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From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-23T21:36:00.000-08:00

"So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn." Luke 2:6-7

Prepare a place for him in your life tonight...
Forget a bit about your pains, bills... and Welcome him this Christmas...
Be humble and he will settle in your heart...
Be peaceful and he will protect you...

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-21T18:22:00.000-08:00

"Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother." Mark 3:34-35

Where do we stand from Jesus's words??!! Do we love our very own brothers, sisters, mothers or fathers?!
Let's pray this Christmas for the disrupted families, and ask the Holy Child to re-light their hearts and minds with understanding and forgiveness!!!
If we do think that the problems between us and them are big, let's step down... they might show smaller!!!

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-20T22:34:00.000-08:00

"Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming." Matthew 25:13

"Preparation" means that He won't ask you about the gifts you have got or bought for Christmas, but how many souls you have saved, and how much love and forgiveness you gave away...

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-19T13:44:00.000-08:00

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness." Matthew 23:27

If you love God for the sake of positions, respect and/or money, you do fall unfortunately into this category... Is it worth it, lying to yourself, your brother and God??!!
Make a change this Christmas!!!

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-16T14:06:00.000-08:00

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit." John 15:1-2

Some sweet dried fruits are traditionally used in Christmas presents... Lets create a new tradition by giving away a "fruit of love" to everyone...
Let's make our Christmas meaningful!!

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-15T05:28:00.000-08:00

"For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it." Luke 9:24

No egoism is accepted while you are or if you want to be on God's freeway... lots of patience and experience is needed... because if you do think of yourself, your pains or gains, you will be automatically kicked out!!

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-15T03:17:00.000-08:00

"Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." Luke 6:37

Will we block this Christmas our intention to judge everyone, or even using someone's else prejudice??!!
Will we stop condemning everyone based on our rule of superiority??!!
Will we stay silent this Christmas and forgive ourselves to be able to forgive others???

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-12T14:38:00.000-08:00

"But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them." Luke 6:32

How far are we from this today?!! What era do we live in??
All bonds are almost lost... families, cousins, mates, friends... everything has to be for a price!
We might be asking just for acceptance, because forgiveness is too far!!!
Will you close your eyes this Christmas and think of the ones you "don't love"... imagine yourself giving them a hug... I assure that you will not die, even that the devil will make you feel it's disgusting!!!!

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-11T21:59:00.000-08:00

"No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out from the new does not match the old." Luke 5:36

Many of us try to show some good changes toward God while keeping old bad attitudes... even thinking sometimes that we are protected and right...
There is nothing called partial in faith... you believe or you don't... you love or you don't...
There shouldn't be areas of darkness in your heart, if not you are just keeping up a hidden place for devil...

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-10T19:28:00.000-08:00

"Why are you reasoning in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, 'Rise up and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins" - He said to the man who was paralyzed, " I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." Luke 5:22-24

Healing his soul or his body?!
What do you think is the more important?
Walking while being a slave to sins or being paralyzed but free?
Think and choose!

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-08T04:35:00.000-08:00

"And the devil said to Him, "All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours." And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.'"" Luke 4:6-8

How much did he give us so we even forget our name and who we are?!!
How much of artificial glow did he give to our image, so we think we are better than others?!!
Will we understand one day the quality of his materialistic toys , and convince ourselves that whenever we will use them, we head automatically down to hell!!!

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-06T13:59:00.000-08:00

"And He said to them, "Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business?"" Luke 2:49
Jesus's message is very clear!! Few and firm words were enough to explain a sacred mission and revealing a very strong commitment! How many times do we have to repeat words and sentences and the mission is: cover a lie with another lie(s)??? When will we clear our vision, aim the target of our life without looking around?!!

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-05T05:17:00.000-08:00

"So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, "let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us." And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger." Luke 2:15
How simple and easy, but full of meanings... a King in a manger, with no arms or soldiers... no gold or ministers... no castles or servants... just because all his power is in being that humble... Will we have the shepherds's enthusiasm to go, see and experience what God has made known to us??!!

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-03T05:18:00.000-08:00

"Then Herod, when he saw he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all it's districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men." Matthew 2:16

A typical model of discordance in thoughts and plans between God and temporary leaders... Jesus needed no thrown or crowns... didn't use weapons to reign... he funded with his innocent blood the school of love, opening the door to everyone who wants to register his name in eternity...

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-02T01:31:00.001-08:00

Jesus said: "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them." Matthew 11:5
Christmas is not a day in which we remember a holy child, but a King's journey who saved us by lighting the world... the hearts and souls...

From Now To Christmas... Everyday a Word!

2011-12-01T23:07:00.001-08:00

You might be busy, decorating your tree, shopping or planing for the holidays... but don't forget to warm up your heart with love and forgiveness, because this is all what Christmas means and the only reason why Jesus came and visited us...

I Believe

2011-06-08T13:51:00.001-07:00

Don't Leave Me

2011-06-08T13:48:00.001-07:00

المسيح قام من بين الأموات

2011-04-27T02:36:00.001-07:00

القيامة

2011-04-23T00:35:00.000-07:00

"فأطلب إليكم أنا الأسير في الربّ أن تسلكوا كما يحقّ للدعوة التي دعيتم بها. بكلّ تواضعٍ ووداعةٍ وطول أناةٍ محتملين بعضكم بعضاً في المحبّة. مجتهدين أن تحفظوا وجدانية الروح برباط السلام. جسدٌ واحدٌ وروحٌ واحدٌ كما دُعيتم أيضاً في رجاء دعوتكم الواحد. ربٌّ واحدٌ إيمانٌ واحدٌ معموديةٌ واحدةٌ إلهٌ وآبٌ واحدٌ للكلّ الذي على الكلّ وبالكلّ وفي كلّكم. ولكن لكلّ واحدٍ منّا أعطيت النعمة حسب قياس هبة المسيح. لذلك يقول. إذ صعد إلى العلاء سبى سبياً وأعطى الناس عطايا. وأمّا أنّه صعد فما هو إلا أنّه نزل أيضاً أولاً إلى أقسام الأرض السفلى. الذي نزل هو الذي صعد أيضاً فوق جميع السموات لكي يملأ الكلّ " من رسالة بولس الرسول إلى أفسس 4: 1-10
بقيامتك يا سيّدي سقط الخوف واندحرت مملكة أبو الكذّابين... فيا مالئ الكلّ املأنا إيماناً وحبّاً وليفض روحك القدّوس نوراً على قلوبنا الغارقة في الظلام.
المسيح قام حقاً قام

الجمعة العظيمة

2011-04-21T15:07:00.000-07:00

إذا كان البريء قد قتل، لا بل وشنّع به، فلا تعجبنّ من ظلمٍ يطالك أو ألمٍ يعتريك... فما من تلميذٍ أعظم من المعلّم...
أمّا إذا كان قلبك يعتصر على المصلوب وينفجر غضباً على معذّبيه، فلا تنسى أنّنا في كلّ يومٍ نجلده بطمعنا، نطعنه بمكرنا، ونصلبه بكرهنا... لكنّ أعمالنا وأفكارنا تسيل هاربة في قنوات النسيان، أمّا حكمنا على الآخرين فلا يتورّع عن إنزال أشدّ العقوبات...
أغفر لنا يا سيّد لأنّنا لا نعرف ماذا نفعل...

واحبيبي - فيروز

2011-04-21T01:08:00.000-07:00

الظافر

2011-04-17T07:35:00.000-07:00

لا بدّ للمتفرّج على هذا المشهد أو القارئ المتأمّل للإنجيل المقدّس من النظر في عمق وصلابة تحرّك السيّد المسيح صوب الهيكل... فالعارف باسرار وتكوينات العقول هو من كوّنها وحده... وقد يكون من حسن حظ الناس في تلك الأيام أنّ أحداً لم يقمع تظاهرتهم أو اتّهمهم بالإنتماء إلى فريقٍ دون آخر... فهذا التحرّك العفوي جاء على أثر الصيت الذائع للسيّد الشافي... الناس مرضى بالروح والجسد، وقد ملّوا من المتحكّمين بعيشهم وغفران ذلاتهم والممسكين بمكرٍ بعواطفهم وأفكارهم، فرفعوا سعف النخل وأغصان الزيتون ورفرفت ثيابهم أعلاماً وقال الجميع بصوتٍ واحد: مباركٌ الآتي باسم الربّ... خلّصنا... لقد مللنا الظلم والألم... خلّصنا... وهم يعلمون أنّ هذا الملك ليس محاطاً بعسكرٍ أو مثقلاً بالتيجان والذهب... هو متواضع وأقرب للشعب من أنفسهم...
اهتزّت عروش في المقلب الآخر... النائمين على حرير الظلم والغبن خافوا على ملكٍ زمني متعفّنٍ فانٍ... هذا يشكّل خطراً فدعونا ننتهي منه... وهنا تظهر حكمة من لا يريد مجداً دنيوياً وبرهان على انّ السيّد ضحّى طوعاً بنفسه لأجل المتألمين من الخطيئة المميتة... فهو يعرف ما يثير غيظ القابعين خلف الأسوار، وبذلك أجبرهم على تنفيذ "الفداء"...
منذ تلك اللحظة إلى ال"أصلبه" لم يتغيّر الكثير... عذّبوه وقتلوه بحقدٍ لا مثيل له كي يخلّصهم بمحبّة صادقةٍ لا مثيل لها...

ابانا الذي في السماء - وديع الصافي

2011-04-13T20:02:00.000-07:00

الوصايا العشر - وديع الصافي

2011-04-13T20:00:00.001-07:00

وسط التجارب

2011-03-10T22:43:00.001-08:00

الإبن الشاطر

2011-03-10T22:41:00.001-08:00

برفع أسمك

2011-03-10T22:39:00.001-08:00

Al Tatwibat

2011-01-18T03:32:00.001-08:00

التفاؤل والرجاء

2010-09-16T14:37:00.000-07:00

إن التفاؤل يأتي من الإيمان بعمل الله من أجلنا، ومن الرجاء بأنه لابد سيعمل عملاً. بالتفاؤل يرى الإنسان أن الليل مهما بلغ ظلامه، لابد سيأتي بعده الفجر المنير. وأن برد الشتاء يعقبه دفء الربيع، وهكذا يتأمل الشخص في النقاط البيضاء في كل ما حوله. وبالإيمان يرى الخير في كل شئ. لا ينظر إلى الظلمة الحالية، بل إلى النور الذي سيأتي. لا ينظر إلى ما يراه الآن، وإنما ما أعده الله له فيما بعد.

وقد كنت أقول للذين في ضيقة: تذكروا ثلاث عبارات هى "ربنا موجود. كله للخير. مصيرها تنتهي". فلا توجد ضيقة تستمر. فمهما طال زمانها لابد أنها ستنتهي. إنما تأخذ شكلاً هرمياً. فترتفع حتى تصل إلى قمتها. ثم تنحدر إلى أسفل وتنتهي. وتنتهي على خير. وحقاً كله للخير، لأن ربنا موجود. فبالرجاء يتأكد الشخص أن الله لابد سيتدخل. وحينئذ سوف تزول كل المشاكل وينصلح الأمر. إن نظرة الخوف والشك تجلب اليأس. أما نظرة التفاؤل والإيمان، فإنها تؤكد أن الله لابد سيعمل عملاً، ولو في الساعة الرابعة والعشرين.

والإيمان يقول: ليس ما نراه نحن، إنما ما يراه الله لأجلنا. وليس ما نعمله نحن، إنما ما يعمله الله من أجلنا. وعمل الله في القديم، يعطينا الثقة والرجاء بعمله في المستقبل. إن عمل الله قادر أن يغير القلوب وأن يبنيها من جديد.

كثيرون جداً تصغُر نفوسهم أمام المشاكل التي تبدو معقده وبلا حل، فتزيد حروب الشيطان من متاعبه. ويحتاجون إلى كلمة تعيد إليهم الرجاء. يحتاجون إلى نافذة من نور تبدد الظلمة التي تكتنف نفوسهم، والرجاء إذن هو شئ هام في الحياة. ولو فقد الإنسان الرجاء، فقد كل شئ. بل قد يقع في اليأس، ويقع في الكآبة، وتنهار معنوياته، ويقع في القلق والإضطراب ومرارة الإنتظار بلا هدف. وقد يقع العوبه في يد الشيطان الذي يقال عنه إنه يقطع الرجاء. أما الإنسان الروحي فمهما تعقدت الأمور أمامه، ومهما بدى أن الله قد تأخر في إرسال المعونة، فإنه لا يفقد رجاءه أبداً. إنه يؤمن بأن غير المستطاع عند الناس، هو مستطاع عند الله. وأن كل أمر مهما بدى مستعصياً وصعباً ومعقداً، فهناك رجاء يقدمه الله.

إن الإنسان الروحي لا يرى أن الله سيعمل في المستقبل، فهذا إيمان ضعيف، وإنما هو يؤمن أن الله يعمل حالياً، وإن كان لا يرى عمله. لكنه واثق تماماً أن الله يعمل. ويكون له رجاء بنتيجة عمله التي سيراها فيما بعد. إنه لا ينظر إلى الضيفات، إنما ينظر إلى الله الذي يبعد عنه الضيقات. لذلك فإن الرجاء يصاحبه في كل حين، وفي كل حال. ولا يفارقه أبداً. إنه رجاء في محبة الله، وفي مواعيده الصادقة. ورجاء في قوة الله القادر على كل شئ. رجاء في أن الله الذي عمل في القديم، والذي يعمل كل حين، هو قادر أن ينجيه من كل ضيقة. وهذا الرجاء في معونة الله، يعطي الإنسان سلاماً في القلب، وطمأنينة في الداخل، وفرحاً لعمل الله.

والذي يعيش في الرجاء، ينظر دائماً باباً مفتوحاً في السماء، مهما كانت أبواب الأرض مغلقة. فالله حينما يفتح لا يستطيع أحد أن يغلق. والإنسان المؤمن يعرف تماماً أن الله يحبنا أكثر مما نحب أنفسنا. ويعرف الخير لنا أكثر مما نعرف الخير لأنفسنا. ويوقن أن الله يدبر أمور الكون كلها حسب حكمته غير المحدودة. ويقول في ضميره إن كل الأشياء تعمل معاً للخير للذين يحبون الله. ونقصد الخير بالمقاييس الإلهيه، وليس الخير بمفاهيمنا البشرية. ويقول أحياناً إذا ضاقت به الأمور: إن المر الذي يختاره الرب لي، خير من الشهد الذي أختاره لنفسي.

والمؤمن يرى ـ في حياة الرجاءـ أن كل مشكلة لها عند الله حل أو عشرات الحلول. وأن كل الأمور التي تمر بنا في حياتنا: إن كانت خيراً فسوف تصل إلينا بكل بركة. وإن كانت شراً، فإن الله صانع الخيرات سيحول الشر الذي فيها إلى خير. والمؤمن يثق أيضاً أن حياته هى في يد الله وحده، وليست في أيدي الناس، ولا في أيدي التجارب والأحداث، ولا في أيدي الشياطين. وما دامت حياته في يد الله، فإن الله سوف يحفظه في سلام، ويحرسه في الليل والنهار، ويحفظ دخوله وخروجه.

لذلك إن كانت لديك مشكلة، فإنتظر الله لكي يريحك وينقذك منها. ولكن لا تنتظر الرب وأنت متضايق وخائف ومتذمر وفي ضجر. وتقول في داخل نفسك: لماذا لم يعمل الرب حتى الآن؟ وأين محبته ورعايته وأين عمله؟! نعم لا تنتظر عمل الرب وأنت في شك من المستقبل، وفي شك من قيمة الصلاة وفاعليتها!! إن كل تلك المشاعر ضد فضيلة الرجاء. فالإنسان المضطرب أو اليائس أو المنهار، إنما يدل على أنه فاقد الرجاء. أما منتظرو الرب فأنهم ينتظرونه في قوة غير خائفين. وإنما يثقون بمواعيد الله السابقة وبصفاته الإلهية المحبوبة، باعتباره الراعي والحافظ والساتر والمعين. وأنه رجاء من ليس له رجاء ومعين من ليس له معين. وأنه يعطينا باستمرار دون أن نطلب وقبل أن نطلب. فكم بالحري إذا طلبنا.

واعرف تماماً أن الله إذا سمح لك بضيقة، فإنما يكون ذلك لمنفعتك. والضيقات هى دائماً مدرسة الصلاة. ربما حياة التنعم تبعدنا عن الله. أما الآلم فأنه يقربنا إليه. فتصير صلواتنا أعمق وأكثر. وتصير أصوامنا أكثر روحانية. إن الضيقات التي احتملها داود النبي، صارت نبعاً لمزاميره، يغنيها على العود والقيثار والمزمار. وصارت ينبوعاً لتأملات روحية وصلوات عميقة تصليها الآجيال من بعده. بل الضيقات أعطته قوة في شخصيته.

ومن جهة الأمراض. فعلى الرغم من أن المرض آفة يحاربها الناس، ويهربون منها إلى الطب والدواء، فإن أمراضاً كثيرة قادت إلى التوبة، وفعلت ما لم تفعله أعمق العظات، وبخاصة الأمراض الخطيرة والمؤلمة. فكم قد أدخلت كثيرين في عهود مع الله، وفي نذور قدموها إليه، وفي حياة جديدة معه، أو في توبة واستعداد للموت. حقاً إن كل الأمور تعمل معاً للخير. لذلك عش سعيداً مهما حدث لك. وقل في ثقة "كله للخير".

