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Saturday, January 19, 2013

How To Read The Bible

How to read the Bible so that God speaks to you

Developing a successful Bible reading time depends on the balancing of several skills like the improvement of your ability to study the Bible, the negotiation with your motivation, and the management of your time. Which of these skills to focus on and which to lead with, make all the difference between catching a wave or just getting tired and giving up.

In this journey, we get in the water with you. We help surface the desire God has given you to be with Him. We help you learn to read the Bible in simple steps so God can speak to you. And we help minimize the influences that would push down or choke out your motivation.

By carefully reinforcing your desire for God, at the same time as enhancing your Bible study skill, you will be able to hear and respond to what God says to you. If you decide to take this journey and do the assignments, rest assured your life will never be the same.

Main Topics in The E-book – ‘How To Read The Bible’

* Understanding Desire and Discipline
* Surfacing your Desire
* Renewing Your Mind
* Walking Toward the Help
* Removing Thorns
* Stretching Your Comfort Zone
* Aligning Your Prayers
* Pacing Your Growth

Simple Tips on How to Read the Bible

I’d suggest reading and rereading a passage or a book to get the gist of the message and the context. Familiarity with the text is vital. Another a good procedure is to read through the Bible once a year to continue to familiarize yourself with its total message. Another help is to have a study Bible such as The Ryrie Study Bible or NIV Study Bible or The Nelson Study Bible and read the notes as you read the text. All of these are excellent. I’d highly recommend the new NET Bible, which has extensive notes.

As you read the Bible, pay special attention to the context and the argument of the writer. Ask and answer questions like: Who is writing? To whom is he writing? Why is he writing? Is there a problem he is addressing? What is the purpose and theme of the book? You can ask this last question of every paragraph and chapter as well as for the whole book.

May I also suggest the following: The Joy of Discovery by Oletta Wald and especially, Living By the Book by Howard G. Hendricks and William D. Hendricks. Dr. Hendricks was one of my profs at Dallas Seminary and taught Bible study methods for years. This is his specialty and anything he writes is exceptional. In this book he discusses ten strategies for reading, things to observe and principles of interpretation and application. Both are super books. Try them.

How To Overcome Fear

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Click on the above link to download the eBook (335KB) titled ‘How to overcome Fear’ written by Bill Subritzky

The spirit of fear does not come from God but is a spiritual power which comes out of the spiritual realm and attacks our mind. We have to realise that there is an intelligence (Satan) in the universe which is directed towards keeping us away from God and which is directed to destroying our peace of mind, our joy and which wants to rob us of eternal life.

Chapters in the eBook

1. Fear
2. The Basic Cause of Fear
3. Our Enemies
4. Principal Types of Fear
5. Fear and Torment - The Twin Demonic Powers
6. Fruits of Fear
7. Worry – The Companion Spirit of Fear
8. Entry Points of Fear
9. The Answers to Fear
10. Prayer of Deliverance From Fear

King James Bible (KJV Bible)

Click on King James Bible KJV Bible PDF to download the Holy Bible as PDF.

King James Version of Holy Bible (KJV Bible) in PDF format is given here in this article (click on the link right above) as a free download for all our readers. Its about 2.50MB size.

There are many versions of the Holy Bible available now. Do you really know the History of the KJV Bible?

A resolution came forth in January 1604, when James VI of Scotland started the Hampton Court Conference. It said, ”That a translation be made of the whole Bible, as consonant as can be to the original Hebrew and Greek; and this to be set out and printed, without any marginal notes, and only to be used in all churches of England in time of divine service.”

Alexander Geddes (d. 1802), a Roman Catholic priest, who in 1792 issued the first volume of his own translation of the Bible, accordingly paid tribute to the Bible of his time:

“The highest eulogiums have been made on the translation of James the First, both by our own writers and by foreigners. And, indeed, if accuracy, fidelity, and the strictest attention to the letter of the text, be supposed to constitute the qualities of an excellent version, this of all versions, must, in general, be accounted the most excellent. Every sentence, every work, every syllable, every letter and point, seem to have been weighed with the nicest exactitude; and expressed, either in the text, or margin, with the greatest precision.”

New International Version NIV Bible

NIV Bible (New International Version Holy Bible) is given below for free download as PDF.

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Click on the above link to download the New International Version Holy Bible PDF.

