Tag: Love

Good morning and God bless you all!  I love watching the sunrise and I watch it rise just about every morning.  I would love to see the sunrise over the Dead Sea from Masada someday!  That is Israel folks.  That whole region is where forgiveness of sins through Jesus was first proclaimed!  What a beautiful land and the most beautiful message the world has ever received!

Forgiveness of sins.  What a powerful phrase!  Jesus is the only One to ever offer that to us.  Followers of Jesus, it is a simple, powerful, and eternal message and all we have to do is proclaim it!  The Word of God speaks for itself and it is very clear there is only one Way to be saved and that Way is through the only One who can forgive our sins.

“Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.”

Acts 13:39

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

John 14:6

May we proclaim the Gospel by the power of the Holy Spirit until our very last breath!  We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus and there is no other way!

“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

“But he was pierced for our

transgressions,

he was crushed for our

iniquities;

the punishment that

brought us peace was

upon him,

and by his wounds we are

healed.”

Isaiah 53:5

You receive His forgiveness 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

“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

“Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.”

Acts 13:38

It is such beautiful good news for us all!  Proclaim it everywhere you go!

Grace and peace to you all!

 

I have excellent news for you today!  No matter what you have done and no matter who you are, God can and will forgive you!  Don’t ever think you are too far gone or you are too dirty and used up for God to love you.  God created you and He loves you and He wants to shower you with grace and peace!

Grace and peace can be yours in abundance no matter what you are going through in life.  The storms may rage and you may find yourself in a hard place, but when you walk with Jesus nothing can remove His grace and peace from your heart.  We have peace with God through Jesus and we can truly rest in Him!

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.  And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.”

Romans 5:1-2

“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

“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 10:28-30

Amen, rejoice in His salvation!  I am rejoicing in Jesus today and nothing can remove His peace from my heart even as my daughter is home yet again missing school due to illness.  This time she has pink eye.  Thankfully, it is easy to treat and the drops are working perfectly.  Her left eye looks much better already.  Prayers for her complete healing are always appreciated.

It has been a very hard winter for our family (on top of everything with Celiac) and we have suffered some kind of illness almost every two weeks since December.  Most of it has hit our daughter and it is upsetting.  I was angry about it this morning and I had a rough talk with God about it, but He calmed my heart and His peace washed over me as I gave it all to Him.

My daughter and I had a good lunch together and a nice time talking.  She is growing up and I’m learning to adjust and grow as she matures into the woman God is raising her up to be.  It is amazing and beautiful to witness and it is always fun hanging out with my kids.

After lunch, the Lord moved in my spirit and brought to my attention that I had not lost my peace even though my little girl was hurting again.  We are enjoying the day and are at complete peace.  Then He spoke a phrase to me that I use on every blog post.  It is a phrase that the Apostle Paul was fond of using in his writings and it is the core of our salvation in Jesus: “Grace and peace.”

We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and we have peace with God because of His gracious gift of salvation.  God offers that grace and peace to every person on earth!  Whatever burdens you are carrying, lay them down and give them to God.  Let His grace and peace flood your heart and set you free!

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”

Jesus speaking in John 14:27

“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

“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility.”

Ephesians 2:14

Nobody is too far gone to come to Jesus!  Let Him forgive and wipe out all of your sins and remember them no more!

“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

Hebrews 8:12

“Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.  Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”

Romans 4:7-8

“For as high as the heavens

are above the earth,

so great is his love for

those who fear him;

as far as the east is from

the west,

so far has he removed our

transgressions from us.”

Psalm 103:11-12

I truly pray you rest in His abundant grace and peace.

Jesus calls everyone to come to Him and He is calling you too!

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 4:17

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

 

 

 

 

I took that photo of Pike’s Peak yesterday close to sunset.  It is an amazing blessing to see God’s majesty in the Rockies every day.  Several months ago I talked about wanting to get on top of the roof of our house and take some pictures.  Well, today I did that.  When I came back down, I opened the Word to Psalms and my eyes fell on Psalm 90:1-2.  Before the beauty and splendor of the Rocky Mountains ever existed, God was and always will be everlasting to everlasting!

