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August 12 "And when the time comes, all doing wrong will do it more and more, the vile will become more vile." Do you think that the problems in this world are just by happenstance? That the wild fires, earth quakes or wars are 'just occuring'? These days have been scheduled to occur long before our birth, they were written long ago. Even the phrase, "There is nothing new under the sun" was written by King Soloman and it was true long before his time! But the coming of the LORD JESUS was told about long before it happened, but it came to pass in the days of Herod. The 2nd coming has also been written and we are the witness of those things that occur before that great event. Those that cannot see the signs are unaware and remain in the thought that 'everything will continue as it always has'. The 2nd coming will happen! To some a glorious and happy moment. To many a surprise and shock, as a thief in the night. Which will it be for you? Are your robes washed and spotless, prepared for that day? May the GRACE of our LORD JESUS CHRIST be with you all.
August 11 I was at a race the other night where the silver crown cars of USAC were competing in a 100-lap championship. There were 18 cars that started and one by one they fell from failures until only 3 finished the race! If the rest had prepared diligently, they would have finished no worse than 4th. Just as the WORD of GOD tells us, that 'few find the way' even when the entire world is in the 'race'. "Cursed is the man who puts trust in mortal man and turns his heart away from GOD." The lack of preparation, to make it to the end of the race, had caused most to fall by the way side and not reach the glorious end. If we are not prepared for Christs return, we too will not compete to the end. Our hopes will be dashed because we had failed to prepare for the end; we were only ready at the start. Look ahead toward the finish line, we must make it all the way or be part of the attrition that suffers a great loss from unpreparedness. May we each keep the finish line in sight and prepare for the celebration when we have completed our race. GOD bless you.
August 10 Each time that I reach the last BOOK of the BIBLE, I am excited to read and be a witness to what has developed in this world from when I read it last. This nation has developed a third political party of people calling themselves democratic socialist. They have been teaching it to our children for years and have chosen now to be their time! The middle east has erupted into more fighting over 'religous' matters and the crude oil under its sandy environment. The world has changed dramatically in the 250 years since our nation's proclamation! From horse back to self driving cars, with the vision of the Jetsons on the horizon. Disturbance and unrest prevail, but these words remain. "For GOD has put a plan into their minds, a plan that will carry out HIS purpose.. so that the WORDS of GOD will be fulfilled." Do not be deceived by man's words, grab ahold of the WORD of GOD. Once again, those that can see are witness to the fulfillment of GOD'S WORD. The blind will see the coming of the LORD and be shocked at HIS judgement. May each of our eyes be open to HIS return. GOD bless you.
August 9 I don't know about where you live but I am noticing the birds congregating on the electric lines as if there was coming an early fall. "The stork knows the time of her migration, as does the turtle dove and the crane and the swallow. They all return in GOD'S appointed time each year, but not my people! They do not accept the laws of GOD." "Let this encourage GOD'S people to endure patiently every trial and persecution, for they are HIS SAINTS who remain firm to the end in obedience to HIS COMMANDS and TRUST JESUS." As nature once again shows us how to be responsive to GOD, let us learn from them how to TRUST and FOLLOW the LORD of all CREATION. GOD bless you.
August 8 Pot metal. We know it because it holds things together or forms a helpful item. But when it breaks it cannot be repaired, it is useless and is thrown away. The BIBLE tells us that we are refined through fire. The heat causes the impurities to separate and then the dross or impurity can be taken out, leaving the metal purer. Our lives are like the metals of our souls; we are tested and purified throughout our days of life. The pure become better and the little 'good metal' within us becomes pure. But, the pot metal melts and becomes a blob, useless. The FAITH within us reacts to form metal of value. Those without that FAITH remain a living body until broken, when there is no repair, it like pot metal is taken to the trash. Inexpensive and cheap, the pot metal is worthless in value. Make sure that you retain the value that you were made with. Accept the refining fires of life and pass through the fires more refined. Become the valuable person that we are made to become, leaving all inpuritys behind. GOD bless you.
