WHY I'M SO HOMESICK:

Friends; we'll need no sun there, for the Lamb in the midst of the City shall be the Light. The sun will never go down in that City, And it never will, because Christ will be that Light, the anointed One. And the King will come and take His throne for one thousand years to reign.

I'm homeward bound!! :). You ask me why I'm happy? I feel the pull! I'm going up friends. D'ya feel it? He's not coming as a thief. Not to His Bride. Let's go on rejoicing down here! Take a Bible! All these confirm the same Promise!! My!

James 2:5 New King James Version (NKJV)

5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Matthew 25:34 New King James Version (NKJV)

34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Hebrews 11:16 New King James Version (NKJV)

16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

James 1:12 New King James Version (NKJV)

12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

Isaiah 65:17 New King James Version (NKJV)

17            “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.

Isaiah 64:4 New King James Version (NKJV)

4 For since the beginning of the world
Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.

Psalm 31:19 New King James Version (NKJV)

19 Oh, how great is Your goodness,
Which You have laid up for those who fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who trust in You
In the presence of the sons of men!

1 Corinthians 2:9 New King James Version (NKJV)

9 But as it is written:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”[a]

I CAN'T EVEN BREATHE! I'M SO EXCITED. RIGHT HERE IN THE BIBLE, AND SO REAL, YOU CAN SEE IT WITH YOUR NOSE :). 
WAIT, ELIEZER, TELL ME MORE:

The Rapture

Preached on Saturday, 4th December 1965 at the Ramada Inn in Yuma, Arizona, U.S.A. (1 hour and 44 minutes) 

32 Now, we are warned, as in the doctrine of this in the last days will be scorned at. If you would... Let's just read that just a minute. It's in II Peter the 3rd chapter. Let's read just a moment on this, the 3rd chapter and the 3rd and 4th verses. Let's see if this isn't right.
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lust,
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?... since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that is by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and the--and in the water:
Whereby the world that... was, being overflowed with water, perished:

33 Now, we see that the reason that this subject is so lightened at, is because that the prophet here has said that in this last days these scoffers would come saying these things. See? It's predicted. The reason the people are acting today the way they're acting... Why, you certainly are expecting it, because the Bible said that: "In the last days they'd be heady, high minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, despisers of those that are good, having a form of godliness and denying the power thereof; from such turn away." Can we look for a impersonation of Truth? Certainly.

191 Oh, my. I remember just my last message in California where I thought I'd never go back again, when I predicted Los Angeles will go beneath the ocean. And THUS SAITH THE LORD, it will. She's done; she's washed; she's finished. What hour? I don't know when, but it will be sunk. Right after that the earthquakes begin to jerk and bound.
You remember, many of you men standing right there, that rock that day when that Angel came down there and that Light and Fire falling from the heaven around the rock when we was standing there, rocks flinging out of the mountain, and falling across there. And she blasted three times hard; I said, "Judgment will strike the west coast." Two days after that Alaska almost sunk.

Friends, this Message of the Hour I make noise about here. the message as He came to William Branham is to bring you back to the Apostolic Faith and it is in this Faith, the only Faith, whereby you must be established and grounded.


"Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth"  (2 Pet.1:10-12).

BYE!!

Whose Shoes Are You Walking In?

SNEAKERS

those who sneak in and out of church

LOAFERS

those who let others do all the work 

BABY SHOES

those that don't want to grow up 

FLIP FLOPS

they make a lot of noise and want to be seen

SANDALS

their testimony is full of holes. woi, am i this one? still thinking :(.

SLIP-ONS

they slip on and off religion as needed 

HOUSE SHOES

they stay at home 

HUSH PUPPIES

they don't say anything for Jesus 

CLOGS

they do a lot of stomping 

BALLERINA SHOES

they tiptoe around 

WADERS

they're not sure if they want in or out

RUBBER BOOTS

their life stays in a mess 

WORK BOOTS

they come prepared to work 

GO-GO BOOTS

they are always on the go 

CAMOUFLAGE BOOTS

they hide not wanting to be seen. funny Christians!

CORRECTIVE SHOES

that help you walk straight and stay straight

The Bible tells us to put on the whole armor of God. That includes shoes :).

The Unchangeable God

34 And we notice, people change. It's got so that people today are not friendly like they used to be. I don't know whether you notice it out here or not, but we sure notice it back in the South and East. People are changing, year by year. They're too much of a hurry. They just got to hurry up and get this done. And run down the road, ninety miles an hour, bumper-to-bumper, and stop in a beer joint and drink, couple hours, 'fore they go home. It's change, in a hurry. Where they going?

