OH NO YOU DID NOT?...BE CAREFU WHAT YOU SAY, DO AND ASK FOR...

DID YOU ACTUALLY SAY YOU LOVED JESUS, BUT?...HOW CAN THAT BE?...WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?...DO YOU PROFESS TO BE A CHRISTIAN, BUT SAY YOUR BOSS IS A JERK?...DO YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE YOUR 10% TITHE ON SUNDAY IS GETTING YOU A BETTER UPGRADE IN HEAVEN?...IS YOUR CHURCH RUN MORE LIKE A BUSINESS THAN A BROTHERHOOD OF GOD'S CHILDREN?...DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT AN A2 CHURCH IS?...DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN IF I SAY RED WORDS IN THE BIBLE?...WHAT DAYS AND TIMES ARE GOOD FOR YOU TO BE STANDING FOR THE LORD...IS NOW A GOOD TIME FOR YOU TO SEE JESUS COME BACK TO GET YOU, OR DO YOU HAVE OTHER PLANS?...WHY ARE YOU HERE?...WHO DO YOU LIVE FOR...YOUR FAMILY?...YOUR STANDING IN THE COMMUNITY?...YOUR BANK...YOUR POWER TO BEND PEOPLE TO YOUR WILL?...IS GETTING BAPTISED JUST SOMETHING YOU WILL GET AROUND TO SOMEDAY?...THESE ARE QUESTIONS I CANNOT ANSWER FOR YOU...I CAN SAY WHAT YOU DECIDE WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE IN HEAVEN WITH GOD AND JESUS AND TOTAL ISOLATION FROM ALL LOVE AND CARING THAT IS BEING OFFERED TO YOU..I CARE AND HAVE GREAT COMPASSION FOR ALL ON THIS PLANET...THE WORSE THEY ARE, THE MORE COMPASSION AND HOPE I LIFT UP TO JESUS...GODS HEART HAS BEEN HURT VERY BADLY...ONE DAY IT IS THE HOPE OF JESUS AND MYSELF TO HAVE OTHERS HEAR HIM LAUGH AGAIN...I HAVE SAT ON HIS LAP AND LAUGHED WITH HIM, SO I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE...I HAVE EATEN WITH JESUS AND THE PROPHET'S...WE HAVE WORSHIPED ATE THE FOOT OF THE THRONE AND CRIED MANY TEARS OF JOY , WHILE LISTENING TO THE ANGELS PURE AND PERFECT VOICES OF PRAISE...I AM A CHOSEN AND FAVORED SON OF GOD...I AM VERY MUCH LIKE THE KING I AM NAMED AFTER...I AM NOT AT ALL CLOSE TO PERFECT, YET I SING GODS PRAISES CONSTANTLY AND VERY MUCH ENJOY THE COMPANY OF HIS SON AND THE SPIRIT IN MY HEART, TEACHING ME WHAT TO DO TILL MY BROTHER RETURNS...MY TRIAL  HAVE BEEN MANY AND OFTEN I WAS ALONE AGAINST THE WORLD...MY FAITH HAS ALLOWED ME TO ENDURE...I DO NOT HAVE TO CARE WHAT OTHERS THINK...I DO NOT OWE ANYONE AN EXPLANATION OR EXCUSE FOR ANY OF MY ACTIONS...I ANSWER DIRECTLY TO JESUS...HE TAKES IT FROM THERE...I REALIZE PEOPLE THINK THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME...IT IS NOT ME THEY ARE DOING IT TO...THEY HAVE TO ANSWER TO SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT IS IN THEIR HEARTS AND HAS KNOWN SINCE THE BEGINNING...I AM TRULY STORING MY TREASURE IN HEAVEN...I ALSO KNOW THE DEVIL CAN RECITE THE BIBLE FROM TO BACK IN ONE BREATH...YOU MUST TAKE CARE TO REMEMBER  DEMONS LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE ANGELS AND FALSE PROPHETS CAN BE VERY PERSUASIVE...FALSE PROFITS ARE NOT ALL MEN EITHER...MEN CAN BE EASILY FOOLED BY A PRETTY WOMAN AS WOMAN CAN BE FOOLED BY A HANDSOME MAN...FORNICATION IS THE EASIEST WAY FOR THE DEVIL TO

GET YOU OFF THE PATH AND NOT FOCUSED ON THE REAL PRIZE...IT IS ALL THERE IN THE BIBLE...MY HOPE IS FOR YOUR SALVATION...WHEN JESUS COMES, I KNOW HE WILL BE COMING TO GET ME AND BRING ME HOME...

HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?

JESUS TOLD US WE MUST FORGIVE EVERYONE EVERY TIME IN ORDER TO FOLLOW HIS WAYS...HE ALSO SAID TO GIVE TO THOSE IN NEED, WIDOWS, ORPHANS, AND TEACH THE GOSPEL TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN SAVED...MANY HAVE A HARD TIME DICERNING WHEN GIVING BECOMES ENABLING...GOD NEVER SAYS HE HAS GIVEN US ENOUGH AND HE CANNOT HELP US ANYMORE...YET WE SAY IT TO EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME..."YOU ARE USING ME", "ALL YOU DO IS TAKE TAKE TAKE", "I HAVE DONE ALL I AM GOING TO DO FOR YOU"...THERE ARE FEW HEARTS THAT DO NOT HARBOR THOSE THOUGHTS...WHERE WOULD YOU BE IF GOD ABANDONED YOU EVERY TIME YOU ASKED HIM IN PRAYER FOR HIS HELP?...DOES ANY CHRISTIAN BELIEVE YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY PRAYERS THAT GOD WILL ANSWER?...SOME SAY YOU HAVE TO SUFFER TO GET STRONGER AND LEARN WHAT GOD WANTS OF YOU...WHAT IS IT THAT YOU HAVE THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO GOD?...IF YOU GAVE IT ALL TO A HOMELESS PERSON OR NEEDY FAMILY, WOULD JESUS BRAKE HIS PROMISE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL YOUR NEEDS?...GOD IS NOT TELLING US TO GIVE ALL OUR STUFF AWAY...HE IS SHOWING US HOW LITTLE IT WOULD COAST EACH OF US IF WE ALL SHARED JUST A LITTLE OF WHAT WE HAVE...I HAVE FOUND IN MY MINISTRY I HAVE NEVER HAD TO GIVE MORE THAN I COULD AFFORD TO HELP OTHERS...I DO NOT GET A RETURN ON MY INVESTMENT AS MOST WOULD EXPECT...I DO GET TO SEE GOD SMILE AND MY SPIRIT KNOWS I AM LOVED AND LIVING IN THE TRUTH OF JESUS...I AM NOT PERFECT...I DO HAVE CONCERNS SOMETIMES AS TO WETHER MY TIME COULD BE BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE...SINCE WE ALL ARE EQUAL IN GOD'S EYES, REGUARDLESS OF WHERE I AM, OR WHO I AM HELPING, MY TIME IS BEING SPENT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND NOT WHOM I SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T HELP...WE SHOULD ALL REALIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF RESPONSIBILITY WE TAKE ON WHEN WE WALK WITH JESUS...IT IS NOT A GAME YOU CAN QUIT BECAUSE POOR YOU ARE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF...COMPARE IT TO HOW MUCH WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF JESUS, AND WHINE WHEN HE DOES NOT JUMP TO OUR NEEDS...HE NEVER STOPS AND NEVER QUITS...REMEMBER WHO IS IN CHARGE...PERHAPS HAVING TO GIVE MORE THAN YOU WANT TO IS THE REAL TEST OF FAITH...IF YOU TAKE UP HIS CROSS TO FOLLOW HIM, KNOW IT IS A TEST OF FAITH FOR SURE...THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO MAKE JESUS NOT LOVE YOU...CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT EVEN ONE PERSON?...WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE GIVEN MORE THAN ENOUGH, KNOW THAT GOD GAVE EVERYTHING FOR YOU...EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY CARRY HIS CROSS, HE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS NAILED TO IT...I WONDER IF THAT IS WHERE THE SAYING "GIVE TILL IT HURTS" COMES FROM...BE SAFE...DAVE...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE...

When Jesus went up to heaven He left His Spirit in all our hearts...Believers know that when Jesus is in our heart, Christmas is our birthday too...I find it interesting that some people do not want me to celebrate my Re-Birthday, and spend millions on "Sweet 16 Parties", with an avalanche of gifts that exclude any spiritual or moralistic values...I could go off and running now, but wanting to be the right person for God, I realize I digress...HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE...PEACE ON EARTH...GOOD WILL TOWARDS ALL...

STAND WITH ME FOR THE LORD?...

IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OR WITHOUT YOU...WE HAVE THE KING OF KINGS...IT IS TIME TO STAND AND SHOW OUR PLANET WHO HE IS AND WHY HE TOOK THE HIT FOR US...WE WILL BE BOLD IN HIS PROMISE...WE STAND FOR THE TRUE AND LOVING GOD ALMIGHTY...WE WILL MAKE THE FATHER OF ALL LAUGH OUT LOUD...OUR NUMBERS ARE WITHOUT NUMBER...NONE CAN STAND AGAINST THE PURE LOVE OF OUR KING...HIS SHINING EMBRACE WILL LIGHT EVERY CORNER...DID I MENTION THEIR ARE NO CORNERS TO BE SEEN ON EARTH IF YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN FROM GOD'S HOUSE...SOMETHING ABOUT THE MATH...BEEN THERE...DO THAT...PRETTY COOL...ANGELS ARE AWESOME...CUPIDONS ROCK...JESUS RULES...GOD IS A QUIET AND GENTLE HOLY FATHER...NO WORDS FOR SITTING ON HIS LAP WHEN I NEED HIM...GODS HOUSE IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE ANY OTHER...THE STUFF IS WAY COOLER THOUGH...I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN TO THE PALACE YET...TO BIG... NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE YET...GOD HAS A PARTY PATIO ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN...YOU CAN SEE WHATEVER YOU WANT TOO WHEN YOU LOOK OUT...ONE SIDE HAS THE PALACE KINDA WAY OFF BUT CLOSE...THE OTHER SIDE HAS A CLIFF THAT GOES DOWN TO SOMEWHERE...PEOPLE CARE CLIMBING UP ALL THE TIME...SUNDAYS ARE THE BEST...A CHOIR OF ANGELS WITHOUT NUMBER...THOSE WHO ARE NOT ALREADY THERE CLIMB UP AND WE DANCE AND SING AROUND AND WITH JESUS, TILL IT IS TIME...THEN WE ALL FACE THE THRONE AND LIFT OUR HEARTS AND VOICES TO OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN...WHEN IT IS TIME WE STOP...WE DO WHATEVER WE DO...I USUALLY HANG WITH THE HOMEBOYS FOR AWHILE AND ASK JESUS WHAT TO DO FOR HIS GLORY...HE ALWAYS SAYS THE SAME THING...GO AND LOVE AS WE ARE LOVED...STAND FOR ME IN ALL THINGS...KNOW THAT WITH MY FATHER ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU ASK OF ME; FOR HE IS GOD...THE MAKER OF ALL THINGS...I AM HIS GLORY...I STOOD FOR YOU BEFORE THE HEAVENS WERE SPOKEN...IT HURT HIS HEART TO LET ME GO...MY HOPE IS HE WILL LAUGH AGAIN...WHEN YOUR ARE AWAY, TAKE COMFORT IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO IS WITH YOU ALWAYS...KEEP YOUR ANGELS CLOSE...STAND FOR THE OPPRESSED AND HELPLESS...BE BOLD AND FEARLESS IN EVERYTHING...BRING THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO STAND FOR ME...FACE THE ENEMY IN MY NAME...STAND FOR LOVE OF ALL THINGS AND ALL MY FATHERS CHILDREN...LET IT BE KNOWN MY VENGEANCE IS A LOVE SO PURE AND GENTLE THAT NONE CAN STAND AGAINST IT...GO AND HELP ME MAKE MY FATHER HAPPY...SO I AM HERE TRYING TO DO WHAT WAS ASKED OF ME...I STAND FOR THE LORD...KINDA EASY SINCE HE'S GOT MY BACK...OUR FATHERS WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN...I PRAY WITHOUT CEASING, SO I WILL BE READY TO STAND WHENEVER HE CALLS...I AM CALLING YOU...STAND ON THE ROCK...IT IS A GLORIOUS THING BEYOND IMAGINING...BELIEVE HOW YOU WILL...KNOW HE IS THE KING OF KINGS AND YOUR BROTHER...TBOD...

HOW'S THAT WORKIN FOR YA?...

God Is My Savior!

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU SEE THE ABOVE STATEMENT?...WHAT DOES BEING SAVED MEAN TO YOU?...WHAT OR WHOM DOES GOD SAVE YOU FROM?...POVERTY?...SATAN?...HOSPITAL VISITS?...WHY DID JESUS COME TO OUR PLANET, DIE TO SAVE US FROM ETERNAL DEATH, AND INVITE US TO LIVE WITH HIS FATHER IN HEAVEN?...WHAT DOES YOUR HEART TELL YOU?..

