Tag: Hope

Hello everyone and God bless you all!  It is 91 degrees here today!  It has been hot like this for awhile and I love it!  I’m soaking up every last bit of summer I can before winter’s bone comes back.  Those Rocky Mountains are pretty, but winter is coming and those mountains don’t mess around!  I enjoy the intense heat of August.  Just wanted to share a powerful life changing truth and these photos today.  I am recovering from yet another Celiac/Cachexia episode where I lose a bunch of weight, so I am taking it easy and the Lord is tending to me.  I’ll be alright, but I always appreciate your prayers.  God is good and faithful and we can trust Him even in our suffering.

I just took the photo above from our back deck, which faces south.  I was turned towards the Rockies in the west.  Here is a photo of the sunset on Sunday taken from our bedroom window on the north side of the house.  Not my best shot, but it was taken on zoom through glass with my phone.  The sun is setting earlier now and the August skies are calming.  God is in control and He displays His strength and power in His creation every day.

The truth I want you to remember is this: Jesus is Lord!

Jesus Christ is Lord.  He is not simply a prophet or a good teacher.  Jesus Christ is God in human flesh!  Jesus is Lord!

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.  In him was life, and that life was the light of men.  The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.”

John 1:1-5

Jesus is the Word and those verses are telling us that Jesus was in the beginning before all creation, Jesus was with God, and Jesus is God!  All things were made through Jesus and He alone is our life and light in this dark world!  God made Himself a man, the Lord Jesus, and He came to earth to die for our sins and save our souls!

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

John 1:14

“I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

John 8:58

“..while we wait for the blessed hope–the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.”

Titus 2:13

Jesus was before Abraham because Jesus is God in human flesh.  Jesus existed long before Abraham.  Jesus is Lord!  We call on Jesus to be saved because there is no other name on earth that can save us.  Put your faith in Jesus and He will forgive you of your sins, save your soul, and fill you with His Holy Spirit (who seals you in Christ and empowers you to live a righteous life)!

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12

“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.  As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”  For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile–the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:9-13

“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.  Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession–to the praise of his glory.”

Ephesians 1:13-14

Jesus Christ is the only One who ever died for our sins and rose again three days later defeating sin and death!  Jesus was not merely a good man.  Jesus Christ is the Savior of the entire world!  It is through His blood by faith in Jesus alone that our sins are forgiven and we are made righteous.

“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve.  After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time…”

1 Corinthians 15:3-6

“This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.  There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.  God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.  He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished–he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.”

Romans 3:22-26

Consider these verses regarding the Name of Jesus with all of your heart!

“Therefore God exalted him

to the highest place

and gave him the name

that is above every

name,

that at the name of Jesus

every knee should bow,

in heaven and on earth

and under the earth,

and every tongue confess

that Jesus Christ is

Lord,

to the glory of God the

Father.”

Philippians 2:9-11

Does that sound like Jesus is just another prophet or good teacher?  NO!  Jesus Christ is Lord and every knee will bow (in heaven, and on earth, and down in hell) before Him and every tongue will confess that truth to Him!  You may hear people say many things about Jesus, but the Truth is that Jesus Christ is Lord and only He can save your soul.

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone and God bless you!  It was a rough weekend for me evangelizing on Twitter.  We are in a spiritual war and it has become extremely hateful and violent in this country.  There were many battles over the weekend and the Lord put me deep in the fray.  My comments to Trump lit up and it brought a wave of hate my way.  I was even called evil for preaching God’s Truth about abortion, gender, and sexuality.  God’s Truth is not evil and I will not back down from speaking it!  The flaming arrows of hate from the evil one didn’t matter.  God gave me victory and the Gospel was preached, amen!  The victories continued when a good friend and sister in Christ I know on Twitter even went from Twitter to Fox and Friends where she spoke the truth about California’s homeless crises and preached the Gospel to the whole nation and beyond!  Nothing is impossible for God!  You never know when the Lord might use you in mighty ways you never thought possible!

Here is the link to the video clip from Fox and Friends this morning!

Lizzie’s Interview with Fox and Friends

My friend’s name is Lizzie and she lives in Northern California near Sacramento.  She has had a hair salon in downtown Sacramento for the last 15 years.  She is a bold woman for Jesus with a powerful testimony of deliverance from drug addiction.  Both her and her husband came to Jesus and were set free a few years ago!  Praise God!

The reason Lizzie was invited to be on Fox and Friends on national television was because she tweeted the Governor of California regarding the epidemic of homelessness, crime, and drug addiction in Sacramento.  After 15 years running a successful business, Lizzie is closing her doors because of the dangerous conditions that exist in downtown Sacramento.  Both for her safety and the safety of her clients.

