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WHO DO WE WANT TO SEE FIRST?

2012-05-29T13:44:38Z

I AWOKE THIS MORNING WORKING ON A CONCEPT...; while many of us are looking forward to seeing Jesus, Paul and others, I came to the conclusion that if we are born again, Jesus is part of us by the Holy Spirit. And yes I do want to see Paul and others. So do other Christians awaiting the rapture of death, however, I want to talk to my father. Why? By now Dad has gotten around picked up on the lay of 'land' so to speak. Through some one that has been there we can reap all of the value of 'Heaven".

Now I know this is ridiculously simple and non theological. But suddenly, since January, I have missed him very much. Through all I know am left with a hope that he is there waiting on me. And yes I believe we will know each other in 'Heaven'.

It also has left me with a goal of leading the rest of my family and friends in a strong relationship with Jesus. Are you looking for a reunion with family members? Is that hope built on scripture? Do you have others to you want there with you; and are you leading them to understand how to be there with you?

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Biblical Commentary

2012-05-28T17:32:11Z

IN DOING MY RESEARCH… for my commentary on denominationalism and non-denominationalism I have come to the real decision that clinging to the dogmas from the 16^th century to the present, has caused confused and misguided Christians. And that there is real and clear Biblical commentary as to what is true. The Bible is it’s only and best commentary. ‘I have tried to take ‘only’ out of the last sentence. But I could not because of the checking of the Holy Spirit. I know that there are many good commentaries out there. Some are strictly Biblical in nature. However, some are directly from denominational dogma and theology. For that reason, I would warn any true Biblical student to filter any commentary through untainted Biblical exposition and study. It may be beneficial to use word and grammar study, written by others, because this gives a clearer view of what the original language is really saying. The commentary I will bring to you will be Biblical and word study based.’

Now that I am out of the confinement of a hospital and in house rehab, I will be bringing the COMMENTARY ON DENOMINATIONALISM AND NON-DENOMINATIONALISM. Many will find it hard to digest. Many will find it mind opening but confusing. I only ask that yourself able to read and absorb it. You will then have an opportunity to make rational decisions about the chapters and verses detailed.

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BAY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT GUEST BLOG

2012-05-05T11:46:26Z

AS SOME OF YOU KNOW MY GOOD FRIEND JERRY TOMECEK PUBLISHES FROM TIME TO TIME A PROBING COMMENTARY ON TODAY'S WORLD. I RE-POST IT HERE AS HE DOES MINE.

Bay of the Holy Spirit

May, 2012 www. style="FONT-FAMILY: Times-Roman; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">bayoftheholyspirit.com Overseer: Jerry J. Tomecek

Email: bohs@bellsouth.net 8582 County Road #34, Fairhope, AL. 36532

“Prophet in Overalls #46"

BLACK OR WHITE ? YES OR NO ?

Add a third choice of “ maybe “and you have no direction in your life.

You say “ I’m congenial, politically correct or inclusive” : What you are is adrift in confusion!

In confusion, any path of life is acceptable. When you are unstable any direction or thought is acceptable. If you allow a little leaven ( lies, distortion & acceptance

of false teachings) you open your life to more corruption.

Corruption leads to destruction. With any sin is in your life you make excuses. The excuses allow you to say that it is okay. This leads to extending your sin, and affects your life style.

Man’s nature requires more stimulation to achieve whatever satisfaction previously experienced. Sometimes it leads to excessive means to achieve the feelings.

Once a portion of your life is out of balance, other aspects begin to crumble. You look for other releases. Most are worse than the first sin.

BIG LIE

One aspect of your existence is you relax. Other people are allowed to make decisions that control your life. Any person or system that gives you something, can take it back. A system that gives you something, by taking it from someone else, will do the same to you.

This aspect is part of the " Antichrist" plan. Control by perversion and misdirection.

Gradually taking control of your life away from you. This slow effecting has already occurred. The gradual destruction of people's by a corrupted system. This affects the soul of the people not paying attention.

A population relying upon some else to do the job. Not checking , begging for political handouts. Another way of controlling your life. Appointed and elected person, with the love of mammon. Their adamic nature takes advantage of those they govern. Using the greed of the people to acquire more personal finances.

SPIRITUAL REALITY

God's word says “ Obey those who are in authority”.

The state of the world and it's corruption has reached the time spoke of in the Book of Revelation. A time of trouble and destruction.

To get the attention of the world's population God, has favored a destroyer in America. His political influence affects the world.

The basic corruption is the love of mammon. Mammon has become the god of the world. This goes against the first commandment.

