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“For God honors a man according to his work, and makes man to find a reward according to his way.” Job 34:11; Psalm 62:12; Hebrews 11:6 Honor is a character trait found hidden in the hearts of true patriots; those who value something bigger than themselves and willingly work for it, demonstrate it and even die for it. These United States of America were founded on honoring God, solving people problems and hard, innovative, creative work. Let us take this moment to give honor where honor is due...
“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have ordained praise (strength),” Psalm 8. See also wisdom Proverbs 8. Three to five year-old children are like little sponges, soaking up every bit of information around them. Sorting out proper responses may cause their psychology and intellectual information to collide in social situations. However, their emotions (coping devices) are rock solid. A Sunday School teacher asked her class, “What is a lie?” Instantly a little boy replied in a confident...
The following words were written on the wall of an insane asylum: The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell. It goes beyond the highest star and reaches to the lowest hell. The guilty pair, bowed down with care God gave His Son to win. His erring child He reconciled and pardoned from his sin. Could we with ink the ocean fill and were the skies of parchment made. Were every stalk on earth a quill and every man a scribe by trade. To write the love of God above would drain...
The Love Life is not Pollyanna or wimpy. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind,” 2 Timothy 1:7 Holy Spirit is power. God IS love. Jesus, the Master of self. Without Him we can do nothing, but with Holy Spirit guidance, Father’s love and Jesus’ example of self-mastery we are more than conquerors by the Anointing of the Anointed One (Messiah/Christ). Loving as Jesus loved takes authority over one’s spirit, self and circumstances of the day. Mark 4:17-19 r...
“These [words of God] are seeds sown in good ground: those who hear the Word, accept it, act on it and bear fruit some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundredfold.” Mark 4:20. Faith-SEED is over and above the tithe for a specific vision or dream. Ask for seed to sow. 2 Corinthians 9:10. Sow any percentage of NET increase. Choose the time, place and purpose. God is looking for your plan. Every seed has a harvest date. Genesis 9:22 “While the earth remains, seed-time and harvest ... shall...
“These [words of God] are seeds sown in good ground: those who hear the Word, accept it, act on it and bear fruit some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundredfold.” Mark 4:20. Faith-SEED is over and above the tithe for a specific vision or dream. Ask for seed to sow. 2 Corinthians 9:10. Sow any percentage of NET increase. Choose the time, place and purpose. God is looking for your plan. Every seed has a harvest date. Genesis 9:22 “While the earth remains, seed-time and harvest ... shall...
Seeking the Kingdom as in Matthew 6:33, teaches that Father God gives and we receive according to our faith (believing that what He says, He will do). “Come, now, let us reason together, says the Lord. If you be willing and obedient, you will eat of the good of the land, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.” Isaiah 1:18. “Reverence of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge (also wisdom).” Proverbs 1:7. Father God is determined to show heirs of His Promise immutable evidence that by Jesus...
“They overcame by the Blood of the Lamb, the word of their testimony and they did not cling to their old lives.” Revelation 12:11 Kingdom Plenty is accessed by prayer, but merging into debt freedom requires understanding how God’s Kingdom works. It is a cycle of sowing, reaping, giving, receiving. God is the Giver. We, His designated receivers! Matthew 6:33 “Seek ye, first, the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things (whatever you need/desire) will be added unto you”. His ‘hot...
“For assuredly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea!’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes those things he says will be done, he will have (possess, own) what he says.” Mark 11:23 In the little words, “I do!” I became $90,000 in debt. I moved to Julesburg, became a farmer, not a rancher. and learned the intricate skills of wielding a 9/16 wrench and how combines work. My sales business remained intact, for the time. At a goal setting sal...
First, let us glory in the God Who gave us Old Glory, the stars and stripes. Her grandeur has endured through the most trying times our nation has ever faced; One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all is still her standard. Battered and tattered, she flew over Ft. McHenry, Gettysburg, the Alamo, Pearl Harbor, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and, of course, 9-11. Military flag-folding ceremonies espouse Godly principles, and honor the original intent of our Founders who...
“Jesus is Lord of lords (priests) and King of kings and those who are with Him are called, chosen and faithful.” Revelation 17:14. “They went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them. confirming the Word through accompanying signs.” Mark 16:20. Our ‘sonship’ as children of Abba Father, joint heirs with Jesus in fellowship with Holy Spirit is vital to worldly success. Mark 14:36 Personal effort puts our hands in God’s. To do His Will causes our faith to please Him and His favor gra...
Week 23 In the world of baseball, when the pitcher has trouble striking out batters, the Coach calls to the Bull Pen for another. Likewise, God calls His church (Ekklesia), where His intensely discipled, trained and seasoned warriors stand ready, in agreement. “The Helper, Holy Spirit, will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance things I said to you,” Jesus assures His Disciples. John 14:26. The word ‘Helper’ here, is ‘paraclete’, defined as one who comes alongside to assist. Jes...
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine (teaching), reproof (testing truth), for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete; thoroughly equipped for every good work.” II Timothy 3:16 God, The Spirit, created Man a speaking spirit just like Himself, to look like Him, think like Him, act like Him. Genesis 1:28 and 2:7. He fearfully (reverently) and wonderfully made a body for Man (Psalm 139) giving him a choice and a voi...
