CHRISTMAS FOOD COURT HALLELUJAH CHORUS

BREATH OF HEAVEN- by AMY GRANT WITH SCENES FROM NATIVITY MOVIE

FAITH HILL- A BABY CHANGES EVERYHING

HEADPHONES RECOMMENDED

CELTIC WOMAN- O HOLY NIGHT

SIMPLY ANGELIC- HEADPHONES RECOMMENDED

Mary did you know? by Kutless

HEADPHONES RECOMMENDED-This is a VERY BEAUTIFUL POWERFUL rendition of Mary did you know? by Kutless a christian band.

Destiny... a painting by an anonymous artist

Theatrical reading of the book of Revelation from the Word of Promise

Skillet-Awake and Alive

SKILLET-HERO CHRISTIAN METAL

SKILLET-WHISPERS IN THE DARK-CHRISTIAN METAL

FIREPROOF- MOVIE TRAILER

I KNOW THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN OUT FOR QUITE AWHILE HOWEVER I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, TO TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH IT. I THINK YOU WILL REALLY ENJOY IT.

Casting Crowns- Love them like Jesus

TOBY MAC- A CITY ON OUR KNEES

Toby Mac- Lose my Soul

O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise. Psalm 51:15

Is Being "Good" enough....?

 
Everyone thinks that being a good person, will get them into heaven. Please don’t be deceived. This is not the case. What is the definition of being a “Good Person”? How “good” does one have to be, to be “good”. Most people can’t even agree on what it is, to be “good”. So if we can’t even agree on a certain Standard, how we can we expect to get in to heaven based on it.

Why even say one has to be “good” to go to heaven. Why not just let everyone in? Good or Bad who cares, if there is no standard by which we can go by to determine “Good”. So God should just let everyone in. Everyone from Mother Teresa to Jack the Ripper. Who cares? What is “Good” anyway? Right?

No. God gave us the moral standard by which to live by, and to be frank and straight to the point, only Gods opinion of “good” matters. He is the judge we have to please, the one with the keys to heaven. He has the power to let you in or keep you out. So why does man INSIST on using his own definition of “good”? He isn’t going to ask you what your neighbor thinks “good” is, or how society defines “good” when we stand before God, it’s going to be his standard, and his standard only.

The “good news” is , (and that’s why they call it the good news), is that we don’t have to live up to his standard of being “good”. He gave us a get out of Jail free card. Jesus. Jesus lived a sinless perfect life maintaining Gods Holy standard. A standard we could never ever achieve. God is Holy. Sin cannot dwell where God dwells. Sin must be judged, and burned. Our only hope is the man who led that perfect life and is therefore worthy of heaven. Like the old saying goes “it’s not what you know, but WHO you know”. His righteousness is our ticket in. Instead of guilty by association, in this case, it’s innocent by association. Jesus is the mediator between us and God. You can cry, you can beg and try and justify your life, it will do no good. He told us what we must do…ask forgiveness and accept Jesus as our savior. If you reject Jesus, you reject Gods plan of salvation, therefore forfeiting your entrance to heaven.

Think of it this way, if you want nothing to do with God, Jesus, or his holy word the Bible, Why would he let you in? That is where Jesus dwells. It would be like someone trying to come live with you, that detests you, cringes every time your name comes up, does everything to avoid you and most times acts as though you don’t matter or even exist. This is how many people behave, yet they expect to be let into heaven. Being a christian means to be a follower of Christ, it's not a religion, as the world would have you believe, its about a personal relationship with Jesus. Jesus IS the EXCLUSIVE one and only way to heaven but he is NOT EXCLUSIVE in his offer.He offers life eternal in heaven for ALL MANKIND. Being a Christian is not just about going to heaven but looking forward to heaven. Not just because its wonderful there, but because Jesus is there. So how do we begin to have a relationship with him?

First we have to recognize that we are sinful and cannot meet Gods standards. Forgive me here, but only a fool would try and deny any existence of sin in his or her life. Not according to my definition of sin, but of Gods. Thats what the 10 commandments do, they show us the ways in which we have fallen short of Gods standards. ALL have fallen short of the glory of God. ALL. None of us are worthy but through Christ we are a new creation. Having accepted Christ as a sacrifice for our sins. He paid the ultimate price so we wouldn’t have to.

I am not perfect, far from it, and I still sin. If I said I didn't I would be telling a lie. If I never sinned and was capable of being perfect I wouldn’t need Christ and his death on the cross would have been for nothing. I sin, I try not to as best as I can, just because he forgives does not give me a green light to sin. It’s a fine line and very difficult to walk, being a Christian isn't easy. If I sin the world says I am a hypocrite, yet when trying to live a life less sinful, the world accuses believers of being self righteous, goody two shoes. I am in no way better than anyone else. I am just trying to share how Christ has set me free, I can be sure of my eternal destination. Christ was perfect and sinless, HE CANNOT LIE. It is this truth that I hang my hopes of heaven on.

"Christianity has been described as one beggar telling another beggar where to get bread." That’s all. That’s all I’m trying to do, is let you know that you don’t have to wonder whether or not you will be judged “good” enough to get into heaven. Left to your own merits, according to Jesus you would NOT be worthy.

