I love penny stuff----every one want a stock to go up, post about how good it is, yet, bid low....now that is the smart thing to do, but, but, but, that also means that a person----------you get my drift---I love penny stuff

ole ED is as slick as a snot on a door knob.......Hey----Gotta give the devil his dues....he is good at what he does....nothing bad here, jus give'n ole Ed. his dues, you gotta give him credit, he keeps say'n whatever & folks keep giving him money-----EZ living, MAN!!! I only wish I had the talent, but then I am dumb as a rock & way to honest, I come from the work hard generation

I offer this in Christian brotherly love, not in criticism-----Maybe because I know how I am, meaning I am in charge here...lol....Jude 9---Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said----"The Lord rebuke you!"----just chatting here----tossing the Scripture out there is excellent, I am a firm believer that Scripture helps in time of need, trial, etc.....but....with certain things I deal with which I know is the devil in action against me.....I have to refer this to God----I am extremely weak and even at my very best I know that in no way shape or form am I able to stand against the devil....I remember when I thought I could and I always screwed things up.....The caution for me is to take the "ME" out of it and put God in there......Jesus ask His Father to send into the world a Helper---The Holy Spirit, learning to listen to the Holy Spirit lets us know when to call upon God in time of need.....now if I listen and obey, OK, if I don't then it could be hell to pay...

Just a thought here----in reading Psalms, David with all his issues did not ask for the strength to kick butt and take names, he ask God to do the battle for him, some pretty rough stuff in those request David made God, yet he did not ask for the strength to do these things....but I just came to understanding this, or think I understand , still working on it

Hey Gambler, I got quite a few shares I will sell at 1/2 price.....ole Raj said break even, so I will take a 50% loss and let mine go for $25.00 per share, now that would leave someone, when they sell at break even --a 100% mark up, now that's a deal. Once those rigs & wind mills & the many other things show up, WOW!!! AWAY WE GO.....

And the true thing is that is a beautiful, sunny day here at the home place.

I know, but those rigs are on the way, jus ask ole Raj, he will tell ya

Sorry , I just couldn't help myself, right neat though, this board has lasted way longer than the company

You folks have a very good week

OK!!! Have you ever felt a need to preform, to step up, a need to speak out, a need to let your light so shine.....I am not speaking of 1 of those but all of them at the same time and don't have any idea on how, what, where to step up as called .....fellow Christians, please excuse/forgive my comparison---I am as lost as lost as a fart in a wind storm-----I know that is extremely tacky, but, OH!!! so true---sort of like the old saying---"Between the devil and the deep blue sea"-----I know deep in my heart that nothing but prayer can solve this issue---will you help me talk with God ?

Thank you much---- I have been in physical condition, near death, where I felt and know in my heart that prayer kept me in touch-----so this is a special request----check this out, I don't know or understand, you do not know or understand, but God understands-----to me, that is all that matters

Thanks and God Bless ------It is indeed times as this that strengths our faith

IMO---if there was any truth in NAGP, Raj or Joe we would have long ago heard something concerning this Co. or what is left of it or what might come of it. After living through the years of lies and deceit it is hard to even find light in the smallest corner. a touch of DD will show lost oil rigs, lost housing, lost wind turbines, lost Uranium, maybe it is easier to say everything they ever spoke of is lost..The sad thing is they could have really done something excellent in any one of these areas, benifiting not only themselves, their company & investors, they could have really helped mankind in general, but they chose other wise. But then again it was just a penny thing. OH! by the way---Where is ole Raj/Joe&Co anyway.

Paul writes-----"Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one"

I look back at years past then measure today, grace and salt have really improved my speech, but WOW!!! I have a long way to go...

After many years of listening to “do you think you got that TV loud enough”, lol, well today I got my hearing aides, I have them turned up so please don’t post in capital letters, I can hear ya. Now I can turn those bad boys up and tell my bride——“think you got that TV loud enough. Sure wish there was Scripture for us smart butts

Don't know if this means a hill of beans or not, yet something to chew on......I lot of folks find it hard to understand Paul's writings, even Peter said so, anyway, lets say you open you Bible to any of Paul's Epistles, take a moment and think, then when you start reading make the Epistle personal, to you or your church or your Sunday school class.....like: "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren who are here on the Bible Board this afternoon, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ"------For me, so much of Paul's writings ring true with my world today, when I insert or change certain words to make the writings personal to me I receive a more clear understanding, it is like Paul addressing me or my group. Now there is a down hill side to this also, it makes me see my short comings more closely....a lot of stuff he writes not only addresses folks from a couple thousand years ago, but smacks me right upside the head....It is just different if I think of his writings as if they were to me rather than someone from year & years ago.....makes me look at me and not at you.......like I said, jus a passing thought

Thanks.....the ole devil don't ever give up on us until we take our last breath. he knows our every weakness and knows exactly how to take advantage....My dad was a good a Christian as I have ever known.....A man one time told me that when shaking dad's hand a person knew instantly dad was a Christian, I have never forgot that, yet when dad was getting way up in years and his health was failing he told me once, "David, the way these young women are dressing now days it is hard for a man not to have lust in his heart." Now some may say that sure doesn't sound like a good Christian man to me, but when a young woman dresses so her boobs are about to fall out, it is hard not to look and we all know this is where Eve started,--- looked, hummmm!!! not bad. I'll be 75 come July & I know the life I lived before coming to Christ then I accepted Christ as my Savior and all things went well for a time, now as I grow older and more and more secure in my faith the ole devil works overtime trying to drag me back into my old ways. The other day in my Scripture reading it was written (my words here) that we are no match for the devil, I think it was the angel Michael, who came for Moses and when he went to withstand the devil he referred this to God, so even the powerful angel Michael did not try to withstand the devil, now if he can't win the battle there is no way you or I can win such a battle.....I wonder if the Holy Spirit ever gets tired of me asking for help, I sure hope not. Now as some of you tuff guys grow older & older and think you are on safe ground, got news for ya, you are just kidding yourself, if you get to depending on your strength when it comes to Spiritual battles you gonna loose.

God Bless

very well put....

Back years ago when Paul wrote to the folks in Philippi he said---"Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves. Let each of you look out not only for his own interest, but also for the interest of others."----HUMMMM!! Sounds like pretty good doctrine to live by, ME 2nd or 3rd or 4th not ME 1st-----You folks have a fantastic day & God Bless

Prayer lifted for strength and courage during such a time of trial

Each of us is just one "1" breath away from eternity. How satisfied would your mind be if for whatever reason you lay sick in bed and were totally convinced that death awaited you,---- you,, way down deep in your heart believed that you were right on that edge where one step that way you step off into eternity, one step the other way your life here on earth was a bit longer? Do or would you have peace of mind? Sort of boils down to where your faith is. The only person that can honestly answer this question is you, one may fool their family & friends, but your heart knows the truth.....

God Bless and have yourselves a fantastic day

love it.......

I ain't asking her that......truth hurts tooooooo much. We've made it 48 yrs. come May, so I ain't gonna stir up a hornets nest this afternoon.....Now that being said , one day back a few years ago I ask my wife, why did you marry me? Now she is a college grad, with honors, me!!! let's not talk about that----let's jus say I exist---High School let me out to get rid of me.... Anyway...She thought on that for several days and then one day she brought up the subject, "which I had forgotten about".......Her answer, and she thought on it for several days....she married me because she knew I would lay down my life for her, she knew if anyone hurt her they had an answering coming------Now love comes and goes, but when one will gladly lay down their life for another-------need I say more. Then also my wife taught me that in life nothing we work at is harder than making a marriage work

Men---we should have never given the women the right to vote----been down hill ever since-------one of my favorite jerk your chain moments---HA. HA. gotcha moments....then ---hell to pay is present....lol

Open mouth----insert foot----Poor me, I Ain't ever learned how to overcome the 1st part.....Now if some here have no sense of humor, I was only joking------Sure glad ya'll don't have my address.... WAIT!!! who is that in the woods, oh man I think they have a ------

last minute movement....

maybe we got the wrong end of the horse.....HUMMMMM

I post a bit about the Holy Spirit in the world today, well, in my world/life today, anyway....flipped open my Bible this afternoon to this... Eph. 1: 13----"In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise".