Every morning, for too many years, she has had to clean human feces and urine off the sidewalk in front of her shop.  She also has had to clean up drug needles and trash and her shop was broken into twice in the past six months.  The liberal policies have become so degenerate in California that there are tent cities up and down the sidewalk, and the cops say they can’t do anything about it.  I saw them for myself in L.A. when we visited California in July.  It is real bad around LAX!

Many times there are people laying down in front of Lizzie’s shop door and they won’t move.  They just live there and there is no help for them because that is the way California is now.  I have love and compassion for the homeless, and I have done a lot of street ministry in Denver, but it is not okay to let people shoot up drugs and defecate right on the sidewalks of America!  Look at what liberals have done to that beautiful state!  Such a shame.

I pray the Governor listens to Lizzie!  I’m with Lizzie, Governor Newsom, what are you going to do for the hardworking Americans of Sacramento that run businesses and pay all your exorbitant taxes?  Once you run all the hardworking law abiding people out of town, what will you have left?  Drug addiction, crime, homelessness, and violence, that’s what you will have.  Provide shelters for the homeless and help them get off the street!

Seriously Mr. Newsom, to be part of the solution, here is an idea for you.  Build shelters where people can get off the street and get safe housing, food/water, and medical help.  Then, work with the churches to help those same people get help for their souls, healing from addiction, and acquire job training.  Do that and you will have an amazing system to help people start a new life!  That is what we do here in Denver with ministries like the Denver Rescue Mission and Christ’s Body Ministries and I have seen people’s lives transformed with my own eyes.  People need Jesus, Governor Newsom!  Work with the churches, and watch how God can bring peace and healing to your streets!

Like I said, the Lord has sent me into street ministry before and I have love and compassion for the homeless.  So does Lizzie!  She is trying to get them help.  The churches can only do so much, especially when the state makes laws that enable and spread the problem!  Enough with the lawlessness and sanctuary cities!  Work hard to solve the problem with love and compassion California!  Only God can fix this mess!

I praise God that He put Lizzie on Fox and Friends!  It is amazing what God can do!  You never know, He may even put you before rulers to speak His Truth to power!

Lizzie received a massive amount of hate and she was persecuted by Twitter for speaking the truth to the Governor.  Twitter even suspended her account.  Just for speaking the truth!  That is the kind of discrimination that is going on in this country when you speak the truth, especially in leftist controlled cities and states.  Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are leftist controlled platforms and they all persecute Christians and it is getting worse.  The left is desperately trying to shut down free speech in this country, especially when it is Christian or conservative speech.  God is on our side.  They are fighting God Himself and they will lose.  I pray they all come to Jesus.

God bless you Lizzie!  Keep standing strong in Jesus, sister!  My wife and I are praying for you and we stand with you!  May God bring great healing and peace to California, our country, and the world!

Grace and peace to you all in the Name of Jesus!

“For nothing is impossible with God.”

Luke 1:37

 

 

Thank you all for bearing with me on my post regarding the Federal Reserve.  I wrote that late last night and I wasn’t quite sure how it would be received, so I appreciate your encouragement.  A few days ago I was sitting with our daughter at the dinner table.  She was doing homework and I was looking through Twitter.  I was thinking about all the different viewpoints in Christianity and the different denominations and all the arguments.  I was also thinking about the legalistic people I dealt with when I first started blogging.  I looked over at our daughter and said, “You know honey, when people start talking a bunch of crazy religious stuff and they want to argue about all these things, I just say, just give me Jesus.”

She just looked over at me and smiled.  I said, “We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus, so just stick with Jesus.  Draw close to Him and talk with Him for the rest of your life.  He loves you.”  My daughter’s smile showed she appreciates her relationship with Jesus very much.  I pray both of our kids will love Jesus first all the days of their lives!

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Ephesians 2:8-9

Just give me Jesus!  He is my everything!  He comforts me and lifts me up!  He is my strength and joy!  He is my salvation and peace!  He is my Lord and Savior!  I am not ashamed of Jesus and I love Him with all my heart!  I don’t want religion, never did, never will.  I want a deep lifelong relationship with Jesus Christ!  How about you?

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.  I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.  I and the Father are one.”

Jesus speaking in John 10:27-30

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16

Remember this, only Jesus Christ can save souls!  We overcome the evil one, sin, and death by His blood through faith in Him alone!  Just give me Jesus!

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

This post is going to be a bit different from my usual posts about Jesus.  Part of what I do here on my blog is also speaking truth regarding political and social issues of our time.  Recently here in America, the Federal Reserve has struck again and they are stealing the gains in our economy that we have worked so hard for.  That is what they do folks!  They are thieves and they have been stealing America’s wealth since 1913.  Telling people the truth about the Federal Reserve is important to me because we desperately need to end their tyranny of financial slavery over our country!  This is not a left or right issue.  This is an American issue and it is crucial to finally being free of the corrupt and treasonous Federal Reserve!

