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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...

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

Sunday May 4, 2008 TBOD

SEE "RED AND ROVER" FOR TODAY

Sunday May 4, 2008
A LOT OF TIMES HUMOR HELPS US TO SEE SERIOUS SUBJECTS IN A MANNER IN WHICH WE CAN BE LESS FEARFUL AND AND ASSESS THEM IN A LESS THREATENING SETTING...THIS CARTOON IS A EXCELLENT EXAMPLE...MOST OF US LIVE OUR LIVES IN A WORLD CONSTRUCTED OF WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE AND NOT THE REALITY OF WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT UNTIL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE TAKEN OUT OF OUR CONTROL...WE ALL LEARN AND GROW AT OUR OWN PACE...AGING AND GROWING THROUGH TIME IS FINITE...GROWING UP AND LEARNING FROM OUR EXPERIENCES IS AN OPTION OF CHOICE...I CAN STILL REMEMBER ALL THE FANTASTIC ADVENTURES I HAD IN THE VARIOUS BOXES OF MY CHILDHOOD...NEWSPAPER PIRATE HATS, TOWEL SUPERHERO CAPES, STICK SWORDS AND LASER GUNS...MIGHTY BROOMSTICK STAFFS OF WIZARDLY POWER...I WAS THE AWESOME PROTECTOR OF EVERYTHING FROM MY BATHTUB TO THE FAR REACHES OF THE GALAXY...ALL WAS RIGHT WITH THE UNIVERSE UNTIL..."THEY CAME"...NOTHING IN MY MIGHTY ARSENAL HAD ANY EFFECT...EVEN MY SUPER SECRET PSYCHIC POWERS COULD NOT MAKE ANY DENT IN THEIR UNSTOPPABLE ADVANCE INTO MY WORLD...EVEN GOD, WHAT I KNEW OF HIM, SEEMED TO TOLERATE THEIR PRESENCE WITH COMPLETE INDIFFERENCE...I FOUGHT BRILLIANT HEROIC BATTLES AND SOME TIMES MY DEFEAT AND SUBMISSION WAS MORE THAN I COULD BARE...SLOWLY I BEGAN TO SEE THAT SOME OF MY FAILURES WERE ACTUALLY NOT SO BAD AND I COULD ACCEPT THEM AND ADAPT THEM TO MY CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT THE PLANET...EVEN GOD SEEMED TO ACCEPT THE AWFUL THINGS I WAS MADE TO DO...TODAY I AM TOTALLY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO ONCE FILLED ME WITH DREAD AND FEAR...THEY TAUGHT ME ABOUT A WORD I ALSO NOW UNDERSTAND MORE FULLY..."WISDOM"...I WANT TO THANK MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, AND EVERYONE WHO HELP ME REALIZE SOME IMPORTANT LESSONS...MY CLUMSY EFFORTS IN MY CHILDHOOD BOX HAVE AND ARE BECOMING PURPOSE DRIVEN ASSAULTS ON THE EVIL DOERS OF AN ENEMY THAT IS TRYING TO KEEP THE UNIVERSE FROM KNOWING THERE IS A MIGHTY LORD I SERVE WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL...MY HEART IS THE VESSEL I NEED TO STEER MY TRUE COURSE...WITH JESUS AS MY COPILOT IT IS EASY TO TURN MY BOX AWAY FROM THE DARK THINGS I NEED NOT FEAR OR ENTER...BEAM ME UP FATHER...

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

Life on the Mud Ball

THIS IS VIRGINIA- She is a woman who "Gets it" ...

You do not learn to live...You live to learn...Your choices are your own and not subject to apologies or explanations to anyone one this planet...You cannot predict the future or the consequences of your decisions...Never be afraid of being YOU...There is nothing you can do about it...Know there is someone always on the job working hard to make everything good for every person here today...Your job is to help that happen too...Angels do not always bring the news you want...Loving each other "NO MATTER WHAT" is what your heart is telling you if you take the time to listen before you act...Going forth and multiplying is NOT something you need to practice...intimacy is a special gift...Fornication is something else altogether...Remember-"Time is Gods way of making sure everything doesn't happen all at once"...Start each day knowing you are unique and have something good to give someone else that no one can offer...YOU...Love to all...Dave...

May 2, 2008

Scripture text: Titus 1:15, 16
“Everything is clean to those who are clean. But nothing is clean to corrupt unbelievers. Indeed, their minds and their consciences are corrupted. 16 They claim to know God, but they deny him by what they do. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit to do anything good.”

Is there anything in your life, this moment, that distorts your view of God?