PREACHER, PREACHER, PREACHER

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Hey preacher.

Please help me.  You see I am not a very smart man.

I am just an old man living back here in the Ozark 

hills.  Why, I am so ignorant I do not even have a 

"Dr." in front of my name - what ever that means.

Preacher what I do not understand is this.  My 

impression is that your mandate is:

"Go into all the world and preach the 

gospel to all creation."

(Mark 16:15 NASB)

And it seems that the apostles and first Christians 

understood it to mean:

"And they went out and preached

everywhere,"

(Mark 16:20 NASB)

Please explain to me how,

Standing behind a pulpit,

In a building,

with the doors shut,

preaching to people who believe like you do,

Is going out and preaching the Gospel

to the whole world.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"But the mercy of the Lord is from

everlasting to everlasting upon them

that fear him, and his righteousness

unto children's children;" 

(Psalms 103:17 KJV)

HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD

The more I watch the news,
the better I like my idea.

HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD

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If you live here on earth some where, politicians have

increased your taxes, and, restricted your freedoms in

some manner.

So, let's start there.

Have every politician pay a flat fee on EVERY word

they utter.  And, it is to come out of their own pocket.  Not

the working people's wages.

There would be enough income - taxes would not be necessary.

AND, they would cut down on their hot air which causes

Global Warming, just to save them their own money, 

plus the improved air quality.

Then, jail time for every lie they tell.

It would get to where you could trust them.

That would almost be heaven here on earth.

O Well! It's just a thought.
I have a dream too.

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"If you tell the truth,

you don't have to remember

anything."

-Mark Twain

MEASURING SUCCESS

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I had just completed a project that did not work out the

way I wanted.  It seemed that all the time and effort

put into it was wasted.  I just told God that I had done

it for him, so it was up to him to use it however he wanted.

Shortly God brought something to my mind.  He does not

look at success like we do.  He then brought "the widow

and her "two mites" to my mind .   In Luke chapter 21 we 

are told how a poor widow put her "two cents" into the

offering at the temple.  And many rich people put in large

sums.  But Christ said she put in the most.

Why was her's the most?

The rich people put in what was surplus to them.  It may

have been large sums, but they could do without it.  But 

the poor widow put in everything she had.

God looks at what our gift or our effort costs us.  How

hard was it to give or do it?  It is the degree of sacrifice

on our part that he rewards.

If we have been living for God, when the time of our

rewarding comes -it is possible that some poor little

old feeble person might receive a far greater reward

than some of us who think we are doing something.

WHAT THE DOG TAUGHT ME

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Today the dog taught me a lesson.

No.  That is not the dog.  I must have left the flash off

on my camera and the dog's picture was awful.  So, I

used good old Pixabay again.

There is the most friendly old dog you ever met at

a family camp where I donate maintenance work.

I do not know what kind it is.  It is a whole lot like

a Labrador, but it's just a big old dog dog.

A short time back apparently someone shot it in a

back leg probably with a 22.  The vet would have

put it down.  But the dog was not complaining.  So

we now have a very friendly old crippled dog.

It was very unusual today, but I was the only one

on the camp grounds.  So when the old dog heard 

me at the shop, guess who showed up.  Yep, the 

crippled dog.

After loading a bunch of tools in my truck I drove

up to the Fort, perhaps a quarter of a mile away.

After working for a while I was in an upstairs 

apartment when I heard a dog whine.  You guessed

it.  That poor old crippled dog had hobbled up the 

hill just to be with me.

After finishing up at the Fort it was time to go back

to the shop.  You guessed it again.  Here came the 

old crippled dog wanting to be with me.

The lesson.

If I wanted to be with God half as much as that

old dog wanted to be with me - the devil himself

could not slow me down.

"Draw near to God and He will draw

near to you."

(James 4:8 NASB)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"So that we may boldly say,

The Lord is my helper, 

and I will not fear what man

shall do unto me."

(Hebrews 13:6)