Time For God!

2010-09-01T14:31:00.000-07:00

I don't have time for this... And, this is really inappropriate during work.
Then, I realized that this kind of thinking is.... Exactly, what has caused a lot of the problems
in our world today.
We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning...
Maybe, Sunday night...
We do like to have Him around during sickness... And, of course, at funerals.
However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play...
Because.. That's the part of our lives we think... We can, and should, handle on our own.
May God forgive me for ever thinking... That... There is a time or place where... HE is not to be
FIRST in my life.
We should always have time to remember all HE has done for us.
Jesus said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.'
Yes, ... I DO Love God.
HE is my source of existence and Savior.
He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I will be nothing. But, with Christ,
HE strengthens me. (Phil 4:13)
Do You Love God... And, are not ashamed of all the marvelous things HE has done for you...
Why is it so hard to tell the truth but Yet so easy to tell a lie?
Why are we so sleepy in church but Right when the sermon is over we suddenly wake up?
Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e-mail, but yet we forward all of the nasty ones?
Of all the free gifts we may receive, Prayer is the very best one...
There are no costs, but wonderful rewards...

GOD BLESS!

Why Go To Church?

2010-07-06T15:56:00.000-07:00

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:
"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals But I do know this.. They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!" When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

من أيّ جماعةٍ أنت؟

2010-07-05T04:33:00.001-07:00

خلال القداس دار أحد معاوني الكاهن بالسلّة كي يجمع تبرعات الناس الأسبوعية للكنيسة. وما إن شارفت الخدمة على نهايتها، حتى همّ عدد من الناس وبدأوا يتدافعون للخروج، فأوقفهم الكاهن قائلاً، أرجو أن لا يغادر أحد فلدينا شيء مهم سنطرحه عليكم... خرج البعض رغماً من طلبه، باعتبار أنّهم أوفوا نذورهم الأسبوعية، وأن ساعة صلاة في الزمان كافية لجعلهم مخلّصين...
قال الكاهن: درجت العادة أن نجمع تبرّعاتكم أيّها في كلّ أسبوع، لتوضع في صندوق الكنيسة ولتأمين احتياجاتها المادية الفانية... أمّا اليوم، فسنكسر هذه العادة، فاتحين في المجال أمامكم للتبرّعوا بأنفسكم لمن تجدوا أنّه بحاجة... تفضّلوا، خذوا من السلة ما يحلو لكم... تتطلع الناس ببعضهم باستغراب، وقد أصابهم الحياء من التقدّم ومد يدهم إلى السلة... فقال الكاهن: تقدّموا ولا تخافوا...
قام أحد الجالسين في الصف الأوّل، لتكرّ وراءه سبحة المنتظرين في الصفوف الخلفية، قائلاً في نفسه سآخذ كثيراً، هكذا سيقول الناس أنّني قدّمت كثيراً... قام آخر وخرج دون ان يمدّ يده قائلاً: أستحي بما قدّمت، لا يمكن أن أظهر كمن لم يقدّم شيئاً يذكر... وتلاه رجلٌ وامرأته قائلين: هذا ملك الكنيسة وما قدّمته ليس إلا اليسير ممّا أعطانيه الله... وآخر قال: قد لا تسنح هذه الفرصة مرّين، فلنغرفنّ مما طاب لآذاننا من طنينٍ ورنين... وآخر قال جهاراً: أنا لم أقدّم شيئاً لأنّي لا اعرف اين يذهب كلّ هذا! وآخر قال: لا يحقّ لأحد أن يمد يده ليتسوّل ما قدّمته نفسه، لأنّه ليس للكاهن او للكنيسة أنا أقدّم... لا بل واحرق المادة التي تتآكلني وتتآكلنا جميعاً كي أعيش المسيح... أما الأخير فتقدم ووجد السلّة فارغة، فقال مشتكياً للكاهن، أنا قدّمت ولي شهود على ذلك، أين ذهب مالي؟!! فقال الكاهن : لا ادري أين هو! قد يكون ابتلعه الطمع وحبّ الظهور والمجد الزائف... وما دام قلبك محترقاً بسبب ما قدّمته بعين ضيقة، ما الحاجة في الأساس إلى وجودك هنا!

الملك المتواضع THE HUMBLE KING

2010-06-27T12:24:00.000-07:00

يحكى أن ملكا عظيما كان بين الحين والآخر يتحدث مع رعاياه متخفيا.
وذات مرة اتخذ شكل رجل فقير, وارتدى ثيابا بالية , وذهب الى أفقر أحياء مدينته. وهناك اختار أحد البيوت الفقيرة جدا وقرع الباب, وعندما دخل وجد رجلا يجلس على الأرض وسط الأتربة فجلس بقربه وأخذا يتحدثان معا. تكررت هذه الزيارة عدة مرات, حتى أن هذا الفقير تعلق بالملك وصارا صديقين.
وكان يحكي له عن أسراره وأتعابه كلها. وبعد فترة من الزمن قرر الملك أن يعلن لصديقه عن حقيقته. فقال له لست فقيرا مثلك , فالحقيقة أني أنا هو الملك , إنك تستطيع أن تكون غنيا , إنني أستطيع أن أصدر أمرا بتعينك في أعظم وظيفة, اطلب مني ما شئت وأنا أحققه لك.
فأجابه الفقير : ما هذا الذي فعلته معي يا سيدي؟ أتترك قصرك وتتخلى عن مجدك وتأتي لتجلس معي في هذا الموضع الوضيع , وتشاركني همومي وتقاسمني أحزاني ؟ لقد قدمت لكثيرين من رعاياك عطايا ثمينة, أما أنا فقد وهبت لي ذاتك . إن طلبتي الوحيدة هي أن لا تحرمني منك , وأن تظل دائما صديقي الذي أحبه ويحبني.
هذا ما عمله المسيح معنا, إذ أخلى نفسه آخذا صورة عبد , واتخذ جسدا وعاش به على أرضنا، بذل نفسه فدية لأجلنا.
فهل أدركت معنى ما عمله لأجلك؟
هل تطلب هدايا وعطايا من ذلك الملك؟
أم أنك تطلب المعطي نفسه؟
فما أكثر المرات التي نهتم فيها بعطايا الرب وليس بالرب المعطي ..
هكذا يقول الله الرب خالق السموات وناشرها باسط الارض ونتائجها معطي الشعب عليها نسمة والساكنين فيها روحا. 6 انا الرب قد دعوتك بالبر فامسك بيدك واحفظك واجعلك عهدا للشعب ونورا للامم . أش 42: 5، 6

It is said that a great king, was now and then talking with his subjects in disguise.
He once took the form of a poor man, dressed in tattered clothes, and went to the poorest neighborhoods of his city. There had chosen a very poor homes and knocked on the door, and when he entered he saw a man sitting on the ground amid dust sat near him and taking talking together. This visit was repeated several times, so that this poor king and comment are now friends.
He was telling him secrets and all fees. After a period of time the king decided to announce to his friend for what it is. He said he was not poor like you, the fact is that I am king, you can be rich, I can give the order to Ptaenk in the greatest job, ask me what you want and I did before you.

Replied the poor: What have you done with me, sir? Atatürk your mansion and give up your glory to come and sit with me in this place, debased, is shared my concerns and Tkasemni my grief? I have given to many precious gifts Raayak, but I have given to me yourself. The only is that my students do not deprive me from you, and always remain my friend who I love and loves me.

This work of Christ with us, as he emptied himself taking the form of a servant, and took the body and lived it at home, gave himself a ransom for us.
Will I realized the meaning of what to do to you?
Should she ask for gifts of that king?
Or do you ask Muti himself?
Too often care about the gifts of the Lord and not the Lord Muti ..

Thus says the Lord God Creator of the heavens and the earth and publisher extender results Giver of people by people and spirit that dwell therein. 6 I have invited Lord taketh hold on the mainland and Ahfezk hand and make you a covenant for the people and the light of the Gentiles. Isaiah 42: 5.6

لماذا لا تصدق الله؟ WHY DON'T WE BELIEVE GOD

2010-06-21T03:21:00.000-07:00

إذا نفخ سائق السيارة في نفيره ، فانك تسرع وتخلي له الطريق ، وإذا صرخت صفارة الانذار ، تهرب لحياتك وتدخل أقرب مخبأ. أما عندما ينذرك الله بقوله "اهرب من الغضب الآتي" أراك لا تهتم فهل لا يستحق انذار الله شيئاً من اهتمامك كما تعطي لإنذارات الناس؟
* إذا أعلمك الطاهي بأن الطعام فاسد، فإنك تلقي به أو تتركه وتقوم، وإذا أخبرك الصيدلي بأن العقار سام، فإنك تأخذ كل حذرك منه، وإذا أعلن مرفق المياه بأن مياه الشرب ملوثه، فإنك تمتنع حالا عن شرب الماء، أما إذا اعلن الله أن "أجرة الخطيه هي موت" فإنك تستمر في عمل الخطية، فهل لا يستحق إعلان الله منك أي اهتمام، ولا سيما أنه يختص بحياتك أنت.
* إذا علقت إحدى المتاجر إعلاناً يقول (احترس من الدهان) فانك حين تدخله، تدخل بغاية الإحتراس، واذا أعلن مدير على بابه (ممنوع الدخول) لسبب من الاسباب، فانك لا تدخل، أما اذا قال الله "النفس التي تخطأ هي تموت" فإنك تدير ظهرك وكأنك لم تسمع شيئاً، فهل لا يستحق الله أن تسمع تحذيره؟
* إذا قال لك الطبيب (هذا الشخص مريض بمرض معد) فإنك حالاً تتجنبه وتسير بعيداً عنه، أما اذا قال لك المسيح "إن كان أحد لا يولد من فوق لا يقدر أن يرى ملكوت الله ، (يو 3:3) " فانك تصرف ذهنك عن هذا القول، فهل لا يستحق قول المسيح أي شيء من اعتبارك؟
* إذا كتب تاجر في على سلعة (خذ واحد مجاناً) فإنك تجاهد وسط الزحام لتأخذ واحدة. وقد تكون السلعة تافهة، وإذا أعلن صيدلي أن العينات عنده مجاناً، فإنك تسرع لتحصل على واحدة، حتى لو كنت في غنى عنها، أما إذا أعلن الروح القدس بأن "هبة الله فهي حياة أبدية بالمسيح يسوع ربنا" فإنك تقول ما معناه (ليس الآن) مع انك في أشد الاحتياج الى هذه الهبه أكثر من أي شيء آخر في هذا العالم كله. فهل لا يهمك إعلان الروح القدس؟
* إذا كان الأمر كذلك، فاسمع ما يقوله الوحي الإلهي:
"إن كنا نقبل شهادة الناس، فشهادة الله أعظم ..." ومن لا يصدق الله فقد جعله كاذباً لأنه لا يؤمن (لم يصدق) بالشهادة التي شهد بها الله عن ابنه.
فإذا كنت تصدق الناس، فلماذا لا تصدق الله أيضاً؟ أو ماذا ستفعل حينما تقف أمامه في يوم الحساب العسير؟ أجب الآن فليس في العمر متسع لهذا التواكل، وإلا فستندم وحدك

If a driver blow the horn of the car, you step up and give him the way, if a siren warning you, flee for your life and enter the nearest shelter. But when God warn you in his words, "escape from the wrath to come" I see you do not care, doen't God warning deserve something of your interest and the given warnings to people?

If your cook warned you careful of the food its poisened, if Water Facility that you drinking water from declared contaminated, you refrain immediately from drinking that water, and if God declared that "the price of sin is death", you continue to work written, does not deserve God's revelation you to have any interest, particularly It concerns your life you are.

If the paint shops declared says (Beware of wet paint), when you enter, enter with Cautiousness, and if the Administrator announced at the door (no entry) for some reason, you do not enter, but if God said, "the wrong doings price is to die" you turn your back and if you did not hear anything, doesn’t Christ deserve apriciation for the warning?

If your doctor told you that (this person has a contagious disease), you avert off and go away, but if Christ said, "if one is not born from above, he can not see the kingdom of God (Jn 3:3)" you turn your face away, doesn’t Christ deserves you hearing of his words?

If you believe people, so why not believe God also? Or what do you do when you facing with GOD in difficult day of reckoning? Answer now as there no salvation, and the only sorry one is you alone.

ما لي سواك

2010-06-14T15:27:00.000-07:00

في وقت ضعفي

2010-06-07T15:23:00.000-07:00

رؤيا

2010-06-02T19:45:00.000-07:00

قلّما تذكرت أحلام الليل بتفاصيلها المملة، وقلّما حسبت لها حساباً أو جعلتها عاملاً مؤثراً على نهاري وليلي. كما أنّي لا أعرف إن كان شمل ما حلمت به بالرؤيا، لكنّي أحسست برجلي تمشيان وشفتاي تتحركان، حتى أنّي سمعت صوتي وصوت الناس...

" كنت أقود سيارتي في طريقٍ لم أكن قد قدت عليها قبلاً... فوصلت إلى مكانٍ فيه الكثير من الناس التي كانت تتدافع، حتى أنّي بالكاد وجدت مكاناً لأركن السيارة فيه. راح الناس يمشون في الطريق الواسع مع أنّ الإشارات كانت تدلّ على أنّ الطريق مقفلة... حاولت إقناع البعض لكنّهم رفضوا بحجة أنّهم قد يجدون وسيلةً ما للوصول.

أحسست بجسمي يستدير ويقودني في طريقٍ أخرى، صغيرة جداً بالمقارنة مع الطريق التي اختارتها الأكثرية... فوجدت نفسي داخل كنيسة قديمة حجارتها بيضاء مائلة إلى الصفار، وأما شبابيكها فحديدية مشبّكة صدئة، وكان القداس قائماً، لكنّي كنت في الداخل والقداس كان في الخارج... وقع علي الإختيار لقراءة الرسالة، فسلّمتني إحدى الراهبات الإنجيل مفتوحاً على رسالة القديس بولس إلى أهل كورنثوس (لا أذكر أنّي رأيت أرقام الإصحاحات)... قرأتها مرّة في قلبي (ولا أذكر كلماتها) ثم أقفلت الكتاب فاضعت الصفحة... توترت وسألت الراهبة التي أعطتني الرسالة أن تدلّني عليها ففعلت... أضعتها من جديد بعد قراءتها قلبياً، فطلبتها من جديد لكن طلبي قوبل بالرفض... توترت أكثر لأنّ موعد القراءة قد حان، فرضت الراهبة رفضاً قاطعاً رغم تأنيب رفيقةٍ لها... فقلت في نفسي: ومن قال انّه يجب أن أقرأ تلك الصفحة بالذات... أليس كلّ الإنجيل رسالة، سأفتح أيّ صفحة منه وأقرأها... وهكذا فعلت... خرجت للقراءة فقلت: فصلٌ من رسالة القديس بولس الرسول إلى أهل فيليبي... فتعجّب الجميع بمن فيهم الكهنة الثلاثة من قراءتي لفصلٍ لم يكن في الحسبان... قرأت كما لم أقرأ يوماً في حياتي، فتعلثمت بالحروف كلّها... وكان الكلّ ينظرون إلي مستغربين... فأوقفت القراءة وقلت: هذا ما حصل، أضعت الصفحة، لكن تلك الراهبة رفضت أن تدلّني من جديد عليها... فاخترت أن أقرأ هذه الرسالة لأنّ الإنجيل كلّه رسالة... امتعض الجميع من تصرّفها ثم قال كبير الكهنة تابع قراءتك... اقتربت من شباك الكنيسة وحملت منه نجماً ذهبياً (الرسم رسمته بيدي) وبدأت أقرأ: أنظروا إلى هذا، ثلاثة في واحد كما أنّ الله والمسيح والروح واحد، تماماً كما أنّ الشمس والأرض والقمر ثلاثة لا يفترقان في الحياة والجوهر... وشاهدت الشمس والقمر يتحرّكان حين ركعت على الأرض".

في صباح اليوم التالي استفقت، وركضت صوب الإنجيل مقلّباً صفحاته حتى وصلت إلى رسالة القديس بولس لأهل فيليبي، وكلّ ما فهمته من قراءتي لها هو القدوة الحسنة...

