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February 11 Yesterday I took our rifles to the range and made sure that they were sighted in. My grandson had indicated he wanted to go coyote hunting and I wanted to be sure the rifles would hit where we aimed. It always makes me wonder how a gun can get out of its zero while it is just sitting in the gun cabinet? But after a few shots they we ready to go again. Our lives are much the same. We accept CHRIST and after a while we just sit, complacent of the value of what CHRIST has done. And in that time, we lose our zero, we get off track, losing what we have been set toward. If we kept ourselves in use, working and reading GOD'S WORD, we would be in tune and not wander off our settings. Be active, stay near to GOD and be an effective tool in HIS harvest. GOD bless you.

February 10 There are two forces within us constantly fighting for control. If you follow your own inclinations, your life will produce impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure, idolatry, spiritism, hatred and fighting, jealousy and anger, constant effort to get the best for yourself, complaint and criticism and feeling that everyone else is wrong except those in your own little group. There will be wrong doctrine, envy, murder,  drunkenness and wild parties. BUT, if the HOLY SPIRIT controls your life, HE will produce within you, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control! What counts is whether we have really been changed into new and different people! Galatians has given us this example to tell the world, from those who will join CHRIST. Which side do you align with? May the GRACE of our LORD JESUS CHRIST be with us all. 

February 9 Some spent thousands to be at the super bowl. Some prayed that their team would win. Some watched as they ate and drank. Some could care less! But I can brag that I had the best seat in the house. If I was thirsty GOD gave me drink. If I was hungry, GOD gave me food! I saw the game from the comfort of our own home! Who could ask for more? GOD has given much more than we can ever thank HIM for. We live in comfort, filling ourselves with any commodity that is available. At our own wish we can have anything we want. But both teams cannot win! There is a winner and a loser, as far as the score is concerned. There are also winners and losers in eternal affairs! Those whose name is written in the BOOK of LIFE receive eternal life. All others do not! We must work to obtain fitness and work toward HIS goal! Sitting on the sideline or in the stands, will get us nothing. We must fight, even against our own bodies at times to gain the faithful ground needed to conquer. GOD is NOT a game; life is but practice to reach a point of worthiness. May GOD help each to strive for that ultimate goal. GOD bless you.

February 8 I don't know why, but yesterday I thought about what I would like my obituary to say. It contained very little about my life prior to 2017 when GOD became real, because that didn't matter anymore. Other than my love for hunting and fishing has turned towards mankind.  It should contain the mighty miracles that brought me to the place that I am today, and the words of Billy Graham saying, "I could have done so much more," that was the inspiration to start these messages many years ago.  As it was read to those that may be in attendance, a question should be asked for those whose life was impacted by mine to stand up and GOD willing at least one would! And oh, the JOY of HIS ANGELS and my soul, if there was more! Our lives should leave an impact on the future, not of this world, but the life that has so gloriously blessed me since that day of rebirth! Though the world may never know who I was, I pray that our impact on this world be that our FAITH was put into actions. That we became alive through CHRIST where we will live forever. And the sorrow we have for those who choose to continue their way toward hells tortures. May we each look toward where CHRIST is in our lives and spread HIS loving open hand toward those in this dying world. For we will not be dead, we are just now born into eternity.  GOD be with you. May your life be a beacon of light to those around you. GOD bless you.

February 7 As the big football game approaches, I am reminded that our lives mimic that game in some ways. If 72 years is the average lifespan, then 18 would be the 1st quarter, 36 would be the halftime and 54 would be the third quarter and 72 would be the end of the game! Any time over that is overtime and ends in 'sudden death'. At death we do not receive a participation award for our comfort. No, GOD is fair and just, we receive what we sow! We must TRUST GOD to call the plays of our life. If we fail to run the play, we will be benched. There are many players that never make it to the NFL, they do not qualify as the best, there will be many that will not be in HEAVEN, because they do not even try or TRUST and BELIEVE in their teammates! As you watch the game, liken it to your life, be a valuable player, run the play that GOD has designed for you. GOD bless.  P.S. Be sure to watch the alternative halftime show. It is available to us all. 

