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Hey there Trueheart....I will be 77 come July and I do most anything I want to do.....Come spring I am going to put a new roof on the house, so everything points to me hang'n around for a while. Haven't heard of anything Raj/Joe & Co are doing or planing to do in a long time, so reckon they took us for a lot more than we realized. I am glad I could contribute to their early retirement....HUMMMM !! Come tax time I wonder if each of us could claim Raj/Joe & Co. as dependants . Have yourself a great week, I am heading out to my workshop, my niece gave me a lot of Black Walnut and I am making my bride 2 end tables. Take care & Semper fi
Thank ya ole man, I figured I had to be nice to ole Raj cause he is going to see to it that we all at the worse break even and I know he would never had to me & others this if it were not the gospel truth...but he gotta hurry, I have had a heart valve installed and a couple of stints and I don't know how long spare parts will last.....any way, Semper fi and take care
I’ll Amen that..... might add that the ole devil will never give up the struggle to win you back, he knows our every weakness and he knows every trick in the book + 2 or 3 that are not listed
I wonder why? Scripture says----"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." In the O.T. in Psalm 102:25-27--"Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You will endure; Yes they will grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will change them, And they will be changed. But You are the same, and your years will have no end.
Then in other Scripture we find that God is the same, He is still the same God. WHY do you reckon teachers and leaders speak so much of how we need to change with times? I wrote more on this, but felt best to end on a question and not on my opinion, a thought for you to think on for yourself.....SOOO I deleted and ask you. To modern Christians is personal opinion more sound doctrine than Scripture? Just wondering.
God Bless
The other day I made mention that I was going into the Book---"Hebrews", now understand I have read this Book several times over the years but it, for whatever reason really did not speak to me or maybe I just wasn't listening----anyway on this trip through this wonderful book I am seeing and grasping things different than ever before.......I will not try to explain because I can not, just different. God's word is a powerful and amazing thing, it is a constant learning experience.-----God Bless
at 76 I probably need nip & tuck........reckon I should have said right on the fence, one breath away from stepping off into eternity, but then if we think on that reckon we all are just one breath away from eternity......
When I had my open heart surgery and when it was nip & tuck for a couple of days, weather it was during surgery or in ICU, as I lay there up in the air going around in a circle like the ticker on the bottom of the TV screen was the Lords Prayer, just going and going and going around then every now & then right through the middle, from left to right was "Yea, though I walk through the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou ar with me..........one of the 1st things I told my wife when I was toooooo was this and when I saw each of my kids I right away told each this.....Now the amazing thing is that I still slip, slide and fall down and get out of step.......but I still have the confidence that although I may or will walk through the shadow of death I will fear no evil....to me, this is very comforting. My greatest desire is that I could be more deserving
OH BOY!!!!! I have once again read through Paul's Epistles and now entering Hebrews, I thought I would take 3 chapters a day and really consecrate on each, today I entered into Chapter 4 and really tried to move on but got hung up on "REST", now I thought I was in step but then when I got to verse 10-----"For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his work asGod did from His"......I have been on this now for close to 45 Min. to an hour......."REST"-----when reading verse 10 I can not help but wonder if this means our final "rest" is after our earthly life has ended, if I remain faithful to the end I enter into God's rest. The only N.T. writer who has much to say about 'rest" is the author of Hebrews----for him the consummation of the Christian Gospel is that those who truly believe it will enter into God's rest, this would be the same rest God has enjoyed ever since His works were completed....Eternity
This led me to think on what I have been taught over the years, 6 days we labor & the 7th day we rest...Old Testament teachings, nothing wrong with this, but from the New Testament when I think on "REST" as life after death---My eternal rest----it certainly makes one think---. I/ we must also think on the fact that our final resting place with God will be for those who remain faithful to the Gospel......John 3:16 I think says all...."For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."-------God Bless
Thank you..