Here are the photos I took from the rooftop just about 10 minutes ago:

More photos of Pike’s Peak from yesterday:

The majesty and beauty of the Lord is greater than any of us can imagine!

Glory to Your Holy Name Lord Jesus!

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

One of the most famous and well known verses in the Bible is John 3:16.  In that verse we discover three crucial truths that can save our soul: God loves all of us in the whole world, God gave us His Son, and whoever believes in His Son has eternal life.  The first part is very important to understand, “For God so loved the world.”  Jesus did not just die for one group of people in one land.  He died for all of us and people from every country in the world will be in Heaven together!

Our different cultures are something to be appreciated and celebrated.  I have had people say to me, “Christianity is a Western religion,” or “Jesus only died for the Jews.”  Neither of those two statements are true.  Jesus Christ and Christianity started in Israel (Nazareth and Jerusalem to be exact).  It is not a Western religion and it certainly did not come from my country of America.  Jesus died for all of us, every single person in the entire world, because God loves us.

“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

Let’s take a look at the Book of Revelation and catch a glimpse of what it will be like in Heaven as people from all over the world worship Jesus together!

“And they sang a new song:

“You are worthy to take

the scroll

and to open its seals,

because you were slain,

and with your blood you

purchased men for God

from every tribe and

language and people and

nation.

You have made them to be

a kingdom and priests

to serve our God,

and they will reign on the

earth.”

Revelation 5:9-10

That is beautiful and awesome, Amen!  Sometimes people think that when Christians share Christ around the world we are trying to oppress their culture or they look at us as “colonialists” or “imperialists.”  When I share the Gospel message of Jesus with you, I am not trying to oppress you and I definitely do not want to oppress or take over your culture or your country.  I am simply sharing God’s Truth because I want you to be free from sin and death and I want you to go to Heaven.  That’s it.  There is nothing in it for me.  We are not saved by works.  We are saved by grace and out of the overflow of that grace, through God’s love, I preach the Gospel to you by the power of the Holy Spirit.

No matter what country you live in, I respect, love, and value your people, your culture, your way of life, your heritage, and your very precious lives on this earth as fellow human beings created in God’s image.  When you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, it does not mean you throw away your tribe, language, people, or nation.  I am still an American, but I am no longer a worldly American living for my sinful desires.  I am an American who has loved and followed Jesus Christ since I was 18 in October of 1996.  I was born and raised here and I love my country, but Jesus is set apart in my heart as Lord and my allegiance is to Him first.  I do not throw away my nation, but I throw away the sinful ways of my nation and choose to follow Jesus.

Jesus does not want to take away your tribe, language, people, or nation and neither do I.  Jesus wants to forgive you of your sins and set you free and it’s my great honor to be an evangelist for Him who spreads that message around the world.  Keep where you are from deep in your heart.  God created you and put you where you are on this earth for a reason.  When I share Jesus with you, I am not telling you to become a Westerner or be American.  I am telling you to flee from sin and death and receive eternal life through faith in Jesus!  Sin and death are on this earth no matter where you live.  Eternal life through faith in Jesus is available to you no matter where you live too!

“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

I love all the colors in Indian clothing and celebrations.  I love African praise and worship music.  I love hearing people praise God in different languages.  Those are just a few examples.  Can you imagine what it is going to be like in Heaven with people from all over the world living in perfect peace and harmony?!  It is hard to imagine in our divided world, but it is going to be so beautiful I don’t even have the words!

Wherever you live in this world, please remember that Jesus died for you too.  God came to earth as a man and paid the price for our sins that we couldn’t pay.  Jesus did not just die for one nation.  He died for the entire world, so that we could be reconciled with God and live with Him in Heaven forever.

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

Romans 5:8

“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

You can receive Jesus by faith right now no matter what country you live in!

