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- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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Category Archives: Analysis
God Bless America – Land of the Brave – Land of Many People – We Have Our Problems – But We Are Blessed – And Will Be Blessed – God Loves Us and the Entire Population of Earth –
How can I say with assurance that God loves us in America and all the populations of the Earth? The Gospel, the good news to all peoples, proves that God loves us. He gave us His Son, Jesus, who offered … Continue reading
God Loves Us – Did You Know – What Good Is Being Loved unless We Know – We Have Been Redeemed – Hear and Believe –
Psalm 107:8 – The Bible (KJV) – Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! I heard a story once (not a Bible story). I’ll try to tell it … Continue reading
The Gospel – Why – When We Heard and Believed It – Don’t We Rest in It All the Time – Are We Safe or Not – What Hinders Us – What Causes Distress – What Clouds Our Thinking –
The gospel as articulated in full by the Apostle Paul: the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ Jesus, the foundation of our faith, the message that birthed the church, the milk and the meat of our happy existence is the good … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Bright Future, Condemnation, Devil, Forgiven, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Justification, Lord Jesus, Redemption, Rest, Salvation, Savior, Subversive, Truth
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Gluten-free Diet Perplexing – Limiting – All Our Friends Affected by It – We Could Only Go to Select Restaurants that Served Gluten-free Fare for Me – What to Do –
Approximately 21 months or almost two years I have enjoyed life without the distress of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or chronic colitis or whatever name the medical world gives to this painful and embarrassing condition these days, and I am grateful. … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Gluten-free, Healing, Memoir
Tagged Believe, Celiac Disease, Chronic Colitis, Convinced, Gluten-Free, Healing, IBS, Ice Cream Cone, Ice Cream Social, Mark 11:23-24, myopia, Receive, Trust, Wheat, Wheat-containing ingredients
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Will the Real Gospel Please Stand Up – What Is It – Is it the Basics – The Introduction – Neither One – Jesus Is the Gospel – The Gospel Is Good News – Really GOOD News –
If one were randomly to ask people in this country, the United States of America, the question, What is the gospel, very few would say they had never heard of it. Some would say they weren’t sure but it had … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses
Tagged Christianity, Church, Cross of Christ, Crucifixion, Good News, health, It Is Finished, Jesus, Poverty, Prosperity, Redemption, Resurrection, Salvation, Sickness, The Gospel
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Love Is Strong as Death – Jealousy Is Cruel as the Grave – the Coals Thereof Are Coals of Fire which Hath a Most Vehement Flame – Many Waters Cannot Quench Love – Neither Can the Floods Drown It – Neither Death Nor Life Nor Angels Nor Principalities Nor Powers Nor Things Present Nor Things to Come Nor Height Nor Depth Nor Any Other Creature Shall Be Able to Separate Us from the Love of God – which Is in Christ Jesus Our Lord –
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 – The Bible (KJV) – Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals … Continue reading
Why Did Jesus Come to Earth – Jesus said to Zaccheus – the Son of Man Is Come to Seek and to Save that which was Lost – Jesus Came to Deliver Us From Evil – And He Came to Reveal His Father to Us and to Glorify Him –
Luke 19:10 – The Bible (KJV) – For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. John 3:16-17 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Deliver from Evil, Gave Himself for our sins, Glorify the Father, Glorify the Son, God the Father, I and the Father are one, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Redemption, Reveal the Father, Salvation, Seek and Save, Son of God, Son of Man
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What Do We Know About Our Father In Heaven – Jesus Said – He that Hath Seen Me Hath Seen the Father – Jesus Also Said – I and My Father Are One – Our Heavenly Father Is Like Jesus Our Savior –
John 14:6-11 – The Bible (KJV) – Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: … Continue reading
Little John Blossoms – Something We Will Miss When We Hit the Road – What More Will We Miss When We Live in an RV – Will Adventure – Travel – and Family Visits Satisfy – We Think So –
Little John’s blood-red blossom caught my eye this morning. Outside in the early hours after dawn, sitting in one of our super-comfortable lawn chairs with attached table and cup holder, I acted out the pleasures of living in the RV of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Analysis, Memoir
Tagged Alone Time, Coffee, downsizing, Eliminating labor and expense, Hallway, Kindle, lawn chairs, Little John, Living in a Hallway, Morning, patio, Pleasure, RV Lifestyle, screen room, Solitude
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According to Your Faith Be It unto You – Be Not Afraid, Only Believe – This Is the Work of God – that Ye Believe on Him Whom He Hath Sent – Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and Thou Shalt Be Saved – and Thy House – What a Mighty God We Serve –
Matthew 9:28-29 – The Bible (KJV) – And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, … Continue reading
Believer – How is your Mood Today – If You’re Not in a Good Mood – Cheer Up – We Are the Righteousness of God in Christ – Jesus Paid it All – On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand – All Other Ground Is Sinking Sand –
