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Prosperity Teaching, Is it Truth?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 23, 2013 at 11:23am

By: Rick L. King

I recently read an article that addressed the prosperity teaching by some well known TV preachers. I had to agree with most of what this person said. I am not writing this to slam any ministry but to attempt to look at this from a scriptural basis. I am using many scriptures as they are the basis for truth that we all must look at.

First of all we know that we all are a human being. If we have met Jesus we also know that we have a spirit man. Scripture says:

1Theselonians 5:23 A

Pastors, Please Don't Neglect Your Wife

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 23, 2013 at 1:33am

by Thom S. Rainer

I love the community that has formed on this blog. There are several of you who are regular commenters; you have become a part of this blog family, and I feel like I know you.

Some of you come to the blog in affirmation of what I have written. I am always grateful for such encouragement. But some of you disagree with me. I gladly post your comments for two reasons. First, I want to be fair to all who take time to read my blog. Second, I am wrong some of the time and I need t

Why Men Hate The Truth

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 22, 2013 at 10:55am

by Dr. Henderson Ward

The truthful, serial truth-seekers, lovers of truth and all those who make it their business to endorse, highlight and practice truth is faced with a hostile world agitating for, even relishing their destruction. Truth, like light to darkness, is the most implacable foe of the ungodly and hence the sustained and virulent hostility.

We live in a world so toxic with evil that we are afraid to believe our eyes, we are hesitant to trust our hearing and we cannot be sure how to t

The Ambassador "Hors D'Oeuvres" devotional

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 21, 2013 at 12:12pm

The Ambassador shares his lyrics and a devotional thought for the title track on his EP "Hors D'Oeuvres". A new devotional message will be released each week to accompany a song from the EP.

HORS D’OEUVRES | THE DEVOTIONAL

Hors D'Oeuvres Lyrics

Turn this light out...

And so it begins

Hook

Imma be a waiter/ I can take the order/

How about that bread of life, how 'bout living water/

You didn’t ask but here’s an offer/

Come and get up on these hors d’oeuvres

This is just a

Two Are Better Than One. Many of you have a good man or woman and you are taking them for granted.

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 20, 2013 at 12:17pm

by Angeline Williams

Two are better than one; because it is well worth the effort. For if they fall, the one will lift up their companion: but woe to one that falls alone; for there is no one to help them up. Also, if two sleep together, then they arouse each other: but how can one become aroused all alone? And if one is overwhelmed, two can stand together; a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

I see many married people take their marriage and their spouse for granted.

Are You A Christian Wannabe or Christian Ought To Be ?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 19, 2013 at 6:29am

by Steve Countryman

I have to be honest here, as I write this it is painfully clear to me that I have a LONG way to go to be the Christian that my God wants me to be. I could use that right there for an excuse to quit trying. But all I have to do is take one look back and see how far my God has brought me from the guy I used to be to His servant today and I am totally in awe!

A Christian wannabe is someone who wants to be a Christian but on their terms not God's. Going to church, being active in

Devotional: The Lord is the Light of Your Life, Volume 22

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 17, 2013 at 11:00am

by Joseph-Paul Timpano

Surrender your will to God the Father.

If you want to be healed and helped, get off of yourself, reach out, and help someone else.

Quit being angry at what has happened in your life. While you continue to be angry you don't heal. It's time to move on!

Share the burdens that others you know are carrying. It's time that you take a look around you and see more than your own image in the mirror.

Believe in yourself, as I the Lord believe in you.

Live your life as a f

Devotional: No Trespassing

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 15, 2013 at 11:43am

by Pam Ford Davis

The Five Man Electrical Group, based in Canada, had a popular song in the 1970's. "Signs" had a catchy tune and an ironic theme. Signs are everywhere and some have a way of restricting our freedoms. If we see signs reading "Posted-No Trespassing," we are not free to enter that property. The owner of the land can legally place charges against anyone who trespasses, purposely violating the posted sign.

How many times a day do I trespass against the Lord and others?

In most Bible

14 Ways To Be Like Jesus

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 14, 2013 at 12:13pm

Righteousness ( 1 Jn 13:7; Jn 15:10-14; 1 Cor. 1:30; Eph 1:4; 5:27)
Freedom from the world. (Jn. 17:14-16; Rom. 12:1; Jas 4:4; 1 Jn. 2:15)
Self crucifixion (Rom. 6; Gal. 2:20)
Walking in newness of life (Rom. 6: Gal. 5:16-26; Eph. 4 1-24)
Enduring persecutions (Mt. 10:25; Jn. 15: 18-20; Mk. 10:30
Works (Jn. 14:12; Mk. 16:17-18; 9:23; Mt. 17:20; 21:22)
Fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23; Jn. 13:34; 15:11-13)
Total setting for Yah’s works (Jn. 10:36; 17:17-19;20
Walking in the light (1

Daily Devotional: Truth, How Do We Recognize It?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 7, 2013 at 10:48am

by Reid Ashbaucher

Jesus prayed in John 17:17: "Sanctify them in the truth; Thy word is truth." (NASB) One of the standards I established in my book, "Made in the Image of God", to help interpret what I was trying to say within its pages was this: there are no contradictions within Scripture, for biblical truth the be true it must agree with all other biblical truth. What does that mean? Simply this. If the Scriptures says God hates divorce or drunkenness or homosexuality and a thought or sugge

Daily Devotional: Prayer of Release from Childhood Stories, Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes Etc.

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on August 5, 2013 at 6:32am

by Alice Susan Harding

Prayer of Release from Childhood Stories, Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes Etc.