“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

“…So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

Acts 11:18

There is no difference between us folks!  God created all of us in His image and He loves all of us!  He created every tribe, language, people, and nation and every single one of us who believes in Jesus will worship the Lord together in the perfect peace of Heaven forever!

“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

“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

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

Romans 8:1

Don’t ever forget, God loves everyone in the whole world and He wants everyone to come to Him, and that includes you!  He does not want you to perish!  He wants to give you eternal life!

“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness.  He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”

2 Peter 3:9

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

 

 

Take a look at that photo.  That is the Weminuche Wilderness in the San Juan Mountains of the Rockies here in my home state of Colorado.  It stands as a testament to the majestic beauty of our Creator.  Guess who was there when God created it?  Jesus was!  Jesus was right there with God when He created every last rock of the Rocky Mountains and everywhere else on earth and it was all created through Him!

Check out this cool fact about Weminuche:

“Spanning nearly 500,000 acres in southern Colorado, the Weminuche Wilderness is Colorado’s largest Wilderness Area.  From the Continental Divide and the headwaters of the Rio Grande on the east side, to the craggy peaks known as the “American Alps” on the west side, to the dark, vast interior where you may go days without seeing another human, one could spend a lifetime exploring its secrets.  These are the San Juan Mountains, Colorado at its wildest, legendary among backpackers for the pristine mountain scenery and potential for solitude.”

-R. Scott Rappold, OutThereColorado.com

Amazing!  So, who is “the Word?”  The Word is Jesus Christ.  Jesus was in the beginning of all creation and He was with God and is God!  He was there when God created all 500,000 acres of Colorado’s largest wilderness area through Him!

“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 1:3-5

Everything in all creation was made through Jesus.  Nothing here would exist without Jesus.  We would not be here without Jesus!  Jesus is life and He is the light for every human being on earth!

“He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.  He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.  Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God–children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

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 1:10-14

Jesus came down to earth and became flesh to save us!  Jesus loves you and He offers you the right to become a child of God!  Receive His love and salvation today!  Believe in His Name and become the child of God that you were created to be!

“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, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:13

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

 

Choice is a powerful gift that God has given us.  The Lord has given us free will to make a great variety of choices every day.  Some of those choices are minor and some of those choices are major, but only one choice deals with your eternal soul.  Our Creator, whose Name is I AM, has given us the power to choose Him or reject Him.  God has opened the Way to eternal life and that Way is only through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.  It is my fervent prayer that you would choose life and receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior today!

That word from the Book of Joshua came to me yesterday.  I was praying about what to write and asking the Lord if He wanted to write something through me.  Instead of writing, the Lord blessed our family with a much needed day of rest.  He did not urge me to write yesterday, but He did speak a word to my heart to write about today: “choose this day whom you will serve.”  When I woke up this morning, the Lord spoke the same word to me again.  I was encouraged and lifted up by that and now I am sharing it with all of you!  Thank You Lord!

There was a public service type commercial on TV here in the U.S. several years ago that was trying to encourage young people to be careful with the choices they make.  The slogan was “Own Your C,” which stood for “own your choice.”  It is a good reminder for all of us, young and old.  The choices we make in life determine many things, and we want to make sure we are on a good path.  There are many paths and many of them lead to destruction.  There is only one path that leads to eternal life!

“Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”

Jesus speaking in Matthew 7:13-14

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

John 14:6

There will be many who reject Jesus and continue down the road to destruction, but that does not have to be you!  There will be many who choose to live life based on their own selfish desires, but that does not have to be you!  There will be many who choose to live a life full of sin and death, but that does not have to be you!  Jesus Christ died for all of us to set us free from sin and death and reconcile us with our Creator, and the choice to accept God’s free gift of salvation or reject it is up to you.  I pray the Lord draws your heart near to Him and you run into the arms of the One who loves your soul!  We are not promised a tomorrow.  Today is the day of salvation!

Consider what the Lord spoke through Joshua to the Israelites:

“Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness.  Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.  But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.  But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:14-15

Joshua said that to the Israelites because many of them were still worshiping the false gods that their forefathers had worshiped while in captivity in Egypt.  Joshua was admonishing them to turn away from those false gods and worship the One true Lord that delivered them out of slavery and through the Red Sea to freedom.

