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Posted by BRAD E. ISAACS on 11-09-2011 11:59 AM:

GOD IS MY REFUGE!!!

For the burden that seems
Too heavy to bear
God lifts away
On the wings of prayer
And seen through Gods eyes
Earthy troubles diminish
And we're given new strength
To face and to finish
Life's daily tasks
As they come along
If we pray for strength
To keep us strong
So go to our Father
When troubles assail you
For His grace is sufficient
And He'll never fail you.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-09-2011 02:44 PM:

BREAKING THE SPIN CYCLE

HELLO EVERYBODY!HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY...POLITICIANS ARE ADEPT AT "SPINNING"THE DETAILS OF A STORY TO ADVANCE THERE OWN AGENDA.DURING A POLITACAIL CAMPAIGN,SPIN DOCTORS CHANGE STORIES TO ENSURE THER CANDIDATE IS CAST IN A POSITIVE LIGHT,OFTEN AT THE EXPENCE OF THE TRUTH.THIS LEAVES US WITH SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE TRUTH REALLY IS.ACCORDING TO JESUS,SATAN IS THE "SPIN DOCTOR "OF HELL---THE MASTER DECIEVER WHO SPEAKS FROM HIS OWN RESOURSES,FOR HE IS A LIAR' HE CASTS HISSELF AS THE ONE WHO WANTS TO GIVE US UNFETTERED FREEDOM AND PLEASURE,CAREFULLY MASKING HIS PLAN TO STEAL,KILL,AND DESTROY US .HE EVEN SPINS THE LOVING LAWS OF GOD BY CLAIMING THAT GODS BOUNDERIES ARE RESTRICTIVE ,SIMPLY INTENDED TO TAKE ALL THE FUN OUT OF LIVING.WHEN WE BUY INTO SATANSDAMAGING LIES,WE WILL EVENTUALLY FIND OURSELVES EMPTY,AND BROKEN--SIDELINED IN OUR JOURNEY WITH GOD.THANKFULLY ,JESUS WARNS US.HE SAYS THAT SATAN IS THE FATHER OF LIES.AND WE KNOW SATAN IS LYING WHEN WHAT HE TELLS US CONTRADICTS GODS WORD.JESUS ON THE OTHER HAND,IS THE TRUTH.SO,WHEN IT COMES TO SORTING OUT THE SPIN,OUR ONLY DEFENCE AGAINST THE SPIN DOCTOR OF HELL IS TO LISTEN CONSTANTLY FOR THE VOICE OF JESUS AS WE PRAY AND STUDY HIS WORD.{"AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS THE TRUTH!"}GODS TRUTH STOPS THE SPIN OF SATANS LIES...JESUS LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,FROM THE COOL AND BREEZY RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON........PRAYERS FOR ALL!!!!!

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RON MAGGART FIELDON ILLINOIS
{TEAM BIBLE THUMPER}
ALWAYS REMEMBER GOD GAVE US FRIENDS AND COONHOUNDS, " I AM A GREATLY BLESSED",HIGHLY FAVORED" " IMPERFECT BUT FORGIVEN CHILD OF GOD "KEEP YOUR {FAITH IN GOD } FAITH SEES THE INVISIBLE,BELIEVES THE INCREDIBLE,AND RECIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE. WERE BLESSED !!

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-10-2011 03:15 PM:

A HILL TO HIGH!

GOOD MORNIN EVERYONE ! ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE RIVERBOTTOM ,HOW PRETTY EVERYTHING IS .THE TREES WITH MANY COLORS ,MOST OF THEM GONE NOW,AND WERE GETIN READY FOR WINTER.LIKE IVE TOLD YOUS BEFORE MY WIFE DEER HUNTS WITH ME A LOT ,SHE LIKES BOW HUNTIN,SHE SAYS ITS MORE CHALLENGING THAN WITH A GUN.WELL THERES THIS ONE AREA WHERE WE HUNT THAT HAS SOME REALLY STEEP HILLS AND HOLLOWS .EVERY TIME WE HUNT THERE I ALWAYS SAY TO HER "ARE YOU READY FOR THIS HILL,ITS THE BIGEST ONE WE HAVE TO CLIMB"ONE DAY SHE SAID TO ME,COULD YOU PLEASE NOT SAY THAT?YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A HUGE MOUNTAIN,AND THAT DISCOURAGES ME.!SHE SAID IT WAS BETTER TO THINK ABOUT DOIN IT ONE STEP AT A TIME INSTEAD OF A HUGE HILL WE HAVE TO CLIMB.YA KNOW WHAT LIFE CAN BE LIKE THAT TOO!IF WE PEER TO FAR AHEAD OF TODAY ,THE CHALLENGES MAY SEEM LIKE A MOUNT EVEREST CLIMB.THEY CAN APPEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO HANDLE IF WE THINK WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR A HILL.{MATHEW 6 :34 DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW FOR TOMORROW WILL WORRY ABOUT ITS OWN THINGS.}.THE BIBLE REMINDS US THAT TODAY IS ALL WE NEED TO TACKLE.WE DONT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT TOMORROWS TASKS.IMAGINE MOSES THINKING,"IVE GOT TO FEED ALL THESE PEOPLE FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG.HOW CAN I GET THAT MUCH FOOD?GOD TOOK CARE OF THAT MOUNTAIN WITH MANNA-BUT ONLY ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY AT A TIME.EVERY SINGLE HILL IS TO HIGH IF WE THINK WE MUST CLIMB IT ALL AT ONCE,,BUT THERE IS NO HILL {PROBLEM}OR ANY THING IN LIFE THAT IS TO BIG IF WE JUST TAKE A STEP AT A TIME AND IF GOD IS IN YOUR LIFE HE WILL HELP YOU MAKE IT TO THE PEAK OF ANYTHING THAT WILL COME YOUR WAY IN LIFE,GOD LOVES YAS AND WANTS TO BE YOUR KING,LEADER,FATHER,FRIEND ,YOU NAME IT HE WILL BE IT...HAVE A BLESSED DAY,WE LOVE YAS ALSO AND WANT THE BEST FOR YOUS JUST LIKE GOD DOES.HAVE A BLESSED DAY, YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON...PRAYERS SENT FOR EVERYONE .. REMEMBER GOD IS THERE TO GIVE US STRENGTH FOR EVERY HILL WE HAVE TO CLIMB.

