GUNNER G CWO4 WEPS USCG Retired

TIME IS SHORT-NOW IS THE TIME FOR SALVATION!

2012-02-03T13:20:00.000-08:00

Jesus said, You speak correctly! For I am a King. This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the Truth. Everyone who is a friend of the Truth hears, listens and recognizances My voice.
“Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.
“Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”
In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears abundant fruit. However, apart from Me (cut off from vital union with Me) you can do nothing.
“He who believes is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed (cleave to, rely on, trust in) the only begotten Son of God.”
Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, that means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children from stones. Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce fruit of the Holy Spirit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him men might be saved. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J95rAr0gOFU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysTODBn8Vl8

"2012" Another new year of our Lord Jesus Christ!

2012-01-04T14:34:00.000-08:00

As the world date marks its calendars by Christ birth and many nations once founded on Judeo-Christian law and ethics are now abandoning the truth for heretical beliefs based on humanism, existentialism, and even pagan law. In many communities laws now support open adult public nudism and erotic toddler and adolescent pole dancing contest in the same public venue. At the same time planet Earth is experiencing drought, polar ice melt, overpopulation, and dwindling resources to support the current population. Also with the advent of dictatorships collapsing and previously Communist states opening there doors, more people are converting to Christianity then in any other time in history. Approximately 8 million new conversions a year in communist China alone in-spite of heavy persecution, beatings and prison sentences. All of these things predicted in the most historically accredited publication ever written with over 8 billion copies printed which claims to be the inspired word of God commonly known as the bible. The bible containing a chronological record of man's creation by God, man's rebellion toward God, man's fall and separation from God, and God's plan of redemption, salvation and reunification with God for all those that accept, believe and diligently seek Him (God). At stake the willful choice of reunification with God through Christ for eternal life in an incorruptible state of joyful being, or the alternative choice of eternal separation from God and all His creation in a state of perpetual undieing corruptibility resulting in everlasting torment over so great a loss. Make no mistake about it judgment is coming for those not covered by the blood of Christ and have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them, evident by the love of Christ that is evident in one's words and deeds. Nothing else in this life will ever compare or be of such monumental importance with regard to our individual choice to accept or refuse Christ. Happy New Years for those that have made the right choice! Everyone else is on borrowed time with the weight of eternity in the balance!

I Refuse (Josh Wilson) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szTkO0FMTt8

I Refuse (LIVE) http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIv_zkOC97Q&feature=related

All you have to do is believe in your hart and confess with your mouth in the lord Jesus Christ that God raised him from the dead for the redemption of your sins, repent of your old life style and follow Him and He will do the rest. All things in your life will become new and you will receive the Holy Spirit giving you that power to change and become a child of the light.

Do Everything to the glory of God! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEqdDdvFXZ0

LIVE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW2Cz4dmz8o

LOVE FOR THE LOST

2011-11-22T18:09:00.001-08:00

Brothers & sisters in Christ Jesus, we know according to God's word that judgment day is coming soon and there will be a multitude of us too large to count that will enter heaven through the narrow gate having a real relationship with Jesus Christ (in Holy-spirit and in truth), looking forward to a place prepared for us where creation is made perfect and where sorrow and tears will be replaced with continuous gladness and joy. While we who have the spirit of Christ have already tasted of these things and look forward to that great day, we must never forget why Christ still has us here as salt of the earth to reach the lost! The lost are a far greater the multitude of those that unwittingly reject Christ, are deceived by this world, blinded by religion, or possessed by unclean spirits, lovers of self rather then lovers of God. In fact the word of God tells us that Hell had to be expanded to contain the far greater multitude of souls that decided to take the wide and easy path that leads to eternal destruction where there will be an eternal fire with brimstone, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth day and night for eternity, and where the worms that consume the soul dies-not!“If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It’s better to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out. Mark 9:45-48 ”

This judgment is what a Holy and Righteous God who created all things and paid the price for our sin on the cross will require and demand, despite our arguments. Our choice of either redemption, freedom, and eternal life through walking and knowing Jesus Christ, making us righteous and holy and able to bare fruit of the Holy Spirit, which is the evidence of our conversion. Or Self Idolatry, using this life and everything that God created as the doormat to self worship believing in our own redemption and deceptively creative lies, hoping that an all-knowing God will buy it somehow. St James made it perfectly clear “faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless. Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.” You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless? James 2:17” For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness. Romans 1:18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHmiFaX_pk

THE GREATEST IS LOVE

2011-10-17T05:46:00.000-07:00

Love, Faith, Hope, and Charity all created by God. But the greatest of these is Love. Those are the fruits of the Holy Spirit and the evidence that we know Jesus Christ and his spirit dwells in us. The same Holy Spirit that raised Christ from the dead will also raise up those of us who believe unto ever lasting life. But those who NOT believe and have NO fruit of the Spirit will be resurrected to judgment with the rest of the world. Salvation is a free gift to anyone who surrenders his life to Christ, born again, and they becomes a new creatures having your minds renewed. So then the works and fruit of the Spirit that follow a believer (Love, Faith, Hope, and Charity) are just the byproduct of a born again Spirit filled life, they are not the means or justification to salvation in avoiding judgment and Hell. Even if you have love, Faith, Hope, and Charity and even if you give up your life for some cause, it cannot and will not save you from Hell. Like Jesus told the religious leaders of his day “Unless you believe that I am God, savior of the world, take up your cross and follow me (Born Again), YOU WILL DIE IN YOUR SINS because where I go you cannot come.”

Our journey from physical birth in this world to spiritual rebirth in Christ is why we are here, it is every persons destiny and inheritance to be offered salvation. Whether or not you accept it will be either result in a great beginning or tragic ending lasting forever. The analogy is the same as a child's life who only cares about plying games, but once that child grows up and becomes self aware of his destiny as an adult, the child becomes a adult and puts off childish ways. This transition is the same for all of us who were once non-believers we acted and believed in the foolish things of this world, but once we heard and believed the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ we also changed and became born again allowing the Holy Spirit to help us put away the childish ways of the world that lead to death. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things (1 Corinthians 13:11).

Get ready while there is still time because judgment is coming around the bend like a speeding freight train and like a flood will overtake everyone that keeps resisting Gods call to salvation. For those of us who are born again, have received the Holy Spirit, we bear witness to these things in our lives. The evidence of which is Love, Faith, Hope, and Charity. But the greatest of these is Love.

I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains—but if I have no love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burned —but if I have no love, this does me no good. Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fails.(1 Corinthians 13:2-7)

As a young 17 year old Christian sometimes stumbling in sin but by the grace of God always able to repent and continue the race toward salvation, I remember this favorite 1975 song our fellowship group often listened to that reflects this blog entry, by Kenn Gulliksen called Charity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m535OdDhFcY

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THE YEAR OF JUBELII for those that walk with Christ, but great tribulation judgment for those that reject redemption.

2011-07-28T06:38:00.000-07:00

The whole world is about to be tested and enter the period of Gods judgment, the great tribulation. Jesus Christ prophesied that true believers should pray that they will be found worthy not to go though this terrible period which is coming upon the whole world. Christ said like the labor pains of woman the time leading up to the great tribulation would come on slowly at first getting worse and worse with famine, war and persecution of Christians. Then the angels appointed by God will open each seal of judgment to be poured out upon the earth. As believers we need to recognize these signs which are already here and prepare ourselves and draw close to God through his son Jesus Christ in spirit and in truth, in preparation for delivery out of God judgment “ the great tribulation“ that is coming upon the whole world. Instead just like in the days of Noah and Lot Christians will be delivered out just before things go from bad to terrible and look forward to returning with Christ at the end of the great tribulation. At the end Christ will be seen coming in the clouds like lightning that flashes from east to west shining like the sun in great power and glory to do final battle at Armageddon with the armies of the world led by the Antichrist. Jesus Christ will be recognized by all the people on the earth, those Christians who died and also those Christians that remain alive will take on immortality and be caught up to meet Christ in the air. The great majority that received the mark of the Beast and all those that refused to believe, repent and be saved, Christ will merely speak and the armies of the world will be defeated at Armageddon then the inhabitants of the world will morn as they recognize Christ and will seek death to hide but will not find it (try and kill themselves but not die). Then the earth will be healed and remade and the year of jubilee will start followed by a thousand years of peace upon the earth for all believers. In the mean time God will have his angels gatherer all the those that died in there sins to face the great judgment which will at minimum include eternal separation from God and abandonment of all hope.

Behold I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:12-20)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Be0qJw9ZE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA_kue_XTKc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c7GU0UGPh0&feature=related
Judy Jacobs, great women of God-teacher-song writer-singer. http://www.youtube.com/user/judyjacobs?blend=23&ob=5
Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?“ Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately. Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come. “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers. And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come. “The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat. How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive. But it will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen ones. “Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones. See, I have warned you about this ahead of time. “So if someone tells you, ‘Look, the Messiah is out in the desert,’ don’t bother to go and look. Or, ‘Look, he is hiding here,’ don’t believe it! For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near. “Immediately after the anguish of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will give no light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (Matthew 24:3-30)
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir (NOT Mormon) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqTLsIyx3I0

IN Spanish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDPO4s4I6KI&NR=1
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Anniversary from temporal to the eternal, only through Christ

2011-07-20T08:31:00.000-07:00

God has allowed me time to reminisce about my late wife Carol’s acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior just weeks before her death. People who reject the preaching of the cross as a notion, and the surrendering of one's will to Christ’s redemption, love, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, they don’t understand or believe the change I saw in my wife Carol after she prayed the sinners prayer, the visions she had of heaven, and the peace she had that passes all understanding. Though it has been a year since her death and we were married 30 years, its as if she never really died at all becasue I have seen where she is at myself. No matter what Carol did in her life or how she died, the events that led up to her asking to receive and accept Christ as her savior was the only thing that really mattered in the end. God was gracious enough to allow me to see Carol on just 2 occasions after her death and I can assure you she has a new glorified body living in a joyful place with allot of other believers who did not die in their sins. Carol only expressed to me one concern, my steadfast walk with Christ and my prayers for our children to know Christ. I’m sure she cares for all that are lost but this was on her mind when she last spoke to me.
God has made it self evident in both creation and his written word that we only have one life in this world as spiritually dead beings clothed in flesh and one path to connect with Christ and be spiritually born again, washed of all sin and accepted into the family of God unto life everlasting, giving us back our intended inheritance. For everyone else who’s prideful hart clings to this life’s “dress-rehearsal” will die in their sins, then comes the judgment and the 2nd death (eternal separation from God and all creation), our choice not God’s. Just like making excuses to a judge in this mortal life wont save you, holds true for God’s judgment. Christ is our only advocate and He has paid the full price for our crimes on the cross so that judgment can be averted, but only if we truly accept Christ as our advocate and savior in spirit and in truth, this the only truly important choice you’ll ever make.
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!
“I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. (John 15:5-10)

You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world, of this earthly order; I am not of this world. That is why I told you that you will die under the curse of your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He Whom I claim to be--if you do not adhere to, trust in, and rely on Me, you will die in your sins. (John 8: 23-24)

Sidewalk Prophets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKMXF21ua9o
LIVEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8BBCYFAYRI&feature=fvwrel
SONG WRITER, PRODUCER, TONY NOLAN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep31rXQNhfw&feature=relmfu
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A FATHERS-DAY PRAYER

2011-06-19T15:42:00.000-07:00

Abba Father, thank you for your presence within me through your Holy Spirit. Thank you for letting me address you with such familiarity and boldness, such respect and dependency. Thank you for being my Heavenly Father for eternity. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Holy Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father God. (Romans 18:15)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLZSgHQTuqw&feature=related
Another Kate Miner song on behalf of the Lord who hung the moon and stars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mOMUHjufVU
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OUR LEADERSHP AGAINST ISREAL THE PROMISED LAND

2011-06-13T11:25:00.000-07:00

Solid Bible prophecy is now playing out in what is unfolding in our world unrest weather, earthquakes, floods, famine, wars, most emanating here from our own country, not just because as a once Christian nation we have turned our backs on God and his Son Jesus Christ our savior. All the blessings once bestowed upon our nation our now being slowly withheld by the Father to get our attention. But if this was not enough now our own leadership has demanded that Israel who is God’s chosen nation and His Holy City Jerusalem be split apart to pre-1967 Six-day war boundaries. Boundaries that Israel rightly reclaimed after God miraculously fought back 4 attacking nations Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Arabia attacked the new nation of Israel from all sides. Out numbered and out gunned Israel didn’t stand a chance and no one would intervene. But the world looked in amazement as the impossible happened, miraculously in only 6 days Israel routed all its enemies and gained back most of its historical biblical lands, There were accounts of enemy Arab battalions who say they saw visions of Abraham (the paternal ancestral father to both Jews and Arabs) standing behind the Jewish army warning Arabs to flee or face the wrath of God and they did. At that time in 1967 the united states had been going through the largest evangelical revival in US history, the churches were packed and people were praising God that he had fulfilled bible prophecy and that the borders of Israel had regained its Biblical capitol City Jerusalem. Jerusalem the location where God promises to establish Christ kingdom and new capitol city of Jerusalem which will come down from heaven to replace the old Jerusalem. On May 19 President Obama called for the withdraw of Israel from its historical biblical lines to its 1967 lines reducing its size by 75% to a 9 mile strip of land with its back to the sea and surrounded by 3 now radical Islamic nations making the Israel indefensible. Make no mistake about it the President is not stupid he is feeling out American sentiment to see if his anti-Jewish, anti-Christian, anti-Christ agenda is ready to get past the people who as a nation have turned their harts away from God and worship the things they own and their sinful lifestyles.
President Oboma turns against Isreal
CNN NEWS FOOTAGE
Realizing too many Americans still support Israel, Obama tries desperately to re-spin (lie) his earlier statements at AIPAC.
CBS NEWS FOOTAGE
In his campaign the president repeatedly claimed to be Christian but but like in so many things shows TWO sides.
REASON WHY

There is a Bible promise by God that any nation that conspires or tries to divide the lands of the nation of Israel, that nation will incur Gods wrath. The USA has a history of blessing Israel even though it has no economic or resource value to the USA, because as a Christian nation the conscious of the people and the government of the USA recognized the importance of this biblical blessing that has served us so well. But now we are on the road to helping destroy Israel, as a people because most of us wont lift a finger to protest to our government, which will allow this administration to turn against Israel to appease the enemies that attacked us. As a result we see the unusual unexplained devastation that has plagued our country’s weather and if we don’t change our ways back to God it is going to get much worse. While the rest of the country sits on its hands I’m urging all believers in Christ to recognize what is happening and peacefully exercise your freedom to speak out against this evil pressure to force Israel into a 1967 border withdrawal, I also urge you to walk rightly with God and lend support to Israel for which you and your family will be blessed by God's promise to bless those that bless Israel, even though our poor nation as a whole is being led down a path by our president toward God's promised curse, that He will curse those that curse Israel.

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation (Israel). I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

“Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people of the world (through Christ) . Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on servants—men and women alike. And I will cause wonders in the heavens and on the earth blood and fire and columns of smoke (The great tribulation) . The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and terrible day of the Lord arrives (Earth’s Judgment day). But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, for some on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will escape, just as the Lord has said. These will be among the survivors whom the Lord has called.

“At the time of those events,” says the Lord, “when I restore the prosperity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather the armies of the world into the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will judge them for harming my people, my special possession, for scattering my people among the nations, and for dividing up my land (Nations and leaders that turned against Israel ). JOEL 2 thru 3:1-3

As Christians like Christ we carry the love of God for all men who are made in the image of God, but also like Christ in no way do we preclude ourselves from speaking and confronting evil with the truth of Gods word. We are the salt of the earth! Wise as serpents but gentle as doves!
"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16
Chris Sligh Only You Can Save With Lyrics
LIVE Chris Sligh

EASTER! WHEN JESUS CONQUERED SIN & DEATH

2011-04-21T13:16:00.000-07:00

When Jesus entered Jerusalem as the expected messiah it is estimated there were about 3 million people welcomed him laying palm branches in his path and cheering him into the city. The jubilance and welcome was because Jesus had a reputation of performing so many great miracles of compassion and mercy from raising people from the dead to calming storms while walking on water. But Jesus Christ had come to earth from heaven to provide a way of salvation from darkness and eternal spiritual death. The people thought he had come to concur the occupying empire of Rome and reestablish God’s Kingdom on earth. But in fact he had come to concur the most important enemy first, spiritual sin & death. Because Christ was the son of God, blameless and never knowing sin, His act of love broke the spiritual bonds of sin and death, and provided a way to God the Father without judgment for all those that believe, rely and cleave to him. Those that truly believe bare fruit (witness & evidence). Those that don’t believe demonstrate the fruits of spiritual death (rebellion and denial) by deliberately, willfully, and pleasurably breaking God’s laws.

Man unwittingly crucified Jesus Christ because the message that he preached was potentially dangerous and powerful. The message that Jesus Christ himself was, is and always be God, created all things, and would return a second time (coming soon) not as a lamb for spiritual sacrifice on a cross but this time as the lion to do battle and destroy the armies of the world, judge the living and the dead and finally establish his kingdom on earth the new Jerusalem which will come down from heaven. So its understandable that when Christ fist came to earth these 3 million people of the day who welcomed him into Jerusalem 2000 years ago were expecting Him to use his demonstrated miracles to defeat the Roman Empire. Instead they heard His spiritual message that he was himself God and came to 1st bring spiritual salvation and rebirth, and when they heard it they stopped their ears, stamped their feet and tore their clothing setting the stage for his crucifixion.

Jesus said: I tell you the truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!” The people said, “Now we know you are possessed by a demon. Even Abraham and the prophets died, but you say, ‘Anyone who obeys my teaching will never die! Are you greater than our father Abraham? Who died, and so did the prophets! Who do you think you are? Jesus answered, “If I want glory for myself, it doesn’t count. But it is my Father who will glorify me. You say, ‘He is our God, but you don’t even know him. But I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But I do know him and obey him. Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad.” The people said, “You aren’t even fifty years old and Abraham died more then 2000 years ago! How can you say you have seen Abraham? Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I Am (The Eternal God)! At that point they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden from them and left the Temple.
John 8:48-59

Regardless of what you think the bible has been proven to be the most accurate historical document ever recorded. So Jesus Christ could only be 1 of 3 things, an insane diluted man with miraculous supernatural powers, an alien from outer-space with miraculous supernatural technology, or Jesus Christ was, is, and will be, who He says he is even today, Creator God. Who came to demonstrate no greater love imaginable, in that the creator himself would lay down his life then take it back up again in perfection to show us He paid the price for our rebellion and made a way for us all to move past this imperfect dieing life to a perfect everlasting life. So yes both Abraham and Moses saw and understood about the Christ before He was born into the world.

Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?” God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you.” Exodus 3:13-14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d12uOLx5CI0&feature=related

Even though its God’s will that all men should be saved, we our individually responsible for our own choice and destiny of knowing Him or rejecting Him. As a result Jesus Christ predicted that most people would reject salvation either directly or indirectly, and that only a comparatively few would choose Him in spirit and in truth to truly believe, be spiritually reborn, and know Jesus Christ personally in spirit and in truth.

“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to eternal life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find and choose it.
Matthew 7: 13-14
Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen the Father.” Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? John 14:6-9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-HIKxnSZSA&feature=related

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Rhema Marvanne Live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pTRy07vCNY

Friday's federal budget compromise to allow vote for defunding the abortion tax!

2011-04-14T12:27:00.000-07:00

Because of all the petitions signed last week to stop tax payer funded abortion in Obama-Care, part of the budget agreement that prevented a government shut-down, President Obama & Senator Harry Reid will now allow a Senate vote on defunding Planned Parenthood and ObamaCare: something he vowed to never do! Make sure President Obama, Harry Reid and every Member of the United States Senate knows where you stand by signing this new petition (click on statement below).
"I stand in strong opposition to Congressional funding of pro-abortion ObamaCare and America’s foremost abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. As a citizen who morally objects to abortion, I do not want to be forced to fund abortion through my tax dollars."
Remember! Currently 800.000 abortions are performed in the USA every year which are more lives then America has lost in all her wars combined, every year! Can you imagine the numbers of abortions that will be taking place after it is freely paid by every American tax payer at a cost of $4500 each! This of course is about God's precious and priceless little-ones discarded like garbage. But unfortunately we are all born with a selfish side, so if pointing out the cost will help save some of these children so be it, save the children by signing the petition on the link above, no membership or donation is necessary! As Americans we have learned to become narcissistic in deluding ourselves that individually we had nothing to do with America's state of affairs and the budget crises, when in fact as a government-of-the-people and by-the-people, our blame is directly proportional to our willingness to speak up for what is right (righteousness) and what wrong (the wrong that's crept into our government). Point is Godly America had better WAKE-UP and start legally petitioning and oppose our government for change before the days come in which it is no longer legal to legally petitioning and oppose our government with no right to speak up at all. In 1938 the people and citizens of Germany watched like silent sheep as their country turned from a democracy to a totalitarian regime in 12 weeks becasue almost no one stood in opposition. We need Jesus Christ in our lives If we are to have the spiritual strength to take up the cause of reform in our government, we must be wise as serpents but gentle as doves to fight for chnage. But if we remain as silent indifferent sheep where most of us don't think what happened to Germany could never happen here in America, then it will surly take place perhaps in a different form but with the same results.

(Jesus said) We must work the works of Him Who sent Me and be busy with His business while it is daylight; night is coming on, when no man can work. As long as we are in the world, we are the world's Light. John 9:4-5
“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves." Matthew 10:16

Democrats, Harry Reid, and President Obama hold budget hostage supporting Tax Payer Abortion

2011-04-08T09:14:00.000-07:00

Republicans have been fighting hard to trim the national budget from wasteful taxpayer spending and have reached an agreement which has trimmed the democrats over-bloated spending plan by 38 Billion Dollars. A portion of these cuts are the removal of Tax Payers funded abortions of unborn children. So you have to ask yourself, do you want for the first time to willingly participate in the wholesale aborted slaughter of over 800,000 unborn children every year up to the 3rd trimester (9 months) at a cost of $4500 per aborted (exterminated) child which is a gift from God. If you don’t want blood on your hands, stand up and be counted with those that stand in opposition by signing a petition here letter to Harry Reid, and President Obama so that on judgment day you can give an answer that you stood in opposition to the destruction of these little ones that God gave us as gifts.
Make no doubt about it God’s Judgment is coming upon every Nation that supports this evil the wholesale slaughter of little children made in the image of God. Escape it all by being converted to Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of all your sins and become a light to the world by standing up against these type of darkness.
They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them for idolatry (life style), they polluted the land with murder. They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idolatry is adultery in the Lord’s sight. That is why the Lord’s anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own special possession (nation). He handed them over to pagan nations, and they were ruled by those who hated them. Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power. (Psalm 106:37-42)
If you don't abide in Jesus Christ and know Him personally, Now is the time to be converted to Jesus Christ. Reborn and have your mind, body and soul set free from the bondage and slavery to "this world" and escape the judgment that is surely coming upon the whole world! Now is the time for salvation through Jesus Christ!
As God’s partners (born again Christians), we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it. For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation. (2 Corinthians 6:1-2)
For the Scriptures say, “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee (Condemned and Saved) will bend to me, and every tongue will confess and give praise to God. (Romans 14:11)
He who believes in Him, clings to, trusts in, relies on Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation--he incurs no damnation; but he who does not believe, cleave to, rely on, trust in Him has already been convicted and has already received his sentence because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's. (John 3:18, Amplified version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF8sOLXck5I&feature=related
More of Wendy O'Connell music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEhG1nfec6c&feature=fvst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omMPRk23JBk
With Lyrics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNKghFChZ20

Mohamed ElBaradei "IAEA-Chief" is NEW Egypt Presidential Candidate!

2011-04-05T09:40:00.000-07:00

It appears that Mohamed ElBaradei the former head of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), overseer of Iran's peaceful underground nuclear-facilities (unchecked!) is now a candidate as the new Egyptian President. Mohamed ElBaradei is enamored supporter of the current U.S. president and the U.S. administration's move to support the recent overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, The overthrown President Hosni Mubarak kept Egypt stable and peaceful with Israel, holding back the Muslim Brotherhood and radical Islamic Extreamist for more then 30 years now ousted in favor of the radical Muslim Brotherhood majority. Now Mohamed ElBaradei former IAEA chief waits in the wings as Egypt's new Presidential Candidate with possible support of the US administration. The first Campaign promise of Mohamed ElBaradei former IAEA Chief was quote "If Israel attacked Gaza (where terrorist missiles are regularly launched at Israel) we (Egypt) would declare war against the Zionist regime," end quote. Now that we know what the administration backed Egyptian Presidential Candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has war planned for Isreal, let us look at the alternative outcome of the administrations backed overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. Well for starters a referendum heavily supported and campaigned for by the Muslim Brotherhood just passed and changed Egypt's constitution that would advocates the installment of an Islamic government in Egypt, and terrorist attacks against Christians not reported by the left wing media are being reported quote "A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a church in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, killing at least 22 worshippers and wounding scores. A few days later, a policeman shot dead an elderly Christian man on a train."

ENOUGH SITTING ON THE SIDE LINES ABOUT WHAT IS SELF EVIDENT, PLEASE HELP STOP THE RECENT RAPID SPREAD OF RADICAL ISLAMIC GOVERNMENTS TAKING OVER THE MIDDLE EAST ! Please add your name to the online petition to the United Nations to withdraw its condemnation report of Israel, for defending itself against Gaza missile attacks into Israel. New information from the condemnation report's author who previously headed the condemnation has stated that his report was deeply flawed, bias, and a grave mistake as reported by "The Washington Post"! Please add your name to the online petition at The American Center for Law and Justice, the only non-profit legal firm fighting for American tax payers out of control funding issues such as the budget, health-care, abortion, and new WAR spending without any congressional support or approval. That's right while former President Bush always got congressional approval, This administration has stated they have the power as Commander and Chief to act without congressional approval in supporting the overthrowing of 1 middle-eastern government and the attack and bombing of another! No approval, no hearings, no transparency! Are we really so surprised when we look back at the blatantly false campaign promises, and contradicting caracter of what our blind votes have allowed to happen? Understand that my post today is not just about protecting Israel, our own country the United States is systematically coming unraveled both secularly and spiritually. The same radicals that are rapidly setting up Islamic terrorist states under the false appearance of democracy, consider the United States as "The Great Satan" worthy of death. Awaken America and remember 911! Do you really think that with the current middle-east nuclear weapon situation unchecked by the IAEA, that a future 911 scenario is not only possible but can be exponentially worse? Please! Add your name to this group of 24522 people who have already signed using the Internet!

ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice) Main website.

The United States as a nation called by God's name ("In God We trust") Individually or collectively we are the salt of the earth, but if we lose our saltiness what are we good for? If we cant even stand up for the self evident evil rising up in our world and aimed at our own nation, then history is destined to repeat itself and the lessons of WWI & WWII will have to be repeated with far worse consequences just as predicted by Jesus in the Word Of God. And while it can be argued that no one cant fight against prophecy, I can assure you that those of us that don't stand against the coming darkness & evil, but rather choose apathy, are fully supporting it just as if you were responsible and as a result will be judged.
You are the salt of the earth, but if like salt you've lost your taste for righteousness (your strength of good caracter, your love of humanity), how then can you be worth saving to God? You must be converted and born again through Jesus Christ.

You are the light of the world. A nation set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bed, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven. Matthew 5:13-16

Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell. Matthew 10:28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MKDVx6oiKc

STAND WITH ISRAEL!

2011-03-23T09:46:00.000-07:00

Jerusalem (ISRAEL) was rocked by bomb blast this morning at a civilian bus station in Jerusalem used both by Jews, Christians, and tourist. This on the heels of last Wednesday rocket attacks by Palestinian Gaza militants. Although Palestinians say the attacks were in response to Israel's shelling and airstrikes Tuesday against half a dozen terrorist rocket sites aimed and fired at Israel in Gaza. Palestinian-Authority Prime Minister Salem Fayyad condemned the the rocket and bus station attacks on Israel. The story link

With the two faces of radical Islam (love & massacre) on the march in the Middle East and here in the United States, it’s time to send a powerful message: Israel is our friend**. It is time to stand with Israel again. At a time when this administration has been supporting militant uprisings with the United Nations resolutions for air strikes, while at the same time supporting resolution after resolution condemning Israel for defending itself against the Palestinian Authority. Our nation has turn its back on Israel and is now in the business of militarily supporting new militant uprising states in the middle east, can anything be so turned -around, what's next! Ever since this turn around in policy the USA has been paying the price with one financial and natural disaster after another. Please add your name to the Petition of Solidarity with Israel (link below). Send a powerful message to the White House, the United Nations, and a message of support to Israel. (Petition)

**Gods word has clearly revealed both current and historically that a nation or person who turn against the Jews or to treat the Jews offensively is to incur God's wrath. But for a nation or person to befriend the Jews was to bring down upon their heads the rewards and blessings of God, repeatedly this prophecy has come true in history and is coming true now for the USA.

And I the Lord God will make of you a great nation of Israel, and I will bless Israel with abundant increase of favors and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing dispensing good to others. And I will bless those (nations/people) who bless you who confer prosperity or happiness upon you but curse those (nations/people) who curse or use insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed and by blessing Israel they will bless themselves. (Genesis 12:2-3)

Why am I making this request? Because as a born again Christian who abides in Christ I am compelled by God the Holy Spirit, and like so many of us Christians who know Christ as a friend and not just an occasional afterthought or anecdotal consideration when we have a bad day. The confidence in our salvation is rock-solid becasue we have a relationship with Him and know Jesus Christ, and we are considered by Him to be his friends.

Jesus said: I do not call you servants or slaves (to sin) any longer, for the servant (in bondage) does not know what his master is doing or working out. But I have called you My friends , because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father (through the Holy Spirit). I have revealed to you everything that I have learned from Him (you are a friend of God!). John 15:15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z5cgajl1Kg

Suffering in Japan an opportunity for Christ

2011-03-14T22:00:00.000-07:00

As many of you know by now the east coast of Japan suffered a devastating tsunami and earthquake. In fact the largest earthquake recorded in modern history just under 9 on the scale. With the death toll at 2400 and now nuclear fires spreading radiation from their Fukushima plant, thousands more are threatened with radiation poisoning.

As Christians its important for us to connect with Christ and feel his love and passion via the Holy Spirit for suffering people everywhere but especially those in our daily encounters and those that are presented to us. Japan is one of the few countries where the good news of the Gospel has had little penetration and as a result Japanese Christians suffer social persecution from their own people and even the government. However the tiny minority of Japanese Christian churches that are growing in Japan see this as an opportunity to show Christ love by reaching out to their suffering communities so that through the demonstrated love and compassion of Jesus Christ the Gospel can continue spread souls saved. Also an opportunity for Americans to honor God for all that he has given us by reaching out to the broken hearted, even those that were once our sworn enemy now our friends.

If you can find it in your hart to help Japanese Christians help their own people please donate to the following website by sending what you can to the following Christian website, or send your gift marked CRASH for Japan, Horizon Christian Fellowship Central 1001 E. Palmer St. Indianapolis, IN 46203
http://crashjapan.com/

“Then Jesus will say to those separated on his right side in heaven, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’ “Then those right with God will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ “And the Jesus will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’
“Then Jesus will turn to those separated on the left at the great judgment and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’ “Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’ “And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’ Matthew 25:34-45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS9FP2XS8Zc
VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2cYxOkR2-g&feature=fvwrel

A PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE THROUGH CHRIST

2011-02-24T08:37:00.000-08:00

As I have written before, although God made himself real to me at a young age and after understanding the bible, salvation, and experiencing the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, like most men (or women) I strayed, never able to balance myself between the temporal pleasures of this world and my eternal relationship with God. It was always Christ who brought me back and taught me in my walk with Him the difference between being in this world but being separate and set apart as a child of God. Christ would always shepherd me bringing me back on track and right with God, this in spite of my shortcomings and through all the rejection the world and my own family would suffer upon me growing up. I realized this is why they called Jesus Christ the good Sheppard, able to keep us on track once we are born-again, we belong to Him.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not have want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And then I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever! (Psalms 23:1-20)

Christ had revealed to me just like he had revealed to the woman at the well that drinking the waters of this world never satisfy, but drinking from His water a person would never thirst and be forever satisfied. Unlike the waters of the world, the living waters of Christ are good for eternity. The world provides us short lived pleasures and status that can never give lasting satisfaction or peace. But Salvation through Jesus Christ and his baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire gives spiritual rebirth that last forever, satisfies, and surpasses all cardinal understanding.
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food. The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?” Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.” “But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water? And besides, do you think you’re greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?” Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” (John 4:7-14)

People perform water baptism in the tradition of John the Baptist who came before Christ to prepared the way for Christ 1st coming telling everyone to repent and prepare themselves for the Christ who would baptize them with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
“I John the Baptist baptize with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not worthy even to be his slave and carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Then he will clean up the world, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
(Matthew 3:10-12)
After dark one evening, a religious leader named Nicodemus came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.” Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?” Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life physically, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ (John 3:2-7)

The baptism of God’s Holy Spirit, is being born again spiritually and the fire is the end result being set on fire for God and receiving Gods conviction, authority, and power to preach the Living Word of God, and be a witness to every lost person about the “good news” and spiritual Salvation through Jesus Christ.
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

After experiencing salvation and the baptism of the Holy Spirit, there is nothing in this life that will ever compare, an indescribable spiritual awakening of peace, Joy, love, understanding, and assurance of eternal salvation. Like so many other born-again Christians can testify, I also was able for the first time to see this life and my cardinal existence in a whole new spiritual perspective. Self-aware for the first time of the cardinal side of myself that will surly die one day, and yet through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit making alive my spirit (born again), I am able to clearly know the truth that now sets me apart and free to enjoy living in this temporary world. No longer living in fear of sin and death, all because of what Jesus Christ did on the cross and why its so important not ignore his calling. To do so will cost a person everything in this life, and the life to come.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2Corinthians 5:17)
Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vbg2dpX-EY

Brandon Heath began his career by writing songs as a teenager. born in Nashville, Tennessee. His father was a police officer, and his mother was a hair dresser. His parents divorced when he was three years old, and Heath was raised by his divorced mother for five or six years before she remarried. Heath said that during his early life, he grew bitter towards his family, but in high school he decided to come to the Lord because I wanted to learn how to forgive my dad for some mistakes that he made when I was younger. I had to forgive both of my parents for not sticking together." He was given a guitar as a Christmas gift at the age of 13, and around the same time he began writing his first songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koWPfd5-4g4
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THE LAST ANTICHRIST, RAPTURE AND 7 YEAR TRIBULATION

2011-01-16T16:26:00.000-08:00

It doesn’t take a preacher or prophet to point out that the times are evil and immorality of man is becoming institutionalized while at the same time Judeo-Christian law which is the basis of all western law and the Law of God, not only is it being systematically dismantled, but disregarded and even ridiculed by many leaders as outdated. What is worse is that most of society and even moral men shrug their shoulder in indifference. All of the things we see culminating with regard to perplexities in the weather, worldwide earth quakes, financial systems collapsing, subverting the rights of the people, and further degradation of human rights, are all part of Bible prophecy the details of which I do not need to repeat here as it is now self-evident. Praise God that He is faithful and will spare those true believers who worship him in spirit and in truth. Just like he spared Noah from the flood, Lot from the destruction of Sodom, and the Israelite s from the from Pharaoh, true believers will not suffer the wrath of God that is coming upon the whole world and will last 7 agonizing years known as the Great Tribulation.

Do not LOVE this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father. And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us. I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray. But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ. (1 John 2: 15-17; 24-26)

No one knows the hour or the day the last antichrist will reveal himself, what we do know is that all the major events that Christ told us about that mark the end times have already been fulfilled “Israel reinstated as a nation after 2000 years disbandment (1948)” just as the prophet Isaiah predicted 7000 years ago, something that has never happened in the history of any civilization. The rest of the prophecies are now unfolding even as I write this entry. When we see these warning we know that our rapture and deliverance is at hand, and the Holy Spirit is now moving for all those that know Christ to get ready because our deliverance is at hand from the great and terrible 7 year Tribulation. Thousands of years before Christ, the Prophet Daniel spoke of the future and the LAST antichrist coming who will be seen as the false messiah who will deceive the majority of the world into believing he himself is the messiah, but he is the son of Satan, and will reveal it after it is too late to escape.

“The next to come to power will be a despicable man who is not in line for succession. He will slip in when least expected and take over the kingdom by flattery and intrigue. Before him great armies will be swept away, including a covenant prince. With deceitful promises, he will make various alliances. He will become strong despite having only a handful of followers. Without warning he will enter the richest areas of the land. Then he will distribute among his followers the plunder and wealth of the rich—something his predecessors had never done. He will plot the overthrow of strongholds, but this will last for only a short while.

“Wise leaders will give instruction to many, but these teachers will die by fire and sword, or they will be jailed and robbed. During these persecutions, little help will arrive, and many who join them will not be sincere. And some of the wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come. “He will do as he pleases, exalting himself and claiming to be greater than every god, even blaspheming the God of gods. He will succeed, but only until the time of Gods wrath is completed. For what has been determined will surely take place. (Daniel 11:21; 33-36)

Once the Rapture occurs and the Tribulation begins, all true believers will be gone and the false churches and priests will welcome the Antichrist as their savior and everyone remaining will be forced to worship him or be killed terribly.

