AM I BRAGGING?

Am I bragging? Remember, I have been widowed twice, locked down n a subsidized senior apartment, unable to enjoy basic social needs such as attending a worship service on a regular basis, and I've been told I'm delusional because not only did I vote for Trump three times, I am convinced that God has spoken to me in one word proclamations and lately a forward that's 1 2 3 4 words. It's. All. Set. Up. And it is highly coincidental that my first job in Colorado springs for 2 years or more was a setup man. And my last manufacturing responsibility in a factory that many will verify I was a key part in setting up its design even though my position was lowly was as a master operator which is just a glorified way of saying I get to set things up and then run a machine at the same time. meanwhile and again usually verified by dozens of Facebook friends I pastored a white church building visible by a large gaggle of travelers on US 6 between Walkerton and US 31 a series of events that can be verified again by dozens or if not hundreds of living witnesses that can still be reached on Facebook a series of small miracles, quiet miracles of people praying or asking me to pray for rain or the reverse which is to not rain during events and again the witnesses abound in the final spectacular though I was not there it can be verified The lady and people that know about this are in my current Sunday school class that is led by probably a millionaire real estate mogul? By the name of Jim Masterson. I could go on with more evidence easily verifiable here in this community but I think I've made my point. Is my bragging premature? And while I'm on the subject, am I not the most awesome piano player and group arranger that you have ever met again I have multiple witnesses that will attest to that. Would you go ahead and cry and moan and weep and say oh my pity me because I've been a Republican and we can't trust the Democrats as far as you can throw them yada yada yada yada. God is doing a great work right now and it's not for America it's for his beloved people of Israel and the Christians the true Christians who love them. REMEMBER OCTOBER 7TH That is all for now. Later Gators. MAD DOG

Pray for our President

Dear brothers in Christ: I tearfully say believers have failed politically because we don't heed God's Word, therefore He doesn't listen to our words or prayers. The Apostle Paul admonished us to pray (the opposite of cursing) for those who rule over us, pray for their success as statesmen and as guardians, and for the protection of them and their families.
If our President is our political enemy who curses us under his breath, we are to bless him, as Jesus told us to, commend him honestly when he does a task well, and be slow to anger, slow to criticize. We do this to honor God's Word's, and not to gain political advantage.
Do not fear that his success as a statesman will lead to his success politically, for God decides who will be lifted up or brought down. Both Nixon and Carter were great statesmen, probably because of the prayers of believers, and failed spectacularly politically. 
God choosing who to lift up is the reason we should listen to God and NOT MEN when we go to the poll booth. Next time you vote, ask God who His man is.
Paul's Words:I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Flooded Dundrum Ireland Video: Pray

A frightening video from Youtube shows the devastating effects of a once in 100 year rainfall on the Dundrum Town Centre, a beautiful shopping mall in Dublin Ireland. One police officer was feared swept away. Your prayers would be appreciated.

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Earthquake! Pray for Turkey!

Tuesday October 25, 2011
Ercis, Turkey
A two week old baby and her mother was pulled from the rubble 47 hours after the quake. See my blog posted October 24, 11 p.m. with raw video footage.(http://revmaddog1948.blogspot.com/2011/10/baby-girl-resued-video.html)
‎3,000 rescue workers and 12 specially trained dogs had been called out, says deputy prime minister. Death toll count has been raised to 366 and 1300 hurt, but I'm sure will go higher, much higher.
An after shock  of 4.4 magnitude was felt today, sending fear in earthquake survivors. Thousands are spending their second night outdoors despite near freezing temperatures.
Foreign aid will be accepted, including from Israel, Turkish official says.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Please pray for Turkey. A 7.2 magnitude quake struck Eastern Turkey. Early count of the dead is over 100, but expected to rise rapidly. I have observed early counts rise by 10 fold or more as communications are restored. 
Like Adam and Eve, our society has put knowledge of creation & destruction at a higher value than knowledge of our Creator! In order to bring His children back to Him, God allows the shaking of what we thought was unshakable, so that we will turn to our unshakable God.
We have ignored God in pursuit of our goals, and cut off the guidance of the One we need the most in dangerous times. We have built our buildings in pursuit of profits, rather than out of reverence for life.Forgive us, God.
Heavenly Father, forgive our society for turning our backs on you, and help us by your grace to not turn our backs on our dear friends in Turkey. Supernaturally endow the searchers to find the lost like shepherds find the lost lambs, strengthen those who need to be found, comfort those who are grieving, clear the minds of those who have to make decisions. Speed the help to those who need it, smother the pride of those who might hinder with your humbling Grace.
To my friends in Turkey: (I have a large audience of this blog in Turkey.) May God be with you now. We love you. We will do what we can. - Mike

