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ACTS 4:10-12

“Let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.””

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

ITS A FACT!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOR HOOD ,,AS MR ROGERS USE TO SAY,I THINK SPRING JUST MIGHT BE HERE .WELL LETS GET GOIN WITH TODAYS MESSAGE ,ITS A FACT! IN DOING RESEARCH FOR HIS BOOK {"ROOTS "}ALEX HALEY EMBARKED ON THE FREIGHTER AFRICAN STAR ,SAILING FROM MONTOVIA TO JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.HE DID THIS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE TRIVAILS OF HIS ANCESTORS ,WHO WERE BROUGHT IN CHAINS TO AMERICA.HALEY DECENDED IN TO THE HOLD AREA ,STRIPED HIMSELF OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND TRIED TO SLEEP ON SOME THICK HEWN BRACING .AFTER THE THIRD MISERABLE NIGHT ,HE GAVE UP AND RETURNED TO HIS CABIN.BUT HE COULD NOW WRITE WITH SOME SMALL DEGREE OF EMPATHY OF THE SUFFERING OF HIS ANCESTORS.ITS ONE THING TO SAY THAT WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST,THE SECOND PERSON OF THE HOLY TRINITY ,IDENTFIES HIMSELF WITH US .ITS QUITE ANOTHER TO FEEL THE BLESSED EXPERIENCE OF OUR IDENTIFICATION WITH HIM .BUT WE NEED NOT RESORT TO EXTREME MEASURES TO GRASP THE TRUTH TO THAT ONENESS,FOR CHRIST HIM SELF HAS ENDURED THE MOST EXTREME OF ALL MEASURES TO IDENTIFY WITH US .HE WENT TO THE CROSS TO RECONCILE A SINFUL HUMAN RACE TO HIM SELF. READING SCRIPTURE,PRAYING,AND PARTAKING OF THE LORDS SUPPER CAN HELP US GAIN AT LEAST SOME AWARENESS OF OUR IDENTIFCATION WITH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.BUT REGARDLESS OF HOW WE FEEL,OUR UNITY WITH HIM IS A FACT THAT WE ALL MUST GRASP THROUGH FAITH...THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH ---NOT BY FEELINGS !GOD LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON.....WE ALL NEED THE LORD IN OUR LIVES .ONE DAY YOU WILL SEE WHY WE NEED HIM IF YOU DONT . SEE YAS TOMORROW ,,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 !!

MATTHEW 17:20

So Jesus said to them,

“Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."

ONE OF THE MANY EXAMPLES THAT HAS BEEN PUT BEFORE US BY OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. LEAN ON THE LORD BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOR HE IS THE ANCHOR FOR ALL OF THE STORMS OF LIFE. THANK YOU JESUS FOR DYING FOR MY SINS, THE GREATEST SACRIFICE OF ALL!!!!

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

A DAY WITH JESUS

EVERYDAY IS A DAY WITH JESUS ,EACH DAY WE AWAKE JESUS IS THERE WAITIN TO SPEND IT WITH US ,HES THERE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW .IF YOU DONT HAVE CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE ,TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO ASK HIM TO BE APART OF IT .IF YA ASK HIM IN,P.M. ME AND LET ME OR BRAD OR SOMEONE KNOW THAT YA DID AN WE WILL CELABRATE WITH YA ,WE LOVE YAS ,GOD LOVES YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY, WE WILL SEE YA AT CHURCH TOMORROW ,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON...... PRAYERS FOR ALL! AND IF YA NEED PRAYER ALL YA GOTA DO IS ASK,

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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 !!

GALATIANS 5:22-23

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.”


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

JOIN THE CHOIR!!!!!!!ANYONE CAN SING !!!!

