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OUR GOD OF MANY NAMES

HI TO ALL! ITS FRIDAY AND OUR WEEKEND IS UPON US. THE RIVER IS STILL GOIN DOWN AND THATS GOOD FOR ME ...NOW LETS MAKE IT TO CHURCH SUNDAY MORNIN,IL SEE YA THERE....NOW TO TODAYS MESSAGE,MAY IT BE A BLESSIN TO YOUR HEART......DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOU AND YOUR WIFE FIRST MET ?AS TIME GOS ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP EVOLVED AS YOU GOT TO KNOW THEM BETTER.WITH EACH CHANGE CAME A NEW NAME FOR HERSHE WENT FROM BEING AN AQUAINTANCE TO A FRIEND,THEN TO AN EYEPOPING BEAUTYTO DATE TO A FIANCE,E AND THEN TO WIFE.NOW SHES MY SWEETHEART,THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN,TO LIFE LONG PARTNER.THE LONGER I KNOW HER THE MORE NAMES I GIVE HER ,,,PUDDIN, BABY,KAYO,NOW SHES MY DARLIN.AND AS WE GET OLDER THERE WILL PROBLY BE MORE NAMES . THE SAME GOS FOR OR LORD GOD,THE MORE YOU GET TO KNOW HIMAS HE WAS GETIN KNOWN THE MORE NAMES HE WAS GIVEN.,ELOHIM,STRONG ONE OR CREATOR.JEHOVAH,A CAREING SHEPHERD.JEHOVAH JIREH,THE LORD WHO PROVIDES.THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE NAMES THAT DESCRIBE GODS CHARACTER.STUDY HIS NAMES FOR IN A GIVEN DAY YOU MAY NEED EACH ONE OF THEM.GOD THE SHEPHERD THAT LEADS,THE LORD WHO PROVIDES,THE VOICE WHO BRINGS PEACE IN THE STORM,THE PHYSICAIN THAT HEALS THE SICK AND THE LEADER THAT GUIDES.AND MOST OF ALL THE KING HE IS ,,,HE IS !!!!!WE ALL NEED GOD IN OUR LIVES ,THOUGH SOME PEOPLE DONT THINK THEY DO,THEY TRY TO DO IT ALL BY THERE SELVES .LIFE IS SO MUCH EAISIER IF HES PART OF IT ,,,GOD LOVES YAS ,,,WE LOVE YAS ,,,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,,,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON PRAYERS FOR ALL , CHRIST IS FOR EVERYBODY

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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 !!

CHURCH

GOOD MORNIN,,,,WELL ITS STILL WET AROUND HERE IN THE RIVERBOTTOM.BUT ITS GETIN BETTER .YA KNOW I THOUGHT OF SOMETHIN YESTERDAY ,,,"THE GOOD LORD JESUS" ,BABTIZED IN THE RIVER,,HE SURE HAS BEEN PUTIN SOME WATER ON ME THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.GOTA GO HEADED FOR CHURCH,WE LOVE ALL YOU IN CHRISTIAN LOVE ,AND PRAY FOR YOU ALL EVERYDAY ,MY FRIEND THAT I ASKED YOU TO PRAY FOR THAT HAS A COUPLE KIDS AND WIFE STILL NEEDS OUR PRAYERS AS DOES OTHERS ON HERE ,THANK YOU JESUS FOR ANSWERED PRAYER AS YOU ANSWER THEM ,SEE YA AT CHURCH GOD LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED ONE ,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 !!

Colossians 3:13

"Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

AMEN!

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

WHAT,, JESUS ?

