Christians: Learning To Hear What God Speaks Instead Of What I Want To Hear Part 2
Learning To Hear What God Speaks Instead Of What I Want To Hear Part 2
By buckeyebkd https://www.publish0x.com/@buckeyebkd
This has without a doubt been the roughest year of my life. If it wasn't for my personal relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I would have given up a long time ago.
So in my last post I wrote about my experiences when my older brother passed away at the end of March. Now I'm going to fast forward about 3 months and share some other things God has spoken to me.
Around the end of June I was at church on a Sunday morning and during the worship service God plainly spoke to me. He said "Get ready it's coming". God also laid it in my spirit to speak these words to another person in the church. I'm not one to really do things like this so I just ignored it. Then God again spoke to me this time telling me exactly what else to say to the other person "Get ready it's coming. I don't know what it is. I don't know if it's something you've been praying about or not. All I know is God wants me to tell you Get ready it's coming." Again I was disobedient and ignored it. So now the singing was coming to an end and we had a guest preacher that morning. When he started preaching one of the first things he said was "God just spoke to me and He's wanting to say "Get ready it's coming". I almost hit the floor. This just goes to prove that when God wants you to do something and you're not obedient he will use someone else to get His message across. For the next week or so I was feeling pretty low and down on myself. I kept praying to God saying that if he chose to use me again I would be obedient.
Around the beginning of August I was in church on a Sunday morning and the person that God wanting me to speak to had an unexpected death in their family. At one point in the service the pastor had this person come up to the front so we all could pray for them and their family. During the next worship song God spoke to me again "Get ready it's coming". My eyes immediately went to this person and God spoke some more. "Get ready it's coming. Just like Joshua and the children of Israel when Moses passed you will have a time of grieving and mourning but after that you will step into your Promise Land. You are going to receive things that you've been praying for and so much more. This time next year your going to look back and be amazed at the things that come to past. But know this that these things are just the beginning. This is just a small fraction of what's to come." Well after my huge failure the last time all I wanted was to be obedient and let God use me as a willing vessel. I immediately went to step out into the aisle to speak this to the person and my legs almost went out from under me. God spoke again "NO. Now is not the time." Again all I wanted to do is be obedient so even though I didn't understand why this time I obeyed.
Towards the end of September I received word that in Tennessee my mom, my dad, my brother, and my sister in law all had contracted COVID. I messaged my dad to see how they were doing and all he said was "so far so good". At church we were getting ready to start our annual campmeeting. This year for the second year in a row it was being held under a tent for an old fashioned tent revival. This whole time I had been holding on to what God had spoke to me and I was waiting for him to say "ok it's time". During the second service of campmeeting some things happened with the other person that made me question them. I for the life of me couldn't understand how God was going to use them the way He said He was after some of the things that I witnessed. All I could think was it's not up to me to understand but I just need to be still and wait on God. The last service of campmeeting was on a Friday night and the preacher that night was the same one that was preaching back in June that delivered the word from God "Get ready it's coming" that I had refused to do. That night I received a call during service from my sister Kayla saying that my brother Phillip was rushing my parents to the ER because of the condition they were in from COVID. She asked me to stand in prayer for them and I did.
At the ER they gave both my parents infusions. My mom started feeling better right away but my dad was still in bad shape. They released my mom but dad had to be admitted. As a family we begun to pray for dad to be healed. After a few days my dad hadn't got any better and the doctors decided to place him on a vent. Things just kept going down hill and all we could do as a family was pray. One day as I was praying God spoke to me that "all He was doing was waiting on dad". I didn't know what exactly He was waiting on dad for but I felt in my spirit that once it happened God would release his healing. About a week or so later the doctors called the family in saying that dad didn't have much time left. (I'm leaving out a lot of this story because honestly it's still very painful for me.) My sister Kayla went to see my dad on Tuesday night October the 12th. She told him that God had told her that He had already forgiven dad over somethings but dad hadn't forgiven himself. She asked dad if he could forgive himself and he responded (by blinking his eyes) yes. My wife and I got to Tennessee that Tuesday night late so we had to wait till Wednesday morning before we could see him. The doctors were wanting us to decide how they would go forward with dad because he had been on the vent for 17 days at that point. On the way back to my parents house from the hospital my mom and little sister prayed. The Holy Ghost spoke and told them it was time to take dad off the vent. So the next morning October 13th we went as a family to the hospital and let them know our decision. We each spent some time with him alone before they removed the breathing tube. After they removed the vent we all went back in as a family and spent the last hour or so of dads life with him. Again I was praying to God "this isn't the way it's supposed to happen. You were just waiting on him and he was supposed to be healed. Dad's nurse who was a Christian lady and prayed for dad everytime she came into his room came in to tell us he was gone. Her exact words were "he's received his healing".
Dad's funeral was to be held in West Virginia the following Sunday. My wife, my daughter, and I started out from Columbus Ohio to Mingo County West Virginia on Saturday morning. As I laid in the backseat going over the events of the last year in my head it all just seemed unreal. Then God brought back to my memory the word that he had spoken to me in August. He told me that he didn't let me speak these words to the other person because it wasn't meant for them but instead it was meant for me. Right now I'm still in a time of grieving and mourning and I don't know how long this will last. All I do know is I'm truly looking forward to stepping into my Promise Land very soon.
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Christians: Learning To Hear What God Speaks Instead Of What I Want To Hear
This has without a doubt been the roughest year of my life. If it wasn't for my personal relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I would have given up a long time ago.
Back in March I received a call early in the morning. It was my oldest brother Phillip Facetiming a family chat to tell us that our brother Randy had a heart attack and was in the ER. Phillip said that the doctors were working on Randy but things weren't looking good. When we hung up we all started praying. As I was praying I got a feeling of peace and comfort in my spirit and God spoke very clearly to me that "this isn't his final call but this is his wake up call". This made me very excited so I grabbed my phone to let the others know what God just spoke but before I could even get my phone on God spoke again "NO". I didn't understand why God didn't want me to let the rest of the family know but if He didn't want me to say anything than I wouldn't. So I was pretty confident that Randy was going to pull through all this and I just went on about my day while I was waiting on an update. Finally after about 3 or 4 hours Phillip did another family chat. He was crying and said Randy didn't make it. As soon as I hung up I prayed to God asking why and telling him this isn't the way it was supposed to happen. The next few days were really rough for the whole family. As I've stated in the past I'm a former addict and if I would have had access to anything I'm 100% certain I would have relapsed.
As anger and bitterness set in the last thing I wanted to do was pray. "This isn't his final call but this his wake up call" kept playing in my mind over and over again. I kept thinking of the wonderful feeling of peace and comfort that I felt in my spirit while I was praying for my brother. It just didn't make sense at all to me. Finally after a couple of days of mourning God spoke to me again. "This isn't his final call but this is his wake up call! What's the ultimate wake up call?" Again this really didn't make sense because the "ultimate wake up call" is when the trumpet blows and the dead in Christ are called to meet Jesus. As far as I knew my brother wasn't a born again Christian. Then God brought back a conversation my brother and I had a few months earlier. My brother was telling me that he wanted to straighten up and live right. He just had some issues he had to take care of then he was going to start going to church. His 2 biggest issues were that he used marijuana and he was living with a woman out of wedlock. I told him not to wait and that God will accept us just how we are. I reminded him that when I got saved I still was taking methadone for about 4 months and I was still using marijuana for about 6 months. Just because I was still doing these things didn't mean I wasn't saved. It just meant that God was still working on me to get me where I needed to be. It wasn't that God couldn't take those things away from me when I repented of my sins but it was that I had to have enough trust and faith in God to allow it to happen. I told him that all he had to do is turn it over to God and God would take control.
The following Monday we had a memorial service for my brother. After the service most of the family met at a local steakhouse. As my wife and I were talking to my brother's girlfriend she told us that my brother had been teaching their 5 year old grandson how to pray and was reading him the Bible at night. Tears started flowing out of my eyes as I again heard "this isn't his final call but this is his wake up call".
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
The Man Who Taught Me How To Be A Man
The man who taught me how to be a man
Today makes 1 week since we laid my Dad to rest. I'm just wanting to share a story about him that I've only ever told a couple of people since it happened.
When I was 19 I worked for Captain D's at the Southside Mall (South Williamson, KY) as a night manager. One Saturday night Dad called to see if there was any leftover food. I told him there was and then he asked me if I had any money on me. I told him that I had just gotten paid the day before so of course I did. Well next he told me that he wanted me to go to a room at the Mountaineer Hotel in Williamson, WV. He said that there's a guy there that he wanted me to give the food to. He said that he also wanted me to take the guy to the carry out and let him get whatever he wanted no matter how much it was just as long as it wasn't alcohol. I said ok. Then he said to take the guy back to the hotel and give him $20 when I dropped him off. Finally he said that he would pay me back whatever I spent and he didn't want me to ever say anything to anyone about this. I did what he asked but I didn't understand why he didn't want anyone to know (until years later).
