2 Timothy chapter 3…There will be terrible times in the last days.

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As the time changes , as the seasons move on and the years pass…people will say these are that these are the  last days and JESUS will return soon. But people have been saying this since Jesus left the first time centuries ago. Those of us who seek after JESUS and want to be with Him for all of eternity , want to be with Him and to see GOD face to face and be in eternal peace forever.

The return of our savior…..those of us who have accepted JESUS as our savior and the key to getting into heaven await joyfully for Him. These are terrible times yes, but even JESUS does not know when he will return to take the righteous home with Him.

Reading the Bible gives me peace and comfort. And anyone who loves GOD knows what this kind of comfort is truly. There are some who will pretend to, but when you have the love of GOD in you know who is linked into what you feel.

When those of you who are reading this who seek to witness to encourage others to follow the Lord…do so lovingly., I do pray you will speak JEsus to be her savior.

In reading 2 Timothy chapter 3

2 Timothy 3      New International Version (NIV)

3 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

A Final Charge to Timothy

10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

There is hope for all mankind who WANT it. GOD is not going to force us to love HIM. Just as you would not force anyone to love you, you know all well in good it would not be sincere and you would be lying to yourself if you think you were able to do so.

Trust in GOD, read His word, study the words and how He tells us the ways of a true happy and righteous life that will give you total peace with Him.

I have to impress upon you all who do read my writings to you , every person I meet and see I wonder if I will meet up with them in heaven when GOD says it is time. I do not want anyone to end up where the evil one will sent for all of eternity long. If you think you have sinned and GOD will not forgive you, you need to turn to GOD, learn to know who JESUS is and why GOD set Him to earth!

We all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of GOD. ALL of us….not one was or is like JESUS. We all will be judged by what we do. So to find this peace , you will not have with your friends that love the world and the ways of the world that do NOT love GOD and the people who do.

Once you leave that circle of friends , it will be hard because they will tempt you to return to their circle and way of life you were in. See they are still under the cloak of confusion of the world as it states in 2nd Timothy 3:1-5 what I copied for you above in this post.

Yes these days are getting closer to the time of JESUS’s return. Get ready for Him. Be apart of the JESUS family and have unconditional love and peace for all eternity with Him in the house of GOD. GOD is good, and ALL of the time GOD is good! Praise GOD! 🙂

Peace be with you all, and may GOD bless and guide you in all your ways! 🙂

 

GOD is not a simple joy for me, but relaxing in a pool on a hot day is!😃

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Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.

Not my pool. Mine is a small above ground pool we love. 😄

I am happy to say that I have more than one thing that gives me joy. GOD is first. Then, all of the countung all of the blessings that HE gives is pure joy. Like this:

1. Going to Walmart and finding a pretty jacket in my size that was on clearance for half price. THEN, at checkout, it was even marked down half again! Making it almost 1/4 th the original price!

2. Finding out you paid a bill ahead of time and making you ahead in your bills with breathing room.

3. Having a holiday and day off from work and then getting caught up with things at home that needed to get done. When you work all week you don’t have time to do certain chores.

Just sitting with your feet in your pool. Having quiet time to yourself. Enjoying the weather on a June Sunday afternoon 😎.

I will say there are many more blessings we have in life from GOD that when we sit down to think about it, it is a simple to do joy!

Peace and blessings ❤️

Philippians 4:13!

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The sat in his chair sound asleep.

This is an example of what GOD can do through us to help others. My fellow coworker who made me some delicious sugar cookies one Christmas had mentioned what had happened while she was on vacation from work.

Her sister, who is 4ft 11in tall, had to save her son in law from a house fire. My coworker came home early from her vacation to help and to see what she could do.

Her older sister is 67 years old. Plus, she has health issues that have her bent over needing a walker from what I understand. She is in constant pain. So by looking at her sister, you would never think she could do what I am about to tell you.