So the only question is ARE YOU READY? Have you given your life to the only Son of God, who was, and is, and yet to come?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-iJcn37L6U
Chris August Live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdtWdUorGAM&feature=related
Chris August BIO

“ANNO DOMINI” The year of our Lord Jesus Christ 2010

2011-01-05T08:51:00.000-08:00

Another year marks the birth date of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Son of the most high, only true and wise God, and by whom all things were made. The majority of the world goes on ignoring the truth about God as the time of judgment approaches. Like in the days of Noah and the Ark, the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah, the majority of people in our time ignore all the culminating warning signs of pending judgment upon the world by God. Most people today would rather ignore God and worship their possessions, and follow their own blind way of life that is leading them toward utter separation from God and all things good things in His creation we take for granted. Separation from the one thing we were all created for and need most, God’s love and creation. Instead the majority people use this life to mark-out a willful existence filled with the vain pleasures, vices, and bondage, serving the creation of God and the creature he gave us to inhabit (our bodies) MORE then worshiping the Creator God who deserves all our worship, and who has all power and “The Way“ to eternal life. Christ came 2000 years ago as the lamb and Savior, and now he is returning as the Lion with a rod of Judgment for those that rejected him. Repent while there is still time.

Its becoming harder for me to pity the lost from the point of where I once wished I could walk through the fires of hell rather then see those I love end up there. But that kind of love only resides with the God who created our existence, this planet, and opportunity to choose between life and death. To choose life and the gift of salvation by abiding and loving the Son of God who suffered and died to create the way and path that leads to salvation, is a path clearly marked not only in history but is alive today, even marked by the worlds calendar. This way and choice away from Hell cries out to the world every year “Anno Domini” (the year of our Lord Jesus Christ) for the “Good News” to all mankind that there is a way to life more abundant with the seal of everlasting life to be placed upon our souls IF we choose God‘s will for us. Our own cardinal pathway that relies on the flesh cannot inherit Heaven nor eternal life because it has been cursed to return to the dust and the soul to Hell, but the pathway of rebirth by the Holy Spirit transforms us ready to bypass judgment and take possession of our destiny and inheritance with new everlasting bodies as children of God where we will reign with Christ forever in a new and everlasting and perfect creation. Ultimately if people choose to ignore so great a plan by God and continue down a path of self seeking salvation through the flesh which ultimately leads to death and eternal separation from God, those people deserve to get what they obviously really want, total and eternal separation from God in Hell. Hell the vantage point from where Heaven and the glorified souls of the saved are clearly visible across the great chasm but out of reach. Hell where the flames never extinguish and where the lost and their worm dieth not, the worm represents the self inflicted damage done to the soul. I believe out of Gods mercy Hell distracts the lost soul and mind of the constant realization of being totally alone and separation from God, and so great a salvation willfully rejected. Hell where all hope is abandoned and can never be regained for eternity.

I command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you. “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away, then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you occupy. “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors.”
(Deuteronomy 30:16-21)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L6Nej2DRrM

(Live) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVocZ0YhlSk

Praise God for Christmas and be Merry!

2010-12-23T08:31:00.000-08:00

Christmas day celebrates the day the Son of God, who also created the universe in love, came to earth to provide a path to justification, conversion, and salvation toward God the Father. While on earth Jesus set the example of love, deemphasizing the importance of the physical world and emphasizing the great importance of spiritual rebirth. Christ performed physical healings freely without emphasis, barrowed 2 fish and 3 loaves to feed thousands without emphasis, walked on the water and commanded the storm to stop without emphasis, freed those possessed in bondage, physical disorders, fetish, mental illness and even raised the dead all without great emphasis. Because while all of these things were important because they certified that he is the Messiah Son of the most high God, Christ emptied himself and became a perfect man of God to dwell among us and show the way to SPIRITUAL salvation. Christ who never experienced sin came to pay the price of sin for all those that will follow him, He freely laid down his life before man as a criminal though he never committed a crime and became sin before God the Father even though Christ never sinned. In a moment of time Jesus Christ paid the price physically and spiritually to destroy the bondage of sin. So that past believers could be freed from Hell and future believers saved from Hell. Hell a place where a person burns for eternity alone, kept company only by the worms that represent the sin men have inflicted to their own souls, these worms feed on the soul and both the person and worms never die from the consuming flames, all the while with Heaven in plain view but out of reach. In Heaven a the table is set for believers redeemed by Christ forever and drink living waters and eat the “Tree of Life” for eternity in perfect joy. These are the facts of the past and the future, and regardless of your opinion the free choice is yours, bondage and eternal death through sin, or freedom and everlasting life through Christ… The choice and outcome simple yet so true, is yours.

Jesus said:
Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions. “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. (Matthew 7:20-21)

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MY PUBLIC & SPIRITUAL LIFE THE SAME

2010-12-07T10:04:00.000-08:00

Someone asked me why I would post my rental business add on such a personal religious blog so here is the short answer. I stopped believing in man made religions and rituals after I personally got to know the creator Jesus Christ, so now I just believe in the word of God, knowing & believing in Jesus Christ. Knowing the creator means wanting Him involved in every aspect of your life for which he has blessed me immensely, but I am talking about spiritual gifts and healing to my soul which actually makes all the other blessings in this word meaningful. So there is no separation between my public and spiritual life when it comes to God who sees all things. The add posted here is just being used as a reference point for me to cut and paste adds on other housing sites sort of like Photobucket and of course a further reference link for those that might be interested in more then just the add, but a relationship with Jesus Christ.

For I have a great sense of obligation to people in both the civilized world and the rest of the world, to the educated and uneducated alike. So I am eager to preach the Good News.
For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes. This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.” But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities of his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. Romans 1:14-20

As far as treatment goes as Christians we are obliged by God to treat everyone believers and non-believers equally and fairly because we all fall short of God's judment and it is only by the Grace of God through Jesus Christ that we are forgiven, washed clean, changed, and receive the gift of Eternal Life.

So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
2 Corinthians 5: 16-21

NICE HOME FOR RENT

2010-12-01T11:49:00.000-08:00

My rental home was recently vacated by a wonderful long term tenant that had to move. The home is 7 years new and has been well maintained, has 3 bedrooms, two full baths, extra large 2.5 car garage with spacious low maintenance landscape front and back yard. The property is located in one of the best neighborhoods in Bullhead City AZ (Foothill Estates). I am a retired federal law enforcement officer, very good and thorough landlord, well liked by my privious long term tenants who I can refer. Please feel free to contact me by email at gatemachine2@yahoo.com for an appointment showing and application. Below are photos of the property, each photo has a description above it.

*Home is situated on a corner lot for great presentation at 2939 Los Pueblos Drive

* Extra large and deep 2.5 car garage

*Backyard has street driveway access off Los Pueblos drive.
* Backyard cleanly landscaped
* Front-room, dining room and kitchen

*Master and guest bath

* Three bedrooms

* Office with optional Laundry room inside or garage
* Front porch and garage views

Home is offered for 1 or 2 year lease of $750 and $700 deposit. Home appliances include gas stove, built in dishwasher, built in microwave, Kenmore washer & dryer, refrigerator, water softener, central air & heat. Utilities paid include trash, sewage, and association dues all paid by owner. At 1330 square feet this low maintenance home is ideally suited for a maximum occupancy of 4 individuals. Be advised that with spring rental season approaching rental amount my increase if qualifying lease agreement is not signed by 1 February.

Thanksgiving

2010-11-25T06:55:00.000-08:00

The origins of this national holiday are quite simply to give thanks for our religious freedom and the gratitude of all of Gods blessings upon those that through faith are thankful for the life and spiritual freedom derived through Jesus Christ. The very breath of life you have experienced, born of the seed and in the image of God, we are royalty destined by free will to accept or reject through thanksgiving Gods good will toward men and women. Not only for the opportunities and blessing is this life, but a far more splendid life to come for all those that acknowledge his son "Jesus Christ" as savior and creator before men, Amen.

"We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you. All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory. That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever." (2 Corinthians 4:14-18)
THANK YOU JESUS!
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(October 31) What Faith in Christ can do in a world without answers

2010-10-31T18:09:00.000-07:00

Its hard to explain to people who are not “born again” what it means for someone who walks with God what its like, when they ask me things like “has it been hard since your wife died or you miss your wife now but time is the great healer?” The answer for those of you like myself that are “born again” the answer is both yes & no. As believers God doesn’t spare us the feeling of loss or grief but in fact uses these opportunities on our behalf to demonstrate the great power and strength of Gods grace in our greatest moments of suffering and weakness. Its like nothing the world can offer and is truly felt and supernatural, like spiritual rain that passes right into our souls. St Paul wrote about it in the scriptures while a prisoner of the Romans…

To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I Paul will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:7-10)

From the world’s perspective and those that don’t know God what Paul is saying sounds harsh only because the world cannot see Gods purpose and will for man, they only feel and are focused on their personal loss in this life, never truly considering that there is an existence far greater. For born again believers the whole aspect of death, loss and grieving is overshadowed by the spiritual reality of what happens here on earth cannot be compared to what we know awaits us in heaven. This becomes crystal clear for believers who have faith and believe God, who in turn gives birth to our spirit which was dead and reveals to us the truth about Gods love for all man kind and His eternal plan, a plan of salvation and everlasting life for us and anyone else who joins with Him through faith in His son Jesus the Christ. As our relationship with God grows He opens our blind spiritual eyes for the first time to the truth and meaning of His living word, giving us glimpses of the spiritual world through visions, dreams, miracles, and direct spiritual access to the throne of God and direct communication with God himself . You see before being born again of the spirit you are spiritually dead and will die in your sins along with your body if you simply chose to be apathetic about this "good news" or "The Way" as early Christians called it. But if we take that step of faith and believe God, acknowledge his son Jesus Christ as Lord and savior of our life, we are spiritually born again and the Holy Spirit takes up residence inside of us and we have access to God, and we perceive and understand that heaven is all around us and receive a great peace that passes all understanding.

When Jesus was asked when the kingdom of God would come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed or with visible display, Nor will people say, Look! Here it is! or, See, it is there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you in your hearts and among you surrounding you.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy telling forth the divine counsels and your young men shall see visions, divinely granted appearances, and your old men shall dream, divinely suggested dreams. Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events pertaining especially to God's kingdom. (Luke 17: 20-24; Acts 2: 17-18)

So you see there is a very real and tangible spiritual world that belongs to God, separate and yet all around us that most cannot see or feel. As born again Christians we have access to that world and even the throne of God. Up until my wife’s death I though I had experienced as many visions awake and asleep spiritually a person could hope for in this lifetime.

I witnessed my own miraculous healing when I was 6 years old in a hospital room dieing from double pneumonia when the presence of a kind figure appeared and stood one night at my crib-side and who’s silhouette I could only see in the dark against the children's ward hospital window which was lit up from the street lights below. I remember he called me to come and stand from under my oxygen tent at the head of my crib and when I did he kindly asked me if I wanted go and I said yes with my mother. So he told me to lay back down and the next morning I woke up very early feeling fine and was playing with my toys at the end of my crib standing, and when the nurse walked in the ward and turned on the lights she took a look at me standing in my crib and started leaving and calling for the doctor. Everyone was amazed but mostly my mother as I recall was emotional about the whole thing. At that time no one knew who the man was I described only that he was kind and I was not afraid.

I believe it was the age of 7 when I witnessed two powerful demons who repeatedly visited my bedside while taking a daytime nap in my oldest sisters room. At the time I didn’t know they were demons only that they were two gray powerful figures that had the power to paralyze and had faces and a body shaped like a human but they looked nothing like a humans. One was tall and thin and seemed to be the one doing everything, the other figure was short and stumpy and seemed to just assist. They did not touch or do anything to me physically but they did paralyze me from screaming or calling out as the tall gray figure whispered something over me and the words seemed to affect me inside like I my body was slowly being taken over. Just about that time my mother crossed the hallway as the room door was left open and I could see her but could not call out but was trying to scream. She looked down the hall at me and asked me a question as she could see my eyes open wide but I could not answer. She called again and finally came beside from where the two figures had suddenly vanished. At this point my mother had raise her voice but I could not even look in her direction and her voice sounded far off. She then grabbed me sat me up , looked me right in the face and shook me yelling. Then suddenly whatever was paralyzing me broke as if I had been given control again and I started crying. This episode started a whole series of repeated incidents at night and I was terrified to sleep alone or be alone and my was mother totally unreceptive or at odds with what to do, I believed even took me to a few doctors. I recall it was my oldest sister who later I found out had experienced a similar episode in that same room who taught me how to pray told me to pray if it happens again. So one night alone in my room that I shared with my other sister 4 yeas older then I, and who was still up in another room, the two gray figures appeared and started moving toward me whispering something and I began to become paralyzed and the room started to distort like looking through a bent mirror. I remember what my sister said and immediately started to pray and suddenly I heard a gentle but clear voice that was very much like the voice of the gentle silhouette man in the hospital when I was sick. During the time the gentle clear voice spoke, everything was clam in the room, no distortions, no feeling of being paralyzed, no figures whispering, just a very calm quiet moment in which time seemed to stand still as the voice spoke and said “At the end of your prayer to me you must count until you fall asleep and they will not visit you again”. I was still to nervous to answer and the presence of the voice was gone and the room was normal but I started praying the lords prayer followed by counting starting from 1 and I can only remember counting as far as about 30 and fell asleep. From that night on I never experienced the two figures again.

I remember when I first got saved ironically it happened while I was going to catholic school training one day a week at the age of 12 to make my confirmation. I never paid attention in class and wasn’t interested in any of the rituals and catholicism training I was supposed to learn and in fact till this day cant remember any of it only that I stood in line with everyone else to kiss the bishops ring. What did have meaning was a paperback book I was given to read called “Good News for Modern Man” which was basically a modern translation of the new testament bible. For some reason I decided to look at the illustrations and then started reading the Gospels. I had never finished reading much of anything in my life up until then except for my favorite comic books and Mad-magazine. But there in my room all alone as I started to read the Jesus's “sermon on the mount” something incredible started to happened, and the only way I can describe it was that the words of Christ actually came alive and it was as if his words just penetrated the core of my being down to my soul and I felt so wounded as if love could cause the most beautiful pain imaginable and my tears just couldn’t stop flowing even though I wasn’t crying or sobbing. That night I read all the gospels and the book of Acts. That night I prayed to God and asked forgiveness because I never knew I could experienced or understand the bible this way and Jesus Christ had actually done for me on the cross, but still didn’t understand completely why what I read was so alive and active in my hart. Then I heard the familiar gentle voice I had heard before say to me “because it is the truth and the truth has set you free." I felt so alive like I never have in my life, so confident, unafraid and so tuned in to what life was really all about as if for the first time I could see things in a whole and complete different light, and I wanted to share it with everyone, even though almost no one I knew understood. Long story short my mother made an appointment for me to see the catholic priest at our church because I was wanting to attend a evangelical church. To my surprise the Father was very kind and asked me to explain what had happened to me and what I believed and why, and to my surprise without interrupting me he aloud me to enthusiastically explained everything that had happened and what the bible truly meant and how I felt. After I finished speaking the priest just patted me on the shoulder and said “OK son, come with me” and he took me to my mother and said “there is nothing wrong with the boy or what he believes, and if he wants to attend a different church let him,” and the priest just walked away without saying another word. My mother was speechless for a moment and shaking her head drove me home asking me “what did the priest say?“ nothing I said, so then reluctantly gave me permission to attend a local evangelical baptist church. But I knew from that day on that no matter what I did or where I went Christ would always be real to me, go before me, and be there with me just like an infallible best friend that could never fail me because incredibly he was and is and always would be the creator, my best friend. Somehow I not only understood this in human terms but it was factually imprinted on my soul and could not be erased or forgotten, because the creator himself had visited me and led me to supernatural path to of "holy living waters" or in other words the Holy Spirit and I knew that I would never actually die spiritually. Almost no one that I knew in my circle of family and friends had ever heard or such experiences as this and explaining it using the bible was not received well. That is what it is like having your spirit born again by God, I was spiritually brought to life and could see, feel and experience the difference and for the first time the spiritual world and spiritual truth around me. That is about as close as I can come to explaining it in terms for those that don’t know what its like to have the creator of all things, Jesus Christ as your personal, closest, and best friend.

I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name... (John 15:13-16)

Look! I stand at the door of your hart and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends. Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne. “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Holy Spirit and understand what he is saying… (Revelation 3:20-22)

Later in my life I joined the US Navy and I was disappointed not getting to be a dental technician when I was told I would be a weapons technician because God had a different path for me I wouldn't see until later. After barely passing 6 months of condensed Electronics, hydraulics, and gunnery school I met my closest Christian brother Sam Lamkin from Texas also slated to be a gunners mate. Sam was 6 foot 4 inches tall naturally muscular with arms like trees and with a beard which made him look like Samson out of the bible. Sam and I spent all of gunnery School together, went home to my parents home for leave together and reported aboard our first ship together, the Aircraft Carrier USS Midway CV41. I thought I had a close relationship with God, but Sam Lamkin walked hand in hand with Christ and as long as I knew him as a born again Christian I never saw him place himself in a compromising position with his faith and temptations of the world. Myself on the other hand, I was weak and had repeatedly had to go to Christ and repent for my occasional wayward desires I gave into at many an overseas port. But God was always faithful to forgive me when I repented, but Sam who never judged me and treated me like his closest brother walked with God in every port helping build orphanages and taking collection from the other brothers aboard ship to give to the poor. Sam would even ask me to give the envelope packed donations because he did not like to get the attention or thanks for doing something that was only his minimum duty to God. When it came time for promotion Sam actually turn it down because he felt God had a different calling for him after his 4 year tour. Later when Sam got out of the service and I had rejoined Sam on the way home from Yokosuka Japan stopped to pay my parents a visit to find my mother in the middle of a divorce and living alone, Sam stayed for a few weeks to re-roof our house free that was leaking water, an experience that brought my mom closer to giving her life to Christ which she did later in the evangelical church I attended with her when I returned home on leave. Sam told me his story about being led to Christ directly by the Holy Spirit when had an encounter and vision with a complete stranger while shopping, the stranger was dressed like and looked like a men but was an angel that told him his own name and everything about his own life and how it was time for him to follow Christ. Same told me the encounter was much more then just words and the fact that this person who he never met or spoke a word to knew everything about him, and that he could also feel the an extreme wonderful loving presence, a presence he would later learn was the Holy Spirit and like a veil lifted from his eyes and conscious, he gave his life to Christ, was born again, and was never the same.

As I continued my navel service in Yokosuka Japan without Sam I started attending the US Christian Serviceman’s Center in Yokohama Japan which was a bicycle ride of 18 miles each way which I made every day after getting off work at 4pm and started out back to base at 5am about an hours and a half ride each way. The difficult commute made me the most physically fit I had ever been in my life. The commute was worth it as those years living at the Christian Serviceman’s Center we simply called "The Home", a place that remolded many of my learned bad attributes by missionaries who truly knew Christ and gave their loving patience and direct truthful counseling on every problem without judment. The missionaries were Mom & Pop Sturgeon and were in their 60’s when they retired, left the USA and let by the Holy Spirit opened "The Home" with practically nothing. The Servicemen’s Home was actually run voluntarily by Christian servicemen who were willing to self-serve the center, sort of like an open kitchen policy for the whole center while Mom & pop took care of the logistics which included Christian daily devotional readings, prayers and songs, bible studies, and Sunday services. It was like heaven on earth as the love was just incredible.