August 7 Just the other day I saw a map of the United States as the news was reporting on wild fires around the nation. As they showed the map, it appeared that over a third of north and south America were covered in wild fires. The first thought that I had was when the first angel gives a blast on the trumpet, 'fire and blood were thrown down upon the earth. One third of the earth was set on fire, so that one third of the trees were burned and all the green grass.' We are warned again and again to return to GOD our MAKER or suffer the punishment. Jeremiah reports GOD'S WORD as. 'I have plead for you to return to me and will keep on pleading, yes even with your children's children in the years to come'. One day the warnings will cease, the WORD again will become reality, the trumpet blast will continue, marking the end. May our eyes be open to witness the facts and not be hiding in darkness. May GOD bless as these days pass in either unbelief or TRUST, that our heart is open to the TRUTHS in the WORD. GOD be with us.
August 6 "I will send great troubles upon them, all the things they feared, for when I called them, they refused to answer and when I spoke to them, they would not hear. Instead, they did wrong before MY eyes and chose what they knew I despised." Those words that were written in the Old Testament, have remained true in today's times. We cannot reach the GLORY of GOD'S KINGDOM by halfhearted following. For the larger 'half' will draw us away! Some may be saved by 'the skin of their teeth', but not those of us that know the TRUTH and chose those things of this world over GOD. Through all our sin, HE has the choice to save or reject! We cannot pull the wool over HIS eyes! Who among us can induce GOD to do what HE does not want to do? We can NEVER be 'good enough' we are far to tainted. By FAITH we are redeemed. Washed clean. Not by deeds or we would boast, but by the FAITH that produces the WORK of CHRIST in us. Halfhearted we will never enter HIS HOME. Turn to HIM completely, that is the only way to enter. May GOD bless you.
August 5 "For the time is near when these things will all come true." And at last, even a simple question draws scoffing from those that are without faith! The days that right is wrong and wrong is right, have ascended upon us with little notice and certainly no fanfare. Yet the world jumps aboard the wagon, and cries, 'let's go'! Even some of the elites are following the wagon train bound toward the pit! And doesn't the BIBLE say that is exactly the way the end times will be? Little by little the darkness overtakes, many do not even notice. The ones that do, are proclaimed mad, insanely into the BOOK. Hasn't the world remained the same forever, they ask. Deliberately overlooking a great flood and the destruction of Sodom and Gamora, because of the same sins that the world today is guilty of. You may rely on mans 'wisdom' or the WORD of GOD for the guide of the events ahead. But it is clear that the future has been written. May GOD be in your heart and on the lips of the chosen, whose name is written in the LAMBS BOOK of LIFE. Today is but another step toward the GLORIOUS return of the LORD. Prepare the way ahead. GOD bless you.
August 4 Yesterday I asked a waiter at a restaurant, what the cross on the chain around his neck meant to him. He shrugged his shoulders and I told him what the cross meant to me. A lady at the checkout counter said that it was personal and asked if I was, 'some sort of preacher'? Ha, it amazes me that a cross would be worn around our neck and we would either have no idea what it meant or was unwilling to share the meaning it has for us. Yes, it is personal, JESUS died for you! HE also died for me and that fellow behind the counter. CHRIST died so that I could live, should I keep it a secret? Is it only a pastor that can share the GOOD NEWS or ask what a symbol represents? What a testimony, to have another give HIS life for us! I laugh at the question, are you some sort of preacher, when the question was, 'what does that mean to you'? Perhaps I should be glad for that question? If we have no idea what the cross represents, why would we wear it? When in truth, nearly anyone knows what that cross means! It is our own self that chooses to OBEY and FOLLOW or defy the GOD that made us. Which do you choose today?
August 3 We often ask those we meet, 'How are you'? And almost always the answer is 'good'. Even when our life may be in terrible trouble, we answer, good. We hold back our true pains or excitements and answer that same word. Is there anything in our lives that shows that we love and trust GOD? Or is the only thing that even hints everlasting peace a one word reply that is so easily accepted? We do not know what it is like to give up everything for CHRIST. We hold back what we love or want to keep for ourselves. But CHRIST has given HIS all for US, HE held back nothing in HIS attempt to save us. We have to give HIM a reply, our lives are an open book to HIM. Our actions, our words reflect the value of our lives. CHRIST has set the example; all we need to do is follow. How are you doing today? With GOD every day is a good day. GOD bless you.
