Madame Guyon: Her Prayer Was So Dangerous, Louis XIV Personally Had Her Arrested

 Madame Guyon: Her Prayer Was So Dangerous, Louis XIV Personally Had Her Arrested .

Discover the untold story of a French widow who asked God for suffering and received it in full measure -who was imprisoned four times without trial, condemned by the most powerful churchman in France, disfigured by smallpox, stripped of her children, her reputation, and her freedom- and who sang psalms through the iron bars of the Bastille with a peace so inexplicable that hardened prison guards pressed their ears to her door and wept without knowing why. In this powerful documentary, the story of Madame Jeanne Guyon reveals what God produces through a soul that has surrendered not just outcomes but the entire process - how one silenced woman's writings crossed continents and centuries to shape John Wesley, Hudson Taylor, Watchman Nee, the Quakers of Pennsylvania, and the deeper life movement across three continents — and what it truly costs to lose everything the world says you need in order to find the one thing the world cannot give and cannot take.

From her book, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer, her teaching rested on three movements so simple they were revolutionary. 

¶First, pray the scripture, not for information, but for encounter. Read slowly, just a few verses until a single word or phrase  touches your heart. Then stop. Stop completely. Hold that word gently. Rest in it. Do not analyze it. Let it nourish you. The goal is not knowledge. It  is presence. 

¶Second, simple attention. Throughout the ordinary day, working, walking, cooking, gently turn your attention inward to the quiet awareness of God  dwelling within you. Your mind will wander. That is expected. The practice is the gentle return again and again without self-condemnation. A quiet continuous awareness. You are here. That is enough. 

¶Third, abandonment. Yield not just outcomes but the entire spiritual process itself to God. Stop trying to manufacture your own holiness. Perform every duty fully. This was never about neglecting responsibility, but do it without frantic inner striving, without anxiety over results, without condemning yourself every time you fall short. Stop paddling so hard. Trust the current. 

Madame  Guyon put it plainly. 

Prayer is the key of perfection and of sovereign happiness. The way to become perfect is to live in the presence of God. 

This was dangerous. In a world where faith meant elaborate ritual and institutional permission, where faith meant elaborate ritual and institutional permission, she was telling ordinary people, servants, merchants, mothers, farmers, that they needed none of it to know God directly, just the open heart, just the turned attention, just the surrendered will. She wrote her book. It spread like  fire. With her spiritual director, Father LaCombe, she traveled through the Alps, Geneva, Turin, Grenobyl. 

“It is a great truth, wonderful as it is undeniable, that all our happiness — temporal, spiritual, and eternal — consists in one thing; namely, in resigning ourselves to God, and in leaving ourselves with Him, to do with us and in us just as He pleases.” — Madame Guyon

Madame Jeanne Guyon, a 17th-Century French Christian, is most notable for her immaculate work: A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. Although this book is rather small, its interior wisdom guarantees a lifetime of practicality. Contrary to many of her contemporaries, Madame Guyon doesn’t depend on eloquence or strain but on the beauty and simplicity of quiet surrender.

Most Christians, even to this day, are accustomed to strictly verbal prayer — an offering of moral righteousness in exchange for the fulfillment of a desire. For Guyon, however, prayer is neither a transaction nor an art for the gifted, it is the natural movement of the soul back toward the God who is already dwelling within it.

To know God directly, just the open heart, just the turned attention, just the surrendered will.

An unprejudiced reader may find hidden under the most common expressions, a secret unction, which will excite him to seek after that Sovereign Good, whom all should wish to enjoy.

In speaking of the attainment of perfection, the word Facility is used, because God is indeed found with facility when we seek Him within ourselves. But, in contradiction to this, some perhaps may urge that passage in Saint John, “Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me” (John vii. 34). This apparent difficulty, however, is removed by another passage, where He, who cannot contradict Himself, hath said to all, “Seek and ye shall find” (Matthew vii. 7). It is  true, indeed, that he who would seek God, and is yet unwilling to forsake his sins, shall not find Him, because he seeks not aright; and therefore it is added, “Ye shall die in your sins.”

On the other hand, he who diligently seeks God in his heart, and that he may draw near unto Him sincerely forsakes sin, shall infallibly find Him.

A life of devotion appears so formidable, and the Spirit of Prayer of such difficult attainment, that most persons are discouraged from taking a single step towards it. The difficulties inseparable from all great undertakings are, indeed, either nobly surmounted, or left to subsist in all their terrors, just as success is the object of despair or hope. I have therefore endeavoured to show the facility of the method proposed in this treatise, the great advantages to be derived from it, and the certainty of their attainment by those that faithfully persevere.

O were we once truly sensible of the goodness of God toward His poor creatures, and of His infinite desire to communicate Himself unto them, we should not allow imaginary difficulties to affright us, nor despair of obtaining that good which He is so earnest to bestow:

“He that spared not His own son, but delivered Him up for us all; how shall he not, with Him, also freely give us all things?”(Romans viii 32). But we want courage and perseverance; we have both to a high degree in our temporal concerns, but want them in “the one thing needful” (Luke x. 42).

If any think that God is not easily to be found in this way of Simple Love and Pure Adherence, let them not, on my testimony, alter their opinion, but rather make trial of it, and their own experience will convince them that the reality far exceeds all my representations of it.

Beloved reader, peruse this little treatise with a humble, sincere and candid spirit, and not with an inclination to cavil and criticize, and you will not fail to reap some degree of profit from it. It was written with a hearty desire that you might wholly devote yourself to God; receive it, then, with a like desire for your own perfection: for nothing more is intended by it than to invite the simple and child-like to approach their Father, who delights in the humble confidence of His children, and is grieved at the smallest instance of their diffidence or distrust. With a sincere desire, therefore, to forsake sin, seek nothing from the unpretending method here proposed but the Love of God, and you shall undoubtedly obtain it.

Without setting up our opinions above those of others, we mean only, with truth and candour, to declare, from our own experience and the experience of others, the happy effects produced by thus Simply Following our Lord.

As this treatise was intended only to instruct in Prayer, there are many things which we respect and esteem, totally omitted, as not immediately relative to our main subject: it is, however, certain, that nothing will be found herein to offend, provided it be read in the spirit with which it was written; and it is still more certain, that those who in right earnest make trial of the way, will find we have written the Truth.

It is Thou alone, O Holy Jesus, who lovest simplicity and innocence, “and whose delight is to dwell with the children of men” (Prov. viii. 31), with those who are, indeed, willing to become “little children”; it is Thou alone, who canst render this little work of any value by imprinting it on the hearts of all who read it, and leading them to seek Thee within themselves, where Thou reposest as in the manger, waiting to receive proofs of their love, and to give them testimony of Thine. Yet alas! They may still lose these unspeakable advantages by their negligence and insensibility! But it belongeth unto Thee, O thou Uncreated Love!

