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  They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing,   To declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.   God showed me these verses in 2020, three years ago when I turned 74 years old. I will treasure these words and claim them for myself the rest of my life.   Praise God, I talked with two older friends today on my birthday. One turned 92 in November, the other one was 82 in June.  Bless and keep these friends with good health and happiness in You, dear Lord.   For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2Corinthians 5:21 We who have asked forgiveness and  have accepted Jesus as our Savior have become the "righteousness of God in Christ Jesus."  The promise in Psalm 92:14-15 is for us. God's word also says that all who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.   Just call upon Jesus to forgive your sin and this verse can then be for y

 Hebrews 12:28-29   Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.   For our God is a devouring fire. Father  God, show us how to please You by worshiping You with holy fear and awe.  Take the us out of our worship. Let us worship You with only thoughts of You. Let our worship be in spirit and in truth.  Like those in Your Word who fell in Your Holy presence, let us see that we are not worthy to even lift our voice in what we call praise if our hearts are not clean.   Forgive our sins. Cleanse our hearts from self centered worship. Cause us to bow and even fall in Your presence. Help us to know we have no idea of who You are apart from Jesus Christ who died to redeem us. May we ask Your forgiveness for our sins, and offer raised hands cleansed by the blood of Jesus. Forgive our pride, our arrogance, our boastful singing. Let all singing and praise be from a clean heart as hands are raised to You today.  

 Luke 5:1-8 NKJV   So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, 2  and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3  Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 4  When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5  But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” 6  And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 7  So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8  When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, f

      Father God, draw these false prophets and apostles to Jesus, the true Jesus of Your Holy Bible. Forgive me for being so against them. It's principalities and powers of darkness because we wrestle not against flesh and blood. I come against those principalities and powers of darkness in Jesus name. Protect Your children. It's just that I don't want to be fooled, and I don't want any one I know to be fooled by them. Help us all to see You clearly with Holy Spirit discernment. I want along with my family to be part of the elect. Thank You so much. I believe there are some, maybe, who have died and been brought back to life, but these have a personal story not a story that they are now a new apostle; nor do they have extra knowledge of heaven apart from Your written Word. Any knowledge which adds to Your Holy Word is above Your law if it is spoken, because Paul was not allowed to speak what he saw in the third heaven. Therefore, we know this so called new re

    2 Corinthians 12: It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord: 2  I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third heaven. 3  And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows— 4  how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.   7And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.  The scripture above is the Apostle Paul's account of his experience when he was caught up into the third heaven.   "Some believe this event occurred during Paul’s first missionary journey, when he was stoned and left for dead in Lystra, but we can’t be sure. The privilege of seeing hea

    Matthew 4:10: Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written , ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ In the wilderness Satan tempted Jesus 3 times. Each time Jesus responded with "It is written." The final time He commanded, "Away with you, Satan!" Jesus' human mind knew the scriptures for He had studied them even from a child as was the Jewish custom. Satan tried to change God's Word by twisting what God said into a lie. Of course Jesus is the Son of God and these words were His from the foundation of the world. I believe His human part had to learn them as a child. Satan also did this with Eve. Eve believed the lie and through hers and Adam's sin mankind all dies, but Jesus overcame the devil. He crushed Satan's head. "As in Adam all die but in Christ shall all be made alive." (1 Corinthians 15:22) Father God, Thank You for the victory in Jesus. Thank You for His exampl