God loves His creation. He makes circumstances to chastise people back into covenant.

People are waking up to the effects of the destroyer, They want to stop the destruction.

What if he is stopped? What if no return to the word? A man cleans house, and doesn’t fill it with Gods purpose. The next trial will not chastise but destroy.

We are experiencing chastisement.

What will you do in your relationship with Elohim?

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

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HOW TO BE REAL IN PRAYER

2012-05-03T14:55:18Z

Last week a teenager was overheard about prayer. She was lamenting how she was taught to pray and how the adults pray. It’s almost an oratory (not her words). She thought prayer should be conversation with God, not a speech (not her exact words).

Then one of our members cited being on the phone with someone and she had just admonished this person to try Jesus this time. The person (hearing through the phone) said well the prayer she was taught at bedtime “Now I lay me down to sleep…” scared her and scares most children.

We may not agree with that, because we are in the process of teaching children to be comfortable with praying. And a ‘rote’ prayer for a child is probably the best way.

But to both individuals we would admonish them that the correct way to approach God, even in public prayer is to just to talk to Him. You can’t do that if you are not close enough to Him to feel as if you could share a cup of coffee with conversation.

He is our Father and we respect Him. But we do not need to speak in the ‘King James English’.

A member related this week that he began to realize this as he grew older and moved out of his Dad’s house. When he would visit with him, they chatted and he responded to his requests and gave me wisdom along with anything else we asked of him. Is our Father in Heaven any less approachable?

We also must remember that prayer is really conversation. This means that as we speak to Him; He will respond to us. We must meditate and await His response. He will respond. That is true prayer, a conversation.

Now public prayer is meant to lead and assist people to approach the Father with a corporate request. But it too is to be a conversation and not a speech. And as we pray publicly we need to be aware that we are conversing with our Father and not trying to impress a congregation.

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CHRIST IS RISEN!!! So Why Is His Church Fighting Among Themselves

2012-04-19T13:59:44Z

So Christ is Risen! What does this mean to you? Does it mean anything? I'm a Catholic. I'm a Baptist. I'm a Methodist. I'm a Pentecostal.  If He had not risen, where would we place our trust and faith.Does our doctrine line up with His Doctrine? Where do we find His Doctrine? If He had not risen where would we go on Sundays? You may say that's stupid! But today, and He Has Risen, many live their lives as if the resurrection had no meaning for them.

This was highlighted for me as my wife and I drove to church this morning. We saw people loading up for a day of fishing or at the beach. Wherever or whatever destination it was not a church.

Sometime ago, I remember seeing one of the members from a church I was Pastoring, shopping in a store. He walks right up and acted like we were big buddies. There is nothing wrong with closeness between a Pastor and a member. But this fellow has not been in church in six months.

I asked him where he had been. He said that he had been going to a new church in the shopping center around the corner. I said oh, who is the Pastor? When he told me, I remember that he was an Assembly of God minister. When I told him this he got very belligerent. He said oh, no. He was not going to that kind of Church. But that he was going to a church that gave him the freedom to believe the Bible and to worship the way he felt led to.
What he did not know, that at the time, I was looking for the same freedom he said he had found.

I went home from that encounter, contemplating on the encounter and realized it was showing me that most of christianity have locked themselves into boxes. And of course we call these boxes denominations.  And to the shock of many of my Catholic brethren, they are a denomination also. Most Catholics believe that they are the original church from the first century literally founded by Christ, After spending eight years fellowshiping and taking communion with Catholics I have come to realize that they have the solid foundations of the Faith in their Catechism. However, they have added to the wealth of 'Apostles' Doctrine'. All have added doctrines that were not in the original teachings of the Apostles or even one generation removed from them. Neither did they line up with what had become the accepted scriptures. Nor have they subsequently lined up with scripture.

Then we are left with the question which Catholic Church are we referring to. A quick Google search will show a cluster of four or more not tied to Roman Catholic Church. So which is the original. I know that the Roman Church owns the Vatican and we believe Peter is buried there. This might give them a little more credible claim to the title. But the along with the other catholic churches I have mentioned they too have added to the 'Apostles Doctrine'. So who has the right to call themselves the 'one true church'?   Even Baptist and other so called protestant denominations probably have spurious stories leading back to the first century church. I remember in my earliest ministry days that an elderly Baptist Minister loaned me a book, I believe titled "The Trail of Blood'. It gave some Baptist's beliefs that proved the Baptist Church is the original Church from the first century. As I remember it was almost laughable the way it brought strings of thought to bear that were so far off the wall; that it was impossible to believe.

