Monday, June 10, 2024, 07:14
Maybe this has all just been for me.
Don’t know how to be friends.
Don’t know how to study.
Don’t read that well.
Can’t spell worth beans.
Don’t always use the right words when speaking.
Am still a sinner.
Time spent with others is mostly wasted.
Time spent by myself is mostly wasted.
Don’t know how to be friends or make friends, have never really had a friend, except for my wife, have always been someone who sets alone, or in a group the one who doesn’t say much of anything.
Learned about the chain of command at a young age and that when you step out from under that chain you are uncovered, exposed and can easily be attacked.
That chain was:
Father God
Lord Jesus
Dad
Mom
me
At this time in my life is:
Father God
Lord Jesus
me
Wife
Kids
My responsibility:
First; is to Father God and my Lord, Christ Jesus and to follow His precepts and commandments.
To love the Lord my God with all my heart, mind and soul, and to love my neighbor as myself.
Second; humble myself before my Lord Jesus, repent of my sins and seek His Kingdome and His righteousness.
Third; is to protect and provide for my Wife.
As Christ does for His bride the Church.
Fourth; is to live a Godly life, be available for biblical advice, insight and direction for my kids and now grandkids.
life to be sen daily and advice given when asked for.
The fifth; is to share the gospel of Christ with those Christ brings into my path.
Other than the above i have no purpose.
And at most of this i fell i have failed greatly.
My wife and i are now 69 and 70, have been together for over 50 years, both having the years caching up with us, not moving around that well, lack of physical stability, and are now looking at the possibly of being homeless in another month posably two.
We live in an area that is harsh in winter, can dip down to -20 for weeks, and windy.
So will be interesting living in our little truck canopy, in the wilderness, this coming winter.
Not enough invome to rent even a cheap place.
The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.
He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
Even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i fear no evil,
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.
Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And i will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
What more could we ever need or want than to be in the arms of Jesus our Lord and savior.
The one who gave of Himself so that our debt of sin we could and cannot ever pay, has paid that debt for us.
The one we owe are all to, Christ our LORD Jesus.
The one who rose from the dead, victories over death hell and the grave.
The one who said
“I go and prepare a place for you, I will come aging and receive you to Myself, that where i am there you may be also.”
Come quickly Lord Jesus come.
We have no checking account nor worldly savings,
we have few worldly possessions,
we have but only a skimpy monthly retirement income,
and now it look as if in a month or two we will not have a home in this world.
But then for over 55 years i have said
“this world is not my home.”
Jesus said our needs will be met, so our trust is in Him.
Matthew 6:25-34
“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not worth much more than they?
And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
And why are you worried about clothing?
Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you?
You of little faith!
Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’
or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’
For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Lord our lives are in your hands, we choose to trust in you.
Show us the path we are to go down, Amen and Amen
This world is not our home!
Our treasure is in heaven!
Lord Jesus we need Your direction.
Holy Spirit teach us what we are needing to learn.
Thank you for your prayers.
out for now.
Friday, June 7, 2024, 06:19
{{{ Christ Jesus knows we live in a world where Satan dwells, He is verry much aware of that.
But seems a lot of the time (most of the time) the church forgets that, and just excepts what shows up in our lives as being from GOD.
We are not to just go along with the things of this world, they belong to Satan.
We are to hold fast the name of the Lord, Christ Jesus, we are Not to deny our faith in Him nor His faith in us.
Not even when those around us may be killed or we ourselves may be looking at death due to our faith in Christ Jesus. who was killed among you,
Matthew 10:28
“Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” }}}
{{{ Christ Jesus knows we live in a world where Satan dwells, He is verry much aware of that.
But seems a lot of the time (most of the time) the church forgets that, and just excepts what shows up in our lives as being from GOD.
We are not to just go along with the things of this world, they belong to Satan.
We are to hold fast the name of the Lord, Christ Jesus, we are Not to deny our faith in Him nor His faith in us.
Not even when those around us may be killed or we ourselves may be looking at death due to our faith in Christ Jesus.
Matthew 10:28
“Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” }}}
{{{ Are your deeds set towards the Lord?
Are your love and faith and service and perseverance set towards the Lord?
Are your deeds of late are greater than at first?
Or are you living off your past, thinking what you did when you first became a Follower of Christ will carry your through to His return?
We, each and every one who are followers of Christ Jesus should be living a life that each and every moment is set in the path the Lord has set out in His word for us to follow.
Matthew 22:37- 40
And Jesus said to him,
“YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’
This is the great and foremost commandment.
The second is like it,
YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
In John 14:15 Jesus tells us
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.” }}}
{{{ The GOD of creation knows His creation.
