Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

1.29- Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, UK, Mexico, These are the places I have been blessed to travel since I became an minister for Jesus Christ. Everywhere I have gone they have admired my country for being a country open to people to come and visit as well as free to bring their ideas of God and hear our ideas of God and His Son Jesus. I have stood to read Scripture and tell them that God loves them and He sent Jesus to show us how to love all people. Jesus even taught us to love our enemies and to pray for them. I hope this country is always lead by people in the government, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch and Legislative Branch, who want America to be what the Statue of Liberty stands for. The Pilgrims came here as refugees. They looked for a place of religious freedom and the free exchange of ideas. Freedom of the press, freedom of religion and love for all people is built into the very fabric of what t

1.28- How set up your children to fail in the competitive world of good jobs. 1. Don't correct them when they fail to clean up their room and their play areas. 2. Do their clean up of their play areas and their room for them or have no expectation of them keeping things orderly and clean. 3. Be their servant instead of teaching them to serve others. 4. Have low expectations for their physical and mental abilities. 5. Prepare meals for them or give them fast food. 6. Do simple work tasks for them while they play video games. 7. When they do nothing and bring home grades from school that are far less than their ability thank them for going to school. 8. Say nothing when they treat you like a "doormat". 9. Teach them that most teachers, coaches, bosses and the police are stupid, lazy, foolish and abusive. Do these things and you will train someone to be rebellious, lazy, immature, unemployed, drugged and perhaps homeless, in your home forever or i

1.27- The greatest founders of this country realized that their was something more important than the founding of this country. On July 4, 1774, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, "We went to a Meeting and had the pleasure of hearing my friend upon, "Be not partakers of other men's sins.  Keep yourselves pure" ...We...took our horses to the meeting in the afternoon and heard the minister again upon "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you."  There is great pleasure in hearing sermons so serious, so clear, so sensible and instructive as these..." Matthew 6.33 34  “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.

1.26- The problem with people into politics is that this is more important to them than the love of people. Matthew 6. 24  “You can’t worship two gods at once. Loving one god, you’ll end up hating the other. Adoration of one feeds contempt for the other. You can’t worship God and Money both.

1.25 Things that matter and things that greatly matter and things that don't matter at all. It greatly matters that you know that God loves you. It greatly matters that you love other people. It does not matter that someone who doesn't know you well doesn't like you. John 3. 16-18  “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him. 19-21  “This is the crisis we’re in: God-light streamed into the world, but me

1.24- What happens to you when you are a child of God and you die? Jesus taught that when we die we are still who we were on earth.  The consequences of our choices follow us to the other side.  All people live less than a perfect life.  All people have regrets for things not done or things done.  What happens to them when they die? Jesus taught that there is life on the other side.  When Jesus died on the cross He was referred to as the sacrifice offering so that the sins of everyone in the world could be forgiven by a Holy God.  He said it is finished.  The debt of all of humanity's sins was paid.  Those who have received the forgiveness of God will enjoy heaven forever.  Those who reject God and His grace and mercy face the judgment of a Holy God.  The good news is that forgiveness is available to all.  Jesus on the cross told a thief who was dying with Him that after they died He would see Him in Paradise. John 5. 28-29  “Don’t act so surprised at all this. The time is

1.23- Today the birds were chirping as I walked to my meeting.  I thought of them reminding me to not worry,  "This is a day the Lord has made let us be glad and rejoice in it." Psalm 119.24 Matthew 6. 25-26  “If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, careless in the care of God. And you count far more to him than birds.

 1.22- Matthew 24. 4-8  Jesus said, “Watch out for doomsday deceivers. Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities, claiming, ‘I am Christ, the Messiah.’ They will deceive a lot of people. When reports come in of wars and rumored wars, keep your head and don’t panic. This is routine history; this is no sign of the end. Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over. Famines and earthquakes will occur in various places. This is nothing compared to what is coming. 9-10  “They are going to throw you to the wolves and kill you, everyone hating you because you carry my name. And then, going from bad to worse, it will be dog-eat-dog, everyone at each other’s throat, everyone hating each other. 11-12  “In the confusion, lying preachers will come forward and deceive a lot of people. For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in—nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes.