrong. He told us He created this place we live in a period of days. No matter how confusing any of that may seem (and make no mistake - child-like faith is one of my favorite things, but growing in wisdom is a stretch to that faith, and stretching is almost always a good thing to do with aging muscles), it holds that there was a Truth. And the God that foretold, sent, and raised this Truth is the one telling the story in a way that might make you scratch your head, puzzle out how things piece together, but before you know it, you have been thinking, praying to, and meditating upon Him and how He did it, how it all might paradoxically mesh.
Simplicity out of complexity. Youthfulness out of age. Truth out of confusion. Beauty out of chaos.
So far, I have to tell you, the 40s just rock.
Intersecting Faith and Life: No matter how old you are, make a list of what's behind you and what you think or hope lies ahead. Admit the concepts with which you struggle, and the bedrock that does not move, and find the place they meet for you. And move forward from there.
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Johnny Cash - Peace in the Valley
Billy Graham Classics
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Bible Study Classes and Prayer Meeting
Bible Study is held in the AV Chat Room each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Each Saturday we also have a Video prayer and worship session. Classes begin promptly at 8:00 PM EST except for the Tuesday class which begins at 3:00 PM E.S.T.
The GFB Prayer Meeting is held each Wednesday at approximately 9:00 PM EST in the AV Chat room.
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