Tuesday Ocober 28, 2008 HIGH NOON!!!!!
...It has been awhile since I've attempted to write anything and alot of things have transpired since my last post...
...So much of what I write is so subjective to my emotions and how I'm feeling at any given moment but even though there are so many things on my brains plate I'll try and focus on My never ending story...TESTIMONY!
...So much of my story so far has focused on those things that took place in the dark...Behind closed doors, so I would like to change gears and Talk about how God's love and His presence was ever so much more at work in my life than what appears on the surface of my circumstances and life experiences...!
It's easy to conclude, that as a child, I went through things that no child should have to deal with or be subjected to....But what is not so readily apparent is how God was at work in the midst of it all.
...REMEMBER..."WHERE THE DEVILS A MESSIN...GOD IS A BLESSIN!"
...IT IS EQUALLY TRUE IN THE REVERSE..."WHERE GOD IS A BLESSIN...THE DEVIL IS A MESSIN!"
...I really want to share some stories about how God was pursuing me and actively seeking me out to be a part of His plan for Kingdom Building in the future...That Plan is still being realized and revealed day by day but in looking back, I want to testify how it was that God's plan was playing out in my life and I was not aware of it and I certainly would not have acknowledged it...
Have I sparked your curiosity??? I hope so...Cuz if you are truly interested you will follow this story and then find out how "MY STORY IS HIS STORY AND YOUR STORY"...
...And you will be amazed to see how they all intersect and interact, because I will not change any of the names to protect the innocent or guilty!
...WHY???? Because this story is HIS-STORY and in order for it to truly be history...it has to be accurate. Are you brave enough and adventorous to follow??? And You can even add your perspective through the comments.
My ultimate goal is to actually write a book...and this blog and the material developed through it will be the ingredients that make up the recipe that determines the quality of the dish that I eventually serve up for your enjoyment and consumption. ...
SO COME ALONG AND BE ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN WHAT I HOPE THAT GOD USES TO FURTHER THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND MAYBE EVN BECOME A BOOK THAT WILL BE ON SOMEONES BEST SELLER LIST!!!!
AMBITIOUS, IDEALISTIC, DREAMING BIG, AND BELIEVING BY FAITH THAT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!!
...Shortly after Beth & I were married, April 16, 1977, we were living in a little house @ 1301 Washington Ave. Kalamazoo...This little house was the 1st house we had ever actually bought as our own. The selling price was $8000.00 bought on a land contract with a $400.00 Down Pymt.
Mom & Dad Edmonds loaned us the down Payment even though Dad wasn't very excited about making us the loan I think it was Mom Edmonds that won out on that particular argument.
The sad thing is...I don't remember ever paying them back for that One...
That Little house was actually a converted Garage with a small fenced in yard... that idyllic little house with the white picket fence that so many aspired to own as part of that fabled "Great American Dream" that so many folks were pursuing.
...We were very excited to actually own our own house instead of all the apartments that we had rented up to that point. Our 1st Born, Aimee Beth was born while we lived in our 1st very own home of our own.
...There are a lot of memories associated with our time here, many good, and many not so good...
...One of my favorite memories and probably one of the very most significant life changing events came about on that faithful day when 2 very excited young men came down that long driveway and knocked on our door and asked if we would mind if they came in for a few moments to share some tremendous news with us???
I want to especially point out to you the use of the word "Tremendous!"
....I truly believe that the word "TREMENDOUS" , was Gary Knight's favorite word and he used it often on that Particular visit... Gary's visitation partner was a young man Named, Ephraim Maya. Now Gary did most of the talking or witnessing as it is called or refered to in the common language of the Evangelical Christian Believer...Some call it Christianeeze playfully.
The truth of the matter is this...Many of the Baptist churches back in the day had an evangelistic program in their churches designed to win lost souls for the cause of Christ. This is oftentimes referred to as witnessing...
....The program in the Church is referred to as "visitation!"
Now, at the time I had no idea what they were up to, or what it was called, but they had a very unique Pastor at the time, you might even say that he was a local legend, known for his evangelistic zeal and well known within our community, because Pastor Billy Mann was a hell fire and brimstone preacher from the New Hope Baptist church, and He had probably visited more homes and families in the Kalamazoo area personally than all the Jehovah's witnesses combined.
...And that's saying something, but itr seems to me that Billy Mann had lit a fire for witnessing in a few of the young men in his congregation and Gary Knight & Ephraim Maya were 2 very excited and motivated disciples of Billy Mann & The Lord Jesus!
One of the Ironic things about Gary being the one leading the way on that visit was the fact that I knew him from back in the day when I was a Kid growing up on the East Side on Phelps Ave.
...I looked up to him as a kid because He was a Black Belt in Karate. Gary dated a very sexy and very pretty older neighbor girl that lived across the street from us...Suzanna Moser. Suzanne Had 3 brothers also that I looked up to and admired, Earl Moser, another very cool long blond haired hippy type guy who was into martial arts as well, and he was a Head and a good guy to score good weed from. Her other Brother Chris Moser was also a very cool White guy with a big Afro and carried himself more like the black dudes I knew and grew up with, the way he talked, the way he walked, the way he carried himself. He was a real Ladies Man and also another Local Dope Dealer and he carried a gun, a real cool old school snub nosed 38, and it seemed like he was always in the middle of some kind of hassle or beef with somebody. The truth of the matter was that he was a small time hustler and a thief, and their was usually somebody out to do him harm if they caught up with him, because he had probably beat them out of some money or some drugs somewhere along the way, Now Scott Moser was a different story, cuz I didn't know him very well because he never came around much in those days. I think he was a soldier, fighting in Vietnam as he was the oldest of the 4 but he becomes significant later on in life as he was my next door neighbor on Washington Ave...The little house that Beth and I lived in after we got married.
There are still 2 more characters in this story as suzannes Mother, Darlene Moser, & her Boyfriend David Knight, Gary Knight's older brother were very close friends of my mother and stepfather. I also remember that Darlene and David had a very large Black German Shepherd whose name was Satan. Satan was a very smart and beautiful Dog and despite his nefarious name, he was a very gentle dog that loved to play fetch with sticks.
...You may ask, Why would I go into so much detail in telling you about the Moser and Knight family???
...Only because, hindsight is 20 x 20, and their story is one of great tragedy and very much intertwined with my own story and very much evidence of how much God loves us and is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and to the knowledge of the saving grace of Jesus Christ. This family is also very much tje evidence of how God was always involved in trying to get each and everyone of us to realize how much He loved us and wanted us to be reconciled to himself. All of us!...
...As of this writing, Many of these characters are no longer on the planet...Many of them have passed on to eternity, and those that have died, did so tragically and violently. Some went Home to be with God, most did not I'm afraid...But only God Himself knows which ones did and which ones didn't...That is not for us to judge...
...In Memorium and out of respect for their memory so they will never be forgotten, I will try and share with you their Story in as much as it is intertwined with mine, and perhaps over time maybe others that loved them will come to read what I write and then add their perspectives as well...After all, God is still desirous that we all come to know Him and that we are all reconciled to him to spend eternity in heaven With Him.
So in the memory of Gary Knight, David Knight, Earl Moser, And Chris Moser and for those that have been left behind it is my prayer and desire that they will find some comfort and understanding as to how much God loves them and desires for them to know Him as He Knows them. I especially am thinking of Gary's daughter Rebeccah and his widow suszanne. I see Suzanne from time to time on the street and I met his now grown Daughter Rebecah Once at Chris Moser's Funeral and wonder how I might return the Favor for Gary Knight was Probably one of the most significant people in my life that led me to finding Jesus for my very own personal Lord & Saviour.