One day a few of us were alone at the Christian servicemen center while mom & pop Sturgeon were out of town visiting other missionaries. There was a standing rule that when mom & pop were not home that no one was to go beyond the hallway curtain which completely covered the doorway that led to mom & pops large bedroom and that also doubled as an overflow pantry for mom or pop to fetch additional food supplies when the kitchen pantry ran out. The rule was if anything was lacking in the kitchen when mom & pop were not home, it was to be bought at the store and would be reimbursed. But for me being the 1st one up that early Japanese winter morning at 5am with no milk for cereal, I thought surly 1 gallon of milk from mom’s pantry refrigerator beyond the curtain would not be missed by anyone so I entered beyond the curtain and as I scanned the room and saw the mom’s refrigerator 20 feet away, my peripheral vision caught a figure to my far left and before I could turn my head to see who it was, an audible strong deep voice with great presence, and yet with a great benevolence said “You are not supposed to be here”. At that instant I had a great feeling of commanding presence and yet I felt no fear and no threat and I wasn’t startled which later I realized was not normal. As I looked to me left standing 8 feet away was as tall as the ceiling and larger then any doorway a beautiful man with a sword at his side not in his hands dressed in what appeared to be some sort of soldier’s armor. His face very stoic having an expression of performing a duty somehow I knew without a doubt it was a guardian angel. His next words were just “Leave now” and then I had a deep sense of urgency to leave the room and I did quite quickly only to pause back on the other side of the curtain with a great feeling of respectful aw and thankful excitement that I had actually witnessed the Lords servant telling everyone that morning what had happened. When mom & pop returned I couldn’t wait to tell them explaining that what I had to share with them was so fantastic I had to admit I had broken a major rule to explain it. Mom & pop could see my excitement and just listened and to my surprise mom and pop had no look of surprise at all and all she did was turn and point a finger at pop who was seated at the kitchen table and said “ you see! I told you God had placed an angel to watch over that open room so quite worrying about it”. To me mom just smiled and said “well George did you learn your lesson?” Oh mom I said, it was more like a blessing. I think I was floating for 2 days from that experience I could only share with my Christian brothers aboard ship about 16 of us in all who would regularly attend ship services and bible study out of 4000 men aboard the Aircraft Carrier Midway.

Since that day 34 years ago even though I had continued to experience the presence of the Holy Spirit and Christ’s friendship, it wasn’t until I saw the manifestation of my wife’s spirit a week after her death that I had experienced and witnessed another heavenly being presence. My wife being the most interacting, longest experienced and having the most impact on my life in a deep and positive way. But there was also a great amount of concern on her part and I believe sort of warning for me and our children's salvation, being still a choice that required both belief and faith throughout the remainder of our lives if we ever expected to be reunited (running the race & keeping the faith). Being allowed by God to see and speak to my wife left absolutely no doubt in my mind that Carol had achieved salvation by her faithful act of accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. She made it clear to me that she had experiencing the beauty and love of heaven, but also had a great unanswered concern about me and our children salvation, as if it was the only thing left to be concerned over as far as she was concerned, her tears on my shoulder confirming what I had been saying about Christ all those years were true. Her concern for which I gave her no answer other then to tell her that our relationship with Jesus Christ and resulting salvation was our own responsibility, and that she needed return with Christ and have the promise of her tears and concerns wiped from her eyes forever. At which point she just looked at me as if she I had confirmed something she had already been told but needed to hear it from me, and then she just vanished. From that day on I never had another restless night or daytime concern over her and in fact had a great sense of peace that she was being cared and enjoying everlasting life in the most excellent way. I must admit I was even a bit envious that my wife had finished the race God had given her before me. For the first time I finally understood the story or parable that Jesus told of the "vineyard workers", becasue Carol is the perfect example of the servant who was last and became first, and myself being first so long ago am last.
Parable of the Vineyard Workers:
“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work. “At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing. So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day. So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing. “At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’ “They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’ “The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’ “That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first. When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage. When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage. When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’ “He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’ “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.” (Matthew 20:1-16)

This is what St Paul meant at the end of his life when he knew he was about to die he spoke about having finished the race for the crown of salvation.
The time of my death is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to Christ appearing (2 Timothy 4:6-8).

But there was a time before St Paul was saved when he did not run the race, then known as Saul of Tarsus he was known as having persecuted, imprisoned and executed whole Christian families. But God chose Paul as an example of how God can change even the worst sinners when prayer is offered for spiritual reasons. There were allot of Christians praying for deliverance from Saul the persecutor, and God answered prayer in a way that no one had expected, which is exactly how God works.

This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I Paul am the worst of them all. But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him (trusts in, clings to, relies on) and receive eternal life. All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen (1 Timothy 1:15-17).

So for some the race is short like my Wife Carol who I admit I envied having spent such a short time believing, yet knowing my wife who was a confessed atheist, the act of requesting salvation and praying the prayer of salvation through Jesus Christ, took a great amount of faith. Of course just like with St Paul I have no doubt that the Holey Spirit played a tremendous role in drawing my wife to Christ at the precise moment God had intended. God was faithful not just to my prayers but so many who were praying primarily for Carol’s salvation for such a long time, and to prove it God allowed Carol to appear to me and show proof of His loving kindness in acting upon that faith. That’s what Faith can do!
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Let me just close this entry by say that through all of my "born again" spiritual life Christ has proven to me that he will always be there for those that believe and that his promise of salvation is real if we continue to abide in him, finish the race, and keep the faith.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)
Christ will always be there for you and will keep his promise...
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A TIME TO LIVE, A TIME TO DIE, A TIME TO BE REBORN

2010-09-29T14:08:00.000-07:00

Its been awhile since I last posted on this blog. I could give you a list of reasons but lets suffice it to say that I have been mourning before God over my wife Carol's departure and all the missed opportunities while she was still here. Not in sadness like the world that does not know God and mourns over the death of the body. Rather with tears of comfort and gladness being comforted by God's Holy Spirit every day, bearing witness to me that Gods appointed time for Carol to leave this world included the preparation of her heart in which she finally understood, believed, and gave her heart to Christ. God allowed her to visit me just one time in the spirit in which she confirmed with tears the magnificent beauty and love she is experiencing, and her concern over us that still remain, over whether or not we will be able to later join her. Overwhelmed over the reunion and filled with the Holy Spirit , all I could speak about was what the scriptures tell us. I told her that she needed to return to paradise and allow God to wipe away every tear from eyes, becasue each of left behined must bare our own responsibility to choose salvation through Jesus Christ, and be born again of the spirit. That was the last and only time I saw her, after her departure from this world. Since then I have only had great peace that she is very much alive with Christ in paradise.

Today being the day she was born. I thought it would be nice to link her most played and favorite song before she was saved...The questions in this her favorite song were all answered after the day she accepted Christ. Within minutes after she recited the sinners prayer with me, Carol was taken by ambulance to the emergency room and told me and two paramedics, that she could clearly see that lights of heaven above her opening up and was no longer afraid to die.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0NoHN1TU5I

And of course, my song to Carol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDmNoe5ndc

The Video by Mathew West
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dMyXyUn5SM&feature=related

WE MUST FOLLOW CHRIST INTO THE BATTLE

2010-04-21T20:52:00.000-07:00

Even though there are times when our souls have trials that seem insurmountable over the huge battles in life, we also have daily trials in which the battles although small are really over good vs evil in which we are either the casualty with Satan standing over us or we are victorious through Christ. Like King David who as a child went up against Goliath and won because his young pure hart believed God and was spiritually prepared for the battle.

When we battle over the small things in life that defeat us and wonder after being defeated how and why it happened its because we fought that battle under our own weak strength against an adversary (Satan) who is much stronger spiritually then we are, without Christ in our hart and mind leading us into battle we don't stand a chance and will be defeated every time.

This is why its so important to understand that in life all our battles which affect our physical lives are actually spiritual battles with spiritual darkness and the god of this world Satan. Whether the battles are arguments, gluttony, alcohol, drugs, fighting, hatred, jealousy, selfishness, or even well intended acts, until we realize that we can only be victorious as Christians who walk with Christ “in spirit and in truth” and “not in name only”, we will continue to follow a pattern of defeat. So how do we become victorious? Draw close to Christ and he will draw close to you and start living a life that includes God in everything you do rather then excluding God in everything you do.

So do I say these things for your benefit only, no but as a man who by nature is evil these lessons I have learned and must exercise daily so that when my soul is truly tested, like being a caregiver for my wife having cancer, I can be more of a blessing then a “cursing” which is my natural state and every human born to this world, all except for Christ of course who knew no evil and came to save us all.

Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the Satan and unclean spirits. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen and spiritual world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil and temptation. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. Ephesians 6:11-13

So stand your ground therefore, having your loins protected in truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness. Shod & protect your feet in preparation of knowing the good-news of salvation through Christ; above all, take up the shield of the faith, in which you shall be able to stop and quench all the fiery arrows and attacks of Satan and unclean spirits, and put on the helmet of the salvation and take up the sword of the Spirit which is the living word of God sharper then any two edge sword in both truth and conviction. Praying and making request at all times in the Holy Spirit for Christians everywhere who are the saints of God. Ephesians 6:14-18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIkQ7YVys_A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2RP6DRVWpU

Palm Sunday (observed March 28, 2010)

2010-03-28T14:21:00.000-07:00

Today marks the holy week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ the Son of God who was and is the living Word of God, has always been with God the Father and the Holy Spirit of God. Together they form the Triune God “Father, Son, & Holy Spirit”. They have always existed even before the consummation of time itself, time created for our benefit and to give reference to our short existence in this life before our spirits reach judgment and eternity.

In the beginning was the Word (Jesus Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John the baptist bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” (John 1:1-15)

So you see God became a man and became the punishment for man’s original sin ransoming back man’s eternal soul from the clutches of hell for those that believe and abide in him. If we abide in him and are filled with the Holy Spirit, the same Holy Spirit that raised Christ from the dead will raise us as well with Him in paradise. Make no foolish mistake about, there is no way to God but through Jesus Christ, all other seemingly good paths all lead to destruction. In wrestling with that truth remember that God’s judgment is far better then our arguments and that all we need be worry about our own abiding in Christ rather then being concerned over arguing the why’s and how‘s of other beliefs.

Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”(John 14: 5/Matthew 7:14/Romans 10:9)

So this life in this body is a very short stay and a testing ground for our belief in Christ and our relationship with God, the evidence of which is his Holy Spirit in and upon our lives evident by our fruit of obedience or disobedience toward Gods laws. One or the other there is no in-between and there is no other way, that is the truth and worth repeating regardless of whether or not the gospel of truth is welcome or accepted. After this life every unbeliever great and small will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and will want a 2nd chance but it will be too late.

For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
Why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written: “ As I live, says the LORD, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.” So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way. (Romans 14:9-12)

Just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, so also Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are "eagerly waiting" for him. (Hebrews 9:27-29)

Jesus knew he was going to die for all the people present, past and future that know and please God. Christ knew this mortal life is nothing compared to eternity where most will be lost and separated, and only a few in comparison will be joined with him in paradise. So besides dieing for the sins of those that love him, he also rose again from the grave and ascended to heaven to prepare a wonderful place for each of us that truly believe.

In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. (John 14:2-3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDmNoe5ndc

In closing let me say that It was recently discovered that my wife Carol has metastasized cancer and as her husband (flesh of her flesh) God is gracious using me to bring the gospel of truth to her and it has been blessing to see him love her through me. I can do all things for her and on her behalf through Christ who strengthens me. Through Christ and His Holy Spirit I pray for her desired salvation, I pray for her eternal spirit & soul, and I pray for her healing. Of the future I know only one thing, that she will be in Gods hands today or 20 years from now and that God will be faithful to preserve what I have requested and committed to him on behalf of my wife.
Now, I will speak to the rest of you, though I do not have a direct command from the Lord. If a Christian man has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to continue living with him, he must not leave her. And if a Christian woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to continue living with her, she must not leave him. For the Christian wife brings holiness to her marriage, and the Christian husband brings holiness to his marriage. Otherwise, your children would not be holy, but now they are holy.
(1 Corinthians 7:12-14)

WITH MY EVERLASTING KING! There's no need for avatar's

2010-02-20T11:16:00.000-08:00

I recently went to see the movie Avatar but actually had written off seeing it since when it comes to science fiction I usually draw the line at fantasy. Overall I thought the movie was very entertaining with some obvious cultural lessons. But what struck me was what came through in the type of movie that was produced by unbelievers for unbelievers, correlated so much to biblical beliefs with respect to aspects of creation, spiritual embodiment, resurrection, and a creator, all of which are true aspects of Christianity.

The movie deeply insinuates and alludes to life after death and or the transference of the soul to a creator of sorts, in the case of the movie the great mother always present and acting upon life itself in their alien world, and although a pure fantasy story, the writing is obviously something seeded deep within the writers conscious coming through. Something that we all have within us begging to seek out and find the truth of our creation.
("For all of creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us." Romans 8:21-23)

I was also struck how the movie Avatar so vividly tries to portray life, death and the spiritual so different then traditionally in the past, with respect to Biblical truths and beliefs, almost as if providing the viewer the possibility of an alternative rather then what we know is the truth. Because whether you are a believer or not most of us recognized the self evident nature of God in creation, even written into our constitution by the founders. Most recognized that it is no coincidence that the word of God both in written form (the Bible) and in living form (Jesus Christ) have stood the test of time through the ages, as no one need ask what day is the most celebrated thought the world (Christmas) and what book continues to be the number 1 best seller year after year for man‘s sake (the Bible).

In reality we are all inhabiting our own avatar, spiritual eternal beings that inhabit fleshly mortal bodies that are on this earth for one reason and one reason only, the experience life and to take notice of the self evident love of God who is present in all creation, to seek and honor his Son who he sent among us to truly show the way to the truth, freedom from sin and to have life everlasting.
("They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God." Romans 1:18-20)

Unlike the movie Avatar those that are joined with Christ will have no need of special avatar bodies and machines or wishful fantasy stories about what could might have been. We have a living God who has created all things and who has demonstrated to us the power to raise his only Son from the grave, to show us His power over death. Our dieing bodies (avatar’s) cannot inherit eternal life, what is left is our spirits and souls that will either be joint heirs with Christ or be eternally lost in outer darkness separated from God becasue of the great investment and preoccupation our flesh "the creature" more then being preoccupied with "worshiping the Creator" and investing in our true selves "our spirit" being born again. While we live in this world and in these bodies it is all our individual free choice to spiritually live eternally or to die eternally.
("Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created (the creature) instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen." Romans 1:21-25)

Make no mistake about it, God is calling all of us even through the use of godless movies like Avatar to join with his Son, as the time to be "spiritually born again" is now through the Holy Spirit! Walking with Christ and being filled with His Holy Spirit to endeavor victoriously in a world that is fallen & dieing.

Remember what God says:
“Today when you hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts
as Israel did when they rebelled.” Hebrews 13:15

The huge difference is that through all of our trails in this dieing and lost world the Holy Spirit is the fortress that sustains and carries our spirit and eternal soul NOW and into life everlasting where we will be recreated in new bodies of perfection and incorruptibility, in the image of Christ and in a NEW world so beautiful that it is impossible to imagine.

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.
1 Corinthians 2:9

Unlike in the fantasy movie Avatar where the Navi having had their homes destroyed and take refuge at the "tree of souls" in the hope of having their souls protected by a organic force as they are about to be killed and the "tree of souls" itself is about to be destroyed, Mankind in a real world created by a real supernatural "God" has given all of us an opportunity to have our spirits and souls reborn and connected with him NOW through his Son while we still live. Where our "Tree Of Life" protected by our God the Creator who has never lost a battle, keeps our souls and spirits safe in the fortress of Heaven IF we abide in Him....

Lead me to your towering rock of safety,
for you are my safe refuge,
a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me.
Let me live forever in your sanctuary,
safe beneath the shelter of your wings! Psalms 61:3-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIBtvOomZo&feature=related

Kutless LIVE (Strong Tower)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh-JeZPmydE
KUTLESS LIVE INTERVIEW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWbA-plgV9I

Christmas & The New year!

2010-01-01T00:29:00.000-08:00

May we all reflect on this Holy day when the calendar marks the "Year of Our Lord" 2010 AD, for by Gods grace and faithfulness the whole world acknowledges this day, believers and non-believers alike, AD meaning "Anno Domini" The year of our Lord's birth Jesus the Christ and BC Before Christ. This by Gods overpowering will so that the whole world may acknowledge him either in belief or denial, that the only true and wise God, the great "I AM" and his only begotten son "Jesus Christ", who's name is above every name, may draw as many who accept the truth to Himself and keep them until the great day of judment, in which we who are alive in Christ and know him will be pardoned for our sins and live in his eternal glory. Amen
O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
You have taught children and infants
to tell of your strength,
silencing your enemies
and all who oppose you.

When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?
Yet you made them only a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You gave them charge of everything you made,
putting all things under their authority—
the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.

O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
PSALM 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7OzU6FgHC0&feature=related
LIVE-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQC7uamLwQs&feature=related
IN CONCERThttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSR_1yg8k0w

TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE RISING DARKNESS

2009-12-03T13:11:00.000-08:00

As we approach the new year of our Lord Jesus Christ in 2010, we who walk with Jesus Christ (who’s name is blessed forever amen') are not blind to the approaching evil that man is allowing to be unleashed through irreverence and betrayal to the counsel and laws of God which founded our nation, culture and government. Now a new government is emerging with new dark legislation such as the ”Hate Crime Bill” prohibit Christians from preaching or practicing certain biblical virtues which is against the word of God, and where children in Christian schools will soon be required to teach alternative life styles and civil unions outside of the biblical law in which marriage is a sacred covenant between a man and a woman only. Churches around the country are now being threatened with loss of religious freedom, tax exemption status, and pastors are being threatened even jailed. What has been foretold in Gods word (the bible) has finally started, the days of persecution are fast approaching and in fact already at the door. We as so called “Christians” we will soon no longer have the luxury to pick and chose the line or level of commitment and belief in Jesus Christ we feel comfortable with having, rejected much of what Jesus Christ taught (who is Word of God) to serve our own selfish liking. God is now drawing a line in the sand for all of us in which everyone will be required to either take a stand for Christ or reject Christ teachings openly and with that rejection the loss of all the freedoms God had blessed our nation with, but more importantly the loss of your eternal soul. Without Christ and the Holy Spirit dwelling in your life it will be impossible for you as "so called Christians" to avoid rejecting Christ openly and accept the Beast! Just like St Peter rejected Christ 3 times, you will also be ashamed and reject Jesus Christ to save your flesh, but in this context lose your own soul. So its time for all Christians to prepare themselves for this coming spiritual battle by putting on the full spiritual armor of God and continually surrendering our lives to Christ who is the lamb of God for those that truly believe...You shall know them by their fruit...
In response on November 20, 2009 the Manhattan declaration was unveiled at the national Press Club in Washington DC. The declaration was signed by 140 famous Christian leaders made up of evangelicals, catholic, orthodox, protestant, and every branch that represent American Christianity. This document and declaration and petition posted on the internet is being signed by all those of the faith declaring to social and political authorities, the president, and members of congress, in 4700 words that Christians are and always will be in opposition to current and future laws infringing upon the sanctity of life, marriage, faith, religious freedom, liberty and the word of God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrir_4RpYOM
http://www.manhattandeclaration.org/

When I signed the document last week there were only a little over 20,000 signatures. As of today there are 250,000 and the list is growing. Praise God because he is faithful and what I have committed to Him which is eternal, He will faithfully keep until the day of my resurrection when all the saints shall stand with Christ in His new creation.