35 You notice, most the women today has wash machines, and electric ironers, and push button dishwashers, and everything like that; and yet they got less time to pray than they ever had.
36 You know, Susanna Wesley had seventeen children. And she, with them seventeen children, packing the water from a spring, and washing on her hands. And yet she could find two or three hours, a day, to pray with her children, with seventeen little fellows. And out of there come a John and a Charles.
37 That's what's the matter today, reason our schools are letting down, no ministers coming in, young men interested. We have need some more, a praying fathers and mothers is what we need, to make our schools fill up. Young men's heart burning with zeal to take the Gospel is what we need. But things are changing.
44 But we find out that the churches change and the people changes. The roads changes. The scenes changes. The politics changes.
45 But there's one thing that does not change, that's God. He remains the same. "I am God, and I change not." No matter how long it is, God has never changed one bit, and He cannot change. What a place! The reason He cannot change is because God is infinite, and anything that's infinite cannot change.

62-0120 - "The Unchangeable God Working In An Unexpectable Way"
Rev. William Marrion Branham

CIRRHOSIS OF THE GIVER

The disease cirrhosis of the giver was discovered in A.D. 34 by the husband-wife team of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1–11). 

It is an acute condition that renders the patient’s hands immobile when he is called on to move them in the direction of his wallet or her purse, and from thence to the offering bag. This strange malady is clinically unobservable in such surroundings as the golf club, supermarket, clothes shop, or restaurant. Some try to use a fake remedy, pointing out to the patients that income tax deductions by KRA can be claimed for giving. The best therapy, and that which leads to a sure and lasting cure, is to get the individual’s heart right with God. This affliction is actually a symptom of a more basic need of the soul.

Prescribed Medication: Frequent doses of Romans 12:1 and Luke 9:23, accompanied by a dash of 2 Corinthians 9:7. This dosage will become quite pleasant if swallowed with a heaping tablespoon of Philippians 4:19!

The Potter, the clay, the fire :)

There will always be a test. God almost always tests us with something that is very special to us or important in our lives. Let's take a brief look at three men of God and how they each handled the test in their life.

Job

Job was a godly man. The Bible says he was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. Job had seven sons and three daughters, seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels and five hundred asses, and a very great household of servants. He was the greatest of all the men of the east at that time. Yet in one day, in one moment of time, he lost all he had. Job went through a major testing process.

His best friends, who claimed they were trying to comfort him, only blamed him and criticized him. They told him he must have sinned in order for God to punish him like that. His own wife failed to support him in his darkest hours. Yet he never gave up on God. He never blamed God. He never quit on God and when his testing was finished God gave him a double portion of everything he had lost.
The book of Job was written to show how the righteous suffer, not how sinners suffer. It is a "type" of the Tribulation period. It shows us how frail we are without God's hedge of protection around us. It is meant to strengthen our faith. What people fail to realize is that even though God allowed Satan to afflict Job, God was still in charge and had total control over Satan. If you are a Christian, and you are in a period of testing, God is still in control of the situation. Don't ever forget that. You are not going through that trial alone. God is only a "prayer" away.

David

• David was a great shepherd.

He killed both a lion and a bear with only his hands. (See 1 Samuel 17:34-37)

• David was a great fighter.

He killed the giant Goliath. (See 1 Samuel 17:45-50)

• David was a great king.

He was loved by the nation of Israel. (See 1 Samuel 18:16)

• David was a great musician.

His music soothed the soul of Saul. (See 1 Samuel 16:23)
He was a designer of instruments. (See 1 Chronicles 23:5)

• David was both a humble and an honorable person.

He had the chance to kill Saul twice, as revenge for Saul trying to kill him, but he didn't. (See 1 Samuel 24:1-12; 1 Samuel 26)

WAIT! David was also a great sinner. He committed two sins that in Old Testament times were deserving of the death penalty. Yet God forgave him because David was also a great repenter.
David's test came in the form of lust over Bathsheba which lead to adultery. Make no mistake about it, he failed the test but he got right with God. He didn't let his sin destroy him or his relationship with God. When accused of his sin David confessed and God forgave him. (2 Samuel 12:7 and 13 - And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.).

I have always found this verse interesting because it makes 1 John 1:9 so real. 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." David confessed and as soon as the words were out of his mouth he was assured of God's forgiveness.
David had to pay the penalty for his sins, just like we do, but God did bless him and use him and he is part of the Messianic line.

Peter

Peter went through one of the greatest tests of all. Of the twelve disciples Peter was one of the three men that was closest to the Lord. He was rough and unpolished in his manner and often put his foot in his mouth when speaking but he had a big heart and loved Jesus very much. His test came when Jesus was arrested. He was even told ahead of time what his test would be. He knew in his heart that he could pass it. How could he deny the Lord? But when the test came he failed it. He denied His Lord three times.