GOOD MORNIN TO ALL !!! WE GOT SOME RAIN ,ITS NICE OUTSIDE ,AND I GOTA MOW THE GRASS.ITS TO WET SO IL WAIT TILL TOMORROW,BUT IF I DONT MOW SOON ,I CAN BAIL IT AND FEED IT TO THE COWS... YA KNOW WHAT YA DONT HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD VOICE TO SING IN THIS CHOIR .IT WASNT LONG AGO I HEARD THE SAINT LOUIS TABERNACLE CHOIR IN CONCERT.IT WAS NEARLY 200 PEOPLE WHO GOD HAD BEEN SAVED FROM THE ALLEYS AND PLACES IN ST LOUIS.----FORMER CRACK-ADDICTS ,PROSTUTES,DRUG DEALERS. THEY SANG THERE HEARTS OUT TO GOD.THEIR FACES GLISTENED WITH TEARS RUNNING DOWN THERE FACES AS THEY SANG ABOUT GODS WORK OF REDEMPTION AND GODS FORGIVNESS IN THERE LIVES.AS I WATCHED THEM,I FELT SOME WHAT SHORT-CHANGED,SINCE I WAS SAVED WHEN I WAS 49 ,I DIDNT FEEL THE SAME DEEP DEPTH OF GRATEFULNESS THAT THEY DISPLAYED AS THEY SANG ABOUT THE DRAMATIC RESCUE GOD HAD PROVIDED FOR THEM,I WAS SAVED FROM DRINKING ,CUSSING , JUST BEING A MEAN AND UNGRATEFUL PERSON,I RIVERBOTTOM RON ,AT THE TIME DIDNT GIVE GOD THE GLORY THAT I SHOULD OF FOR SAVIN ME FROM THE PATH THAT I WAS LEADING,BUT NOW THAT I HAVE GROWN IN THE LORD ,I SEE THAT I WASNT NO BETTER A PERSON THAN THAT DRUG ADDICT,OR PROSTUTE.THEN THE SPIRIT REMINDED ME THAT IF GOD HAD NOT RESCUED ME BACK IN THE TIME WHO KNOWS WHERE MY LIFE WOULD BE TODAY?WHAT DISTRUCTIVE PATHS WOULD I HAVE STUMBLED DOWN IF GOD HADNT BEEN TEACHING ME QUALITIES LIKE SEVERANTHOOD AND SELF CONTROL?IT FINNALY BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT I TO AM A GREAT DEBTOR TO HIS GRACE.ITS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SAVED "OUT OF " BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAVED "FROM"THAT MAKES OUR HEARTS WORTHY OF A SPOT IN THE CHORIS OF THE REDEEMED.ANYONE WHO RECIEVES JESUS AS SAVIOR IS WELCOME TO JOIN IN THE CHOIR OF PRAISE:I WILL SING OF THE MERCYS OF THE LORD FOREVER!{PSALMS 89: 1 I WILL SING OF THE MERCYS OF THE LORD FOREVER;WITH MY MOUTH WILL I MAKE KNOWN YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO ALL GENERATIONS .} GOD FORGIVES EVERYONE ASK HIM INTO YOUR LIFE AND BECOME A MEMBER OF HIS CHOIR,HE WAITS PATIENTLY FOR NEW MEMBERS ,,AND THERES MANY OTHER BENIFITS THAT YOU WILL REAP AS GOD BLESSES YOU EACH DAY...GOD LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS, HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON PRAYERS SENT FOR EVERYONE ,ENJOY THIS DAY AND BE GLAD IN IT CAUSE ITS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GOOD BLESSINGS FROM GOD ....SEE YAS 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 !!

"OH TO GRACE HOW GREAT A DEBTOR DAILY I'M CONSTRAINED TO BE"!!!

1 PETER 2:2-3

“As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.”