AND SOON AND VERY SOON I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE REST OF THAT STORY OF HOW THAT VISIT BY GARY KNIGHT AND EPHRAIM MAYA HAD SUCH A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON MY LIFE FOR CHRIST AND HOW GARY'S MINISTRY AND HIS STORY STILL LIVES ON TODAY THROUGH ME!
....UNTIL THEN???
BE BLESSED IN THE BELOVED
BROTHER MICHAEL
SHALOM
MICHAEL
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Smoke & Mirrors??
Oct. 14, 2008 Tues.
.......WHEN YOUR MONEY FAILS!
....THE ALMIGHTY USD USED TO BE THE GOLD STANDARD AS FAR AS WORLD MARKET CURRENCY WAS CONCERNED...
....IN FACT, HISTORICALLY, AND I BELIEVE EVEN LEGALLY, OUR MONEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACKED UP; PENNY FOR PENNY, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, WITH ACTUAL GOLD BOUILION, OR SILVER INGOTS.
....IN OTHER WORDS, FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE PRINTED, OR COIN THAT WE MINTED, THE FEDERAL RESERVE...BY LAW,.. HAD TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME CORRESPONDING AMOUNT IN THOSE PRECIOUS METALS HELD IN A VAULT, ie: (FORT KNOX) OR SOME OTHER SECURE LOCATION???
.....OUR ECONOMY, AND OUR CURRENCY, WOULD FOREVER BE STABLE,.. AND OUR USD WOULD NEVER LOSE ITS VALUE ON THAT BASIS.
...MY FATHER IN LAW, SGT. CLYDE ENOS EDMONDS HAD A PHILOSOPHY, AND A RULE, THAT HE STEADFASTLY LIVED BY, AND I CAN ALREADY HEAR THE CACOPHONY OF ARGUMENTS SPEWING FORTH IN REGARDS TO,.. HOW IMPRACTICAL, AND EVEN DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE,.. IT WOULD BE FOR US TO OPERATE, CONDUCT BUSINESS, OR EVEN EXIST, BY HIS ECONOMICAL PHILOSOPHY & PRACTICE...
.....WHAT WAS HIS PHILOSOPHY???
.......HE BELIEVED IN PAYING CASH FOR THE THINGS HE BOUGHT! IF HE DIDN'T HAVE THE CASH FOR IT, HE DIDN'T BUY IT! ...PERIOD...!
NEITHER A BORROWER OR LENDER BE!
FOR 91 YEARS HE LIVED THAT WAY! EVERYTHING HE OWNED WAS BOUGHT WITH CASH IN HAND. "LITERALLY" HOUSE, CARS, TELEVISIONS, WASHERS, DRYERS, STOVES, REFRIGERATORS, ETC.......... IF THEY NEEDED SOMETHING AND DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR IT AT THE TIME, HE SAVED UP HIS MONEY UNTIL HE DID HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY FOR IT,... IN CASH.!!!
...HOW MUCH FURTHER AHEAD WOULD WE BE AS INDIVIDUALS IF WE HAD BEEN TAUGHT CULTURALLY,... TO BE EARNERS/SAVERS RATHER THAN BORROWERS AND CREDIT CONSUMERS?
... IT IS ACTUALLY BACKWARDS FROM WHAT IT SHOULD BE. AS CREDIT CONSUMERS WE BECAME SLAVES INSTEAD OF MASTERS.
OUR NUCLEAR FAMILY HAS BEEN THE LOSER IN THIS SCENARIO AS A CREDIT CONSUMING CULTURE...MOM & DAD BOTH HAVE TO SLAVE IN ORDER TO SERVICE OUR DEBT...
.... SOMETIMES, BOTH HOLDING DOWN MORE THAN ONE JOB, JUST TO SATISFY OUR MONTHLY BUDGET DEMANDS...
OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY IS BASED ON SMOKE AND MIRRORS...NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T...
IT IS MOSTLY BASED ON A LIE AND FUTURES....
WHAT FUTURE?
.....THE ONLY FUTURE THAT IS GUARANTEED TO US IS THE FUTURE THAT WE HAVE ONCE WE LEAVE THIS PLANET...
Remember Jesus' teachings on 'ECONOMICS"?
They are many...And they are incredibly wise, and relevant to this day!
...."Lay not up treasures for yourselves on Earth where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break in and steal...
...But store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven,where moth and rust do not corrupt, and thieves do not break in and steal...
...For where your treasure is your heart will be also"...
.....HOW IS IT THAT WE AS CHILDREN OF THE KING HAVE ALLOWED OUR LIVES, OUR HAPPINESS, OUR PEACE OF MIND, OUR SENSE OF SECURITY, OUR SELF ESTEEM, SENSE OF SELF WORTH AND VALUE, OUR MEASURE OF SUCCESS AND A LIFE WELL LIVED...
... IS MOSTLY BASED, ON A BALANCE SHEET, PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENT, THAT HELPS US TO ARRIVE AT THAT BOTTOM LINE...
... THAT DECLARES OUR NET WORTH TO BE SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS....(I WISHED...LOL!)
...AND WE WONDER WHY???
... THE MODERN FAMILY IS SO FRACTURED!!!
... FINANCIALLY & MORALLY BANKRUPT???
.......WHEN YOUR MONEY FAILS!
....THE ALMIGHTY USD USED TO BE THE GOLD STANDARD AS FAR AS WORLD MARKET CURRENCY WAS CONCERNED...
....IN FACT, HISTORICALLY, AND I BELIEVE EVEN LEGALLY, OUR MONEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACKED UP; PENNY FOR PENNY, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, WITH ACTUAL GOLD BOUILION, OR SILVER INGOTS.
....IN OTHER WORDS, FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE PRINTED, OR COIN THAT WE MINTED, THE FEDERAL RESERVE...BY LAW,.. HAD TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME CORRESPONDING AMOUNT IN THOSE PRECIOUS METALS HELD IN A VAULT, ie: (FORT KNOX) OR SOME OTHER SECURE LOCATION???
.....OUR ECONOMY, AND OUR CURRENCY, WOULD FOREVER BE STABLE,.. AND OUR USD WOULD NEVER LOSE ITS VALUE ON THAT BASIS.
...MY FATHER IN LAW, SGT. CLYDE ENOS EDMONDS HAD A PHILOSOPHY, AND A RULE, THAT HE STEADFASTLY LIVED BY, AND I CAN ALREADY HEAR THE CACOPHONY OF ARGUMENTS SPEWING FORTH IN REGARDS TO,.. HOW IMPRACTICAL, AND EVEN DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE,.. IT WOULD BE FOR US TO OPERATE, CONDUCT BUSINESS, OR EVEN EXIST, BY HIS ECONOMICAL PHILOSOPHY & PRACTICE...
.....WHAT WAS HIS PHILOSOPHY???
.......HE BELIEVED IN PAYING CASH FOR THE THINGS HE BOUGHT! IF HE DIDN'T HAVE THE CASH FOR IT, HE DIDN'T BUY IT! ...PERIOD...!
NEITHER A BORROWER OR LENDER BE!
FOR 91 YEARS HE LIVED THAT WAY! EVERYTHING HE OWNED WAS BOUGHT WITH CASH IN HAND. "LITERALLY" HOUSE, CARS, TELEVISIONS, WASHERS, DRYERS, STOVES, REFRIGERATORS, ETC.......... IF THEY NEEDED SOMETHING AND DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR IT AT THE TIME, HE SAVED UP HIS MONEY UNTIL HE DID HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY FOR IT,... IN CASH.!!!
