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		<title>Answers for all</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word "Allah" is the perfect description of the "One God" of monotheism for Jews, Christians and Muslims!

Is "Allah" only for Islam and Muslims?
[No! It is for All Three Abrahamic Faiths.]

"Allah" is the same word used by Christian Arabs and Jewish Arabs in their Bible, centuries before Islam came.

On page one [1] of Genesis in the Old Testament, we find the word "Allah" seventeen [17] times.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>If you think that you are not a hypocrite to your respective beliefs, visit here;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bibleislam.com">www.bibleislam.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.godallah.com">www.godallah.com</a></p>
<p>and then;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedeenshow.com">www.thedeenshow.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.islamalways.com">www.islamalways.com</a></p>
<p>Take your time and may our creator bless us;</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Nasruel</p>
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		<title>Hope, Thanksgiving &amp; Receiving.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<style type="text/css">span.indent {padding-left: 0em;}</style><script type="text/javascript">var verse1 = '<p id="p41006036.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v41006036-1">36&nbsp;</span>Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.&#8221; <span class="verse-num" id="v41006037-1">37&nbsp;</span>But he answered them, <span class="woc">&#8220;You give them something to eat.&#8221;</span> And they said to him, &#8220;Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?&#8221; <span class="verse-num" id="v41006038-1">38&nbsp;</span>And he said to them, <span class="woc">&#8220;How many loaves do you have? Go and see.&#8221;</span> And when they had found out, they said, &#8220;Five, and two fish.&#8221; <span class="verse-num" id="v41006039-1">39&nbsp;</span>Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. <span class="verse-num" id="v41006040-1">40&nbsp;</span>So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. <span class="verse-num" id="v41006041-1">41&nbsp;</span>And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. <span class="verse-num" id="v41006042-1">42&nbsp;</span>And they all ate and were satisfied. <span class="verse-num" id="v41006043-1">43&nbsp;</span>And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. <span class="verse-num" id="v41006044-1">44&nbsp;</span>And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.  (ESV)</p></div><div class="footnotes">Footnotes<p><span class="footnote">[1]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">6:37</span> A denarius was a day&#8217;s wage for a laborer</p></div></div>';</script><style type="text/css">span.indent {padding-left: 0em;}</style><script type="text/javascript">var verse2 = '<p id="p43006011.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v43006011-1">11&nbsp;</span>Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.  (ESV)</p></div></div>';</script><style type="text/css">span.indent {padding-left: 0em;}</style><script type="text/javascript">var verse3 = '<p id="p41011024.01-1"><span class="verse-num woc" id="v41011024-1">24&nbsp;</span><span class="woc">Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.</span>  (ESV)</p></div><div class="footnotes">Footnotes<p><span class="footnote">[1]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">11:24</span> Some manuscripts are receiving</p></div></div>';</script>Hi Blessed Folks!
It has been a while&#8230; About 6 months since i posted anything. Been busy with work, been putting the faith march on the sidelines lately&#8230; Prompted to reactivate this blog cos i know it&#8217;s been a blessing to many already. : )
What else then do we have on this earth? It seems, day [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style type="text/css">span.indent {padding-left: 0em;}</style><script type="text/javascript">var verse4 = '<p id="p41006036.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v41006036-1">36&nbsp;</span>Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.&#8221; <span class="verse-num" id="v41006037-1">37&nbsp;</span>But he answered them, <span class="woc">&#8220;You give them something to eat.&#8221;</span> And they said to him, &#8220;Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?&#8221; <span class="verse-num" id="v41006038-1">38&nbsp;</span>And he said to them, <span class="woc">&#8220;How many loaves do you have? Go and see.&#8221;</span> And when they had found out, they said, &#8220;Five, and two fish.&#8221; <span class="verse-num" id="v41006039-1">39&nbsp;</span>Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. <span class="verse-num" id="v41006040-1">40&nbsp;</span>So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. <span class="verse-num" id="v41006041-1">41&nbsp;</span>And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. <span class="verse-num" id="v41006042-1">42&nbsp;</span>And they all ate and were satisfied. <span class="verse-num" id="v41006043-1">43&nbsp;</span>And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. <span class="verse-num" id="v41006044-1">44&nbsp;</span>And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.  (ESV)</p></div><div class="footnotes">Footnotes<p><span class="footnote">[1]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">6:37</span> A denarius was a day&#8217;s wage for a laborer</p></div></div>';</script><style type="text/css">span.indent {padding-left: 0em;}</style><script type="text/javascript">var verse5 = '<p id="p43006011.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v43006011-1">11&nbsp;</span>Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.  (ESV)</p></div></div>';</script><style type="text/css">span.indent {padding-left: 0em;}</style><script type="text/javascript">var verse6 = '<p id="p41011024.01-1"><span class="verse-num woc" id="v41011024-1">24&nbsp;</span><span class="woc">Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.</span>  (ESV)</p></div><div class="footnotes">Footnotes<p><span class="footnote">[1]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">11:24</span> Some manuscripts are receiving</p></div></div>';</script><p>Hi Blessed Folks!</p>
<p>It has been a while&#8230; About 6 months since i posted anything. Been busy with work, been putting the faith march on the sidelines lately&#8230; Prompted to reactivate this blog cos i know it&#8217;s been a blessing to many already. : )</p>
<p>What else then do we have on this earth? It seems, day to day, the world we live in is growing bleaker, darker and reeling into chaos. How do we as believers reign in this life on earth?</p>
<p>One word&#8230;</p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff"><strong>HOPE</strong></span>.</p>
<p>As a Christian believer, the primary driving force in our faith IS Hope.</p>
<p>In the Greek text of the New Testament &#8220;Hope&#8221; in the original language is &#8220;<span style="color: #3366ff"><strong>Elpis</strong></span>&#8220;.</p>
<p>And Elpis is defined by Strong&#8217;s concordance as:<br />
1) From &#8220;elpo&#8221; which is a primary word (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence: &#8211; faith, hope.</p>
<p>And defined in Thayer&#8217;s Greek Definition as:<br />
2) expectation of good, hope</p>
<p>We can concur and put both definitions together in the spirit of the Good News as:<br />
<span style="color: #3366ff"><strong>Hope </strong></span>= Elpis = <span style="color: #3366ff"><em><strong>A confident expectation of good!</strong></em></span></p>
<p>What more can we ask for then? Knowing that we are the beloved one of God and now we can confidently hope for good things to happen in our lives!</p>
<p>Next best thing to do?</p>
<p>Give thanks for what we have in our hands and confidently expect good things to happen, confidently expect the miracles to happen, confidently expect supernatural abundance!</p>
<p>*Best results shown here:<br />
<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=+Mark+6%3A36-44" onMouseOver="addvs('4', '', verse4); stm(Text[4],Style[0])" onMouseOut="htm()">Mark 6:36-44</a><br />
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.<br />
37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?<br />
38  He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.<br />
39  And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.<br />
40  And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.<br />
41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.<br />
42  And they did all eat, and were filled.<br />
43  And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.<br />
44  And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.</p>
<p>The above illustration showed the magnitude of the miracle and abundance, with the very little Jesus had in His hands.</p>
<p>But where&#8217;s the key then?</p>
<p>Here it is!&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=+John+6%3A11" onMouseOver="addvs('5', '', verse5); stm(Text[5],Style[0])" onMouseOut="htm()">John 6:11</a><br />
And Jesus took the loaves; and <span style="color: #3366ff"><em><strong>when he had given thanks</strong></em></span>, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.</p>
<p>Go to the One in Heaven and give thanks with what you have now in your hands and He will give what you do not have in your hands! : )</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the last bit then?</p>
<p>Enjoy the fish and bread given! Receive it! Eat it! What&#8217;s the point of a miracle or blessing coming your way and you don&#8217;t receive it and enjoy it?</p>
<p>Start telling Him that you&#8217;ve received your blessing already!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=+Mark+11%3A24" onMouseOver="addvs('6', '', verse6); stm(Text[6],Style[0])" onMouseOut="htm()">Mark 11:24</a><br />
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, <span style="color: #3366ff"><em><strong>believe that you have received it</strong></em></span>, and it will be yours.</p>
<p>I hope you have been blessed!</p>
<p>I pray to all that read this, to have a Shalom 2010! A year of Abundance, Favor &amp; Rest!</p>
<p>Shalom &amp; God bless you all,<br />
Emmanuel : )</p>
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		<title>A Worth of Sacrifice</title>
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		<title>The Definition of LOVE</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A song about LOVE.
