HOW MUCH BIBLE DOES IT TAKE ?

QUESTIONS:
How much Bible does it take . . .
. . . to start my day ?

How much Bible does it take . . .
. . . to make it through the day ?

How much Bible does it take . . .
. . . to make God happy ?

How much Bible does it take . . .
. . . to make me happy ?


How much time in my Bible does it take every day, to be spiritually successful ?

ANSWERS:
Wrong questions !
If I answer directly, then my time with God in His Word becomes a checklist of obligations I do to stay good with Him.

Instead, remember that Jesus calls us His friends.
Friends spend time together, talking, and just being close.
Jesus said He’s waiting for us to hear Him knocking, and for us to open the door—He wants to come in and “eat and drink” with us—like family time at mealtime.

What does it take ?

If it takes a whale—if it takes a wilderness—so be it.

If you love Jesus,
Spend time with Him.
Talk to Him—pray.
Listen to Him—read His Words, and listen.

How much time ?
No telling—
No limit—
No obligation—
No worry—

Think about this question instead,
How much do I love Jesus ?

Think about this,
How much do I want to love Jesus ?

T H A N K Y O U, G O D

THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR 75 YEARS !

OUR FATHER

[WHO IS IN WASHINGTON]

— OMG
— NAME IT—CLAIM IT
— SELECTIVE
— PLUS RETIREMENT
— BARTERED DEAL
— DON’T BLAME US WHEN WE
— 911
— LATER

MUNDANE – – – MAGNIFICENT

Service in the mundane prepares for service in the magnificent—

Service in the mundane is magnificent.


“Thank God for years of obscure ministry.”—–afr.net

WHY SO INVOLVED IN POLITICS

“I do what I have to do, so my children can do what they want to do.”
—– Florida Lt Gov Jay Collins (former Green Beret)

WHY HASN’T PUTEN TAKEN UKRAINE ?

I suppose the truth is in adding the word “YET”.

Puten is planning on taking Ukraine—planning on it since the day he invaded.

Puten is proceeding with that plan to the limits of what NATO and the United States will allow.

Puten gives gestures of talking and peace as necessary to get more time to bomb Ukraine, to get closer to taking Ukraine.

Puten believes we can’t or won’t stop him.

Puten is an intelligent, patient, brutal dictator who wants Ukraine back, and he’s working on getting Ukraine back, no matter what it takes.

Puten, like all dictators, does not care about human lives sacrificed for HIS goals.

Puten, like all dictators, will be stopped only by force.
Military force to stop Puten is not looking very likely now.
Economic force to stop Puten is going to take a miracle.

We pray for that !

WARNING – – – DANGER – – – BEWARE

“Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come.
‘Tis grace that brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.”

“Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets.”

“But those desiring to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge men into ruin and destruction.”

“The love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

“God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

“A foolish woman is boisterous;
She says to him who lacks understanding,
‘Stolen water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.’
But he does not know that the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of hell.”
“Keep your path far from her;
do not go near the door of her house.”

“You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood, in striving against sin.”

“A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.”

The Lord knows how to deliver those who are His—a Bible passage starting with “If . . .”
“If [then five verses listing dramatic punishments and deliverances, continues] then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations.”

“The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and He will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom.”

Jesus told us to pray, “Our Father, . . . deliver us from evil.”
We must pray that prayer.
“Ask, and it will be given to you.”

IS IT A FAULT ?

Observations
Questions

I see friends, family, acquaintances working very hard to ‘get ahead’, to do better, to ‘succeed’.
Some seem to accomplish this easily (with satisfaction)—others with great difficulty and setbacks (with frustration).

In America, is it a fault to be content with your economic level, your standard of living, and not want more, talk about more, and work to get more ?

Is something wrong if you are not dissatisfied with where you are in the first half of of life ?

Is it the American way that dissatisfaction drives free enterprise, to improve personal and national economics ?

REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR NOW

Advice to younger generation:

And,

Advice from 88-yr-old cousin to 75-yr-old:

“Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth,
Before the difficult days come,
And the years draw near when you say,
‘I have no pleasure in them.’ “


For quite some time I have realized one of the blessings of having older friends and acquaintances–

Don’t Complain—Be Thankful.

WEARY, TOO

I’m not the only one weary of ‘finding a church ?’ and giving up.

Then what ?

Many have given up on church—many of my friends—and Sunday has no meaning different from the other days.
Many families are left without spiritual leadership and direction, when the father and husband does not step up to his God-given place in the home (that the church had served, filled, before).

Many have tasted the blessing of worshipping together as a family, with other families, and hearing simple, rich teaching from the Bible to satisfy their souls.
Then something went wrong, and they forever cannot fail to see the fallacies and pitfalls in every other church they might consider.

“Lord, give me wisdom to give a word of real encouragement to someone in that place.”

Christians, Jesus Followers, we need each other—together.
If not in a ‘church’, then let’s get together in a home.
That’s how real church started at the start, at the beginning.
Let’s start over.
It’s time.

And, God knows we need the break.
“The Sabbath (day of rest) was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”
There is freedom in one care-free day spent with God with family and friends.

Response :
“Struggling (weary) to keep working every day—can’t afford to skip a day every week, and not work.”
Dichotomy like tithing – is it a blessing, or “I can’t afford to tithe.”

One Day
No Work.
No Plans.
No Rush.
No Worry.
No Hurry.
No Regret.

No Kidding.
No Excuses.
No Delay.

Nothing else to say.
D O I T ! ! !