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FATAL FRAME OF MIND

GOOD MORNIN EVERY ONE !ITS ANOTHER GREAT DAY.ITS SNOWING AND ONE DAY CLOSER TO SPRING ..NOW ON TO TODAYS MESSAGE...WHEN PHARAOH REFUSED TO LET THE PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT,THOUSANDS IF INNOCIENT PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF HIS STUBBORN WILLPERHAPS THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO EGYPT FIRST BORN ON THAT FIRST PASSOVER NIGHT CAUSED THE GREAT ANGER MOSES FELT AS HE LEFT PHARAOH{EXODUS 11 :8 }.IT WAS GOING TO BE A NIGHT OF DEVASTATION AND SORROW BECAUSE OF THE RULER WAS IN A FATAL FRAME OF MIND.ITS EASY FOR ME TO CONDEM PHARAOHS WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD, AND VERY DIFFICULT TO FACE MY OWN.BUT THIS PASSAGE FORCES ME TO ASK,"IS MY ATTITUDE CHOKING THE LIFE OUT OF SOMEONE CLOSE TO ME?"OSWALD CHAMBERS SAID "THE RIGHT OF LIFE IS INSISTED ON ON ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE.AS LONG AS I DO NOT MURDER ANYONE OUTRIGHT THE LAW CANNOT TOUCH ME;BUT IS THERE SOMEONE DEPENDENT ON ME TO WHOM IN THE TINIEST WAY I AM NOT GIVING THE RIGHT TO LIVE?SOMEONE FOR WHOM I AM CHERISHING AN UNFORGIVING DISLIKE? WHOSOEVER HATETH HIS BROTHER IS A MURDERER"{1 JOHN :3 :15OUR HEARTS BECOME HARD THROUGH REPEATED REFUSEALS TO YIELD TO GOD .BUT THEY CAN BE SOFTENED BY OBEDIENCE.THE WAY OF OBEDIENCE IS THE WAY OF BLESSING.WHEN WE SAY "YES" TO GOD,THE RESULTS ARE RELIEF AND LIFE-GIVING RELEASE FOR OUR FAMILIES,COLLEAGUES,AND FRIENDS.WHATS MY FRAME OF MIND TODAY ? HAVE A GOOD FRAME OF MIND TODAY AND EVERYDAY,,GOD LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS , HAVE A BLESSED DAY,,,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON,,,PRAYERS FOR EVERYONE ,SEE YAS TOMORROW IF THE 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 !!

ISAIAH 25:1

"Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago."

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

Amen. Thank you for posting this.

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Originally posted by Jason Baldwin
Amen. Thank you for posting this.

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Jer 29:11-13 NLT For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. (12) In those days when you pray, I will listen. (13) If you look for Me wholeheartedly, you will find Me.

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Rip Acorn Creek Black Swamp Jester

In Honor of Jim Sizemore, " This ain't no benchshow!"