Father God, the Great I AM, wanted a Family. He began preparations in Genesis 1:1. His Helper, Holy Spirit, verse 2, hovered over Home Base. (Holy Spirit is the ‘Mother’ side of God, the Contractor Who Performs God’s Word). Verse 3. Jehovah and Holy Spirit introduce the Light of the World, Their Son. “This is My Beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased, hear Him!” Matthew 3:17; 17:5 Six exciting days follow! Verse 4, we find Light and Darkness. Light is when we understand. Darkness is what we d...
Humility plus honor welds our hearts together with God’s heart so that, fearfully, we honor and worship Him in spirit and in truth. “In the fear of the Lord there is confidence and His children will have a place of refuge. The fear (reverence) of the Lord is a fountain of life to turn one away from the snares of death.” Proverbs 14:26, 27 “God is good and His mercy (covenant) endures forever!” Psalm 136. Father God changes NOT! God’s recipe for manna still lives! A spiritual phenomenon...
Jesus found favor with God and with man as He submitted to His parents, for God’s favor follows a humble heart. The favor of God works in imagination with power. Disorder robs time, peace of mind and clarity of thought. Whatever breaks your stride, slows you down or distracts you from essential tasks is disorder. Habits hobble or hasten. It takes just 21 days to break a bad habit or to acquire a healthy habit. Remember ‘resolve’ and ‘courage’ go together. Proverbs 12:24, 27 “The hand of the...
Hunters and photographers buy a high-powered telescope or zoom lens so they can draw a good ‘bead’ on their target. Now that some primary voting and ‘plank pushing’ has taken place, it is time to get to know the candidates, the platform planks they stand on and their proposals to defeat Marxist Agendas. Do not trust mainstream or social media. Listen, and look deeper. Uncover the true patriots for 2022. “Study to show yourself approved”. II Timothy 2:23; Psalm 127:1 Notoriously, Mid-Term el...
It may be said that time and chance happen to everyone. James 1:8 says it differently, “… a double minded man (who says one thing, does another) is unstable in all his ways…” And, there are those who discern the times and chance (gamble) all they are and all they own, for the greatest of all commodities: FREEDOM. Long before the U.S. Declaration of Independence was signed, a Continental Army formed. You know their names: John Adams, Ben Franklin, John Glover, John Hancock, William Lee, Paul Re...
Humility (getting together with God) is a step of that exposes, to us, what others already see in our character. Humility also serves to halt deception. Is this truth or lies? Truth has a ‘golden tone’ which emanates from a pure heart. This voice activated cry grabs God’s attention. Then, He tweaks the desires of the heart into who He created us to be. At age 15, the V.F.W. Auxiliary President, my mother, asked young ladies to sell Buddy Poppies in support of veterans. Enrollment was slow. My op...
The Kingdom of Righteousness exercises discipline, an artform of self-control. No automatic shift! Good character is humility, forgiveness and patience bred into, taught to and caught by our youth. Proverbs 22:6: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” A Fence or An Ambulance? “‘Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed, though to walk near its crest was so pleasant; but over its terrible edge there had slipped a duke and full many a...
Throngs of followers. Soldiers under orders. Corrupt governments allied. Crowds stirred up to anger. One Man, Jesus. God’s Love hanging between Heaven and Hell. Mercy is Greek for the Hebrew word “hesed” meaning ‘complete compassion’. A covenant in Blood sworn to Abraham, initiated a final, sustainable, solution to satan’s rule over mankind. Genesis 12 & 15; Luke 4:18; I John 3:8 Jesus came to earth, fully God, fully Man. After His baptism, He could have chosen the world’s way. Matthew 4; Lu...
Jesus never does ministry alone. He trains DO-ers! Twelve do-ers became Disciples; Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, and Teachers. Mark 16:16-20. Three stout-hearted fishermen, Peter, James and John, knew how to separate good from bad, how to catch, clean, present and market appetizing, fresh fish for all. These businessmen provided order, leadership, experience and example. Matthew, a tax collector, understood financial laws under Roman rule; savvy about who to trust and who not to...
America is God’s country. By His design it was founded in 1620 by godly people we call Pilgrims. With no book but the Bible and no king, but King Jesus, their intrepid spirit survived starvation and exposure. Natives took note of this never-before-seen strength, or anointing, which they call ‘medicine’. Pilgrim families came to build, unlike the pillage and plundering of Vikings and other raiders. This same, fearless, brave, forward moving quality is found here, in America’s heartland where w...
Humility is designed to bring order out of chaos. A good character trait, humility simply says what God says and does what God does. And, humility is the root word for ‘humor’. Proverbs 20:24: “A man’s (woman’s, too) steps are of the Lord. How, then, can a man understand (comprehend, decipher) his own way?” Betty is an amazing pianist, also playing vibra-harp, cow bells and crystal goblets. She currently stages one-woman dramas based on women of the Bible and other Christian figures. Ov...
God gave us children to bring us hope and assure the future. “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the womb, a reward like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth, …they shall not be ashamed but shall overcome their enemies during judgement.” Psalm 127:3-5 Momma sought the Lord, daily, where her wedding vows and the spiritual growth of her two beautiful, young girls conflicted. Papa, a local chef, worked Sundays, making use of the family...