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

LINCOLNS TESTIMONY

HI TO ALL! THE SUNS SHININ ,WHAT A GREAT DAY THE LORD HAS MADE FOR US TO ENJOY......ABRAHAM LINCOLIN WAS A BACKWOODSMAN WHO ROSE FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO THE HEIGHTS OF POLITICAL POWER.DURING THE DARK DAYS OF THE U.S. CIVIL WAR HE SERVED AS A COMPASSIONATE AND RESOLUTE PRESIDENT.DEPRESSION AND MENTAL PAIN WERE HIS FREQUENT COMPANION.YET THE TERRIBLE EMOTIONAL SUFFERING HE ENDURED DROVE HIM TO RECIEVE CHRIST BY FAITH.LINCOLN TOLD A CROWED IN HIS HOME TOWN IN ILLINOIS;"WHEN I LEFT SPRINGFIELD,I ASKED YOU THE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR ME;I WAS THEN NOT A CHRISTIAN.WHEN I BURIED MY SON,THE SEVEREST TRIAL OF MY LIFE,I WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN,BUT WHEN I SAW THE BODYS AND GRAVES OF THOUSANDS OF OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, I THEN AND RIGHT THERE GOT ON MY KNEES AND GAVE MYSELF TO CHRIST.I DO LOVE JESUS."LIFES MOST PAINFUL TRAGEDIES CAN BRING US TO A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAVIOR .WHEN TWO MEN WALKED THE ROAD TO EMMAUS,THEY WERE DUMBFOUNDED BY THE SENSELESS MUDER OF JESUS OF NAZARETH.THEN A STRANGER JOINED THEM AND GAVE SCRIPTURAL INSIGHT ABOUT THE SUFFERING MESSIAH.THE STRANGER WAS JESUS HIMSELF,AND HIS MINISTRY TO THEM BROUGHT COMFORT.SUFFERING CAN TEACH US WHAT WE CANT LEARN IN ANY OTHER WAY.HEARTACHE HAS A WAY OF POINTING US TO THE LORD JESUS,WHO HAS SHARED IN OUR SUFFERINGS AND CAN BRING MEANING TO SEEMINGLY SENSELESS PAIN.{ LUKE 24 :26 OUGHT NOT THE CHRIST TO HAVE SUFFERED THESE THINGS AND ENTER INTO GLORY?}GOD SUFFERED ALOT FOR ME AND YOU ,LET ME ASK YOU THIS ,WOULD YOU GO THROUGH WHAT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST DID FOR ANY ONE ?HE WENT THROUGH MUCH BUT HE DID IT FOR US.WE DONT DESERVE ANYTHING ,ANYTHING THAT HE HAS DONE OR DID OR GONA DO FOR US ,ME AND YOU .BUT HE DID AND HE WILL ,,,{"BECAUSE HE LOVES US "},,,WE LOVE YAS TO ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY, YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON........WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE ,IT DOESNT MATTER IF ITS RAININ, SNOWIN, COLD,SO HOT YOU COULD FRIE AND EGG ON THE ROOF FOGGY, SLEETIN,,WHEN YOU ASK JESUS CHRIST INTO YOUR LIFE YOU WILL SEE THAT ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, I WISH I COULD ASK HIM INTO YOUR LIFE FOR YA,,BUT I CANT, YOUR LOVIN MOTHER CANT ,DAD CANT ,YOUR WIFE OR HUSBAND CANT ,THAT SWEET DAUGHTER ,OR SON CANT NO ONE CAN,,BUT ONE THING THAT WE ALL CAN DO IS { HELP YOU AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU AND WANT YA TOO!}SO WE ALL CAN LIVE FOREVER IN HEAVEN WITH OUR LOVIN LORD JESUS ..... I PRAY YA ASK,,,SEE YA TOMORROW MAYBE ,,,IF THE GOD LORDS 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 !!

JEREMIAH 17:7-8

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.”


LIKE A TREE BESIDE THE WATERS OF LIFE, I WILL REMAIN ANCHORED IN THE LORD! AMEN AND GOD BLESS.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

"COURAGE: LIVE IT IF YA GOT IT!

