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Sermon by Dr. David Rountree on October 6th, 2024 at New Covenant Church in Anderson, SC. Passage: Psalm 18 Outline: God is My Delight and Deliverer (v.1-3) I am God's Delight and Delivered (v. 4-30) 1. Our testimony and song are of God's sovereign control over all events and deliverances. 2.Our testimony and song remind us of God's covenant faithfulness to produce in us a righteousness rooted in grace not personal merit. God is My Equipper and I am his Exalter (v.31-50) 1. Let our testimony and song be thanksgiving to Jesus for ultimate deliverance from sin, despair, and brokenness. 2. Let our testimony and song be the appropriate human response of praise. www.ncchurch.net

I. The praise he commands, vv1-2. II. The trust he counsels, vv3-5. III. The God who captivates, vv6-10. 

Friday May 17, 2024 Zul Qa'da 9, 1445   This episode looks at the names of al-Khafid (The Lowerer) and al-Rafi' (The Exalter)   The slides for this class are available at (to be posted later)   Donate to support this and other programming at MCCGP: http://mccgp.org/donate  

En Italie, l'été a été ponctué par des festivals d'un genre un peu particulier : les festivals des villes identitaires. Du nord au sud du pays, trois éditions ont eu lieu, la dernière à la toute fin du mois d'août. Chaque fois, au programme pendant trois jours, de la musique, des conférences et surtout un savant mélange entre culture et politique pour exalter « l'imaginaire italien » cher au gouvernement d'extrême droite de Georgia Meloni. Un reportage à retrouver en intégralité dans Accents d'Europe.

Are you at a crossroads and don't know which direction to choose? Struggling to take the next step because you made a poor decision in the past and now you're gun shy?The guest on today's episode of Serve Strong Finish Strong podcast is a real account of a genuine journey, complete with ups and downs, over a 5-year period. You'll discover what he learned about himself. You'll hear how it's okay to change your mind and make course correction along the way. You'll be encouraged to keep pulling yourself through, even when life takes unpredictable turns.Nelson Witmer, Owner of Witmer's Construction. One of 5 children. Husband and Father of 3 boys. Real estate investor. Exalter & encourager by nature. Long-term client of Serving Strong.For more about designing your own life plan, contact your host, Scott Couchenour at coach@servingstrong.comTo learn more, visit:www.servingstrong.comListen to more episodes on Mission Matters:www.missionmatters.com/author/scott-couchenour

This week the hosts are reporting live from AWE 2022. In this special episode of TWIXR, Charlie and Ted will be interviewing the following: Rama Oruganti, Chief Product Officer, RealWear, Tony Vitillo, Blogger & Developer, and Jeremy Kenisky, CTO, Exalter.Thank you to our sponsor, Virbela!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Culte en direct du Temple de Courtelary, avec Nadine Manson pour la prédication et liturgie; Jean Walter et Anne Droz pour les lectures. Avec la participation musicale de Rie Takagi à l'orgue. Présentation : Marin Piguet Lectures bibliques : Matthieu, chapitre 5, versets 13 à 16 Se dissoudre sans peur «Vous êtes le sel de la terre», cette maxime est presque devenue un axiome pour le monde chrétien: être les personnes qui modifient, voire colorent le monde de cet amour vécu et décrit par le Christ dans les évangiles. Certes une seule pincée de sel peut contrarier - quoiqu'agréablement - le goût d'un cocktail. Quelle est cependant une des nombreuses autres propriétés du sel? Exalter le goût, purifier la peau, prévenir les accidents vasculaires et autres vertus selon le type de sel. Mais le sel, le plus souvent pour agir, doit fondre, se fondre et se dissoudre. Que cela signifie-t-il pour nous dans notre foi en Dieu le ressuscité? Se dissoudre?

ET SI LA CLÉ DU LÂCHER-PRISE SE TROUVAIT DANS LA CONTRAINTE? La liberté.

In Esther 5-6, we see the hidden hand of God most clearly revealed and above the powers of the world. No amount of human wisdom can surpass God's sovereign rule. What people meant for evil, God will turn it for our good.

In Esther 5-6, we see the hidden hand of God most clearly revealed and above the powers of the world. No amount of human wisdom can surpass God's sovereign rule. What people meant for evil, God will turn it for our good.

*Ar-Rafi (الرافع) * *The Exalter Al-Mu’izz (المعز) * - Part 32

Be Steadfast and Allow God to be the Exalter --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wisdom4yoursoul/support

Matthieu, chapitre 23, verset 12. « Quiconque s’élèvera sera abaissé, et quiconque s’abaissera sera élevé. » Comme ce verset me pousse à prier pour l'humilité; quelque chose qui n'est pas naturel pour moi. Je ne pense pas que l'humilité soit naturelle pour qui que ce soit d’entre nous. Cela va à l'encontre de notre nature pécheresse qui se concentre sur nous-mêmes, qui est constamment tentée de penser à nous-mêmes. Je le vois dans ma propre vie. Comment dans les conversations quotidiennes je suis tenté de ramener les discussions vers moi, de penser à ce que je peux faire pour paraître important aux yeux des autres, et de penser non, non, non, non, non, ne fais pas ça. Quiconque s'élève sera humilié.

