4 Mile prayers

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October 10 It started to thunder and lightning after I had been up and reading for a while. And it made me wonder what today would hold. If I can't get to the woods I could use the morning to complete the butchering process of the deer I got yesterday and get our muzzleloaders ready for Saturday. There is also the yard to mow, yes mid- October and still mowing! Regardless of what the day may bring, how grateful I am that GOD has seen fit to bless me with it! Each day brings new blessings that I am thankful for, new challenges that HE helps conquer and a growing insight of the new home HE is making for us. May you enjoy what GOD has blessed you with and defeat evil around you through HIS LOVE. For those whose FAITH has made them good in GOD'S sight must live by FAITH, trusting in HIM in everything. GOD bless you.

October 9 It doesn't matter what we buy, it comes with an instruction book. Whether it's a tree stand or a stove, there is a book that tells us how to use it and what not to do with it. It even gives warnings, lots of warnings! We usually pay no attention to that book unless it doesn't work properly.  There is also a BOOK that tells us how we are to live our lives. What to do and not do, along with the warning signs of danger. And just like those other manuals we often don't pay any attention until we are broken. It is no wonder that GOD called us 'stiff necked and unruly people.' It is never too late to read the Manual for our lives and change the way we operate. There is no need to be completely broken before we change. Show us, oh GOD the way to YOUR PLEASURE and bless our paths as we travel toward YOU. GOD be with you.

October 8 This week the alignment of things seemed awful. Instead of being in the woods, I have appointments at the dentist, the eye Doctor and blood donations. Mix in volleyball games and shopping and all the other grandparent things and that doesn't leave much time to be in the woods. So, when I am hunting, it is very enjoyable. Throw in the excitement of having deer feed within 10 yds of you and you can't help but PRAISE GOD! In all our hustle, it is great to see the things GOD puts into our lives. We often do not deserve such rewards, but HE is a loving GOD. Looking forward we see the ultimate reward, not for our works but for our FAITH! May we each see those hints of HEAVEN that are shown us on earth and PRAISE GOD.  GOD bless you.

October 7 Hunting can be challenging, you never know if you will see your quarry or if it will see you and escape, it is not a sure thing, you are always in search. Unlike hunting we know what

GOD expects of us. We may try to hide from HIM by consuming ourselves in pleasures of this world, but in the end, we will be standing before the throne of GOD. When we answer the question that HE asks there will be no lie, no shirking away, we must answer. The sentence will be true, there is no lawyer other than the BLOOD that CHRIST has laid down for us, as our witness. Today we make a choice, to receive that BLOOD or to reject. GOD will know our choice. There is no place to hide. There is no reason to hunt for salvation, it is given at the base of the cross. May you find and select the sure spot that has been given to you. GOD bless you.

October 6 Early in the hunting season it is easy to forget to do things. Like forgetting to spray yourself with mosquito spray, then setting in a blind that has become a mosquito harbor! Slowly we learn by our mistakes. Our lives are no different, we sometimes fail to arm ourselves with GOD'S WORD and are attacked relentlessly without the armor to protect us. Each day we need to apply the WORD to our lives, adding a layer of protection. Without HIS protection we are a target for the swarming pests. May GOD'S GRACE and PROTECTION through our LORD JESUS CHRIST be with you all. Be armed with the repellent that keeps the attack of satans arrows, the PROTECTION we need throughout our life. GOD bless you.

October 5 After reading both the Old and New Testament this morning, I picked up a note pad and opened it to a page written on 3-16-2021 I would like to share it with you. "Stand on the WORD of GOD! As our society becomes more and more crazy in bringing the end into existence, we can PRAISE GOD for having everything in control. HIS WORD tells us that good will become bad and bad good. We can see that each day! We must prepare a way for others to HEAR the word of GOD or they will be lost.  Paul said, a farmer who plants only a few seeds will harvest a small crop. Plant large wide fields that will be ripe unto harvest." May GOD'S blessing be with those who have FAITH. 

October 4 In 62 pages the world was created, destroyed and re-populated. The Israel nation became slaves and then GOD revised them. Saving them at the Red Sea and destroying the army that pursued them. They are led into the desert where bitter water was changed into sweet and refreshing. Can you see the priority given to HIS people? Now understand this, In the twinkling of an eye, with a change of heart and FAITH in GOD, YOU become a part of the FAMILY of GOD. Protected, loved and cared for! At times there may be disobedience, but we can ALWAYS return to the family. Trials are not made to separate us, but to gather us closer together as CHILDREN of GOD. Come together in CHRIST and receive HIS BLESSINGS.