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Acts 5:1-3 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?”

2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

• Peter, through this gift, discerned that Ananias and Sapphira's hearts were filled with Satan's lies. They held back a portion of money which had been pledged to the ministry.

# distinguishing between spirits insures the body of Christ against the infiltration of deceivers.

• Through the distinguishing between spirits, we can know when we are being deceived either by Satan through people or situations, or by people themselves. This revealed knowledge becomes our protection.

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Verse of the Day: Isaiah 55:8-11

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth , And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

• God's ways are beyond our understanding

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Verse of the Day: Romans 9:11

“for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,”

• God's choice was not meant to exclude, but to include! The Messiah will come from a select seed, but He will come for all (who exercise faith (Rom. 2:28-29; 4:3, 22-25; Romans 10).

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Verse of the Day: Psa. 18:2-3

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

• The horn of salvation (Luke 1:69-71)

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Verse of the Day: Psa. 17:15

 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

• The resurrection predicted (Luke 24:6)

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Verse of the Day: Psa. 16:9-11

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

• Was not to see corruption (Acts 2:31; 13:35 )
• Was to arise from the dead (John 20:9 )

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Verse of the Day: Psa. 9:7-10

But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

• Judge the world in righteousness (Acts 17:31)

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Verse of the Day: Psa. 8:5, 6

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

• His humiliation and exaltation (Hebrews 2:5-9)

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Verse of the Day: Psa. 8:2

“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.”

• The mouths of babes perfect His praise (Matthew 21:16)

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Verse of the Day: Psa. 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

• Life comes through faith in Him (John 20:31)

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ADULTÈRE – FORNICATION

I. Les chrétiens ne doivent pas commettre l’adultère:

1. Pour éviter la fornication, quechaque home ait sa propre femme - 1 Cor 7:2.
2. Celui qui répudie sa femme, sauf pour infidélité, l’expose à l’adultère - Matt 5:32; 19:9.
3. Car c’est du cœur que viennent les adultères et les impudicités - Matt 15:19; Marc 7:21-22.
4. Le corps n’est pas pour l’impudicité - 1 Cor 6:13.
5. Ne soyez pas l’ami d’un impudique - 1 Cor 5:9-11.
6. L’Église doit discipliner les impudiques - 1 Cor 5:1-13.
7. Abstenez-vous de l’impudicité - 1 Th 4:3.
8. Fuyez l’impudicité - 1 Cor 6:18.
9. Faites mourir l’impudicité - Col 3:5.
10. Ne nous rendons pas non plus coupables de fornication - 1 Cor 10:8.
11. Certains ne se repentent pas de leur impureté - 2 Cor 12:21; Apoc 9:21.

II. La punition des impurs:

1. Dieu jugera les impudiques et les adultères - Héb 13:4.
2. Les impudiques et les adultères n’hériteront pas du royaume de Dieu - 1 Cor 6:9-10; Gal 5:19-21.
3. Ils n’entreront pas dans la cité sainte - Apoc 22:15.
4. Ils auront leur part dans l’étang ardent de feu et de soufre - Apoc 21:8.

Revelation 14:8

Note: Les mots: impudicité, impudique, impureté, impur, débauche, débauché, inconduite et infidélité (en Matt 5:32; 19:9) sont tous traduits du mot grec «PORNÉA» qui pourrait se traduire partout par fornication (toute relation sexuelle hors du mariage) ou par adultère (infidélité sexuelle d’une personne mariée).

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Verse of the Day: Psa. 2:7, 8, 9

 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

• Declared the Beloved Son (Matthew 3:17, Romans 1:4 )
• The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated (Acts 13:29-33)
• Rule the nations with a rod of iron (Rev. 2:27; 12:5; 19:15)

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My heart for ministry is to see communities living with a passionate heart for the Gospel, forever transformed and equipped to take care of themselves and assist new disciples to meet their needs and those of others.

I am passionate about equipping believers to do everything as an outcome of their daily conversation with God, and to train others to do the same.