في طريق الجلجثة

2010-05-27T15:19:00.000-07:00

تكرار

2010-05-19T14:33:00.000-07:00

"ومتى صلّيت فلا تكن كالمرائين. فإنّهم يحبّون أن يصلّوا قائمين في المجامع وفي زوايا الشوارع لكي يظهروا للناس. الحق أقول لكم أنّهم قد استوفوا أجرهم. وأما أنت فمتى صلّيت فادخل إلى مخدعك واغلق بابك وصلّ إلى أبيك الذي في الخفاء. فأبوك الذي يرى في الخفاء يجازيك علانية. وحينما تصلّون لا تكرّروا الكلام باطلاً كالأمم. فإنّهم يظنّون أنه بكثرة كلامهم يستجاب لهم. فلا تتشبّهوا لهم. لأنّ أباكم يعلم ما تحتاجون إليه قبل أن تسألوه" متى 6: 5-8

لا تتشبهوا بهم! وكأنّ قائل هذا الكلام سياسي محنّك أو قائد أرضي
لكي تمرروا أوامره مرور الكرام!
يا سادة! المتكلّم هو السيّد المسيح جابل الناس والعارف الأوحد بدخاليج نفوسهم وسقطاتهم! لا تتشبهوا بهم! فالله يعلم ما تحتاجون قبل حتى أن تسألوا
مع ذلك وداخل الكنائس التي هي المعني الأوّل بتنفيذ الكلمة نرى ونسمع دفعاً نحو التكرار! خمس مرات الأبانا وعشرة السلام!
من لا يصلّي من قلبه فلو قالهما مئتي مرّة فلن يستجيب الله له
ومن يؤمن فمن مرّة واحدة يستجاب له، لا بل حتى انّ المؤمن يعرف ويؤمن أنّ طلبه مستجابٌ قبل أن يسأل
فكفّوا عن تضليل الناس، ودفعهم إلى الخطأ حتى وهم يصلّون! وبدلاً من هذا التكرار أملأوا وقتكم بقراءة الإنجيل وسرد عجائب المسيح التي لا تعد ولا تحصى، وتكلّموا بمدى غنى محبّه للبشر، آمين

كيف انسى سيدى الغالى

2010-04-24T22:42:00.001-07:00

The Shepherd

2010-04-24T22:18:00.000-07:00

"Jesus said: 'The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from me. The Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone, And no one can steal from the Father. The Father and I are one' " John 10:27-30

What are the things about God that make you feel like you belong?

These words from Jesus are spoken with the utmost of confidence in their truth! How confident are you feeling that you know Jesus and that he will give you eternal life?

What are the things that may "steal you away" from listening to the voice of Jesus?

من أول المشوار

2010-04-24T22:13:00.000-07:00

كيف اِستقبلتَ المسيح...

2010-03-29T19:28:00.000-07:00

تتنوّع الطرق وتكثر المشاهد حول العالم، حيث يحيي كلٌّ على هواه استقبالاً لملك المجد المنحدر من عليائه في تواضعٍ لا مثيل له... مكللاً إياه بدخول أورشليم راكباً على جحش ابن آتان! لم يحرسه جنود، ولم يُشهر سلاحاً ليُخضع الناس، ولم يدعو إلا للمحبة...

من المؤكد أنّ السيد المسيح لا يهمّه إن حملنا شموعاً مرصّعة، أو إن ألبسنا أطفالنا الأبيض، أو كم وكيف استغلّ التجار عقلنا المادي لبيعنا ما لم ولن يتمكن من أن يمثل هذا العيد بأهميّته...

ما هو معنى الشعانين الذي يسبق مباشرة الفصح؟

هو ليس عيداً للأطفال كما يصفه بعض الكهنة ويكرّره من ورائهم الناس بدون وعي!

هو ليس أحد الشموع والثياب الملوّنة!

هو عيدٌ بمستوى الفصح، ويمكننا القول أنّه أحد الشموخ!

نعم! أحد الشموخ لأنّ من هامته هامة المسيح دخل منتصراً ظافراً... دخل أورشليم وهو عارفٌ بأن مملكة الشيطان سيدوسها بقدميه! وهذا الإنتصار هو لكلّ البشر صغاراً كانوا أم كباراً! خطأة وبارّين!

ونحن حين نستذكر هذا التاريخ الأساس في المسيحية، كلّ ما علينا فعله هو التمثّل بالأوّلين الذين استقبلوه بسعف النخل وأغصان الزيتون، علامةً للمجد والظفر... ونفترش الأرض أمامه بثيابنا، نظيفة كانت أو متّسخة بالخطايا ليدوسها فتطهر...

نعم، أحد الشعانين هو للتذكير بالوعد الذي قطعه الله لنا بأنّه آتٍ وأتى... هو لتطميننا بأنّه سيدخل قلوبنا المظلمة كالقبور لينيرها ويحييها إلى الأبد... آمين

ولا أنا أدينك...

2010-03-21T01:31:00.000-07:00

^"1أَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَمَضَى إِلَى جَبَلِ الزَّيْتُونِ.

²ثُمَّ حَضَرَ أَيْضًا إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ فِي الصُّبْحِ، وَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ فَجَلَسَ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ. ³وَقَدَّمَإِلَيْهِ الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ امْرَأَةً أُمْسِكَتْ فِي زِنًا. وَلَمَّا أَقَامُوهَا فِي الْوَسْطِ ⁴قَالُوا لَهُ:«يَا مُعَلِّمُ، هذِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ أُمْسِكَتْ وَهِيَ تَزْنِي فِي ذَاتِ الْفِعْلِ، ⁵وَمُوسَى فِي النَّامُوسِ أَوْصَانَا أَنَّ مِثْلَ هذِهِ تُرْجَمُ. فَمَاذَا تَقُولُ أَنْتَ؟» ⁶قَالُوا هذَا لِيُجَرِّبُوهُ، لِكَيْ يَكُونَ لَهُمْ مَا يَشْتَكُونَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ. وَأَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَانْحَنَى إِلَى أَسْفَلُ وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ بِإِصْبِعِهِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ. ⁷وَلَمَّا اسْتَمَرُّوا يَسْأَلُونَهُ، انْتَصَبَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ:«مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ بِلاَ خَطِيَّةٍ فَلْيَرْمِهَا أَوَّلاً بِحَجَرٍ!» ⁸ثُمَّ انْحَنَى أَيْضًا إِلَى أَسْفَلُ وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ. ⁹وَأَمَّا هُمْ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا وَكَانَتْ ضَمَائِرُهُمْ تُبَكِّتُهُمْ، خَرَجُوا وَاحِدًا فَوَاحِدًا، مُبْتَدِئِينَ مِنَ الشُّيُوخِ إِلَى الآخِرِينَ. وَبَقِيَ يَسُوعُ وَحْدَهُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ وَاقِفَةٌ فِي الْوَسْطِ. ¹⁰فَلَمَّا انْتَصَبَ يَسُوعُ وَلَمْ يَنْظُرْ أَحَدًا سِوَى الْمَرْأَةِ، قَالَ لَهَا:«يَاامْرَأَةُ، أَيْنَ هُمْ أُولئِكَ الْمُشْتَكُونَ عَلَيْكِ؟ أَمَا دَانَكِ أَحَدٌ؟» ¹¹فَقَالَتْ: «لاَ أَحَدَ، يَا سَيِّدُ!». فَقَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ:«وَلاَ أَنَا أَدِينُكِ. اذْهَبِي وَلاَ تُخْطِئِي أَيْضًا»." يوحنا 8: 1-11.

من منكم بلا خطيئة فليرجمها بأوّل حجر... ما هذا الكلام الكبير جداً الذي إن قيل يقع وقع الصاعقة على رؤوس الناس، كل الناس... هذا كلامٌ مزعج يشلّ يدينا ورجلينا، لا بل ويعقد لساننا...

يتذاكى البعض حتى على الربّ، وهو من صنع ووهب هذا الذكاء... يريدون تجربته! وهم لا يعرفونه ولم يفهموه يوماً!

"هذه المرأة أمسكت وهي تزني في ذات الفعل..."، ما أبرعنا وأسرعنا في الإدانة! ما إن نشهد على سقطة أحدهم حتى نشهر سكاكيننا ونبدأ بالذبح... وبماذا؟ باسم المسيح!!! أنا أدين وأحاكم باسم المسيح؟!

من أنا لأدين؟ من أنا لأحاكم؟ من أنا لأرفع رأسي وأكسر رؤوس الآخرين؟

إن كنت أعمل باسم المسيح، فتعاليم المسيح أتبع، ووصيّة المسيح أنفّذ...

من قال أنّ خطيئتي صغيرة وخطيئة أخي كبيرة؟!

كلانا يتسوّل الغفران، وكلانا في أمسّ الحاجة إلى الصلاة... فلنصلي ولنكبح ألسنتنا لنربح إخوتنا والخلاص الأبدي...

شوك

2010-03-17T03:32:00.000-07:00

زرع أحدهم زهرةً قيل له أنّها جميلة في داره وراح يعتني بها حتى كبرت. وما إن برزت أغصانها حتى غطّاها الشوك. راح ينزع بيديه ما أمكن، ويقلّم ما أمكن، لكن دون نتيجة. فما كان منه إلا وسأل إختصاصياً فقال له: هذا النوع يعطي أزهاراً جميلةً جدّاً، لكن له الكثير من الأشواك، كلّ ما عليك فعله هو القبول بها كما هي.

في هذا اليوم أعطنا يا رب القوّة لنزع ما يمكننا نزعه، وأعطنا القدرة لنقبل بما لا نستطيع نزعه كما هو، والمعرفة لنميّز بين الإثنين.

Fruits of Life

2010-03-09T01:23:00.000-08:00

"Some people arrived and told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this he said to them: ' Do you suppose these Galileans who suffered like that were greater sinners than any other Galileans? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will perish as they did. Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell and killed them? Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all the other people living in Jerusalem? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.' He told this parable: ' a man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none. He said to the man who looked after the vineyard, "look here, for three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?" "Sir", the man replied " leave it one more year and give me time to dig around it and manure it: it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down." Luke 13:1-9

Many people think that they deserve to live, and may condemn even their own brothers when they die. Death wasn't and will never be a judge's decision and a consequence of sins... As you may hear and see, and surely understand, Jesus is not talking about the body's death... because no one is better... the Galileans that died weren't greater sinners and the one who died under the Siloam tower weren't more guilty that the other people living in Jerusalem... death affects souls more that it does with bodies...
The fruits of our souls is what Jesus care for... and these fruits must be on our branches any time... there is no seasons for these fruits... everyday and every second is God's goals... eternal fruits...
We can't say that we don't care... that we will wake up tomorrow... that one day I will be a good person... one day I will talk about God... one day I will pray... Maybe a Sunday...
Why to be on hurry... Jesus is merciful... he loves us and we will be fine... Jesus will forgive... Yes, this is right... Jesus is humble and merciful... Jesus will not stop forgiving... but compare him to our parents... isn't he our father in heaven?! Our parents dig us around, they manure us, one year... and another one year... maybe two or three... but if we keep going in our wrong ways, there will be a decision... so always remember, Jesus God is lovely, but also poweful...

The Silent Sermons

2010-03-02T21:10:00.000-08:00

We live in a world today, which tries to say too much with too little. Consequently, few listen. Sometimes the best sermons are the ones left unspoken.

The Lord is my Shepherd ----- that's a Relationship!

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ----that's Rest!

He leadeth me beside the still waters -----that's Refreshment!

He restoreth my soul -- that's Healing!

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness -- that's Guidance!

For His name's sake ----- that's Purpose!

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death --that's Testing!

I will fear no evil ----- that's Protection!

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies ---that's Hope!

Thou annointest my head with oil ----- that's Consecration!

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life ---that's Blessing!

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord ----- that's Security!

The World Saver‏

2010-03-02T21:07:00.000-08:00

يسوع ليس لديه درجة ، ولكن دعوه المعلم.

انه ليس لديه خدما ، ولكن دعوه السيد.

لم يكن لديه ادويه ، ولكن دعوه الشافي.

لم يكن لديه جيش ، ولكن الملوك خشوا منه.

انه لم يفز بالمعارك العسكرية ، لكنه احتل العالم.

انه لم يرتكب أي جريمة ، إلا أنهم صلبوه.

انه دفن في قبر ، ومع ذلك فهو يعيش حتى اليوم.

أشعر بالفخر لخدمة هذا الزعيم الذي يحبنا!

يسوع – كما كان في الأمس, كذلك اليوم والى الأبد!

إذا كنت تؤمن في يسوع المسيح.... أرسل هذه لجميع أصدقائك. إن لم تكن تؤمن - تجاهلها.

والذهول من الله!

في الكيمياء...
حول المياه الى خمر

في البيولوجيا...
لقد ولد بشكل مختلف عن المفهوم العادي.

في الفيزياء...
نقض قانون الجاذبية عندما صعد الى السماء- و مشى على الماء

في الاقتصاد...
نقض قانون تناقص العودة من خلال إطعام 5000 شخص بواسطه سمكتان و 5 أرغفة الخبز ؛

في الطب...
شفى المرضى والعمي بدون اسنعمال جرعة واحدة من الدواء.

في التاريخ...
أنه هو البداية وهو النهاية؛

في الحكم...
وقال انه يجب ان يسمّى المستشار الرائع ، ورئيس السلام ؛

في الدين.
وقال انه لا أحد يأتي الى الآب إلا به ؛

لذلك. فمن هو؟

انه هو المسيح!

هو مستحق.

الصوم

2010-02-17T06:05:00.000-08:00

«نَادِ بِصَوْتٍ عَال. لاَ تُمْسِكْ. اِرْفَعْ صَوْتَكَ كَبُوق وَأَخْبِرْ شَعْبِي بِتَعَدِّيهِمْ، وَبَيْتَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَطَايَاهُمْ. 2وَإِيَّايَ يَطْلُبُونَ يَوْمًا فَيَوْمًا، وَيُسَرُّونَ بِمَعْرِفَةِ طُرُقِي كَأُمَّةٍ عَمِلَتْ بِرًّا، وَلَمْ تَتْرُكْ قَضَاءَ إِلهِهَا. يَسْأَلُونَنِي عَنْ أَحْكَامِ الْبِرِّ. يُسَرُّونَ بِالتَّقَرُّبِ إِلَى اللهِ. 3يَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا صُمْنَا وَلَمْ تَنْظُرْ، ذَلَّلْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَلَمْ تُلاَحِظْ؟ هَا إِنَّكُمْ فِي يَوْمِ صَوْمِكُمْ تُوجِدُونَ مَسَرَّةً، وَبِكُلِّ أَشْغَالِكُمْ تُسَخِّرُونَ. 4هَا إِنَّكُمْ لِلْخُصُومَةِ وَالنِّزَاعِ تَصُومُونَ، وَلِتَضْرِبُوا بِلَكْمَةِ الشَّرِّ. لَسْتُمْ تَصُومُونَ كَمَا الْيَوْمَ لِتَسْمِيعِ صَوْتِكُمْ فِي الْعَلاَءِ. 5أَمِثْلُ هذَا يَكُونُ صَوْمٌ أَخْتَارُهُ؟ يَوْمًا يُذَلِّلُ الإِنْسَانُ فِيهِ نَفْسَهُ، يُحْنِي كَالأَسَلَةِ رَأْسَهُ، وَيْفْرُشُ تَحْتَهُ مِسْحًا وَرَمَادًا. هَلْ تُسَمِّي هذَا صَوْمًا وَيَوْمًا مَقْبُولاً لِلرَّبِّ؟ 6أَلَيْسَ هذَا صَوْمًا أَخْتَارُهُ: حَلَّ قُيُودِ الشَّرِّ. فَكَّ عُقَدِ النِّيرِ، وَإِطْلاَقَ الْمَسْحُوقِينَ أَحْرَارًا، وَقَطْعَ كُلِّ نِيرٍ. 7أَلَيْسَ أَنْ تَكْسِرَ لِلْجَائِعِ خُبْزَكَ، وَأَنْ تُدْخِلَ الْمَسَاكِينَ التَّائِهِينَ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ؟ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ عُرْيَانًا أَنْ تَكْسُوهُ، وَأَنْ لاَ تَتَغَاضَى عَنْ لَحْمِكَ.
8«حِينَئِذٍ يَنْفَجِرُ مِثْلَ الصُّبْحِ نُورُكَ، وَتَنْبُتُ صِحَّتُكَ سَرِيعًا، وَيَسِيرُ بِرُّكَ أَمَامَكَ، وَمَجْدُ الرَّبِّ يَجْمَعُ سَاقَتَكَ. 9حِينَئِذٍ تَدْعُو فَيُجِيبُ الرَّبُّ. تَسْتَغِيثُ فَيَقُولُ: هأَنَذَا. إِنْ نَزَعْتَ مِنْ وَسَطِكَ النِّيرَ وَالإِيمَاءَ بِالأصْبُعِ وَكَلاَمَ الإِثْمِ 10وَأَنْفَقْتَ نَفْسَكَ لِلْجَائِعِ، وَأَشْبَعْتَ النَّفْسَ الذَّلِيلَةَ، يُشْرِقُ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ نُورُكَ، وَيَكُونُ ظَلاَمُكَ الدَّامِسُ مِثْلَ الظُّهْرِ. 11وَيَقُودُكَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى الدَّوَامِ، وَيُشْبعُ فِي الْجَدُوبِ نَفْسَكَ، وَيُنَشِّطُ عِظَامَكَ فَتَصِيرُ كَجَنَّةٍ رَيَّا وَكَنَبْعِ مِيَاهٍ لاَ تَنْقَطِعُ مِيَاهُهُ. 12وَمِنْكَ تُبْنَى الْخِرَبُ الْقَدِيمَةُ. تُقِيمُ أَسَاسَاتِ دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ، فَيُسَمُّونَكَ: مُرَمِّمَ الثُّغْرَةِ، مُرْجعَ الْمَسَالِكِ لِلسُّكْنَى.
13«إِنْ رَدَدْتَ عَنِ السَّبْتِ رِجْلَكَ، عَنْ عَمَلِ مَسَرَّتِكَ يَوْمَ قُدْسِي، وَدَعَوْتَ السَّبْتَ لَذَّةً، وَمُقَدَّسَ الرَّبِّ مُكَرَّمًا، وَأَكْرَمْتَهُ عَنْ عَمَلِ طُرُقِكَ وَعَنْ إِيجَادِ مَسَرَّتِكَ وَالتَّكَلُّمِ بِكَلاَمِكَ، 14فَإِنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِالرَّبِّ، وَأُرَكِّبُكَ عَلَى مُرْتَفَعَاتِ الأَرْضِ، وَأُطْعِمُكَ مِيرَاثَ يَعْقُوبَ أَبِيكَ، لأَنَّ فَمَ الرَّبِّ تَكَلَّمَ».