My Father-in-Law is my hero and has become my role model in many areas of my life...I never realized how significant his life and example would impact my way of thinking and develop my overall world view.
It's such a shame, that we rarely realize the value of a person's life untilo after their gone...Don't we often take for granted those things that are readily available to us on a daily basis, and are part of our everyday lives....and then suddenly,...they are gone, and we have forever lost that opportunity to tell them exactly how much they mean to us.
REGRET!
...."Oh, if I had only told him how much I love him, and how blessed & enriched my life is because he was a big part of it.
...HOW MUCH FURTHER AHEAD WOULD WE BE AS INDIVIDUALS IF WE HAD BEEN TAUGHT CULTURALLY,... TO BE EARNERS/SAVERS RATHER THAN BORROWERS AND CREDIT CONSUMERS?
... IT IS ACTUALLY BACKWARDS FROM WHAT IT SHOULD BE. AS CREDIT CONSUMERS WE BECAME SLAVES INSTEAD OF MASTERS.
OUR NUCLEAR FAMILY HAS BEEN THE LOSER IN THIS SCENARIO AS A CREDIT CONSUMING CULTURE...MOM & DAD BOTH HAVE TO SLAVE IN ORDER TO SERVICE OUR DEBT...
.... SOMETIMES, BOTH HOLDING DOWN MORE THAN ONE JOB, JUST TO SATISFY OUR MONTHLY BUDGET DEMANDS...
OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY IS BASED ON SMOKE AND MIRRORS...NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T...
IT IS MOSTLY BASED ON A LIE AND FUTURES....
WHAT FUTURE?
.....THE ONLY FUTURE THAT IS GUARANTEED TO US IS THE FUTURE THAT WE HAVE ONCE WE LEAVE THIS PLANET...
Remember Jesus' teachings on 'ECONOMICS"?
They are many...And they are incredibly wise, and relevant to this day!
...."Lay not up treasures for yourselves on Earth where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break in and steal...
...But store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven,where moth and rust do not corrupt, and thieves do not break in and steal...
...For where your treasure is your heart will be also"...
.....HOW IS IT THAT WE AS CHILDREN OF THE KING HAVE ALLOWED OUR LIVES, OUR HAPPINESS, OUR PEACE OF MIND, OUR SENSE OF SECURITY, OUR SELF ESTEEM, SENSE OF SELF WORTH AND VALUE, OUR MEASURE OF SUCCESS AND A LIFE WELL LIVED...
... IS MOSTLY BASED, ON A BALANCE SHEET, PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENT, THAT HELPS US TO ARRIVE AT THAT BOTTOM LINE...
... THAT DECLARES OUR NET WORTH TO BE SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS....(I WISHED...LOL!)
...I can already hear all the arguments being proffered by the wisdom of this world....
....This guy is so naive, an idealist, impractical.
.......and the idea, that you either pay cash for your purchases, and I mean "YOUR CASH"...
... or you forego the purchase until you have earned and saved enough to make the purchase...
...Is absolutely impossible considering the present and modern realities...
....You cant rent a car, book a flight, reserve a room or reserve anything, etc. etc. etcetera, without a credit card???
...Does that at all sound vaguely familiar, in regards to receiving the "Mark of The Beast"...and not being able to buy and sell without the >MARK
.....SMOKE & MIRRORS....?
SATAN HIMSELF,...
... APPEARS AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT!..
...HE IS A LIAR!!!
.. AND THE FATHER OF ALL LIES!!!.
...
............{TO BE CONTINUED}.....
...AND WE WONDER WHY???
... THE MODERN FAMILY IS SO FRACTURED!!!
... FINANCIALLY & MORALLY BANKRUPT???
Monday, October 6, 2008
MY TESTIMONY- NEVER ENDING STORY CONTINUED!
.........."MY TESTIMONY"...........
There are many things that one can argue or challenge when it comes to sharing your beliefs in the CHRISTIAN FAITH....
....but there can be no argument or challenge to an account, or telling of our very own personal experiences!
...What I want to share with my readers, is a matter of history,...In my particular case it truly is a matter of ..."HIS-STORY!"
REV. 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,"...
There are many things that one can argue or challenge when it comes to sharing your beliefs in the CHRISTIAN FAITH....
....but there can be no argument or challenge to an account, or telling of our very own personal experiences!
...What I want to share with my readers, is a matter of history,...In my particular case it truly is a matter of ..."HIS-STORY!"
REV. 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,"...
....Let me see....where do we pick up where we left off many moons ago????
...The fact of the matter is, that in many ways, my life had alot of the normal, similiar experiences that most of the kids growing up in the "Baby Boomer Generation" Had.
....We were a poor family relying on the welfare benefits provided by the Great Welfare State of Michigan to get by. I had a younger sister and brother to look out for and for the most part I went to public school in the neighborhood...I always walked in the snow...Not barefoot though like we heard so much about our grandparents used to say, but it was a couple of mile walk to Northeastern Jr. High from where we lived on Phelps Ave., in Kalamazoo.
....I played sports, Little league Baseball, Wrestling...My Best Sport personally by the way...!!!
.....Freshman Football...I weighed 110lbs. soaking wet & was the starting outside linebacker. I told you earlier I had to become a tough streetwise kid...And I did develop a taste for hitting people and inflicting pain on them...
... I also grew up to the that popular T.V. Show with David Carradine, Kung Fu, and my Step Father's Dope Dealer / Family Friend, Greg Lopez was my Sensei, and taught me Karate and took me to tournaments to fight in... I was a Jock!
... So the physical contact sports were very much a part of my identity, and sense of self worth! Even necessary for my physical well being and survival growing up on some pretty mean streets...
....In many respects my life resembled and reflected a normal experience of growing up in america as a lower middle class or even a poor kid. Often times refered to as poor white trash!
...But normalcy is such an elusive concept...Especially for those growing up in my Baby Boomer Drug infested, long haired hippy, flower power, Sex Drugs Rock n Roll, Vietnam War, Political & Social Leaders Assasinated, Racial turmoil generation!
...Normalcy ended behind the closed doors and hidden darkside that many families try and keep from the outside world.
....That is the difference between the things of God, the children of Light, and the hidden things of darkness,... Satan's domain!
JOHN 3:19-21 SAYS,
19And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
SHALOM
MICHAEL
Sunday, October 5, 2008
"A FATHERS LOVE & CONCERN FOR HIS ADULT CHILDREN"
SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 5TH 2008
MY HEARTS CRY FOR MY ADULT CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES!
THIS IS A LETTER THAT GOD PUT ON MY HEART THIS MORNING BEFORE I LEFT FOR SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP.
.....IT IS MY HOPE AND PRAYER THAT US MEN AS THE HUSBANDS AND FATHERS OF OUR FAMILIES WOULD FINALLY STEP UP AND ASSUME OUR GOD GIVEN, SPIRIT ANOINTED, ROLES THAT GOD HIMSELF IN HIS DIVINE WISDOM ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS THAT HE INTENDED FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME....
