Mom Has Passed

Yesterday evening around 7pm Mom left us and went to be with The Lord. My sister, her husband, and myself by her side. This is a sad time and a joyous time for us. Sad that for a season we will not be with her, joyous because we know she is in Heaven.

Telling Others of His Love

Today we sit in a hospice room waiting for my mother to finish the race. As I look back over her life I am happy that I can say that she knew the Lord. My father also knew the Lord and I know he is waiting for her. I can only imagine the joy that will be shared as the see each other again, a joy I will someday share.

I can not understand how anyone can face death without knowing Christ. The horror that awaits them, and their spirit know this. If we as Christian know this also, why do we not work for the Lord so that no one is lost? Are we afraid that we will be laughed at, or ridiculed? The Bible tells us that if we confess Jesus before men He will confess us before The Father, but if we confess not He will not confess us.

There are many in the World that will face death for telling others of Christ. You can be jailed in China, and martyred in most Islam states, yet there are people there that will tell you about Jesus. They have chosen the Lord and the gates of hell will not prevail against them. We in the US will face this in the future. Things will get very bad for us in the end times. Is your faith strong enough to withstand the attack and still witness for Him even unto death. That may not be what the Lord plans for you but we should be ready to do this if it is required. WE ARE TO WITNESS OF HIM ALWAYS.

My prayer is that I always be ready to tell of His wonderful love for us, that He died for us and we can know Him in a personal way. To always praise Him, to always worship Him as He is worthy of our praises. If we all tell others of His love we can see many saved and we can hear Jesus say to us WELL DONE MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.

nearing the end

I am sitting in the hospital room watching my mother breath knowing that there will me only a small time left here on earth for her. My father died in 1976 and I know he is waiting for her. He was a Godly man, and I know he waits for her. As we watch I can have the knowledge that I will see her again, I can not imagine what it is like to someone who doesn't not have that knowledge. Only through Christ Jesus can we have that knowledge.

I became a born again Christian in 1957 at the age of 12. I can not say I always walked like I should have. I drifted away, far away, but The Lord always kept calling me back. I was a rebel and kept away, only occasionally even attending church. A few years ago I came back and I know I will never again drift away.

In 2006 I had a death experience and I feel that only The Lord saw me through it. I was having dizzy spells and the Doctors decided I needed a tilt table test. As I was on the table the doctor told me he was going to mush my carotid bodies. I felt a sudden tingling feeling. I then heard the doctor yelling at me asking if I was OK. He was standing with those paddles they use to restart a heart. He had just used them on me. They had found out what was wrong with me while I was in a place that I could be fixed. I believe that The Lord had placed me there in the hands of good doctors. I believe that the Lord kept me here for a reason and I am going to do his will.

Every day we have to me ready for the battle. When a love one is dying it is a hard battle. Satan tries to tell us that we are not saved or that our love one is his, or that you have made a bad decision. HE IS WRONG. Prayer defeats him, Christ has already won the victory, we have only to let HIM lead the fight. Praise God for the victory. Death has no hold on us, Christ does.

Our decision about our mother

Yesterday the decision was made to just keep my mother comfortable. She is not getting better. It has been a week and is so weak that she will not improve. We talked to her doctors yesterday about this and they finally told us they don't believe she will improve. I would like to thank everyone for there prayers. She had a long walk with the Lord, at it is time to go home.

Trying day

Today has been a very trying day at the hospital. The staff on my mothers floor is a different group and does not seem to be as caring. She has been there for 6 days and this group just doesn't seem to care. It has taken The Lord to see us through today. I believe Satan is trying to put his will in this, but he has found he can not.

Her heart is very weak and we have decided no surgery. Her Heart doctor didn't even ask, He know, which made the finial decision my sister has to make easier. She is a fighter and she may pull through with The Lords help.

The emotions one goes through in a time like this are like a roller coaster ride. Last evening she seemed to be better, then this morning back to very sick. It leaves you physically drained, but with the knowledge that The Lord walks this with me makes it possible to go on. My sister supernatural Christian and myself are both walking this together. We both have prayed for the Father's will to be done.

We have a wonderful Father in Heaven Who knows best and we are placing our mother's care in His hands. Praise God.