He knows who is walking this earth and of those who is dead and who is alive.
So many in the church are dead, just a ghost of who they were created to be.
Church it is time to WAKE UP and strengthen that live from Christ that still remains in you. // To do so you need to spend time in the word of GOD, you need to spend time talking (communicating) with the Lord your God.
You need to be set in motion to find that narrow path leading to the small gate, and taking as many along with you to find it. //
Remembering what you have already received and heard from the word of GOD; keep it alive and operating in and through your life,
Repent of your lack of faith and concern,
repent of your willing ness to follow after the world and its loves.
Repenting of your sins, turning from sin and turning to the Lord your God. }}}
{{{ Christ Jesus knows when our deeds are towards our self or toward the world and its ways.
Just as He knows when our deeds are toward Him.
He knows the level of our straight no matter how little it may be, He knows if you have denied His name or if you are still faithful.
Christ our Lord knows all about you, your thoughts and your actions. }}}
{{{ He knows if you are attending church for other purposed then to learn how to live closer to Him, to learn how to fulfill your longing to find the narrow path that leads to the small gate.
Or if you are there for the social gathering, to make your appearance.
Or to fulfill an obligation to please others, so the rest of the week you can live in the world for the world and fulfill your own desires in life.
Our you hot or cold?
Cold or hot?
Will you be spit out or taken in? }}}
{{{ Are you one who loved Christ when you first excepting Him,
but over time that love has weekend and your love has gone back to the things and ways of this world.
Jesus straight out says repent (turn from what you are doing and are involved in and return to Him, for unless you repent and return to following after Him, He will remove you. }}}
These things are important.
We are to be like Christ our Lord, not just know who He is and How He lived when He was on earth in the form of a man.
This takes a heart change on our part, are we willing to obey His commandments?
Or our we to attached to the world and its ways?
Christ Jesus knows our thoughts as well as He knows our actions.
We are warned all through the scripters of how we are to live, but how many adhere to the words of GOD?
Why does the church follow more after the world and its ways rather than the words of the Lord our God.
We have been so programed to think we need more, that more is better.
Why is it when the world comes up with a new toy, we think we need to have it?
Why do we say something is from God when it is used to displease God?
Why when our Lord Jesus tells us to not be attached to the world or the things of this world why is it that every day, we strive to have more of it?
Our lives are to glorify Christ Jesus, to honor Him and to bring blessings to Him,
But the church the bride of Christ in America seems to want to glorify self.
As so many Followers of Christ around the earth are being persecuted, many put to death because they clam Christ Jesus as their Lord and savior, so many in America think they are persecuted if their internet goes down for five minutes, or if they have to wait more for an order of food when they go to a restraint.
Always thinking about self rather than others.
Complaining about any and everything that causes them any discomfort, and calling it persecution.
The America Christian is only now starting to see real persecution.
Our GOD has told us
“If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you."
As the Church, believers in and followers of our Lord Christ Jesus we are also told;
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
Can you humble yourself?
Can you take the time to seek the face of GOD?
Can you turn from the wickedness in your life?
1John 1:8
“If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.”
It is time to figure out who you are in Christ Jesus.
It is time to seek the Kingdom of GOD and His righteousness,
It is past time to humble yourself before GOD and seek His face.
It is time to know who you are in Christ Jesus before you find out what real persecution is.
Matthew 10:22
“You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.”
Matthew 24:9-13
“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.
Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.
Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.
But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.”
Something to not only think about but to make a choice about and then stand firm in your choice.
Chose this day who you will serve.
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 05:23
The just shall live by faith.
Have your mind and heart set on the LORD daily, moment by moment.
Jesus told us if we follow Him, we will be hated by the world just as He is heated by the world.
We are to be holy as He is holy.
We are to seek first The Kingdom of God His righteousness.
Each and every day the first thing we should be concerned about should be to seek GOD, His Kingdom and His righteousness, this should take place before any other things, any other thoughts.
If God is first in our lives this should not be a problem.
If God is our first love, He will be in our thoughts daily, moment by moment.
GOD will never force you to seek Him, but He is faithful and will be there for you when you chose to turn to Him and seek Him.
Be aware of what you are thinking when you wake each morning,
Be aware of what you are thinking when you are facing a hardship.
You have the option to have a true relationship with the LORD, It is your choice to spend time with Him just as it is your choice to waste your time on other things, it is your choice, as to who or what is going to be important to you. It is your choice if you will put Christ Jesus first or an afterthought. It is your choice if you will talk with Him through out your day, or to be to busy to even think about Him.
As a Christian, as Christians, if as much time was spent seeking the Kingdom of God as is spent on choosing a movie, or choosing what you are going to eat, how much more of a relationship would you have with the LORD your GOD.