Now I do not claim to be an expert in denominational organizational claims. But over the next several Blogs I hope to show that no one denomination has the right to call themselves the original church. Nor does any one group have the authority to claim sole rights to the title 'original'.

To do this I will explore the larger denominations; first in the United States and then world wide. I will look at the 'hook' that they use in proving their uniqueness and correctness.

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LAZINESS VERSUS GOD'S GIFTS

2012-04-10T15:59:23Z

I have received requests for updates on my physcial condition, both through Facebook, and emails. The best way to do this is going through my blog and Facebook. I must tell those of you that are interested; that God is still very much involved in this. But my PSA has risen to 24 and it has been a steady increase since late January from 17. A bone scan revealed some suspicious spots in March and subsequent tests have shown more and more activity.

I have said many times that I would see Jesus's return. Now I realize that as I have said that would be so if I did not get hit by a 'semi-'. Now maybe I need to add cancer. No I do not feel that this is life threatening. The doctors are telling me that if I take the treatments they outlined, hormonal and additional radiation, that I would live a normal life. So prayer for this is not necessary. Especially since I am healed by HIS STRIPES already.

What I do need need prayer for is my laziness and my apparent apathy to what God has assigned me to do. And that is my writing. Pray with me that I will not be lackadaisical with the gift God has given me. The writers among you can understand procastination or even writers block. This includes all of these. But additionally it also includes what we all do at times, saying 'no' to God. I am reaching out to my prayer partners to help me in my personal sin of being lazy that interferes my responding to God and His Plan for my life.

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THE ABUNDANCE THAT PRODUCES Recorded Live

2012-04-10T15:56:30Z

RECORDED LIVE

Pastor John Hodge The Abundance That Produces

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How to Put on Your Character (Live Recording) ***

2012-04-02T19:13:22Z

I start today entering sermons recorded LIVE at Freedom Now Christian Fellowship. I found this remarkable church (or a gathering of the saints) when I met my new wife Donna. I invite you to visit with us Sundays 9:30 AM. Our Pastor is the one that leads in our loving of each other. And as we love each other we also love all those that enter our building. But it does not stop there, we love the people we meet on the street.

Are you a character? Most people in one way or another are characters; with short comings and positive ingredients in us. But this refers to a different kind of character.

Now click below and receive from the Lord

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Welcome Back Again (2012) **

2012-04-02T18:10:34Z

Welcome back to Coffee With Jim Holmes. Please look below amd check for some archival blogs, that I found getting my site fixed. Also check back soon as I post new blogs for further discussion.

Well I finally have my Blog set up and running again. Due to some technical issues I have been down and did not know it. It's like someone asking for your phone number. You never call yourself so you may not have it in the computer on top of your shoulders. I have not been to the site in about two weeks. So I apologize if you have been waiting for a new post.

Again, I will be commenting most of the day on current events as they apply to our walk with the Lord. There are always theological questions and concerns. And if you want to make observations or if you wish to discuss things without your name being known you can email me at jim@coffeewithjimholmes.net. If it is a good idea for a blog, I will write about it, but not mention your name. I will only say that it came from a reader.

Do let me know what you think of my blogs and put your own two cents in. I will comment on or answer any and all questions posed on the Blog, either privately or publicly on the site. Please put it on the blog site below under comments. From there I have an opportunity to censor, edit or comment on your comment. So far I have only edited one for grammar and removed another one for foul language. I allow 99.5% to be viewed by all readers.

Again but be aware, I retain the right to edit language and content. I will not allow hateful, slanderous or libelous comments. I will not allow foul language or off color humor.

We can all use this to have fun and expound on our likes and dislikes of what is happening today. But keep it positive and clean.

I also will posting sermons of John Hodge, Pastor of Freedom Now Christian Fellowship. The Bible in 2Cor. 3:17. shows us the freedom that we have in Christ

So be Blessed, enjoy.

Let's get started. Let me know what you want to talk about.

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This knocked me off my Lazyboy, so I could post!!!!!!

2011-06-14T18:29:38Z

Chrislam Starts To Spread In America

Pastors that are really wolves in sheep’s clothing
You knew this day was going to come, when the liberal “love gospel” preachers who, desiring to fill their seats and bank accounts, would find a way to merge apostate christianity with the Devil’s religion of Islam. That day is here.