A AWSOME.AWSOME MORNIN!I HEARD A FEW STORYS ABOUT FINDIN MUSHROOMS THIS MORNIN AT THE LOCAL COFFEE SHOP,THE FELLERS AND FRIENDS ALWAYS GIVES ME A HEADS UP WHEN THERE STARTIN TO FIND THOSE BIG OLE JUICY PIECES OF FRUIT OF THE EARTH,I DONT KNOW WHY GOD MADE THESE THINGS BUT MAN THEY ARE TASTY,JUST GIVE ME A PLATEFULL AND KATCHUP AND LEAVE ME ALONE ,AND IL SHOW YA HOW TO MAKE THEY DISSAPEAR.LETS GET TO TODAYS MESSAGE ,IM GETIN HUNGRY ..."COURAGE" THATS ONE THING YA NEED TO GET GODS WORK DONE.THATS WHAT I SAID ONE DAY IN A BIBLE CLASS.I TOLD THE PEOPLE THAT ACCORDING TO {2 TIMOTHY 1 :7 GOD DID NOT GIVE US A SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY BUT A SPIRIT OF POWER . A FEW DAYS LATER ,WHILE AT A SWIMMING PARTY OLE RON CLIMBED THE LADDER TO THE HIGH DIVE ,OLE RON HADNT JUMPED FROM THAT HIGH SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER AND WASNT AFRAID OF NOTIN.ALL THE YOUNGSTERS WERE BEHIND ME YELLIN JUMP!,JUMP!, AS I LOOKED DOWN I SAID TO MY SELF ,MAN IM CRAZY SHOULD I JUMP FROM THIS HIGH? THEN ONE OF THE TEENAGERS SAID ,MR RON IF YOU DONT JUMP ,DONT YOU EVER PREACH ABOUT HAVIN COURAGE AGAIN ,EVERYONE STARTED LAUGHING .WELL I STOOD THERE ,SMILED REAL BIG AND ALL THE SUDDEN THIS OLE 320 POUND BODY MADE SUCH A BIG SPLASH MOST OF THE WATER WAS GONE OUT THE POOL! WHEN I CAME UP I I YELLED "WHAT YA THINK ABOUT THAT COURAGE!!! " I KNEW THAT SOME TIMES THE COURAGEOUS THING IS NOT TO GO ALONG WITH THE CROWED.BUT THIS TIME I JUMPED! COURAGE MAKES A GOOD THEORY ,BUT SOME TIMES WE NEED HELP TO PRACTICE IT.WE HAVE MANY OPPRITUNITYS TO STEP OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE TO SERVE GOD.WHEN WE DONT HAVE THE COURAGE,WE NEED TO BE REMINDED OF GODS PROMISE IN {2 TIMOTHY,AND WE NEED OTHERS ENCOURAGEMENT TO TAKE THE LEAP.COURAGE WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW WHEN OUR FAITH TAKES THE LEAD!PERHAPS YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TELL YOU ;VOLUNTEER FOR THAT JOB AT CHURCH-THEY NEED YOU.HAVE LUNCH WITH YOUR COWORKERS TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF FAITH.OR JOIN THAT SMALL GROUP STUDIE.WHEN YOU ARE STANDIN IN THE LINE AT THE GROCERY STORE AND HAVE THAT OPPRITUNITY TO TELL SOME ONE ABOUT OUR LORD OR WHERE EVER YA HAVE THAT MOMENT THAT YOU COULD TELL SOMEONE ABOUT GOD,DO IT ! BE COURAGEOUS FOR JESUS.SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES THAT FIRST STEP OF COURAGE TO SERVE OUR MAJESTIC GOD ,THE ONE THAT GAVE IT ALL FOR US .,YOU MIGHT NEED COURAGE TO ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE ,IF YOU DO,,,JUST DO IT !HES THERE RIGHT NOW WAITING FOR YA ....GOD LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON..........NEED PRAYERS ALL YA GOTA DO IS ASK..HEY PREACHER ,BROTHER BRAD,STEVE ,AND EVERYONE ELSE ISNT IT AWSOME TO HAVE A GOD IN YOUR LIFE LIKE MANY OF US HAVE ,I SURE WISH THOSE THAT DONT WOULD ASK HIM TO BE A PART OF THERE LIFE,,,,I WANT YA KNOW THIS,, IF YOU HAVENT ASKED GOD INTO YOUR LIFE HE HE IS STILL RIGHT THERE WITH YOU ,REMEMBER THE TIMES WHEN SOMETHIN HAPPENED AND YOU WONDERED HOW IN THE WORLD DID I KEEP FROM HITTIN THAT CAR,HOW DID I KEEP FROM RUNNIN OVER THAT LITTLE CHILD, OR HOW IN THE WORLD DID ALL OF THESE TROUBLES GET STRAIGHTEND OUT ,OR WHERE DID THIS FOOD COME FROM ,OR WHERE DID THAT MONEY COME FROM TO PAY MY HOUSE PAYMENT ,I COULD GO ON AND ON ,,,,BUT FOR A LONG STORY SHORT,,,ALL THAT CAME FROM GOD ,EVEN THOUGH HES NOT IN YOUR LIFE ,HE WAS THERE FOR YA AND WANTS TO ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YA ,BUT THERES GONA COME A TIME ,AND ITS COMIN SOON THAT IF YOU DONT HAVE HIM IN YOUR LIFE,YOU WILL HAVE LOST HIM FOR EVER ...NOWS A GOOD TIME TO ASK HIM...

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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 !!

Re: "COURAGE: LIVE IT IF YA GOT IT!