After I got home I found out that the guy was hitchhiking through the state (I forget where exactly he was going) and he was trying to sleep in 1 of the abandoned houses across the road from the church at Nolan, WV. The cops picked him up and took him to the hotel for 1 night so he could get cleaned up and get some sleep. Somehow Dad got the room number at the hotel and he wanted to make sure the guy wasn't hungry or going without.
This is just 1 of the many lessons Dad taught me over the years of how a man should act. Now I wonder how many times did he do things like this that nobody ever knew about except for him and whoever he was helping.
Monroe Davis *Jul 28, 1947 - Oct 13, 2021*
In loving memory of Monroe Davis written by the Davis Family with much sadness......
Monroe Davis 74, of Bean Station, TN passed away October 13, 2021, at Jefferson Co. TN. He was surrounded by his children and wife. Born July 28, 1947, at Puritan Mines, West Virginia. He was the son of the late Rev. Ray (Mary) Davis.
In addition to his parents, he is proceeded in death by one son, Randy Lee Davis of Williamson, WV, one grandson, Randy Lee Davis Jr., one granddaughter Brooklyn Jade Davis, and one brother Larry (Bear) Davis of Lenore, WV.
Dad “Pops” loved being outdoors and enjoyed taking mom to play putt- putt golf. Where you seen one you always seen the other married 54 ½ years. Mom was the love of his life. He always liked saying “Come on Girt”! Dad and mom always enjoyed camping, fishing, and traveling with his family. Dad/Pops always loved family gatherings, where we always laughed and eat till bedtime....
He loved spring time when he could get on his lawn mower and cut his grass (His way)! Every Wednesday and Sunday you could find dad eating Captain D’s and Friday night all you can eat catfish at the Boathouse. Dad/Pops loved to eat.
Our family wishes to express our deepest appreciation to everyone that has shown such compassion to us during this difficult time.
Monroe is survived by his wife Drema Dawn (Hall) Davis and his children: son-Pastor Phillip (Sandy) Davis of Rutledge, TN, son-Brian (Nicole) Davis of Ashville, Ohio, daughter- Kayla (Brian) Lucas of Lenore, WV, son- Noah (Beth) Davis of Rawl, WV, and bonus daughter- Sissie Marie, along with a special part of our family Connie Smith.
Grandchildren: Kara Owens, Leah Davis, Mandy Collins, Christopher Campbell, Sandra Davis, Serena Shooter, Holly Davis, Blake Harmon (Davis), Emily May Davis, Braiden Isaac Lucas, Addison (Addi) Davis, and 13 great grandchildren.
He is also survived by 3 brothers Paul Ray (Barb) Davis of Lenore, WV, Gary Mike Davis of Logan, WV, Ronnie (Betty) Davis of Lenore, WV, (Bonus brother)-Rick (Sadie) Marcum of Hardy, KY, 1- sister Diane Rumora of Lenore, WV and a host of nieces and nephews, and friends...
Pops will be greatly missed by all who knew him. He was a very well-respected man who loved the Lord and was strict in his belief. He was a founding member of The Nolan Church of God Acts 20:28.
Visitation is Saturday October 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. family, services for all at 7:00 with Pastor Roger Ooten of Duncun Fork House of Prayer. Funeral Services: Sunday at 12:00 (noon) with Pastor Eugene Preece of The Nolan Church of God Acts 20:28. Burial will follow to Lenore Memorial Gardens of Lenore, WV. Pallbearers will be family and friends under direction of Chafin Funeral Home Delbarton, WV.
The Bible Says That Moses Seen The Backside Of God The Father!!! Or Does It???
The Bible Says Moses Seen The Backside Of God The Father!!! Or Does It???
First off I want to apologize to my followers because since I went back to work I haven't had the time to make new post. I've been working 12 to 14 hours a day so on my days off I've mostly been resting. I'm not trying to make excuses. I'm only trying to be honest. I tend to write about things that I was taught growing up that I've found through reading the Bible to be wrong and I plan to continue doing so. I don't like to write these post without doing a great deal of studying/researching. I really do enjoy the whole process but I will only be posting every once in a while until things slow down some at work. With all that being said here's what I want to share with everyone today😊.
Exodus 33:22-23 KJV
22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
So this is after Moses received the Ten Commandments that God wrote in stone with His finger. Moses asked God to see His glory and God basically told Moses that he couldn't see His face but He would let him see His backside.
So now let's go to the book of John (my favorite book😊).
John 1:18 KJV
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
That means no man has ever seen God. No man has ever seen the Father's face, hand, front side, backside, etc... No man has ever seen God the Father period. Hold up just a minute here. Didn't we just say that in Exodus 33 22:23 Moses seen the hand and the backside of God but here in John 1:18 John says that the Son has declared the Father and that no man has ever seen the Father. We all understand that Moses wrote the first four books of the Bible including Exodus. So Is Moses lying about seeing the backside of God? Is John lying about nobody ever seeing the Father? Is this a contradiction?
Now lets look at some of the things Jesus said (the words written in red).
John 5:46-47 KJV (words in red)
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
So Jesus is saying that Moses didn't write about the Father but Moses wrote about the Son. Moses didn't see the backside of the Father. Moses Seen the backside of the Son.
It was Jesus who created everything we see and touch. It was Jesus who breathed the breath of life into Adam. It was Jesus who created Eve from Adam. It was Jesus who banned Adam and Eve from the garden. It was Jesus who heard Ables blood cry out. It was Jesus who told Noah to build the ark. It was Jesus who made a covenant with Abram. It was Jesus in the burning bush. It was Jesus who wrote the Ten Commandments. It was Jesus who led the Israelites through the wilderness. It was Jesus etc.......
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Resources
https://www.scripture-images.com/bible-books-chapters/kjv/exodus-33-kjv.php
God The Father And Allah Are The Same Being!!! Wait A Minute!!! WHAT???
God The Father And Allah Are The Same Being!!! Wait A Minute!!! WHAT???
Disclaimer: Before I get started I just want to state this wasn't a conversation that I started. I mean no disrespect to anyone or to anyone's religious beliefs. I believe everyone has the right to believe in whatever they choose to believe in. I also believe that when I'm approached by someone trying to convert me to their religious beliefs I should not hold back. I debated really hard on if I should share this one or not so if you are reading this I decided to share it😊.
I once had one of my Muslim friends at work try to convince me that God the Father and Allah were in fact one and the same. I thought to myself man this guy must be smoking crack or something 😂🤣😂. He said that he believes that Allah created the heavens and the earth just the same as Christians believe that God the Father did. So just because we call them by two different names doesn't mean they aren't the same being. Now heres the kicker this guy was a pasty white natural born citizen that had served in the United States military.
So by now everyone should know me and that I'm not going to agree with this at all. Here's how the conversation went.
Him: I was brought up as a Christian. I've read the Bible and I've read the Qur'an. I'm pretty well versed in both and the Christian God and the Muslim god Allah are the same being. We believe in the same God we just call him by different names.
Me: Well if you believe in the same God that I believe in and you know the Bible pretty good can I ask you some simple questions?
Him: Oh of course.
Me: Do you believe in Jesus Christ?
Him: Absolutely without a doubt.
Me: Do you believe in the virgin birth, the crucifixion, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ?
Him: No we believe in Jesus but we believe he was a prophet like the great prophet Muhammad.
Me: So you don't believe that Jesus is the Son of God?
Him: No but he was a great prophet maybe even greater than Muhammad.
Me: So the Bible says in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. I'm sure since you have read the Bible you remember that it also says Jesus is the Word made flesh. So Jesus is the Word and The Word is God.
Him: ....
Me: I believe in the Trinity not just the Father. I believe in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit and if you try to remove even one of them from the equation then it is not the same. So we do not believe in the same God.
Him: ....
Me: I don't know where you got this from or if this is how they got you to convert but it's absolute garbage.
Him: ....
Me: If you have indeed read the Bible you know that I'm not supposed to cast my pearls before swain. Now if you ever want to know the real truth I will be thrilled to have a serious discussion with you but I'm not going to spend anymore time on this God the Father is really Allah crap.
Him: .....
I wish that I would have understood the truth that Jesus created everything through the power and authority of God the Father at this time. After this conversation we still got alone really well. We no longer work together and he never did take me up on my offer to learn about the truth😁.
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Resources
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/play-god-day/
🤔I often hear it preached that "if it was a sin 2000 years ago it's a sin today" but I've never heard "if it wasn't a sin 2000 years ago it's not a sin today".🤔
You Are Someone Else's Bible !!!
OUCH!!! That's a good reminder that people judge us by our actions just as much as by our words. I have often heard my brother preach that if you truly are a born again covenant believer in Christ you are someone else's Bible because they may not go to church or even believe in the Bible but they're watching you.