Dear Family,
I am truly blessed this Sunday morning as I am sitting here with my cup of coffee trying to wake up, I love watching Pastor Hagee from his Church in San Antonio Tx. on Sunday mornings....He has been preaching on this awesome series of sermons these past few months I believe its something like Voting the Bible and this morning he was preaching on the "Wild Horses Of Anger!" and it seems like every sunday at some point in his preaching The anointing becomes so strong that tears just begin to flow freely as God deals with my Heart....I am so THANKFUL that God has removed my heart of stone and restored a soft heart of flesh that is able to feel, see, and hear God's voice when he speaks to me each and everyday throughout my day....
......Its almost like that Christian song we used to listen too....Everywhere I go I see your face moving....
.....Do Y'all remember that song???
....Anyways, thats not the point, the point is THAT GOD IS WANTING TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO US DAILY IN REAL AND POWERFUL WAYS!!!!
...And we miss it when he reveals Himself and His will for our lives through every circumstance, I said, "EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE!!!!" that we encounter every day,
I don't know if Y'all have read Sheldon's book?... "IN HIS STEPS".... It's where they came up with the cute little ACROSTIC....WWJD.....That came out of Sheldon's book and the premise of the whole book is exactly that...
....In every circumstance, every decision, of every day of our lives....WHAT WOULD JESUS DO???
....HOW MUCH MORE WOULD OUR LIVES AND OUR DAYS BE FILLED WITH THE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.....
......If we lived our lives according to that principal????
....Well that's my sermon for the day, and thats not going to cost you all anything, just food for thought!
...But I would like to put a little bug in your ears just in case you were thinking about or wondering what could we get Dad this year for his Birthday or for Christmas that he would enjoy and get the most use out of???
....Well, one of 2 things or both if Y'all are so inclined or able....
Pastor Hagee's series of sermons he's currently preaching on on CD or DVD, all you have to do is just watch his broadcast or I & your Mom have all the necessary info to contact them to order it....OR,,,,
.........A BRAND NEW NKJV GIANT PRINT STUDY BIBLE WITH MY NAME ENGRAVED ON THE FRONT COVER AND WHO IT IS FROM....
ANYWAYS...... Y'all know very well that you really don't need to get me anything...but I just thought I might put that out there just in case...LOL....
One other thing before I get up outta here and go to worship....PLEASE KNOW AND FEEL THIS...
...Y'ALL & ALL YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE IN MY THOUGHTS & PRAYERS EACH AND EVERY DAY AND I PRAY FOR YOU DAILY MANY TIMES A DAY SO PLEASE TRUST AND EXPECT THAT GOD IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR DAILY EXPERIENCES EACH AND EVERYDAY DEMONSTRATING HIS LOVE AND DESIRE TO GUIDE AND DIRECT YOUR PATHS!!!!
"LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, BUT TRUST ME AND ACKNOWLEDGE ME IN ALL OF YOUR WAYS, AND I WILL DIRECT YOUR PATHS!"
....Sometimes because of our stubborness and rebellion, God may direct our paths through "DISCIPLINE" Do not resist or despise this...as he speaks on this in the 12th chapter of Hebrews.
"DESPISE NOT THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD.............IF WE WERE WITHOUT DISCIPLINE THEN WE WOULD BE BASTARDS AND NOT SONS....Etc. etc. etc. Please read that chapter for yourself. Its one of the great chapters of the New Testament and one of my personal favorites.
.....Once again I love Y'all very much and miss you all terribly Daddy's praying for you always...be encouraged and comforted by that reality.
LOVE
DADDY
.........I BELIEVE THAT GOD MEANS FOR US TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE...SO THIS LETTER THAT YOU HAVE JUST READ IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW GOD WOULD HAVE US TO RELATE TO OUR ADULT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES...
BE BLESSED IN THE BELOVED
BROTHER MICHAEL
MY HEARTS CRY FOR MY ADULT CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES!
THIS IS A LETTER THAT GOD PUT ON MY HEART THIS MORNING BEFORE I LEFT FOR SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP.
.....IT IS MY HOPE AND PRAYER THAT US MEN AS THE HUSBANDS AND FATHERS OF OUR FAMILIES WOULD FINALLY STEP UP AND ASSUME OUR GOD GIVEN, SPIRIT ANOINTED, ROLES THAT GOD HIMSELF IN HIS DIVINE WISDOM ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS THAT HE INTENDED FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME....
Dear Family,
I am truly blessed this Sunday morning as I am sitting here with my cup of coffee trying to wake up, I love watching Pastor Hagee from his Church in San Antonio Tx. on Sunday mornings....He has been preaching on this awesome series of sermons these past few months I believe its something like Voting the Bible and this morning he was preaching on the "Wild Horses Of Anger!" and it seems like every sunday at some point in his preaching The anointing becomes so strong that tears just begin to flow freely as God deals with my Heart....I am so THANKFUL that God has removed my heart of stone and restored a soft heart of flesh that is able to feel, see, and hear God's voice when he speaks to me each and everyday throughout my day....
......Its almost like that Christian song we used to listen too....Everywhere I go I see your face moving....
.....Do Y'all remember that song???
....Anyways, thats not the point, the point is THAT GOD IS WANTING TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO US DAILY IN REAL AND POWERFUL WAYS!!!!
...And we miss it when he reveals Himself and His will for our lives through every circumstance, I said, "EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE!!!!" that we encounter every day,
I don't know if Y'all have read Sheldon's book?... "IN HIS STEPS".... It's where they came up with the cute little ACROSTIC....WWJD.....That came out of Sheldon's book and the premise of the whole book is exactly that...
....In every circumstance, every decision, of every day of our lives....WHAT WOULD JESUS DO???
....HOW MUCH MORE WOULD OUR LIVES AND OUR DAYS BE FILLED WITH THE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.....
......If we lived our lives according to that principal????
....Well that's my sermon for the day, and thats not going to cost you all anything, just food for thought!
...But I would like to put a little bug in your ears just in case you were thinking about or wondering what could we get Dad this year for his Birthday or for Christmas that he would enjoy and get the most use out of???
....Well, one of 2 things or both if Y'all are so inclined or able....
Pastor Hagee's series of sermons he's currently preaching on on CD or DVD, all you have to do is just watch his broadcast or I & your Mom have all the necessary info to contact them to order it....OR,,,,
.........A BRAND NEW NKJV GIANT PRINT STUDY BIBLE WITH MY NAME ENGRAVED ON THE FRONT COVER AND WHO IT IS FROM....
ANYWAYS...... Y'all know very well that you really don't need to get me anything...but I just thought I might put that out there just in case...LOL....
One other thing before I get up outta here and go to worship....PLEASE KNOW AND FEEL THIS...
...Y'ALL & ALL YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE IN MY THOUGHTS & PRAYERS EACH AND EVERY DAY AND I PRAY FOR YOU DAILY MANY TIMES A DAY SO PLEASE TRUST AND EXPECT THAT GOD IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR DAILY EXPERIENCES EACH AND EVERYDAY DEMONSTRATING HIS LOVE AND DESIRE TO GUIDE AND DIRECT YOUR PATHS!!!!
"LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, BUT TRUST ME AND ACKNOWLEDGE ME IN ALL OF YOUR WAYS, AND I WILL DIRECT YOUR PATHS!"
....Sometimes because of our stubborness and rebellion, God may direct our paths through "DISCIPLINE" Do not resist or despise this...as he speaks on this in the 12th chapter of Hebrews.
"DESPISE NOT THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD.............IF WE WERE WITHOUT DISCIPLINE THEN WE WOULD BE BASTARDS AND NOT SONS....Etc. etc. etc. Please read that chapter for yourself. Its one of the great chapters of the New Testament and one of my personal favorites.
