Flashback Friday: Secret Love

 

This first Friday of the month of April marks the birthday of Doris von Kappeloff,
(1922-2019) better known to the world as the legendary singer/actress Doris Day.

Image courtesy/Movies! TV Network

  In 1953, Doris starred in the title role of the western-musical film, "Calamity Jane"
 during which she sang the beautiful romance ballad, "Secret Love".

When Doris first heard this song after its co-writer Sammy Fain visited her home,
she recalled her reaction as, "I just about fell apart." She knew she had to record this song.
  Later, when she recorded the song for Warner Brothers studios in August, 1953 musical
   director Ray Heindorf told her after her first recording session with the orchestra,
"That's it. You're never going to do it better."

"Secret Love" was released as a single record on October 9, 1953 by Columbia Records
 just three weeks before the premiere of "Calamity Jane".  The song was among
the Top 20 best-selling singles (reaching Number 17) on the Billboard chart in
January, 1954, and reached the Number 1 spot the following month.

"Secret Love" was also nominated for Best Song at the 26th Academy Awards in
March, 1954.  In 1999, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Doris Day's signature song brings back happy childhood memories of my mother singing
"Secret Love" as we drove along in the car on one of our summer weekend family
 drives, which usually included a stop at the local frozen custard stand 
 on the way home.  Those were the days!

Secret Love

(1953)

Doris Day

Friday Focus: Conflicting Feelings

 

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful;
He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.  But when you are tempted,
He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it."
(1 Corinthians 10:13)

Temptation By The Devil

(1865)

Gustave Dore

(1832-1883)

French illustrator and etcher

Image courtesy/Art and the Bible

Strange and mysterious is my life.

What opposites I feel within!

A stable peace, a constant strife;

The rule of grace, the power of sin:

Too often I am captive led,

Yet daily triumph in my Head.

I prize the privilege of prayer,

But oh! what backwardness to pray!

Though on the Lord I cast my care,

I feel its burden every day;

I seek His will in all I do,

Yet find my own is working too.

I call the promises my own,

And prize them more than mines of gold;

Yet though their sweetness I have known,

One hour upon the truth I feed,

The next I know not what I read.

I love the holy day of rest,

When Jesus meets His gathered saints;

Sweet day, of all the week the best!

For its return my spirit pants:

Yet often, through my unbelief,

It proves a day of guilt and grief.

While on my Savior I rely,

I know my foes shall lose their aim,

And therefore dare their power defy,

Assured of conquest through His name,

But soon my confidence is slain,

And all my fears return again.

Thus different powers within me strive,

And grace and sin by turns prevail;

I grieve, rejoice, decline, revive,

And victory hangs in doubtful scale:

But Jesus has His promise passed,

That grace shall overcome at last.

"Conflicting Feelings"
Subtitled, "The Conflict Within"
(1779)
John Newton
(1725-1807)
English Anglican clergyman
and slavery abolitionist

Thursday's Thoughts: Look Mom! No Israel!

 

"The Lord will go forth like a warrior, He will stir up His zeal like a man of war;
He will shout out, yes, He will raise a war cry. He will prevail mightily against His enemies."
(Isaiah 42:13)

 Texas and New York classrooms feature maps of the Middle East with no Israel.

Image courtesy/Daily Mail

"With the shocking rise of antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment in the city and around
the country it is imperative that our public schools accurately and fully teach our students
about the history and origins of the state of Israel," Congressman Daniel Goldman (D-NY)
recently told the New York Post concerning maps displayed in schools like the one
shown above which do not show or mention the nation of Israel.

Below is an excerpt from the book, "Rebuilding Palestine According To Prophecy"
by George T.B. Davis.   This book was written and published in 1935, thirteen years
 before the newly established nation of Israel rose from the ashes of WWII
and the Holocaust to take her place among the nations of the world.

"The answer to this is very simple.  Long ago, it was prophesied in the Word of God 
 that *(the region of land known as ) Palestine should be rebuilt and restored
 in the latter days, and God is fulfilling these predictions to the very letter.

What God has promised He  always performs.   Is it not a privilege to be
living in a generation when we can see the prophecies of the Bible
being fulfilled before our eyes day by day?

The writings of the Old Testament abound in prophecies regarding the latter-day
return of the Jews and the transformation of (the region of land known as) Palestine.
  More than 2,000 years ago, Isaiah gave a graphic picture of exactly what is
taking place in (the region of land known as) Palestine today.