Like David, Peter was sorrowful, and he wept bitterly and repented. And God forgave him. Peter went from being a rough fisherman to one of the greatest fishers of men in the Bible. Peter didn't give in to his failure. He got right with the Lord and God used him. There is a great passage in the Bible that tells us this.

(Acts 9:32-35) And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
Not a "few," not even many, but ALL that saw him, turned to the Lord. What a testimony. What a witness. What a blessing from God. Would that have happened if Peter hadn't gotten right with the Lord? No, of course not.

Job stayed right. David and Peter got right. There are many more examples in the Bible of people who failed the test and God didn't use them anymore or He didn't use them in the way that he originally intended. (Saul lost his kingdom because he took his eyes off the Lord, Moses couldn't enter the Promised Land because of disobedience.) There are many examples of men that passed the test, some after going through tough times, and God used them greatly. (Joseph went to jail rather than commit adultery and he became a great ruler and a saviour of his people, Paul murdered Stephen but was the greatest apostle the world ever knew, the three Hebrew children survived the fiery furnace because they would not compromise and worship idols.)

Spiritual application: Everyone will be tested by fire. Some make it and some don't. Even the most spiritual looking on the outside can be flawed on the inside. It is a matter of the heart. If the heart is not right with God then the Christian will surely crack under God's firing process. I mean, He's the Potter, me, the clay. Clay is tested in fire, is it? I have seen it over and over again with many Christians who say they want to serve the Lord with all their heart no matter what happens. Yet when they were subjected to the fire they cracked and exploded and became useless for God's service.

What are you going to do? What will your test be? Will you succeed or fail? If you fail, will you stay defeated or will you humble yourself and get right and rise again to be used of God? The choice is yours.
Don't be a casualty. Don't be a statistic. Settle it in your heart today.

AMEN! I am blessed.

The Power of Prayer

A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan. 

While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight at the halfway point.
On one of these journeys, I arrived in the city where I planned to collect money from a bank, purchase medicine and supplies, and then begin my two-day journey back to the field hospital. Upon arrival in the city, I observed two men fighting, one of whom had been seriously injured. I treated him for his injuries and at the same time witnessed to him of the Lord Jesus Christ. I then traveled two days, camping overnight, and arrived home without incident.

Two weeks later I repeated my journey. Upon arriving in the city, I was approached by the young man I had treated. He told me that he had known I carried money and medicines. He said, "Some friends and I followed you into the jungle, knowing you would camp overnight. We planned to kill you and take your money and drugs. But just as we were about to move into your camp, we saw that you were surrounded by 26 armed guards."

At this I laughed and said that I was certainly all alone out in that jungle campsite. The young man pressed the point, however, and said, "No sir, I was not the only person to see the guards. My five friends also saw them, and we all counted them. It was because of those guards that we were afraid and left you alone."

At this point in the sermon, one of the men in the congregation jumped to his feet and interrupted the missionary and asked if he could tell him the exact day that this happened. The missionary told the congregation the date, and the man who interrupted told him this story: "On the night of your incident in Africa, it was morning here and I was preparing to go play golf. I was about to putt when I felt the urge to pray for you. In fact, the urging of the Lord was so strong that I called men in this church to meet with me here in the sanctuary to pray for you. Would all of those men who met with me on that day stand up?"
The men who had met together that day stood up. The missionary wasn't concerned with who they were - he was too busy counting how many men he saw. There were twenty-six.

This story is an incredible example of how the spirit of the Lord moves in mysterious ways. If you ever hear such prodding, to pray for me :), go along with it. Nothing is ever hurt by prayer except the gates of hell.

Find out what your talent is and use it for God's honor and glory.

The cocklebur

162 The choice of your conduct, you could... You can't mix it now. You're either for God or against God, and the outward expressions shows exactly what's on the inside. See? The cocklebur, many of you think, "I got the baptism of the Holy Ghost; I'm going to heaven." That don't mean one thing that you're going to heaven. No, sir. You can have the baptism of the Holy Ghost every hour in your life and still be lost and go to hell. The Bible says so. See? It's exactly right.
163 Look here, you are a outside person. You have five senses that contacts that outside body. God gave you five senses; not to contact Him, your earthly home: see, taste, feel, smell, and hear.
Then you have a spirit on the inside of that, and it has five outlets: conscience, and love, and so forth. Five outlets that you contact the spirit world with that, but with your spirit.
Your physical contacts the physical. Your spiritual contacts the spiritual. But inside of that you've got a soul, and that soul is that gene that come from God.

LEADERSHIP 65-1207