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Ministry of Intercession by Andrew Murray – Audio Book

November 20, 2022 By Richard A. Volunteer

A devotional written on the power of intercessory prayer, Ministry of Intercession on the more important books Andrew Murray has written in his life that is also considered by Christians to be one of the most influential books ever written on prayer. A South African pastor and writer of Christian classics, Andrew considered missions to be one of the vital sources of education of the Church. Being a leading figure in the region in the 1860s, Murray is remembered by his works as an author who has helped Christians from every corner of the world to discover the power in prayer and underlining it as an excellent opportunity available to God’s children for strengthening their faith and revitalizing their energy, enabling them to intercede for others with tremendous results. The book is about anointing, revival, transforming God’s kingdom into a tangible reality, and understanding the higher purpose designed by God.

The book is available here in
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ONE

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THIRTEEN

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FOURTEEN

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Ukraine is Important

November 10, 2022 By Richard A. Volunteer

I remember the World Tomorrow TV show – filmed in Brussels –  The Message was "Pay attention to Europe!"  In the last 6 months,  more has happened to validate the warnings, than we have witnessed in the last 40 years.

Revelation talks of 10 kings or leaders that arise together to give their power collectively to one leader that will arise from what was historically the Holy Roman Empire.

REV. 17:12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

REV. 17:13 “These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

REV. 17:17 “For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast until the words of God will be fulfilled

Daniel 7 prophesies a ''fourth empire'' to produce ten kings and another king. The final king will speak blasphemous words against God and will wear out God's saints for three and a half years. However, the Most High will destroy him and establish God's everlasting kingdom.

So how do we get from here to there?

  • The USA and the EU must part ways – The EU/NATO we see today must fall apart. The new union will not include the USA
  • Ukraine will not win …The only question is how badly they will fail and who will sign the surrender documents.
  • The rise of Nationalism will create governments that serve their citizens FIRST as Europe sleepwalks into chaos.

THE US AND THE EU/NATO MUST PART WAYS

Europe has chosen to cut off its most reliable and economic source of energy. The ability to melt aluminum and steel created the industrial power Germany enjoyed for decades.  The lack of energy threatens the deindustrialization of Germany and Italy and France.

US promises to make up the shortfall with LNG shipments falling short and now costing 4X as much. Senior EU officials were frustrated over the Americans profiteering from war despite the Europeans being grappled with economic hardships due to Ukraine's conflict with Russia.

One senior EU official who was interviewed said that the US was the one country that was profiting the most from the conflict because “they are selling more gas and at higher prices, and because they are selling more weapons.”

To add insult to injury – the French and German governments are protesting the IAF bill just passed by Biden and Congress that subsidizes any electric car and green energy built in America.  Europe fears the American $369 billion package of subsidies and tax breaks to bolster U.S. green businesses, goes into effect Jan 1, 2023. The Europeans are angry with Washington's scheme that will encourage EU companies to shift production and investments from Europe.

To understand the scope of the problem – the huge BASF chemicals complex in Ludwigshafen chemicals uses as much energy as the country of Switzerland.  Aluminum and steel foundries once turned off and allowed to cool will take years to restart – if ever.

Meanwhile, States in the South of the USA are offering tax breaks – cheap energy, and lower labor costs to European industry to facilitate the De-industrialization and relocation to the USA.

Zinc, aluminum, and silicon production cuts (amounting to a staggering 50% of output) have already left consumers in Europe’s steel, auto and construction industries facing severe shortages.  steel plants in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and other countries — more than two dozen in total — are beginning to slow down or entirely stop their output.

The fertilizer industry, which is heavily dependent on gas as a key feedstock as well as a source of power, is in even bigger trouble. More than two-thirds of production — around 30 plants — has already been halted. Food production next year will be greatly reduced in Europe.

Across Northern Europe, vegetable producers are having to halt their activities because of the crippling energy costs — required to heat greenhouses through the winter and keep harvests refrigerated, on top of rising transport and packaging costs. This further threatens food supplies.

