Choose You This Day

14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

~JOSHUA 24:14-15

God gives you your choice. 
"Choose you this day who you shall serve."
In the garden of Eden there was a tree of knowledge and a Tree of Life. Man was given the privilege to choose either one he desired. And so is it today; you're given your privilege, as free moral agents, to choose whatever you want to choose. My advice to you is, don't look at the modern things around you, and the popularity, and the glamour that you could be, but choose rather, by faith Him, that give the promise that someday He will come and will right all wrongs, and will give you Eternal Life, and raise you up. No matter if you take the despised way with the Lord's few, make that choice.


If there is troubles in the hand... If there's troubles in the land, if there's troubles in the church, if there's troubles in the home, no matter where it is, make your choice, "By faith "I'll serve God. I'll humble my heart in His presence. I'll take the way with God's children. I see them despised, and rejected, and drove out, and made fun of, but I'll still take my post of duty. I'll stay right by them, and when they cry, I'll cry with them. And when they're sorrow, I shall sorrow with them. The way they live, I'll live."


Like Ruth said to Naomi, "Your ways be my ways; my ways be your ways; where you live, I'll live; where you go, I'll go; the God that you serve, will be my God." Take that choice, though it pulls the very skin off of your conscience, of thinking that you're somebody. Skin yourself down and take your way with the Lord's despised few, and stay loyal on the field of service and at the post of duty.

~Bro. William Branham -BY.FAITH.MOSES 58-0720M 

The Word of GOD

Heaven and earth shall pass away,

 but my words shall not pass away.

~MATTHEW 24:35

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:

but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

~ISAIAH 40:8

"All flesh is grass, the breath of God blows upon it whether it's flower, grass, how beautiful, it's withers away; but the Word of our God stands forever," Isaiah 40 was prophesying of the coming of the Messiah, said that. All our creeds, denominational systems, educators, genius, and everything else, will perish, but the Word of God shall remain forever. "Upon this rock I'll build My Church; the gates of hell can't prevail against it."
~Br. W.M. Branham - FALLING.APART.OF.THE.WORLD_ 62-1216

 The Word of God:

Generations follow generations - yet It lives.

Nations rise and fall - yet It lives.

Kings, dictators, presidents come and go - yet It lives.

Torn, condemned, burned - yet It lives.

Hated, despised, cursed - yet It lives.

Doubted, suspected, criticized - yet It lives.

Damned by atheists - yet It lives.

Exaggerated by fanatics - yet It lives.

Misconstrued and mistated - yet It lives.

Ranted and raved about - yet It lives.

It's inspiration denied - yet It lives.

Yet It lives - as a Lamp unto our feet,

Yet It lives - as a Light unto our path,

Yet It lives - as a Standard for childhood,

Yet It lives - as a Guide for youth,

Yet It lives - as an Inspiration for the matured,

Yet It lives - as a Comfort for the aged,

Yet It lives - as Food for the hungry,

Yet It lives - as Water for the thirsty,

Yet It lives - as Rest for the weary,

Yet It lives - as Light for the heathen,

Yet It lives - as Salvation for the sinner,

Yet It lives - as Grace for the Christian.

To know It is to love It,

To love It is to accept It,

To accept It means Life Eternal! 

 ~ Author unknown

Commune With The Lord

And Jesus answered him,
 saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone,
 but by every word of God.

- LUKE 4:4

 

Now, our bodies need food and drink each day to survive, our physical body. If we don't take food each day and drink, then our body weakens. There's something in us that we must have food. One day's food will not last for the next day. You've got to have food each day to strengthen your mortal being. You can live over, but you're weaker. And the second day, you're still weaker. And the third day, you're getting tremendous weak.

Well, that's what many times that we do in the spiritual realm. You see, each day we've got to commune with Christ. We've got to talk to Him each day. We've got to settle it with Him each day. Paul said, "I die each day. (See?) Each day, I die; yet I live, not me but Christ lives in me." So if your physical body needs food each day and drink each day to survive, your spiritual body needs spiritual Food and communion with the Lord each day to survive. Yes.

Jesus said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." So each day we've got to study the Bible. Some people doesn't study It at all. Some picks It up every two or three times a year. But a real, real believer that's really spiritually built up, he reads his Bible every day and talks to the Lord. That's right. He has to. "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

Bro. William M. Branham - COMMUNION_ 62-0204

In Christ We Have....

    Life that can never die.
       Rest that can never be disturbed.
          Joy that can never be diminished.
             Love that can never be fathomed.
                Peace that can never be understood.
                   Beauty that can never be marred.
                      Glory that can never be clouded.
                          Light that can never be darkened.
                             Happiness that can never be defiled.
                                Wisdom that can never be baffled.
                                    Strength that can never be enfeebled.
                                       Hope that can never be disappointed.
                                          Resources that can never be exhausted.
                                             Righteousness that can never be tarnished.
                                                   ...HOW BLESSED WE ARE!

