Hollywood actor Chris Pratt speaks of Christ’s birth at Disneyland’s Christmas celebration

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Hollywood actor Chris Pratt speaks of Christ’s birth at Disneyland’s Christmas celebration

The star of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise joined a cast made up of hundreds of people for the invitation-only event.

Backed by a huge choir, Pratt told the audience: “About 2,000 years ago, God sent an angel named Gabriel to a city in Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin who was betrothed to a man named Joseph of the house of David.

 

“That virgin’s name was Mary.”

He also shared a personal Christmas message about how being a father has taught him more about God’s love.

“The way we love our children, the more we love our children, the more we will understand the capacity for our Father in heaven to love us,” Pratt said.

 

“Each and every one of us [is] a precious creation, and He just marvels in the ways that we can try to please Him.

“And through this holiday spirit may we continue to spread peace and goodwill throughout the world. Thank you, and Merry Christmas!”

While Pratt is known for his comedy roles, which are sometimes raunchy with strong language, he regularly shares his faith on social media and in interviews.

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Former Gang Leader Gives His Life to Jesus, Shares His Testimony Where He Used to Commit Crimes

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Former Gang Leader Gives His Life to Jesus, Shares His Testimony Where He Used to Commit Crimes


Former Gang Leader Gives His Life to Jesus, Shares His Testimony Where He Used to Commit Crimes


After repeatedly staring death in the face, professional fighter and Latin Syndicate gang founder Rene “Level” Martinez has decided to take to his hometown streets to spread a message of life through Christ.


In an interview with CBN News, Level share that he grew up in a single parent household where his mother practiced witchcraft.


He said, “My mom was in the streets. [She] was into the Santa Ria, which is like a form of witchcraft, sacrificing animals all over me as a kid and I started seeing demons. They haunted me my whole life”


Then when Level turned 12, he decided to pursue a life of crime. The preteen started breaking into people’s houses and stealing guns, he even began participating in drive-by shootings. 

This later led to him starting a gang. In 1990, Level started a gang called the Latin Syndicate.


The gang grew to around 300 members at its peak, but quickly many of them were either killed or arrested.  


Soon, the gangster became a father. Level knew he needed to change his life, so he secured a professional fighting contract with Telemundo. Under his contract the fighter went on to Nicaragua where he beat the three-time fighting world champion, Ricardo Mayorga. 


Level was now in a place where he had a successful career and money to provide for his family, but he told CBN that he still felt a void…

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Is VeggieTales Racist?: California State University Students Accuse VeggieTales of Perpetuating Racial Stereotypes

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Is VeggieTales Racist?: California State University Students Accuse VeggieTales of Perpetuating Racial Stereotypes


Is VeggieTales Racist?: California State University Students Accuse VeggieTales of Perpetuating Racial Stereotypes


California State University San Marcos held a “Whiteness Forum” recently where they determined that the beloved Christian cartoon VeggieTales is racist. 


According to The College Fix, the group determined that “The Christian cartoon VeggieTales is racist because the villains are vegetables of color. The NFL is racist since most players are black and most coaches and owners are white. White women advance white supremacy when they support President Donald Trump.”


CBN News reports that the “Whiteness Forum” was organized so that participants can take “a critical look at whiteness.” In other words, the students participating in the forum were asked to evaluate popular things in culture and identify racism in them. 


According to The College Fix, the “Whiteness Forum” is an annual event put together to display student’s final projects in Professor Dreama Moon’s Communications 454 called “The Communication of Whiteness.”  


Reportedly, on of Moon’s students identified VeggieTales as a show which reinforces racial stereotypes. 


The female student who created the report commented on her project in an interview noting that evil characters in the cartoon tend to have ethnic, or more specifically Latino, accents, while the good characters sound white.


She stated in her project, “When kids see the…

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One hero salutes another: A video I hope you’ll see

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One hero salutes another: A video I hope you’ll see

Throngs of people streamed into the Capitol Rotunda yesterday to spend a moment before the flag-draped casket of President George H. W. Bush. Among them was Sen. Bob Dole.

While serving in the Army during World War II, Dole was badly wounded by German machine gun fire. He never regained use of his right arm; his left arm is minimally functional. Nonetheless, he went on to serve Kansas in Congress from 1961 to 1996 and run for president in 1996 as the Republican nominee.

Now ninety-five years old, he is confined to a wheelchair. But he wanted to pay his respects to President Bush, so aides helped him stand. He then used his left hand to salute the casket.

It was one hero saluting another. I hope you’ll watch the now-viral video.

“Your success is now our country’s success”

Today has been designated a day of mourning for President George H. W. Bush. His remains are lying in state at the US Capitol this morning. His son, President George W. Bush, will deliver the eulogy at Washington National Cathedral later today.

Many are mourning the passing not just of a great man but also of the civility he represented. Consider one example of his gracious spirit.

In 1989, President Reagan left a humorous note for his successor in the drawer of his Oval Office desk. In 1993, after a bitterly fought presidential campaign, President Bush left a letter in the desk for the man who defeated him, cementing a tradition that has continued to this day.

