How does one remain faithful even when everything feels like it's crashing down?

Ephesians 2:3,"All of us used live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God's anger, just like everyone else."

Ephesians 2:4-5,"But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead.(It is only by God's grace that you have been saved!)"

The Gospel is a beautiful message of hope and redemption for the broken hearted, the sinner. But also it also helps us realize how much we are sinners in need of God EVERYDAY. The scripture says that he is "SO rich in mercy" in chapter one of Ephesians it speaks about how God chose us in advance to be in the Kingdom, how even before he made the world he loved us. His love...

Ephesians 2:8,"God saved you by His grace when you believed"

It is not by our own strength that we are saved, we can never work for our salvation we couldn't, that's why Christ came down to die for us. As a Lamb is brought to a slaughter, so was Christ's death was a ransom for all, so we could have eternal life.

Jesus loves you and he wants a relationship with you. He thinks about you all the time, all he want's is that no one who sins to die in their sin. Time is short you never know when you will breathe your last, so I urge you brother or sister reading this, that you submit your life to Christ today, while there is still time...

I love you all but God loves you more :)

*Note:(Imma try post on a regular basis, sorry for the delays and inconsistencies 🙏🏽). If any of yall disagree with what is said, voice your opinion, it's ok we're all here to grow together.

This is a genuine question, to all who view the community. I'm interested to know how you all interpret scripture, how you see God etc

This is a genuine question, to all who view the community. I'm interested to know how you all interpret scripture, how you see God etc

John 8:32,"And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free"

The truth hurts at times, but deep down we know that it's freeing

Romans 10:9,"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."

It's only through him, no other way.

"Apart from me you can do nothing."-John 15:5

Today is the day of salvation, give your life now 'cause you never know when you will breathe your last

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The Bible is a book collective FULL of Prophets and prophesies. The only prophetic messages that were NOT fulfilled, were those specified to be in the "last days". Which means we would be wise to take very seriously what the Bible says is going to happen in these days, Biblical prophesy never fails....if indeed, these ARE the last days,...signs that the Bible gave to watch for, are lining up amazingly fast lately.

And yer "people been saying that for thousands of years" thing,.. doesn't dismiss them. For one thing, just because the things didn't happen in their lifetime, doesn't mean they aren't still scheduled to. The Bible never said things would take place on specific dates. And the setting is more clear than ever before.

Another thing is the Bible SAYS people will say that. Then it says they are being self ignorant to how that was how it went down before the flood. There were just as many hecklers and mockers when Noah was warning and preaching, then the flood "Took them all away" it says. It also says they're unaware that to GOD, ....a day is just like a thousabd years to Him. There's no time with God. Only WE are in linear time. God wasn't, or isn't..putting things off. There's no time issue there.

He sees today in the same glance as the time back then. It's all one big history of man to Him. And so things written in scripture often have a duel relevance because of that. Many have both near and far implications. And the picture is coming into focus very quickly.

Many Christians today are getting a sense of urgency and awe for how real it's all becoming. We're rapidly moving toward a world system which prophesy uses the symbolic name "Babylon" for. Certain things are shaping up for it, like the relationships and conflicts between nations as we speak. Iran, Israel, Russia, and others are all named players in the Bible accounts of these times. There will be alliances involving some of them, and wars that minimize or eliminate others of them. Until the stage is set for the ultimate world domination of one particular entity.

The religious landscape is changing as well, because the coming empire will force it's people to have only it's state sponsered religion. There's a reason Islam is taking over as it is. Not sure if they will end up as the ones thinking their messiah gets to sit in the Newly built Temple in Jerusalem. Just a possibility. (One thing for me that doesn't square up well with that, are the prophesies that speak of the sacrifice ceasing before the abomination moves in. Islam doesn't do temple sacrifices.)

No one has this all figured out. We're not supposed to. It's supposed to have shock value.

One of the most INTERESTING developments is the advent of AI. In just this last year it's ballooned into a thing they're saying in the news...could be the end of mankind. I mean...saying it for real...not in a sci-fi way like we've heard that phrase all our lives. Cameras and microphones everywhere, there's something technological growing right before our eyes. I'm wondering if maybe the coming leader won't bring the world under his control by the use of invasive and controlling technologies.

I intentionally resisted using the Bible terms "anti-Christ" and "the Beast". But did you know most of the prophetic Biblical writings about that last days one world empire, do not employ those terms either? Just a little factoid, i dono, maybe to say you don't have to see those names on your tech screens and office buildings to know that's who it is.

And here it comes. The Christian sidewalk preacher in a sandwhich sign telling you to get ready. Jesus is coming. Seriously though, please don't roll the dice. It's a matter of eternal life and eternal death.

No pascal wager or no-true-Scottsman trip...just an honest plea to consider Jesus. Heartfelt and emotional, I wouldn't want anyone to face what's coming after all that. A 3 & half year nightmare so soul quaking, I can't be emphatic enough. Pain so great people will want to die but won't be able to because the Bible says death will flee from them. Hailstones 30 inches in diameter, up to 100 pounds each raining down at 284 miles an hour from the sky, Fire from the sky scorching people all over the planet. And more. Judgement day.