.....Once again I love Y'all very much and miss you all terribly Daddy's praying for you always...be encouraged and comforted by that reality.
LOVE
DADDY
.........I BELIEVE THAT GOD MEANS FOR US TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE...SO THIS LETTER THAT YOU HAVE JUST READ IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW GOD WOULD HAVE US TO RELATE TO OUR ADULT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES...
BE BLESSED IN THE BELOVED
BROTHER MICHAEL
Saturday, October 4, 2008
......."NEVER AGAIN!!!!"
OCTOBER 04, 2008 FRIDAY AFTERNOON 3:30PM
ABSOLUTELY NO BAIL OUT OF THE CROOKED BANKERS WHO CRUELY GOBBLE UP OUR HOMES, AND OUR HARD EARNED MONEY. GOVERNOR SARAH PALEN SAID IT SO WELL THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN SHE DEBATED SENATOR JOE BIDEN...."NEVER AGAIN!" WILL WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ALLOW WALL STREETS GREED TO EXPLOIT THE HARDWORKING AMERICAN FAMILIES.
I find it very hard to have any sympathy towards the banks and investment companies that have been in the headlines in the last week, especially in regards to all the discussions of bailouts being funded by our government, ie: us the tax payers.
I and my family certainly did not have this option or opportunity presented to us when our hopes and american dreams were cruelly crushed by the banks, mortgage company and or investment banking institutions when my sub-prime mortgage was declared to be in default and my home/ranch in Shepherdsville, Kentucky was foreclosed on. We were forcibly evicted by agents of my mortgage carrier backed up by a sizable force of the Bullitt county Sherriff's Department.
This was an incredibly humiliating experience for me in the sight of all my neighbors and in front of my wife and three children and in the hearing of all my friends, extended family, clients,vendors, employees fellow church members etc. this was not a quiet private affair. It was done very publicly and was published abroad several times in the local media outlets as my property was placed on the auction block at the county court house with the public invited to take a stab at possibly profitting from my tragic misery.
I was present at the auction when my neighbor and the person counted to be my friend purchased my home and place of business for $75,000.00 less than what I owed on my Mortgage. My 5 acre 3800 sq.ft tri level brick home with 2 car attatched garage and 1000 sq.ft. metal pole barn/out building, 1 acre stocked fishing pond/swimming hole for my children that I personally dug out, and my vegetable garden, landscape nursery,corral and horse Paddock valued at over $300,000.00 was sold for $120,000.00
The value of this property, and what it meant to us as a family can not be measured in dollar amounts. This was not just a house. It was our home. Our Dream home. The home where my children were raised and grew up. The ranch where my Youngest Daughter April Kept and rode her Quarter Horse Bandit, that Horse also had to be sold. It was the fertile soil where we raised and grew our own food. It was the property where my Son Michael II shot His first White Tail Buck. It was the home where my Oldest Daughter Aimee graduated from Highview Baptist High School. It was the home Where all my family Fished and swam together in the Pond that we Built in the middle of the woods in the valley that ran through our Bottom land. It was the home where I had my shop and lawn care & landscape company, The company that served 3 counties, hundreds of satisfied clients, and employed dozens of people over the 10 12 years that we lived there.
We were the all american family of rugged individualists whose only son Michael II played all 3 sports, Football, Baseball, Basketball & was enlisted in ROTC training in high school, Aimee Beth, and April our 2 beautiful daughters were cheerleaders, on gymnastic teams, and both competed in beauty pagents at the county and state levels. My wife and I both held down Part Time jobs at UPS while I attended classes at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., Pastored a local Baptist Church, and Owned & Operated a Landscape Contract company.
Bowling Enterprises, LawnCare & Landscape Specialties. A Sole Proprietor-ship
It would take too long to explain all the details of how we lost our home, business,and our Great American Dream,.. A seasonal business, 2 years of extreme heat and drought, refusing to hire cheap illegal labor are just a few of the difficulties that led to our demise...
But I will leave it to your imagination, how easy it is to fall prey, to a slick mortgage broker selling a fix all debt consolidation sub prime mortgage loan to a young struggling family.
I was attending seminary , raising 3 exceptionally bright and talented children, operating a business, Was Pastoring a church and my wife and I were also working part time jobs for the health insurance benefits.
The refinance to a sub prime mortgage seemed like a good idea at the time....Not!
So you will have to excuse me if I dont think that we ought to bail out Freddie Mack & Fannie Mae et al etc.
Life goes on, and you can either keep on keeping on at living or get busy dying.
We decided to move back to our home town in Kalamazoo, Michigan as the failure was too much to bear and try and continue in that community subjecting my children to the cruel ridicule they were enduring amongst their fellows and quite honestly my wife and I too.
It has been said that when a door closes in your life, God opens a window....Even though this traumatic event took place in 2002 and we have never recovered to the point of being in our own home.
We have managed to finish raising our 2 youngest and watch all of our children blossom into adulthood, starting families of their own. We have graduated from being parents to becoming grandparents, going from 0 to 5 beautiful grandbabies in 3 short years.
Our oldest daughter, Aimee remained In Louisville with her husband Joe, employed at G. E. Aimee has an entertainment talent search company that she is co-owner with a partner in Los Angeles. They have blessed us with 2 beautiful grandsons.
Michael II Graduated from Heritage Baptist Academy and Married Jessica, a local Michigan Girl. Michael is currently serving in Army Intelligence and has blessed us with a Grandson & Granddaughter.
Our Youngest April Married a Local Plainwell Michigan Guy Tyler Bowman blessing us Last November 2007 with a beautiful Granddaughter, Alexis. They live here in Michigan, close to us. They are struggling tremendously in this terrible economic climate, both holding down menial service jobs currently living with Tyler's Father.
As for Beth and I...????
We Still do not have a home of our own. Beth was forced out of her job at UPS Ground Here in Kalamazoo. She transferred from UPS Air In Louisville where she was a very highly valued productive skilled worker...But The UPS Ground shop HereDid their level best to get rid of her from the moment she arrived. They placed her in one of the most physically demanding jobs they had. Her Male supervisor told her that she may as well quit because he couldnt even keep up with the pace that her job demanded and even the young college students they typically hired for that job would typically fail. Because of her gender and age they should have and could have given her a much less demanding job but she was eventually forced out for medical reasons with no compensation or benefits whatsoever. I,m sure we had great grounds to bring a lawsuit but thats just not our way.
Anyways, Beth is My widowed mothers Home healthcare chore provider and receives a very small check from the state every month. $324.00.
We live in my mother,s HUD subsidized apartment providing 24 hour supervision so that she can live independantly . We took her out of the nursing home shortly after moving back to Michigan because of our belief that families need to care for their elder parents, rather than putting them away in what usually winds up being deplorable, shameful conditions that anyone thats visited the type of nursing homes that poor people are placed in knows exactly what I'm talking about.
As for Me....I recently closed an internet based trucking freight hauling business that my wife and I operated for the past 2 1/2 years. "Logistical Solutions" Found on USHIP.com , User Name Concreteangel959 could no longer operate at a profit with the high price of fuel and increase in overhead that was occurring as a result of increased costs across the board.
I currently volunteer as a Servant Minister at Alpha & Omega Ministries & Praise Baptist Church. I was the founder of this Church and Homeless Shelter/Crisis Intervention Ministry back in the early 80's. My duties now consist of supporting the current Pastor Al Dines and Director Shirley Dines as part of the overall Ministry Team. I am in charge of the Maintainence of the physical plant of our campus which consists of 6 Residential Type houses and 1 Commercial Store Front Type Building where we meet for worship.
