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2 Peter 1:4 “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” Gen. 18:25. God will do what is right. That is still a question that many people ask: “Shall not theContinue reading “Exceeding Great and Precious Promises…”

The evil spreads like leaven; you tremble . . . but be of good cheer, disciples of Jesus, greater is He that is for you than all that are against you; the word of life which has been hidden in the world, hidden in believing hearts, is a leaven too. The unction of the HolyContinue reading “Leaven….”

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Acts 10:44. “While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.” If you are like me, a Gentile, or in other words, not of the Jewish race, this is an exciting passage for us. Before this time the Gospel had been offered only to Jews, and theContinue reading “A Simple Faith….”

Every so often, it seems, that something comes into your life and just sucks your creative mojo straight away to some unknown place that takes you time to find it again. And so it goes. 

The book that I read all of this in says, to ponder the fact that God has a life of blessings for you, and remember that being comes before doing for what we do is always determined by who we are. In the believers case, whose are you. Matthew 5:6-10 :6 Blessed are those whoContinue reading “Something to Ponder…..”

We took a lot of pictures and got to volunteer with some great people who love the Lord. Most of the guys and gals we  worked with were DR trained, but our team, known as the ‘Lost Sheep’  was made up of local members of FBC Mannford, and a couple of fella’s from another SBCContinue reading “Mannford Oklahoma Disaster Relief…the Lost Sheep team…”

Truthfully, I thought this would be a lame night of racing and I am not a huge fan of this type of event. I am glad that I was all wrong, because the three of us had a blast. When the motors were not revving, we could hear the cows and horses that were justContinue reading “Good Times at the Enduro-Cross race….”

Our entire family enjoys Nic’s when we are here in Oklahoma City. Thanks to our daughter and Norm’s birthday, we visited for breakfast, our first time for this meal. Nic’s is open only for breakfast and lunch and has about 15 seats in all. Often there is a waiting line to eat, and they alsoContinue reading “Nic’s in Oklahoma City”

We packed up and headed east to Oklahoma City. Towing our little back country 14 foot cargo trailer on Interstate 40 I began to notice that the trailer appeared to be trying to turn left as we were driving straight down the road. After hauling some local cargo and backing and getting our son, PaulContinue reading “On the Road, Again…”

             

Chapter 8 vs 7 Okay, great, the king has given to Esther and Mordecai the house of Haman, but the decree is still in effect to kill all Jews. Just because Haman is dead, that doesn’t make it better. vs 8-9 The scribes must have carpal tunnel by now. Mordecai acts quickly to have aContinue reading “Book of Esther, chapter 8 vs. 7 – chapter 10 vs.3”

Chap 7 vs 7 The king needs to cool off and Haman now becomes like a slave before the queen to beg for his life and deliverance from the wrath of the king. vs 8 The king returns and sees Haman in a position that appears to be doing harm to the queen. The kingContinue reading “Study of Esther, chapter 7 verse 7 through Chapter 8 verse 6”

Chapter 5 vs 7-8 Esther does not have the courage to express her request to the king. It seems like she is stalling for time. This adjourning of the main petition may be attributed, (1.) To Esther’s prudence; thus she hoped yet further to win upon him and ingratiate herself with him. Perhaps her heartContinue reading “Book of Esther Bible study, chapter 5 vs 7 through chapter 7 vs 6…”

Chapter 3 vs 10 Xerxes carelessly passes great power, the power of life and death to this evil minded man, Haman. The king lost, by some estimates, two million men to his campaign against the Greeks, so what would be the big deal with eliminating another group of people. Vs 11-13 This was a largeContinue reading “Book of Esther, chapter 3 vs 10-chapter 5 vs 6…”

Chapter 3 This chapter has been repeated many times in the history of the Jewish people. In place of the name of Haman you put Pharaoh, Nasser, Hitler or just any middle eastern country. Ever since the nation of Israel was born till now, there has been some movement to exterminate them. Vs 1 Haman’sContinue reading “Book of Esther, chapter 3: 1-9…”

Chapter 2 vs 16-17 When the king saw Esther, the contest was over and he made her his queen. Was it by accident or chance that Esther became the winner? It was by the providence of God. In the next chapter we will see how important it was for God to go ahead and setContinue reading “Book of Esther, chapter 2 vs 16-23”

Chap 2 vs 1 After these things, is what happened in chapter 1 and the campaign against Greece where Xerxes was defeated. In deep dejection back at his palace, he remembers that he put away his queen and the king is really miserable. The servants have been watching the king and they know his stateContinue reading “Sunday School study- Book of Esther, part 2…”

Norm has been having a go at some adventures lately. She started with rock climbing, which I have no photo’s of and has continued into hiking and riding quads off-road. She has shared her jaunts with her friends Melinda and Hannah-Banana.

Author: The Book of Esther does not specifically name its author. The most popular traditions are Mordecai (a major character in the Book of Esther 9:29), Ezra and Nehemiah (who would have been familiar with Persian customs). Date of Writing: The Book of Esther was likely written between 460 and 350 B.C. Purpose of Writing:Continue reading “Sunday School study of the book of Esther….”