" For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment. And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood. Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people. But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day. So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment." 2 PETER 2: 4-9

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READY YOURSELVES!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc8y0DL8Hr4

FORGIVNESS AND REBIRTH OF THE SPIRIT

2009-09-26T06:27:00.000-07:00

Without Jesus Christ blood there would be no forgiveness of sin form the only true and wise God who demands justice for braking his righteous laws, a God who created this universe and everything in it out of perfect, love, power and knowledge. The living God, the great “I AM” who for a brief moment emptied himself and became a man (Jesus Christ) to show us the way to the Father and to pay the price himself for our sin IF WE FOLLOW HIM. Not by the way of the flesh but the way of the spirit, the spirit which must be born again inside each of us, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

To all those who are willing to be born again of the spirit and changed by the power of God have an even greater and more wonderful existence in store. So wonderful that it cannot even be imagined by man where the emotions of sorrow and mourning will no longer exist. How is it possible that we can ignore so great a salvation or believe that just going through religious motions and offering up the occasional dead prayer without knowing Christ will somehow save us.

God The Father has made everything for us and even satisfied the punishment for sin with the righteous blood of his own Son. All we have to do believe and seek him out in the spirit and in truth. This decision unlike any other we have made in life will have everlasting consequences.

Remember we are all physically dieing anyway as our bodies cannot inherit the new heaven and new earth, and the end of the world can and will come at any moment for us on a personal level as we die naturally. Don’t be a foolish person as in the story told by Jesus Christ about the rich man and the poor beggar Lazarus:
There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— or I have five brothers —so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent. He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead. (Luke 16: 19-31)

To fall before God and consistently place your life in His hands is the most important choice you'll ever make...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sDiLPPNKEM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gao6t6F7K8E&feature=related

Acknowledging Christ once again

2009-08-12T05:39:00.000-07:00

Although my blog entries have been fewer, God is always faithful to reminds me to share the Gospel in any way I can because it is the truth unto eternal life with Christ who is with the Father preparing a place for those that love Him. We are now living in extraordinary times in that for the first time in our nations history the majority of the people of this nation have turned their back, care less, and are indifferent toward the laws and principals of God’s Word which help found this nation and bring the favor and Grace of God blessings upon us. Because as a nation we have become a sinful self centered majority, spiritual darkness with it all the plagues that have been brought upon other nations in history are now starting to come upon our nation.
In the past when God’s rebuke would be upon us like in the grate depression we always turned back to God as a moral majority and had Christian revivals and repented toward the living God in spirit and in truth and God would forgive us as a and restore our prosperity. Point is this battle we are now waging is not political but a spiritual battle and for the first time neither political party can see that. In fact our political leadership want to distance themselves from Christianity opposing the acknowledgment of Christ in any way possible, removing His name and commandments from our courts and schools. The only reason why we and this nation exist and have done extraordinarily well is because of the past acknowledgment we as a nation once gave to God and in return God giving us his Grace and Favor. Once that Grace and Favor have been removed there is absolutely no remedy for this country that will stop the inevitable chaos that is about to be unleashed. For our own good if we continue down this road where we treat Christ as just an afterthought behind ourselves, our material possessions, our life styles and cardinal acts outside Gods Laws, we will lose everything individually and collectively until as a nation in majority we humble ourselves before God and repent, acknowledging Christ once again at the center of everything we do for "The promise of a lifetime" Amen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_38RfYrFYA
Kutless live, Promise of a Lifetime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wgA93WQWKE&feature=related

Why the universe had a single begining and is ending

2009-06-29T09:46:00.000-07:00

Scientist like Stephen Hawkins are trying to explain why and how new physical evidence proves that the universe had a single beginning from a point smaller then the atom and is ever expanding toward a finite end. The cornerstone of concern the possible and advent of intellectual creation. So the race is on to find a mathematical proof that will explain a more natural recurring theme. On top of this another recent discovery is that geologic scientist have discovered fossils in rock that date back 4 billion years at the same time the earth was formed which is impossible. Again concerns over the advent of creationist theories, scientist are in a race to prove that life on earth must have been seeded from another planet with life, they say Mars perhaps.
Even though man himself has been endowed with the ability to create, we so desperately need to disprove the possibility of a creator that we must be responsible to. In that endeavor we miss the chief cornerstone of Gods son Jesus Christ whom through all things were made.
IN THE beginning, before all time, was the Word "Jesus Christ", and the Word was with God, and the Word was Himself God. He was present originally with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. And His Light shines on the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it, put it out, absorbed it, or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to His light. John 1:1-5
YOU ARE HOLY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBNE25rtnE

Too often as Christians we suffer necessarily as our walk with Christ is directly proportional to our defeats mentally, spiritually and even physically. When Christ Died on that cross He not only made the only way toward salvation, but in everyday life. If we are willing, because Christ took our place on the cross, we have Gods grace to strengthen us through all diversity in our life and in the world. We also have the Holy Spirit, the great comforter that is with us always.
When St Paul asked God to remove a problem he was having to deal with which seemed overwhelming, God reminded Paul that His Grace was sufficient and enough to see him through, all that was required was for him to believe and have faith in Christ.
(St Paul) Even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud. Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time He said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. that I suffer for Christ.
(2 Corinthians 12:7-10)
YOUR GRACE IS ENOUGH! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9yrlYk-Bao&feature=related

Live interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG3N5h9ybL8&videos=0-e1VejQF6g&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1

DESERT T-STORMS

2009-05-30T09:31:00.000-07:00

Its thunder storming and raining here today in the desert and it’s a wonderful and frightening sight to see. It reminds me that this is what it will be like for each of us when its our time to meet God and give account for our lives against His precepts, laws and principals, many of which are self evident but allot of which by our own rebellion we willfully chose to brake. We were made in the image of God and therefore given free choice to know good and evil. While most of us moderate how much evil we chose to indulge in, all of us are guilty of choosing it over knowing and having a relationship with God, yet deep in our souls we all know we must one day give account to the creator who is by the very expression of our existence and the universe Pure Love. Regardless of what excuses we may dream up or accusations we may try in our defense, we are all ultimately guilty and will face the reality of judgment for our personal sin and therefore are in desperate need of a savior, God himself. Omnipotent God who overlaid the greatest expression of personal love on top of the expression of love creation, and emptied himself to experienced death on our behalf. So that we are truly and utterly without excuse on a personal level with God if we reject so great a relationship and salvation. In the end we alone will be held responsible for our decision to dismiss and reject the Savior and not unite with him the relationship He intended and be absolved of all sin, born again and enlightened by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit living inside us bearing personal witness with our spirit that we are of God and only inhabitants of this body of death that cannot and will not inherit immortality. So you see its not about our abilities as creatures made in the image of God, but about our abilities when united with Christ and filled with the Holy Spirit which marks our return to God our creator, our true Father, Christ our true friend, The Holy Spirit our true power, allowing God to glorify us and give us ALL things as He always intended. To give us the richness and fullness of life everlasting in a re-creation so fantastic that God himself said we are not able to comprehend but only see glimpses through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Lastly remember we are all in the same boat regardless of our circumstances, who we are or what we have done. None of us, not one deserves salvation to glory and eternal life, it is a free gift that you can only receive by allowing the living God into your personal life, believing in Christ sacrifice, and being filled with the Holy Spirit on a daily basis, walking with God. Salvation is as simple as opening the door to your life and believing Christ is there to save and reward you. All the alternative and there are many, lead to destruction and separation from God for eternity as the spirit can never die.

“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSlRaHPim-4

Easter! Reconciliation for those that believe

2009-04-12T11:23:00.000-07:00

Isaiah the prophet 693 years before Christ, historically documented and predicted this day. Christ himself quoted Isaiah when teaching in the temple to the establishment, pointing to himself as the messiah, and then like now was rejected.

"There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.
He was despised and rejected—
a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
He was despised, and we did not care.

Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
the sins of us all.

He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.
No one cared that he died without descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man’s grave.

But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants."
Now we have to decide whether we will become his descendant by believing, accepting, and receiving God's offering to know and walk with him.
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
Jesus Christ is quite literally everything we could wish for!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT3z-uZaX-8&feature=related
Matthew West Live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgb3ooVTJ6g&feature=related

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PRAISE THE LORD! for the end of days are coming

2009-03-26T07:29:00.000-07:00

No longer do we see the warning by only those who carry Gods message on street corners with signs that the end times are near. We now see warning in publications, modern literature, world news, nature shows, and even vice presidents and movie stars. Most of course excluding God from the equation as is our nature to live in denial of both pending death and judgment before God.
The world was created by God for us to enjoy within the context of His commandments and in fellowship with him, because without him there is no creation, no life, and most importantly no expression of love, something we experience with every waking moment.
Quite simply God took upon himself the penalty of sin and death through his only Son Jesus Christ so that those who truly believe and desire know Him personally, will share in his new created universe and will never die. Its that simple. For this once great nation that has abandoned honoring him and His principals that were once the foundation of our laws and culture, is there truly any doubt why the this nation and the world is on the threshold of judment.

This is what the Lord says:

“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Could you build me a temple as good as that?
Could you build me such a resting place?
My hands have made both heaven and earth;
they and everything in them are mine.
I, the Lord, have spoken!

“I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts,
who tremble at my word.
But those who choose their own ways—
delighting in their detestable sins—
will not have their offerings accepted.

I will send them great trouble—
all the things they feared.
For when I called, they did not answer.
When I spoke, they did not listen.
They deliberately sinned before my very eyes
and chose to do what they know I despise.”

(link)* Through all these years He has been there, dried all my tears, and answers my prayers...

DecembeRadio - Live

THE VOICE OF TRUTH

2009-02-16T07:15:00.000-08:00

It is amazing how when we decide to walk with the Lord just how committed He is to us regardless of or perceived weaknesses and fears of failure. Like the great and perfect father we all wish we had the Lord shows and guides us on the strait path toward eternal life and joy, and though we stray, stumble and fall he is always there to lift us up with great strength if our expectation is to find his salvation. Though life can have pains, sorrows, and snares that persist, I find our greatest enemy to conquer is always ourselves. From the time I was a child I have never been able to free myself from those few insurmountable chains that life gives all of us, and without Christ I would have surly sank into the recesses of failure and despair long ago and would have led a much different life, life without hope.
Praise God he has always been real to me and rescued me from not just my enemies but more importantly myself, breaking free the chains of bondage, making my life prosperous, setting my spirit on fire, placing my soul on solid ground, sharing with me the real meaning of this life, and the secrets of the life that awaits me in paradise. Though the world tries desperately to sell me any lie I am willing to sell my soul for and which leads to eternal death, The Voice of truth (Gods Word) tell me the true story and meaning of everlasting life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcuiuIwtpa4

Casting Crowns Live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az_ErYHUphw

A new year and closer to redemtion

2009-01-23T12:55:00.000-08:00

Praise God and our Lord Jesus Christ for another wonderful new year. Considering the mere fact that each of us has been chosen to experience life as Gods most wonderful creation this in of itself is astounding. Each of us having the opportunity to accept or reject partaking in the next level of God's plan for our existence, to become a child of God and a glorified being in a glorified existence is simply unimaginably wonderful. Each of us has a choice to make as weather or not we want a real relationship with Christ the Savior who is able to pardon us of all our transgressions. But like any pardon you cant receive it unless you humble yourself, ask, and agree to change.
PS, I got an aquarium for Christmas...Praise God

Ezekiel prophet of God and example for mankind

2008-12-15T10:53:00.000-08:00

Ezekiel the prophet was used by God to reveal his real time judgment upon a nation that once trusted in God and then turned to idolatry. But not so much idolatry as we perceive it (bowing to a statue), but rather anything that we obsess over and takes the place that we once reserved for worship and reverence toward God. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with possessions and the wholesome activities that god intended us to enjoy, none of these things have any lasting value without placing them in the context behind God who must be first above all these other things and anything. To remove God as the focus and source of our love and happiness is pure idolatry which is subject to judgment and punishment by God the Father for our sakes. Like any loving Father and in this case the creator of us and the universe, those that he loves he will rebuke and punish to open our eyes bring us closer to himself for salvation.
"As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform; lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (literal Hebrew translation Revelation 3:19-20)
So for our benefit God used Ezekiel and the nation of Israel as an example of what can and will happen to a nation who turns their back on God. Thousands of years ago the prophecies that Ezekiel warned about in the destruction of Israel and its eventual recreation in 1948 was all an example that Gods word is real, true and inescapable.
In this present day as individuals and as a Nation we need to pay close attention to what God is doing in our personal lives and to our nation in order to stay right with God. Regardless of what we think, believe, rationalize or declare, God is either going to bring judgment into our lives or salvation depending on our relationship with Christ. Not just after we die but in everyday life, if God is knocking on your door your hart because someone is praying for your salvation, God will do what he has to get your attention. Something we cannot appreciate until we have finally gotten to know Him as his children not just casual believers.
"When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!"(Galatians 5:19-23)
Now God is warning judgment to our nation just like in the 1929 crash which led to the great depression but also a great spiritual repentance and revival toward God, the results of which made us an even greater and more powerful nation that helped pave the way to recreate Israel as a nation, fulfilling God's prophecy through Ezekiel and validating God's promise of blessings to Abraham and those nations that are called by his name, the USA.
The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you "Israel". I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
(Genesis 12:1-3)
But now as a nation we have come full circle and as a majority for the first time in our nation's history have turned our backs on God and Israel and are lovers of ourselves rather them lovers of God, God who is creator of the universe and blessed for ever amen! When Israel turned its back on God and would not listen to Ezekiel's warning, God destroyed Israel and they were taken into slavery and scattered to all nations for hundreds of years. After the purging God recreated Israel as nation in 1948 just as predicted in scripture thousands of years ago. If God did not spare Israel for there idolatry, what makes us think that judgment is not hanging over our country today? And if God did not spare his own son who never sinned and was perfect, to pay the price for salvation and eternal life for those willing to love God, what makes us think that we will not be judged and condemned for not loving him as God of our lives?
This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This is an illustration of what happened to Jerusalem (Israel). I placed her at the center of the nations, but she has rebelled against my regulations and decrees and has been even more wicked than the surrounding nations. She has refused to obey the regulations and decrees I gave her to follow. “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You people have behaved worse than your neighbors and have refused to obey my decrees and regulations. You have not even lived up to the standards of the nations around you. Therefore, I myself, the Sovereign Lord, am now your enemy. I will punish you publicly while all the nations watch. Because of your detestable idolatry, I will punish you like I have never punished anyone before or ever will again. Parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and scatter to the winds the few who survive. “As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pity at all because you have defiled my Temple (your bodies) with your vile images and detestable sins. A third of your people will die in the city from disease and famine. A third of them will be slaughtered by the enemy outside the city. And I will scatter a third to the winds, chasing them with my sword. Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subsided, all Israel will know that I, the Lord, have spoken to them in my jealous anger. “So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by. You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the nations around you. They will see what happens when the Lord punishes a nation in anger and rebukes it, says the Lord. “I will shower you with the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you. The famine will become more and more severe until every crumb of food is gone. And along with the famine, wild animals will attack you and rob you of your children. Disease and war will stalk your land, and I will bring the sword of the enemy against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!” ( Ezekiel 5:6-16)
And yet even though Israel did not heed Ezekiel's warning and was consequently judged and devastated, God was still faithful and kept his word to Abraham by gathering back the Jews from the four corners of the earth and reestablishing Israel in 1948, just as the prophet Ezekiel predicted God would do, as an example to the world and of what final judgment will be like for those who refuse to obey God, who is the blessed creator of the universe Amen!
“But I will let a few of my people escape destruction, and they will be scattered among the nations of the world. Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for their idolatry. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their detestable sins. They will know that I alone am the Lord and that I was serious when I said I would bring this calamity on them. (Ezekiel 6:8-10)
In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to bring back the remnant of his people those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt; in southern Egypt, Ethiopia, and Elam; in Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands. He will raise a flag among all the nations and assemble the exiles (Jews) of Israel. (Isaiah 11:11-13)
But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment. (2 Peter 3:8-10)
We are so blind without the Holy Spirit to what is so self evident on this one of a kind "Goldilocks planet" in an otherwise hostile and lifeless universe. Even the marking of the modern world calendar denotes God's mark and plan on the planet. AD (Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Jesu Christi "In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ"), and "Before Christ", abbreviated as BC or B.C., (Adopted in the English language to denote years before the start of the Christian epoch). HE IS COMING! Come quickly Lord Jesus and bring your Kingdom (The New Jerusalem) to earth as it is in heaven, Amen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGWQJ4heXS8&feature=related

Robbie Seay live audio, vocal & acoustic only

Robbie Seay comments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G_zqNj-dPU&feature=related

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Back yard landscaping and spcial pavers

2008-12-02T08:39:00.000-08:00

HOW FAR IS HEAVEN? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkzoqQ5Oak
"The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in your midst." Luke 17: 20-21

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Thanksgiving backyard sunset

2008-11-28T00:10:00.000-08:00

In the beginning was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
(John 1:1-2)

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. (John 1:2-4)

He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
(John 1:10-11)

But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority power, privilege, and right to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in, adhere to, trust in, and rely on His name
(John 1:12-13)

There is a great correlation between the way our Heavenly Father intended a relationship between an earthly father and his children, and God's relationship with us. This song below by Brian Littrell makes this very point and reminds me of my long relationship with "The Father" and my children.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSqywOCc_MM

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Born again Christians (born of the Holy Spirit not the flesh)

2008-11-24T08:12:00.000-08:00

How is it that born again Christians from around the world, of every tongue and different cultures, without ever having met, share such a mutual understanding and belief in Christ? It is not just that we share a belief and faith, but they we become spiritually related in Christ as part of the family and future hairs of God’s possessions. If you think the miracle of this current life and its opportunities are special, it is nothing compared to what awaits those that have been born again of God’s spirit and who will inherit perfect heaven and earth unlike anything we are able to imagine now.
I have recently used the acronym CINO (Christian in name only) to describe Christians who have been taught about and acknowledge Christ but come short of expressing in their lives any intimate relationship with Christ and power of the Holy Spiritual life that comes with it. Jesus Christ himself described the different Christian outcomes that occurs from when we hear the word of God like a seed that is planted, and where we allow that seed to fall in our lives, taking it in or tossing it to the side like so many of our short lived interest. Only those that allow the seed of Gods word to fall on the fertile ground of their harts will grow and bare fruit, some a little and some allot, but all that bare fruit are born again and become spiritually related to Christ and part of the family of God.
“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is God’s word. The seeds that fell on the footpath represent those who hear the message, only to have the devil come and take it away from their hearts and prevent them from believing and being saved. The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation. The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life. And so they never grow into maturity. And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted people who hear God’s word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest." (Luke 8:11-15)
Aron Shust Live Spirit 105
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fILoxY7P5xA&feature=related

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Let Christ do the heavy lifting in your life

2008-11-18T19:15:00.000-08:00

Like trying to transplant a small tree with bare hands, trying to become a better person can be almost imposable on our own. We can only clear away some of the dirt .