Thou Silent and Eternal Word! it belongeth unto Thee, to awaken, attract, and convert; to make Thyself be heard, tasted, and beloved! I know Thou canst do it, and I trust Thou wiltdo it by this humble work which belongeth entirely to Thee, proceedeth wholly from Thee,and tendeth only to Thee! And, O most Gracious and adorable Saviour!

            To Thee be all the Glory!

UK digital ID latest development

 Digital ID in the UK: The Government Says It Is Voluntary, But Your Employer Might Not Give You a Choice

Immigration experts warn the 'opt-in' approach signals a lack of confidence in adoption

The new digital ID will combine tax, health, benefits, and immigration records into a single profile accessible across public services.

UNITED KINGDOM : King Charles confirmed the Digital Access to Services Bill during the 13 May King's Speech, giving the government powers to build a free, voluntary digital identity system for public services. But the government's own 129-page briefing notes tell a different story. Right-to-work verification is listed as a 'priority use case' set to launch by the end of this parliament in 2029, and for millions of British workers, 'voluntary' may turn out to be a matter of perspective.

NOW - King Charles: "My ministers will also proceed with the introduction of Digital ID." 

The Voluntary Contradiction Workers Should Watch

The government dropped plans to make digital IDs mandatory for right-to-work checks in January this year following public backlash over privacy concerns. The King's Speech reaffirmed that position. Digital ID will be free, optional, and available to anyone who wants it.

But the government's briefing notes still frame the system as a tool for 'proving your right to work.' For employers, the appeal is obvious. Digital checks are faster, cheaper, and harder to forge than paper-based verification. If businesses adopt digital right-to-work systems on a wide scale, workers who don't hold a digital ID could find themselves at a disadvantage during the hiring process.

Chetal Patel, head of immigration at law firm Bates Wells, told People Management that the voluntary approach was 'unlikely to shift the dial' for employers, who would probably take a 'wait and see' stance rather than act as early adopters. She added that the 'watered-down, opt-in approach suggests a lack of confidence in widespread adoption.'

What a Digital ID Would Actually Hold

The system won't just store a name and a photograph. It will pull together HM Revenue and Customs income records, NHS health data, Department for Work and Pensions benefits information, and Home Office immigration status into a single digital profile.

'Bringing together sensitive personal data into a single digital profile is unlikely to be an easy sell,' Patel said.

Elizabeth Anderson, CEO of the Digital Poverty Alliance, raised a different concern. She warned that 19 million people in the UK currently experience digital exclusion. 'While Digital ID in the UK may now be framed as voluntary, international experience shows that digital systems can quickly become essential in practice,' Anderson said. For those 19 million people, she added, the new system 'creates a real risk of new barriers to accessing essential services.'

The Cybersecurity Bill Running Alongside It

The Digital Access to Services Bill doesn't sit alone in the King's Speech. The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, which has been progressing through Parliament since November 2025, was also reaffirmed. That bill introduces fines of up to £17 million ($23 million) or 4% of global annual turnover for serious cybersecurity breaches. Regulators will also be able to impose daily penalties of up to £100,000 ($135,000) for ongoing non-compliance.

The bill covers operators of essential services, data centres, and managed service providers. Businesses that fail to report cyber incidents within 24 hours or meet supply chain security standards will face enforcement from regulators, including the Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom. With a national digital ID system set to collect sensitive data from four government departments, the stakes for getting cybersecurity right just got higher.

Can This Plan Survive the Government Pushing It

The timing raises a question that goes beyond policy design. Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered the King's Speech while fighting for his political survival. More than 90 Labour MPs have called for his resignation after the party lost more than 1,400 council seats in the May local elections. Four ministers have resigned this week, and Health Secretary Wes Streeting is reportedly preparing to quit his post and launch a leadership bid as early as Thursday, according to The Times.

If Starmer's leadership doesn't survive the summer, the Digital Access to Services Bill could stall, get reshaped, or lose political backing altogether. For the millions of workers, renters, and benefit claimants who stand to be affected, the question isn't just whether digital ID will be voluntary. It's whether the government promises it will still be around to deliver.

What The UK Just Announced Will Make The World Prepare To Receive The Antichrist 

 The UK has just announced something that will form part of the foundational system that the antichrist will use digital ID. 

 My ministers all will also proceed with the introduction of digital ID that will modernize how citizens interact with public services. ~ King Charles 

Now, it's unclear at this stage whether it is mandatory or optional. But for Christians who view the world with a biblically prophetic lens, here's what catches your attention. Many believe that once digital identities become widespread, then banking, taxation, health care, and essential services will be fully integrated. A true digital society means that Revelation 13 will be possible to be enforced. 

 Now what you can see from this chart is the intensification of the push for digital ID. 

 Switzerland has voted to approve a new digital identity infrastructure for the country. 

The UK has announced plans for a digital identity. 

Sweden already has a well-established electronic identification system eid used widely in both public and private sectors. 

 And if you look further a field, India has ADHDR, the world's largest biometric ID system. 

The United Arab Emirates has the UAE pass and so many others follow suit. Canada, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, and more. 

Now, why is it that so many Christians link a digital ID to Revelation 13? 

 Why is it that anytime things like digital IDs, cashless systems, or centralized identification technology is mentioned, the beast system is immediately brought up? 

 Revelation 13: verses 16 and 17 in particular, describes a beast that causes all people to receive a mark on their right hand or forehead and that no one can buy or sell unless they have the mark. For many 2:12 interpreters, this mark of the beast is associated with control over commerce, buying and selling, universal identification. 

 Everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave.  A system of allegiance that goes beyond economics and ties to worship or loyalty.

 So, let's take a deeper look as to why digital IDs get linked to Revelation 13.    

 Now, a lot of people underestimate how severe this regime is. If you are left behind and if you take the mark of the beast, you have literally pledged your allegiance to the devil. 

 And people may think, well, I will refuse and just find somewhere to hide for the rest of my days. But this won't be possible because you will literally be unable to pay your bills, fill up the gas in your car, or anything that requires a transaction.

You won't be able to do any of that without the mark of the beast. Imagine a world where you have to choose between buying food or selling your soul. 

 Imagine being completely cut off from society and forced to live off the land just to survive. 

 This is the reality many wilI face.  The Antichrist will literally oppose Jesus Christ in every way. 

