You help me a lot. Am suffering from depression, self pity, so much pains, am broken for 2 years. The pains is so much to take. I cried every night to Jesus..i need to listen to all Christians teaching in youtube for me to cope up to all my sufferings and pains.
My beloved, God loves you and he his taking care of your heart and soul God is working on you and all that you think is lost is found the moment you accept him in your life be blessed
A Prayer to Get Rid of a Demon From Your Life Oh, Heavenly Father, I trust in your plan for me, but I need your help. I pray that you will end my torment and get rid of the demon in my life. Your mighty power can overcome any demon and I pray that you will watch over me and protect me from the demon’s wicked thoughts and tempting ways. I am afraid that this demon will try to lead me down a path of evil sin. I wish I had the strength to fight this demon myself, but I cannot do it without you and your wisdom. I take comfort in knowing that you are always watching over me and protecting me from harm. Please, God, rid this demon from my life so that I may continue to walk the path you have laid out for me. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
Humanity, we must unite. ALL of us. We are one with the Creator of ALL FATHER SOURCE Yeshua judge holy spirit. We are divinely created. We've been stolen, highjacked and DNA manipulated. It's time to awaken. Call out the wicked. Succeed. Build our Kingdom of light that was originally gifted to humans. I love you ALL.
Listening to you gives me hope, humility, sadness over my sins, but most importantly you give me INSPIRATION, i love JESUS and i love you Bishop Mar, Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Krystian ❤❤❤
Bishop, I say this with the love of Christ in my heart as Nd I hope and pray that you read this. When we decide that a gay person does not deserve a blessing and we ourselves do, are we being humble or are we exalting ourselves. We can't be humble when we decide that someone else is not as worthy of a blessing than ourselves. We cant preach humility when we decide that another person is less worthy of Christ than ourselves and when we decide not to bless someone that is exactly what we are doing. We can't point at the speck in our brothers eye without turning our own speck into a log in our own eye and without being a hypocrite in the eyes of Christ. Having said this I think you are an example to us all and I pray that Christ will continue to keep you safe.
Jesus Christ of Nazareth in us, we're in Jesus of Nazareth , and we're alltogether in the Almighty Father ! Guided by the Holy Spirit, we're blessed and we're covered by the Blood of our Savior YESHUA HAMASHIACH. Shalom, Shalom, Hallelujah! 🙏🏼❤✝️🩸🙏🏼❤️🔥🕊️
Please pray for me. I am a lighthouse set upon The Mountain of THE LORD JESUS THE CHRIST, I am 22 years old, born may 4th 2001 my name of a truth is Cristo jesus Caballero/Christ Jesus Gentlemen 7/8 of 8, my mother’s name was(for she is no more) Josefa Caballero.
May God continue to bless you. Thank you for respecting the word of God and not excepting the ways of the world. I never miss watching you. We must tell of the true word of God. Amen
You are the true God's worrier that God sent by Himself to us,truly feeling revive to hear you,May Lord bless you with more n more power and strength, God's voice through you making me strong,you are my spiritual inspiration,Love and blessings from Pkaistan❣️
Prayer for my grandchildren. From my daughter-in-law. She Won’t let them see me or talk to them if I ask for them she hurts them Please prayers for them it hurts me very much what she is doing to them I try very hard not to ask for them so she won’t do anything to them please. Prayers for them thank you
My birth was this (Mother’s account). That when I was in time to be born I was not set up right, my head laid on the left of the belly & feet on the right side, therefore a C section surgery was to be performed, she prayed to GOD THE FATHER,’If my son is born natural birth I will call him like your SON, thus alone(yet she was In The Presence of THE LORD CHRIST JESUS) in this room she felt a hand scratch her belly gently where my head laid pulling downward setting me up right & I came out of the belly. Her GOD Is my GOD, HIS name is JESUS THE CHRIST THE SON of GOD, HIS FATHER.