Most people in America still think the Federal Reserve is part of our government.  If you still think that, think again.  The Federal Reserve is a private bank and it is completely unconstitutional for them to issue our currency and it has been since Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913.  That was a grave mistake that even old Woodrow himself bitterly regretted.

Check out what Henry Ford said in 1922:

What that tyrannical piece of legislation did was strip our country’s money printing powers from us and hand it over to a small group of private banking families.  Was it a coup?  You bet!  Was it treason!  Yep, big time, and they did it with the swipe of a pen!

“The Congress shall have power to…coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign Coin….”

Article I, Section 8, Clause 5

You see, Article 1, section 8, clause 5 of our U.S. Constitution says that we have the right to issue our own currency, which would be interest and debt free.  That is the way it should have been.  Instead, we have been in bondage to the financial slavery of the Federal Reserve for the last 106 years!  How you ask?  The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 gives them the power to print their “Federal Reserve Note” and lend it to our government at interest, which creates massive debt and inflation!  If you didn’t know that, then now you know why millions of Americans want to end the Fed!  It is crazy that our country takes a high interest loan to issue currency when we have the power to make our own currency that would be interest, debt, and inflation free!

Would you take a loan and incur massive debt if you didn’t have to?  Of course not, especially if you could print your own money!  Now you know why we can never audit the Fed and they won’t ever answer questions in Congressional hearings.  Because they don’t have to!  They hold the slavery loan over our government and they dictate the rates and terms!  When you take a loan from the bank, you don’t get to dictate anything to them.  They are the lender and you are the borrower and the borrower is the lender’s servant.

“The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.”

Proverbs 22:7

We could print our own money, debt free and have no inflation, but instead we let a bunch of private bankers get filthy rich as they dominate and rule our country through financial tyranny!  Now do you understand why everyone is in so much debt in this country?  Does it make sense why your wages are always beneath inflation and you can never seem to catch up?  That is how the Federal Reserve designed it in their treasonous Federal Reserve Act!  All the money funnels to them and we are left with massive perpetual inflation and debt!  This is the power of the private central banking cartel known as the Federal Reserve.

Folks, it’s like they have a gun to America’s head and they can pull the trigger whenever they want to!  They control the rate increases and decreases, booms and busts, recessions and depressions, inflation and deflation, and even the wars (because they have the most power to finance them)!  They are the ones who created the Great Depression and every other financial crises we have been through since 1913!  They control our country’s entire monetary system, so they control the country!  We are effectively slaves to the Federal Reserve!

Consider what Thomas Jefferson said when he warned us about the bankers:

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.  If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.  The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.”

-Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802)

Amen!  The issuing power should be taken from the Federal Reserve immediately and restored to the people!  We do not need a private foreign central bank owned by the Rothschild family of London (who also financed the Nazis and owned I.G. Farben) controlling our monetary system!  We don’t need their debt, we don’t need their inflation, and we are not their slaves!

“Let me issue and control a nation’s money and I care not who writes the laws.”

-Mayer Amschel Rothschild

We were almost free under John F. Kennedy.  On June 4, 1963, JFK bravely tried to end the Federal Reserve when he issued executive order 11110, which stripped the Federal Reserve of its unconstitutional power over America.  He ended the Federal Reserve Note and printed billions of interest and debt free United States Notes into circulation throughout the country.  The new real American money was backed by silver, so it had real value.  The Federal Reserve Note has no real value as it is a fiat currency run on debt and is not backed by anything.  They killed JFK just five months after he issued the executive order, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in, and the Federal Reserve Note was immediately put back into circulation.  Does it make sense now why they killed him?

The Federal Reserve is just the tip of the iceberg in regards to who the Federal Reserve families are and why they did this.  It ties in with the coming one world government (the New World Order), the Scottish Rite Masons (Illuminati) who are building it for the evil one, and the end times, and it is one very deep rabbit hole to go down.  If you would like to know the true history of the private Federal Reserve banking cartel and how they operate, I highly recommend reading this book:

If everyone woke up to the truth, then maybe we would have a revolution before morning like Henry Ford said!  Unfortunately, most people still think the Federal Reserve is a branch of our government and they have no idea what is really going on.  At this point there is not much we can do about this reality other than petition our government to end the Federal Reserve.  I am writing this because I have been doing just that the last couple days.  Trump has been tweeting about how the Federal Reserve is messing up the economy again, so I sent him a few tweets telling him to end the Fed.

