☆TO SAVE AMERICA ?

If Trump wants one act to save America—cancel all immigration of muslims, because their goal is to take over the US and destroy it.

GOOD MUSLIMS

When Obama lied, he was just being a good muslim.

Apply to all ‘good’ muslims speaking today.

Apply to all advocates who say islam is a ‘peaceful religion’.


Truth about muslims:
Peaceful, friendly, negotiating, neighborly—when islam is not in control.

Truth about muslims:
CANCEL peaceful, friendly, negotiating, neighborly—when islam takes control ANYWHERE.


Muslims have a book.

XXX — It tells them how to be a good muslim.

XXX — It tells them to lie.

XXX — It tells them to be peaceful—fake, phony, false, faux peace, to gain power.

XXX — It tells them to kill non-muslims when they can.

XXX — It tells them to crush Christians, Jews, Americans, Israelis, Capitalism, Democracy, Freedom, Women’s Rights, Family, when they take control ANYWHERE.

XXX — It tells them directly the plans of satan, from the pit of hell, from demonic allah.

XXX — It tells them how to enlist millions more to go to hell.

XXX — It is the playbook of satan, with all the strategies of “the father of lies”.

COMPREHENDING GOD

We cannot comprehend God.

But thank God, what God tells us about God in the Bible tells us what we need to know about God, what we can comprehend, and more.

When we try to add to what the Bible tells us about God, in efforts to explain God better and comprehend God more, we only create more words that are more impossible to comprehend than what the Bible says.

When man added ‘trinity’ to explain God, it basically backfired, and severely complicated comprehending and understanding God.

It became necessary ever since to try to explain the word ‘trinity’ and the doctrine of ‘the trinity’.
Hopeless failure, to the tune of millions of attempts times ten.

Yet the word ‘trinity’ trips off our lips so smoothly and so frequently, as though it is from the Bible itself.
Unfortunately, most Christians think it is.

What if we just skipped the word ‘trinity’, and spent all the time and energy and writing trying to explain the man-made term—what if we spent all that effort just preaching what the Bible says ?

THE DEVIL’S DEVICES

I observe – – –
The most effective device the devil uses to keep us from putting our problems, our troubles, in perspective is this:

Continuously (over and over and over again) plunging us into the next ‘job’ that we M U S T do immediately—so we can’t/don’t deal with the big issue that troubles us ongoing.

Combined with this:

Relentlessly, repeatedly making us so weary that we HAVE TO sleep (crash) !
So very tired that we can’t even work, let alone figure out why we can’t get enough done.


We may have some friends who remind us of a Bible verse on a sincere, warm fuzzy poster that should fix us (at least for now)—so they can feel they’ve done their part and move on without our burden on them.
Where is the Christian friend that actually knows how to “bear each other’s burdens, AND BY DOING THAT FULFILLS THE LAW OF JESUS.” ?
And that is what makes a difference, more than the correct theological answer.

Question:
++ Who do we know that deals with the bottom line, the real hard question, the big WHY ?, the WHY ME ?, the WHY THIS AGAIN ?, the WHY OTHERS MOVE AHEAD, AND I’M WAYLAID, BLINDSIDED BY ONE MORE SURPRISE AFTER ANOTHER ?

Question:
++ Who do we know that sees this, but offers nothing, except to communicate or imply, “What’s wrong with you ?”

Question:
++ The bottom line question is, “Are there any real answers, anywhere ?”


YES, THERE ARE ANSWERS.
But–
— not in trying harder.
— not in more of what isn’t working
— not in advice from others
— not in my own new ideas
— not in better tools, techniques
— not in better doctors
— not in copying others
— not in blaming others
— not in blaming myself
— not in excuses
— not in some ‘power’ of thinking

The Bible says, “. . . lest satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.”

Satanic devices such as:
XX– “I can’t ‘get anything done’ on the list I felt so positive about before THIS happened !”

Satanic devices such as:
XX– “I can’t afford to stop and think about it—I can’t afford to waste the time, if it doesn’t fix the problem now, so I can move on.”

Satanic devices such as:
XX– “I can’t slow down, with the backlog hanging over me.”


Real answers – – – available ? or not ?

Hmmm !
Stop ?
STOP !
S T O P ! ! !

You say you can’t afford to stop ?
You say you can’t——except when “something happens”——and you do stop ?