GOOD MORNIN EVERYONE,IM STILL FIGHTIN THE FLOOD WATERS BUT THE RIVER IS GOIN DOWN SLOWLY.HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK I WILL BE ABLE TO SHUT THE WATER PUMPS DOWN.EVEN THE THE RIVER WATERS WERE RIGHT AT MY HOUSE ,GARAGE AND MACHINE SHED IT WAS PRETTY TO LOOK AT AND SEE.OLE NOAHA SEEN NOTHIN BUT WATER FOR A LONG TIME .SO I DONT HAVE IT SO BAD.LETS GO WITH TODAYS MESSAGE.MAY IT BE A BLESSIN TO YOU....... WHAT, JESUS,,,,{MATTHEW3 :16-17} AFTER BEING BAPTIZED,JESUS CAME UP IMMEDIATELY FROM THE WATER ;AND BEHOLD,THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED,AND HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF GOD DECENDING AS A DOVE AND LIGHTING ON HIM,AND BEHOLD,A VOICE OUT OF THE HEAVENS SAID,"THIS IS MY BELOVED SON,IN WHOM IM VERY WELL PLEASED."IT WAS SUNDAY MORNIN,AND I WAS MAKEIN MY WAY TO MY NORMAL SEAT AT CHURCH,WHEN I HAPPENED TO GLANCE AT THE CHURCH PROGRAM.THE TITLE OF THE DAYS SERMON WAS SHORT AND TO THE POINT,"JESUS" WHAT HAPPENED NEXT EMBARRASSED ME MORE THAN I CAN SAY.I LOOKED AT THAT TITLE AGAIN AND SAID TO MY SELF,:JESUS? WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?" MR C.S. LEWIS ONCE CAUTIONED READERS ABOUT HOW EASY IT IS TO START USING CHRISTIANITY AS A CONVENIENCE.THE CENTER OF OUR FAITH CAN EASILY SLIP FROM JESUS SACRIFICE TO PRESERVING MARRIAGE,SOCIAL JUSTICE,TITHING,OR A HUNDRED OTHER THINGS THAT OLE SATAN CAN USE TO COMPLETELY DISTRACT US FROM GOD.THE TRUTH IS THAT EVERYTHING WRITTEN DOWN IN THE BIBLE,EVERYTHING WE BELIEVE AS CHRISTIANS, CAN BE SUMMED UP IN JOHN 14. "IF YOU HAD KNOWN ME,YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN MY FATHER ALSO;FROM NOW ON YOU KNOW HIM,AND HAVE SEEN HIM,"PHILIP SAID TO HIM,"LORD SHOW US THE FATHER,AND ITS ENOUGH FOR US."JESUS SAID TO HIM,"HAVE I BEEN SO LONG WITH YOU,AND YET YOU HAVE NOT COME TO KNOW ME,PHILIP ?HE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER;HOW CAN YOU SAY,"SHOW US THE FATHER'? DO YOU NOT BELIEVE THAT I AM IN THE FATHER ,AND THE FATHER IS IN ME '?THE WORDS THAT I SAY TO YOU I DO NOT SPEAK ON MY OWN INITIATIVE,BUT THE FATHER ABIDING IN ME DOES HIS WORKS." BELIEVE ME THAT I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN ME;OTHERWISE BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE WORKS THEMSELVES,"TRULY.TRULY,I SAY TO YOU,HE WHO BELIVES IN ME,THE WORKS THAT I DO,HE WILL DO ALSO;AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE HE WILL DO;BECAUSE I GO TO THE FATHER---{JOHN 14 :7-13} JESUS WASNT JUST A GREAT TEACHER, HE WASNT SOME VAGUE JEWISH MYSTIC,HE WAS GOD .THROUGH HIS DEATH,WE ARE FINALLY RECONCILED WITH OUR CREATOR.NOTHING ELSE,NO POLITICS OR POLICY,IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT.AS LONG AS WE REMEMBER THAT,WE WILL REMEMBER "JESUS " GOD LOVES YOUS ALL AND WANTS YOU TO BE A PART OF HIS LIFE AND WANTS YOU TO WANA BE,,, WE LOVE YAS ALSO AND WANT THAT FOR YOU.HAVE A BLESSED DAY,,,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST ,,FROM THE WET RIVERBOTTOMS ,,,RON,PRAYERS FOR YOU ALL,PICK OUT ONE PERSON THAT YOU KNOW AND PRAY FOR THEM ,,THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE !,,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 19:1-2

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge."



BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

"THIS IS IT"!

