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		<title>Incredible Last Days Prophecies …</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An overview/list of End Times prophecies as they are unfolding before our eyes&#8230; see how they fit together like pieces of a puzzle and validate the Word of God! Watch the youtube video below: Aloha Bible Prophecy]]></description>
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<p>An overview/list of End Times prophecies as they are unfolding before our eyes&#8230; see how they fit together like pieces of a puzzle and validate the Word of God! Watch the youtube video below:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqzUcFEwV5o">Aloha Bible Prophecy</a></p>
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		<title>Fearless Warrior</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The days have come when people don&#8217;t have the patience to hear the truth and sound doctrine&#8230;but rather want to have their passions catered to by teachers who will say what they want them to say to appease their consciences. &#8230; <a href="http://midspoint.com/2012/04/fearless-warrior/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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The days have come when people don&#8217;t have the patience to hear the truth and sound doctrine&#8230;but rather want to have their passions catered to by teachers who will say what they want them to say to appease their consciences. They do not want to be convicted by the Holy Spirit, and grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. They want to be friends with the world and its ways&#8230;so they don&#8217;t look, speak, dress, or act differently. They want to sit on both sides of the fence, believing that things will simply go on as they have, and they can live as they please. They don&#8217;t want the truth to upset what they believe, and have to change. II Timothy 4:3,4<br />
This is what they want you to do:</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t rock the boat or upset the apple cart about how they no longer preach the Word of God.<br />
Don&#8217;t present proven facts that we are living in the last days before the world as we know it will end, and Jesus will come back to reign for a millennium from Jerusalem, Israel.<br />
Don&#8217;t call black, black, or white, white by bringing up religious issues concerning homosexuality, sexual perversion, adultery, heretical religions such as Islam and Mormonism, etc.<br />
Don&#8217;t offend others by speaking the truth presented in the Holy Scriptures, especially if it reveals they are wrong and leading others astray with their ungodly pagan practices.<br />
And Don&#8217;t EVER proclaim that repentance and forgiveness through belief in Yeshua/Jesus is The Only Way to enter heaven.</p>
<p>But you, Princess Warrior, remain Fearless in every situation, endure suffering, do the work that a proclaimer of the Good News (Gospel) should, and do everything your service to God requires. II Timothy 4:5</p>
<p>Stand your ground, Daughter of the King&#8230;protect the Truth at all costs, knowing He stands at your side!!</p>
<p>Scriptures paraphrased from the Complete Jewish Bible.</p>
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		<title>Warring with Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are at War!! Battles rage around us, skirmishes take place before our very eyes, and we are left with but two options: fight or die. But this is no ordinary war, and our foe is not human. There is &#8230; <a href="http://midspoint.com/2012/04/warring-with-grace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">We are at War!!</p>
<p>Battles rage around us, skirmishes take place before our very eyes, and we are left with but two options: fight or die. But this is no ordinary war, and our foe is not human.</p>
<p>There is not a moment that goes by, but what we, as women, face obstacles to our Christ-based faith. If it&#8217;s not about health or habit issues, it&#8217;s about family, our spouses, us personally, our careers, our friendships, our Christian fellowships or it&#8217;s about our nation and the problems of the world in which we live.</p>
<p>How do we deal with overwhelming situations that seem impossible to resolve? How do we keep going when we are confronted by the hosts of hell, bent on our physical and eternal destruction?</p>
<p>We Don&#8217;t Back Down! We Battle Back! And We Battle From a Place of Victory!</p>
<p>We are the daughters of the King of the universe! Our creator lived and died for us, and He has our back. We have legions of angels who are sent on command to go into battle with us. But it takes more than a determined spirit&#8230; it requires Grace.</p>
<p>We fight with the military prowess of a skilled warrior, but our hearts must guide us with compassion and mercy. And it&#8217;s when we find the balance that we become effective in bringing down strongholds!</p>
<p>So, Arise, Princess Warriors&#8230; wield your sword (the Word of God) with power and might, and let Love govern your every action!</p>
<p>Ephesians 6:10-18</p>
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		<title>Warning!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let no man deceive you&#8230;he who denies that Yeshua/Jesus is the One and Only, true Son of Adonai/God, is under a curse. I am shocked at the response of Christians who are saying we have only 2 choices when we &#8230; <a href="http://midspoint.com/2012/04/warning-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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Let no man deceive you&#8230;he who denies that Yeshua/Jesus is the One and Only, true Son of Adonai/God, is under a curse.<br />