REJOICING IN ALL SEASONS

HELLO TO ALL ,ITS SUPOSE TO GET WARM HERE IN A FEW DAYS SPRINGS COMIN ,,, NOW ON TO TODAYS MESSAGE ,,MAY IT BE A BLESSIN TO YOUR HEART..{PROVERBS 10 :28}THE HOPE OF THE RIGHTEOUS BRINGS JOY.} AS I TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH TO WORK EACH DAY ,THERES THIS LITTLE HOUSE THAT I PASS EACH DAY ,EVERY HOLIDAY ,CHRISTMAS ITS LITE UP WITH PRETTY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND YOU KNOW CHRISTMAS IS HERE, THEN AS CHRISTMAS FADES AWAY THEY THEN PUT UP REAPRETTY RED AND WHITE LIGHTS CELEBRATING VALINTINES DAY ALL LITE UP AS BIGHT AS THOSE CHRISTMAS AND NOW THE LIGHTS HAVE TURNED FROM RED AND WHITE TO GREEN TO RECOGNIZIE ST PATRICKS DAY COMPLETE WITH SHAMROCKS FROM THE RED HEARTS OF VALINTINES DAY.MY REACTION TO THIS WAS WOW! THEY SURE LIKE THERE HOLIDAYS!AS I DRIVE PAST THIS HOUSE EACH DAY IT GOT ME TO THINKING SOMETHIN ELSE.THOUGH,VERY FEW OF US EMBRACE CHANGE SO EXUBERANTLY AND THESE {I EMAGINE}QUAINT LITTLE HOME OWNERS .VERY FEW OF US THROW OURSELVES WHOLE HEARTEDLY INTO THE SEASON OF RIGHT NOW.ITS TEMPTING FOR MANY OF US TO LEAVE THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP PAST NEW YEARS SIMPLY BECAUSE ITS HARD TO LET GO OF THE NOSTALGIA OF THAT WARM FUZZY TIME.MANY OF US ARE PICKY ABOUT WHAT WE CELEBRATE.NOT THESE FOLKS WITH THE HOUSE ALL LITE UP.THEY SEEM DELIGHTED JUST TO BE ABLE TO REVEL IN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HOLIDAYS....THATS AN ATTITUDE I COULD PROBLY LEARN FROM.I THINK OF JESUS TURNING WATER INTO WINE, OF ALL THE CELEBRATIONS,HOLIDAYS,AND JUBILEES THAT GOD INSTITUTIED FOR THE JEWS ,AND I THINK --GOD LOVES AN EXCUSE TO HAVE A JOY AND CELEBRATION!!IF I CAN SMILE , REJOICE,AND BRING ATTENTION TO A THING OF BEAUTY AND EXCITEMENT,I THINK I SHOULD JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO USE EVERY HOLIDAY AS AN EXCUSE TO DRESSUP THERE LITTLE HOUSE AND SHARE A LITTLE LIGHT WITH THERE NEIGHBORS...TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE ,WHAT EVER IT MIGHT BE BIG OR SMALL ,IT WILL MAKE YA FEEL GOOD ,,,I KNOW THIS MESSAGE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL BUT I FIGURED WE WOULD GIVE A MESSAGE OF SOMETHIN HAPPY AND WHEN YA CELEBRATE SOMETHIN IT CANT GET MUCH HAPPYER THAN THAT..HAVE A BLESSED ONE GOD LOVES YOU ,, WE LOVE YOUS YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM RON ,,,PRAYERS FOR ALL AND CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES COME ON !!! SEE YAS TOMORROW IF THE 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 !!

PSALM 139:23-24

"Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."


I RECENTLY WAS APPROACHED BY THE ELDERS OF OUR CHURCH AND WAS ASKED IF I WOULD ACCEPT THE NOMINATION OF DEACON TO HELP LEAD THE CHURCH. I GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED THE CALL AND I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR LEADING ME TO YET ANOTHER CROSSSROAD IN MY LIFE WHICH I HAVE ONCE AGAIN CHOSEN THE PATH LESS TRAVELED, THANK YOU GOD YOUR GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME!!!! PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME................


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

HEY DEACON

CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW POSITION AT CHURCH !GOD PUTS US IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS TO SERVE HIM .YOU WILL BE GOOD AT IT ..AGAIN MY BROTHER ,,,CONGRATS FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON AND HAVE A BLESSED ONE !

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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,CONGRADS ON THE DEACON ROLL THAT GOD HAS SET FOR U BUT SOMETIMES IT IS A ROAD THAT'S NOT ALWAYS SMOOTH,JUST ASK GOD TO HELP GUIDE UR WAY AND SMOOTH OUT UR ROADS....

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on fire/tree dogs

2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God."