I PRAISE JESUS FOR HELPING ME BECOME MORE OF A VESSEL TO BE USED FOR HIS GLORY...AS GOD IS IN ME, I AM PROMISED THAT SINFULNESS CANNOT TOUCH ME OR BE IN GOD'S PRESENCE...HOW COOL IS THAT?...I DO NOT WANT TO JUDGE THE AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD...JESUS SAID HE WOULD HANDLE IT AND TAKE CARE OF ALL MY NEEDS...THERE IS NO CONCERN OF ROCKING THE BOAT OR STAYING ON THE SHORE...I AM WALKING ON THE WATER WITH MY BEST FRIEND AND PRAISE HIS MIGHTY AND GLORIOUS NAME TO ANY WHO WILL LISTEN...ALL HONOR AND GLORY IS HIS ALONE...MY JOY IS BEING BLESSED AND FAVORED TO BE A PART OF IT ALL...I DO NOT BELIEVE IN A HEIRCHY OF GOD'S JUDGMENT...HOW BAD CAN THE WORST JOB IN HEAVEN BE?...GOD LOVES ME AND I DO TOO...I CAN SEE CLEARLY HOW WORLDLY MATTERS AND FEARS TAKE VALUABLE TIME AWAY FROM MY SERVICE TO GOD AND OTHERS...MARY GAVE BIRTH TO GOD AS MAN ON EARTH...ALL TRUE BELIEVERS HAVE A BABY JESUS INSIDE THEM, JUST AS JESUS HAS OUR BABY SOULS IN HIS HANDS...WHEN OUR FAITH GROWS WE ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GROW IN OUR HEART...SOMEDAY WE WILL BE GROWN UP TO HEAVEN AND GET TO SERVE OUR FATHER...KINDA NEAT...MATTHEW CHAPTER 6 IS WELL WORTH READING...I KEEP THE CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS BY KEEPING CHRIST IN MY HEART...WHEN I THINK OF GOD AS MY SAVIOUR I THINK HE SAVED ME FROM MY EARTHLY SELF...LOVE TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NITE...DAVE


The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!Exalted be God my Savior! Psalm 18:46 NIV


But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
1 Corinthians 11:31,32 NIV


And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Romans 5:3-5 KJV


For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:15-18 NASB


We need a Savior because we are sinners, and the wages of sin is death...


Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift: Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.


Notable Events, December 15
In 1791, the Bill of Rights, comprising the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, took effect.

In 1890, Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull was killed in a skirmish with U.S. soldiers along the Grand River, S.D.

In 1939, the film version of "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta. In 1943, the Battle of San Pietro between U.S. forces and a German panzer battalion left the 700-year-old Italian town in ruins.

In 1954 what may be considered TV's first mini-series premiered. "Davy Crockett" aired in a series of five segments on Walt Disney's "Disneyland" show.

MEDITATION FOR 12/14-20: Magnify the Lord - Luke 1:46-55 NIV

Mary's Song "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me - holy is his name. His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever, even as he said to our fathers." Luke 1:46-55 NIV

Translations:
CEV - Contemporary English Version
ESV - English Standard Version
KJV - King James Version
MSG - The Message
NASB - New American Standard Bible
NIV - New International Version
NKJV - New King James Version
NLT - New Living Translation
RSV - Revised Standard Version

Be Strong In Your Faith, You Will Need It

Eternal Life!

"Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night within his temple; and he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." Revelation 7:15-17 RSV

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 KJV

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
1 John 5:11-13 NASB

Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift: Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.


This Day in History, December 4
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On December 4th, 1110, the Crusaders conquered Sidon in the First Crusade.

I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THERE ARE MANY WARS WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN THE NAME OF A LOVNG GOD THAT WANTS US ALL TO BE ONE FAMILY...KILLING IN THE NAME OF ANYTHING, IS NOT THE DEFINITION OF THE GOD I BELIEVE IN...THE OLD TESTIMENT WAS ALL ABOUT SETTING UP THE JEWISH PEOPLE AS GODS CHOSEN...THE NEW TESTIMENT WAS ABOUT JESUS COMMING TO FULFILL THE COVENANT FOR ALL PEOPLE...THROUGH JESUS WE ARE FREED FROM THE NEED TO KILL ANYONE IN THE NAME OF PEACE...AS JESUS FORGIVES AND LOVES US AS WE ARE, SO ARE WE TO FORGIVE AND LOVE EACH OTHER IN OUR DIFFERENCES...GOD IS IN CONTROL...WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT HIS WILL IS THE ONLY RESULT...DAVE..

Other Notable Events, December 4

In 1942, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered liquidation of the Works Progress Administration, created during the Depression to provide work for the unemployed.