OH !—Here’s another thought, to pile it on:

Is it the same as this:
XX- “I can’t afford to stop working on Sunday (all day Sunday, every Sunday) when I’m so behind already.”

Like this:
XX- “I can’t afford to tithe—when I’m struggling financially already.”

XX- “Truth is, I’m having a hard time finishing reading this article, but a friend asked me to read it.”




Somewhere the Bible says,
“There’s nothing new under the sun.”
Got that right ! (As though I can say)

The Bible (only the Bible) can give us the perspective we need.
God does not change.
6000 years of history—He’s the same.
The Bible doesn’t change.

Can God’s instruction help is with
WHY ?
WHY ?
WHY ?


“Trust in the Lord with all your heart . . .”

  • – – Should I trust Him with everything ?
    OR
  • – – Should I take care of some things that He might not take care of ?
    (Like my schedule)
    (Like my energy)
    (Like my money)
    (Like my 7-day work week)

“. . . and do not lean on your own understanding . . .”

  • – – Should I ask Him how to do everything ?
    OR
  • – – Should I figure out some things myself, as in, He expects me to use my brain ?

“. . . In all your ways acknowledge Him . . .”

  • – – Should I tell God I recognize Him in every detail, over and over and over and over ?
    OR
  • – – Should I apologize or excuse myself for getting weary of praying so much ?

“. . . and He will direct your paths.”

  • – – Should I assume, should I count on God for literally running every single last detail of my life, every day ?
    OR
  • – – Should I notice other successful people around me who don’t take God and Prayer and Bible and Family Time and The Lord’s Day so seriously ?

And, my friends, that’s just one Bible verse—MORE WHERE THAT COMES FROM !

“Be still ! ! ! And know that I AM God.”
Be Still = STOP

1 – STOP
Every morning, first thing, with God.
(How much time does that take ?—a few minutes.)

2 – STOP
Many times every day, with God.
(How much time does that take ?—a few seconds.)

3 – STOP
Every day, with your family, with God.
(How much time does that take ?—a few minutes, to half hour.)

4 – STOP
Every week, for a whole day, alone and with your family, with God, to rest.
(How much time does that take ?—14% of your life—“six days work, one day rest, for our benefit”—“Did God really say?”—He said so.)

1-STOP (includes your Bible)

2-STOP (includes memory Bible verses)

3-STOP (includes interaction and Bible)

4-STOP (includes learning, studying, memorizing Bible verses, everyone saying/reading the Bible aloud)

When you do all this, you can’t help but pray and sing, and more (like help someone who needs help, like tell someone who needs Jesus how you know Him)

Can you do this secretly, without saying something at home, at work, at . . .?
N O !

DADDY ON MEMORIZING THE BIBLE

A long time ago, maybe sixty years, Daddy expressed concern about the influx of new Bible translations—a few then, many now.
Daddy said that many different translations could/would contribute to less Bible memorizing.

Yes, true—at any rate, it makes memorizing more difficult.
It takes more conscious effort to memorize, no longer hearing the same wording of the same verse, from multiple sources.

Everyone seems most interested in communicating the Word with new and ‘better’ wording, so the listener can get it most easily.
So we hear the Bible in many different ways, and can’t remember one because we can’t pick one.
Rarely do we memorize anything, without hearing or reading it over and over in the exact same wording.


Memorizing Scripture is not memorizing concepts—it is memorizing words, that hold the concepts, that change our lives.


As a writer, very interested in the rules/principles of English grammar (since ninth grade with Mrs. Lindeman), I have concluded:

Structure Communicates, not just words.

And I believe that is precisely why the King James Version (KJV) worked so well for centuries, and continues effectively today, amid dozens? of new translations.
A bit of examination shows the grammar and sentence structure of the KJV is not only correct and balanced, it is very hard to improve on.
The NKJV takes care of the old word obstacles.


Tribute to Daddy:

— One
Daddy spent lots of time reading his Bible, in our house, and in his pickup.
By far the greatest gift, heritage, blessing that anyone can get from their dad is seeing him with his open Bible every day.*

— Two
Equal gift, heritage, blessing from Daddy—hundreds of Bible verses in my memory, with recall to this day, because Daddy repeated them every day in morning devotions, and all day long.**

And this miracle storehouse of Truth—filled with absolutely no effort of my own.***
Adding to that now takes EFFORT and TIME.