If I’m not in a good mood, I should be. I am loved. Jesus Christ gave Himself for me (us) so I am (we are) eternally blessed. He removed the curse of the law at Calvary. We are freed from condemnation forever. … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Believers, Calvary, Cheer up, Christ Jesus, Good Mood, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Love of Christ, Loved, No Condemnation, Overcome, Solid Rock, Tribulation, World
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How to Fold Bottom Fitted Bed Sheets – Since the Secret of Folding Them Was Told to Me – I’ve Been Trying to Learn This Procedure for Three Years – Today I Accomplished It for the First Time – Gold Star for Me –
All my adult life I’ve struggled with folding bottom fitted bed sheets. After failing miserably for many years, I developed a habit of shaking out the wrinkles and then scrunching it all together in a ball and sticking it into … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Humor, Thought
Tagged bed sheets, Bottom Fitted Bed Sheets, Bottom Fitted Sheets, Folding Bed Sheets, Folding Bottom Bed Sheet, Folding Bottom Sheet, Folding Fitted sheet, Folding Fitted Sheets, Folding Sheets, Housework, Ironing Bed Sheets, Learning Bed Sheets, Learning to Fold Bed Sheets, Scrunched Bottom Bed Sheet, Wrinkled Bed Sheets
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Jesus the Same Yesterday – Today – and Forever – Hebrews 13:8 – Where I Was Most of My Life – Where I Am Today – God is Good – Better than I Knew –
Reading blogs about our Lord Jesus I notice that we are careful not to agree with one another on anything we don’t personally embrace. You will never hear me say I don’t think it makes a difference. It does. Yet, I believe … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority of Believers, Believers, Church, Early church, Good Shepherd, Healing, Holiness, Jesus Christ, Legalistic, Liberal, Performance, Provision, Salvation, Service, Sheep
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Christ Jesus Came into the World to Save Sinners – 1 Timothy 1:15 – He Was Bruised for Our Iniquities…and with his stripes we are healed – Isaiah 53:5 – Greater Love Hath No Man Than This – That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends – John 15:13
What a Savior we have in Jesus, the Lord. He is God Almighty incarnate, Son of God, our Savior, our Provider, and our Healer. Through Jesus, God is our Father. We are His sons and daughters. We are the church, … Continue reading
Things We See Are Temporal – Things Not Seen Are Eternal – What Things Cannot Be Seen – Love – Faith – Kindness – Hope and Truth – Mercy – Faith – Wind – Virtue – Character and Goodness – Health – Prayer – Life –
2 Corinthians 4:18 – The Bible (KJV) – While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Eternal, Faith, God's Word, Hope, Invisible, Kindness, Life, love, Temporal, Termporary, Things Seen, Things unseen, Truth, Wind, Words
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All the Promises of God Are True
All the promises of God are true – He watches over His Word to perform it – If you believe Jesus is your Savior He is – and – He is your God – You know it – You … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Confidence, Defeated Enemy, Doubt, Faith, Fallen from Grace, Falling Short, Grace, Jesus, No Condemnation, Open door, Our Adversary, Promises of God, Savior, The devil, Your Adversary
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Who Shall Separate Us from the Love of Christ – Shall Tribulation – or Distress – or Persecution – or Famine – or Nakedness – or Peril – or Sword – Nay – In All These Things We Are More than Conquerors through Him that Loved Us – Romans 8:35,37 –
Romans 8: 38-39 (KJV) – For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Believe, Conquerors, Distress, Famine, Fear Nothing, His Beloved, His Bride, His Child, Love of Christ, Love of God, nakedness, peril, Persecution, Sword, Tribulation
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Do You Have a Problem Believing that God Will Heal You – Say – I am Healed – Say it Again – I Am Healed – Say it Audibly – When You Are Alone without Distraction – Your Faith Will Grow as You Say What Jesus Said to Say – Do You Need Healing – Say – I Am Healed – By His Stripes I Am Healed –
Does that sound wrong to you? The Word of God says if we are believers in Christ Jesus, we are healed. We are healed because the Word of God says healing is ours through the redemption accomplished by Jesus on the … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Curtain Calls, Memoir
Tagged Believe, Believers, By His Stripes, Calvary, Cross, Have what you Say, Healing, Jesus Heals, Kenneth Hagin, Power of the tongue, Redemption, Salvation, Say it, Speak life, Word of God
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Better Promises – Better than What Promises – Speaking of Jesus the Writer of the Book of Hebrews Says – But Now Hath He Obtained a More Excellent Ministry – by How Much Also He is the Mediator of a Better Covenant – which Was Established upon Better Promises –
Abraham (father of faith) lived under the promises of grace, which promises New Testament believers may enjoy (if we know what promises belong to us). Romans 4:3 tell us, for what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Letters to a Friend (series)
Tagged Abraham, Better Covenant, Better Promises, Blessing of Abraham, Christ, Curse of the Law, Deuteronomy 28, Expect to Receive, Father of Faith, gift of righteousness, Grace, Jesus, Mediator, New Testament, Old Covenant
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