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I'm always happy I can say that Jesus lives in my heart! Unfortunately the poor guy is surrounded by blubber and watching body strain and struggle to stay healthy despite the cookies and ice cream an caffiene and extra 65 lbs. My bood has not turned to syrup yet, but was higher than it should have been last year at my annual physical. My cholesterol and all that ok, but at two separate times my blook pressure has been above normal in the last month (two separate offices, two separate…

I would like to share and encoureage my brothers and sisters how we can grow daily into a closer intimate relationship with our precious Savior.

Jesus allows our eyes to open another day for His Father's glory.

When my eyes open He has shown me how to greet Him and pray for my day to be effective and fruitful for His glory, before my feet hit the floor.

Lk 9:23 (3) commitments deny myself take up my cross daily follow Jesus

6 Disciple disciplines

Jn 15:5…

A 12-Step devotion for today talks about how hard it is to read a message on a chalkboard that is nearly white with old chalk. But when you clean it with water, you can the see the writeen messages clearly again. The author goes on to compare that with erasing anxieties from one's mind so you can see clearer the fresher inspiration that you come up with for a healthier mind set.

Isn't this what happens when we pray? We give over our worries to God for Him to take care of and…

Today, my 2 homeschooled kids (age 16 and 11) and I are joing our close friends, 2 other homeschool moms and their kids ( 2 more 16yo's and a 12 year old) for a little homeschool Christmas party and cookie bake today. As of the time of this writing we have finished the party part and are moving on to the cookie party.

We found out during the Christmas IQ quiz that even those of us who have gone to church all our lives and read the Bible ten times over don't know everything there is to…

My BFF called me yesterday evening in tears. A number of things had gone wrong that day, and her feelings were very badly hurt by someone she loves. On top of all that, she was worrying about a future situation that might or might not (but probably will) happen, and she can do nothing to stop it.

We talked for nearly an hour, and when we got off the phone, she was still quite upset, BUT she had shared with me what was going on in her inner-most being and I had been able to…

Last week our favorite family-owned convenience store had to start requiring customers to prepay for gasoline. They wanted to avoid it, and lasted longer than most stations did, but over the course of just a few days they lost over $500 from gasoline theft. Now, I've heard it before: "the oil companies are rolling in money at the same time we are rolling pennies just to be able to afford gas; they can stand a little loss here and there." I'll tell you who got hurt - not the oil company. You…

I LOVE a variety of music, and Christian music is one of my FAVORITES. SOME of the songs I enjoy are:

My God Is Real

Go Tell It On The Mountain

Peace In The Valley

In The Garden

Put Your Hand In The Hand

Farther Along

Suppertime

He Walks With Me

I Saw The Light

Didn,t It Rain

The Lighthouse

Go Tell It On The Mountain

Do Lord

Without Him

I COULD go on and on and ON. LOL!!!

To trust in Jesus is sometimes a very hard thing to do.

Lots of storms and problems, thoughts and feelings start to cloud our vision so that we can't see Jesus and think that He has turned away from us.

But during these hard times Jesus is alway right beside us even if we can't feel that He is there and He is always holding our hand no matter what we may be facing. He will never leave or forsake us because He paid the price for us and we are His property. He loves us more than…

The Lord blessed us with exciting weather, plenty of food and warmth, and good spirits last week. Last Sunday, I had no idea this week would bring the worst ice storm in Oklahoma's recorded history, leaving hundreds of thousands without power for days and days (some still don't have it back on). This Sunday, I really don't have much idea what will happen in this next seven days either. I know what I have scheduled: homeschooling, eye doctor for new glasses, medical doctor for diabetes…

Both the trinity and baptism have been great dividing doctrines for Christians and many have died trying to prove one another wrong. It is good to get to understand that this displeases God who calls us to salvation through the blood by Grace and Faith.

A google search and reading on all sides will show how far people will go to prove that which is not plain in the Bible or in early Church History. It is well to rejoice in what God has done for us and to listen to each other and…

Pray for me. I need strength & patience this weekend. You see, I am a country boy. I am at home out in the sticks cutting firewood , bouncing around on my tractor clearing trails, or just sitting and watching the habits of the varied wildlife that roam our hills.....But, this weekend, I will have to brave the 6-lanes, the frantic "lane switching" of the hurried city dwellers, and the throngs of "stampeding consumer hoards" to take my wife shopping in the big city.

I always…