In chapter 61, verse 4, we read: "And they shall build the old wastes, they
 shall raise up the waste cities, the desolations of many generations."  

Image courtesy/Iberlibro (ES)

If you are fortunate enough to find a copy of this fascinating book, you will see that
God's plan to bring His people back to their nation was already firmly established 
thousands of years ago!  A remarkable transformation was taking place in the
land prior to WWII. Jewish people from all over the world were returning there.

When the war started, however,  Jewish immigration to the land
 God gave to them was abruptly cut off.

 Then, after the war was over, the Jewish people, many of them survivors
 of the Holocaust, were again denied the right to live in the land which God
 gave to them, mainly due to the pressure of world politics in the region, but
again, God remained faithful to His people, and in 1948, a re-established
Israel rose up to take her place among the nations of the world. It was the
 greatest fulfillment of biblical prophecy since the first advent of Messiah.

  Now, as it was then, no misinformation on a map, or anti-Israel rhetoric
 is going to stop God from fulfilling His plan and purposes for His people.
Those who have chosen to stand against Him by attacking Israel will one day
be very sorry. In fact, they will wish that they had never been born.

"Behold He that keeps Israel shall neither slumber or sleep." (Psalm 122:4)

Please pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and the Salvation of Israel.  Maranatha!

* Emphasis mine.  There has never been a nation of Palestine.

American History Moment: The Pony Express/ " Orphans Preferred"

 

Once upon a time...in the days when much of America 

was still a vast, unsettled  wilderness...

A Pony Express Recruiting Poster
Image courtesy/Amazon.com

On this day in 1860, the first westbound Pony Express trip left St. Joseph, Missouri and
arrived 10 days later in Sacramento, California on April 14th.  The letters delivered had been
sent undercover from the East to St. Joseph and never directly entered the U.S. Mail System.
Only one single letter from that first batch of westbound mail to California
 is known to exist today.

Unfortunately, the Pony Express was not a financial success and went bankrupt
 in 18th months when a faster telegraph service was established.  

Nevertheless, this short-lived endeavor of transcontinental communications
 proved that delivery of the mail could be established and operate year-round.  

 Although later romanticized in dime store novels and through radio, television
  shows, and movies, the Pony Express remains a symbol of the gritty, self-reliant,
and courageous pioneer spirit of the men and women who set out to conquer
and tame the wilderness in the days of America's frontier past.

The Pony Express

(1912)

 Newell Convers "N.C." Wyeth
(1882-1945)

American illustrator and painter

Wednesday's Word: El Roi/ The God Who Sees Me

 

"And the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness,
and He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from and where
will you go?"  And Hagar answered, "I flee from the face of my mistress,
Sarai."  And the Angel told her, "Return to thy mistress and submit to her."
(Genesis 16)

Hagar

Andrew Geddes

1783-1844)
Scottish portrait painter

National Galleries of Scotland 

The Egyptian slave girl Hagar had angered her mistress Sarai and fled from
Abraham's camp. She was now wandering alone in the wilderness.  According to
Matthew Henry's commentary, "Hagar was out of her place, and out of the
way of her duty, and going further astray, when the Angel found her. It is a great
 mercy to be stopped in a sinful way, either by conscience or by providence."

When the Lord asked Hagar, "Where did you come from?"  He was referring 
 to the privileges she had been blessed with in Abraham's tent as his second wife.
Although Hagar had not seen it this way, and her pride had been the cause of her 
  barren mistress' anger, she had left her husband and the security of his camp.

  More importantly, she had left the place where worship of the one true God
 was a daily practice and where the Lord Himself dwelt with His people.

"Where will you go?" the Lord asked Hagar.   Not only could she run into
danger traveling through the wilderness alone, but, if she managed to return 
 to Egypt, she would be retuning to the worship of the idols in that land. 

Henry's commentary attests, "Hagar could not but admire the Lord's mercy and feel,
"Have I, who am so unworthy, been favored with a gracious visit from the Lord?"

And she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, "El Roi" (The God who sees me).

Hagar also realized that God had not forsaken her and that He loved her and the child 
 she was carrying within her womb.  Although His covenant would be with Isaac,
God blessed the fruit of Hagar's womb, saying "I will multiply thy seed exceedingly,
that it shall not be numbered for multitude." (Genesis 16:10).