August 2 I had received the news that my last remaining uncle, on my mother's side, was admitted to the hospital. When we visited him last year, although strong in mind and spirit, his body was weak. I recall him saying that he was ready to go home. The days that he took me trout fishing or we hunted on the family farm remain vivid in my mind. And although the world may lose another soul, the HEAVENS will gain. It is hard to be sad when a person has lived a life with so great a service and knows the gain ahead. But for the majority of mankind the peace that would be ahead is but terror! Many have not or are choosing not to prepare the way ahead. For those my heart saddens. For CHRIST has died that all who would come to HIM would be saved. Yet, like dodgeball mankind ducks and jumps away, avoiding contact with the very one that gives LIFE. Please, do not turn your back when the LORD calls upon you. Eternity is but a moment away, the time to prepare is now. May GOD be given the opportunity to enter each heart, changing the fear of death into the JOY of being HOME at last. GOD bless you.
August 1st Our salvation, our eternal joy, is through FAITH alone. Each day that we fail to have FAITH in JESUS, the SON of GOD, we are driving the nails deeper into HIS hands and feet. Our DISBELIEF is the sin that DESTROYS US. And as we fail to believe, we encourage others to bypass the only road to HEAVENLY salvation. The nation of Israel wandered through the desert; we wander through life. The nation of GOD seperated themselves and today a nation formed 'under God' does the same. Wandering as sheep without a shepherd, putting our 'FAITH' in what we can see or hear and trusting only in our own puny body's. In a moment failure comes upon us, we are stranded and depressed. Life can bring us to frustration. Our salvation is through FAITH in GOD alone, anything else is wandering. GOD bless you.
July 31 Today there are more people worried that they may not have cell phone reception or battery charge than they are about eternity! Most people could care less about how or who runs our government until they disagree with it! As once stated, all it takes for evil to overtake is good men doing nothing. It has become too easy for men to sit idly by and complain! The highways are crowded with automobiles even when complaining about the costs! We have grown to complain and yet do nothing, even neglecting our eternal life! While good men do nothing, evil works hard. Drawing on those who do not care and providing a theme. While the men of GOD stand silent. Is that what GOD'S WORD tells us? To be meek and humble and silent? Our thoughts are to be on what is TRUE. FAITHFUL and ETERNAL. Our voice needs to commit to those words. It is time to stand as men and not follow as sheep led to slaughter. May GOD'S WORD be on our lips and in our hearts. GOD bless you.
July 30 "The world staggers, like a drunkard, it shakes like a tent in a storm." "But my heart is heavy with grief, for evil still prevails and treachery is everywhere." Judgement begins with GOD'S own. And if even they must be judged, what terrible fate awaits those that have never believed in the LORD or those that only trust HIM when times are good? "If the righteous are barely saved, what chance will the godless have?" Half faith is of no value. Living as a part of the world is only a condemnation to eternal death. Full commitment is required; halfhearted following will not due. As we enter an uncertain tomorrow, we can be assured today of our SAVIOURS ability to save. Those who are lost may come, those who are doomed will be rescued. Only through FAITH will our sins be vanished and forgotten. There remains only ONE road to GOD that is with JESUS the SON of GOD. The choice is now, tomorrow is uncertain. May GOD bless you.
July 29 The nation of Israel has been on the news every day for quite a while. Have you noticed anything strange when the camera scans across the landscape? I notice the lack of greenery, the trees and grass that we enjoy here. There is not shown the rich earth and pasture lands, generally we view only populated cities and dusty barren landscapes. Where is the land of milk and honey? And land rich with the promise of GOD? Have the people turned away from GOD to the point that HE took away the rains that provide the soils with growth? We have our land of milk and honey visible every day and yet our hearts are turning away from GOD to the sounds that our 'itching ears' want to hear. How long will GOD supply the soil we depend on with rains, before HE holds them back from yet another 'undeserving people'? GOD has made promises to us that hold a condition, if we fail at our end, HE will stop what HE is providing. I have not noticed that man can 'make it rain' but we sure have destruction down! Will we turn away from GOD and watch our 'heaven on earth' turn to desert? Our nations FAITH in GOD determines the outcome. You determine the FUTURE by YOUR FAITH and ACTIONS. GOD be with us.
