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HOW AWESOME!!! I, ASHAMEDLY, KNOW ALL TOO WELL ABOUT RUNNING FROM GOD'S CALL!!! I CAN REMEMBER TRYING TO TELL GOD "I'M NOT READY"!!! WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WAS THAT 'AVAILABILITY' IS GREATER THAN 'ABILITY'!!! I CAN HONESTLY SAY I HAVE NEVER BEFORE IN MY LIFE BEEN MORE CONTENT THAN I AM NOW!!! MY LIFE IS NOT PERFECT, BUT MY GOD SURE IS!!!

Howe long?

How long did you run? How long have you been preaching? Are you a pastor and if so are you full time?

I'VE BEEN A CHRISTIAN FOR ALMOST 14 YEARS!!! I KNEW ABOUT 3 OR 4 YEARS INTO IT THAT GOD WAS LEADING ME TOWARD MINISTRY!!! I WAS APPROACHED BY THE SMALL CHURCH I WAS ATTENDING ABOUT LEADING MUSIC WHEN THE CURRENT MUSIC DIRECTOR PASSED AWAY!!! I CAN DISTINCTLY REMEMBER TELLING GOD "OK GOD THAT'S FINE, I'LL LEAD THE SINGING, BUT THAT'S ALL, DON'T ASK ME TO DO ANYTHING ELSE"!!! AS TIME WENT ON THE CHURCH ASKED ME TO BEGIN A YOUTH PROGRAM!!! ONCE AGAIN I SAID "OK GOD I'LL WORK WITH THE YOUTH, BUT THAT'S IT, DON'T ASK ME TO DO ANYTHING ELSE"!!! A COUPLE OF YEARS PASSED AND GOD LEAD ME AWAY FROM THAT CHURCH TO ANOTHER CHURCH AS AN OFFICIAL, PAID MINISTER OF MUSIC AND YOUTH!!! THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS THERE I KNEW GOD WAS REALLY CALLING ME TO PREACH, BUT I WAS CONTENT WITH 'SERVING' HIM WHERE I WAS!!! I SPENT THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AT THAT CHURCH FIGHTING GOD'S CALL ON MY HEART TO PREACH, BECOMING SO MISERABLE I FINALLY RESIGNED!!! I MOVED MY FAMILY TO A LARGE CHURCH WHERE THERE WAS ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THINGS AND I BASICALLY HID FROM GOD AT THAT CHURCH FOR SEVERAL YEARS!!! GOD KEPT CALLING ME AND SO FINALLY I TOLD GOD "OK I'LL PREACH, BUT DON'T ASK ME TO DO ANYTHING ELSE" AND I BECAME A 'FILL-IN' PREACHER!!! I STAYED FAIRLY BUSY WITH THIS, BUT I COULD FEEL GOD STILL URGING ME ON TOWARD SOMETHING ELSE!!! I REMEMBER DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY AND JUST SCREAMING OUT AT THE LORD "I'M NOT READY"!!! I DIDN'T HEAR AN AUDIBLE ANSWER, BUT I COULD FEEL THE LORD SAYING "WELL GET READY"!!! I FINALLY SURRENDERED TO HIS WILL IN MY LIFE AND THE FIRST SUNDAY IN APRIL WILL BE MY FIRST FULL YEAR AS PASTOR!!! MY ANSWER TO GOD IS NOW "NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER WHERE" I WILL SERVE GOD!!! I KNOW I HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES!!!

Wow!

That's almost the exact same thing that happened to me. I can't sing a lick but I filled in leading music. Then worked with the youth. The got mad and quit going to church at all. Then my life was a wreck for sure. My wife kicked me out in 2007 for about three days! I cried out to God if you will let me go home then i will preach your word. Once again got back in a different church and just blended in. Then taught Sunday school for awhile. Changed churches a couple of times. But finally I couldn't run anymore. I am not a bible educated man nor have I read most of it. But after my message Wednesday night I found out God will preach you! I asked my pastor yesterday about the experience and he said that he knows when someone has been truly called. He said that I was truly called. The power or God is amazing. To take a guy like me that was saved in 1995, I'm 36 years old, and use me like he has is almost unbelievable. I was afraid all those years about what others would think instead of what God thinks about me. I have helped lead a young man that works for me to the Lord in the last 6 weeks. Several of the guys that work for me are giving him a hard time about it. He is a Hispanic and was a devout Catholic. He is attending the Southern Baptist church that I belong to. They are messing with him bout being forced to change religions by me. Which is far from true. He was saved Sunday morning also. I told him that he was going to face lots of rejection from his so called friends. I can see him going through some of the same things I did when I was a going Christian. Please keep me and my family and his in your prayers.

