VIDEO Ex Mormon Gives Most Incredible Testimony EVER! Will Give You Chills!

This is one of the most incredible testimonies I’ve ever heard, and such a testimony of how God can change the hearts of those who seek him! A very zealous Mormon goes to Florida for his missions, where he tries to convert Baptists and is instead presented the gospel of Jesus. In this video he explains how he turned from his belief in Mormonism to trusting in the finished work of Christ for his salvation! ..what comes after is shocking!

Jul 8, 2018

This is a video from https://www.adamsroadministry.com/ if you want to hear more check them out! or search Micah wilder or Lynn Wilder on youtube to hear more of their story.

Our New Nature in Christ

Put on your new nature, created to be like God. Ephesians 4:24 nlt

Our blue spruce was dropping pinecones and needles. The tree doctor took one look at it and explained the problem. “It’s just being a spruce,” he said. I’d hoped for a better explanation. Or a remedy. But the tree man shrugged, saying again, “It’s just being a spruce.” By nature, the tree sheds needles. It can’t change.

Thankfully, our spiritual lives aren’t limited by unchangeable actions or attitudes. Paul stressed this liberating truth to the new believers at Ephesus. The gentiles were “darkened in their understanding,” he said, their minds closed to God. They possessed hardened hearts containing “every kind of impurity,” and sought only after pleasures and greed (Ephesians 4:18-19).

But “since you have heard about Jesus” and His truth, the apostle wrote, “throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life” (v. 22 nlt). Paul noted how our old nature “is corrupted by lust and deception.” He said, “Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy” (vv. 22-24 nlt).

Then he listed new ways to live. Stop lying. Resist anger. Stop cursing. Quit stealing. “Instead, use your hands for good hard work, and then give generously to others in need” (v. 28 nlt). Our new self in Christ allows us to live a life worthy of our calling, yielded to our Savior’s way.

By:  Patricia Raybon

Reflect & Pray

What does it mean to put on your “new self”? How can you seek to walk the Savior’s way?

Renew my nature today, dear Jesus, as I yield to become more like You.

Learn more about developing your new nature in Christ.

New Mercies Every Morning

God’s faithfulness in caring for us changes everything Lamentations 3:22-23

The prophet Jeremiah knew the sorrow of a dark night. He’s often called the weeping prophet because of the tears he cried over the destruction of Jerusalem and the sinfulness of her people. But even in his sorrow, Jeremiah was able to hold on to hope. He remained confident that both God’s people and the city of Jerusalem would be restored, thanks to the Father’s faithfulness and unending mercy.

For Jeremiah, confidence stemmed from trusting in God, and the same can be true for us. No matter what difficulties arise, we have God’s promise that He is faithful to care for us. That promise changes everything—trusting in God’s faithfulness and mercy allows us to cling to unwavering hope for the future.

Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:30-32 underscore Jeremiah’s heart cry: “Do not worry then, saying, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear for clothing?’ …for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.” God is fully aware of our needs and will be faithful to meet them. His mercies are available to us every single day. Let’s be deliberate about leaning into those mercies, as Jeremiah was. And we, too, can look forward to experiencing confidence and peace.

The Song of Creation

“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding….When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” (Job 38:4, 7)

It is significant that there was singing at the very time of creation. The “morning stars” of this verse are, by Hebrew poetic parallelism, the same as the “sons of God” who were present when God “laid the foundations of the earth.” Similarly, “sang together” is parallel with “shouted for joy.”

It is thus beautifully appropriate to sing of the glories of God’s creation, for angels were doing this even before Adam and Eve were created! The first actual human song mentioned in the Bible, however, was the thanksgiving song of Moses (Exodus 15:1-21) composed and sung by Moses and the children of Israel after their deliverance from Pharaoh and the waters of the sea.

Finally, it is significant that the last song mentioned in the Bible is “the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb” (Revelation 15:3), sung in heaven by “them that had gotten the victory over the beast” (v. 2). This presumably refers back to the original song of Moses, since the deliverance from Pharaoh was, spiritually, a type of their triumph over the beast, the great world ruler in the end times. However, it must now be combined with the song of the Lamb, probably the “new song” of the saints at the Lamb’s throne in Revelation 5:8-10, praising the Lord for their redemption through His blood, shed in substitution for their sins.