“Of course the Federal Reserve is stealing all of our gains in the economy!  They are thieves and that is what they have been doing since 1913!  Kick that private banking cartel out of our country! #EndTheFederalReserveAct #EndTheFed #EndTheFedReserveNote”

“Woodrow Wilson bitterly regretted signing the Federal Reserve Act.  We are still suffering under the weight of that unconstitutional and tyrannical act!  We will never be truly free until we #EndTheFed!  End their slave currency and inflation!  God bless you!”

“Issue JFK’s executive order 11110 and strip the Federal Reserve of its unconstitutional power over America!  We can print our own money!  We don’t need to be slaves to the Fed Reserve!  Print interest and debt free United States Notes! #EndTheFedReserveNote!”

“I pray with all my heart that God uses you to take down the Federal Reserve and set us free!  I also pray He protects you as you fight back for our country!  God bless you Mr. President!  We love you and we are praying for you! #Trump2020Landslide #EndTheFederalReserveNote”

-Ryan’s tweets to President Trump

I attached the same quote pins you see in this post to the various tweets I sent to him and I also encouraged him to read “The Creature from Jekyll Island” too.  I know he reads his twitter a lot, so I pray he sees my tweets.  No matter how much power the Federal Reserve has, God is in control and He is more powerful than they will ever be.  I wouldn’t put it past God to use Trump to knock them down either, and I pray He does!

“Wicked men are

overthrown and are no

more,

but the house of the

righteous stands firm.”

Proverbs 12:7

Generations of Americans have suffered just like Jefferson warned.  We should not have financial slavery like 30 year mortgages because homes cost in the six figures!  Cars, groceries, and utility bills should not be so expensive that people have to work multiple jobs in a desperate attempt to keep up with a never ending losing battle against inflation!  The system is designed so we can never catch up!  The Lord abhors dishonest weights and measures and that is what the Federal Reserve does to America every day!

“The Lord abhors

dishonest scales,

but accurate weights are

his delight.”

Proverbs 11:1

If Jesus was physically walking the earth in our time, He would drive those wicked money changers right out of our country just like He did in the temple!  That is what I pray we do!  Abolish the Federal Reserve and send them packin’!

In the meantime, let us keep our eyes on Jesus!  The people who are building the evil one’s one world government will keep doing that until the end.  Jesus is the world’s only hope out of sin and death, and out of the coming end times.  We just need to keep serving the Lord, praying for our country, and speaking the truth!  I just wanted you to know the truth about how our country really operates.  Our government is in submission to the Federal Reserve.  The men behind the curtain are calling the shots and they can crash our economy at anytime.  We can be free of their tyranny.  We just need to END THE FED!

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

 

 

Hello everyone!  It has been a busy day of mowing the lawn, going to the bank, and paying bills, but I am finally able to sit and write.  I love working outside with nature.  It is very refreshing!  Not a big fan of paying bills though.  Today I want to share the powerful and life changing words Jesus spoke.  I am not going to give commentary.  I am just going to post some Scripture pins I made with the words of Jesus on them.  I pray you draw close to Jesus and listen to Him.  Take some time to read His words in a quiet place free of distractions.  Consider what Jesus said with all of your heart.  He loves you and He wants to save your soul!  Please feel free to use these pins on your social media accounts!  God bless you all!

 

Grace and Peace to you all in the beautiful and powerful Name of Jesus!

 

In Matthew 4:1-11 we learn about a very intense encounter Jesus had with the devil.  After Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, He was led by the Holy Spirit into the desert where He fasted for forty days and nights and was tempted by the devil.  After such a long fast Jesus was hungry.  The devil tempted Him to use His power to make food, but Jesus did not listen to him.  Instead, Jesus rebuked him and the answer He gave the devil shows us just how important God’s Word is to our souls!

Let’s take a look at the beginning of that amazing battle in the desert beyond the Jordan:

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.  After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.  The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”

Matthew 4:1-4

When Jesus rebuked the evil one with God’s Word, He was quoting Deuteronomy regarding what the Israelites were taught through God’s discipline.

“Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.  He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 8:2-3

Think about how powerful that truth is!  If Jesus Himself quoted that truth when tempted and the Israelites were told that truth after 40 years of suffering, what do you think God is saying to us about how crucial His Word is in our lives?!  He is saying we can’t live without it!

God’s Word is food for our souls!  If you are not feeding your soul God’s Word every day, your soul will feel malnourished; just like your body would if you stopped eating.  God’s Word is a feast of spiritual nutrients for living a righteous and blessed life that pleases Him, so dig in!