When her sister got to the house, the fire had taken over part of the house. The door was locked. No one else was there that could help him. So she had to get in there from the window.

She was calling out to him, and he didn’t hear her. He was inside alone, and his hearing aid was not working ( or off) to hear her or the smoke detectors alarm go off. He was sleeping in his favorite comfy chair. Cozy.

Philippians 4:13

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

King James Version (KJV)

Her sister managed to get through that window, pull him out of that smoke filled house, and save his life. He didn’t know what was going on until they got out.

When my coworkers asked her sister, “How did you do it?” Her sister then answered,”I don’t know. “

But then my coworker said to her sister, “It was by the grace of GOD that helped you do it. There is no other way you could have done it.” I smiled and said,”Amen!”

See? Our beloved FATHER GOD watches over all mankind. GOD loves us all so much. HE gives strength and protection 🙏🏾. HE gives us encouragement to get the right thing done just when it needs to be done.

The house was lost, but the souls were saved. Give thanks to GOD for JESUS and all the blessings HE has given and will give to us all by grace.

Peace and blessings ❤️

Wonderfully made by GOD. Man and woman!

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Hello everyone,

I hope you all will have a blessed day! And to stay safe and sound!

What GOD has made. Let no man seek to destroy.

Everyone was created by one man and one woman. No one can do what our beloved FATHER GOD can do. We all mankind are the creation. It is not the other way around mankind creating GOD!

Sometimes, we humans think that we know more than GOD who created us when we don’t. And never will, too.

We humans knowingly or unknowingly can be destructive trying to make things what we feel is better.

Life now is so confusing with all of the human “editing “done on what GOD has made as perfect from day one. As it is written in the word of GOD in the bible 🙏🏾. Genesis explains what GOD has created.

Genesis 1King James Version

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

This is so beautiful as to what GOD had done in creating this earth from the sky, the planet s, plants ,animals, and Mankind. All pure and clean before temptation and evil came along.

No sickness or pain. Able to talk to GOD and hear HIS voice. Peaceful, beautiful life. No stress, no fears. Everything got alongside by side .

But then, when satan came along and lied on GOD to Eve , telling her it was okay to eat the forbidden fruit, all kinds of evil came after that. For it started confusion, hate against brothers, and killing of a brother. Cain slew Able. That bite from that forbidden fruit made a fallen world of sin.

Pastor Allan Parr on YouTube with a guest. This topic may not agree with how mankind is right now. Because it is going by GOD’S plan, and not to insult or hurt anyone.

The evil one seeks to destroy all mankind, the natural bond between natural born males and natural born females

When mankind does things out of GOD’S order, there is confusion, and then people can not procreate as to how GOD has planned. Men and women are now divided. That special unity that only natural born men and women have is now lost. That gift of natural pure sex between a natural man and woman that is married first before sex is lost.

The devil has now made it so that we do not honor the marriage bed. Nor honor the gender we were born with by going through plastic surgery to appear to look like the opposite gender that they were born with.

Our FATHER GOD is not happy at what we do people. Look at some of the Biblical signs around us happening! Planet earth is yelling at us to listen to GOD!

The Bible is very clear about what is right and what is wrong.

We need to pull away from what is popular with the way the world thinks because this is a fallen world. Caused from one sin from eating forbidden fruit.

Listen and read GOD’S word. Simply obey GOD, listen to what GOD is saying. Repent and follow JESUS. Accept JESUS as your savior.

GOD is loving, compassionate, forgiving, and healing. JESUS came to eatth to save not to condemn anyone. All we have to do is either choose the path to righteousness or the path to hell. GOD will not send people to hell. People send their own selves to hell.

God knows the devil is trying to seal your soul and keep you from getting into heaven. But do you know it?🤔🤔🤔

Peace and blessings ❤️

Prayer and a Jamocha.

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How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen?

