EXTRA: Milestone Passed

 ~ Over 3,000 “Abundant Life Now” Posts ~

History  ~  ALN started on October 21, 2009, as a Tuesday blog.  The posts increased from time to time in frequency.  2015 was the first year of at least one post a day for the entire year.

Subjects  ~  Initially, posts tended to be singular with an occasional short series (less than 5 in a topic).  Over time this increased, and now looking back the record shows that there have been 68 completed series of 5 or more posts.  There have been 3 series with 100 or greater posts, and the longest-running series was “Messiah” which included over 300 posts. 

THANK YOU  ~  Without readers these accomplishments would not have happened! 

Audience  ~  ALN has been read in over 200 countries and translated into more than 100 languages.  The USA is usually the top country as far as readership.  However, from time to time other countries have taken over that position.  As I write this, Italy is in the top spot followed by the USA, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates. 

Reader Favorite Posts  ~  The top 10 reader favorite posts are listed at the bottom of this site.  The top 4 tend to rotate between “The 7 Benefits of the Blood of Christ,” “The Shortest Man” (a humorous post), “The 10 Failures of Samson,” and “Spiritual 7-Up.”  

ALN Favorite Posts  ~  Our own top 10 favorite posts can be found on the right hand column of this blog site.  It is interesting that the list includes “The 12 Successes of Samson.” 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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NOTES:

(1)     The current TOP 10 ALN posts are listed at the very bottom of this home page.

(2)     An INDEX of all ALN posts can be accessed by scrolling down the left column.

(3)     You may LINK to any ALN posts on your own blog or website. 

(4)     You may COPY any ALN post, but please credit ALN as the source by prominently displaying the following statement:  Reprinted from “Abundant Life Now,” a free blog which offers inspiring moments, thought-provoking comments, and solid Biblical insight at http://RobertLloydRussell.blogspot.com/ .

 

Fear God, 199

 ~ In The End Times Many Who Are Left Will Fear God ~

God does not want His children living in fear.  “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue” (2 Peter 1:2-3).  However, God does want His children to have a proper respect and reverence for Him.  We are told in many places in Scripture to “fear God.”  

This Week’s Passage  ~  “Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.  And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, ‘Come up here.’  And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.  In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell.  In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven” (Revelation 11:11-13).

Fearing God Results in Salvation  ~  “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31).  “A wise person fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident” (Proverbs 14:16).  This does not mean the Christian is to live a fearful life—but a life which reverences God and seeks to do His will. 

Fearing God Results in Fearlessness  ~  “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1).  The answer is: only God.  With the gift of salvation comes responsibility.

Fearing God Results in Witnessing  ~  “Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul” (Psalm 66:16). 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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NOTES:

(1)     The current TOP 10 ALN posts are listed at the very bottom of this home page.

(2)     There is an INDEX of all ALN posts accessed by scrolling down the left column.

(3)     You may LINK to any ALN posts on your own blog or website. 

(4)     You may COPY any ALN post, but please credit ALN as the source by prominently displaying the following statement:  Reprinted from “Abundant Life Now,” a free blog which offers inspiring moments, thought-provoking comments, and solid Biblical insight at http://RobertLloydRussell.blogspot.com/ .

 

Thanksgiving 2020

 ~ Have You Truly Given Thanks? ~

Today should be a day of EXTRA gratefulness and thanksgiving.  Consider the opposite – the lack of true thanksgiving:

Old Testament  ~  “God can’t stand pious poses, but He delights in genuine prayers” (Proverbs 15:8, msg).

New Testament  ~  “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.  For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.  Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man — and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things” (Romans 1:18-23).

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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NOTES:

(1)     The current TOP 10 ALN posts are listed at the very bottom of this home page.

(2)     There is an INDEX of all ALN posts accessed by scrolling down the left column.

(3)     You may LINK to any ALN posts on your own blog or website. 

(4)     You may COPY any ALN post, but please credit ALN as the source by prominently displaying the following statement:  Reprinted from “Abundant Life Now,” a free blog which offers inspiring moments, thought-provoking comments, and solid Biblical insight at http://RobertLloydRussell.blogspot.com/ .