What gods do you need to throw away?  Whom are you serving?  These are questions for both those who know Jesus and those who do not.  Christians, will we serve ourselves today and our own sinful desires, or will we serve Christ?  Think upon what God is calling you to do today and do it faithfully in the power of the Holy Spirit!  Those who do not know Jesus, will you serve the gods of your forefathers that have no power to save your soul or will you choose life in Christ?  Jesus is the only One who ever died to forgive our sins and make us right with God.  Whatever you choose, it will be your choice and you will own it and live with the eternal consequences, good or bad.

“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.  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.”

Galatians 5:16-18

What are the desires of the sinful nature that lead to destruction?

“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.”

Galatians 5:19-21

That folks is the broad road that leads to destruction.  I plead with you in the Name of Jesus to stay off that road and choose life!  None of us know the day of our last breath, so choose wisely.

“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.  Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”

Galatians 5:22-25

Do you want your sinful nature to be crucified?  Do you want all of that fruit of the Holy Spirit in your life!  Do you want eternal life in Heaven?  Choose this day whom you will serve!

Jesus is calling you!  I pray that you receive His love today and are able to say with a full heart, “but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone and God bless you!  Thank you all for celebrating with me yesterday.  I appreciate everyone’s words of encouragement and I was blessed to receive several requests for a free copy of my book.  Guess what though?  I almost didn’t get the messages that were sent through my contact page.  My contact page went nutty and I wasn’t getting the messages sent to my email.  I spent several hours yesterday chatting with WordPress support.  They were nice and did all they could, but they couldn’t fix it.  I ended up just editing my contact page.  I deleted the submission form and now I just have my gmail address on there if you would like to contact me.  I am available if you need prayer, have questions or comments, would like a free copy of my book, or you just need someone to talk to.

If you contacted me yesterday or any other time through my old contact page and I never contacted you back, please know that it was due to the technical issues with the page.  I would never intentionally ignore someone’s message to me.  The support team showed me where to find messages that come through the contact page, so I was able to see that I had a bunch of missed messages.  I wrote several of you yesterday apologizing for the missed messages.

By the way, there is a bit of a learning curve to WordPress.  If you have a contact page with a submission form, then you will find messages that have been sent to you through that form in the “Feedback” link under “My Site” in your blog account.  Even if they did not come through to your email, they will still be there.  Be sure to check the Feedback spam folder too.  You will only see the spam folder if there is spam.  Also, sometimes comments that people leave on your blog posts will not show up in the notifications, but they will be in the “Comments” link under “My Site.”  Sometimes people’s comments also go to spam, so check that too.

I also found out yesterday for the first time (after my book has been out for a year) that Amazon only allows free eBooks to be emailed within the same country.  Since I’m in the United States (Colorado), I can only email the free download link to people in the United States.  No wonder my friends in India and the U.K. couldn’t download the free eBook.  I’m so sorry about that!  It is strange that Amazon has it set up that way since its available for sale worldwide.

You can buy the Kindle eBook version and the paperback in just about every country in the world.  It is also free on Kindle Unlimited.  Remember, you don’t need a Kindle to read Amazon eBooks.  Just get their free Kindle App for any device and you can download all the eBooks you want to it.

If you live in the U.S. and you didn’t get a chance to request a free book or you did and I didn’t get your message yesterday, please check out my new contact page and feel free to contact me again.

Contact Ryan

The first page of Chapter 1 is also available on Amazon for free:

Link to “One Man’s Very Strange Supernatural Life” on Amazon

I pray my testimony is an encouragement and blessing to you all and it shows the world that nothing is impossible for God!

Grace and peace to you all!

“Blessed are they

whose transgressions are

forgiven,

whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man

whose sin the Lord will

never count against

him.”