Hagar obeyed the Lord's command to return to Abraham's camp and humbly
submitted to her mistress.   She brought forth a son and called him Ishmael,
which means, "God hears."

Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arab nations.

Forgotten History: The Camp Lejeune Cover-up: They Poisoned Our Own

 

Host Colin Heaton reports how U.S. Marines, their families, and civilian workers
unknowingly drank and bathed in water contaminated with toxic chemicals - while
the government knew and did nothing. Learn the shocking truth behind the Camp
Lejeune contamination scandal,  the cover-up that followed, and the devastating
health consequences that has affected thousands of people for decades.

The Camp Lejeune Cover-Up

FORGOTTEN HISTORY

(April 2, 2025)

The Right Way To Start The Day

 

"Blessed be the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us in Christ
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.  For He chose us in Him before the
foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence."
(Ephesians 1:3-4)

Turning From Wickedness

Jan Markel

(April 1, 2025)

Tuesday Bible Study With Les Feldick: Paul Warns The Church

 

"Since we heard of your faith in Jesus Christ, and of the love which you
have to all the saints, For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof
you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel."
(Colossians 1:4-5)

Les & Iris Feldick

Image courtesy/Facebook

Les continues on his walk through the Bible helping us to connect the dots of Scriptures.

Paul Warns The Church/Part One

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

Paul Warns The Church/Part Two

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

Paul Warns The Church/Part Three

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

Paul Warns The Church/Part Four

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

Pastor Allen Parr: 5 Things Christian Women Need To Stop Wearing

 

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by
 testing you may discern what is the will of God, and what is good and acceptable and perfect."
(Romans 12:2)

A lesson on the need to practice modesty in the 21st century.

Thank you brother Allen  for addressing this important issue!

5 Things Christian Women Need To Stop Wearing

THE BEAT by Allen Parr

(March 28, 2025)

(Warning: This video may make you mad or roll your eyes, but I think it
 is very important that Christian women consider the message here and
  think before they dress to go out in public.  It is not only Christian men
 you have to be concerned about "leading into temptation" in these
uncertain and dangerous times we are living in today.)

Monday Meditation: Desiring A Thankful Devotion To God

 

"He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness;
for by his own strength shall no man prevail."
(1 Samuel 2:9)

Wild Bluebells herald the coming of Springtime in England.

Image courtesy/Wikipedia

My great preserver, to Thy gracious hand

My life, my safety, and my all I owe;

New gratitude Thy favors still demand,

And still my numerous obligations grow.

Oft hast Thou listened to my humble prayer,

Oft, at my cry, unwearied mercy came:

O be Thy goodness, Thy indulgent care,

My constant refuge, my delightful theme!

When warmed with grateful love to Thee, my Lord,

My thoughts begin to count Thy favors o'er,

The boundless sum, what numbers can record?

How vain the attempt! Astonished I adore!

Yet I may love Thee, this is Thy command,

The kind command, O make me all Thy own!

My powers, my passions, Lord, are in Thy hand,

And Thou canst mold them for Thy use alone.

This worthless heart, to Thee I would resign,

Poor as it is, Thy sovereign hand can raise

A monument to Thee, enrich, refine,

And there inscribe Thy mercies and Thy praise.

Thy wondrous praise, not all creation's tongues

In one harmonious concert, can display;

Not the celestial choir's enraptured songs,

Through vast eternity's unbounded day.

And shall a reptile of the dust aspire

To join with angels in their high employ?

Lord, at Thy feet, I lay my trembling lyre

In silent awe, yet mixed with humble joy.

Yet, if Thou bid me try the heavenly theme,

And bless me with Thy smile, my lyre again

On every string shall sound Thy glorious name,

Thy smile shall animate the feeble strain!

If Thou accept, and aid my wish to praise,

Then shall my heart with glad devotion bring

(But ah, how mean Thy gift!) her sweetest lays

To Thee, my gracious God, my glorious King.

All I enjoy, and all hope is Thine,

Unworthiness, alone, belongs to me;

Inspire me, O my God, with divine love,

And make my life a hymn of praise to Thee.

