STAND

Stand on God's Word!

Stand in the Blessings!

Stand in the liberty of Christ!

Stand in the true Grace of Father God! Stand in the Unity of the Faith!

"And after having done all to stand; STAND"! Ephesians 6:11-13

The power of God is the Armour. Beloved, put on the Armour of God so that you can stand against the wiles of the devil, other wise defeat is inevitable. When you said yes to God, you became a solider in His army. Therefore you can not be caught daily without your armour .

Deception is the number one game of the devil in these last days before the celebrated return of The LORD Jesus Christ.

The deeds of darkness feed upon lies. The breastplate of righteousness makes you invincible. The Word of God, which is all truth, dispels the lies and deception coming at you from the pit. Your shield of faith stops doubt. Your feet shod in peace kills confusion. And the helmet of salvation protects your mind and soul.

Decide today to wholly follow The LORD, and pray continually in the Spirit so that you can STAND on victory ground until Jesus comes.

Religion; In the Beginning

I am in the process of spring cleaning my files and today I came across an old Ann Landers column on the "Origin of Faith Denominations." I found it, once again, to be informative, interesting, and worthy of being repeated for this generation, so I decided to pass it along.

If you are of the Jewish faith, your religion was founded about 4,000 years ago.

If you are Hindu, your religion was developed in India around 1,500 B.C.

If you are a Buddhist, your religion split from Hinduism and was founded by Budda, Prince Siddhartha Gautama of India about 500B.C.

If you are Roman Catholic, Jesus Christ began your religion in the year 33.

If you are Islamic, Mohammed started your religion in what is now Saudi Arabia around 600 A.D.

If you are Eastern Orthodox, your sect separated from Roman Catholicism around the year 1000.

If you are Luthern, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-monk in the Catholic Church, in 1517.

If you belong to the Church of England(Anglican), your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the tear 1534 because the pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.

If you are Presbyterian, your religion was founded when John Knox brought the teachings of John Calvin to Scotland in 1560.

If you are Unitarian, your religious group developed in Europe in the 1500's.

If you are a Congregationalist, your religion branched off from Puritanism in the early 1600's in England.

If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1607.

If you are Methodist, your religion was founded by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.

If you are an Episcopalian, you religion was brought over from England to America, by Samuel Seabury in 1789.

(to be continued...)