In 1971, India joined East Pakistan in its war for independence from West Pakistan. East Pakistan became the republic of Bangladesh.

1991, American Terry Anderson was freed by his pro-Iranian captors after 6 years. He was the last U.S. hostage held in the Middle East

Classic Quotes by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) English author

"Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness."

"The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity."

"Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your ideal of manhood is and what kind of man you long to be"

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom."

"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak"

"No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors."

SEE MORE THAN STARS WHEN YOU LOOK UP

Bible Verses For Wednesday December 3, 2008
Courage & Confidence
Meditation 11/30-12/6: Our Redeemer - Ex. 6:6-8 ESV

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Courage & Confidence

Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalm 31:24 KJV

He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:29-31 NKJV

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Psalm 27:13,14

Return to your rest, O my soul, For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling. I shall walk before the LORD In the land of the living. Psalm 116:7-9 NASB

Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift: Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.

This Day in History, December 3
On December 3rd, 1904, the Jovian moon Himalia was discovered.
TODAY IS A DAY OF REFLECTION FOR ME...I USUALLY TAKE STOCK OF WHERE MY WEEK IS LEADING ME ON WEDNESDAY...FROM FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY IS FIVE DAYS AFTER ALL...AFTER MEDITATING FOR AWHILE I REALIZED I AM AT PEACE TODAY AND ALL IS WELL ...I RECEIVED SOME INSPIRITIONAL E-MAILS,WHICH ALWAYS LIFTS MY SPIRIT...MY HOPE IS EVERYONE IS LOOKING TO THE LORD FOR ANY ANSWERS THEY MAY NEED TO RESOLVE THEIR QUESTIONS...JESUS IS ALWAYS THERE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING SMILE AND READY TO LEAD US THROUGH OUR DAY...GOD LOVES YOU AND SO DO I...DAVE...
Other Notable Events, December 3
In 1833, Oberlin College in Ohio opened with an enrollment of 29 men and 15 women, the nation's first truly co-educational college. SAME EDUCATION, STILL NOT EQUAL PAY...HMMMM...

In 1929, the Ford Motor Co. raised the pay of its employees from $5 to $7 a day despite the collapse of the U.S. stock market. I DO NOT THINK THAT WILL HELP MUCH TODAY...PERHAPS DOWNSIZING SALARIES UP TOP WILL SAVE SOME JOBS LOWER DOWN WHERE MUCH OF THE SWEATING IS DONE...

Classic Quotes by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) English novelist
"A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth."

"A man's most open actions have a secret side to them."

"Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions."

"All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."

"An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation."

"Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line."

"As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook."

"As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs."

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men."

"Don't talk to me of your Archimedes' lever. He was an absentminded person with a mathematical imagination. Mathematics commands all my respect, but I have no use for engines. Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world."

Meditation 11/30-12/6: Our Redeemer - Ex. 6:6-8 NIV

Concerning Cash...
But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today. If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God. Deuteronomy 8:18-20 NIV
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. Proverbs 28:19,20 KJV
As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good deeds, liberal and generous, thus laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life which is life indeed. 1 Timothy 6:17-19 RSV
"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings. "You are under a curse-the whole nation of you-because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." Malachi 3:8-10 NIV
Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift: Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.
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Do Not Fill The Enemy's Sleigh With Too Many Goodies

THE SEASON FOR GIVING SHOULD BE EVERY SEASON... JESUS IS THE TRUE REASON FOR THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON...THE GIFTS WE GIVE, THAT MEAN THE MOST, COST THE LEAST...THE COST OF THE GIFT IS NOT IMPORTANT...IT IS THE LOVE AND CARING WITH WHICH IT IS GIVEN... JESUS GAVE THE GREATES GIFT OF ALL...MY DAUGHTER WAS LOOKING AT AN ANGEL TREE THE OTHER DAY AND READING ALL THE THINGS THE KIDS WERE ASKING FOR...THE LAST ON THE LIST WAS THREE BOYS BETWEEN SIX AND ELEVEN...THE LINE WHERE THEY WERE TO FILL IN THEIR GIFTS WAS THE WORD "ANYTHING"...IT TOUCHED MY HEART AS IT DID HERS...YOU COULD ONLY PICK ONE CHILD SO MY MOTHER AND I EACH TOOK ONE, SO WE COULD COVER ALL THREE...THE TWO WE CHOSE WILL REPLACE OUR GIFTS FROM MY DAUGHTER...THE JOY IS TRULY IN THE GIVING...ONE GOD...ONE PLANET...ONE FAMILY...
MY NEEDS WILL ALWAYS BE MET, AS I MEET THE NEEDS OF OTHERS...YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST...DAVE...TBOD...

