Love, that's it.

There was one original don't. "Adam, Eve, don't eat this fruit, or you will die." Seriously, you will die. Then, because they didn't do the 1 don't, God added 10 more don'ts, Thou shall not's they were called, "No killing, stealing, coveting..." Then Jesus came and filled all the don'ts and added two do's: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself. To do or not to do, that is the question. But we can do this because He also gave us of His Spirit, to teach us in all things and bring back to remembrance all that He said. We're covered, we're ready, and through Christ who strengthens us, we are able . So, let's do.

Thinking

For 22 years I have sat here, praying, reading, watching. Little has changed. Snowmen have come and gone. Different cars. God has been so good to me. How can I complain? I love watching the world go buy, and yet still being a part of it; sometimes in big ways, sometimes in small ways. My gets have changed a lot over the years. I used to want different things, so I'd get those things. Now one of my favorite things is just to sit, relax, stare! In the Summer I love to lay right here and watch the pretty trees blow above me head. In the winter I love to see the same 1800's white church across the street. It's all so pretty and sweet. Thank Your Lord for 2016, 15, 14, 13, 12...and all those years that have come and gone. How wonderful You are in them. Thank You Lord, thank You very much.

How chipotle got it wrong and how we are getting it wrong.

People got sick in 14 states and no one knows why. Welcome to chipotle restaurants. Volkswagen and now Mitsubishi lied to the government about emissions. People are being beheaded, Christians are suffering persecution in the last five years more than the last 500 combined. The world seems to be losing it's mind. "As in the days of Noah so shall it be when the Son of Man returns" this is what the Bible says will happen before Jesus comes back. "The love of many will grow cold" is another verse that talks about the end times. I believe firmly Jesus is coming back very soon and that we are living in those last days the Bible prophesied about. So the Christian response must always be love. God's love covers a multitude of sins and it's in showing love that we will show that we are one of His. Don't let your love grow cold.

Death in Good Thunder

A chapel is "a small building for Christian worship, typically one attached to an institution or private house." Two people died yesterday on Chapel Street here in our little city of Good Thunder. Chapel is another name to describe a "church" building where Christians meet for worship. The Bible tells us that we, as Christians, are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, where God actually resides. "The angel of death came and visited our city" was the thought that came to me this morning when I went out to pray. He came and carried them away to God's throne. As I walked I prayed for the police who had a long night, still on duty from a sleepless night. I prayed for the family who have been left behind, who did not get a lot of sleep either. In bother cases the Lord had me pray for peace. He even had me pray for joy. As a Christian "The joy of the Lord is our strength." Lord, You be glorified, even in death. In Jesus name, Amen.

Miracles From Heaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CldGTG6iVrU I was invited last night to see this. It was very good. Comes out in March. Great story about our God who still does miracles! When I was a kid I took my future wife to a Hollywood premier, a bad Matt Dillion movie called Rumble Fish. I paid $50 per ticket, and didn't like the experience much, except for the company. The best part was that a carriage awaited us outside, something I had arranged beforehand, it was very sweet. Last night we were treated to this special screening, given free t-shirts, and a gift bag. When God provides, He opens the doors, He does the paying for. In the movie, God speaks to this little girl. This morning God spoke my name, and woke me up. I have never heard God's voice like this. God, still, speaks. It felt like nothing I had ever experienced. He told me too that when we become loud, people taste our flavor, but when God speaks they taste His. God's flavor tastes like Love, Joy, Peace, Mercy and Grace. Miracles From Heaven - Official Trailer (ft. Jennifer Garner) From the studio that brought you Heaven Is For Real, don't miss the incredible true story coming March 16, 2016. From today's study, interesting huh? January 29, 2016 ICR.org Thanks to Answers In Genesis. Children in Heaven “And [David] said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” (2 Samuel 12:22-23) The death of a loved one is always a time of great sorrow, but the death of a beloved child is perhaps the keenest sorrow of all. Nevertheless, for the Christian believer, we “sorrow not, even as others which have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Our text verse makes it clear that, when a child dies (even one born of a sinful relationship such as this child of David and Bathsheba), that child goes to be with the Lord in heaven. Jesus said: “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:14).

Sin separates us from God

But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. Isaiah 59:2. Sin separates us from God, so we can's see and hear Him. The more we sin, the less we hear.Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He shall direct your paths. So if we disobey this, and don't in all our ways acknowledge Him, and we DO lean on our understanding, and we don't trust in Him with ALL our heart...how can He direct our paths? Just this morning I went out to pray early, usually the stars greet me in their mast, lovely array; but only two were visible. Something was blocking my view of them; clouds. Sin blocks us from God. He can still break though, because He's God, but sin will always have that effect. "Repent therefore..." "Lord, forgive us of our sins. Cleanse us from all wickedness, so we can hear, and let us obey. You are good, and Your mercy endures forever, Thank You. In Jesus name, Amen."

You are God's field, you are God's building!

1 Cor. 3:4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. Another way of saying this might be, " I am a Lutheran, I am a Baptist etc.