LIFE BEYOND THE RITUALS

HELLO! AND GOOD MORNIN TO YOU ALL .GOD HAS BROUGHT US TO ANOTHER WEEKEND ,TO GET DONE WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE THERE AT THE HOUSE ,OR WHERE EVER YA MIGHT GO TODAY,NOW FOR TODAYS MESSAGE.ROYAL DIGNITARY AND POPULAR PEOPLE WERE VISITING RESIDENTS AT A NURSING HOME .ONE OF WHICH WAS SURPRIZED BY THE UNRESPONSIVENESS OF ONE WOMAN WHO JUST SAT AND STARED AT HIM .FINALLY,THE DIGNATARY ASKED HER"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM ?"--TO WHICH THE WOMAN RESPONDED;"NO, BUT THAT NURSE OVER THERE HELPS US WITH THOSE KIND OF THINGS." MANY PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED ABOUT WHO JESUS IS.BUT THROUGH HIS WORD,GOD HELPS US KNOW AND ENJOY THE REAL JESUS.YOU WILL FIND HIM WONDERFULLY COMPELLING.TOUGH FISHERMAN,TAX COLLECTORS, AND ZELOTS GAVE UP EVERYTHING TO FOLLOW HIM .WOMEN FELT SAFE WITH HIM.CROWDS STOOD IN AWE OF HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY.JESUS IS NOT CONTENT TO BE JUST OUR "FIRE INSURANCE," SAVING US FROM ETERNAL PUNISHMENT IN HELL.RATHER, HE WANTS US TO KNOW HIM FOR WHO HE REALLY IS ,AND HE DESIRES TO CONNECT WITH US ON A DEEPER ,MORE PERSONAL LEVEL.IF YOU ARE WEARY OF A RELIGION THAT IS ABOUT RULES AND REGULATIONS ,THEN WELCOME TO LIFE BEYOND THE RITUALS.WELCOME TO A RELEATIONSHIP IN WHICH YOU CAN FIND COMPANIONSHIP ,COMFORT,WISDOM ,AND REALITY.WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL PRIVILEDGE OF GETTING TO KNOW JESUS AND THE JOY OF FOLLOWING HIM.GET TO KNOW HIM.---AND YOU;LL GROW TO LOVE HIM MORE AND MORE EACH DAY.TO KNOW JESUS IS TO LOVE JESUS...HE LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND ,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON......HEY PREACHER AND BEARDENRENTS,,,,WE NEVER KNOW WHERE GOD WILL LEAD US ,WE CAN BE PRETTY STUBORN SOMETIMES ,THAT STUBORNNESS IS WHAT GOD USES TO MAKE US LOOK BACK AND SAY WE SHOULD OF LISTENED A LONG TIME AGO TO HIM ,AND WHO KNOWS WHERE WE WOULD BE RIGHT NOW ,,BUT ONE THING FOR SURE ,GOD HAS US WHERE HE WANTS US FOR THE PRESENT TIME ,,WHO KNOWS WHAT HE WILL BE HAVIN US DO TOMORROW ..PRAYERS FOR ALL ! ,,RON

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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 !!

BRAD IVE SENT U A PM...........

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on fire/tree dogs

CHURCH TOMORROW

I WAS JUST TALKIN TO A PERSON ABOUT CHURCH ON SUNDAYS ,HE WANTED TO KNOW IF NOT ATTENDING CHURCH ON SUNDAYS IS A SIN? MY ANSWER WAS NO THERES MANY PEOPLE THAT WORK ON SUNDAYS AND THERES NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT THAT SO CHURCH CAN NOT BE ATTENDED BY SOME .JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT GO TO CHURCH IS NOT GOIN TO KEEP YOU FROM ENTERING HEAVEN IF YOUR A CHRISTIAN AND ACCEPTED GOD AS YOUR SAVIOR.,,BUT GOD DOES WANT YOU TO IF AT ALL POSSIBLE ,,,FOR EVERYTHING THAT GOD DOES FOR YA EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK IF YOU ARENT WORKIN ,AND YOUR HOUSE BOUND AN JUST CANT MAKE IT TO CHURCH ,,THATS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT WHAT IS 1 HOUR IN CHURCH COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER HOURS IN A WEEK IF YOU CAN ATTEND AND DONT HAVE A REASON NOT TO,1 HOUR IS A VERY SHORT TIME JUST TO SET AND LISTEN TO YOUR PASTOR TALK ABOUT GOD .I MY SELF HAS MISSED CHURCH ON SUNDAY FOR NO REASON,I FEEL VERY GUILITY WHEN I DO ...BUT THOSE SUNDAYS WHICH ARE MOST SUNDAYS ,WHEN I WALK OUT OF CHURCH AFTER THE SERVISE I SURE FEEL BETTER AND WAS GLAD I WAS THERE ,,GOD LOVES YAS.WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED ONE ,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON......MY PRAYER IS THAT GOD TOUCHS YOU AND BLESSE,S YOU ,,,

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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 !!