يصلح وبدون أيّ شك الإصحاح ال58 من أشعياء كمثلٍ أساس لكلّ من يسأل نفسه عن الصوم، وكيف نصوم وعن ماذا نصوم. ما الذي له قيمة في عين الربّ وما الذي لا يراه. فيا أيّها الأخ الصائم، إن أمسكت عن اللحوم والدهون لمجرّد الإلتحاق بتقليدٍ معيّن، أو لأن فلان قال وفلان لم يقل... فلان سمح وفلان حرم... ها أمامك كلام الربّ واضح وبدون حاجة إلى تفسير، ولك الخيار...

إصنع الخير

2010-02-07T06:05:00.000-08:00

تمثّل بالأرض، أنت الإنسان. أثمر مثلها لئلا تكون دون المادّة، فإن الأرض لا تثمر للذاتها الخاصة بل لخدمتك. أمّا أنت فبخلافها تؤول إليك منفعة إحسانك، لأنّ الأعمال الطيّبة تُغني عاملها. إذا أعطيت الجائع، عاد إليك ما أعطيته أجراً فأغناك. كالقمح يُبذر في الأرض فيعود نفعه على باذره، والخبز الذي تطعمه للفقير يُغلّ لك غلّة عظيمة. فاجعل من غلّتك بدايةً للزرع الإلهي. إعتبر أنّه أمجد للإنسان أن يُدعى أباً للفقراء من أن تكون له أكداسٌ من الذهب مكدّسة في الصناديق. وأنت، رضيت أم أبيت، ستترك ثروتك على الأرض، وأما مجد أعمالك الحسنة فيرافقك إلى أمام الله.
باسيليوس الكبير

تنظيف باهظ الثمن...

2010-02-07T06:02:00.001-08:00

"قلباً نقياً أخلق فيّ يا الله وروحاً مستقيماً جدّد في أحشائي" (مزمور 10:51)
في القرن الماضي سبّبنا الكثير من الخراب عبر تلويث الماء والأرض والهواء... إن كان دون وعي أو عن سابق تصوّر وتصميم! واليوم تغرقنا وسائل الإعلام من مرئية ومسموعة ومكتوبة، وشركات الإنتاج التلفزيوني بأفكار اندثار الجنس البشري والتحوّل المناخي القاتل...
للأسف أنّنا ننسى دوماً أنّ لكلّ "فعل" مهما كان صغيراً أو كبيراً، ستليه "ردّة فعل" حتميّة... واليوم آن الأوان لدفع الثمن الذي قد لا تسطيع الحواسيب حسابه أو حتى توقّعه!

ما نفتعله في أجسادنا وأرواحنا ليس بعيداً عن تصرّفاتنا اليوميّة المؤذية! فعندما نسمح للخطيئة أن تلوّث حياتنا على المدى الطويل، وإلى أن ندرك أهمّية ما نعمل، فإن انتشالنا من مستنقعها الآثن يصبح من العجائب!
فاستفيقوا الآن ولا تقولوا غداً أبدأ حميتي عن الشرّ، أو غداً بعد أن أشبع من الملذّات أضع يدي في يد الله... فمن يعتقد أنّه أخطأ قليلاً وأنّه لا يزال أمامه متسع من الوقت للتلذذ، لن يشبعه الزمن كلّه، ولن ينمو في حسابه إلا الموت...

درس نفناف الثلج...

2010-02-07T05:58:00.000-08:00

إنّ بعض نفناف الثلج المتساقط يلمع برّاقاً، فيغدو ماساً على ضفائر خيوط الشمس، ومطرّزات عجيبة تكسو الأرض.
إنّ الملفت للانتباه هو كيفيّة تكوين هذه الحبيبات... فإنّ في وسط كلّ منها مادّة غريبة، كحبّة غبار أو ما شابه... يلتفّ حولها بخار الماء المتجمّد...
قد يصعب رؤية ذرّات الغبار تلك، وقد لا يتجاوز حجمها جزءاً من الألف من الملليمتر، لكن وجودها أساسي كي تتكوّن حبيبة الثلج.
كيف نستطيع نقل هذه الصورة إلى حياتنا اليوميّة؟ أليست الغبار كالعراقيل والأوجاع والخطايا؟
لمن يسلك درب الربّ، غبار الحياة يقود صوب الطهارة... ومن يعاكسه يبقى سابحاً في الفراغ دون وجهة ولا نتيجة...

الويل لي إن لم أبشر

2009-11-02T15:46:00.000-08:00

سافر أب إلى بلد بعيد تاركا زوجته وأولاده الثلاثة. سافر سعيا وراء الرزق وكان أبناؤه يحبونه حبا جما ويكنون له كل الاحترام.

أرسل الأب رسالته الأولى إلا أنهم لم يفتحوها ليقرءوا ما بها بل أخذ كل واحد منهم يُقبّل الرسالة ويقول أنها من عند أغلى الأحباب. وتأملوا الظرف من الخارج ثم وضعوا الرسالة في علبة قطيفة. وكانوا يخرجونها من حين لآخر لينظفوها من التراب ويعيدونها ثانية.

وهكذا فعلوا مع كل رسالة أرسلها أبوهم ومضت السنون وعاد الأب ليجد أسرته لم يبق منهم إلا ابنا واحدا فقط. فسأله الأب: أين أمك؟؟ قال الابن : لقد أصابها مرض شديد, ولم يكن معنا مالا لننفق على علاجها فماتت قال الأب: لماذا؟ ألم تفتحوا الرسالة الأولى لقد أرسلت لكم فيها مبلغا كبيرا من المال قال الابن: لا.

فسأله أبوه وأين أخوك؟؟ قال الابن: لقد تعرف على بعض رفاق السوء وبعد موت أمي لم يجد من ينصحه ويُقومه فذهب معهم تعجب الأب وقال: لماذا؟ ألم يقرأ الرسالة التي طلبت منه فيها أن يبتعد عن رفقاء السوء وأن يأتي إليّ رد الابن قائلا: لا... قال الرجل: لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله..

وأين أختك؟ قال الابن: لقد تزوجت ذلك الشاب الذي أرسلت تستشيرك في زواجها منه وهى تعيسة معه أشد تعاسة فقال الأب ثائرا: ألم تقرأ هي الأخرى الرسالة التي اخبرها فيها بسوء سمعة وسلوك هذا الشاب ورفضي لهذا الزواج قال الابن: لا لقد احتفظنا بتلك الرسائل في هذه العلبة القطيفة... دائما نجملها ونقبلها ولكنا لم نقرأها.

ففكرت في شأن تلك الأسرة وكيف تشتت شملها وتعست حياتها لأنها لم تقرأ رسائل الأب إليها ولم تنتفع بها, بل واكتفت بتقديسها والمحافظة عليها دون العمل بما فيها ثم نظرت إلى الكتاب المقدس... إلى الانجيل الموضوع داخل علبة قطيفة على المكتب ياويحي ... إنني أعامل رسالة الله ليّ كما عامل هؤلاء الأبناء رسائل أبيهم. إنني أغلق الانجيل واضعه في مكتبي ولكنني لا أقرأه ولا أنتفع بما فيه وهو منهاج حياتي كلها فاستسمحت ربي وأخرجت كتابي المقدس .. وعزمت على أن لا أهجره أبدا

سلطانٌ وحبيب...

2009-10-26T04:18:00.000-07:00

"وساروا إلى كورة الجدريين التي هي مقابل الجليل. ولمّا خرج إلى الأرض استقبله رجلٌ من المدينة كان فيه شياطين منذ زمانٍ طويل وكان لا يلبس ثوباً ولا يقيم في بيتٍ بل في القبور. فلمّا رأى يسوع صرخ وخرّ له وقال بصوتٍ عظيم ما لي ولك يا يسوع ابن الله العلي. أطلب منك أن لا تعذبني. لأنّه أمر الروح النجس أن يخرج من الإنسان. لأنّه منذ زمانٍ كثير كان يخطفه. وقد رُبط بسلاسل وقيود محروساً. وكان يقطع الرّبط ويساق من الشياطين إلى البراري. فسأله يسوع قائلاً ما إسمك. فقال لِجئون. لأنّ شياطين كثيرة دخلت فيه. وطلب إليه أن لا يأمرهم بالذهاب إلى الهاوية. وكان هناك قطيع خنازير كثيرة ترعى في الجبل. فطلبوا إليه أن يأذن لهم بالدخول فيها. فأذن لهم. فخرجت الشياطين من الإنسان ودخلت في الخنازير. فاندفع القطيع من على الجرف إلى البحيرة واختنق. فلمّا رأى الرعاة ما كان هربوا وذهبوا وأخبروا في المدينة وفي الضياع. فخرجوا ليروا ما جرى. وجاؤا إلى يسوع فوجدوا الإنسان الذي كانت الشياطين قد خرجت منه لابساً وعاقلاً جالساً عند قدمي يسوع. فخافوا. فأخبرهم أيضاً الذين رأوا كيف خلّص المجنون. فطلب إليه جمهور كورة الجدريين أن يذهب عنهم. لأنّه اعتراهم خوفً عظيم. فدخل السفينة ورجع. أمّا الرجل الذي خرجت منه الشياطين فطلب إليه أن يكون معه. ولكن يسوع صرفه قائلاً ارجع إلى بيتك وحدّث بكم صنع الله بك. فمضى وهو ينادي في المدينة كلّها بكم صنع به يسوع" لوقا 8/ 26-39

إنّه واحدٌ من المشاهد الغاية في الأهميّة التي يضعها أمام أعيننا الإنجيل المقدّس، والتي يمكن رؤيتها بمنظارين مختلفين. بعين البساطة الإيمانيّة فهذه واحدةٌ من أرقامٍ لا تحصى من عجائب السيّد المسيح... إخراج شياطين وتخليص إنسان. أمّا بعين المعرفة الإيمانيّة فهذا المشهد يحمل أكثر ممّا يمكن لكلماتٍ أن تحتمل إن جمعتها في هذا المقطع الصغير...
فالسؤال المطروح في البداية هو: لماذا استقبل المسيح على أطراف المدينة إنسانٌ مسكون ولم يستقبله كالعادة أصحّاء أو كهنة أو فرّيسيين؟ والجواب واضحٌ وهو: لقد جاء المسيح خصّيصاً من أجل هذا الرجل وليس لأجل سواه، بدليل أنّه لم يعمل بشكلٍ مباشر عملاً آخر في ذاك المكان... وهنا ينطبق مثل الراعي الصالح...
في المقطع الآخر من المشهد، رأى الرجل المسكون يسوع، فصرخ وخرّ وقال له ما لي ولك يا ابن الله؟! أطلب منك ألا تعذبني! عرفت مجموعة الشياطين المسمّاة بلجئون تلك بأن الصباح قد أتى ليفتضح أجندة الظلام، وقوّات العذاب والقهر والضياع... أشرقت الشمس لمّا وطئت قدماه هذه الأرض، ولا داعي للمقاومة، فهو وحده السلطان، وهو من يربط ويحلّ... أرجوك لا تعذبنا، وقد نسيت الشياطين ما فعلته بذلك المسكين، ففي حين أنّها لا تعرف معنىً للرحمة، خافت لمّا أقترب سيف النور من رقابها فسألت لنفسها الرحمة!!
المقطع الآخر يظهر كيف تريد الشياطين الهرب... لا تقضي علينا، لا تطرحنا في الهاوية! الشياطين تفاوض والحسم بيد السيّد المسيح... هو لا يهتم أين يذهبون أو من سيدنّسون، القرار الحاسم والنهائي: حبيبي هو الإنسان، إذهبوا حيث تريدون، لكن لا مكان لكم ههنا بعد الآن... والمصير الحتمي، حتى بعد أن دخلوا الخنازير كانت الهاوية.... إذن ما من مهرب، لقاء أمراء الظلام مع ربّ النور معناه موتهم... وهذا جوابٌ لمن يقولون هذا بعلزبول رئيس الشياطين يخرجهم!
في المقلب الآخر، الناس حشريّة، ولا تصدّق حتى ترى بأمّ عينها، والمضحك المبكي أنّه عندما ترى تخاف... فتطلب من السلطان الرحيل... لعلّ شياطينهم خافوا أو لعلّهم خافوا على ممتلكاتهم... فلنبقى في أمراضنا، فداءً للمادة والأملاك...
الرابح الأكبر هو من ذاق طعم السلام وعاد إنساناً لا بل حرّاً... لم يطلب منه لا تبعيّة ولا مالاً ولا تبجيلاً... قل ما قاله له المسيح هو: إذهب وأخبر بما عمل الله بك... وهذا ما أنا فاعله...

سوبر ماركت السماء

2009-08-26T19:33:00.000-07:00

بينما كنت في إحدى الأيام أسير في طريق الحياة، قرأت إعلانا فوق متجر يقول: "سوبر ماركت السماء". وما ان اقتربت من المتجر حتى انفتحت أبوابه وحدها ووجدت نفسي في الداخل. كانت الملائكة تملأ المكان. اقترب ملاك مني وقدّم لي سلّة كبيرة وقال لي: "تفضّل، اشتر ما تحتاج اليه". كان المكان مليئا بمختلف أنواع البضائع. رأيت رفّاً مكتوباً عليه:"الصبر"، فأخذت حاجتي منه. رأيت "المحبة" في نفس المكان، فأخذت منها قسطا لا بأس به. سرت قليلا فرأيت مكان "التفهم"، فقال لي الملاك: "خذ منها، فستحتاجها أينما ذهبت". فأخذت منها علبتين. ثم تقدّمت أكثر فرأيت "الإيمان"، أخدت منه حصتين أيضاً . ثم "الروح القدس"، فأخذت منه الكثير. ثم فضيلة "القوة"، فلم أحرم نفسي، ثم "الشجاعة"، وأنا في أشد الحاجة اليها. بدأت سلتي تمتلئ، وتذكرت أني بحاجة الى "النعمة"، فأخذت،ثم الى "المغفرة" وأخذت لي ولغيري.
أخيرا، وقفت في الصفّ لأدفع الحساب قبل أن أغادر المكان. رأيت بجانب موظف الصندوق كميات كبيرة من "الفرح" و "السلام" و "الصلاة"، فحملت ما استطعت حمله. وعندما أتى دوري لأدفع ثمن ذلك سألت الموظف: "كم؟" فابتسم وقال لي: "احمل كل ذلك معك أينما ذهبت". فألححتُ عليه: "قل لي كم يجب أن ادفع؟" فابتسم مجددا وقال: "يابُنيّ، لقد دفع الله الحساب منذ زمن طويل". اذهب بسلام

The Devil & the Duck

2009-06-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.
He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods.
He practiced in the woods; but he could never hit the target.
Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner.
As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.
Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He was shocked and grieved!
In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile; only to see his Sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.
After lunch the next day Grandma said, 'Sally, let's wash the dishes'
But Sally said, 'Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.'
Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?'
So Johnny did the dishes.
Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and Grandma said, 'I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper.'
Sally just smiled and said, 'well that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help?
She whispered again, 'Remember the duck?' So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.
After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's; he finally couldn't stand it any longer.
He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.
Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, 'Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you.'
Thought for the day and every day thereafter:
Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done.. And the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.)...whatever it is...You need to know that:
God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing.
He has seen your whole life... He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven. He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.
The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness; He not only forgives you, but He forgets.
It is by God's grace and mercy that we are saved.
Go ahead and make the difference in someone's life today.
Share this with a friend and always remember:
God is at the window!

Practical Excerpts

2009-04-28T04:36:00.000-07:00

Wait in the presence of the Lord to get Divine help. And come with confidence to the throne of grace, in order to receive mercy and find help in the time of need.

Search for the promises of God for today. Meditate on them in your heart and in your mind throughout the day. Do not allow the enemy or people to rob you of your joy and strength. But hide God’s Word in your heart.

Know that yesterday's strength is not good for today, and the strength of today is not sufficient for tomorrow. Ask for aid today, every day.

Be filled with faith concerning the promises of the Lord. Say “Let God be true and every man a liar,” including me. Combine the Word with faith. For the word which they heard did not profit God's people, not being mixed with faith in their hearts (Hebrews 4: 2).

Do not grieve the Spirit of God inside you with your stubbornness, and do not quench the Spirit with your careless disregard. But God will strengthen you with might through His Spirit in your inner being. (Ephesians 3: 16)

Be patient and wait for the Lord in response to your prayers. Maybe the Lord will act slowly in His response to you, but He will not delay, but will certainly hasten it in its time (Isaiah 60: 22).

Expect that Lord’s response in our fears may not change our circumstances or lighten our responsibilities, but will maximize His power within you.

Be single-minded by your dependence on the Lord, and do not rely on yourself or others. Do not be double-minded, because He will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in Him. (Isaiah 26: 3).