 Here is what's coming. Companies will begin selling a microchip the size of a grain of rice that gets implanted under the skin of your hand. You wave your hand over a card reader and the payment goes through. No wallet, no phone, no card, just your body. Now, right now in the world, 11 countries have launched central bank digital currencies. 

 Government controlled programmable money. 49 more are running pilots programs. 

China's digital yuan has processed nearly a trillion dollars in transactions. These currencies can be programmed to expire, to restrict what you buy, and to shut off your access with a single keystroke.

Neuralink has implanted brain computer interface chips in 12 human patients. These devices read thoughts and translates them into actions on a screen. The company has openly stated its long-term goal to merge human consciousness with artificial intelligence. And a digital identity system called World ID, backed by the CEO of Open AI, is Scanning people's irises in six American cities, linking their biological data to a global digital network. None of this is coming. It is here, right now in 2026. 

 And every single piece of it lines up with the prophecy written 2,000 years ago in the book of Revelation.

  Today we're going to take a look at the technologies, the financial systems, and the political moves that are building the foundation for the mark of the beast. And then we're going to talk about the only way to stand against it when the time comes. Before we look at the technology, we need to be clear about what scripture says.

 Revelation 13 : 16 to 18. He causes all, both small and  great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666. 

 Three things stand out from this passage. 

First, the mark is universal.  It applies to everyone regardless of status. 

Second, it's tied to the body, the right hand, or the forehead. 

Third, it controls economic participation. You cannot buy or sell without it. 

For centuries, people read those words and could not imagine how they could come true. 

How could every person on earth be forced to take a mark? 

How could buying and selling be controlled at the individual level? 

How could this be enforced globally? 

The technology to do all of that did not exist until now. 

 Let's start with the most literal development. Microchips are being implanted in human hands for the purpose of making payments. 

A British Polish  company called Walletmore has been selling implantable payment chips commercially. The chip weighs less than a gram. It's smaller than a grain of rice. It uses near field communication technology, the same system used by contactless bank cards and smartphones. 

 Once implanted between the thumb and index finger and activated through a digital wallet app, it allows the user to pay at any business that accepts contactless payments. Over a thousand of these devices have been sold by the single company. Globally, more than 50,000 people have received some form of subdermal chip implant. A Wisconsin company called Three Square Market became the first in the United States to offer RFID (Radio-frequency identification) chip implants to employees. 

 The stated goal to replace key cards, login credentials, and payment systems with a single chip embedded in the hand. 

 The technology is real. It is commercial. People are voluntarily lining up for it, and it's being placed   between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand. Read Revelation 13:16 again.

 A mark on their right hand ✋🏽. The location is not a coincidence. The second piece of the system is digital identity tied to the body. 

In May 2025, a project called World Coin, now rebranded as World, launched in the United States. It is backed by Sam Alman, the CEO of Open Al. The system works by scanning your iris through a device called the orb. 

 That scan creates a world ID, a digital identity verified by your unique biological data. In return, users receive cryptocurrency tokens and access to a growing digital ecosystem. The project has partnered with Visa and has over 25 million people on its network globally. Verification centers are operating in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco. 

 India has ODAR, a biometric ID system covering over a billion people linked to fingerprints and iris scans. 

China runs a social credit system that ties digital identity to behavior, spending, and compliance. 

The European Union is developing a unified digital identity framework. 

 The direction is clear. Identity is moving from documents you carry to data embedded in your biology. Your face, your fingerprint, your iris, your body becomes your credentials. And once your biological data is the key that unlocks your ability to participate in society, whoever controls the system controls you. 

Chips and biometric IDs are the access points, but the control mechanism is money itself. And that is where central bank digital currencies come in. 

 As of 2026, 134 countries representing 98% of global GDP are exploring CBDC's.  Central Bank Digital Currencies ( CBDC )

 11 have launched them. 49 are running active pilot programs. China's digital yuan is the largest with transaction 9:53 volumes approaching a trillion dollars across 17 provinces. India's digital rupee has expanded to 5 million users. 

 Brazil launched its DREx program in January of 2026. 

The European Central Bank is advancing the digital euro. 

Here is what makes CBDC's different from the money in your bank account. They are programmable. The government that issues them can attach conditions. 

They can make the currency expire after a set period. 

They can restrict which categories of goods it can be spent on. 

 They can geo fence it so it only works in certain locations, demarcation boundaries, and they can freeze or eliminate it instantly without a court order.

 Physical cash cannot be controlled this way. You hand someone a dollar 💵 note and the transaction is done. No tracking, no permission needed, but CBDC's turn money into a tool of compliance. 

Every transaction is recorded. Every purchase is monitored and access can be switched off at any time. That is exactly what Revelation 13:17 describes. No one may buy or sell except one who has the mark. 

Revelation 13:17 states that no one could buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. This verse highlights the economic control exerted by the beast over people during the end times.

CBDC's are the infrastructure that makes that level of economic control technically possible for the first time in history. 

Third technology goes beyond the hand. It targets the forehead or more precisely what's behind it. 

 Neuralink, founded by Elon Musk, has implanted brain computer interface chips in 12 human participants as of late 2025. 

 These devices read neural activity and allow paralyzed individuals to control computers with their thoughts. One patient has logged over 15,000 hours of use. The system works by placing ultra thin electrodes directly into brain tissue, creating a two-way communication channel between the brain and external devices. The stated long-term goal is not medical. It is enhancement.

 Neuralink has publicly discussed achieving human Al symbiosis, merging human consciousness with artificial intelligence so that humans are not left behind as Al advances. 

Now think about what Revelation says. The mark goes on the right hand or the forehead. 

The forehead is where the frontal lobe sits, the part of the brain responsible for decision-making, moral reasoning, and worship. 

Throughout scripture, the forehead represents allegiance. God's people receive a seal on their foreheads in Revelation 7:3.

Revelation 7:3 states, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." This verse emphasizes the protection of God's servants before any harm is inflicted on the earth.

The beast system creates a counterfeit mark in the same location. With brain computer interfaces, access to the forehead is no longer symbolic. It is literal. 

A device implanted in the brain that monitors thought patterns that can receive signals that can influence neural activity. This is technology that  directly accesses the seed of human will and worship. 

The final piece of the system is what ties everything together. It's the intelligence that monitors, enforces, and never sleeps. 

Artificial intelligence in 2026 can process the data of billions of people simultaneously. It can monitor financial transactions in real time. It can analyze biometric data from cameras, scanners, and implanted devices. It can detect patterns of non-compliance and flag them automatically. 

 Revelation 13:15 describes the image of the beast. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast. That the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. An image that speaks, an image that identifies who worships and who refuses. An image that enforces compliance with the power of life and death. 