Amazing you are blessed by the Holy Spirit of God. Your oratory touches my heart and mind. You spoke to me today as a mother to humble and take care of the soul of my child to protect her from the pressure of the evil calling itself modernist ....God protect our children from the immoral soul of the freedom of the body ...I feel the voice of Jesus in your words. God bless you 🙏
it's our choice. word of peace and love. The only thing Jesus Christ wants from all of us. Follow him and you will experience what God offers to us... its
What a blessing it is to have Bishop Mari Mari and hearing Gods word, listening to someone who God is working through. Thank you Lord Jesus for everything my dear Lord.
It's not easy to stand up straight when the masses want to throw stones at you because of truth, but the truth demands no lesser courage. He who fears to lose his life shall lose it, he whom has no fear to lose it because of Jesus shall gain it. Don't be a paper tiger when the world comes to force itself on you. In a world of the wicked, truth is the enemy, the light is public enemy number 1, and the righteous are the frontline. Every front has its casualties, but being a casualty for Christ is life not death. Let this be a stumbling block to the wicked who would throw stones, one day God will throw stones, stones that burn the wicked, destroying their prideful cities of Gomorrah, of Sodom, and of Babylon. Repent the Kingdom of Jesus is upon you.
My brother I truly enjoy hearing from you may the continue to protect you from the evil of Satan and his followers and bless you and your family in the name Jesus christ of Nazareth Amen
Bishop i cant get over You I listen few times already because I don’t want to miss anything and I wish right now the whole world could hear you !!!!…I send all that to my kids and I pray every time I do they will listen !…pray please pray for our children please Bishop and I know You are and I only hope that our Lord the Sweetheart you call Him hear us All ❤🙏
Shalom Shalom sorry for the inconvenienced caused. But follow the church for pure no music video . My music is purely for worship and praying in the spirit
many of the truths given to me by God, such as nothing cannot exist and inside is endless - fractally visible outside, I love your sermons though I have only recently discovered eastern orthodox, much love brother
Glory to God. Actually l want to know about Eastern Orthodox more as l am a Roman Catholic in India. Guide me to know more. Thanks to great living and loving God for this opportunity. Amen.
@@SacredScripts I am well blessed already, far more than I deserve, thanks be to God - may your every offered blessing (which i suspect to be vast) be returned in thrice, to be regiven twice more.
@@SacredScripts indeed, if I find myself thereabouts I will look you/him up, knowing already that's where my path would further lead... if not, another time - impossible to say when two straightened paths will cross, except eventually.
1 14 24 Sunday -6 degrees outside Written by KING SOLOMON SON OF KING DAVID OF JERUSALEM ISRAEL Ecclesiastes 3 A Time for Everything 3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. 9 What do workers gain from their toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil-this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. 15 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account. 16 And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment-wickedness was there, in the place of justice-wickedness was there. 17 I said to myself, “God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.” 18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. 19 Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?” 22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them? Crosswalk.comPlusToggle navigation 3 Important Lessons from the Book of Ecclesiastes Jessica Udall Contributing Writer Updated Dec 31, 2020 3 Important Lessons from the Book of Ecclesiastes We’ve all heard the story. A rising star rockets to pinnacle celebrity status and then crashes and burns. They seemingly gained all that life had to offer-fame, money, admiration, power-but they somehow found it empty. At the top of their game, they realized that it was all meaningless. The book of Ecclesiastes speaks directly to this person and to all of us from the perspective of someone who had it all, became disillusioned, and eventually realized the surprisingly simple things that are ultimately important in life. It is in the genre called Wisdom Literature, along with Job, Psalms, Proverbs, and the Song of Songs. Who Wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes? The book seems to have been written by Solomon; verse one prefaces the book by saying “The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem” (1:1). He pleased God at the beginning of his reign, and because of this, “the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream” saying “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Surprisingly, Solomon did not ask for anything that would benefit him materially, but instead humbly prayed: “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?” (1 Kings 3:7-9). God rewarded Solomon for this selfless reply: he gave him incredible wisdom and also chose to bless him with wealth and honor. These riches proved to be a mixed blessing. While Solomon was able to build a beautiful temple for God (1 Kings 6) and do other good things, he also was led into idolatry by his pursuit of the good life at all costs (1 Kings 11:1-7). Eventually, it seems that Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes as a chastened man who learned the hard way what really matters. How Should Christians Read Ecclesiastes? The book of Ecclesiastes provides relevant wisdom for Christians today who struggle with the seeming meaninglessness of life. Why are we here? What is it all for? Does what we do even matter? What is truly important in life? All these answers and more can be found in the twelve chapters of Ecclesiastes. At the end of the twelfth chapter, Solomon sums up with the wisest statement he can possibly muster, and we feel ourselves leaning forward in order to catch every word: “Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.” This is the overarching theme of Ecclesiastes and should be the overarching focus of the Christian life, but Solomon also has other wisdom to share. 