Read the words of Jesus in the New Testament and let them wash over you!  Praise Him in the Psalms!  Gain wisdom in Proverbs!  Let God’s Word fill your soul every day and give you strength!  God’s Word is full of healing and blessing and it holds the only Truth that can save your soul!

“Your word is a lamp to my

feet

and a light for my path.”

Psalm 119:105

If your soul is feeling dry or worn down today, then open God’s Word and renew your strength!  Your soul is hungry and it can only be satisfied with the Truth of God’s Word!  We do not live on bread alone!

“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”

Jesus speaking in John 5:24

That is incredible!  Just that one verse from Jesus is so powerful and refreshing that my soul is immediately encouraged and strengthened!  How about you?  That is some real good news folks!  We do not have to fear death when we believe in Jesus!  Sin and death have no hold on us because we have overcome the world through Him!  That is the truth all of our souls need to live on!  Jesus is the Word that became flesh and He is the bread of life!

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.”

John 1:1-2

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

John 1:14

“Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life.  He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”

John 6:35

“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.  For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.  And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.  For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Jesus speaking in John 6:38-40

Come to Jesus and your soul will never hunger or thirst again!  Through faith in Jesus your soul will be saved and you will have eternal life!  That is the power of God’s Word and Jesus Christ is the living Word of God!  Every human soul on earth needs Jesus!  He alone is the manna for our souls!  Jesus is the bread of life from Heaven!

Come to Jesus today!  Your soul needs the Word that became flesh more than anything else in this whole world!  Jesus loves you and He is the fullness of the Word of God!  Nothing else in this world will ever fill the void in our hearts!  Jesus is the fullness of God’s grace and truth and only He can satisfy our souls!

Grace and peace to you all!

“Blessed are those who

hunger and thirst for

righteousness,

for they will be filled.”

Jesus speaking in Matthew 5:6

 

 

 

Hello everyone and God bless you all!  This will be my first post to start my second year blogging!  Thank you all for celebrating my 1 year anniversary with me on Saturday!  I really appreciate all the encouragement and it was a blessed day!  I was thinking about time this morning, specifically how much time we have on earth.  My Mom would always tell me growing up, “Don’t wish time away.”  I turned 41 this summer, and she was right!  Life really does go fast!  Our time here is so precious and so fleeting that we should live our lives to the fullest and make the most of every opportunity every day!  That advice is most serious when it comes to our souls and we should take heed of the amazing speed at which we run out of time.

The Lord spoke to my heart this morning about what day it is today.  I was thinking about the days of the week and how Monday can be tough for people.  Then my mind cleared and I just saw the word “Today” for every day of the week instead of Monday through Sunday.  Folks, that is so true!  When we wake up each morning, we only get today!  We are not promised a tomorrow.  All we have is today!

Today is called Monday, but it is a new today!  A fresh start!  A chance to start over and move forward!  A chance to breath once again and be alive!  Never take that for granted, never!  I will never forget the day I stopped breathing at the age of 33 on 4-28-12.  That is the day I should have died, and I did, but the Lord brought me back in the power of the Holy Spirit, rushing wind and all!  He is still the resurrection and the life!  Thank You Jesus!!!

Take a big deep breath of that oxygen God has filled the earth with!  You are alive!  You are a creation of God and He loves you!  He created you in His image and He died for you, so you could have eternal life in Heaven with Him forever!

God’s Word urges us to take our short time on this earth seriously, and receive God’s grace before we breathe our last breath and our last today comes to pass.  Tomorrow is not the day of salvation, today is!  Receive God’s grace in all its fullness and joy and receive eternal life through faith in Jesus today!

“As God’s fellow workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.  For he says,

“In the time of my favor I heard you,

and in the day of salvation I helped

you.”

I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.”

2 Corinthians 6:1-2

Use the time you have been given wisely while God’s breath still fills your lungs!  God is reaching out to you to save you!  Do not treat God’s grace with contempt.  He wants to forgive your sins and set you free from sin and death!

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.”

1 Peter 2:24

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23

It doesn’t matter what day it is, all we have is today.  Will you accept God’s grace through faith in Jesus today or will you reject it?  If today was your last day, how sure are you that you would go to Heaven?  There is only one way to be 100% sure your soul is saved and that is through faith in Jesus!  None of us could ever get to Heaven by our own effort.  All of us are sinful and there are no good works we could ever do that would ever be enough to save our souls.  Salvation is not about what we could ever do for God.  Salvation is all about what God did for us because He loves us!

“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

Romans 3:23-24

“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions–it is by grace you have been saved.”

Ephesians 2:4-5

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Romans 5:8

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Ephesians 2:8-9

Today is the day of salvation!  None of us know when we will draw our last breath!  My Great Great Grandpa was struck in the head and killed by lighting when he was about my age!  None of us know when our time will be up!  The salvation of your soul is the most amazing gift that you will ever receive in your entire life and it must be received by faith!