I think I stepped in it this morning...nothing unusual there for me, anyway, this morning a lady on fb posted a nice thing and it was said to be Luke 1:37,,,,,now what she posted was very good thought for the day, but then I thought that can't be in the 1st Chap. of Luke and I look up Luke 1:37--"For with God nothing will be impossible".....A great verse of Scripture but absolutely nothing
like the fb post, I mean not even close, not even the same subject.....now remember her post was really nice words to start off the day, just nothing like Luke 1:37. I did a private message and as politely as I could told her how nice her post was, but Luke 1:37 said------. She was as nice to me as she could be, but it was clear she didn't like me telling her what Luke really said....it took me 3 attempts to let her know how I appreciate her daily posting spiritual things and how I wish others would share their faith.......her last comments to me and this is where I left it---"I'm looking for images even I get struck when I see a paraphrase. I figure if it kind of impressed me it might do the same for someone else." Not a word about the correct reading of Luke 1:37, just how nice the other sounded. Maybe I am a Royal Pain in the Butt, but I just have to take the Scripture as it is, now I don't mind modern words or modern thoughts, but to totally rewrite or totally misrepresent what is written, I just don't get it. Like I said I am a Royal Pain, I try not to be, but I seem to always step right in it.
Several days ago I posted something to the degree of the church I grew up in and was going to post things I thought of, well, that didn't happen for 2 reasons, 1--changes over the years are way too numerous to start listing....2-- I found it quite necessary to consider how I have changed over the years. This morning I sort of think that maybe the 1st paragraph of this post might offer some insight. My preacher told me--"Well David, over the years things have changed"---with which I said Scripture says God word never changes, the same today, yesterday and tomorrow, once again I stepped in it. Open mouth insert foot.
If I step back and look at modern denominations I can not help but wonder just how far the Church has fallen away......A really big subject
So TRUE.....
I have been a Methodist all my life and this is exactly where the United Methodist Church is headed.....It is difficult to believe what we see, but right before our very eyes we see super-natural forces at work and fail to recognize it for what it is.......I have difficulty reading long post, but really glad I made "MYSELF" sit and read this, nothing I did not know, just the facts were missing in lil ole brain....I made notes. Thanks for this one......God Bless
Do You need a tune this a.m.----try this one
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
I am weak but Thou art strong
Jesus keep me from all wrong
I'll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee
Just a closer walk with Thee
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be
When my feeble life is o'er
Time for me will be no more
Guide me gently, safely o'er
To Thy kingdom's shore, to Thy shore
Just a closer walk with Thee
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be
WE SPENT SEVERAL N.Y. eve in Vegas, only once or twice could I make the fire works at mid-night, but my bride & I loved going into the diamond lounge on N.Y. day and watch the people suffering from the night before and the Bloody Mary's flowed like water....lol.....Probably one of the few pains I love watching people suffer with.....I used to enjoy and afternoon or evening toddy, but sort of even put those behind........OH!! When I said I only once or twice caught the fire works, booze had nothing to do with that, now, in my 70's mid-night is normally a thing of the past and midnight out yonder is 3a.m. here-----NO-WAY........However if I am driving I can whiz by midnight and never think anything of it.....A few years ago I drove from San Diego, Calif. to Sandston, Va in one sitting only stopped for gas and P breaks, I don't do that anymore either.......24 to 30 hours is about my limit nowadays , but let me hit my EZ chair, flip on the TV and it is lights out....for me----I know a thing or 2 about Chair Duty
God Bless
Trust me when I say, NO-WAY am I going to be up at midnight eastern time and forget midnight for you west coast folks....SO!!! It may only be a little past 5 here but I am tired and when I hit my E-Z Chair I just don't know-------SOOOOOooo......Allow me to be 1st to say HAPPY NEW YEAR ----early, no booze, just coffee and that is no eye-opener for me
God Bless and care
carry around this tune with you today
1. There's within my heart a melody
Jesus whispers sweet and low:
Fear not, I am with thee, peace, be still,
in all of life's ebb and flow.