I am shocked at the response of Christians who are saying we have only 2 choices when we go to the polls this fall to vote for a leader of our country: one, who sides with Islam, Shariah Law and the New World Order, and one who is of the Mormon religion.<br />
Ever read the accounts of what happened to Israel when they rushed to get outside help for their nation instead of turning to God, who always delivered them Supernaturally when they cried out to Him? Always, the ones Israel&#8217;s leaders turned to were enemies of God&#8230;pagans who worshiped demonic idols. And always, God punished Israel for their apostasy, and for turning their hearts away from Him. Can you see the parallel between then and now? America was once deemed a Christian nation. God blessed in mighty ways. Now, the &#8220;church&#8221; is flooded with Eastern religious practices, with occult rituals, with humanistic ideologies, and heretical/anti-Christ teachings from cult religions like that of the Mormon &#8220;church&#8221;- Church of the Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ&#8230; LDS for short. The sad thing is, these people promote themselves as God-fearing and Jesus believing. If you look them up on the internet, you will find that&#8217;s their statement of belief. When in fact, Mormons believe a false gospel presented to their founder by an &#8220;angel of light.&#8221; The &#8220;god&#8221; they believe in is an extra-terrestrial who lives on a planet called Kolob. The &#8220;Jesus&#8221; they believe in, is a brother to Lucifer, and was conceived when their &#8220;god&#8221; had literal, physical sex with Mary and produced a son. This you will only find if you dig deeper into their very strange and very demonic teachings and writings. Is this what you want to yoke yourselves to? People who are under a curse, unless their eyes are opened to the Truth and they turn to the True Gospel of Christ presented in the Tanach and B&#8217;rit Hadashah (Bible)? Please listen to what the Apostle Paul had to say about this!!</p>
<p>Galatians 1:6-10 New King James Version (NKJV)<br />
Only One Gospel<br />
&#8220;I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.<br />
For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.&#8221;</p>
<p>Galatians 1:6-10 New Living Translation (NLT)<br />
There Is Only One Good News<br />
&#8220;I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News 7 but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ.<br />
Let God’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you. 9 I say again what we have said before: If anyone preaches any other Good News than the one you welcomed, let that person be cursed.<br />
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.&#8221; <em>I can say Amen to this part in particular!</em></p>
<p>What other alternative do we have for this country? <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>God!!</strong></em></span> God says, if we, His people, called by His name, will humble ourselves, pray and seek His face, and turn from our evil ways, He will hear from heaven, forgive our sins and heal our land. II Chronicles 7:14</p>
<p>Insert another name if you must vote, but please do not be deceived into being unequally yoked with either of this kind of ungodliness. Don&#8217;t let Christians pressure you into thinking you have to vote for a Mormon, just to defeat the one who is aligned with Islam and Muslims. Do you really think God sees a difference? They both deny the deity and person of Jesus Christ. They both want to convert as many as they can to their particular religion. Mormons believe they alone are the true Jews and will rule planets of their own, and that Zion (New Jerusalem) will be located in Missouri, USA. Muslims believe Jesus is just a prophet and will convert to Islam when He returns. And if we are catapulted into the New World Order and must take a stand for what we believe to be the truth or face persecution and death, I, for one, would much rather lose my life and gain eternity, than submit to a cursed religion and by doing so, deny my Lord and Savior. Revelation 6:9-11 7:13-17</p>
<p>If you are unsure of what I&#8217;ve just written, do your own research&#8230;but dig <strong>Deep</strong>&#8230;both sides are good at assimilating into the American culture so as to appear harmless.</p>
<p>Acts 20:29-31 New King James Version (NKJV)<br />
&#8220;For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.  Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Morning Anew…</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Morning Anew I awoke from tear-stained dreams of grief and despair to the dim light of dawn. Deep vermillion seeped into the indigo of the receding night sky and highlighted the waves of clouds overhead. A shiver ran through &#8230; <a href="http://midspoint.com/2012/04/morning-anew/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://midspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/April-5sunrise-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2300" title="April 5sunrise 1" src="http://midspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/April-5sunrise-1-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>Morning Anew</p>