I Mentor Several of the male residents at our ministry who are typically dealing with recovery from substance abuse issues. I'm very much like a Chaplain and I have the privelage of leading a couple Bible Studies every week.
I am also what I call an Urban Prospector. This is really just a polite name for a glorified Dumpster Diver. I take the cash out of the trash and sell scrap metal to local junk yards and scrap processors for cash. One could probably make a modest living with this kind of work if I had more time to devote to it but my committment to our Church and Its outreach Ministry demands the majority of my time and energy.
I'm not sure how much longer My Mother Shirley is going to be with us on this planet? She is 66 years young, but her health is failing despite our best efforts to allow her to live out her last days with a good quality of life and with dignity, surrounded by her family and loved ones.
It is mine and my wife's firm belief That God is watching and that he is the one that ultimately provides for our needs. We also believe and hope that sometime in the near future God will Bless us with a home of our own as his word promises us that "He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him."
Finally, in the midst of all this political rhetoric, and campaign spin doctoring monkey business...I wonder how the Obama/Biden and McCain/Palen Presidential Candidates would "Honestly" Propose to promise to do something tangible to positively impact mine and my families lives in order to persuade us that they would be worthy of earning our support and votes this November 2008
Respectfully Submitted
Rev. Michael D. Bowling Sr.
105 E. Walnut Apt 2313
Kalamazoo, Mi. 49007
269-344-4952
ABSOLUTELY NO BAIL OUT OF THE CROOKED BANKERS WHO CRUELY GOBBLE UP OUR HOMES, AND OUR HARD EARNED MONEY. GOVERNOR SARAH PALEN SAID IT SO WELL THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN SHE DEBATED SENATOR JOE BIDEN...."NEVER AGAIN!" WILL WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ALLOW WALL STREETS GREED TO EXPLOIT THE HARDWORKING AMERICAN FAMILIES.
..........................................."NEVER AGAIN!"........................................
I find it very hard to have any sympathy towards the banks and investment companies that have been in the headlines in the last week, especially in regards to all the discussions of bailouts being funded by our government, ie: us the tax payers.
I and my family certainly did not have this option or opportunity presented to us when our hopes and american dreams were cruelly crushed by the banks, mortgage company and or investment banking institutions when my sub-prime mortgage was declared to be in default and my home/ranch in Shepherdsville, Kentucky was foreclosed on. We were forcibly evicted by agents of my mortgage carrier backed up by a sizable force of the Bullitt county Sherriff's Department.
This was an incredibly humiliating experience for me in the sight of all my neighbors and in front of my wife and three children and in the hearing of all my friends, extended family, clients,vendors, employees fellow church members etc. this was not a quiet private affair. It was done very publicly and was published abroad several times in the local media outlets as my property was placed on the auction block at the county court house with the public invited to take a stab at possibly profitting from my tragic misery.
I was present at the auction when my neighbor and the person counted to be my friend purchased my home and place of business for $75,000.00 less than what I owed on my Mortgage. My 5 acre 3800 sq.ft tri level brick home with 2 car attatched garage and 1000 sq.ft. metal pole barn/out building, 1 acre stocked fishing pond/swimming hole for my children that I personally dug out, and my vegetable garden, landscape nursery,corral and horse Paddock valued at over $300,000.00 was sold for $120,000.00
The value of this property, and what it meant to us as a family can not be measured in dollar amounts. This was not just a house. It was our home. Our Dream home. The home where my children were raised and grew up. The ranch where my Youngest Daughter April Kept and rode her Quarter Horse Bandit, that Horse also had to be sold. It was the fertile soil where we raised and grew our own food. It was the property where my Son Michael II shot His first White Tail Buck. It was the home where my Oldest Daughter Aimee graduated from Highview Baptist High School. It was the home Where all my family Fished and swam together in the Pond that we Built in the middle of the woods in the valley that ran through our Bottom land. It was the home where I had my shop and lawn care & landscape company, The company that served 3 counties, hundreds of satisfied clients, and employed dozens of people over the 10 12 years that we lived there.
We were the all american family of rugged individualists whose only son Michael II played all 3 sports, Football, Baseball, Basketball & was enlisted in ROTC training in high school, Aimee Beth, and April our 2 beautiful daughters were cheerleaders, on gymnastic teams, and both competed in beauty pagents at the county and state levels. My wife and I both held down Part Time jobs at UPS while I attended classes at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., Pastored a local Baptist Church, and Owned & Operated a Landscape Contract company.
Bowling Enterprises, LawnCare & Landscape Specialties. A Sole Proprietor-ship
It would take too long to explain all the details of how we lost our home, business,and our Great American Dream,.. A seasonal business, 2 years of extreme heat and drought, refusing to hire cheap illegal labor are just a few of the difficulties that led to our demise...
But I will leave it to your imagination, how easy it is to fall prey, to a slick mortgage broker selling a fix all debt consolidation sub prime mortgage loan to a young struggling family.
I was attending seminary , raising 3 exceptionally bright and talented children, operating a business, Was Pastoring a church and my wife and I were also working part time jobs for the health insurance benefits.
The refinance to a sub prime mortgage seemed like a good idea at the time....Not!
So you will have to excuse me if I dont think that we ought to bail out Freddie Mack & Fannie Mae et al etc.
Life goes on, and you can either keep on keeping on at living or get busy dying.
We decided to move back to our home town in Kalamazoo, Michigan as the failure was too much to bear and try and continue in that community subjecting my children to the cruel ridicule they were enduring amongst their fellows and quite honestly my wife and I too.
It has been said that when a door closes in your life, God opens a window....Even though this traumatic event took place in 2002 and we have never recovered to the point of being in our own home.
We have managed to finish raising our 2 youngest and watch all of our children blossom into adulthood, starting families of their own. We have graduated from being parents to becoming grandparents, going from 0 to 5 beautiful grandbabies in 3 short years.
Our oldest daughter, Aimee remained In Louisville with her husband Joe, employed at G. E. Aimee has an entertainment talent search company that she is co-owner with a partner in Los Angeles. They have blessed us with 2 beautiful grandsons.
Michael II Graduated from Heritage Baptist Academy and Married Jessica, a local Michigan Girl. Michael is currently serving in Army Intelligence and has blessed us with a Grandson & Granddaughter.
Our Youngest April Married a Local Plainwell Michigan Guy Tyler Bowman blessing us Last November 2007 with a beautiful Granddaughter, Alexis. They live here in Michigan, close to us. They are struggling tremendously in this terrible economic climate, both holding down menial service jobs currently living with Tyler's Father.
As for Beth and I...????
We Still do not have a home of our own. Beth was forced out of her job at UPS Ground Here in Kalamazoo. She transferred from UPS Air In Louisville where she was a very highly valued productive skilled worker...But The UPS Ground shop HereDid their level best to get rid of her from the moment she arrived. They placed her in one of the most physically demanding jobs they had. Her Male supervisor told her that she may as well quit because he couldnt even keep up with the pace that her job demanded and even the young college students they typically hired for that job would typically fail. Because of her gender and age they should have and could have given her a much less demanding job but she was eventually forced out for medical reasons with no compensation or benefits whatsoever. I,m sure we had great grounds to bring a lawsuit but thats just not our way.
Anyways, Beth is My widowed mothers Home healthcare chore provider and receives a very small check from the state every month. $324.00.