February 6 In 2017 when GOD became real in my life, I would never have guessed what these days would hold. As I look back at the changes in my life, I notice that the rest of the world has moved in an equal or more dramatic way, away from GOD. In only a few short years the world has aligned itself into the very way that the WORD of GOD has said. The pathway has become clearer to GOD'S chosen and the blinded have been deceived! It has never been a more important time for GOD'S children to put away the childish quarrels and unite together to attempt to save those so adapt at destroying. There remains no time to discuss the basics of our FAITH, but is now the time to unite into action. Each time that I read through the BIBLES WORDS of what the future holds, those WORDS become reality all around us. The CHRISTIAN ways are under attack ALL over the world, even in YOUR home town! Will we be the FAITHFUL WARRIORS or those who simply allow the enemy to conquer? Can we stand for our FAITH or wilt in the face of fire? May GOD be important enough that we stand against the enemy. May HE bless you as we stand with HIM. 5 The other day I had a tooth pulled. It was always the tooth that would need repair almost every time. And ever since I had covid it hurt like it had a cavity, so much so that it made the bottom tooth hurt and when I went to the dentist, I told him that I didn't know if it was the upper or lower!  Now that it's gone, I am glad to be rid of it. It always caused problems. That made me think of society today. The few bad apples that cause our teeth to stand on edge are looming as if they were great numbers, when they are only a few 'squeaking wheels'. "Leave them, separate yourselves from them, don't touch their filthy things and I will welcome you." GOD tells us. Like that irritating tooth, we are better off without it. We can certainly look forward to the JOY of CHRIST'S return and the comfort of HIS rule. Indeed, a few bad apples can ruin the whole bunch. May GOD keep HIS protection on those who love HIM. GOD bless you.

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February 4 As I was reading this morning I saw many underlined verses; today's message is a connection of those lines.  "We are perplexed because we do not know why things happen as they do, but we don't give up and quit." "The troubles will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever."  "Now we look forward with confidence to our heavenly bodies, realizing that every moment we spend in these earthly bodies is time spent away from our eternal home in heaven with JESUS." "Each of us will RECEIVE whatever he deserves for the good or bad things he has done in his earthly body." "Since we believe that CHRIST died for all of us, we should also believe that we have died to the old life we used to live."  "He is not the same any more. A new life has begun." "We are CHRIST'S ambassadors. GOD is using us to speak to you, we beg you as though CHRIST were here pleading with you, receive the love HE offers you, be reconciled to GOD. For GOD took the sinless CHRIST and poured into HIM our sins. Then in exchange, he poured GOD'S goodness into us!" "Right now, GOD is ready to welcome you. Today HE is ready to save you." That is GOD'S message to each of us, may GOD bless you.

February 3 It is a wonderful thing to be alive! If a person lives to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life, but let us also remember that eternity is far longer and that everything we do here is futile in comparison. It is wonderful to be young, but you must account to GOD for everything you do. Remember that we can make serious mistakes that can cause the loss of our eternal home in Heaven and result in an eternity in hell. The entire duty of mankind is to fear GOD and obey HIS WORD, because HE will judge us for everything we do, both good and bad, including those things we thought were hidden. Our faith cannot be in ourselves or other men, but in CHRIST who arose from the grave to show us a way to GOD. If we grow old thinking that we can do it ourselves, without the help of our SAVIOUR, we are wrong! Only through JESUS CHRIST is there a way that we may be saved. Ponder these things while you are young. Do not be led to think there is any other way and GOD will do as HE has said! GOD bless you.

February 2 Who knows the future? Who can know what will prove best for the future? Throughout the earth justice is giving way to crime and even the courts are corrupt. In due season GOD will judge everything man does, both good and bad. Nothing GOD does can be added to or taken away from. GOD'S purpose in this, is that man should fear GOD, when he is in sin and not right with GOD. There is indeed a time for everything, but never a time that we can escape HIS sight! We have the opportunity to do good or sin, it is the test of our lives. If left unchecked our eternity is damnation. As we look toward GOD, our lives meet with an assurance of HIS LOVE and GRACE, filled with forgiveness. May the LOVE and FAVOR of the LORD JESUS CHRIST rest upon you.
GOD bless you.

February 1st "It will all happen in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye." The time on earth will be ended, for the trumpet blast will sound. Those who are destined to GOD receive a new heavenly body, those destined to hell a new body that also will never die but be tortured forever. All happening in that moment! The time for preparation has passed, when the trumpet blasts the lot is cast, there can be no changing what has been chosen. The way out must be planned ahead; there is no last split-second change! When something flies at our eye we blink, yet the twinkle of an eye is much faster and uncontrolled by us as humans. We do not know the day or the hour, but we do know that there will be that moment! Make those life-giving changes ahead of time, for the trumpet can sound at any moment. GOD be with you.