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO ATTEND CHURCH WHENEVER POSSIBLE, SUNDAY MORNING, SUNDAY NIGHT, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, ETC!!! THE REASON FOR THESE SERVICES IS NOT TO CREATE A COMPETITION TO SEE WHO CAN HAVE THE BEST ATTENDANCE!!! IT'S TO GIVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO WORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, AND SERVE TOGETHER!!! WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES AND HOPEFULLY OUT OF THESE THREE SERVICES A PERSON CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTEND!!! I'VE EVEN HEARD OF CHURCHES ADDING MONDAY NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT, ETC. TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LIKE DOCTORS, NURSES, FIREMEN, POLICEMEN, ETC!!! TO BE SURE THE BIBLE SAYS IN HEBREWS 10:25 "FORSAKE NOT THE ASSEMBLING TOGETHER OF YOURSELVES"!!! THE EMPHASIS OF THIS PASSAGE IS THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A PART OF A LOCAL CHURCH, BUT GOD ISN'T LOOKING FOR ATTENDANCE RECORDS!!! HE'S LOOKING IN YOUR HEART FOR THE MOTIVE OF YOUR ACTIONS!!! ATTENDING CHURCH HAS NUMEROUS BENIFITS FOR EVERY BELIEVER BUT WILL NEVER EARN YOU ENOUGH CREDIT TO QUALIFY FOR HEAVEN, ONLY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST CAN PAY THE PRICE THAT'S REQUIRED!!!

PRAISE GOD !

IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE HAND OF OUR LORD IS AT WORK IN MANY OF THE PEOPLES LIVES WHO VISIT AND PARTICIPATE ON THREAD. MAY ALL OF THE GLORY BE LIFTED UP TO OUR RISEN SAVIOR! AMEN.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

attend church

i believe we should attend church to as a preacher said to refuel our tanks that is to help us understand why jesus did what he did for us and why god loves us.also i believe we should read the bible as often as we can to help us understand more fully the word.just got through reading the book of revoliations a few week back and i haven't felt the same since.

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on fire/tree dogs

PLEASE REMEMBER..........

EVERYONE WHO WAS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADOES LAST WEEK. THERE ARE MANY WITHOUT HOUSING,CLOTHING, AND BARE NECESSITIES. HELP IF YOU CAN, SEND CLOTHES, MONEY, TOILETRIES, TENTS, PLASTIC TOTES, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF THAT A PERSON NEEDS TO SURVIVE. THERE IS A COLLECTION CENTER SET UP AT SOUTHBOUND I-65 AT THE HENRYVILLE EXIT. YOU CAN DROP OFF ANY SUPPLYS THERE OR DONATE CASH TO THE RED CROSS RELIEF EFFORTS. PLEAE HELP IF YOU CAN............PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE EVERY CHANCE YOU GET, THEY NEED US AND ARE COUNTING ON US IN THEIR TIME OF DEVASTATION!!! MAY GOD BLESS THE CLEANUP EFFORTS AND THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE PEOPLES LIVES. GOD BLESS AND AMEN.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