Refrain:
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
sweetest name I know,
fills my every longing,
keeps me singing as I go.
2. All my life was wrecked by sin and strife,
discord filled my heart with pain;
Jesus swept across the broken strings,
stirred the slumbering chords again.
(Refrain)
3. Though sometimes he leads through waters deep,
trials fall across the way,
though sometimes the path seems rough and steep,
see his footprints all the way.
(Refrain)
4. Feasting on the riches of his grace,
resting neath his sheltering wing,
always looking on his smiling face,
that is why I shout and sing.
(Refrain)
5. Soon he's coming back to welcome me
far beyond the starry sky;
I shall wing my flight to worlds unknown;
I shall reign with him on high.
(Refrain)
Often I try to put "food for thought" stuff out in hopes to get my or someone brain in gear.....well,,, pay back often comes around, although this does not come from the Bible Board it does kick the ole brain in gear. Now I have been thinking on this for several weeks now and find it amazing how my original thoughts have altered over time.....anyway, the thing at hand is----I have seen several times on TV how maybe around only 40% believe in religion.......Find this disturbing? I think so, however it does not say folks do not believe, it is saying believe in religion. Then they always have Dr. so & so with his or her thoughts---which I call opinions, then always offer theologians thoughts, again opinions. Now I neither have a dr. status nor am I a theologian, but I am a basic person. "Basic thought"---if something is broke the 1st thing to do is examine what is broke then move on to how to fix it, to me simple as that. Peter wrote--"For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God".......No pointing fingers at anything or anybody, start at the basic----the churches doors. I have found that in doing this I went back say at least 60 years or so ago to the church I grew up in and compared it to today's church. HUMMMM
OK...That should be enough to kick you brain in gear to think a bit, however let it soak in, ask the Holy Spirit for help, then listen. I am headed to my shop to do some finish up work on a coffee grinder, bullet pen & cutting board........While working I am going to share my thoughts with the Good Lord and think a little more on the church I grew up in and the church today. Hopefully share some thoughts this afternoon.
David Jeremiah wrote and I think it sort of applies here---"The gospel is good news. When Jesus cried, "It Is Finished" on the cross, all our sins were forgiven. When we read that truth and then decide we must help Him out by adding or subtracting from His work, we are saying, "Lord, you weren't enough." Don't take from the gospel; don't add to it. Jesus is enough! Nothing more, nothing less. In Him alone is our salvation, our righteousness, our joy----both now and in eternity.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to y'all, may God Bless and grant each a wonderful 2020
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all us good ole folks, OH!! What the heck even to Raj/Joe & use to be Co.
I hope all of you have a great 2020 And to my ole Marine friend I say Semper fi
I think back then they taxed everyone.....
I never knew or heard----but reading Acts 17 when Paul was at Athens, remember this place had gods all over the place even one to "To The Unknown God"-----anyway what I didn't know was there was around 10,000people living in Athens and it is said that there was some 30,000 statues of gods in Athens....3 gods for each person, reckon that pretty much covered everyone's need........
