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Edwin Elisha James is an Evangelist whose commitment to preach wherever the Lord leads him has fructified in bringing hundreds of souls to the Lord - a dream and a desire that he has harboured for the longest time!

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

The book of PSALMS - 3

One hundred fifty messages from the book of Psalms.

31

A prayer for promotion

32

The joy of forgiveness

33

Sing praises to the LORD

34

Honor the LORD

35

A prayer for protection from enemies

36

Human sin and God’s goodness

37

Trust the LORD

38

A prayer in times of trouble

39

A prayer for forgiveness

40

A prayer for help

41

A prayer in time of sickness

42

Longing for God

43

A prayer in times of trouble

44

A prayer for help

For a royal wedding

Honor the LORD

The book of PSALMS - 2

One hundred fifty messages from the book of Psalms

16

The best choice

17

A prayer of an innocent person

18

David’s song of thanks

19

The wonders of God and the goodness of his law

20

A prayer for victory

21

Thanking the LORD for victory

22

Suffering and Praise

23

The Good Shepherd

24

Who can enter the Lord’s temple?

25

A prayer for guidance and help

26

The prayer of an innocent person

27

A prayer of praise

28

A prayer for help

29

The voice of the LORD in a storm

30

A prayer of thanks

Comforting Words…

Bible Verses to Comfort the Hurting 

Comforting Words…

Psalms 119:48-52  

48 I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees.

49 Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.

50 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.

51 The arrogant mock me without restraint, but I do not turn from your law.

52 I remember your ancient laws, O LORD, and I find comfort in them.

Lamentations 3:31-32 

31 For men are not cast off by the Lord forever.

32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.

John 14:16-18 

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever

17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 

18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

John 14:26-27 

26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 

27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Lamentations 3:22-23 

22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Psalms 30:5 

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Psalms 71:20-21 

20 Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

21 You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

John 16:22 

22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

2 Corinthians 5:17 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Revelation 21:5  

He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”


Holiness of God

1 John 4:2-3

2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 

3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

1 John 3:2-4

2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 

3 Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.

1 John 2:2 

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

2 Peter 3:10 

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

2 Peter 3:3-7

3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 

4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” 

5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 

6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 

7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Think it over:

~ We can endure anything if we depend on God for everything.

~ To lead others out of the darkness of sin, let them see your light.

~ Spiritual gifts are meant to be used, not admired.

~ What we see of God’s provisions teaches us to trust Him for what we cannot see of His purposes.




Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The book of PSALMS - 1 - 15

Lessons from the 150 Psalms:

1

The way to happiness

2

The Lord’s chosen king

3

An early morning prayer

4

An evening prayer

5

A prayer for help

6

A prayer in the trouble

7

The Lord always does right

8

The wonderful name of the LORD

9

Sing praises to the LORD

10

A prayer for help

11

Trusting the LORD

12

A prayer for help

13

A prayer for the LORD’s help

14

No one can ignore the LORD

15

Who may worship the LORD?

Contd.,

Father God…You are Holy!

Isaiah 6:1-3 

1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 

2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 

3 And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Revelation 15:3 

And sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages.

Psalms 145:17-18 

17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made.

18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Psalms 99:1 

The LORD reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake.

Psalms 99:9 

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

Isaiah 57:15 

For this is what the high and lofty One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Psalms 22:2-3 

2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.

3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel.

1 Chronicles 16:8-10 

8 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

9 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

10 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.




Monday, December 22, 2014

Eternal Things

Holiness in God’s house

Psalms 93:5 

Your statutes stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days, O LORD.

Good man’s righteousness

Psalms 112:6-9 

6 Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever.

7 He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

8 His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.

9 He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn 

will be lifted high in honor.

Truth

Psalms 117:2 

For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.

Proverbs 12:19 

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Perfection of saints

Hebrews 10:14 

because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

Purging of sins

Hebrews 10:12 

But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.

Joy

Isaiah 35:10 

And the ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Isaiah 51:11 

The ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Isaiah 61:7 

Instead of their shame my people will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their inheritance; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.


Children - Wicked Children

They despise their father and mother:

Proverbs 15:5 

A fool spurns his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.

Proverbs 15:20 

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

They curse their father:

Proverbs 30:11 

“There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;

They make them ashamed:

Proverbs 19:26 

He who robs his father and drives out his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

They are the calamity of their parents:

Proverbs 19:13 

A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

They cause them to sorrow:

Proverbs 17:25 

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

They despise their elders:

Job 19:18 

Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.

Mark 13:13  

All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
Even as we take on the identity of the One Whom we love, so will the world come to despise us even as it despised Him. He entered the world to save it, but was mocked, scorned, and afflicted. We ought to expect no less vile action from the world and its wicked corruption. Yet for Him Who overcomes and perseveres in the strength of His God-granted faith: life, eternal and abundant. Rejoice therefore in your suffering as it works for you a far more exceeding weight of glory!