The word ‘Allah’ is the unique name of God. He is The One and Only, the Absolute & Eternal God. He is the creator of the Heavens and Earth, the creator of the Universe. He is the Lord of all lords, King of all kings. He is the Most Compassionate and Most Merciful. Allah Neither Begets, nor is He Begotten. And He knows no equal. God offers a description of Himself in His book, the Holy Quran, stating: Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent" (Quran 112:1-4) The word Allah translates to God. Allah is not a foreign God and does not bear a foreign name. Allah, rather, is the semantic term for God. Regardless of this, some people harbor the mistaken belief that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews; and that ‘Allah’ is the ‘God of the Arabs or God of the Muslims’.  This is far from the truth. The word “Allah” is the Arabic name that connotes the Almighty God. Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians use this same word to refer to God. If one were to peruse an Arabic translation of the Bible, one would see the word ‘Allah’ being used in place of the term ‘God.’ However, Muslims, Christians, and Jews all have different concepts of God. Muslims and Jews both reject the Christian beliefs of the Trinity and the Divine incarnation. This, however, does not mean that each of these three religions worships a different God. There is only One true God. Muslims prefer to use the name ‘Allah’ as opposed to the English word ‘God’ because the English word ‘God’ can be made plural and can be rendered masculine or feminine; whereas the Arabic word ‘Allah’ cannot be made plural and is genderless. For instance, if you add the letter ‘s’ to the word God, it becomes ‘gods’--which is the plural of God. In the case of the Arabic word ‘Allah,’ one cannot make the word plural by adding ‘s’ or in any other way morphing the word’s structure. Likewise, if one adds ‘ess’ to the end of the word ‘God,’ it becomes ‘goddess,’ which connotates a female god. God is not female nor male. He is genderless. The word ‘Allah’ in the Arabic language does not have a gender. It cannot be made feminine. Muslims reject the use of the word ‘God’ because it has different connotations to different people. God means different things to different people because the term ‘God’ indicates an entity worthy of worship; and regretfully, people assign a godlike status to many other beings, divine or otherwise. However, sometimes while speaking to non-Muslims, one may use the word ‘God’ instead of ‘Allah’ to help the intended audience understand the context of the word; to relate the message you are referring to the One Supreme Being. The word Allah comes from the origin of the word Al-ilah, which enjoins the two terms ‘The’ and ‘God’ as in ‘The God.’ The term illah, which is the closest synonym to God in the Arabic language, is rich and has several meanings. Illah refers to an entity worthy of worship and service, an object of devotion and love, someone you turn to in desperate times, someone you adore and think about all the time. Illah also is one you turn to for protection, help or aid. You find sanctuary and rest in your Illah, who is always present to comfort and guide beings of His creation. The relationship with God is expressed in the Arabic word Al-Rabb, which is used frequently in the Quran. Linguistically it is defined as ‘sticking close to something.’ It also means ‘joining something with another.’ In the Holy Qur’an, the word Al-Rabb implies that the owner (God) has full authority over his property (his servants) and is a Master who ultimately sustains His creation by regulating affairs, providing provisions, and granting all varieties of favors and blessings. Al-Rabb also means the One who sustains and nurtures the hearts and souls of His creation. Muslims believe in One, unique, incomparable God, who has no son, no daughter, no father, no mother, no family, and no partner. He is the Knower of the unseen and the Source of All Mercy. He is the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner, the Wise. All that is in the Heavens and Earth magnify Him. Muslims believe that none should be worshipped but Him alone. He is the true God, and every other deity is false. None carries the right to be worshipped, revered, adored, invoked, supplicated, or shown any act of worship, but Allah alone. God is unique, indivisible and similar to nothing. Whenever you try to compare God to anything in this world, it cannot be God; because God, to put it is incomparable. Our finite human minds can fully comprehend and grasp God as a concept. Muslims avoid conceptualizing His image, because imagining or visualizing Him would limit Him. The human imagination is limited, as it is based on what it observes and experiences directly. The human imagination cannot fully grasp the state of God, who is timeless and eternal with no beginning or end. God has a unique nature and is free from gender and human weakness and is beyond anything which human beings can imagine. God states: “There is no god but He, the Creator of all things; then worship Him, and He has the power to dispose of all affairs.  No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision; He is the Sublime, Well-Aware" (Quran 6: 102-103) God is the King, the Holy, the one free from all defects. The Protector, the Keeper, the Sustainer of Earth and the Universe and all it contains. He is the Glorious, the Great, the Deserving of all Praise. The Kingdom of the Heavens and the Earth belong to Him. Nothing is hidden from Him, and Nothing is beyond His capabilities. He is the Lord and Master of the physical Universe and the Ruler and Lawgiver for human life. Allah is the creator of everything from the smallest to the biggest of things. It is He who heats and brightens the Earth, varies the direction of the winds, and keeps planets in their separate orbits. He is the one that merges the night into the day and merges the day into the night. He is the Master of the Day of Judgement. Allah does not sleep nor slumber, nor sleeps overtake Him. Afterall, created the universe in six days with no rest. God states: “[He is] Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. He has made for you from yourselves, mates, and among the cattle, mates; He multiplies you thereby. There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing (Quran 42:11) God is Loving, Compassionate, Merciful; He is the answerer of prayers, and He is indeed involved and concerned with the daily affairs of all human beings. God is the Beneficent, the Merciful. He is the Giver of life and the Causer of death. He is the Master of the Day of Judgment. He is the Most-High, the most Supreme. He is the most generous and the most loving to his creation. God gives, without measure, to His servants. He gifted mankind life and the ability to hear, feel, taste, and see. God gifted humans their hearts, minds, souls, strengths, and skills.  “And He gave you from all you asked of Him. And if you should count the favor of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, mankind is [generally] most unjust and ungrateful” (Quran 14:34) God created all things from nothing. He is in no need of His creation, although His creation is all in need of Him. He is all Knowledgeable and encompasses all things, the open and the secret, the public and the private. He knows all secrets that lay hidden in the hearts and minds of men. He knows of all that happened in the past, what is happening now, and what will happen. Our Lord neither errs nor forgets. He is free from all defects and imperfections. He is the One that accepts repentance from His servants and forgives all sins. Allah knows of what you endure and understands your feelings and struggles. Allah understands because He was there with you all along. Allah has power over all things. No other power nor might nor strength nor influence can cause benefit or harm to anyone or anything, except that which flows through Him. Nothing can ever happen unless God wills it to be so. “Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record" (Quran 6:59) God can make anything happen. He states in His book: “Whenever We will anything to be, We say unto it Our word "Be," and it is” (Quran 16:40) Some people assume that God, as perceived in the faith of Islam is a harsh, stern, cruel God; one who demands to be respected, worshipped, and obeyed fully, and is not loving and kind to His creation. Nothing could be further from the truth. God is All-Loving. He claims among His names Al-Wadoud in Arabic (the All-Loving). The love of God in the Holy Qur’an is expressed and emphasized many times throughout His Book. God bespeaks His love for the righteous, the charitable, the steadfast, the doers of good, the just, the fair, the benevolent, those who trust Him; the ones that are clean, the ones that purify themselves, and the ones who fulfill their obligations. The entire Universe and everything it contain is proof of Allah’s love for all of His creation. He loves us so much that He gave us an endless variety of foods, a vast array of land and wildlife, the sun, the moon, the stars, family, offspring, and much more. Everything one sees feels, hears, tastes, and smells are all forms of blessings, given to us by our Loving Creator. He didn’t have to do this, but He bestowed these blessings upon us. His boundless mercy encompasses everything. "And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful" (Quran 16:18) God is also All-Just. Hence, evildoers and sinners must be held accountable for their actions. God is Holy, Righteous, and Fair. If He didn't punish for evil, He would allow that evil to exist without consequences. Since God cannot let that happen, His justice requires that a proper punishment is incurred and executed for evil sins. Although Allah is not answerable to anyone, He has promised to be Just and Fair to everyone. He has prohibited injustice against the innocent. Allah never would punish an innocent person, nor hold anyone accountable for the sins of another. Unlike Christianity, Islam imposes no burden of the original sin. Every human being is born with a clean slate and is rewarded or punished only based on one’s willful intent, words, and deeds. Allah is the Absolute Judge, the Legislator. God is the One who distinguishes right from wrong. God even is more merciful to His creation than a mother is to her child. God is far removed from injustice and tyranny. He is All-Wise in all of His actions and decrees. For one to be genuinely devoted to Allah and to love Him above all else imaginable, one needs to have knowledge of God that goes beyond the basic aspects of His role as the sole Creator and Sustainer. To reward any seeker who strives to learn more about the Creator, Allah has revealed a great deal of information about Himself and His Attributes. Allah has the most Magnificent, Beautiful of names and sublime Perfect attributes. No one shares His Divinity, nor His Attributes. Allah’s Attributes are incomparable, Greater and more perfectly than those acquired by people, as there is nothing like Him, His Attributes, and Actions. God has an infinite number of names and has a particular and special category of 99 names listed in the Holy Koran and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. Of His names is The Ever-Merciful, The Forgiving, The Loving, The Nourisher, The Sustainer, The Compassionate, The Exalter, The Just, The Great, The Protector, The Caregiver, The Ever-Living, The Powerful, The First, The Last, The Pardoner, The Light, The Supporter, The Eternal, The Preserver, The Wise, The Originator, and The One Who Gives Life and Resurrects. If our Creator is Eternal and Everlasting, then His attributes must adhere to this same edict. God has perfect attributes. He has limitless and infinite hearing, vision, mercy, and—above all—love. Muslims attribute certain factors to every quality of God: None of His attributes ever knew a beginning, nor will they ever have an ending. For instance, He always has been All-Hearing and always will be All-Hearing. Allah hears everything from our inner thoughts and tiniest whispers to the buzz of a mosquito's wing and the eruption of Volcanos. Language is no barrier for Him, for God understands all. All of His attributes are infinite. Whereas humans can hear only what’s in front of them, God can listen to simultaneous conversations inside and outside a room; God can hear all. All of our attributes as humans were given to us as gifts, whereas all of God’s attributes originated within Him. His attributes were not given to Him; they were within Him all along. The most significant and most honorable knowledge is that of Allah’s Names, Attributes, and Actions. God encourages His creation to learn His names so they can discover more about Him. How would one love, worship, fear, and trust God if they do not know His Identity and His Attributes? By learning Allah’s names and attributes, one can appreciate His Power over all things and increase the pleasure and sublime awe he or she finds in God’s company. That is why knowledge of Allah is a central tenant of the Islamic faith. It is when one genuinely ponders on the Majesty of Allah, that one’s humility increases. Muslims are advised to study and ponder His Names and Attributes and are encouraged to worship and call Him by those names. God states: “And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them” (Quran 7:180) God is above His creation, above the heavens, above His Throne. However, He never is contained by any sort of physical dimension. Allah is close, very close. God is close to those who believe in Him, and He answers their every call. Saying that God is with His servants, does not mean that He intermingles or dwells with His creation; rather He establishes His presence with His creation by His Knowledge and Power. Nothing is hidden from Him of what His creation does or says. God states in the Quran: “Verily Allah knows all the hidden things of the Heavens and the Earth; Verily He has full Knowledge of all that is in (men's) hearts” (Quran 35:38)  God is very near. He sees and knows every aspect of His creations. He hears every word that is uttered. He is knowledgeable of even one's inner thoughts. God knows all of our dreams, secrets, desires, and wishes. Nothing is hidden from Him. “We created man, and We know what his own self whispers to him. We are nearer to him than his jugular vein” (Quran 50:36) Allah is in no need of His creation, although His creation needs Him. Allah wants humans to worship Him for their own benefit. Mankind needs God in their lives at all times and for all purposes. Those who recognize the Majesty of the Creator of All, soon become awestruck and humble in their knowledge. One that rejects God and His Guidance is like a patient refusing a doctor’s medicine for his pain. This patient would be foolish, ignorant, and illogical in his actions; as would be one who rejects Allah. Allah is Fully Omnipotent and Self-sufficient. He is in no need of humanistic worship or anything else. Allah is Perfect