GOD’S word is calming. ❤️

For me to unwind from a hard days work in the office or a hard day of fun in the garden, I need some peace and quiet. Working outside is therapeutic, but it is physical. And that produces sweat.

So after a few hours of digging, shifting and pulling wheel barrels about. The need to relax is real. You see your accomplishments of the and feel good about it.

After working on the garden. If I eat a small salad, I can have an Arby’s Jamocha!😃😃😃. Then relax with some Bible time.

Life is too short. You need to just relax and enjoy it without hurting anyone or yourself .having a high calorie treat once inawhile is okay. Having it every day is a no-no.

Our baby Mammoth Sunflowers!

The combo of enjoying your garden, the nice weather, and scripture is what does it for me with my sweetheart ❤️

Bible study

Finding peace and unwinding in our Bible study.

Cabbage and kale. Dinner is in their future.

Peace and blessings ❤️

Based on faith and trust in GOD. This is the value of my prayerful friends.

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What quality do you value most in a friend?

The common bond between good friends is JESUS!

What I value most in my friends is when they will drop what they are doing and pray with me when I need it. And of course I will do the same.

There is a bond being with prayerful people. You share the body of Christ JESUS. You have the same peaceful spirit. You love each other as how you love yourself. ❤️

Therefore, you trust each other. Because you both will put GOD first in all you do. With that mindset, putting GOD first, you are living and listening to the wisdom that GOD is giving you to do.

That is the basis of a good relationship, be it a friend, family, or spouse. GOD, the FATHER, GOD, the son, and the HOLY Ghost is your guide!

Being on one accord, like minded in agreement to one purpose in life. To be in heaven with the Creator GOD the FATHER, HIS son JESUS, and the HOLY Ghost!

Peace and blessings ❤️

Being a messenger of GODS word and faith is the best job ever!

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What jobs have you had?

Pastor David Lynn, founder of #Christforgiveness Miniseries in Canada. He’s a warrior for GOD’S word. We admire him for the work he is doing!❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾❤❤

Being a messenger of GODS word is not easy. When you want to save people from the lies they are told from the devil and his workers, it is hard

People who love sin take it as a personal attack of meanness towards them. Even if you say to them as sweetly and calmly as how JESUS would say. “Go and sin no more.”

Those who feel the sin is part of them like a leg. It will feel like an attack on their leg. Safe, too.

Anf to remain calm when people yell or cuss as how JESUS had fone is awesome. To be a street preacher is hard for you feel no one is listening. Even if you use #tictok #Instagram , #Facebook, or #YouTube as your pulpit. You may feel no one is listening. But there is.

To this unknown street preacher shown and to the other preacher who came before him some months before, stay blessed. Hope to see you again!🙂

Doing this blog for my FATHER GOD is rewarding when you know people are reading it and are encouraged. Because you have gained another sister or brother in the body of Christ who you will meet in heaven when it is time!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Stay blessed people 🙏🏾 and keep your faith, and stay in prayer. Stay in contact with our beloved FATHER GOD and HIS SON JESUS at all times!

Peace and blessings ❤️

I am religious, and I trust in GOD!

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Do you practice religion?

When the question was stated as practice, I feel it is more faith than “practice.” I have heard that practice makes perfect. In the case of faith and religion, no man or woman can be perfect. This is why we all need JESUS for HE is our perfect savior!

One needs to have a communication with THE HOLY TRINITY. GOD, the FATHER GOD. JESUS the don of GOD FATHER, and the HOLY Spirit.

For me, I would say I do my humanly BEST to obey GOD’S commandments. For if you do believe in GOD, you know there is a heaven.

If you know there is a heaven, you know there is a hell. And you know GOD didn’t create hell for mankind. He’ll was made for satan and the rest of the fallen angels for starting the great war in heaven that he lost, taking 1/3 of the angels who listened to Satan.

Anyone who listens to this satan chooses on their own to join satan and all of the fallen a angel’s in hell. GOD doesn’t send people to hell. People choose to go to hell on their own.😔😔😔

With my faith, I will tell others of the joy it brings me when it is the right timing and they are willing to listen.

