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The Reality of Prayer by E.M. Bounds

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The Reality of Prayer

Practical Teaching on Prayer by 
E.M. Bounds

What do you pray for? How long do you pray for it? Is it a short repetitive prayer that focuses on your small needs only to find yourself going through the motions? Or do you bear the burdens of the world upon your shoulder and see that only through prayer can you lift it up to Him? A lawyer turned to a pastor, E.M. Bounds was a war chaplain who had been a prisoner of war twice. He was known for rising at 4 AM every day to pray. In this book, he explores how prayer fills our poverty with God’s riches and how we can access the power of Heaven by approaching His throne through our knees. Highly recommended to be read more than once, may this book help you learn how to speak to God and co-create the future with Him.

The Essentials of Prayer by E.M. Bounds

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The Essentials of Prayer

Practical teaching on prayer  by 
E.M. Bounds

Classic, powerful and honest, this book depicts prayer as what it is – essential. Bounds wrote nine books, The Essential of Prayer being one of those. The enthusiasm of E.M Bounds makes the text thought-provoking and challenging the reader to reflect and change. The book speaks volumes about the directly proportional relationship between praying and spirituality; it highlights the mindset of a person who is praying attained through undivided attention and a humble heart. E.M bounds build his case on the link of prayer to the entire being of man: the involvement of mind, body and soul affects the nature of man as a whole. The book is performing multiple roles simultaneously: it is an efficient solution for people who seek focus in times of trouble, comfort in meditation as well as it is an unbound intellect that serves as an inspiration for individual and groups who are looking for guidance.

The necessity of prayer by E.M. Bound

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The Necessity of Prayer by E.M. Bounds

Practical teaching on prayer

In The Necessity of Prayer, Edward Bounds, a 20th-century pastor and lawyer, explores how prayer is a vital part of the Christian believer’s walk. Bounds’ book, however, is not simply a list of prayers for one to work through, but also a study on the very nature of prayer from Biblical examples. He connects the essence of prayer to other parts of the Christian life, such as faith, hope, character, and conduct. This audiobook is a rich resource for Christians to use to deepen and strengthen their prayer life. Introduction by prayer warrior and author Glenn Langohr.

Becoming a Prayer Warrior by Elizabeth Alves

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Becoming a Prayer Warrior

Intercession Instruction Manual  by 
Elizabeth Alves

In a simple and clear tone, Elizabeth Alves provides insight into the truth, patterns and practicality of prayer. Becoming a prayer warrior is an expressive book that discusses deeper truths and possible guidelines. Beth attempts to develop an understanding of spirituality, drawing from her years of experience in the global prayer movement, bringing what she has learned to the people and providing wisdom that applies to where they live, ultimately helping them in becoming an effective and devoted prayer warrior. The book is a cornerstone in the realm of prayers; the knowledge within is vast yet very much practical, the analysis within digs deep yet it is understandable by Christians who are new to the concept of a prayer warrior. Elizabeth writes intimately, she delivers as she has lived and learned about that life and it has proven to be ideal for the young and seasoned, individuals and groups alike.

Prayer and Praying Men by E.M. Bounds

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Prayer and Praying Men Book  No 2

Practical teaching on Prayer  by 
E.M. Bounds

Old Testament history is filled with accounts of praying saints. The leaders of Israel in those early days were noted for their praying habits. Prayer is the one thing which stands out prominently in their lives. In this book, E. M. Bounds chronicles the prayer lives of famous biblical men. Prayer and Praying Men has a unique approach as a book on prayer. Many books on prayer focus mostly on simply features of prayer. Edward Bounds takes a different approach in Prayer and Praying Men by focusing on persons of prayer. Bounds examines the lives of nine different biblical figures: Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Hezekiah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Samuel, Daniel, and Paul. In his examination, Bounds explores how important prayer was to the spiritual lives of these men. He provides concrete examples of the importance and nature of prayer, grounded in biblical narratives.