For 2,000  plus years, no one could explain what this meant. A statue that talks and kills. It sounded impossible.

Revelation 13:15 describes a scenario where an image of the beast is given the ability to speak, and it enforces worship of itself, threatening death to those who refuse. This passage highlights the power and influence of the beast in the end times.

Overview of Revelation 13:15.

Revelation 13:15 presents a significant moment in the biblical narrative, focusing on the power of the beast and its image. This verse illustrates the authority granted to the second beast, often interpreted as the False Prophet.

Key Elements of Revelation 13:15

• Speaking Image: The image of the beast is given the ability to speak, symbolizing a form of life or influence that compels worship.

• Enforcement of Worship: The image enforces worship, threatening death to those who refuse to comply. This reflects the oppressive nature of the beast's regime during the end times.

Contextual Significance

• End Times Narrative: This passage is part of a larger apocalyptic vision that describes the rise of powerful entities opposing God and His followers.

• Symbolism of the Beast: The beast represents forces of evil and deception, while the image signifies idolatry and the manipulation of faith.

Implications for Believers

• Call to Faithfulness: The verse serves as a warning to believers about the challenges they may face in remaining faithful amidst persecution and coercion.

• Understanding Authority: It emphasizes the need for discernment regarding authority and worship, urging individuals to remain steadfast in their beliefs.

Revelation 13:15 encapsulates the themes of power, idolatry, and the struggle between good and evil in the eschatological framework of the Bible.

14:03 But consider what Al is right now. It's an intelligence that is not alive. It can communicate. It can make decisions. 

 It can process data from every neural interface, every biometric scanner, every digital currency transaction on Earth. 

It can identify resistance before it becomes action. And it can trigger the system that cut off access or enforce punishment. 

Connect the five technologies. 

¹ The implantable chip identifies you. 

² The biometric system verifies you. 

³ The digital currency controls your ability to buy and sell. 

⁴ The neural interface monitors your thoughts and allegiance, and ⁵ the artificial intelligence coordinates all of it globally in real time without rest . 

This is not a theory. This is an engineering diagram. And every component already exists.

 Now, here is the part that should concern every believer. They will never call it the mark of the beast. They wil never label it with 666. They will never announce that this is to be the system described in Revelation. 

 Instead, they will call it progress, convenience, security, inclusion, financial equality, public health. They will tell you it's for your safety, for your children's protection, for the planet. 

They will make it sound compassionate, reasonable, and necessary. And refusing it will look irrational. You will be called a conspiracy theorist. You will be called selfish. You will be excluded from employment, banking, health care, and basic commerce. The social pressure will be immense. 

But the Bible is direct about what happens to those who take it. 

 Revelation 14:9 to 11. If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. and the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever. And they have no rest, day or night, who  worship the beast and his image and whoever receives the mark of his name. 

 No rest day or night forever. This is not temporary discipline. This is eternal irreversible separation from God. Taking the mark is not just a bad decision. It's a final decision. It is the deliberate choice to reject Jesus Christ and align yourself with the Antichrist system with full knowledge of what you are doing. The Bible does not just warn us about the mark. It tells us about the people who will refuse it and their identity is not a mystery. They are the ones whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. 

Revelation 13:8 says, "All who dwell on the earth will worship the beast except those whose names are written in the book. They are the ones who preach Jesus Christ and refuse to worship the beast." 

Revelation 20:4 describes believers who are  beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image. They had not received his mark. They are the ones who keep God's commandments and remain faithful to Lord Jesus Christ. 

Revelation 14:9-11 warns that anyone who worships the beast and receives its mark will face God's wrath and eternal torment. This passage emphasizes the serious consequences of rejecting God and aligning with the antichrist.

Revelation 14:12 calls for patient endurance from the people of God who keep His commands. 

 They are the ones who love Jesus Christ more than their own lives. 

Revelation 12:1 says, "They overcame the enemy by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even unto death. They are the 144,000 sealed by God with the Father's name on their foreheads. 

God's mark, not the beast's. And they are the victorious. 

Revelation 15:2 describes those who gain victory over the beast, over his image, over his mark, and over the number of his name, standing before God with his harp in their hands. 

 They are not superheroes. They're ordinary believers who made an extraordinary choice. 

They chose  faithfulness over survival. 

They chose Jesus Christ over comfort. 

They chose eternal life over temporary safety. 

And the reward is staggering. They lived and reigned with Lord Jesus Christ for a thousand years. 

Let's be direct about this. Refusing the mark of the beast will cost you everything in this world. Your job, your bank account, your ability to buy food, possibly your freedom, and possibly your life. 

 Taking the mark of the beast will cost you everything in eternity. Your soul, your relationship with God, your hope forever. 

There is no compassion between these two losses. One is temporary, the other is permanent. One ends when this age ends, the other never ends. 

Jesus Christ asks the question himself in Mark 8:36. 

 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? 

 The mark of the beast will offer you the whole world. Security, provision, access, participation, everything you need to survive in the system. But it will cost you the only thing that matters. So here is where we are. 

 Implantable payment chips are in human hands right now. 

Biometric digital identity systems are scanning irises in American cities.

 Programmable digital currencies are launching across the globe. Brain computer interfaces are reading human thoughts. 

And artificial intelligence is being positioned to coordinate all of it into a single integrated system of control. 

The mark of the beast is not here yet. The antichrist has not been revealed. The tribulation has not begun. 

 But the infrastructure, the technology, the financial systems, the political frameworks, the cultural conditioning is being built in plain sight. 

And very soon the choice will be forced on everyone. Take the mark and keep your place in the system or refuse it and lose everything except your soul. 

 If you have not yet given your life to Jesus Christ, do not wait. Right now, today, salvation is free. Jesus Christ already paid the price. 

Romans 10:9 says, "If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God 21:19 has raised him from the dead, you will be saved." If you already know Jesus, stand firm. Study the Word. Build your faith now while the cost of following  Jesus Christ is still manageable. Because the day is coming when it will cost everything. 

 And the only people who will stand are the ones whose foundation was built before the storm hit. Greater is HE that is in you than he that is in the world. 

 Do not be afraid. Do not take the mark of the beast. 

 Do not worship the beast. Keep your eyes on Jesus and trust that the God who saved your soul will sustain your life until he calls you home. 

The last days are no doubt upon us. The Bible has been clear with regards to the people we would find in this time. 

The first group of people are the indifferent type.

The state of society during the last days can be summed up in the scripture Matthew 24:12, which states,"Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold." 

 When Jesus came to fulfill the law, the law was  consolidated into two commands. To love the Lord with one's whole heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. 

