Sorry....

Okay, the weather has had me down, but not out. I stuggled last week and made it to church, and then fought with Satan and made it again today, and praise God.....it is so awesome....a new series.... ONE PRAYER....about uniting Christians....here is a short video that was part of the 'video sermon' we saw today......



A great deal to think about and pray about.

The info is http://www.oneprayer.com/

Our church info is here

We all who love God and accept that Jesus was His Son, live a perfect, sinless life, died on the cross for our sins and arose on the third day and the ascended into Heaven to sit at the right hand of his Father, should unite and hate Satan! He is the enemy, not the church down the street that is different from us!

Praise God!

I pray the One Prayer!

I hope you that can will come to our service and hear this message, and if you can't come to ours, find one close to you!

It's worth the time!

Fathers Day..........

I want to say happy fathers day to all fathers today. And I bow to my amazing Father, my God!

I lost my father to Alzheimer's a little over 11 years ago. Yesterday, Flag Day, would have been his 91st birthday. I miss him so. His quick smile, great sense of humor and his love for God, his country and his family. It's easy for me to love God because I had such a loving father!

Thank you Daddy! I'm glad it's just.......see ya later and not good-bye!

What if God hired you..............

to be His advertising agency!

How would you go about 'selling' faith to others

Is the simple "I AM" a good slogan?

And where would you start..... TV and then adds?




How about some good magazine ads? Something friendly and refreshing?!?







Or how about a little humor to get their attention?!?






Or something that tugs are your heart and makes your mouth water at the same time?






Or should we just try and scare the public.....

'Welcome to eternity......smoking or non-smoking?....'






I've always liked....God is Love!



I just watched 'Oh, God' a few days ago, the one with George Burns and John Denver and during a conversation, God tells John Denver to 'go ahead, check it out, I'll wait----'


I wonder how many times God has waited for me? He has an eternity to wait, but we don't....75...85...95 years....but we never know maybe only minutes, days, weeks, months


Religion is easy.....it is spelled F A I T H . People are trying to prove some of the things in the Bible....what good is that? God wants us to trust and believe and have faith!


It's that easy...and just spread the word....


God wants us to be a messenger



God created.




Jesus--

born to a virgin

healed the sick

raised the dead

turned water into wine

tempted but never sinned

died on the cross

rose from the dead

ascended into Heaven


John Denver told God 'we need help' and God's answer was (George Burns) 'that's why I gave you each other'

God gave us freedom of choice, that's what makes our choice to love and honor Him a great joy to Him.

I pray this gives you some things to think about.

Would YOU be found GUILTY????

I heard someone ask one time, 'If you where put on trial for being a Christian, would you be found guilty?' I've been pondering that for awhile. I even stopped wearing a Cross necklace, that I love to wear, so that I could be found 'guilty' only on my actions!

How many people would testify that you treated them in a Christian manner?

Can they use Matthew 25:35-40
(Jesus speaking)35 For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.36 I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.'
37 "Then these righteous ones will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink?38 Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing?39 When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?'
40 "And the King will say, 'I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters,* you were doing it to me!'


So forget the 'bumper stickers', the cross necklaces, the cross danglie earrings, the 'WWJD' bracelets and go out into the world and try to do something everyday that would mark you as a Christian!

Because, one of these days, you will be judge by these standards at the Pearlie-gates...........

Matthew 10

32 "Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.33 But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.



OR

Matthew 25

23 "The master said, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let's celebrate together!'

Do you know what you will hear? Do you know where your eternity is? Oh, there is an eternity.....one is Paradise and one is hell! It's never to late as long as there is breath in your body!

Will you be found guilty? I will!

Stars in the sky......

This is the time of graduations..............

The ending of one thing and the beginning of a new thing!


I have a niece and a nephew in St. Louis that graduated last week and this week. My niece graduated an A student from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. She is on her way to St. Louis University to get her Masters. She is going to be a Crimminoligist in Phychology and teach. She plans on getting her PhD....like her mother. My nephew is graduating in Bridgeton, Mo and planning to attend college in Virginia and wants to create video games...........hey, it's a dirty job, but somebodies got to do it! These things are amazing and you got to be good just to play the things, I can't amagen trying to create one!

Well, I got this card that reads:

As you graduate from High School.......

"Life is filled with as many possibilities as there are stars in the sky."

As you graduate from high school and head out for new adventures, don't be afraid to reach for the stars, because you deserve all the best life has to offer! Congratulations!

And I will add this..............

Indescribable
Uncontainable
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God. All powerful
Untamable
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God.
(Indescribable (Chris Tomlin) – © Six Step Records – 2004)


Just remember who placed those stars for you to reach for. You will know when you reach for the right one, for you will feel His joy…..and there is nothing more awesome than feeling Gods joy!


What good is it to succeed and get from point A to point B if point C is where God wanted you. And how do you know what God wants you to do? Well, you ask Him! You develope a ralationship with Him, basiclly the same way you would with a good friend. And His wishes will be made known to you and doors will open. You will feel His joy. Laura, my 15 yr old daughter aways said she could feel God smile in her heart! That is joy!

So, I leave you with this................

Chris Tomlin's INDESCRIBABLE

Memorial Day...............