Here is what he wrote:

“Dear Bill,

“When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. I know you will feel that, too.

“I wish you great happiness here. I never felt the loneliness some Presidents have described.

“There will be very tough times, made even more difficult by criticism you may not think is fair. I’m not a very good one to give advice; but just don’t let the critics discourage you or push you off course.

“You will be our President…

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Einstein's 'God Letter' auctioned for $3m

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Einstein's 'God Letter' auctioned for $3m

A letter written by Albert Einstein that was expected to fetch at least $1m at auction has sold for almost $3m.

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The Five Most Common Ways Churches Guide New Believers

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It’s one of the most common questions we get at Church Answers. What resources or approaches do you use for new believers?

My first reaction is one of joy. I am delighted God has used a particular church and its members to reach someone for Christ. My second response is a question. How have you responded in the past? What has been your approach with new believers? Here are the five most common ways churches guide new believers in order of frequency of response:

  1. They do nothing. The majority of churches that have responded do not have any plan of discipleship in place for these new believers. To their credit, they know they must do something, and they are seeking to move forward.
  2. They give them a resource. The resource is typically a book, and there does not seem to be any one book of choice. There are actually several good choices available.
  3. They get them involved in a group. One pastor told me one of his most important tasks is to encourage people to move from the big worship gathering to the new smaller group. Of course, groups have different names in different churches: community groups, life groups, Sunday school, home groups, and others. That same pastor said that he works extra hard to get new believers in groups where they can be discipled and grow spiritually with others.
  4. They send them to a new believer’s class. Many pastors like this idea but have trouble with consistency of schedule and getting a critical mass. “I hate to admit it,” a pastor shared with me, “but we only…

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Prince Charles praises ‘inspiring faith’ of Christians in the Middle East

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Prince Charles praises ‘inspiring faith’ of Christians in the Middle East

Charles also said “extremism and division” are not inevitable, during a special service at Westminster Abbey which celebrated the contribution believers have made in the region.

Addressing more than 1,000 people on Tuesday evening, he said: “Throughout history, in these lands which are the cradle of faith for Jews, Muslims and Christians, communities of different beliefs have shown that it is possible to live side by side as neighbours and friends.

 

An estimated 100,000 Christians fled the Nineveh Plains of Iraq in 2014 as Islamic State extremists advanced on the city of Qaraqosh.

Premier has reported how Christian organisations such as Aid to the Church in Need have been helping scores of Iraqi families return to their homes.

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Others in attendance at the event on Tuesday included the Archbishop of Canterbury Most Rev Justin Welby – as well as members of the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre, Syriac Catholic Church and Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Church.

The prince added: “Co-existence and understanding are not just possible, therefore; they are confirmed by hundreds of years of shared experience.

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“Extremism and division are by no means inevitable.

“All three of the great Abrahamic faiths believe in a loving, just and merciful God who cares for creation, who cares for his creatures…

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MFM Daily Devotional 5 December 2018 – The Power of His Voice

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MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 5 December 2018 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – The Power of His Voice

TOPIC: The Power of His Voice (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 5 December 2018)

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Psalm 29:3-11

MEMORY VERSE: “But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.” – Exodus 23:22

The MESSAGE:

There are different voices that speak to human beings. The devil tries to confuse believers by sending voices from the pit of hell to them. It is the work of believers to try to distinguish between the voices they hear as the ability to distinguish between these voices makes one a true Christian. Also, God speaks in different ways. He may decide to speak through the prophets, through the reading of His words and most importantly, through the voice of the Holy Spirit.

Two salient things you need the most to make it in life are your ability to recognise the voice of God from any other voice when He speaks to you and your ability to obey Him. A lot of believers actually hear the voice of God but disregard it because it is not what their itching ears want to hear or because most of the time, what God is saying goes against the gains of their personal agenda. It is, however, dangerous to pretend that God has not been speaking to you because it is only the power of that voice that can turn your situation around.

In Exodus 23:20-21, God says: “Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.” The truth is that, once you listen to Him and obey His voice, He will keep you in the way until you come to your Promised Land. As believers, God is always, God is always interested in speaking to us but it is our inability to listen to Him when He speaks that is the problem. To hear from God, we must always be in the spirit. The Bible says: “God is Spirit and they that worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24). John the beloved said: “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day” (Revelation 1:10a). It then means that to hear from God, we must be in the spirit.

Come closer to Him today by reading His word, and you will hear that voice, that still small voice meant to comfort you.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
WHEN THE POWER OF HIS VOICE GETS YOU UP, NO POWER CAN BRING YOU DOWN AGAIN.

PROPHETIC WORD:
By the power of His voice, I prophesy the change of levels in your life now.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING
1. O voice of the LORD, come forth now and let my problem mountains scatter, in the name of Jesus.
2. O voice of the LORD, silence every evil voice prophesying evil things into my life, in the name of Jesus.
3. My Father, by Your voice let complete deliverance happen to my life today, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. By the voice of the Almighty, I command all impossibilities in my life to become possible, in the name of Jesus.
5. Every stubborn longtime problem that has refused to let me rest, by the voice of the LORD, be cursed now to your root, in the name of Jesus.
6. By the power in the voice of the LORD, I reject failure, in the name of Jesus.
7. Thou power of the voice of the LORD, liberate me completely from every entanglement of darkness, in the name of Jesus.