 And so naturally, the absence of love would be a telltale sign of the end of days. As we can see today, in many parts of the world, lives are no longer valued. There is a lack of human compassion, a lack of kindness between  people. 

Jesus Christ commanded us to love others as ourselves. People's failure to give adequate love to others is simply a reflection of their failure to love even themselves adequately. But how can one truly love oneself without appreciating the love of God towards us?

PSALM 138 (21st Century King James Version)

 Psalm 138

21st Century King James Version

138: ¹  I will praise Thee with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praise unto Thee.

² I will worship toward Thy holy temple, and praise Thy name for Thy lovingkindness and for Thy truth, for Thou hast magnified Thy word above all Thy name.

³ In the day when I cried, Thou answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.

⁴ All the kings of the earth shall praise Thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of Thy mouth.

⁵ Yea, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of the Lord.

⁶ Though the Lord be high, yet hath He respect unto the lowly, but the proud He knoweth afar off.

⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me; Thou shalt stretch forth Thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand shall save me.

⁸ The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me; Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of Thine own hands.

true intimacy with God ◄ Psalm 138:2 ►

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So after going through several rounds of interview the final round they come to face me. So l asked this young girl a question. " Tell me, my dear daughter, how did you get saved?" She looked at me and she just stared at me  for a long time and then she said I was born Christian. 

So I said, "Dear daughter, there is no such thing as a born Christian." She said, "No, uncle. My father is the pastor. My mother is another pastor. My brother plays the keyboard in the church. My siblings do this. My uncle is this. My aunt is this. That's where I was born." 

 So you may be born in a Christian family. That does not make you a Christian. 

 Everyone must be born again. Amen. 

You must confess the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and repent of all your sins. Thereby  you become born again. This the first step. 

 Subsequent experience to the born again involves another two processes. John 3:5, Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." 

Now comes phase two. First, you're born again, you can now see the kingdom of God, which means you can see it afar. 

Yes. 

 When the children of Israel were walking around the wilderness, they could see Canaan from afar. Moses was not allowed to enter the promised land. But the Lord allowed him to see the promised land from afar. 

Now you can see the kingdom of God by your spirit. But you cannot enter in yet. To enter in you need two other processes. 

 And what are the two other processes? Born of water. First process. What does it mean born of water? Is it water baptism? Not quite there. I used to think it was water baptism and born of the spirit was holy spirit baptism. But when I matured then I realized that was not the real thing. 

Although that was the external act of the born-again experience. To be born of water means born of the Word of God. A wash by the Word of God in your everyday life. 

Ephesians 5:26 says the Word of God is like water that washes you daily. 

Is there anyone here? Now I'm going to ask you a question. I expect a very honest and sincere answer. Can I trust you? Are you honest people? AIl right. How many of you take a shower every day? Okay. I see some hands are not up. That's okay. That's okay, you know. Okay. How many of you take a shower once a week? One hand goes up. Two hands once a week. You only bathe once a week. How many? Okay. Only one hand went up. How many bathe once a month? Another hand went up. Okay. I don't know whether you understand that question or not or you're just making fun of me. Whichever it is. All right. My final question. How many of you bathe once a year? If l ask this question in Tibet, everyone's hand will go up because they bathe once a year. Because they believe only sinners bathe every day. The good people they don't bathe every day, only once a year. So anyways, you bathe every day. Why do we do that? 

Because they're dirt pollutants on the body. So you want to wash your body every day so that you can be clean. But how do you wash your soul? 

You wash on the outside. 

What about your soul that you corrupt every moment? You corrupt every day. How do you wash your soul? 

The word of God. Amen. Ephesians 5:26. 

Hearing the Word of God brings conviction of sin. Luke 3:3 to 7 and 10 to 14. All Israel were gathered by Judea to hear the powerful messages preached by John the Baptist. And when they heard the Word, they were deeply convicted in their heart of the sin. It convicted them of the rottness in their soul, the uncleanness in their soul. The Word convicted them. The born again experience is only through the convicting power of the Word of God. Nothing else can do that. Now by practicing the word of God, Joshua 1:8, 

Psalms 1 verse 1 and 2 says, "Meditate the word of God day and night." When you meditate the Word of God day and night, the Word will begin to cleanse you. The Word will begin to cleanse and wash your soul of all filthiness in your soul. 

 And only the Word of God, John 15:3 says, can wash you clean, wash your soul clean. There's nothing, no detergent company has ever invented a soap that you can put inside you and wash your soul. Only the word of God. And John 17:17 says, you are sanctified by the word of God.  "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth." So which means you must set aside time every day not just to read the Word but to meditate the Word of God. 

Most of us just read the Word like reading a story book. It does no good to your soul. You must meditate the word of God. Chew the word of God. Chew it. 

Ponder. Ponder deeply. study them. Not just referring to commentaries written by well-known theologians. 

It's okay. But that should not be your first recourse. Your first recourse must be the Holy Spirit. Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you. 

Meditate the Word of God day and night. 

Then your soul is washed. By that process, you're born of water every day. Just like how you take bath or shower every day. Process number two, born of the spirit. 

Titus 3:5, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. 

So step two, born of the spirit is the washing that the Holy Spirit does inside us through the rework of regeneration and renewal. 

So what are these two process? 

 Regeneration means to be restored to a better or higher or more worthy state. Where we are right now, we are very low down. 

Adam was so high up, when he sinned, he fell low down like how Lucifer fell down from heaven. 

  That's exactly how Adam fell, you know, similar to how Lucifer fell down from heaven. From being a son of God in the full image and likeness of God, he fell until he adopted corrupted nature. 

So now the Holy Spirit comes to regenerate us back to restore us back to the original sinless state of Adam, the original glorified state of Adam so that we are better, higher and more worthy than we are where we are right now. This is work number one. 

Work number two renews. The Holy Spirit renews. What does it mean renew? It means to make like new, restore to freshness, restore to original vigor or to perfection. Original perfection. How is this done? When you meditate the Word of God day and night. Not only the water, the Word washes you, the Holy Spirit also renews your mind. Romans 12:2. How does the Holy Spirit does that? The scripture says he transforms your mind when it is renewed by the Word of God. 

So as you meditate the Word of God, the Holy Spirit transforms your mind. Your mind is renewed like how it was in the original state like the mind of Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:5, have the mind of Christ in you. When you have the mind of Christ in you, you can always know what is the good, the perfect and the acceptable will of God for your life is all the time. All the time because your mind will be so renewed, full of light. Be full of light. There's no darkness in your mind. You can you can think so clearly and heaven will be reflected in your mind. 

Just like how the apostle John saw a sea of glass before the throne of God. 

