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    Good Words For Godly Living
    Good Words For Godly Living
    Good Words For Godly Living
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    Good Words For Godly Living

    By Ross Thompson

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    This book is a compilation of articles written for FaithFilledFamily.com (magazine)by the author. Each chapter is a stand-alone article on a specific topic – which is good because you won’t be bored. Testimonies – anecdotes – and stories abound, along with some pretty good stuff on what the Bible says about the topic. The last chapter is a comprehensive look at the blessing of New Testament holiness and how you can receive it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRoss Thompson
    Release dateFeb 12, 2018
    ISBN9781370111008
    Good Words For Godly Living
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    Ross Thompson

    Ross Thompson lives in Melbourne Australia. He is semi-retired after many years of full time and part time involvment in Pastoral and Evangelistic ministry. He was also a Bible college lecturer and has some Theological qualifications. Presently he uses his teaching gift to write for the edification of anybody interested in Christianity and Christians.

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      Good Words For Godly Living - Ross Thompson

      GOOD WORDS FOR GODLY LIVING

      CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      VISIONS OF THE NIGHT

      GOD IS EVERYWHERE MAN

      DON’T TRY IT IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH

      HE (JESUS) IS OUR PEACE

      THE DIVINE BODYGUARD

      CONQUERORS IN THE MIDST

      IT’S NOT OVER UNTIL I WIN

      DEBT, CREDIT, AND GODS PEOPLE

      THANK YOU-LORD

      FRAGILE OR TOUGH?

      HOW DID PAUL SURVIVE?

      THE BLESSING OF NEW TESTAMENT HOLINESS

      INTRODUCTION

      This book is a compilation of articles written for FaithFilledFamily.com (magazine) by the author. Each chapter is a stand-alone article on a specific topic – which is good because you won’t be bored. Testimonies – anecdotes – and stories abound, along with some pretty good stuff on what the Bible says about the topic. The last chapter is a comprehensive look at the blessing of New Testament holiness and how you can receive it.

      VISIONS OF THE NIGHT

      According to the book of Job God speaks to everybody through dreams. For God speaks again and again in dreams, in visions of the night when deep sleep falls on men as they lie on their beds. He opens their ears in times like that and gives them wisdom and instruction. (Job 33:17) The apostle Peter spoke of dreams as one of the signs of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the last days - when he explained the meaning of the events on the day of Pentecost to the people attracted by the sound of the Holy Spirits coming. (Acts 2) He quotes the prophecy of last day events by the Prophet Joel. (Joel 2:28-32) We can presume Peter was speaking of God pouring His Spirit only upon Christians. In fact, in the first part of the quote God promises to pour His Spirit upon all mankind. (Acts 2:17) A result of that outpouring is that old men shall dream dreams. (Acts 2:17)

      The Bible records many occasions when God spoke to the Godly and the ungodly in dreams. God given dreams played a leading role in many of the momentous events in the Bible. In a dream God appeared to Jacob and gave him a promise about the nation of Israel and the blessing of the Gospel. (Gen 28) Joseph saw his destiny in a dream. He became a ruler in Egypt under Pharaoh because of his ability to interpret dreams. (Gen 37,40,41) His dream interpreting saved an entire nation from ruin by drought. God warned King Abimelech in a dream not to touch Sarah, Abrahams wife on pain of death. (Gen 20) Gideon gained confidence for victory over the Midianites and their allies when he heard enemy soldiers discussing a dream. (Judges 6)

      By a dream God warned King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to humble himself or face divine discipline. Daniel became a witness of the God of truth and holiness when raised to prominence in Babylon by his ability to interpret dreams and visions. The first of Daniels visions of the progress of world events and the end times was revelation in a dream. Daniel called it a dream, a vision of the night. (Dan 7:1) The Prophet Zechariah describes one of his messages from God as a vision at night. (Zech 1:7)

      The Lord spoke with Joseph the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus three times through dreams. He received an explanation of the conception of Jesus and confirmation he should marry Mary in a dream. He was able to outmanoeuvre the devils’ effort to destroy Jesus by fleeing with his family to Egypt, to escape Herod after a warning dream. By a dream the Lord alerted Joseph to the death of Herod and told him to return to Israel. After seeing the Christ child and counselled in a dream, the three wise men did not report back to Herod. God cautioned the wife of Pontius Pilate of the innocence of Jesus in a dream. Guided by a night vision Paul and his companions began to preach the gospel in Macedonia. (Acts 16:9)

      The Lord used a dream to help me when I first became a Christian. I was having disturbing dreams every night – a pack of wild dogs would be after me among other things. It reached the stage where lying down to sleep was a stressful event. I obtained some relief when I came up with the idea of putting the Bible under my pillow each night. Years later I discovered Oral Roberts often slept with the Bible under his pillow. It wasn’t the complete answer and I was still struggling. Finally, I dreamed one night I was standing in a circle of people in the garden bar of a hotel. I had not long been set free from a life of frequenting hotels and excessive alcohol consumption. In the dream I glanced across at the people opposite me and there was Jesus standing with the group, dressed in white. After that night I had no problem with those disturbances again.

      I have learned to take notice if I dream of a person dressed in white or an object that is white and is distinct from the other colours of the dream. Most of the time when God wants to get something across to me in a dream He follows that formula. Usually I can remember the dream when I wake, and I know it’s meaning. For example, I dreamed I owned a white taxi. I had the cab at a race track. It was the only car at the track and myself and only one or two other people were present. I knew that I could race my cab on the track alone if I wanted to. The dream then changed, and I was in my white taxi at peak hour on a congested four lane highway. Traffic was moving slowly; the weather was hot, and the air polluted with fumes and smoke from truck and car exhausts. When I awoke I knew the meaning of the dream. The white taxi was my Christian life. In

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