Now remember Jesus said he was on the right hand of God, and He would ask His father to send the comforter (Holy Spirit) into the world to guide us.......I believe Scripture, so I believe this, I, you, they, the Christian, the believer the non-believer, have the Helper (Holy Spirit) right here beside us to help us in the time of need, to share in the time of danger, to share in the time of joy....all we have to do is connect....One of my favorite examples-------if a man is drowning in quick sand and if his friend tosses him a life line and he takes hold he will survive,,,,,,here in our earthly life we are sinking in quick sand and God has tossed us the life line----the Holy Spirit----take hold and we live eternally in heaven, ignore and we get swallowed up in the quick sand......just can't be no more clear than that..... I am in no way perfect, actually not even close, but I know without a shadow of doubt that the Holy Spirit is here to help me & you........If you are struggling, if life is a real pain and you think you are slipping, drowning in a world of sorrow,,,,,,reach out my friend, the Holy Spirit is there for you-----you have to take hold of the life line or you sink....you say you don't know how.....let me ask you, how would ask your best friend to help you, well same applies right here . There is an ole song that speaks right now....."Jesus is tenderly calling today, OH! Sinner come home------

No idea where all that came from nor why, but if it rings a bell, think on it, jus might be your calling

God Bless

looks like someone is jus shaken da trees to see what falls out

Up early this morning & read this post, Touchy subject indeed....then after doing my morning Scripture reading thought I would express some thoughts, the more I wrote the more came out, turned out be quite an Epistle, then my wife came by me and I decided to join her at the kitchen table, while sitting there I saw my computer decided to do some updates and I stated so, after the updates the computer decided that I really did not need to post my thoughts so.....BLEEP it was all gone....I told my wife see, God works in strange ways, He did not want that post out there......Now that I am almost 75 I have learned to look at a lot of things this way, sure saves on the stress, flying off the handle saying nothing about asking for forgiveness for what comes out the big mouth.......So I'll not say anything about the Touchy Subject except learn to put God 1st, family 2nd, play money 3rd.......from experience, follow this and all will be well......My words here, many places in the Bible it tells us to call upon the Lord and He will bail us out and then to glorify Him-------I believe that many call upon Him, get what they want then forget the glorify part.....sort of a 1 way street

When it comes to giving, forget the 10%, forget whatever man tells you, most of them are full of prunes anyway, -----talk with God, talk about your life, your needs about your checking account, talk with God about "what He wants you to do," then do as directed by the Holy Spirit.......

Experience has taught me 1st and most important when it comes to money always give God something 1st, my family 2nd and my play 3rd......for me that something to God 1st is the covenant I make with God. In my life, the past 15 or so years God has honored His side of the covenant I made with Him, I am afraid not to honor my side. I know what I went through, I know what God did for me, the least I can do is hold up my end------------God is good

Success----as my kids were growing up I explained my view of success....if you have a job, you enjoy each morning going to work, if you look forward to coming home in the evening, if you can pay your bills, have food on the table and be happy----this is success, not your career nor the size of your paycheck...I am now trying to teach this to my grand-kids

Now if I am to be miserable, well I would rather be miserable with $$$$ in my pocket that miserable & flat broke.....sorry, I jus had to toss that in

Now your post got me to thinking on earthly success and spiritual success, thanks now I got a headache from thinking tooooooo much

I totally agree, but then some are called to share, some to listen, some to search, some to pray...etc, etc, but if only one person gets something helpful here today, yesterday and tomorrow....GREAT.....It takes, and the word is not work, I know what I think, just ain't got the right word.....but when one learns the ever presence of the Holy Spirit in their lives, when one learns to tune in and follow, well life takes on a different focus....

I try each morning to read my Bible and talk with God, in all honesty every now & then I lett'er slide, the ole human side kicks in.....I do struggle with---do I hit the computer 1st or the Scripture and sometimes it is a real battle, I like the Scripture 1st sometimes it doesn't go as I know it should------this morning was such a morning and the ole computer won over, but, "WAIT"---I hit the Bible Board 1st, everything on there this morning carried a message, everything there in 1 way or another touched the heart.....now that my friends and a buck50 will get you a cup of coffee----but then, the Holy Spirit works in strange ways.......sometimes we want to post but shy away for whatever reason, hang on there-----we will never understand how the smallest thing we do or say will/can be used by the Holy Spirit to touch another, just maybe the Holy Spirit encouraged you to do the post in the 1st place, our job is to plant or water the seeds, God will make it grow

This seems to fit----Psalm 47:1-----Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!!!For the Lord most high is awesome

God Bless.....try to behave yourselves today----tall order there

Thanks so much for sharing......