The word ‘Allah’ is the unique name of God. He is The One and Only, the Absolute & Eternal God. He is the creator of the Heavens and Earth, the creator of the Universe. He is the Lord of all lords, King of all kings. He is the Most Compassionate and Most Merciful. Allah Neither Begets, nor is He Begotten. And He knows no equal. God offers a description of Himself in His book, the Holy Quran, stating: Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent" (Quran 112:1-4) The word Allah translates to God. Allah is not a foreign God and does not bear a foreign name. Allah, rather, is the semantic term for God. Regardless of this, some people harbor the mistaken belief that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews; and that ‘Allah’ is the ‘God of the Arabs or God of the Muslims’.  This is far from the truth. The word “Allah” is the Arabic name that connotes the Almighty God. Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians use this same word to refer to God. If one were to peruse an Arabic translation of the Bible, one would see the word ‘Allah’ being used in place of the term ‘God.’ However, Muslims, Christians, and Jews all have different concepts of God. Muslims and Jews both reject the Christian beliefs of the Trinity and the Divine incarnation. This, however, does not mean that each of these three religions worships a different God. There is only One true God. Muslims prefer to use the name ‘Allah’ as opposed to the English word ‘God’ because the English word ‘God’ can be made plural and can be rendered masculine or feminine; whereas the Arabic word ‘Allah’ cannot be made plural and is genderless. For instance, if you add the letter ‘s’ to the word God, it becomes ‘gods’--which is the plural of God. In the case of the Arabic word ‘Allah,’ one cannot make the word plural by adding ‘s’ or in any other way morphing the word’s structure. Likewise, if one adds ‘ess’ to the end of the word ‘God,’ it becomes ‘goddess,’ which connotates a female god. God is not female nor male. He is genderless. The word ‘Allah’ in the Arabic language does not have a gender. It cannot be made feminine. Muslims reject the use of the word ‘God’ because it has different connotations to different people. God means different things to different people because the term ‘God’ indicates an entity worthy of worship; and regretfully, people assign a godlike status to many other beings, divine or otherwise. However, sometimes while speaking to non-Muslims, one may use the word ‘God’ instead of ‘Allah’ to help the intended audience understand the context of the word; to relate the message you are referring to the One Supreme Being. The word Allah comes from the origin of the word Al-ilah, which enjoins the two terms ‘The’ and ‘God’ as in ‘The God.’ The term illah, which is the closest synonym to God in the Arabic language, is rich and has several meanings. Illah refers to an entity worthy of worship and service, an object of devotion and love, someone you turn to in desperate times, someone you adore and think about all the time. Illah also is one you turn to for protection, help or aid. You find sanctuary and rest in your Illah, who is always present to comfort and guide beings of His creation. The relationship with God is expressed in the Arabic word Al-Rabb, which is used frequently in the Quran. Linguistically it is defined as ‘sticking close to something.’ It also means ‘joining something with another.’ In the Holy Qur’an, the word Al-Rabb implies that the owner (God) has full authority over his property (his servants) and is a Master who ultimately sustains His creation by regulating affairs, providing provisions, and granting all varieties of favors and blessings. Al-Rabb also means the One who sustains and nurtures the hearts and souls of His creation. Muslims believe in One, unique, incomparable God, who has no son, no daughter, no father, no mother, no family, and no partner. He is the Knower of the unseen and the Source of All Mercy. He is the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner, the Wise. All that is in the Heavens and Earth magnify Him. Muslims believe that none should be worshipped but Him alone. He is the true God, and every other deity is false. None carries the right to be worshipped, revered, adored, invoked, supplicated, or shown any act of worship, but Allah alone. God is unique, indivisible and similar to nothing. Whenever you try to compare God to anything in this world, it cannot be God; because God, to put it is incomparable. Our finite human minds can fully comprehend and grasp God as a concept. Muslims avoid conceptualizing His image, because imagining or visualizing Him would limit Him. The human imagination is limited, as it is based on what it observes and experiences directly. The human imagination cannot fully grasp the state of God, who is timeless and eternal with no beginning or end. God has a unique nature and is free from gender and human weakness and is beyond anything which human beings can imagine. God states: “There is no god but He, the Creator of all things; then worship Him, and He has the power to dispose of all affairs.  No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision; He is the Sublime, Well-Aware" (Quran 6: 102-103) God is the King, the Holy, the one free from all defects. The Protector, the Keeper, the Sustainer of Earth and the Universe and all it contains. He is the Glorious, the Great, the Deserving of all Praise. The Kingdom of the Heavens and the Earth belong to Him. Nothing is hidden from Him, and Nothing is beyond His capabilities. He is the Lord and Master of the physical Universe and the Ruler and Lawgiver for human life. Allah is the creator of everything from the smallest to the biggest of things. It is He who heats and brightens the Earth, varies the direction of the winds, and keeps planets in their separate orbits. He is the one that merges the night into the day and merges the day into the night. He is the Master of the Day of Judgement. Allah does not sleep nor slumber, nor sleeps overtake Him. Afterall, created the universe in six days with no rest. God states: “[He is] Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. He has made for you from yourselves, mates, and among the cattle, mates; He multiplies you thereby. There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing (Quran 42:11) God is Loving, Compassionate, Merciful; He is the answerer of prayers, and He is indeed involved and concerned with the daily affairs of all human beings. God is the Beneficent, the Merciful. He is the Giver of life and the Causer of death. He is the Master of the Day of Judgment. He is the Most-High, the most Supreme. He is the most generous and the most loving to his creation. God gives, without measure, to His servants. He gifted mankind life and the ability to hear, feel, taste, and see. God gifted humans their hearts, minds, souls, strengths, and skills.  “And He gave you from all you asked of Him. And if you should count the favor of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, mankind is [generally] most unjust and ungrateful” (Quran 14:34) God created all things from nothing. He is in no need of His creation, although His creation is all in need of Him. He is all Knowledgeable and encompasses all things, the open and the secret, the public and the private. He knows all secrets that lay hidden in the hearts and minds of men. He knows of all that happened in the past, what is happening now, and what will happen. Our Lord neither errs nor forgets. He is free from all defects and imperfections. He is the One that accepts repentance from His servants and forgives all sins. Allah knows of what you endure and understands your feelings and struggles. Allah understands because He was there with you all along. Allah has power over all things. No other power nor might nor strength nor influence can cause benefit or harm to anyone or anything, except that which flows through Him. Nothing can ever happen unless God wills it to be so. “Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record" (Quran 6:59) God can make anything happen. He states in His book: “Whenever We will anything to be, We say unto it Our word "Be," and it is” (Quran 16:40) Some people assume that God, as perceived in the faith of Islam is a harsh, stern, cruel God; one who demands to be respected, worshipped, and obeyed fully, and is not loving and kind to His creation. Nothing could be further from the truth. God is All-Loving. He claims among His names Al-Wadoud in Arabic (the All-Loving). The love of God in the Holy Qur’an is expressed and emphasized many times throughout His Book. God bespeaks His love for the righteous, the charitable, the steadfast, the doers of good, the just, the fair, the benevolent, those who trust Him; the ones that are clean, the ones that purify themselves, and the ones who fulfill their obligations. The entire Universe and everything it contain is proof of Allah’s love for all of His creation. He loves us so much that He gave us an endless variety of foods, a vast array of land and wildlife, the sun, the moon, the stars, family, offspring, and much more. Everything one sees feels, hears, tastes, and smells are all forms of blessings, given to us by our Loving Creator. He didn’t have to do this, but He bestowed these blessings upon us. His boundless mercy encompasses everything. "And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful" (Quran 16:18) God is also All-Just. Hence, evildoers and sinners must be held accountable for their actions. God is Holy, Righteous, and Fair. If He didn't punish for evil, He would allow that evil to exist without consequences. Since God cannot let that happen, His justice requires that a proper punishment is incurred and executed for evil sins. Although Allah is not answerable to anyone, He has promised to be Just and Fair to everyone. He has prohibited injustice against the innocent. Allah never would punish an innocent person, nor hold anyone accountable for the sins of another. Unlike Christianity, Islam imposes no burden of the original sin. Every human being is born with a clean slate and is rewarded or punished only based on one’s willful intent, words, and deeds. Allah is the Absolute Judge, the Legislator. God is the One who distinguishes right from wrong. God even is more merciful to His creation than a mother is to her child. God is far removed from injustice and tyranny. He is All-Wise in all of His actions and decrees. For one to be genuinely devoted to Allah and to love Him above all else imaginable, one needs to have knowledge of God that goes beyond the basic aspects of His role as the sole Creator and Sustainer. To reward any seeker who strives to learn more about the Creator, Allah has revealed a great deal of information about Himself and His Attributes. Allah has the most Magnificent, Beautiful of names and sublime Perfect attributes. No one shares His Divinity, nor His Attributes. Allah’s Attributes are incomparable, Greater and more perfectly than those acquired by people, as there is nothing like Him, His Attributes, and Actions. God has an infinite number of names and has a particular and special category of 99 names listed in the Holy Koran and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. Of His names is The Ever-Merciful, The Forgiving, The Loving, The Nourisher, The Sustainer, The Compassionate, The Exalter, The Just, The Great, The Protector, The Caregiver, The Ever-Living, The Powerful, The First, The Last, The Pardoner, The Light, The Supporter, The Eternal, The Preserver, The Wise, The Originator, and The One Who Gives Life and Resurrects. If our Creator is Eternal and Everlasting, then His attributes must adhere to this same edict. God has perfect attributes. He has limitless and infinite hearing, vision, mercy, and—above all—love. Muslims attribute certain factors to every quality of God: None of His attributes ever knew a beginning, nor will they ever have an ending. For instance, He always has been All-Hearing and always will be All-Hearing. Allah hears everything from our inner thoughts and tiniest whispers to the buzz of a mosquito's wing and the eruption of Volcanos. Language is no barrier for Him, for God understands all. All of His attributes are infinite. Whereas humans can hear only what’s in front of them, God can listen to simultaneous conversations inside and outside a room; God can hear all. All of our attributes as humans were given to us as gifts, whereas all of God’s attributes originated within Him. His attributes were not given to Him; they were within Him all along. The most significant and most honorable knowledge is that of Allah’s Names, Attributes, and Actions. God encourages His creation to learn His names so they can discover more about Him. How would one love, worship, fear, and trust God if they do not know His Identity and His Attributes? By learning Allah’s names and attributes, one can appreciate His Power over all things and increase the pleasure and sublime awe he or she finds in God’s company. That is why knowledge of Allah is a central tenant of the Islamic faith. It is when one genuinely ponders on the Majesty of Allah, that one’s humility increases. Muslims are advised to study and ponder His Names and Attributes and are encouraged to worship and call Him by those names. God states: “And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them” (Quran 7:180) God is above His creation, above the heavens, above His Throne. However, He never is contained by any sort of physical dimension. Allah is close, very close. God is close to those who believe in Him, and He answers their every call. Saying that God is with His servants, does not mean that He intermingles or dwells with His creation; rather He establishes His presence with His creation by His Knowledge and Power. Nothing is hidden from Him of what His creation does or says. God states in the Quran: “Verily Allah knows all the hidden things of the Heavens and the Earth; Verily He has full Knowledge of all that is in (men's) hearts” (Quran 35:38)  God is very near. He sees and knows every aspect of His creations. He hears every word that is uttered. He is knowledgeable of even one's inner thoughts. God knows all of our dreams, secrets, desires, and wishes. Nothing is hidden from Him. “We created man, and We know what his own self whispers to him. We are nearer to him than his jugular vein” (Quran 50:36) Allah is in no need of His creation, although His creation needs Him. Allah wants humans to worship Him for their own benefit. Mankind needs God in their lives at all times and for all purposes. Those who recognize the Majesty of the Creator of All, soon become awestruck and humble in their knowledge. One that rejects God and His Guidance is like a patient refusing a doctor’s medicine for his pain. This patient would be foolish, ignorant, and illogical in his actions; as would be one who rejects Allah. Allah is Fully Omnipotent and Self-sufficient. He is in no need of humanistic worship or anything else. Allah is Perfect