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		<title>Why I am following Jesus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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first af all all, I would like to say glory to God and thank you so much to Bro. Emmanuel for this wonderful blogs. this is absollutely a strong messages to all of us who wanted to know the truth in Christ Jesus. in fact thereâ€™s only ONE WAY journey to our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>shallom to all readers</p>
<p>first af all all, I would like to say glory to God and thank you so much to Bro. Emmanuel for this wonderful blogs. this is absollutely a strong messages to all of us who wanted to know the truth in Christ Jesus. in fact thereâ€™s only ONE WAY journey to our salvation. ONLY ONE!! its through Jesus Christ. Hard to accept? To the Muslim brethrenâ€¦i would like to ask this question. just say if you wanted to go to one place, would you like to follow the one that can give you the assurance or the one that unsure about it? now, let us see a few thought of why i am following Jesus.</p>
<p>#1) because Jesus is in heaven ( that proved He is not a liar nor a sinner ) did prophet Muhammad give this assurance or is he in heaven as been written in quran?</p>
<p>#2) while Jesus teach us to love others and even our enemyâ€¦prophet Muhammad ask his followers to terminates those who against islam or even persecuting those who wanted to leave islam. until todayâ€¦i donâ€™t have to prove it.</p>
<p>#3) as a Christian Iâ€™ve NEVER been tought to love Christianity because it is just a mere religion but to love God the Father of Whom my salvation comes. True Christian faith doesâ€™nt ask you to love religion but to love God.</p>
<p>#4) Jesus is a perfect picture of how God so much love the world!! without sacrifices that loves doesâ€™nt have any meaning. Useless!! If you say that you love your family but not willing to sacrifice everything that you haveâ€¦dare not you say you love them! that is why God demonstrated it to us His perfect love through Jesus Christ! No question pls.</p>
<p>#5) As a Christian we never been tought to protect Christianity because we believed God is the One Who fought for us because itâ€™s belongs to Him. Why we want to protect something when we are in Godâ€™s side. God donâ€™t need guns and sword to protect His religion. Only man use guns because they dont have power likes God did. and offcourse you have to use guns and weapons to protect your religion because God is not in your side. He only want us to love Him and not religionâ€¦.</p>
<p>almost all religions can makes us as good and kind as its can beâ€¦but without the truth all of our effort is useless..our ultimate of being like that is to be in heaven and the only way to be there is through Jesus Christ. Jesus is already being in heaven so why not just follow someone who have already did just that?</p>
<p>for those who were out there reading thisâ€¦plsâ€¦pray before you read the bible or study it. Pray to God that He will show you the truth. i donâ€™t ask you to believe in it, but only by praying God will revealed the truth to us. When you ask something from your earthly fatherâ€¦your hope is that your father will give it to you. I believed that God the Father Whom is greater than your father will give it to you when you really ask and believed. rememberâ€¦dont limit yourself just to your own understanding but see the proofâ€¦ see the history and see the truth.<br />
God bless you all.<br />
Amen.</p>
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		<title>Helpful and eye-opening Site, previously recommended&#8230;!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks and Sdr2 Melayu saya. Not too long ago, brothe Emmnuel also ada recommend www.answering-islam.org as a good and reliable resource to check out facts re:Islam &#38; Christianity.