In its attempt to reduce its dependence on Russian gas, the EU is increasing its reliance on supplies from countries like China and India — which, it would appear, are simply reselling to Europe gas that comes from… Russia (at a higher price, of course).

UKRAINE CAN NOT WIN.

We are being lied to with a fiction peddled in the Western Press.

We celebrate the military counteroffensive that was launched by Ukraine on 29 August 2022 to expel Russian forces occupying the southern regions of the Kherson oblasts.

Russia just pulled its troops out and parked them across the Dnieper River. No casualties – all their equipment was intact. Ukraine took the city after enduring fire and we all cheered – The Ukrainians immediately also had to evacuate that destroyed city.. since the Russians left only ruins.

Soviet military doctrine has always traded land for lives

On June 24 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia and the Russians traded lives for land even giving Napoleon Moscow itself as they fell back. Finding the city deserted Napoleon had to retreat. Of 600,000 men that invaded Russia only 100,000 made it home.

In WW2 the German advance again got to the gates of Moscow itself – as the Russians moved entire industries deep into Asia as they fell back – trading land for lives. Exhausted and depleted the Germans had to fall back …as the Russians finally rolled into Berlin.

The Ukrainians are being ground down, now making smaller attacks with fewer troops and fewer arms supplies, as the West has exhausted its arsenals.  Ukraine has limited men and materials. They do not have millions of men ….Russia does…and there are no more tanks and weapons to provide them. Nato has depleted its military stocks.  Russia can freeze the lines for a year or two if needed – Ukraine is bleeding out.

With no economy – no power and lights and internet – Ukraine's support fatigue among the Allies grows, as a new wave of refugees threatens to flood Europe.  The actual war is done…The allies need to stop the suffering.

Soon we will see the West scramble onto the last plane out of Kyiv, Kabul,  Siagon, or Bagdad and no one will ask what happened. We do not talk about US failures….

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM

In Europe, beggar-thy-neighbor policies aren’t an exception to the rule — they are the rule – as the wealthier nations try to protect their economies at the expense of their poorer neighbors. Capitalism at its finest.

The new leaders like Viktor Orbán and Georgia Meloni are only the beginning. Spain and Finland are set to head to the polls in 2023, and both elections could result in right-wing coalitions that would include far-right parties. Meanwhile, Belgium’s top two parties in current polling averages are far-right. Macron lost his majority in France. Poland’s governing right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) still leads parliamentary elections.

When the pope starts speaking about potentially retiring, the world should listen. Francis is 85, the age Benedict was when he announced his retirement. When a papal vacancy occurs, the College of Cardinals often chooses a new pontiff to deal with problems it struggles with.  A strong new pope is needed to deal with a scandal-plagued Church and Papacy.

The coming social unrest will elect new leaders. The last economic depression of 1930 -1939 gave us these  “messiahs”  to save their countries...Tito, Franco, Tojo, Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler. They also gave us WW2.  When massive unemployment, cold, and hunger strike, then people will ask for new leaders to deliver them.

We are sitting and watching prophecy ….not just reading it in the bible …but on the nightly news. God personally chose each of us to be here today in this time and place to serve His purpose.  Now we can pray Thy kingdom come. Come, Messiah, set up your government. No more hunger…No more war….No more refugees…No more corruption.

What a privilege!  What an honor to live at a time of chaos and the coming worldwide depression that gives rise to these new leaders.  We get to see the end of the movie ….the Trumpet will sound and the Calvary on a white horse will come over the hill,  to save us all.

Next week we can look at the coming  EU/NATO - Turkey split and Israel’s importance as a new Gas Exporter to Europe.