<p>I awoke from tear-stained dreams of grief and despair to the dim light of dawn. Deep vermillion seeped into the indigo of the receding night sky and highlighted the waves of clouds overhead. A shiver ran through me as the red sun emerged and sent rays of light across the undersides of the clouds in a burst of brilliance and breathtaking splendor. How could this be? Time should have ended. The earth should have come to a stand still and dissolved from the endless tears I had shed. He was the One. He said so. I believed Him. Now He was gone.</p>
<p>The heavens came alive with pinks and flaming oranges streaking through deep purples and lavenders. Searing white gold outlined the clouds closely guarding the sun, and the sky exploded. I couldn&#8217;t breathe, but the world wasn&#8217;t coming to an end, it was &#8230; rejoicing! Birds flew to tree branches, and their melodies swept through my heart strings, stirring my emotions into my own song of wonder. I dressed in haste and ran out the door.</p>
<p>Nothing prepared me for the endless notes of praise singing through the blades of grass as I ran to that awful place of finality. There should have been sadness and anguish&#8230;instead, the air reverberated with the harmonics of an invisible choir. I turned in circles in the center of blinding light.</p>
<p>And then His voice parted the mist. I stood in His rapturous presence unable to speak, while the earth laughed out loud around me, and the heavens resounded in triumphant ecstasy. All of creation could not contain the joy of seeing their Beloved alive!</p>
<p>Drained of strength and overcome with euphoric awe, I fell to my knees and hid my face in my hands. A whisper, soft as a summer zephyr, surrounded me and held me in quiet tenderness.  &#8220;You must tell the others. I go to my Father, but I will be with all of you,  soon.&#8221;</p>
<p>The scent of rose water, frankincense and myrrh lifted me to my feet before it drifted into the air. I stood, trembling, afraid to open my eyes. When I did, rays of sunlight bathed my room in a warm, ethereal glow. Had it been just a dream? Tears formed, but when I turned my head, something cool and soft caressed my cheek. The heady fragrance of rose petals on my pillow had me tossing the covers aside. I dressed in haste and ran out the door with a message that would turn the world upside down&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s Alive!&#8221;</p>
<p>Matthew 28~Mark 16~Luke 24~John 20</p>
<p>© Pesach, 2012 Mid Stutsman</p>
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		<title>Powerful!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[God&#8217;s Words are powerful. Think about it: He Spoke the world~the cosmos~into existence. Spoke!! He Said, &#8220;Let there be&#8230;and there was&#8230;and He saw it was good.&#8221; We need to grasp the significance of this power! We need to stop focusing &#8230; <a href="http://midspoint.com/2012/03/powerful/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://midspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/March-27Words.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2288" title="March 27Words" src="http://midspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/March-27Words-300x201.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="201" /></a>God&#8217;s Words are powerful. Think about it: He Spoke the world~the cosmos~into existence. <strong>Spoke!!</strong><em> He <strong>Said</strong>, &#8220;Let there be&#8230;and there was&#8230;and He saw it was good.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>We need to grasp the significance of this power! We need to stop focusing inward on our aches and pains, our feelings and wants and needs and the problems in the world, and start channeling our attention toward the Lord. He merely said the words and the material world came into being. He formed us!! Can He not take care of us and all He&#8217;s created?</p>
<p>What would happen if we stopped whining, crying, wringing our hands, griping and complaining and simply sat at His feet and praised Him? Can you imagine the positive energy we would create? What if, every time a negative thought entered our minds, we would counter it with His powerful Words? Pretty sure it would send the hosts of hell scurrying for cover.</p>
<p>Confession: I think I&#8217;m going through sickness again, after just getting over a 3 week bout with strep throat and an intense head/chest cold, because I&#8217;ve allowed what&#8217;s going on in Israel and abroad with Jews, coupled with what&#8217;s happening here in the States with politics and natural and human disasters to overwhelm me. I take it all so personally and break down because, try as I may, I can&#8217;t seem to get through to people with the truth of what&#8217;s really happening and why. Instead of giving it all to the Lord who is in control, I take the burden upon myself, and let it get to my emotions. Not a good thing physically or spiritually. Despair brings on depression and depression weakens our immune systems. It also weakens our faith.</p>
<p>Conclusion: I can&#8217;t change the world on my own, but I can be a light in the darkness, if I submit to the Lord and let Him bring all things to pass according to His plan. Yes, I will still weep over the injustices, the deceitfulness, the perversions overtaking mankind, but I can stand strong upon the hope that is within me, and let the Ruach Kodesh (God&#8217;s Holy Spirit) empower me to accomplish His Will for my life. If my prayers are powerful enough to bring down demonic strongholds, II Corinthians 10:4-5, then they are powerful enough to enable me to overcome in all areas of my life and to be a blessing to others!</p>