“If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional HERE

MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)

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The Harvest of Thanksgiving by Paul Enenche

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The Harvest of Thanksgiving by Paul Enenche

HEALING AND DELIVERANCE SERVICE – 4TH DECEMBER 2018
ANCHOR SCRIPTURE(S): PSALM 103:1-5
MESSAGE TOPIC: THE HARVEST OF THANKSGIVING
BY: DR. PAUL ENENCHE

ANCHOR SCRIPTURE(S): PSALM 103:1-5

Every giving has a harvest
Thanksgiving is a giving; forgiving is also a giving and they all have harvest

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GIVE GOD THANKS:
1. When we give God thanks, we harvest His presence (Ps. 103:1-5)
2. When we give God thanks, we receive the harvest of supplies (John 6:11-12)
3. When we give God thanks, we receive the harvest of health (Luke 17:11-17)
4. When we give God thanks, we receive the harvest of life (Luke 17:11-19; Ps. 150:6)
5. When we give God thanks, we receive the harvest of perfection (Luke 17:11)

PRAYERS
Father, we thank You for the prophetic releases and declarations all through the dedication and the
convention that are now testimonies. (1Tim. 1:18)

Father, we apply for Your help in the Name of Jesus, as a people we apply for more of Your help and grace Lord in Jesus (1Tim. 1:18)

Click HERE to watch SHILOH 2018 LIVE

MINISTRATION PRAYERS:
– In the Name of Jesus, every family altar, every ancestral altar, every insane altar fighting my destiny, you are catching fire in Jesus’ Name
– Every stranger in my life, every demonic deposit in my body, you have no place. satan lose your grip off my life in the Name of Jesus, you are leaving me now!

PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS:
– Everybody that will not let you rest shall be laid to rest in this season and you shall have rest in Jesus’ Name
– Every satanic, demonic spirit that says you should not give birth to your children or become what God wants you to be, today it is destroyed and you shall fulfil your days in Jesus’ Name.
– Every stranger in your body leaves you right now and is returned back to hell in Jesus’ Name
– Every demonic deposit in your body is returned back to hell!
– Everything that followed you from your mother’s womb is returned back to hell
– Everything that is paralysed in your life, family and resources, today they are coming back to life in Jesus’ Name
– Every new organ in your body that needs to be put is released right now in Jesus’ Name
– Every arrow of destruction, disaster and insanity, wherever it came from it is refired back to sender!
– Every affliction that followed you here shall not escape the glory
– Everything that has put your life under pressure, today that pressure returns back to hell
– Whatever affliction followed you, you are leaving free of them here without struggles in Jesus’ Name
– Everywhere they buried your finances/resources, they are released back into your hands in Jesus’ Name!

Also Read: Click HERE to read Other Inspirational Messages by Pastor Paul Enenche

The above MESSAGE was written by Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Pastor Paul and Becky Enenche, as the Senior Pastors. It is a power-packed arena where God’s Presence, Principles and Power are at work for the salvation, healing and restoration of human destinies and dignities.

Flatimes Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

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TREM Devotional 5 December 2018 – You Are Precious To God

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Topic: You Are Precious To God [TREM Devotional 5 December 2018]

“Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.” Isaiah 43:4

Don’t ever look down on yourself. One very potent tool in the hands of the devil is self-doubt. When people don’t believe in you, it is one thing, but when you do not believe in yourself, it is quite another and indeed the latter is worse than the former. If no one believes in you and you believe in yourself, God can turn things around in your favour, but when you do not believe in yourself, it is like calling God a liar. Wow! That is strong you may say, but that is the truth. When you don’t believe in yourself, when God believes in you, you cannot walk in the newness of life He has made available to you through His blood.

In our text today, God says you are precious in His sight. Stop and think about it; if God calls you precious, how then should you carry yourself? He did not say you are precious in the sight of man, but precious in His own sight. He saw you in your mess and still chose to pay the price for your redemption, because you are precious to Him. Yes, you may have missed it repeatedly, but that has not diminished your importance in the Kingdom, He still says you are precious. Even when you think you are down and out and like Naomi, when she was returning from the land of Moab told the people, call me not Naomi (which means pleasant) but call me Mara (which means bitterness), God still looked at her and from her daughter-in-law, God raised Obed the grandfather of David of the lineage of Jesus. Can you see that? What can be worse than that. She looked at herself and wrote herself off, but mercy reached out to her and God restored her.

If that happened to Naomi under the Old Covenant, how much more you, under the New Covenant! You are precious to God. He shed His blood just because of you. Don’t give up, don’t give in, don’t lose hope. Look up, it is a new dawn for you.

Further Reading: Isaiah 43:1-5; Ruth 1:19-22

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Daniel 1-2; Evening- 1 John 4

“If you missed yesterday devotional click HERE to read TREM Daily Devotional by Dr. Mike Okonkwo’’

Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.

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