Romans 4:7-8

 

I am very excited to share this with you all!  On this day one year ago (3-29-18), I started writing out my testimony.  I can’t believe it has already been a year!  I finished the book the next day on the 30th, titled it “One Man’s Very Strange Supernatural Life,” and published it on Amazon.  For some reason, the eBook shows it was published on the 29th, but that’s okay.  The paperback version shows the 30th.  I am so thankful for what the Lord has done and I appreciate all of you who have supported me!  It has been an amazing journey of growth in the Lord and I pray that I will continue to be faithful and obedient to His calling.  The most important truth you could ever share with someone is how their soul can be saved, and that answer can only be found in Jesus!

Many of you already have a copy of the book and I am so grateful for that!  Thank you for all the uplifting messages you have sent me and thank you to all of you who left such encouraging reviews on Amazon!  You have all been a great blessing to me and my family!

When I wrote the book, I was coming out of a lot of pain and suffering.  I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease on January 6, 2012 and I suffered terrible pain and anguish for several years.  The Lord never left me and He brought a great amount of healing to my body.  In 2018 He was calling me to move forward in Him and He put it on my heart in a big way to share my testimony with the world.  I started blogging on August 10, 2018, five months after I published the book, and I have been preaching the Gospel here on WordPress ever since.  God is so good and He has brought me a long way from suffering Celiac and depression!  Thank You Jesus!!!

Most of you know my testimony by now, but there are a lot of new people on the blog that might not.  I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior in October of 1996 when I was 18.  I am 40 now.  When I was in 8th grade my Dad got a new job and we moved to Illinois.  That moved drastically changed our lives forever.  The house we moved into was possessed by a demon and it terrorized our family the entire four years I was in high school.  We were not Christians, but after that my whole family knew hell was real.

I accepted Jesus my freshman year at the University of Northern Colorado and I was trained in discipleship and evangelism through Campus Crusade for Christ.  That December of my freshman year, I went home at Christmas break and rebuked the demon out of our home in the Name of Jesus!  We never had any trouble with demons again and my parents and younger sister all accepted Christ!  Thank You Jesus!!!

My life continued to be strange and supernatural after I accepted Christ, but in a good way.  To give you the quick version: I encountered angels twice in Denver in the summer of 1998 and I stopped breathing on 4-28-12, I left my body, I was with Jesus for a short moment, and then He put me back in my body by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Yeah, I know!  Let that sink in for a minute.  Now you understand the title of my book and why I preach with such passion, yes?

I know it’s true!  Everything the Bible says about God, Heaven, hell, angels, demons, the Holy Spirit, Jesus and His life, death, and resurrection and everything else written in the Bible is 100% true!  I found that out in the most intensely life altering supernatural way at a time in my life when I wanted nothing to do with God.  I never asked for such a weird life.  I hated Christians in high school and by my senior year all I wanted to do was party.  I never thought in a million years that I would except Jesus in college and be preaching His Name for the rest of my life!  The Lord had mercy on me and I am forever grateful for that.  Thank You Jesus!!!

He saved my family from a demon and ended up saving our souls!  He rescued me from a murderer by using an angel to protect me!  He had an angel appear and speak to me, so my friends and I would help a lady in trouble!  I am still alive today and out here preaching the Gospel to the world because the Lord gave me His breath back and saved me by a mighty miracle!  I give Him BIG PRAISE and preach the Holy Name of Jesus because of all these things and I will testify to my very last breath!  Amen!  Glory to Your Holy Name Lord Jesus!!!

You can read all about it in my book.  I also wrote about some of it here on my blog.

This one is about the demon and the angels:

Remember that time when…

This one is about the day I stopped breathing:

My Lazarus Moment

FREE COPY OF MY BOOK (Within U.S.)

I always give away free copies of my eBook to anyone who wants one.  It’s a great way to celebrate the 1 year anniversary too!  If you would like a free copy, just contact me through my blog contact page and I will email you a free eBook directly from Amazon.  I just found out from Amazon today that I can only email free copies of the eBook to people that are in the United States.  It is available for sale worldwide, but that is their policy on gifting books.  Fortunately, if you live outside the U.S. and you would like to buy the eBook, it is only .99 cents.  It is also free if you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited.