History of NIV Bible – The New International Version project was started after a meeting in 1965 at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois between the Christian Reformed Church, National Association of Evangelicals, and a group of international scholars. The New York Bible Society (now Biblica) was selected to do the translation. The New Testament was released in 1973 and the full Bible in 1978. From the beginning, the NIV was met with great enthusiasm. By December of 1978 over 1,200,000 copies had been sold. Since then, the NIV has undergone numerous reprintings, and many different specialized editions have been released.

Christian Starter Kit

Christian Starter Kit in a PDF file is given here. Twelve basic studies for beginning Christians.

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How To Become A Christian : This is the basic secret of becoming a Christian – You have to want to follow Jesus. I can’t make you follow Jesus, no-one can. Its between you and God. In your seeking there are a few facts that make the journey a whole lot easier and quicker. We call this set of facts “the good news of Jesus Christ” or “the gospel” for short. This article is about the gospel and attempts to give you a few facts to help you believe.

Fact 1: Everyone, absolutely everyone has fallen short of God’s glorious holy standards fortheir lives.

Fact 2: God is holy and just therefore He punishes sin.

Fact 3: Jesus took our punishment for sin when He died upon the Cross.

Fact 4: The way to become a Christian is by living by two keytruths. These key truths are that Jesus Christ is Lord and that He rose from the dead.

Contents: 12 Things New Christians Need to Know

1. How To Become A Christian
2. How To Be Sure You Really Are A Christian
3. How To Read The Bible
4. How To Pray
5. What Is God Like?
6. What Has Happened To Me?
7. Meeting God’s People
8. Breaking Free From Sin
9. What About Heaven and Hell?
10. What About My Friends?
11. Loving Your Neighbour
12. How To Release The Holy Spirit Into Your Life

Sex, God And Marriage

Discover the truth about Sex, God and Marriage.

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In Sex, God, and Marriage we find a message needed today in every part of the world. To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and of loving him enough to do his will. He will always give us the strength we need to keep purity as something beautiful for God.

Purity is the fruit of prayer. If families pray together they will remain in unity and purity, and love each other as God loves each one of them. A pure heart is the carrier of God’s love, and where there is love, there is unity, joy, and peace. – - – Foreword written by Mother Teresa

Preach My Gospel

Preach My Gospel : A Guide to Missionary Service

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Dear Fellow Missionary, we compliment you on the great opportunity you have to be a missionary. There is no more compelling work than this, nor any which brings greater satisfaction.

Preach My Gospel is intended to help you be a better-prepared, more spiritually mature missionary and a more persuasive teacher. We urge you to use it daily in your personal and companion preparation, and in your district meetings and zone conferences. Study the referenced scriptures and learn the doctrines and principles.

We challenge you to rise to a new sense of commitment to assist our Father in Heaven in His glorious work. Every missionary has an important role in helping “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” (Moses 1:39).

The Lord will reward and richly bless you as you humbly and prayerfully serve Him. More happiness awaits you than you have ever experienced as you labor among His children.

Contents of Preach My Gospel PDF

Introduction: How Can I Best Use Preach My Gospel?
What Is My Purpose as a Missionary?
How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach?
What Do I Study and Teach?
• Lesson 1: The Message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Lesson 2: The Plan of Salvation
• Lesson 3: The Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Lesson 4: The Commandments
• Lesson 5: Laws and Ordinances
How Do I Recognize and Understand the Spirit?
What Is the Role of the Book of Mormon?
How Do I Develop Christlike Attributes?
How Can I Better Learn My Mission Language?
How Do I Use Time Wisely?
How Do I Find People to Teach?
How Can I Improve My Teaching Skills?
How Do I Help People Make and Keep Commitments?
How Do I Prepare People for Baptism and Confirmation?
How Do I Work with Stake and Ward Leaders?

Use Preach My Gospel to meet your needs as a missionary. You can spend an entire study session on just a few paragraphs—or an entire chapter. You can study chapters in order or plan another sequence that better meets your needs. This flexibility allows you to study what you need when you need it and as directed by your mission president.

The Walk Of The Spirit, The Walk Of Power

The Walk of the Spirit — The Walk of Power
Vital Role of Praying in Tongues

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I recommend this book by Dave Roberson if you are serious about wanting a closer or deeper relationship with God. The theology presented lines up with the Scriptures. This book explains the differences in praying in tongues for personal edification vs. the gift of tongues, etc. The gift of our prayer language is misunderstood. Most Christians do not realize the importance of utilizing what God has so freely given to those who ASK. Simply written, it is the truth of God’s Word unveiled for those who will believe God’s Word in spite of man’s teaching.