But when we abide in Christ we can take these problems to the Father and like using a 4x4 to pull out a tree stump, God gives us the power of his Holy Spirit.

Who is able to rip sin out by the roots, to change, rearrange and remove the negative parts of our life that we ourselves cannot.

God prunes away the dead things in our lives and replants our harts into fertile ground so that we can grow and bear fruits of righteousness unto eternal life.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, (Romans 8:1-3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4OnZUfzlHU&feature=related
LIVE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzYkurTBHaY

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FOR SALE!

2008-11-06T21:08:00.000-08:00

FOR SALE! Praise God I am using my journal entry today to list my personal recreational vehicles FOR SALE. These vehicle's have only been owned and ridden by me and are all registered and equipped for street use as well as off road use. All have been impeccably maintained and with very low mileage and occasional use. They are all being sold due to very little use but mostly because the Lord has placed it upon my hart, glory to God! Amen.
(1) FOR SALE 2007 SUZUKI LTZ400 QuadSport (White sport quad) No more then 10 hours of use and better then new with Dynojet performance kit installed, steering stabilizer, 6 pack rack, tank saddle bags, mirror. Asking $5000
(2) FOR SALE 2006 HONDA CRF450X (RED Enduro Dirt Bike) No more then 30 hours of use and better then new with JD performance kit installed, Chase Harper hard canvas fender bag, Tusk tank saddle bags, Baja Design street legal horn, mirror & brake light fender, Tusk aluminum hand guards, GPR steering stabilizer, and a spare set of brand new Maxxis Desert IT tires. Asking $5000
(3)FOR SALE 2007 Suzuki Bandit 1250 fuel injected (Red Sport Tourer)
Only 2600 miles of use and better then new with full set of Suzuki color matched touring luggage, Suzuki tank bra, Joe Rocket matching tank bag, moon mirror view extenders, mechanical cruise control, Suzuki hand guards, Up & Back Bar risers, PowerBronze touring wind screen, and spare rear D220 Dunlop tire. Asking $8000

Focus on God through Christ by the Holy Spirit

2008-11-03T09:39:00.000-08:00

As we who believe in the gospel are able to see that prophetic change is coming, change in our society, changes in the world and even great changes in the planet itself, waring us that our time of redemption is near, we as believers must avoid taking our eyes off the spiritual things of God. The world and those that don't believe wrestle with the physical and material chains that tether them to the father of lies who awaits judment. But we who have been unchained as believers must remember that our fight is no longer physical but spiritual against forces of darkness, the host of demonic forces and even Satan himself. Otherwise we could end up once again ensnared in spiritual dearness where we once also groped for truth meaning and purpose. As believers we are more then conquerors in this world but only through abiding in Jesus Christ which allows his Holy Spirit to dwell inside us and guiding us to dress for battle with the full armorer of God. The most important piece of armor being the word of God which is like double edge sword, able to send the enemy fleeing and convict the harts of men. So let us stay focuses on what we have received and what is required of us so that we can continue spreading the message of God's light in a world that grows continually darker in preparation for the end times.
(Ephesians 6: 10-18) Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared. In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.
**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQXH1A1o7PQ&feature=related**

FEAR & INDECISION vs SALVATION & ASSURANCE

2008-10-10T07:43:00.000-07:00

As carnal men and woman it is in our nature to be alarmed even panicked at what threatens our lives on the horizon, and even though most everyone spends a lifetime knowing that total loss is inevitable,e all instinctively fight it and seek some sort of salvation. Those that walk with Christ have found that salvation and the aurance of God’shat comforts us every step of the way as we face down these looming catastrophes and even our inevitable death with confidence. When we are wise enough to follow this deep seeded need for God and move beyond being CINO’s (Christian in name only), we draw near to God and in response God will draw near to us. All that iseft is our confession and repentance In the name of Jesus Christ who paid the price for your sins, and a rededication to be changed and walk with God in every aspect of your life as friend, Lord, and savior. The Holy Spirit of God will do the rest, lifting the burden of guilt and sin, opening the eyes of your hart to the truth in God’s word, setting you free from the fear of death, and pruning your life into the image of his son Jesus Christ.
(2 Timothy 3:1-7 ) But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will beboastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, andungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others andhave no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!
       As the selfish nature of carnal man brings the world and even the entire planet closer to inevitable catastrophe, God has provided this great opportunity for our salvation in every way a person can be saved in this life and the life to come. While salvation is dependent upon our faith and trust like as in any carnal relationship, a spiritual relationship with God provides us much more like the blessed assurance of God The Holy Spirit who literally comes to dwells within us and affect change. This indwelling of the Holy Spirit bares witness with our own spirit giving us peace and assurance that is beyond all explanation and understanding because it is holy spiritual not carnal. This makes all the difference in truly knowing for the first time what it is to be spiritually born again and free from the threat of sin and death and all the material things we are addicted to.
(Romans 8:15-18) So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves.Instead, you received God’s Holy Spirit when he adopted you as his ownchildren. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” For his Holy Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together withChrist we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory,we must also share his suffering. Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.
    Now we finally realize that while we were born into this world as carnal flesh and blood making up 99% of who we were without Christ, chained to this decaying and dying world. After being "born-again" we we are spiritually 100% covered by his blood and grace if remain in Christ, because without Christ we can do nothing. Being born again of the spirit we now realize we are only clothed in flesh and blood to walk with God as agents in this world, butwe are no longer of this world. We are saved to spread the “Good News” of salvation, looking forward to our home in heaven where death and sorrow no longer exist and where we will know all things and forever be with the Lord as he intended for all those who believe, cling to, and follow him. The alternative is also our choice described by Christ as the great crash and loss of a life and home build on sinking sand, in contrast Christ describes following him is like building a life and home on a great rock so that when the storm hits the house is not moved or damaged.
(John 3:3-8) Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ Thewind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’ttell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain howpeople are born of the Spirit.”
(Matthew 7:24-27) “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Thoughthe rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beatagainst that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
      Bottom line. Every experience and opportunity in this life is infinitesimally short, and everyone whether your a believer or non-believer knows that death is an appointed time and the end of your world, a day which is coming to meet everyone like a whistle blowing freight train. So what is at stake here is your eternal living soul which will spend eternity either separated and alone from God and all creation or redeemed by Christ the savior, the author and finisher of all life and creation (I AM). This "Good News" with it's offer of salvation has been made known to you. So you are WITHOUT EXCUSE!
(Romans 1:19) They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth andsky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisiblequalities, his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excusefor not knowing God.
(Hebrews 9:27-28) As it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those whoeagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, forsalvation.
(Philippians 2:9-11) Therefore, God elevated Christ to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Finally don't allow Satan to blind you with your own pride and self centered short sightedness. More importantly don't delude yourself as a CINO because God will know you by your fruit, the same way discarded beer bottles cannot grow into beautiful fruit bearing trees, and beautiful fruit bearing treesdo not grow beer bottles on their branches, you will be known by yourfruit.
(Galatians 6:7-8) Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvestdecay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to pleasethe Holy Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Holy Spirit.
(Matthew 7:16-19) You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.
So please all of you, draw near to God, and repent in the nameof Jesus Christ, and ask God to open the eyes of you hart, In JesusName Amen.
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(Ephesians 2:4-5) But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life whenhe raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that youhave been saved!)
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Christ is the Vine, Christians are the branches

2008-10-02T06:57:00.000-07:00

Christ gave an implicit teaching and warning intended for new Christians about how having your spirit born again also means continually living spiritually in Christ and Christ living spiritually in you. Christ warned using the analogy of Himself being the grape vine and Christians being the branches of the vine. That if a Christian does not remain living in Christ like a branch to a vine and therefore Christ living in you, you will wither like a cut off branch and become spiritually dead again, and like a dead branches that are collected to be burned, all Christians that have allowed themselves to be cut off from Christ spiritually and reconnected to pride of life and living for this world, will meet a similar fate and be burned.
As proclaimed Christians we will make a choice to either believe Christ and live a life abiding in Him (the vine) which gives us the power to change, grow, and blossom and grow fruit (the evidence of a true Christian), or we will fool ourselves into believing that we can live our old lives separate from Christ without being burned. For those who believe that they can live for this evil world and also eat the benefits of salvation (two lives), you are simply living out the ultimate form of denial when in reality you are just waiting to be burned like dead stacked branches.
Don't be deceived by Satan and your own short sighted self centered ignorance. Allow Christ to make salvation simple by allowing Christ to be lord and savior (have complete control) of your life, inside and out. With Christ at the controls (not your selfish will) it as easy as breathing and as wonderful as cannot be described. Otherwise it would be better that you were never born then to come this far and never really be changed.
(John 15: 5-8) “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me,and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can donothing. Anyonewho does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch andwithers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples.This brings great glory to my Father.
For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were onceenlightened, those who have experienced the good things of heaven andshared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such peopleback to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves arenailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame. (Hebrews 6:3-9)
“Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me. “So I tell you, every sin and blasphemy can be forgiven—except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which will never be forgiven. Anyonewho speaks against the Son of Man can be forgiven, but anyone whospeaks against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, either in thisworld or in the world to come. “A tree is identified by its fruit. If a tree is good, its fruit will be good. If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad. For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. Agood person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, andan evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak. The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.”(Matthew 12:30-37)
So please remember long after this journal and I am gone that God loves you but isn't playing games, so don't misunderstand his truth for hatred. God loves us but hates sin, its that simple. So if you want to be set free in this life and the life to come you must abide and live for in Jesus Christ passionately not passively or you will be in bondage everyday from here to eternity. Where the choice you make today will clearly lead to a life of infinite death and bondage OR infinite life and freedom....The clear choice is yours along with the outcome and responsibility. DON'T LOSE YOUR SOUL!
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WHO OR WHAT SHOULD CHRISTIANS VOTE FOR?

2008-09-30T06:48:00.000-07:00

This nation was founded on Christians principals by men and woman that were inspired by Jesus Christ and the law of Moses from which all modern judicial law was founded. In spite of our sinful nature as individuals and a nation, God’s grace has made this all this happen using flawed Christians who prayed and followed their convictions based the gospel. Before this we had pagan law in which we sacrificed our children and each other without batting an eye for thousands of years without any true progress in human development or ideals. So this nation was founded on a majority of Christian believers and it became the greatest nation on earth because God gave us grace to achieve it spite of our weaknesses and hypocrisies. God was and is always faithful to bless those that seek him and the redemption of his Son’s blood. That is the only reason why the United States became great and blessed.

Now the Unites States is in decline for abandoning God's laws that made us great. I don’t have to go into great detail here because I have spoken of this before and the warnings are clearly outlined in God’s word. God’s word warns us that in the last days the law would become so perverted that the things that were once considered evil will be called good and the things once considered good will be called evil, and that is exactly where we are today. As a majority this generation has abandoned God and just as predicted men and woman have become lovers of self rather then lovers of God. Not only do we not speak out against evil but we condone it and believe me it has not gone unnoticed by God. But God is faithful not only in blessing those that love him, but also God is faithful to carry out punishment and judgment on those individuals and nations that have abandoned him. As a nation we have lost our salt and now lead the world with the largest population of criminals, the highest crime rates, the highest abortion rates, suicide rates, murder rate, divorce, greed and extortion. More recently we are abandoning the principals of same sex marriage and consider many forms of open sexual perversion normal and healthy and the list grows broader everyday. For all of our evil God is bringing real time judgment upon us, our nation and the world to provide us an opportunity to humble ourselves and repent and turn back to Jesus Christ. Not only for the salvation of our souls but our nation. So that rather then condoning the words, actions and votes of evil, we will be converted by his grace and once again stand up against all evil lovingly, taking our nation back that our grandparents and ancestors prayed and worked so hard to preserve.

The separation of church and state have absolutely nothing to do with every Christian duty and obligation to render to the nation, government, lawmaker, and employer, the principals of God’s law and the gospel of righteousness. We are not voting for people but issues and not to serve our own greed but the righteousness of God. Most of us still try and teach our children the principals of Gods law yet we ourselves have very little use for them anymore:
“I am the Lord your God, “You must not have any other god but me.
“You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind. You must not worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me. But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.
“You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
“Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. This includes you, your sons and daughters.
“Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
“You must not murder.
“You must not commit adultery.
“You must not steal.
“You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
“You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.”
“The most important commandment in the law of Moses?” Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

Without a relationship with Jesus Christ it is impossible for us to do what is right in God’s sight and we become blind with sin. The consequences of this is death not only for the nation but for us as individuals as well. And don’t think for a moment that God is not going to judge us for voting to condone evil in in exchange for personal prosperity. So remember voting is not about a political party or an individual candidate, its about the issues of right and wrong in accordance with God’s law.
For those that believe God is wrong and that its OK to vote for the continued proliferation of such evil as abortion, same sex marriage exc, exc, for the sake of personal gain and prosperity, all I can say is that God unlike man will keeps his promises and give you your appointed judgment day. He will be the one on the thrown you will need to convince as your eternal life will depend on it.
So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their heartsdesired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with eachother’s bodies. Theytraded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served thethings God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy ofeternal praise! Amen. Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them totheir foolish thinking and let them do things that should never bedone. Their lives becamefull of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder,quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. (Romans 1:24-29)
Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter theKingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father inheaven will enter. Onjudgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in yourname and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles inyour name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’(Matthew 7:21-23)
“Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you,you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and hisdemons.(Matthew 25:41)
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who areblessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from thecreation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’(Matthew 25:34-36)
So as born again Christians we have the Holy Spirit of God living inside us so we have no fear of loss or death, because Christ's has set us free from bondage. And although we can only imagine what it will be like to be in heaven stand before Christ, we have confidence through the Holy Spirit, not fear that the world has to stand before God. The band "Mercy Me" describes this in their song "I can only Imagine"
(1 John 4:17-18) As we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So true Christians will notbe afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidencebecause we live like Jesus here in this world. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we areafraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not experienced God's perfect love.
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September 27th sale of 24-karat gold suspended by US Government! Not a good sign!

2008-09-29T06:51:00.000-07:00

I researching gold prices because the price should drop a little whenthis new bailout passes. Turns out that as of yesterday you can onlybuy foreign gold bullion because the US has suspended the productionand sale of gold bullion coins. During the great depression you wererequired to turn in all your gold to the US government which may be thenext step if your gold is registered. One of the predictions is thatafter the bailout passes Gold bullion should drop by about $100 toabout$780 an ounce (per coin) for a while, then if the bailout doesn't work(should know in about 2 months) money loans will tighten up and primeinterest rate will rise to 18-20% like in 1980. Businesses will startto fail like crazy and people will rush to pull all there money out ofthe banks which will finally cause the stock market to crash hard andmaybe as much as in 1929 November 13th when the DOW lost 89% from itshigh value falling from 294 points to just 41 points and a loss of 30billion dollars. In todays money based on the value of gold which was$20 an ounce in 1929, today $900 an ounce. With Wall street nowleveraging every investor dollar at 30 to1 the market stands to loseabout 30 billion X 5000 dollars, or 150,000000000000 or 150 trilliondollars.That means the DOW would have to drop from todays 11,000 points to1,200 points. Finally the dollar would de-valuate against Gold becausethe dollar is no longer backed by gold like it was in 1929 because we sold 90% of what was in Fort Knox. Now the dollar isjust backed by trust, but not trust in God anymore as printed on the face.So if wall street collapses gold shouldinitially rise to about $2500-$6000 an ounce against the dollar atleast initially until the world wide depression kicks in and then goldshould fall like a rock and only food and water will have value.
http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,700262127,00.html
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/04/08/sosnoff-wallstreet-value-oped-cx_mts_0409sosnoff.html
Yup, the writing on the wall is becoming more and more definitive withrespect to bible prophecy which claims that most true believingChristians are to receive the ultimate bail out before the greatglobule catastrophe that is coming upon the whole world known as "TheGreat Tribulation".
(Matthew 24:21-22) For then there will be great tribulation, affliction, distress, andoppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world untilnow--no, and never will be again. Andif those days had not been shortened, no human being would endure andsurvive, but for the sake of the elect (God's chosen ones) those dayswill be shortened.
"However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows. "When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah's day. Inthose days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets andparties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. Peopledidn't realize what was going to happen until the flood came and sweptthem all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes."Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, theother left. Twowomen will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the otherleft. "So you, too, must keep watch! For you don't know what day yourLord is coming. (Matthew 24: 36-42)
Even though no one knows the exact day or hour, Christ said Christians will know when the time is near.
(1 Thessalonians 5:3-5) While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will comeon them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will notescape. But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
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Heaven or Hell eternally? Life abundantly in Christ or horrible tragedy to self, the free choice is yours alone....
(Revelation 7:8-10) I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe andpeople and language, standing in front of the throne and before theLamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in theirhands. And they were shouting with a mighty shout, “Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the Lamb!” “These are the ones who died in the great tribulation. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white. “That is why they stand in front of God’s throne and serve him day andnight in his Temple. And he who sits on the throne will give themshelter. They will never again be hungry or thirsty; they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun. Forthe Lamb on the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them tosprings of life-giving water. And God will wipe every tear from theireyes.” (Revelation 7: 14-17) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCLk7zsYJAk

Praise God for whats ahead in Jesus name!