Thats a good one,Â I mean site. In addition, there are also very good links in the Malay language (and Indonesian too) that I would like to &#8217;syorkan&#8217; kepada [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folks and Sdr2 Melayu saya. Not too long ago, brothe Emmnuel also ada recommend www.answering-islam.org as a good and reliable resource to check out facts re:Islam &amp; Christianity.</p>
<p>Thats a good one,Â I mean site. In addition, there are also very good links in the Malay language (and Indonesian too) that I would like to &#8217;syorkan&#8217; kepada anda semua, below.</p>
<p>http://www.answering-islam.org/Bahasa/Isa/index.html</p>
<p>http://www.answering-islam.org/Bahasa/Risalah/index.html</p>
<p>http://www.answering-islam.org/Bahasa/Quran/index.html</p>
<p>http://www.answering-islam.org/Bahasa/AlKitab/index.html</p>
<p>and the latest info at:</p>
<p>http://www.answering-islam.org/bahasa/terkini.html</p>
<p>Some of the articles in these BM links (and also the English ones) pun sudah menjawab antagonists like Syukri&#8217;s attacks on basic teachings of the Holy Injil / Gospel. They have all been refuted already in toto.</p>
<p>Trust you will enjoy those links, and be blest by Roh Allah maha Esa yang Kudus itu!</p>
<p>Bro.Hamzah.</p>
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		<title>What is Love?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmanuel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<style type="text/css">span.indent {padding-left: 0em;}</style><script type="text/javascript">var verse7 = '<p class="chapter-first" id="p46001001.02-1"><span class="chapter-num" id="v46001001-1">1:1&nbsp;</span>Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,</p> <p class="chapter-first" id="p46001002.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001002-1">2&nbsp;</span>To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:</p> <p id="p46001003.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001003-1">3&nbsp;</span>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> <p id="p46001004.02-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001004-1">4&nbsp;</span>I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001005-1">5&nbsp;</span>that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge&#8212; <span class="verse-num" id="v46001006-1">6&nbsp;</span>even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you&#8212; <span class="verse-num" id="v46001007-1">7&nbsp;</span>so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001008-1">8&nbsp;</span>who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001009-1">9&nbsp;</span>God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.</p> <p id="p46001010.05-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001010-1">10&nbsp;</span>I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001011-1">11&nbsp;</span>For it has been reported to me by Chloe&#8217;s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001012-1">12&nbsp;</span>What I mean is that each one of you says, &#8220;I follow Paul,&#8221; or &#8220;I follow Apollos,&#8221; or &#8220;I follow Cephas,&#8221; or &#8220;I follow Christ.&#8221; <span class="verse-num" id="v46001013-1">13&nbsp;</span>Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? <span class="verse-num" id="v46001014-1">14&nbsp;</span>I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001015-1">15&nbsp;</span>so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001016-1">16&nbsp;</span>(I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) <span class="verse-num" id="v46001017-1">17&nbsp;</span>For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.</p> <p id="p46001018.08-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001018-1">18&nbsp;</span>For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001019-1">19&nbsp;</span>For it is written,</p><div class="block-indent"><p class="line-group" id="p46001019.05-1">&#8220;I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,<br /><span class="indent"></span>and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.&#8221;</p></div> <p class="same-paragraph" id="p46001020.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001020-1">20&nbsp;</span>Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? <span class="verse-num" id="v46001021-1">21&nbsp;</span>For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001022-1">22&nbsp;</span>For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001023-1">23&nbsp;</span>but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001024-1">24&nbsp;</span>but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001025-1">25&nbsp;</span>For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.</p> <p id="p46001026.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001026-1">26&nbsp;</span>For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001027-1">27&nbsp;</span>But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; <span class="verse-num" id="v46001028-1">28&nbsp;</span>God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001029-1">29&nbsp;</span>so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001030-1">30&nbsp;</span>And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001031-1">31&nbsp;</span>so that, as it is written, &#8220;Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.&#8221;  (ESV)</p></div><div class="footnotes">Footnotes<p><span class="footnote">[1]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">1:10</span> Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated &#8220;brothers&#8221;) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God&#8217;s family, the church; also verses 11, 26<br /><span class="footnote">[2]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">1:26</span> Greek according to the flesh<br /><span class="footnote">[3]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">1:29</span> Greek no flesh<br /><span class="footnote">[4]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">1:30</span> Greek And from him</p></div></div>';</script><style type="text/css">span.indent {padding-left: 0em;}</style><script type="text/javascript">var verse8 = '<div class="block-indent"><p class="line-group" id="p19013001.12-1"><span class="chapter-num" id="v19013001-1">13:1&nbsp;</span>How long, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>? Will you forget me forever?<br /><span class="indent"></span>How long will you hide your face from me?<br /> <span class="verse-num" id="v19013002-1">2&nbsp;</span>How long must I take counsel in my soul<br /><span class="indent"></span>and have sorrow in my heart all the day?<br />How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19013003.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v19013003-1">3&nbsp;</span>Consider and answer me, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> my God;<br /><span class="indent"></span>light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,<br /> <span class="verse-num" id="v19013004-1">4&nbsp;</span>lest my enemy say, &#8220;I have prevailed over him,&#8221;<br /><span class="indent"></span>lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19013005.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v19013005-1">5&nbsp;</span>But I have trusted in your steadfast love;<br /><span class="indent"></span>my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.<br /> <span class="verse-num" id="v19013006-1">6&nbsp;</span>I will sing to the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,<br /><span class="indent"></span>because he has dealt bountifully with me.  (ESV)</p></div></div></div>';</script>Hi dearly beloveds,
How loved are you by God?