July 28 What is there that we are afraid of? The Boggie man under the bed has paled the older we become. The fears that we once had are past. The fearful thoughts that once made our knees weak have become but a memory. Far too often the fear of hell has been watered down or turned into a fairy tale instead of the truth! We have deadened our minds to the reality that the BIBLE shows. Our mouths have not explained the terrors of eternal separation from GOD. Our minds have gone faint to the dramatic scene ahead. But unlike a horror movie, the future ahead holds the disaster beyond comprehension. Awake to the true terror that awaits those that fail to TRUST GOD and what is required by HIS SPIRIT that resides within us. Awaken to the terror that awaits those that do not trust the LIVING GOD. The nightmare has yet to begin, be safe in the LORD. May GOD bless you and protect you with the knowledge within HIS WORD.
July 27 I remember that when I raced go-karts that we would race just inches apart. Then when I raced stock cars it seemed like the drivers would go out of their way to hit you. It was very aggravating! In this life it seems like many things are against us. We are like the salmon swimming upstream; many never make it! And along the way we have satan that goes along side bumping us where we do not want to or should not go! Once when racing, I had made up 4 car lengths on the leader and was about to pass him coming off turn 4. We both had to pass a slower car and he went low and I went high. When the low car went pass, the lapped car swerved higher and crashed me into the wall. My eye was on winning or at least 2nd but I ended 12th! Satan leads the chaos and we, if not paying attention, are just along for the ride and that ride may not end very well. With all the traffic and swerving we need a pilot that knows the way to the finish line, and put our FAITH in HIM, on our own we will crash. Turn the wheel of this life over to the MASTER, relying on others often ends in a crash. GOD bless you.
July 26 As July nears its end, my thoughts turn toward the fall and the hunting season that approaches. Deer license goes on sale August 15 and my grandson and I usually take up alot of the salemans time getting just the right licences that we want. How we look forward to the coming fall. Just as CHRIST has promised HIS return. We can see that day approaching. Our preparation has begun, our outlook intensifies. The coming sighs are prevalent around us, as the day approaches. What a joy there will be when the reunion is complete, the MASTER with HIS flock. As the day draws nearer the excitement multiplies until, finally, it is here. Other times are waited for but only one is eternal. May each of us be anticipating the day that the HEAVENS are opened and the eternal KING OF KINGS appears across the horizon and not be in shock or fear. The day of salvation is at hand, with no license required, only FAITH. GOD bless you.
July 25 Several things occurred to me as I was reading this morning. We are to see the way GOD does things and fall in line with them. Don't fight the facts of nature. Enjoy prosperity when it comes and find the best in life when hard times hit. Each day there are times we want to curse, but when we thank GOD instead, they will flee. Because GOD does not punish us instantly when we sin, we think we 'got away with it', we didn't! No one can hold back their spirit from departing; no one can stop death. We all have the obligation to return to dust at our appointed time. We do not know when that may be, but GOD does! That same obligation confronts the rich, poor, religious or atheist. As unfair, as we may think it is, we all meet one fate, it is what happens a moment after our last breath that makes the difference. Heaven or hell, our eternal destination is determined by our LIFE and FAITH. We are in charge, do not waste the time available. GOD bless you.
July 24 A friend of mine gave me an older muzzle loader to use when the Amish didn't have a gun during hunting season. Yesterday, after giving it a complete cleaning and mounting a scope it was time to sight it in. After many combinations of bullets and sabots and powder charges it didn't do what I wanted it to do. Finally, we hit the right combination and it shot straight and true. It was a test of patience and an endurance of will to finally achieve the full potential that the rifle held. That test reminds me of Hebrews 11: 36, "You need to keep on patiently doing GOD'S will if you want HIM to do for you all that HE has promised." We can be like a stubborn gun that shoots in all directions but once we engage with the ONE that made us and do the things we were made to do, we will be one with GOD and go where HE aims. May we receive a complete cleaning with CHRIST'S BLOOD and hit the mark of GOD'S love and what we were made to do. GOD bless you.
July 23 Take a moment and think of how many times your life was close to ending. For myself I can quickly think of 5 different opportunities that death was cheated. Perhaps you have more! From accidents, sickness, wars or just plain stupid stuff, we have all excaped from an early demise. Some way more than others! Has the reason that you are still here among the living sunk into your mind yet? GOD has kept us alive for the sole purpose of telling others about the GRACIOUS act of HIS SON'S death to save us! Simply growing to the age we are, took an act of GOD. If we are not doing what we are made for, then what value are we? Like a broken vessel with no value, we are thrown away. There is something in this life that you were made to do, do NOT be a vessel to be thrown into the trash. You are a valuable asset when you do what GOD intended. We all have a message to tell of the things GOD has done, tell them. GOD bless you.