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My whole purpose in life is to help people come to know Jesus!  He died for me, for you, and for all of us, so we could be in Heaven forever with our Creator who loves us more than we can imagine!  Please take me up on my offer to get a free book.  It is only 7 chapters long and it only takes about 45 minutes to read it.  You don’t need a Kindle.  Amazon has a free Kindle App that you can get for any device in order to read the eBooks you download from them.  It’s very easy to use and the books look great too.  I pray that my testimony helps set you free from the fear of death and it helps you understand just how much God loves you!

“Some of you need proof, well here I am.  I am living proof that God is alive and that He still moves in power among us just like He always has.  It is still going to take faith to believe these things.  There are similar stories like mine that happened almost 2,000 years ago and they are recorded in the Bible (read Acts), but people still don’t believe.  I am just sharing my testimony so that you will have a better understanding of the reality that surrounds you, so you can make a better decision about your eternal soul.  I pray that the suffering and joys I have experienced in my strange walk with God will somehow help you rise up and become victorious over sin and death!  In the Name of Jesus, amen.”

-One Man’s Very Strange Supernatural Life, Chapter 4

The best news in the whole world is found in the Bible folks!  That soul saving news is that Jesus died for you to forgive all of your sins, He rose from the dead three days later conquering sin and death, and He offers that same powerful victory to you through faith in Him!  Jesus is Lord, Jesus is alive, and Jesus is coming back someday!  It is by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ that our souls are saved!  Jesus is eternal life!

“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 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

“for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:13

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

John 14:6

Come to Jesus today and let Him save your soul!  No sin is too great!  You are not too far gone!  He saved a sinful man like me and He can save you too!  Let His love wash over you and set you free!

Grace and peace to you all!

“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.  Do you believe this?”

John 11:25-26

“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 in John 3:16

 

Hello everyone!  I am really excited to share this information with you!  In my post yesterday I talked about the book, “The Exodus Case: New Discoveries Of The Historical Exodus.”  There is also a movie that was made by the same team of researchers that is a companion to the book called, “The Exodus Revealed: Search for the Red Sea Crossing.”  As I said yesterday, the Biblical archaeological evidence they found proves the historical account of the Exodus and it is absolutely amazing!

The first time I heard about this was back in 2001 just a year after I graduated from college.  I picked up the movie at the local Christian store and my wife and I watched it.  I remember my heart wanting to leap out of my chest!  I truly pray you watch it.  Just wait until you see the chariot wheels on the bottom of the Red Sea and you witness how Saudi Arabia is guarding all the Biblical artifacts at the base of Mt. Sinai (which they call Jabal Al Lawz)!  Dr. Lennart Moller and his team found the true Exodus route and the world cannot hide it any longer!

You can buy the book and the movie on Amazon.  I once had a DVD copy of the movie, but I can’t find it.  I do have it digitally in my Amazon movie library though.  Here is a photo of the movie cover:

Folks, seriously, this is an amazing discovery the whole world needs to know!  They found it all: the Red Sea crossing site, Mt. Sinai (Mt. Horeb), the altar to the golden calf, the grave site where 3,000 Jews are buried, the huge rock where water flowed out, and more, and they did it all by using the Bible as a map!  The fake Mt. Sinai is on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula and it is a ridiculous tourist attraction.  The REAL Mt. Sinai is in Saudi Arabia, which was Midian during the time of the Biblical Exodus!  Examine the evidence for yourself and be prepared for a washing of joy and excitement from these discoveries that confirm and prove that God really did part the Red Sea and the Israelites walked through on dry ground!  Glory to God, Amen!

Here is a great map that shows the true route of the Exodus that they discovered:

If the fleeing Israelites had gone all the way down to the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula (which is a route the Bible doesn’t support), they would have been captured.  Why?  Because that was Egyptian held territory for mining operations and they would have been fleeing Pharaoh only to run right into the spears of his soldiers.  Dr. Lennart Moller and his team found the true route by quite literally following what the Bible said about it like a map.