“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 10:9

“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.  For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Romans 1:16-17

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Romans 5:1

Would you like to be at peace with God today?  Would you like your sins to be forgiven and washed away, so that you are brand new?  I hope your answer is yes!  We have all tried to be good or tried to be better on our own, and it just doesn’t work that way!  This world is imperfect because of sin and we need the power of God’s Holy Spirit to overcome sin and be filled with righteousness.  It’s not about doing good works because we could never be good enough!  It’s about receiving God’s righteousness by faith and letting Him empower us to live a life that pleases Him!

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 1:8

“So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.  For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature.  They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.”

Galatians 5:16-17

“The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.  I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  Against such things there is no law.  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.”

Galatians 5:19-24

Do you want the fruit of God’s Holy Spirit living inside of you?!  Come to Jesus by faith today and He will fill you with His Holy Spirit and make you brand new!

“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.  Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession–to the praise of his glory.”

Ephesians 2:8-9

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

2 Corinthians 5:17

“On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.  Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”

John 7:37-38

The streams of living water Jesus was talking about is the Holy Spirit!  When you believe in Jesus, you are given the Holy Spirit along with the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control of the Holy Spirit and you are made brand new!  Your sins are forgiven and you are set free from sin and death through your faith in Jesus!  Amen, thank You Jesus!!!

Isn’t that what we all want, to be loved and safe and secure in the arms of God?  I know I do!  I pray you do too!

Today is all we have folks, so make the most of it and don’t take God’s grace in vain.  Please consider the gift of eternal life that God is offering you and be reconciled with God!  There will come a time when you will not have a tomorrow.  Take hold of His salvation while you still have today!

Grace and peace to you all!

“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”

Jesus speaking in John 5:24

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16

 

Good morning everyone and God bless you all!  Guess what?  Today is my one year blogging anniversary!  I am so excited and grateful I can hardly write!  On August 10, 2018 I wrote my very first blog post ever and published it to the world.  At that time I had just published my testimony on Amazon just five months earlier in March.  I was coming out of years of terrible suffering and the Lord was lifting me up and calling me to preach the Gospel and testify to the amazing supernatural things He has done in my life.  I love Jesus with all my heart and I am not ashamed of Him!  This blog is all about Jesus and helping people come to know Him!  It’s about hope and new beginnings in God’s grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love and sharing His love with the world!  The salvation of your soul is the most important decision you will ever make and Jesus is the only One who can save you!  I invite everyone to keep drawing close to Jesus and learning about Him.  He loves you and He wants to give you eternal life!

First, I just want to say thank you to all of you around the world who have spent time reading my blog and communicating with me daily!  Twelve months and you are still with me and I appreciate it!  All of the conversations I have had with all of you are special to me!  I have made so many good friends that I can’t imagine not having you in my life!  I want you to know that I pray for all of you!  I read through your blogs every day.  I pray over your hurts and troubles and I pray over your hopes and dreams too!  I pray blessing and protection over you and your families and lift you up to the Lord!  I love you all in the love of Jesus and I am very thankful that you allow me to be a part of your lives!

After my very first blog post, there were three people who liked my post and one person who commented.  A year later there are almost 8,000 approved comments from awesome conversations I have had with you all and there are 790 people reading about Jesus on my blog in 113 countries around the world!  This will be my 386th post today!  God is so good!  Thank You Jesus!

If you are just starting out with your blog and it hasn’t taken off like you may have hoped, don’t get discouraged!  Anything worth doing takes effort and dedication.  It takes time for people to get to know you and to build trust.  I always tell my kids, “Salvation is a free gift of God, but you have to earn respect.”  I encourage everyone to build those positive relationships and help each other!  There were many people who came alongside me to give me good advice and encourage me when I first started blogging and it was a huge blessing.  Thank you all so much!  If you ever need help, need prayer, have any questions, or just want to talk, please let me know!  I am here to minister to folks as an Ambassador for Jesus!

The photo above shows the big map of the world in my office.  The pins represent all of you from around the world!  From poets, artists, lifestyle bloggers, and political commentators to chefs, cartoonists, preachers, and authors, I am so thankful to know you all!  What an eclectic range of ideas, cultures, and beliefs!  Your writing has challenged and inspired me this year and I respect all of you for having the courage to write your hearts and minds to the world!

We are living in dangerous times where people are being persecuted for speaking the truth.  Do not be afraid to stand up!  Keep writing and never give up!  Do not be afraid to communicate with people who are different from you.  This world desperately needs love and we need to be able to talk with each other openly and respectfully.