July 22 Perhaps you have heard the old saying, "Spare the rod and spoil the child." When I was young, I heard that many times, especially when the 'bamboo stick' was applied to my back side. It may have seemed a hopeless project to my parents, but they haven't lived long enough to see the end result. These is also a proverb that says, "Teach a child to choose the right path and when he is older, he will remain upon it." Today we witness parents raising their offspring to have no direction or path. We want them to be our friend. Instead of teaching, we play, as we also have no path! Thank GOD that there had been times of learning, even when it was hard to teach and times of applying the 'bamboo stick' to 'knock some sense into me'. It may have not produced instant results, but today I am better for it. Raise a child in the right path, the future will thank you. GOD bless you.
July 21 My sister was recently allowed to return home after being evacuated by one of Colorados largest fires to date. They returned to a standing house that hardly retained any smell of smoke! And if the electric power had not been interrupted would have had no loss at all. While the fires had destroyed many around them they were spared! Just like GOD had delivered the three from the blazing furnace, we witness GOD'S miracles again and again. "For the ANGELS are SPIRIT messengers sent out to help and care for those who are to receive his salvation." She said that in all the sorrow that she felt guilty of happiness, yet many will perish and only a few will receive eternal joy! The wonders of the Living GOD will never cease. The joy of escaping the pits of hell are everlasting. The torment, never ceasing! Thank GOD for the signs that prove, to those who believe, HIS mighty and everlasting POWER. As nothing and as worthless as we remain, HE loves us. Do not allow your heart to be hardened by the ways and talk of the world. May GOD become your LORD. GOD bless you.
July 20 The last time I sent a message this early my cousin responded with, 'it isn't even time to milk the cows yet'. It is going to be a busy day today, so I had to get an early start. But I am unwilling to not read GOD'S WORDS or pass along HIS message, so I am sorry for the early ringing of your phone. It has been said that 'early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise', so in our wisdom, let us understand the proverb that states, "The hope of good men is eternal happiness, the hope of evil men are all in vain." We can put our trust in anything other than GOD, but it will all be useless, of no lasting value! When we take our last breath and we meet the MAKER of LIFE and have to explain why we did it our way, let our answer not be of no value. "For when an evil man dies, his hopes all perish, for they are based upon this earthly life." Use the wisdom of this day to know the path forward and walk that direction. May GOD be with you and bless you. May the promise of HEAVENLY values enrich this day as we walk toward those gates to eternal life.
July 19 It has become the norm for people to stay home or do recreational things on Sunday instead of going to Church. We can worship GOD just as much at home they would say. But, for the most part they forget or become consumed with worldly matters. Unable to spend even an hour out of a week to PRAISE GOD? It is important to be within a group of others to sing praises and listen to GOD. "But the HOLY SPIRIT tells us clearly that in the last times, some in the church will turn away from CHRIST and become eager followers of teachers with devil inspired ideas." Is that happening today? And yes, there are places that we need to avoid, but we need to find a home with those that carry GOD'S WORD to the community. Alone we become indifferent to our spiritual need that can only be satisfied with a group. Go to CHURCH today and GOD will bless you.
July 18 There are many things that I like in this life, but few arise to the paramount stirring of the spirit that comes from 2 Timothy 3! Those words describe the world that we live in today and with each reading we are closer and closer to fulfilling those words to the letter! The whole BIBLE was given to us from GOD to teach us what is TRUE and make us realize what is wrong in our lives and helps us do what is right. For there has come that time when people will not listen to the truth, they will not listen to what the BIBLE says and will follow their own misguided ideas. We are at that point when we must ask ourselves, how much longer will GOD tolerate our sin against ourselves and HIM? Do listen to the SPIRIT that calls to you from CHRIST'S BLOOD and come home before the doors of HEAVEN are flung open and the emanate return of CHRIST is begun. May your spirit be with the LORD now and forever. GOD bless you.