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:14-16

Just recently, Rick Warren, founder and pastor of Saddleback Community Church in Orange County California, addressed the convention of the Islamic Society of North America. Warren stated that Muslims and Christians must work together to combat stereotypes, promote peace and freedom, and solve global problems. Christians and Moslems – faith mates, soul mates and now work mates! Chrislam! source – Whole Truth Help
Quote of the Day: “Before we “shake your hand” in responding to your letter, we ask forgiveness of the All-Merciful One and of the Muslim community around the world.” – Rick Warren in a speech to Muslims.
This weekend, the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston along with Christian communities in Atlanta, Seattle, and Detroit will initiate a series of sermons that have been designed to produce an ecumenical reconciliation between Christianity and Islam. In addition to the sermons, the Sunday school lessons will center on the inspired teachings of the Prophet Mohammad. Qurans will be placed in the pews next to the Bibles.

Belief in the divinity of Jesus is condemned in Islam as shirk (filth).

The concept of Chrislam, now embraced by such preachers as Rick Warren and Robert Schuller, appears to have emerged from a program on the meaning of “love your neighbor” at Grace Fellowship Church in Atlanta, Georgia “In 2001, like most Americans, we were pretty awakened to the true Islamic presence in the world and in the United States,” says Jon Stallsmith, the outreach minister at Grace Fellowship. “Jesus says we should love our neighbors. We can’t do that without having a relationship with them.”
Stallsmith maintains that a rapprochement between Muslims and Christians can be achieved by the fact that Jesus is mentioned twenty-five times in the Quran.
The Chrislam movement has gained impetus by statements from President George W. Bush and that Christians, Jews, and Muslims all worship the same God and by Rick Warren’s reference to Isa (the Muslim name for Jesus) in his prayer at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Only 30 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Muslims, according to a Pew Forum poll. At the same time, more than half the country says they know “not very much” or “nothing at all” about the Islamic faith. “The recent political developments and the fact that we’re fighting two wars in Muslim countries should sharpen that need to know how to talk to these guys,” Stallsmith insists “We want to find peace, reconciliation around a scriptural understanding of Jesus.”

Jesus in the Quran is neither the only-begotten Son of God nor the Messiah who was divinely appointed to restore the House of David. He is rather viewed as a prophet who was appointed by Allah to prepare mankind for the coming of Mohammad.” source – The Last Crusade

"IN GOD WE TRUST"

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Why Does Rev. 21:8 LIST The Fearful Being Cast Into Hell?

2010-11-22T23:33:00Z

Have you ever heard a Christian Leader say he or she is fearful of God's Purpose and Plan? If a leader is fearful of the direction that God is moving he or she needs to seek the Mind of God. We all experience fear from time to time. We may even have a fear of God's Plan. But that should because we do not see His Plan clearly and are fearful of missing the true direction He wants us to go.

But when a leader says, I'm fearful because a series of meetings may be closed or a work we have poured ourselves into, may be over and there is nothing we can do about it. We maybe concerned about ourselves and our reputations, rather than God's Work. The cause could be scheduling. The cause could be the time of the year. There are many man made or man controlled reasons, that God has nothing to do with; that seems to interfere with a Work of the Lord. But if it happens, it happens. But if God is in the work, then there should be no fear. It will be what God wants it to be, no matter what man attempts to do with it.

This is where a leader is put on display as being real or not. Is he or she moving in God's Plan or moving in man's plan? If he or she is fearful of what he or she cannot control, they are not believing God to control the work, they believe God has given them. If this so; then maybe they should not be leaders at all. If it's God's Work then He is in control and it will be what it is, or rather what HE wants it to be.

THINK ABOUT IT.

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When God Speaks, Do We Remember?

2010-09-24T18:20:00Z

There are times that one can receive a message from the Lord that is pertinent and germane to the situations you see and find around you. I get mine in the middle of the night or actually the wee hours of the morning. But in my case I wonder if I am alone For I have a tendency to forget parts of the message He gives me. I wish some of my readers would contact me and let me know that they identify with what I am saying. I get negative contacts all the time. I would like someone to step up and say, yes that happens to me too. And maybe you have found a cure for it the challenge of trying to remember what God has just told you.

Today I had a like situation. Early this morning the Lord awakened me with a dynamic thought. I felt like it needed to be blogged that moment. Why is the average person on Earth today so blinded by the things of the world? Things like their mere existence. It doesn’t go beyond their job or their home life: single, married etc… The Lord then showed me a graphic that the Program The Universe uses on their program on the History Channel. Thinking in dimensions, of which all we see are three, even though we must also exist in the fourth, time and space. The first three are height, breadth and width. On their graphic they visualize a globe, but only the top half is projective, and the side underneath is not projected. They then remove the dimension of height. The graphic is now flat. My inspiration shows that some of us live only in 2/3 for which we designed.

