The First Light
I stood outside earlier and looked out across the morning sky. The darkness was as thick as a black velvet blanket. But in the midst of the darkness the God we serve made sure that His Glory shone through as the stars brightened up the night sky. I’m glad He is my God Who has redeemed me from darkness to His marvelous light. May the Lord bless this day He has given to us this morning and may He bless you my friends.
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Well.. yep I did it…
Well…. I go outside to my truck and I checked the oil and I can tell it needed some so I put it in.
After I put it in, I can tell everything was better now. I started up the truck and I say to myself I will let it run for about 10 or 15 minutes.
I go in the house and I start to paint the bathroom door like I promised my precious wife that I would do.
After about 45 minutes of painting the door and 15 minutes of cleaning the brush, I go to the living room to rest just a couple of minutes. As I sit down, I began to hear the sound of an engine and I am thinking I have a visitor outside, so I look out the door and there’s nothing.
I still hear the engine running so I step outside and make my way down the walkway and the noise is coming from my truck and then it dawned on me… Lord, how much more can I take?
I feel better now because I have poured my heart out.
Have a great day. 
What a letdown..
Well… Once again, I’m sitting here on the front porch drinking me a cup of coffee this afternoon. My dog Lucy, and it appeared to be no apparent reason, begins to bark. Being the child of God that I am, I’m thinking that maybe she is hearing the movements of the angels wings and that maybe the rapture is getting ready to take place. For a short few seconds, I get excited thinking we might be finally getting to go home and then all of a sudden out from behind one of the trees comes an Amazon truck.
What a let down….
Have a great day 
Good morning,
As I was drinking my coffee this morning on the front porch, I was looking over at one of the huge trees across the street at the church.
That whole tree is still green, with an exception of one small patch of leaves that have begun to turn. I had to take a picture of it as I looked at it. I guess you can say I pondered on that small patch of leaves.
That tree has been standing for many years and much has changed around it, but the tree still stands. That tree has stood the test of time yet it still stands so tall. Every imaginable type of weather has come upon that tree, but it still stands.
As I think on the Lord this morning, His Word has stood the test of time. The world will say that the Bible is outdated and does not align with today’s society, but how wrong they are in believing such silliness.
The world sees the tree with it leaves beginning to turn brown, but I see a tree that has stood the test of time and is ramping up for another year standing tall.
I see the Bible, God‘s Holy Word, standing tall in victory and overcoming all obstacles that come against it. I sure am glad I’m safe this morning and on my way to heaven. Yes, I’m saved because of what our mighty God did for me through his Son on Calvary.
Have a blessed day!
Time Shall Be No More
The old gospel song lyrics says these words: “When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound in time shall be no more”…
Life is filled with us being concerned about time. We have went from being laid-back and taking it easy and slowing down and pacing ourselves, and let’s not forget the old “Set a spell, Take your shoes off.
Y'all come back now, y'hear?”
TO…
I want it and I want it now! OR This One…
THERE IS NO REASON WHY IT SHOULD TAKE THIS LONG!
Folks, How long has it been since we took time to listen to God?
Take note what I said there… Since we took time… to listen to God
How long how it been since we took time to listen to the Lord speak to us?
Way above the hustle and the bustle of the world there is a God who is speaking to us. He may speak to us through the wind and the rain, through the storm, or he may speak to us in a still small voice, but he speaks.
I say to you this afternoon that all we need to do is listen and we will hear the voice of an Almighty God. Rest assured that when God speaks to us, He speaks to us in a manner that we will hear Him and if we choose not to listen to him, he certainly knows how to get our attention. The most important voice we can hear and listen to is His. The most important question to answer is whether or not we are saved and on our way to Heaven.
Time is certainly of essence and Jesus could come back today. Are we ready when He comes? Now is the acceptable time for salvation. Turn to Him today before it is too late. God Bless
Just a Talk
Good morning,
The Lord never gets tired of you talking to him. Don’t ever feel like that you are a bother to the Lord, because you are not. It would be a hurt to my heart to think that I would go to someone at church and say good morning Brother, while all along when they say good morning back to me, they are actually removing the “r” from Brother because that’s what they think I am to them, a bother. The Lord is not bothered with you talking to him all day if that’s what you do.
As a matter of fact, the Lord reminds us to pray without ceasing. Call on him while he may be found. Very few can say that they had a sweet hour of prayer with the Lord or in most cases even just a little talk to Him.
I’m glad that I can talk to my Lord and I’m glad that he listens to me.
May the Lord bless you today!
Cancellation:
Unfortunately, effective the middle of August, I will have to cancel my website because I am finding it hard to pay for it. Forgive me in advance and I hope I have been a help to someone along the way. God bless.
Keep on the firing line for our God:
Everything the Lord has done for us when we got saved, Satan continually tries to undo… to no avail…
Jesus completely buried our past:
Satan tries to dig up our bones:
Jesus changed our walk:
Satan uses whatever and whoever he can to place stumbling blocks in our way:
Jesus gives to us joy, unspeakable, and full of glory:
Satan use whatever and whoever he can to discourage us in our path:
Jesus put within our hearts a melody of peace and love:
Satan uses whatever and whoever he can to take away our song:
Jesus has given to us a promise of a home in Heaven someday:
Satan knows his destination is hell and continues to take as many with him as he possibly can:
The Bible teaches us that little is much when God is in it:
The Bible also says that just a small amount of leaven (which speaks of sin) lumps the whole loaf 🍞…
Let today be the day that we become an encourager and not a discourager:
Let today be the day that we build up and not tear down:
Let today be the day that what we do in secret will bring honor and glory to our God:
We have never been perfect, and today is no exception, but the Lord Jesus is all together lovely.