Posted by steve pickett on 11-11-2011 03:07 AM:

Brad-Ron please pray for my sister-in-law

she is having surgery tomarrow on her feet and having both of her big toes removed,she has sugar and they will not get well,she also has other issues in her life also that needs prayer for,so does her husband and son.
also our church is still looking for a pastor, and i need ur prayers also.thanks for ur prayers and may God bless ur ministery on this message board....

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on fire/tree dogs

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-11-2011 03:47 AM:

MR STEVE PICKETT

WE WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOUR SISTER INLAW,GOD WILL DO HIS WORK AS HE ALWAYS DOES .PRAYERS ARE SENT FOR ALL OF YOUS ,AND YOUR FAMILYS,AND I KNOW GOD IS GONA BLESS YOU WITH A AWSOME PASTOR ,HE HAS ONE IN MIND AND AND HES PICKED HIM OUT ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR CHURCH,,,MR STEVE PICKETT YOUR BLESSED ,WERE BLESSED AND THE GOOD LORD LOVES YAS ,PRAYERS ARE SENT MY FRIEND !,,LET US KNOW HOW THINGS GO,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON TO ALL LETS SAY A PRAYER FOR STEVES SIS IN LAW

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-12-2011 03:04 PM:

KEEP GOD IN YOUR LIFE EVERYDAY

WE ALL KNOW THAT GOD IS WITH US ALL THE TIME EVERYWHERE WE GO NO MATTER WHAT WE DO ,HES THERE.ISNT THAT AWSOME TO KNOW!IT MAKES ME HAVE A GOOD FEELIN KNOWING THAT.AND ANOTHER AWSOME THING IS WHEN YOUR AT HOME SITIN BACK NOT DOIN NOTHIN BUT THINKIN AND PRAYIN,YOU CAN SAY TO YOUR SELF ,{THERES A SWEET,SWEET SPIRIT IN THIS PLACE,AND I KNOW ITS THE SPIRT OF THE LORD },,HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND ,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-13-2011 04:20 PM:

JESUS, JESUS ,JESUS

WHAT AN AWSOME FRIEND!HE LOVES YAS NO MATTER WHAT YOU EVER DONE ,SAID ,LOOKED AT,OR TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU SHOULDNT OF,,,HE WILL FORGIVE YA ,,ASK HIM AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN,,HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-14-2011 03:50 PM:

LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING!

GOOD MORNIN EVERYONE!HOPE YA ALL HAD A NICE WEEKEND.WELL ITS MONDAY AGAIN ,LETS GET GOIN.{LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING } ON JUNE 22 2002 A 33 YEAROLD PITCHING STAR FOR THE SAINT LOUIS CARDNIALS WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS CHICAGO HOTEL ROOM.HE WAS YOUNG PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND APPEARED TO BE IN AWSOME HEALTH.HOWEVER AN AUTOPSY REVEALED THAT HE HAD 90 PERCENT BLOCKAGE IN TWO OF THE THREE CORONARY ARTERIES ,AN ENLARGED HEART,AND A BLOOD CLOT IN ONE OF THE ARTERIES.HIS APPERANCE MISLEAD MANY TO THINK THAT HE WAS INOUTSTANDING PHYSICAL CONDITION AND HEALTHY.JESUS SAID THAT APPERANCES CAN DECIVE PEOPLE INTO THINKING THAT THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY HEALTHY.AFTER THE PHARISEES ACCUSED HIM AND HIS FOLLOWERS OF BREAKING RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS BY NOT WASHING THERE HANDS BEFORE THEY ATE,JESUS SAID THAT THE PHARISEES HAD LAID ASIDE COMMANDS OF GOD FOR MAN-MADE RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS.HE REMINDED THEM THAT KINGDOM RIGHTEOUSNESS WAS NOT AN OUTSIDE -INSIDE JOB BUT AN INSIDE-OUT TRANSFORMING WORK OF GOD .JESUS SAID THAT THEY LOOKED IMPRESSIVE SPIRITUALLY,BUT THERE HEARTS WERE DISEASED AND DISTANT;{THEY }HONOR ME WITH THERE LIPS,BUT THERE HEART IS FAR FROM ME."}THEIR TALK NEVER EVER MATCHED THERE WALK,THUS PRODUCING THE ILLEGITIMATE CHILD OF HYPOCRISY.SPIRITUAL HEALTH IS NOT DETERMINED BY HOW WE LOOK, BUT BY HOW WE LIVE.LETS ASK GOD TO SEARCH US,KNOW OUR HEARTS,TEST US,AND LEAD US IN HIS WAY...AS WE TALK THE TALK,LETS MAKE SURE WE WALK THE WALK.WE DO SOMETIMES LOOK AT SOMEONES APPERANCE ,I HAVE A COUPLE FRIENDS THAT IF YOU SEEN THEM FROM A DISTANCE AND THEY WERE WALKIN TOWARDS YA ,YOU WOULD BE SCARED OUT OF YOUR WITS!,LONG BEARDS,MEAN LOOKIN FACES ,BIG ,BUT THERE TEADY BEARS IN DISCUISE,THEY LOVE THE LORD AND WHEN THEY OPEN THERE MOUTHS AND PUT OUT THERE HANDS TO SHAKE HANDS YOU WOULD INSTANTLY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE JESUS CHRIST IN THERE LIVES ,THAT MEAN LOOK THEY CARRY AROUND ON THERE FACES SEEMS TO TURN INTO THE FACE OF GOD CAUSE YOU CAN SEE IT COMING OUT OF THEM,IM SURE GLAD THERE MY FRIENDS AND PARTNERS AT WORK,WITH ME AND THEM STANDIN THERE PEOPLE TAKE NOTICE AND BECOME VERY COOPERATIVE,SO AGAIN LOOKS CAN BE DECIEVING ...ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY,YOU WILL BE CHANGED AND HAVE PERMINANT RESERVATIONS IN HEAVEN,MY PRAYER TODAY IS THAT YOU {YES YOU } IF YOU DONT HAVE JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE ASK HIM TODAY,HES WAITING ...GOD LOVES YAS WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON....PRAYERS SENT FOR YOU ALL ,IF YA NEED PRAYER FOR YOUR SELF OR SOMEONE JUST ASK US ,WE LOVE YAS !