Filed Under: News Events, Politics, Prophecy

A Call to Revival – Anon

November 6, 2022 By Richard A. Volunteer

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A Call to Revival

Christian Life  by 
Anon

“Revival refers to a spiritual reawakening from a state of dormancy or stagnation in the life of a believer. It encompasses the resurfacing of a love for God, an appreciation of God’s holiness, a passion for His Word and His church, a convicting awareness of personal and corporate sin, a spirit of humility, and a desire for repentance and growth in righteousness. Revival invigorates and sometimes deepens a believer’s faith, opening his or her eyes to the truth in a fresh, new way. It generally involves the connotation of a fresh start with a clean slate, marking a new beginning of a life lived in obedience to God. Revival breaks the charm and power of the world, which blinds the eyes of men, and generates both the will and power to live in the world but not of the world.“.

Filed Under: Books-ePubs, Christian-Living, Church-Planting Tagged With: ebook

Prayer 101 by John Edmiston

November 5, 2022 By Richard A. Volunteer

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Prayer 101 Manual

Practical Teaching on Prayer by 
John Edmiston

The most important commandment states that we should love the Lord our God with everything we got. As someone who is in love, we need to communicate with Him regularly through prayer.
Prayer 101 is a manual that teaches us how to communicate to Him, ask for our hearts’ desires, and pray for others. Though prayer is essential to our relationship with God, it also plays a part in fulfilling the second most essential commandment: to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. It means that we have to regularly intercede to God to bring the needs of our fellow man to His feet. It includes prayer for sickness, loneliness, depression, loss, and grief. If you want to fortify your connection with our Creator and help humanity at the same time, learning how to pray is the first thing you should know.

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How To Be More Effective In Your Prayer Life – Anon

November 5, 2022 By Richard A. Volunteer

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How To Be More Effective In Your Prayer Life

Practical Teaching on Prayer by 
Anon

Jesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you” (John 16:23). How true is this verse in your life? Is the Father in Heaven will truly answer your prayers? The author of this book is encouraging you to come boldly to the Father who is forever faithful to His promises and he is waiting for you. Here are practical steps to making you more effective in your prayers.”

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Peaceful Christians

November 5, 2022 By Richard A. Volunteer

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Peaceful Christians

Christian Life  by 
Various Authors

Christian pacifism is the theological and ethical position according to which pacifism and non-violence have both a scriptural and rational basis for Christians, and affirms that any form of violence is incompatible with the Christian faith. Jesus says “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you” in the Gospel of John. Jesus gives us peace, which means it is his, and therefore God’s, to give. Peace is the presence of God and we need to find God in our everyday lives in order to find peace and then channel it in our lives.

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Shmita – The next Great Recession

October 27, 2022 By Richard A. Volunteer

The Year for Canceling Debts

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and means “head of the year or first of the year.” This day is the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, which falls in Sept. - Oct.  Rosh Hashanah 2021 to Oct 2022.

Deuteronomy 15 v 1 – At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. 2 This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. 3 You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you.

God took this land rest so seriously that He only allowed Israel to violate the command for 490 years then He came to collect on the 70 years of rest they owed the land. They were taken into captivity for 70 years to give the land an opportunity to rest.

2 Chronicles 36 v 19 – 22 So they burned down the house of God, tore down the wall of Jerusalem, burned down all the palaces with fire, and destroyed all the precious items. 20 Then he carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who survived the sword, and they were slaves to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia ruled, 21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate, she kept Sabbath, to fulfill

Cycles in stocks and the economy are not new. We talk about the Economic cycles. WD Gann was famous for his Dow Cycle theory.

The year of “Shmita” or “Shemitah” (meaning: letting go) also called the sabbatical year occurs every seventh September or October. The story behind the Shemitah is that the 7th year is the year of resting and releasing. The year also stands for debt forgiveness to break debt cycles.