ENDING ESCALATION

HELLO EVERYONE PRAYER IS SENT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY LAST WEEKS TORNADOS,,IF YA HAVENT BEEN AFFECTED ,PRAY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE . NOW LETS GO WITH TODAYS MESSAGE.THE PASTOR OF AN INNER--CITY CHURCH TOLD HIS CONGRAGATION;SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE IN AN EYE FOR AN EYE.",BUT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ITS TWO EYES FOR AN EYE.YOU CAN NEVER EVEN THE SCORE;YOU CAN ONLY RAISE THE STAKES.THE PEOPLE NODDED IN SOLEMN UNDERSTANDING OF THE REALITY THEY FACED EACH DAY.WEVE SEEN IT HAPPEN ON SCHOOL PLAY GROUNDS OR IN OUR HOMES --A CHILD BUMPS INTO ANOTHER DURING A GAME.THE ONE WHO GOT BUMPED PUSHS BACK,AND THE SHOVING QUICKLY GROWS INTO A FIGHT.ITS THE PROCESS OF RETALITION AND ESCALITION IN WHICH EACH ACT OF REVENGE EXCEEDS THE ONE THAT PROVOKED IT.IN MATHEW 5 ,JESUS TACKLED A NUMBER OF KEY RELATIONAL ISSUES BY RASIING THE STANDARD TO THE ONE THAT PLEASES GOD :YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID...BUT I TELL YOU...HIS WORDS ABOUT TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK,GOING THE SECOND MILE,AND GIVING TO THOSE WHO ASK MAY SOUND AS RADICAL AND UNREALISTIC TO US AS THEY DID TO THOSE WHO FIRST HEARD THEM.ARE WE WILLING TO PONDER AND PRAY ABOUT HIS TEACHING ?ARE WE READY TO APPLY IT WHEN WE ARE WRONGED AT HOME,WORK,OR AT SCHOOL?TO RETURN GOOD FOR GOOD IS NATURAL;TO RETURN GOOD FOR EVIL IS SUPERNATURAL. THE CYCLE OF ESCALATION CAN BE BROKEN WHEN A COURAGEOUS ,FAITHFUL FILLED PERSON REFUSES TO STRIKE BACK...SOME TIMES WE FEEL WE NEED TO DO SOMETHIN ABOUT WHAT SOMEONE HAS DONE TO US ,O WE COULD GO PUNCH THEM OUT ,JUST LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO DO.BUT THE BEST THING FOR YAS TO DO IS PRAY FOR THEM,YA KNOW I CAN REMEMBER ONE TIME AT WORK I WAS GETIN READY TO ARREST A PERSON,THAT PERSON DREW BACK AND ABOUT KNOCKED MY HEAD OFF MY PARTNER AND I GOT HIM HAND CUFFED, I SAID TO HIM "MAN IM GONA SAY A PRAYER FOR YOU CAUSE YOU REALLY NEED ONE AND TOOK HIM TO JAIL.THAT EVENING AT THE END OF MY SHIFT,THAT PERSON ASKED THE JAILER IF HE COULD TELL ME HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ME,AS I WALKED INTO THE CELL CORRIDOR THE MAN TOLD ME HE WAS VERY SORRY ABOUT PUNCHIN ME AND ASKED IF I WOULD SAY A PRAYER FOR HIM RIGHT THEN,I PUT MY HAND THROUGH THE BARS ON TO HIS SHOULDER AND ASKED GOD TO TOUCH HIM AND CHANGE HIS LIFE STYLE,THE GUY WAS CRYIN AND ABOUT MADE ME CRY,LONG STORY SHORT ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION WHILE AT WORK WHO STEPED OUT BUT THE GUY THAT SMACKED ME ,HE GAVE ME FREE DONUTS AND COFFE AND THANKED ME FOR THAT PRAYER THAT DAY AND SAID HE HAS MADE A AWSOME CHANGE IN HIS LIFE AND GOS TO CHURCH NOW,HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID ,YOUR JAW LOOKS A LITTLE CROOKED FROM WHERE I HIT YA ,,IL SAY A PRAYER FOR YA ,,WE COULDNT HELP FROM LAUGHING .....SO NEXT TIME TRY WHAT I DID ,IT WORKS ,,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,GOD LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS ,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON WE NEED TO KEEP EACH OF US IN PRAYER ,YOU ME AND EVERYBODY,JESUS IS GONA RETURN ONE DAY SOON AND I HOPE WE ALL MEET IN HEAVEN ,WHAT A DAY OF REJOICING IT WILL BE ,WHEN WE ALL MEET JESUS ,WE WILL SING AND SHOUT THE VICTORY,,I LOVE YAS ALL IN CHRISTIAN LOVE .SEE YAS TOMORROW IF GODS WILLIN !

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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 !!

ISAIAH 25:1

“[Praise to God] O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.”

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND

HI TO EVERYONE!ITS AWSOME HERE IN THE RIVERBOTTOM ,I WAS UP AND SAW A SUNRISE OF BLUE SKYS,AND DIFFERENT COLORS ,BIRDS SINGIN,COWS MOOOIN,CHICKENS CHASIN EACH OTHER ,ROOSTER CROWIN,AND THE BARN CATS AND KITTENS PLAYIN AT THE BARN,AND THE OLE HOUNDS SAYIN ITS FEEDIN TIME.WHAT AN AWSOME START TO A WARM WINDY DAY...MAN ,ITS HARD SOMETIME TO TAKE CORRECTION TO SOMETHIN THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU DID YOUR BEST ON,OR FOR SOMETHIN THAT YA DID THAT MAYBE YA SHOULDNT OF.NOT EVERYONE APPRECIATES CORRECTION,BUT DAVID DIDHE FELT INDEBTED TO THOSE WHO CORRECTED HIM AND RELIAZIED HOW MUCH HE OWED THEM."LET THE RIGHTEOUS STRIKE ME;IT SHALL BE A KINDNESS.LET HIM REBUKE ME;IT SHALL BE AS EXCELLENT OIL;LET MY HEAD NOT REFUSE IT.CORRECTION IS A KINDNESS,DAVID INSISTS,A WORD THAT SUGGESTS AN ACT OF LOYALITY.LOYAL FRIENDS WILL CORRECT ONE AND OTHER,EVEN WHEN ITS PAINFUL AND DISRUPTIVE TO RELATIONSHIPS TO DO SO .ITS ONE OF THE WAYS WE SHOW LOVE AND HELP ONE AND OTHER TO GROW STRONGER.AS PROVERBS 27:6 STATES "FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND.".IT TAKES GRACE TO GIVE GODLY CORRECTION;IT TAKES GREATER GRACE TO RECIEVE AND ACCEPT IT UNLIKE DAVID ,WHO ACCEPTED NATHANS CORRECTION{2 SAMUEL 12 :13 WERE INCLINDED TO REFUSE IT.WE RESENT THE INERFERENCE ;WE DO NOT WANT TO BE FOUND OUT.BUT IF WE ACCEPT THE REPROOF,WE WILL FIND THAT IT DOES INDEED BECOME "EXCELLENT OIL" ON OUR HEADS,AN ANOINTING THAT MAKES OUR LIVES A SWEET AROMA WHEREEVER WE GO.CORRECTION FROM A LOYAL FRIEND CAN HELP CHANGE US FOR THE BETTER.GROWTH IN GRACE SOMETIMES COMES THROUGH THE KIND BUT UNPLEASANT CORRECTION OF A FRIEND.DO NOT REFUSE IT,FOR "HE WHO RECIEVES CORRECTION IS PRUDENT"AND "WISE"SO NEXT TIME YOU CORRECT THE KIDS KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU ARE HELPING THEM TO LEARN CORRECTION AS THEY GO THROUGH LIFE .AND NEXT TIME YOU NEED CORRECTION ,ACCEPT IT ,AND GIVE THE CORRECTOR A HUG FOR DOIN IT ,,IT SEEMS I GET HUGED AND AWFUL LOT...GOD LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS, HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON...DO THIS TODAY,,,STEP OUT SIDE ,LOOK AROUND AT EVERYTHING,THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE,WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YA,AND JUST TRY TO COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS...PRAYER FOR YOU ALL! SEE YAS TOMORROW ,,IF GOD WILLIN

