https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8P9g1Wkutk I was in Alaska doing a lawsuit; we're way out in the Aleutian islands getting ready to leave and go back to anchorage and then home and i had a ticket in my pocket to get on an airplane. A pastor came up and he said “listen i can save you money.” I said … Continue reading Listen to the Voice
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No More Night, No More Pain!
Revelation 21:1-4: Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And … Continue reading No More Night, No More Pain!
Let Him Carry the Suitcase
In her book The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom tells of a lesson her father taught her as a small child. She had asked him a question which the answer to was not possible for a young child to understand. Her father, a jeweler and watch maker, had his work suitcase with him containing all … Continue reading Let Him Carry the Suitcase
Recovering
I must apologize to those who have subscribed to my blog, I have not been able to write much in the recent weeks. My wife and I were both hospitalized (me with Influenza A and pneumonia, her with pneumonia) a week apart. About the time I got out, she went in. Then on April 1st, … Continue reading Recovering
Watch; Stand Fast
If you take the time to keep up with world and national news (and have better sources than the alphabet channels), it's hard not to be over-whelmed at times. This country - and the world - is hurtling toward chaos at best, and destruction inevitably. Now to believers, that's not a new revelation: “At that … Continue reading Watch; Stand Fast
Trials and Afflictions
Shortly after Christmas, my wife and I both got sick. Through January and most of February, we saw the doctor, got meds, and both got worse! We both spent time in the hospitald (a week apart) with pneumonia, and I had influenza A. We both are just now finishing our strong antibiotics, and still coughing, … Continue reading Trials and Afflictions
No Wisdom in Sin
In A.W. Tozer's "Man, The Dwelling Place of God" under 'There is No Wisdom in Sin', he writes: "It is time the young people of this generation learned that there is nothing smart about wrongdoing and nothing stupid about righteousness. We must stop negotiating with evil. We Christians must stop apologizing for our moral position … Continue reading No Wisdom in Sin
Nuggets of Wisdom
The following was sent to me, author unknown: Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side. Lead your life so you won't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. There are two things I've learned: There is a God--and I'm not Him. Real friends are … Continue reading Nuggets of Wisdom
Encouragement
russellmckinney.com Throw Up Your Cap Posted on 3–4 minutes So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. (1 Thessalonians 5:11, N.L.T.) Years ago, in a small fishing village on the coast of New England, a winter storm blew up suddenly and caught the small boats out at sea. … Continue reading Encouragement
The Furnace of Life
4Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do: 5As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. … Continue reading The Furnace of Life