July 17 Last night we went to the car races at the Bloomfield fair. It was refreshing to see the schedule run so smoothly and quickly. It really upsets me to have to wait while they drive around to line up or have 3 cars run 8 laps and 1 breaks down on the first lap! GOD'S KINGDOM is not run in a half-shod manner. There is a time and place for everything and that preparation is begun in this life. We are to be preparing for the kingdom to come and not trying to prepare our own kingdom. The things of this earth will all pass away, but HIS KINGDOM is ETERNAL. May we each be in preparation for the day of CHRIST'S return and not running our lives in a hap hazard manner, looking as if we are consumed in chaos. May GOD bless you as we make our plans for ETERNITY. CHRIST died for ALL yet many will not receive HIM. Look forward to the day of HIS return and not be ashamed of your performance here. GOD bless you.
July 16 Here we are today, thinking, wondering, what will happen next? Our lives are in worry over health, wealth and security. We enjoy the best that the world has to offer and worry about tomorrow. In all the chaos that stirs around us, one thing remains, one thing that we often fail to recognize, CHRIST JESUS came into this world to save sinners! GOD had mercy on us and sent HIS SON as an example to show us how patient he is, with even the worst of sinners. HE is patient with me and you, waiting for each of us, so we too can have everlasting life with HIM, when we choose to follow. Many have deliberately done what they know is wrong and do not reconcile themselves back to HIM. It is not surprising to see that they lost FAITH and defy GOD, thus turning themselves over to hell and taking those they love with them! Those who TRUST GOD must keep the doorway open to ALL that would choose to accept the WORD of GOD, it is the DUTY of those that TRUST in the LORD. For we to are sinners that are saved by the GRACE of GOD.
July 15 Fires burn all around us, yet we are safe. Destruction surrounds us, but we are saved. The winds of terror blow in our direction, but are diverted away. Our bodies fail, yet HE uplifts the Spirit. GOD moves in many ways that we cannot understand, ways that we may never know. How HE protects us, how HE saves us, how HE shows us HIS mighty power. Yet far too often we may believe in 'LUCK'. It is not luck that delivers our soul from hell, it is the power of CHRIST'S BLOOD, the love that GOD has for us! Today, when something good comes upon you, THANK GOD, for HE alone is in charge. We can lose everything in this world and still retain the riches of HEAVEN. GOD bless you.
July 14 How my heart rejoices when reading HIS WORD, how thankful I am that HE has allowed my soul the salvation that HE alone can offer. The world today reals in its willingness to disobey. It attempts to elect those that deliberately do bad. They flaunt their sin before GOD as if HE was blind and deaf. But even man can see the wrong in the actions, even the blind witness the wrong. Do we think we can hide from GOD those things we have done, or are doing? The generation that turns to GOD is truly blessed, for it is their hearts that are open despite what is around them. May we be a guide through the darkness and not a stumbling block. May our light shine as if refreshed with new batteries. Let our lives grow within HIS LAW and COMMAND, keeping the temptations of satan's tricks far from us. Our spirits should soar with the expectation of HIS return and the conformation of HIS ability to judge. May GOD'S richest blessing be with you as we battle the unseen enemy today. We fight to save those we love and those who are entangled with satan's web. We are not alone! GOD bless you.
July 13 As I was reading this morning, I came across words that I must have overlooked before or they stood out more today than the many times I read them before. They are what we may take for granted when we come to GOD or they may be what the world overlooks in the coming days ahead. A verse in Psalms 86 simply states, "You have rescued me from deepest hell." When we receive SALVATION we can be thrilled about the road ahead, but NEVER forget what we have been rescued from. We are pulled from deepest hell. Saved by the GRACE of God, by FAITH! Saved from what we deserve and our just reward. To be with CHRIST for ETERNITY is GLORIOUS, but just imagine from what we have been saved from! Think today what 'could have been' and thank GOD for the salvation that HE alone has provided. Or consider the path of torment awaiting, because we have failed to have FAITH in HIM. Our choice! Our destination.