I got to thinking----today we don't have physical statues to worship or to make us feel good....but I can't help but wonder what man-kind has built in their heart to make them feel good. I suppose it is a soul searching question with many different answers for each----sort of very personal....something there to think on
I did
Mostly folks think on angels as good....but Scripture clearly speaks of satan and his angels.......My bride gave me a Dr. David Jeremiah Study Bible to go along with my others....anyway on this Scripture he speaks of angels good & bad......like a whole page of info....anyway close to the end Dr David J. offers this......"Satan and his angels do operate in the physical realm, but their battleground is primarily the mind and spirit where they seek to deceive God's people into disbelieving and disobeying Him. Christ is an advocate for those Satan accuses. He defends His people with His own shed blood(Rev. 12:10-11). He has paid the price for our sin and made Satan's accusations groundless. Jesus has already won the victory (Ephesians. 1:20-21) so that even in the present we can overcome Satan and his demons by means God Himself has provided: the armor of God----Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Faith, Salvation, and Scripture (Eph. 6:10-18)
See I am still reading----
I got a subject for a really good sermon if someone needs it......the subject that is....yesterday I got a tiny little splinter in my finger, real light colored wood, when I say tiny I mean little bitty thing, last night I used a magnifying glass to try to find it, no luck, just could not see it no matter how I tried......but when I touched it , or pickup something I really knew it was there, I won't go as far as saying painful but really smarted, AHH!! You get the idea. Now today this thing is really bugg'n me and I still can't find it, so I take a needle and move it over my finger till I find the thing, maybe better put is I feel where it is, then I proceed to dig around, reckon I got it, finger don't hurt any more, never did see that tiny little ole splinter......Now for someone who wants a sermon, using the above compare it to a tiny little sin hidden deep in your life, sin is there, you know it well, every now and then that tiny little sin sparks a little pain in you, finally it becomes so bothersome that you just have to dig it out, this thing has gotta go......Now you can finish up your talk or sermon what best suits you, what best connects with your listeners..OH! Maybe if you got a tiny little ole sin floating around up there somewhere and every now & then it really bugs you ---well maybe 1st John might help----one can read the whole epistle in just a few minutes & tells us how to get rid of those little ole sins floating around
God Bless
Standing on the promises, that can not fail, when the howling storms of doubt and fear as-sail ; By the living word of God I shall prevail----Standing on the promises of God
Just a pass'n thought---something there to think on
How long did you look to find one of the longest readings? LOL-----
“If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they [a]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him,
Nor [c]allow My faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant I will not break,
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
I use several different Bibles and in each I had previously hi-lited these verses, although it is for David and his decendants it always spoke to me, telling me that I may really screw up, get all out of step but God will jerk me back in line, He will always be right there and His forgiveness always awaits me.......A short example......years back when I was trailer-truck'n for a living I was in Indianapolis, In and slipped out of the trailer, broken every bone in my right wrist, crushed a couple also,---I was out of work for almost 2 years, the doctors thought I could possibly loose use of my right hand.....long story short, I recovered and have good use of my right hand & arm, to this day my wife & I from way down deep in our heart believe, maybe I should say KNOW, that God kicked me out of that trailer to get my attention,---OH YES!!! He fully got my attention. I have learned that often bad things are really blessings. I "try" to remember when bad things come along my way, to ask God--"OK! I have this stuff in my life, what is it you want me to do with it??"
God Bless and hope you will be richly blessed in your life with His word
Been there for 1 &1/2 hour, got hung up on universalism......after much reading, searching & study I decided that I am really blessed in the fact that I am not over educated, sometimes I think people are educated well beyond their intelligence .........bottom line, when Jesus calls, we answer and if we don't answer we get left behind. I learned that really smart people sometimes take ONE little verse and make a major case for what they want to believe or sell----we have to be careful not to fall prey to this type of thinking........a thought or maybe I should say a fact-----if you read a verse then read what came before and what comes after. There is much out there today to satisfy our personal ego, and really nice to know all is going to be OK and we can do whatever------I do not know how it all plays out in the end and I don't think anyone else really does either, but Scripture clearly teaches us that we accept Jesus Christ as our pesonal Savior and when we sin we ask for forgiveness----then all is OK. IMO, after we accept Jesus the Holy Spirit lives in us and tells us when we do good and when we screw up. A thought, many complicate faith, I have a rather simple faith-----"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life"----That's God's plan, we need to understand the "BELIEVE" part and the "PERISH" part......