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Originally posted by Riverbottom Ron
A AWSOME.AWSOME MORNIN!I HEARD A FEW STORYS ABOUT FINDIN MUSHROOMS THIS MORNIN AT THE LOCAL COFFEE SHOP,THE FELLERS AND FRIENDS ALWAYS GIVES ME A HEADS UP WHEN THERE STARTIN TO FIND THOSE BIG OLE JUICY PIECES OF FRUIT OF THE EARTH,I DONT KNOW WHY GOD MADE THESE THINGS BUT MAN THEY ARE TASTY,JUST GIVE ME A PLATEFULL AND KATCHUP AND LEAVE ME ALONE ,AND IL SHOW YA HOW TO MAKE THEY DISSAPEAR.LETS GET TO TODAYS MESSAGE ,IM GETIN HUNGRY ..."COURAGE" THATS ONE THING YA NEED TO GET GODS WORK DONE.THATS WHAT I SAID ONE DAY IN A BIBLE CLASS.I TOLD THE PEOPLE THAT ACCORDING TO {2 TIMOTHY 1 :7 GOD DID NOT GIVE US A SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY BUT A SPIRIT OF POWER . A FEW DAYS LATER ,WHILE AT A SWIMMING PARTY OLE RON CLIMBED THE LADDER TO THE HIGH DIVE ,OLE RON HADNT JUMPED FROM THAT HIGH SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER AND WASNT AFRAID OF NOTIN.ALL THE YOUNGSTERS WERE BEHIND ME YELLIN JUMP!,JUMP!, AS I LOOKED DOWN I SAID TO MY SELF ,MAN IM CRAZY SHOULD I JUMP FROM THIS HIGH? THEN ONE OF THE TEENAGERS SAID ,MR RON IF YOU DONT JUMP ,DONT YOU EVER PREACH ABOUT HAVIN COURAGE AGAIN ,EVERYONE STARTED LAUGHING .WELL I STOOD THERE ,SMILED REAL BIG AND ALL THE SUDDEN THIS OLE 320 POUND BODY MADE SUCH A BIG SPLASH MOST OF THE WATER WAS GONE OUT THE POOL! WHEN I CAME UP I I YELLED "WHAT YA THINK ABOUT THAT COURAGE!!! " I KNEW THAT SOME TIMES THE COURAGEOUS THING IS NOT TO GO ALONG WITH THE CROWED.BUT THIS TIME I JUMPED! COURAGE MAKES A GOOD THEORY ,BUT SOME TIMES WE NEED HELP TO PRACTICE IT.WE HAVE MANY OPPRITUNITYS TO STEP OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE TO SERVE GOD.WHEN WE DONT HAVE THE COURAGE,WE NEED TO BE REMINDED OF GODS PROMISE IN {2 TIMOTHY,AND WE NEED OTHERS ENCOURAGEMENT TO TAKE THE LEAP.COURAGE WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW WHEN OUR FAITH TAKES THE LEAD!PERHAPS YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TELL YOU ;VOLUNTEER FOR THAT JOB AT CHURCH-THEY NEED YOU.HAVE LUNCH WITH YOUR COWORKERS TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF FAITH.OR JOIN THAT SMALL GROUP STUDIE.WHEN YOU ARE STANDIN IN THE LINE AT THE GROCERY STORE AND HAVE THAT OPPRITUNITY TO TELL SOME ONE ABOUT OUR LORD OR WHERE EVER YA HAVE THAT MOMENT THAT YOU COULD TELL SOMEONE ABOUT GOD,DO IT ! BE COURAGEOUS FOR JESUS.SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES THAT FIRST STEP OF COURAGE TO SERVE OUR MAJESTIC GOD ,THE ONE THAT GAVE IT ALL FOR US .,YOU MIGHT NEED COURAGE TO ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE ,IF YOU DO,,,JUST DO IT !HES THERE RIGHT NOW WAITING FOR YA ....GOD LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON..........NEED PRAYERS ALL YA GOTA DO IS ASK..HEY PREACHER ,BROTHER BRAD,STEVE ,AND EVERYONE ELSE ISNT IT AWSOME TO HAVE A GOD IN YOUR LIFE LIKE MANY OF US HAVE ,I SURE WISH THOSE THAT DONT WOULD ASK HIM TO BE A PART OF THERE LIFE,,,,I WANT YA KNOW THIS,, IF YOU HAVENT ASKED GOD INTO YOUR LIFE HE HE IS STILL RIGHT THERE WITH YOU ,REMEMBER THE TIMES WHEN SOMETHIN HAPPENED AND YOU WONDERED HOW IN THE WORLD DID I KEEP FROM HITTIN THAT CAR,HOW DID I KEEP FROM RUNNIN OVER THAT LITTLE CHILD, OR HOW IN THE WORLD DID ALL OF THESE TROUBLES GET STRAIGHTEND OUT ,OR WHERE DID THIS FOOD COME FROM ,OR WHERE DID THAT MONEY COME FROM TO PAY MY HOUSE PAYMENT ,I COULD GO ON AND ON ,,,,BUT FOR A LONG STORY SHORT,,,ALL THAT CAME FROM GOD ,EVEN THOUGH HES NOT IN YOUR LIFE ,HE WAS THERE FOR YA AND WANTS TO ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YA ,BUT THERES GONA COME A TIME ,AND ITS COMIN SOON THAT IF YOU DONT HAVE HIM IN YOUR LIFE,YOU WILL HAVE LOST HIM FOR EVER ...NOWS A GOOD TIME TO ASK HIM...