Ole Rick dragon his feet this morning..........HUMMM< bet it was tooooo much Harley time over the weekend

Anyway---God Bless

I am just going to babble on a bit here and try to make some sense out of thoughts that I have had for the past several days.....Now before any of you think maybe tar & feathers are in order jus give me a moment or 2------I have the highest regard for Billy Graham so what I am saying is no way taking from his ministry, like I said a passing thought---------much has been said about the millions of folks he has preached to over the years and much has been said about the many, many, many people who have come to Christ through him.......the troubling thing that really bugged me is, if so many millions have listened to him and many have found their way to Christ through him, why is Christianity seemingly on a down hill run....like I said this thought has haunted me now ever since the news of Billy G's passing hit the news....something for you all to think on, if his preaching caused such turning to Christ how is it then that everything around us is going to hell in a hand basket....one major point is abortion, how could such evil be gaining ground while Christianity appears like a sinking ship----think on it for a second or 2........
OK, time up!!!!!!!! This morning in church during prayer I spoke with God once again about this issue, like I said it really bugged me-----as well as I am sitting here typing the answer came to me-----quite simple, Jesus's parable of the "Sower and the soils".---Matt.13:1-23---Mark 4: 1-20 & Luke 8:5....No matter who sows the word of God, if it falls on deaf ears it jus ain't gonna do any good, no matter how much is planted if it is done so in bad soil, flooded soil, dead dry soil----you get the picture....then It came to me that many like Billy G. have been sent from God to proclaim the Word and Scripture clearly tells us to let our light so shine that others may see Christ in us....so it boils down to what is the individual doing to help spread the Word......in my life, and I am just an average ole John Doe, I come in contact daily with people, do I let my light so shine or do keep it under a basket.....now really think, if each person who attended church this morning this week made it a point to live a Christ like life so that others might "SEE"----what a difference.....if this week each and every professing Christian made it their passion to just once---just 1 time---to say to a stranger, I am a Christian, if each professing Christian would make it their passion to do one, just 1 Godly deed and thank God for the opportunity, then how about this, if each and every professing Christian just one day, jus 1 lil ole day, conducted themselves in a Christ like manner-----all I can think of is WOW!!!!!!! what a difference------I reckon it boils down to what shape my soil is in....see we have had many great preachers over the years but I wonder if the disconnect comes from the hearer.....

Then for me, I have on several occasions made mention that God always answer prayer----each and every time I am seeking wisdom, knowledge answers to issues He always comes through----in His time---I can not say how amazed I am, then it is also a real faith booster-----The Holy Spirit is truly an amazing character.........Like I said, jus sharing a passing thought or 2

HAPPY---HAPPY---HAPPY -- SUNDAY folks......God is good----our refuge and strength in a very present help in the time of trouble, do not fear

Flipped open to this hi-lited passage from 2 Corinthians 5---"For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven" a few verses later---"we walk by faith not by sight"-------believing is not just a thing of the mind, EZ to jus say I believe-----believing is not just the consent of the mind but also an act of the heart and the will of the person----to believe is to be committed to, to rely upon, trust in----see to believe goes way beyond just say'n I believe.......as my grand-daughter taught me---jus say'n

"AAAAAMEN"!!!!!!

thanks and yes he is dead here but what I thought was probably more alive right now than he ever has been in the passed 99 years.........I believe that when we take our last breath we are instantly where we are going........now that is jus me, I did not in any way mean for this to sound disagreeable with your post....jus food for thought and once again thanks

HUMMMMMMM!!!!!! OK, ever want to know something? Well this morning while waiting on time to get ready to go to my dentist I flipped open my Bible and read, in this was the word Iniquity and sin used in the same verse...I got to wondering what's the difference....one Bible dictionary for iniquity says check sin, another give O.T. meaning & then N.T. meaning, so then I really searched the Scripture, then googled "what is the difference between iniquity and sin," then I read and learned sin, iniquity and transgression------I am not going to even attempt to teach or explain, I still need to do research-----but it is very interesting, if You not tooooooo busy and want to kick your ole brain in gear, great thing to check in to. Most folks think of iniquity as sin, well it is sin,------iniquity, trangression and sin is all sin, reckon that is why we sometimes say sin is sin, is sin.......anyway I found the subject interesting and there gotta be at least 1 screwball here like me....lol---so to him/her I say enjoy