3 Lessons from Ecclesiastes 1. Right now, we live in time but we were made for more. Though we live our lives on a timeline now--birth, life, death--yet Ecclesiastes says that “he has put eternity into man's heart” but in such a way that he can’t fully understand yet (3:11). The New Testament echoes this, encouraging believers that we have eternity to fully grasp God’s glorious works in the world: “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known” (1 Corinthians 13:12). This longing for something beyond this earthly life is a divine gift meant to help us to “fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18). Life only has meaning when lived in relationship with God. Solomon wants his readers to know that he has tried everything in a relentless pursuit to find the meaning of life. He’s tried gaining knowledge and wisdom and being very righteous. He’s tried indulging himself with everything that money could buy. He’s tried working hard and playing hard. He’s tried pursuing fame and greatness and passion and in the end, found all of it empty. Depending on what translation you’re reading, the resounding refrain of the book of Ecclesiastes is some variation on these words: “Meaningless!” “Pointless!” “Vanity!” “Futility!” “Useless!” When any of the things mentioned above are pursued wholeheartedly, they become “a chasing after the wind” (Ecclesiastes 1:14). We all want to be happy and pursue it in various ways as Solomon did, but only one way will truly provide happiness: pursuing God Himself. Lewis again: “It is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about religion. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there.” Joy can be found in life through gratitude for God’s gifts. Life is a gift. Though it sounds like a cliche, deep down we know this is true. We did not create ourselves, and, after all, “what do [we] have that [we] did not receive?” (1 Corinthians 4:7). Though life is full of hardship, it is also full of beauty if we have eyes to see. After experiencing all the world had to offer in terms of opulent luxuries and worldly pleasures, Solomon emphasized simple things as the ones which could bring real joy “under the sun” (which is the way Solomon refers to this earthly life). He mentions family life, food and drink, and honest work as aspects of life that can give satisfaction in a temporal sense as we live out our lives on earth. We don’t put our hope in them or expect them to give us lasting fulfillment, but can we thank God for them and enjoy them as good gifts, knowing that “whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father” (James 1:17). Solomon had it all but found in the end that only one thing was important: a relationship with God characterized by awe and obedience. Pursued as a means of ultimate happiness, everything else in the world ends in futility. But when God is central in life, all of his gifts come into proper perspective and are able to be enjoyed. While we may not fully understand the meaning of all of life while we are here on earth, we can trust that God has full wisdom even when our wisdom falls short. As Ecclesiastes 5:2 says: Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. An article on Ecclesiastes could go on and on sharing many valuable lessons from the book, but it may be wiser to heed the advice of Solomon and cut to the chase: “Many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God” (Ecclesiastes 5:7).
1 14 24 Hebrews 11:24-26 24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 because he preferred to endure the hardship of the people of God rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. 26 He considered the reproach of the Christ [that is, the rebuke he would suffer for his faithful obedience to God] to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt; for he looked ahead to the reward [promised by God].
Sorry to ask you Bishop I found you making the sign of cross differently why so? Because i have seen it from left to right and followed the same way in my 58 years of age. I have not seen anyone making the sign of cross the way you do Bishop. Please help me understand.
At clip 23:02 you say Jews normally not that handsome. Bishop , with all respect, Jews are as handsome or not handsome as any other group of people. There was absolutely no reason to belittle or put them down. They are Jesus brethren. As you have done unto them you have done unto The Lord. Please remember to be more respectful. Thank you.
I love the way. You talk. About the gospels and explain. Pray for me for I have lost my way.
You help me a lot. Am suffering from depression, self pity, so much pains, am broken for 2 years. The pains is so much to take. I cried every night to Jesus..i need to listen to all Christians teaching in youtube for me to cope up to all my sufferings and pains.