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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 !!

PSALM 139:23-24

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.”

I REALLY NEEDED THIS WORD OF SCRIPTURE THIS MORNING........ LET IT BE WITH US EVERY MINUTE OF OUR DAY THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE RISEN LORD THAT MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR US SO THAT WE MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE IF WE SIMPLY BELIEVE IN HIM..........WHAT A FRIEND WE TRULY HAVE IN JESUS.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

DWELL WITH UNDERSTANDING

GODS MORNIN, GOOD MORNIN,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOMS.BRADS LAST SENTENCE ,"WHAT A FRIEND WE TRULY HAVE IN JESUS"NOW THATS THE WAY TO START A DAY! THERES NO BETTER WAY THAN TO START THIS DAY WITH JESUS.WERE STARTED ,NOW LETS GO AND BEGAIN THIS DAY. MY WIFE ,KAREN AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 32 YEARS,AND HAVE LEARNED TO APPRICATE EACH OTHER AND ENJOY EACH OTHERS UNIQUE QUALITIES.SOME TIMES SHE DOES LIKE MY QUALITIES ,ESPECIALLY WHEN I DO SOMETHIN TO MAKE HER MAD AT ME,BUT SHE FORGIVES .AFTER ALL THESE YEARS SHE STILL SURPRIZIES ME FROM TIME TO TIME.RECENTLY ,SHE REACTED TO A NEWS REPORT IN A WAY THAT WAS OPPOSITE TO WHAT I EXPECTED.I TOLD HER ,'WOW! ,THAT SHOCKS ME .I NEVER WOULD OF THOUGHT YOU WOULD LAND THERE ON THAT ISSUE."HER RESPONCE?YOUR JOB IS TO FIGURE ME OUT,AND MY JOB IS TO KEEP YOU GUESSING!"THE RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND YOUR SPOUSE IS WHAT KEEPS MARRIED LIFE INIERESTING AND STRETCHING.THIS IS AN ANCIENT CHALLENGE.PETER WROTE;HUSBANDS,LIKEWISE,DWELL WITH THEM WITH UNDERSTANDING,GIVING HONOR TO YOUR WIFE,AS TO THE WEAKER VESSEL,AND AS BEING HEIRS TOGETHER OF THE GRACE OF LIFE,THAT YOUR PRAYERS MAY NOT BE HINDERED"{1 PETER 3 :7 HE SAW IT AS A PRIORITY FOR THE HUSBAND TO BECOME A STUDENT OF HIS WIFE---TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND HER.WITHOUT THAT COMMINTMENT TO UNDERSTANDING HIS WIFE ,A HUSBAND IS NOT CAPABLE OF DOING WHAT COMES NEXT---HONORING HER.MARRIAGE THRIVES IN A CLIMATE OF LOVE AND RESPECT. AS A HUSBAND,IF I AM TO LOVE MY WIFE AS CHRIST LOVES CHURCH,IT WILL BEGIN WITH INTENTIONAL EFFORET TO GROW IN MY UNDERSTANDING OF HER...I AM GLAD GOD GAVE KAREN TO ME AS A FRIEND ,PAL, AND WIFE ,WHO SOMETIMES UNDERSTANDS ME AND I HER,WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT EACH OTHER TILL WE BOTH MEET AGAIN IN HEAVEN.GOD LOVES YAS, WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON,MY PRAYER FOR TODAY IS IF YOU HAVEN T ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR,THAT YOU ASK HIM TODAY,CAUSE SOME DAY SOON YOU WONT HAVE THE OPPRITUNITY TO DO SO.IF YA NEED ANYTHING JUST P.M. ME OR BRAD OR ANYONE ON HERE ,,,THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL THAT VISIT THIS POST EACH DAY ,AND READS ,YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM,,,AMEN

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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 !!