Bible Verses Saturday November 29, 2008

My Grace Is Sufficient For You
Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the skies. You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God! Psalm 68:34,35 NIV

In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
Zechariah 12:8 KJV

For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God. 2 Corinthians 4:15 NASB

They will see the glory of the LORD, The majesty of our God. Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble. Say to those with anxious heart, "Take courage, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance; The recompense of God will come, But He will save you."
Isaiah 35:3,4 NASB

Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift: Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.

Lewis (1898-1963) English author

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."

"A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride."

"A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading."

"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives."

"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither."

"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

"Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable."

"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."

This Day in History, November 29
On November 29th, 1922, the tomb of Tutankhamun was opened to the public.

In 1877, Thomas Edison demonstrated his invention, a hand-cranked phonograph that recorded sound on grooved metal cylinders. Edison shouted verses of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" into the machine, which played back his voice.

In 1890, the first Army-Navy football game was played with Navy winning 24-0. In 1929, U.S.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard Byrd and three crewmen became the first people to fly over the South Pole.

THE BOOK OF DAVID...SO?

POLITICS IS FOR THOSE WHO THINK THIS IS THE FINAL DESTINATION...THANK THE ENEMY FOR ALL HIS SUPPORT IN MAKING PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY ARE THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN....WHEN THEY ARE DEVOURED BY THE LION, DUE TO THE LACK OF ATTENTION PAID TO THE TRUTH. IT WILL BE FAR TO LATE AND THE FINAL VOTE WILL BE THE TRUTH IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN...JESUS IS THE ONLY TRUE BUYOUT FOR THE WORLD...DAVE...

ANGER AT APATHY

ANSWERED PRAYER SERVICES- 09-10-08


Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Reason for Rejection
Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death. (Matthew 26:59)
We might wonder how the religious leaders of Jesus' day could be so heartless as to take Him and put Him to such a quick death. Where was their compassion? Where was their sense of fairness?
Even if they didn't accept Him as the Messiah, what was behind this hatred toward Him? Why did they desire such a quick execution?
We could take the same question and apply it to the broader issue of why people reject Jesus Christ without ever taking time to consider His claims.
Why do people reject the revelation of Scripture, when in most cases, they have never taken the time to read it for themselves? Why is that people refuse to give at least a fair hearing to the message of the gospel?
Jesus said, "Their judgment is based on this fact: The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil" (John 3:19).
Someone may say, "The reason I am not a Christian is because I disagree with this or I have problems with that." According to Jesus, the real reason is that their deeds are evil. They don't want to come into the light, where their deeds will be exposed. Everything else is nothing more than an excuse those people hide behind.
I am not saying that people do not have legitimate questions to ask. I am not saying people do not grapple with some of these truths.
What I am saying is that when people are true seekers of God and they are presented with the answers to their questions, they will believe.

I was homeless, hopeless, and nameless. Then God came to me and took me in, and adopted me as His son. -Steven Curtis Chapman


This Day in History, September 10
On September 10th, 1913, the first paved coast-to-coast U.S. highway opened.
WERE WE GETTING OIL FROM OVERSEAS BACK THEN...I BELIEVE THE STEAM ENGINE WAS REPLACED BY THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE BY THE BIG OIL BARONS OF THE TIMES...THE GREED BEGAN AND HERE WE ARE...THE INEXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY SUPPLY IS FINITE AFTER ALL...THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE GOOD FOR THE PLANET...HOW MANY PEOPLE ON FOOD STAMPS AND MINIMUM WAGE, CAN AFFORD A HYBRID CAR?...I CAN SEE ONCE AGAIN THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP EACH OTHER...SATAN IS BUSY ALSO MAKING SURE GREED AND LOVE OF MONEY ONLY ALLOW FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT TO PROSPER ONCE AGAIN; LEAVING THE NEEDY TO SUBSIST ON THE EVER RISING PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS...MY HOPE IS STILL IN GODS GRACE...I DO NOT LONG FOR HIS VENGEANCE ...I PRAY MANY WILL COME INTO THE LIGHT AND SEE THE NEED FOR FAITH IN THE TRUTH OF JESUS...THE DAY IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING WHEN ALL WILL HAVE HEARD THE GOSPEL...IT IS WRITTEN WHEN WE HAVE ALL HEARD AND MADE OUR CHOICE, JESUS WILL RETURN...THE DAY AND TIME CANNOT BE KNOWN...WHEN IT COMES, I WILL BE READY, AS I AM WATCHING CONSTANTLY...ARE YOU READY TO GO FACE TO FACE WITH THE LIVING GOD?...LOVE...DAVE...TBOD...