We give so many more things our time then we give to the Lord, It seems most who go by the name Christian are so much more concerned about the things of this world than seeking The Kingdom of God.
When job, home, car, clothing, what others may think and so much more are the first things thought of the major things thought of through out your days, then you need to reevaluate your priorities.
You need to reevaluate what God you are serving. Reevaluate what is truly important to you and your life.
Each morning, each day you will chose to seek after someone or something, If you are going to go by the name Christian then chose to seek first The Kingdom of God and His righteousness.
Not the things of this world.
Is your faith in the Lord?
If so than the choice should not be a hear one to make.
If your faith and trust is firmly planted in the lord, you should know He will provide all your needs, He knows what you have need of.
If you chose to put your faith and trust in men and the tings of man, all i can say is good luck, you will need it.
And don’t be shocked or amazed when you stand before the Lord and He says to you;
“Depart from Me for I never knew you”,
for in reality that will be what you have been asking for.
Rather then being upset for what is posted here you might take a moment to calm down and think about it.
Think about what you truly want out of the life that has been given to you.
Think about where you want to spend eternity.
It is your choice, so chose wisely.
Monday, May 27, 2024, 06:42
Matthew 6:9-15
“Pray, then, in this way:
Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.”
{{ This prayer has been on my mind for some time now.
i resight it almost every morning and sometimes throughout the day.
Jesus tells us to pray in this manner, and then points out the part of forgiving others,
There are many times it comes to mind the word transgressions instead of debtors,
Every time i think about it and who i may be holding a grudge or unforgiveness against, or who may have transgressed me, or who may owe me a debt, no one comes to mind.
What does come to mind is that every instance in my life that i have held something against someone ells it has been my fault, something of my making a situation from something i said or did.
No one owes me anything, and it seems that i am to blame do to my own bad attitude or felling of being miss used,
but in reality, each instance was brought on by my own evil heart or mind.
This kind of scars me, because i don’t want to miss forgiving any one for anything they may have done, but when i ask the LORD to show me who i am holding a grudge against or that i have not forgiven, each instance when thought through each one has been of my own making.
i have gone as far as thinking of things going on in the world that cause me concerned, such as the weather and food being weaponized as i have written about in former post, about what our government has and is doing against the people, against me.
This morning i realized i need to forgive them also.
Forgiving them is just as important and valid and forgiving anyone ells.
They seem to be the only people who have done tings against me, things to do harm to me, So, this morning i am taking the resolve to forgive the government and the actors their in for what they have and are doing against me, to our country.
Even though i may not know each and every person involved or even the full extent of what they have done and are doing, in my heart i know i must forgive them.
So here and now publicly, i forgive them each and every one for each and every thing.
And Lord i ask for forgiveness for my debts i owe others, that i am sure there are many, for it seems it has been my own actions that have brought times of grief not only to my self but to others i have known.
It has been my sins that has been the problem, not theirs against me.}}
Psalm 23 is the other prayer i pray often.
Psalm 23:1-6
¶ A Psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.
He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.
Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
{{ The Lord is my shepherd;
In days of old a shepherd personally took care of His flock, spent hours upon hours days upon days with His flock watching over and caring for them, protecting them from their adversary’s, lions, tigers, bear, wolves and such,
just as Jesus our LORD takes care of us, watching over protecting and defending us,
He is our great shepherd, our protector and our provider.
In days of old the shepherd made sure there sheep had want of nothing, continually moving them to green pastures and fresh water so they would have plenty and could rest peacefully knowing He was watching over them.
As we are willing to trust in the Lord and follow His instructions He does and is doing the same for us.
He restores our soul;
He guides us in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
So that as the Father says of Christ Jesus
“This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!”
(( i love this statement Father God made of Jesus because at the end He states “listen to Him!” ))
for if we will but listen to the words of Christ Jesus they will draw us in to Him, that we will desire more and more of Jesus for us to live in Him and He to live in us, for us to be more and more like Him (Jesus) so that we may hear those word enter in my good and faithful servant.
Matthew 7:21
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Matthew 25:21
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'
In Acts 14:22 we are told that being disciples of Christ Jesus we are being taught so that our souls will be strengthened and encouraged to continue in faith in Jesus and are told that “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
The ting is that with Christ Jesus as our shepherd He (Jesus) is there to protect us from the evil one and will provide all our needs.
Always our needs not always are wants, desires or lust.
We are told in Luke 12:22-32 some major things we need to know and understand:
1. we need not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
“For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing."
2. which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life’s span?
If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?
3. You of little faith! do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
4. “But seek His kingdom, (The Kingdom of GOD) and these things will be added to you.