Peace be with u 🙏🙏
You can listen to gino gennines
Peace be with you brother
Your reward in Heaven may be growing every day, keep focus to the Source and Praise the Lord every day, since morning till dawn
My beloved, God loves you and he his taking care of your heart and soul God is working on you and all that you think is lost is found the moment you accept him in your life be blessed
A Prayer to Get Rid of a Demon From Your Life
Oh, Heavenly Father, I trust in your plan for me, but I need your help. I pray that you will end my torment and get rid of the demon in my life. Your mighty power can overcome any demon and I pray that you will watch over me and protect me from the demon’s wicked thoughts and tempting ways.
I am afraid that this demon will try to lead me down a path of evil sin. I wish I had the strength to fight this demon myself, but I cannot do it without you and your wisdom. I take comfort in knowing that you are always watching over me and protecting me from harm.
Please, God, rid this demon from my life so that I may continue to walk the path you have laid out for me.
In the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen
Thanks!
May God bless you
Bishop Mar Mari you a Lion of the Lord, this Earth is lucky to have you and the Saints eagerly wait you joining their table. May it be Blessed
God bless you my beloved
Thank you Jesus for this message please give bishop mari strength to keep bring us your word thank you Lord peace to all
Please my lord Jesus christ teach me to be humble and a clean and new heart ❤❤❤
Humanity, we must unite. ALL of us. We are one with the Creator of ALL FATHER SOURCE Yeshua judge holy spirit. We are divinely created. We've been stolen, highjacked and DNA manipulated. It's time to awaken. Call out the wicked. Succeed. Build our Kingdom of light that was originally gifted to humans. I love you ALL.
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Listening to you gives me hope, humility, sadness over my sins, but most importantly you give me INSPIRATION, i love JESUS and i love you Bishop Mar, Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Krystian ❤❤❤
Holy holy holy glory glory glory to the father the son and the Holy Spirit 🙏
I love you my dear brother in Jesus❤ from Southern Ireland.
God bless you my beloved
God bless you brother 🙏. God bless all who see this message 🙏
Amen 🙏
Amen
Thank you, Thank you, thank you for your courage ❤️ 🙏 💖
Bishop, I say this with the love of Christ in my heart as Nd I hope and pray that you read this.
When we decide that a gay person does not deserve a blessing and we ourselves do, are we being humble or are we exalting ourselves. We can't be humble when we decide that someone else is not as worthy of a blessing than ourselves. We cant preach humility when we decide that another person is less worthy of Christ than ourselves and when we decide not to bless someone that is exactly what we are doing.
We can't point at the speck in our brothers eye without turning our own speck into a log in our own eye and without being a hypocrite in the eyes of Christ.
Having said this I think you are an example to us all and I pray that Christ will continue to keep you safe.
Teach me humility Lord and have mercy on me a sinner. God’s blessings to you Bishop.
Jesus Christ of Nazareth in us, we're in Jesus of Nazareth , and we're alltogether in the Almighty Father !
Guided by the Holy Spirit, we're blessed and we're covered by the Blood of our Savior YESHUA HAMASHIACH.
Shalom, Shalom, Hallelujah!
🙏🏼❤✝️🩸🙏🏼❤️🔥🕊️
Jesus of Nazareth teach me to be humble
Yes , Lord teach me to be humble.
Please pray for me.
I am a lighthouse set upon The Mountain of THE LORD JESUS THE CHRIST, I am 22 years old, born may 4th 2001 my name of a truth is Cristo jesus Caballero/Christ Jesus Gentlemen 7/8 of 8, my mother’s name was(for she is no more) Josefa Caballero.
AMEN YOUR GRACE. Lord my heart is impure no matter if I try I fall. I can never hide my true heart from The Sacred Heart. JESUS PLEASE SAVE ME
Amen ! ✝️❤️
Praise the Lord. I want to be humble before Almighty God my saviour Lord Jesus Christ. Please pray for me and for my family. Amen.