A few years ago I meet an elderly man and he told me how much respect he had for my grandfather. He said that he had started watching my grandfather's life many years earlier because he just knew that nobody could live up to what my grandfather was preaching. He said that he watched my grandfather for over 40 years until the time my grandfather passed on to his reward (over 20 years prior). The man said that in over 40 years he never once seen anything that he could use to say "see there I knew he couldn't be living up to what's he's preaching". I told the man that although my grandfather was the most righteous man that I ever knew he would often say that he came up short. He would tell us all the time not to put our trust in man because man will let you down but to only put our trust in God. I remember thinking how great of a testimony it was that my grandfather had passed away more then 20 years earlier and this man still remember the example my grandfather had put forth by the life he led.
We can tell others about Gods love, grace, and mercy until we're blue in the face but are our actions showing others Gods love, grace, and mercy?🤔🤔🤔
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I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Resources (picture only)
https://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMi01N2YyZDgzNDU5MmYwNzVk/?tagSlug=news
There's No Perfect Christians!!! Really???
There's no perfect Christians. This is one of those things that I've heard people quote time and time again. As a matter of fact I used to say this constantly until one Sunday morning as I was getting ready for church the Holy Ghost correct me on it.
I was in the shower and I kept hearing myself say "there's no perfect Christians". Over and over this played out in my head. Then the Holy Ghost spoke to me "Don't discount the blood of Jesus". I was like "Lord I would never discount the blood of Jesus". The Holy Ghost responded "When you say there's no perfect Christians you discount the Blood. The blood of Jesus makes every Christian perfect. What you should be saying is there's no perfect humans." Wow I had been saying this for as long as I can remember. I never in a million years would have thought about it like that. Thank You Holy Ghost for correcting me on this. The one thing that I never want to do its discount the blood of Jesus Christ.
So I finish getting ready and go on to church. During the worship service I could feel the anointing of the Holy Ghost all over me. The Shekinah Glory of God had fallen and filled the tabernacle that Sunday morning. Then the pastor started to preach. He wasn't 5 minutes into his message when he said "Through the blood of Jesus Christ we are perfect Christians. Never discount the blood of Jesus Christ." I about hit the floor. All I could say is "Thank you Holy Ghost for confirmation".
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Am I Fat Because I Put My Trust In The Lord???
🤔🤔🤔 So I was studying my Bible today and I ran across this verse:
Proverbs 28:25
King James Version
25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
I thought man this explains a lot about me. 😂🤣😂. Then I figured I better look this up in the CJB.
Proverbs 28:25
Complete Jewish Bible
25 A grasping disposition stirs up strife,
but he who trusts in Adonai will prosper.
No, I didn't really think that I'm fat because I put my trust in the Lord but this is just an example of why I use 3 Bibles when I study. The King James Version, The Complete Jewish Bible, and The Interlinear Bible all help me receive a better understanding of God's Word.😁 Just in case you didn't figure it out this article was kind of a tongue and cheek response to a former pastor of mine telling me that I should only use the King James Version Bible.
**I want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
"Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh" I AM THAT I AM
**I am that I am** is a common English translation of the Hebrew phrase אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, *’ehyeh ’ăšer ’ehyeh* ([ʔehˈje ʔaˈʃer ʔehˈje]) – also "I am who I am," "I will become what I choose to become,"[1] "I am what I am," "I will be what I will be," "I create what(ever) I create," or "I am the Existing One."[2] The traditional English translation within Judaism favors "I will be what I will be" because there is no present tense of the verb "to be" in the Hebrew language. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Hebrew https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_that_I_Am#cite_note-1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_that_I_Am#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStone2000624-2
The Hebrew text with *niqqud.* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niqqud
I normally don't start a post off by quoting a source but when I came across this on Wikipedia I thought it fit well with what I'm wanting to say. The translation that I like the most is "I am the Existing One".
The eighth chapter of John is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible and it is a must read for everyone. It starts out with the Pharisees bringing the woman caught in adultery before Jesus and Him saying ye without sin cast the first stone. Jesus goes on to tell the Pharisees that they know neither Him or His Father. Then he tells them that the devil is their father and that they are not of God because they do not hear God's words. It ends with the Jews being so angry by Jesus's words that they wanted to stone Him.
John 8:58-59 King James Version
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, **I am.**
59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
The above scriptures are very familiar to most people but have you ever wondered why the people got so angry with Jesus that they were wanting to stone him. To truly understand the answer to this we need to look back to the Old Testament. In the second chapter of Exodus we find Moses had fled Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian. In the next chapter Moses is tending to a flock in the desert at Horeb (this area is in Saudi Arabia). This is when he saw the burning bush that wasn't consumed and God spoke to him. Now I'm not wanting to go into all the details here (I strongly encourage you to read this for yourself) but what I do want to talk about is the 14th verse:
Exodus 3:14 KJV
14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, **I Am** hath sent me unto you.
God told Moses to tell the Israelites that **I Am** sent him. So going back to John 8:58 when Jesus said **I Am** the Jews understood that He was saying that not only is He the Messiah but He is God. That's why they got so angry and were wanting to stone him on the spot. I don't want to get to carried away here because I do plan on writing another post about Jesus being God of the whole Bible and not just the New Testament. I'm going to end with just one more verse...
John 8:24 KJV
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that **I am** he, ye shall die in your sins.
Now I don't expect many to agree with my interpretation of these scriptures and that's ok😂🤣😂. I just ask that you study it for yourself with an open mind and come to your own conclusions. I've been very busy the last couple of weeks and I haven't really had time to focus on making new post so I did hurry this one somewhat. (BTW I did underline the I Am's in the scriptures myself to get my point across)
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Resources
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/831758624935091727/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_that_I_Am
7 x 70 (Have You Ever Done The Math?)
My grandfather used to preach that if someone makes you mad bake them cake. Boy if I followed that one I would have to open my own bakery😂🤣😂. Often times we will get mad at someone and just stop all communication with that person. The problem with this is the person we're mad at probably doesn't realize why we're mad at them if they even realize that we're mad at all. Matthew 18:21-22 KJV 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Ok so there's 24 hrs in a day. Now after you take away 8 hrs for sleeping you are left with 16 hrs. Lets just say for argument sake that you spend every waking moment of the day with someone that would mean that you would have to forgive them once every 117.55102041 seconds. Here's the math: 7x70=490 times a day 490÷16= 30.625 every hour 60 mins ÷ 30.625= 1.9591836735 minutes 1.9591836735 min x 60 secs= 117.55102041 secs Is it even possible to get mad at someone and forgive them in less than 2 minutes all day long. I mean my wife doesn't even get mad at me that much😂🤣😂.
I want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.
Did Adam And Eve Have Bellybuttons???
Disclaimer: So I'm just taking a little break from writing serious articles and thought I'd do a short post just for fun😀.
Did Adam And Eve Have Bellybuttons???
This is one of those questions that really doesn't matter one way or another but I often hear it debated. Some will say "No they didn't because they were created not born so they didn't need them". Others will say "Yes because Eve had to have a belly button to give birth because of the umbilical cord". I always want to teach the "umbilical cord" people a little lesson in biology that the cord is actually attached to the mother's uterus so it has nothing to do with the mother's bellybutton only the child's.😂
This really is one of those questions that will not be answered until we can ask God himself but I'm pretty positive that at that point bellybuttons will be the farthest thing from our minds. By the way my answer is if God made Adam from the dust of the Earth and Eve from Adam's rib than surely he could have given them bellybuttons. I'm curious to hear everyone else's take on this subject so if you would please leave a comment giving your opinion.
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Resources (picture only)
https://zonderkidz.com
"I Can't Afford To Invest You Just Don't Understand My Money Issues"
**"I can't afford to invest** **you just don't understand my money issues"**
Thanksgiving 2020 I was talking with my 51 year old brother (I'm 48) about how he needed to start investing. I suggest cryptocurrency because you really don't need a lot of money to get started. Of course he just blew me off and gave me excuses to why he couldn't do it. "I can't afford to invest you just don't understand my money issues" was what he kept saying. It didn't matter that I was telling him where he could get free stocks and cryptocurrency. He just had no interest in it at all.
Well this all got me to thinking If I could start collecting all the free cryptocurrency I could find then on Thanksgiving 2021 I can present all this to him and maybe he will change his mind. So around the beginning of December 2020 I started on a quest to collect all the "FREE MONEY" that I could find. I searched Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Telegram to find all the apps, miners, faucets, links, games, etc.... that I could possibly find.
Its been a long journey so far but it has also been a profitable one. I have been keeping all my cryptocurrency that I've invested money into in Coinbase and Robinhood. All my "FREE MONEY" goes to Probit, Kucoin, Trust Wallet, and Tronlink. I do it like this just to make it easier on me to keep track of everything. Right now I have around $210 invested into all the cryptocurrency that I own and it's valued at well over $2000. I think this isn't to bad since I've only started investing in cryptocurrency back in October.