HI TO ALL I GOT TO STOP PUMPMING THE BASEMENT YESTERDAY,MAN AM I GLAD ! WHAT A JOB IT HAS BEEN...IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE.LETS GO WITH TODAYS MESSAGE.....HAVE YOU EVER HAD A TIME WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE LORD WAS COMING BACK RIGHT THEN ?MANY BELIEVERS OF JESUS ARE SO EAGER TO MEET THE LORDIN THE AIR,,AS SCRIPTURE PUTS IT {1 THESSALONIANS 4 :17},THAT THEY HAVE FELT THAT THIS IS IT!AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER....I CAN REMEMBER ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND A BIG BLACK CLOUD CAME FROM NO WHERE,IT GOT SO DARK OUT SIDE IT WAS SUCH AN ERIE FEELING ,STREET LIGHTS CAME ON ,HEADLIGHTS ON MY TRUCK CAME ON AS DID EVERYBODYS ,I HAD NEVER EVER SEEN ITS SO DARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY,ONE OF MY FIRST THOUGHTS WAS ,ID NEVER SEEN THIS LIKE THIS BEFORE,,THIS IS IT ,,JESUS IS COMING BACK RIGHT THIS MINUTEIT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS THAT FELT LIKE IT..AS I STOPED TO GET SOME GAS OTHER PEOPLE WERE TALKIN ABOUT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THE SKY LIKE IT WAS ,I HEARD ONE PERSON JOKEINGLY SAYING IT MUST BE THE END OF THE WORLD ..ABOUT THAT TIME IT STARTED RAINING AND I DROVE ON HOME BUT IT WAS WEIRED ...I THOUGHT "THIS IS IT "WHETHER WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS FEELING IS NOT IMPORTANT.WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT WE ARE READY AT ANYTIME FOR THE LORDS RETURN.IF WE HAVE RECIEVED JESUS AS OUR SAVIOR,WE WILL FIND OURSELF ANTICIPATING---WITH EXCITEMENT HIS APPERAING---EAGER TO "STIR UP LOVE AND GOOD WORKS" IN ONE AND OTHER AS WE "SEE THE DAY APPROACHING"{HEBREWS 10:24-25} CHRISTS SECOND COMING IS AS CERTAIN AS HIS FIRST...,,ARE YOU READY??? IM READY.HES COMIN BACK AND ITS NOT TO FAR AWAY,I SINCERLY PRAY THAT YOU ASK HIM INTO YOUR LIFE IF YOU HAVENT.I DONT WANT YOU LEFT ON THIS EARTH AND LIVE LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE THE REST OF YOUR ETERNITY....I CANT ASK GOD INTO YOUR LIFE FOR YOU IF I COULD I WOULD.ASK HIM HES WAITING ,WAITING TO FULLFILL YOUR BEST PART OF LIFE RIGHT NOW ....GOD LOVES YAS ,,,WE LOVE YAS ,,,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,,,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON ,,NEED PRAYER JUST ASK, WE HERE FOR YA ,,,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 !!

I love the way Brother Brad brings in the scripture and Brother Ron brings in the common sense. This sight is a true blessing to me.

i thank and praise our Lord Jesus for all my brothers and sisters throughout His creation

PRAYERS......

ARE OUR LIFE LINE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. PLEASE REMEMBER, THE IDEA IS TO CALL UOPN HIM DAILY AND NOT JUST IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

QUOTE:

"PRAYERS OFTEN GO UNANSWERED BECAUSE THEY GO UNASKED."


MATT AND MASONMAN1974,

RON AND I OFFER UP ALL OF THE PRAISE AND GLORY THAT THIS SITE MAY BRING TO OTHERS TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER ABOVE. OUR GOAL FROM THE START HAS BEEN TO PLANT THE SEEDS OF THE GOSPEL THROUGHOUT THIS LOST AND DYING WORLD. WE ARE INSTRUCTED IN THE BIBLE TO BE FISHERS OF MEN AND WE SHALL CONTINUE TO CAST OUR NETS IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME! PLEASE CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS THREAD AS WE GO FORWARD WITH OUR MISSION. WE LOVE YOU ALL AND ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD. GOD BLESS.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