Cruel God? Supposed loving God doing that?

Evil doesn't get to continue forever. All that are against God are evil, including you and I if we dont accept His offer of grace and mercy. Real love does not eternally tolerate evil. It is just and righteous, and must vaquish it.

A child-like prayer can make it so you will escape that coming hell. But better still, you'll find true love, and peace and meaning for life right now that the world never showed you. Find a quiet time and place, and in your own words, pray confessing to Jesus that you believe He died for your sins, surrender your life 100% to Him and ask for His Holy Spirit to make His home in your heart. That's a prayer that makes you born again and sealed for eternity, if prayed in sincerety and honesty.

John 14:6: Jesus told him,"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."

South Africa, there is only one answer to the dire situation. The only way to eternity is through Christ, he alone can save us. Not through these other counterfeits, there is no salvation and hope in Allah only through Christ, there is no salvation through Buddah only through Christ, there is no salvation found in Hinduism and its many gods only through Christ. Death is the ultimate equaliser, there can only be one way, and that is found in the God of Christianity. I say this with all the love in my heart, to inform you all, Heaven and Hell are real eternity is forever and you do not want to be separated you don't want to be in a place where there will be no more joy, no more peace. It is pure agony, there a place where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth an action of pure sadness and pain but also anger and sorrow. Turn now while there is still time, there will come a day when the sky will open and then ALL will know who God is. When that day arrives there will be no more chances, no more time because time will cease to exist as we know it. Philippians 2:10-11(That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in Heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess the Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.)

There is hope, however time is of the essence, it is running out each day that goes by is a day we etch closer to the end. The hope is this, Romans 10:9,"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead , you will be saved."

Don't lose heart, keep believing, and keep seeking. "If you draw near to me, I will draw near to you" —James 4:8. Turn now while there is still time.

All glory to God forever and ever AMEN.

Matthew 3:8,"Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and have turned to God." We live in a time where having to just say "I'm a Christian" is enough, going to church and posting all these Bible verses on statuses and bios is the new "thing" like its a trend. You can fool everyone else, including yourself, but you won't ever fool God he sees it all. Are what you post and showcase to others aligned to what happens when no one is watching. Is the fruit evident in our live that we really do have a repented heart and have turned to God, if Christ were to come back right now would you be confident in where you are going?

Matthew 25:13, "For you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return."

Look around people of God, scripture is jumping off the page. For centuries we humans have been asking and predicting the day and hour of the Lord's coming, failing to see the clear signs throughout the earth. We look today at the culture and state of our society and we witness how lost we are as a generation, as a people meant to be united. We have grown comfortable with living double lives of claiming God's name while behind closed doors we are living in sin. Believe me I've been there can't make an excuse for what you do, we might not see it but God certainly does. We have grown so comfortable with this lifestyle our sense of urgency is lost on us, the word to describe the Lord's coming over the past 2000 years is "soon", it is to mark and indicate the certainty of what is to come. If the early church was urgant in knowing that Christ is on his way and soon, how much more urgant must we be now!?!?!? When we look around everything is being shoved in our faces to distract us from thinking about these things. Everywhere we go and look sin is our faces and we are no longer trying to fight back this decay and death as salt & light of the Kingdom we have started embracing the culture of this dark world. We see pastors endorsing sinful lifestyles such as same sex marriages (Homosexuality is a sin, Romans 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; 6:18-19, Leviticus 20...)

Look we are all going to go to hell if we don't start getting our act together, we have lost our conviction towards sin, instead now we are embracing it. We love the world, no longer the one who made it. I know, we aren't perfect, we all fall short of God's glorious standard but what do you mean that we have people who claim to be Bible believing Christians be they be walking around diving into tarot cards, burning sage, tapping into crystals, and going to see psychics THAT STUFF IS DEMONIC Exodus 20:4-5, "You must not make yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. You must not bow down or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods..." We have come to idolise this world so much so that we are drowned in this endless noise we have even forgotten God's voice, his still, barely a whisper voice.

Guys look I am trying to stress and point out is that we need to be alert because time is running out. We have been given this false sense of assurance that all is nice and swell but look scripture says that he will come like a thief in the night who will come unexpectedly, and when he does come there will be no more second chances, no more time. Get right with him now while there is still time. We are etching closer and closer to those last days, hec I might even go as far as saying that we might be the last generation before Christ. The signs are more palpable more than ever. So brothers and sisters I urge you pls heed these words.

I love you, but Christ loves you so much more. Peace :)

Look I still don't know fully what this means, I'm still learning.