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"PR" SWIFT TALKING SPOT
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EPHESIANS 6:10-11

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”


I HAVE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE AS THE CHURCH TRUSTEE FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS. WHEN I WAS APPROACHED AND ASKED TO ACCEPT THE POSITION I DID NOT SPEND TIME MAKING EXCUSES AND FINDING REASONS THAT WOULD KEEP ME FROM DOING THE WORK OF GOD, I IMMEDIATELY ACCEPTED THE CALL. I NOW AM ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN WEEKLY WORSHIP SERVICES BY GIVING PRAYER AND LEADING SONGS ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS. ALSO, TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER SERVICE I WAS APPROACHED BY THE PREACHER AND AN ELDER AND ASKED IF I COULD PRESENT THE MESSAGE TO THE YOUTH OF OUR CHURCH DURING YOUTH WORSHIP AND MY REPLY WAS, " SURE I CAN." SO I ASK FOR PRAYERS THIS SUNDAY MORNING (AT ABOUT 10:15 AM) THAT THE LORD MAY TOUCH MY HEART AND FILL MY TONGUE WITH HIS WORDS THAT NEED TO BE PLACED UPON THE HEARTS OF OUR YOUTH IN OUR CHURCH. I PRAY THAT HIS WORDS MAY MAKE AN EVERLATING IMPRESSION ON THEIR LIVES AS YOUNG CHRISTIANS.

I FEEL THAT THE LORD HAS CHALLENGED ME TO STEP OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE FOR THE SERVICE OF HIS WILL AND BLESSED ME WITH THE COURAGE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE SPREADING OF HIS WORD AND SERVING HIM AS THE ALMIGHTY GOD THAT HE TRULY IS TO US ALL. MAY WE ALL CONTINUE TO GROW IN FAITH SO THAT WE MAY EXPERIENCE ALL THAT THE LORD HAS WILLED FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ON THIS EARTH AND IN HEAVEN ETERNALLY.

WITH THE ARMOR OF GOD FULLY APPLIED AND THE COURAGE TO SPREAD THE NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST, WHOM SHALL WE FEAR ???????????? NOTHING MY FRIENDS, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW. AMEN.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

BRAD

GOD WILL ASK US TO STEP OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE SOMETIMES,I HAVE BEEN IN CHURCH FOR MOST OF MY LIFE I HAVE SERVED IN MANY POSITIONS IN THE CHURCH AND THOUGHT I WAS DOING WHAT GOD WANTED ME TO DO IN HIS CHURCH UNTIL A FEW YRS. AGO I FELT GOD ASKING ME TO BE ONE OF HIS DEACONS IN THE CHURCH. I WAS HAVING DREAMS AND WAS UNABLE TO SLEEP AT NT. AS I SHOULD, THESE DREAMS KEEPED COMING MOST EVERY NT. AND WAS NOT SLEEPING VERY MUCH AT ALL.FINALLY I TOLD MY WIFE AND I TOLD HER I WAS GOING TO TELL OUR PASTOR AND WHEN I DID IT WAS LIKE A BIG BURDEN WAS LIFTED OFF MY SHOULDERS,I WAS ORDANED LATER ON IN APRIL 2009.GOD HAS PLANS FOR US ALL IF WE WILL JUST LISTEN.

BRAD SOMETIMES THESE THINGS GOD HAS FOR US IS NOT EASY TO DO, IVE BEEN FACED WITH A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH AND IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY, BUT I KNOW GOD WANTS US TO DO WHATS RIGHT FOR HIM AND THE CHURCH.WE JUST NEED TO HOLD ON TO OUR FAITH AND ASK GOD FOR GUIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO DO WHATS RIGHT....

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CONGRATULATIONS BRAD!!! FROM ONE MAN TO ANOTHER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND STEPPING OUT TO BE A MAN OF GOD!!! OUR CULTURE IS SO LACKING IN THIS!!! WE NEED MORE MEN LIKE YOU IN ALL OUR CHURCHES, COMMUNITIES AND HOMES!!! I PRAY GOD HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO WORK IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THOSE YOUNG FOLKS TO WHOM YOU WILL BE SPEAKING!!! OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DESPERATELY NEED THE INFLUENCE OF A GODLY MAN IN THEIR LIVES!!! SO MANY OF THEM DON'T HAVE THAT AT HOME!!! I OFTEN GO OUT OF MY WAY TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE SERVICEMEN FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, AND I EXTEND TO YOU MY HEARTFELT AND HUMBLE APPRECIATION TO YOU!!! WE MAY NOT EVER VISIT THE DANGERS OF A COMBAT ZONE, BUT WE ARE FIGHTING A WAR FOR THE HEART AND MIND OF OUR FELLOW MAN, AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE!!! THEY LIVE IN A WAR ZONE EVERYDAY WITH BOMBARDMENTS FROM EVERY SIDE!!! THANK YOU FOR TAKING A STAND!!! MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN ALL THAT YOU DO!!!

JAMES 1:12

“[Loving God Under Trials] Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.”