My era was Vietnam.....and it was turbulent, to say the least! I was in college in the late 60's and early 70's and there was almost as much fighting in the US over the Vietnam 'conflict' as there was in Vietnam! It was horrible. I know a man that got spit on in the airport after returning from 12 months in Vietnam. He was a Seal, in the Navy and could have killed the person with his bare hands, but he said he was so surprised, he did nothing.

But my dad, and my husband's dad are survivors of WWII. I never thought of my dad as a 'war' hero. He was just my hero. I guess because he was in the war before I was born.

My daddy was drafted into the Kentucky National Guard. Never wanted to leave Kentucky and never wanted to do anything but be a farmer! It didn't end that way, but when I get to heaven, I know I'll have all the tomatoes I can eat!

Dad was in a group named the Avengers of Bataan and I never knew much about it until my daughter did a paper on WWII a year or two back and wanted to make it personal and wrote about her 'pa' in the war. Now, my dad had died about 8 years before, so we got my mom's scrapbook out with all his orders and all the newspaper articles written about his group and it was eye-opening.

"The Avenger's of Bataan"

Commissioned by the 38th Division Association in 1999 to commemorate one of the most important events in the 38th Division's history, The Battle of Zig Zag Pass. Fought in the Phillipines during World War Two, The Battle of Zig Zag Pass was the turning point that led to the surrender of Japanese forces in the Phillipine Islands. As a result of the 38th Division's heroic performance during this battle, General Douglas MacArthur dubbed the 38th, "The Avenger's of Bataan".

Here I am going to copy a short article about what my dad did in the war. A very dangerous area and assignment. But his faith in God was strong, and he told my mom before he left to go oversea (for 22 long months) that God had assured him he would be returning home alive....he always said, he didn't know in what shape, but alive. He had to battle Malaria when he got home, and almost died from that, but never got over the war. Loved John Wayne, but would not even watch him in war movies!

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Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides - The Bataan Death March was just the beginning of the woes American soldiers captured by the Japanese army in the Philippines had to endure. The survivors of the march faced not only their captors' regular brutality (having surrendered, they were considered to be less than honorable foes), but also a host of illnesses such as dysentery and malaria. For three years these "ghost soldiers" lived in misery, suffering terrible losses.
When Army Rangers among Douglas MacArthur's forces arrived in the Philippines, they hatched a daring plan to liberate their captured comrades, a mission that, if successful, would prove to be a tremendous morale booster at the front and at home. Led by a young officer named Henry Mucci (called "Little MacArthur" for his constant pipe as well as his brilliance as a strategist), a combined Ranger and Filipino guerrilla force penetrated far behind enemy lines, attacked Japanese forces guarding Allied prisoners at a jungle outpost called Cabanatuan, and shepherded hundreds of prisoners to safety, with an angry Japanese army in hot pursuit. Amazingly, they suffered only light casualties.

In Ghost Soldiers, journalist Hampton Sides recounts that daring rescue, once known to every American schoolchild but now long forgotten. A gifted storyteller, Sides packs his narrative with detailed descriptions of the principal actors on both sides of the struggle and with moments of danger and exhilaration. Thrilling from start to finish, his book celebrates the heroism of hundreds of warriors and brings renewed attention to one of the Rangers' finest hours. --Gregory McNamee, Editorial Review
I copied this from: http://fizkid.tripod.com/id83.html
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Now this brings it home. I don't know how many parents can watch this without a tear rolling down their cheek....but if you can....shame on you!



God Bless you! Your one of the lucky ones that came home safe and sound....now you'll spend the rest of your life trying to forget those months!

So the next time we see soldiers, let's take the politics out of it. Let's take the example of the video below....it's short....please take the time to watch it.



And I always like to end with music. It's normally new Christian....but somehow that wasn't what grabbed me today............




But for those of you that like the newer stuff.....I love this one too...........


And if you want.....some more salutes to those who serve...........


To honor my father-in-law, Robert George Hortter, received three Purple Hearts and my daddy, Alma Ray Story Born 14, Jun 1917 Died 5 Feb 1997. I miss you daddy, but will be with you in eternity!
And to all who served!

We have it so easy in todays time....

I'm in the Bible Study on my yarn website of 'Bible in 90', which isn't that hard, because there is a website that reads it to you! I do have my Bible open so I can underline and make notes and later post them on a message board. It's way cool. Genesis was great and fun to discuss, but I just finished Exodus......and WOW. Oh, the first part is very cool with Moses and there is a lot to discuss, but then the tables the incense the blood the curtains and on and on.....I was obedient and read/listened to it all and tomorrow I start Leviticus. I must say, it's been a while since I just read through the Old Testament! Now I remember why.

Now for a song, and then I'll tell you why I chose this one!Do you really know what the Jews had to go through to be faithful to God? All those sacrifices, and I haven't gotten to the ones of the people, just Aaron and Moses and their outfits and the Tabernacle. And they talk of embroidering....that was all hand done and took lots of time. Hammering of gold and finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn and so on and so on.............

We have the 'Blood of Jesus'. The perfect sacrifice! It doesn't hurt us a bit....until we believe and realize what a sacrifice it was....and you really don't know until you have children! Oh, to put my daughter up there....I couldn't...but God loved us so much....He allowed it!
I warn you, this is not for the weak at heart or those possessed with the devil, he will not like you watching this!I warned you, this is hard to watch....but it is the truth. It is documented by witnesses....over 500. It happened almost 2000 years ago and would not still be known as the truth if it were not so!

May God moving in your heart and let you see the truth and the truth will set you free!