THE LORDS DIRECTION

GOOD MORNIN ALL! ITS ALMOST FRIDAY,ITS RAININ A LITTLE HERE IN THE RIVERBOTTOMS THIS MORNIN,THE AIR SMELLS LIKE SPRING.THE DAFIADILS ARE IN FULL BLOOM A BRIGHT YELLOW AND SMELL GOOD TOO...ARE YA GOIN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? IT IS NOT WITHIN THE POWER OF MAN TO MAP HIS LIFE AND PLAN FOR HIS COURSE,BUT IF GODS IN YOUR LIFE THINGS CAN BE A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT AND THE ROAD WONT BE AS BUMPY.IF GODS NOT GOIN WITH YOU DONT MOVE A STEP FROM YOUR PLACE.THE STEPS OF GOOD PEOPLE ARE DIRECTED BY THE LORD.HE DELIGHTS IN EACH STEP THAT WE TAKE.IF WE FALL IT ISNT FATAL,FOR THE LORD HOLDS US WITH HIS HANDS.GOD LOVES US HES HOLDIN US UP,HE WILL GUIDE US ALL THROUGH LIFES ADVENTURES,LEADING US WITH WISDOM AND COUNSEL;AND AFTERWARDS RECIEVES US INTO THE GLORYS OF HEAVEN!THERES NOTHING THAT CAN EVER SEPERATE US FROM GODS LOVE.DEATH CANT,AND LIFE CANT.THE ANGELS WONT,AND ALL THE POWERS OF HELL ITSELF CANNOT KEEP GODS LOVE FROM US.OUR FEARS FOR TODAY,OUR WORRIES ABOUT TOMORROW, OR WHERE WE ARE--HIGH ABOVE THE SKY,OR IN THE DEEPEST OCEAN--NOTHING WILL EVER BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE ,CARE OR ANYTHING THAT GOD DEMONSTRATED BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WHEN HE WAS NAILED TO THAT CROSS AND DIED FOR OUR SINS.GOD WANTS A RELEATIONSHIP WITH YOU ,,YES YOU! IF YA DONT KNOW HIM ASK HIM INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY,,THERES MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO ASK HIM TO COME IN WHAT EVER WORDS YOU USE,AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE IN HIM ,AND THAT HE DIED AND AROSE AGAIN 3 DAYS LATER ,AND CONFESS TO HIM THAT YOU ARE A SINNER AND WANT HIM YOU WILL BE A CHILD IN HIS FAMILY ...I PRAY TODAY THAT YOU ASK GOD TO BE A PART OF YOUR LIFE,,OOOOO YOUR LIFE IS NOT GONA BE A WALK IN THE PARK ,YOU WILL STILL HAVE TRIALS AND TRIBULAIONS ,BUT GOD SURE MAKES THE OUTCOMES OF EVERYTHING A WHOLE LOT BETTER....GOD DOES LOVE YAS ,WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON......MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE THAT READS THESE WORDS POSTED HERE EACH DAY ,AND FOR SURE I KNOW IN HIS TIME ,,,HE WILL ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS ,,,LATER

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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 !!

2 TIMOTHY 1:9

“Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.”

PLEASE ATTEND A CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE THIS SUNDAY, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU THERE ! GOD BLESS.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

WHAT A GREAT DAY TO BE AT CHURCH!!! WE HAD TWO GREAT SERVICES!!! I AM TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT CHURCH FAMILY, BUT EVEN MORE SO, AN INCREDIBLY AWESOME GOD!!!

EXODUS 14:14

"THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU, AND YOU HAVE ONLY TO BE STILL."


