Partners With God

"So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase." 1 Corinthians 3:7

"We need to understand that individually we are in copartnership with God. "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling," He admonishes us, and adds, "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:12, 13). Here is the cooperation of the divine with human agencies... The former and the latter rains are needed. "We are labourers together with God" (1 Corinthians 3:9). The Lord alone can give the precious former and latter rain. The clouds, the sunshine, the dews at night--these are heaven's most precious provisions. But all these favors graciously bestowed of Heaven will prove of little worth to those who do not appropriate them by diligent, painstaking effort on their part. Personal efforts must be put forth in agriculture. There is the plowing and replowing. Implements must be brought in and human skill must use them. The seed must be sown in its season. The laws which control seedtime and harvest must be observed, else there will be no harvest... The apostle brings in another figure: "Ye are God's building" (verse 9)--an edifice to be erected. The construction of a building calls for skill in using the timber which God has caused to grow for the happiness and blessing of man. The Lord has provided the forest trees, and now man must use the trees. They must be cut down and prepared by saw, and axe, and wedge, and hammer, to be fitted for the building... Thus is presented the copartnership of the human and the divine. All the power is of God. "Without me," says Christ, "ye can do nothing" (John 15:5). Then how many hours is it safe for us to try to work alone? All the glory proceeds from God and should flow back in all possible ways to God, through our cooperation with God... We need to consider carefully our own spiritual interest. If we are abiding in Christ, we shall not allow ambitious business transactions, even in our service for Him, to come before the spiritual fragrance that should characterize our association with our brethren." Manunoscript 182, Sept. 24, 1897

#Devotional

Mississippi Newspaper States: "Let Us Keep the Sabbath Day Holy"

At the end of the article they ended with a prayer: "Thank you, Lord, for giving us joy the world cannot give. Help us love and honor You especially on your Holy day, Sunday.”

Sunday is not the seventh day, Saturday is.

On March 7th, 321 AD, Constantine enforced the first Sunday Law commanding everyone to rest on the venerable day of the Sun. The Sun-day has been gaining more popularity for worship with proclaimed Christians and the secular world.

"The Roman emperor Constantine I (died 337), a convert to Christianity, introduced the first civil legislation concerning Sunday in 321, when he decreed that all work should cease on that day, except that farmers could work if necessary. That law, aimed at providing time for worship, was followed later in the same century and in subsequent centuries by further restrictions on Sunday activities." - Britannica

https://www.picayuneitem.com/2022/10/let-us-keep-the-sabbath-day-holy/

Happy Sabbath 🌿

⚠️ PROPHECIED SUNDAY LAWS ARE COMING! ⚠️

Religious laws hidden under the veil of climate emergency are in the works!

🚨 See this link to learn more - https://news.1rj.ru/str/BIBLETruthChannel/144🚨

"Threat forces us to think of ourselves and our position in the world to survive. Safety allows us to lose ourselves and connect to the greater world around us. It is here where we heal, recover, become resilient and thrive. Ancient tradition, now, unfortunately, largely forgotten in the modern world, may give us some strategies to become more resilient. The ideas of the Sabbath and sabbatical have validity to improve the human condition" - source

Let Us Keep the Sabbath Day Holy:
"Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for giving us joy the world cannot give. Help us love and honor You especially on your Holy day. (Sunday)" - source

As a country we’re in need of healing. Here’s how Shabbat can help. - source

Biden will attend COP27 — the U.N’s climate change summit — in Egypt:
"Biden’s planned attendance at the climate conference will give a boost to the gathering, which had been at risk of delivering little concrete action amid disputes over ambition and funding." - source

"Football has faced many challenges over the past couple of years with clubs pushed to the brink and beyond following financial difficulties. Stadiums fell silent as a result of a global pandemic, while the threat of the European Super League almost changed the sport as we know it. But that episode demonstrated what can be achieved when the football community comes together, and now it faces an even bigger threat on the horizon. There can be no division when it comes to climate change." - source

Newsletter: I’m an alarmist on climate change, and you should be too - source

World Bank chief says will keep 'intense' focus on addressing climate change - source

Climate impacts heading to ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ —UN chief - source

Scotland speeding up process of tackling the climate crisis - source

Refugees flee conflict sparked by climate change in central Africa - source

WE ARE GETTING MUCH CLOSER TO CHRIST'S RETURN! REPENT!

