My wife this morning. "I will do most things for you, but drinking instant decaf is going too far." LOL

We often hear the factoid that the word rapture doesn't appear in the Bible. Perhaps this answer will help a few folks.
https://soothkeep.info/word-rapture-does-appear-bible/

God knows that when we start to come to terms with the unfathomable mercy that He has shown to us ~ in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us so that by faith in Him we might be forgiven of our sins and receive eternal life ~ that His perfect life will be formed within and we will be enabled to diffuse mercy to others because of the mercy that our Heavenly Father has so graciously bestowed on each one of us.

Carli • Saved by Grace

Heb 10:37, "For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry."

The universe is made for man to inherit as the heirs of God and coheirs of Christ Jesus. Rev. 21:7 says that we shall inherit all things. If we consider that God is good, that God made the universe for man to inherit, and that God made man with an interest in exploring the universe, then it only stands to reason that most solar systems in the infinite galaxies of the universe will have at least one planet in the goldilocks zone, some with a full ecosystem of flora and fauna, some ready to be terraformed.

Nobody better knows what you need to be happy in the long run than your Creator. Trust Him. Trust His word. Running after your feelings and emotions is a guaranteed train wreck.

May we, who have been saved by grace through faith, make ourselves available to the leading and guidance of the Holy Spirit so that lost sinners may be given the opportunity to hear the gospel and believe, through our ministry ~ for how shall they hear if no one is willing to tell them?

Carli • Saved by Grace

JUDGMENT STORM
Jeremiah 25:3-38
By Nita Brainard


See, from His holy dwelling place,
The Lord on high with thunder roars.
He comes to end the day of grace,
And wage the final war of wars.

His voice, a mighty trumpet sounds,
He shouts like those who tread the grapes.
His fury all the globe surrounds,
And no one on the earth escapes.

A controversy has the Lord
With all the world’s inhabitants.
The wicked feel His piercing sword,
And reap their righteous recompense.

Disaster, says the Lord of hosts,
Is coming down on every hand.
A whirlwind rises from the coasts,
And covers every bit of land.

Unheeding, though so often warned,
The slain on all the earth are found,
Not gathered, buried, grieved, or mourned,
Like dung, they lie on open ground.

You shepherds, howl with painful cries,
Distraught, in dust and ashes roll.
You face the day of your demise,
Soon broken, like a dainty bowl.

The shepherds have no place to flee,
With nowhere for the flock to hide.
The leaders wail in agony,
And mourn their peaceful countryside.

The Lord in anger cut it down.
Their pleasant meadows He laid waste,
And every city, every town,
The fierceness of His wrath has faced.

A lion, He has left His lair,
His fiery judgment comes at last.
No more will He in mercy spare,
The time to kiss the Son is past.

When engaged in the common doctrinal controversies of our day, I regularly get the distinct feeling that the person I am conversing with makes no clear distinction between the word of God and their "official" or "vaunted" interpretations of the word of God. This is tragic. This distinction is not seminary-level sophistication. It is grade-school-level basics.

Rev 21:4  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

"No one comes to the Father but by Me," were the words of Christ to a lost race of sinners, for He is the Word of God Who was made flesh and was chosen to be the one intermediary, the singular intercessor, the sole adjudicator, the only Mediator between God and man. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory ~ glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Carli • Saved by Grace

Let us take to heart this issue of personal responsibility and make it our primary motive to live a life that is honouring to the Father. Let us take account of how we live, and let us permit others to do the same in their lives, without fear or favour, for we are only accountable to the Lord for our life and the life we have lived.
Therefore, let us live as unto Him and run the race to win.

Carli • Saved by Grace

Nowhere does the Bible tell us to reform this world. Those who seemed to be in a position to do so (Joseph as second only to Pharoah, Esther and Mordacai under Emperor Ahasuerus, and Daniel under several kings) were used of God to preserve His chosen people, but never to reform godless societies. Christ never attempted to reform the evil world of His day, nor did the Apostles or early church engage in marches or demonstrations either for Jesus or against evil. They "turned the world upside down" (Acts 17:6) by preaching the gospel, not by preaching "traditional morals" or protesting the world's evil practices. (Dave Hunt)

The wonderful mystery that was given to us through Paul and which was hidden in ages past is: Christ IN you; Christ IN me; Christ in us; Christ in every member of the Body of believers: "Christ in you the hope of glory." This is a glorious truth that is worthy of our everlasting thanks and praise. Let us live each day as befits this worthy position, to His praise and His glory.

Carli • Saved by Grace

And so it was, at this point in God's plan of salvation, that Christ... the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world, could step forward and carry out the final act which would irrevocably set in motion the full and final redemption of the world.
May we lift up our voices in thanksgiving and praise, and join with that magnificent truth: "Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed US to God by thy blood ~ out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation." Hallelujah, AMEN.

Carli • Saved by Grace

Simeon was a righteous man who had been promised by God that he would not die before he had seen the promised Hope of Israel, and his faith in God's Word was not disappointed. Today, we have the full and final revelation of God in the inspired Word of God. Let us, like Simeon, take all that God has written in His Word to heart and believe with childlike expectation that our eyes will soon see our Saviour, as we wait for Christ's any day return in the clouds for His Church.

Carli • Saved by Grace

Dinner with some dear friends.

Color me unsurprised. Why would Iran want to risk having her nuclear program turned to rubble?