Pastor Ursula Jacobs Williams is a native of Clarkton, North Carolina. She graduated from Clarkton High School in 1985 and moved to Durham, NC to further her education at North Carolina Central University.  She graduated from North Carolina Central in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science and has been employed with a medical diagnostics company for 27 years. She accepted Jesus as her personal savior in February 1993 and was baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of tongues.  Ursula is currently a member of Destiny International Ministries in Raleigh, North Carolina under the leadership of Apostle Shirley R. Brown. It was Apostle Brown who recognized her calling and ordained her for ministry as an Elder in 2010.  During her tenure at previous ministries, Pastor Ursula has served in various capacities including President of the Missionary Department; Secretary/Treasurer of the Usher Board; Church Secretary; Trustee; Advisor to Young Adult Singles; Church Administrator; Intercessory Prayer Team; Lay Counsel. From an Exalter and Praise Team member to Ministerial Board member, her joy has been found in serving leadership and God’s people. She currently serves in the position of Executive Pastor at Destiny International Ministries as well as prayer teacher, intercessor, prayer warrior, adult education teacher, and an aide to many in ministry. Pastor Ursula loves God’s Word, God’s people, and has purposed in her heart to live a life that is pleasing unto Christ.  Although she has no biological children, she has become known to some as mom, auntie, confidant, and a mentor for many young women. She uses her life, the good, the bad, mishaps and mistakes, to encourage others and let them know that “with God all things are possible”.   