It’s certainly worth it.

Pick a translation, and stick with it.
Mark it up.
Underline.
Circle.
Write notes, dates, names.
Leave your Bible open to a verse to memorize, on a place where you will see it several times a day.

“Don’t worry about the quantity of Bible you ingest—it’s how much Bible you digest that makes you strong.”

* And, seeing Daddy on his knees, praying every day.

** “And these words which I command you this day, shall be in your heart;
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

*** “Unto whom much is given, much will be required.”

WHEN GOD IS MAD

What does it look like when God is mad ?

Well, this is not hypothetical, as in, What would it look like if God got mad ?

This is how it happened:

“The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the Lord said, ‘I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.’ “
“The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”
“So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.”

He was sorry, and He was mad.
The full description of what God did follows:

Talk about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, as it went down under water.
Just a few survivors, in just a few lifeboats.

God rearranged the entire earth as it went down under water.
Just a few survivors, in just one lifeboat, Noah’s ark.

To make sure we get the facts straight about the wickedness of man and the response of God with the flood—note the repetition.

“I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.”

“After seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.”

“And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.”

“Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth.”

“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.”

“Now the flood was on the earth forty days.”

It really happened.
God had His reasons.
God vented His anger on the earth, the likes of which we haven’t seen since.


Other times God wiped out thousands of people on the spot.

Then He commanded His people to do the same.
Oh My ! Now that’s tough !
We do best to obey, whether we understand or not.
Just make sure it is the command of God we obey.
Cancel any hope of addressing God with human reasoning.
Repeat:
Cancel any hope of addressing God with human reasoning.

If He gives us compassion, reasoning (on His terms), we better take it.
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the LORD, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.”


Do we get it—His holiness—His justice ?
We can get just a taste of it.

We’re made in God’s image, so apply our response over wrong done against us—apply that to God, proper or not:
“I don’t get mad; I get even.”
God does both—but under perfect control, not like us.
God does both—but with complete, perfect vindication, not like us.
(Better re-read that paragraph, carefully.)

When God gets mad, God gets even.
You don’t want to get in His way.
Never even mention you want justice from God.
Plead for mercy.
“God, be merciful to me, a sinner” is the only way to come before God and “go home justified.”

ONE DAY

I cannot say that someday all advocates of cultural and political error will see the light, but

“One day every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

WAIT ON GOD

Trust in the Lord

don’t lean on your . . .
your anything–
your thinking,
your understanding,
your abilities,
your figuring it out,
your health,
your strength,
your goals,
your success,
your money,
your insurance,
your retirement.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and
don’t lean on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He will direct your paths.”

If we do not stop to consciously, verbally, recognize our dependence on God, our trust in Him “in all our ways”, in every detail—
then we are not trusting in the Lord with all our heart.

ALL— or—NOTHING
‘Be still, and know that I AM . . . God.”

DO YOU SHARE ‘THE FAITH’ ?

Do you share the faith of your parents, the faith of your family ?

Do you assume you have your family’s faith ?

Does that make you right with God, ready for heaven ?

If you share the faith of your family, do you share that faith in your conversations with them ?

If you do not talk freely about your faith with those who share the faith, how much do you talk about your faith with those who do not share that faith ?

INSURANCE VS ASSURANCE

Insurance is a promise from man.
Insurance is a product for sale from man.
Insurance has its cost—cost if you buy it—fear if you don’t buy it.
Insurance has a catch—lots of catches—lots of loopholes—lots of failures.
Insurance requires faith plus your money.
Insurance enslaves—can’t get out of it.


Assurance is a promise from God.
Assurance is not a product for sale—it’s free—it’s up to your free will.
Assurance requires faith plus nothing.
Assurance has a ‘catch’—faithfulness—no doublemindedness—no turning back.
Assurance is free and sets you free.
Assurance—don’t expect peace without it—don’t leave earth without it.
Assurance has the greatest underwriter in the universe—the Creator “Who owns the cattle on a thousand hills.”
You KNOW—“You’re in Good Hands with His Assurance Policy.”


Insurance vs Assurance
In America – We really do believe we can have both—God and Mammon.
Jesus said, “You cannot serve God and Mammon.”