WAITING FOR HELP

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"I said, 'I have worked, but how hopeless

it is!  I have used up my strength, but have

accomplished nothing'.

Yet I can trust the Lord to defend my cause;

he will reward me for what I do."

(Isaiah 49:4 GNT)

Then God said,

"Then you will know that I am the Lord;

no one who waits for my help will be

disappointed."

(Isaiah 49:23b GNT)

TO SMART FOR YOUR OWN GOOD

So you have the "truth" all figured out.

But, does "truth" agree with you?

"Your wisdom and knowledge

led you astray,"

(Isaiah 47:10 GNT)

"So Jesus said to those who believed

in him, 'If you obey my teaching,

you are really my disciples; you 

will know the truth, and the truth

will set you free.'"

(John 8:31,32 GNT)

It is time to get out of your little mind

and into the one book that can give you

the truth,

The Holy Bible.

HE BLEW IT

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You have seen it more often than myself.

Pro athletes, actors or a celebrity who were

worth millions blew it.  You know,

bankrupt, insolvent, ruined or became penniless.

They simply blew it.

Why?

Usually because they simply squandered

their resources, or made bad investments.

They threw away more money than most of 

us could ever hope to make in a life time.

BUT, you have something much more valuable that

the money they threw away.  Your very life.  The

life that God gave you.  Are you squandering it?

There was once a rich man who had really

pilled it up.

"But God said to him, 'You fool!  

This very night you will have to 

give up your life;  then who will

get all these things you have kept

for yourself?'"

"And Jesus concluded, 'This is how

it is with those who pile up riches for

themselves but are not rich in God's

sight." (Luke 12:20,21 GNT)

Another time there was a rich man who really lived it up.

But,

"The rich man died and was buried,

and in Hades, where he was in great

pain, he looked up......" (Luke 16:22,23 GNT)

The fact that we all want to over look is,

"Everyone must die once

and after that be judged

by God." (Hebrews 9:27 GNT)

Are you just blowing your life away?

Or getting rich toward God?

BRAIN DEAD

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I live in a "brain dead" society.

The computer in our head has been infected with

a virus that has completely killed all brain activity.

Consider.

A gorilla [That is a large animal] was shot to 

protect a child.  The world went wild.  An animal

was shot, just to protect a child.

And,

daily thousands of children [They are little people like you]

are killed in abortion centers with no out cry at all.

When did an animal become more important than a human?

Or an eagle's egg more important than a human life?

We need to get back to God's book, the Holy Bible,

and let it clean the virus out of our brains.  Then

reboot our God given brains into action.

IT'S HARD TO BE A FOOL

 It is hard to be a fool.

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There is a statement I used to hear,

"He will work harder trying to get out of work

than it would be just to do the work."

I have not heard the statement in many years.

But I see it demonstrated constantly today.

One of the places I see it demonstrated constantly

is in the evolutionary community.

I own a piece of property that is hundreds

of miles from any sea.  Yet there are sea shell

fossiles all over the place, as the neighbor also

has.

What more proof of the "deluge" do you need?

But you know as well as I do that the so called

scientist would rather spin all kinds of theories

rather than simply accept the truth of God's

statement on the matter.

Over the years I have seen numbers of photos

of the skeletal remains of giants.  These have 

been found in a number of locations around he world.

How did they get there?

"In those days, and even later, there were giants

on the earth who were giants on the earth who

were descendants of human women and heavenly

beings.  They were the great heroes and famous

men of long ago."

(Genesis 6:4 GNT)

 But with the proof under their nose will these

fools accept the truth.  Of course not.  They

will work themselves to death trying to prove

these did not exist as the Bible said they did.

Some of the ways I have seen them try to 

explain away the existence of these are:

These photos are the result of a photo contest.

And even when they do not know where the 

photos come from claim them as "fake" because

of some theory or other.

Or, they just plain ignore the facts.

"Fools say to themselves

'There is no God!'"

(Psalms 14:1 GNT)

APPROVAL

We all want approval.
Approval of our family, friends,
neighbors, teachers or the boss.
Some even seek approval of their cronies
in seeing how crude or vile they can be.
Or even how evil they can be.

But is that where we should be seeking
our approval?