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

SING A NEW SONG TO THE LORD

WHAT AN AWSOME MORNIN ,71 DEGREES ALREADY AND ITS NOT YET NOON,,AS I WAS FEEDIN A WHILE AGO I HEARD A LOUD POP ,THEN ANOTHER ,THEN ANOTHER,COMEIN FROM THE WOODS,I THOUGHT OOOOYEA,OOOOYEA YES IT IS ,!!! ITS MUSHROOMS POPIN UP THEN I WOKE UP FROM MY DAYDREAM,,,IT WONT BE LONG THOUGH TILL THE DO...NOW TO TODAYS MESSAGE...THE LORD MAKES US STRONG!SING PRAISES.SING TO ISRAELS GOD.SING ACCOMPANIED BY DRUMS;PLUCK THE SWEET LYRE AND HARP.HE HAS GIVEN ME A NEW SONG TO SING,OF PRAISES TO OUR GOD.MANY WILL HEAR OF THE GLORIOUS THINGS HE DID FOR ME ,AND STAND IN AWE BEFORE THE LORD,AND PUT THERE TRUST IN HIM.BE BOLD AND STRONG,BANISH FEAR AND DOUBT.FOR REMEMBER ,THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHERE EVER YOU GO.THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH.PAUL...THANKED GOD AND TOOK COURAGE.THE NIGHT IS FAR GONE,THE DAY OF HIS RETURN WILL SOON BE HERE.SO QUIT THE EVIL DEEDS OF DARKNESS AND PUT ON THE ARMOR OF RIGHT LIVEING,AS WE WHO LIVE IN THE DAY LIGHT SHOULD.BE DECENT AND TRUE IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO SO ALL CAN APPROVE YOUR BEHAVIOR.DONT SPEND YOUR TIME AT WHILD PARTIES AND GETING DRUNK OR IN ADULTERY AND LUST ,OR FIGHTING,OR JEALOUSY.BUT ASK THE LORD JESUS CHRIST TO HELP YOU LIVE AS YOU SHOULD,AND DONT MAKE PLANS TO ENJOY EVIL...AS A CHRISTIAN ,MAN ITS SO HARD TO LIVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE AND NOT SIN ,,I CANT DO IT ,NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY I STILL MANAGE TO DO IT.GOD KNOWS OUR HEARTS HE KNOWS IF WE INTENTIONALY SIN ,,IM SO GLAD HE FORGIVES US FOR THEM ALL,SOME DAYS I DONT FEEL THAT IM MAKIN HEADWAY WITH MY CHRISTIAN WALK,I FEEL AS IF IM AT A STANDSTILL ,NOT ADVANCING IN MY WALK WITH HIM,THE REASON BEING, I SIN I START OVER YET SIN AGAIN,GOD SAYS HE WORKS ON US ALL THE TIME MAKING US MORE LIKE HIM ,,,I SURE WISH HE WOULD ADVANCE ME JUST A HAIE OR SO FORWARD.BUT AGAIN I KNOW GOD LOVES ,AND FORGIVES ,THATS WHY I HAVE HIM AS MY KING ,THE LORD OF MY LIFE ...HE LOVES YOU ,HE LOVES ME WE LOVE YOUS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY, YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON PRAYER SENT FOR YOU ALL ,,SEE YA TOMORROW,,,

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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 !!

ROMANS 8:28

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”


I LOVE YOU, RON LOVES YOU, AND JESUS CHRIST ABSOLUTELY LOVES YOU, SO WHY NOT ACCEPT HIM INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY?
HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE LIFE ETERNAL!
WHAT A PRICE HE PAID FOR YOU AND ME, ALLOW US TO PRAISE HIM AND GIVE THANKS. GOD BLESS.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

{FRESH ! }

GOOD MORNIN TO ALL! ITS A AWSOME MORNIN HERE IN THE RIVERBOTTOMS ,,LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS HUNTIN YA COULD HEAR THE TREEFROGS SINGIN A TUNE ,EVEN SMACKED A COUPLE MOSQUETOS,THE COON WAS ON THE MOVE TREED 2 REAL QUICK AND WENT TO THE BARN.. LETS GO WITH TODAYS MESSAGE ,,,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FRESH AS THE MORNIN DEW,FRESH AS A LOAF OF FRESHED BAKED BREAD.FRESH AS A NEW BORN BABY.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD FRESH ?WHEN THE GARDEN IS GROWIN GOOD AND ME AND MY WIFE{KAREN} ARE OUT THERE PICKIN THAT FIRST BRIGHT RED TOMATO OF THE YEAR,AND CUTIN SOME FRESH LETTUS THAT GOS ON THAT BACON ,LETTUS AND MATER SANDWICH,MAN IT CANT GET MUCH FRESHER THAN THAT,,O YEA I FORGOT THE HELLMANS MAYO THAT GOS ON THAT SANDWICH A SANDWICH ISNT A SANDWICH UNLESS THERES HELLMANS ON IT. THAT TOMATO AND LETTUS IS AS FRESH AS IT GETS ,NOT STALE,OR SPOILED,BUT CRISP AND FULL OF EXQUISITE FLAVOR. MAN AM I GET HUNGRY. WE ALL NEED THAT KIND OF FRESHNESS IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD,I BET GOD LIKES BACON AND LETTUS AND TOMATO SANDWICHS TOO! WE CAN HAVE TO MANY STALE ATTITUDES-IMPATIENCE,CRITICISM,AND SELFISHNESS--AND NOT ENOUGH "LONGSUFFERING,KINDNESS...GENTLENESS,"WHICH ARE "THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT".{GALATIONS 5 :22-23. AS DAVID REPENTED OF THE SIN IN HIS LIFE,HE PRAYED,"CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART."THEN HE PETITIONED GOD;"RESTORE TO ME THE JOY OF YOUR SALVATION".CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE OF OUR SINS RENEWS OUR FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD AND ALLOWS US TO JOY-OUSLY BEGIN ANEW.TO BEAR GOOD FRUIT ,CLEAR OUT THE WEEDS OF SIN.WHAT BETTER TIME THAN TODAY TO ASK GOD TO GIVE YOU A NEWNESS OF SPIRIT,A FRESHNESS OF FAITH,AND A NEW APPRECIATION OF HIM ! LORD ,WE WANT THE FRUIT OF OUR LIVES TO ALWAYS BE 'FRESH AND FLOURISHING" {PSALM 92 : 14 ].HELP US TO EXPERIENCE YOUR LOVE ,COMPASSION,AND FAITHFULNESS THAT ARE "NEW EVERY MORNING " FRESH AS THAT FALLIN DEW ,AND THE FRESH BREAD , AND THE TOMATO AND LETTUS USED ON THAT B,L,T SANDWICH,,,IM GONA GO SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE ,,CAUSE ME AND THE LORD IS GONA HAVE BREAKFAST AND EAT THAT B,L,T, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT I NEED TO DO FOR HIM TODAY! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH, I SURE WISH YOU HAD HIM IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU DONT,IF I COULD ASK HIM FOR YA I WOULD ,BUT I CANT .WHAT AN AWSOME LIFE YOU WILL START EXPERIECING IF GOD WAS PART OF IT ,,GOD LOVES YAS, WE LOVE YAS, BRAD LOVES YAS ,HEY PREACHER LOVES YAS , STEVE PICKETT LOVES YAS ,LOREN LOVES YAS,CELIA LOVES YAS,RANDY TALLON LOVES YAS , MAN I COULD GO ON AND ON ...CHRISTIAN LOVE IS A SPECIAL KIND OF LOVE ,DIFFERENT THAN ALL OTHERS .,HAVE A BLESSED DAY, YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON PRAYER FOR TODAY IS ,I PRAY YOU ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY...SEE YAS TOMORROW IF THE GOOD LORDS WILLIN! WOW! THAT B,L,T SURE TASTES GOOD I HAVE HELLMANS ALL OVER MY FACE !