July 12 The electric company had cut all the trees and brush under their electric lines this spring and the brush has responded by growing like crazy. Yesterday I thought that I had better spray along my fence line before it became a part of the growing brambles. So, after spraying with tick repellant I entered the mass of thriving brush with the spray in hand. There were several places that the brush had already taken over and some that were open. But the amazing part was that I had no ticks on me when I finished! A little preparation produced wonderful results. Just as in our lives, we must prepare for the ravenous works of satan and for CHRIST'S return with FAITH and PRAYER. Without our FAITH, the weeds and brush of this world take over with a strangle hold on us. The insects that torture and pest us, run rampant all around, take the time to apply the WORD of GOD, be vigilant at obeying HIM and keep the fences in good order, that separate good an evil. Apply the power of PRAYER before entering the hostile areas of today's world. GOD bless you.
July 11 In 2018 as I was fringe cutting for wildlife habitat, a tree fell from behind me and I was standing in the V of its branches! Only inches from death or severe injury on three sides! I remember at that point, facing GOD and asking what HE wanted me to do. Since that day, over 8 years ago, these messages have been sent every day to those that I love so dearly. And they in turn forward to those whose souls they love. The movement has grown and grown, thanks to my sister that so many of you know. It is GOD'S love that has healed the ill, cared for the forgotten and loves the lost. Not of our works that we may boast, but of the GLORY of GOD! We are but a small part of HIS great plan! Our wish is that you may know the salvation plan that has been opened for us all at the CROSS and move our hearts and minds toward that redeeming cross and away from the worldly matters that attempt to control us. It remains GOD'S plan that ALL may be saved. As GOD'S work continues, may you join us in reaching toward those you care for that they may reach for the hand of GOD, grasping with the tightness of eternal life. May the names written in the BOOK of LIFE grow with your help. GOD bless each of you, my dear friends in CHRIST our LORD. Each day we see the battle of evil vs good; it is but by the GRACE of GOD that we will continue into the future, when HIS return and judgement ends time as we understand it now, and opens ETERNITY.
July 10 Once again nature has obeyed GOD, showing us humans our responsibilities. As the corn receives its crown of glory, tassels, within hours begins to regenerate by producing silk, spreading GOD'S word, that in turn forms the ear of corn, the growing church. That ear has many kernels, that may in turn, replicate the process multiplying into bushels of yield. Man, however turns away from GOD'S plan, makes his own agenda and spends his time seeking pleasure, the good things of this world. "But all these things that I once thought very worthwhile, now I have thrown them all away so that I can put my trust and hope in CHRIST alone. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared to the priceless gain of knowing CHRIST JESUS our LORD." We have much to learn from nature. GOD bless you.
July 9 Sometimes the pressures of life come to try and overcome us. We look ahead and see gloom and despair. We try to prepare for our loved ones and ourselves with 'life insurance' to live into the future. A future that is as uncertain as the wind. It is in time of blessing or in time of hunger or fear that we must, "Think about all you can praise GOD for and be glad about." Even though we try to make our own way, GOD has a plan. When we attempt to do our own thing, GOD can intervene and cause havoc and pain. Yet we become mad, curse the ground we walk on and continue to try and march toward our own goal. How does our goal align with GOD'S? Life ends for each of us. In 100 years, who will remember our name? We are but dust, unless we are in alignment with the task that has been set before us. There is only one kingdom that will remain forever. Will you be among its residents? Life may be short and full of trials but true riches belong to GOD. GOD bless you.
July 8 I watched an animated movie that is called David. And it followed the life of king David from youth until he became king after Sauls death. It followed the Bible reasonably close and when it was a bit off course I likened it to my life. My life was written by GOD, it was laid out to be perfect in every way. But I was the one that rewrote the script and changed the scenes. I was responsible for not following the lines. As I look back over the frames of life, I can see the poor choices and bad acting. It has been a poor debut to a life that had begun with such wonder. I can only trust GOD that the ending is better than the middle. The scene of our lives is projected vividly to the world; our review is by the producer of all life. May we each be worthy of the final cut and not be throw out as trash. May GOD'S grace and blessings be upon all that love the LORD. GOD bless you.
July 7 While reading this morning, I read the words from Ephesians how wide, deep, high and everlasting that GOD'S love for us is. It reminded me of that song we may all have sung at one time in our youth. We cannot go over, under or around GOD'S love for us. We cannot escape HIM or hide where HE cannot find us. There is no separating GOD from us, we alone separate ourselves from HIM! At the time of judgment those who have chosen to divide themselves from GOD will receive their reward of total separation. It will be hell! And will last eternally. Accept the full wonder of HIS love now and forever. While we can see the GLORY of GOD around us every day, we can also witness the pains of hell and the confusion that it is contained there. Rely on the arms of FAITH that will remain so wide, so high, so strong, things that this world may not understand, but remain true forever. GOD bless you.
