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  • Let us commend the good while gently instructing those who might have gone astray so that we may encourage everyone to focus on the good news of Jesus Christ.

  • There is emerging on the world scene something that will become one of the greatest threats ever raised against the authentic (born-again) body of Christ—Religious Christians.

  • As Christians, we have God’s supernatural will and power. First He counsels us as to what His will is, then He gives us His supernatural power to perform His will in our lives.

  • We believe God has provided us a series of footprints that lead us through the Torah to Jesus Christ… What Bible study is mentioned twelve times in one book of the Bible, was given on seven different occasions by seven different people, and is hardly ever offered today? Jesus as the Old Testament’s Messiah of Israel!

  • Someone taught me years ago that when I prayed the Scriptures, God would do powerful things, not only in me, but also in the ones I was praying for.

  • It was a valuable lesson, as I got to see first-hand how “business” is conducted and how the producers and editors can bend and shape anything anyone says to fit their agenda.

  • Like a spiritual tsunami, the influences of modern moral relativism are rapidly eroding the confidence of many Christians in Biblical truths concerning marriage, family, and parenting.

  • By exporting uranium to Russia and Muslim countries, Australia is now linked to the spread of nuclear technology… and possibly the nuclear weapons alluded to in Ezekiel 38–39.

  • In our night seasons, God is drawing us into a darkness where we’ll have no other choice but to depend totally upon Him.

  • Can you imagine a world that has rejected the dollar? The rest of the world can. What if the U.S. dollar lost its monopoly status in world trade?

  • What is this burgeoning craze about the coming four “blood moons,” and do they convey a prophetic message for mankind?

  • The lines between reality and imagination are blurring. The incredible advancement in technology is changing our mindsets and belief systems on a massive scale!

  • Jesus, not His enemies, set the time of His execution. This was a destiny established before the foundation of the world. We know from the sacred Scriptures that the plot against Jesus was expressly designed to avoid the feast days (in order to minimize involvement of the Roman soldiers and their irresolute commitment to keeping order).

  • One of the many blessings that come from intimacy is the overwhelming joy of sensing God’s presence.

  • Why do we care about privacy anyway? If we have “nothing to hide,” why worry? We live in a world where almost everything is recorded in one way or another. Computers, cameras, and relentless recordkeeping turn our lives into a living novel that can be read by anyone—without even a search warrant in many cases.

  • It seems as if our current world monetary system is on the verge of collapse. What is the next step for money? We have written before on the concept of money and its history. The last time this topic was addressed in Personal UPDATE was when the U.S. Stimulus Package was passed by Congress when they no longer feared the concept of trillions of dollars in the yearly deficit.

  • What are these “doctrines of demons” Paul warns us about? What can we do in this age of deception? What does the Bible have to say about the End Times? Matthew’s Gospel gives us the response of Jesus to this question. “Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be?

  • God wants us to be “fully persuaded” that no matter what happens, He will work all things together for good.

  • In our haste to be “like Jesus,” many of us have forgotten the first basic step of the Christian life, which is to know the extent and the depth of god’s love for us personally.

  • The Book of Ruth is a classic love story of loyalty and devotion, and yet it also contains some surprising insights that go far beyond the historical narrative itself.