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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 !!

2 PETER 1:5-8

“[Fruitful Growth in the Faith] But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

GROWING THROUGH GRIEF

73 DEGREES IN THE RIVERBOTTOMS THIS MORNIN,I THINK IM GONA HAVE TO CUT GRASS NEXT WEEK ,,IVE NEVER CUT GRASS IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH BEFORE,THINGS IN THIS OLE WORLD IS CHANGING ALL THE TIME ,,,THERES GONA BE A REALLY BIG CHANGE SOON ,ARE YOU PREPARED FOR IT ??? AND ARE YOU READY FOR HIS RETURN? I SURE HOPE YOU ARE... A WOMAN WHO LOST HER HUSBAND OF 40 YEARS TO A SUDDEN HEART ATTACK SIAD THE THE RESULTING GRIEF HAS CAUSED HER TO VALUE LOVE MORE.WHEN SHE HEARED COUPLES ARGUING ,SHE SOME TIMES SAID TO THEM ,"YOU DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS ,.""SHE NOTED TO THEM THAT THE WASTED MOMENTS IN ALL OUR LIVES BECOME MORE PRECIOUS WHEN THEY CANNOT BE REPEATED.GREIF CHANGES OUR PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE .IT IS TRITE BUT TRUE THAT HOW WE DEAL WITH SORROW WILL MAKE US EITHER BITTER OR BETTER.IN A REMARKABLE STATEMENT ,THE PSALMST ACTUALLY THANKED GOD FOR A DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE,"BEFORE I WAS AFFLECTED I WENT ASTRAY,BUT NOW I KEEP YOUR WORD...IT IS GOOD FOR ME THAT I HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED,THAT I MAY LEARN YOUR STATUTES[PSALM 119:67,71}. WE DONT KNOW THE NATURE OF THE PSALMST AFFLECTION ,BUT THE POSITIVE OUTCOME WAS A LONGING TO OBEY THE LORD AND A HUNGER FOR HIS WORD .RARELY CAN WE USE THIS TRUTH TO COMFORT THOSE THAT HURT.INSTEAD, IT IS THE LORD S WORD TO US FROM HIS COMPASSIONATE HEART AND THE TOUCH FROM HIS NAIL PERICED HEALING HANDS. WHEN WE GRIEVE,IT FEELS MORE LIKE DIEING THAN GROWING .PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS {PSALM 116 :15 } WHEN OUR LOVEING GOD WRAPS HIS ARMS AROUND US,WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF HIS FAITHFUL CARE.. WHY NOT ASK THIS LOVING GOD IN TO YOUR LIFE TODAY,THINGS WILL BE EASIER TO BARE.,GOD LOVES YOU AND WANTS TO HELP YOU THROUGH THIS LIFE HERE ON EARTH ,THEN JOIN HIS FAMILY IN HEAVEN WHEN HE THINKS YOUR WORK FOR HIM ON EARTH IS DONE......GOD LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS , HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,,,RON,,NEED PRAYER JUST ASK ,, WE ALL NEED PRAYER EACH AND EVERY DAY!,,,SEE YA TOMORROW ,, AFTER I HAVE MY MORNIN TALK WITH GOD, AND MY CHORES ARE DONE ...

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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 !!