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Comment by russ allen on June 19, 2012 at 7:37am

Good morning! How are we faithing?  I have this picture of a baby Giraffe looking straight into the camera as my desktop. I could just stare at her all day long with amazement at such a creation.  I watch the personalities of my Boxers and am in awe of the complexity and the unconditional love they show me.  I watch the deer in the field by the house and just want to pet them. We find stray critters all the time around this old country home and it always makes me thank God for them. Have you stopped and looked at that rose bush and the intricacies of it?  Whens the last time you watched clouds go by and saw more than just aloft water vapor?  When did you last close your eyes and hear the leaves rustling in the wind?  The smell of fresh cut grass, the noise of nuts hitting the roof and than watch the squirrels scurry to fetch them? Whatever your dilemma today, pause and reflect on the simple things that are way more fascination and peaceful than whatever you are facing. It's all about perspective people and when our perspective looks at selfish things, we miss the truly incredible things happening at the same time...



2Th 3:16
Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.



Col 3:15 
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.



1Ti 2:1-4
  I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;   for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.   This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;   who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.




remember Margaret Chaney family...remember Zoey Sharp...remember Lou Feliciani...


Heavenly Father,
  Thank you for the simple things that keep us in awe of you. Thank you for your love that trumps anything we may face. Lord we lift those mentioned for your touch. Lord, we lift your name on high and sing your praises.  Teach us to maintain our humbleness not for show but in awe..in Jesus name, amen

Comment by russ allen on June 18, 2012 at 8:01am

 Good morning!  How are we faithing? I want anyone who reads this daily to understand one thing. This is designed to make you grow in your walk with the Lord. Every day is a new day with new adventures even if you are in a rut. Yours and my attitude to every new dawn will make a huge difference in whether we see the newness. It is so prevalent that we all get caught up in the hum drum tedious things that the work week can bring but only you can bring a turn around by an attitude adjustment.  Complaining that things are not the way you or I want them does nothing for those things happening all around us. Yesterday is over, tomorrow isn't here yet so all we can do is work out this moment. By reading the Word daily we can handle each moment so we don't regret yesterday or have to live a crappy tomorrow. Sure things go on out of our control and those things need to be dealt with when necessary. We can cry about them or we can face them with Godly confidence because Jesus said he had our back. So when you catch yourself boo hooing about junk you don't like, remember that whatever lesson is to be learned today will be quickly gleaned if we look to Jesus and not the circumstance.


Jas 1:2-5
  Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;   Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.   And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.   But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.



1Jn 4:18-19
  There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.  We love, because he first loved us.

remember Bailey Ford...


Heavenly Father,
  Thank you for your love that saves us. Thank you for the lessons you teach. Lord, bring to mind your Word in everything we do. Help us be strong followers of you and let us see the heart. Help us deal righteously with what others do to us. Help us show love in everything we do. Lord, we need to be aware your presence all the time, in Jesus name, amen

Comment by russ allen on June 15, 2012 at 7:38am

 Good morning! How are we faithing?  I hear people whine and moan when things aren't or haven't gone the way they want or think they should. I hear them doubt or blame God. If they would pause and reflect, they would see their own selfishness or selfish motives have caused them to fall into temptation and that falling leads to the woes at hand. Things don't always go right but have you ever considered that someone else has gotten what they prayed for in the situation you are in? That maybe a lesson is to be learned on your part. Maybe your motives were suspect or maybe the answer is no but you tried to manipulate circumstances for yourself anyways?  Sure it isn't always easy or even palatable  but you must consider that maybe what you are in keeps you from something worse. We have to look for more than just what is in front of us if we ever want to have the mind of God. I know some people that criticize every thing and everybody. What makes them think they are so all fired smart or are always right? Be careful you don't become so smug you cant see pass your own self and your own ways.


Jas 1:13-14
  Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man: but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

remember the Sharon Hicks family

Heavenly Father,

  Thank you for your Word that reveals all truth. Forgive our haughtiness and our self serving ways. Lord, teach us to be charitable in all things. Help us see where we harm so we stop harming. Lord we lift those in pain, in Jesus name, amen

Comment by russ allen on June 14, 2012 at 7:17am

 Good morning!  How are we faithing? Did you know that the letter to the Galatians written by the apostle Paul was the first recognized writings after Jesus' death and resurrection?  Those early followers of Jesus had only old testament scriptures, the Torah, for study.  The eye witness accounts, words of Jesus, miracles of Jesus, teachings of Jesus were spread the first few years by mouth. There are many reasons why and one is that the first followers thought Jesus' return was going to happen in their lifetime and that writing down wasn't necessary because, "who would read them?" Most were illiterate as we know literacy and traditionally in Jewish culture the Torah was memorized and passed down verbally.  This new way of sharing the Gospel obviously was for the Gentiles because they did not have that reading of the Torah or any knowledge perhaps of  God prior to Jesus. Because of translation from ordinary Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic we now can study and learn in a manner that revelation is constant. Read Galatians with all this in mind remembering this letter was received and read to a group of "The Way". Man, could you imagine how some sects could get a little off kilter without any writings? Paul recognized this I am sure thus addressed his brothers and sisters in the Lord. Cool man...



Gal 2:20-21
  I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.   I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.


remember Sharon Hicks family....