Posted by BRAD E. ISAACS on 11-15-2011 03:08 PM:

Re: Brad-Ron please pray for my sister-in-law

quote:
Originally posted by steve pickett
she is having surgery tomarrow on her feet and having both of her big toes removed,she has sugar and they will not get well,she also has other issues in her life also that needs prayer for,so does her husband and son.
also our church is still looking for a pastor, and i need ur prayers also.thanks for ur prayers and may God bless ur ministery on this message board....

MR. PICKETT,

I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOUR CHURCH AS WELL AS SISTER-IN-LAW. I HAVE HAD LIMITED ACCESS TO THE COMPUTER SO SORRY I COULD NOT RESPOND IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER. THANK YOU FOR THE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT CONCERNING THIS MINISTRY, IT IS APPRECIATED. GOD IS THE GREAT PROVIDER OF ALL THINGS AND HE WILL PROVIDE THE NEEDS OF TOSE WHO BELIVE IN HIM AND THOSE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED HIS SON AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR.

I MADE THE DECISION TO STEP UP MY ACTIVITY AS A REGULAR CHURCH MEMEBER AS OF LATE. I WAS ASKED TO LEAD THE CONGREGATION IN SONG DURING OUR SUNDAY SERVICE AND I DECIDED TO STEP UP AND IN DOING SO I HAVE FELT THE STRENGTHENING OF MY FAITH AND MY OBLIGATION AS AN ACTIVE CHRISTIAN. WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH SUCH A DECISION WE EITHER NEED TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND HIT THE BALL OR ELSE PUT YOUR BAT AWAY. BUT IN THE EYES OF JESUS, PUTTING THE BAT AWAY AND NOT HITTING THE BALL FOR JESUS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE NEVER ENDING INFLUENCE OF SATAN. IT IS GOD WHOM I CHOOSE TO PLEASE AND WORSHIP AND THAT WILL NOT CHANGE EVEN IF IT CALLS FOR STEPPING UP OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE FOR THE SAKE OF JESUS CHRIST MY PERSONAL SAVIOR. GOD BLESS.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-15-2011 03:44 PM:

DO SOMETHING WITH NOTHING

GOOD MORNIN, !HOWDY BROTHER BRAD,IT SURE MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE STEP UP AND DO MORE FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD.THERES DAYS THAT I LOOK BACK AND SAY {MAN I DIDNT DO MUCH FOR GOD TODAY}AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE DOWN,BECAUSE FOR WHAT ALL HE GIVES US ,WE IN NO WAY COULD EVER DO ENOUGH FOR HIM,BUT OUR LORD JESUS ISNT WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH WE DO FOR HIM ,ALL HE WANTS IS US TO BELEIVE AND TRUST, AND LIVE FOR HIM,AND TELL OTHERS ABOUT HIM..ARE YA READY TO GO? ......DOING SOMETHING WITH NOTHING ,,,, I SAW A NEWSPAPER AD THAT SHOWED THREE PEOPLE WAITING FOR A BUS.TWO OF THEM WERE BORED AND LISTLESS,WHILE THE THIRD WAS HAPPLY PLAYING A GAME ON A SMALL DEVISE.IN BIG LETTERS THE CAPTION SAID {"DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR NOTHING,".:THAT NOTHING TIME ,THE TIME INBETWEEN EVERYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE TO DO.}.THE IDEA WAS TO SELL THE PLAYER THAT THE ONE WAS USING SO PEOPLE COULD FILL ALL THE SEGMENTS OF WASTED"WAITING "TIME.I SUSPECT THAT MANY OF US ALREADY USE THOSE SMALL SHORT WAISTING TIMES TO READ A BOOK,MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE,OR PRAY FOR A FRIEND ,OR JUST PRAY AND TALK TO GOD.THATS AN AWSOME TIME TO DO THAT.ITS THOSE WAITING PERIODS DURING THE DAY THAT GETS US FRUSTRATED IF WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THAT EXTRA FEW MINUTES OR SO,SO WHY NOT SPEND IT TALKIN WITH OUR LORD. PAUL CHALLENGED THE CHRISTIANS IN EPHESUS TO "WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY,NOT AS FOOLS BUT WISE,REDEEMING THE TIME,BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL"THE GREEK SCHOLAR KENNETH WUEST SUGGEST THAT THIS REFERS TO TIME IN ITS "STRATEGIC,OPPORTUNE SEASONS" AND MEANS " MAKING A WISE AND SACRED USE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR DOING GOOD."DURING THOSE SEASONS WHEN WE WONDER,"HOW DID I GET HERE AND WHEN CAN I LEAVE?ITS BEST TO LOOK FOR OUR GOD GIVEN OPPORTUNITYS INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE OBSTACLES. THATS THE WAY TO DO SOMETHING WITH OUR NOTHING...WHEN YOU FIND TIME ON YOUR HANDS,PUT THEM TOGETHER IN PRAYER...GOD LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY, YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON...WE LOVE YAS ALL ,EVER SINGLE ONE OF YAS ,ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW ,AFTER WHILE MIGHT BE TO LATE,,I HAVE THIS BUMPER STICKER ON MY TRUCK THAT READS ""THOSE WHO WAIT TO ASK GOD INTO THERE LIVES AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR ,USUALLY DIE AT 10;30" DONT WAIT ,BE BLESSED !