God conceived a wonderful plan for every one of us. In His plan, we were predestined to become His sons and daughters at the Cross. But one potential obstacle stands between us and God’s perfectly conceived purposes: Using the free will God has given us, we must choose to walk in the plan He has ordained for our lives.

God looks for a way to approach each of us in order to present His personal plan for our lives. He begins with the preaching of the Cross that encourages us to accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. If we accept Jesus, we take our first step into the plan God predestined for us before the foundations of the world. But if we reject Him, then like so many before us, we will live and die without ever taking that first step — salvation — into the divine purpose for our existence.

Contents

Introduction
1 The Holy Spirit’s Work Within
2 My Personal Journey To Revelation Knowledge
3 Spiritual Gifts and Operations
4 Diversities of Tongues In God’s Government
5 The Four Basic Diversities of Tongues
6 Paul’s Source of Revelation
7 Praying Out the Mysteries Of God’s Plan
8 The Channel Through Which The Holy Spirit Speaks
9 The Edification Process
10 Purging and Mortification
11 Overcoming Impasses in Prayer
12 Purged To Stand in the Gap
13 Prayer and Fasting: The Two Power Twins
14 How To Effectively Pray in Tongues
15 The Divine Progression to Agape Love
Appendix
Hindrances To Receiving The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Prayer of Salvation
Prayer To Be Filled With the Holy Spirit

So are you going to pray in tongues a little more than you used to? A lot more? If you are, then watch out, my friend, because you’re going to take your place in history! You’re going to find God’s compassion. You’re going to find His power. You’re going to find His plan.

The time is short, so don’t delay in your quest to unlock the greatest mysteries of all time — the mind of God for mankind, for your generation, and for your own personal life! Download the PDF given above and read this great book by Dave Roberson.

Waiting On God – Andrew Murray

Waiting On God by Andrew Murray
31-Day Devotional

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In all areas of their lives, Christians need more of God. Andrew Murray shares thirty-one heartfelt meditations to help renew your vision and quicken your desire to turn to God for His quiet, peaceful strength. Discover how God’s presence and love can refresh the weary heart that learns to wait on Him.

How often the ‘busyness’ of life can creep up and overwhelm us. Rather than depending upon our own strength, as Christians it is our privileged birthright to enter into a daily time of reverent meditation and silence, waiting only upon God for: His answers to our problems, His direction in our lives, and, most importantly, His awesome presence refreshing our spirits and teaching us more about Himself.

Andrew Murray shares thirty-one heartfelt meditations, one for each day of the month, to help renew our vision and quicken our desire to turn to the Lord for His quite, peaceful strength. Murray’s own prayer was that the Lord would use these meditations “to draw all to Himself, to learn in practice and experience the blessed art of waiting only upon God.”

Contents

WAIT THOU ONLY UPON GOD
DAY 1. THE GOD OF OUR SALVATION
DAY 2. THE KEYNOTE OF LIFE
DAY 3. THE TRUE PLACE OF THE CREATURE
DAY 4. FOR SUPPLIES
DAY 5. FOR INSTRUCTION
DAY 6. FOR ALL SAINTS
DAY 7. A PLEA IN PRAYER
DAY 8. STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE
DAY 9. WITH THE HEART
DAY 10. IN HUMBLE FEAR AND HOPE
DAY 11. PATIENTLY
DAY 12. KEEPING HIS WAYS
DAY 13. FOR MORE THAN WE KNOW
DAY 14. THE WAY TO THE NEW SONG
DAY 15. FOR HIS COUNSEL
DAY 16. FOR HIS LIGHT IN THE HEART
DAY 17. IN TIMES OF DARKNESS
DAY 18. TO REVEAL HIMSELF
DAY 19. AS A GOD OF JUDGMENT
DAY 20. WHO WAITS ON US
DAY 21. THE ALMIGHTY ONE
DAY 22. ITS CERTAINTY OF BLESSING
DAY 23. FOR UNLOOKED-FOR THINGS
DAY 24. TO KNOW HIS GOODNESS
DAY 25. QUIETLY
DAY 26. IN HOLY EXPECTANCY
DAY 27. FOR REDEMPTION
DAY 28. FOR THE COMING OF HIS SON
DAY 29. FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER
DAY 30. CONTINUALLY MOMENT BY MOMENT
DAY 31. ONLY

Working For God

Working For God by Andrew Murray
A sequel to Waiting on God

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The aim of good works is that God is glorified, not man, Andrew Murray tells us in the beginning of this book. Waiting on God is part of the work process. This book Working For God is a sequel to Waiting on God. Goto Waiting on God PDF.