That's how your mind will become unfiltered. Unfiltered. There's no hindrance in your mind to discern the mind of the Spirit. No hindrances in your mind. No corruption in your mind. No clutterings in your mind to know the mind of God. 

 Let me explain to you like this. 

 I'm sure by this illustration you can identify yourself with this. 

 When you start speaking in unknown tongues, you do not know what you're talking about. But you keep on speaking by faith and then you pray for interpretation. So you just wait on God. 

You ask the Holy Spirit to give you the interpretation. As you are waiting on God, the Holy Spirit gives you the interpretation. Have you experienced this? Yes. 

All right. Good. Now stage two. As you mature in the spirit, as you progress in the knowledge of God, as you are praying in tongues, the interpretation comes to your mind. Have you experienced this? 

 You see, what is the difference between the two stages? As you keep on drawing closer and closer and closer to God. 

 Your mind has been refined and renewed, refined and renewed, refined and renewed, your mind becomes one with the mind of Christ. When we becomes one with the mind of Christ, whatever you are speaking to God in the spirit and when the Lord answers you back, your mind becomes because it  has become crystal clear. It can clearly hear what the Lord is speaking to you while you are speaking to Him at the same time. 

 It's a two-way traffic that takes place at the same time. Amen. 

 This is what happens when your mind is renewed and transformed. 

When you sit in the Presence of God to know the will of God over a situation, as soon as you become one with the Holy Spirit, you connect with the Holy Spirit, you can know what is the will of God because you have become transparent,  you become so transparent. 1 Corinthians 6:17 says, "He who is one with the Holy Spirit becomes one with the Lord." He's joined. 

 He who's joined with the Holy Spirit is one with the Lord. So when you're joined with the Holy Spirit in union, in communion, you become one with the Holy Spirit. Shall I tell you another secret? 

 The scripture says in John chapter 14 verse 21, when you meditate the word of God day and night, day and night, day and night, you be you make it a discipline in your life. The scripture says the Lord Jesus will manifest himself to you because the Word that you're meditating wil become flesh.

 What is just letters ABCD will take on a form and will manifest right before your eyes to see. That's what it says. John 14:21. "Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them."

 Then as you keep on drawing closer and closer to God, John 14:23 says, "The Father God and the Lord Jesus will come to make their abode with you." They're not far away there anymore. See, this is the kingdom of God has come down near to you, in you. 

 When they're standing so near to you, how can you not hear the mind of Christ? How can you not know the will of God? 

 You can always know the will of God. 

 So to be regenerated and to be renewed is the dual work of the Holy Spirit which is mentioned in 2 Corinthians chapter 3:18. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

 My dearly beloved brothers and sisters to be ¹born again, ²born of water, ³born of the spirit is the threefold work that the Holy Spirit does in our lives. 1 Corinthians chapter 6:1. You are washed,  you are sanctified, and you are Justified in the name of the Lord Jesus by the Holy Spirit. This is the work of the Holy Spirit that does in you when you draw closer to HIM. When you give importance to the Word of God in your life, not just hearing messages here and there. It's good to hear messages, good to read many good anointed authors, but they should not replace the Word of God. 

This is the grave mistake we are making in our Christian lives every day. We give so much importance to hearing a Word preached, a Word that's preached in the church on the internet or by reading good books and then you forget the most important thing; that is meditating the Word of God day and night. 

This Word must have preeminence  in your life. Then only then it will protect you from deception in the last days. If not, you will be carried aboard by every wind of doctrine that will come like a mighty tempest in these last days. 

We have a precedence in the scripture during the ministry of prophet Elijah. 

There were 101 prophets who were alive at that time or there were there would have been more but when Jezebel became the queen of Israel she killed many prophets. 

So hundred were protected by a man called Oadiah and then there was Elijah. 

So this 101 were good prophets of Jehovah. On the other hand, Jezebel had 850 false prophets. 

850 compared to 101. Now look at the amount of false prophets versus true prophets. What happened in that day is very true today. 

Very true today. The amount of false prophets and false teachers are greater. Their voices greater than the amount of good prophets and good teachers. 

So you are in the center to whom will you yield your year to this or that? This will cost you a price. This will pay you the price. They will pay you. This will tell you to carry the cross. 

If you are not grounded in the Word of God, you will be swayed by all the false teachings that will come to sweep. 

 Secondly, wash your clothes. They were told to wash their clothes. What does it mean? Wash yourself from things that defile you. What are the things that defile you? The works of the flesh. 

Galatians chapter 5: 19- 21. l ask all of you please to please turn your Bibles to Galatians chapter 5. 

: ¹⁹ The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; ²⁰ idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions ²¹ and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

 Did you bring your Bibles with you? 

 Is it good old fashioned Bibles or digital Bible? All right. Good. 

It's good to have a good old fashioned Bibles because they are precious. 

Galatians chapter 5 verse 19. 

 Now as I am reading these scriptures, I want you to introspect into your life whether the works of the flesh that are mentioned in this scripture, seventeen of them. How many are in your life? 

You don't have to answer me but you just answer to yourself. Are you ready?  Now the works of the flesh are evident which are: one adultery, two fornication, three uncleanness, four Iewdness, five idolatry, six sorcery, seven hatred. Eight, contentions. Nine, jealousies. 10, outbursts of wrath. 11 selfish ambitions. 12 dissensions. 13 heresies. 14 envy. 15 murders. 16 drunkenness. 17 rivalries and the like of which I tell you beforehand. Just as I also told you in time past that those, now pay attention to the last phrase, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 

So now the question is out of the 17, how many are found in your life? 

And I'm sure if you are sincere and honest to yourself , you can find more than one in your life. Am I right, everybody? 

 So more than one, at least one will be there. 

And the Scripture says, now look at the last phrase in verse 21. They who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Which means maybe in times past, you practice such works of the flesh, but from today you must put a full stop. Amen. 

From today, you put a full stop. Amen. 

 If you don't put a full stop, if you keep on practicing them, then you will not inherit the kingdom of God.

 Wash yourselves because such works of the flesh defile your soul. They defile your bodies. They corrupt your bodies. 

Secondly, to wash also means get rid of idols in your life. Genesis chapter 35:2, God told Jacob, "Now go to Bethel and present yourself there. Make an altar and worship me, seek me." 

Genesis 35:2 describes Jacob instructing his household to remove foreign gods, purify themselves, and change their clothes before going to Bethel. This was part of Jacob's preparation to worship God at Bethel, where he had previously encountered God.

So in a sense going to Bethel was like going into the kingdom of God because he's going to create an altar and worship God, seek God, he was going to have an encounter with God. 

