^{Revelation 14:9-11}

⁹ Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰ he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.” 

Pastor Jim Cymbala was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Upon graduation from the University of Rhode Island, where he enjoyed a successful career playing basketball, he entered the business world and married his childhood sweetheart, Carol.

Although unforeseen by them, God soon called Pastor Cymbala and Carol into ministry. Arriving at the Brooklyn Tabernacle, they found a congregation of fewer than twenty people meeting in a rundown building located in an impoverished part of downtown Brooklyn. During his early years of ministry, discouragements and challenges nearly led Pastor Cymbala to resign. He desperately sought the Lord for a breakthrough in the church and in his ministry that would reflect what could be seen in the early church in the book of Acts. God clearly spoke to his heart that prayer was the source of the power and change that they needed. As a result, the Tuesday night prayer meeting became the most important service of the week for the church. Today Pastor Cymbala’s ministry is still characterized by his emphasis on prayer in the church and dependence on the Holy Spirit for His leading and power.

^{Ezekiel 18:29-32}

²⁹ But the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right? ³⁰ “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you. ³¹ Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel? ³² For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live.”

Isaiah 66:1-2

Thus says the Lord, “Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that ^[a]I may rest? ² “For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.“But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word

Massive welfare fraud exposed in Minnesota's Somali community. 

From the stages of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center to numerous events and conferences around the country, Charles Billingsley has been one of Christian music’s most distinctive artists for nearly 30 years. Beginning his career as a lead vocalist for GRAMMY®-nominated genre giant NewSong, Billingsley has since headlined more than 3,200 concerts, released 24 recordings as a solo artist, and garnered seven #1 Inspirational radio hits. Charles and his wife, Shae, have been married for 28 years and they have two sons, Caleb and Cooper.

We must restore the spiritual foundations in America.  

Pastor Jeff is joined by Dr. Chris Schroeder and Dr. David Holder in a discussion about Lee Strobel's book, "The Case for Christmas".  

Babbie Mason is a two-time Dove Award-winning Christian singer, songwriter, author, and TV talk show host, who remains a favorite artist to a very dedicated audience.  A Christian Music Hall of Fame inductee, Babbie Mason has 26 recorded projects to her credit and authored 8 books.

¹² For our transgressions are multiplied before You, And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us, And we know our iniquities: ¹³ Transgressing and denying the Lord,
And turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words. ¹⁴ Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter. ¹⁵ Yes, truth is lacking; And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.

In The Anxious Generation Goes to Church, Rainer says “We know that young people are struggling. We know that the widespread adoption of smartphones has exacerbated problems such as anxiety and depression. We know that the rates of self-harm and suicide increased dramatically with the adoption of the smartphone and the explosion of social media as a cultural force.” Yet he goes on to list five other major factors that make up the values of today’s youth: Technological immersion, Growing up slowly, Diversity and tolerance, Isolation and virtual relationships, and Income insecurity.

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. ² My soul will make its boast in the Lord; The humble will hear it and rejoice. ³ O magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.

^{1 Kings 19:4}

⁴ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.”

Senator Bryan Hughes is serving his third term in the Texas Senate, representing nearly one million people across 19 counties throughout East Texas.

Dubbed as “one of the most effective legislators in the country” by Governing Magazine, Senator Hughes is known for passing the Heartbeat Bill, Critical Race Theory Ban, Election Integrity Bill, Social Media Censorship Ban, and the strongest data privacy law in the Nation, along with several other groundbreaking laws. 

Psalm 50:23

“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.”

^{1 Timothy 2:12}

¹² But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

Psalms 147:1-3

Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.
² The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.³ He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.

·        Growing up in midst of an unstable Rwandan government, Alex Nsengimana experienced first-hand the travesties of his nation’s genocide. At the height of tribal unrest, the genocide claimed the lives of his caregivers.

·        Fleeing for his life, Nsengimana escaped gunmen and eventually ended up in an orphanage that was his home for the next several years.

·        Nsengimana received a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child one year after arriving at the orphanage and remembers being so excited to have a gift to call his own. The shoebox gift sowed seeds of hope and love that he desperately needed.

·        He realized that God had a specific plan for his life. Nsengimana now serves with Operation Christmas Child paying forward the hope and love he received through a shoebox gift. Operation Christmas Child Website

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.