One last point. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No doubt about it, but, just to view it from another perspective, even if Jesus wasn’t the way, and either all people go to heaven or there is no life after death,and all defintions of "good" are accepted, what has been lost by believing? Nothing, I am no worse off. I would still get into heaven anyway, or I wouldn’t know the difference because nothing else exists. However, if Jesus is the only way by which we may enter heaven, then the consequences for the unbeliever are beyond comprehension.

What makes heaven, heaven is its lack of destruction, depravity, pain and sorrow. If it wasn't void of those things it wouldn't be heaven. God must separate the light from the darkness, the "good" from evil. That along with the presence of God and Jesus, makes it heaven. Doesn’t it make sense to find out more about Jesus and the God of the Bible. It truly is the Good News. I love Jesus for loving me first, enough to take on the sins of ALL MANKIND not just a select few, in order to ensure that all could come to heaven by way of his sinless life. Paying a price I could not earn or pay. Through Jesus we are set free from the penalty of sin. I have put my trust and faith in Jesus. I pray that you will do the same.

While you were sleeping- By Casting Crowns

Natalie Grant-Held

ANTI-ABORTION PRO LIFE SONG AND VIDEO

ABORTION SURVIVOR- MELISSA OHDEN

"For it is written: "As I live says the Lord, Every Knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God." Romans 14:11-12

Narnia/ Toby Mac Music Video

There will be a day by Jeremy Camp

REPENTANCE & FAITH

A Plan to replace all 435 members of the House with everyday citizens

SOFTLY AND TENDERLY -BY JOSH TURNER

THIS IS MY FAVORITE OLD HYMN, I REMEMBER SONGS LIKE THIS SANG IN CHURCH WHEN I WAS A KID. YOU DON'T HEAR THESE BEAUTIFUL OLD HYMNS IN CHURCHES MUCH ANYMORE. I THINK JOSH TURNER HAS A WONDERFUL DEEP VOICE, AND SINGS THIS ONE WITH SUCH A SINCERE TONE, I FEEL THE PRESENCE OF JESUS WHEN I LISTEN TO IT.
JESUS DESIRES ALL TO COME TO HIM. WHEN I LISTEN TO THIS IT MAKES ME THINK OF HOW SAD JESUS IS WHEN SOMEONE PASSES INTO ETERNITY, HAVING NEVER KNOWN HIM. SOFTLY AND TENDERLY JESUS IS CALLING, CALLING FOR YOU AND FOR ME, THOUGH WE HAVE SINNED HE HAS MERCY AND PARDON, PARDON FOR YOU AND FOR ME,COME HOME...


ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL, GOSPEL HYMN LIKE SONG BY JOSH TURNER, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT TAKE A LISTEN.

IAN MCCORMACK-LIFE AFTER DEATH TESTIMONY

Crescent moon and Venus

I just saw the new Defense Agency logo...quite cryptic I believe. I then asked God what the symbolism might be and this is what I feel he showed me. The picture is 3D in a sense. There are several aspects to its design. First off the star caught me as not being very high in the sky but rather off to the side. I thought to myself what star(or bright object) doesn't rise very high in the sky??? Hmmm....I then thought about how I have often heard reference to Lucifer in conjunction with the planet Venus.
"Lucifer is a Latin word (from the words lucem ferre), literally meaning "light-bearer", which in that language is used as a name for the dawn appearance of the planet Venus, heralding daylight. Use of the word in this sense is uncommon in English, in which "Day Star" or "Morning Star" are more common expressions."

I then read on and found again courtesy of Wikpedia that "because the planet Venus is an inferior planet, meaning that its orbit lies between the orbit of the Earth and the Sun, it can never rise high in the sky at night as seen from Earth. It can be seen in the eastern morning sky for an hour or so before the Sun rises, and in the western evening sky for an hour or so after the Sun sets, but never during the dark of midnight."

"It is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon. As bright and as brilliant as it is, ancient people did not understand why they could not see it at midnight like the outer planets, or during midday, like the Sun and Moon. It outshines the planets Saturn and Jupiter, which do last all night, but it soon disappears.(Hmmm... soon disappears? Makes me think of how Satans reign may seem so huge looming over humanity, but his reign is short lived.) Canaanite mythology has a story of an unsuccessful attempt by Athtar, the Morning Star pictured as a god, to take over the throne of Baal."

The part about the orbit of Venus being between the Sun, an enormous circular object and the earth a much smaller object,made sense in light of the new logo, which the two circular objects showing Venus off to the side also forms a crescent. A picture within a picture. I believe the logo is in representation of Satan. Whether knowingly or not it was inspired by the great decieving serpent himself. A reflection of what is looming on the horizon in the not so distant future. Lord I pray that we will have spiritual eyes to see and ears to hear.

In the Blink of an Eye

I would just like to recommend this new christian film called In the Blink of an Eye. It was excellent. The photography, the plot, the characters and the acting was great. Please support Christian films, share them with your family, friends and of course your church. Christian films have come a long way and they need our continued support.

“For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”- Jeremiah 29:11-13

Testimony of Serial Killer Son of Sam, Redeemed by Jesus Christ

SET ME FREE- CASTING CROWNS

Testimony of Aaron Smith of the Pittsburgh Steelers

Le Crae -Praying for you

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