Prayer and Praying Men by E.M. Bounds

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Prayer and Praying Men Study Guide No 1

Practical teaching on prayer  by 
E. M. Bounds

Member of Methodist Episcopal Church, E.M Bounds is a familiar name in the realm of productive and instructive books with promised outcomes in the context of spiritual growth. The content extracts information from the experiences of saints of old testaments like Abraham, Moses and many others with references from the scripture. The book reflects Bounds’ journey of passion and devotion that ultimately led him to conduct research and formally investigate the Life of Prayer. Bounds inspect the routine of old saints and famous biblical figures, chronicle their accounts, methods and habits of praying and present those in a manner that is simple and practical so that a common man can implement it today. E.M Bounds plays with the relationship between a good Christian and a prayerful Christian, and the influence of the stories of biblical figures on the maturity of this relation, concluding a Christian is a man of prayer.

Faiths Checkbook by Charles Spurgeon

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Faiths Checkbook

Daily Devotional  by 
Charles Spurgeon

Faiths Checkbook by Charles Spurgeon is a devotional containing 365 life-changing and faith-filled readings thus, the perfect partner to start your days in devotion.

Spurgeon was able to deliver simple, poetic, and relatable spiritual reflections and lessons. It teaches you how to recognize, respond, and receive the blessings God wants to shower you and be able to share with others. Reading this devotional will allow you to be grateful in every situation that you are in including challenges and trials. You will discover how God is working in your life and that His love is incredible, infinite, and unfailing. Your prayer life, your understanding of God, and your relationship with Him will be strengthened as you meditate on God’s Word through this reading material.

This book will allow you to experience life-changing spiritual growth with exclusive in-depth studies and prayer guides.

Your Money and Prophecy…

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We wrote about cycles in the stock market and the 7-year corrections. It is time to revisit that.

We are a nation of consumers – obese locusts devouring the resources of the earth enabled only by record debt.  Debt levels have now reached their 2008 peaks…right before the Great Recession.

  • Total consumer debt reached a record $12.8 trillion. The prior peak was $12.7 trillion in 2008.
  • Since the financial crisis, auto loans and student loans have soared. Auto loans are now at $1.2 trillion, up 70% from the depths of the recession in 2010.
  • Student loans have reached an incredible $1.3 trillion.
  • Total credit card debt has reached $784 billion, the highest level since the fourth quarter of 2009.

Wall Street is the Temple of Capitalism, Finance is its religion,  and fear and greed are its sacraments. Fear and greed are not based on wisdom, logic or faith. The warning signs are being ignored in a greedy race for every new stock market high.

This is not meant to be a prediction of any kind.  I cannot even predict my own behaviour for the next 12 hours since phone calls and family needs arrange my day. These are warning signs that we are setting up for that cyclical correction of the type we had in 1973,1980, 1987, 2000, 2007.

Valuations are at levels only seen in 1929 and 1987.

The CAPE ratio (cyclically adjusted price-earnings ratio), a valuation measure applied to the S&P 500 devised by Yale economist Robert Shiller, is higher today than it was on Black Monday. In fact, it’s only been higher at two other moments in history: heading into the stock market crash of 1929 and the dot-com bubble of 2000. Today the Shiller CAPE, ratio, is above 30 when its average is 16.8

The trading 12-month GAAP price/earnings ratio was about 20 times earnings in 1987 compared with 23 times today.

Since PE valuations of broad indexes ignore stocks losing money adding them takes the PE of the Russell from 26 to a more realistic P/E of 78.(combined market cap /all component companies trailing earnings)

Since its 2009 lows, the S&P 500 SPX,  is up more than 250%, the second-longest bull market ever, which should put you on guard.

Trading Behavior is a warning

The small-cap stocks and broader indexes are flat and have turned down to below their 200-day averages.

Dow Transports –  A traditional leading indicator has broken down and since they move the goods and products they should participate in the boom?

NYSE exchange – more stocks are making 52-week lows than are making 52-week highs triggering the Hindenburg Omen. Five such signals recently are only tied with 2007 and 2000 leading up to both corrections.

Political and other considerations

The Federal Reserve is now unloading the $4.5  trillion-dollar portfolio of mortgages it bought which has propped up Real Estate prices. Selling 4.5 trillion dollars of mortgages will reprice all fixed income securities. Never fight the Fed is a ‘truism” in trading circles.