"Desiring A Thankful Devotion To God"
(1760)
Anne Steele
(1716-1778)
English Christian poetess & hymnwriter
From her book, "Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotion"
 written under the name, "Theodosia"

During her lifetime,  Anne Steele wrote 144 hymns and versified Psalms, which were
 enormously popular in churches in both England and America.  When Trinity Church
in Boston, Massachusetts published its hymnals in 1808, 59 of the 144 selected hymns
were from the pen of Anne Steele.   She preferred to remain anonymous, however,
writing under a pen name.   After suffering a severe hip injury at the age of 19,
which left her an invalid for the rest of her life, her tombstone carried these words:

"Silent the lyre and dumb the tuneful tongue,
That sung on earth her great Redeemer's praise;
But now in Heaven, she joins the angelic song,
In more harmonious, more exalted lays."

Sunday Night In Uncle Walt's Vault: Arctic Antics

 

In this animated short film from Uncle Walt's Silly Symphony series,
a  frolicking folly of polar bears, walruses, seals, and a group
of penguins sing and dance on ice.

Arctic Antics

(1930)

Walt Disney Studios Production
Released by Columbia Pictures
Uploaded by Old Classic Cartoons
(August 19, 2016)

Happening Now With Pastor Jack Hibbs And Charlie Kirk: A Christian Or Pagan Nation

 

In this riveting presentation, Pastor Jack Hibbs and special guest Charlie Kirk 
 discuss the the foundational values of the United States of America, and delve 
deep into historical perspectives, cultural impacts, and the ongoing debate
about the identity of our nation.

A Christian Or Pagan Nation

Happening Now With Pastor Jack Hibbs And Charlie Kirk

Real Life With Jack Hibbs

(March 26, 2025)

Saturday Night With Lawrence Welk: A County Fair Show

 

First broadcast on September 2, 1967 bandleader Lawrence Welk and his
talented cast of singers, dancers, and musicians salute the great American
tradition known as the county fair! 
 

The County Fair

(1967)

The Lawrence Welk Show

Uploaded by Canadian Lawrence Welk Fan

(June 25, 2020)

On My Mind: Unevenly Yoked

 

"Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness
have with wickedness?  Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
(II Corinthians 6:14)

Image courtesy/Amazon.com

This clear warning given by the apostle Paul often brings to mind the book,
 "Not Without My Daughter" by American author Betty Mahmoody.

Published in 1987, this autobiographical book recounts the story of
an American woman's harrowing escape from Iran, along with
 her young daughter, in the mid-1980's.

  Betty's husband, an Iranian national, who had been working in the
United States, Dr. Sayyed "Moody" Mahmoody talked her into taking
a two week  vacation to Iran so that he could see his family again and
they could meet the couple's daughter, Mahtop.

Betty reluctantly agreed to go to Iran with her husband and their
daughter only to discover that at the end of the two weeks, he told
her they would be remaining there permanently.

After calling her parents in Michigan to inform them of her husband's
decision, they told her to go to the Swiss Embassy, which at the time was
representing American interests in that country.  Betty fled, taking Mahtop
with her, thinking she would now be safe from her husband, who had
suddenly become very abusive towards her and had recently struck
her in front of their daughter.   Unfortunately, through a Swiss official
at the embassy, Betty learned to her shock and horror that under Iranian
 law, because she had married an Iranian citizen, she and her daughter
 were now considered Iranian citizens.  Furthermore, under that
nation's law, Betty's husband had full custody of their daughter.
There was nothing the Swiss Embassy could do to help them.

When Betty returned from her visit to the embassy, her husband viciously
beat her and threatened to kill her if she ever left again.  While she desperately
tried to conform to her new oppressed lifestyle, Betty prayed that God would
 help her and her daughter leave Iran and return home to America, especially
after she learned that her father had become stricken with cancer.  

Through a network of kind and concerned Iranian citizens, Betty and Mahtob
eventually escaped from that nation after being taken on a dangerous
journey to the rugged mountainous border between Iran and Turkey.

During this arduous trek, totally dependent on strangers, Betty nearly died
due to exhaustion and hypothermia.  Thankfully, she recovered, and she
and her daughter eventually arrived at the US Embassy in Ankara, where
they were given sanctuary and later airline tickets to fly back home
to the United States of America.

Betty and Mahtob were two fortunate Christians who escaped from 
their captivity in a hostile, foreign land.  After her book was published,
a film version of "Not Without My Daughter" was released in 1991,
with actress Sally Field in the lead role.  A postscript at the end 
of the movie claims that there are many western women like
Betty being held against their will in nations overseas.

