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SCRIPTURE SUNDAY

 

In the midst of these trying times regarding the corona virus, and any other difficult situation that you may be facing right now, look to the Lord and pray for His wisdom and strength. Do not give in to fear or panic. Read His Word daily for encouragement, peace, guidance, and comfort. Place your trust in Him alone. When life is going good we don’t always take the time to look to Him or appreciate all the blessings that we have in life. None of us knows what the future holds, but I encourage you to turn to the one who does.

For those of you who do not yet know of the love and forgiveness of God that comes only by placing your complete trust in all that Jesus Christ already did for you (when He willingly came into our sin-filled world and lived a sinless, perfect life that none of us could ever live so that He could become the perfect, spotless Lamb of God who would take away all of our sins, guilt, and shame by allowing God, His Father, to place upon Him His full wrath that we deserve for our sin and rebellion, by dying in our place on the cross, being buried, and gloriously arising from the dead three days later), please consider taking the time to start reading through God’s Word, the Bible, if you have never done so before. Start reading through the Gospel of John and any other book in the Bible that the Lord may lead you to read. May I suggest the Book of Romans, Ephesians, Galatians, and 1, 2, and 3 John to start with. It is my prayer that by doing so, many of you will come to understand God’s amazing love, mercy, and grace that He offers to you as a free gift; His love and forgiveness cannot be earned by our good works, no matter how well-intentioned you may be.

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God Bless You

Mary K Dalke – Living4HisGlory – Reflections Of His Glory Photography

NOTE:

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UPDATE:

For the past month I have been doing research for what will probably be the final post in the series: Apparitions of the Virgin Mary or Demons in Disguise – Examining the Evidence in Light of Scripture. For those of you who are interested in this series, I wanted to let you know that it will take a little longer to write than I originally thought it would. Lord willing, I am hoping to have it written and completed by the end of May or early June.

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God Bless You

~Mary Dalke – Living4HisGlory – Reflections Of His Glory Photography

Photo – ‘Blue Sky Collection – 11-2020 – Psalm 27:13,14’ Taken by Mary K Dalke – Reflections Of His Glory Photography
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SERIES INTRODUCTION

Let’s face it. We are truly living in trying times! Many are without jobs, some have had to close their businesses due to the shutdown and lack of income, our country is in chaos because so many people are in rebellion against God and those in authority, and things worldwide seem like they are only getting worse! However, for those of us who have placed our trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins, we have a  hope that cannot be extinguished –no matter what! We look around and realize all of the chaos and lawlessness are clear signs of the soon return of Jesus Christ! Whether we have just a few more hours remaining or many more years to wait, we have so much to look forward to after life, as we now know it, finally comes to an end!

Even though our hope may be in Jesus Christ, sometimes we still experience discouragement and sorrow when we see what’s happening all around us, which is why it’s so important for us as born-again, Bible believing Christians to stay in God’s Word for the encouragement and spiritual strength that we need to get us through each day and so we can be a light in this dark world to those who do not know the true love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Just imagine the hopelessness, fear, and discouragement they must be feeling right now! During these very trying times, let’s come before the Lord and surrender any sorrow, fear, discouragement, and frustration to Him and ask Him to fill us with His strength, wisdom, joy, and grace so that we can share His love and the truth of the Biblical gospel with those who need to hear it and to receive it!

As hard as it is to believe, today, September 20, 2020, is the last Sunday of our summer season. Although summer is coming to an end, I pray that you will continue to stay in God’s Word on a daily basis for truth, encouragement, guidance, and, yes, even for conviction of sin so that we might be prepared for His return which may be sooner than any of us could ever imagine!