THE SAME HAND

HI !!!!!!!!!! ITS COOL HERE THIS MORNIN,AS I LOOK ACROSS THE FIELD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE I CAN SEE THE WATERS OF THE RIVER RECEDING HEADED BACK TO THE BANKS OF THE RIVER .I HOPE THE FLOODS ARE DONE FOR THE YEAR,BUT LIVING AS CLOSE TO THE RIVER AS I DO JUST A LITTLE RAIN CAN BRING IT BACK OUT OF ITS BANKS.ITS JUST PART OF LIVIN IN THE RIVERBOTTOMS .ALL OF MY FAMILY HAS LIVED HERE FOR OVER A 100 YEARS .I LOVE IT HERE,AND WILL DIE HERE.LETS GO WITH TODAYS MESSAGE,MAY IT BE A BLESSIN TO YOUR HEART!.........THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD NOT GONE FAR FROM THE SHORE OF THE RED SEA WHEN THE REALITES OF THERE NEW FREEDOM BEGAN TO REGISTER.THEY NO LONGER ENJOYED THE AMPLE FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY OF EGYPT.NOW AFTER TRAVELING THREE DAYS INTO THE WILDERNESS,THE LARGE CROWD HAD NO WATER.AND WHEN THEY FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE OASIS OF MARAH,THE WATER WAS BITTER {EXODUS : 15 ;23 }THUS THE CHILDREN IF ISRAEL WERE COMPELLED TO RELY ON A MIRICALE.SO THEY CRYED OUT TO MOSES,AND MOSES CRYED OUT TO THE LORD.THE LORD SHOWED MOSES A TREE,WHICH MOSES THREW INTO THE WATER.MIRACULOUSLY ,THE WATERS TURNED SWEET.THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WATER WAS A MIRACLE AKIN TO THE PLAGUE OF BLOOD SENT TO PHARAOH AND THE EGYPTIANS {EXODUS 7 :14-25 }EGYPTS CLEAN WATER HAD BEEN TAINTED WITH BLOOD BY THE HAND OF THE LORD. THE LESSON OF MARAH WAS VERY CLEAR;THE VERY SAME HAND THAT TURNED WATER INTO BLOOD COULD TURN BITTER WATER INTO SWEET.IMPOSSIBILITIES COMPEL US TO RELY ON GOD.THE SAME POWER THAT BROUGHT CURSES ON EGYPT COULD BRING HEALTH TO ISRAEL. TODAY IF YOU HAVE A SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE NEED,,JUST REMEMBER THAT THE HAND OF GOD THAT SUPPLYED YOUR GREATEST NEED--- { "FORGIVENESS OF SIN "}-------- IS THE SAME HAND THAT CAN ADEQUATELY SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS TODAY.TRUST HIM ,OUR LORD THAT STILL WORKS MIRACLES TODAY JUST AS HE DID 2000 YEARS AGO TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE TODAY...GOD LOVES YAS ,,,WE LOVE YAS ,,, HAVE A BLESSED DAY,,,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON....ASK JESUS INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY.PRAYERS SENT FOR ALL...SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK HOW DOES RIVERBOTTOM RON PRAY FOR EVERYONE ON HERE THAT NEEDS PRAYER AND EVERYONE ELSE ELSEWHERE ....,WELL HERES MY ANSWER ,,,SOME OF YOUS IVE MET THROUGH THE YEARS AND KNOW YOUR NAME ,,SOME IVE NEVER MET BEFORE OR SEEN BEFORE ,LIKE BROTHER BRAD,IVE NEVER MET BEFORE HAVE NEVER LAID AN EYE ON HIM,BUT WERE CLOSE FRIENDS...WHAT I DO IS SAY,," LORD" WATCH OVER AND TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE I LOVE ,ANSWER THERE PRAYERS TAKE CARE OF THEM. YOU MY FRIEND I LOVE IN CHRISTIAN LOVE AND JESUS KNOWS WHO YOU ARE !!!!!!! NOW YA KNOW !!!! SEE YAS TOMORROW IF THE GOOD LORDS WILLIN.THANK YOU MATT AND MASONMAN FOR THOSE KIND WORDS YOUR WELCOME TO POST ANYTIME YA WANT THIS IS YOUR THREAD TOO !

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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 !!

Proverbs 23:24

"The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him."