Trust that the time spent waiting on the Lord is not lost time, but is time well spent, time for education and training. Learn from the wait and during the wait.

Wait for the Lord’s return every day. Let this hope encourage your heart – for all that we are afraid of here will certainly not be there.

Prayer
O Lord, teach me how to wait for You.
Teach me that waiting for you is the secret to renewal of strength and blessing, because they that wait upon you shall renew their strength.

O Lord, I do not need to change my circumstances but to renew my strength.
I want to have the help from on high in Your presence.
I want to have mercy and find grace to help in the time of need at the throne of Your grace.

O Lord, Help me, by the power of Your Spirit, in my inner being.
Encourage me, strengthen me within, to bear my responsibilities and face the pressures of my life.
Let me acclaim from the heart: I can do all things through Christ who me strengthens me.

Magdy Samuel

المسيح والعقول الصغيرة...

2009-04-20T11:23:00.000-07:00

من العجب العجاب كيف يدخل بعض الناس إلى كنيسة الله بعقلية المكابرة والمحاربة... وكأن الذهاب إلى هناك هو مشاركة في واجبٍ إجتماعي، فلا تلسعهم ألسنة الناس إن غابوا...
عندما دقّت ساعة الصلاة تدافع المصلّون كي لا نقول المؤمنون، إذ أنّ الله وحده هو العارف بمكنونات القلوب... والتهافت كان لسببٍ واحد وهو أنّ القدّاس طويل، وما من أحدٍ يتمنّى لنفسه أن يقضيه واقفاً على رجليه...
إحتلّ أحدهم مقعداً مع عائلته... الحسّاد والغاضبون كثر... ذهبت إبنته إلى الحمّام خلال القدّاس، فانقضّت إحدى النساء لتلتهم المكان الفارغ! قال الرجل: هذا المكان لابنتي، وهو محجوز! قالت بنبرةٍ قتالية: لا شيء محجوز، وأنا أريد أن أجلس حيث يحلو لي!! تدافعا أمام هيكل الله، وكان ما كان، مع ما يكفي من كلامٍ نابٍ...
لست أتجبّر، لا بل أعرف أنّ الكثيرين قضوا النهار وربما الليلة التي سبقته بالعمل والكدّ، لكن ماذا عن جملة المسيح الشهيرة: عامل الناس بما تريد أن يعاملوك به؟!!
تخيّل ما كان حصل لو أن المرأة سألته: يا أخي، تعبت رجليّ من الوقوف، هل بإمكاني الجلوس ريثما تعود إبنتك... وما المصيبة لو قال الرجل: يا أختي، الكنيسة لنا جميعاً، أجلسي مكاني أنت ومن تريدين!!
من المضحك والمبكي كيف أصبحنا قليلي القدرة وبدون مقاومة... لا بل كم أصبحت عقولنا صغيرة أمام عظمة تواضع المسيح...كيف كنّا سنتصرّف لو قارنّا ما نعتقده اليوم عذاباً بعذابات المسيحيين القدماء؟

رسالة من السماء

2009-04-05T00:45:00.000-07:00

اني خيرتك فاختــــــــــار فلا تبقى مشغول البال محتار

تعال الي فانني الله القدير الجبارأنا من صنع الأرض والبحار وأجريت الماء في الأنهار

وخلقت القمر والنجوم والشمس ليعطوا الأنوار

وأرسلت اليك ابني الوحيد يسوع المسيح البار

ليخلصك من خطيئتك ويمحو عنك العار

فمات عنك على الصليب لكي تنجو من النار

ارجع عن طريقك الملتوية وامشي مستقيما في المسار

لأن ابليس يريدك أن تبقى مع باقي البشر الأشرار

لكي تكون معه في يوم الدينونة وهلاك الناس الفجار

لا تبقى بائسا يائسا في حزن ومرار

عندي الحياة الأبدية فيها الفرح باستمرار

لا اريد تقدمة ولا بخور ولا أزهار

يا ابني أعطني قلبك تعال بتوبة واعتذار

اجثو على ركبتيك بتواضع وانكسار

فأقبلك ابنا لي وأجعلك من الأبرار

تب الآن ولا تتردد و لا تطيل الانتظار

فأنت لا تعلم متى هي ساعتك ومتى يمر القطار

اني خيرتك فاختار ما بين الجنة والنار

برنار النبّوت

River Of Life

2009-04-03T03:40:00.000-07:00

St Patrick Cathedral, Melbourne

The angel showed me a river whose waters give life;

it flows as clear as crystal from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Apocalypse 22:1

زيارة المسيح

2009-03-31T06:58:00.000-07:00

بقلم الأب/ سيمون عساف

راح الغني بالهيكل يزور المسيح وقلّو يا عربون المحبة والفدا

جارك انــــا وساكن بهالقصر الفسيح بدي يا يسوع المسيح تزورني

وتقبل عزيمة عالعشا أو عا الغدا

قلو المسيح بزورك وعندي ثقـة انك انت انسان من اهل التقى

حضّر شموخ القصر للملقى الكبير لــكن ما فيّي قلّك بأيا نهار

وأيّــــا دقيقة ممكن يتم اللقا

وعــاد الغني بنية سليمة وطيبه يحضّر بقلب القصر أكبر مأدبه

وحتى بمباهج هالدني يرضي المسيح وصّى عا لقمة طيبة وكنفش وقال

حلوة الحياة تكون لقمة طيبـــه

وتــاني نهار بمطلع الفجر المنير معتر فقير بيقصد القصر الــكبير

قّلو دخيلك يــا غني العندك ضمير اطعمني سقيني تشفع بعمري القصير

غضب إلــــه المال وتنمرد كتير ومتل القذيفة انفجر بــــوج الفقير

قّلو مـــــا فيّي اليوم استقبل حدا

جايي المسيح اليوم عندي عـــا الغدا

وتالت نهار بينفتح بالقصر بـــاب وبيفوت طفل صغير مش لابس تياب

قــلو غمرني بحضنك الدافي شوي محتاج ام تحبني محتاج بـــــيّ

بيتي زوايــا الشارع وتختي الرصيف افرشلـي بقلبك تخت ضيفني رغيف

قلو مـــا فيّي اليوم استقبل حدا

جايي المسيح اليوم عندي عا الغدا

ورابع نهاربعجقة صحون العشا بتدق باب القصر بنت بفرد إيـــد

قالت يا مؤمن من رضا الله عليك سلم عليّ بحسنتك تسلم إيديـــــك

بــدي غني عن كل درب يلمني ومتل الحنونــــه بالحنان يضمني

قلاّ ما فيّي اليوم استقبل حدا

جايي المسيح اليوم عندي عا الغدا

وخامس نهار بينفتح بـــاب الغنا عا جار تحت الدين قوس وانحنى

قلو يــا جاري انت بتحب المسيح مشهور بالاخـلاق وبتعمل مليح

دعمني برصيدك مــا لقيت مؤسسة تدفع عن ولادي القسط بالمدرسي

قلو ما فيي اليوم استقبل حدا

جايي المسيح اليوم عندي عا الغدا

وسادس نهار تسرسب كثير الغني ليش بعدو مـــا اجا فادي الدني

إلا وبيدق الباب كـاهن محترم بـــاع الغنى بالفقر وبالله انغرم

قلو مدينتنا يــــا خير رجالنا بحاجة لمستوصف يداوي عيالــنا

رد الغني عـا الكاهن الحر التقي وقلو يا بونـــا غير مرة منلتقي

اعذرني ما فيّي اليوم استقبل حدا

جايي المسيح اليوم عندي عا الغدا

الاسبوع فل وبعد مـــا طل المسيح راح الأكل ضيعان ضيعان المليـــح

يــــوم الاحد من بعد قداس الصلا قــــــال الغني يا ابن الله بالعلا

خسرتني ومـا زرتني بقصري الجميل عبدك انـــا ما بتربح لعبدك جميل!؟

تبسم وجـــه يسوع من بين الجروح وقلو مـــا بدي لعندك ولا نهار روح

زرتك بطفلة معذبة ومشوهـــــة ما حن قلبك عا الجمال وعــــا البها

زرتك بطفل صغير عـاري من التياب لبستني اكليل تــانـــــي للعذاب

زرتك وانـــا جوعان بالجار القريب بهدلتني وعلقتني فــــوق الصليب

زرتك وانــا عطشان دغري حرقتني حتى سفنجة خل مــــــا دوقتني

خليتني أوقف علــــى بوابك ذليل مـا قدرت تقشع صورتي بكاهن جليل

مـــا عبدت الله بذاتك عبدت الصنم ومـــا كنت راعي كنت جزار الغنم

كرمت نفسك بالدني وحقرتنــــي وحتى تعوّم خزنتك فقرتنــــــي

وغطيت فيّي مـــــالك وكدّستني وقدست حالك قبل ما مــــا قدستني

وهلق إذا بتريد تولد مـــــن جديد لازم حضورك بين أهـــلك تستعيد

حوّل بوابك بالعطا دقة قــــــلوب وعن إنشغالــك بالدهب والمال توب

قــــــدم صلاتك بالشعور وبالعمل شيل اليأس من شعبك وحط الأمـــل

خليك حاضر لا رحيل ولا غيــــاب صوتــــك محبة للشيوخ وللشباب

ومـــا زال داعيني عا قصرك بالوعي إلاّ مـــــا كل الناس تتغدا معي

مش رح تلاقي بقصرك الفاضي حدا

مش راح تشوف الرب عندك عا الغدا

Concentrate

2009-03-29T06:33:00.000-07:00

'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.'
When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.
'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.'

Numbers Can Talk…

2008-11-04T08:05:00.000-08:00

Looking at my work on this page, anyone can see how much I wrote about my God this year, and even the year before… everything look like I’m away…
I don’t have the right to say that God is away from me… because I’m the one who is away!
As I do like to investigate myself, I’m re examining the causes to get a good treatment…
As a word of God, who do you think is the enemy who wants to shuts her off? Only devil is the meant to be!
He may use every method to accomplish his mission… and we have the freedom to choose…
I didn’t change any of my thoughts about my lovely God, and they will never be changed… and this is what he hates…
What to do to make me lose my role?
Just keeping me away, or at least feeling away from the holy light… and being away from God, means that the candles of our hope and faith may not last so long…
I will not hide on you that while writing these words, I fell asleep twice while sitting on my chair… I woke up suddenly to see that my computer is still on… I closed it reactively… I went to the toilet, and on the way back I remembered what I just wrote “he may use any method to keep you away”…
He thinks that he is smart… and that he has the power to do whatever he wants… but he didn’t know that God is right there…
I decided directly to re open my document, and write even a small word to add it on my way to the kingdom of God…
I think that this devil has to be smarter, to invent another method than keeping me busy and angry…

Remember that we must be alert, because our war is not with bodies, but with the darkest souls!!

علامة انتهاء الليل

2008-11-02T09:01:00.000-08:00

سأل أحد الشيوخ تلاميذه: ما هي علامة انتهاء الليل وابتداء النهار؟ فأجابوه: أهي اللحظة التي يستطيع فيها المرء أن يميّز بيسرٍ من بعيد، الكلب من الخروف؟
كلا أجاب الشيخ.
أهي اللحظة التي يمكن فيها التمييز بين بلحة وتينة؟
كلا أجاب الشيخ.
إذاً متى يتمّ ذلك سأل التلاميذ.
فقال الشيخ: إنّها اللحظة التي، إذا نظرت فيها إلى وجه أيّ إنسان، عرفت فيه أخاك أو أختك. حتى ذلك الحين يكون الليل لا يزال سائداً في قلبك.

I Love Jesus

2008-10-31T08:19:00.000-07:00

1. Look back and 'Thank' God.
2. Look forward and 'Trust' God.
3. Look around and 'Serve' God.
4. Look within and 'Find' God!'

I asked God, 'How do I get the best out of life?
God said: 'Face your past without regrets. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear!

Without God, our week is: Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday, Thirstday, Fightday, Shatterday and Sinday. So, allow Him to be with you every day!

Life is short, so .... forgive quickly.... Believe slowly... Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably... Never regret the wonderful journey that you have with God.

Happy moments, Praise God. Difficult moments, Seek God. Quite moments, Worship God. Painful moments, Trust God. Every moment, Thank God. Always Love And Love.

INTERESTING CONVERSATION

2008-07-06T22:38:00.000-07:00

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy speaks to his Class on the Problem Science has with GOD, The ALMIGHTY.
He asks one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So you Believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD Good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him.
Most of us would attempt to Help Others who are ill.
But GOD didn't.
How is this GOD Good then ? Hmm ?

( Student is silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ?
Let's start again, Young Fella.
Is GOD Good ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Is Satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor : Where does Satan come from ?
Student : From . . . GOD . . .
Professor : That's right.
Tell me son, is there evil in this World ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ?
And GOD did make Everything. Correct ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : So who created evil ?

( Student does not answer )

Professor : Is there Sickness ? Immorality ? Hatred ? Ugliness ?
All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, who Created them ?

( Student has no answer )

Professor : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you.
Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD ?
Student : No, sir.
Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD ?
Student : No , sir.
Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD ?
Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter ?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist.
What do you say to that, son ?
Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor : Yes. Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat ?
Professor : Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as Cold ?
Professor : Yes.
Student : No sir. There isn't.

( The Lecture Theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat,
a Little Heat or No Heat.
But we don't have anything called Cold.
We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that.
There is no such thing as Cold.
Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.
We cannot Measure Cold.
Heat is Energy.
Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

( There is Pin - Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor ? Is there such a thing as Darkness ?
Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness ?
Student : You're wrong again, sir.
Darkness is the Absence of Something.
You can have Low Light, Normal Light , Bright Light, Flashing Light . . .
But if you have No Light Constantly, you have Nothing and it's called Darkness, isn't it ?
In reality, Darkness isn't.
If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you ?
Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is Flawed.
Professor : Flawed ? Can you explain how ?
Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality.
You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD.
You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.
Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought.
It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.
To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that
Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.
Death is Not the Opposite of Life : just the Absence of it.
Now tell me, Professor, do you Teach your Students that they Evolved from a Monkey ?
Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir ?

( The Professor shakes his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument is going )

Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and
cannot even prove that this Process is an On - Going Endeavor,
are you not Teaching your Opinion, sir ?
Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher ?

( The Class is in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever Seen the Professor's Brain ?

( The Class breaks out into Laughter )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever Heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, Touched or Smelt it ? . . .
No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that
you have No Brain, sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir ?

( The Room is Silent. The Professor stares at the Student, his face unfathomable )

Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student : That is it sir . . .
the Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.
That is all that Keeps Things Moving & Alive.

NB:
I believe you have enjoyed the Conversation . . . and if so . . .
you'll probably want your Friends / Colleagues to enjoy the same . . . won't you ? . . .
Forward them to Increase their Knowledge . . . or FAITH

It turned out later that the student is Albert Einsten

دعاء للقدّيس يوحنا الذهبي الفم

2008-07-03T09:36:00.000-07:00

يقال على عدد ساعات الليل والنهار ال 24

1- يا رب لا تُعدمني خيراتك السماويّة والأرضية.
2- يا سيّدي نجّني من العذب الأبدي.
3- يا ربّ سامحني بكلّ ما خطِئت إليك إن كان بالقول أو بالفعل أو بالذهن، إغفر لي وسامحني.
4- يا ربّ نجّني وأنقذني من كلّ شدّة وجهلٍ ونسيان وضجر وتغفّل وعدم إحساس.
5- يا ربّ نجّني من كلّ تجربة وتخيّل مع كلّ إهمال وهجران.
6- أنر يا جابلي قلبي الذي قد أظلمته الشهوة الشرّيرة.
7- يا ربّ أمّا أنا فأخطأ كإنسان ولكن أنت بما أنّك إلهٌ إرحمني.
8- يا خالقي أنظر إلى ضعف نفسي وأرسل نعمتك لمعونتي لكي يمجّد فيّ إسمك القدّوس.
9- أيّها الربّ يسوع المسيح أكتب إسم عبدك في مصحف الحياة مانحاً إياي آخرةً صالحة.
10- أيّها الربّ إلهي لم أصنع خيراً أو صلاحاً البتّة ولكن فليترأف وقتاً ما عليّ تحنّنك.
11- يا ربّ أمطر في قلبي ندى نعمتك.
12- يا إله السماء والأرض أذكرني أنا الخاطئ القبيح والشرير الدنس بحسب رحمتك العظمى حين تأتي في ملكوتك.
13- إقبلني يا ربّ بالتوبة والرجوع ولا تهملني مخزياً إياي.
14- لا تدخلني يا إلهي في تجربة.
15- إمنحني يا مخلّصي ذهناً صالحاً وأفكاراً حسنة.
16- أعطني يا ربّ دموعاً حارّة وهبني تذكّراً بالموت وتخشّعاً.
17- أعطني يا ربّ عتقاً لأفكاري وتصوّراتي.
18- أعطني يا ربّ تواضعاً وانقطاع الإرادة وهبني طاعةً.
19- أعطني يا ربّ صبراً وتمهلاً ووداعة.
20- أغرس يا ربّ فيّ أصل الصالحات بخوفك.
21- أهّلني يا ربّ أن أحبّك من كلّ نفسي ومن كلّ فطنتي وقلبي وقدرتي وأن أحفظ مشيئتك في الجميع.
22- أسترني يا عاضدي من الناس الأشرار ومن الأبالسة ومن الآلام ومن كلّ شيءٍ غير لائقٍ وواجب.
23- كما تأمر كما تلُم يا إلهي كما تريد يا منقذي فلتكن مشيئتك بي.
24- فلتكن يا ربّ مشيئتك لا إرادتي بشفاعات وتوسّل والدتك الكلّية الطهارة وسائر قدّيسيك. لأنّك مباركٌ أنت إلى جميع الدهور

To Be A King

2007-08-10T13:53:00.000-07:00

There was a king who did not have a successor, surely because he hadn’t kids… so he asked one day his minister to put an announcement in his kingdom, saying: “we are searching for someone who replaces the king after his death… every candidate must be a God's lover, and surely a people’s one”…
A young poor man saw that he fulfills the conditions, so he decided to go and present himself… but what to do; he is so poor… so he sells his small house just to buy good things to wear…
On the way to the king’s castle he met a poor man who had very bad clothes, and he was shivering from cold… so he stopped by, and gave him the clothes he bought… and continues his way half nude…
When he arrived to the castle, he waited in the hall… and surprisingly, the king enters… the king was the same poor man he met on the way… first, he couldn’t find words… then he asked him: how come you were the poor man and now you are the king?
The king said: how do you want me to know if the person I’m searching for loves the people? That’s how I can be sure that you are my successor…
The young man said: You are sure that I love people and I do so, but how can you be sure that I love God?
The king said: if you love everyone, surely you love who created each one…

From the book: My Journey In Life Seasons.