So what makes this Shemitah cycle so interesting? If we compare the Shemitah years with the financial markets we can see a correlation. Major crashes in the stock market are correlated with the Shemitah years. Here are examples of stock market crashes that occurred during Shemitah years,

  • 1901-1902 Year of Shemitah - Stock market drops almost 50%.
  • 1916-1917 Year of Shemitah - Stock market drops 40%. United States enters WWI. Germany, Russia, Austria, Turkey, Great Britain suffer economic collapse.
  • 1930-1931 Year of Shemitah - The Great Depression. The worst financial crisis in modern history.
  • 1937-1938 Year of Shemitah - Half of the stock market collapses sparking a global recession.
  • 1944-1945 Year of Shemitah - End of German Reich and Britain's hold on territories. Establishment of America as the world's superpower. Bretton Woods Conference giving the U.S. Dollar Global Reserve Currency status
  • 1965-1966 Year of Shemitah - Stock market drops almost 25%
  • 1972-1973 Year of Shemitah - Stock market crashes almost 50%. Global recession; US oil crisis.
  • 1979-1980 Year of Shemitah - Global recession - Prime Rate hits 21%
  • 1986-1987 Year of Shemitah - “Black Tuesday”; stock market crashes by 1/3.
  • 1993-1994 Year of Shemitah - Bond market crash.
  • 2000-2001 Year of Shemitah - 9/11. Markets open on final day of Shemitah, September 17; the stock market falls 700 points.
  • 2007-2008 Year of Shemitah - On the last day of The Shemitah Year, September 29, the stock market drops a record 777 points.
  • 2014-2015 Year of Shemitah …correction…Greek/EU bailout....European Debt Crisis
  • 2021-2022 Year of Shemitah …8th Jubilee for U.S.A – A world drowning in debt with a "bubble" economy.

What could this all mean?

 The stock market has been inflated and on an artificial “bull run” for several years now. Trillions of dollars in Government debt handed out to spend and zero interest rates have inflated all assets. Asset values are due for a massive correction, and The Shemitah seems to be the time of debt forgiveness.

As a former stockbroker, I will not bore you with all the economic danger signals …..Each warning us that all Stock, Bond, and Real Estate assets are incredibly overvalued. U.S. public debt has doubled in 10 years, including by 14% in the last year alone while interest rates are kept artificially low. One-fifth (20%) of all US dollars were created in the year 2020. Inflation is rising and interest rates must rise.

• Real Estate Bubble is popping - 7% Mortgage Rates are not good.
• Retail Earnings miss heavily with a bad holiday season
• Industrial production drops sharply
• Used car bubble pops
• Mass consumer defaults on car loans
• Layoffs in tech spreads to all industries
• Credit spread blowout
• Zombie companies reduced to rubble
• Mass bankruptcies
• Negative real growth in all four macro sectors (income, production, consumption,
• Various crypto exchanges are insolvent
• Disinflation and then deflation (not stagflation)
• Energy bear market
• Corporate bonds turn into junk
• Municipal bond meltdown

Proverbs 27 v12 - Wise people see trouble coming and get out of its way, but fools go straight to the trouble and suffer for it.

Embrace God's priorities. Please reduce your debt - build up some savings - and create a network of friends among the Family of God. We will all soon be living by Faith and staking our survival on the Faithfulness of God our Provider. (Jehovah Jireh.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Are you in God’s other Book?

October 27, 2022 By Richard A. Volunteer

Mal 3 v 16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a Book of Remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name.  One way to be heard by God is to be a sociable person who speaks to others about Him. God pays attention to what IS said and He keeps a book of “Remembrance” of those conversations with other believers.

So how do we do this?                     What do we talk about?

Ps 105 v 1-5 Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples. Ps 77 v 12 - “I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.” 1 Chron 16 v 9 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all His wonderful acts.

When God answers your prayers and doubts, HE will never tell you the future – He only gives you, His resume. I am the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob – I opened up the Red Sea, and I brought Israel into the promised land….

So, what has God done for you?

Do you even remember?

In times when life got hard, when I had backslidden and God seemed far off I started to make a list of God's Acts of Mercy... not to Israel... but to me personally.

