"Life is like a camera.
Just focus on what is important,
capture the good times
and develop from the negatives
if things don't work out take another shot"
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CHURCH ON THE NET
SUNDAY
10:00 a.m. EST
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EQUIPPING THE SAINTS
with Russell and Helen
Monday,
Wednesday
and Friday
1:00 p.m. EST
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WOMEN ON THE FRONTLINE
Saturday, April 17, 2021
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Ministry at 1:00
Men and Women invited
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SUNDAY SERVICE
4-4-2021
Equality in Christ
No Equality Act
will bring us the freedom
that we find in
Jesus Christ.
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Equipping the Saints
Monday - Wednesday - Friday
at 1:00 p.m. EDST
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WEDNESDAY
APRIL 14, 2021
HAVE WE LOWERED
GOD'S STANDARDS
IN CHURCH?
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Spirit of Life Ministries has a passion to teach and equip the saints so that they will understand scripture and be able to know how to be a witness for Jesus Christ.
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We want to thank those that do support us with their giving, which enables those that can't to be able to be students.
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BIBLE SCHOOL
TUESDAY EVENING 7 P.M.
SESSION 12
COMING 4-20-2021
WHAT ARE CULTS?
We Teach LIVE on:
from previous sessions
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SCRIPTURE FOR THE DAY
"And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. And Jesus answered sand said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And His disciples heard it."
Mark 11:13-14 KJV
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RUSSELL SANDERS
4-16-2021
GIVE THEM A CHANCE.
Sometimes all a person needs to become successful is just to be “given a chance” to do something, and then be trusted to perform it. I was given such a chance as a young man.
I had graduated from college. (My Alma Mater is known today as Southeastern University.) I had played on the school’s new soccer team and became their first-ever 4-year letterman. Although my knowledge of the game was very limited, the Athletic Director, who had been carefully observing me during his two years there, offered me the head coaching position.
I did not feel I knew the game well enough, and I had absolutely no coaching experience. However, this man had full confidence in me. He had not only been watching me play on the field, but also my ability in the classroom. He placed full control of the team, the financial budget, and all travel arrangements in my hand.
The first year of coaching was a huge learning curve. We won five games (5-9 season) after having won only one game in each of the previous two years. When the season was finished the team captain confided in me that the players who had played those two years along side me had doubted the Athletic Director’s choice of me as a coach. He said, however, that as it turned out, I had done a very good job as coach.
The following year we had our first ever winning season and went on to win some conference championships during my six years as head coach.
The opportunity given me as an “unproven coach” and the confidence of the Athletic Director to place me in “full charge” as he maintained a “hands off” approach was instrumental in building my confidence that I could fearlessly tackle whatever came my way “to do.”
The Apostle Paul also placed that same kind of confidence in a young unproven man named Timotheus. Timothy as we know him, was likely around 20-25 years in age. In the Jewish culture a man under 30 years old was not taken seriously; nobody would listen to him or place any authority in him. That is the same reason that Jesus did not launch His ministry until He turned thirty.
That youth factor is why Paul, upon sending Timothy alone to Corinth, wrote to them in I Corinthians 16:11, “Let no man therefore despise him…” but treat him (conduct) in peace (good faith).
Paul saw such zeal and maturity in this young man that he chose Timothy as his fellow worker alongside him. (Romans 16:21). Paul also called him his “son” (I Timothy 1:2, 18; and II Timothy 1:2).
The two of them travelled together to many places including Colosse, (Colossians 1:1) and Corinth (II Corinthians 1:1). Paul also trusted Timothy enough that Paul sent him alone to minister in Corinth (I Corinthians 4:17), Thessalonica (I Thessalonians 3:2), and Philippi (Philippians 2:19).
Showing trust and confidence in a person can bring out the best in them. Sometimes all that they need is for someone to give them a chance. Is there anyone you know whom you can show that kind of confidence and give them a “chance” at doing something that can show their responsibility? The Athletic Director did that for me. Paul did that for Timothy. Who might you do it for?
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HELEN SANDERS
4-16-2021
STERILE CHRISTIANITY
The first command God gave Adam and Eve is found in Genesis 1:28 where it says, “…Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it…” God was very explicit about this. He did not want them to just be the happy “twosome.” He expected them to be fruitful. We must remember that they were in the state of innocence when this was said. They had not sinned. As Christians, we are restored to that state when we receive Christ as our savior. Our sins are washed away, and we take on the robe of righteousness that Jesus gives us.
After receiving salvation, what comes next? Yes, we need to be discipled, and learn, and study the word of God, but the same command of fruitfulness is given to us as it was given to Adam and Eve. Jesus’ last words to his disciples were, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” This is a command, not a suggestion. What does it mean when we “preach” the gospel? It means we are sharing “good news,” because that is what the word gospel means. We are sharing the good news that one doesn’t have to be separated from God for eternity.