And as most of you know I seem to always go back to Matthew “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
By trusting in our Lord, by having our faith firmly planted in Him, we can boldly say;
Even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.
Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And i will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
For our shepherd is the LORD Christ Jesus he is the great shepherd who has given Himself for our redemption, the shepherd who with His rod and staff draws us in to His will and protection, the shepherd who gave His all so that we may dwell with Him throughout eternity, without want or need for He is our provider and our provision.
What ells could we ever have need of?
The Lord is my shepherd, i shall not want. }}
Saturday, May 25, 2024, 06:03
When one party of a debate is allowed to own both sides of the discussion, there can be no justice.
Just look at the United States Congress if you doute that.
Both sides of any conversations have been controlled by one party for decades and the people have had no justice.
Both the house and the senate have been under the control of one party and we the people have been deceived, and have recived no justice.
Debates and hearings go on and on but there is no justice found for the people.
Hearings are held everyday but one side controls the narrative and the people find no justice.
Liberty and justice have all but been removed from the lives of the people, once gone we have no constitution, we have no freedom, we have no rights for the one-party system will remove our constitution.
You want to save your freedom?
You want to save your ability to choose?
You want to live a life out from under a tyrannical dictator system?
Then stand up and be counted.
We live in a fallen world but it is our choice as to how much control that fallen world has on each of us.
By turning to Christ Jesus, following His commandments, we can find and have true freedom.
When the vote was settled on our constitution, Benjamin Franklin was asked
“what did we get” his response was
“a Constitutional Republic, if you can keep it”
The original language in the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights states is as follows;
Amendment II
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Even according to British law, citizens had natural rights to life, and therefore, to self-defense, and therefore to arms.
But a tyrannical government tris to remove that right from the people, this is done so that their resistance can simply be quenched by a show of force.
For if a people can defend themselves, they are heard to control when that body of people relies their freedom is being taken away.
The Constitutional Congress included the Second Amendment, which allows citizens to bear arms because of the importance of not only self-defense but for the defense of the nation.
Due to the democratic tyrannical form of government, we are seeing almost daily clams being made of an inherent danger of allowing citizens to arm themselves.
They have made the Second Amendment the most controversial amendments of the Bill of Rights.
Father GOD has given us the right and ability to defend ourselves.
But the one-sided government has been trying to take that right and ability away from the citizens for decades.
But has now given that right to the people who have invaded our country.
There is truly only one way out of this mess we as citizens find our selves in, Fathe God have given us the way out.
“If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Want your freedom back?
Want a life of liberty and justice?
Then humble yourself before the Lord your God, repent of your sins,
pray and seek the face of your God and turn from your wicked ways.
If we the people who are called by His name will do our part He will fallow through and do as He said, He will heal our land.
Or are you to self-centered,
are your sins so precious to you that you can’t let them go,
not even to save your county?
Call your self by the name of Christ?
Semes to go right back to Matthew
Matthew 7:21-24
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
And then I will declare to them,
"I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS."
Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
The saddest and most disturbing words anyone will ever hear, words that will burn in your eyers and mind for eternity;
“”I never knew you, depart from me.””
Think about it.
Are you a Christian? Or is that just a label you use to make others think good of you, or to fool yourself to think you will make it in to heaven?
Why don’t you do more than think about it,
Bend your knee to the Lord humble yourself, turn from your sins,
Seek His face, and turn from the evil in your life.
Amendment I of the Bill of Rights
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Simply sated the government does not have the right or authority to establish a religion.
Nor does it have the right or authority to prohibit the free exercise of any religion.
Nor does it have the right or authority to interfere with speech of the people or the press.
Nor does it have the right or authority to interfere with the PEACEABLY assemble of the people.
Nor does it have the right or authority to interfere or stop the people from presenting a formal written application seeking a court's intervention and action on a matter to the Government. for a redress (To put in order again; to make right; to emend; to revise) of grievances. (cause of hardship or harm the government may have placed upon the people).
the second Amendment of the Bill of Rights does not and never has said that the Church nor the Christian can not have influence on the government but that the government is not to have any influence in nor on the Chruch.
Such as is going on right now against the Church and the Christian community.
But if you are not willing to put your faith in the Lord your GOD, seek first His Kingdome and His righteousness, bend a knee humbling yourself before the Lord your GOD and turn from your evil ways.
Then just stop complaining and except your consequences from the evil in this world, and ultimately the LORD on the final day of judgment.
Evil prospers when the good people do not stand up for what is right.
Making the good people just as guilty of evil as the ones doing evil.
Now think about that.
Where do you stand?
If you do not stand for something, you will fall for anything.
So why don't you stand for the LORD your GOD before it is to late.