STEVE & HEY PREACHER,

THANK YOU FOR THE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. MAY WE ALL BE A PART OF FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT AND MAY WE BRING THE WORD OF OUR LORD TO THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED. WE ARE ALL TRULY BLESSED BY THE FELLOWSHIP THAT WE SHARE ON THIS THREAD AND MAY ALL OF THE GLORY BE LIFTED UP TO OUR HEAVENLY HOST. GOD BLESS.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

BRAD DID U RECIEVE MY LAST PM, AFTER U SENT ONE TO ME..

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MR. PICKETT

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Originally posted by steve pickett
BRAD DID U RECIEVE MY LAST PM, AFTER U SENT ONE TO ME..

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THREATS AND WARNINGS

HELLO!!!!!! FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,IM GOIN TO SCHOOL WITH MY GRANDAUGHTER SOPHIE THIS MORNIN,TAKIN MY BANJO AND GUITAR,AND SOPHIES HARMONICA.. THIS HARMONICA BELONGED TO MY DAD AND MAN COULD HE MAKE SOME AWSOME SOUNDS COME OUT OF THAT THING.SOPHIE CAN REALLY MAKE SOME MUSIC COME OUT OF THAT LIKE ID NEVER HEARD .I WENT AND BOUGHT 20 PLASTIC CHEAP HARMONICAS ONE FOR EACH LITTLE ONE IN HER CLASS,SO AFTER WHILE IF YOU HEAR SOME DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC COME FROM ILLINIOIS ,THAT WILL BE ME SOPHIE AND 20 OTHER LITTLE ONES PLAYIN {SHE WILL BE COMIN ROUND THE MOUNTAIN WHEN SHE COMES } IL BET HER TEACHER WILL NEVER INVITE ME TO COME PLAY SONGS WITH THESE LITTLE GUYS AGAIN {LOL}.I LOVE IT AND ITS FUN.NOT TO MANY GRAMPAS CAN GO TO SHCOOL WITH THERE 4 YEAR OLD GRAN DAUGHTERS ANY TIME THEY WANT.SOPHIES TEACHER MISS CATHY IS A NICE PERSON,SHE ACTS AS CRAZY AS I DO BUT MAN DO WE HAVE FUN!....NOW TO TODAYS MESSAGE......GOD NEVER THREATENS:THE DEVIL NEVER WARNS:,DECLARED OSWALD CHAMBERS.WE SOMETIMES USE THE WORD THREAT AND WARNING INTERCHANGELBLY,BUT CHAMBERS SAW A PRINCIPLE THAT SUGGEST A DISTTINCTION..THREATS ARE USED TO GET PEOPLE TO DO WHATS IN OUR BEST INTEREST.WARNINGS ARE ISSUED TO GET PEOPLE TO DO WHATS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.IN OTHER WORDS,THREATS SEEK TO PRESERVE POWER,WHERE WARNINGS SERVE TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM DANGER.SATAN WANTS US TO THINK OF GODS LOVING WARNINGS AS MEAN-SPIRITED THREATS,BUT HE IS WRONG.ACCORDING TO CHAMBERS,"A WARNING IS A GREAT ARRESTING STATEMENT OF GODS ,INSPIRED BY HIS LOVE AND PATIENCE."THE EVIDENCE OF THIS IS FOUND IN THE MANY COMMANDS THAT ARE COUPLED WITH PHRASES LIKE {"THAT IT MAY GO WELL WITH YOU " DEUTERONOMY 4 : 40,12:28}IN LOVING RELEATIONSHIPS ,PEOPLE WARN ONE AND OTHER OF THE ENEVITABLE CONSEQUENCES OF FOOLISH BEHAVIOR.IN UNHEALTHY RELEATIONSHIPS,PEOPLE THREATEN ONE AND OTHER WITH PUNISHMENT IF THEY FAIL TO LIVE UP TO UNREASONABLE DEMANDS.WARNINGS ARE AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE ;THREATS ARE AN EXPRESSION OF CONTROL.AS WE INTERACT WITH OTHERS,ITS GOOD TO CONSIDER THE NATURE OF OUR COUNCEL AND COMMANDS.DO WE USE ULTIMATUMS TO PRESERVE OUR OWN WELL BEING?OR DO WE LOVINGLY WARN OTHERS TO KEEP THEM FROM HARM... SOMETIMES ITS HARD TO REALLY UNDERSTAND DIFFERNT THINGS IN THE BIBLE,AND HOW WE ARE SUPPOSE TO DO THINGS AND TELL THINGS .MANY THINGS I DONT KNOW AND PROBLY NEVER UNDERSTAND TILL I GET TO HEAVEN,BUT IN A NUTSHELL,,,GOD WANTS US TO HELP OTHERS AS WE CAN ...GOD LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS HAVE A BLESSED DAY YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON................. HEY BRAD,GOD ALWAYS HAS THINGS THAT HE WANTS US TO DO FOR HIM ,YOU JUMPED UP AN DID IT ! WAY TO GO MR BRAD,ID LIKE TO COME AND SIT IN ONE OF YOUR TEACHINS TO THOSE KIDS ONE DAY,CONGRATS MY FRIEND !IF IT WERENT FOR YOU I WOULDNT BE WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW WITH MY WALK WITH GOD ,,,THANK YOU BRAD.YOUR AWSOME !!! MANY OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS ,BUT BRAD AND I HAVE NEVER MET,,,BUT MAN WE ARE BEST FRIENDS ....WE ARE BLESSED ! TO ALL MY FRIENDS OUT THERE ,,,WE ALL EVERYONE OF US ARE BLESSED ,,,,JUST TRY COUNTIN THEM ...HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND ,,,PRAYER 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 !!