<p>So, sit up and take notice, world&#8230;I&#8217;m ready for whatever you throw my way. I may be stuffed up, tired and miserable physically, but my spirit, and the Ruach Kodesh within me, is chomping at the bit!</p>
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		<title>Going Against the Flow…</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salmon swim upstream for just one reason: to reach their homes. They endure hardships, (obstacles in the rivers); they endure hazards, (hungry animals, birds and humans); they endure hunger (they are too focused on their goal). While the world floats &#8230; <a href="http://midspoint.com/2012/03/going-against-the-flow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://midspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Tumwater1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2281" title="Tumwater" src="http://midspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Tumwater1-300x211.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="211" /></a>Salmon swim upstream for just one reason: to reach their homes. They endure hardships, (obstacles in the rivers); they endure hazards, (hungry animals, birds and humans); they endure hunger (they are too focused on their goal). While the world floats leisurely by on the current, going the opposite way, salmon continue their struggle, knowing instinctively their reward will be waiting at the end: they will spawn and insure a future generation of salmon.</p>
<p>Ever feel that way? Feel like you are in a continuous battle upward, against the popular flow? Feel like you are fighting to maintain your spiritual integrity while you watch others lose theirs just to be in the main stream, floating along with everyone else?</p>
<p>I do. I watch the pure Word of God get watered down to a tepid, stagnant, ineffective trickle. See those who profess to be Christ&#8217;s followers, floating leisurely by, having no cares because of how easy it is to be a Christian among non-Believers. They read the same occult or spiritually shallow books, get caught up in the same seductive movies the world raves about, poo-poo the notion that Yeshua-Jesus is coming back, and champion the popular beliefs that deny the Son of God&#8217;s deity and His command to work to see others enter into the Kingdom by believing in His blood sacrifice on the cross, and His triumph over death on our behalf. They will apply a spiritual application to whatever is popular in order to justify it, so as to avoid the stigma of being different by calling black, black&#8230;and white, white. And if you disagree, stand strong on and point them to God&#8217;s Word, they will call you a fanatic/extremist.</p>
<p>And so I am. And so I continue, for I see my goal clearly.  I don&#8217;t know how many will come to the Lord through anything I&#8217;ve said or done, but I&#8217;ve tried and done my best, and I know a reward is waiting at the end of my &#8220;upstream&#8221; battle: &#8220;Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into My Kingdom.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yeshua-Jesus said ~ His own words: &#8220;Go in through the narrow gate; for the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road broad, and <em><strong>many</strong></em> travel it; but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and <em><strong>only a few</strong></em> find it.&#8221; Mattityahu (Matthew) 7:14 CJB</p>
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		<title>From the Womb of Dawn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A song springs forth from the womb of dawn carried through to the setting sun. Notes floating on the wings of the wind gathering together into one powerful force of majestic praise to the King of Kings, the Sovereign Son, &#8230; <a href="http://midspoint.com/2012/03/from-the-womb-of-dawn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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A song springs forth from the womb of dawn<br />
carried through to the setting sun.<br />
Notes floating on the wings of the wind<br />
gathering together into one<br />
powerful force of majestic praise<br />
to the King of Kings, the Sovereign Son,<br />
the Lord of Lords and the Ancient of Days.<br />
Tehillim (Psalm) 110</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://midspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/March-21sunset.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2274" title="March 21sunset" src="http://midspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/March-21sunset-300x201.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="201" /></a>The Scriptures are a portrait of Christ, the Anointed One. He appears in Genesis 1 as the Creator, and moves through the Tanach (Old Testament) as Judge and Executioner, Leader, Lawgiver, Defender and Kinsman Redeemer, before He enters our world in the B&#8217;rit Hadashah (New Testament) as our Teacher, our Sacrificial Lamb and our Bridegroom.  Every word spoken reveals His nature and paints a picture of Him that should stir us to the highest form of praise&#8230;that of obedience out of the purity of love.