I do this because God told me that He will teach me His word so that I teach it to others.

Verse of the Day: Psa. Psa. 2:6

"Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion."

• His Character-Holiness (John 8:46; Revelation 3:7 )
• To own the title King (Matthew 2:2 )

Verse of the Day: Psa. 2:1-3

1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

• The enmity of kings foreordained (Acts 4:25-28)
• To own the title, Anointed (Christ) (John 1:41, Acts 2:36)

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 NO DOUBT!!!  And it would probably be a Scriptural 40 pages long!

The question is:

Would organized church (i.e., what Church has become) leaders open the letter?

Or, because of how many “ships have sailed” over the last 1800 years – dogma, fear mongering, customs, practices, traditions of which a significant number were acquired by merger – would Paul’s letter get thrown into the shredder?

—I would like to share how my wife stood up for Marriage at the Great Frederick Fair in Frederick, Md. and how it challenged a violinist to also stand up and share about the Lord Jesus. 

At the fair there is a spot which is called the free stage.  There was a band. Led by Dennis Lee, who rented it and held outdoor concerts at the fair. Dennis is a Christian as well and openly talks about the Lord as well. The Dennis Lee, when we got there, was interviewing a couple who have been married for over 55 years.  My wife is proud that we have been married 55 years.  She got his attention and shared it with him.  Dennis asked her what held us together, and my wife unashamedly that it was the Lord.  She also shared briefly about reading the Bible together and praying together with her husband. 

In Dennis Lee’s Band was a violinist, an accomplished violinist—Stephanie Ann Simon. (StephanieAnn.com) She was going to play the National Anthem at the Demolition Derby that night.  The Band leader asked her to play it for us while we were there.  Before she did, she looked at my wife and told her that what she said about Marriage encouraged to her to share her thoughts too.  She proceeded to talk about Jesus, and how Jesus was important to her and her home.  Wow!!!!!!!!!!  Talk about a move of God’s Holy Spirit.  One person spoke up initially—my wife, then what was said encouraged someone else to share—Stephanie Ann Simon.

—She ended her testimony with playing the National Anthem—with a performance that I wish you could have heard.  It was so moving that this retired Army officer rendered a military salute as it was played.

Seeing this move of God’s Holy Spirit in sharing a word about Christ—there must have been someone in the crowd who needed to hear that word.  May God’s word bring the fruit to which it was sent.

The above has been shared to encourage others to share their testimony.

A few years agok my wife and I were saddened to learn that the VBS director of my church did not encourage asking children to put their faith in Jesus by asking Him into their heart.  She did not believe children understood the concept of a Spiritual Heart.  She thought most thought of the heart as an organ that pumps blood.  The result was, no one was Saved during that VBS.  SAD.

On hearing this, my wife and I both wanted to find a way to explain the Spiritual Heart.  I looked for a visual way to help a verbal explanation. From my past studies, I decided on using some etymology discipline and my studies of the ancient Hebrew Pictographic letters.  I found that the the ancient Hebrew Pictographic letters in this case were very helpful. 

The attached document are lessons that may be helpful in explaining the Spiritual Heart, both verbally and visually.

In posting these Lessons, I would apprecaite feed back.  

One other consideration--Sunday School attendance is down, and possibly VBS too.  Someone could veryfy if that is correct--but I believe it may well be true.  We have many of our youth leaving church and Christianity.  My heart in sharing this study is to provide a way that can help people and children learn about the Spiritual Heart. Hopefully when they do, they will desire to put their faith in Jesus as their Lord and Savior.   

Please, if you take the time to read this, study the lesson provided and let me know some constructive thoughts about how we can encourage leaders to teach about what the Spiritual Heart is.

Thank you very much.

Here is are the Lessons that may help assist a Child's Understanding of the Heart:

A1 Lessons on Prayer for Children---Assisting a Child's Understanding of the 'Heart'-AA.pdf

Agree/Disagree: Are We Really Protecting Our Theology?