Here now is your final Scripture to reflect upon which brings this series to a close. Please keep in mind that only those who not only believe that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh but also have made the choice to put their faith and trust in the once for all sacrifice  of Jesus Christ when He willingly died on the cross in our place, taking upon Himself our sins, guilt, shame, and sorrows, died, and was gloriously raised from the dead, will then become a child of God and experience true peace that this Scripture — and many others — speak about. Jesus Christ is mankind’s only Mediator (1 Timothy 2:5) and only Savior. (Acts 4:8-12)

Dear reader, no matter what you may have been taught, that is the truth that is recorded in God’s Word, and it is the Biblical gospel message that presents the only way to God the Father (John 14:6, John 3:36) to receive forgiveness for your sins and peace at all times; a peace that surpasses all human understanding if you choose to pray instead of worry (Philippians 4:4-7).


THE BIBLICAL GOSPEL

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~Mary Dalke – Living4HisGlory – Reflections Of His Glory Photography

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SERIES INTRODUCTION

Let’s face it. We are truly living in trying times! Many are without jobs, some have had to close their businesses due to the shutdown and lack of income, our country is in chaos because so many people are in rebellion against God and those in authority, and things worldwide seem like they are only getting worse! However, for those of us who have placed our trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins, we have a  hope that cannot be extinguished –no matter what! We look around and realize all of the chaos and lawlessness are clear signs of the soon return of Jesus Christ! Whether we have just a few more hours remaining or many more years to wait, we have so much to look forward to after life, as we now know it, finally comes to an end!

Even though our hope may be in Jesus Christ, sometimes we still experience discouragement and sorrow when we see what’s happening all around us, which is why it’s so important for us as born-again, Bible believing Christians to stay in God’s Word for the encouragement and spiritual strength that we need to get us through each day and so we can be a light in this dark world to those who do not know the true love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Just imagine the hopelessness, fear, and discouragement they must be feeling right now! During these very trying times, let’s come before the Lord and surrender any sorrow, fear, discouragement, and frustration to Him and ask Him to fill us with His strength, wisdom, joy, and grace so that we can share His love and the truth of the Biblical gospel with those who need to hear it and to receive it!

Here is your encouraging Scripture for today, Sunday, September 13, 2020:


THE BIBLICAL GOSPEL

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~Mary Dalke – Living4HisGlory

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UPDATE:

Lord willing, I hope to soon be able to finish writing the next post in the series in which we are comparing Scriptures from a Catholic New Testament Bible to some teachings that can be found in the Catechism Of The Catholic Church in order to encourage precious Catholics to read their Bibles and compare what they are being taught to the truth of God’s Word. It is my hope and prayer that many Catholics — as well as many other people — will come to realize all that Jesus Christ has already accomplished for us by His once for all sacrifice that eliminates the need for the Sacrifice of the Mass. Oh what joy filled my heart the day that I came to realize this truth: Jesus Christ is Victor over sin and death; He was not a Victim as He is referred to not only by the priest during Mass, but also many times in the Catechism Of The Catholic Church!

SERIES INTRODUCTION

Let’s face it. We are truly living in trying times! Many are without jobs, some have had to close their businesses due to the shutdown and lack of income, our country is in chaos because so many people are in rebellion against God and those in authority, and things worldwide seem like they are only getting worse! However, for those of us who have placed our trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins, we have a  hope that cannot be extinguished –no matter what! We look around and realize all of the chaos and lawlessness are clear signs of the soon return of Jesus Christ! Whether we have just a few more hours remaining or many more years to wait, we have so much to look forward to after life, as we now know it, finally comes to an end!

Even though our hope may be in Jesus Christ, sometimes we still experience discouragement and sorrow when we see what’s happening all around us, which is why it’s so important for us as born-again, Bible believing Christians to stay in God’s Word for the encouragement and spiritual strength that we need to get us through each day and so we can be a light in this dark world to those who do not know the true love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Just imagine the hopelessness, fear, and discouragement they must be feeling right now! During these very trying times, let’s come before the Lord and surrender any sorrow, fear, discouragement, and frustration to Him and ask Him to fill us with His strength, wisdom, joy, and grace so that we can share His love and the truth of the Biblical gospel with those who need to hear it and to receive it!