Heavenly Father,
   Bring your Word to life in us. Help us burn for your Word. Let us devour your Word. Lord, we ask blessing and honor in what we do and keep us focused on what we ought to be focused on. Lord, we lift those hurting up to you. Comfort, teach and  make your path known. in Jesus name, amen

Comment by russ allen on June 13, 2012 at 7:50am

  Good morning! How are we faithing? Headache...ick....We have to remember as we go through our days that the love of God and the love God shows us is how we transfer love to the unloved ones.  Perceived or real, love or lack of love will cause people to act certain ways. Jesus always acted with compassion, even with criminals and the dregs of society as well as the upright.  He chastised the good and the bad. One for sins and the other for lack of that compassion.  The opposite of love is fear so not acting in love is an indication one is scared.  Scared of rejection, scared of words, scared of retaliation, scared of not being loved.  We must learn the put aside our senses some times because we can be deceived.  That person in rags who smells bad may have been hit by a car years ago and left him lacking in his brain. That well off flashy rich guy may be in a funk because of success that only brought wealth and not secure love.  Their actions may be the same and we as believers in the only truth in the world ought to tell them about a savior that grants what they actually are looking for.  Think about this...


2Ti 1:7 
For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.



remember Brian Jett...remember Skip and Lisa...remember Patty Vincent...


Heavenly Father,
   Thank you for the cross. Thank you for loving us. Help us love and be kind. Help us be vessels of love to the point it overflows all around us. Help us see and speak truth tempered with compassion for others. In Jesus name, amen

Comment by russ allen on June 12, 2012 at 7:56am

Remember Dianna Barkley...remember Sharons Mom...


Heavenly Father,
  Thank you for your visions and dreams. Lord, open our eyes and protect us from division and errant dreams from the enemy. Lord we want to see you and to know you more. Lord we ask for dreams and assurance when they come from you. Lord we pray for the mentioned ones and for the lost because we understand from scripture that time is short.  Let us see what you see in others.  Protect the emergency workers and our soldiers, in Jesus name, amen

Comment by russ allen on June 12, 2012 at 7:56am

 Great morning! How are we faithing?  Ever dose with the radio on? It is funny how the music infiltrates the dreams.  Ever have something on your mind or a problem you can't solve, dose off and the answer shows up? I find it fascinating all the examples of God speaking in dreams. I also have discovered that influence from another source also can invade.  Remember that anything contrary to the Word is not of God. To be able to determine a dream as so much pizza verses a vision one must compare it to the Word with the wisdom of the Word. I have prayed for visions for what I am to do in some cases and the dream came. In the dream it was obvious it was from God for my wits were about me and I remembered it well upon awakening. This may sound weird to you but think on this; constantly in the Bible there are cases of people receiving direction in dreams. Lay people and church leaders. We all dream as a matter of physical function. The Word tells us we battle the spirits and principles of the air therefore if the unseen realm is all around us, why would it not also be in dreams?  The Word is actually specific when it comes to dreams. You must be in the Word to be able to determine the source and be quick to pray for confirmation of the message. Some have said I was nuts but when I see exactly what I dream unfold, I am convinced the Word has told me the truth and that truth is that God sometimes speaks to us in dreams.



Num 12:6
 And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.


Joe 2:28-29
  And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:   and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.

There are warnings in the Word  of false prophets and the false dreams of these prophets. If a dream draws one away from God, it ain't from God.  If a dream contradicts the Word, it ain't from God but either a pizza dream or from the enemy.



Jer 23:25-32
  I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.   How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?   that think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgat my name for Baal.  The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah.   Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?   Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.   Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.   Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

I know this is a long daily but it is important to understand better this subject because many have been fooled by just this subject.  Study this on your own. Pray about it.

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Comment by russ allen on June 11, 2012 at 7:29am

  Good morning!  How are we faithing? It does amaze and stupefy me when I sin and forget who I am, who my father is and where I came from.  My God is bigger and stronger than anything and yet I still struggle with life and the occupation of this flesh. Ever feel like that? Ever just walk into things and after say "how did that just happen?!" We wrestle with things in life and if we really stop to analyze what's really happening, dumping the selfishness, then we can start to see clearer. If I continue certain actions but expect a different outcome, I have become foolish and that is just not acceptable. We have minds that function and yet in certain areas of our lives we are controlled by selfish desires. Be honest. When things happen to you, really look to see if it is your own continued actions that keeps bringing them on. Being able to look beyond self is an exercise in wisdom. Acting accordingly is a hard discipline but the outcome is a better you and me.



Isa 59:10-13
  We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.  We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them: transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

remember Linda Stivers...

Heavenly Father,

  Thank you for your love and wisdom. Teach us to see truth even when we don't really want to. Help us change our attitudes to one like yours. Help us see the needs  of others. Lord, we want to make choices that honor you and we also want to act holy but alas, we stumble and fall. Forgive our weaknesses. We love and praise you Lord, in Jesus name, amen

Comment by russ allen on June 8, 2012 at 7:28am

   Good morning! How are we faithing? Not really sure where this day is going to lead but I have to remind us all of the things taught us by the Word.


Col 3:12-14
  Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;   forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:  and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

Sometimes when we don't know what is ahead we get a little preoccupied with apprehension and that fight or flight mode starts to take effect, we must remember who we are, remind ourselves of things like what is in the previous verses, then we can press on faithfully knowing that the outcome of our day will be for the glory of God. I know many days that's all I have to hold onto. Some days are just such a tear in our serenity  we throw our hands up and ask what it is all for. You're ok. We all have those times but just remember to pray all the time and remind yourself you are loved.

Remember Tim Miller...remember Marilyn Thomas...remember Janet and Billy as they get married today...


Heavenly Father,
  Thank you for your love and grace that surrounds us. Help us remember you and what you do for us. Remind us that we are YOUR children. Bring your Word to mind in everything we do. Thank you for walking with us and lifting us up when we need it, in Jesus name, amen

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