2008-09-17T21:27:00.000-07:00

(SEPT 17) With the housing market in a slump and rental inventories at record highs, I am undeservingly thankful that the Lord presented me with a good tenant named Daniel who is a kind responsible senior citizen who just loves the house and especially the way the back yard landscaping turned out. Not much really especially since all the plants are small at the moment, but after installing 200 feet of underground piping and 27 plants, 1 tree and 2 cactus its a huge improvement over what was a rubbled dirt and gravel backyard. There were allot of offers but Dan showed up first out of the blue and fully qualified. After 5 years of renting with the last tenant it took quite a bit of work to get the house looking like new again inside and out from patched wall holes and painting to loose door hinges, window coverings, shampooed carpets and repair of a few appliances, all this work actually made fun and easy by the Holy Spirit which inspired my efforts.
God made it all possible for me to be involved in this house construction, design and even the way it sits on the block facing the avenue instead of side by side. I will sort of miss having to sell it due to my financial situation but I feel blessed having the opportunity to enjoy it while it was mine as I brought nothing into this world and it is certain I will take nothing out. No real loss compared to what God has prepared in heaven for those that love him, not even close. This life is a flash in the pan compared to where you will spend eternity. Being a born again Christian I have that blessed assurance of salvation resonating inside me because of my relationship with Jesus Christ, who is "The Way". Sadly so many refuse to look past this short life and will never accept it.
(John 14: 1-6)"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know." Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing tothe body. And there is a way that seems right to a man and appearsstraight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death. (Proverbs 16:24-25)
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(SEPT 19) With the prophecies and signs foretold by Jesus Christ in the Gospels continuing to come true as evident in what we now see taking place in the world, some of it for the first time, like in the days of Noah we are seeing the end times unfold with continuing intensity while God is pouring out his Spirit and spreading the good news of salvation through his son Jesus Christ who is the new ark of men’s souls to eternal life. But especially those prodigal sons and daughters who have once walked with Jesus Christ and have tasted the heavenly gifts of the Spirit but have allowed the darkness of this world to blind them, it is now time to come out from the darkness and reclaim your name from being blotted out of the lambs book of life.
(Revelation 3:3) Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast andrepent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as athief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will notblot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his namebefore My Father and before His angels. (Revelation 3:5)
    With regard to Christian actions involving the elections, the financial crisis, threat of world war, terrorism, and supernatural disaster, it is time to PRAY and make decisions based on morals (right and wrong) rather then personal wealth. Although unbelievers see prayer as a weakness, we who believe know that everything good involving the United States from its inception to development of almost all universities, hospitals, and founding infrastructure, was built and payed for by men and woman who believed in Christ and prayed daily. It is an unequivocal fact that without Christians the United States would never have existed or remained intact.
     Having said that, we know things are different now in this country and that the powers of darkness which run rampant though our once great nation and the world just like in the days of Noah before the flood are coming upon us. So I’m pleading with Christians everywhere to repent and prepare their harts and minds through prayer and rededication to Christ, and rather then praying for better times and money pray for God's will tobe done as judgment is coming. Just as Jesus asked and prayed to his Father that if possible to remove the bitter cup of crucifixion, also asked for The Father's will be done and not his own and so was crucified for our sins. So we as Christians must prepare ourselves for what is coming upon the world so that you can stand in the great days of judgment that is coming upon all unbelievers that refuse Christ. As Christians we are not above Christ in suffering for acknowledging our faith and belief for which many Christians throughout the world are currently imprisoned and killed every day as we speak. The age of non-persecution and prosperous living are coming to an end in this country the lines are about to be drawn between those that have the strength of the Holy Spirit to acknowledge Christ for eternal life AND those that deny Christ for wealth and pleasure, forfeiting their eternal souls forever separated to eternal suffering.
(Matthew 10:32-33) Therefore, everyone who acknowledges Me before men and confesses Me out of a state of oneness with Me, I will also acknowledge him before My Father Who is in heaven and confess that I am abiding in him. But whoever denies and disowns Me before men, I also will deny and disown him before My Father Who is in heaven.
     So remember my brothers and sisters no matter who wins the election, the next war, what cities fall to terrorism, or what plagues come upon the earth, God is in control and will be victorious in the end. So no matter what happens pray and praise God continuously in the name of his son Jesus Christ, asking for the strength ofthe Holy Spirit and grace so that with boldness and peace you will not be ashamed to acknowledge Christ before men and be willing to make moral decisions based on Gods truth not personal pride and wealth in the face of persecution that is coming upon all Christians from the world, friends and even family. Stay steadfast in the faith so that when 10,000 years have passed all true believers will still be united in heaven reigning with Christ, where there will forever be love, gladness and joy, and sorrow and mourning will no longer exist. Halleluiah!
(Isaiah 51:11) Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion, an everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. They shall obtain Gladness and Joy, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQCsB3snW0k
Let us be like our service members who make preparation for their souls as they face death everyday for us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5yjArQE4r0

Changing Times, Praise God!

2008-08-09T09:10:00.000-07:00

Based on the calendar it has been a while since my last entry but in actuality my last entries had an appropriate wait with all that has occurred in our family and those trying to heal.

This entry will start with my observations of a widening recession in which store closeout sales, home sale inventory, and rental vacancies continue to be on the rise, even here in Bullhead AZ. My tenant moving out after 5 years and back to her small enclave above her small store as her business has been off by as much as $5000 a month since the housing crunch. Its given me the opportunity to get my vacated rental property cleaned, painted, and minor repairs necessary before being put back on the rental market. So far without yet having to advertise there has been some interest from prospective renters only to have them suddenly shy away when faced with a standard rental application which requires a background and credit check. Praise God as I believe he is watching out for my interest as God promises to go before his children and make a clear path for those that seek him. I believe My mother's prayers have also made a difference.
But make no mistake about it brothers and sisters in the Lord that we are living in the last days and although we do not know the hour or the day, as Christians the Holy Spirit has revealed the season and Jesus himself prophesied that the generation that witnesses Israel once again become a nation (1948), this generation shall not pass away before His return. We already see the other prophesies taking place as the world stage sets itself up for Armageddon and Christ's return. Even the unbelieving world scientist acknowledges that the planet 's dooms day clock is 2 minutes closer to midnight in 2007 then the year before. Can you imagine what the new clock setting will be for 2008 now that Russia has invaded Georgia who the USA & UK are required to defend by treaty? The longer you knowingly put off the calling of Holy Spirit, the more likely you will lose the greatest opportunity and gift ever offered by God which pails in comparison to everything he has given you so far in this existence!
"Doomsday Clock" Moves Two Minutes Closer To Midnight 17 January 2007 On January 17, 2007, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock two minutes closer to midnight. It is now 5 minutes to midnight. Reflecting global failures to solve the problems posed by nuclear weapons and the climate crisis, the decision by the Bulletin's Board of Directors was made in consultation with the Bulletin's Board of Sponsors, which includes 18 Nobel Laureates.
(Matthew 24:7-8) Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.
The sad part is those that think they can wait until the last minute don't realize that the very contemplation of accepting Christ is the result of the Holy Spirit calling you, once that calling is removed (soon to happen) it will be too late and the power of the Antichrist will have you in his grips. The world is staging itself for the Antichrist to reveal himself soon as a deceptive leader that will perform many miracles to deceive while most Christians will be raptured to heaven.

(2 Thessalonians 2: 2-12) He ( the Antichrist) will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. Don't you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things. And now you know what is holding him back (The Holy Spirit), so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back (The Holy Spirit) will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one (the Antichrist) will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. The coming of the lawless one (the Antichrist) will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

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I had the great pleasure of my sister, nephew and brother-in-law visiting me in late July along with their friend from New York City and young son. For some reason the visit which I thoroughly enjoyed made me feel parent sick for my children now grown and living hundreds of miles away.
Me and my children shared a deep loving closeness while raising them up which was the result of Gods hand upon my life. Not perfect mind you but with all my faults as a parent, God made my relationship in raising my children infinitely better and more loving then I could ever have hoped to accomplished on my own. With all our challenges as a family my children knew that there was that special blessing from God that allowed us to experience and recognize a spiritual love and respect for each other that still persist until this day because of God's hand on our lives.

As a result of this blessing I have only recently come to the realization that my children are truly on there own and no longer require my help and protection. Yet for me it seems like just yesterday I was holding them both teaching them how to swim and ride there first bike. Taking this unusual feeling of loss to God in prayer, God has assured me that for the most part although most of my responsibilities as a parent are over, God's hand is now upon their adult lives and that now more then ever it is important that I continue to focus on my walk with God, using the Holy Spirit to offer up prayers for my children's salvation. Having said all this, I offer up this song by Mark Harris to my beloved Son & Daughter which describes exactly how I feel.
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As born again Christians having an intimate relationship with God we've been given the wonderful gift of God’s grace and forgiveness through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and as a result we have salvation and eternal life. God knew that in spite of this because of our sinful rebellious nature Christians needed to have someone to partnership our faith and fortify our belief. So He gave us the Holy Spirit to overcome evil in the world, and transform us into the children of the light. Also known as the comforter the Holy Spirit is the 3rd personality of the Triune Godhead along with the Father and the Son. Christ warned his disciples that because the world hated and rejected him, the world would hate and reject us as born again Christians. Even so, as we walk through this earth spreading Gods message of salvation in the midst of spiritual darkness to a blind world, we have the Holy Spirit living inside us and going before us to open the eyes of those that will listen and providing an opportunity for the Holy Spirit to draw them to the Father. Praise be to God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ who loves to work through his people! Amen!
From a personal perspective although there have been many times in my life's walk with God where I have stumbled into sin, fallen and felt all alone, God has always been faithful. Sending me an angel or by the voice of his Holy Spirit reached down and encouraging me to repent and turn back with Him in fellowship. Cleansing me of all unrighteousness and filling my cup once again with the joy of the Holy Spirit as I travel this long road toward heaven. Hallellujah I need nothing else as he provides all my needs! Praise be the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the only true and wise God who sits at the right hand of the Father.

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Livehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz-cRVvGe88

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(proverbs 16:18) Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall
Most of you that know me also know, that all too often self pride plays a role in how I define myself. A fault that all of us are born with but nevertheless is a real stumbling block to our humanity and ability to empathize with others in need. Like like anger, happiness, and jealousy, God has given us these emotions which serve a good purpose in their proper context and application. These emotions only becomes sinful when taken out of bounds and usually to serve our own selfish purposes. The dual knowledge and application of our nature toward good or evil is something that God allowed man over all other of his creatures to have, so like God we have the knowledge of good and evil. So as his most loved creation God has given man the opportunity to understand and make a free and willful choice in recognizing our inability to control this great knowledge and recognize our need for God as our loving Savior (Jesus Christ). So the only good application for pride in our lives is pride in what God done and given us, because without God there would be no universe and all the things he has temporarily allowed us to Possess. Temporarily because what he has in store for those that love Him cannot even be comprehended in the mind of man, a new universe so perfect that this current universe is described as an old cloth that will be rolled up to make way for the new. MY POINT? Please don't take me seriously when miss speak about what I have or accomplished without giving God the glory. Without God in my life what tiny temporal worth my life has now, is nothing without knowing and loving Him, and pales in comparison for what God has prepared in Heaven and throughout eternity for those that earnestly seek him. Hallelujah!
(1 Corinthians 1:30-31) But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom Godmade our Wisdom from God, revealed to us a knowledge of the divineplan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as ourRighteousness, thus making us upright and putting us in right standingwith God, and our Consecration making us pure and holy, and ourRedemption, providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin. So then, as it is written, Let him who boasts and proudly rejoices and glories, boast and proudly rejoice and glory in the Lord.
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LIVE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnycyGi7bTg&feature=related

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Sois it worth subjugating this life and self love under the complete control of Christ who is the living lord, God and savior of my life? Absolutely! Not only for the greatest inner peace imaginable NOW, but the eternal salvation (not damnation) of my soul!
(Matthew 16: 24-27) Then Jesus said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds.
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SO MUCH OF GOD’s GRACE TO BE THANKFUL FOR

2008-06-26T09:04:00.000-07:00

Once again its been a while since my last entry and many good things I have experienced, none without lessons learned from the Holy Spirit who always points out to us God's blessings. I had an excellent visit with my Sister, her husband and my mother. My mother visited for the first time since I moved here to the desert. unfortunately since my mothers visit was unexpected I wasn’t able to plan many activities and felt a bit disappointed that I did not take better advantage of my time with her. Nevertheless we had great conversation and blessed time.

My Daughter followed up later that week with a visit in which we had planned a few activities which included looking at real-estate for her possible move here next year (God willing). We also spent time at the Colorado River bank near Needles CA and a day picnicking and sailing on Lake Mohave. The small inexpensive 14 foot inflatable catamaran I purchased after selling my twin engine speed boat was a refreshing change from the $200 a day fuel expense of operating a speed boat for mostly my own amusement. What was so surprising to me never having sailed a boat was how effective the wind can move you around in dead silence which was another welcome change from the noisy smoky 2-stroke engines.

One thing I forgot to mention that happened to me last week while arc welding steel side steps to the Jeep Wrangler my sister gave me last year. No pics but while welding the side steps to the Jeep frame which is much easier then drilling and bolting, I accidentally received a bad flash burn to me eyes. Flash burns to the eyes happens to arc welders occasionally when they forget to lower there hood and eye protection dark lenses in time before the plasma stream arcs. The plasma stream arc is 10 times brighter then the sun from 50 feet away with infrared and ultraviolet rays. Unfortunately I guess I had a senior moment and actually forgot to lower my helmet and diden't even notice the flash but welded and entire spot bead from start to finish ( 2 second burn) before I realized my helmet was up (wired). Only a foot away from the bright plasma stream on my back I knew it was going to be a bad burn and decided to finish the job before the pain and damage set in usually in a couple hours after a flash burn lasting days. An hour later I was finished welding and decided to pray about my injury that God would heal whatever damage I did to my eyes. Having received flash burns before for a fraction of a second with painful eyes the next day, I braced myself for some painful eyes and maybe permanent damage. Almost unbelievably and yet not surprised, God completely protected or healed my eyes because no swelling or pain occurred at all which by factual rights could not have happened without Gods intervention, no way! Praise God in the highest!

All in all June was a wonderful month filled with reunion, good conversation and outdoor activities. Although I came away with the usual love, concerns and new worries that accompany any deep felt visit one has with family, I realize that my deep appreciation is motivated by God and that while I have not the power or right change anything but my own life, I can rest assured that the most important thing for me is to not worry but follow the Lord and fight for change in my own life and allow all powerful God to do his work in the lives of others at my request. You see God proves his perfect love to all of us every day, even in the fact that this planet against all odds exist in the universe for our sake alone, and that our very existence, intelligence, and limited abilities, all point directly toward evidence of the Creator and his amazing grace. This in contrast to the world's delusion of happen chance and therefore the mistaken belief that they are excusably protected from the existence God.
(Romans 1:19-21) They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. Those that half heartedly believe wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused.

By rights every morning we awaken we should be struck with awe for the new day God has given us and praise him for our life and salvation through his Son. Speaking for myself I can tell you from my deepest sincerity that every time I pray to God his Holy Spirit enters into me, I am involuntarily shaken to my very core spiritually and physically with his amazing Spirit of love, grace and revelation, making it impossible to stop joyful heavy tears from flowing. A feeling so supernatural and wonderfully indescribable, like dieing to your old self and being reborn spritually. I think Robert Lowery said it best in his 1860 Hymn “No storm can shake my inmost clam while to that rock I’m clinging, Since love is Lord of Heavn’and Earth, How can I keep from singing?” This Hymn redone in a song by Chris Tomlin really hit’s the mark when describing Spirit filled praise and prayer.
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRsX3D7DFsQ *

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their homes for self-defense!
Even though the founding fathers of the constitution made it clear insupport documentation that the 2nd amendment was specifically draftedto protect the rights of the people to bear arms, it has been misinterpreted. Before the revolution GreatBritain was trying to confiscate all the colonist guns and lock them up, which they the colonist refused to do. Just one of many reasons that sparked the rebellion and the birth of a new free nation. One nation under God, of the people, by the people,forthe people.
Of course while I am glad that the interpretation andintent of the 2nd amendment has been truthfully supported by thecourts, I don't feel the ruling will do any of us any good in our present state unless we asa nation and a people (individually and collectively) turn our eyes and harts back to God. Until thathappens I think many of the blessing of the past are starting to bewithheld by God in both abundance and severity of punishment to get us to repent as a nation, a revival across the land. Freedom withoutreverence toward God will inevitably work against us and place our nation among the ashheap of decadentand godless civilizations that have been lost throughout history, but especially anation of God that has turn away from Him to worshiping the creature (ourselves) rather then the creator who is worthy of all our praise.
(2 Chronicles 7:13) At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or commandgrasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you. Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves andpray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear fromheaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place. "But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees andcommands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods, then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. Iwill reject this place that I have made holy to honor my name. I willmake it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations. And though this place is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled. They will ask, 'Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?' "And the answer will be, 'Because his people abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, that is why he hasbrought all these disasters on them."