The “business leader” president has shut down his Business Councils amid massive defections and so far his agenda is a mystery.

Korea and Iran remain nuclear thorns in our side while civil unrest and racial tensions fill the news. This President is likely to abandon the nuclear deal with Iran.

We have not paid back the trillion-dollar bailout passed by Congress in 2007  for all those “shovel-ready projects’  and we are certainly not prepared for another correction so soon.

“Make American Great Again’  is not a new idea.  The American foreign policy of Isolationism in the 20’s and 30’s  was a diplomatic and economic doctrine that aimed at self-advancement to make the United States economically self-reliant.  The policy of Isolationism in the 20’s and 30’s attempted to isolate the United States from the diplomatic affairs of other countries and limiting foreign competition by imposing high import tariffs (Taxes).

Tearing up N.A.F.T.A.  and recent trade skirmishes with England and Canada over jets…are but the beginning.

My conclusions are that a cyclically inevitable correction and a bear market must follow.

This selfie generation is best described here:  2 Timothy 3 v2 – For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.

We need this Global Correction for two reasons: 

  1. A loving God must take away our idols to save us….and tear down what separates us from Him.
  2. On a larger scale –  the crash of 1929 set the stage for the Messiah’s of the 1930’s. That decade gave us the leaders that promised their nations a solution to the economic meltdown of 1929.  Stalin, Franco, Tojo, Tito, Mussolini, Hitler. They also brought us a World War.

There are new Messiah’s waiting to capitalize on the coming economic meltdown.  My bible says 10 in fact ….and so we watch events unfold..…

Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

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Morning and Evening

Daily Devotional  by 
Charles Spurgeon

For a majority of Christians, Morning and Evening serves as a daily guide for riding a roller-coaster known as life. Charles Spurgeon’s powerful, beautiful and elegant prose paired with wisdom relevant today is captivating and enjoyable. Housed in libraries around the world, the book is important in the knowledge base of our civilization. It has received critical acclaim by scholars. This book is classic Christian literature, it articulates our history and the present, thoughts, observations and prayers to inspire and catalyze devotion daily. Charles talks about a kaleidoscope of crucial and important subjects in this book; from pride to various struggles and obstacles, worship, vanity, sin, altars and grieve, all deemed as the deciding factors in leading a devotional life. Morning and Evening is as straightforward as its name. Offering insight, knowledge, redemption and meditation, Charles emphasizes the strength of our faith, especially when we start and end our day.

Reformation and Jubilees?

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Blow the Shofar in Zion, and sound an alarm on My Holy Mountain!  Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD, is coming; Surely it is near… (Joel 2:1)

The Feast of Trumpets falls on Sept 21, 2017, and Yom Kippur is 10 days later….

The U.N. declared International Day of Peace “just happens” to be September 21, 2017. The Theme this year “just happens” to be peace and safety.

It is 70 years from 1947 which was the rebirth of Israel. – On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the Plan as Resolution 181

It is the 50th anniversary or year of Jubilee for Jerusalem. It was liberated in 1967 when Jerusalem was recaptured by Israel from the Jordanians. Fifty years earlier Jerusalem was liberated by Allenby in 1917 and 400 years earlier in the Turks conquered Jerusalem in 1517.

It is the 70th anniversary of the Dead Sea Scrolls – early 1947

It is the 100th anniversary of the Balfour declaration – On November 2, 1917, Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour writes a letter expressing the British government’s support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

It is the 120th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress – “In Basel, I founded the Jewish state,” Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl said in 1897 of the First Zionist Congress.

It is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation – Catholics and Lutherans will celebrate Reformation Day Oct 31st, 2017 in Jerusalem. They will begin to set aside differences that started with Luther actions on Oct 31, 1517, in Wittenberg Germany.

 

It is 120 Jubilees from Adam.

It is 40 Jubilees since Christ’s death.

It is 70 Jubilees since Exodus (1483 B.C).

It marks year 5777 on the Jewish calendar.

So we pay attention and we note the time….for God moves in time and with design and order.

No – I make no attempt to interpret the mind of God and His inscrutable plans. I do know that ‘coincidence” is not a Kosher word….We only pray to be part of whatever He plans to do among His people and we prepare spiritually.