I would not want to see even my worst enemy go to hell. This way , by telling people about salvation, they can make the choice to repent and be saved.

If a person doesn’t know about salvation and righteousness, how can they choose that from unrighteousness?

Peace and blessings ❤️

Life before the internet.

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Do you remember life before the internet?

“Vintage” Bible study technique! Picking up the hard, beautiful copy of GOD’S word.

Geepers. What a question for today in 2023. It’s like, do you remember life before television!😄 That would be the same answer for the internet. 😉

January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other. A new communications protocol was established called Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP).

And that was 40 years ago. So before we even had a computer to know anything about the internet we were outside enjoying outside activities.

But on cold days we read books. The Bible was read in hard copy. No looking up verses thru your phone. You hand know your Bible in hard copy to know where to look for certain scripture for certain topics. Like in the movie “The Book of Eli” with Denzel Washington.

You needed to know from the Old Testament and the New Testaments. So that you would know what you were talking about was exactly. Like your computer or phone does now.😯

Reading and touching the pages of GODS word is way far better than a computer or your phone!

Even though carrying your phone with you to look up the Bible, for deep study and understanding, you can use the phone as a concordance or Bible dictionary.

So before the World Wide Web, there were books. And books probably on how to make computers and the “WWW”. 😄

Peace and blessings ❤️

One of my GOD given talents is art.

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What are you good at?

I think GOD has given us mankind talents. Because GOD is the creator of all creation, we have the ability to create too. 🙂

And it may not be just one thing, it could be a talent you learn like sewing, cooking, building things or being able to give people comfort as you touch their hearts when they are in need of compassion.

I do like to draw, though. I got the interest for it from my beloved aunt, who was an artist. She was a very good artist too. I would sit next to her and watch how she held the pencil and drew on paper. How she prepared the canvas she was going to draw on. She painted it white with a base coat and drew the idea out on that canvas when it was dry .

Then, she began to color it with oil based artist 🎨 paint. Mixing it on an artist palet to get the right hues. I tell you, it was cool watching her make those beautiful paintings.

So now it’s my turn. I even have had my artwork displayed in the local Art Galleries here in Upstate NY.

FASST artists display in Binghamton, NY. Yes, this one picture is a bit blurry. I want to be the only one to profit from my artwork. These new phones of today can have ones work stolen and printed out in minutes. 😒

This drawing was done for an art contest. People had to vote it in for a winner.

I do enjoy drawing. And I draw what comes to me. I want to and do draw religious tracts. Anything to help spread GODS word 🙏🏾 respectfully. I thank GOD for the gift HE has given me.

Now I see my children doing artwork too. A good thing is passed down to the next generation again through GOD’S grace!

Peace and blessings ❤️

Memorial day 2023.

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If there are no more wars, then there are no more killings or wounded veterans.

I give thanks to those who gave their lives to fight in these wars that were created by those who may not have even been at the battle front themselves.

I don’t and never did like the killing of mankind. For as a mother, it is awful to see all of the men and women who fought in these man-made wars killed, mamed ,and disrespected when they come back home.

Many who gave crossed over to be with the creator from war never made it back home. Loved ones don’t know what happened to them. That’s awful, to say the least.

These brave men and women who did not die in battle and made it back home should never have to pay for any medical care ever. For they sacrificed their life , body , and mind for war. So they should be allowed to get full medical coverage they need paid for by Uncle Sam. So that they can live successfully.

When a family takes care of its members, the whole family does well. The injured or sick one gets a chance to heal and be healthy. The same should apply to apply to those Americans who fought in the armed forces. Uncle Sam can do this. Help Americans first, then others. A parent will feed his hungry family first before he feeds others.

Give the love back that these people gave to this country that passed on and are still alive.❤️

Peace and blessings ❤️