SPECIAL PRAYERS THIS WEEK FOR MY LITTLE BROTHER TODD ISAACS AND HIS FAMILY WHO ARE IN ROUTE TO THEIR NEW HOME IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. MAY GOD BLESS TODD AND HIS FAMILY AND LEAD THEM AS THEY SETTLE IN THEIR NEW HOME.


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

FATHERS DAY!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL YOU FATHERS ,GRAND FATHERS AND THOSE GUYS THAT DONT HAVE KIDS BUT TREAT OTHERS AS THERE CHILDREN! ,,,,HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.WHAT A FATHER HE IS .ITS QUITE A PRIVLIAGE TO BE CALLED A FATHER AND THATS WHAT OUR LORD NAMED US TO OUR KIDS,,HAVE A BLESSED FATHERS DAY! GOD LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS, 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 !!

Psalm 68:4-5

"Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling."


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

Ephesians 6:4

"Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

FEED MY SHEEP

GOOD MORNIN EVERYONE ,THE RIVER IS STILL FALLIN AND GETIN FARTHER AWAY FROM THE HOUSE EACH DAY .THATS A GOOD THING .NOW WITH TODAYS MESSAGE.JUST BEFORE JESUS LEFT THIS EARTH,HE INSTRUCTED SIMON PETER TO CARE FOR THE DEAREST OBJECTS OF HIS LOVE---HIS SHEEP.HOW COULD ANYONE CARE FOR THEM AS JESUS CARES?ONLY OUT OF LOVE FOR HIM THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.THREE TIMES JESUS ASKED PETER,"DO YOU LOVE ME ?"PETER ANSWERED "YES LORD ,YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU."EACH TIME JESUS ANSWERED ,"FEED MY SHEEP."WAS JESUS UNAWARE OF PETERS LOVE?OF COURSE NOT.HIS THREE FOLD QUESTION WAS NOT FOR HIMSELF,BUT FOR PETER.HE ASKED HIS QUESTIONS TO UNDERSCORE THE ESSIENCIAL TRUTH THAT ONLY LOVE FOR CHRIST WOULD SUSTAIN PETER FOR THE WORK THAT LAY AHEAD; THE ARDUOUS,DEMANDING WORK OF CAREING FOR PEOPLES SOULS---PERHAPS THE HARDEST WORK OF ALL.JESUS DID NOT ASK PETER IF HE LOVED HIS SHEEP,BUT IF HE LOVED HIM.AFFECTION FOR GODS PEOPLE IN ITS SELF WILL NOT SUSTAIN US.HIS SHEEP CAN BE UNRESPONSIVE,UN APPRECIATIVE,AND HARSHLY CRITICAL OF OUR EFFORTS TO LOVE AND TO SERVE THEM,AND IN THE END,WE WILL FIND OURSELVES DEFEATED AND DISCOURAGED.IT IS LOVE FOR CHRIST THAT WILL ENABLE US TO LOVE HIS CHILDREN.THE "LOVE OF CHRIST---OUR LOVE FOR HIM -----IS THE ONLY SUFFICIENT MOTAVATION THAT WILL ENABLE US TO STAY THE COURSE,TO CONTINUE TO FEED THE FLOCK OF GOD.,THUS JESUS ASKS YOU AND ME ?FEED MY SHEEP"....JESUS STILL ASKS US THIS DAY,' DO YOU LOVE ME ",MY ANSWER IS YES I DO AND WILL ALWAYS,{" FEED MY SHEEP"},GOD LOVES {" YOU "} I LOVE {" YOU "} HAVE A BLESSED DAY,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON,MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO YOU ALL .WHAT EVER YOUR NEEDS ,FOR SICKNESS ,FOR PROBLEMS , FOR ANY THING MY PRAYERS ARE SENT TO HELP {"YOU"}...SEE YOUS 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 !!

Ephesians 5:25-26

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless."