IN THEE, O LORD, DO I PUT MY TRUST: LET ME NEVER BE PUT TO CONFUSION...PSALMS 71:1...

The Spiritual Life...9-9-08

In the house of God there is never-ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God’s face gives joy that never fails.
-St. Augustine

TBOD...GODS WILL...JESUS' WAY...

THE LIFE OF A DISCIPLE IS BASED ON THE WAY JESUS TAUGHT US TO LIVE...HEALING AND MIRACLES HAPPEN WHEN THEY HAPPEN TO SHOW THE GLORY OF GOD, AND APPEAR TO MOST AS COINCIDENCE OR CHANCE OR LUCK...BE ASSURED THAT IS NOT SO...THE DEVIL WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THERE IS NO POWERFUL AND LOVING GOD AND YOU SHOULD GET WHATEVER YOU CAN...HE SAYS THOSE WHO HAVE THE MOST WIN...THE TRUTH IS WHAT JESUS LIVED...HELP THE POOR AND NEEDY WHEN YOU CAN AND SHARE WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU WITH OTHERS...FORGIVE AND PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES AND LEAVE VENGEANCE TO GOD...THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE NOTHING IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE OR THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING WRONG A LOT...THOSE ARE THE TIMES WHEN YOUR FAITH IN JESUS WILL PULL YOU THROUGH TO THE PLACE WHERE GODS GRACE AND MERCY WILL SHOW UP...WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS HAPPEN IN GODS TIME AND ALWAYS FOR OUR GOOD AND THE GOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS...HOLD ON AND HANG ON, FOR JESUS IS ALWAYS WITH YOU...BE BOLD AND CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH WHATEVER HAPPENS...HE HAS GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THE LIFE HE WANTS FOR YOU...YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FIGHT THE DEVIL...IGNORE HIM, TURN AWAY, AND ASK JESUS TO HELP...NONE CAN STAND AGAINST THE TRUTH AND GLORY OF THE LIVING GOD...DAVE...

This Day in History, June 17
On June 17th, 1885, the Statute of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor.

WHAT A MARVELOUS AND MAGNIFICENT GIFT THE FRENCH GAVE THE UNITED STATES...I BELIEVE THEY ARE A PEACEFUL AND LOVING PEOPLE...MOST OF THEIR ART IS BEYOND ASTOUNDING...EVEN THEIR SPOKEN LANGUAGE HAS A ROMANTIC AND CAPTIVATING MELODY...THEIR COUISINE IS ALSO A WORLD STANDARD OF MANY RICH AND FAMOUS... I GRIEVE THAT MANY COUNTRIES CALL THEM COWARDS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO FIGHT WARS...WAS JESUS A COWARD TOO?THE WAR WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING IS SPIRITUAL... KEEP YOUR ANGELS CLOSE AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY ARE TELLING YOU...GOD IS THE GENERAL AND HIS TROOPS ARE OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH...WHAT IS THE REASON MANY CALL THE FRENCH FROGS?...BECAUSE FRANCE STARTS WITH AN F OR SOMETHING MORE DEGRADING LIKE SPIC, SLANT EYES, TOWELL HEADS, SAND NIGGERS, BLACK SAMBOS,?...DO AMERICANS HAVE A CATCH NAME OTHER THAN "PSI"S?...PRIDEFUL SELFISH IDIOTS...AT ONE TIME ALL WERE WELCOME TO THE NEW YORK HARBOR...I AM GLADDENED IN MY HEART THAT I DO NO USE THOSE NAMES OR KNOW ALL THE OTHER ONES THAT ABOUND ON THE PLANET...I BELIEVE WE OFTEN IGNORE THE GIFTS GOD GIVES US EVERY DAY...MANY DO NOT GIVE THANKS OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE HE IS SUPPLYING US EVERYTHING ON THE EARTH, STARTING WITH OUR VERY BREATH...IF HE WERE TO TAKE THAT SIMPLE GIFT BACK HOW WOULD THAT WORK FOR YOU?...IT IS NOT "LUCK" THAT RUNS THE WORLD...YOU DO NOT JUST "HAPPEN" TO BE IN THE RIGHT OR WRONG PLACE AT THE RIGHT OR WRONG TIME...YOU ARE WHERE AND WHO YOU ARE BECAUSE GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE SENT HIS ONLY SON TO DIE FOR YOU AND GIVE YOU A SECOND CHANCE...I CANNOT CONCIEVE THE LOVE AND ANGUISH THAT WENT INTO MAKING THAT DECISION...TO ME IT IS SO POWERFUL TO THINK OF IT MAKES ME CRY OUT FOR HIM IN LOVE AND UNWORTHINESS FOR SO GREAT A GIFT...I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE USA EVEN KNOW WHERE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY CAME FROM...IF SO DO THEY KNOW IT WAS DESIGNED IN PART BY THE SAME MAN WHO BUILT THE EIFEL TOWER?...GODS GRACE AND MERCY IS SO COMPLETE HE EVEN GIVES US A CHOICE TO TAKE IT OR LISTEN TO THE DEVIL AS HE ATTEMPTS TO DECIEVE US INTO THINKING WE CAN BE GOD, OR AT LEAST EXPLAIN HIM AWAY...IF YOU THINK LIFE IS A GAME, I PRAY YOU CHOOSE THE RIGHT TEAM...WHEN IT IS OVER ALL WILL KNOW THAT "JESUS WINS"...DAVE...