Spiritually speaking that is how most people of the Earth live every day. Occasionally some people push up on the dimension of height. This is usually when they have allowed their spiritual eyes perceive God.

Those that have been born again see the lights of the two dimensions. They know there is something more for them, but don’t know how to reach it. Just like the attempt to push up on the dimension of height, they repeatedly attempt to move into all that God has for them.

Many Christians are afraid to move any further in their walk with the Lord, because they are afraid that they will have to give something up, that they enjoy. I would remind them that they probably thought the same thing before they received Jesus as their Savior. I would ask them, did they? Did you have to give up anything that was worthwhile or that you miss?

I now invite those of you that have not received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, do not scoff at it. The old expression, don’t knock it ‘till you try it, fits here.

If you want to discuss this further, I am open to such dialogue. My email is jim@coffeewithjimholmes..net.

I don’t have all of the answers, but I know the One that does. I also have lived the spiritual life on both sides. I am a good one to talk to. I have fought the spirit filled life and graved it at the same time. Contact me and let’s talk.

WELL I GUESS I DID NOT FORGET TOO MUCH OF WHAT GOD TOLD ME LAST NIGHT. I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF I DID AND HE REMINDS ME.

GOD BLESS

Jim

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Trouble Does Not Mean Defeat

2010-07-23T20:22:00Z

Have you ever wondered how we seem to stumble into trouble without even trying. Many people have told me that I seem to bounce back, no matter what happens. It takes longer sometimes than others. Pastor Joel Grantham's message, NEVER CONFUSE TROUBLE WITH DEFEAT gives a Biblical discourse on how Christians should be able to do this.

Click below and listen to it.

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Bay of The Holy Spirit June Newsletter

2010-06-18T20:09:00Z

Bay of the Holy Spirit Newsletter
June 2010 Overseer: Jerry J. Tomecek E mail:administrator@bayoftheholyspirit.com

Teach them by My Word and My Spirit / Teach them by my Torah and my Rauch Hakkodesh.

SPIRITUAL MANIFESTO

Christians or what??
This letter is to the fivefold ministry. People who call themselves Christians, and any one who considers themselves Christians.
God has always been to us a God of love, peace, joy, Grace, mercy, long-suffering. He wants us to be in covenant relationship with him. Reverence and being held to a higher standard of purity. Please Him by our obedience. Do his will. Honor his son Jesus, and his Holy Spirit.

He sent Jesus as a sacrifice to atone for the sins of the world. Holy Spirit is a comforter & guide..
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As a society – political structure and church. We have done everything in our collective conscience to disrespect God’s laws and purposes.

Going against his commandments – murder,,homosexual encouragement, lying (political correctness) , having false gods (Mammon) new age, Allah) and disrespecting our nations constitution.

Subverting our Judeo-Christian foundation in political circumstances.

Fighting against Israel (God’s beloved) for worldly political purposes.

God will not be mocked and wrath will not be held back much longer.

When things are done against Israel, catastrophes occur worldwide. There is no sign of Sodom – Gomorrah after God’s wrath.

Individual nations who war against Israel and God are stricken by his curses. Look at the wars against the state of Israel.

We have seen curses occur in New Orleans with the same severity as when the helicopters were taking people off of the roofs in Gaza.

The warning of the Gulf oil spill is only a prelude to get us to return to God.

The laws of God apply to all creation, all nations and
all people. So judgment and grace are applicable depending upon what transpires.

CHURCHES RESPONSIBILITY.
In most churches there is no real preaching only a charade of religion.

No convicting power, no holiness (look at churches today with her coffeeshop atmosphere). None of the presence of the Holy Spirit.

People who want to have a relationship with God don’t put up with the wishy washy environment and flee the church

Games and entertainment appeal to those who don’t desire an intimate relationship with God. A curse is in store for People who ignore or disrespect God’s purpose.

Hearing, never learning. Maintaining. Self-imposed ignorance of spiritual and political environments .create an atmosphere that nurtures slavery and corruption. When the word is heard, the liability is on the individual to accept or reject. Since God gave man
a free will, the choice is man’s.

Turning against God’s Word and Commandments brings destruction to one’s life and soul. No blessings, only hardship and frustrations. Curses can be passed on to family generations.

Going along with false teaching, against God’s commandments, and listening to preachers tickle your ears, then you are choosing curses over blessings. Sin separates you from God. He will not bless a person who is not in agreement with Him.