January 31 When my online shopping order was missing an item I was told to call a operator number. When the voice answered it said that it was an AI to handle such problems I wondered what was about to happen. The voice was kind and considerate and told me pleasantly that my missing idem was covered and that I could get a replacement, it also informed me that it could not do it. I asked several times how I could either get the item or a refund and each time it would say that I was covered by their policy, but it would not do either. After my frustration took over, I hung up on the nice AI voice. When we went to pick up this week's order, I told them which pickup spot we were at mentioned last week's missing item. When the person brought out the order I asked about the item and they knew nothing about it! However, before the order was loaded the manager ran out with the missing item in hand. Now I can see that no matter how pleasant we are, how much we listen and talk nicely, it is our actions that make the difference! LORD, make my actions be as yours, with kindness and speed, convincing the world that we really care and showing the same love that YOU would show. All that was missing was an 86 cent can of beans, yet it took one soul to make it right! What can we do each day that has greater value? GOD bless you.

January 30 Yesterday I had 3 meetings with people, of those 3, 2 asked about the discussion that had taken place the day before! And we talked a bit about it and it was good to know that "Since the LORD is directing our steps, why try to understand everything that happens along the way?"  I was shocked that there was not a rush to be taken from receiving the message and concluded that indeed we are, ALL TOGETHER a part of one body,  the body of CHRIST and each one is a separate but necessary part of it! TOGETHER we are a mighty force that can move mountains and fill valleys, preparing the way for GOD. Separate we can do nothing. It is GOD that does the great works within and around us. Though conflict may arise, GOD is the extinguisher of ALL the conflict. Unity in CHRIST will prevail over darkness. As soldiers in HIS army, we cannot be arguing amongst ourselves, but be equipped with the full amour of GOD that is available to us and fight together.  May GOD bless you.

January 29 Wow! Let me clarify the intent of yesterday's message. Any CHRISTIAN BIBLE contains more truth than the internet! Period! If you have trouble with that then perhaps, we believe that dogs drive Subarus.  Since I cannot read or understand Hebrew. I must rely on a translation. And if I am going to hell for not reading the correct translation, then I will join those who sought GOD'S favor before any pages were written. To those whose phones were tied up with 'debate', yesterday, I am sorry for the reaction of yesterday's message. To those who wish to be removed from this list of contacts. Please let me know and I will regretfully take you off. Please read 1st Corinthians 9: 22-23 and remember what the GOOD NEWS IS! That if you believe in your heart and say with your mouth that JESUS CHRIST is LORD, you will be saved! And your FAITH will be followed by actions and the gifts that are given by the HOLY SPIRIT! Of these we cannot dispute! Thank you for your FAITH in GOD. Thank you to those who pass on the message of salvation, regardless of what translation we read. Thank you for being a good servant of CHRIST!  I am reminded of the game we played as children, line-up a number of people and tell the next in line a statement and see what that statement is at the end of the line! No matter how 'holy' the people are it is different. Each disciple had a different view of the same event. GOD can end this message as easily as it started some 9 years ago. It is not my thing, it is to benefit ALL. May GOD bless the reading of HIS WORD. 

January 28 "If you're looking for advice, stay away from fools!"  One of the Proverbs that should be more often followed in today's society! I was looking up data on the internet, we used to use an encyclopedia and when I checked out the information that I found, only 50 percent was correct!  That means that half was a lie! How can we believe any of it if only half is the truth? To many are taking what they hear as the 'gospel truth' and not even questioning it! Even the people checked Paul's preaching to the BIBLES facts. How have we become so lazy and believe what itchy ears want to hear? Before we take a stand on what we believe, shouldn't we know what it is? I watch people's minds change back and forth like the ocean tides and it does not show 'wisdom'. If you know the WORD or just beginning to, take the time to check the thought against the TRUTH and stay away from the foolishness! May GOD be with you.

January 27 On the inside I feel 25, from the outside I have become a gray-haired fat man with ailments that dampen the spirit. I want to listen to the younger part, but he often puts pain into the older. The 'happy medium' has become too far separated. "The good shall never lose GOD'S BLESSINGS, but the wicked shall lose everything." So as I try to be good, the evil sometimes takes over and when it does the loss is great! The battles of good vs evil, seem to never end. The wisdom to see the loss comes with age. So, time is not a loss but a gain! The eternal futures vision becomes clearer even as my sight wains. Perhaps that wisdom is worth the physical loss? With the best in the past, the future could look dim, but the contrary is true, for what I can see ahead is worth the temporary troubles. The eternal rest, of youth again taking hold. Not for a moment but for an eternity. Living by GOD'S power and not our own. May GOD bless each with one more day to change one more life. Our world today needs a voice of truth to awaken the spirit of life. 

January 26 I went for a walk yesterday even though it was cold and windy. I was surprised how comfortable I was and how quickly the miles passed. As I walked, I thought how blessed I have been. And as I thought more about those blessings, I realized the greatness of GOD. The past has been lost in the blur of time, but the events of today are the enlightment of HIS HAND upon us. Those who refuse HIM are blind to the way into HIS house, those who believe and live HIS way are given an assurance of what is to come. Through the chaos of today, tomorrows glory shines. The actions of man have been recorded long ago, the fate of mankind, was written many years ago. Yet the lost march toward the doom that awaits. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. The future remains in GOD'S hand. May GOD be with you.

January 25 "Oh LORD, shouldn't I hate those who hate you? Shouldn't I be grieved by them?"  As I saw yet another 'protest' on tv, I noticed how orderly and respectful the participants were. Walking on the route, talking to each other, smiling, very little coverage by the media.  This was the scene at a walk against abortion. Incomparison, there was no pushing, swearing and violent actions! Thank GOD there are people that can act responsibly! One group defending GOD'S plan, the other defying GOD. One peaceful the other in chaos. But isn't that what GOD'S WORD says? Unfortunately, the 'silent majority' looks the other way. Let GOD dictate how you act, while the enemies forces try to conquer the good. "Let their attacks turn back upon themselves. Let GOD be your guide, not man." It becomes easy to see who is 'right'. May GOD bless you.

January 24 My friend, who had a liver transplant, texted me and said that it was the worst thing that he has ever been a part of. He wondered if he was going to 'make it' through. That made me wonder how those injured in the civil war who were treated without anesthetic felt? Arms or legs being cut off while they were awake! That makes me cringe even after having teeth pulled without Novocain. But this guy has had more happen to him than most!  He knows adversity! He will also admit that GOD has brought him through many adverse things! And that this too will be one more in that list. Why? Because he will be the first to give GOD the GLORY, not man. Job went through horrible times, but he DID NOT GIVE UP ON GOD! Satan kept piling troubles on, but Job did not break. These times of trial are but temporary, the day will come that there will be GLORY to GOD. That's what we are supposed to do. And since there are those who must sustain more than we do, we should be glad that GOD has seen fit to allow us to be free. We all should be thankful, but there are those who receive that special blessing. GOD has blessed us in many ways. HE alone deserves the GLORY even today.

January 23 When will it all end? That question flashes through my mind every time I see an advertisement to invest our money into gold, silver or other metals. While aluminum sells for less than 3 cents an ounce and gold at over $3500 an ounce, who dictates its value? Would we wrap our beverages in gold or platinum? Each metal, just as each human, has its own uses, we are all of equal value at the positions that GOD has called us to bare. CHRIST has proven HIMSELF to be of great value and we are charged with the POWER to imitate HIS ACTIONS. We prove ourselves worthy of an eternal value with each passing day. When our time has ended, we can be confirmed as worth great value or only fuel to be added to the fire of hell. Our true value is calculated by the FAITH and DEEDS we do while living on this earth. We can transform from dust to gold or gold to dust while we live, simply by our FAITH. We are each capable of great value! May GOD bless you.

January 22 As the hunting season nears its end, I reflect. The Amish boys that got their first deer, the traditional archer that started his own tradition, the old timers that were once again 'good enough' to harvest another animal. We may feel 'skilled' but the fact remains that GOD has blessed us in a wonderful way. HE allows each to feel proud to see who gives thanks. HE gives time for practice, patience and good weather when its needed. HE is in control while we think we are! Thank you, GOD, for those beautiful days we spent afield. The wonders you showed us. The gifts that YOU provided. Not by our own skill or might, but by YOUR GLORY and STRENGTH. Our hope is that the 9 months ahead pass quickly so that we are once again in YOUR hands. May GOD bless you.

January 21 We often are so involved with our own lives that we forget those we have met along the way. Last night I dreamt of many of those that I have met in the last 8 years or so. They are such interesting people that I can talk to them for hours. They are very important to me. It is the LORD that has brought us together in such a wonderful way. HE has opened the doors that manage the placement of man and allowed us to meet, even when surrounded by wilderness! It is good to be able to pass on the WORD that GOD has placed on our lips and pass along the miracles that HE gives to us. "Rejoice and give thanks to the LORD GOD, for HE gives us all that is good."  As you go through your day, remember those good times and thank GOD. May GOD bless you.

January 20 The other day, while watching the news, I witnessed what I thought was a third world country having riots! But no, it was in the US! I thought, congratulations, we have joined the likes of a nation that is completely abandoned of GOD! What a sight we must be to the other 'civilized' nations! The reminds of the 70s raced through my head and the turmoil that was encompassed in it. Thank GOD there is more talk about GOD than free love or things of that nature. Man, often takes the path of sin when he has the choice, it takes will power to stand for what is right, there seems to be little of that! Less than .001 percent of the people are involved in these protests. Take away the media and on lookers and only a few remain. Are Christians also only providing 'a show?' We cannot afford to be 'a show', but need to be a faithful follower of the WORD. What do you stand for? Can others see the true version, or just a show? May GOD bless you.

January 19 I received a message from my sister, that one of our aunt's had passed away. It would seem that the older generation is nearly gone and the next is aligning to take its place. With white hair, false teeth, hearing aids and canes we replace the passing generations for a few moments before our children replace us. Though there generations of mankind, the words stubborn, rebellious, unfaithful ring out. From the moment Adam and Eve disobeyed GOD, we have continually been smitten by sin. And 'the wages of sin is death'. Our days on earth are numbered, we will indeed return to 'the dust from which we came', but our soul will live forever, in a new body! Those who will BELIEVE on JESUS CHRIST will join HIM in paradise, those who fail to recognize HIM will find themselves lost, away from GOD'S GRACE, in torture forever. We pass through our time here so quickly, but eternity is endless. Where are you preparing to spend forever? Prepare today for the life ahead. GOD bless you.

January 18 In August of 2018 I met a man who has responded to me nearly every day since. We sometimes talk for long periods like teenagers. However, he underwent surgery on Monday and even though I have heard from his wife, it just isn't the same. We form bonds that we can never understand with people here on earth. And when we think that there may be a problem, we become concerned. But our real concern should be on our eternal home and the eternal place for those we love! "Oh GOD, you know how stupid I am and YOU know all my sins. DON'T let me be a stumbling block to those who trust YOU. Don't let me cause them to be confused." Rather let my PRAISE to YOU, be a building block that raises the foundation toward eternal GLORY to GOD. As we draw near to man, let us become even closer to GOD. 

January 17 This one thing I know, GOD is for me! My GOD is changeless in HIS love for me! HE will send down help from HEAVEN to save me. HE will rescue me. GOD from everlasting ages past, will answer my calls. HE tells us that there is coming a day of wrath, when HE will be the judge over all the world and HE will give each what he deserves. How I have deserved his punishment! Far too long not heeding HIS TRUTHS. But in my own glory I saw that HIS SON gave HIS life that I could be saved! Who would do that?  "FAITH without actions is dead." Help me to work for YOUR kingdom and not the kingdom of this world. We no longer have time to work on our own accord; we must work toward HIS return. GOD bless you.

January 16 Oh my goodness, I thought, its 7:30!  Isn't it funny that in all the chaos, sickness and disasters of this world GOD can create a moment in time when it all disappears and rest is given to us! Through all the agony there is a time of comfort! The night of sleep was sorely welcome! Moments after waking the coughing began again, but for a while, silence, even my wife was not coughing, what a wonder.  Too often I forget to be thankful for those blessings that are provided. Sometimes small and other times large, but 'all good things come from above' while the bad comes to test us as it did Job. Darkness can overcome only if we allow it to! Keep GOD in our life. May GOD'S BLESSINGS be visible in your life. 

January 15 King David wrote his thoughts in Psalms 36 about the FAITHFUL and those who do not believe. A truth to believers says, "You feed them blessings from your own table and let them drink from your rivers of delight."  Indeed, our light is from YOUR LIGHT, our darkness is contrived of hell. We must TRUST our GOD, be DELIGHTED with our LORD, and COMMIT EVERYTHING we do to HIM. That alone brings HEAVEN to earth! We can enjoy and live with heaven or hell right where we are! We cannot wait for heaven when it is all around us! We can see hells displays of assurance every day. Let me quote, "I have been young and now I am old.  And in all my years I have never seen the LORD for sake a man who loves him, nor have I seen the children of the GODLY go hungry."  Can the same be said for the god of the godless? Satan delights in the sorrow of those who would follow him! When would do such a thing? We have a choice each day to live in HEAVEN or HELL, WE CAN'T JUST WAIT! May GOD bless you as much as my grandson has blessed me today! I am already in heaven. GOD bless you.

January 14 After going to the Doctors office she told me that I had bronchitis and prescribed pills. Then around 7:30 last night, the nurse called and said that I had covid. When I asked if there was any medication change, she said no, that I was to quarantine myself for 5 days and wear a mask for 5 days after that. I almost laughed when I thought about it. The world was sent into a tailspin and schools and business were shut down and thats the remedy, stay away for 5 days? Today my wife has to go in and be tested and she is beyond mad. And because she exhibits the same symptoms I have, I question that she would not test the same, but we will see. I have but little faith in the medical communities but I do have FAITH in GOD. HE can heal anything and HE is the ONE we turn to when we need comfort. No other can give the reassurance that GOD can. Why trust anyone else? In our lives we face many road blocks and detours, but GOD is the only navigator that we need. May GOD bless you through this maze we call life. 

January 13 This morning with a sore throat, dizzy and aching I walked by the window and saw a beautiful sunrise. It made these verses really stand out. "The heavens are telling the GLORY of GOD, they are a marvelous display of HIS craftmanship. Day and night they keep on telling us about GOD. Without a single sound or word, silent in the skies, their message reaches out to all the world." May our spoken words and unspoken thoughts be pleasing to the LORD, our rock and redeemer. GOD bless you.

January 12 "The wicked shall be sent away to hell, that is the fate of all nations forgetting the LORD." David was so upset with both himself and the nation that he would go to GOD weeping. When was the last time that we prayed and wept to GOD for HIS favor? Too often we just say a few words and then drift off into thoughts of our own. " Oh, how grateful and thankful I am to the LORD because HE is so GOOD. SING PRAISES to the NAME of the LORD who is above ALL." May we to take the time to speak with GOD in such a way as to be humbled in HIS presence. GOD bless you.

January 11 Wouldn't you know that one day after I told my wife that "I never get sick", I would come down with a sore throat and a cough! It is plain to see that i am not the one in charge! But I know that this will pass because I have seen the miracles that GOD has provided through answered prayer. As a friend of mine is going to have a liver transplant tomorrow, our community needs to once again enter into the JOY that GOD will provide the way. Stand before the LORD in awe! Put your TRUST in the LORD. HE alone provides, for those who love HIM are filled with GLADNESS. May GOD'S BLESSING be on those who have FAITH. GOD bless you.

January 10 "But the leaders were jealous and incited some worthless fellows to form a mob and start a riot."  Even though it sounds like the news of today's reports, this statement was made during Paul's time of preaching. It would seem however that the enemy's tactics have remained constant for many, many years! For he knows that humans that ignore GOD will love to argue and indeed follow any whimsical thing because they fail to recognize the true GOD. My heart is saddened that mankind will disregard what is real and yet grab onto what is false. TRUTH remains in GOD and disseat and lies are the tools of satan. Our enemy is not the flesh and blood around us, but the one who is at battle with GOD! There are numberless multitudes at war with GOD'S WORD, just as the BIBLE tells us there will be. However, GOD will be the victor. Do not be misled by the world and the chaos within it. FAITHFULLY follow the commands of GOD. 

January 9 This morning I read these words, "If GOD were to withdraw HIS SPIRIT, all life would disappear and mankind would turn again to dust." There is no hope without GOD. There is no other way to HEAVEN except through JESUS CHRIST, who was sent by GOD to be our redeemer and HOPE. Without GOD there is nothing. HE is our hope in sickness, our direction when we are lost, our friend when we are alone. GOD is everything! Yet we forget HIM when we are glad or have a full belly or when we have no worries. We forget that, "GOD carefully watches the goings on of ALL MANKIND, HE sees them ALL!"  Have you recognized GOD? Has HE received your THANKS? Today we have the opportunity to open our lives to GOD, HE has the power to return us to dust. Give GOD the GLORY HE DESERVES.  

January 8 We were recently given a new stove and when we pulled the old one, out of its place there was quite a collection of dirt, lint, and cat toys beneath it. No matter how clean the floor was on the outside underneath was a mess! When I was cleaning it up, I thought how my life was no different! I kept the outside looking clean while under neath it was covered with dirt. It took the BLOOD of CHRIST JESUS to clean the outside and beneath, where things are not seen. And at times I must go back and cleanse to make sure those 'dust bunnies' and old M and M's, are wiped away. I am sure that we all have those places that are filthy and I also know that GOD will clean them. We may need to help keeping those corners clean, but GOD is right here to help us. There is nothing that HE cannot clean or forgive when we ask. May GOD bless you.

January 7 "They say that night is day and day is night, how they have perverted the truth!"  And why not? They are far from GOD. They perish in shame and humiliation. Their words are heard as but wind passing through the trees, but still the world tries to deceive more. Too many fail to know that after the body dies, they will see GOD, to be condemned or accepted. The proof of our FAITH is how we live today! Our future is not the promises that we make for tomorrow but what we do today. We cannot say one thing and do another; we must put our FAITH and actions together. Wars and rumors of war are broadcast every day, our future is in GOD'S WORD, if we want to believe it or not, it will happen. Take the time to make a choice. Do not follow the blind.  May GOD bless you.