Hey----when the Holy Spirit rings you phone---answer it, my suggestion
Been doing Bible stuff since 1990 and constantly learning something new--then I also realize I just don't know much. Now what I am going to talk about for a few lines, I would imagine that many of you already know, but to those who don't know or never thought of it like this, welcome to my little corner....I have no idea how many times I read in Acts about Stephen getting killed, and asking God to forgive those who put him to death, then how many times have I thought on Paul being right there.....I have read it, thought on it, taught on it, listen to people do all the same, but this morning I learned how God used this to really get the church in gear & moving down the road----so to speak. Up until this time after the resurrection and Jesus's accession the apostles and disciple were just hanging around Jerusalem. Then after Stephen was killed and Paul was in full force of evil against the christians, this persecution caused many christians & apostles to flee Jerusalem and as they went and traveled they shared the gospel of Jesus Christ. " If Stephen's sermon and death had not caused the persecution that took place , the apostles may not have ever left Jerusalem & the Christian faith would have remained in Jerusalem"-----It is that last sentence that I never gave any thought to-----
As ole Paul Harvey would say-----"Now you know the rest of the story"
Verse # 1 sort of says it all....
I know some Diotreophes in my modern day church, denomination. Self-seeking / self-important folks who desire their will be done not God's will be done-----
I meme her back years ago in S.S. class we had Habakkuk for class, I didn't understand him then and still can't pronounce his name....not really that bad, but close....so, just showing that I followed you instructions........
17 Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 [d]The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet,
And He will make me walk on my high hills.
YEP !! Read the whole chapter........
Almost missed you this a.m., getting ready to go running around a bit, get some grub----OH!! while you checking out Psalm 126 glance over at 127 & 128.....
I did.....almost did not, but glad I did
You did it again!!!!! making folks open their Bible to see what you talking about----Good Job----
See I read----I would have lost heart, unless I had believed....spoke to me---- then Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart
I had finished my morning reading & study then saw your post, re-opened my Bible & read, thanks, Have a beautiful day
I finished my morning Scripture stuff and getting ready to go out and put new brake pads on my pick-up , but 1st decided to check in and see if anything different showed up----Saw your post and re-opened my Bible to your Scripture....thanks.... I am getting where I like to post where it comes from, hoping some will open their Bible and read.....cut & paste is good, but might make some lazy, jus think'n
I woke early this a.m. and spoke with God concerning you, you bride & your son, and that Scripture which Paul wrote concerning the body parts and how they all work together and likewise the christian community......when one is happy the whole is happy, when one hurts the whole hurts...We have several who read here daily and we as a group felt and shared with what y'all are going through and we all shared in prayer for y'all. "WE" continue to talk with God. OH!!! That Scripture is 1 Corinthians 12. I know and believe 1st hand in the power of prayer, when I had my open heart surgery and was right on the fence of stepping off into eternity, I believe that it was answered prayer that pulled me through. We here are from ocean to ocean & border to border, we are of different skin color, we have different basic denomination thoughts, but we all share in the faith of God---Jesus Christ & the Holy Spirit, and when all that comes together we feel and experience of the All Mighty and we all recognize that God's will be done and accept what is....
I think Ben made changes to the Song---"The eyes of Texas are Upon You"-- to---The Prayers of Texas Are Upon You"
Thanks for the update.....Matt is raised in prayer....Please keep up posted. I from past experience know Prayer is a powerful thing.......
Over the past several days I have made mention of things from Chuck Swindoll"s book which I have been working on. I have had this book for years, how many I have no idea and thought I had never read it, it is like bran-new yet this morning I see where some where in the past I turned down the corners of a couple of pages, they are toward the end of the book, I am rather excited about one day in the near future reaching these pages to see what spoke to me back then. This morning as I was reading I came across this truth and wanted to share.....Really good food for thought----
"When God holds out hope, when God makes promises, when God says, "It can be done," there are no exceptions. With each new dawn there is delivered to your door, a new package called "today." God has designed us in such a way that we can only handle one package at a time..........and all the grace we need will be supplied by Him as we live out that day..."
God Bless and have yourself a super week-end-----I sort of hope that last paragraph sort of haunts you
right on