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-16-2011 03:46 PM:

GODS LOVE STORY

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO EVERYBODY!!!!!WHAT AN AWSOME COOL MORNIN IT IS HERE IN THE RIVERBOTTOM,SUNS SHININ AND IVE BEEN BLESSED ALREADY.GODS LOVE STORY ,,,EVERYBODY HAS BEEN IN LOVE AT ONE TIME OR OTHER.THERES NO MORE HUMAN FEELING MORE POWERFUL THAN THAT OF GETIN DUMPED OR BETRAYAL !ASK ANY HIGHSCHOOL GIRL WHOSE BOYFRIEND HAS DUMPED HER FOR A PRETTY CHEERLEADER.OR LISTEN TO SOME OF THOSE COUNTRY MUSIC TUNES ,THERE ALL CRYIN IN THERE BEER IN A BAR AND DIGGIN UP BONES EXUMIN THINGS THATS BETTER LEFT ALONE ,RESURECTIN MEMORYS OF A LOVE THATS GONE WRONG.OR CHECK OUT THE NEWS PAPERS SEE ,MURDERS THAT TRACE BACK TO A QUARREL OF TWO ESTRANGED LOVERS.IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,GOD THROUGH HOSEAS MARRIAGE DEMONSTRATES IN LIVEING COLOR EXACTLY WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LOVE SOMEONE DESPERATELY AND GET NOTHING IN RETURN.NOT EVEN GOD ,WITH ALL HIS POWER,WILL FORCE A HUMAN BEING TO LOVE HIM.MANY PEOPLE THINK OF GOD AS AN IMPERSONAL FORCE., SOMETHIN AKIN TO THE LAW OF GRAVITY.THE BOOK OF HOSEA PORTRAYS ALMOST THE OPPOSITE;A GOD OF PASSION AND FURY AND TEARS AND LOVE .A GOD IN MOURNING OVER ISRAELS REJECTION OF HIM ."GOD THE LOVER DOES NOT WISH TO SHARE HIS BRIDE WITH ANYONE ELSE YET,AMAZINGLY,WHEN ISRAEL TURNED HER BACK ON GOD,HE STUCK WITH HER.HE WAS WILLING TO SUFFER,IN HOPE THAT SOMEDAY SHE WOULD RETURN TO HIM. HOSEA, AND LATER JESUS,PROVE THAT GOD LONGS NOT TO PUNISH BUT TO LOVE.IN FACT,HE LOVED US SO MUCH THAT HE SENT HIS SON JESUS TO DIE FOR US ,{YOU AND I }!!!NOW THATS SOME ONE THAT LOVES YA ,,AND ALSO, GOD WILL NEVER EVER DUMP YA FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHIN ELSE. ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY,HE LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS , HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON,,
IM SURE GOD IS ANSWEING THOSE PRAYERS YOUVE BEEN PRAYIN,,IF YA NEED A LITTLE EXTRA PRAYER PLEASE ASK BRAD ,MYSELF OR ANY OTHER PERSON ON THIS BOARD ,,BECAUSE ALWAYS REMEMBER WE ARE ALL ONE BIG FAMILY AND WE CARE FOR EACH OTHER ...PRAYERS FOR EVERYONE AND STEVE PICKETT GOD IS AT WORK AT YOUR CHURCH HE HAS SOMEONE THERE PREACHIN EVER SUNDAY WITH A MESSAGE,KEEP PRAYIN ,CAUSE WE WILL AND WE WILL BE PRAYIN FOR EVERYONE IN YOUR FAMILY AND YOU TOO STEVE,,GOD HAS PLANS FOR US ALL,HES AWSOME !!!SO DONT WORRY, YOUR BLESSED MY FRIEND !

Posted by BRAD E. ISAACS on 11-16-2011 08:58 PM:

Re: DO SOMETHING WITH NOTHING

quote:
Originally posted by Riverbottom Ron
ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW ,AFTER WHILE MIGHT BE TO LATE,,I HAVE THIS BUMPER STICKER ON MY TRUCK THAT READS

"THOSE WHO WAIT TO ASK GOD INTO THERE LIVES AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR ,USUALLY DIE AT 10;30"

DONT WAIT ,BE BLESSED !

ASK JESUS CHRIST INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE !!!!

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

Posted by BRAD E. ISAACS on 11-17-2011 02:08 PM:

PSALM 119:105

�Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.�

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-17-2011 03:17 PM:

ON HIS SHOULDERS

WHAT AN AWSOME DAY IT IS OUT SIDE,AND ITS A COOL 27 DEGREES,OUT SIDE ,,ITS GONA BE A COLD WINTER ,CAUSE I NOTICED ALL THE CHICKENS BUT THE ROOSTER WAS SCRATCHIN THE GROUND BACKWARDS,THAT MEANS ITS GONA BE SUPER COLD,,AND A LOT OF SNOW ...LETS GO WITH ,,,"ON HIS SHOULDERS "MY FAMILY ALL LIKES TO HUNT ,DEER HUNT WITH A BOW ,DUCK AND GOOSE HUNT, COYOTE AND COONHUNT, TURKEY HUNT ,AND WHERE I LIVE IM BLESSED TO HAVE ALL AND PLENTY OF THOSE BIRDS AND ANIMALS. WHEN MY SON JEREMY WAS VERY SMALL I CAN REMEMBER AFTER A LONG WHILE OF HUNTIN HE WOULD SAY "DAD WILL YOU CARRY ME"I ALWAYS TOLD HIM IF HE COMPLAINS ABOUT WALKIN AND WANTS CARRIED AFTER A SHORT TIME OF HUNTIN ,HE WASNT GOIN WITH ME TILL HE GOT BIGGER,THE ONLY TIME HE WOULD ASK TO BE CARRIED IS WHEN I WAS ALMOST WORE OUT MY SELF.ID REACH DOWN AND GRAB THOSE LITTLE ARMS AND LEGS THAT HAD ACTUALLY WALKED WAY FARTHER THAN I EXPECTED AND HOIST HIM UP ON MY SHOULDERS AND THE WAY WE WOULD HEAD TO THE TRUCK.I SURE WISH I COULD DO THAT TODAY,,BUT JEREMY IS ALMOST 30YRS OLD,6-4 AND WEIGHTS ABOUT 225. IT WASNT A BURDEN TO CARRY HIM AS HE WAS LITTLE AND LIGHT AND WE DIDNT HAVE FAR TO GET TO THE TRUCK.HOW OFTEN LIKE MY SON JEREMY WHEN HE WAS LITTLE IVE GROWN WEARY,AND THE END OF MY EFFORTS IS NOT EVEN IN SIGHT.I CAN NO LONGER KEEP UP OR ACCOMPLISH THE TASK. BUT I AM LEARNING THAT I CAN TURN WITH OPEN ARMS UPRAIZED TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER,WHO WALKS BESIDE ME,AND I CAN ASK HIM TO CARRY ME AND IM 6-4 ,321 PDS HE REACHS DOWN AND HOISTS ME UP ON HIS SHOULDERS,,HE CARRIES ME LIKE THE SHEPHERD CARRIES THE LAMB THAT WAS LOST.AND HE WILL CARRY ME ALL DAY LONG,FOR I AM LITTLE AND LIGHT__NO BURDEN TO HIM.THERE I FIND REST,FOR "THE BELOVED OF THE LORD SHALL DWELL IN SAFTEY BY HIM,WHO SHELTERS HIM ALL DAY LONG;AND HE SHALL DWELL BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS "THAT WAS {DEUTERONOMY 33 :12 } "OUR GOD" ,THE GOD WHO HOLDS THE UNIVERSE IS THE GOD WHO IS HOLDING YOU AND ME."IF YOUR TIRED AND NEED A REST AND NEED CARRIED A WAYS ,ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE,GOD IS SO GOOD ,I FEEL SAD FOR THOSE THAT DONT KNOW HIM,JUST KNOWING HOW MUCH BETTER THERE LIVES WOULD BE IF ONLY THEY HAD GOD IN THERE LIVES,GOD LIVES HES REAL, HES ALIVE ,I COULDNT MAKE IT A DAY WITHOUT HIM,WHY HE WANTS TO FORGIVE ME ,RIVERBOTTOM RON ,,AND TAKE CARE OF ME EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF EVERYDAY,I DONT KNOW BECAUSE IM NOT WORTHY OF ANYTHING HE DOES OR GIVES ME ,,,BUT HE LOVES ME AND TAKES CARE OF ME ANY WAY,,ITS SO HARD TO LIVE FOR HIM AS THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS LURKING AROUND AND GETIN ME TO DO THINGS I SHOULDNT.BUT GOD IS THERE RUNNIN OLE SATAN OFF EVERYTIME HE GETS CLOSE TO ME ..ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE,I PRAY THAT YOU DO...GOD LOVES YAS, WE LOVE YAS , HAVE A BLESSED DAY.YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-20-2011 09:36 PM:

BLESSIN THE LORD

[PSALM 34 : 1- 10 { } I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES;HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH.MY SOUL MAKES ITS BOAST IN THE LORD;LET THE AFFLICTED HEAR AND BE GLAD.O MAGNIFY THE LORD WITH ME,AND DELIVER ME FROM ALL MY FEARS.LOOK TO HIM AND BE RADIANT;SO YOUR FACES SHALL NEVER BE ASHAMED.THIS POOR MAN CRYED AND JESUS HEARED HIM,AND SAVED HIM OUT OF ALL HIS TROUBLES.THE ANGEL OF THE LORD ENCAMPS AROUND THOSE WHO FEAR HIM,AND DELIVERS THEM.O TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD!HAPPY IS THE MAN THAT TAKES REFUGE IN HIM!O FEAR THE LORD ,YOU HIS SAINTS,FOR THOSE WHO FEAR HIM HAVE NO WANT!THE LIONS SUFFER WANT AND HUNGER;BUT THOSE WHO SEEK THE LORD LACK NO GOOD THING>>>}...GOD LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS ,,WHAT A DIFFERENCE GOD WILL MAKE IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU WALK WITH HIM.,,HAVE A BLESSED ONE ,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON

Posted by yankee preacher on 11-21-2011 12:43 AM:

Dear Ronnie:
i just wanted to say a very special blessing upon you and your
family. May God Grant Your Most Precious Wishes & His Hands Be
Gentle and Firmly Wrapped Around Your Family.
Bro. Kevin Knierim

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-21-2011 02:32 PM:

SILHOUETTE

GOOD MORNIN EVERYBODY!WE ARE BLESSED WITH ANOTHER DAY,IM SO GLAD YOUR HERE.MAN WHAT BLESSINGS GOD GIVES US EACH DAY.YA KNOW IN THE 18TH CENTURY SILHOUETTES {SHADOW PROFILES}TRACED AND CUT OUT OF BLACK PAPER WERE POPULAR ALTERNATIVES TO HAVING SOMEONE PAINT YOUR PORTRAIT OF YOURSELF.NOW DAYS YOU CAN GET A PICTURE IN A PHOTO BOOTH FOR 25 CENTS.THE WORD TOOK ITS NAME FROM THE CONTROLLER GENERAL OF FINANCE,ETIENNE DE SILHOUETTE.DURING THE 7 YEAR WAR AGAINST ENGLAND,HE TRIED TO RAISE REVENUES BY HEAVILY TAXING THE WEALTHY,VICTUMS OF HIS HIGH TAXES COMPLAINED AND USED THE WORD SILHOUETTE TO REFER TO THEIR WEALTH BEING REDUCED TO A MERE SHADOW OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS.WITH THE DISTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM,JERMIAH LAMENTED OVER THE SHADOW OF WHAT ONCE WAS A GREAT CITY AND CENTER OF WORSHIP NOW DEVESTATED BY WAR.{LAMENATIONS 1 :12 "IS IT NOTHING TO YOU,ALL YOU WHO PASS BY?BEHOLD AND SEE IF THERE IS ANY SORROW LIKE MY SORROW"}BUT JEREMIAH DID NOT REMAIN IN DESPAIR.HE RECOGNIZED GODS SOVEREIGNTY IN SUFFERING.LATER IN THIS BOOK OF SORROW,THE PROPHET REFLECTED:"I HAVE HOPE.THROUGH THE LORDS MERCYIES WE ARE NOT CONSUMED,BECAUSE HIS COMPASSIONS FAIL NOT.THEY ARE NEW EVER MORNING.HAS SORROW OR SUFFERING MADE YOUR LIFE FEEL LIKE A DARK SILHOUETTE OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS ?REMEMBER,GODS MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY MORNING.HE IS COMPASSIONATELY WORKING IN YOUR LIFE FOR HIS GLORY AND YOUR BLESSING...TO SEE BEYOND EARTHS SHADOWS,LOOK TO CHRIST THE LIGHT.EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY FOR US EACH TIME WE WAKE UP.GODS THERE HELPING US THROUGH IT.IM SURE GLAD HE WALKS WITH US,SO DONT BE AFRAID ,IF WE MESSED UP YESTERDAY ,ASK FOR FORGIVNESS AND TRY HARDER TODAY..GOD LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS ,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON...IT SURE IS NICE TO SEE YA ON HERE BROTHER KEVIN,THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR MY FAMILY,FOR YOUS THAT DONT KNOW BROTHER KEVIN KNIERIM HES A PASTOR OF A CHURCH OVER BY FLORA ILLINOIS AND THROUGH GOD AND HIS CHURCH WE MET.ANOTHER THING THAT I NOTICED ABOUT BROTHER KEVIN FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT I MET HIM ,,,YOU CAN SEE GOD GLOWIN FROM HIS FACE,WE TALK EVERY YEAR THAT WE SEE EACH OTHER AT FLORA EVEN THOUGH IS BUT FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES EACH TIME ,WITH OUR SHORT TALKS BROTHER KEVIN HAS HELPED ME MAKE IT THROUGH A COUPLE OF WORRIED TIMES IN MY LIFE .THANKS BROTHER KEVIN ,,SEE YA IN MAY AT FLORA UNLESS THE GOOD LORD COMES BEFORE THEN AND TAKES US ALL HOME AND THAT IS WHY I TELL EVERYONE TO ASK GOD INTO THERE LIVES BECAUSE WE DONT KNOW WHEN HES GONA RETURN,,HAVE A BLESSED ONE ,,BROTHER KEVIN! PRAYERS FOR ALL FROM HERE IN THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON

Posted by yankee preacher on 11-21-2011 03:36 PM:

Dear Bro. Ronnie:
Thank you for the very kind words. You and Brad I. Just please keep up the great work you are doing here on this site.
In Christ's Mighty Love.
Bro. Kevin Knierim

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-22-2011 04:18 PM:

SHARK TONIC

ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOR HOOD,AS OLE MR ROGERS USE TO SAY.ITS A LITTLE WET HERE IN THE RIVERBOTTOM NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MORNIN BUT IS BEAUTIFUL. SHARK TONIC THATS WHAT WERE GONA TALK ABOUT AND LOREN NO ITS NOT A NEW KINDA SHINE FROM DOWN THERE IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS.IF YA HAVENT EVER HEARED OF SHARK TONIC,ITS NOT A HIGH POWERED DRINK OR OR ANYTHING THAT YA RUB ON YA TO KEEP THE SHARKS AWAY WHEN YA SWIM IN THE OCEAN,THE ACTUAL TERM IS "TONIC IMMOBILITY,"DESCRIBED AS A NATURAL STATE OF PARALYSIS THAT ANIMALS AND FISH ENTER SHARKS CAN BE PUT INTO THIS STATE BY TURNIN THEM UPSIDE DOWN,DONT FORGET THAT.THE SHARK WILL STAY IN THIS STATE FOR AROUND 15 MINUTES GIVEN YA TIME TO SWIM AWAY BEFORE IT RECOVERS.THAT GOOD OLE SHARK TONIC MAKES IT INCAPEABLE OF MOVEMENT. ,,,NOW YA KNOW ,SIN IS JUST LIKE THAT.OUR ABILITY TO HONOR OUR LORD,FOR WHICH WE ARE CREATED IN CHRIST,CAN BE PUT INTO "TONIC IMMOBILITY"BY THE POWER AND CONSEQUENCES OF SIN.TO THAT END,THE WRITER OF HEBREWS WANTS US TO BE PROACTIVE.HE WROTE,{HEBREWS 12 : 1 "THEREFORE WE ALSO,SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SO GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES,LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT,AND THE SIN WHICH SO EASILY ENSNARES US,AND LET US RUN WITH ENDURANCE THE RACE THAT IS BEFORE US.}.IF WE ARE TO RUN THE RACE OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE EFFECTIVELY,WE MUST DEAL WITH SIN BEFORE IT IMMOBILIZES US.WE NEED TO LAY ASIDE THE SIN THAT HINDERS US FROM PLEASING THE LORD ---STARTING TODAY..WE MUST FACE UP TO OUR SINS BEFORE WE CAN PUT THEM BEHIND US.LET ME TELL ALL OF YOU THIS ,IT IS HARD NOT TO SIN,IVE HAD SOME PEOPLE ASK ME THIS "ONCE YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN DO YOU STILL SIN ?"MY ANSWER IS {YES YOU DO}JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE OR BECOME A CHRISTIAN YOU ARE HUMAN NO ONE HAS EVER NOT SINED,ONLY OUR LORD JESUS IS WHO HAS NEVER SINED.SINCE BECOMEING A CHRISTIAN I CAN SAY THIS THERE ARE SINS THAT I DO NOT COMMIT ANYMORE SINCE THEN ,ONE OF THEM WAS THIS ,I RIVERBOTTOM RON USE TO CUSS LIKE A SAILOR AND 2 MARINES AND USED GODS NAME IN VAIN ALOT,,NOW WHEN I HEAR SOMEONE SAY {"GOD DA******} IT HURTS ME TO HEAR THAT,I HAVE SOME FRIENDS THAT IM WORKIN ON FOR GOD THAT USES THOSE WORDS AND MANY MORE ,BUT THEY HAVE LEARNED TO RESPECT ME AND DONT SAY IT AROUND ME.THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WERE IN MY LIFE THAT WERE SINS THAT I DONT DO ANYMORE ,BUT I STILL SIN AND SIN DAILY,IT MIGHT BE WHAT IM THINKIN,OR SAYING,AND I TRY HARD NOT TO AND GOD KNOWS THAT..BEFORE I GO TO BED EACH AND EVERY NIGHT I GET DOWN ON MY KNEES AND ASK GOD TO FORGIVE ME FOR THE DAYS SINS .GOD IS A GOD OF FORGIVNESS AND HE FORGIVES ..ASK HIM INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY,START A NEW LIFE WITH JESUS CHRIST IN IT AND YOU WILL BE SURPRIZED WHAT GOD CAN DO...HE LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS , HAVE A BLESSED DAY, YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON...PRAYER FOR EVERYONE THAT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WILL TOUCH YOU IN SOME WAY TODAY ,,AND HE WILL