These should surely be the three major themes of Christian music, for these are the main themes of the Bible’s songs. It is fitting that they should refer to the past, present, and future works of Christ—His mighty work of creation in the beginning, His gracious work of sustenance in the present, and His glorious work of full redemption in the future. HMM

What Do You Do When Your Business Crumbles?

What do you do when the foundation of your business or profession seems to be crumbling beneath you?

• Stay awake nights seeking a solution?
• Allow yourself to be immobilized by fear?
• Manipulate people and situations in order to survive?

If in our professional life we view ourselves as the resource that brings about success, we will continuously live from one anxious crisis to another. A sense of dread will pervade the organization.

Recently I had dinner with the president of a company that is faltering. The guy can’t sleep at night. He’s having physical problems that are stress-induced… And he entertains a death wish: “Lord, it would be OK with me if this plane never landed and You took me… “

If we are to have inner peace, we must settle the issue as to just who it is that is building our business… Who it is who (as the Psalmist puts it) is building our “house“:

“Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat—for he grants sleep to those he loves.“(Psalm 127:1, 2)

This morning during my devotions, with this friend’s plight on my mind, I came across Proverbs 18:10:

“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.“

So, when the pressure is on… where do you run first:

• To carefully orchestrated man-made plans that will bail you out?
• To human resources that rely primarily upon human wisdom?

Or to the Lord, whose Name is a strong tower of safety?

Prayer: “Lord, today, amidst the pressures of business… Amidst the competitive striving of men to manipulate and control one another, help me to rest in You, my Shield, my Wisdom, and yes! My Provider… In Jesus‘ strong Name. Amen.“

“God is a Spirit.”

John 4:1-26

John 1:1-3

Not wishing to provoke opposition unnecessarily, or evoke controversy at this early stage.

John 1:4

Not only as the nearest road, but because he had a work of mercy to perform. He felt a necessity laid upon him to seek a poor, guilty woman of that country.

John 1:10

Mark the connection, “Thou wouldest have asked, and he would have given.” It is always so, asking and giving are rivetted together. Who would not ask, when the answer is so sure and the boon so precious?

John 1:11, 12

She could not read the Lord’s riddle, she thought only of water which she could carry in her bucket.

John 1:15, 16

Hitherto nothing had reached her heart, but this sentence startled her: yet it was a very natural one, and such as eastern custom suggested, for a religious teacher was not allowed to instruct a married woman for any length of time unless her husband was present.

John 1:17, 18

This revealed her history; a woman often divorced, and probably not for the best of reasons. Her vicious career was thus unveiled for her own inspection.

John 1:19

She starts aside to talk of external rites. Like ourselves before conversion, she did not wish to have her conscience probed too much. She was curious to know whether the Jews or the Samaritans had the true temple: even ungodly people dispute on such questions.

John 1:21-24

This was new light to her. Spiritual worship she had not thought of. It is well when we begin to see that all true religion must be heart work.

John 1:26

Thus did the Sun of Righteousness shine full upon her in condescending grace, and in his own light she saw and believed.

Resurrection Power

Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (Matthew 28:18)

Let us be confident, Christian brethren, that our power does not lie in the manger at Bethlehem nor in the relics of the Cross. True spiritual power resides in the victory of the mighty, resurrected Lord of glory, who could pronounce after spoiling death: “All power is given me in heaven and in earth.”

The power of the Christian believer lies in the Savior’s triumph of eternal glory!

Christ’s resurrection brought about a startling change of direction for the believers. Sadness and fear and mourning marked the direction of their religion before they knew that Jesus was raised from the dead—their direction was towards the grave. When they heard the angelic witness, “He is risen, as He said,” the direction immediately shifted away from the tomb—”He is risen, indeed!” If this is not the meaning of Easter, the Christian church is involved only in a shallow one-day festival each year.

Thankfully, the resurrection morning was only the beginning of a great, vast outreach that has never ended—and will not end until our Lord Jesus Christ comes back again!