Offering oneself as an instrument through whom God can work is the chief objective of life, Murray writes. Work is the “highest form of existence” he adds, noting that we are defined by our work. We are what we do in a sense. In maintaining a Christian perspective, he places work in the context of love, noting that “The most Godlike thing is love.”

Fruitfulness is an outcome of work. Fruit is produced spontaneously. It isn’t forced. Murray presages Rick Warren in discussing how fulfilling one’s God-given role with talent and ability leads to a sense of satisfaction. He goes so far as to say “The works of a man not only reveal his life, they develop and exercise, they strengthen and perfect it. Good works are of the very essence of the Divine life in us.”

Murray sounds a theme found in Robert A. Schuller’s work when he talks about Divine work requiring Divine intervention. Dr. Schuller similarly talks about a God sized dream, one that cannot occur unless God is involved. Faith is a necessary part of such a dream becoming a reality. In the conclusion he returns to the opening comments about waiting on God. If one is to achieve what God designed him to achieve, it will have to be done God’s way. That can only come about as one waits on God.

Introduction

The object of this little book is first of all to remind all Christian workers of the greatness and the glory of the work in which God gives a share. It is nothing less than that work of bringing men back to their God, at which God finds His highest glory and blessedness. As we see that it is God’s own work we have to work out, that He works it through us, that in our doing it His glory rests on us and we glorify Him, we shall count it our joy to give ourselves to live only and wholly for it.

The aim of the book at the same time is to help those who complain, and perhaps do not even know to complain, that they are apparently labouring in vain, to find out what may be the cause of so much failure. God’s work must be done in God’s way, and in God’s power. It is spiritual work, to be done by spiritual men, in the power of the Spirit. The clearer our insight into, and the more complete our submission to, God’s laws of work, the surer and the richer will be our joy and our reward in it.

1. Waiting and Working — Isa. 40:31, 64:4
2. Good Works the Light of the World — Matt. 5:14, 16
3. Son, go Work — Matt. 21:28
4. To Each one his Work — Mark 8:34
5. To Each one according to his Ability — Matt. 25:14
6. Life and Work — John 5:34, 9:4, 17:4
7. The Father abiding in Me doeth the Work — John 5:17-20, 14:10
8. Greater Works — John 14:12-14
9. Created in Christ Jesus for Good Works — Eph. 2:10
10. Work, for it is God which worketh in you — Phil. 2:12, 13
11. Faith working by Love — Gal. 5:6, 13
12. Bearing Fruit in every Good Work — Col. 1:10
13. Always abounding in the Work of the Lord — I Cor. 15:58
14. Abounding Grace for abounding Work.—2 Cor. 9:8
15. The Work of Ministering — Eph. 4:11, 12
16. According to the Working of each several Part — Eph. 4:15, 16
17. Women adorned with Good Works — 1 Tim. 2:10. 5:9, 10
18. Rich in Good Works — 1 Tim. 6:18
19. Prepared unto every Good Work — 2 Tim. 2:21
20. Furnished completely unto every Good Work — 2 Tim. 3:16, 17, 2:15
21. Zealous of Good Works — Tit. 2:14
22. Ready to every Good Work — Tit. 3:1
23. Careful to maintain Good Works. Tit. 3:14
24. As His Fellow-Workers — 1 Cor. 3:9 2 Cor. 6:1
25. According to the Working of His Power — Col. 1:29 Eph. 3:7
26. Labouring more abundantly — 1 Cor. 15:10 2 Cor. 12:9, 11
27. A Doer that worketh shall be blessed in Doing — Jas. 1:22, 25
28. The Work of Soul-Saving — Jas. 5:19
29. Praying and Working — 1 John 5:16
30. I know thy Works — Rev. 2, 3
31. That God may be Glorified — 1 Pet. 4:11

Along with this I have had in view the great number of Christians who practically take no real part in the service of their Lord. They have never understood that the chief characteristic of the Divine life in God and Christ is love and its work of blessing men. The Divine life in us can show itself in no other way. I have tried to show that it is God’s will that every believer without exception, whatever be his position in life, gives himself wholly to live and work for God. - Andrew Murray

Dark Night of The Soul

Dark Night of The Soul by St. John of The Cross

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This is the sequel to Ascent of Mount Carmel by St. John of The Cross. St. John continues to describe the dark night in this sequel. Download the Dark Night of The Soul PDF for free from the above download link. The PDF has 96 pages.