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">He is Worthy&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Blessed be You, O Lord…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adonai, in the heavens is Your grace; Your faithfulness reaches to the skies (clouds). Tehillim 36:5 This is a prayer for reciting after a Torah reading, and there are others to recite before the Scriptures are read. There is such &#8230; <a href="http://midspoint.com/2012/03/2256/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Adonai, in the heavens is Your grace; Your faithfulness reaches to the skies (clouds). Tehillim 36:5</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This is a prayer for reciting after a Torah reading, and there are others to recite before the Scriptures are read. There is such respect among Orthodox and practicing Jews as well as Messianic Jews for God&#8217;s Word. It seems to me in these <em>acharit hayamim</em> (end of days) just the opposite is happening among Christians. The Scriptures are being torn apart, re-translated to fit the immoral lifestyles of many, and deemed irrelevant and invalid for the age in which we live. This is a tragedy&#8230;an affront to God who says He authored His Word, and a terrible loss for unbelievers. May we strive to approach God and His Word with reverence and respect, and may that attitude be reflected in the way we live our lives.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Barukh atah Adonai Eloheinu melekh-ha&#8217;olam, asher natan lanu et d&#8217;varkha ha Tamakh vaB&#8217;rit heChadashah lekhol b&#8217;nei-adam. Barukh atah Adonai mevi et hago&#8217;el yshua l&#8217;ma&#8217;an sh&#8217;mo b&#8217;ahava.<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;">Blessed be You, O Lord our God, king of the universe, who has given your Word, the Hebrew Scriptures  and the New Covenant, to all humanity. Praised be You, O Lord, who, for His own Name&#8217;s sake, in love, has brought the Redeemer, Yeshua.</p>
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		<title>Heat and Pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always have I labored to write what the Lord speaks to me. It is not to my glory, but to His. If something is lovely and beautiful and people are blessed by it, it is not to my praise, for &#8230; <a href="http://midspoint.com/2012/03/heat-and-pressure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://midspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Gemstones.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2253" title="Gemstones" src="http://midspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Gemstones.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a>Always have I labored to write what the Lord speaks to me. It is not to my glory, but to His. If something is lovely and beautiful and people are blessed by it, it is not to my praise, for it came from His heart and mind. It is His love expressed through my words, and even then, those words are given by His Spirit, the Ruach HaKodesh, to encourage and lift you above your present circumstances, to turn your hearts and minds toward the Lord.</p>
<p>By the same token, if the words I write are hard for you to assimilate, and cause you to be upset or even angry, it is not my heart that condemns you, but rather the Holy Spirit who convicts, to the end it may cause you to discern the truth and examine your own hearts about the matter.</p>
<p>Why would you be offended by words spoken by the Holy Spirit?  These are the last days, as evidenced by what is happening around us at an ever increasing rate. Evil grows exponentially in these acharit hayamim (the end of the days) as prophesied by the Prophets in the Tanach, and the Apostles in the B&#8217;rit Hadashah&#8230;passages too numerous to even mention, but by their sheer numbers, indicate it is something we should be heeding. And if this evil abounds, as it now does, should we not the more immerse ourselves in the Word of God, and stand strong and firm in our convictions, not giving ourselves over to doctrines of demons and seducing/deceiving spirits, but learning to place our complete trust in Him whose sheer magnitude is beyond our understanding?</p>
<p>Take issue with me if you must&#8230;leave this website if you can&#8217;t take the depth of the Word&#8230;but if an exhortation to become stronger in your faith turns you away, you need to question the sincerity of your conversion. When Yeshua tested His talmidim, (disciples who followed Him) by putting to them that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood&#8230;both practices an abomination to the Jewish culture&#8230;they grumbled it was a hard teaching. And when He confronted them about it, and explained what He meant, that the &#8220;words&#8221; He spoke to them were Spirit and life, He also said there were some who did not trust, that only those given to Him by the Father could believe on Him. It then says in Yochanan (John) 6:60 &#8220;From this time on, many of His talmidim turned back and no longer traveled around with Him.&#8221;</p>
<p>If you can&#8217;t handle a hard word now, what will you do when things really get rough? And they will, and it will be sooner than you think.We are exhorted to stop being babies, desiring only the milk of the Word (basic principles, and dare I say things that make us feel good?) and to grow up and start chewing on the meat of the Word (the deeper things of God, faith and trust)</p>
<p>Something to consider: Gemstones, especially diamonds, are only formed under extreme <strong><em>heat</em></strong> and tremendous <strong><em>pressure</em></strong>. I&#8217;m not fully formed yet, but I desire to be a faithful gemstone God selects when He makes up His jewels~His special treasure&#8230; Mal&#8217;akhi (Malachai) 3:16-18</p>
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