We live in my mother,s HUD subsidized apartment providing 24 hour supervision so that she can live independantly . We took her out of the nursing home shortly after moving back to Michigan because of our belief that families need to care for their elder parents, rather than putting them away in what usually winds up being deplorable, shameful conditions that anyone thats visited the type of nursing homes that poor people are placed in knows exactly what I'm talking about.
As for Me....I recently closed an internet based trucking freight hauling business that my wife and I operated for the past 2 1/2 years. "Logistical Solutions" Found on USHIP.com , User Name Concreteangel959 could no longer operate at a profit with the high price of fuel and increase in overhead that was occurring as a result of increased costs across the board.
I currently volunteer as a Servant Minister at Alpha & Omega Ministries & Praise Baptist Church. I was the founder of this Church and Homeless Shelter/Crisis Intervention Ministry back in the early 80's. My duties now consist of supporting the current Pastor Al Dines and Director Shirley Dines as part of the overall Ministry Team. I am in charge of the Maintainence of the physical plant of our campus which consists of 6 Residential Type houses and 1 Commercial Store Front Type Building where we meet for worship.
I Mentor Several of the male residents at our ministry who are typically dealing with recovery from substance abuse issues. I'm very much like a Chaplain and I have the privelage of leading a couple Bible Studies every week.
I am also what I call an Urban Prospector. This is really just a polite name for a glorified Dumpster Diver. I take the cash out of the trash and sell scrap metal to local junk yards and scrap processors for cash. One could probably make a modest living with this kind of work if I had more time to devote to it but my committment to our Church and Its outreach Ministry demands the majority of my time and energy.
I'm not sure how much longer My Mother Shirley is going to be with us on this planet? She is 66 years young, but her health is failing despite our best efforts to allow her to live out her last days with a good quality of life and with dignity, surrounded by her family and loved ones.
It is mine and my wife's firm belief That God is watching and that he is the one that ultimately provides for our needs. We also believe and hope that sometime in the near future God will Bless us with a home of our own as his word promises us that "He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him."
Finally, in the midst of all this political rhetoric, and campaign spin doctoring monkey business...I wonder how the Obama/Biden and McCain/Palen Presidential Candidates would "Honestly" Propose to promise to do something tangible to positively impact mine and my families lives in order to persuade us that they would be worthy of earning our support and votes this November 2008
Respectfully Submitted
Rev. Michael D. Bowling Sr.
105 E. Walnut Apt 2313
Kalamazoo, Mi. 49007
269-344-4952
Friday, October 3, 2008
Look Up!!! "OUR REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH!"
FRI. MORNING OCTOBER 03, 2008 8:00am
MARANATHA = EVEN SO COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS!!!
....All we have to do is cross reference the book of Revelation with the daily news Headlines in the print media & the Television news...
....and it is abundantly clear... even to the most casual student of Biblical Prophecy, that The Eastern Sky could split, the sound of the trumpet will be heard, and the rider on the pale horse... appears in view of the entire planet...No !
.....Check that,...In view of the entire universe, all of creation!
....This is an incredible and exciting time to be alive,
....Is it Not???
...........If you are in right standing with the one and only True God!!! The Creator of all that is,...
... THE GREAT I AM,....JEHOVA,....YAHWEH,...JESUS!!!!
JOHN CHAPTER 1 Says;
....."IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD."
....."THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD."
............"ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE."
..."IN HIM WAS LIFE; AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN."
........."AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US, (AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER,) FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH."
....IT IS MY OPINION & MY BELIEF,... THE ONLY PROPHECY LEFT, THAT NEEDS TO BE FULFILLED, and COME TO PASS,..... IS THAT THE MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED,... THE LITERAL PERSON, THAT IS THE ANTICHRIST....I BELIEVE , HE IS ALREADY ALIVE AND WELL ON THIS PLANET TODAY!!!
... HE IS JUST WAITING TO BE REVEALED!
....Now I admit, that I am no Biblical Scholar, or expert on Eschatological events...
... Some would argue, The Jewish Temple, still needs to be built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem,... And the Islamic Mosque "THE DOME OF THE ROCK" that currently occupies that site must be destroyed, yada yada yada, ...
...The truth of the matter is, "THAT NO MAN KNOWETH THE HOUR, SAVE BUT OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN!"...."BUT BE YE ALWAYS READY FOR THE SON OF MAN WILL RETURN IN AN HOUR THAT YOU THINKETH NOT!" (My Loose Paraphrase)
.....I do know, and realize though.... That for some of us, this is quite worrisome!
... We want our Kids & Grandkids to have a chance to grow up, and experience the joys of living. ............We also, as "Mere Mortals", have a hard time letting go of the only world we know!...
......But remember what Paul wrote to the Believers at the Corinthian Church, - He so beautifully states ;
..."EYE HATH NOT SEEN NOR EAR HEARD NOR HAS IT ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF A MAN THE GLORY THAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR THOSE THAT LOVE HIM."
"THAT'S WHY I ADHERE TO THE ONLY POSITION THAT ANYONE CAN SAY IS TRUE BEYOND ANY SHADOW OF A DOUBT!"...
...........................PAN-TRIBULATION!!!
.....I am not sure how it all is going to pan out??? I have no idea which position is the correct one in regards to when the Rapture is going to take place???
1. Pre-Tribulation???.
2. Mid-Tribulation???
OR
3. Post-Tribulation???
I just know that it will all Pan out in the end!
That is Why I call myself a Pan-Milleniust! LOL
The point is though, ... If we have been truly "BORN AGAIN" and we are in fact, a child of God in the new birth experience sense of the word, then by faith we believe that the Bible teaches us that when all is said and done......"WE WIN!"....
It's going to be all good in the new neighborhood that us and our young and innocent children live in....
...."There will be no more tears, no more pain, no crying because the former things will be passed away and this mortality will put on immortality...This corruptible, will have put on incorruption...Oh death where is thy sting?...Oh grave where is thy victory? ... But thanks be unto God through Jesus Christ the righteous, who hath delivered us from this vile body of death!"
Forever & Ever!
AMEN!!!!!!!
BE BLESSED & BE WELL!
BROTHER MICHAEL
MARANATHA = EVEN SO COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS!!!
....All we have to do is cross reference the book of Revelation with the daily news Headlines in the print media & the Television news...
....and it is abundantly clear... even to the most casual student of Biblical Prophecy, that The Eastern Sky could split, the sound of the trumpet will be heard, and the rider on the pale horse... appears in view of the entire planet...No !
.....Check that,...In view of the entire universe, all of creation!
....This is an incredible and exciting time to be alive,
....Is it Not???
...........If you are in right standing with the one and only True God!!! The Creator of all that is,...
... THE GREAT I AM,....JEHOVA,....YAHWEH,...JESUS!!!!
JOHN CHAPTER 1 Says;
....."IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD."
....."THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD."
............"ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE."
..."IN HIM WAS LIFE; AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN."
........."AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US, (AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER,) FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH."
....IT IS MY OPINION & MY BELIEF,... THE ONLY PROPHECY LEFT, THAT NEEDS TO BE FULFILLED, and COME TO PASS,..... IS THAT THE MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED,... THE LITERAL PERSON, THAT IS THE ANTICHRIST....I BELIEVE , HE IS ALREADY ALIVE AND WELL ON THIS PLANET TODAY!!!
... HE IS JUST WAITING TO BE REVEALED!
....Now I admit, that I am no Biblical Scholar, or expert on Eschatological events...
... Some would argue, The Jewish Temple, still needs to be built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem,... And the Islamic Mosque "THE DOME OF THE ROCK" that currently occupies that site must be destroyed, yada yada yada, ...
