In the Story of Adam I Noted the following;
[INDENT]2:36. But Satan caused them [Adam & Eve] to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the (happy) state in which they were;
and We [Allah] said: Fall down, one of you a [B]foe[/B] [[aduwwun]] unto the other! There shall be for you on Earth a habitation and provision for a tune.
[/INDENT][INDENT]7:23. They [Adam & Eve] said : Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If Thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, surely...

It's that time of year again. Regardless of our backgrounds or beliefs, many of us celebrate the holidays starting from Thanksgiving and all the way up to New Year's.

Let's try to actually enjoy this holiday season. Don't be so hard on yourself trying to cook the perfect meal or trying to buy the perfect gifts which often winds up with us stressed out and anxious for the season to end.

The holidays in a way remind me of large weddings. With large weddings, many times...

"Before she went into labor, she had the baby. Before the birth pangs hit, she delivered a son....So I open the womb and not deliver the baby? Do I, the One who delivers babies shut the womb?" - Isaiah 66:7-9


Soul travail is an impassioned deep level of intercession (prayer) that affects the spiritual atmosphere so that the lost can hear the gospel and make a decision to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
We literally push back the blinding oppressing...

John 6:63 - "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you they are Spirit and they are life."

WHEN WE HALT OUR SPIRITUAL ASCENT TOWARD GOD AT THE PLATEAU OF DOCTRINAL KNOWLEDGE, WE BECOME PEOPLE WHO NEVER REALLY CHANGE.
INSTEAD, OUR OLD NATURE SIMPLY PRETENDS TO BE NEW.
THE LONGER WE SETTLE FOR JUST HEAD KNOWLEDGE, THE MORE OUR CHRISTIANITY BEGINS TO DEGENERATE INTO A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT.

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They weren't going to be on the grocery store shelves, so it came time to make a special order. This week's grocery shopping took me to my neighborhood Market Street, and I needed slices of lettuce and tomato for sandwiches which I would take to work.

I ordered slices of lettuce from the people at the produce department. Slices. Just pick apart some lettuce from a head. That's it.

When the order came out, it wasn't what I ordered.

I...