Posted by steve pickett on 11-23-2011 10:58 PM:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING BRAD AND RON

U KNOW ONLY THE GOOD THINGS OF THIS WORLD COMES FROM THE LORD,IT'S GREAT OUR COUNTRY TAKES TIME TO GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH DESPITE WHAT OUTHERS MAY THANK.......HAPPY THANKSGIVING

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Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-24-2011 09:37 PM:

WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR ?

TO ALL THANKSGIVIN SHOULD BE EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK.WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR .COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS NAME THEM ONE BY ONE ,COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE,,I LOVE OUR LORD SO MUCH ,AND GOD LOVES YOUSFROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON

Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-28-2011 03:22 PM:

IS GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?

GOOD MORNIN EVERYONE !I HOPE EVERBODY HAD A NICE THANKSGIVIN.I DID FAMILY WAS HERE WITH US IN THE RIVERBOTTOM ,WE HAD LOTS TO EAT,TURKEY,DRESSIN,SWEET POTATOS,,AND MY FAVORITE PECAN PIE. I MIGHT OF GAINED A POUND OR TWO BUT THATS OK I WAS DOWN TO ABOUT 320 PDS.,NOW LETS GET GOIN,,,,IS GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE ?AS CHRISTIANS HE SHOULD BE.YA KNOW HERE A WHILE BACK NOT LONG AGO I HAD TO ASK MYSELF THAT QUESTION,WITH AS FAST PACED AS LIFE IS WE CAN LET OTHER THINGS SNEAK AROUND GOD AND GET AHEAD OF HIM.OUR JOBS ,WORKING ALL THE TIME ,OTHER THINGS IN LIFE CAN JUMP RIGHT AHEAD OF GOD IF YA DONT THINK ABOUT IT ,OUR HOBBIES ,IT MIGHT BE GOLF,WATCHIN FOOTBALL,DEER HUNTIN,DUCK AND GOOSE HUNTIN ,COONHUNTIN,COYOTE HUNTIN,IF WE DONT WATCH OUT THOSE THINGS CAN BECOME OUR GOD AS WE GET OBSESSED WITH IT ,THINKIN ABOUT THOSE THINGS FROM THE TIME WE GET UP TILL WE GO TO BED,O WE STILL LOVE GOD ,GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS ,PRAY TO HIM EACH DAY,BUT WHEN YA THINK ABOUT IT ,AND LOOK AT IT GODS SUDDENLY NOT NUMBER ONE IN OUR LIFE,WE HAVE PRIORITYS ,GOD, FAMILY ,JOB ,HOBBIES AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT LET GET AHEAD OF GOD IN OUR PRIORITY LIST,I JUST DID THIS I LET OTHER THINGS GET AHEAD OF MY SAVIOR ,MY LORD WHOM I LOVE WITH ALL MY HEART,HERE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO ,I WAS HUNTIN EVERYNIGHT THAT I COULD IM WANT MY HOUNDS TO BE AWSOME ,I FOUND MY SELF THINKIN ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME FROM THE TIME I GOT UP TILL I WENT TO BED ,GOTA HUNT,GOTA HUNT,GOTA HUNT ,MY DOGS WILL GET BETTER ,GOTA HUNT,,THOUGH I STILL PUT MY DAILY DEVOTION ON HERE,AND READ MY BIBLE EACH DAY, PRAYED FOR EVERYONE ,TALKED TO GOD ,DID THE THINGS FOR GOD THAT I WAS SUPPOSE TO DO FOR HIM. BY THE WAY MY COONHOUNDS WERENT GET MUCH BETTER ,,BECAUSE I REALIZED I LET GOD SLIP BACK A FEW PLACES ON MY PRIORITY LIST,,,I HAVE REGROUPED AND GOD IS BACK TO HIS NUMBER ONE SPOT WHERE HE SHOULD BE,MY KING,MY LORD ,MY SAVIOR,MY FATHER ,IM STILL HUNTIN,DOGS ARE GETIN HUNTED ,IM STILL VERY HAPPY AND MAN AM I GLAD GODS FIRST AGAIN.ITS SO EASY TO LET OTHER THINGS GET AHEAD OF THE ONE WE LOVE AND LOVES US ,GOD DOES ,AND WANTS THE BEST FOR US .ASK HIM INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY,PUT HIM FIRST,TRUST HIM ,LIVE FOR HIM AND YOU WILL SEE THOSE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE WILL BE AWSOME ,GOD LOVES YAS, WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY, YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON... PRAYERS SENT FOR YOU ALL THAT OUR LORD RICHLY BLESSES YOU AS YOU WALK THROUGH LIFE !