The definition of GRACE: "The manifestation of favor by a superior offering mercy; clemency; pardon as an act of grace. An allowance of time after a debt has become payable, granted tothe debtor before judment can be brought against him or her."
The Lord has put it on my hart to end every entry with hope because we all fall short and can never earn what God has offered us, it is by GRACE we are saved. So for all of those who are loving and turning to Christ, my family, friends and especially my children, I pray for you always remembering that only Jesus has the power to save us from the 2nd death, and Christ is always there for us ready to accept our commitment to his gift of grace. As for me, a sinful man, who has been redeemed and continually before God being washed renewed and made sinless by faith in Jesus Christ. So God's grace is extended to me and everyone that believes, cleansing us of all unrighteousness and giving us power in spite of our many flaws to become a children of the living God.
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(Ephesians 2: 1-10) Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. All of us used to live that way,following the passionate desires andinclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subjectto God’s anger, just like everyone else. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life whenhe raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that youhave been saved!) For heraised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in theheavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incrediblewealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has donefor us who are united with Christ Jesus. God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
ONLY GRACE and you believing, by Matthew West
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKL0QB-_ho0
Matthew West live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_4pMBU58e8

After you have received God’s grace and forgiveness you will also receive the power of the Comforter on earth, the supernatural Holy Spirit of God. He is the witness of God’s presence in your life and He will come to dwell inside you, teach you all things and give you great spiritual power. An indescribable and beautiful feeling that will give you the power to become a child of God. And although Satan may cause you to stumble, you will know the Holy Spirit is with you, giving you the spiritual power to bind and rebuke Satan's powers of darkness.
(John 14:25-28) When the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the HolySpirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. “I am leaving you with a gift—peaceof mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
(John 20:21-22) So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
(Mark 16:17) These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in tongues.
Titus 3:5 (Greek) He saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.
NEWS BOYS (SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5xuRcW4bvM&feature=related
NEWS BOYS (HE REIGNS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMT_kAD6cOg&feature=related
News Boys Live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtWoTsW-k2o
LIVE Uganda Africa tour, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBbC9EImvTw&feature=related

****Prayers for my brotherinlaw George****
I remember last year when my dear brother George after dedicating his life to Christ and being baptized at his church later suffered many complications from a following hart surgery that nearly took his life. But God healed and raised George up again and has slowly restored his strength. Now George faces a new but similar battle that is making his life very hard to carry on as he faces his only brother Jesse who is gravely ill in the hospital facing death as George once did. To all Christians who may read this Journal entry, please say a prayer for my brotherinlaw George, that the Holy Spirit will be with him, and that the God who gives and takes away, will providehim the strength and peace to face this storm in his life over his brother Jesse. Many prayers are already being offered for Jesse, but this is a special request for George that God has placed on my hart.
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And for everyone and all of us there is love, hope, mercy, forgiveness, and healing. Not to mention eternal life through Jesus (the Christ and lamb of God).
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AN EMPTY HOUSE MOTIVATES PROJECT COMPLETION

2008-05-19T12:11:00.000-07:00

Yes its been a while since my last entry and the good Lord Jesus Christ has been asking me to share my experiences. I have been busy at least on my time scale completing projects that an empty house seems to facilitate since there is no one to disturb with all the tool clutter and noise associated with it. The biggest project inside my home was to install #19 fiberglass roll insulation in the attic. This just in a nick of time for the triple digit summer. You wouldn’t think insulation would be that big a deal but when I insulated the garage attic last spring I couldn’t believe the difference it made in the temperature from the previous summer. Even though my garage is not air conditioned in the heat of summer it went from being intolerably hot to very tolerable but warm. All in all it was an itchy affair but not too bad since I wore long sleeves, long arm gloves, eye protection and an air filter, but not nearly as labor intensive or difficult as I expected and certainly no more difficult then cutting a large lawn. Praise God, that in our prayers the Lord always encourages us to accomplish the necessary things we are always putting off. Landscaping has been another shortfall of mine especially when it comes to weed season. Amazing how compared to purposeful plants weeds grow fast and are reluctant to be removed even though they must be or they will overtake and choke a garden of its beauty and purpose. Using my long arm gloves and a screw driver I managed to clear all 10,000 Square Feet of yard space, each week pulled up by the base root and all so that it will not return next season. As a Christian weed pulling always brings to mined the Biblical parable that Christ used to explain to his disciples s what the judgment of heaven will be like:
(Matthew 13:36-43) Then, leaving the crowds outside, Jesus went into the house. His disciples said, “Please explain to us the story of the weeds in the field.” Jesus replied, “The Son of Man is the farmer who plants the good seed. The field is the world, and the good seed represents the people of the Kingdom. The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one. The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels. “Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!
Because none of us are perfect and our nature is sinful, all of us once fall into the category of the weeds, but because of Christ death that paid the price of sin for all those that follow him, we have redemption, forgiveness, and the power to change our lives so that we no longer live for sin, but live for God. A simple truth that we all see unfolding in the world today.

As some of you have read in my earlier journal entries my older sister and brother-in-law were kind enough to give me their late son’s (my nephew) 1987 Jeep Wrangler 4x4. Nothing short of a prayer answered as I had been asking the Lord to guide me in the purchase of a used 4x4 for use in exploring the desert wilderness here in my community. A decision that the Lord had been putting off in my hart for more then a year and a prayer I had not shared with anyone until the Jeep presented itself. I am so grateful to my sister and brother-in-law for their kindness and generosity and of course Gods work behind the scenes. In any event although the Jeep was in working order, it was in need of some serious work to make it off road ready and better running as it had sat in semi storage for more the 10 years. So during this time I have been working on the ignition and fuel system to get it to run smoothly and not stall. It turns out that the ECM, an early chip designed to control the motorized carburetor and distributor for these 20 year old ECM’s were prone to errors especially with age causing the engine to run terrible regardless of tuning. Since these ECM’s are no longer made the only answer was to turn the ignition system back into a pre 1983 configuration by bypassing the ECM and directly linking the ignition to the distributor as shown in this schematic below. Now the jeep runs smooth and clean in full RPM rage, no longer belching black smoke and stalling.

I also had to install a 2 inch suspension lift for about $22 in parts. The labor involved is what is expensive whether on your pocket book or backside. Of course I chose to save the $500 and install it myself which was difficult to say the least but worth it as the oversize rims and front lift kit that came installed on the Jeep before I received it. As a result the rear wheels would rub, hit and crack the rear fenders badly. Before I could install new cheap replacement fenders, I had to correct this clearance problem and correct the front lift kit height causing the weight sag in the rear axle.

With the rear lift kit installed the Jeep now rides level and the clearance for the rear tires is good for off road use. This reminds me of how my prayer life with God every mooring and evening helps me stay balanced so that I can confront all of life’s problems.
(Ephesians 6:17-18) Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

There are too many old projects I have been working on to mention here for now, more I will post later as I tackle a few more.
Rest assured that even with our great human procrastination and short comings, God though his son Jesus Christ is always faithful in keeping his promise able not only save us after death but make our lives more abundant now with that great spiritual peace that passes all understanding (the Holy Spirit). With man's need to create super heroes in books and TV in order to fantasize about a savior, it is fantastic for us to know that God is our omnipotent savior and has revealed himself to the world and us if we will only put trust in him through Jesus Christ, Amen!
(Hebrews 10:21-23) And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

A friend of mine emailed me and mentioned how May 15th was a sad day as the California Supreme Court overturned in a decision in 4 judges to 3 a new law that was overwhelmingly passed by the voters of California against same sex marriage. The ruling by the CA Supreme Court that struck down the new law just as it overwhelmingly passed, will now instead allow same sex marriage providing all the benefits that a normal marriage between a man and a woman would allow. The ruling was approved by the Governor who agreed to sign the ruling into law, rather then the law that was passed by 75% of voters and the Governor pledged to fight any constitutional law (next step) that would protect marriage between a man and a woman, as a constitutional amendment would make it impossible for the courts to overturn unless democracy itself is challenged. The dissenting judges who were against the decision of the court saying "Californians hold a different view, and have explicitly said so by their vote. This court can overrule a vote of the people only if the Constitution compels us to do so. Here, the Constitution does not. Therefore, I must dissent". The proponents claiming victory stated that what happens in CA will spread to the entire nation, this forcing all churches regardless of belief to marry same sex couples under this new law or face discrimination charges.
Although I myself was initially angered by the decision out of my own hypocritical human judgment. God made me realize through his word and Holy Spirit that homosexuality as a sin has no flattered position in the hierarchy of sin against God as we are all subject and will be held accountable for all sin, not just homosexuality. Unless we are willing to believe, repent and make Christ the head of our lives, we can never really change our harts, much less our sinful lifestyles. Whether we practice adultery, fornication, are liars, gossipers, mean, steal, or murderer in our harts, and the list goes on and on, we will never enter into eternal life with God unless we are born again and repent. Although I will agree that these type of things we see happening only reinforces the fact we are living in the end times for our nation and the world, Just like in the days of Noah, God will bring judment. As for Christians who place an emphasis on worshiping in spirit the creator (God) rather then the creature (ourselves) and the flesh, for which we can rest assured that God’s judgment is coming upon the whole world in the form of salvation for those that are born again eagerly awaiting his return. But judgment for those that have dismissed and rejected Gods loving plan of redemption and laws. So let us never flatter ourselves by thinking our sin is somehow less significant then our neighbors by pointing proud fingers, because without being born again through Jesus Christ, we are all in the same boat with all sinners who Christ loves, died for, and offers salvation through his blood on the cross with the power of the Holy Spirit in order to changed our lives away from such practices toward God that we are otherwise helpless to change on our own.
(1 Corinthians 6:9-10) Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.

I am so thankful to God that even though I grow weary in this life and occasionally stumble into sin, through repentance God forgives us because of Jesus Christ blood and our fellowship with God is unbroken. Because of the Holy Spirit, my spirit is committed to God who never grows weary, is everlasting and reigns forever! Those who live for Christ are held up by his grace and forgiven and will participate in his glory from everlasting to everlasting! Amen.

***http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxifqtpW4H4***
The origin of the lyrics for this song from God word http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkwRx1uNwHQ

(1 John 1:6-10) So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we havefellowship with God and each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleansesus from all sin. If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.

I have been told that I should realize that my journal writing cause hurt feelings and a sense of alienation. Although this is in no way my personal intent, this description is in fact what the power of the word of God does in order give us a moment of spiritual clarity and show us our need for God so that we are willing to reach out to him and repent, but not everyone is willing to come out of the darkness into the light so they pull back. My intent is that I have an obligation as a Christian to present the truth of salvation rather then hide it from you, which you yourselves would rightly blame me for in the presence of God on the day of judment, if I did not warnyou now.
(Hebrews 4:12-13) For the Word of God is alive and full of power making itactive, operative, energizing, and effective; it is sharper than anytwo-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breathof life (soul) and the immortal spirit, and of joints and marrow ofthe deepest parts of our nature, exposing and sifting and analyzingand judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart. Andnot a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all thingsare open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him withWhom we shall give account.

Road trip to Portland Oregon with my daughter Photo Album

2008-04-06T07:28:00.000-07:00

Road trip to Portland Oregon with my daughter

2008-03-28T11:33:00.000-07:00

April 5th, I'm back after departing Portland at 5am April 3rd and drove strait back home to Arizona only stopping for gas and one flat tire arriving back 20 hours later, and not without some sourness and jet lag due to loss of sleep. The whole trip to Portland was blessed by the Lord as I don't think the old Jeep would have made it with the load we had to carry. Even loading up one apartment for a move across the city is allot for two people but across country 1200 miles was an even bigger challenge. Nevertheless it was all a blessing to be able to spend time with my daughter and help her get a few things set up. Her new two bedroom townhome is very roomy for one person but needed for her "work at home" office and music room. Since it is location only a few blocks from the hub of downtown Portland known as the Pearl district free metro Wifi internet services are available, so she was able to resume program writing for her company right away. Although similar to her privious location in that everything is within walking distance. Unlike her old neighborhood, Portland is clean, friendly, and peaceful. People seem to be very friendly and helpful here and the quality and variety of private owned small restaurants and outdoor cafe's are a far cry from stereotype usually associated with inner city shops and locations. Surprisingly not even traffic is bad here since quite a percentage of the population ride bicycles with bicycle parking at every store and business front. Although I love the wide open wilderness of Arizona, if I was to live in a big city, Portland is a big city with a small city feel and would be my top choice, not at all like I assumed.
   Throughout the long trip my mind had the opportunity to contemplate all I have experiences in life so far, countries I have visited and cultures I have had the benefit of experiencing, even our own great USA who's blessing by God we take so much for granted. In retrospect I realize that although I have many times been unfaithful to God and fallen so short in my relationship with him, he has always been faithful to me, bringing me back to the realization of his expressed wisdom, love, mercy, and truth. Wisdom and love in that He is self evident in all of creation for our benefit. Mercy in that he has planned a way for us to know Him and be accepted by Him through his Son Jesus Christ. Truth in that all things must one day be judged by God for either redemption or destruction through his Son for whom all creation eagerly awaits his return and also his children who love, obey and acknowledged Him.
    Id like to think that because I'm older now my relationship with God is more consistent lending some credit to my overall experience, but the truth is that its by Gods grace, love and the Holy Spirit that we are drawn to Him, too many of us ignore. An indescribable truth and peace that passes all understanding, accessible to anyone who believes and worships him in spirit and in truth.
    So when people ask me how I can after experiencing so many past pleasures and successes in this life subjugate it all to God, I tell them that every success, pleasure, and possession pales in comparison to the freedom, love and peace of knowing the one true living God. More importantly through life's trials, pain and suffering, and yes even the fear of death is swallowed up in confidence by knowing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HgAVenbUU&feature=related
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For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies. Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:53-57

God never intended for man's reunification with him to be complicated although man builds allot of religion around God's simple message. That God demonstrated his love for us all by sending his only begotten son into the world to pay the ransom of sin and death for all those that believe and follow Jesus Christ. Its a choice pure and simple with the guaranty not only of eternal life after death, but rebirth of the spirit and renewing of the mind through the Holy Spirit giving you the power to comprehend the truth of man's existence, which will set you free.
    Another question people ask me is when and how did you receive salvation. In my case my first encounter with God goes way back to when I was 6 years old when out of desperation I prayed to him and to my surprise he answered directly. After that first time each time I got into bad trouble in life and prayed to him for help he always told me what to do to turn the situation around even though I didn't deserve it, sometimes dramatically without words. Too dramatically real and too many supernatural encounters and occurrences to excuse as anything approaching luck or coincidence as some of my old friends and even some members of my own family have insinuated. Why would God speak with me? Actually this is pretty common among spirit filled Christians but I believe probubly because when you draw close to him and believe he reveals himself to anyone. Also when it first happened to me I was so young I had little skepticism or fear so like anything else new in a child's life I just accepted it as being normal and expected God would always be available to me and always has, in spite of my youthful wanderings in life and times of ignoring him. But as I got older I realized I was living in ultimate denial of the truth and had no choice but to confront him, at which point he welcomed me back as always with open arms, healing, and blessings. All I can say is He is truly a real living and awesome God,as real as anything he created and there is no other God as he himself declares:
“I am the Lord, who made all things. I alone stretched out the heavens. Who was with me when I made the earth?" Isaiah 44:24
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This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “ChristJesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of themall. But God had mercyon me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his greatpatience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize thatthey, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life. All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:15-17

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March 29th, Getting ready for Portland trip, nopictures yet as the trip is only about to start but I am sure I will have some good testimony of the trip and its adventure. I recently looked up a close childhood friend I once wronged to make amends, and they asked me a very good question, "Are you bored in your retirement?" In truth up until the last few months that I have regained fellowship with God, life has always been board and one continuous quest for amusement against a backdrop of an uncertain world system that provides only short lived pleasure but no lasting fulfillment (retired or not). I use the term "world system" because the system that God gives us to live by and the perspective we gain through His Spirit is so vastly more comprehensive and comforting that to compare the two cannot really be expressed in words but must be experienced to appreciate. So my recommendation to all of you is to draw close God through Jesus Christ and he will draw close to you and reveal to you the truth of the purpose and meaning of life. More to follow when I return from my trip, Godspeed.

When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:11-13

A lyrical rendition of 1Corinthians 13: 1-13
"AlthoughI speak with tongues…of men and of angels…
And though I prophesy, and understand all
Although I have all faith
So mountains may be removed
And though I give up my life
And all I possess…

If I have not charity,
If love does not flow from me
I am Nothing
Jesus, reduce to me to love…

Love is patient and kind.
Love is not envious,
Not proud, but gentle and meek,
Seeks not its own way.
Love hopes and bears every wrong
Believes and endures all things
Love sings when Jesus prevails
And love NEVER FAILS…

If I have not charity,
If love does not flow from me
I am nothing
Jesus, reduce meto love...Jesus, reduce me to love...

Once when I was as a child...I spoke and I thought like a child
But when I turned to man, such ways put aside
Though now we see through a glass,
Yet then we shall see face to face
Though now abide faith and hope...The GREATEST IS LOVE...

If I have not charity,
If love does not flow from me
I am nothing
Jesus, reduce me to love...Jesus, reduce me to love...

HAPPY EASTER! PRAISE GOD FOR HIS AMAZING GRACE

2008-03-23T00:31:00.000-07:00

How wonderful a God we have that revealed himself through his son Jesus Christ. God by sending his only son Jesus the Christ who is himself God, came into the world free of sin and allowed himself to freely and unjustifiably be crucified to pay the price for original sin. In that crucifixion besides the physical pain of suffering and death, the Fathers judgment was poured out on him for all the sins of those who believe and follow him. Because Christ was faithful and righteous in this great act of love, God was able not only to cover a multitude of sins with his righteous blood but justifiably raise him up, glorify his body incorruptible and seat him at the Fathers right side in heavenly glory.
As ridiculous as this my seem to the world that is blind to God's plan of redemption, it is the way God chose to save us all from death and reveal his love toward us. For those that are willing to believe in salvation through Jesus Christ, repent of their sins, and draw close to God, God will draw close to you. And you will be filled with the Holy Spirit and be reborn and all things in your life will become new. Your sins will be forgiven and you will receive the power to become a child of God.
For the rest of your life so long as you abide in (put Christ First in your life) Jesus Christ you will be pardoned from judgment and have everlasting life with God in heaven. In heaven there will only be gladness and joy! And sorrow, death and mourning will cease to exist. But those that hear and reject Gods plan for redemption through Jesus Christ, remain friends with the world, and refuse to be born again, your eternal soul will be judged and eternally separated from God and heaven. Forever consumed by death in the lake of fire where the worms that represent the injuries that a man has done to his soul will consume him day and night forever.
But praise God for this free redemption that He has provided to us, that not only gives rebirth to our spirit in this life, but also eternal life after death. The alternative is no ones fault or choice but our own.
So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak? And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose.
Hebrews 2:3-4
The writings from the prophet Isaiah confirmed to be 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, prophesied about Christ coming and death.
He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and God has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
Isaiah 53:5-7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh4c2WGZDVM&feature=related

So don't put off your salvation any longer and especially those who have backslidden and need to rededicate, as tomorrow may be too late for you. Say this prayer truly believing in your hart that God will answerit:
"Dear Heavenly Father, You have called me to Yourself in the name of Your dear Son Jesus. I realize that Jesus is the only Way, the Truth, and the Life; and is the only Mediator between You and man.

I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner. I believe that Your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross, died for my sins, and rose again on the third day. I am truly sorry for the deeds which I have committed against You, and therefore, I am willing to repent (turn away from my sins). Have mercy on me, a sinner. Cleanse me, and forgive me of my sins as I forgive anyone who has ever sinned against me.

I truly desire to serve You, Lord Jesus. Starting from now, I pray that You would help me to hear Your still small voice. Lord, I desire to be led by Your Holy Spirit so I can faithfully follow You and obey all of Your commandments. I ask You for the strength to love You more than anything else so I won't fall back into my old ways. I also ask You to bring genuine believers into my life who will encourage me to live for You and help me stay accountable.

Jesus, I am truly grateful for Your grace which has led me to repentance and has saved me from my sins. By the indwelling of Your Holy Spirit, I now have the power to overcome all sin which before so easily entangled me. Lord Jesus, please transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to You alone and not to myself.

Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my life. With my heart, I believe that God the Father raised His Son Jesus from the dead. This very moment I acknowledge that Jesus Christ (Messiah ) is my Savior and according to His Word, right now I am born again. Thank You, Jesus, for coming into my life and hearing my prayer. I ask all of this in the name of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen."

The song "Amazing Grace" we are all familiar with was written by John Newton, Capitan of a slave ship for 20 years which resulted in the mass murder of many souls. His ship about to sink in a great storm, John Newton prayed for forgiveness and for God to spare his life. God answered his prayer miraculously and John Newton was so touched by the Spirit of God, that it changed his life forever. John Newton departed from the ideals of money and became a Monk who maintained a chapel where he wrote the famous hymn Amazing Grace in 1772.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-m-Br82Cfs&feature=related
My chains are gone, I've been set free!
My God, my Savior has ransomed me!
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace.
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