Here is your encouraging Scripture for today, Sunday, August 23, 2020:


THE BIBLICAL GOSPEL

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~Mary Dalke – Living4HisGlory

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SERIES INTRODUCTION

Let’s face it. We are truly living in trying times! Many are without jobs, some have had to close their businesses due to the shutdown and lack of income, our country is in chaos because so many people are in rebellion against God and those in authority, and things worldwide seem like they are only getting worse! However, for those of us who have placed our trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins, we have a  hope that cannot be extinguished –no matter what! We look around and realize all of the chaos and lawlessness are clear signs of the soon return of Jesus Christ! Whether we have just a few more hours remaining or many more years to wait, we have so much to look forward to after life, as we now know it, finally comes to an end!

Even though our hope may be in Jesus Christ, sometimes we still experience discouragement and sorrow when we see what’s happening all around us, which is why it’s so important for us as born-again, Bible believing Christians to stay in God’s Word for the encouragement and spiritual strength that we need to get us through each day and so we can be a light in this dark world to those who do not know the true love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Just imagine the hopelessness, fear, and discouragement they must be feeling right now! During these very trying times, let’s come before the Lord and surrender any sorrow, fear, discouragement, and frustration to Him and ask Him to fill us with His strength, wisdom, joy, and grace so that we can share His love and the truth of the Biblical gospel with those who need to hear it and to receive it!

Here is your encouraging Scripture for today, Sunday, August 2, 2020:

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THE BIBLICAL GOSPEL

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~Mary Dalke – Living4HisGlory – Reflections Of His Glory Photography

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SERIES INTRODUCTION

Let’s face it. We are truly living in trying times! Many are without jobs, some have had to close their businesses due to the shutdown and lack of income, our country is in chaos because so many people are in rebellion against God and those in authority, and things worldwide seem like they are only getting worse! However, for those of us who have placed our trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins, we have a  hope that cannot be extinguished –no matter what! We look around and realize all of the chaos and lawlessness are clear signs of the soon return of Jesus Christ! Whether we have just a few more hours remaining or many more years to wait, we have so much to look forward to after life, as we now know it, finally comes to an end!

Even though our hope may be in Jesus Christ, sometimes we still experience discouragement and sorrow when we see what’s happening all around us, which is why it’s so important for us as born-again, Bible believing Christians to stay in God’s Word for the encouragement and spiritual strength that we need to get us through each day and so we can be a light in this dark world to those who do not know the true love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Just imagine the hopelessness, fear, and discouragement they must be feeling right now! During these very trying times, let’s come before the Lord and surrender any sorrow, fear, discouragement, and frustration to Him and ask Him to fill us with His strength, wisdom, joy, and grace so that we can share His love and the truth of the Biblical gospel with those who need to hear it and to receive it!

Here is your encouraging Scripture for today, Sunday, July 26th 2020:

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THE BIBLICAL GOSPEL

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~Mary Dalke – Living4HisGlory – Reflections Of His Glory Photography

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UPDATE:

I already started on the next post in the series in which we are going through the Catechism Of The Catholic Church and comparing many of the teachings to Scripture in a Catholic New Testament not only to show precious Catholics the full truth regarding all that Jesus Christ truly accomplished for us by His sinless life, His willingness to die on the cross in our place for our sins, His burial, and His glorious bodily resurrection from the dead three days later, but also to show Bible believing Christians what the Catholic church actually teaches regarding salvation so that they will realize the need to reach out to their Catholic friends and family members who need to hear the truly good news of the Biblical gospel and how, according to the truth that can be found in God’s Word, they can have the assurance of salvation. (1 John 5:9-13) However, this past week I have been having a lot of trouble getting a solid connection to my Internet service which has made it very difficult to try and continue writing it. Thankfully, yesterday I was able to work on it for a couple of hours though. Lord willing, I will continue to work on it when time allows, and on days when I am receiving a strong connection to my Internet service.