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING

HELLO EVERYONE! IF YOUR READIN THIS ,YOU HAVE DONE STARTED YOUR DAY AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE .YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER IT ,SO MAKE IT A GOOD DAY NO MATTER WHAT...LETS GO ON TO TODAYS MESSAGE AND MAY IT BE A BLESSIN TO YOUR HEART!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,OUR SOCIETY TODAY IS GEARED TOWARDS ONE PURPOSE...PEOPLE ACCUMULATING WEALTH ANY WAY YA CAN,FROM WORKIN REDICULAS HOURS AT WORK, TO WININ THE MULTI MILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY.WHILE THERE IS NOTHIN WRONG WITH MATERIAL ABUNDANCE,MANY CHRISTIANS TODAY HAVE LOST SIGHT OF WHY GOD HAS BLESSED THEM WITH PROSPERITY.THEY BELIEVE ITS FOR THERE OWN GOOD AND BENEFIT, BUT GODS PERSPECTIVE IS QUITE DIFFERENT,FOR EXAMPLE,HERE IS WHAT THE WRITER OF HEBREWS TELLS US IN {HEBREWS 13 : 16 } { "BUT DO NOT FORGET TO DO GOOD AND TO SHARE,FOR WITH SUCH SACRIFICES GOD IS WELL PLEASED.'}.NOW THE PHRASE"TO SHARE" MEANS TO SHARE WITH OTHERS.ONE TRANSLATION SAYS ,"SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE".ANOTHER VERSION TRANSLATES THIS, " BE GENEROUS ".ANOTHER SAYS ,"CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDY ".DO YOU SEE,GOD BLESS'S US TO MAKE US A BLESSING!THAT OUGHT TO BE THE MAIN MOTIVATION FOR DESIREING AND PRAYING FOR GODS BLESSING IN OUR LIVES.GOD TOLD ABRAHAM,"IM GOING TO BLESS YOU,AND YOU WILL BE A BLESSING."GOD SAYS THE FRINGE BENEIFIT IS THAT,"I WILL GIVE YOU RICHLY ALL THINGS TO ENJOY,"BUT THE MAIN FLOW OF GODS PURPOSE IN BLESSING US IS SO WE CAN HELP OTHER PEOPLE.IT IS ALSO THE REASON WE SHOULD DESIRE THE INHERITANCE THAT CHRIST HAS GIVEN TO US,ALL OF THOSE HOLY SPIRIT -CONFERRED BLESSINGS, BECAUSE WE CANT GIVE WHAT WE DONT HAVE.YOU CANT BLESS SOMEONE IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO BLESS THEM WITH! COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS COUNT THEM ONE BY ONE ,AND JUST SEE HOW MANY YA HAVE ...YA CANT COUNT THEM ALL.GOD IS WELL PLEASED TO SEE US WALK IN OUR INHERTIANCE AS SONS,BUT HE IS ALSO WELL PLEASED TO SEE US SHARE WHAT HE HAS BLESSED US WITH... GO OUT TODAY WITH THE PURPOSE OF BLESSIN SOMEONE ,ITS SO EASY TO DO ...GOD LOVES YAS, WE LOVE YAS ,,,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,,,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON,MY PRAYER TODAY IS MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU SO YOU CAN BLESS OTHERS ,,NEED PRAYER ?JUST ASK ..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 !!

Mark 8:35-37

"For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?"