Re: MR. PICKETT

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Originally posted by BRAD E. ISAACS
NO SIR, I JUST CHECKED MY INBOX AGAIN. THANKS.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

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on fire/tree dogs

GOOD MORNIN

SUNS SHININ ,MOWIN GRASS, SPRAYIN ROUND UP ON ALL THE EDGES ,SO I DONT HAVE TO TRIM..THINK BACK ABOUT THIS PAST WEEK ,WHAT DID GOD HELP YA WITH, WHAT PRAYER DID HE ANSWER?,GOD LOVES YAS AND IS ALWAYS THERE FOR YA.ISNT THAT AWSOME !HAVE A BLESSED DAY,AND ENJOY THE BLESSINGS THAT THE GOOD LORD GIVES YA,SEE YA IN CHURCH TOMORROW ,,,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,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 !!

THANK YOU

THANK YOU JESUS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR ME ,THANK YOU FOR ALL MY FRIENDS ,AND MAY YOU BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE AND MAY YOUR RELEATIONSHIP WITH THEM BLOSSOM AND GROW WITH EACH DAY.LIVE FOR HIM ,,,BECAUSE HE DIED FOR YOU ,WHAT A SACFIFICE THAT HE DID ,,,BECAUSE NONE OF US ARE WORTH WHAT HE GAVE ,,,,HE DID IT CAUSE HE LOVES US AND WANTS TO BE A PART OF OUR LIVES ...HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY WE LOVE YAS , GOD LOVE YAS , YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON SEE YA AT CHURCH

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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 !!

PHILIPPIANS 1:29

“For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,”


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

GODS WORD IS HOLY

{2 TIMOTHY 3 :15 FROM A CHILD THOU HAST KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES ,WHICH ARE ABLE TO MAKE THEE WISE UNTO SALVATION THROUGH FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.} MEMORIZE GODS WORDS ...BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HEAR THE WORDS OF GOD AND KEEP IT THY WORD HAVE I HID IN MY HEART,THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST THEE,,READ SOME SCRIPTURE EACH DAY AND YOU WILL SEE YOUR WALK WITH GOD GROW ,ASK HIM INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY,GOD LOVES YAS WE LOVE YAS HAVE A BLESSED DAY ,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,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 !!

HEY GUYS, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE GREAT POSTS!!! I GOT SOME GREAT NEWS TONIGHT!!! THERE'S THIS MAN AT OUR CHURCH THAT HAS STRUGGLED WITH ADDICTION FOR YEARS AND EVERYONE JUST SEEMED TO TURN A BLIND EYE!!! I'VE BEEN THE PASTOR FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THIS MAN!!! GOD REALLY PUT A DESIRE IN MY HEART TO HELP HIM!!! AFTER SEVERAL HOME VISITS THAT NEVER SEEMED TO DO ANY GOOD, I APPROACHED THE MEN OF THE CHURCH ABOUT BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE!!! WE WERE TO GO SEE HIM THIS PAST SATURDAY, BUT OUR SCHEDULES WOULDN'T ALLOW IT!!! TONIGHT AFTER I GOT HOME FROM WORK, I GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF THE MEN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE VISIT!!! IT SEEMS THE MESSAGE FROM SUNDAY NIGHT HAD STRUCK A NERVE, BECAUSE THE MAN WITH THE PROBLEM CALLED THIS MAN TO TELL HIM HE WAS READY TO ADMIT HE NEEDED HELP AND WANTED TO CHANGE HIS LIFE!!! PRAISE GOD!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!! GOD CONTINUES TO BLOW MY MIND ON A DAILY BASIS!!! I JUST HAD TO SHARE THIS WITH SOMEONE!!! PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD!!!