So before he can go to the kingdom of God, now look what Jacob told his family. He said to his household and to all who are with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments. Purify. Wash yourselves. Change your garments. Put away the foreign gods, the idols. 

2 Corinthians chapter 6:16 says, "Idols have no place in the temple of God." And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God and they shall be my people. What place has idol in you? You are the temple of God. How can there be an idol inside you? 

 Are there idols inside you? If I ask this question, most of you will think of idols of from heathen religion and say, "No, I have no idols." But Ephesians 5:5 says covetousness is idolatry.  

Covetousness. So that's an idol. So by that we have many idols inside us. 

 The church can become an idol. The ministry can become an idol. The gifts of the Holy Spirit can become an idol. You idolize them so much so that you miss the Holy Spirit. Wow. You never thought like that, huh? 

 I remember now, I can quote this because it is public.  I'm sure you all know pastor Benny Hinn. So he wrote the book Good Morning Holy Spirit. Have you read the book? 

 What I'm going to share here is found in his book Good Morning Holy Spirit. So at the height of his ministry, he became so busy in the ministry, running here, running there, all over the world preaching the gospel. So one day as he was about to go to the stage to preach, he prayed, "Holy Spirit, anoint me, come to me, Holy Spirit." So as he was praying like that, the Holy Spirit told him, he heard the voice of the Holy Spirit, say, "don't pray that the Holy Spirit be upon you. Pray the Holy Spirit who left you will come back." He 23:31 was shocked. He says in his book, I'm not adding one word. I'm not subtracting any word. He was shocked. He asked the Holy Spirit, "What do you mean you left me?" Yeah. The Holy Spirit said, "When you were young, not young in the flesh, when you starting your ministry, you spend hours seeking God. But when you became popular, you forgot the Lord God who anointed you. You thought the gifts alone can make you stand before the masses. You didn't need me. So, I left you." So, he fell on his face. He repented and he cried and he cancelled all his meetings schedule for the rest of the year. And he fell on his face and he sought God until the Holy Spirit came back to him. 

See, idolize the anointing. Idolize the gifting. 

You cannot deny that Pastor Benny was specially anointed by God. Now, if I throw my shawl around, no one will fall. Slain in the Spirit. Most commonly, being "slain in the Spirit" happens when a minister lays hands on someone, and that person collapses to the floor, supposedly overcome by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

 Right? Even if I try, if I throw my shirt, no one will fall. If I wave my hand, no one is going to fall. Right? 

 But look at that man, Benny Hinn. Just a wave of his hand. Hundreds people falling at the same time. It cannot be just a fluke. 

 It cannot be just because one person holding the hand of another person holding another person and one falls all like dominoes. There have been instances where no one was holding anybody's hands. It's the anointing. It's the power of God. This cannot be denied. 

 Cannot be denied. ( Check this out here ) 

 But then you idolize that. You idolize that. That becomes your God. Now you forgot the God who gives the anointing. 

You forgot the God who gives the anointing. So that becomes your idol now. 

 So what are the idols in your lives?

 Now you need to wash away. Get rid of all the idols in your lives. And James 4:8 says, "Wash your hands. Wash your hands. 

 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded." Two things are mentioned here. Cleanse your hands, purify your hearts. What do they mean? 

Number one,  cleanse your hands means cleanse the works of your hands.  What are the works of your hands? Are they righteous works? Are they holy works? Are the works of your hands in the perfect will of God?  Are the works that you're doing, authorized by God, commanded by God, or you're doing your own works? 

Psalms 15:2 says, "Who can ascend up the holy tabernacle of God? He who has clean hands and a clean heart. 

Who can enter? The holy tabernacle means the kingdom of God. Who can enter? He who has clean hands. 

In Matthew chapter 7:21-23, a group of preachers come and stand before the Lord God. And the Lord Jesus Christ said, I do not know who you are. Go to hell. So the preachers were shocked. So they said, Lord, what do you mean you do not know who you we are? We preach in your name. We cast out demons in your name. We heal the sick in your name. We prophesy in your name. How can you say you do not know who we are? 

Now the amazing thing is this. The Lord Jesus Christ did not discount whatever they said. He did not discount that. He did not reject what they said. He acknowledged that they preached in His name. They healed the sick in His name. They cast out demons in His name. They prophesied in His name. He acknowledged them doing all those works. However, he said, "But you did not do the will of my Father. You did all these works which I did not ask you to do. Did I ask you to do all that? No. 

You went out to build your own kingdom You built your own ministry. And I do not recognize that. 

So the works of your hands need to wash, analyze, look at yourself. 

The works that I'm doing, are they truly ordained of God? Am I building the kingdom of God or am I building my own kingdom? 

Secondly, purify your hearts. 

What does that mean? The heart here refers to the thoughts. Your thought life. Purify your thought life. 

In Matthew chapter 5: verses 27 to 28, the Lord Jesus said, "You have heard it been said in the old, when a man commits adultery, do not commit adultery. But I say unto you, whoever looks at a woman and lust after her has committed adultery in the heart. This teaching emphasizes that sin begins in the heart and mind, not just in actions. 

Adultery - "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

You don't need to touch a woman or toucha man physically. You don't need to. But you're touching a girl or a boy with your eyes. You are undressing them with your eyes. Your thoughts they does. 

You know your mind is greater than ChatGPT. 

 A Al generative Al. Do you use generative Al in your works? Now today with the marvels of Al technology ,  because I'm in the television industry I keep up with the technology. 

And now with the Al tool, you don't need any A-list actors. You don't need to go to Hollywood. Just have a computer 💻 and a brain 🧠. That's all you need, a brain and you type an entire script on the computer.   And just press ENTER . And after a few minutes or maybe an hour , a ONE-HOUR feature film is made ready for you. 

Today,  Al movie is becoming the in thing. Now we have incorporated some in our own television ministry. Now you know we put subtitles in our programs so that other language channels can read the subtitles from the Indian programs in English. In the olden days, my staff work for 3 days to subtitle a half an hour program. When we adopted Al tools, now it takes 30 minutes. What took 3 days, now takes 30 minutes. Done. But I show you a better Al. It is not called Al, it's called MI, mind intelligence. 

 It can create better images, faster images than any human technology. And this mind can do all evil works. You can look at a woman, lust after her, look at a man, lust after him, undress, go to bed together, do everything all in the secrecy of your mind without going anywhere. 

 So the Lord Jesus Christ says, purify your thoughts. If you want to discern the mind of God, you want to know the will of God, cleanse your thoughts. Cleanse your mind. Meditate on the Word.  📖 Thinking with God, day and night. 

Psalm 138:2 states that God has magnified His Word above all His name. 