What I've decided to do is share with everyone all the apps, miners, faucets, links, games, and etc... that I've personally been using to build my portfolio. I have a list of free links that I share with anybody who wants them and I will also give an honest review about all the pros and cons of each link.
On a side note I've found out that my brother was right. He couldn't afford to invest but it had nothing to do with his money issues. In March of this year my 51 year old brother passed away from a massive heart attack. Looking back on it now I'm glad that he invested his time over that 4 months with his girlfriend and grandkids instead of trying to improve his finances. Guess he really did know what he was doing after all.
Your Old Men Shall Dream Dreams!!!
I want to start off by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for laying down your life so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more than just a tongue talker.
**"Your Old Men Shall Dream Dreams"**
This was a dream that I had towards the end of March 2020. It made such an impression on me that I wrote a Facebook post about it the next day. The following is that post that I just copied and pasted to share with everyone.
Acts 2:17 KJV
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
"So I dream almost every night but I rarely remember them for long after I wake up. Last night I had 3 dreams that all went together. The 1st dream is the one I'm going to post about because I've been thinking about it off and on all day. Oh and by the way I'm not saying that I'm an old man😀.
I was in a trailer and it was nighttime. I kept hearing fireworks go off but I just tried my best to ignore them. Well the fireworks went off all night and into the next morning. I was thinking to myself man its really weird that they're still letting fireworks off and its daylight out. Then I heard a loud boom that shook the whole trailer. I opened the window and looked outside. The front steps were completely blown up. So I yelled to everyone inside that someone had blown up our steps and I ran outside. Once I was outside I looked up at the sky and the clouds were like nothing that I had ever seen before. It kinda looked like a bunch of funnel clouds on their sides but without the rotation. There was dozens of them and in the middle of every cloud was a big black spot that kinda looked like a black hole for lack of a better description. Next thing I knew there was another loud boom. All kinds of people started running for their lives. I suddenly realized the booms I had been hearing wasn't fireworks at all. Then the trailer next to me blow up. I started thinking man we're getting bombed. Everyone around that I could see was panicked, scared, and running to get away. Some of them had handguns and shotguns. For some reason I was calm and not freaking out like all the others were. I kept thinking why are they running and not trying to get in their cars to drive away. Then another trailer blew up and then a house. I heard people yelling this is America and things like this aren't supposed to happen here. I started walking in the direction that everyone was running from. As I walked I seen this tannish colored tank coming towards me. I looked over to my left and I seen another tannish tank drive through a house that had been blown up. The tanks kept coming forward and started shooting at houses and trailers in the neighborhood. I realized that they weren't just randomly shooting but they were targeting certain homes. Then more tan tanks and tan SUVs came following behind them. I was thinking man I can't believe our government is using our military on its own people. All the people were screaming, crying, and just trying to get away. I looked back towards the way I had just came from and I could see the SUVs herding people up into one area. There was a military leader dressed in all tan standing up in the back of one of the SUVs and he was smiling from ear to ear. He was really enjoying the chaos and destruction that was going on around us. I seen the people walking in a single file line and soldiers dressed in all tan uniforms were scanning them from head to toe. Most of the people were being directed off to the side after they were scanned but some were being shoot on the spot without any warning or explanation. I was thinking to myself wow that's extreme shooting your own people because a scan showed they have the virus. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why our government would turn on the people and kill them if they had the virus. None of this made any sense what so ever to me. This is when my dog woke me up crying and I had to let him outside😁. I went back to bed and dreamed the 2nd and 3rd dream.
While I was taken a shower getting ready for work this morning the 1st dream kept running through my mind. I still for the life of me couldn't understand why our government would kill our citizens that had the virus. Then it was dropped into my spirit that the people weren't being scanned for a virus but they were being scanned for "The Mark". This just blew my mind. I had just assumed that with everything we have going on right now it was all about the corona virus. I quickly remembered that all the soldiers were dressed in all tan uniforms and if they were scanning for the virus they would've had on hazmat suits. Then it was dropped into my spirit that I didn't see an American flag anywhere in my dream. None of the soldiers uniforms or vehicles had an American flag on them. The military in my dream wasn't our military and wasn't send by our government."
Over the last 14 months or so I have often thought about this dream which is probably why I'm sharing it here. Why did God give this dream to me? What was this dream suppose to reveal to me? Am I suppose to share this with others or is this a dream meant only for me? How far into the future will this dream actually take place? Were the clouds with black holes in the center worm holes or some form of travel? When I yelled to tell everyone about what was going on outside why didn't anybody respond back? Why did I walk towards the coming tanks and not run away like everyone else? Why was I not scared? Why did the tanks and SUVs go past me like I wasn't even there? Was I there? Could any of the people around me see me or hear me? I wonder if this is similar to how John felt when he seen the things that he wrote in Revelations? I'm by no means comparing myself to John but how do you describe things to people when you don't comprehend it yourself?
If anyone has any thoughts, ideas, or interpretations that may help me make sense of this dream please share them in the comments.
The Bible Says Gambling Is A Sin!!! Or Does It???
The Bible says gambling is a sin!!! Here's another example of something I was taught growing up in church that I've found out isn't correct. So if you put money down on anything no matter how big or small trying to win something in return you're gambling and gambling is a sin. All throughout my childhood I wasn't allowed to participate in certain "normal" activities like other kids. I wasn't allowed to play the claw crane machines at the arcade where you try to win stuffed animals because it was gambling and gambling is a sin. I wasn't allowed to buy raffle tickets for school fundraisers because it was gambling and gambling is a sin. I wasn't allowed to play the carnival games at amusement parks because it was gambling and gambling is a sin. Seriously this is what I was taught and I know for a fact this is still being taught in many churches today. The problem is it's not Bible. Now you might be one of these people who believe that gambling is a sin but the truth is it's not. I often challenge people who want to debate on this to give me scriptures saying gambling is a sin. I still haven't received any scriptures from anyone because they do not exist.
You might ask me "why do people think gambling is a sin?" and I would say "well I'm glad you asked". 😀 People wrongly think gambling is a sin because gambling can lead to a sinful lifestyle.Some people will even say it leads to all 7 of the Deadly Sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth). I don't know how much stock I would put into that but I could see gambling leading to 3 or 4 of the 7 Deadly Sins. However you want to look at it there definitely are a host of sins that can accompany gambling. The sins that are associated with gambling that I want to focus on today are addiction, greed, envy, and coveting. Everyone of these sins are considered a form of idolatry.
Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines idolatry as 1 : the worship of a physical object as a **god**. 2 : **immoderate attachment or devotion to something.**
A gambling addiction is a progressive addiction that can have many negative psychological, physical, and social repercussions. It is classed as an impulse-control disorder. It is also harmful to psychological and physical health. People who live with this addiction may experience depression, migraines, distress, intestinal disorders, and other anxiety-related problems. As with other addictions, the consequences of gambling can lead to feelings of despondency and helplessness. In some cases, this can lead to attempts at suicide.
Greed is defined as a selfish and excessive desire for more of something than is needed. Greed for money or the love of money is another sin associated with gambling. I wrote a article in this subject not long ago and I shared the link to it below.
https://read.cash/@buckeyebkd/the-bible-says-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil-or-does-it-6f163f9f
Envy and coveting are very similar. Envy is when you like what someone else has and you want them to show you how to get it too. I want what you have and I deserve it just as much as what you do. When you covet something someone else has you go even further than envy. Coveting means that not only do I want what you have but I am more worthy of it than you. I deserve what you have and you don't deserve what you have.
These are just a few of the sins that can be associated with gambling. Just because these sins can accompany gambling doesn't mean 100% that the person gambling will commit these sins. The act of gambling is not a sin and if done correctly you can gamble without sinning. I personally choose not to gambling because I've had problems with it in my past and it would be almost impossible for me to gamble without sinning.
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Resources
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/15929
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greed
The Bible Says Money Is The Root Of All Evil!!! Or Does It???
How many times have you heard someone say money is the root of all evil? Seems like everytime I hear this quoted on television or in the media they always say that the Bible says money is the root of all evil. Well what does the Bible says:
1 Timothy 6:10 KJV
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
So the Bible doesn't say money is the root of all evil but it says the love of money is the root of all evil. You might ask what is "the love of money" and I would answer in the simplest way possible. **GREED or LUST for money!!!** So greed or lust for money is what the Bible actually refers to when it says the love of money.
The love of money is a sin just like any other sin. It doesn't matter if you're a Christian or sinner. It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor. I honestly think it would be safe to say that at one time or another we all have committed this sin. The Bible speaks many different times about this sin and I want to share three examples with you here today.