Nous aspirons tous à expérimenter les fleuves d'eaux vives promis par Jésus dans Jean 7:3739. Il faut d'abord prendre conscience que la puissance de Dieu ne se manifeste pas comme on serait porté à s'y attendre. Dieu a toujours un motif pour que tout concours à notre bien, car il a pour nous des projets de paix et non de malheur, afin de nous donner un avenir et de l’espérance. Le monde sait que Dieu est tout-puissant, l'univers dans son entier, la création en témoigne, lisons-nous dans Romains 1:18-21 Le monde s'attend à ce que la puissance de Dieu se manifeste par des actions grandioses, des miracles et des prodiges spectaculaires. Le monde avait demandé à Jésus de voir cette puissance en action pour prouver que Dieu l'avait envoyé, mais Jésus a refusé d'accéder à cette requête car Dieu avait décidé de manifester sa puissance d'une toute autre manière... voir Matthieu 16:1-4. »PARDON DE JÉSUS Trahi par des amis, accusé bien qu’innocent, torturé jusqu’à être cloué sur la croix – les injustices que Jésus a souffert ne pouvaient pas être pires. Et en plus de cela les gens autour de lui se moquent de lui et l’humilient. Dévêtu, Jésus est mourant sur la croix avec ses blessures. Il y a personne pour lui offrir de la compassion. Bien au contraire, les personnes présentes cherchent à le briser avec des paroles accusatrices et ignobles. Tous les yeux sont rivés sur lui. Lorsque Jésus ouvre enfin sa bouche pour répondre, personne ne s’attendait à ces paroles : « Père, pardonne-leur ! ». Ce que Jésus a enseigné dans son sermon sur la montagne à propos d’aimer ses ennemis, ces paroles sont démontrées avec la manière la plus incroyable. Je trouve difficile de ne pas rétorquer et de ne pas me défendre, alors que je me sens victime d’une injustice. Bien sûr, je sais que dans le fond c’est pour mon bien que Jésus me demande de pardonner. Lorsque je porte une rancune à l’égard des autres, avant tout cela pèse mon cœur, mes pensées et mon âme. Jésus nous montre comment être libre de ces fardeaux. Je souhaite être guidé par cet exemple bien plus que par les choses négatives dans ma vie. » PART 2 (PUISSANCE DE LA CROIX ET EXALTER DIEU) Dieu a décidé que sa puissance se manifesterait par la croix. LA PUISSANCE DE DIEU EST DANS LA CROIX ! (1Corinthiens 1:18). Aucun être humain n'aurait pu imaginer une telle chose, c'est une pure folie pour lui qu'un instrument de torture qui affaiblit et fait mourir cruellement les hommes puissent être le moyen choisi par Dieu pour être le canal de la plus grande puissance qui existe dans toute la création ! Que s'est-il passé au juste sur la croix pour qu'elle soit si puissante ? La croix en elle-même n'est que du bois avec lequel les Romains ont inventé un instrument de torture. La croix est puissante parce que, dans le jardin, le second Adam, JésusChrist, a accepté de faire la volonté de Dieu contrairement au premier Adam qui avait choisi de désobéir. (Luc 22:39-46, 1Corinthiens 15:45-58) Sur la croix, Jésus a pris sur lui toutes les conséquences du péché ; la maladie physique, émotionnelle et spirituelle qui mènent ultimement à la mort, VOIR ÉSAÏE 53:45 ET CITÉ AUSSI DANS 1PIERRE 2:24. Jésus est venu détruire les oeuvres du diable dans le jardin d'Eden (1Jean 3:8). Alors que le diable pensait l'avoir vaincu et s'être enfin débarrassé de lui, Jésus l'a dépouillé de toute sa puissance par sa résurrection d'entre les morts (Colossiens 2:13-15). Quand nous recevons l'évangile par la foi, cette bonne nouvelle – car c'est ce que signifie le mot évangile - nous met en contact avec la puissance de la croix. Nous apprenons alors en lisant les Écritures que ce n'est pas seulement Jésus qui a été crucifié sur cette croix mais aussi tous ceux qui croient en lui afin qu'ils meurent à eux-mêmes. (Galates 2:20, 5:24, 6:14). C'est ce que nous manifestons en nous faisant baptiser dans l'eau au nom de Jésus (Romains 6:39). Comme pour Jésus, notre histoire à nous ne se termine pas à la croix, car en plaçant notre foi en Jésus, nous ressuscitons déjà en esprit avec Jésus (Colossiens 3:1-7). Nous passons par une nouvelle naissance (Jean 3:3-7) pour vivre d'une nouvelle manière qui plaît à Dieu en nous soumettant à sa Parole comme Jésus l'a fait. Voilà ce qui un acte qui devrait disposer nos cœurs dans l’Allégresse pour Exalter le Seigneur pour ceux qui sont vraiment Chrétiens. Il n’existe pas de hasard en Christ ! Et tout ce qui nous arrive, c’est Dieu qui le permet. Parfois, on aurait voulu avoir plus d’argent, une grande maison ou voyager dans le monde entier mais on a le contraire et malgré toutes les prières, tous les jeûnes qu’on fait, on a toujours le contraire et là, on commence réellement à douter de sa puissance et de sa présence en nous et avec nous. Mais sachez que tout ce que Dieu fait n’est pas un hasard (la mort de Jésus sur la Croix est le meilleur exemple) TOUT était planifié par Dieu ! Vous avez mal parce que vous avez reçu le contraire de ce que vous demandez depuis longtemps au Seigneur mais lui-seul sait pourquoi il fait les choses ainsi. Dieu vous évite certaines choses car il sait que s’il vous donne cette chose, soit que vous vous éloignerez de lui ou encore quelque chose de grave vous arrivera. On pense que si on reçoit ce que nous désirons, ça nous ferait du bien mais Dieu voit tout et il sait tout. Il connait le futur ! Jacques 4 :2-3 dit bien - Vous convoitez, et vous ne possédez pas; vous êtes meurtriers et envieux, et vous ne pouvez pas obtenir; vous avez des querelles et des luttes, et vous ne possédez pas, parce que vous ne demandez pas. 3Vous demandez, et vous ne recevez pas, parce que vous demandez mal, dans le but de satisfaire vos passions. Ce qu’il faudrait faire quand vous n’avez pas eu ce que vous vouliez, au lieu de vous poser beaucoup de questions et de douter de Dieu, commencez à l’exalter et à le louer car il vous a évité quelque chose sans que vous ne le sachiez. Apprenez à louer Dieu dans toutes les circonstances car il tient votre vie et il vous emmène là où il veut que vous soyez. Nous devons tous apprendre à dire merci à Dieu quelques soit les circonstances car lorsqu’on se met à grogner ou à se demander si Dieu est réellement avec nous, nous donnons l’occasion au diable de nous accuser devant le Seigneur car il dira à Dieu que nous n’avons pas assez confiance en Dieu. Non ! Nous ne suivons pas Dieu pour ce qu’il nous donne mais plutôt parce que nous l’aimons et que notre avenir est garanti en lui. Nous n’avons aucune crainte car il nous conduira certainement vers notre destinée. Donc quelques soit ce qui se passera, même si je n’ai pas eu ce que je voulais, je n’arrêterai pas de louer, d’adorer et de célébrer mon Dieu car il a une bonne raison de ne pas me l’avoir donné. » INVITATION Tourne ton regard vers ton cœur. Qui est responsable pour les plus grandes blessures dans ta vie ? Qui est la personne envers qui tu as de la rancune ? Pour en être libéré, commence à prier pour cette personne pendant trois minutes. Le ressentiment ne va peut-être pas disparaître immédiatement, mais persévère dans la prière et laisse-toi inspirer par le manière que Jésus a de prier pour ses ennemis. Voilà où se trouve le premier pas vers la liberté. Merci Jésus pour ton sacrifice à la croix et le pardon de mes péchés... Amen.

Mostly new and recent electronica, but wrapping up with a bit of old and rare Prince, but definitely featuring some of the most spectacular dysfunction yet in a show. Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Black Mesa (feat. Joan Lorring & Leslie Howard) by Biosphere on Black Mesa (feat. Joan Lorring) (-) 3′20″ Just One Kiss by Biosphere on Petrified Forest (-) 7′51″ Baby Interphase by Biosphere on Microgravity (R&S) 12′52″ Sometimes It Hurts by Bogus Order on Zen Brakes (-) 23′41″ Flight 4 by Bogus Order on Zen Brakes (-) 28′35″ The Spirit by Butch on The Spirit (-) 35′23″ Triumph by Shit Robot on From The Cradle To The Rave (-) 40′00″ Exalter by Forest Swords on Compassion (Ninja Tune) 44′29″ I Am Animal by Shackleton on Soundboy Punishments (Skulldisco) 64′38″ Hole Tone Java by Vert on Avantgardism Vol. 1 (-) 65′44″ Recursion by Throwing Snow on Throwing Snow (Fabric) 77′36″ One (Original Mix) by In2Deep (-) 79′39″ No Life On The Surface by Doms and Deykers on No Life On The Surface (-) 82′39″ Crystel by Autechre on Artificial Intelligence (Warp) 87′48″ R Rated Pictures by !!! on Shake The Shudder (Warp) 93′51″ Dancing Is The Best Revenge by !!! on Shake The Shudder (Warp) 99′23″ Computer Blue (Unreleased Hallway Speech Version) by Prince & The Revolution on Purple Rain reissue (Warner) 103′52″ Father's Song by Prince and the Revolution on Purple Rain reissue (Warner) Check out the full archives on the website.