I want to thank all the people who are on my blog from nations that are hostile to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  I know you may have been reading my blog for a long time, but it is too dangerous for you to leave comments.  I understand and I am praying for you all!  It is a great honor and blessing to be sharing Christ in countries like China, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Libya, U.A.E., Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan!  I understand that you read my blog and learn about Jesus at potentially great risk to yourself and I commend you for your bravery!  I pray my site is a place of rest and comfort for you to learn about God’s Word and come to Jesus without fear.  God loves us all and He does not want any of us to perish!  God desires that all of us are reconciled to Him through faith in Jesus!  God protect and bless all of you!

“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 10:9

“For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile–the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:13

The Lord has not told me to stop the blog, so I am going to keep obeying the Lord and write for Him.  There are still 82 countries that I have not shared the Gospel with and I am real serious about fulfilling the Great Commission that Jesus gave us in Matthew 28:18-20, so there is still much work to do.  I have been praying that my blog goes into North Korea too!  Just the other day I prayed for more people in Central and South America to find my blog and this morning I saw Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama, and Paraguay listed!  Praise God!  It also went into Morocco, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Bhutan recently!  God has been answering all my prayers regarding sharing the Gospel worldwide and it is awesome to see how He moves in power through the world!

Jesus died for all of us!  We are all from different countries and come from different cultures, but salvation through faith in Jesus is for everyone regardless of race or culture.  Jesus did not just die for one people group.  He died to bring forgiveness and salvation to the whole world!

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”

Jesus speaking in John 3:16-17

From east to west and everywhere in-between, God loves us and He has made the way for us to be in Heaven with Him forever!  That is the good news of the Gospel!  God has shown us grace and mercy by offering salvation through faith in Jesus!  He is reconciling the world to Himself through Jesus and offering eternal life!

“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them.  And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.  We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.  We implore you on Christ’s behalf: be reconciled to God.”

2 Corinthians 5:18-20

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 14:6

God wants to forgive you, He wants to heal you, and He wants to save you!  He does not want to condemn you in your sins.  He wants to set you free!  Come to Jesus today!  He is our only hope of deliverance from sin and death!

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.”

Romans 8:1-2

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

2 Corinthians 5:17

When you put your faith in Jesus, He fills you with His Holy Spirit, which seals your salvation through Him and gives you power to live a holy life that pleases God!  Right now, this very moment, no matter what country you are from, you can accept Jesus by faith and He will fill you with His Holy Spirit!  You will be born again spiritually and reconciled with God!  You will be made new and your old life of sin will be defeated!  You will be empowered to die to sin and live for righteousness!  You will no longer be a slave to sin, you will be free and forgiven in Christ!

“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.  Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession–to the praise of his glory.”

Ephesians 1:13-14

“This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.  There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

Romans 3:22-24

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Ephesians 2:8-9

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the Gospel of your salvation!  Jesus is the only One who ever died to forgive our sins and make us right with God!  There is no other name that can save us!

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12

If you do not know Jesus, I pray that you come to Him today!  He loves you and He is waiting for you with open arms!  There is no fear in His love and you can approach Him with confidence knowing He will receive you with His love and forgiveness!

Thank you all for sticking with me for a whole year!  Many of you know my testimony now of the supernatural way I came to know Jesus and the supernatural life I have had following Jesus.  Thank you to all of you who have left such great reviews of my book on Amazon!  If you have not had the chance to read my book, please check it out.  It’s called “One Man’s Very Strange Supernatural Life.”  It is free on Kindle Unlimited and I can also give away free eBooks to people in the United States.  If you would like a free book, please go to my contact page and send me an email.  I will email you a free eBook directly from Amazon.

I also wrote about the supernatural experiences with the demon and angels, and the miracle God did to save me when I stopped breathing in these posts:

Remember that time when…

My Lazarus Moment

Jesus loves you, Jesus is alive, and Jesus is Lord, and I will continue to share that great truth until my very last breath!

Grace and peace to you all!

P.S.

I would like to give back and use what God has given me to help you!  Please help me celebrate by leaving a link to your blog in the comments section and telling everyone what you are all about!  Whether you are brand new to blogging or have been doing it for years, please take this opportunity to introduce yourself to the world!  The love of Jesus be with you all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone!  I have been up since 5 a.m. due to Celiac issues, but the Lord gave me strength and I am doing just fine now.  I had the window open in our bedroom this morning because I was feeling nauseous.  It rained real good yesterday and it was still raining lightly when I got up.  The cool breeze made me feel better while the Lord comforted me and lifted me up as I prayed quietly in the dark stillness of the new morning.  As 6 a.m. approached I was feeling better and a soft glow of orange pinkish blue light began warmly blanketing our neighborhood.  I pulled back the blinds to take a peek, and it was like God was smiling at me saying, “I love you and I am with you.”  I pray you feel the same when you look at this sunrise because that is exactly what the Lord is saying to us when He paints the sky so wonderfully!