First I want to talk about Achan. Achan was from the tribe of Judah and he was just one of the men that fought in Joshua's army when the Israelities were coming out of the wilderness into the Promise Land. According to the Bible before the Israelites fought at Jericho Joshua told the army "All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.” God caused the walls of Jericho to collapse and Joshua's army charged in and took it. They killed every life in it except Rahab and her family. Then the army went around collecting all the silver, the gold, and the articles of bronze and iron from the city. Then they burned the whole city and everything in it. Achan didn't turnover everything he took from Jericho. He kept a robe, silver, and gold for himself and he buried them. He knew he was not supposed to take anything for himself but the love (greed or lust) of money got him to do what he knew was wrong. Because of this sin it brought a curse upon the Israelites. God made them lose the first battle against Ai. When his sin was discovered Achan, his family, and his possessions were stoned to death and burnt in the Valley of Achor. If you want to study this out you can go to Joshua 7 and read all about it.
Now we all know the story of Samuel. Samuel was a Nazirite and mighty prophet of God. One day I'll make a post on Samuel the prophet but today I want to focus on his sons Joel and Abiah. When Samuel was old he appointed his sons Joel and Abiah as judges over Israel in Beer-sheba. The Bible says that his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgement. Lucre means money that was obtained dishonesty but it also means to teach things wrong for the sake of money. It got so bad that the elders came to Samuel and demanded that he appoint a king to rule over them like other nations had. So because of Joel and Abiah's love (greed or lust) for money the nation of Israel went away from having judges rule (God's plan) to having a king rule (man's plan). All this can be found in 1 Samuel 8 if you are interested in studying it out for yourself.
Finally I want to talk about the most well known example of the love of money in the Bible Judas Iscariot. Now during Jesus' ministry people would donate money to Him and it was kept in a money box. Judas was entrusted with the money box so he was basically the treasurer of the ministry. Judas like all of us had a weakness and his weakness was the love of money. Sooner or later Judas began to steal money from the money box. After a while this wasn't enough to satisfy he's greed and this weakness allowed him to be manipulated by the enemy. Luke 22 says that the devil entered Judas and he went to the religious leaders offering to betray is master Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. After he betrayed Jesus Judas tried to give the 30 pieces of silver back to the religious leaders but they would not accept it because it was considered blood money. Soon thereafter Judas committed suicide so he didn't even get to use the money for anything.
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Are UFOs In The Bible??? The Truth May Shock You!!!
Every since Adam and Eve's original sin in the Garden of Eden mankind has looked up into the heavens and longed for the knowledge of things unknown. Time after time in the Bible we read descriptions of what I think can only be interpreted as UFOs. In this post I'm only going to briefly focus on two of theses instances and on two of the greatest prophets of all time.
We all know about all the great things that God accomplished through the prophet Elijah. There was fire sent from Heaven on Mt Carmel. There was the miracle of the handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse. There was the resurrection of the widow's son. All these things and many more lead up to the last miracle of God through Elijah were the Jordon was parted so that Elijah and Elisha could cross to the other side.
When Elijah and Elisha got to the other side they had a conversation that I'm sure we are all familiar with. I'm not going to get into now but I will have a future post on this conversation. This is what the Bible says happened next:
2 Kings 2:11 KJV
11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
So a chariot of fire, horses of fire, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind. Boy now doesn't that sound like a UFO to you. It is truly mind blowing that Elisha witnessed these things and then later on had another experience with chariots of fire and horses of fire.
Now Elisha turned out to be a great prophet in his own right. I'm not going to go through all the things God accomplished through Elisha right now but I will give a little bit of the backstory to what I'm wanting to share here today. Israel was at war with Syria. The prophet Elisha was telling the king of Israel how to avoid the traps that Syria was setting for him. The king of Syria started believing that Israel had sent a spy that was relaying information back to the king of Israel so he could avoid them. One of the Syrian kings servants spoke up and told him that it was the Israeli prophet Elisha that was telling the Israeli king. Well the Syrian king order his soldiers to go "fetch" Elisha. The next morning Elisha's young servant woke up to this:
2 Kings 6:15-18 KJV
15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
I think it's awesome that God opened Elisha's servants spiritual eyes so he could see the horses and chariots of fire. Then he blinded the eyes of soldiers in the natural so they could not "fetch" Elisha.
Now you may agree or disagree with me on the horses of fire and the chariots of fire being UFOs it really doesn't matter😊. Depending on the response I get I may write a part 2 to this article and show you even more evidence that UFOs are in the Bible. So as always 👍/👎, comments, and tips are always welcomed. Now I only ask that if you do 👎 please write a comment telling me why. It won't offend me or hurt my feelings in any way but it is the only way I will understand why you 👎 my article.
**I want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Are Aliens In The Bible??? The Truth May Shock You!!!
I know many Christians ,who consider themselves well read when it comes to the Bible, that will tell you they don't believe in aliens. They will tell you that aliens are made up, just a fairy tale, and can not be real. The same Christians will tell you that they believe they have a guardian angel that is always watching over them or they will tell you that God has sent an army of angels to protect us.
Now I'm going let everyone in on a little secret. IF YOU BELIEVE IN ANGELS THAN YOU BELIEVE IN ALIENS. Merriam-Webster defines alien as coming from another world: extraterrestrial. I think that everyone will agree that angels do not come from earth so in definition alone ANGELS ARE ALIENS.
The Bible does give descriptions of 2 different kinds of angels that look distinctly different than humans and that's what I'm going to focus on in this post.
Seraphim
The Bible only speaks of the seraphim in a vision that Isaiah has where he sees seraphim serving in the presence of God’s throne. The Seraphim are described as having six wings. Two are used for covering their faces, two for covering their feet, and two for flight.The seraphim proclaim God’s holiness to one another.
Isaiah 6:2-3 KJV 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Now there is some speciation that when the Bible speaks of "fiery serpents" that it is speaking of the Seraphim but I'm not going down that rabbit at this time.
Cherubim
Cherubim are mentioned only in the old Testament. Cherubim seem to have multiple faces, but the faces vary in number and nature. However, cherubim with multiple faces seem to have the faces of different creatures on the same body: man, ox, lion, and eagle. The Cherubim have a likeness of a human, legs with calves’ feet, human hands, four wings (two of which cover their bodies), and they joined together with each other.
Ezekiel 1:5-11 KJV
5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
As we continue in the book of Ezekiel the four faces are different: cherub, man, lion, and eagle.
Ezekiel 10:14 KJV
14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
I have another article that I've already written that I want to post after this article so I kind of rushed through and finished up this one without fully developing some of my ideas. Depending on the response to this article there may by a part 2 where I will go more in depth about the Seraphim. I strongly encourage you to read Ezekiel’s descriptions for yourself (Ezekiel chapter 1 and chapter 10) and come to your own conclusions.
**I want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Resources
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
Christians: Jesus Is The Only Way
**Jesus is the only way**
I often think back to when I was growing up in the 70's and 80's. I think back about how we were taught to respect everyone but especially our elders. I think about how people would help out those in need without expecting anything in return. I think about how our friends and neighbors were also our family. I think about how parents were real parents and their children loved, respected, and feared them. I think about how southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky was the heart of the Bible belt. I think back to a simpler time before social media, the world wide web, caller ID, political correctness, and the drug epidemic that's swept our country.
You see people on social media arguing whether addiction is a choice or a disease. Recently I've came to the conclusion that addiction is really spiritual warfare and the Bible belt is ground zero. Satan has been using addiction to divide and conquer us. Satan has been using addiction to destroy our families, our friends, our neighbors, our schools, our churches, our communities, and our country.
You're worthless. You're not good for anything. You're not strong enough to fight. You'll have to use everyday for the rest of your life. You're scum the lowest of the low. Nobody even cares if you live or die. Everyone even your family thinks you're a piece of thrash. Satan uses these lies of addiction and many more to control the addict and keep them down. Over the last 5 or 6 years I've noticed that Satan is now using the lies of addiction on the non addict. The addicts are worthless. The addicts are trash. The addicts are homeless, prostitutes, and thieves. The addicts are less than human. The addicts will always be addicts and nothing more. The addicts will never change. Why even try to save their lives when they OD? They'll just do it again. The addicts don't even deserve to live.
I tell people all the time that there is only two possible outcomes of drug addiction. You either get clean or you die. That's it there's no in between. You either choose life or you choose death. I've had so many friends and family die from overdosing that I can't even count them all. It's very common when someone ODs and passes away to hear people say things like "They were doing so good. They'd been in recovery for so long now. We just can't understand why they decided to use again." Satan tells the addict "You've got it under control now. Remember how good it used to feel. You can do it just one more time and not do it again." That's when that "just one more time" becomes the last time they ever do anything. We don't need recovery because a recovering addict is still an addict.
I was in church Thursday and my pastor said something about Jesus breaking the chains of addiction. Immediately a scripture was laid in my spirit in a way that I've never interpreted it before.