You see, God found me in a world of hurt with life in chaos, addiction, divorce pending, and legal problems. He proved himself to me over and over and poured Grace and Peace into my life, and converted me in Oct 2000.

Everything I had lost in the previous 20 years running with the devil, was restored. I was privileged to serve a prison ministry for over 10 years. Finally, after 20 years alone, God found a Godly bride and we got married recently. So, I compiled a list –

It starts at age 9 when I got washed out to sea fishing on a deserted beach with only a younger brother to watch me go under the waves for the 3rd time. A jeep appeared out of nowhere and an adult waded in to rescue me. He left me vomiting on a beach and disappeared far down the beach. God saved my life before I knew of Him.

Manila – traveled to meet my future bride for the first time. Arrived at the hotel from the airport – only to find my wallet missing - no credit cards and no US dollars - no DL at the front desk. Instant tourist to a refugee. Panic. About 10 minutes later the taxi driver came looking for me… his next passenger found my wallet on the floor and it was all there. Nothing was missing. I thanked God for preserving that trip and met Jenith for the first time.

A month later I was back in Manila at a different hotel from the airport. This time I had lots of packages from Duty-Free for Jenith’s family and it was chaotic unloading suitcases on a busy street. The taxi left and inside the hotel – no wallet – no credit cards - no money. Hard to describe? Yes….this time the different taxi went back to the airport before finding my wallet. An hour later he returned…

I don’t know what the odds are… but in 30 years I have never lost my wallet even when so drunk I could not recall the night before. I think God was just telling me He had my back….in the small things.

After 20 years I could write a book of God’s answering prayer and other amazing “coincidences.” Co-incidence is not a “Kosher” word.
Now I face another trial – as a mortgage broker for 20 years – you all know what interest rates have done. Business is down 90%. It is no secret we are facing a global slowdown and I think this will be far worse than in 2008.

It is time to revisit that list of God’s Great mercies… remind God of all His faithfulness and Thank Him for all the times He Greatly intervened and brought me through.

Why don’t you take the time to make such a list of God's Great Acts of Mercy in Your life?

When the dark times come you may need reminding.

Filed Under: News Events, Personal Observations

The Coming Famine

March 27, 2022 By Richard A. Volunteer

Coming Famine

1 - First came then droughts - We had a long-term drought in North America and Canada. Parts of Africa have been plagued by dry seasons growing hotter and rainy seasons arriving later and with less water for crops and livestock.

2 - Then came Covid with lockdowns and supply chain issues and sharply higher prices for fertilizer and seed.  The pandemic pushed 97 million more people into poverty in 2020, an unprecedented increase. Close to a billion worldwide suffered from hunger and malnutrition, with countries in Africa among the hardest hit.

More than 155 million people experienced acute food insecurity at crisis level or worse around the world in 2020, an increase of 20 million from 2019 and a five-year high, as the COVID-19 pandemic compounded economic shocks, conflicts, and climate and severe weather impacts estimate the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises. Pandemic-related food price increases put pressure on livelihoods, “As the prices go up and more people get pushed in poverty; After 2 years of pandemic lockdowns and supply chain delays the situation got worse in 2021. Wheat prices rose 70% in ONE month.

Somalia. Faced with ongoing political instability and civilian insecurity, as well as over a decade of droughts, Somalia ranks as the hungriest county in the world for 2021.

Here ae the numbers for 2020. .

Democratic Republic of Congo – 21.8 million people *

  • Yemen – 13.5 million people
  • Afghanistan – 13.2 million people
  • Syrian Arab Republic – 12.5 million people
  • Sudan – 9.6 million people
  • Nigeria – 9.2 million people
  • Ethiopia – 8.6 million people
  • South Sudan – 6.5 million people
  • Zimbabwe – 4.3 million people
  • Haiti – 4.1 million people

Now there in Afghanistan 22 million people face food shortages and hunger as that economy collapsed with the freezing of all their central bank reserves in the US. Their economy has been destroyed. The Yemen conflict has displaced over a million people and has led to Cholera outbreaks and medicine shortages and famine prompting the United Nations to call the humanitarian crisis the worst in the world.