May God remember you tonight in Jesus name
May God continue to bless you. Thank you for respecting the word of God and not excepting the ways of the world. I never miss watching you. We must tell of the true word of God. Amen
Amen❤ God bless all of us. Thank you Lord for your Grace and Mercy. Thank you for using Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel to share your teachings. Amen 🙏🏽
I needed to hear from you and you arrived 🎉 thankyou Jesus for sending Mar Mari Emmanuel. I really appreciate it 🙏 honestly
God bless you my beloved follow the church for live sermon on the link shared. may the almighty protect and keep you and your family
You are the true God's worrier that God sent by Himself to us,truly feeling revive to hear you,May Lord bless you with more n more power and strength, God's voice through you making me strong,you are my spiritual inspiration,Love and blessings from Pkaistan❣️
Totally incredible... the word of God!
God bless you Hon’ble Bishop
With love from India
Prayer for my grandchildren. From my daughter-in-law. She Won’t let them see me or talk to them if I ask for them she hurts them Please prayers for them it hurts me very much what she is doing to them I try very hard not to ask for them so she won’t do anything to them please. Prayers for them thank you
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Ethiopian/Eritrean Tewahdo Orthodox here ❤️
My birth was this (Mother’s account). That when I was in time to be born I was not set up right, my head laid on the left of the belly & feet on the right side, therefore a C section surgery was to be performed, she prayed to GOD THE FATHER,’If my son is born natural birth I will call him like your SON, thus alone(yet she was In The Presence of THE LORD CHRIST JESUS) in this room she felt a hand scratch her belly gently where my head laid pulling downward setting me up right & I came out of the belly.
Her GOD Is my GOD, HIS name is JESUS THE CHRIST THE SON of GOD, HIS FATHER.
Amazing you are blessed by the Holy Spirit of God. Your oratory touches my heart and mind. You spoke to me today as a mother to humble and take care of the soul of my child to protect her from the pressure of the evil calling itself modernist ....God protect our children from the immoral soul of the freedom of the body ...I feel the voice of Jesus in your words. God bless you 🙏
Great message. Amen!
Good morning from Canada. I'm listening. I'm doing. God bless you sir.
May the Lord always be glorified
Lord guide and keep him healthy ,so he can speak and ecplain the bible always..
God bless Bishop Mari .
I Love you Bishopp. Dont stop spreading the word and the life of god and our savior, "Jesus Christ".
Amen 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
amen God bless you
I love you ❤ thank you
it's our choice. word of peace and love. The only thing Jesus Christ wants from all of us. Follow him and you will experience what God offers to us... its
What a blessing it is to have Bishop Mari Mari and hearing Gods word, listening to someone who God is working through. Thank you Lord Jesus for everything my dear Lord.
It's not easy to stand up straight when the masses want to throw stones at you because of truth, but the truth demands no lesser courage. He who fears to lose his life shall lose it, he whom has no fear to lose it because of Jesus shall gain it. Don't be a paper tiger when the world comes to force itself on you. In a world of the wicked, truth is the enemy, the light is public enemy number 1, and the righteous are the frontline. Every front has its casualties, but being a casualty for Christ is life not death. Let this be a stumbling block to the wicked who would throw stones, one day God will throw stones, stones that burn the wicked, destroying their prideful cities of Gomorrah, of Sodom, and of Babylon. Repent the Kingdom of Jesus is upon you.
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I come to your Church everyday !!!!!!!!🙏🙏❤️Bless You Bless us all Lord Jesus Christ
My brother I truly enjoy hearing from you may the continue to protect you from the evil of Satan and his followers and bless you and your family in the name Jesus christ of Nazareth Amen
Yes 🙌 yes 🙌 so true your grace Mar Mari Emmanuel 👍👍👍amen 🙏♥️amen 🙏♥️♥️♥️❤️❤️
One Church !!!!!
Unity results from humility
Bishop you are a sign fromJesus to renew the church .
Pray for me brother in Christ.
Thanks Bishop
Put Jesus first in everything you do Amen ❤❤
This is such a powerful teaching Fr. Emmanuel. You made me cry so hard, GOD touched my ❤️ to the core Father, thank you very much.
God bless us all.