Heavenly Father, in the mighty name of your precious son Jesus Christ, I come before you to renounce the love of and break the power off my life of childhood stories, fairy tales, nursery rhymes and songs, myths, legends, fables, chants, odes, poems, limericks, riddles, jokes, games, old wives tales, superstition based mythologies and folklore, sayings, phrases, idioms and expressions through son

Bible Studies: What Happens at Death?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 31, 2013 at 10:19am

by Paul Taylor

You gasp and breath your last breath, your body falls limp and begins to cool, your skin color begins to pale, your heart is no longer pumping the life carrying blood through your veins; this is the end process as the body transitions into the final stage of life we call death, a route we all must take; but then what?

Does your spirit drift off towards some distant light at the end of a tunnel with departed family and friends beckoning you on?

Maybe your spirit drifts into a burn

Daily Devotional: Who Are We Listening To?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 29, 2013 at 11:08am

by Reid Ashbaucher

It's Sunday morning and we get out of bed thinking, another day to get through, I need a word from the Lord to tell me what to do or how to get through this day. So we turn on the Television or Radio and watch or listen to some preacher that spouts off words of wisdom but fails to mention a single word from the Scriptures (Bible). We try to follow that advise, but we seem to have no success in all the advise given as failure sets in. We then begin to doubt that there really

SOUL WINNING. Are You On Your Grind?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 26, 2013 at 3:07pm

By Stanley Osaigbomwankan

"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise... Proverbs 11:30"
As Born Again Christians, we are called into the priesthood ministry and is our duty to engage in the ministry of reconciliation by reconciling others to God which is winning of souls to God, so we can all be at peace with God. Without "Love", your faith is nothing. In John 13:34-35, Jesus said; "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved

Bible Studies: Love-The Fruit Of The Holy Spirit

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 25, 2013 at 1:00pm

by Ngozi Nwoke

How can one ever truly walk in love in this world, where everyone thinks only of himself? People want to rise in the society at the expense of another. But God demands that we walk in the love of God. How possible is it? This article explains how this fruit of the Holy Spirit can be developed in you by the help of the Holy Spirit.

But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, for

Devotionals: What Are We Up Against?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 24, 2013 at 2:53pm

by Katie Presser

Ephesians 6:10-13, Eph. 1:15-22
What she said hurt me....., why would he do that...., why did this happen? what did i do wrong?
Questions you ever have? Well, I have! Whether it is personal or what you have seen or heard on the news or in the newspaper or even on facebook. Ever wonder why some people do things of evil? Why your friend turned on you, or a coworker is just down right hateful to you especially when you try to show love or speak of your God?Do you wonder? I do. It hu

Devotional: NEVER LOOKING DOWN IN THE FACE OF BATTLE!

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 19, 2013 at 1:44pm

Jehoshaphat dropped his head and gazed at the mosaic floor of his chamber, the messengers' words still ringing in his ears, "A vast army is coming against you from Edom." This was a situation he'd feared for so long. He had dreaded an attack from the Moabites and Ammonites and now it was happening. Slowly raising his head the king knew there was only one thing to do: enquire of Yahweh. Jehoshaphat called for a fast and prayed, "O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? Fo

Devotional: God answers prayer

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 17, 2013 at 2:06pm

God answers prayer
by Michael Hume

"The LORD did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh." Exodus 8:31
On reading this is struck me that had Moses not asked, God may not have removed the swarms of flies so soon. God waited for Moses to ask, then answered.

God cares for us and even answers prayer about menial things. I asked Him to remove tail gate drivers from my car journeys. They irritate me. They also irritate a lot of other motorists. In a recent survey tail gate drivers

Devotional:God's Spoken Affirmation

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 16, 2013 at 11:16am

by Pam Ford Davis

We pay little attention to stage production spotlights. We would be more likely to note their absence; yet, the spotlight focuses our attention on the leading character. Directors, in particular, want stagehands to flood the stage as curtains open for final bows. "Bravo!" I visualize God the Father directing the scene as John the Baptist baptized Jesus.

"As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, he saw heaven opening and the Spirit coming down on him like a dove. And a voic

Devotionals:The Lord is the Light of Your Life, Volume 21

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 15, 2013 at 1:48pm

by Joseph-Paul Timpano

God alone really is the reason why you exist. Quit resisting this truth. Run to Him. Accept His ways and His love for you.

Invest time with the Lord, and see your spirit grow in fortitude.

Talk to God about every fear that you experience. He is ready to help you through your struggle, and will equip you with wisdom, honor and strength to fulfill the calling that He has for you.

Have a forgiving heart. Remember, people can change. Give them room and forgive them.

God will ta

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Prosperity Teaching, Is it Truth?

Pastors, Please Don't Neglect Your Wife

Why Men Hate The Truth

The Ambassador "Hors D'Oeuvres" devotional

Two Are Better Than One. Many of you have a good man or woman and you are taking them for granted.

Are You A Christian Wannabe or Christian Ought To Be ?

Devotional: The Lord is the Light of Your Life, Volume 22

Devotional: No Trespassing

14 Ways To Be Like Jesus

Daily Devotional: Truth, How Do We Recognize It?

Daily Devotional: Prayer of Release from Childhood Stories, Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes Etc.

Bible Studies: What Happens at Death?

Daily Devotional: Who Are We Listening To?

SOUL WINNING. Are You On Your Grind?

Bible Studies: Love-The Fruit Of The Holy Spirit

Devotionals: What Are We Up Against?

Devotional: NEVER LOOKING DOWN IN THE FACE OF BATTLE!

Devotional: God answers prayer

Devotional:God's Spoken Affirmation

Devotionals:The Lord is the Light of Your Life, Volume 21

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