Letting Go

As I wrote on Friday my mother is in the hospital. She seems to be about the same. Her heart is failing. I have been praying for God's guidance. At her age it may be time to let her go. This is of course is hard to do. Our flesh wants to hang on, but our Heavenly Father may say it is time. If this is His will, I must accept it. She is suffering and I do not want that either.

As I ask for his will to be done I have found comforted in the prayer of others. Many understand that I want God's will, not mine, and have prayed for strength for me. I believe this is the way The Lord wants us to pray. The Lord is preparing me to let her go. Only through Him can I find the strength to endure. I know that someday soon I will join her there, and she will have a new body and will be standing there, with my Dad, waiting for me. It is a wonderful thing that awaits us. Praise God for all His mercy. Praise God for His love.

My Mother

I am not going to be blogging today. My mother is back in the hospital, and as she is 85 I wish to spend as much time as possible with her. I may write something tonight. Please pray for her.

Patton's Prayer

Yesterday I received a new Bible from my sister. It is called The Arman's Bible. I was in the Air Force from 1963 t 67. As I looked through it I found prayers by several military leaders.

One that stood out was written for General George Patton. On Dec. 8,1944 Gen. Patton called the Chaplain of the 3rd army James O'Neill and ask him for a prayer for good weather. The Chaplain composed a prayer and a Christmas greeting for the 3rd Army. When he delivered the prayer to Patton, the General ask him " How much praying is being done in the 3rd Army." He went on to say that prayer was an indispensable part of every soldier life.

The General went on to say that God had been good to the 3rd Army. They had never lost a battle, never retreated. He felt prayer was one of the reasons. He told the Chaplain that God was everywhere and the men need to pray everywhere. They did not need a building, or other worship center to pray. He said they should pray while driving, fighting, all the time. From this training letter #5 was sent out to all officers in the 3rd army down to the regimental level. This was done on Dec 14, 1944.

On Dec. 16, 1944 Germany launched an offensive called by the Americans The Battle of The Bulge. Poor weather caused problems for the Americans facing the attack. Gen. Patton's 3rd army was far to the South but turned North and prayed for good weather. On Dec 20 the sky opened and good weather appeared as the 3rd army approached. This allowed the air power to strike and Patton's tanks to fight. In Jan 1945 Gen. Patton told Chaplain O'Neill "prayer works, I knew it would."

Today as our military fights again they need our prayers. They need the protection from our Almighty God. Just as in 1944, prayer works, I know it does.

Part of this blog comes from The Airman's Bible,page 1123 1124, Holman Christian Standard Bible, copy write 2004.

To read his prayer click here

Perfect Sacrifice

In the garden of Eden man sinned against God. When he did that sin became transferable to all of us. But our God did not leave us without hope. He was not going to leave us in a fallen state.

Even as He drove man from the garden, God made a way for fallen man to return to Him. Until Jesus was born a series of sacrifices were required. This was just a partial covering of their sins.

Even these were lacking, only the Perfect One could do. The Lord promised this started in Genesis. Abraham was promised that the Saviour would come through him, and that this Saviour would mediate for man. He would be the perfect sacrifice. He would at a future date totally defeat and crush the enemy of man's soul. The Lord made this promise through out The Old Testament.

We have a wonderful Saviour. He suffered for us, He was the perfect One. Jesus made that sacrifice, so that we do not have to die, but may have eternal life. He paid the price for all of man kind. We all must come to understand this for our self and accept Him as our personal Saviour.

Wonderful ways

The Lord works in wonderful ways. I have recently moved to Kansas. Last Friday I went to get my driver license. I was told I needed my birth certificate, and something showing my Kansas address. I have about half my things in a storage unit and could not find my birth certificate where I am living.

So as I arose Saturday to go to the storage unit I ask the Lord to help me find it and to have something arrive in the mail with my address attached with one of those yellow tags the Post Office uses for forwarding. I was preparing to leave when I notice a small box that I had not checked for my birth certificate. I open it and on the top was the certificate. I said a quick thank you Lord and went about the rest of my morning. when the mail arrived there was a notice from the post office notifying me that my change of address was in effect.