The approval of humans is only good
for a very brief time.  We need to be
seeking our approval where it really
matters.  The approval of God himself.

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The creator himself spoke of some

leaders and very religious folks who 

would not stand up for the truth because:

"They loved human approval rather

than the approval of God."

(John 12:43 GNT)

Sounds just like today.

Which is more important?
The approval of someone that does
not matter anyway.  Or the approval
of God himself who controls your
eternal destiny?

Jesus once said;

"I am not looking for human praise.
But I know what kind of people you
are, and I know that you have no
love for God in your hearts."

" You like to receive praise from one
another, but you do not try to win 
praise from the one who alone is God;..."
(John 5:41,42, 44 GNT)

The apostle Paul one of the most
devout men of God to ever live
once said:

"Does this sound as if I am trying to win
human approval?  No indeed!  What I
want is God's approval!    Am I trying to
be popular with people?  If I were still
trying to do so, I would not be a servant
of Christ."
(Galatians 1:10 GNT)

Whose approval are we seeking?

BLESSED FRUSTRATION

Frustration.  Oh!, blessed frustration.

What is frustration?

Webster has a very good explanation with fancy

words.  But to us simple people frustration is 

simply - things are not going right, or to suit

us, and we don't know what to do about it.

But frustration has a purpose.

If you are a parent you have even used it to teach

your kids.  They want to do something.  And the 

way they want to do it will not work.  As kids

[Of any age.] being kids, will not listen to you.  So,

you just let them do it their own way - which don't

work.  After they try hard enough, long enough,

they "MIGHT" listen to your instructions.

Hey!

God does the same thing with us.  He let's us get

frustrated so we will stop going our way and seek

his way.   Like some of us who have to be knocked

down, before we will look up.

It can be almost anything from "a bad hair day",

work, marriage, even pleasure.  But when you are

frustrated - LOOK UP FOR HELP.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart.

Never rely on what you think you know.

Remember the Lord in everything you do,

and he will show you the right way."

(Proverbs 3:5,6 GNT)

Here was my latest frustration.

Isn't God good.

I have liked working with engines for over seventy years.

Amongst other things, I had been an automobile  technician

for over twenty five years.  So when I got real old and was

forced to retire, working on small engines on my bench

looked like a good thing to this old man.  Well, that is 

where I started with engines as a kid so why not?

But it is like some of you know.  There is a difference

between raising rabbits and bees.  (I know from experience.)

And there is a lot of difference between working on these

small two cycle engines and car engines.

BUT!

Every time I begin to think about this as a possible small

business to make some money, it turns into total frustration.

However, each time I do it to help someone out,

God seems to bless and it goes great.

There is nothing wrong with trying to earn some honest

money.  In fact that is the way God would have us do it.

But in my retired state, my real purpose is to try and do

good to help others.  That is a desire God has put in 

my heart.  So, when my motive shifts to financial

ends, I'm into frustration big time.

As one of God's kids I am learning.

But often the hard way.

POOR RICH PEOPLE

"Watch out and guard yourselves 

from every kind of greed;

because your true life is not

made up of the things you 

own, no matter how rich 

you may be"

(Luke 12:15 GNT)

"Worldly wealth is the devil's bait;

and those whose minds feed upon riches,

recede in general from real happiness, in

proportion as their stores increase; as

the moon, when she is fullest of light,

is farthest from the sun."

-Burton

See the list of people below  They all had two things in common.

Robin Williams

Jonathan Wraith

Slim Black

Huibert Boumeester

Christopher Foster

John Lawrenson

Wayne Pai

Paul Castle

Peter Smedley

Howard Worthington

Rei Jane Huai

Michael Marin

Peter duf.

One: They all were very wealthy.

Two: They all committed suicide.

So much for wealth making you happy

"But God said to him, 'You fool!

This very night you will have to 

give up your life; then who will

get all these things you have kept

for yourself?'"

PAYDAY

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"Do not deceive yourselves;
no one makes a fool of God.
You will reap exactly what you plant.
If you plant in the field of your 
natural desires, from it you will
gather the harvest of death;
if you plant in the field of the 
Spirit, from the Spirit you will
gather the harvest of eternal life."
(Galatians 6:7,8 GNT)