People/pastors who provide false teaching to church people will be held responsible for the souls of those people.
Accepting and doing Elohim’s word and purpose puts
you in covenant with him.

AFFECT ON PEOPLE

The pressure felt during this time affects many people differently. Some attempt by self driven fear to pray for deliverance. The direction should have always been to be in covenant with God. Don’t treat Him as a Santa Claus. Something they created by their sinning comes back to haunt them.

People try to blame others. They themselves are responsible for their actions. They create the circumstance.

Ignorance is the morphine of the enslaved.

Not looking at the spiritual reality of politicians and not repenting from bad and sinful choices, allow sin to remain in a persons life. All the time being deceived and lied too, the sin of ignorance addicts people.

END OF THE AGE

We see all the signs as mentioned in Revelation being brought to fruition.

Now is the time to get back in line with God’s purpose for your life. Don’t wait. I pray for your salivation and that you would be found
in God’s will at this last call.

The word is quite clear, 2Ch 7:14 Says, “ if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” The land responds to God’s will as well as the People’s circumstances.

PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM

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What Happened To D-Day?

2010-06-07T16:44:00Z

One of our Board Members, IFM, Jim Stokes, questions about coverage of D-Day this year. June 6, 1944 Which is one of the greatest and hardest fought battles of Allies of Freedom in History, not to take away from any other sacrifices made before or since that day. However, through those battles on the beaches of Normandy, we started the greatest liberation or a continent in history. But as the survivors are beginning to die off, we tend to forget, as Tom Brokaw called them the greatest generation.

In deference to Jim, where he says he heard no mention of the memorial. I did hear a reference to it on Fox News, relating that there were some ceremonies here in the States. It was on Fox News and only one mention. It could have been mentioned several times, in the same spot. But there was no story on it. As you know I watch Fox News almost all day.

Now read the short poignant reminder of our loss of Memory, by Jim Stokes Member of the Board of Inmate Family Ministry, of which I am the Senior Minister.

Yesterday was June 6th, anniversary of D-Day in Europe. A pivotal day for American, European, British, and Australian history.

The only notice of it was the "Peanuts" comic strip, which was a solemn reminder.

Nowhere else in the paper or news did I hear about it.

Did you?

Jim Stokes

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The Last Days

2010-04-29T20:35:00Z

I started a series on the Second Coming some weeks ago. I have held off until I could put these on the blog. I will follow up with summaries of where we are now, as far as physical signs (Geophysical) and political signs.
Pastor Joel Grantham of Faith Word Church, Mobile Alabama, phone #251-776-1171, is in the middle of a series on the Last Days. This particular edition is the first in a probable 3 part series delivered at Faith Word Church on April 11, 2010. There are new revelations in this message and the second one. I am sure there will be more on the third one. As he allows, I will post all of them.

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The World, Economic Collapse, The Spirit of Anti-Christ, Tribulation, Armageddon - 2012 (Part 1)

2010-03-23T16:21:00Z

Good Morning faithful and other readers. I have been off the Blog, getting moved and settled. Settled is a relative term. I should have learned how to do that with so many moves in my life, but except for the last 8 years or so, I really moved about every two years. House to House, town to town and Church to Church. Although, the challenge with this is that such moves are so frequent, that you never really get settled. I do not covet, those that have been able to stay in one or two houses in their life time; but I do wish the Lord had let me grow in Him, staying in fewer places. Even as a child, my Dad was employed with Sears Roebuck and we moved to three different cities, one twice, before I went to school. And in the fifties, it was common for middle class families, that had no permanent roots, to move up in houses from time to time. We moved 6 times in my K-12 years in school. I now know that every place I have been is where God has wanted me. I surrendered to Him many times. Even though my life may not have been measuring up all the time, He does not take these surrenders lightly, and I have always been in His Perfect Will. This was so, even in Prison. This has nothing to do with today's offering. At this point, separated, soon to be single, I am picking myself up and moving on. And I have been watching the World and have some hypothesis's to put forward. Now I know I can be verbose. Please indulge me to the end. So hang on let's go.

There have been many times in the last 2000+ years that the world has been hit by theories of the world coming to an end. This person or that person is the anti-christ. All of which has turned to naught. I would be embarrassed to have you search my sermon files and tapes to know how many people I dubbed as the possible anti-christ, since the early '70's.

This is not such an offering. I do not hold that President Obama is the Anti-Christ. However, I get emails everyday with proof that he is. There are many disgruntled voters, trying to put a religious spin on their unhappiness. This does their cause or the cause of Christ any good.