SERIES INTRODUCTION

Let’s face it. We are truly living in trying times! Many are without jobs, some have had to close their businesses due to the shutdown and lack of income, our country is in chaos because so many people are in rebellion against God and those in authority, and things worldwide seem like they are only getting worse! However, for those of us who have placed our trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins, we have a  hope that cannot be extinguished –no matter what! We look around and realize all of the chaos and lawlessness are clear signs of the soon return of Jesus Christ! Whether we have just a few more hours remaining or many more years to wait, we have so much to look forward to after life, as we now know it, finally comes to an end!

Even though our hope may be in Jesus Christ, sometimes we still experience discouragement and sorrow when we see what’s happening all around us, which is why it’s so important for us as born-again, Bible believing Christians to stay in God’s Word for the encouragement and spiritual strength that we need to get us through each day and so we can be a light in this dark world to those who do not know the true love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Just imagine the hopelessness, fear, and discouragement they must be feeling right now! During these very trying times, let’s come before the Lord and surrender any sorrow, fear, discouragement, and frustration to Him and ask Him to fill us with His strength, wisdom, joy, and grace so that we can share His love and the truth of the Biblical gospel with those who need to hear it and to receive it!

Here is your encouraging Scripture for today, Sunday, July 19th 2020:

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THE BIBLICAL GOSPEL

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~Mary Dalke – Living4HisGlory – Reflections Of His Glory Photography®

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SERIES INTRODUCTION

Let’s face it. We are truly living in trying times! Many are without jobs, some have had to close their businesses due to the shutdown and lack of income, our country is in chaos because so many people are in rebellion against God and those in authority, and things worldwide seem like they are only getting worse! However, for those of us who have placed our trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins, we have a  hope that cannot be extinguished –no matter what! We look around and realize all of the chaos and lawlessness are clear signs of the soon return of Jesus Christ! Whether we have just a few more hours remaining or many more years to wait, we have so much to look forward to after life, as we now know it, finally comes to an end!

Even though our hope may be in Jesus Christ, sometimes we still experience discouragement and sorrow when we see what’s happening all around us, which is why it’s so important for us as born-again, Bible believing Christians to stay in God’s Word for the encouragement and spiritual strength that we need to get us through each day and so we can be a light in this dark world to those who do not know the true love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Just imagine the hopelessness, fear, and discouragement they must be feeling right now! During these very trying times, let’s come before the Lord and surrender any sorrow, fear, discouragement, and frustration to Him and ask Him to fill us with His strength, wisdom, joy, and grace so that we can share His love and the truth of the Biblical gospel with those who need to hear it and to receive it!

Here is your encouraging Scripture for today, Sunday, July 12th 2020:

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Let’s face it. We are truly living in trying times! Many are without jobs, some have had to close their businesses due to the shutdown and lack of income, our country is in chaos because so many people are in rebellion against God and those in authority, and things worldwide seem like they are only getting worse! However, for those of us who have placed our trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins, we have a  hope that cannot be extinguished –no matter what! We look around and realize all of the chaos and lawlessness are clear signs of the soon return of Jesus Christ! Whether we have just a few more hours remaining or many more years to wait, we have so much to look forward to after life, as we now know it, finally comes to an end!

Even though our hope may be in Jesus Christ, sometimes we still experience discouragement and sorrow when we see what’s happening all around us, which is why it’s so important for us as born-again, Bible believing Christians to stay in God’s Word for the encouragement and spiritual strength that we need to get us through each day and so we can be a light in this dark world to those who do not know the true love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Just imagine the hopelessness, fear, and discouragement they must be feeling right now! So let’s come before the Lord and surrender any sorrow, fear, discouragement, and frustration to Him and ask Him to fill us with His strength, wisdom, joy, and grace so that we can share His love and the truth of the Biblical gospel with those who need to hear it and to receive it during these very trying times! 

Here is your encouraging Scripture for today, Sunday, June 28th 2020:

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THE BIBLICAL GOSPEL

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God Bless You

~Mary Dalke – Living4HisGlory – Reflections Of His Glory Photography

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