Your Curriculum

2007-01-15T14:41:00.000-08:00

The way is so difficult, just follow the light

When a young man presented his papers to the company manager, an attestation letter from the priest and the Sunday school manager was included.
The manager was happy for this (something that does not happen often or even), and said to the young man: that is great… but an attestation from the Sunday school and the priest are not enough…
The young man said: why?
He responded: I need an attestation letter from someone who lives with you everyday, not just on Sunday…

How many times do we practice Christianity just on Sunday, and we forget the other days? As if love and faith are for some hours from just a day in a week… (that’s if we are practicing even on Sunday)

I Wonder

2006-11-09T15:06:00.000-08:00

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?
What if we gave it to kids as gifts?
What if we used it as we traveled?
What if we used it in case of an emergency?
What if we upgraded it to get the latest version?

It's just something to think about...something to make you say hmmmm, and where is my Bible??
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones?!

Inform Doubters Of ALL The Facts

2006-05-27T01:56:00.000-07:00

Over the years, I have come across many people who deny God's existence, many people who do not believe in Jesus Christ. And, especially with the release of The Da Vinci Code, it seems that the number of people who question God and Jesus' existence are growing. And the Bible. It's all fiction. A pack of lies, stories and myths made up by humans. It has come to my attention that most of the people who claim this are not at all familiar with the Bible... neither the authors nor the era it was written in. They are not even familiar with the content. They are just convinced that Jesus is a mythological character that has been handed down to us over the centuries. Only interested in making uninformed claims. I ask these people to go and read the Bible. To study it's background and the era that it was written in. To look at the evidence from history and non-Christian writings. At archaeology confirms and to understand the reliability of the Bible. I ask them to be informed before making such pathetic claims.
I ask them to answer the following question. How did the Christian church come into being in the first century? We know that at the beginning of the first century there were no people called Christians, but by the end of that century Christians existed throughout the entire Roman Empire. History tells us that in the latter half of the first century there were men and women all over Palestine claiming that they had seen this man Jesus alive after his public execution. No one in the first century ever denied that this man was a real person. There were many enemies of the Christian church, who if possible, would have stopped this new movement. Yet no one ever did on the basis of his non-existence. So tell me... if there was no Jesus Christ, how and why did the Christian church come into being? Please, help me fill in this huge gap.
Not only is there evidence from history but also from non-Christian writings. Josephus, an aristocratic Jew, and Tacitus, the greatest of the Roman historians of the period, both wrote witnesses that Jesus lived and ministered in Galilee in the time of Herod Antipas. That he died in Judea following the accusations of Caiaphas the high priest, by the hands of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor. They wrote that the movement led by Jesus did not cease with his death, but continued and spread westward to Rome. Surely they were not both lying. Wait a minute. Maybe they were both very talented storytellers who just both coincidentally wrote the exact same story. Maybe, eh?
To support the historical evidence and eyewitness accounts we also have archaeology confirms. In 1961 an Italian archaeological team working in Caesarea came across an inscription from the time of Jesus bearing the name 'Pontius Pilate Prefect of Judea'. In November 1990 the tomb of Caiaphas the high priest was found on a hill in Jerusalem. Can these skeptical people explain to me these discoveries? Do they not uphold the authenticity of the Bible about Jesus? Of course!

Then there are those people who declare that Jesus’ life story as recorded in the Bible is not at all reliable… that the story of Jesus has been changed by Christians over the centuries. We can be so confident that this was not the case as detailed accounts of Jesus’ life were compiled so close to the time that Jesus was living in. How do we know this? By 70 AD church leaders Clement and Ignatius were quoting from gospel accounts of Jesus’ life and today we have more than 24,000 early manuscripts of the New Testament against which to check our present copies. So how can they say that we have altered the stories of the Bible to suit our liking and that it is not accurate?

Yes, I went and saw the movie. It is, like most people know, fiction. And his fictional story-line uses certain facts, yes. However these facts are so obviously distorted in order to support his pathetic claims. If anything, the movie strengthened my belief in God and the Bible. The strength people will go to in order to deter and lessen people’s faith made me laugh. I am more determined to strengthen other people’s faith. We need to inform doubters of ALL the facts... undistorted. We need to view The Da Vinci Code as inspiration.

Marwa Hosni

He Is Playing

2006-05-04T05:44:00.000-07:00

What does he think?
He who wants to play with me doesn't know me very well...
I'm talking about the devil, surely... as my enemies are not humane, but the worst souls ever...
It is his defence... to waste my time with something fictional... non-existant.
He thinks that I will stop talking about his bad ways... that I will refrain from talking about the beauty and highness of God...
He who plays with me is the weakest... as I am aware of his strategies... it is not the first time.
When we close the door, he enters from the windows... just as does a thief...
What is his strategy today? What is his target?
It is our stability, happiness, love, faith...
He is a loser... our stability is powerful as God is maintaining it...
He is already defeated... our happiness is always present as we are sons of God... and only because we are sons of God...
He thinks that love can be bought and sold... that love changes with days and places...
He is defeated as our love is the light that fulfills the world and destroys darkness... the darkest of darkness, him...
It's funny the way he thinks... hasn't he heard of rocks and mountains?
His war is useless... have we nothing better to do than listen to his bullshit... let alone accept it?He tries to take revenge... and each time he tries, he is not successful...In war we do not forfeit... in war we cannot ever be defeated...
And Just remember he is always after us... after a good catch...
And beware... He hates us... that's in his nature...He encourages us to make errors and then calls everyone to witness it... It is only he who is capable of this...
Beware... And Lock your doors and windows with the keys of prayer...

Sassine and Marwa

Between Our Love & Your’s

2006-05-04T05:42:00.000-07:00

We were in a conversation about the relation between God and life… is it applicable or not?

A woman said: I don’t believe… why do I need the Bible? Religion is just made by men to rule the world and block any instability…
Look, inside your Bible there are many unclear issues… why women have no real role in it? For example, what is the role of St Mary? She bared Jesus, but what was she after?
Your Bible said that the woman must follow her man… and me, I don’t want to follow a man…

I said: the Bible is not a lonely phrase… it is a united continuous one… you cannot just read a cut of a phrase and say look, this is your holy book… as it appears, you know the Bible very well… so you must know that he said: the man must love his wife as Jesus loves the church… he said also that the man leaves his dad and mom to follow his wife… and the same to her… he said also: you don’t leave each other until death…
Don’t you see that the bible is the number one in that age and even in ours, that pushes to the equality between men and women…?
Where do you see that Jesus didn’t equalize between us…
Remember very well, women who do sins were killed until death with stones, but the men not… who is the first one in the world to protect her, and even forgive her while blaming all the others…
Remember also… the only ones who visited Jesus in his tomb were women, while all the disciples (men) were hidden in a secret place… and the ones who took the great news of resurrection were also women…
I can describe and talk till tomorrow about women in the Holy Bible…
The Bible can be collected in one word… love…

She said: but we don’t need a religion to love…

I said: very true… even sinners love their families and the ones who belongs to them… this is inside the Bible too… do you know it before?
Jesus didn’t come here to ask you to love these ones (this love is somewhat innate, but can also be lost in many conditions)… he came here to make you love your enemies…
Love is the light… it fulfills our hearts…
You cannot say I love someone and I hate another one in the same time… if you are doing that, even the one you love, there will be a time you hate him who ever who is… why?
Isn’t clear? Love and hate cannot stay in the same place… the same heart… the darkness will win… it’s simply what happens when you have an infection somewhere, and you didn’t treat… then the infection will grow up slowly, ending by killing you…
This is the difference between our love and your’s…
Our love is full while unlimited… our love is rich while poor … our love is modest while powerful… our love is complicated by being brother and sister of everyone on this earth, while very simple… our love can forgive… and specially, he is an eternal one as he is from the heart of our God…
While your’s is weak… poor even if he has all the goodies of earth…
He is complicated by hating everyone on earth… and he is surely limited…
So you have to choose between God and death…

She said: why do I have to choose?

I said: because life is just a decision… and you are free to take it or not…

Sassine El Nabbout MD.

Discussing The Gospel Of Juda

2006-04-16T19:14:00.000-07:00

An article published by National Geographic since 2 weeks, introducing this important discovery of the 21 century, that will act in a way to make “A lot of people upset.”
I will introduce an aswer to every part of there article in a so strict way (in Bold).

They started there article with: “Lost for nearly 1,700 years, a crumbling papyrus manuscript presents the most hated man in history in a new light”.

Who said we hate Judas? where is this marked in our bible?
The one who hates is not a christian. Very simple...

“pe-di-ah-kawn-aus ente plah-nay. These strange words were Coptic, the language spoken in Egypt at the dawn of Christianity. They had gone unheard ever since the early church declared the document off-limits for Christians. This is a passage where Jesus is explaining to the disciples that they are on the wrong track".

The off-limits are for the one who don't know or refuse to know who is Jesus & why he came to us. Sirs, christianity is a shut off of every limits. His words are not something flying around, or written on books, his word is written on our hearts.

Disciples are humans as we are, then the faults are almost always possible, no one said that they are always right in everything, even our bible that you are blaming to be wrong said that many times... Jesus said it many times: till when i will stay with you...
Then, if he is saying that to his disciples, the ones who saw him, & believed him, what will he says to everyone of us?... are we on the wright track???!...

Jesus Christ’s close friend, one of the 12 Apostles, who sold him out for 30 pieces of silver, identifying him with a kiss.

Jesus is a close friend of everyone of us, not only the 12 Apostles, and we sold him and still doing it everyday, even cheaper than that... so what is your discovery?

"As Christianity distanced itself from its origins as a Jewish sect, Christian thinkers found it increasingly convenient to blame the Jews as a people for the arrest and execution of Christ, and to cast Judas as the archetypal Jew. The four Gospels, for example, treat Roman governor Pontius Pilate gently while condemning Judas and the Jewish high priests".

"Forgive them because they don't know what they are doing"... does someone remember these words... Jesus said that before dying, so stop this delire... no one is blaming anyone... all sins were forgiven...

"The “secret account” gives us a very different Judas. In this version, he is a hero. Unlike the other disciples, he truly understands Christ’s message. In handing Jesus over to the authorities, he is doing his leader’s bidding, knowing full well the fate he will bring on himself. Jesus warns him: “You will be cursed"."

Hey, we don't understand what he understanded?!... it is like you are saying: he is the only smart trusted one, and the other eleven are just dumbs, and even the enemies of Christ message!!...
The 12 were chosen, not by anyone, but by God himself, so no way to errors... even with Judas real story...
And if Judas was the best of the best, how couldn't God protect him from being cursed?!!... and why he took the 30 pieces of Silver?...

"This message is startling enough to raise suspicions of fraud, common with alleged biblical artifacts".

Christianity is the full & free love Of God... the ones searching for artifacts, are the ones who want to find a reason for their bad ways...

“Christianity trying to ﬁnd its style.”

Christianity is not a style... it is a life...

"The Judas gospel vividly reflects the struggle waged long ago between the Gnostics and the hierarchical church. In the very ﬁrst scene Jesus laughs at the disciples for praying to “your god,” meaning the disastrous god who created the world. He compares the disciples to a priest in the temple (almost certainly a reference to the mainstream church), whom he calls “a minister of error” planting “trees without fruit, in my name, in a shameful manner.” He challenges the disciples to look at him and understand what he really is, but they turn away".

They talk about Jesus, as if he is someone who hates his disciples... or if he don't want them to understand, or even, as if it was so difficult to him to make them understand...
They talk about Jesus, as if he died just for Judas, the one who is planting fruitful trees, not for us & Judas & every Disciple...
While searching if the disciples planted or didnt't plant fruitful trees, isn't reasonable to start planting something??!...

"The key passage comes when Jesus tells Judas: “You will sacriﬁce the man that clothes me.” Judas did to him a favor." The canonical Gospels say Jesus prayed to God that he would not have to die. In contrast, the Gospel of Judas says that Jesus wanted to die to rejoin the fullness of God."

What is that important discovery?! read the bible sirs before giving us your new gospel... read it well... Jesus knew very well that he is going to die & to resuscitate, he knew also that someone is going to deliver him... and he knew who is this one... he has many ways to escape if he didn't want to die... he came to die... it is his mission and it's already done...
That's very true, he prayed that he would not have to die... do you know why sirs?? because it was not a normal death as every one... he died while boring every sin on earth, done before his presence on earth, during it, now and till the end of life on earth... he prayed yes, but he accepted the will of God, even that it was dying for sinners, while no one accept to die to deliver a good one... Do you accept it once?

“Lift up your eyes and look at the cloud and the light within it and the stars surrounding it,” Jesus tells him encouragingly. “The star that leads the way is your star.” Ultimately, Judas has a revelation in which he enters a “luminous cloud.” People on the ground hear a voice from the cloud, though what it says may be forever unknown due to a tear in te papyrus.

Ah! what a chance... a word said by god, lost because of a tear in a papyrus?!!
Oh! what can we do now?

"We will stop loving each other... we will hate every one including the disciples... we will hate Jesus"...
"We can do whatever we want... enjoy our life in every way... there is no god... it is just stories made by someone to make us lose our freedom"...
" The bible is all wrong... just a big lie"...
"Believers are just dumbs like their disciples"...
"I question if their is really a Jesus"...

This is the minimum said by many ones after opening the pages of Juda's Gospel...
What i can say: "Devil is just making another effort to improve his kingdom on earth, so be CAREFUL"...

Sassine El Nabbout MD.

Regarding The Gospel Of Judas

2006-04-13T15:20:00.000-07:00

I am continually amazed at the ability of the modern press to show it's own colors to an apparently colorblind nation.
Recently therehas been a swarm of coverage around the Gospel of Judas, an apparentrecent discovery, and insightful document concerning therelationship between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot. What the press failed to mention is the wealth of information regarding the Gospel of Judas, it's origins, meanings, and impact on Christianity.
The media would have you believe that some newdiscovery or truth about Christ has now been revealed. One radio reporter inferred that Easter would now be changed forever becauseof this new information.
People have been surprised to learn of a possible friendship between Judas and Jesus. Even more astounding, it seems, is the idea that the actions of Judas were, in fact, inline with the will of God through Jesus.
The Gospels contain nothing which would lead readers to believe that Judas and Jesus were not close. Judas was the treasurer for the chosen twelve. Obviously he was trustworthy, and a man of honor. Heseems no less close to Jesus than the 4 authors of the canonical gospels. Of course he is painted in a negative light by hisbrethren. Imagine living with a man for 3 years, communing with him daily, trusting him, only to have him betray the one Person you haveboth sworn to serve. That is a wound which does not heal easily.
And truth be told, Judas's actions were directly in line with thewill of the Father. Christ had to be turned over to the authorities, that he might be sacrificed for all mankind. This does not mean that what Judas did was righteous, or self lessly motivated. The idea Judas was a hero is historically claimed as being popular among the early gnostics, who proposed the idea of Godas an evil ruler and the biblical anti-heroes as the bringer of the Messiah.
Accuracy aside, let us assume this Gospel of Judas is authentic. What is the significance of Judas's actions, if they were in factdone out of obedience? What effect do they have on the Salvation which Christ's death brought to humanity? Absolutley none.
Evenif Judas had been instructed by Christ to betray Him, that would not change the significance of the cross.Remember that the media may have taken hold of this document inorder to promote their own present agenda, but the church has bothacknowledged and studied the Gospel of Judas since 180AD, when it was first mentioned by Irenaeus, an early Church Bishop.We must not fear the attempts of the enemy to trip us up. The truthis infallible in it's own right.
Remember, that any rash ordramatic reaction from the Christian community only pro-ports what the enemy is trying to tell the world: the present day Christian Church is an irrational bunch of bible bashers who don't know theirown history. Let us be calm, controlling ourselves in the face ofconstant adversity. Remember God's advice to Cain, "...sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it."
The power of Christ's actions and their everlasting effects cannotbe altered by any document, ancient or not. Know your history, know the story of our Savior and cherish every detail.