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus isn't just the only way to the Father and heaven. Jesus is the only way to break the chains of addiction. Jesus is the only way to deliverance. Jesus is the only way to salvation. Jesus is the only way to true love. Jesus is the only way to true peace that passes all understanding. Jesus is the only way to true happiness. Jesus is the only way to true joy. Jesus is the truth that will overcome the lies of Satan and addiction. Jesus is the only way to everlasting life.
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Resources (picture only)
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/468444798717624817/
Christians: Am I Worthy???
I'm working on 4 post right now in my series The Bible Says ______!!! Or Does It ??? but I want to take a small break from that right now. This post is one that's very personal to me and is some of the things that I've been battling my whole life.
I'm not a preacher. I'm not a minister. I'm not a prophet. I'm not a mighty man of God. I'm just a Christian that studies hard and believes in the Word of God with every fiber of my being. It's very very easy for me to sit down and type out a Facebook post or a post for one of my blogs. I enjoy it and I think I'm actually reaching people and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
What's not easy for me (believe it or not) is speaking these things. I've shared before that I have ADD and one of the symptoms of ADD is feeling like your emotions are on steroids. I get super nervous when I have to speak. I'm not only talking about speaking publicly either most of the time I get just as nervous about 1 on 1 conversations. It doesn't have to be with strangers. I get these feelings from speaking to people I've known my whole life (even family members). I don't go many places except for church, work, and the grocery store. I have people invite me to cook outs or similar events all the time but I don't attend them because deep inside I feel out of place. I have family that will almost beg me to visit but I don't because I feel like I'm a bother or I will be a inconvenience to them. Because of these feelings I like being alone or with just my wife and daughter. Before I came to salvation I did a lot of drugs and I do mean a lot of drugs. The drugs would numb these feelings somewhat so I could go visit family or attend events and not freak out. The higher I got the easier it was to pretend to be "normal". These are things inside my head that I've battled my whole life but I have mostly kept to myself.
Thursday night at church the service was going as normal. The worship team sung two songs. The pastor did the offering declaration and prayer. Normally the worship team will sing a third song and the pastor will preach a message. Well during the third song the Holy Ghost started moving and took over the service. One of the worship team members started talking about how there was someone who was struggling. He said "Someone is struggling about feeling worthy of the goodness of God. Your struggling about feeling worthy of the joy, the peace, the patience, and everything that comes with all that God is. Don't sit back for to long or you're going to miss the blessing God has for you. It doesn't say goodness and mercy will follow you when you're being good. It doesn't say goodness and mercy will follow you when you're doing right. It says that it will follow you all the days of your life. It will follow you to the top of the mountain. It will follow you to the lowest valley. I don't care who you are don't sit back and miss your blessing. Because right now is the moment that God wants to bring your world upside down and lift your family upside down". I just knew he was speaking to me. Over the last 6 months God has been trying to get me to step up and step more into my calling but I've been ignoring the calling. There's been many times God had shown me different people who were struggling and that He wanted me to go pray for. I would sit back making excuses like well they don't want me to pray for them. Lord what if I get up to them and don't know what to say when I'm praying? What if I say the wrong thing? What if I offend them? By the time I would make it through all the thoughts of me being spiritually unworthy of praying for someone else the moment had pass. Most the time another member of the church would go pray for the person. There's also been many times God has put it on my heart to testify but again I would run through different scenarios in my head of why nobody wanted to hear what I have to say. Well if I start talking I might make a fool of myself in front of all these people. I just knew that with all of this baggage it has to be me that's feeling spiritually unworthy. So a few minutes later after a few others stepped forward I made my way up to the alter where I started praying.
While I was praying God revealed to me that not only was I battling the feelings of being unworthy spiritually but my whole life I've felt unworthy in the natural. All the feelings about not wanting to have conversations with people, feeling out of place, or like I'm being a inconvenience to others is actually me feeling unworthy. This kind of blew me away. I never in a million years would think that I was feeling unworthy in the natural world but I was. Then the worship team member that had spoken before came up to me and started praying with me. He said that it stops right here and now. There's no more of feeling unworthy and that I am worthy. He said some other things to that I'm not going to share but this was just such a blessing to me.
I will never be the same after these revelations. God is good. I am worthy through the blood of Jesus Christ and if you are a born again covenant believer in Jesus Christ you are worthy as well. Don't sit back and let the enemy steal your blessings like I did for so long. Don't let the enemy trick you into believing that you aren't worthy. God loves you so much that he sent His son Jesus to die on the cross to pay for your sins. The blood of Jesus is enough to cover the sins of every person who has or will walk on this earth. I truly believe with all my heart that if Jesus's blood would only cover your sins and nobody else's he would of still went through with being a sacrifice on the cross. He loves addict that much. He loves the prostitute that much. He loves the atheist that much. He loves the Muslim that much. He loves the homosexual that much. He loves the transgender that much. He loves the murderer that much. He loves the rapist that much. He loves you that much. He loves me that much. There's nothing that we can do to make him love of more than he does and there's nothing we can do to make him love us any less. He sees who we really are and chooses to love us anyway.
I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
The Bible Says God The Father Created Everything!!! Or Does It???
The Bible says God the Father created everything we see and after He created Adam and Eve they would all have a evening stroll together in the Garden. The Bible says Adam was the first man and he was made perfect without sin so he was able to see God the Father until he sinned. Right??? Or does it??? I hear people say things like "Well this is the way I was taught growing up or I've heard this preached my whole life so it has to be true." Really??? These are just some more examples of why it's so important for us to really study God's Word for ourselves.
So here's the easy part there isn't any scriptures at least that I've found that says God walked in the garden with Adam and Eve. The closet thing you will find to this is after Adam and Eve sinned and they hid from God.
Genesis 3:8 KJV
8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
It doesn't say that Adam and Eve walked in the Garden with God but it says they heard the voice of God walking in the garden.
John 1:18 KJV
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John 1:18 says no man has seen God at any time. Last time I checked Adam was a man.
(I had to post this whole passage here not just the 3rd verse because to me it is all equally important and shouldn't be separated)
John 1:1-5. KJV
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:10 KJV
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
John 1:3 says Jesus made all things and nothing was made without Him.
John 1:10 says that Jesus was in this world that He made but the world didn't know Him.
So either Jesus created this world and no man (including Adam) has ever seen God the Father or John Chapter 1 is a lie. You either accept the whole Bible as the truth or you accept the whole Bible isn't the truth. There's no in between. It doesn't matter what you were taught or what you've heard preached. What matters is what the Word of God actually says.
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I **want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Resources(picture)
https://www.technewsworld.com/story/86542.html
The Bible Tells Us To Pick Up Snakes!!! Or Does It???
So I have stated a couple of times before in my post that I grew up in Southwestern West Virginia and my family attended a Pentecostal church. Well for many years my grandfather was the pastor of our church and he had some really awesome stories about things that had happened to him over the course of his life. One of the stories was a conversation that he had with a man that went to a snake handling church. For the sake of the article I will call him Brother Smith.
Brother Smith: well you know Brother Davis the Bible tells us plainly in Mark 16:18 that we are to take up serpents.
Grandpa: well if that's the way you interpret it I'm not going to argue about it but that's not the way I interpret it.
Brother Smith: now Brother Davis it's not hard to interpret it is plain as day. All Christians should take up serpents.
Grandpa: Not this Christian. I ain't about to handle no snake.
Brother Smith: Brother Davis you've been a Christian since your early 20's and a pastor for almost 40 years. Now you mean to tell me that if there was a snake laying right here in front of us and God told you plainly to pick it up you wouldn't have enough faith in Him to do it.
Grandpa: No sir that's not what I said that's not what I said at all. If there was a snake laying right here in front of us and God told me to go pick it up then without a shadow of a doubt I would have enough faith in Him to go pick it up........ But He didn't and I ain't gonna.😂🤣😂
Today more then ever it is of extreme importance that we rightly divide the Word. When reading the Bible we need to take into account the culture, the customs and the traditions of the Jewish people at the time that the Bible was written.
Mark 16:18 KJV
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
This scripture isn't saying that we should incorporate snake handling, drinking poison, and holding flames of fire to our body into our worship and praise. When you understand the times this was written you understand that the disciples would mostly travel on foot from town to town spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many times on their journeys they would have to pass over mountains with treacherous pathways that was the only route they could follow to get to their destination. Very often they would run across poisonous snakes on these pathways and they had only two choices of action to take. They could either turn around and hope that after some time the snake would leave on its own or the could remove the snake from their path. That's exactly what this scripture is saying. Its giving them the authority and insurance from God to remove the snakes from their paths so they can continue to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
**I want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Resources (picture)
https://psmag.com/.amp/social-justice/prodigal-king-of-the-serpents-snake-handling-preacher-andrew-hamblin-95916
Lucifer Is My Lord And Savior!!! (Please Read Before You Unfollow Me)
Lucifer is my Lord and Savior!!! Lucifer is the way, the truth, and the life!!! No man comes to the Father except through Lucifer!!! Lucifer is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords!!! Lucifer loves you so much that he died on a cross to pay for your sins. I bet right about now at least 90% of you probably think I've lost my everloving mind. 😂🤣😂 No I am not a Satan worshipper. No I haven't turn my back on God and renounced Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.