When we share the gospel and someone receives Jesus as their Savior, we become fruitful Christians. We are reproducing ourselves. The only way you came into this world is by birth in the fleshly manner. The only way you can receive Christ is by a spiritual birth. We are all supposed to birth other Christians. If not, we are sterile Christians with no spiritual offspring or spiritual fruit.
Many will be offended by my saying this, but the truth of the matter is, there is little passion in the pulpit for souls. Preachers may preach great fired up messages, but if that fire doesn’t stir us to leave our spiritual sterility and become fruitful, then the preaching is in vain.
We must also be reminded that Jesus looks for fruit in our lives. The story of the fig tree with no fruit (Mark 11:12-26) gives us his pronouncement on unfruitfulness. When he saw no fruit on it the fig tree was cursed forever and died from the roots upward. It amazed the disciples that it happened so fast.
There is a lost and dying world needing someone to come and help birth them into the kingdom. The choice is ours, be sterile or be productive. When we stand before God, He will show us our lives and we will be rewarded for what we did “after” salvation. I pray that none of stand with empty hands because we were “sterile” Christians.
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Where did sin come from?
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TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION - |
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What President was the first to be licensed to fly an airplane?
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I honestly do not know the answer
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YESTERDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION
Cabbage White is another name of what animal?
The Correct answer is:
A butterfly
16.7% answered correctly with
A butterfly
33.3% answered incorrectly with
White tailed rabbit
50% answered
I honestly do not know the answer
We do not share these polls with any other sources. They are for your enjoyment and benefit only.
Answers must be in by 6 p.m. to be counted in the poll
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NEWS FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE |
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Mario Murillo: Wounded healers are God's secret weapon
Christian Headlines
Charisma Mag...
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Prophecy Newswatch...
Newsmax - a different perspective of the news
CBN news network - Christian Broadcasting Network
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BREAKING NEWS!!
Democrat bill will add four justices to Supreme Court...
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What man was lowered over a wall in a basket to escape those that wanted to kill him?
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I honestly do not know the answer
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YESTERDAY'S SURVEY:
What man prayed for the Apostle Paul to receive his sight shortly after his conversion?
The Correct answer is:
Ananias
83.3% answered correctly with:
Ananias
16.7% answered incorrectly with:
Barnabas
We do not share these surveys with any one. They are for your enjoyment only.
All poll answers must be submitted by 6:00 p.m to be included in the next day results
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A Short Inspirational Story
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PROPHETIC WORDS AND EXHORTATIONS
TEACHING AND EQUIPPING THE SAINTS THROUGH:
Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers
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October 18, 2006 prophetic Word
Comfort ye! Comfort ye! My people, for the Lord would say unto you this day that your deliverer is coming and is soon at hand. Watch and pray saith the Lord, for your soon coming King would have you to hear what he has to say.
Listen, Listen my people, listen to my Spirit and listen to the wind, for it brings to you the news that you are desiring to hear. Yes, it brings the news that you desire to hear. Listen to that small voice that speaks to you in the night, for I am talking to you if you will listen. I am doing a great shaking saith the Lord. All that can be shook will be shaken, and I will shake all things saith the Lord. I will manifest myself in you saith the Lord, and I will refine you with the fire of my spirit, and burn out those things that are dross in your life. I will purify you in the fire and you will come forth as gold, that only can be refined in my fire. Yield to my spirit saith the Lord, and listen to my spirit as I do this work in you. I have you in preparation for that day that I will use you mightily, for you have enquired of me in those night hours, and you have sought me, and I am about to bring it to pass saith the Lord, but yield to me, and listen, listen to my Spirit, for I am perfecting that which concerneth you saith the Lord.
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APOSTLE PAT MURRAY
4-15-2021
PROPHETIC EXHORTATION
During this season of unusual transitions and great shifting; God is bringing definition and direction to you and to your life...IF you do not give up or give in. So just continue to follow God’s plans, His paths, His methods and His motives; For He is still shifting things. In fact, He’s now in the process of bringing some people and some things in and to your life...BUT He is also causing some folks and some things to move out and away from you. Yes, away from you and away from your destined place on this your journey of life. What you can’t see at the moment is that it’s not only for your benefit; But a loving Father God also has their well-being and their future on His mind as well. So there’s no need for you to worry or to fret about this; As God has you covered and He has everything all planned out. You can know of assurance that it is all A-ok; For God is a good, good Father and He has it all under control. Trust Him
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Where did Joseph take Mary and Jesus when he was warned to flee by an angel in a dream?
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I honestly do not know the answer
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YESTERDAY'S
BIBLE QUIZ QUESTION:
According to scripture did Joseph and Mary have other children?
The Correct answer is:
Yes
100% got it right with
Yes
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Do you think it is right to add more Supreme Court Justices?
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I honestly do not have an answer
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ
Do you think Donald Trump should run for President in 2024?
66.7% said
Yes
33.3% said
No
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