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My Help Comes From The Lord

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4   “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5   Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. 6   Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. 7   But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare Jeremiah 29:4-7 Please leave a comment below  For many blacks in America, Independence Day is seen from a different perspective. When the Revolutionary war was over the negro in America remained in bondage and had no hope of Freedom.  When George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Benedict Arnold and Horatio Gates went to fight for their freedom, Caleb Quotom,   a slave, better known as Prince Whipple proclaimed ...

A Fire that is not Quenched

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Where the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched . ( Mark 9:48 ) Where is that place where the worms do not die? Jesus in Mark 9:48 tells us that Hell is the place where the worms do not die, and the fire of hell is never quenched. How powerful is this passage? Not this passage so to speak but passages like it ( some listed below) were a deciding fact in my walk with Christ. I came to Christ not for a better life. The often misused method of witnessing that says “Jesus will fix your health, finance marriage or whatever wrong in your life” would have never worked on me, because I was content where I was, I was in sin where I was, and I was making a lot of money where I was. As a matter of fact my income right now about 65% less than it was since I’ve come to God through Jesus Christ as compared to when I was in the world. What I’m saying is I did not come to Christ for what He could give me, I came to God and accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior because...