Saying what this offering is not, saying what it is. Well, then what am I getting to? Thanks to the offerings of the History Channel, Discovery Channel and their subsidiaries, we have been bombarded with dooms day scenarios. Life After People, Volcanoes with Armageddon outcomes, and the much bloated series on Nostradamus. All of which have been half-truths to no truths at all. However, the half-truths referring to the year 2012, can be added together into what may be a real truth.

Okay, now many of you are going to shut me down now and move on. I would not blame you. I have written some off the wall things, not here necessarily but in my past. I hope we get wiser as we get older. Let us look at some current happenings. I have always been fascinated with the ring of fire in the Pacific Rim. What is this? This is the center of the majority of earthquake and volcanic activity in the world. During the history of the world, we have not had written evidence until recently about the truth of this statement. We only knew about volcanoes like Aetna and Pompeii. However, it appears that volcanoes and earthquakes were happening in the continent of the Americas all the way around the Rim that outlines the Pacific Ocean.

Now it could be said that now we have better reporting than was available even in our past, much less where the majority of us came from in Europe. I am listening to a geologist say that we are getting better at forecasting both volcanoes and earthquakes. And he said that the eruption of the present volcano in Iceland will probably cause the eruption of a nearby earthquake under the icecap of Iceland. This will set off a glacial melt, with all of the fears that the global warmers have threatened. This will be so, even though it does not have anything to do with global warming. In fact, after the flooding of the coast line, the highly explosive eruption, due to the mixture of ice, water and lava, will send sediment all around the world. Hence we are in line for minor ice age and a nuclear winter scenario. Will this happen? It doesn't matter. It shows the fragility of our planet to the forces of nature, both here and in the universe; that God put into force at the creation of it all.

We have had two major earthquakes in our hemisphere in the last several months: one that has caused billions of dollars in destruction; the other one was the largest magnitude I can remember in my 64+ years. And there have been ones in Europe, in recent years causing the same damage and destruction. In the Canary Islands, near the Coast of Northwest Content of Africa, only a slight jolt is going to knock part of their land into the Atlantic Ocean. That will send a gigantic tidal wave toward the east coast of the United States. I do not believe that this is all coincidence and that we just have better coverage.

Now let us review the issue of the Mayan's, the Hopi's, the Hindu's, the Chinese and 2012. Will it be the total destruction of the Earth? I do not know. Will anything happen in the year 2012? I do not know. But I do know that the parameters for a destruction of the Earth are moving into place.

We must realize the frame of reference of the ancients, we have mentioned. They do not have the frame of reference that we do as Christians. We on the other hand have no point of reference giving us a date or time. The ancients had references to see further back in time than we do. All I can definitively find that they actually said was that the Earth has recreated itself several times in its history. Without a spiritual reference, but only physical, it is possible that this final recreation will be a Christian recreation as in Revelation. This could be physical and/or spiritual. And we have conferred with some biblical critics, about the length of a generation of the Jews, and the reforming of the Nation of Israel.

Join us tomorrow as we discuss the Christian view of the supposed end of time. I do not mean supposed as if there is an end, but when there is. We will explore the question if the spirit of anti-christ is beginning to be revealed at an exponential rate, and what that may mean for the three views of Eschatology: Premillinealism, Postmillenialism, A-Minillnealism and a fourth Panmillenialism.

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A Child's Beautiful View of Heaven

2010-02-02T16:45:00Z

I do not know if pets that we loved through the years will be waiting for us. I want to hope that they are.
Here is a story that my good friend Jerry Tomecek sent to me today. I wanted all to enjoy it as I did. I am still tearing a little. You are allowed if you have to.
God Bless Jim

This is one of the kindest things you may ever read..

It is not known who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the
dead letter office of the US postal service.

Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey.. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words:

Dear God,

Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is
with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that
you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.
I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls
and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her
You will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.

Love,
Meredith

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith addressed it to God/Heaven.. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.

Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies..' Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey &Meredith and this note:

Dear Meredith,

Abbey arrived safely in heaven.
Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away.
Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by..
Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me.. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.
I send my blessings every day a nd remember that
I love you very much.
By the way, I'm easy to find, I am wherever there is love.

Love,

God

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2 Timothy 3:7...always trying to learn but never able to reach a knowledge of the truth.

2009-12-22T17:22:00Z

Many of my friends, both Catholic and Protestant may have problems with this Posting. However, I ask you to comment on it with your thoughts. I will publish them, no matter what you say.

2 Timothy 3:7
...always trying to learn but never able to reach a knowledge of the truth.

This scripture has always intrigued me. Why? Well it could describe our generation, the Baby Boomers. How? Well we were and are on the cusp of the tech. revolution. Our children and grandchildren can run rings around most of us with computers, smart phones etc.

