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Let's Be Like Daniel...
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. (Daniel 6:10)
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Random King James Bible Verse...
Daniel 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
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Please be aware that we address all sins, including of adult nature. Young children should not be free to be browsing all of the content, however, it is appropriate for young teens and upwards.
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Free Online Bible Study Time
Contact us regarding one-on-one online studies with a live person. We can conduct them via e-mail exchanges, messaging (chat), or video/audio method by something like Skype. Topics can be preset or if there's something on your mind. (Sign me up.)
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Basic Belief
This site is a non-denominational site not just being Bible based but solidly Bible structured.
We believe that we are saved alone by Jesus who "came into the world to save sinners." (1 Timothy 1:15).
But we also believe that he commanded us to "go, and sin no more" (John 8:11)
This is not in our strength but Jesus is "able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 1:24).
We do believe that all of us are in ignorance to the full knowledge of God's ways, however, "the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent" (Acts 17:30).
And if our hearts are ever in love with God, then we should not be guilty of Jesus' words. "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil" (John 3:19).
To find out what we should and should not do, we believe we are to "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).
Concluding there is a right way and many wrong ways to study, we use the method of "precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little" (Isaiah 28:10), which means that we pick a topic, collect all the verses and in so doing, we have God's Word and not our opinion.
And we believe that "All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Notice we are to learn from the scriptures to live righteous lives.
Intead, all we here is condemnation of any such thought, despite James writing, "Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works" (James 2:18).
In short, we are not saved by works but our works show evidence we are saved for we believe "to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness" (Romans 6:16).
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Morning Thought...
Monday, June 22, 2026
Job 30:24 Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
That is not literally crying from the grave just like Abel’s blood did not literally cry to God. It is a way of saying that it demands something. In Abel’s case, his blood demanded justice; hence Cain was punished and eternally too. When Jesus returns not only to gather His people (Revelation 14:14-15) but it is with destruction of which nothing will stop it until it is completed. No back story of why someone was lost will change God’s mind. Now, are you making sure you are part of the gathered as opposed to being part of “the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished” (Revelation 20:5)?
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Words Mean Things...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
A lot of Christians believe in the phrase, “God will not give you more than you can handle!” And that is not true. We can overwork ourselves by saying “Yes” to all that is asked of us only to have it all come crushing down upon us. That is not God giving us that which we can handle. What is promised is that we will not be tempted beyond what we can handle. “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it]” (1 Corinthians 10:13). So, when we choose to sin, that is us giving into temptation when God had restricted Satan from tempting us beyond our ability to resist. In other words, we let God down when we give into the temptation claiming it was too much to handle. God knew we could handle it but we chose not to. It has nothing to do with dealing with problems of the world. The problems of the world may be greater than we can handle, but we can deal with those things without sinning. So, do you excuse sin in your life claiming it was too much to handle but able to go through exceedingly and overwhelming great demands in life thinking you can handle every demand, or do you see where sin has no excuse in your life, especially since God already provided an escape or solution to avoid sinning?
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Evening Thought...
Monday, June 22, 2026
Luke 20:10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent [him] away empty.
This servant represents a prophet. The season referred to is after enough time had past that they should have shared the gospel with other nations and had the fruit of conversion, which other nations would be the field (Matthew 13:38) while the vineyard is literal Israel at this time. The one who sent the prophet is God of course, but even Stephen asked, “Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?” (Acts 7:52). Now, do you listen to the prophets by obeying their writings, or do you ignore the prophets as well, casting the Bible away as some ancient book?
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