“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

Psalm 118:24

This truly is a brand new day the Lord has made and through Jesus we can rejoice and be glad no matter what trials come our way!  The troubles of this world don’t have to ruin your day, even when they start at 5 in the morning!  Give it all to God and ask Him for the strength to endure.  Ask Him to deliver you and lift you up and He will!

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart!  I have overcome the world.”

Jesus speaking in John 16:33

Another blessing I received this morning was a phone call from my kids calling me from my wife’s classroom.  They get to school early every day with the teachers since my wife is a teacher.  My wife usually has meetings in the morning, so the kids just hang out in her classroom until school starts.  My daughter called because she just wanted to hear her Daddy’s voice.  The kids are not used to not seeing me all day now that summer break is over.  I love my kids so much!  It is awesome when they call me and I get to hear their voices and encourage them!  I was able to pray for them, speak encouragement and blessing over them, and read Psalm 100 to them.  It was such a blessing!

The Lord took what started out as another rough morning and turned it into something beautiful!  That is what Jesus does!  He cares about us and loves us deeply and we can trust in Him!

“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”

1 Peter 5:7

Embrace this new day and give it to God!  Tell those you love that you love them!  Wrap them in a big hug and speak encouragement over them.  Turn off the negativity and fighting on TV and just pray about everything going on.  Believe me, they will still be fighting if you ever want to tune in again.  The Lord is in control and He knows what needs to be done.  Get in God’s Word and soak it up!  Let His love wash over you and make you new!  His mercies are new every morning and He loves you more than you can imagine!

Give the Lord the praise He deserves today!  Lift up your cares and anxieties to Him and let Him comfort your heart!  He is good, and loving, and faithful and He is worthy of our praise!  Thank You Jesus!

May He fan into flame the gifts He has given us and may His will be done!  In the Name of Jesus, Amen!

“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.  For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”

2 Timothy 1:6-7

Grace and peace to you all!

“Shout for joy to the Lord,

all the earth.

Worship the Lord with

gladness;

come before him with

joyful songs.

Know that the Lord is God.

It is he who made us, and

we are his;

we are his people, the

sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with

thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and

praise his name.

For the Lord is good and

his love endures

forever;

his faithfulness continues

through all generations.”

Psalm 100:1-5

Here is one of my favorite TobyMac songs to help get your praise on!  Let the Spirit flow in your heart and soul!  God bless you all!

“Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them.  And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.”

1 John 3:24

Yesterday (8-7-19), I received a tweet from Twitter that I had been on their social media platform for one year.  Just wanted to give praise to God for empowering me to survive one year in the arena of the Twitter Games!  I just about left Twitter several times, but my wife encouraged me to stick with it and I’m glad I did!  I have been writing tweets and communicating with people on Twitter all morning, so I thought I would share the Gospel sharing tweets I did today.

Twitter definitely compliments the primary full time ministry the Lord has given me with my blog (AuthorRyanC.com) here on WordPress and my book on Amazon, but anybody who has been on Twitter knows it can get downright mean.  Hunger Games mean, with words as weapons.  It is a whirlwind of ideas, opinions, and beliefs and it can get a little crazy at times.  Blogging is much more peaceful despite the variety of different thinking.  I get tired of the fighting tweets, so I steer clear of the arguing and negativity and stick to preaching God’s Word.

I have been attacked by a few atheists and I’ve had to block numerous scammers and vice peddlers (watch out for that on Twitter), but the Lord always takes care of that and delivers me.  I have met a lot of brothers and sisters in Christ too, which has been a blessing.  Even had TobyMac (one of my favorite Christian music artists) like one of my tweets once, and Wande (also a fave) with Reach Records has tweeted me back several times.  That is one cool thing about Twitter.  It gives you access to speak directly to anyone in the world, even if they are famous.  You can even talk with rulers of nations (we know our President checks his Twitter)!  It is an awesome opportunity to help fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20)!

I see many of you on Twitter, but if we are not connected there yet, please check me out at: @AuthorRyanC

I would love to see you over there as well!

This is what the Lord put on my heart to tweet out this morning.  God bless you all!

I am very thankful for the opportunity to share Christ worldwide through the internet!  May we use the social media platforms for His glory!

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12

Jesus is Lord and He loves you!

Grace and peace to you all in the Name of Jesus!

P.S.

My one year blogging anniversary is coming up soon, so please stay tuned for that!