This past Sunday, Mother’s day, my Mom gave me the best gift I could ever get. She proclaimed her faith in our Lord Jesus Christ by believers baptism. My Mom asked me to pray before the ceremony and I was honored to do so. As Mom was coming up out of the water, I looked over atContinue reading “My Mom gets Baptized!!!”

Is the Megachurch the New Liberalism? Albert Mohler The emergence of the megachurch as a model of metropolitan ministry is one of the defining marks of evangelical Christianity in the United States. Megachurches — huge congregations that attract thousands of worshipers — arrived on the scene in the 1970s and quickly became engines of ministryContinue reading “What in the world???”

We have recently been blessed with some new neighbors. Norm has really enjoyed them, me, not so much. When these guys congregate in one place for any length of time, something foul happens. And it hangs around for a long time after they, the neighbors have moved on in search of food. This area isContinue reading

Seven Lessons from the Book of Ruth. In Ruth and Boaz we see an outline of our own spiritual history and our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.    1. The cost of unbelief and disobedience. Chapter 1, vs. 1-21.     A. It is always less costly to obey God.     B. All disobedience is manifest unbelief.Continue reading “Seven Lessons from Ruth…”

Vs. 7, cont. Some church members don’t have shoes. They have their heart free of sin, they are sure of their salvation, they rightly use the Word of God. But they are shoeless- they are not prepared to share the Gospel. Those who do not advance the Kingdom of God are stationary soldiers; any evangelisticContinue reading “Study of the Book of Ruth 8….”

Chapter 4- Ruth, a stranger came all the way from the land of Moab and walked straight into the heart of Boaz. We have come from a strange place to the heart of Christ and we have a love story like Ruth and Boaz have. Everything in this chapter is designed by God the HolyContinue reading “Book of Ruth 7…”

Vs. 9. This is one of those tender moments from a movie that both guys and gals can enjoy. A great verse of love in the Word of God. Ruth is saying, “I want you as my kinsman-redeemer, and I want to tell you so.” If you are a guy you can see and feelContinue reading “Study of Ruth part 6….”

Chap. 3 vs. 2. Here is what Naomi is telling Ruth, “This man Boaz is your kinsman-redeemer. You have a right to claim him. In fact, Ruth, you must claim him as your kinsman-redeemer. I want you to go up to the threshing floor tonight and let him know.” Vs. 3. This is a greatContinue reading “Study of Ruth part 5….”

Vs. 17. Boaz made it possible for Ruth to glean, but she was diligent in her work. This is something all Christians should have. “Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. (Rom. 12:11). Ruth was a women of faith, but also was found faithful in every task. “True faith produces faithfulness.” “FaithContinue reading “Study of Ruth, part 4…”

That first little green blur is our grandson racing with the ball to score at his in-door soccer game. We never even knew that kids played soccer inside. I think he scored 4 goals his team and 2 for the other team. He is the fastest little guy on the team.

Chap. 2. 1. We are now introduced to the hero of our story, Boaz. The name Boaz means “strength.” Boaz is immediately identified as a kinsman (which is important to note) of Naomi’s husband.  A mighty man of Law can also be translated a mighty man of war. He was a mighty man of wealth,Continue reading “Sunday School…Book of Ruth…part 3….”

Vs. 10. Their first decision is to go with Naomi. Vs.11. This was strange, but the Mosaic Law said that when a man died, the nearest of kin was to marry his wife, and if there were a brother he was the one to marry her. Naomi lays it out for her girls, if youContinue reading “Sunday School…Book of Ruth…part 2…”

Vs. 1,  This verse starts to tell us one of the saddest family stories contained in the Bible. “Now it came to pass” means because God brought it to pass. Rom. 11:36. “When the Judges ruled” The book of Judges tells a sorry and sordid story of a departure from God. The people served the livingContinue reading “Sunday School, the Book of Ruth…part 1…”

“Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend.” ― Charles H. Spurgeon

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“If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” – Matthew 4:3 Before Satan tempted Jesus more directly, he threw out a cynical challenge to test Christ’s deity. The devil’s conditional statement, “If You are the Son of God,” assumed that Jesus was indeed God’s beloved Son (3:17). But he hoped toContinue reading “Much at Stake….John MacArthur”

“Time makes today tomorrow’s memory.”  

I made these! No, really. 

“If you think the world will treat you fairly because your a nice person, then you probably think a bull won’t charge you because you are a vegetarian.”   Gen. Bill Garrison.

Dear Mr. Obama,   From the time you declared your candidacy for president of the United States and announced under your breath that you are a Christian, many true, Bible-believing Christians immediately had doubts about your muffled profession of faith. After all, for 20 years you drank deeply from the well of Rev. Jeremiah WrightContinue reading “An open letter to the President of the United States from Dr. Michael Youssef.”

Matthew 2:1-12, We must look willingly for the King of the Jews, we must search carefully for Him, we must hope expectantly for Him, and we must change radically for Jesus, the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that weContinue reading “this is why we say “MERRY CHRISTMAS!””

I thought I would write something very profound and of some meaning for this, the four hundredth post. After spending much thought, it just didn’t happen, so I will post some more pictures.