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

GATHERING STICKS

HELLO ALL! ITS ALMOST FRIDAY,THE WEEKEND IS ALMOST HERE.DAYS OFF WORK AND ITS TIME TO WORK AND GET THINGS DONE AT HOME OR ANYWHERE ELSE.FOR TODAY LETS GO GET TO THE MESSAGE ,,MAY IT BE A BLESSIN TO YOU.........IN 2001 I FEEL FROM A ROOF ABOUT 25 FEET .I BROKE MY SHOULDER REAL BAD .I HAD TO HAVE SEVERAL SURGERYS AND PINS AND BOLTS AND OTHER THINGS TO GET IT BACK TO GETHER,IT WAS IN A CAST, HAD TO HAVE INTENSE THERAPY ON IT ,THE DR SAID ID NEVER REGAIN COMPLETE MOTION OF MY ARM.I COULDNT DO ANYTHING ,"NOTHING" THEY DIDNT WANT ME TO DO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT PULL SOMETHIN LOOSE IN THERE. AT THAT TIME I CAN REMEMBER TELLIN PEOPLE AT CHURCH AND GUYS THAT I WORKED WITH OF HOW I MISSED WORKIN AND NOT BEIN ABLE TO DO THE THINGS I LIKED TO DO "THERE WAS NO COONHUNTIN EITHER.! THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS TIME GOD WAS TEACHING ME.I REALY WASNT A CHRISTIAN AT THIS TIME BUT I WAS READING ALOT AND THE BIBLE WAS WHAT I WAS READING MOST , A WHOLE LOT AS I WAS READING IT.I CAME ACROSS THE PASSAGES THAT APOSTLE PAUL WROTE ABOUT HIS SHIPWRECK ON MALTA RECORDED IN {" ACTS 28"} THE GREAT APOSTLE PREACHED TO THOUSANDS,WORKER OF MIRACLES,AND WRITER OF MUCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT,WAS STUCK ON AN ISLAND AS A PRISONER.DID HE LIE BACK AND BEMAON HIS CONDITION?DID HE THINK HE SHOULD BE TREATED BETTER THAN OTHERS BECAUSE HE WAS A APOSTLE?NO!THE SCRIPTURES TELL US THAT HE CHOSE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORK AND NEEDS OF HIS FELLOW MEN.IT WAS COLD AND RAINEY,SO PAUL "GATHERED STICKS" FOR A MUCH NEEDED WARM FIRE.GOD WILL NEVER PUT YOU IN THE WRONG PLACE TO SERVE HIM. I STARTED DOING LITTLE THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE THAT I COULD DO FOR MY WIFE,,LITTLE TINY THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS WORTHLESS TO DO,BUT YA KNOW WHAT,SHE TOLD ME MANY TIMES THANK YOU,BUT DONT OVER DO ANY THING TO HURT YOUR ARM..PERHAPS YOU HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR A WHILE DUE TO DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.MAYBE YOU HAVE REACHED A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN VIGEROUS ACTIVITY IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE.DONT DISPAIR,REMEMBER APOSTLE PAULS EXAMPLE,AND JUST DO WHAT EVER YOU CAN-----EVEN IF ITS SIMPLY {" GATHERING STICKS "} WE ARE ALL USEFUL ,THERES SOMETHIN THAT YOU ARE USEFUL FOR THOUGH IT MIGHT SEEM SMALL ,IT COULD BE A BIG THING TO SOMEONE ELSE ,,,.....GOD LOVES YAS, WE LOVE YAS ,,,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,,,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON ,NEED PRAYER ? LET US KNOW...I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHIN,,,IF YOU WANA GATHER A TRUCK LOAD OF STICKS AND YOUR NOT REALY ABLE TO,,,CLOSE YOUR EYES AND PRAY FOR SOME ONE THAT YOU KNOW NEEDS PRAYER A PRAYER IS PROBLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST STICKS ANYONE COULD EVER PICK UP AND ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO TO HELP WITH ANYTHING ...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 91:1-2

"Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."


TRUSTING IN GOD IS AN ABSOLUTE DISPLAY OF A CHRISTIAN'S FAITH, CONTINUE TO TRUST IN HIM DAILY AND WATCH HIM DIRECT YOUR PATHS THROUGHOUT LIFE. IT IS WRITTEN THAT YOUR HARVEST OF BLESSINGS WILL BE BEYOND YOUR MEASURE. GOD BLESS.

BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

SUNDAY

JESUS DIED FOR YOU AND ME, WOULD YOU GIVE UP SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE FOR ANYONE?HOW HARD WOULD THAT BE! IT WOULD BE VERY HARD .I DONT KNOW THAT I WOULD OR COULD ..BUT OUR GOD DID.HE GAVE HIS SON UP FOR YOU AND I.I KNOW THAT I AM AND WAS NOT WORTH THAT SACIFICE,AND STILL NOT,BUT THE LORD DID HIS SON DIED SO WE COULD HAVE THE OPPRITUNTY TO LIVE FOREVER WITH THEM IN HEAVEN.JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS EVERYONE OF THEM..A LOVEING CAREING GOD ,,JESUS CHRIST.....HE LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS ,,,HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON,,,SEE YAS TOMORROW IF THE LORDS WILLIN ,,PRAYER 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 !!

Isaiah 40:30-31

"Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint."