Posted by BRAD E. ISAACS on 11-28-2011 10:52 PM:

Re: HAPPY THANKSGIVING BRAD AND RON

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Originally posted by steve pickett
U KNOW ONLY THE GOOD THINGS OF THIS WORLD COMES FROM THE LORD,IT'S GREAT OUR COUNTRY TAKES TIME TO GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH DESPITE WHAT OUTHERS MAY THANK.......HAPPY THANKSGIVING

MR. PICKETT,

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AN EVERYONE ELSE WHO VISITS OR PARTICIPATES ON THIS THREAD IN ANY WAY. I HAVE HAD NO COMPUTER ACCESS FOR SEVERAL DAYS BUT I HAVE MADE A POINT TO PRAY FOR BROTHER RON, YOURSELF, AS WELL AS YOUR CHURCH, AND MANY OTHERS WHO ARE IN NEED OF GOD'S GRACE AND GUIDANCE. OURT GOD IS TRULY AN AWESOME GOD !!!

WE ARE ALL BLESSED BEYOND BELIEF...... WE HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER THAT LOVES US ALL SO MUCH THAT HE GRACIOUSLY GAVE HIS SON FOR OUR SINS...... FOR THAT WE SHALL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL! THIS SEASON OF THANKSGIVING HAS A WAY OF HUMBLING THOSE WHO LOVE AND BELIEVE IN OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. FOR THIS OCCASION I HAVE HAD A POEM TO POST FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW, ONE THAT SHOULD MAKE US ALL REFLECT ON HOW BLESSED WE TRULY ARE........

MY THANKSGIVING PRAYER FOR ALL...........

O GOD, WHEN I HAVE FOOD, HELP ME TO REMEMBER THE HUNGRY,
WHEN I HAVE WORK, HELP ME TO REMEMBER THE JOBLESS,
WHEN I HAVE A HOME, HELP ME TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE NO HOME AT ALL,
HELP ME TO DESTROY MY COMPLACENCY,
BESTIR MY COMPASSION,
AND BE CONCERNED ENOUGH TO HELP,
BY WORD AND DEED, THOSE WHO CRY OUT FOR THE VERY THINGS
THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. IN JESUS CHRISTS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN.

--SAMUEL F. PUGH

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

Posted by bruceatempire on 11-29-2011 02:44 AM:

Greatfulness

Ron & Brad I have been reading your devotions ever since you started them & just want to say thank you for your time, passion, and effort in sharing the Gospel of Christ.. be blessed my brothers & may the richness of Christ love keep you always fresh in your spirit...

Ron, I'm suppose to be in Windsor Ill this week-end through Friday coon hunting with a friend.. really enjoy coming up from Alabama hunting in the flatland's...

Keep-Em-N-the-Woods

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Posted by Riverbottom Ron on 11-29-2011 04:24 PM:

THE RIPENING SELF

IN HIS EARLY YEARS OF MINISTRY ,THE ENGLISH PREACHER CHARLES SIMEON {1759-1836} WAS A HARSH AND SELF ASERTIVE MAN.ONE DAY HE WAS VISITING A FRIEND AND FELLOW PASTOR IN A NEARBY VILLIAGE.WHEN HE LEFT TO GO HOME ,HIS FRIENDS AND DAUGHTERS COMPLAINED TO THEIR FATHER ABOUT HIS MANNER.SO THE FATHER TOOK THE GIRLS TO THE BACKYARD AND SAID,"PICK ME ONE OF THOSE PEACHES."IT WAS EARLY SUMMER AND THE PEACHES WERE GREEN.THE GIRLS ASKED WHY HE WANTED GREEN PEACHES UNRIPENED FRUIT.HE REPLIED,,:"WELL,MY DEARS,IT IS GREEN NOW AND WE MUST WAIT;THEY NEED SUN, A FEW MORE SHOWERS,AND THE PEACH WILL RIPEN AND GET SWEET.SO IT IS WITH YOUR FATHER ,MR SIMEON."SIMEON,IN DUE TIME,DID CHANGE.THE WARMTH OF GODS LOVE AND THE SHOWERS OF MISUNDERSTANDING AND DISAPPOINTMENTS WERE THE MEANS BY WHICH HE BECAME A GENTLE AND HUMBLE MAN.THE GOD OF ALL GRACE WORKS IN ALL HIS CHILDREN,HUMBLING THE PROUD AND EXALTING THE HUMBLE,TO MAKE THEM RIPE AND SWEET.OUR JOB IS TO TAKE HOLD OF GODS GRACE TO ENDURE OUR AFFLICTIONS WITH PATIENCE,WITHOUT GROWING WEARY.IN TIME GOD WILL "PERFECT,ESTABLISH,STRENGTHEN,AND SETTLE US.[ PSALM 27: 14 WE MUST WAIT ON THE LORD AND BE OF GOOD COURAGE}.SALVATION IS THE MIRACLE OF A MOMENT;;GROWTH IS THE LABOR OF A LIFETIME...SOME TIMES I DONT FEEL IM GROWING IN CHRIST,IT FEELS LIKE IM AT A STAND STILL AND NOT MUCH IS HAPPENING BUT AFTER A WHILE I CAN LOOK BACK AND SEE THAT I HAVE GROWN JUST A LITTLE IN SOME SMALL WAY.GOD IS ALWAYS THERE WORKIN ON US THOUGH WE MIGHT NOT THINK SO.GOD LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST, FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON,,,,THANK YOU MR BRUCETEMPIRE FOR YOUR KIND WORDS WHEN WE HEAR WORDS LIKE YOU POSTED ON HERE IT MAKES ME WANA GET READY FOR TOMORROWS WORDS THANK YOU AGAIN,,,THESE FLATLANDS HERE IN ILLINOIS MAKES FOR SOME EASY COONHUNTIN.I DONT KNOW HOW YOU GUYS WITH BIG HILLS AND MOUNTAINS DO IT,BUT WITH GOD HE WILL FIND YA A WAY,HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE TRIP AND SOME GOOD COONHUNTIN ...AND CELIA HOPE YOUR FELLIN BETTER AND BETTER EACH DAY,AND FOR ALL YOU OTHERS PRAYERS ARE POWERFUL AND WE SEND PRAYERS FOR YOU ALL,,WERE BLESSED !JUST LOOK AROUND!

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