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

THE TIME MACHINE

GOOD MORNIN EVERYONE ,,ITS RAININ HERE IN THE RIVERBOTTOMS ,AND SUPPOSE TO RAIN ALL DAY.I TOOK MY RIDIN MOWER TO THE LAWNMOWER SHOP YESTERDAY BECAUSE ITS NOT GONA BE TO LONG AND WE WILL BE USING IT .LETS GET GOIN WITH TODAYS MESSAGE...IN 1896 H.G. WELLS WROTE A BOOK CALLED THE TIME MACHINE AND LATER ON THEY MADE A MOVIE ABOUT IT ,,A COUPLE SCIENTISTS BUILDT A MACHINE THAT WOULD TAKE THEM INTO THE FUTURE ,THEY WERENT WORRIED ABOUT GOIN BACK IN TIME ..THEY GOT INTO THE MACHINE AND WENT MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS INTO THE FUTURE ONLY TO FIND THAT THE EARTH HAD GROWN OLD AND AND DARK AND COLD AND NOTHING WORTH ANYTHING WAS LIVING THE SNOW WAS EVEN BLACK.THEY RETURNED TO THERE ORIGINAL TIME TO REPORT OF WHAT THEY SEEN AND OBSERVED.WHAT WE KNOW TODAY AND WHAT WE READ IN OUR BIBLES ARE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VIEW. IT TELLS US THAT GOD IS LORD OVER TIME ITS SELF;"WITH THE LORD ONE DAY IS A THOUSAND YEARS,AND A THOUSAND YEARS IS ONE DAY "{2 PETER 3 :8 }.WE CAN BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE BECAUSE GOD WILL REPLACE OUR WORLD WITH A NEW ONE ,IN THAT NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH WE WILL EXPERENCE BLESSED FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR CREATOR FOR ETERNITY{REV. 21 :1-4 }.EVEN NOW ,JESUS IS PREPARING A PLACE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM JESUS IS PREPARING A PLACE FOR US AND PREPARING US FOR THAT PLACE. A PLACE WHERE "THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NOR TEARS ,CRYING AND SORROW {REV 21 "4 } NOW THATS MY KIND OF PLACE ,AND CANT WAIT TO GET THERE AND SEE EVERYONE THATS DONE WENT ON BEFORE ME. WHAT A REUNION THATS GONA BE .GOD LOVES EVERYONE OF YOU AND WANTS YOU TO BE A PART OF HIS FAMILY THAT WILL BE THERE IN HEAVEN WITH HIM.I SINCERLY HOPE THAT IF YOU HAVENT ASKED GOD TO BE A PART OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU DO.,I RIVERBOTTOM RON WANTS US ALL TO WALK THROUGH THOSE GATES OF HEAVEN AND HEAR THOSE WORDS ,"WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT "..I LOVE YOU ALL IN CHRISTIAN LOVE ,AND SO DOES GOD , HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND ,,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON ....PRAYERS FOR YOU ALL,AND WILL SEE YOUS LATER IF THE GOOD 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 !!

WORSHIP CHANGES OUR FACE

HELLO EVERYONE! ANOTHER DAY,USE IT WISELY.. NOW ON TO TODAYS MESSAGE...EXACTLY WHAT IS WORSHIP ? I LIKE KING DAVIDS DEFINITION IN {PSALM 34 :3 }"OH MAGNIFY THE LORD WITH ME ,AND LET US EXALT HIS NAME TOGETHER."}WORSHIP IS MAGNIFYING OR ENLARGING OUR VISION OF GOD.OF COURSE GODS SIZE DOESNT CHANGE,BUT OUR PRECEPTION OF HIM DOES.AS WE DRAW NEARER,HE SEEMS LARGER.ISNT THAT WHAT WE NEED?A BIGGER VIEW OF GOD?DONT WE HAVE BIG PROBLEMS ?BIG WORRIES?AND BIG QUESTIONS?OF COURSE WE DO.SO,,,WE NEED A BIG VIEW OF GOD.WORSHIP OFFERS ALL THAT...A VIBRANT ,SHINING FACE IS THE MARK OF ONE WHO HAS STOOD IN GODS PRESENCE.HE WIPES AWAY THE TEARS.NOT ONLY DOES GOD CHANGE THE FACE OF THOSE WHO WORSHIP,HE CHANGES THOSE WHO WATCH US WORSHIP!!! GOD LOVES YAS ,, WE LOVE YAS ,,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON,,PRAYERS FOR ALL ,,,SEE YAS TOMORROW IF THE 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 !!

Deuteronomy 7:9 NIV

"Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments."