Although this film was not well-received at the box office, with some
critics of the film declaring it, "unfair to Iranians" and even "racist".
both the film and the book remind believers in the Lord Jesus Christ of
the importance of not becoming "unequally yoked" with unbelievers
through marriage and to keep separate from them.

   The mentality, however well-meaning, of a Christian woman smitten
  with the idea that, "Love Conquers All" is patently false.

 As Paul admonishes, "And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part
hath they who believe with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple
of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; and God hath
said, "I will dwell in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be separate, and touch not
the unclean thing and I will receive you."
(II Corinthians 6:14-17)

Saturday Poetry Corner: Spring

 

"My beloved calls to me, "Arise my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth once
again; The time for singing has come, And the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land."
Song of Solomon
(2:10-12)

 Tulip Tree In Bloom

Image courtesy/Pinterest

Frost-locked all the winter,

Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits,

What shall make their sap ascend

That they may put forth shoots?

Tips of tender green,

Leaf or blade, or sheath;

Telling of the hidden life

That breaks forth underneath,

Life nursed in its grave by Death.

Blows the thaw-wind pleasantly,

Drips the soaking rain,

By fits looks down the waking sun:

Young grass springs on the plain;

Young leaves clothe early hedgerow trees;

Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits,

Swollen with sap put forth their shoots;

Curled-headed ferns sprout in the lane;

Birds sing and pair again.

There is no time like Spring,

When life's alive in everything,

Before new nestlings sing,

Before cleft swallows speed their journey back

Along the trackless track-

God guides their wing,

He spreads their table that they nothing lack,-

Before the daisy grows a common flower

Before the sun has power

To scorch the world up in his noontide hour.

There is no time like Spring,

Like Spring that passes by;

There is no life like Spring-life born to die,

Piercing the sod,

Clothing the uncouth clod,

Hatched in the nest,

Fledged on the windy bough,

Strong on the wing:

There is no time like Spring that passes by,

Now newly born, and now

Hastening to die.

"Spring"
(1862)
Christina Rossetti
(1830-1894)
English Christian writer
and poetess

Flashback Friday: For The Good Times

 

Recorded in March, 1970  "For The Good Times" is perhaps the most
saddest country music love song ever recorded in modern times.
According to composer-singer Kris Kristofferson, the song
 was inspired by the ending of a relationship in his own life.

Although this song has been recorded by a number of artists over the
years, including Kristofferson, Elvis Presley, Al Green, and Perry Como, 
the smooth, incomparable vocals of the legendary Ray Price own this song. 

"For The Good Times" topped the country and western chart for one week,
and was # 11 on the pop singles chart after its release in June, 1970.

At the 1971 Academy of Country Music Awards, the song won in the category
 of "Song of the Year" for Kris Kristofferson and "Single of the Year" for Ray Price.  

For The Good Times

(1970)

Ray Price

Mind Blowing! Your Right Hand - Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat Preaches

 

Shabbat Shalom, Eretz Israel!

Sabbath Blessings and God's Peace To All

Holy Spirit Dove

Image courtesy/Pinterest

 From Jerusalem, Israel an inspiring weekend message from author/speaker
and founder of Messiah of Israel Ministries Rabbi Zev Porat.

Mind Blowing! Your Right Hand

Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat Preaches

messiah ofisrael

(March 28, 2025)

The Bearded Bible Brothers Present Rebuilding The Ruined Cities/Part Nine/ The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion

 

On location where the horrific Nova Music Festival massacre took place
 on October 7, 2023  Joshua and Caleb explain the true story of Zionism,
and Satan's plan to stop the re-birth of Israel.  They also examine how the
modern day explosion of antisemitism began with one falsified document 
that created mistrust of the Jewish people. Known as "The Protocols of the
  Elders of Zion" the influence of this single piece of hate propaganda, written
in Czarist Russia circa. 1903, set the stage for the mass extermination
 of European Jews during WWII.

Rebuilding The Ruined Cities/Part Nine

The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion

The Bearded Bible Brothers/Our Jewish Roots

(March 26, 2025)

Cowboy Kent Cooks The World's Oldest Recipe!

 

 America's favorite cowboy chef cooks up an ancient recipe for hearty lamb stew!