Set Your Affection On Things Above

1  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

3  For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

4  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

~ Colossians 3:4

You want to belong in heaven. That's where your affections ought to be, on things above. Jesus said, "Set your affections on things above, not on things of the earth. They're going to fail." Stay with God. Stay with realities. God is a God of reality. He's always been in all ages. Any time that man ever walked with God, God become a reality that performed signs and wonders and miracles with His people. It's God's purpose to do so. Surrender all.

Right here in Louisville, Kentucky, not long ago, there was a very nice family of people. They had a sick baby; called to pray for it. The doctor walked out of the hospital. "And what about the baby?"

He said, "That baby's dying. There's nothing else can be done for it." Said, "It's got leukemia." Said, "The baby has to die."

Thought, "O God, You ain't said that yet. You never witnessed that." I went and talked to the parents, and the parents was crying and sobbing. Their baby was gone, as far as they knowed. But what did they do?

The doctor was right. Everything that he knowed to do, he'd done. Leukemia's a killer, and nothing can stop it. Said, “The baby is going to die.”

The old grandfather of that baby... You all know the case. And the old grandfather of that baby come along. When he heard me speak about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, he said, "I used to remember years ago, when an old preacher said there'd come a time that people would receive the Holy Ghost again, and signs and wonders would be done." He went off in a little room to himself. He wouldn't stay with his son or his daughter-in-law no more. He stayed in there, crying and praying. When the old fellow walked out of there, the sweat hanging across his bald forehead, his eyes glistening, said, "That baby will live."

Said, "What?"

He said, "Doctor, I respect you as a man of science. I respect you and your intelligence that you've learned through medical research." But said, "I prayed and I prayed, and I prayed until I surrendered everything I had to surrender, and the Holy Spirit said, 'The baby will live.'" It did. Why? He surrendered everything he had.

~ Br Branham - UNFAILING.REALITIES.OF.GOD 60-0626

The Day of Small Things

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves,

 and two small fishes:

but what are they among so many?

~JOHN 6:9

"Letters joined make words,

And words to books may grow

As flake on flake, descending,

Forms an avalanche of snow.

A single utterance may good

Or evil thoughts inspire;

One little spark, enkindled,

May set a town on fire.

What volumes may be written

With little drops of ink!

How small a leak, unnoticed,

A mighty ship will sink!

A tiny insect's labour

Makes the coral strand,

And mighty seas are girdled

With grains of golden sand,

A daily penny, saved,

A fortune may begin;

A daily penny squandered,

May lead to vice and sin.

Our life is made entirely

Of moments multiplied,

As little streamlets, joining,

Form the ocean's tide.

Our hours and, aye, our months and years,

Are in small moments given;

They constitute our time below,

Eternity in heaven."

~ The Christian's Daily Challenge

For who hath despised the day of small things?
~ZECHARIAH 4:10

Showers of Blessings!

It's raining!!! :)
As I'm typing this I'm listening to the wonderful sound of steady rain and the almost constant roll of distant thunder. We've flung open all the doors an windows, there's a wonderful coolness coming through the house and the smell of damp earth and a mixture of flower scents. We aren't the only ones rejoicing - you can almost "see" the plants drinking up the rain and the birds are bathing on the damp leaves or in the puddles on the ground. Winter's drought is broken - even the weather sticker on the side of my blog is showing a background of rainy weather at this time so it must be quite widespread! :)

How we thank the Lord for His wonderful showers of blessings - outside and inside, and most of all in our souls!!

There will be showers of blessing: 

This is the promise of love;

There shall be seasons refreshing,

Sent from the Saviour above.

Refrain: Showers of blessing,

Showers of blessing we need:

Mercy-drops round us are falling,

But for the showers we plead.

There shall be showers of blessing,

Precious reviving again;

Over the hills and the valleys,

Sound of abundance of rain.

There shall be showers of blessing;
Send them upon us, O Lord;

Grant to us now a refreshing,

Come, and now honor Thy Word.

Refrain

There shall be showers of blessing:

Oh, that today they might fall,

Now as to God we’re confessing,

Now as on Jesus we call!

Refrain

There shall be showers of blessing,

If we but trust and obey;

There shall be seasons refreshing,

If we let God have His way.

~ Daniel W. Whittle

Perfect Love

A wonderful Scripture I'd like to share today:

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

- 1 John 4:18

 

Also sharing these lovely Perfect Love Wallpapers made by my friend, Lacy.

 

 "Thy Word Forever" has a new look and lots of new uploads!

 

Hope you've all had a wonderful blessed weekend! :)