Nuweiba Beach in Egypt is the perfect and only site large enough to hold millions of fleeing Israelites as they waited to cross the Red Sea.  God parted the waters in the Gulf of Aqaba (part of the Red Sea) at the edge of that beach!  What Moses and the Israelites saw after that was a perfect under water land bridge stretching all the way across to Midian (Saudi Arabia).  That my friends is exactly what Dr. Moller and his team found when they did a scuba dive at that point.  They also found chariot wheels, human and horse bones, and other Egyptian artifacts strewn all the way across in a perfect military type line.  The Bible is true and the Exodus happened just like the Bible says, parted Red Sea and all!

Dr. Moller and his team continued to follow the Biblical markers once on the other side in Saudi Arabia and that is how they found Mt. Sinai and all the Biblical artifacts at the base of that mountain where Moses spoke with God.  The mountain is even charred black at the peak, which is geologically impossible.  God descended on the mountain just like the Bible says and the proof is right there in a charred peak!  Only God could do that and nothing is impossible for God!  Praise God!

Okay, I don’t want to say anymore.  You can watch the movie “The Exodus Revealed: Search for the Red Sea Crossing” on YouTube.  There are several good links where you can watch the entire movie, but I recommend getting the book and the movie.  Research it for yourself and go through it with your Bible.  You are going to be so blown away and blessed just like I was and still am about it!

“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me?  Tell the Israelites to move on.  Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.  I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them.  And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.  The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”

Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them.  The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel.  Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land.  The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea.  During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.  He made the wheels of their chariots come off so that they had difficulty driving.  And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites!  The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”  Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place.  The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.  The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen–the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.  Not one of them survived.

But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.  That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.  And when the Israelites saw the great power the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.”

Exodus 14:15-31

Those chariot wheels and all the bones of Pharaoh’s entire army and horses are still there proving what happened that day and You are glorified through them Lord just as You said to Moses!  You are Glorified Lord!!!  Your Word is Truth and Jesus is Lord!

Grace and peace to you all!

 

 

A couple weeks ago I did some cleaning and reorganizing.  I moved a small bookshelf from upstairs and brought it down to the basement where my office is.  I had a bunch of books and movies stacked under my clothes in our closet and they needed a proper home.  It’s nice having everything in its place now.  The photo above is my little den where I write my blog.  I am sitting in that chair right now typing this to you.  The reason I am telling you this is because I found an old note inside one of the books I had been reading when I was struggling through depression three years ago.  The Lord put it on my heart that the note could help others, so I want to share it with you.

Before I get to that, please take some time to read the titles of the books and movies.  Here is a close up:

I love doing research and I read a lot.  One of the coolest books on the shelf (second to the Bible which is #1) is “The Exodus Case: New Discoveries of the Historical Exodus.”  All I can say is there is definitive proof of the Exodus beneath the ocean just off the Beach of Nuweiba in the Gulf of Aqaba part of the Red Sea between Egypt and Saudi Arabia (which was ancient Midian).  I’m talking historical artifacts of chariot wheels and bones strewn all the way across on a perfect under water land bridge!  Yeah, way bigger discovery than the Titanic, yet the world hides it!  They don’t want you to know that everything in the Bible is true!  Praise God for the team of people that dove down in the Red Sea to find it!

They also found the real Mt. Sinai (Mount Horeb) in Saudi Arabia and all the Biblical markers are still there perfectly preserved.  The huge rock where water came out, the altar where they worshiped the golden calf, the huge grave site where 3,000 Jews died for worshiping the golden calf, and the top of the mountain is charred black from when God descended on it to speak with Moses.  They found the true route of the Exodus and all of that amazing archaeological evidence and more simply by following the Bible.  The real Mt. Sinai is NOT on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula!  That was Egyptian held territory at the time of the Exodus and Pharaoh had soldiers down there.  I could go on, but just read it!  It is awesome and it confirms what is said in God’s Word!  Yes, the Lord really did part the Red Sea for Moses and the fleeing Israelites and there is plenty of ancient physical evidence to back it up!  God’s Word is truth!