Mostly new and recent electronica, but wrapping up with a bit of old and rare Prince, but definitely featuring some of the most spectacular dysfunction yet in a show. Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Black Mesa (feat. Joan Lorring & Leslie Howard) by Biosphere on Black Mesa (feat. Joan Lorring) 3′20″ Just One Kiss by Biosphere on Petrified Forest 7′51″ Baby Interphase by Biosphere on Microgravity (R&S) 12′52″ Sometimes It Hurts by Bogus Order on Zen Brakes 23′41″ Flight 4 by Bogus Order on Zen Brakes 28′35″ The Spirit by Butch on The Spirit 35′23″ Triumph by Shit Robot on From The Cradle To The Rave 40′00″ Exalter by Forest Swords on Compassion (Ninja Tune) 44′29″ I Am Animal by Shackleton on Soundboy Punishments (Skulldisco) 64′38″ Hole Tone Java by Vert on Avantgardism Vol. 1 65′44″ Recursion by Throwing Snow on Throwing Snow (Fabric) 77′36″ One (Original Mix) by In2Deep 79′39″ No Life On The Surface by Doms and Deykers on No Life On The Surface 82′39″ Crystel by Autechre on Artificial Intelligence (Warp) 87′48″ R Rated Pictures by !!! on Shake The Shudder (Warp) 93′51″ Dancing Is The Best Revenge by !!! on Shake The Shudder (Warp) 99′23″ Computer Blue (Unreleased Hallway Speech Version) by Prince & The Revolution on Purple Rain reissue (Warner) 103′52″ Father's Song by Prince and the Revolution on Purple Rain reissue (Warner)