Does God&#8217;s love for me require me to be in His servitude? Is His love for me contingent on my good deeds? Will He ever curse me should I be disobedient to Him? Do I need to pray more, fast more to have more favour with Him?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style type="text/css">span.indent {padding-left: 0em;}</style><script type="text/javascript">var verse9 = '<p class="chapter-first" id="p46001001.02-1"><span class="chapter-num" id="v46001001-1">1:1&nbsp;</span>Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,</p> <p class="chapter-first" id="p46001002.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001002-1">2&nbsp;</span>To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:</p> <p id="p46001003.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001003-1">3&nbsp;</span>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> <p id="p46001004.02-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001004-1">4&nbsp;</span>I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001005-1">5&nbsp;</span>that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge&#8212; <span class="verse-num" id="v46001006-1">6&nbsp;</span>even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you&#8212; <span class="verse-num" id="v46001007-1">7&nbsp;</span>so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001008-1">8&nbsp;</span>who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001009-1">9&nbsp;</span>God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.</p> <p id="p46001010.05-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001010-1">10&nbsp;</span>I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001011-1">11&nbsp;</span>For it has been reported to me by Chloe&#8217;s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001012-1">12&nbsp;</span>What I mean is that each one of you says, &#8220;I follow Paul,&#8221; or &#8220;I follow Apollos,&#8221; or &#8220;I follow Cephas,&#8221; or &#8220;I follow Christ.&#8221; <span class="verse-num" id="v46001013-1">13&nbsp;</span>Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? <span class="verse-num" id="v46001014-1">14&nbsp;</span>I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001015-1">15&nbsp;</span>so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001016-1">16&nbsp;</span>(I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) <span class="verse-num" id="v46001017-1">17&nbsp;</span>For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.</p> <p id="p46001018.08-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001018-1">18&nbsp;</span>For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001019-1">19&nbsp;</span>For it is written,</p><div class="block-indent"><p class="line-group" id="p46001019.05-1">&#8220;I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,<br /><span class="indent"></span>and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.&#8221;</p></div> <p class="same-paragraph" id="p46001020.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001020-1">20&nbsp;</span>Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? <span class="verse-num" id="v46001021-1">21&nbsp;</span>For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001022-1">22&nbsp;</span>For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001023-1">23&nbsp;</span>but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001024-1">24&nbsp;</span>but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001025-1">25&nbsp;</span>For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.</p> <p id="p46001026.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v46001026-1">26&nbsp;</span>For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001027-1">27&nbsp;</span>But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; <span class="verse-num" id="v46001028-1">28&nbsp;</span>God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001029-1">29&nbsp;</span>so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. <span class="verse-num" id="v46001030-1">30&nbsp;</span>And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, <span class="verse-num" id="v46001031-1">31&nbsp;</span>so that, as it is written, &#8220;Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.&#8221;  (ESV)</p></div><div class="footnotes">Footnotes<p><span class="footnote">[1]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">1:10</span> Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated &#8220;brothers&#8221;) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God&#8217;s family, the church; also verses 11, 26<br /><span class="footnote">[2]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">1:26</span> Greek according to the flesh<br /><span class="footnote">[3]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">1:29</span> Greek no flesh<br /><span class="footnote">[4]</span> <span class="footnote-ref">1:30</span> Greek And from him</p></div></div>';</script><style type="text/css">span.indent {padding-left: 0em;}</style><script type="text/javascript">var verse10 = '<div class="block-indent"><p class="line-group" id="p19013001.12-1"><span class="chapter-num" id="v19013001-1">13:1&nbsp;</span>How long, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>? Will you forget me forever?<br /><span class="indent"></span>How long will you hide your face from me?