So, about that old note from three years ago.  At that time I was reading a book by Larry Crabb called “Shattered Dreams.”

Larry is a well known Christian author and he wrote the book while dealing with cancer.  It helped me get a better perspective on Celiac disease and all the suffering I’ve been through.  At one point while reading it, the Lord impressed upon me to write a note to myself.  The Lord was speaking these things to my heart as I was learning what He wanted me to learn from the book.  Here is the note I found inside the book:

This note was written sometime in late 2016.  It’s not dated, but it has been 22 years (23 in October) that I have followed the Lord now, and I said 20 in the note.  This was before I wrote my book and before I started blogging.  I was having a very difficult time with Celiac and I was, for lack of a better term, stuck.  The Lord was showing me that He was still with me and that He loved me.  He was showing me that He wasn’t done with me and He had good plans for me.  He also showed me that I was on a different path and that was okay because He was for me and He would work it all out for good.  I had forgotten about this note and I’m really glad I found it.

If you can’t read my writing, here is what it says:

“You are on a different path.  Always felt like God needed me to be tougher–series of experiences that shaped me.  Silent protector/warrior sometimes means suffering.  God is my shield.

God is for you working everything out for good.

God is not against you.

He is still with you.  He is doing a work in you to help you mature.

It may feel like He is against you and He is not with you in the same way, but He is–just in a way now that is helping you continue to mature after walking with Him for 20 years.

He is walking with you in the knowledge and growth you have now.  Even if it doesn’t feel the same, you can rely on what you know from all that God has revealed to you.

You know the Truth.  Rest and be at peace in it.”

-Ryan’s old note to self

It seems the Lord was reminding me of His goodness and love for me and He wanted me to write it out, so I could see it spelled out plainly.  He was also reminding me of all the amazing things He has done in my life.  I know many of you are suffering and you live with chronic pain and illness.  Please know that God loves you and He has not abandoned you!  Press into Jesus and let Him comfort you.  Give Him your heart and all your pain.  I know it is not easy.  I live with chronic illness and I have suffered depression too.  Don’t ever give up!

I had no idea what kind of work the Lord was doing in me.  I had no idea that I was going to write and publish a book about my testimony and open up about all the supernatural events I have lived through.  I really had no idea that the Lord would start this blog and have me out here preaching the Gospel to the world.  I thought I was done and my life was over.  At the time I wrote that note, I was broken and unable to move forward.  All I could see was Celiac disease and the suffering it was causing.  Now here I am three years later in 2019 sharing that note of brokenness, which has become a note of victory in Christ!

“for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.”

Philippians 2:13

It is so awesome that the Lord knew I would tuck that note away and forget about it until now.  I truly hope it helps someone who might be suffering today and wanting to give up.  Please don’t give up!  Run to Jesus like I did and fall in His arms.  He will lift you up and lead you forward, so that you soar above your troubles even as they try to bring you down.  I survived Celiac and the darkness of depression through the power of Jesus Christ inside of me and He can do the same for you!

If you are suffering today, please know that you are not alone.  I still fight this disease every day, but I can testify that the Lord has lifted me up and sustained me.  He has shown me that nothing can snatch me out of His hand and His love is more powerful than any of us could ever imagine!

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

Romans 8:28

“What, then, shall we say in response to this?  If God is for us, who can be against us?”

Romans 8:31

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Jeremiah 29:11

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”

Jesus speaking in John 14:27

“The Lord is my strength

and my shield;

my heart trusts in him,

and I am helped.

My heart leaps for joy

and I will give thanks to

him in song.”

Psalm 28:7

“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.”

Jesus speaking in John 10:27-28

Give Jesus your pain and illness and He will lift you up!  If you believe in Jesus, He will never leave you!  Even if you are on a different path that includes suffering like me, Jesus will always guide us to the good plans He has for us.  We are not forgotten and His love for us will never end!

Grace and peace to you all!