Preface to Dark Night of The Soul

Somewhat reluctantly, out of respect for a venerable tradition, we publish the Dark Night as a separate treatise, though in reality it is a continuation of the Ascent of Mount Carmel and fulfils the undertakings given in it. And the second night, or purification, pertains to those who are already proficient, occurring at the time when God desires to bring them to the state of union with God. And this latter night is a more obscure and dark and terrible purgation.

Synopsis of Dark Night of The Soul

In his three earlier books he has written of the Active Night, of Sense and of Spirit; he now proposes to deal with the Passive Night, in the same order. He has already taught us how we are to deny and purify ourselves with the ordinary help of grace, in order to prepare our senses and faculties for union with God through love. He now proceeds to explain, with an arresting freshness, how these same senses and faculties are purged and purified by God with a view to the same end—that of union.

The combined description of the two nights completes the presentation of active and passive purgation, to which the Saint limits himself in these treatises, although the subject of the stanzas which he is glossing is a much wider one, comprising the whole of the mystical life and ending only with the Divine embraces of the soul transformed in God through love.

The Active Night has left the senses and faculties well prepared, though not completely prepared, for the reception of Divine influences and illuminations in greater abundance than before. The Saint here postulates a principle of dogmatic theology—that by himself, and with the ordinary aid of grace, man cannot attain to that degree of purgation which is essential to his transformation in God. He needs Divine aid more abundantly.

‘However greatly the soul itself labours,’ writes the Saint, ‘it cannot actively purify itself so as to be in the least degree prepared for the Divine union of perfection of love, if God takes not its hand and purges it not in that dark fire.’

The Passive Nights, in which it is God Who accomplishes the purgation, are based upon this incapacity. Souls ‘begin to enter’ this dark night when God draws them forth from the state of beginners—which is the state of those that meditate on the spiritual road—and begins to set them in the state of progressives—which is that of those who are already contemplatives—to the end that, after passing through it, they may arrive at the state of the perfect, which is that of the Divine union of the soul with God.

The Original Teachings of Jesus Christ

Are you aware of a book titled The Original Teachings of Jesus Christ by Vladimir Antonov? This book presents an analysis of the Teachings that were left to people by Jesus Christ in His Incarnation. The Teachings are systematized according to the main themes touched by Jesus.

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Jesus is the greatest teacher the world has ever seen. He taught with such authority and simplicity. He used a lot of parables to make his teachings understandable by even the common man. He was put under pressure several times when he was asked controversial questions. But Jesus dealt them all with fitting, apt replies which had opened several eyes.

Teachings of Jesus Summarized

GOD – THE FATHER
HIS EVOLUTION AND US
THE PROCESS OF CREATION. MULTIDIMENSIONALITY OF SPACE
THE HOLY SPIRIT
SKY — AND HEAVEN
HELL AND PARADISE
REPENTANCE
JESUS CHRIST
JESUS — ABOUT HIMSELF
SPREADING OF CHRISTIANITY
FREEDOM OF WILL
DESTINY
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
ABOUT ALCOHOLISM
WORK — OR PARASITISM?
PEOPLE
PATRIOTISM
WHAT IS MAN
GETTING RID OF DISEASES
MORALS AND ETHICS
LOVE FOR GOD
DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT LIE, HELP OTHERS
LOVE
LOVE AND SEX
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
NUDISM
MAN AND WOMAN ON SPIRITUAL PATH
MINORITIES
COMPASSION
STRUGGLE AGAINST THE LOWER SELF
MONASTICISM

See detailed notes about Jesus’ teachings on all the above topics in the original teachings of Jesus Christ PDF available for download from the above link. Its a 107 page PDF file and also a great work by Vladimir Antonov. I hope this e-book will be a great blessing to each and every one of you. God bless you all.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

helo world

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