Charles Stanley | – A Faithful Church in an Ungodly World – Daily Devotional


“A strong church is made of people who walk by faith, not by sight.

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  1. Hi all right, I'm from Brazil I always wanted to please God I was always against gender ideology and such things but I never hated someone because of that, just like Jesus said to love our neighbor, but I also don't want to distort the bible, that we all know, the problem is that I didn't know that there was (mainly in the United States) an opposition to the interracial/miscegenation relationship, here in Brazil this is the most normal thing in the world and it has always been both in the churches of old and today (not that there is no racism but here things are not segregated like in the United States).
    After reading several comments I realized how much this was a problem, which for me was always normal, I didn't know it was something "wrong", most of the Facebook pages for example I see always preach that God doesn't care about color of person, in fact most black pastors marry white women. This has made me feel bad I'm mixed, and 99% of Brazil is too. I, for example, have always liked European culture, but I realize that some Americans are afraid that Europe will lose its identity or something, this is putting me in a huge depression because I had no idea that some people thought that way (here in Brazil too but it is very little and they are not Christians, but racism is everywhere).
    In Brazil there were never any segregationist laws or anything like that so it was never a problem for us here, in fact this talk that miscegenation is genocide is an agenda of the left here in Brazil that was imported by the black movement by white Americans. Help me I'm very bad because of this it's not my ethnicity's fault I just want to please God.
    Thank you God bless you.
    this has taken my sleep, I didn't know it was such a bad thing for people from other countries, something that for me has always been very common (there are even some advertisements like against miscegenation) I should never have researched on this subject I knew that in the United States things were still segregated so I saw several comments and now I'm depressed I don't know what else to do

  2. Humble yourself before the almighty God. YAHWEH. Repent of your sins. Confess and forsake your sins to
    Our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ . BELIVE , trust and have faith on our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ his son; for the forgiveness of our sins and for our eternal salvation before it’s too late.

    Hebrews 9:27
    King James Version
    27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

    Did you know you’re part of the ultimate statistic, 10 out of 10 people die. One day your heart will stop beating and you will be dead! The Bible says you’ll then be judged by the holy and righteous God who created this universe. You’ll be judged for every word, thought, and action in your life. Will you be innocent or guilty?

    Let’s check the standard, the Ten Commandments. Have you ever lied (even a “white” lie)? Have you ever stolen anything (value is irrelevant and includes downloading or copying movies illegally)? If you’ve lusted, you’ve committed adultery in your heart.

    If you’ve hated someone, the Bible says you’re a murderer. If you’ve done any of these things, you will be guilty, and end up in Hell. God is perfect and He hates sin, but He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the Cross to take the punishment you deserve. Then He rose from the grave – defeating death.

    Repent (turn from your sins) and trust in Jesus Christ to receive forgiveness and everlasting life. Read the Bible to learn about God and how to live.

    Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
    King James Version
    13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

    14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

    Do God’s will, plan and purpose in your life; these are above and beyond, immeasurable compare to your grandest dream.

    1 Corinthians 6:9-10
    New King James Version
    9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. (A)Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, nor [b]sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

  3. I am really struggling with understanding who I am. All my life, I have been given so many definitions of who I am by other people. I'm very confused. I know my identity is found in Christ alone. But I am really struggling with understanding God's will for my life. Please pray for me.

  4. A lot of the world says 'follow your heart': be swayed or even led by your emotions directly, and go with what 'feels good.'

    When we read of Israel in Exodus, after they had been set free from Pharaoh, they were still quite quick to complain any time the good feelings faded, and they were quick to blunder right into error in so doing.

    Remember what's true – most of all Christ's love for us in that He gave Himself at the cross, and rose again.
    Act in accordance with that.

    I've heard it described that feelings are a 'caboose' to the train: in a sense they can carry fuel, but if your life takes a turn, it'll take a bit before your emotions align with the engine again.
    Trust and do what's right, and don't put the caboose before the Conductor.

    I've a long way to go, but Jesus is worthy.