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

2 Thessalonians 3:2-4

"And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith. But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command."


BROTHER IN CHRIST,

BRAD E. ISAACS

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK!

GOOD MORNIN TO ALL !WE HAD SOME GOOD RAIN HERE LAST NIGHT,I SAT OUT SIDE IN THE MACHINE SHED IN A LAWN CHAIR BEFORE DARK AND TOOK A LITTLE NAP LISTENIN TO THE RAIN HIT ON THE METAL ROOF,MY WIFE THINKS IM A LITTLE WEIRED SOMETIMES. SHE SAID IL WAKE YA UP AFTER IT GETS DARK AND TIME FOR BED.IT WAS COOL WITH THE WIND BLOWING HARD BUT MAN IT WAS NICE.I DID MAKE IT INSIDE FOR THE 10 OCLOCK NEWS.LETS GO WITH TODAYS MESSAGE..MAY IT BE A BLESSIN TO YOUR HEART.....A LONG TIME AGO WHEN MY SON JEREMY WAS SMALL ,AROUND 5 OR 6 YEARS OLD WHERE EVER WE WENT I ALWAYS LIKED TO START UP A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE NO MATTER WHERE IT MIGHT BE.IF WE WERE IN A RESTARAUNT I WOULD LOOK AT THE WAITERS NAME TAG AND SAY SOMETHIN LIKE "HEY JOHN HOW YA DOIN TODAY"WHATS GOIN ON MAN ! MY SON WOULD GET EMBARRASSED AND SAY DAD YOU EMBARRASSE ME SOME TIMES..ONE DAY AS HE GOT A LITTLE OLDER PROBLY AROUND 7 YEARS OLD WE WERE AT KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN GOIN THROUGH THE LINE AND JEREMY CAME OUT AND SAID TO ONE OF THE WORKERS,"HEY TIM! DONT CHEAT ME ON THE CHICKEN GIVE ME 2 PIECES AND MAKEM BIG PIECES OR IL TALK TO YOUR BOSS"I LOOKED AT MY WIFE KAREN,WE COULDNT HELP BUT LAUGH,WHEN WE SAT DOWN TO EAT,I SAID JEREMY DO YOU KNOW THAT MAN TIM? JEREMY SAID NO I DONT AM I IN TROUBLE ? YOU DO THAT ALL THE TIME ...MAN WAS THAT FUNNY...MAN WAS OLE RIVERBOTTOM RON PROUD! HE WAS ACTIN JUST LIKE HIS DAD---"A CHIP OFF THE OLE BLOCK '!THIS STORY IS TRUE AND IT IS EXACTLY WHAT PAUL HAD IN MIND WHEN HE EXHORTED US TO "BE IMITATORS OF GOD "{EPHESIANS 5 :1 }.BUT LIFE HAS A WAY OF MAKING US ANYTHING BUT LIKE GOD.EVERY CHILD OF GOD SHOULD HAVE A GROWING LIKENESS TO THE FATHER.WE ARE OFTEN UNCAREING,SHORT TEMPERED,GRUMPY,AND UNFORGIVING-FLAT---OUTTOO MUCH LIKE OURSELVES AND NOT ENOUGH LIKE GOD !REMEMBER WE ARE SAVED TO BEAR THE FAMILY RESEMBLANCE,TO BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE LIKE JESUS AND LESS LIKE OUR SELF... SINCE BECOMEING A CHRISTIAN I KNOW YOU CAN LOOK BACK AND SEE THE CHANGES THAT GOD HAS MADE IN YOU..LITTLE BY LITTLE WE CHANGE ,WE WILL NEVER BE PERFECT LIKE JESUS WAS UNTILL THE DAY GOD TAKES US HOME,,WE ARE A NEVER ENDING MASTER PIECE OF ART ,WE WILL BE FINISHED UNTILL THAT TIME ,,,GOD LOVES YAS ,,, WE LOVE YAS ,,,HAVE A BLESSED DAY,,,YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON ,,,NEED ANY SPECIAL PRAYER ? ALL YA GOTA DO IS ASK US ,WE ARE HERE FOR YA ,TO PRAY,LEND AN EAR ,AND TO LEAN ON ,,,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 !!