Copyright 2006 by JM Leary

من أقوال الآباء

2006-04-12T09:04:00.000-07:00

الفضيلة والرذيلة هما للنفس كالصحة والمرض للجسد، وكذلك المعرفة والجهل بالنسبة إلى الذهن. وكلّما واظبنا على التقوى أو على العمل، ازداد الذهن إشراقاً بالمعرفة، ونصبح عندئذٍ أهلاً للرحمة عبر الوصية الخامسة، وفيها يقول الرب:" طوبى للرحماء ".
الرحيم هو المتعاطف مع القريب فيغيثه بما ناله من الربّ من مالٍ، وغذاء، وقوة، وكلامٍ مسعفٍ وصلاة. أي أنّه بكلّ قدرته وبدافع رقّته، يفتح قلبه للسائل ويحسب أنّه مدينٌ له، لأنّه نال أكثر بكثير ممّا طلب منه. إذ أنّ المسيح جاد عليه في هذا الدهر وفي الدهر الآتي، بأن يدعى

مثل الله رحيماً.

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ليس المؤمن من يؤمن بكلّ شيء، بل بالله وحده. أترك البحث واعتنق الإيمان.
الإيمان نورٌ منيرٌ للجميع، وحيث يكون تكمن القوّة.

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الصلاة تقودنا إلى الينبوع السماوي، تملأنا من ذاك الشراب، فتجري منّا ينبوع ماءٍ أبدي.
الصلاة تؤكد لنا الخيرات الآتية، وبالإيمان تعرّفنا المعرفة الفضلى للخيرات الحاضرة.
الصلاة لا تقتصر على الكلمات، بل إنّها اندفاعٌ إلى الله، حبٌّ غريب لا يأتي من البشر.
الصلاة غنىً لا يُسلب وغذاءٌ سماوي يشبع النفس، من ذاقها غاص في شوقٍ أبدي إلى الله، كمثل نارٍ آكلةٍ تضرم القلب.

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الصلاة التصاقٌ بالله في جميع لحظات الحياة ومواقفها، إلى أن تصبح الحياة صلاةً واحدة بلا انقطاعٍ ولا اضطراب.

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الصلاة هي أمّ كلّ الفضائل، فالصلاة تحفظ العفة وتربيها في حضنها، تبطل الغضب وتوبخ عليه، تمنع ميول الكبرياء والحسد، تستدعي الروح القدس ليحلّ فينا، وتسمو بالنفس لترتفع إلى السماء.

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When God calls u...

2006-02-18T01:32:00.000-08:00

When God calls you, there are but two choices: Obedience or diobedience. There is no third option!
When God spoke to Abraham & asked him to go to a land he would later give him, Abraham's response was,"Ok, let's go!"
Today, many would say, "Hey, God, what's the matter with my serving you here? Ur's a nice place-good schools, shops & golf courses. Nice neighborhood- looks good on a business card."
When God said," Abraham, i want you to give Me your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love," he responded in simple obedience, assured ( so says Hebrews11) that if God should demand the life of his son, he would raise him from the dead. The response of many today would more likely be,"God, can't we make a deal? I've got quite a lot of money & lots of servants. How about giving you ten of my finest men? I will pay their salaries, & you can send them anywhere you want."
Many well-qualified individuals lose out with God because they want to make a deal with Him, saying, " I'll go so far but no farther." They are interested in serving God more in an advisory capacity than in grassroots involvement. This kind of attitude not only leaves them out of corporate head-quarters but also doesn't give God much to work with when it comes to kingdom.
God wants all you are & all you have...

From the book:
Successful Servants
Harold J. Sala

بسيطة

2006-02-03T12:29:00.000-08:00

اعتدنا أيّها الإخوة كثرة الكلام والحشو، حتى في الصلاة... كأن اللّه لا يسمع، أو أنّه لا يعرف ما بنا وما نحتاجه...
الصلاة أيّها الإخوة طهارةٌ للنفس... هي لغة التخاطب مع اللّه عزّ وجلّ... وتلاوتها كلّ اليوم تؤكد عزم الإنسان على البقاء ملاصقاً له... كما أنّها درعٌ تخشاه الشياطين...
وبما أنّ كلاً منّا في معركةٍ على مدار الثواني مع عدونا اللدود والوحيد، فالتخلّي عن الصلاة تعني تسليم النفس لإبليس...
يجب التنبّه من سقوط النفس في الضجر والفتور، وهذه واحدة من سيئات التكرار... لكن يجب أن يتسلّح كلّ منّا من قبل بمعرفة ألاعيب إبليس... فلا تدعه يوماً يقنعك بأنّك صليت ما يكفي... طبعاً، لأنه المتأذي الوحيد ممّا ترتّله روحك...
وعندما تصلي، لتخرج الكلمات من قلبك وليس من شفتيك... ولتكن صلاتك بسيطة... ليس أكثر ولا أقلّ ممّا علّمنا السيد المسيح:
أبانا الذي في السماوات، ليتقدّس اسمك، ليأتي ملكوتك، لتكن مشيئتك كما في السماء كذلك على الأرض، أعطنا خبزنا كفاف يومنا، واترك لنا ما علينا كما نترك نحن لمن لنا عليه، ولا تدخلنا في التجربة، لكن نجّنا من الشرير. آمين

الرسالة

2006-01-19T08:40:00.000-08:00

نحن في عالمٍ مظلم بسبب بعدنا عن النور الذي يشعّه اللّه ...
كلّ منّا بحاجةٍ إلى هذا النور الذي يدخل حياتنا في الصميم كي ينير خفاياه فيعلنها، لكي تشفى من مرضها الداخلي الذي هو الخطيئة...
نعم أيّها الأحبّاء، كلّنا موتى بالخطيئة التي تظلم حياتنا...ومن غير المسيح أتى ليشفي أمراضنا ويحمل عنّا هذا النير الثقيل...
ونحن نؤمن بذلك كلّه وبه نتكلّم...
نعم! نحن نؤمن ولذلك نحن مخلّصون...

د.ساسين ميشال النبّوت

Ten things God won't ask

2005-11-24T09:59:00.000-08:00

1...God won't ask what kind of car you drove;
He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.
2...God won't ask the square footage of your house,
He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.
3...God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet,
He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.
4...God won't ask what your highest salary was.
He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.
5...God won't ask what your job title was.
He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability.
6...God won't ask how many friends you had
He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.
7...God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived.
He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.
8...God won't ask about the color of your skin.
He'll ask about the content of your character.
9...God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation,
He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not to the gates of Hell.

Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments,worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.

Forgive As You are Forgiven…

2005-09-04T13:20:00.000-07:00

It’s a part of each one of us… when we are hurt, there is no way to forget about it… we know that what we are doing is wrong, and its not what Jesus wanted and want each minute from us… but we don’t forgive…
Its really weird… unbelievable…
Even the ones who believes in love, mercy… the ones who were chosen to be the sons of god… when they are in a situation, each one forgot what to do… and unfortunately, there is no way to correct that…
They forgot why Jesus came to this earth…
They forgot that they are forgiven by Jesus…
By the King…
They enter what we call: the closed circle… where the devil dances while seeing them in pain…
They forgot about everything beautiful in this life…
Everything became this “hurt”…
Everything runs around it…
And for sure… Devil, that is the only one that hurt you, don’t stay looking only, but he will keep you running in this empty closed circle…
What is your pain sir while looking to god while crucified?…
Do you think that life will not be painful?… remember what Jesus said: there is no one slave that is better than his master…
And Jesus said also: who wants me, must take his cross and follow me…
Did you one day accepted your cross?…
Accepted it with happiness…
With Love…
Why?...
Because Jesus accepted the cross while full of love…
He died while saying: forgive them god, because they don’t know what they are doing…
While dying… he forgave us…
I remember her another story… the one of the master that was counting what he has… he took his slave… and asked him to return back his money… he wanted from him 10000… the slave said: oh master… I don’t have them… so the master asked his soldiers to take him to jail, and to buy his family as all what he has… the slave cried and asked his master mercy… the master’s heart feels pain to do all that to him… so he forgave him…
While going out, the slave that was forgiven met another slave… he wants from him only 10… the other slave said: I don’t have them right now… so the forgiven slave started to hit him while the poor one was asking for mercy, and he took him to police and put him in jail… the other slaves knew what happened… so they told the master… that ordered to see the slave again… when he was in face of him, the master said: I wanted from you 10000, and I forgave you for them when you asked that… your brother wanted your mercy for only 10 and you couldn’t forgive him… then he ordered his soldiers to take him out, to the eternal pain…

Do you want to be in this situation while you are facing god?...

Sassine El Nabbout MD.

A Daily Law In Praying…

2005-06-21T09:19:00.000-07:00

" I stay in front of you, and you see me"… this is the first law… staying in front of god…
To know with each word, that there is a god that creates everything on the earth as in heaven… that we need him to protect us from what the devil programmed for us…
I repeat here: " with the sin the death entered to this world". Then the first sin is being away from praying… continuously…
Dear brothers, the real death is the death of our soul…
We need prayers, as we need nutrients, water…
Pray when you wake up… on the sunrise… on the first hours of the day… the late hours… the sunset time… the midnight… just keep praying… remember god, when you see something beautiful… always pray and pray…
With prayers we become unified with god… then with prayers we are always in love…

No Need To Have Fear

2005-06-18T07:37:00.000-07:00

في السابق ، كان الناس يقفون على ضفاف نهر الحياة ارتالاً، يحملون الأثقال وينظرون بعين السواد إلى الغد... والعتمة تخنق الليل، والظلام يملئ الدنيا، والنفوس واقعةٌ في الحيرة، وأما الشيطان فكان لا يهدئ ولا ينام... والنفوس كلّها يملؤها الحزن... فلم يعد هناك من أملٍ بيومٍ جميل، ولا رجاء نأمله... بل كان الظلم يسيطر على الناس...
إلى أن طلّ علينا من السماء، نجمٌ ساطعٌ ، أتى وغيّر حياتنا... فمحى بتسامحه خطايانا... وعلى كتفيه حمل أوجاعنا...
فيا أيّها الأخ العزيز، لم يعد هناك من مبرّر للبكاء، للخوف، للضياع...
فعلاما تبكي؟... الا تعلم انّ الخسارة هي ربحٌ لكلّ من يؤمن...
وممّا أنت خائف؟.... ألا تعلم أن الرب هو إلهك وهو القادر على كلّ شيء...
ولما أنت ضائع؟... إتبع النور... فقط النور لتصل إلى الحيا الأبديّة...

To Remember...

2005-05-01T13:02:00.000-07:00

Always in life, we choose the easiest ways… always we have the fear of death… always we try to not take a decision, a responsibility… always we lie to hide what we believe in… always we don’t say the truth to not be hurt… always we don’t walk in a direct way… always we put our hand in a place, our feet in another place, our heart in a place and our faith in a completely different place… always we walk around a situation but we don’t pass through it… always & always…

Isn’t time now to choose the right way but not the easiest one!?…

Isn’t time now to believe in the eternal life?!…

Isn’t the good time now to take a real decision, a man’s decision?…

Isn’t time to say the truth whatever will happen?…

Isn’t time to walk only in one right way, the way of Jesus?…

Isn’t time to put all our life in the hands of god & only god?…

Isn’t time to confront situations?… to continue our life in the light, not just dying in the shadow?…

Isn’t time to remember the son of man…
Our god…

Isn’t time to know our clear and only real mission as he knew it…
He confronted death… he had for sure many ways to run around… and even that may keep him alive, a king of earth… without pain… But he said: for that I came here… He came for us… to die, because we are sinners… He came to release us and he released us…

Trust me, it’s the time to be a real brother of the son of man…
Don’t wait for tomorrow, because you may not have enough extra time… And because the time of truth is now, don’t miss your chance…

Words...

2005-03-27T13:18:00.000-08:00

Dear brothers, are we hearing each moment to the words of god?…
Are we unified with him?…
Be careful… because this world is full of , many words that want to shut up the word of god… that want to destroy the peace in your life…
Are we ready to accept god by accepting each other?…
Are we ready to refuse all our self interests, our self opinions to hear to god & only god?….
We face in reality many difficulties in this world, but we cannot stop talking about god… we cannot & we must not stop our mission , that consist in making the ones that don’t know or even don’t want to know about God faithful persons… And this is only made by learning them the word of god… but also by learning them how to live the word of god…
Remember, the word of god is like a soft breeze that do not disturb or destroy the life of humans, but give to them a better life via the Holy Spirit…

Many Lessons In One Scene…

2005-03-27T12:23:00.000-08:00

As we know, each part of the bible is a big lesson… and while reading it, as each sentence contains many views & scenes, we can somewhat forget or not take into consideration a lesson that we must know!…
That’s why, the daily reading of the bible is so important… even as I said before, reading of the same scene, will let us sometimes feel that we are reading it for the first time! And that is not real, but all what is happening is that sometimes we don’t view a side of the story that we see the next time!…
The gospel of today was on the paralyzed man that was transported by four mans… they took him & tried to enter the house where Jesus was staying talking with the people… And as they couldn’t enter they passed to the roof, they pierce it, and they passed the man down to Jesus… Jesus said then: your sins are forgiven… people said: who is he to forgive our sins?… he knew what they were saying… And he said to the man: get up & take your bed with you…

Look into this very small part… really full of lessons…
First, look into the faith of the paralyzed man…
Second, in the spirit of help in the four persons…
Third, in the crowd surrounding Jesus listening to the word of god…
Fourth, to the faith of the four persons that couldn’t enter, so they passed to the roof & pierce it…
Fifth, in the word of Jesus: Your sins are forgiven…
Sixth, in his word: stand up & take your bed & go…
Seventh, the man went walking & taking his bed with him…

The first lesson to us is to know who is our savior…
Jesus is the only savior…
The second lesson is how to find him…
We must first hear about him… his place is between the people… that are staying to hear & learn his word…
The third lesson is to not be stopped by the people to reach him…
Even if sometimes they don’t get away from our way to Jesus, we must find a way to reach him…
The fourth lesson is that we cannot in many times alone reach him… but we need some brothers that are full of faith & power to help us in reaching him…
The fifth lesson is that only Jesus can forgive our sins…
The sixth lesson is that Jesus know very well ( sure ) that what paralyze us is our sins & only our sins… and forgiving our sins is all what we want to live in happiness… in peace…
The seventh lesson is that Jesus knows all what we think & knows how we think…
The eighth lesson is that he always hear to us even if we don’t talk… he knows that we need our physics to live… that’s why he lets the man walk again…
The ninth lesson is to not be blocked by time or place, because the good things must be done each moment… ( what Jesus did was a Saturday).
The tenth lesson is that god can do everything… and all what he do is for us…for our sake…
So I wish when you read a part of the bible, read it many times… And while reading keep your heart and all your thinking with god…

A Lesson…

2005-03-12T13:57:00.000-08:00

As a student in the medical school, I learned from my teachers that if a patient needs me & he can come to me, I must not go for him or visit houses. For them, when there is an emergency, the patient must be taken to the ER & there is nothing that I can do in home.
And as I learned I worked…
One day, somebody calls me to see a patient in his home… he was a cousin to me…
I said, when I finish my work I will pass to see him…
Then a second call & a third call & a fourth one from different ones… pass to see him… pass to see him… And I answered in a cool way as always, I will pass when I finish & if there is something urgent, take him to the ER… & their response was, no there is no emergency…
I passed in the night to see… And I would lie if I say that this person has any disease… I stopped all his medications & went home with anger inside me… why all these calls….
I slept without clearing my anger… & that was a Saturday… & for sure, I took a decision to not visit houses anymore…
On Sunday morning, I woke up to see another person coming to me to pass to a house. Why??… to see a patient there… & for sure my response was: “ I don’t visit houses, or take the patient to me or if he is that sick take him to the ER…”.
And, I went to church, always the anger filling my heart…
There, while praying, I heard a voice…
The voice asked me: do you remember?…
You was at your home & god came to you…
Remember, you wasn’t that sick, so you could came to him…
But…
He came to you…
Are you greater than god??…
And I said, of course not….
Forgive me god…
Please forgive me…
When I finished from the church, I came hurry to home, I took my lamp, my stethoscope & I went to see & treat the person that I was asked to…

I learned that even if I knew all the bible, that’s not complete… I must work it & live it…
I learned that in the place & the situation & the time, I’m alive to serve & not to be served…
I learned that I can help even if I’m feeling I’m not helping…I learned that there is a difference between what people say to us & in what go wants from us…

Duality…

2005-03-05T12:39:00.001-08:00

Unfortunately, these words are somewhat hard for many ones… specially that these ones are the brothers in the church…
I’m disturbed to see you brother, living a dual life…
You know very well that it’s not acceptable to live the serenity in church, while living in a bad way out…
You… yes , you the one that must be an example for the others, to attract them to live god… you… live in a bad way…
Brother, the life in church must be the best, but also she must be the best out of it…
The church is you… the church is not rocks & wood…
How could you live in this duality?!!...
You are a one of the ones that god said for them: I live in them, & I write my words on their heart…
God cannot be in you in there, & out of you in another place…
Light is light… so you cannot be a light & darkness in the same time…
So be careful…
Don’t say: I’m with god …
But live god…

