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Take Time With God #103: How to get rich
Ray is about to tell you how to get rich. If you’ve ever wished that you were rich be sure to hear this message.
Take Time With God #103: How to get rich
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TTW God 101: How to love being dead
TTW God 101: How to love being dead
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Take Time With God #88 – What to do with your mind
Ray continues to teach from Philippians 4.
Take Time With God #88 – What to do with your mind
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Take Time With God #86 – The Earth is NOT our final resting place!
17 Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. 18 For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their [a]appetite, and whoseglory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things. 20 For our[b]citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21 who will transform [c]the body of our humble state into conformity with [d]the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
2 I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to [f]live in harmony in the Lord. 3 Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Take Time With God #86 – This Earth is NOT your final resting place!
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Take Time With God #85 – It doesn’t matter what you’ve done
7 But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 More than that, I count all things to be loss [a]in view of the surpassing value of [b]knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, [c]for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, 9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and [d]the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; 11 [e]in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on [f]so that I may lay hold of that [g]for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to whatlies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are [h]perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you; 16 however, let us keep [i]living by that same standard to which we have attained.
Take Time With God #85 – It doesn’t matter what you’ve done
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Take Time With God #85: Life Happens
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26 Take Time With God: Are you really forgiven?
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Leaders must be accepted by the people they are trying to lead or they will be in the wrong place to lead. Forced leadership is communism, not Christianity. So, who does God mean to have lead the Church or each individual church? There are five ministries Christ, the Head of the Church, has appointed and anointed as leaders of His Church. They are the apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. But what exactly are they intended by Christ to do? Let’s explore this subject further on today’s Take Time With God. –Ray
22 Take Time With God: Who is supposed to lead?
22 Take Time With God: Who is supposed to lead?
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16 A message from Saint Ray!
Every church is meant to be a celebration of families that are all blood related. Jesus Christ made sure that could happen with His blood. And God loves nothing more than to see His family grow. There’s room for you, whoever you are. But is there a law in Christianity that says you MUST go to church? Here’s the truth. There are no laws in Christianity. Christians are not under the law, but under Christ’s grace (absolutely undeserved favor and kindness.)
There are many things a Christian can do to make themselves strong in Christ. Each one of those things is a wise thing to do. I can’t imagine not doing them. But if you do just one thing in your whole lifetime and do it sincerely, you will not only be a Christian but a saint! What do I mean? Join me now on Take Time With God.
–Ray
16 A message from Saint Ray!
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14 Are you circumcised?
Ephesians 2:11-22
Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands – remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, excluded from the Commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall by abolishing in His flash the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross by it having put to death the enmity. And he came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; four through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
14 Are you circumcised?
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12 Christians live forgiven
There are two kinds of lifestyles that are equally destructive in any Christian’s life.
First is the self proclaimed “holier than thou” Christian who thinks their major role in life is to pick out everyone else’s flaws. They are egotists, big headed, puffed up, judging others from their high condemning perch of perfection. They are nitpickers. They believe the lie that they are better than anyone else and therefore have the right to be critical of anything they see in other Christians or non-Christians who do anything that they wouldn’t do, especially if it is something they consider sinful. They also believe that they have the corner on the market of truth and only exactly what they believe the Bible says is true. They aren’t open to changing their mind and expect everyone to do whatever they think they think they should. They can’t learn the truth because they think only what they believe is the truth. This person is in love with themself and so concentrated on what they believe is their perfection that they can’t really concentrate on Christ and His purpose for their life. They make life miserable for others.
Second is the Christian who at some point came to a place in their life when they began feeling inferior to everybody else. They feel inferior especially when they compare themself with other Christians. Deep down they believe there is some flaw in them, some sin they have committed, that on judgment day will send them to hell. They believe this in spite of the fact that they have sincerely asked Christ to be their one and only Savior. I call these kind of people, “Christians with ‘myopic eyeballs!"” They concentrate so much on the sins they are or have committed and on their self proclaimed imperfection that they have no real time to concentrate on Christ and His abundant purpose for their life. Besides, they don’t think they are at all “worthy” of His love. In fact they often tell other Christians how “unworthy” they feel. They don’t realize there is no one worthy of salvation and the gifts Christ gives them – no one at all.
The real truth is that Christ paid the entire price for every Christian’s sins. Christ summarized this truth with His last words on the cross – “It is finished.” Three days later He rose from death and conquered it. He did that so He could wash with his shed blood every person who honestly asks Him to be their one and only Savior (John 3:16.)
Let me tell you more about this right now on Take Time for God….. –Ray
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It is my prayer that you will join me for a very few minutes each day to take time with Christ. Some Christians would call these “Daily Devotions.” I am going to try to post these every morning at 8 AM Fort Worth, Texas, time. It will be a great way to start every morning. But you can join me at anytime of the day or night to share these few minutes together. God’s Word is powerful 24 hours a day, every day.
It was a great honor to write an entire commentary on the book of Ephesians which was originally breathed by the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul. You won’t find this online anywhere else or in any bookstore. but you can download it with my love. – Ray
This book bears Paul’s style, is in total agreement with everything else he wrote, and it bore up to the most thorough testings by those who were led of the Spirit to choose the 66 books of the Bible.
The following verses should be studied with your Bible open to them.
EPHESIANS, CHAPTER ONE
1-2. How many Christians would heavily question God if they were imprisoned for their faith? John the Baptist did exactly that. But Paul wasted no time at all with self pity or doubt. Instead he lived each day of his Christian life to the fullest. He realized that he was in prison on assignment from and for Christ, not because Christ failed him. Paul spent eight years in prisons during his ministry. He never wasted a moment of them. They became his “rest stops” that gave him more time for talking to Christ (Colossians 2:1-3), hearing Christ respond (John 10:27), witnessing to the prison guards and everyone else (Philippians 1:13),and to write in his own words what the Holy Spirit dictated to him (2 Peter 1:20-21).
Colossians 2:1-3 – For I want you to know how great the struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face, that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
John 10:27 – My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
Philippians 1:13 – so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well-known among the whole praterion guard and to everyone else, and that most of the brethren trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.
2 Peter 1:20–21 – For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you.