Bishop i cant get over You I listen few times already because I don’t want to miss anything and I wish right now the whole world could hear you !!!!…I send all that to my kids and I pray every time I do they will listen !…pray please pray for our children please Bishop and I know You are and I only hope that our Lord the Sweetheart you call Him hear us All ❤🙏
Lord Jesus please bless my daughters feature may everything go well for her in her life bless her with peace of mind and be by her side Lord
Powerful
I depend on your teachings every day. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I pray your words continue. Amen.
Thank you
Amen you always on point to what the people need to hear!
🙏🏼you are
I would appreciate that the speech would be without music . I like to hear every word . Thanks a lot
Something is wrong with adversity towards the music in this video. You are struggling with a demon.
Shalom Shalom sorry for the inconvenienced caused. But follow the church for pure no music video . My music is purely for worship and praying in the spirit
God bless you Mari
Amen 🙏
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❤ Amen and Amen ❤ Thank you Lord God Amen ❤
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Thank You Jesus. Amen and amen
God bless you!!!
Amen
Thank you minister of God🙏
Amen !
AMEN 🙏🏻
Amen brother fight the good fight
many of the truths given to me by God, such as nothing cannot exist and inside is endless - fractally visible outside, I love your sermons though I have only recently discovered eastern orthodox, much love brother
God bless you
Glory to God. Actually l want to know about Eastern Orthodox more as l am a Roman Catholic in India. Guide me to know more. Thanks to great living and loving God for this opportunity. Amen.
@@SacredScripts I am well blessed already, far more than I deserve, thanks be to God - may your every offered blessing (which i suspect to be vast) be returned in thrice, to be regiven twice more.
@@ceneezer hallelujah
@@SacredScripts indeed, if I find myself thereabouts I will look you/him up, knowing already that's where my path would further lead... if not, another time - impossible to say when two straightened paths will cross, except eventually.
God bless you 🙏❤️
God bless you ❤
Don't hope for mercy. Bible
1 14 24 Sunday -6 degrees outside
Written by KING SOLOMON SON OF KING DAVID OF JERUSALEM ISRAEL
Ecclesiastes 3
A Time for Everything
3 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
9 What do workers gain from their toil?
10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.
13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil-this is the gift of God.
14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.
15 Whatever is has already been,
and what will be has been before;
and God will call the past to account.
16 And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment-wickedness was there,
in the place of justice-wickedness was there.
17 I said to myself,
“God will bring into judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time to judge every deed.”
18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.
19 Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless.
20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.
21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”
22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot.
For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?
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3 Important Lessons from the Book of Ecclesiastes
Jessica Udall
Contributing Writer
Updated
Dec 31, 2020
3 Important Lessons from the Book of Ecclesiastes
We’ve all heard the story. A rising star rockets to pinnacle celebrity status and then crashes and burns. They seemingly gained all that life had to offer-fame, money, admiration, power-but they somehow found it empty. At the top of their game, they realized that it was all meaningless.
The book of Ecclesiastes speaks directly to this person and to all of us from the perspective of someone who had it all, became disillusioned, and eventually realized the surprisingly simple things that are ultimately important in life. It is in the genre called Wisdom Literature, along with Job, Psalms, Proverbs, and the Song of Songs.
Who Wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes?
The book seems to have been written by Solomon; verse one prefaces the book by saying “The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem” (1:1). He pleased God at the beginning of his reign, and because of this, “the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream” saying “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Surprisingly, Solomon did not ask for anything that would benefit him materially, but instead humbly prayed:
“Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?” (1 Kings 3:7-9).
God rewarded Solomon for this selfless reply: he gave him incredible wisdom and also chose to bless him with wealth and honor. These riches proved to be a mixed blessing. While Solomon was able to build a beautiful temple for God (1 Kings 6) and do other good things, he also was led into idolatry by his pursuit of the good life at all costs (1 Kings 11:1-7). Eventually, it seems that Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes as a chastened man who learned the hard way what really matters.
How Should Christians Read Ecclesiastes?