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Set Your Affection On Heaven

"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." Colossians 3:2-4

We need to have a broader view of the Saviour as “Lord and Christ.” “All power” is given to Him to give to those who claim to believe in His name. We do not half acknowledge His right to our homage and obedience, and to our increasing faith in Him... “Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,” the apostle continues, “bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. “And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Colossians 3:12-16)....TDG 290.4 Put yourself under discipline to Christ. Be led by His word. Heed His instruction, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls” (Matthew 11:29). I beseech the churches in every place to make thorough work for eternity by confession and putting away of sins. “His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3). By what means? “Through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.” “We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory” (2 Corinthians 3:18).TDG 290.6 God and Christ alone know what the souls of men have cost. For our sakes the Son of God became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich with eternal riches. His love is without a parallel." — Letter 318, 10/08/1907

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Father’s Love Letter 💌

My Child…

You may not know me, but I know everything about you… Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up… Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways… Psalm 139:3

Even the very hair on your head are numbered… Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image… Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being… Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring… Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived… Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation… Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book… Psalm 139:5-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live… Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made… Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother’s womb… Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born… Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me… John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love… 1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you… 1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child and I am your Father… 1 John 3:1

I offer you more than any earthly father ever could… Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect Father… Mathew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand… James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs… Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope… Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love… Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore… Psalm 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing… Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good for you… Jeremiah 33:3

For you are my treasured possession… Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul… Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things… Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me… Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart… Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gives those desires… Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine… Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager… 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles… 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you… Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart… Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes… Revelation 21:3-4

And I’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth… Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus… John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed… John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being… Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you… Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins… 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled… 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you… 1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love… Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me… 1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you from my love again… Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen… Luke 15:7

I have always been Father, and will always be Father… Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…Will you be my child?… John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you… Luke 15:11-32

Love, your Father,

Almighty God.

🦠☀️ Did you know? 🌧☄️

The seven last plagues will fall in a span of 1 year. The prophecy says:

Revelation 18:8 KJV
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

One day in prophetic language is one year. We can know this from:

Numbers 14:34 KJV
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

Ezekiel 4:6 KJV
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

#DidYouKnow

🌎🤴 Did you know? 🤴🌍

The book of Daniel and Revelation speak of the future 10 kings which are to have the power with the beast over the whole world. It's the so called New World Order. Have you noticed for how long are they to take that power? The prophecy states:

Revelation 17:12 KJV
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

From the previous #DidYouKnow post you could learn that one day in bible prophecy is one year. Therefore we can do simple math to see how long is an hour in prophetic language.

One day is 24 hours.
One biblical year is 360 days for one month is 30 days. (See the flood of Noah)

360 days / 24 hours = 15 days

The official NWO will be in power for only 15 days. What will stop this global power is the seventh plague and Christ's return.

#DidYouKnow

📰 The New York Time’s states that “the spirit of blue laws are needed today now that ever” ⚠️

The article went on to state:

“In the early labor movement, a broad and diverse base of religious people found common cause around Sabbath laws. These laws (often called blue laws) are now usually seen as examples of antiquated, puritanical, even theocratic impulses: prim religious people running around trying to make sure no one enjoys a beer on a Sunday afternoon. Advocates of Sabbatarianism, however, saw their work as an act of resistance to greed and a fight for the laborer.”

“A key issue in the burgeoning industrialist economy of the North was the preservation of time for worship, rest and family life to preserve the dignity of the worker. They looked to Sabbath laws, in part, to help achieve this.”

“Keeping the Sabbath wasn’t merely a religious observance but served a civic function. It was a practical way, through time itself, to treat workers as valuable humans with whole lives to be lived.”

“Take away the Sabbath and you destroy the most humane and democratic institution,” which is made particularly for “the man of labor and toil, of poverty and sorrow.”


(A side note from SLAC: when the writer of this article says “sabbath” they are meaning Sunday - which is not the true sanctified sabbath day, but rather a tradition of worship passed down from antiquity)

Sunday Laws (the Mark of the Beast) are much closer than people realize! Please, get right with the Lord today while you still have the chance

Amos 4:12 KJV
“...prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/opinion/work-rest-sabbath.html

Luther's Theses Exposing Catholicism

"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." Colossians 2:8

"The festival of All-Saints was an important day for Wittemberg. The costly relics of the church were then displayed, and remission of sin was granted to all who visited the church and made confession. Accordingly on this day the people in great numbers resorted thither. On the day preceding the festival, Luther went boldly to the church, to which crowds of worshipers were already repairing, and affixed to the door ninety-five propositions against the doctrine of indulgences. These theses he declared himself ready to defend against all opposers. His propositions attracted universal attention. They were read and re-read and repeated in every direction. Great excitement was created in the university and in the whole city. By these theses it was shown that the power to grant the pardon of sin, and to remit its penalty, had never been committed to the pope or to any other man. The whole scheme was a farce,--an artifice to extort money by playing upon the superstitions of the people,--a device of Satan to destroy the souls of all who should trust to its lying pretensions. It was also clearly shown that the gospel of Christ is the most valuable treasure of the church, and that the grace of God, therein revealed, is freely bestowed upon all who seek it by repentance and faith. Luther's theses challenged discussion; but no one dared accept the challenge. The questions which he proposed had in a few days spread through all Germany, and in a few weeks they had sounded throughout Christendom. Many devoted Romanists, who had seen and lamented the terrible iniquity prevailing in the church, but had not known how to arrest its progress, read the propositions with great joy, recognizing in them the voice of God. They felt that the Lord had graciously set his hand to arrest the rapidly swelling tide of corruption that was issuing from the see of Rome. Princes and magistrates secretly rejoiced that a check was to be put upon the arrogant power from which there was no appeal." {4SP 105}

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