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

THE POWER OF WORSHIP

GOOD MORNIN EVERYONE ! ITS SUPPOSE TO 65 DEGREES HERE TOMORROW.BEFORE LONG WERE GONA BE HEARIN THE TREE FROGS AND SPRING BIRDS AND THEN WE WILL BE HEARIN THOSE MUSHROOMS POPIN UP..THATS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER,LETS GO WITH TODAYS MESSAGE ,,MAY IT BE A BLESSIN TO YOUR HEART..AS WE WALK THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING DAYS OF CHANGE IN OUR WORLD,BOTH GLOBALLY AND PERSONALLY ,I AM AMAZED WITH THE DIRECTION THE LORD GIVES US IN HIS WORD.I WAS COMFORTED BY THE FACT THAT GOD HAS ALREADY LET US KNOW IN {HEBREWS 12 :26 } THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE SHAKEN WILL BE SHAKEN SO THAT ONLY THAT WHICH CANNOT BE SHAKEN WILL STAND WE ARE CERTAINALY FEELING THE SHAKEING !BUT THEN I NOTICE THAT GOD GOES ON TO RECORD FOR US JUST EXACTLY HOW WE ARE TO RESPOND WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING. HE SAYS ...{ "THEREFORE ,SINCE WE ARE RECIEVING A KINGDOM THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN,LET US BE THANKFUL ,AND SO WORSHIP GOD ACCEPTABLY WITH REVERENCE AND AWE,FOR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE."}ITS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD,OUR RESPONSE IS TO LIVE THANKFULLY AND WITH WORSHIP IN OUR HEARTS AND ON OUR LIPS.I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO WORSHIP GOD ON A MONDAY MORNING AS WE START OUR WORKDAYS AND RUN OUR DIFFERENT WAYS AND I WAS REMINDED OF A STUDY MY COUSIN SCOTT DID ON THE NAMES OF GOD.IT WOULD BE A PERFECT WAY TO FOCUS ON THE AMAZING MAJESTY OF WHO OUR GOD IS SO THAT OUR HEARTS WILL BE MORE INCLINED TO FOCUS ON WORSHIP AS WE WALK THROUGH THE UNCERTAIN DAYS.SO WHY DONT WE ALL START TOMORROW ,AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT NAMES OF GOD EVERYDAY AND STEEP IN THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES THAT ARE WITHIN EACH NAME ,LETS LET WORSHIP CHANGE THE WAY WE WALK,,,...GOD LOVES YAS ,WE LOVE YAS, HAVE A BLESSED DAY YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON,IF YA NEED PRAYER LET US KNOW ,IF YA NEED ANY HELP WITH ASKIN GOD INTO YOUR LIFE WERE HERE FOR THAT ALSO.IF YOU NEED GOD AS I DO JUST ASK HIM IN ,,,SEE YAS TOMORROW IF THE 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 !!

ECCLESIASTES 10

1-Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.
2-a wise man's heart is ar his right hand;but a fool's heart at his left.
i heard this preachd last night,in other words Dead flies are sins in our lives,even one sin can mess up our lives we may not think it is much but it can mess up our lives and what we are supposed to represent as Gods people and our witness before other people.so hold on tight in ur heart what is true and right before God and for others to see so u can be the witness u are supposed to be..

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on fire/tree dogs

PROVERBS 2:20-22

"Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
For the upright will live in the land,
and the blameless will remain in it;
but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the unfaithful will be torn from it."

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

My attitude

The Devil has been attacking me lately. My wife has some medical issues, things in my home are tearing up, and things at work are in disorder. But my coworker lifted me up and gave me this scripture. Hope it helps someone else today.

Joshua 1:9

9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Hey

Thank you for the encouragement.

II CHRONICALES V 9

FOR IF YE TURN AGAIN UNTO THE LORD,YOUR BRETHERN AND YOUR CHILDREN SHALL FIND COMPASSION BEFORE THEM THAT LEAD THEM CAPTIVE,SO THAT THEY SHALL COME AGAIN INTO THIS LAND: FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL,AND WILL NOT TURN AWAY HIS FACE FROM YOU,IF YE RETURN UNTO HIM.

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on fire/tree dogs

HEY BEARDENRENTS

IL BE PRAYIN FOR YA ,GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF THINGS ,,GO TO PSALMS 103 READ IT,,ITS MY FAVORITE PSALM AND COVERS MOST THINGS IN LIFE AND WILL LIFT YOU UP ,,,,HAVE A BLESSED ONE ,,,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 !!

ROMANS 8:28

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

God was with me

I went with a friend of mine to the Department of Communiy Correction last night. He asked to come preach and I did. We had 28 women of various ages. God preached me long and hard. We got to see two young ladies come to trust Jesus as their savior!!!! What a Blessing!!!