This emphasizes the importance and authority of God's word in relation to His character and reputation.

◄ Psalm 138:2 ►

 

New International Version

I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.

New Living Translation

I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises are backed by all the honor of your name.

English Standard Version

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

Berean Standard Bible

I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

Berean Literal Bible

I bow down toward the temple of Your holiness, and I give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion, and for Your faithfulness; for You have magnified above all Your name and Your word.

King James Bible

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

New King James Version

I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.

New American Standard Bible

I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your truth; For You have made Your word great according to all Your name.

NASB 1995

I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.

NASB 1977

I will bow down toward Thy holy temple, And give thanks to Thy name for Thy lovingkindness and Thy truth; For Thou hast magnified Thy word according to all Thy name.

Legacy Standard Bible

I will worship toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.

Amplified Bible

I will bow down [in worship] toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word together with Your name.

Berean Annotated Bible

I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

Christian Standard Bible

I will bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your constant love and truth. You have exalted your name and your promise above everything else.

Holman Christian Standard Bible

I will bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your constant love and truth. You have exalted Your name and Your promise above everything else.

American Standard Version

I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Contemporary English Version

I worship at your holy temple and praise you for your love and your faithfulness. You were true to your word and made yourself more famous than ever before.

English Revised Version

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

GOD'S WORD® Translation

I will bow toward your holy temple. I will give thanks to your name because of your mercy and truth. You have made your name and your promise greater than everything.

Good News Translation

I face your holy Temple, bow down, and praise your name because of your constant love and faithfulness, because you have shown that your name and your commands are supreme.

International Standard Version

I will bow down in worship toward your holy Temple and give thanks to your name for your gracious love and truth, for you have done great things to carry out your word consistent with your name.

NET Bible

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.

New Heart English Bible

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your word above all.

Webster's Bible Translation

I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Majority Text Translations

Majority Standard Bible

I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

World English Bible

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version

I bow myself toward Your holy temple, "" And I confess Your Name, "" For Your kindness, and for Your truth, "" For You have made Your saying great above all Your Name.

Berean Literal Bible

I bow down toward the temple of Your holiness, and I give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion, and for Your faithfulness; for You have magnified above all Your name and Your word.

Young's Literal Translation

I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.

Smith's Literal Translation

I will worship to thy holy temple, and I will praise thy name for thy mercy and for thy truth: for thou didst magnify thy word over all thy name.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible

I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy holy name above all.

Catholic Public Domain Version

I will adore before your holy temple, and I will confess your name: it is above your mercy and your truth. For you have magnified your holy name above all.

New American Bible

I bow low toward your holy temple; I praise your name for your mercy and faithfulness. For you have exalted over all your name and your promise.

New Revised Standard Version

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness; for you have exalted your name and your word above everything.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible

I will worship in thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above every name.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated

I shall worship in the temple of your holiness and I shall give thanks to your Name for your kindness and for your truth, because you have extolled your Word above every name!

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917

I will bow down toward Thy holy temple, And give thanks unto Thy name for Thy mercy and for Thy truth; For Thou hast magnified Thy word above all Thy name.

Brenton Septuagint Translation

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name, on account of thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy holy name above every thing.

◄ Psalm 138:2 ►

 

Modern Translations

New International Version

I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.

New Living Translation

I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises are backed by all the honor of your name.

English Standard Version

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

Berean Study Bible

I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

New American Standard Bible

I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your truth; For You have made Your word great according to all Your name.

NASB 1995

I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.

NASB 1977

I will bow down toward Thy holy temple, And give thanks to Thy name for Thy lovingkindness and Thy truth; For Thou hast magnified Thy word according to all Thy name.

Amplified Bible

I will bow down [in worship] toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word together with Your name.

Christian Standard Bible

I will bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your constant love and truth. You have exalted your name and your promise above everything else.

Holman Christian Standard Bible

I will bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your constant love and truth. You have exalted Your name and Your promise above everything else.

Contemporary English Version

I worship at your holy temple and praise you for your love and your faithfulness. You were true to your word and made yourself more famous than ever before.

Good News Translation

I face your holy Temple, bow down, and praise your name because of your constant love and faithfulness, because you have shown that your name and your commands are supreme.

GOD'S WORD® Translation

I will bow toward your holy temple. I will give thanks to your name because of your mercy and truth. You have made your name and your promise greater than everything.

International Standard Version

I will bow down in worship toward your holy Temple and give thanks to your name for your gracious love and truth, for you have done great things to carry out your word consistent with your name.

NET Bible

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.

Classic Translations

King James Bible

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

New King James Version

I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.

King James 2000 Bible

I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your lovingkindness and for your truth: for you have magnified your word above all your name.

New Heart English Bible

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your word above all.

World English Bible

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.

American King James Version

I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your loving kindness and for your truth: for you have magnified your word above all your name.

American Standard Version

I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

A Faithful Version

I will worship toward Your holy temple, and praise Your name for Your lovingkindness, and for Your truth; for You have magnified above all--Your name and Your word.

Darby Bible Translation

I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

English Revised Version

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Webster's Bible Translation

I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Early Modern

Geneva Bible of 1587

I will worship toward thine holy Temple and praise thy Name, because of thy louing kindenesse and for thy trueth: for thou hast magnified thy Name aboue all things by thy word.

Bishops' Bible of 1568

I wyll make my lowe obeysaunce towarde thy holy temple: and I wyll prayse thy holy name in respect of thy louing kindnesse and trueth. (138:3) For thou hast magnified thy name: and thy worde aboue all thinges.

Coverdale Bible of 1535

I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teple, and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth, for thou hast magnified thy worde, acordynge vnto thy greate name.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version

I bow myself toward Your holy temple, "" And I confess Your Name, "" For Your kindness, and for Your truth, "" For You have made Your saying great above all Your Name.

Young's Literal Translation

I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.

Smith's Literal Translation

I will worship to thy holy temple, and I will praise thy name for thy mercy and for thy truth: for thou didst magnify thy word over all thy name.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible

I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy holy name above all.

Catholic Public Domain Version

I will adore before your holy temple, and I will confess your name: it is above your mercy and your truth. For you have magnified your holy name above all.

Translations from Aramaic

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated

I shall worship in the temple of your holiness and I shall give thanks to your Name for your kindness and for your truth, because you have extolled your Word above every name!

Lamsa Bible

I will worship in thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above every name.

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917

I will bow down toward Thy holy temple, And give thanks unto Thy name for Thy mercy and for Thy truth; For Thou hast magnified Thy word above all Thy name.

Brenton Septuagint Translation

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name, on account of thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy holy name above every thing.