January 6 "A man without GOD is trusting in a spider's web. Everything he counts on will collapse." There is no hope for those who do not believe. When sickness strikes the first thought is toward GOD, but where were our thoughts during the good times? Too often we have forgotten HIM during those times. Today our world has become sick and filled with sin and greed, our only hope is GOD. Left without HIM, we will destroy ourselves and those around us. We think too highly of ourselves and too little of the POWER of GOD. A man without GOD is trusting in a spider's web. There is proof in the BLOOD of the LAMB. Though everything will collapse, the WORD of GOD will remain. May GOD be with us.

January 5 Anyone who has heard the McDonald's jingle knows exactly what is on a big mac sandwich. Anyone who has read the BOOK of Esther knows that the plan of Haman to destroy the Jews failed and what became of Haman and his sons. There are a few things in life that seem to last in our minds for a long time. When we listen to GOD'S WORD it does not leave us, it remains within our mind. Just as many can recite the ingredients on a big mac, we can also remember the miraculous stories we heard in BIBLE school as a youth. GOD'S WORD is eternal. The world makes attempts to erase it from our minds, but given the right spark, the memories return. Plant what is eternal, GODS WORD. 

January 4 I recently heard James Brown, the football announcer say, "Trust GOD to call the plays of your life!"  All too often we let the things around us dictate how we act, what we say and what we do. We over look what GOD is asking us to do. When Ester was asked to act by FAITH and questioned what to do, she was told that "God has brought you into this place for just such a time as this!" At that; she reacted in FAITH. We are no different, we are here for just such a time as this. If we remain silent then GOD will have to raise up another to do our job. In that time it takes the whole society of the faithful could be initiated. Our future looks much the same as it did for Ester, our faithful actions matter. Don't be benched because you are not performing. Run the play that GOD has drawn for your life.  GOD bless you.

January 3rd The new year has brought a new excitement to our horizon, but also a heart disturbing reality. As mayors of some of the large cities were sworn in, my heart was broken and disturbed. I can remember a democratic party that was anti-abortion and stood up for what was right! And in the 50 years since that, it has become the driving force of communism in our country. It makes me wonder if we will last another 50 years. GOD has allowed people to once again 'find their own way' and as always mankind turns away from GOD. If 59 percent of the U.S. believes in GOD as the polls say, then we are a no caring batch of idiots; that let others decide our fate. I can see blind men leading another blind on the path of destruction, yet they will not hear. GOD has deafened and blinded us to follow as we see fit! One can see the narrow way becoming narrower. Open our mouths and let us speak the TRUTHS of GOD in the hopes of a revival away from sin and self and toward GOD. Darkness creeps even into the light as the fire goes out. Rekindle the SPIRIT of GOD in our lives. May GOD bless you.

January 2 With another year upon us, we once again have the opportunity to make those 'New Year Resolutions" that we break so easily. Many are thoughtless and whimsical but some are made in all seriousness. However, most are broken. Several years ago; I decided to make sure that one tenth of each day was spent in reading the WORD of GOD. It was an enormous task to undertake for me. It required shutting off any distractions and following through, it was not easy! After a while it became a necessary part of the day, a reason to get up early and spend time in the WORD. There is an hour and a half in the morning and an hour each evening that I look forward to every day. The beginning was not without struggle, the road rocky and difficult, the endless journey well worth the effort. If you have made a 'new year's resolution' stick with it, each day battle through the many reasons to go astray, and soon it will become a way of your new life. Make it worth your while. GOD bless you this entire New Year and give a new desire to follow HIM. Enjoy the life that GOD has GIVEN and PRAISE HIM in all things. GOD bless you.

January 1st As the college football playoffs are underway there is a sobering fact that has become apparent. The teams that were rated high and had a bye are all losing to the lower ranked teams that had to play in the first round! Because one team had been active and the other idol they had lost the competitive edge. We can easily loose our edge when we neglect reading our BIBLES or PRAYING. When we are not active in the WORD we begin to drop behind and if we were to continue that trend satan would have an advantage to our defeat! Stay or become on guard and armed for the daily battles, keep GOD'S WORD active in your life, if we don't we give satan an advantage.  May GOD bless you.