A CHURCH THAT CARES

GOOD MORNIN EVERYONE ,,ITS SUNNY OUTSIDE ,TOMORROW THE TEMPS SUPPOSE TO GET AROUND 65 DEGREES AND NEXT DAY MAYBE 70 ..NOW THATS SPRING TIME WEATHER..I HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE DOING WELL. TODAYS MESSAGE IS ABOUT YOUR CHURCH...LETS GET GOIN WITH IT .LAST WEEKEND MY WIFE KAREN AND I WERE EATING BREAKFAST AT A LOCAL RESTURANT,,THERE WAS THIS YOUNG LADY SITIN WITH 2 YOUNGSTERS ABOUT 3 AND 5 YEARS OLD IN THE BOOTH NEXT TO US .THE LITTLE ONES WERE SMILEING AND SAYIN HI, WE WERE JUST SMALL TALKIN AND ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER ,I ASKED IF SHE WAS FROM AROUND HERE ,SHE SAID SHE GREW UP HERE BUT MOVED AWAY.BUT NOW SHES BACK ,SHE TALKED ABOUT WHO SHE MARRIED AND ASKED IF I KNEW ANY OF HIS RELATIVES AND I DID ,,,THEN WE STARTED TALKIN ABOUT WHERE SHE WENT TO CHURCH.,SHE THEN TOLD US HOW SHE HAD GOTEN DIVORCED ,HUSBAND LEFT WITH A GIRL FROM HIS WORK PLACE AND HOW HARD IT WAS TO CARRY ON AFTER HIM LEAVING ,PAYING BILLS ,JUST YOUR EVERYDAY THINGS...THEN SHE SMILED AND SAID I CANT TELL YOU HOW MUCH MY CHURCH HAS MEANT TO ME THESE PAST MONTHS,HER MOOD CHANGED AND COUNTANCE CHANGED DRAMATICLY AS SHE RECOUNTED THE WAYS HER CHURCH FAMILY HAD WRAPED THERE LOVING ARMS AROUND HER AND HER KIDS DURING HER TIME OF HEARTACHE. IT WAS AWSOME TO HEAR HOW THAT CHURCH SURROUNDED HER WITH THE LOVE OF CHRIST. FAR TO OFTEN, IT SEEMS WE LIMIT THE SIGNIFIGANCE OF CHURCH TO WHAT HAPPENS ON SUNDAY.BUT THE CHURCH IS TO BE SO MUCH MORE.IT IS TO BE A SAFE HAVEN, A RESCUE STATION, A TRAINING STATION FOR SPIRITUAL SERVISE.IT IS PARTICULARLY TO BE AN EXPRESSION OF THE CONCERNED HEART OF THE LORD FOR HURTING BROKEN PEOPLE,SUCH AS THIS YOUNG LADY. WE ARE TO "LOVE ONE AND OTHER ",JOHN THE DISCIPLE REMINDED US "FOR LOVE IS OF GOD " ITS GREAT TO HAVE A CHURCH FAMILY THATS LOVING AND CAREING ..THIS YOUNG LADY THAT I WAS TALKIN ABOUT ,,SHE SAID SHE WAS GONA STOP BY OUR CHURCH THIS COMIN SUNDAY TO VISIT...GOD LOVES YAS, WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST ,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON PRAYERS FOR ALL! NEED ANYTHING ? WERE ALWAYS HERE FOR YA ,,SEE YAS TOMORROW IF THE GOOD 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 !!

2 PETER 1:5-8

"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."


I LOST A VERY DEAR FRIEND THIS MORNING AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. I TOLD GARRY RITZ THE LAST TIME I SEEN HIM HOW MUCH I LOVED HIM AND I AM VERY GLAD THAT I DID...............HAVE YOU TOLD YOUR LOVED ONES TODAY HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU? TIME ON EARTH IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED BY MANY, BE SURE TO UTILIZE THAT TIME WISELY AND DEVOTE YOURSELF TO SERVE OUR ALMIGHTY GOD, FOR TOMORROW MAY BE YOUR LAST. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE PLEASE ACCEPT HIM TODAY FOR THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO HEAVEN EXCEPT THROUGH GOD'S SON, JESUS CHRIST. IT IS WRITTEN AND I ABSOLUTELY BELEIVE IT!!!!!

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

Amen!!!!!!! Thank you guys for the encouraging words for all who read. To God be the glory that he can use ordinary men to reach other ordinary people. God Bless.

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Phillipians 4:8