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"And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them." - John 17:10 This was spoken by Jesus Himself when He prayed unto the Father for His disciples, and for all who believe thereafter, as He said, "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me...

This is just a little devotional by E.M. Bounds (1835-1913), but it's powerful, and I'll share some after it: "Zeal is a contagious, but not a popular, element. Our fathers took their tea piping hot; we take ours iced. Iced Christianity is more popular and tasteful than iced tea. We can endure...

(Wars & Rumors of wars) On Thursday, May 9th, the US Embassy in Guyana reported that two U.S. Navy aircraft, F/A-18F Super Hornets, embarked on USS George Washington, conducted a coordinated and approved flyover over Georgetown and its surrounding areas. “The exercise builds upon our routine...

"Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?" - Isaiah 51:9 Here we see the call for the LORD Yahweh to awake; that His arm awake, that is, that He take action. Of course...

“Ongoing defensive fighting.” “Significantly worsened.” Russian “tactical success.” The rest of the world wants the Ukraine war to go away. Putin has other ideas CNN — The changing language used by the Ukrainian military in 72 hours of daily updates tells the story: “Ongoing defensive...

THE DANGER Of Not Reforming Known Evils OR, The Inexcusableness of a Knowing People Refusing to be Reformed. As it was set forth on a Day of Publick FASTING, April 16. 1707. at Hatfield. By William Williams, Pastor of the CHURCH there. BOSTON: Printed by B. Green. 1707. GOD's own visible...

"For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power." - 1 Corinthians 4:20 Wait, is this a contradiction? What is Paul saying here. After all, the Word is Jesus Christ (John 1:1 & 1 John 5:7) and "How shall they hear without a preacher? (Romans 10:14) - That's words after all. "And I have put...

I don't know why I just got this alert today on my phone when it seems all the articles are from January, but it's cool nonetheless! Scientists at the University of Central Lancashire have discovered a gigantic, ring-shaped structure in space. It is 1.3bn light-years in diameter and appears to...

Blessed Mothers Day to all Moms out there. I'm going to borrow parts of my Pastors sermon today, and some of my own notes mixed: Romans 16:13, "Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine." Paul was not saying this was his biological mother, but that she was like a mother to him...

I love studying the old Methodists, not only because they appear to have lived holy lives, sanctified and set apart unto God, but also because I have attended 2 different Methodist churches: one a UMC, and the other one The Wesleyan Way also under UMC but quite different. The UMC was a lady...

With a surprise cross-border attack, Russia ruthlessly exposes Ukraine’s weaknesses CNN — For Ukraine, May is turning out to be the cruellest month. The town of Vovchansk in the northern Kharkiv region, liberated from Russian occupation more than 18 months ago, awoke Friday to intense shelling...

Joshua 1:2-9, "Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. From the...

I find these messages from E.M. Bounds really convict me about my prayer life, so that I've intensified it from where I was. This one is so important, and one that I have done now for a few years. When I did not begin my day with prayer I note that my days did not often go well, and my mind was...

The Holy Spirit constantly draws me back to 1 John, and I've heard some preachers even say they have issues with this book, and I notice certain portions of it are rarely preached. The following is from Arthur W Pink's exposition on 1 John, "“These things write I unto you, that ye sin not.”...

I do pray, but I recall back in the 90s I spent more time, or perhaps, QUALITY time in prayer. I also fasted more than I do now. It's not that I don't pray now: I am praying throughout the day. But then I read things like the following from E.M. Bounds Power Through Prayer and it makes me feel...

(Here we go, Karkiv is gonna be under siege!) Ukraine sent reserve units to the border areas of the northeastern Kharkiv region, seeking to shore up its defenses against intensifying Russian attacks. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said in a Google-translated post via Telegram that Russian forces...

A Biblical Christian A biblical Christian is one who has wholeheartedly complied with the terms for obtaining God’s provision for sin. What are the divine terms for obtaining the divine provision? We must repent, and we must believe. Although it is necessary to discuss these as separate...

Taking back the Land It has been brought to my attention there is no New Testament Biblical example of offensively or aggressively going into a territory led by Satan and taking it for the LORD. there are Old Testament examples, mainly dealing with Israel, but even there I must say since those...

From Edward M Bounds, Power Through Prayer, 1910, chapter 1 Introduction: Power through Prayer has been called “one of the truly great masterpieces on the theme of prayer.” The term classic can appropriately be applied to this outstanding book. In twenty provocative and inspiring chapters...

MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Thursday of risking a global conflict and said no one would be allowed to threaten the world's biggest nuclear power as Russia marked the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. As Russian troops...