The World's Oldest Recipe/Lamb Stew

Cowboy Kent Rollins

(March 26, 2025)

Throwback Thursday: Israel, Islam, And Armageddon

 

"What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun."
(Ecclesiastes 1:9)

"Now, let's continue the teachings of Islam.  ...I think Islam is the most sinister
 powerful force opposing the truth of God at work in the world. It's a tragedy
that so many Christians in the West have totally misunderstood and
 underestimated Islam. If it once gains power,  it will, first and foremost,
suppress the Jews and second suppress the Christians."
-Derek Prince, English-American Bible teacher

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University in NYC

Image courtesy/James Keivom/New York Post

"The same people, who are quick to protect Muslims, are heartless in the face of
Muslim persecution against Christians and Jews. A blind eye is turned when Muslims
murder and terrorize innocent Christians and Jewish men, women, and children,
while misinformed leaders and citizens join Muslims in blaming the victims."
Norma Parrish Archbold, author
The Green Horse: The Bible & Islam

70 Christians were recently beheaded by ISIS-aligned Islamic Militants in the Congo.

Why is the Media silent?

Image courtesy/CBN News

In this classic presentation, Bible teacher and Christian apologist,
 Dave Hunt (1926-2013) founder of The Berean Call Ministries, explains 
how with more than 3,000 years of history, Jerusalem is mentioned an 
astonishing 800 times in the Bible, and is prophesied to play a key
role in world destiny.

Many of these prophecies have already come to pass, with some yet to be fulfilled.

Israel, Islam, and Armageddon

(2003)

Exploration Films

Wednesday's Word: Z'ro-ah Ah-do-ni /The Arm Of The Lord

 

"Hearken unto Me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart
is My law; fear not the reproach of men, neither be afraid of their revilings.
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them
up like wool; but My righteousness shall be forever, and My salvation
 from generation to generation. 

Western (Wailing) Wall

Jerusalem, Israel

Image courtesy/Freepik

 Awake, awake,  put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the
 ancient days, in the  generation of old. Art Thou not it that hath cut
 Rahab, (Egypt)  and wounded the dragon (Pharoah)?

 Art Thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep;
that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing into Zion;
and everlasting joy shall be upon their head; then they shall obtain gladness
and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away."
(Isaiah 51:7-11)

Courtesy/Mini Manna Moments

"The remnant, thus set in their place, are revealed by the Spirit of prophecy, as
owned of Jehovah. The same Spirit speaks by the mouth of the remnant, to implore
His intervention in power, and to claim the loving-kindness of Jehovah, and
 the assured  salvation of His redeemed ones, as well as the
 re-establishment of Zion (Israel) in everlasting joy.  

The remnant thus encouraged, the Spirit turns to Zion, and even as "Awake! Awake!"
had been addressed to the arm of Jehovah, so now it is to Zion herself,
oppressed and trodden under the foot of strangers.

As if to say it was Zion that had need to awake, not the Lord, for salvation
was there. The cup shall now be given to those that afflicted her again.

"Awake! Awake!" is once more addressed to her, that she may stand up and clothe
herself in strength and glory.  For Jehovah has made bare His holy arm in the eyes
of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of Israel's God."
-Darby's Bible Synopsis

Maranatha!   Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!

Avi Lipkin's Middle East Update

 

The latest information and commentary on Israel and the Middle East from
Jewish-American author, speaker, and former Knesset member Avi Lipkin.

Avi Lipkin's Middle East Update

Avi Lipkin

(March 25, 2025)

Tuesday Bible Study With Les Feldick: Jesus Christ The Creator

 

"Thou will show me the path of life: In Thy presence is the fullness of joy,
at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."
(Psalm 16:11)

Les Feldick

(1927-2023)

Founder of Les Feldick Ministries

 Les continues his walk through the Bible, helping
us to connect the dots of Scripture.

Jesus Christ The Creator/Part One

Les Feldick Ministries

(2000)

Jesus Christ The Creator/Part Two

Les Feldick Ministries

(2000)

Jesus Christ The Creator/Part Three

Les Feldick Ministries

(2000)

Jesus Christ The Creator/Part Four

Les Feldick Ministries

(2000)

Arlene Shares Her Recipes For Making Breaded Food

 

Arlene shares faith, fellowship, and great tips on how to make breaded food,
including pork chops, Parmesan chicken, and fried cod fish!

How To Make Breaded Meats-Pork, Chicken,
And Fish

(2004)

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