I’m glad I’m saved and safe in Jesus this morning: May God bless…
The Prodigal
Good morning everyone and hope you can say that it’s settled between you and the Lord and Heaven is your home.
Once again, I am reminded of the story in scripture concerning the prodigal son. After requesting his inheritance from his father, and receiving it, he spent all that his father gave him on riotous living.
After spending all of the money and@ having nothing left, he finds himself in a hog pen and begins to think about Home. After contemplating what to say to his father when he gets back home, he makes his way back to his father‘s house.
When he is yet a good distance from his home, to his surprise, his father has been waiting for him all the while and sees his son as he tops the hill. The Bible says that the father ran to meet his son and hugged him and gave to him a fatherly kiss.
The father hugged the son who still had the smell and the ugliness of the hog pen still on him. It did not matter to the father that his son was in this condition, only that his son had come home.
I am so thankful that about 10 years ago, the Lord cleaned me up from the hog pin of life and change my clothes and put a ring on my finger.
I know that I’m not much to look at to so many people on this side of eternity, but the Lord looked beyond my hog pen, life and save my soul.
I say GLORY!!!
God Really Does Know
This morning, I am sitting on the front porch and once again, the sun is rising up on the eastern sky at an azimuth of about 65°. You may ask why would you say something like that when we are not surveyors or astrologers or work for NASA? It’s just a matter of understanding that what we don’t know, God does. He is the One Who truly understands what’s going on around us. Everything is perfectly aligned according to His will. We can Trust Him this morning. God bless…
The Nailed Scarred Hand
There is an old gospel favorite that reminds us that even though we may feel alone in our travels in this life, we can trust God’s promise that He is always there with us.
2 Are you walking alone through the shadows dim?
Place your hand in the nail-scarred hand;
Christ will comfort your heart, put your trust in Him,
Place your hand in the nail-scarred hand
PLACE YOUR HAND IN HIS NAIL SCARRED HAND TODAY
Love 💕 each of you
The Father of all Lies
I want to first say good evening to everyone. I also want to get on here and say that the devil is a liar and of course he is the father of all lies.
As Christians, we’ll never know until we get on the other side of glory how many times the Lord has been working things out in our lives while all along Satan is in the background making you feel like it’s not worth it. The devil is so convincing that if you’re not careful and you don’t have your guard up, you will believe what he’s got to say from the very beginning. I might fail you and you may fail me, but God has never failed us. I have to remind myself at times that it’s not about me and it’s not about you but it’s everything to do with him. I don’t know if it stims from the Marines of long ago or perhaps my lifestyle in the past but sometimes I make it so hard to smile 😊… but I’m working on it. And what I can’t fix on my own, you can rest assured that God is still working on me. Well, that’s all I have to say about it. Have a great rest of your evening and may the Lord bless you and keep you and cause His face to shine upon YOU!!!
Btw… can you say it’s settled between you and The Lord and Heaven is your home 🏠?
He Is all You Need
Have you ever felt like your words are falling on deaf ears? Have you felt like your steps that were purposed to move you forward seem to be lagging behind and your not getting anywhere? Have you stepped up to be a positive influence on others and it seems to have turned into a problem.
The God that we serve is a problem solver. He is a Way Maker. He opens up the deaf ears. He heals the blinded eyes. He picks us up when we have fallen. He is beside us. He has before us. He is behind us. Indeed he is an ever present help in our lives when we are sure no one else is there. He is our guide. He is our anchor. He is why we make it to the other side. He gives to us wisdom and understanding that this world knows not of.
When the bright sun is rising up on the eastern skies, but your heart is sure it is a setting sun, it is His presence that brightens our Darkest Hour. 
When we have failed ourselves and perhaps others, He has never failed us nor has he ever forsaken us.
Solomon of old said it this way: “He is altogether lovely.”
As my mother would say so many times down through the years, may the Lord bless you and keep you and cause His face to shine upon you. Amen
What A Beautiful Sound
This morning as I was getting ready for the day, I’m getting myself together and everything seemed so quiet as it normally is. I reached down to get my glasses and remembered that I don’t have my hearing aids on, so I reach for then instead. As I place my hearing aids on, I immediately hear a bird chirping outside our window. What a wonderful sound to begin the morning. Just a small reminder that if the birds 🦅 are praising Him this morning, I should be as well. Glad 😌 I’m saved and on my way to Heaven! God bless all. 🙂
He Did Not Stagger
Romans 4:20
He (Abraham) staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
God had told Abraham to leave the land of his nativity and go to a place that God would lead him. God said:
Genesis 12:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
We find that Abraham obeyed God without any question and Abraham became the Father of many nations.
In reading this passage of scripture, my focus rested on Romans 4:20 where the bible says that Abraham “staggered not” at the promise of God through unbelief…
That word “staggered” brings to my mind someone who cannot hold himself up or is about to fall. But here in Scripture it says that Abraham did not stagger at all at the promise of God through unbelief. He believed God all the way and was strong in faith and gave glory to God in all that was accomplished in the way.
He (Abraham) staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief..
How many of us can say that?
It is believed that Abraham was born around 1948 years after creation. God had a plan for Abraham before he was born and God has a plan for you in 2026…
How much faith do we have in God’s plan for our lives and how much glory do we give God along the way.
The world has changed so much but God has never changed and we can trust Him to lead us through.
Let us “not stagger” at the promise of our God through unbelief.
WE CAN TRUST GOD!!!
In a tumultuous world
In a tumultuous world, we serve the God of comfort. Where the sound of bombs and sirens blasting is an everyday occurrence, we serve the God of peace.
In the midst of pain we serve the God of healing. When we can't seem to know where we're headed, He's the Way maker. When we've used up every possible means, He's the God of impossibilities. When love seems to be fading, He is Love. When we've gone that last mile, He carries us on.
I'm glad I know the Lord…