While we are intrigued by the technology; many of us cannot quite wrap our heads around it. But the tragedy of it all, our children and grandchildren are missing so much in their identities and life. Their social skills for the most part are suffering.

As our society has grown more secular and plagued with monetary concerns; we have thought we were seeking truth, but never quite grasping it.

Idealism has once again taken over our world. Just as we had the 'peace and love' culture in the late '60's' and early '70's', we now have liberals believing we are not engaged in a 'war of terror' but individual 'human caused catastrophes'. They believe that these 'terrorists' are criminals and not 'enemy combatants'.

I will give you the fact that they are commiting criminal acts. However, they even consider themselves soldiers; 'Soldiers in the Service of Allah'. And we need to be careful not to mistake the 'Allah' that represents an ancient moon god and 'Yaweh', the God of both Judeao and Christian faiths. 'Yaweh' is the God that has evolved in man's minds and hearts as a God of love. He has always been such, but man had to mature. 'Allah' is a God of violence. Now while we are not at war with Islam itself; we are at war with the extremists of Islam. However, moderate Muslims feel that their religion is a peaceful religion, nonetheless the Koran calls for the death of infidels or non-muslims. THAT IS NOT A PEACEFUL GOD. Understand, though, we are not at war with Islam itself; we are at war with the extremists of Islam.

Our 'western culture' has been blind sided by the 'war on terror'. While many in the 'West' claim a religious affiliation; many do not know the basic tenets of their faiths. Nor does their 'faith' give them the peace in their hearts that God promises to those that love Him.

The United States in particular have been blessed by their friendship and aide to Israel. The Bible states that they that bless Israel will be blest themselves. But the current Administration is showing signs of turning on Israel, by asking her not to build anymore settlements. While that is a sore spot in trying to bring peace to the 'Middle East'; we should not be butting in on this point. We can mediate, but we should not order either side to do anything.

Now back to our premise from 2 Timothy. The 'liberal elite' think they know what is good for the entire world. Many in this group are pushing for a 'one world government'. Note, if you will, the U.N. is pushing for a one world currency and some in the 'Global Warming Community' blatantly pushing for a 'one world government' to enforce the restrictions that they claim will ease 'global warming'.

In the 'West' many feel that we are gaining much knowledge. But when 911 happened, again, 'we were blind sided'. We are at war or are we at war? Brings to mind another scripture, about 'rumors of war'. But many in the 'West' are scared, because they do not have the 'Peace' in their hearts that God promises. Those that are scared have not learned the "Truth". Or maybe we need to say have not met the "Truth" 'Jesus the Christ'. And if they have met the 'Prince of Peace' 'Christ'; they have not learned to equate the two.

All of the technological, medical, transportation and other advances in knowledge, while it is good; does not bring the 'Peace that Passeth All Understanding' provided by 'Yaweh' through 'Jesus the Christ'.

When I became Catholic I was a conservative in the thoughts of the return of Christ. I had been leaning away from a belief in a 'rapture' or 'catching a way' as the scripture calls it, before I converted. As I studied in preparation of that conversion, I became what is known as an a-millenniest. This is the belief that Christ will return and there is no 'rapture' as in the pre-millenniest or conservative view. However, in the last couple of years I have become a pan-millenniest. That is, it will all PAN out in the end.

All kidding aside, we are in a historic period of time. There is activity moving on God's Calender. So we need to be aware of it and either meet the 'Prince of Peace' for the first time or get to know Him even better. All the signs are that this 'historic period' will be trying for the Earth. And the only way we can survive, is to know Him.

God Bless!

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Where Oh Where Is My Memory?

2009-12-22T15:09:00Z

Good Morning fellow Bloggers and readers; it is a beautiful day in L.A., Lower Alabama. We have no snow on the ground, but yesterday and today have been the sort of days that convince one to live in the South. However, tomorrow, we will be getting rain storms, some severe. But even these are blessings from God; to clean the air of pollen and pollutants.

I have a question for you today. Have you ever thought of things you want to write or things you want to do, and you when you get the time to do them or write them, you forget them. It is simple to say, get a tape recorder, I have three small ones that fit in your hand. It is also simple to say to write down. The problem is I forget to take the tape recorder, and a lot of times I am driving when I get an idea.

It's not writer's block; I have not even started to write. I have a friend that says it is normal. AM I NORMAL? I hope not, because things would never get written.

What are your thoughts? Can you give me some advice?

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