Dave...http://www.fpfot.blogspot.com/..."Trust in the Cross"... "Be Safe"...

Classic Quotes by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Russian composer/ conductor
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares.
Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
I am an inventor of music.
I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust

Love One Another
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:9,10 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:34,35 KJV Through Him you have confidence in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart. 1 Peter 1:21,22 RSV God, Whose grace is all sufficient, be glorified! Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift: Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.



"TBOD"

I BELIEVE IT IS OFTEN TOO EASY FOR THE DEVIL TO PUT CHRISTIANS ON THE DEFENSE FOR OUR FAITH IN THE WORD OF GOD AND TRUTH OF JESUS...MY SPIRIT TELLS ME TO SPEAK BOLDLY OF MY GOD AND NEVER BE ASHAMED OF THE TRUTH...WOULD I DIE FOR JESUS?...I LIKE TO BELIEVE I WOULD INSTEAD OF DENYING GOD TO STAY ALIVE...I ALSO BELIEVE I WOULD NOT BE PUT IN THAT POSITION UNLESS IT WOULD BE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND HIS SON'S SACRIFICE...JESUS DID NOT ENFORCE HIS MINISTRY AND TRUTH ON ANYONE, AS I SEE HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES...EVEN NOW COUNTRY'S SCRAMBLE TO POSSESS LAND, TECHNOLOGY AND EVEN PEOPLE SO THEY MAY SATISFY THE VERY THINGS JESUS WAS SENT TO SAVE US FROM...I CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY THERE IS NO EXCEPTIONS TO GODS LOVE AND FORGIVENESS WHEN WE COMMUNICATE WITH HIM THROUGH OUR SPIRIT WITHIN...WE AS BELIEVERS CAN DO NO LESS FOR EACH OTHER...HUMANS CANNOT CHANGE PEOPLES HEARTS...GOD CAN AND WILL WHEN WE PRAY AND LIVE A LIFE THAT SHOWS THE AWESOME GLORY OF HIS POWER AND BLESSINGS THROUGH FAITH...I DO NOT NEED TO WITNESS IN A STADIUM TO KNOW I AM DOING GODS WORK...ONE SOUL BROUGHT TO THE FOLD IS EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT AS 2000...I TRUST GOD TO PUT ME WHERE I BELONG AND WILL DO HIS WORK WHEREVER I FIND MYSELF...I AM NOT ASHAMED OF MY GOD...MY SPIRIT WILL SPEAK FOR ME SO I CAN BE ASSURED I WILL SAY WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID WHEN THE TIME COMES...NO ONE IS UNWORTHY OF HIS LOVE, MERCY, AND GRACE...WE ARE IMPERFECT AND GETTING BETTER WHEN WE DRAW CLOSER AND COMMUNICATE AND LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT WITHIN US...TWO WORDS JESUS SAID OFTEN COMFORT ME WHEN I FEEL LOST AND INADEQUATE..."FOLLOW ME"... HE KNOWS THE WAY...HE IS THE TRUTH...HE IS THE LIFE I WANT...THERE IS NO LUCK...ONLY MIRACLES AND BLESSINGS FROM A FATHER WHO'S LOVE I CANNOT COMPREHEND...DAVE...

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