Would you be free from the burden of sin?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood
Would you o'er evil a victory win?
There's wonderful power in the blood

What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear,
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the...

Paul and Timothy had heard about the good things happening in Colossae and were inspired to write the church a letter. In their letter they explained how they were praying for the church. Their example shows us how we, too, should pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ. Specifically, it shows us how we should pray when we do not know of a specific need they have.

"For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with th...

"...and he will heal us..."

Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

A mother came to me in tears. "I have prayed until I don't know if I can pray anymore," she said. "My daughter has turned away from God, and it seems the more I pray, the more trouble she gets into, and the further away from God she goes. I have carried this load so many years!" She looked at me with sad, weary eyes and asked, "Do you think there is still any hope for her?" I did my best to assure this praying mother there is hope! We discussed Galatians 6:9: "And let us not be weary in well ...

As I journey thro' the land, singing as I go,
Pointing souls to Calvary - to the crimson flow,
Many arrows pierce my soul from without, within;
But my Lord leads me on, thro' Him I must win.

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6).

Christmas is the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" for many, but a difficult time for those who are hurting. During this holiday season, let us not forget to pray for those who are hurting or who have experienced loss.

Let it rain, let it rain.
Open the floodgates of heaven
Let it rain, let it rain.
Open the floodgates of heaven
Let it rain, let it rain....

If we ever needed the Lord before
We sure do need Him now
Oh, we sure do need Him now
Oh, Lord, we sure do need Him now

Early morning is usually very quiet. No one else is up and about; there are no hindrances such as phone calls or people knocking at the door. Even our cell phone is silent.

But in all this absence of outside things, the thoughts of our heart are busy. It's times like this when the hidden things, buried deep within, rise to a reckoning. It seems easy to bring our wounds and hurtful issues before the Lord. Rehearsing the situation and circumstances allows us to ventilate and speak our grievances...

You don’t have to believe in God or identify with any religion to see a creator’s hand in human life and morality, suggests a new survey.

LifeWay Research’s overall finding — that most Americans believe there is a creator who designed the universe and defines human morality — is not surprising. After all, 3 in 4 U.S. adults identify with a religious denomination.

A Catholic church in Israel will be compensated for damages suffered from a Jewish-led arson attack.

According to CBNNews, Israel’s Attorney General, Yehuda Weinstein, reversed a previous decision by the nation’s tax authority not to compensate the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes for the extensive damage it incurred after Jewish youths set fire to the roof and vandalised the interior.

What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Pray for each family by name when possible. 
(An internet search may provide those you do not know.)
Pray for God's protection over your neighborhood

'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His word,
Just to rest upon His promise;
Just to know, Thus saith the Lord.

To believe in God: Jesus is always good and most of us as Apostolic Christians are glad we do. But to have Faith in the Christian Bible is also good. However, that alone will often eventually result in a Religion such as a Christian Religious belief in God some refer to as associated with a denomination.

A Christian Religion is not what the Christian Bible tells me God sent his only son into this world for us to receive. God sent Christ to die for our sins so we will receive and have Salvation...

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

Let me tell you who Jesus is.
He's the Rock of all ages.
He's the Alpha and Omega.
He's the beginning and the end.

Those who are saved know the New Testament is the Word of God by which we believe in Jesus and got saved (Acts 2:38 KJV process). But I really love the Old Testament. There never seems to be an end to seeing God in His unique manner concerning His Godly People from the Old Testament in relation to others. I remember when I did my years of detailed Home Bible Study Training many years ago, every time we went into the Old Testament for examples to help explain the New Testament Scripture we got...

This is a sad day [June 26, 2015] in America when SCOTUS can legislate above the Law of God. I sent the White House the following message: "I fear for my country. This is not the same country I grew up in."

God fearing people: It is past time to arise...and let us lift up our voice in one accord. If we could get 1/2 of the 300,000 + churches in America to rise up and lay hold of the horns of the altar this country would turn in the right direction.

Well, it's all right...all right
Well, it's all right...all right

"Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Surpasses 7200." "US Supreme Court to Decide Same-sex Marriage." "Mile-wide Tornado Devastates Texas." "ISIS Beheads a Dozen Christians in Libya." "Militant Buddhists Burn Christian Churches in Myanmar."

Every day the news media issues calls to prayer for the needs of the world. The headlines scream for us to intercede concerning the natural disasters and evil in our world.

A Virginia pastor and politician is urging pastors to arm themselves in church, in response to the devastating South Carolina church shooting. Bishop E.W. Jackson, senior pastor Fall Church in Chesapeake and an unsuccessful Republican Party nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, said in a Fox News interview that pastors need to be prepared to defend their congregations.

"I just think it's something we have to be aware of and not create an atmosphere where people take out their violent in...

My husband had just gotten off the phone with another minister who asked prayer for his only son who had left the Lord. I felt a burden so heavy in my heart that I started to call out his name to the Lord in prayer. I got up from my chair to make myself some hot tea, and then returned to my chair to pray. As I reached for my favorite cup, it seemed that another cup close to it flew off the shelf. I closed my eyes tightly as I heard the cup crash unto the floor unusually broken into a million ...