<br /> <span class="verse-num" id="v19013002-1">2&nbsp;</span>How long must I take counsel in my soul<br /><span class="indent"></span>and have sorrow in my heart all the day?<br />How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19013003.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v19013003-1">3&nbsp;</span>Consider and answer me, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> my God;<br /><span class="indent"></span>light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,<br /> <span class="verse-num" id="v19013004-1">4&nbsp;</span>lest my enemy say, &#8220;I have prevailed over him,&#8221;<br /><span class="indent"></span>lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19013005.01-1"><span class="verse-num" id="v19013005-1">5&nbsp;</span>But I have trusted in your steadfast love;<br /><span class="indent"></span>my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.<br /> <span class="verse-num" id="v19013006-1">6&nbsp;</span>I will sing to the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,<br /><span class="indent"></span>because he has dealt bountifully with me.  (ESV)</p></div></div></div>';</script><p>Hi dearly beloveds,</p>
<p>How loved are you by God?</p>
<p>Does God&#8217;s love for me require me to be in His servitude? Is His love for me contingent on my good deeds? Will He ever curse me should I be disobedient to Him? Do I need to pray more, fast more to have more favour with Him?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure these are some very valid questions to some of us out there.</p>
<p>The answer we seek is the Cross of Calvary. Please watch the short music video first before reading on.</p>
<p>I See Love by 3rd Day &#8211; Soundtrack of The Passion</p>
<p><a href="http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=596dfa7c219db523f73a">http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=596dfa7c219db523f73a</a></p>
<p>I truly see Love on that rugged cross.</p>
<p>Can God love you so much that He gave His very best to be punished in your place? Yes because He is God. And HE can because He is a God of love.<br />
We can use a phrase from the world to describe this: Love is not love till you give it away.</p>
<p>Can you and I do the same to our own child? To our own beloved flesh and blood? To punish your beloved one for someone else&#8217;s sin?</p>
<p>This love is so amazing and incomprehensible that Paul called it a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Greeks.</p>
<p><span style="bold">1<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=+Corinthians+1" onMouseOver="addvs('9', '', verse9); stm(Text[9],Style[0])" onMouseOut="htm()">Corinthians 1</a>:</span><br />
22 For the Jews ask for a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom;<br />
23 but <span style="#ff0000">we preach Christ crucified</span>, <span style="#ffcc00"><span style="#0000ff;"><strong><span style="#0000ff;">to the Jews a stumbling block</span></strong></span></span>, and <strong><span style="#0000ff;"><span style="#0000ff;">to the Greeks foolishness.</span></span></strong></p>
<p>Jesus ChristÂ WILL be a stumbling block to religiosity, Jesus WILL be foolishness to philosophy.</p>
<p>BUT, We declare to the world that Jesus Christ was crucified and rose again on the 3rd day conquering death, satan and hell, rising victoriously for us!</p>
<p>All that God has done for us was summed up on the cross, ALL His love for us was summed up on the cross, ALL His forgiveness, ALL His mercy, ALL His judgment was summed up on the cross. I used the word <span style="bold">was</span> because now we&#8217;re living in the <span style="bold">IS</span> of God. He <strong>IS</strong> our Refuge, He <strong>IS</strong> our Shelter, He <strong>IS</strong> our Hiding place, He <strong>IS</strong> our Healing, He <strong>IS</strong> our Provider, He <strong>IS</strong> our Prosperity, He <strong>IS</strong> our Righteousness, He <strong>IS</strong> our Holiness. We&#8217;re now <strong>IN</strong> Christ. <strong><span style="#ff0000;">Whatever GOD IS so are we!!!</span></strong> Amen! Hallelujah!</p>
<p>Now, that <span style="bold">is</span> love isn&#8217;t it? <strong><span style="#0000ff;"><span style="bold"><span style="#ff0000">UNCONDITIONAL</span>, <span style="#ff0000">IRREVOCABLE</span>, <span style="#ff0000">ETERNAL</span></span>.</span></strong></p>
<p>ALL that GOD IS, IS us now, the believer in Christ Jesus. He paid His own price of Judgment on His beloved Jesus.</p>
<p>Blessed ones, now Rejoice!</p>
<p><span style="bold"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=+Psalms+13" onMouseOver="addvs('10', '', verse10); stm(Text[10],Style[0])" onMouseOut="htm()">Psalms 13</a></span>:<br />
5 <span style="bold">But I have trusted in Your mercy; <span style="#0000ff;"><span style="#ffcc00"><span style="#0000ff;"><strong><span style="#0000ff;">my heart shall rejoice</span></strong></span></span> </span>in <span style="#0000ff;"><strong><span style="#0000ff;">Your <span style="#ff0000">salvation</span></span></strong></span>(<strong>original Hebrew: <span style="#ff0000;">Yeshua/Jesus</span></strong>).</span></p>
<p>Blessed is he who sees, blessed is he who hears.</p>
<p>Thank you Father that you hear me always! Father I rejoice in Your Yeshua!</p>
<p>Shalom Shalom,<br />
Emmanuel</p>
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