What if I told you Lucifer isn't the name of the enemy? What if I told you Satan isn't even the name of the enemy? You might ask well what is the name of the enemy? And I would say that's for another post and I have a whole lot more studying to do before I go into that one😂🤣😂. Today we are going to go over Lucifer and it's true meaning.
First off Lucifer isn't a name. I refer to it as a title but that's not 100% correct either. Lucifer is more of a duty, job, or responsibility. Lucifer is exactly what duty/job the enemy was responsible for in Heaven. When he got cast down to Earth from Heaven he lost the privilege of using that name/title forevermore. Now we have a new Lucifer or Morning Star. Now on a sidenote Satan is not a name either it's also more of a title. Satan means adversary and the correct way to say it would be the śātān (Hebrew meaning the adversary). I know some of you still don't believe me and all I can say is Google it to find out for yourself.
Lucifer is Latin and means the morning star, light bringer, or light bearer. Isaiah 14:12 is the only place in the King James Version where the word Lucifer is used. That's it folks 1 place in the whole KJV Bible. The original Hebrew text used the word הֵילֵ֣ל (hei·lel) here meaning O star of the morning it was translated to the word Lucifer when the Latin Vulgate was written in 405 AD. The King James Bible was written 1611 thats over 1200 years after the Latin Vulgate. Now by the time the KJV was written most people had already came to accept Lucifer as the name of the enemy and because of this it was transliterated into the KJV. The Latin Vulgate also used the word Lucifer for 2 Peter 1:19 in the original Greek it is φωσφόρος ἀνατείλῃ — phosphoros anatili (light-bearer of the dawn). The KJV didn't use the word Lucifer in 2 Peter 1:19 because they didn't want to confuse the people about who the scripture was talking about.
If you haven't figured it out by now I will tell you that Jesus is Lucifer. Jesus is the Morning Star. Jesus is the Light Bringer. Jesus is the Light Bearer. Again I know some of you think that this is some sort of blasphemy but I will prove to you everything I'm saying is true. I'm going to use 2 Peter 1:19 as my proof. I'm going to give you the Latin version and 3 different English versions. First let's look at the Latin Vulgate which was translated from the original Hebrew (OT) and Greek (NT) by Jerome in 405 A.D.
PETROU BV (2 Peter) 1:19 :: Latin Vulgate (VUL)2 Peter 1:19 - et habemus firmiorem propheticum sermonem cui bene facitis adtendentes quasi lucernae lucenti in caliginoso loco donec dies inlucescat et lucifer oriatur in cordibus vestris https://www.blueletterbible.org/vul/2pe/1/19/s_1157019
I don't read Latin but you can clearly see the word Lucifer here and I will show you the same scripture from three different English translations.
2 Peter 1:19 KJV
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts
Here the King James Version calls him "the day star". Next I want to go to the Complete Jewish Bible.
2 Peter 1:19 CJB
19 Yes, we have the prophetic Word made very certain. You will do well to pay attention to it as to a light shining in a dark, murky place, until the Day dawns and the Morning Star rises in your hearts.
Here the CJB calls him "the Morning Star" which in Latin is Lucifer. Now let's look at the New Living Translation
2 Peter 1:19 NLT
19 Because of that experience, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are like a lamp shining in a dark place—until the Day dawns, and Christ the Morning Star shines[a] in your hearts. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter%201%3A19&version=NLT#fen-NLT-30459a
So the NLT says "Christ the Morning Star" or "Christ the Lucifer". Now I have never heard of or been able to find where anyone has stated that the Bible isn't speaking of Jesus here.
This is the last scripture I'm going to use to prove Jesus is Lucifer or the Morning Star. Revelation 22:16 KJV these words are written in red meaning this is a quote from Jesus Himself.
Revelation 22:16 KJV 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
My uncle has been a born again Christian for over 35 years. About a year ago he sent me a YouTube video of a mass service. In the video the priest was singing in Latin and they had the translation going on the bottom of the screen. It gets to a part and I don't remember the exact words it used but it was something like "Lucifer our Savior". Well my uncle was telling me that this is 100% proof that the Catholic church is devil worshippers. I had to explain to him that the priest was singing in Latin and the meaning of Lucifer is morning star. I told him that the priest was singing about Jesus not the enemy. Well this kind of took the wind out of his sails sort of speak. I have many Catholic friends and heck my wife's family are all Catholic so I did take some offense do this. I just don't understand why some Christians want to put other Christians down. We are living in the last days. It's past time for us to put our differences aside and united as the body of Christ. I don't care if your Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Pentecostal, etc.... if you're a born again covenant believer in Jesus Christ you are part of the church and you are part of the body of Christ.
**I want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
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Resources
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https://laymansbible.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/the-angel-unmasked/amp/
Christians: Yeah But You're My Mess
I was at work one night just in my own little world the way I often am with my ADD. I was kinda of talking with God in my head. I started tearing up like I always do when I feel his presence. I started feeling the anointing of the Holy Ghost with the goosebumps, hair standing up, and lump in my throat. I don't remember exactly what the thoughts were going through my head but I remember thinking most the time I'm just a big mess. Just as soon as the word mess crossed my mind God spoke to me. He said "Yeah but you're my mess". Tears just started streaming down my face and I was almost sobbing at this point. I just felt so close to Him in that moment. For literary 45 minutes I couldn't stop the tears from flowing. I thought God somebody's going come by and think I'm crazy. He said "Well you've never cared before if people think you're crazy". So finally I started to gain my composure with just a tear falling every once in a while and the guy that runs the other side of the line I work on came up to tell me he was getting ready to go to lunch. It really was kinda funny because when he first walked over he was like joking. When he got close enough to see me he must of seen some tears on my face or he could just tell I had been crying. His tone and demeanor just instantly changed and he walked away really quickly. About 15 minutes later he came back over to say he was finally taken lunch. I was like cool. Than in a really soft voice he was like is everything ok. I was like oh yeah I just finished some tool changes and everything should be good lol. It got me thinking for so many years I hardened my heart and fought my feelings and emotions. One of the symptoms of ADD is you feel like your emotions are on steroids. When you're happy you're really really happy. When you're sad you're really really sad. When you're mad you're really really mad. Everyday I would just try to stay so numb that I couldn't feel anything. Even though I had went to church a lot until I was like 20 I didn't understand that void I felt or the emptiness inside. I didn't understand that it didn't matter how much alcohol I drunk, how many drugs I did, or even how much sex I had I couldn't fill that void. It took me till my mid 40s after I got saved to realize Jesus was the only one who could fill the void. Now I feel blessed by the tears because they're not tears of sadness but of happiness and joy. So if you see me out and I have tears in my eyes just know everything is ok. As a matter of fact everything is better than ok. I'm most likely just having a conversation with God.😃😃😃
**I want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Christians: How I Came To Salvation
I had started writing this post on Saturday morning and wasn't for sure if I would even post it. I couldn't tell you how many times I've written things like this and never shared them. For some reason I feel this needs to be shared.
I was thinking on my way home from work this morning most Christians can tell you the date and some even the time that they accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. I can't. I know it was sometime around May 2017. I know it was in my bedroom kneeling beside my bed. I know that when I got up from praying that I felt different. I know that I had a love and joy in my heart and soul that wasn't there before. I had that peace that passes all understanding for the first time ever.
Most Christians will tell you they accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior because they were afraid of going to Hell or dying a sinner. Neither is true for me. I believed Hell is real but for some reason I never felt I was going there. I never feared dying a sinner somehow I just figured I would get saved before I died. The reason I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior is I had made such a mess of my life by doing things my way that my everyday existence was a living Hell. It was insane for me to keep doing the same things over and over and wondering why things never got better. When I felt that tucking at my heart I figured I had tried everything else but Jesus so what would it hurt. I mean if things didn't work out I could always go back to the way I was before. Once I did repent of my sins and pray for forgiveness I just sit back and watched God work things in my favor. I was amazed how much my life turned around in such a short period of time.
I was watching a lot of preaching on Facebook and the internet. The enemy kept telling me that all today's churches just wanted your money or they all just gossip and backstab each other. For months the enemy would tell me things like this but God kept saying you know Jeff's church isn't like that. One Thursday night I was on Facebook and for some reason the live feed from Judah Tabernacle came across my timeline. So I started watching. Even though I have known Pastor Jeff Leslie my whole life this was the first time I had ever heard him preach. I still remember the message it was about sowing your seeds and he had a seed sack. He said that God bottled your tears and watered your seeds with them. Man I could just feel the anointing of the Holy Ghost and all I knew was I had to go there. The next Sunday morning I was at Judah Tabernacle for the first time. That was 4 years ago and I'm so glad that I listened to God and went to church there. I now consider Judah Tabernacle as my home church. I've meet some of the most amazing, caring, and loving Christians there that want to help build you up and not tear you down. Loving God and loving people.
