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Where O Death is Your Victory? (Isaiah 57:1-2)

Where O Death is Your Victory?

(Isaiah 57:1-2)

 
*** This part: O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
“Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
 
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
Please keep me in your prayers. My heart is very heavy. Today marks 3-years that my Father went home to be with the Lord, and today I find out another one of my friends went home to be with Lord. A special shout out to my Dad: Reverend J.E. Thomas, the Founder of 2nd Corinthian Missionary, and employee of the City of Long Beach for over 40 years of service. I love and I miss you Daddy!

Pastor J.E. Thomas
affectionately known as Daddy to me <3

Special tribute to my Friend, Elder James Ray Tibbits you will truly be missed in the Kingdom of God and in the world of Fitness. You exhibited faithfulness to your call, and for that I commend you dearly.
This breaks my heart. He truly was a Man-of-God full of FAITH, and LIFE.He left a great legacy behind of FAITH and FITNESS. I will always remember him and cherish our friendship. I met him and his family while having dinner several years ago at the old Denny’s on Culver in Irvine. We exchanged ministry cards and we’ve been friends down to the end. This hurts really bad because today was the same exact date, three years ago my Father passed away with bladder cancer. My heart aches and is very heavy for you and your family. I’m so sorry for your loss, but heaven’s gain of a beautiful soldier in the army of the Lord! Please accept my prayers, condolences and deepest sympathy. This truly comes as a shock! It’s really hard to understand why our loved ones are taken from us, but find comfort in knowing that he is with our Lord and Savior , Jesus Christ. He will be missed.  Covered Wagon Motel  Ministry and Body Balance Fitness was his passion. He loved God’s people! #rip  Elder James Ray Tibbits

Elder James Ray Tibbits

We all know how hard it is to lose a loved one. Lets try and remember the good and happy times we spent with our beloveds during this Christmas season. We loved them, but God loved them best! #peace #goodcheer #celebratetheirlife #heavenisabeautiful place

I would like to dedicate this song to all the bereaved families all around the world.. #walkaroundheaven

Mighty Clouds Of Joy – Walk Around Heaven

posted by: Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas

Cited: The above video – Walk around is being used for inspirational purposes only.

D&T: 12/22/2016

Good versus Evil!

In the book of Isaiah, verse 5:20 (ESV) reads: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”
 
This scripture let us know that twisted minds have existed for centuries, and what I’m dealing with today has been dealt with by many in the past. Everywhere you go, you can find people with the same story that leaves one heart sad and makes you wonder why family, siblings and people in general cannot do right by one another? I’m glad you asked. There’s a lack of love being taught, greed, and wanting to be more than what and who they really are could be part of the problem, or just plain dishonest as I find with most. As Christians, we are to practice being honest and tasteful.
 
In the book of Romans 7:19-25 (KJV) says: “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
 
When I look at some of these pills I’m having to swallow as I speak are very difficult and are very hard to put behind me. My human side continues to war with my spiritual side, meaning that my natural self just won’t let it go, where my spiritual side or reasoning side says let it go and let God deal with it. In my experiences in life, I’ve gotten good results both ways; although, taking my hands off of the situation, and giving it over to God completely and removing myself from the equation got me BETTER results which is what I’m trying to do with my current situation I’ve been dealing with since the passing of my father coming up 3-years on December 22.
 
I’m not sure who wouldn’t want someone to come clean on their deathbed and fix their raggedy life and do what’s right? See, as Men and Women of God, we should practice living a clean and honest life, so when it comes to our final journey, we don’t have to try and fix things and situations from our death bed. Most of us know that being honest to most is way too much for some, because it’s too much like RIGHT. Nevertheless, we live and we learn. Learnbto do what is right!
 
One thing I do know is God takes care of his own. Right or wrong, good or bad, God dishes out the final say. It may seems as though dishonest people are winning, in reality they are losing because they have to remember the lies they told, and they are always walking around looking over their should feeling as someone is out to get them. WHY? Why on God’s green earth would someone want to live like that? My motto is: Do good, and good will return to you in some form or another. Do bad,intentionally and you will reap your reward as well. You might not like what’s coming, but you can rest assure, it’s coming. I pray as professing Christians, we can learn to love each other as commanded, especially family. Some family members make it really hard to genuinely love them. Nevertheless, I loves as commanded and keep going. Trust me, I’m not sitting around waiting on someone else’s demise, but like the old proverb says: YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW! My message is: DO good, and LOVE one another for real, not just LIP SERVICE but in deed.
 
My name is Evelyn Diane and I approve this message.

More Scriptures on good and evil to help us better understand:

Romans 12:21 (ESV) “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

 

Genesis 3:1-24 (ESV) “Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” …

 

Psalm 37:27 (ESV)  “Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.”

 

Proverbs 3:7 ESV “Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.”

 

Romans 2:6-8 (ESV)_  “He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.”

Romans 5:3-5 (ESV) “More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”

1 Corinthians 15:33 (ESV)  “Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Proverbs 4:27 (ESV) “Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.”

 

James 1:13-15 (ESV) “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.”

 

John 3:16 (ESV) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

 

John 16:33 (ESV) “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

 

Galatians 5:16-17 (ESV) “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.”

 

1 John 3:1-24 (ESV)  “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.”

 

Psalm 37:1-40 (ESV) “Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.”