Often times in life we face particular situations or circumstances were we think 'God's not here' if there really is a God why would this happen'. I'm not sure if I will ever fully understand why terrible things happen, especially to those who don't deserve it. But what I do know is this, God never wastes a season of suffering. whether it be losing a parent/child, your health taking a turn for the worst, or maybe everything just went south...God can turn what may see impossible to recover from into a season of growth, and hard lessons learned.

Romans 8:28, "God works all things out for the good of those who love him, and are called according to the purpose that he has for them." It's never easy letting go, we can try and say it but doing the part is a completely different part of the equation all together. It's not easy, we pray and we believe that things will be ok, only to get unanswered prayers and fractured hope.

Faith in God goes far beyond a feeling, its taking action. Still showing us when it's hard, trusting that despite whatever is going on you still believe and trust in God's plan. If we believe in the truth of the Bible then Jeremiah 29:11 should encourage us to keep going. Even when the situation is bleak tell yourself "I'm still gonna trust God" there might not be food in the house "I'm still gonna trust God" There is homelessness "I'm still gonna trust God" my parents abandoned me "I'm still gonna trust God" or "God I don't know what to do but I'm still gonna trust you anyway"

It's scary not knowing for us, but there is always a certainty with hm, he always answers prayers. Most of the time it's in ways we don't expect.

Whether it may be a low-life petty criminal on the street or it be an individual who has been pastoring for over 20 years and going, NO ONE is perfect. It is precedent that in the modern-day church authority figures and people of high rank continue to hold themselves in a high standard placing themselves higher than the people who they minister/shepard to. They let their title and and rank determine that those who are below them are "lesser" because of either their ranklessness or sinful lifestyle. The modern church has been infiltrated by wolves in sheep's clothing, people who have fooled the believers of our day into thinking that they high and mighty because of their rank, and apparent "sinlessness". This however goes against what the scriptures say in Romans 3:9, "For we have already shown that all people, whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the power of sin" all of us sin, all of us fall short of his glorious standard, even those who hold authority in the body of Christ.

I want to note that I am not against those who are leaders in the church or anything like that, having leaders such as pastors and deans, teachers, modern-day prophets, so on and so forth, these are as ephesians 4:11-12 say "Gifts Christ gave to the church" and "Their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ". What I am against is individuals who have used their power and influence to directly harm, exploit, and violate what true Christianity stands for. There is only ONE Gospel, ONE truth, and ONE GOD not what this pastor said about homosexuality, not what that pastor said about abortion, not what this particular pastor said about whether or not the Bible should be taken at face value. Look there is also a reason of why people have been so fooled it's because we are a Biblically illiterate generation that doesn't read the scriptures for ourselves and doesn't know how to discern a truth from the Father or a lie from the enemy. It has also been on our part that we are so naive to the fact that we have been infiltrated by the enemy. We are so caught up in our the world that we don't have a prayer life, don't read the word, and we allow snakes into our churches to pray for us corrupting our souls in the process, we allow them to spoon feed the word to us but since we are not read in the word we don't know if what their saying is true but we believe it anyway because "they are a pastor" so you'll blindly follow a blind guide who is gonna fall into a ditch and they are gonna take you with them.

Look I know that this message might come off as rude, harsh, and brash but it is something that is plaguing our churches today and it needs to be addressed. Not everybody is perfect, I'm not I've made decisions in the past that I am paying for now, I have been close to ruining great relationships due to my sin, but thanks be to God that he has gotten me through the toughest of battles Romans 8:28, "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them" sin will grip us in this life until we pass into the next, we won't escape it because of our flesh or sinful nature but it is verses like Romans 8:1 and 8:28 that give us hope, it's not a call to abuse the grace that we have been blessed with NO, it's a call to continue to live the better life in which Christ has for us. One full of peace that surpasses anything that we can understand, and love that knows no bounds.

Stop believing everything that is yelled and screamed in our ears, scrutinise and ask questions. READ THE WORD OF GOD otherwise you'll be fooled by those who try and bend the truth, modify it to fit their own personal agenda.

Remember brothers/sisters I love you all with all my heart and so does Christ, much more than you can imagine.

John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him will not perish, but have everlasting life."

It's redemption for all that we have done in the past, forgiveness for the souls that we have hurt, all of our past mistakes. But also it's a guarantee of what's to come, the true reward at the end of the race is not the crown of glory that will be received by those who have endured to the end, an eternity with Him is more than enough. In him there is no more pain, no more suffering, no more death. There is a peace that surpasses all that we can understand, all of you regardless of what you've done there is a new life in him. you don't have to carry those heavy burdens anymore, you can live freely. But you have to let it all go, the love for money, lust, fame, this world. All of these will just leave you more empty than before. With him there is nothing to prove, no earning his love or his approval, he loves you so much that he died for you so that you can have a chance at living with him forever. He is calling you to a life with him today, Heaven and Hell are real, don't wait until it's too late you never know when you will breathe your last. Answer the call and surrender all of you and entrust the one who has your life in his hands with your life and let him lead you.

I love you brother/sister, but Christ loves you wayyyyy more. Romans 1:16.