December 31st HE died to give us life. HE shed HIS BLOOD to allow us to choose the way to live. Yesterday I received a request for prayer for the granddaughter of a dear friend. I asked for prayer from many of my close friends and the response was overwhelming. Today we ask you to pray for healing, just as CHRIST would have us to do, in HIS name. As I lay awake last night thinking of how CHRIST laid down HIS life for mankind, I was humbled with the results of how many would trade our lives for the lost. There is calmness in knowing that there is more than the here and now. That ETERNITY is forever and that this life is so short. Our job is to let others know there is a way to eternal life beyond the grave. Our responsibility is to try and keep people out of hell! A war rages around us in the form of doubt and fear, we must overcome the blockage of this life to open the gates of the next. Through prayer we each can speak to GOD letting HIM know the desires of our heart. Having our heart in connection with HIS will, is our only concern. May GOD be with each of us.

December 30 If we look around, we will notice the many acts of GOD that happen to us or in our lives! John wrote, "JESUS disciples saw him do many other miracles besides the ones talked about in this book, but these are recorded so that you will believe that HE is the MESSIAH. The SON of GOD, and that believing in HIM you will have life."  Should we record all the things that were done for us by GOD, we to would have an undeniable record of HIS actions in our life time. There are numerous notes in my BIBLE that record what GOD has done, both TO and AROUND me. Each time that I glance at those notes I can see that HE has and continues to be ALIVE. Some are not great, but some are undeniable PROOF of HIS works yet today. Do you have a story to tell? I BELIEVE we each do. GOD bless you.

December 29 When we went to Church yesterday it was 43 degrees but after we had returned home the wind began to blow frow the NW and this morning it is windy and 11 degrees ! It makes me excited to see what GOD can do even if I am not excited with the outcome. The same is true in our lives, we experience all the things that happen and often do not see GOD'S hand at work in it. We are too shallow in our thinking; we only see the effects on ourselves! While that change in weather affects us all with cold here, in other parts of the world they receive the opposite. Yet who thanks GOD for any of it? Each day is a gift from GOD, good or as bad as Job experienced. We are tested to remove the impurities from our lives. It remains up to us to use each day to give GOD GLORY.  We may not know why things happen as they do. But we are not the master. There is only one CREATOR! Do you know HIM? May GOD bless you.

December 28 "The worlds sin is unbelief in me; JESUS told his disciples." Today the world remains in unbelief, it is shown by its actions their unbelief and willingness to follow the darkness instead of the LIGHT! Yesterday I received a call from a former coworker and we reencountered our past. To look back makes me wonder how the GRACE of GOD was ever given to such a person that I. But that's the very reason that CHRIST was sent. To redeem a world that was lost in sin. The LORD also left us these words, "Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows, but cheer up, for I have overcome the world."  HE was sent to gather those who would believe unto HIM, to be forgiven we must follow His example and do what the FATHER has made us to do, HIS work and not our own. We can look back on our past and rejoice that our sight has been set on things that are greater than this world. Or we can remain in

 it. Thank GOD there is an alternative to what this world has to offer! GOD bless you.   

December 27 Each time that I read through the books that describe the kings of both Israel and Judah, I am struck by the way the country prospers or declines by their FAITH in GOD! When they follow GOD they prosper, when they turn to idol worship, they are over taken by their enemy's. It doesn't take a long time to turn the tides, only a few years. They never seemed to learn and grasp the idea that GOD is in charge. Today we enjoy modern convenances that they never dreamt of, yet we are following the same old thought processes that they did! We turn toward GOD for a few years and reap a benefit, then turn away and fall again. How long does it take man to understand? Do we ever get it? We exchange GOD'S promises for a moment, just as they did centuries ago, and if our species should last much longer, man will continue to fall from the GRACES of GOD BECAUSE of their FAITH. Help us to accept HIS WORD and live in HIS guidance. May GOD bless you.

December 26 "Peace on earth, good will to men" should not end the day after its celebration, but should continue in our hearts and actions. The difference between the world and the saved is the message the day after HIS birth. We received a new TV and surround sound, and it changes the whole experience to the point that we watch movies that we have already watched because it gives a different feeling. We also shut it off when it's time to read GOD'S WORD, as that gives a better and clearer picture of our future. Our life's experiences are linked to HIS WORD through the BIBLE. Each time we read it we can see and hear, clearer the picture of what is ahead. Can you see what lays ahead in your eternity? The sounds of division rage around us, but can we hear the whisper of GOD through its chaos? There remains an eternal future ahead for us all, can you see your path and destination? "Joy to the world, the SAVIOUR reigns."  GOD bless you.

December 25 Today a child was born, to take away the sins of the world. That whoever would believe that HE is the SON of God will not be lost, but will live. For HIS power is to give life in all its fullness. The thief's purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy. Rejoyce that we have been given the opportunity to follow the LORD and not be swallowed up by the thief! The nations shout with gladness during the season of HIS birth, for we cannot remain silent. MERRY CHRISTMAS rings through the na