 

Proverbs 17:15 “He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.”

 Genesis 4:1-26 (ESV)  “Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. “

Get Right Church and Let’s go home – the late Rev. James Cleveland- #glory

Let’s remember that it’s all about Christ during this holiday season. #MERRY #CHRISTMAS

 

Posted by: Evelyn Diane
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ited: The above song by James Cleveland is used for inspirational purposes only. One of my all time favorite gospel songs!

12/21/2016

 

 

◄ Luke 6:28 ►Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

Lord We Need Your Blessings – The Jackson Southernaires ,”Live And Anointed”

◄ Luke 6:28 ►Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you!

◄ Luke 6:27 ► Love Your Enemies
But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.…

◄ 1 Kings 13:6►
The king said to the man of God, “Please entreat the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

 

Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you..

 

◄ Luke 6:35►
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

 

◄ Romans 12:14►
Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.

 

◄ 1 Peter 3:9►
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which spitefully use you.

◄ Bless► Luke 23:34
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do!

◄ Romans 12:14►
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

1 Corinthians 4:12
And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being …

James 3:10
Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, 

◄ Ezekiel 25:15►
Thus said the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge.. 

◄ Ezekiel 36:5►
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy.. 

Posted by: Minister Evelyn Diane

D&T: 12/17/2016

 

I just want to thank you!

 Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ..
Ephesians 5:20 (ESV) 

From the desk of Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas

I just want to take the time and say: THANK YOU JESUS! Thank you Lord for waking me up this morning better than I laid down last night. I thank you Father God for being the keeper of my soul. I just want thank you for being so good! You’ve been better to me than I’ve been to myself! That’s why I have to bless and praise your Holy Name!

A special thanks to all of our WIFI Ministries / 2nd Corinthian subscribers , family and friends for your loyal support. I report that our blog numbers are up and we now over 37,000+ subscribers. For that I am truly grateful!

Please keep those prayer requests, emails  and phone calls coming! We do take the time to pray over each request that is sent in  Jesus Name!

Many blessing  to each of you during this Advent Christmas Season!

Sincerely,

 

Minister Evelyn  Diane, President / CEO of World and Focus International Ministries and 2nd Corinthian Missionary


I Want To Thank You – The Mighty Clouds Of Joy, “I Want To Thank You”

I AM SO GLAD THAT JESUS IS A FRIEND OF MINES!

“Trouble Don’t Last” – Mississippi Mass Choir

Posted by: Minister Evelyn Diane

D&T: 12/16/2016

Cited:  I do not own the above videos, and they are only being used for inspirational spiritual enhancement to the saints of God!
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💓 It’s all about Layla! Happy 7th Birthday to my G-Baby! #prettygirls rock! 💓 #iloveyou! 💓

🌹”A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”

– ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭17:22‬ ‭KJV‬‬














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D&T: 12/15/2016

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Matthew 6:9-13 (KJV)

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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Christmas – Now Behold The Lamb Kirk Franklin

This is one of my all time favorite Christmas CD’s.  Kirk Franklin is the business… He’s stood and stayed the course with Gospel music, and I appreciate and love him for his realness! ~ Evelyn Diane

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2ND Corinthian Missionary, Incorporated and World In Focus International Ministries (WIFI) www.wifiministries.org are one ministry doing several modalities under one roof… #WelovetheLord!!! —  with Evelyn Diane

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Let’s go a step further and see what Matthew Henry has to say about versus 9-15: 

This Old Building Keep On Leaning

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◄ 2 Corinthians 5:1 ►

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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This Old Building Keeps On Leaning, I’ve  Got’s To  Move  To  A Better Home!!!   I’ve got’s  to move one day!

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Posted by:  Minister Evelyn Diane

D&T: 11/30/2016

 

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➰🌹 HAPPY BIRTHDAY and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! ➰🌹


🌹 Happy Birthday to those who have a birthday this week and Congratulations to those celebrating an anniversary the month of November! May God continue to bless and keep each of you! 🌹


Posted by: Minister Evelyn Diane

D&T: 11/21/2016

Thank you all for your prayers


Oh my God, thAnk you God for the release so you may increase in my life.. Thank you all for prayers‼️ For we know only prayer changes hearts, minds and situations only like JESUS can when we take our hands off of our problems and turn them ALL over to God! I turn every situation over to you in JESUS Name! Oh, death, oh death. smhrh ◄ 1 Corinthians ‪15:55‬ ►O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where isthy victory? 

Where O Death is Your Victory?

…54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55“Where, O death, is your victory?Where, O death, is your sting?” 56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law.…


Hosea 13:14


Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion will be hidden from My sight.


1 Corinthians 15:56


The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law.


Treasury of Scripture


O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?

O death.


Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them …

sting.


Acts 9:5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom …


Revelation 9:10 And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their …

grave. or, hell.


Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and sees Abraham …


Acts 2:27 Because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you suffer …


Revelation 20:13,14 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell …

is thy victory.


Job 18:13,14 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death …


Psalm 49:8-15 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases for ever:)…


Psalm 89:48 What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver …


Ecclesiastes 2:15,16 Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens …


Ecclesiastes 3:19 For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing …


Ecclesiastes 8:8 There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; …


Ecclesiastes 9:5,6 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any …


Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that …