This may not seem to be much, but I believe that it is a small example of what the Lord will do for us if we only trust Him. If we let Him he will watch over us, guide our steps, and protect us. He is all seeing, all know, all powerful, what a wonderful Saviour we have. He wants to do things for His children. Think of how we as parents want to do things for our children. We can not compare to what God wants to do for us.

Praise God for all things. Walk in His Light, His Mercy, His Grace. Remember Jesus died for you, remember this and ponder it as you go about your day. Ask for His strength and guidance, He will not fail.

Jer. 29:11

Ponder Jer. 29:11 I Know the plans I have for you "declares the Lord" plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Have we really thought about this verse. Our Lord has a plan for us. Have you turned your life over to Him so that He can work His plan. It takes a complete turning from our old ways. A total commitment. If we do He can work a wonderful thing in us. We will see people saved, people healed. Our country respected again. your family close. He will not fail you.

Ponder and ask Him to reveal to you His plan for you. Listen for an answer, He will answer. He has a plan for us all.

A PRAISE

Yesterday my sister Supernatural Christian received wonderful news from blood work she had done. As her readers know she has lupus. She was suffering from many of the symptoms of the illness. Her blood work came back as being normal except from lack of vitamin D.

The Lord had healed her and the enemy had been trying to make her think it had returned or that she had not had a healing. We as Christian have the power to pray for one another and receive healing. We are told to lay hands on the sick anointing them with oil. We can receive healing from sickness, mental problems, and other problems.

We also yesterday prayed and fasted for a man in Arizona. we have now heard that his test came back as normal after being given a diagnoses of a terminal illness. There were a lot of people that were praying for him near him and here.

This blog today is just to praise our Lord for his wonderful healing power. We need to praise Him in all we do and say. He is our light, our healer, our salvation. PRAISE THE LORD WITH EVERY BREATH

Mark of the beast

I was pondering the Mark of the beast today. How and what it would be. I can not believe that it is a visible mark that we can see.

Most of the people from the America,s and Europe and many from Asia know about the mark, even the unbelievers. Even those that don't believe would understand what it meant and would not take it. I believe that this mark is something that the beast and his demons could see but not us. In this way he could deceive everyone.

If we The Children of God are marked by The Lord the beast would also know this. He would try all he could to remove The Lord's mark from us. If we were to bow down before(worship)the beast then we would be given his mark and not the Lords. If you think that most people would not do this just look at the way many worship their sport heroes, entertainers, etc. We are being prepared for the mark. The beast could come from anywhere, he could be here now and already be worshipped by many.

We must be prepared to resist any temptation to put anything above our Lord. He only is to be worshipped. He only deserves our praise. He is the One Who has already defeated the beast. We need to prepare ourselves daily for the fight.

His Creation

It is a beautiful day, sun shinning, a bit cool, great day for a walk. The kind of day made for enjoying.

Last night on TV there was a program on the universe. I can not understand how any one can look at a day like today and truly believe that all of this came by an accident, a big bang. That by the luck of a few million modules joining that a blade of grass was formed, I can not guess how many modules for a tree, or and animal with any type of brain let alone ours. Science tries to tell us that this is the way it happened.

The Bible tells us a different story. Of the wonderful creation of every thing that is around us. There is to much order in the way nature runs to be random acts. Of course not all scientist agree with the big bang, some actually teach creation. They use science to prove creation. If you can find a book called " scientific creationism" you should read it. It was a text book when I attend Bible collage a few years ago. It was a very good book about the subject.

We were created in Gods image. Not from an ape. We were created to rule and reign over the earth for God. We were to be above all animals. We were to be their keepers, to watch over them. This was what we were suppose to do, before we sinned.

Oh what a wonderful God we have that made all of the universe. All of this was done in just 6 days. Praise The Lord. He is worthy of all our praise.

proving ones self

In my study last night I was reading Daniel. In the first chapters we note that Daniel was being prepared for was ahead of him. He was given a portion of meat from the Kings table, but would not eat of it. This took courage. The king had the power to do with Daniel as he wanted. The Lord was proving Daniel.

We are tested by many things and people. As we overcome these we become stronger in our walk with God. As we walk through these trials we are proved. As with gold, that is proved my heating to remove the impurities, we must be proved my our trials. The enemy will try what ever he feels is our weakest point. He will even send others who call themselves Christians, to inform us that we are not walking in the Light. We must beware of these, The bible tells us that not all who claim to be of The Lord are His. Only you know if your walk is right with the Lord. We need to search ourselves and prove our self.