The book of Ecclesiastes provides relevant wisdom for Christians today who struggle with the seeming meaninglessness of life. Why are we here? What is it all for? Does what we do even matter? What is truly important in life? All these answers and more can be found in the twelve chapters of Ecclesiastes. At the end of the twelfth chapter, Solomon sums up with the wisest statement he can possibly muster, and we feel ourselves leaning forward in order to catch every word: “Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.” This is the overarching theme of Ecclesiastes and should be the overarching focus of the Christian life, but Solomon also has other wisdom to share.
3 Lessons from Ecclesiastes
1. Right now, we live in time but we were made for more.
Though we live our lives on a timeline now--birth, life, death--yet Ecclesiastes says that “he has put eternity into man's heart” but in such a way that he can’t fully understand yet (3:11). The New Testament echoes this, encouraging believers that we have eternity to fully grasp God’s glorious works in the world: “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known” (1 Corinthians 13:12).
This longing for something beyond this earthly life is a divine gift meant to help us to “fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal”
(2 Corinthians 4:18).
Life only has meaning when lived in relationship with God.
Solomon wants his readers to know that he has tried everything in a relentless pursuit to find the meaning of life. He’s tried gaining knowledge and wisdom and being very righteous. He’s tried indulging himself with everything that money could buy. He’s tried working hard and playing hard. He’s tried pursuing fame and greatness and passion and in the end, found all of it empty. Depending on what translation you’re reading, the resounding refrain of the book of Ecclesiastes is some variation on these words:
“Meaningless!”
“Pointless!”
“Vanity!”
“Futility!”
“Useless!”
When any of the things mentioned above are pursued wholeheartedly, they become “a chasing after the wind” (Ecclesiastes 1:14). We all want to be happy and pursue it in various ways as Solomon did, but only one way will truly provide happiness: pursuing God Himself. Lewis again: “It is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about religion. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there.”
Joy can be found in life through gratitude for God’s gifts.
Life is a gift. Though it sounds like a cliche, deep down we know this is true. We did not create ourselves, and, after all, “what do [we] have that [we] did not receive?” (1 Corinthians 4:7). Though life is full of hardship, it is also full of beauty if we have eyes to see. After experiencing all the world had to offer in terms of opulent luxuries and worldly pleasures, Solomon emphasized simple things as the ones which could bring real joy “under the sun” (which is the way Solomon refers to this earthly life). He mentions family life, food and drink, and honest work as aspects of life that can give satisfaction in a temporal sense as we live out our lives on earth. We don’t put our hope in them or expect them to give us lasting fulfillment, but can we thank God for them and enjoy them as good gifts, knowing that “whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father” (James 1:17).
Solomon had it all but found in the end that only one thing was important: a relationship with God characterized by awe and obedience. Pursued as a means of ultimate happiness, everything else in the world ends in futility. But when God is central in life, all of his gifts come into proper perspective and are able to be enjoyed. While we may not fully understand the meaning of all of life while we are here on earth, we can trust that God has full wisdom even when our wisdom falls short. As Ecclesiastes 5:2 says: Do not be quick with your mouth,
do not be hasty in your heart
to utter anything before God.
God is in heaven
and you are on earth,
so let your words be few.
An article on Ecclesiastes could go on and on sharing many valuable lessons from the book, but it may be wiser to heed the advice of Solomon and cut to the chase: “Many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God” (Ecclesiastes 5:7).
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Hebrews 11:24-26
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
25 because he preferred to endure the hardship of the people of God rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin.
26 He considered the reproach of the Christ [that is, the rebuke he would suffer for his faithful obedience to God] to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt; for he looked ahead to the reward [promised by God].
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23:00 “You’re just too handsome for a Jew, man! 😂😂😂
I thought St. Stephen was the first to be martyred in the name of Jesus? In Acts.
Are there any "genuine" women left? Especially in today's world😢
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Sorry to ask you Bishop I found you making the sign of cross differently why so? Because i have seen it from left to right and followed the same way in my 58 years of age. I have not seen anyone making the sign of cross the way you do Bishop. Please help me understand.
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At clip 23:02 you say Jews normally not that handsome. Bishop , with all respect, Jews are as handsome or not handsome as any other group of people. There was absolutely no reason to belittle or put them down. They are Jesus brethren. As you have done unto them you have done unto The Lord. Please remember to be more respectful. Thank you.
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