...The truth of the matter is, "THAT NO MAN KNOWETH THE HOUR, SAVE BUT OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN!"...."BUT BE YE ALWAYS READY FOR THE SON OF MAN WILL RETURN IN AN HOUR THAT YOU THINKETH NOT!" (My Loose Paraphrase)
.....I do know, and realize though.... That for some of us, this is quite worrisome!
... We want our Kids & Grandkids to have a chance to grow up, and experience the joys of living. ............We also, as "Mere Mortals", have a hard time letting go of the only world we know!...
......But remember what Paul wrote to the Believers at the Corinthian Church, - He so beautifully states ;
..."EYE HATH NOT SEEN NOR EAR HEARD NOR HAS IT ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF A MAN THE GLORY THAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR THOSE THAT LOVE HIM."
"THAT'S WHY I ADHERE TO THE ONLY POSITION THAT ANYONE CAN SAY IS TRUE BEYOND ANY SHADOW OF A DOUBT!"...
...........................PAN-TRIBULATION!!!
.....I am not sure how it all is going to pan out??? I have no idea which position is the correct one in regards to when the Rapture is going to take place???
1. Pre-Tribulation???.
2. Mid-Tribulation???
OR
3. Post-Tribulation???
I just know that it will all Pan out in the end!
That is Why I call myself a Pan-Milleniust! LOL
The point is though, ... If we have been truly "BORN AGAIN" and we are in fact, a child of God in the new birth experience sense of the word, then by faith we believe that the Bible teaches us that when all is said and done......"WE WIN!"....
It's going to be all good in the new neighborhood that us and our young and innocent children live in....
...."There will be no more tears, no more pain, no crying because the former things will be passed away and this mortality will put on immortality...This corruptible, will have put on incorruption...Oh death where is thy sting?...Oh grave where is thy victory? ... But thanks be unto God through Jesus Christ the righteous, who hath delivered us from this vile body of death!"
Forever & Ever!
AMEN!!!!!!!
BE BLESSED & BE WELL!
BROTHER MICHAEL
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Hello...I'm Back & I'm Blessed Beyond Belief
October 3,2008
...Thank God I didn't wake up dead this morning, although it wouldn't be a bad thing to be absent from the body, and to be in the presence of the Lord?
...It has been a long time since I was last able to access this Blog Site and "TESTIFY" to all of the great things that God has done in my life since April 2008......
.......Where do I start to catch Y'all up???
...Let me see....Oh Yeah, that epic battle that we were having with AT&T over them shutting off my internet service...
...As you can obviously see, we have resolved that issue, at least for the present moment. Pray God allows us to continue from now until Jesus returns. AMEN!!!
.......So much has happened in my life since we last shared 6 months ago.
...Shortly After my last post in mid April God spoke to my heart and I actually listened and obeyed.
... I went back to my old Home Church Where I was the founding Pastor, PRAISE BAPTIST CHURCH & ALPHA AND OMEGA MINISTRIES, and re-joined that local fellowship. I transfered my Church Letter from Little Flock Baptist Church near Louisville, Ky.
...I am just like any other typical church member there, and I am serving in a volunteer role as a Servant Minister at our outreach ministry Alpha & Omega Ministries.
...I serve under The current Pastor Rev. Al Dines and his wife Shirley Dines, The Director of A&O.
......My role there is best characterized as I serve very much like a chaplain as well as I am in charge of the carpentry & Maintainence needs of the physical plant of the campus. I also lead 2 Bible Studies during the week on Weds. AM & Thurs. PM. We are presently studying Paul's letters to the Corinthian Church
...I am currently Mentoring several of the adult male residents there.
......You can look up our Church & our outreach Ministry on the web at Praisebaptistchurch.org
....There is so much that I want to share in regards to what God is doing in mine and Beth's Lives as well as getting back to sharing about that never ending story...My Personal Testimony, but it is extremely late or very early in the morning at 1:45AM Fri. 10/03 or Thurs. 10/02 Late night...But I'll try and log back on some time tomorrow when I am of fresh mind and begin to catch up on everything and even discuss all the exciting things we are facing in the very near future...
Oh BTW How about That Vice Presidential Debate That just took place Between Sen. Joe Biden & Gov. Sarah Palen?
Isn't Gov. Palen So awesome??? I just love her to pieces and really wished that she was at the top of the Republican Ticket running for President. Don't get me wrong...I have alot of respect for John McCain but I really feel like Miss Sarah is just a breath of fresh air on the Political scene.
Anyways...Until Later.....
Be Well & Be Blessed
Brother Michael
P.S. I Cor. 15:58 Says,
"BE YE STEDFAST, IMMOVABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD FOR AS MUCH AS YE KNOW THAT YOUR LABOR IN THE LORD IS NOT IN VAIN!"
....This is one of my favorite memory verses!...
...Thank God I didn't wake up dead this morning, although it wouldn't be a bad thing to be absent from the body, and to be in the presence of the Lord?
...It has been a long time since I was last able to access this Blog Site and "TESTIFY" to all of the great things that God has done in my life since April 2008......
.......Where do I start to catch Y'all up???
...Let me see....Oh Yeah, that epic battle that we were having with AT&T over them shutting off my internet service...
...As you can obviously see, we have resolved that issue, at least for the present moment. Pray God allows us to continue from now until Jesus returns. AMEN!!!
.......So much has happened in my life since we last shared 6 months ago.
...Shortly After my last post in mid April God spoke to my heart and I actually listened and obeyed.
... I went back to my old Home Church Where I was the founding Pastor, PRAISE BAPTIST CHURCH & ALPHA AND OMEGA MINISTRIES, and re-joined that local fellowship. I transfered my Church Letter from Little Flock Baptist Church near Louisville, Ky.
...I am just like any other typical church member there, and I am serving in a volunteer role as a Servant Minister at our outreach ministry Alpha & Omega Ministries.
...I serve under The current Pastor Rev. Al Dines and his wife Shirley Dines, The Director of A&O.
......My role there is best characterized as I serve very much like a chaplain as well as I am in charge of the carpentry & Maintainence needs of the physical plant of the campus. I also lead 2 Bible Studies during the week on Weds. AM & Thurs. PM. We are presently studying Paul's letters to the Corinthian Church
...I am currently Mentoring several of the adult male residents there.
......You can look up our Church & our outreach Ministry on the web at Praisebaptistchurch.org
....There is so much that I want to share in regards to what God is doing in mine and Beth's Lives as well as getting back to sharing about that never ending story...My Personal Testimony, but it is extremely late or very early in the morning at 1:45AM Fri. 10/03 or Thurs. 10/02 Late night...But I'll try and log back on some time tomorrow when I am of fresh mind and begin to catch up on everything and even discuss all the exciting things we are facing in the very near future...
Oh BTW How about That Vice Presidential Debate That just took place Between Sen. Joe Biden & Gov. Sarah Palen?
Isn't Gov. Palen So awesome??? I just love her to pieces and really wished that she was at the top of the Republican Ticket running for President. Don't get me wrong...I have alot of respect for John McCain but I really feel like Miss Sarah is just a breath of fresh air on the Political scene.
Anyways...Until Later.....
Be Well & Be Blessed
Brother Michael
P.S. I Cor. 15:58 Says,
"BE YE STEDFAST, IMMOVABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD FOR AS MUCH AS YE KNOW THAT YOUR LABOR IN THE LORD IS NOT IN VAIN!"
....This is one of my favorite memory verses!...
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