Let it rain, let it rain.
Open the flood gates of Heaven.

Quotes from Participants
"Summons was a tremendous blessing to all. The effects of this meeting will be continuing long after we have returned to our home churches. Truly strongholds have been broken and the warring angels of heaven have been dispatched all along this East Coast. Every church will begin to see the miraculous hand of God as we experience the tremendous power of effectual fervent prayer!" ~ Bishop Steven D'Amico, New Jersey/Delaware District Superintendent

"I can't find the words...

Off the heels of one of the deadliest months in the Baltimore in decades, people gather to fight crime– but this time with prayer.
This– as two people are shot today in the city.

Many Americans today don’t think they have a place for church in their lives.

“But they believe the church has a place for them, when or if they are interested,” said Scott McConnell, vice president of LifeWay Research, which issued a new survey Wednesday (June 3) on perceptions of religious denominations.

A group of female priests are pushing for the Church of England to refer to God with the feminine pronoun “she” during services. Christian News Network reports the women, who are a part of Women and the Church (WATCH) believe referring to God solely as “he” is sexist.

WATCH member Emma Percy said, “When we used only male language we reinforce the idea that God is like a man and, in doing so, suggest that men are therefore more like God than women. If we take seriously the idea that m...

A U.S. Marine was court-martialed and discharged from the military for displaying a piece of paper with scripture on it at her work computer.

Fox News reports Monifa Sterling had posted the Old Testament quote, “No weapon formed against me shall prosper,” on her computer. When a superior asked her to remove it, the lance corporal refused. The next day, Sterling found the paper in the trash.

“Equality” is one of the watchwords of our time. It's invoked in nearly every political, ethical, and increasingly, social discussion. And lately, it's gone completely off the rails.

Once upon a time, “equality” was the rallying cry of patriots and abolitionists—the good and true belief that “all men are created equal” in the sight of God, are equal in dignity and deserve equal rights before the law. But today, “equality” means something very different: It means sameness.

"United Methodists: Practicing Homosexuality Doesn't Contradict Christian Doctrine"

The United Methodist Church leadership has voted to submit a proposal to the 2016 General Conference that would remove “prohibitive” language about homosexuality from the United Methodist Book of Discipline.

Hello to my Facebook page "Like" Fans.

From time to time, instead posting "updates" at my Facebook Personal Page (https://www.facebook.com/phillypal) I will post to share some of my views or opinions here on this page. That also include sharing other posts from some of my good Facebook Friends.

I sincerely hope you will all be blessed since most of what I will say will be based on the Bible or some Christian related information.

KINGDOM EXPLOITS!

"2015 Northeast Regional Summons to Sacrifice"

"...but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits." Daniel 11:32b

...If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
For therefo...

Thank you Jesus...
Praise and Worship Medley

I've got my mind made up and I won't turn back 
Because I want to see my Jesus someday 
I've got my mind made up and I won't turn back 
Because I want to see my Jesus someday

The Greeks had a race in their Olympic games that was unique. The winner was not the runner who finished first. It was the runner who finished with his torch still lit. I want to run all the way with the flame of my torch still lit for Him. (Stowell, Fan The Flame, Moody, 1986, p. 32)

There is not a choice in this race that we are running. You, of necessity, have to keep the oil from leaking out and the flame from being extinguished. "And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; fo...

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". ~ Edmund Burke

In my opinion, for far too long, the church has taken a passive role when it comes to politics. I guess I have to be honest and forthcoming to tell you that I don't really believe it is possible to separate "church" and "state". You see the Bible says, "I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all th...

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost
(From: Acts 2:38 King James Version, KJV).

An Iowa man has been terminated from his position as the Editor-in-Chief of the Newton Daily News for writing a personal blog post that stated his religious position. Bob Eschliman has now filed suit against his former employer, Shaw Media, arguing that he cannot be fired for his religious beliefs.

Eschliman’s blog post, entitled “The Deceivers are Hard at Work,” outlined his disagreement a Bible translation called the “Queen James Bible.”

He wrote that the translation was intended fo...

…You knew you loved your child the moment you held her in your arms. Or maybe you knew when you first saw the double lines on the at-home prego test. Either way, your child has become your universe. You’ve had his puke, tears and poo on your finest clothes and barely batted an eye. You’ve rocked, soothed, shushed and cuddled until you could literally see the adoration oozing from your pores. Your conversations and Facebook updates are all about him. Yes, he’s become as important to yo...

Heavenly Father,
We thank You for our families.

We Pray:
Families
That You would help us to build godly homes where You are the center of everything we do.

That You help us to pray together to set godly goals that are according to Your will.

That families would reach out together as one unit being beacons of light in their communities.

Husbands/fathers
That husbands would readily take the leadership role in the home.

That they would build a family altar where the family prays together.

That husbands wo...