"The Death Sets" by Moon Duo from Occult Architecture, Vol I; "Narkopop 5" by Gas from Narkopop; "Bound" by Do Make Say Think from Stubborn Persistent Illusions; "Exalter" by Forest Swords from Compassion; "Information Needed to Create an Entire Body" by Caterina Barbieri from Patterns of Consciousness; "Trick of the Mind" by White Hills from Stop Mute Defeat; "Undone Harmony" by Expressway Yo-yo Dieting from Undone Harmony Following; "Familiar Things Disappear" by Hauschka from What If. Courtesy of Temporary Residence; "Rise" by The Necks from Unfold.

"The Death Sets" by Moon Duo from Occult Architecture, Vol I; "Narkopop 5" by Gas from Narkopop; "Bound" by Do Make Say Think from Stubborn Persistent Illusions; "Exalter" by Forest Swords from Compassion; "Information Needed to Create an Entire Body" by Caterina Barbieri from Patterns of Consciousness; "Trick of the Mind" by White Hills from Stop Mute Defeat; "Undone Harmony" by Expressway Yo-yo Dieting from Undone Harmony Following; "Familiar Things Disappear" by Hauschka from What If. Courtesy of Temporary Residence; "Rise" by The Necks from Unfold.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: February 1, 2015 In this ongoing series on the Holy Spirit we look this week at the Spirit's relationship with Jesus as glorifier and exalter.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: February 1, 2015 In this ongoing series on the Holy Spirit we look this week at the Spirit's relationship with Jesus as glorifier and exalter.