  5. (HERE IS THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST) JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS AND HE WAS BURIED AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY BY FAITH IN GOD'S SON THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AND JESUS CHRIST ONLY SALVATION SHALL BE YOURS AND ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN WILL AWAIT YOU WHEN YOU DIE THE BIBLE JOHN CHAPTER 3 VERSES 16 THROUGH 21 AS WELL AS 1ST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15 VERSES 1 THROUGH 5 THE BIBLE

  6. This is the Truth in regards to the One and ONLY Aluah (Hebrew for Almighty One), the Creator of heaven and earth and of mankind and of all things, YAHUAH !!! The Sacred Name that He himself proclaimed to Moses on Mount Sinai which the pagans have tried to cover up and replace with titles such as “Lord” or “Lord God” over 7000 times in the bible, titles which were used for babylonian false gods (ba’al). His Name is the biggest revelation in the whole Torah (True Word and Law of YAHUAH) and it is the first Commandment given to us as an eternal memorial to know and address and worship our One Creator by His True Name YAHUAH and not by pagan titles!! He clearly says to not take His name to vain !! (3rd Commandment). The other most crucial Truth which they have tried to twist and pervert with their lies and through which they have deceived people into worshipping the beast is the name of our Glorious Messiah the Son of YAHUAH and his true biblical name is Yahusha (the name His Father in heaven gave him not men, as the original hebrew text shows us) not jesus christ!! Yahusha (YAHUAH-yasha) translates as YAHUAH is Salvation! Because he would come in the name of the Father in heaven to bring His Salvation!! The name “jesus christ” does not embody the Father’s name but something completely else!! It was created by emperor costantine at the council of nicea in an attempt to bring unification to the roman empire by bringing all the pagan gods who were being worshipped at distant parts of the empire (all names of Tammuz the babylonian false god, the names simply changed after being dispersed from the tower of babel) into this one false image of the Messiah who could be accepted by all pagans unified by a false “universal religion”. The many pagan names were narrowed down to the most worshiped and influental of the time, hesus (druid false god), horus (egyptian false god), and krishna (eastern false god) which later evolved into jesus h. christ. (See https://www.sabbathcovenant.com/doctrine/hesus_krishna.htm and https://boatrvgroup.com/sabbathcovenant/christianitythegreatdeception/newgodcreated.htm The first letters of these three names in greek chi, xi and sigma are actually the letters which were shown to John in revelation to be the symbol of the beast and they were added together in a numerical value in error by the translators which would make for the number 666 hence the misconception that this number is the symbol of the beast ( see https://sabbathcovenant.com/newdoctrine/jesus_christ_is_the_antichrist.htm ). In light of this new false religion and false image of the Messiah was also changed the Set-Apart 7th Day Shabbat of YAHUAH (4th Eternal Commandment!!) to “sunday” offering worship to their babylonian pagan trinity sungod! Christianity carries all the babilonian pagan customs and doctrines to this day and has deceived so many people with its false trinity and incarnation doctrines (The heavenly Father is One he is not a trinity!!) its pagan holydays and day of worship (not the true ordained feasts of our Creator commanded in The Torah) its false teachings about the Law (the Law was not done away with at the “cross” (which was actually a tree)! Yahusha our Messiah the Son of the Almighty said so himself!- Matthew 5:18. The decrees demanding our death for disobedience were. We are to do our best to be obedient to the Law of our Father just like Yahusha our Master said we should! John 13:15-17, Matthew 7:21-23) and its false image of the Messiah (the beast in disguise) which gives glory to their pagan “gods” and not YAHUAH the One True Creator!! I’m not asking you to believe me or agree with me i’m inviting you to investigate and seek the Truth for yourself because the end days are upon us! I’ll share two websites that have a LOT of information regarding The Truth of our Heavenly Father: “www.promotethetruth.com” “www.sabbathcovenant.com” and some youtube channels which dive on these topics: “Parable of the Vineyard”, “YAHUSHA KING”, “The Sabbath Covenant”, “Hidden One of YAH”, “Messenger Of The Name”, “Watchmen of YAHUAH”, “Devoted to Yah”. Whoever has a heart for the Truth let them hear! Seek YAHUAH the One and Only Living Aluah and His True Word!!

  7. Faithfulness to God the Father and His Son, the Lord Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit, that is what today’s church must and should do in today’s volatile climate. The Lord wants true believers, true followers of Him, to worship Him, and Him alone. Then as now we must be wary of those who are dressed in sheep’s clothes but are ravenous wolves. Did not our Lord Jesus warn us against them? Thank you, Dr. Stanley, for your faithfulness to the Lord Jesus and for teaching us truths. Let us always hold fast to the Lord’s teachings. I for one follow my Lord Jesus. I pray for the church, for pastors, for those who have been led astray by false teaching as I was long ago.

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