When we are attacked from within it causes us more harm than from without. I have seen several Churches split because of an attack on a member or even pastor. Many of these attacks were actually self serving for the attacker. In one case the attack was against the pastor. It was not over the believes of the church but a personal attack. As with most of us we have a past before we were saved. He had drank beer before being saved. This was all behind him and he was a man of God.

This pastor to try and avoid a split resigned. The family doing the attacking wanted their son as the pastor. The church did split and the original church ended in failure. The original pastor started a new church at the encouragement of many of those who left the original church and it is still growing.

We as brother and sisters in God need to encourage each other not tear another down. Remember we will be judged by Him Who sees all.

My move

I finally made the decision and made my move. The Lord had a reason for this move. I am still not sure of what he has in store for me now but things are already starting to happen. My new Church has classes that help you grow in the lord. One of them is starting it's ten week series next Sunday. Of course The Lord knew this and was trying to get me to understand that he wanted me here to take these and other classes.

When we seem to be having problems in our relationships we need to step back from them and look at what the Lord is trying to tell us. He wanted me here. I had ties that had to be broken. I did not have the strength to do them myself. The Lords let things develop to a point that I would step away. There are still ties there that are good. Some good friends, and my daughter and her family, but I have a peace since I have arrived here that I did not have.

I know The Lord has a work for me here and I am ready to start preparing for it, what every it is. I have surrender all to him, and he is moving in wonderful ways.

Our walk with The Lord

For some people life seems to be a burden, an endless series of tasks that have no importance. There is a hardness to this earthly life, but The Christian life is filled with a purpose and power.

We are a changed people. When we accept Christ He does a work in us that gives us this purpose and power. If one studies the first chapters of Acts we see that this happen with the Apostles were filled with The Spirit of God. Our propose is to be a living witness to our risen Saviour. We are given the power to be that witness through The Spirit of God.

Each day we must walk as if today is the last day. We must be that witness every moment. Others are watching what we do, say, and teach. If they see in us the truth of what the Bible teaches they will have a conviction on their heart. If we loss\e our temper and yell and other, it is not Christ like. I could continue talking about other things that distract form our walk but each of us must look at our self and ask The Lord to show us where we are not walking in His image.

His Children

In John5:28 we are told that the hour is coming where even the grave will not hold His children. Who are his children?

They are born again believers, saved through His grace and mercy. They are bought by His Blood on Calvary, paid for by His strips. They are those who have confesses their sins and ask The Lord to come into their hearts, to live in them.

But we must beware, there are many who confess Him Him are still not his children. You must confess that you are a sinner and ask for forgiveness, only then can you be born again.

His children walk in His light. The strive for righteousness. We are to be Holy as He is Holy Jesus wants us to be like Him, to put away evil things of this world, evil thoughts, and evil deeds.

His children are forgiving. This is one hardest things for all of us. When we are hurt by someone we as humans want to cause hurt back, but Jesus said to forgive them, to turn the other cheek. He forgives us so we must forgive others.

His children pray for others. We are to pray daily for forgiveness, for His mercy, for the afflicted, our country, our leaders, even if you do not agree with them. We are to pray The Lord's guideance on them. Pray for your family, friends. Believing He will answer your prays. He always does, even if it is to tell you no. Pray for His protection from evil. The devil wants to harm you, but he is weak compared to The Lord.

His children are Loving. The Bible says love is the greatest gift. We are to love one another even the sinner, not his sin but the person. Jesus loved us while we were still in sin, He loved us enough to die for us. Just think how much he love you. He would have died if you were the only one who need Him. What a love.

My decision to move

Today I am faced with a decision whether to move from the area I have lived in since 1978. I feel that the Lord is showing me that is his will. I just want to be sure. If It is His will I will move.

Sometimes we as humans want to move to fast and don't wait on The Lord to show us his will. The last 2 days he seems to be pushing me to this move even faster than I was thinking. I have been praying about this for several days. I know longer feel at home here, even having my daughter close does not help. I feel that the Lord is show me in this way that it is his will.

I have talked to other Christians and they all seem to feel that the Lord has a work for me else where