God Bless----OH! See where Billy G passed at 99, 10 to 1 says right now he is totally enjoying all that he preached about over the years & probably got a question or 2 for St. Paul......What a man he was

I have often referred to my situation when I sin as ....I slip, I slid, I fall and get all dusty, but through my faith I pick my self up, knock off the dust and carry on------Never really knew or understood where I got that from, I always thought it came from 1st John and reckon a good part did come from there, but, this morning in my reading I came across this, then followed the ref. to see where it went......encouraging

Psalm 37: 23&24-----"The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand.

Then I went to these passages.....Ps. 145:14---The Lord upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down.

Proverbs 24:16-----For the righteous man may fall 7 times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity

Mic. 7:8-----Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; when I fall, I will arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me..

Jus a thought.....maybe some will think of the enemy as a person they are in conflict with, but, think of the enemy at the devil/satan, he is the true enemy working through persons, places and situations

Scripture says, believe on the Lord, Jesus Christ and you will be saved-----we will only be made completely perfect when we get to heaven, so until then may I suggest we learn what "believe" really means, strive to live up to that and when we sin, which we most assuredly will, learn how to pick ourselves up, knock off the dust and carry on. Forgiveness comes to those who believe, I say this as IMO those who do not believe do not think they need forgiveness

God Bless

Very Good...thanks

From over in 1 Corint. 10:24------"Let no one seek his own, but each one the other's well being."

Let this my today's reminder on how I should be

My oldest son said to me once, "dad, the question/subject should not be abortion, the subject should be---when does life begin." Then I have always been convinced that once we accept killing the unborn then we are just a step away from justifying killing the elderly, some may disagree, but once we have started down a slippery slope it is just to EZ to slide into ---at a loss for words right here......but you know what I am trying to say....

Switch gears here for a moment, this morning Scripture reading took me over to the Book of James....I have no idea how many times over the years that I have read James, even taught a Bible Study on James once, this morning in the reading it said more to me than ever before.....strange.....anyway it is a short Book, can be read in a short setting, may I suggest it to be a good idea to just sit for a few minutes and read the entire 5 chaps., take your time & allow it to speak to you....I try each day in my Scripture reading to find something, a verse or 2 that will speak to me and help me to be a better person today than I was yesterday....by the way that is a rather tall order.......

God Bless

Been out in my barn trying to figure what to toss out or how to re-arrange to give me more room----it is amazing how one can fill up a garage/barn-----I think it is gonna take me a couple of weeks to figure out how to shove 10 lbs of junk in a 5 lb bag.........I think on the Scripture---"with God all things are possible."--------Anyway, before jumping in da shower I thought I would just flip open my Bible and see where I land----John 14&15----MAN!!!! left page loaded with hi-lites----right page loaded with hi-lites-----I really wanted to post a verse or 2-----HUMMMMM.... may I suggest, take a glance at John 14:15 through 15:12....,best I can do-----

God Bless

I think John 3:16 is one of the Christians favorite....Just my thoughts here, while being a favorite I think some take it to lightly and just think "OK, I believe" then everything is OK....but remember Scripture also says that demons also believe.......In the N.T. "Believe"---Pistis-noun---Pisteuo-verb----means an adherence to, committal to, faith in, reliance upon, trust in a person or an object, involving not only the consent of the mind but of the heart as well........I have in the past used the idea of glue, if I believe then I am stuck to Christ as if glued.....

Just a pass'n thought here, I find it necessary before I read Scripture to take a moment and ask God to allow the Holy Spirit to direct my thoughts, grant me understanding and hopefully something I am reading will make me a better person today than I was yesterday. A little thought here, if you read and do not get the understanding it could be that God is not ready to reveal it to you at this exact moment, yet I have found that if I continue seeking meaning it always comes ----in God's time

God Bless & have a fantastic week-end

from Psalm 18---"As for God, His way is perfect, the word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him"