3 - Finally came war in Ukraine.

Ukraine has long been called Europe's breadbasket thanks to its rich soil among the most versatile in the world. This region accounts for 15% of the world's wheat production and nearly 30% of its exports. Ukraine and Russia account for 80% of the world's sunflower oil.

Ukraine is ranked sixth in corn and sixth in barley and ninth in wheat and ninth in soybean production. Twenty-Six 26 countries in Africa are more than 50% dependent on Russia and Ukraine for their wheat imports. Benin and Egypt are over 80% dependent while Somalia is 100% dependent on those two countries for wheat...

No wonder 17 African countries chose to abstain from the UN vote sanctioning Russia. You cannot bite the hand that feeds you. With the Black Sea closed and exports frozen these countries are scrambling to find food. Egypt put out a tender to replace its wheat and the only country that had wheat to spare was Canada. The price was so high they canceled the tender. Now Indonesia Sri Lanka and Egypt are negotiating loans from the IMF to pay for food.

In response to the shortages, Egypt has banned the export of wheat flour and lentils while Indonesia has tightened exports of palm oil and Russia has temporarily banned any exports of both fertilizer and wheat.

China has managed to stockpile more than half of the globe's maize and other grains, leading to steep price increases across the planet and dropping more countries into famine. China is expected to have 69% of the globe's maize reserves in the first half of the crop year 2022, 60% of its rice, and 51% of its wheat.

They expect to have the worst crop in 40 years as flooding and other factors cut their harvests and have trouble feeding their population so making them a net importer.

The shortage and price increases in urea-based fertilizers may even have a greater impact. Ukraine Belorussia were all exporters. The price of urea has gone to $1000 per metric ton which is four times the price sold for 2021 you cannot grow fields of wheat barley or Soy without fertilizer. Farmers as far away as Mexico Columbia and Brazil are already worried about the shortages. Fuel costs are up, food prices are soaring, fertilizer is more expensive, and all of this feeds into new crises.

Next year is when this really hits the world. Hunger leads to desperation and discontent. Arab Spring of 2008 started in a market over prices. Popular riots are often associated with adverse economic trends: recession, rising unemployment and high prices or scarcity of food

In 2010, the chant was work, freedom, national dignity. Now the dream of a Tunisian is a gas canister. A piece of bread for his kids.”

So what is our response?

The bible tells us that Matthew 24:7, NLT: Nation will go to war against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.

In Africa war has prevented the planting of crops and Russia Ukraine's conflict will certainly cripple their harvests and planting.

We that have enough to eat and more…….

  • Consider the local food bank for a regular donation of canned goods. It goes directly to the needy. Volunteer one evening a month to serve the less fortunate.
  • Support a local shelter.
  • Support an organization like Feed My Starving Children or Rise against Hunger

Most importantly – lift your voice in prayer.  This is the hope of ALL mankind. Your prayers can call on God to bring it soon…

Micah 4 v 1-4 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the government of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,  and He will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:   And He shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares neither shall they learn war any more.  But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken it. 

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The Book of Bible Promises – George Mueller

May 21, 2021 By Richard A. Volunteer

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The Book of Bible Promises

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George Mueller

The Book of Bible Promises is a spirited exposition on the approximately thirty thousand promises God made in the Bible, written by Christian evangelist George Muller. How do His promises become a reality for us? Muller ardently explains that it is solely due to the Lord Jesus Christ and that His promises are founded on His unchanging nature. He, alone, is worthy, and it is He who has made us worthy to approach before Him. His promises are precious and priceless; they are a balm to the soul and remove the burden from the heart.

In The Book of Bible Promises, Muller discusses, in length, His promises borne out of His providence and benevolence and how these oaths, ultimately, are the guiding light for Christians towards the path of righteousness and redemption.

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