July 6 What kind of father would not lay down their life for their children? We say that we love them, then lead them into the direct direction of hell! If we would lay our lives down for them or at least say that we would, shouldn't we be happy to live our lives for them? Instead of showing the pathways to hell we should be living the life of eternity! Proving to them the pathway to HEAVEN that is established by the BLOOD of GOD'S SON. We can either live for them or let them pass into eternal death because we did not love them as we should. It is our life that is the turning point for others. Show what love truly is. May GOD bless you.
July 5 When JESUS was praying in the garden, he was not asking merely to be relieved of the burden of death, HE was begging GOD, HIS FATHER, with such intensity that HE sweat drops of blood. Yet, HIS FATHER said no. GOD said no, I will not relieve you of the torture and death ahead. I LOVE the WORLD too much, to even spare you, my BELOVED SON. "For GOD so loved the world that HE GAVE HIS only begotten SON, that whosoever would believe on HIM would not perish, but have ever lasting life." That love is not meant to be one way but to be passed on from one generation to the next. We have no right to be loved so much by GOD, yet in our sin HE loves us. Isn't it time we change our lives and honor that sacrifice? "The wicked shall be sent away to hell, this is the fate of ALL the nations forgetting the LORD." May the love that GOD showed us be, present in our life. GOD bless you.
JULY 4 Nature has not failed GOD again this year. And again, has surpassed the expectations that man has put upon it. Even after such a late planting the Iowa corn is once again bearing the crown of a tassel by the 4th of July, surpassing the old proverb, 'knee high by the 4th of July'. It would appear that on the nations 250th year that man alone has become the sole failure to receive GOD completely and growing in FAITH. With such disrespect toward the CREATOR, how can AMERICA 250 years of our nation survive? With the enemy at each corner and battles within, the only salvation remains in GOD. On this day of celebration, we must look at the FAITH of the men that formed a nation and return to their footsteps. Formed as 'one nation under GOD', we have strayed away and in doing so, have replaced FAITH with pride and self. Without GOD we are doomed toward failure. All the great nations in history have failed when they turn away from GOD, are we any different? Look toward even a plant to witness the GLORY of GOD.
July 3 I have heard it said that if you listen you could hear the corn grow. I must really be hard of hearing because in these last few days the growing sounds should be deafening! With the hot weather and humidity, the 2 staple crops in Iowa have grown so miraculously. It is remarkable to watch nature do exactly what GOD made it to do. In all its growth it multiplies well beyond measure! As a friend pointed out, all nature does what GOD has made it to do, only man has been given 'free will and the ability of choice.' As I look around, I see a world that is making unwise choices to serve GOD. Our nature seems to be disobedience and to do what we are NOT to do. From the moment Eve handed Adam the fruit and disobedience began we have continued to hide from GOD, even in our 'garden of Eden'. Our mission is to do as GOD made us to do and we add 'should you choose to accept it'! We are not on a Mission Impossible; we just need to TRUST the MASTER to make everything possible. "If GOD were to withdraw HIS SPIRIT, all life would disappear and mankind would turn again to dust." All GLORY to GOD through all the ages of eternity. GOD bless you.
July 2 I do not know about where you live, but here in Iowa it is hot. And as people we talk about the weather. I have heard people say, '"it's hotter than hell," but let me respond that it is NOT! We have claimed that a little discomfort is equal to what is awaiting those who fail to believe GOD'S WORD and act according to it commands. The truth is that there is no comparison of a hot day in Iowa to equal the tortures awaiting in hell! "For what hope has the godless when GOD cuts him off and takes away his life? Will GOD listen to his cry when trouble comes upon him? For HE does not delight himself in the ALMIGHTY or pay any attention to GOD except in time of crisis." The heat of these days would be a pleasant relief to a moment of hell! Unbelief will surely open the doors of that bottomless pit where only despair and torture await. The only escape is through JESUS CHRIST our REDEEMER. Enjoy the temporary warmth of today, GROW in the LORD as the Iowa corn does in this weather, as there remains no comparison to hell. May GOD bless you.

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