**I want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Christians: I Believe What I Read In The Word Of God
Everyone that knows me knows that I was brought up in a Pentecostal church. I truly believe that I had some of the best Sunday school teachers that ever taught including my mother and grandfather. I truly believe that I've heard some of the best sermons that have ever been preached anywhere in the world. Although I wasn't a born again Christian growing up I had an above average understanding of the scriptures because of some wonderfully amazing Christians that took their time to teach me. Looking back at it now I consider myself fortunate that I was brought up this way and I wouldn't change it for anything.
Last weekend I was studying a subject that I thought I had a pretty good grasp on but I still had some questions about because it just didn't seem to line up right with my own experiences. As I was researching and reading my Bible I found out that what I was taught growing up and thought was right my whole life actually wasn't. This wasn't the first time this has happened but this one really blew me away. Honestly I had to just let it settle in my mind and spirit for a little while.
I know that nobody intentionally mislead me and everyone really thought they were teaching me what was right. This just reinforced to me the importance of reading the Bible for ourselves and not being afraid to adjust our own beliefs according to what is actually said in the Word of God. Everyone that is even just a little bit familiar with the Bible has heard that we are to work out our own salvation but what does the Bible actually say:
Philippians 2:12 KJV
**12** Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, ****work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.****
So yes it does say we are to work out our own salvation but most will leave out the with fear and trembling. The reason we are to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling is because if we're wrong it could change where we spend eternity. So that in itself should be enough for us not to take anybody's word for what the Bible says but we should read it ourselves.
I always tell people "I don't believe exactly how my grandparents believed. I don't believe exactly how my parents believe. I don't believe exactly how my siblings believe. I don't believe exactly how my pastor believes. I believe what I read in the Word of God." We can't just take other people's word for what The Bible says we need to read it, research it, and study things out for ourselves.
Biscuits, Sausage Gravy, Fried Taters, And Eggs😋😋😋
I always say that you can't call yourself a real hillbilly if you can't cook biscuits and gravy😂. Today I'm going to go over how I fix my favorite "down home" breakfast that I actually almost always make for dinner instead of breakfast.
So I like to start out making the biscuits. Again I don't measure anything all my cooking is done from eyeballing and feel. I take self rising flour and put it in a big bowl. I take some lard (you can use Crisco or vegetable oil) and cut it (mix up well) into the flour. Next I'll take buttermilk or whatever milk I have and mix it all real good. I'll let that sit for about 15 minutes and then I'll spread some flour out on a plate. I'll take my biscuit mix and make good size balls out of them and roll them in flour. After that I'll place them in my preheated well greased cast iron skillet. They go into the oven at 450 for about 20 minutes or when they are golden brown. Last I'll butter the tops with real butter.
The next part is really simple and easy. I'll peel and slice some potatoes toss them in olive oil. I cook them in my basket air fryer at 400 for about 22 minutes shaking them up real well halfway through.
While the biscuits and taters are cooking I'll get started on the gravy. I take a roll of sausage and fry it in a large frying pan. I chop the sausage up as its frying. When the sausage is good and done I may add a little lard or vegetable oil to it (only if I think there's not enough grease from cooking the sausage). Next I'll add flour and mix it up till it's a nice thick paste. Finally I'll add milk and stir like crazy. If your gravy turns out to thick just add more milk. If it turns out to thin just keep cooking till it thickens.
Usually by the time I'm finished with the gravy the biscuits and taters are finished as well. All I have to do now is fry up some eggs and it's time to eat.
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Hello read.cash. So this is my introduction 😁. My name is Brian. I'm 48 years old. I was born in Columbus, OH (US) when I was 6 years old my family moved to southwestern West Virginia. After I turned 20 I moved back to Columbus and have been here every since. I am a born again covenant believer in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I'm a former drug addict, drug dealer, sex addict, alcoholic,and many other horrible things. I say former and not recovering because recovering is ongoing (with you for the rest of your life). I'm already recovered through the blood of Jesus Christ. Those things are in my past and not part of my present or future. I'm a husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew, but most importantly I am a child of the one and only true living God.
I have many many interest which includes the Bible, investing, sports, and southern cooking. I'm sure that I will be writing about all these things and many more. I'm not one of those types of people that just ramble on about nothing so I plan to keep my blogs short and sweet. Hopefully all of them will be able to be read within 2 to 5 minutes unless I have something of importance to share. With all that being said I look forward to sharing my thoughts and opinions with all you guys.
(I like to all end my post the same way)
**I want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
Soup Beans, Cornbread, and Fried Taters
So most everything I cook is considered "Southern Food" which is what I grew up on and what I love to eat . Today I'm going to share how I cook what is probably the all time most popular "hillbilly food" because its cheap and its delicious. So lets get right to it Soup Beans, Cornbread, and Fried Taters. BTW I am a true hillbilly and we don't measure nothing. Everything we cook is done by eyeballing and feel 😂🤣😂.
So very first thing is you want to rinse off your pinto beans really well to get all the dirt and debris off them. From here I put them in a crockpot and fill it up with water to soak for 12 to 16 hours. It is very important to soak your beans because they will soften and swell up which helps them to become really tender when they are finished cooking. So the next day I will rinse them again, add clean water, and start cooking. I cook my beans in my crockpot on high. The longer you soak and cook your beans the better they will be. I also add bacon or fatback about halfway through the cooking process. I like to cook my beans for 12 hours or so then let them cool down. Once they cool I will put them in the fridge for a couple of hours sometimes overnight. I do this because somethings just seem to taste better to me as leftovers. I like soup beans, chilli, and spaghetti like this but it just the way I prefer them you can skip this step if you want. When I pull them out of the fridge I warm them back up on high for a few hours.
While my beans are warming back up I start my cornbread. I use 1/2 cornmeal, 1/2 self rising flour, some bacon grease (you can use vegetable oil instead), 1 or 2 eggs depending on the amount I'm making. and milk. I mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Then I add the bacon grease and stir it up. Next I add the egg mix it up. Last but not least I add just enough milk to give me a thick wet mix but not runny. I preheat my oven to 425 with a well greased cast iron skillet in it. Once the oven is heated up I take the cast iron skillet out grease it up again and add my cornbread mix. I cook it for 20 to 25 minutes or till it nice a golden brown on top. You can also stick the cornbread with a fork to make sure the middle is done.
Now while my beans and cornbread are cooking I'll start the taters. I peel and cut the potatoes then toss in olive oil. I always cook my potatoes in my basket air fryer at 400 for 20 to 22 minutes and shake them well halfway through.
When it's all finished you end up with something similar to my picture. I always salt and pepper to taste, add onions, and a little yellow mustard again its just the way I prefer them. Only thing left to do is eat like a "real hillbilly" 😂🤣😂. Hope this helps y'all out.
Christians: Abba Father Not My Will But Yours Be Done
Luke 22:42 KJV
42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
I've often heard people debate about this being a moment of doubt and weakness for Jesus. Some don't understand that when Jesus came into this world as a human being He set His divinity aside. Everything that Jesus done during His lifetime all the healings, all the miracles, all the prophecies, etc... was done through God the Father. Jesus was just as human as you and I with human emotions. Yes the main reason He came was to be the ultimate sacrifice for our salvation but He also came to be an example to us on how we should live. I don't believe that this was a moment of weakness or doubt with Jesus. I believe that like all of us he really didn't want to face the horribly painful cruel death that he knew awaited Him but He loves us so much that He did it anyways. To me He was saying Father I know that I must die for the sins of humanity. If there's any other way I'd rather not go out like this but if this is the only way I willingly accept it.
Every set back, every misstep, and every bad thing that's happened in my life since I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior has been because I did things my way. I didn't pray and fast. I didn't seek out God's will. I did my will and 90% of the time it turns out to be a complete disaster. So I've learnt the hard way (as usual) that I need to follow the example that Jesus left for us in this verse. Abba Father not my will but yours be done. Even if its something I don't care for Abba Father not my will but yours be done. Even if its something that I don't understand Abba Father not my will but yours be done. Even if its something I think isn't right for me Abba Father not my will but yours be done. Even if its something that is terrifying to me Abba Father not my will but yours be done. Even if its something that I really don't want to do Abba Father not my will but yours be done. No matter what Abba Father not my will but yours be done.
**I want to end by giving honor where honor is due. Thank you Abba Father for keeping your hand upon me and my life. Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior and for dying on the cross so that I could have eternal life. Thank you Holy Spirit for giving me guidance, discipline, comfort, and for being so much more to me than just a tongue talker.**
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