Love & Egoism…

2005-03-05T12:26:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately, everything in life is based on these two words…
Love & Egoism…
But, what a difference between them?!! What a difference!!
They are as is the light toward the darkness…
Love…
A small word that encircles all the life…
Even, love is the life…
Isn’t because god loves us we are alive?
And, we are alive to love…
And, love is our only right…
Love…
When you are it, you are alive…
When someone share it with you, you become powerful…
But when you have it, you are eternal…
Love is living for the others… working for their good!
Love is a self-neglect…
Love is clear, pure… love don’t think in a bad way… love is not proud…
Love is the modesty…
Love is to give someone all what you have even if you don’t know him…
Love don’t ask something for itself…
Love does not wait the other’s reaction on it…
Love don’t wait someone to say on him he is good… because love is the origin of everything good on this earth…
Love don’t stop for any reason…
Love cannot live or eat on the same table with hate…
There is no someone that can love & hate in the same time… If you love someone & you hate another one, even the one you love, you will hate… with time…

Love has only one enemy…
Self love… egoism…
When your love is directed to serve your opportunities… your self-gain…
When love is used to make you proud of yourself…
When it’s used to make you famous…
When love is full of fear… Fear of what you lose if this unreal love is over…

Sir…
When you love you don’t lie…
When you love you do all what you want…
When you love you are free…
All other “love” are showers of devil…

Sir…
Love is from god… then it’s directed toward all the people of earth, without distinction… without measures…

Sir…
Ask for your right… explore it… use it…
Love…

Watching the signs…

2005-02-27T00:34:00.000-08:00

Just stay, and look to the civilization, to the moments you live in, to the evolution, to the growth of money, the destruction of peace & love… remember the words of Jesus… he said: when you see the clouds you know that the rain is coming, and when you see the tree leaves you know that the spring is coming… but you don’t see the signs of the sky…
Just stay, silent & look into the days, the time passing quickly, as running away from something… or for something…
In my heart, I know that god is coming soon… I’m not done to give you a date or a time… but those are the days…
You will say that the peace is almost lost since the time of Jesus… there are always wars… there are always earthquakes…
But isn’t every human looking forward, afraid of what is coming on earth… fear is living now in each heart… peace is lost from all hearts… but specially the love…
Yes… the love is lost…
We live now for materialism & not for each other…
The money is always the first interest… despite that we know that the money cannot buy a life…
But always what we want is money…
Money…
All countries are under depts.…
I smell always the odor of hate… filling the roads…
I’m always searching for love… but till now I didn’t find it…
Why cannot we love each other??…
Why??
Why???
When the time will be, when I’m with you a real brother?… when??
Please tell me…
I don’t want anything form you…
No materials…
Just your love…
Just your heart…
I need to feel peace when I walk near you…
To feel your heart, just beating with me… to be synchronized with you…

But by watching the signs, I know that this is impossible now… that will not happens till god come here… when we really all live in peace…
Now you know how much I miss him… I miss the moment when he will come & take us from all this wrong situations we live in…
And when you love someone that much… you can feel when he will come to you… & I feel him coming so soon…
So prepare yourself…

Sassine El Nabbout MD.
www.godword.blogspot.com

God & The Media…

2005-02-05T09:38:00.000-08:00

Since the last century, the media invaded every house on this planet… It entered the life of each person… & here exist the danger…
The media is publishing too much of ideas… so you cannot attend to a short film or stay one minute watching a television without extracting millions & millions of thoughts, ideas & events…
And for sure everyone of you know that this media, has an only purpose… money & only money…
And for money, all the laws, rights, love, good thinking is for sure put off… but every other method is used… no shame… no limits…
They give a size to love… & how love must be… for sure, only sex…
They give a size to beauty… beauty is only being like Claudia Shiffer & miss Campbell & others… being tall, blonde, green eyes… well made nose… being thin for sure…
They also change how can everyone think about god… if someone “unfortunately” still think about him…
They changed the normal way of thinking… just by keeping films & words, that destroy by the life style they expose to people… they let you for example accept that divorce is a good way… that hate & killing is a good way… that by killing you become a hero… that you can do anything you want…
A girl is only used to expose what god create in here… to make advertising with her body & also men…
They are specialized in knowing where is your point of weakness… they work on it… to accomplish there only target… so you like what they exposed & then you buy it… & their money increases…
Unacceptable porno’s sites, channels, enter each home, each room… to keep your eye on… to really lose your time…
If I will talk about everything I will write books & books of many millions pages against media in the world…
With media, the human rights are not anymore present…
With media, each one of us lose the human inside him & only become an animal…
With media, you don’t exist anymore as a person… just only a buyer… a costumer…
The diffusion of what they want pass in only seconds… they try in each one of us…
Freedom…
Their only big word… their big lie… Freedom…
I will ask, how can someone be free & he is a slave… a slave of shopping… a slave of songs… a slave of fashion… a slave of nudes… a slave of films… a slave of earthy interests…
No, this is not a freedom…
No sir…
You are only a slave…
A buyer… your identity is lost… they know you only by your credit card number…
For me, they are the servers of devil on earth… no way… he unifies them all…
Why I am thinking like that?…
Very simple… because our only enemy is Devil…
He is the only one that wants to hurt us & destroy our life & civilization…
He is destroying the Childs, the youngs, the old persons…
There is no one in life that is away from his arm…
His weapon is the most powerful mass destructing…
Remember… read the bible… read the signs of time…
Remember the last days…
Everything passing now is written…
Open & believe…
Remember that the Devil is a liar… he is the father of all the liars…
Remember what god said: this liar will even change to the bad ways the one that I choose for me…
Anyway, this is all what the devil want…
We… the sons of god…
So, brothers & sisters… keep him away from your lives… keep him angry…
Don’t stop praying…
Keep on alert…
Don’t let the small things pass… because when you let him enter, remember, he will come in with his friends & will destroy you…
I know that there some medias that are working for god… & I appreciate for sure all their works… & I support them all…
And keep in mind… God & your head are the only protectors against being in a trial position… Don’t expose your point of weakness… Know each point of them… work to fortify it… when you know you will go down, keep away…
Remember, losing an organ of yours is better than losing all yourself in hell…
So, how too low price is a television, a computer & a radio…

Just An Action From You!…

2005-01-30T01:58:00.000-08:00

I remember here the story of that man that was short & wanted to see Jesus while passing through his city!… He knew he could not see him because of the big number of people surrounding Jesus! He went up & stands on a tree!
He wanted to see Jesus!!!
He wanted Jesus to save him!
He knew that his life is full of sins, & that he need this doctor to help him!

And of course, Jesus understands our needs… And he knows us… each one by his own name!! All what we want from us is just asking him to come into our heart… to come & live in us!…

Just an action from us & he will be here!
So, lets making him feel that he is all what we want to be happy!
Lets do, just a movement to prove that we are only interested in him!
Lets make our hearts homes for him! Homes full of light & love!

Sassine El Nabbout

Who is the creator??...

2005-01-23T05:23:00.000-08:00

Facing the new explosive ideas of this loser world, each day we hear about a new fashion concerning god & our life…
I will talk specially here about a one, we took the habitude to talk about… to hear about without any reaction…

They said: god is a human creation… they created god to govern the people… humans like the mystery, & always have fear from the unknown!... so, they gave to this unknown part of life a name : god… he don’t really exist…
They said also: being good is the only thing that we are asked to do… & we are good persons… Also: our eternity is in the human memory… we will live eternally in the memories of people… they will remember us by the good things we did during our life for the whole humanity…
But the worst one is: there is no god… but each one of us is a god…

First of all, I will repeat Jesus words: they have eyes & they cannot see… they have ears & they cannot hear…
I’m not here now to prove the presence of god… I cannot put on one page millions of years of god work… I cannot numerate god’s creations… I cannot also describe by words his beauty & power…
Even, If I prove it, they will not realize his existence, because they are blind hearted…

Now, as a response to all your thoughts, I will use your words sir to fight you & to prove that you are fortunately wrong…
Can you say to me sir (the creator of god) why such a genius as you couldn’t one day even understand his creation…
Ah! Don’t say to me also that you created animals, water, & the universe…
They are all out of your control… fortunately…
I know now that you can understand why you cannot walk or why you are coughing or why you are sick… but can you stop a viral epidemic or can you know when your heart will stop even if your vessels are all closed???....
Don’t tell me please its all by chance… & don’t tell me the carbon molecule met with hydrogen in association with oxygen & bigger molecules collects again & again & we are finally here…
Oh!! You are really such a loser creator & a weak god…

The unknown you have fear , is unknown because you didn’t want to know him… & believe me, you have to fear because you know he exists but you refuse his existence…

Being good… let me tell you sir that you are born good… as a copy of god… but living in this cruel world makes you losing this feature moment after moment… all what you are asked to be is to keep this image of god in your heart & life… so, you are not asked , but you must be good… because the goodness is your origin…

Now, the eternity you talked about, the one that you put in the memory of people, will die with them… think if all the ones that memorize you died, then your memory will die with them… how can you base on something that will end one day… believe me its not an eternity…

Finally, we are gods yes, but not alone, & not with our power, we are gods as sons of god… we are gods by our unity with the only god… we are gods with our highly pure love… we are gods because our eternity is in our heart, in our faith… & we are gods because god gave us no limit to live, no limit to love…

And as a son of this god that you refused, I ask him for you to open your eyes… as a brother of you, I will pray so you can one day see the light…

God's Boxes

2005-01-22T13:09:00.000-08:00

I have in my hands two boxes,

Which God gave me to hold?
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,
And all your joys in the gold."
I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,
Both my joys and sorrows I stored,
But though the gold became heavier each day,
The black was as light as before.
With curiosity, I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.
I showed the hole to God, and mused,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"
He smiled a gentle smile and said,
"My child, they're all here with me."
I asked God, why He gave me the boxes,
Why the gold and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
The black is for you to let go."

Is there a new year?...

2004-12-31T09:37:00.000-08:00

Does a day like any other day change really anything?...
Why you are celebrating?...
This is a day , to collect again your ideas, to re know what u did all the year!...
Is what you already did good?...Did you gave satisfaction to god & to yourself?...
Did you walked on the good way?...Did you loved each one of your "neighbors"?...
Are you leaving this section of universal time with a full package of love?...
Are you leaving this time & there is a brother in a part of the world that you hate or that hates you?...
Was the life you lived clear, shinny?...
Was you sad through days?...
Was you alive?...
Do you know that the day you lived & you was not happy is a day of shame, a day that means "you didnt accept god"?...
Do you know that the day you passed without loving your brother is a day of shame , a day that means " you divorced god"?...
I guess its not only a day we didnt accept god, but millions times per day!!!...
I guess its not only we divorced god, but we killed him & we are killing him each day!!!...
We hear him daily, but we dont want to know because this is against us as we realize!...
We see him daily, but we refuse because the powerful light of beauty & truth is noisy to our eyes!...

And now the biggest question!...Is there a new year in reality?...
If you believe, there is no a new year!...
Why?
Because you have the eternal life, and such a change in numbers means "nothing"...It means only , more days to serve god... More days to love...Each day & year we passed , pass & will pass are in happiness...
Easily , If i'm with god, i'm eternaly happy?...

Learn..
What you gain another than god & a new "love" is not happiness...
And what you lose means nothing if its not your heart & faith...

But... if you dont believe in god... i wish not to be in your place...Because You live unsecure... you live an eternal war... Your life is a hell & any new day will be a hell...
Why?...
Because there is an end to you & you are afraid from it...
So , you the believer i wish u more & more power in your love & faith...And to you the non believer, i wish you a new life...And to you all, prepare yourself well, because the kingdom of god is coming soon...No one knows the time, maybe tomorrow, maybe in few years, maybe while you are reading these words...Dont reach the moment when god will call you & see that your package is empty...
Be prepared... be prepared...
Sassine El Nabbout MD.

Poor , Powerfull & So Beautiful

2004-12-24T22:19:00.000-08:00

On that day, when the night of earth was too dark, the hearts was full of fear , the became a normal thing to do & governed all the people , while the devil was destroying the joy everywhere .
Suddenly, for us, but well prepared & done from god, a big shinny star rised in the middle of the sky... god came to our earth to release us... he erased all the darkness, opened the closed eyes & gives life to each heart...
He could came as a rich child, in a castle, where each one can serve him... But he didnt want that, he wanted to be poor, modest... he wanted to live simple... just to learn us how to be simple... so simple...
He came as a poor child & the angels in the skies was celebrating the great day... God is with us , halliloya...
He came as a poor child & the kings of the east came to him... the sheperds... all was waiting this moment... yes, this moment that was the dream of all the prophets... to meet god, just wearing our human body, living with us, with our pain & fear...
He wanted to be with us...
Now, there will be no more need for a stone to write on it what to do... God's wants & love is now printed in our hearts...
Now, our life is full of light...
Now, we have the hope...
Jesus is our hope...
Now, we are no more slaves... we are sons of god...
Now, each one of us is a brother of a king & a son of a king...
Yes, the king of the kings...
The best king ever...
A king full of love...
A king that do not govern us by money, because he is poor...
A king that do not fear us by an army, but with his love...
A so beautiful king ...
A king, that ( while writing it i'm just shivering) died for us...
Yes, he came here, not only to be born... he came to defeat death... & he defeated death...
He gave us the eternal life...

Lets now pray... without stop...
Lets pray from now, till the moment we will meet him...
Dont feel any more there is something that blocks your way to him...
Open your heart to life... open your heart to love... open your heart to live eternally...
God is knocking on your heart, just open the door & let him enter your life...
Dont have fear, he didnt came to condemn , but to release us...
Open your heart...
And when he is in, just be silent... dont say god i'm sorry because i did that & this... because he know what you did...
Dont say i want that & this , because he is the only one that know what you needs...
When he is in, just be happy, because he wants you always like that...

As i'm so happy with him, i wish everyone will be happy when he meets & knows him...
As i feel his love, i live his love, i know now & each moment that no one loved me like that...
He is my brother, my dad, my friend, my everything...
And from his love, i learned to love each one of you, of my family... i learned to love each one in this world, as a brother... despite where he lives, how he lives, his color, his thinkings, his country...
From him yes i learned to love & i want each moment that his love fills the earth...
Because, in this moment, we will have the peace, the beauty, the power...

Merry Christmas to you all...

Sassine El Nabbout MD.

Preparing for Christmas …

2004-12-06T11:30:00.000-08:00

By definition, it’s the day in witch we remember the birthday of Jesus Christ… the son of god that came to visit our earth… to visit our life… our sad life… to fulfill it with peace & love…
It’s not an economical day… for witch we prepare everything to buy…
It’s not a date for issues related to money…
It’s not a date for Santa…
It’s not a date for anyone…
For the sake of god, it’s Christmas…
Christmas…
We all forgot Jesus… what we are only remembering are Santa, gifts, new wears, parties…
Even the songs of Christmas are becoming empty from Jesus name…

Santa is a good man, maybe a story, of a man giving help for the poor Childs… but are we helping the poorest??…
I’m for sure not against Santa, but I’m against that he replaced Jesus in our brains & thinking…
Santa my brothers, didn’t die for us… he didn’t die to give us the eternal life…

What god wants from us brothers is a new heart not new wears…
New wears cannot make us happy forever, but Jesus makes us happy forever by neglecting this entire material world…

And brothers, the best gift anyone can get, is this holy child that is waiting to be born in our hearts…
Don’t wait for money… don’t wait for anything but him…
Just, you will have a free gift full of love…

Oh! Essentially, please no parties… Christmas is a time of solitude, silence, peace, love, meditation, prays… its Christmas & not peoplemas or moneymas…
And brothers the only music you must hear is the songs of Angels… & repeat with each beat of your heart, Halleluiah…

And please my brothers; Christmas is not a season…
Christmas if real, must be in each day of all the seasons…

So, choose the real way…
Look, & follow the star…
There is only one direction…
There is only one way…
Follow the reality & keep away from materials or…
Or, god will be sorry because you are out…

Merry Christmas…

Sassine El Nabbout MD.

I'm proud , Only because i'm a son of god ...

2004-12-04T23:54:00.000-08:00

Many times , i felt i'm great... i have everything yes!
I became so proud!
Oh! look at me! how i'm ! who i'm ?!!!...
I'm nothing !...
Yes this is who i'm!...
I remeber today the story of the rich man, that was staying in his room , saying , i have everything ! & then he asked his soul to stay , eat , live ...
God said : today , your soul will leave you!
So what is the gain if someone gained the world & losed himself!
The gain is nothing !
I'm proud , Only because i'm a son of god ...
& this is my gain in life !....

Ask for god & only for god!

2004-11-21T01:16:00.000-08:00

I remember here the story of the two sisters with Jesus! One was making the launch! & the other one staying near Jesus, full of happiness & peace! the first one came to Jesus asking why my sister is not helping me?
& what is Jesus answer?
She choosed the best to do!
She choosed to stay with god!

She forgot about everything else!
Do we one day, get out everything from our souls & just stay with god!
I assure you will gain!
Because all what we are doing dont have in itself a real meaning!
Be with god & for sure you will have everything else easily!
Be with god while eating... while walking... while driving... while working .......
But, please! please!
Be with god at least while praying!...