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Cooking Veggies, geek stuff, random thoughts

Sunday, October 17, 2011 Mary's up early so we can go to the early service, 10:30, early for me, that is. Too many years on third shift. 
Eric (Mary's son) sent us a lot of veggies from his garden, squash, tomatoes, peppers, onions, and Mary brought me a nice wok from IKEA, $5, so I dusted off my cooking skills and made dinner. Cut an acorn squash in half, cooked it at 350 in the oven, boiled some red potatoes, and cooked peppers, an onion, and a tomato in the wok, then finished up with 3 scrambled eggs in the wok. Mary was happy. 
Mary's condo is caty corner from a Little Caesars, or about a hundred yards. Big square pizza for $7 plus $1 for garlic bread sticks. I cook there about twice a month. 
About politics: I won't vote for any candidate that is not strongly and actively pro life. I have voted for ANOTHER party if the candidate is pro life. I will support bipartisanship and compromise on financial issues. I will never compromise on LIFE. Best approach is to stay informed, stay constantly in prayer, and don't be afraid to let God lead. I went into a poll once determined to vote for Jimmy Carter, and felt compelled to vote for Ronnie while I was in there. Don't want to do a comparison here, for God will be the ultimate Judge of all Kings, but God's Spirit CAN direct in the polling booth. Politics wins. Statesmanship does the right thing, win or lose. Better to lose an election than God's favor. 
I just did a random check on Facebook search and found out my links are being shared, not just viewed. I am very grateful. Thank you. There were over 140 views of my blog on Friday. Most of the views came from Google searches, which indicates word of mouth is getting more draw than my posting. I've noticed a big upturn of viewing since Google brought out the new dynamic view which enables my friends to find other posts easier. Also had a turning point on my business. Made $10 from advertisement fees from Amazon, so I will actually get a check next month. I appreciate your prayers and encouragement. 


Random thoughts:
So far, I’m the oldest I’ve ever been! 
Horse lovers are STABLE people. 
DON'T MAKE ME VIOLATE MY PAROLE! 
My karma just ran over my dogma. 
STOP REPEAT OFFENDERS! Don't reelect them. 
Work is for people who don't know how to fish. 
I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder -the mechanic 
YOU CAN'T SCARE ME! I have a two year old - mom 
hookd on fonics wurked four mee! 
Life has no remote. Get up and change it yourself! 


Mike and Mary:

Mary didn't like my idea on how to keep the lid on the caramel coffee flavoring syrup from sticking... spray it with WD40 
Mary likes to watch the credits at the end of movies to see if there's any of her relatives listed. I do the same thing at the post office.
Sometimes I pretend to be normal. Mary replied: How's that working out for you?  



Notes from Management:

ME BOSS - YOU NOT! -management 
Beatings will continue until moral improves - management Please do not throw cigarette butts into urinals as this makes them soggy and hard to light! -management 
I’M THE BOSS!! my wife said I could be.. 


Chocolate:
Then God created chocolate, and God separated the Light from the Dark, and God Called it GOOD! 
If at first you don't succeed, have a piece of chocolate!
CHOCOLATE! It isn't just for breakfast any more! 
There's only one thing better than coffee or chocolate... coffee and chocolate together! 


The Beauty of Insanity:
CHAOS! PANIC! DISORDER! My work here is done. 
I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out. 
My reality check just bounced.
The doc on The Gifted Man gets out his cell phone when he's talking to an unseen voice. Now why didn't I think of that? 
Out of my mind. Back in 5 minutes? 
DO NOT DISTURB! I'm disturbed enough.
Consciousness: the annoying time between naps. 
The Doc on The Gifted Man tv show is having difficulty appearing to be sane while talking to unseen voices. I could give him pointers.
I do all my own stunts.
What if the Hokey Pokey is really what it's all about?   
I'M SMILING! because I don't know what's going on. 

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I'm praying that God will give me an understanding of Facebook like He gave me an understanding of Twitter about a year ago.

I woke up in the middle of the night, and told Mary that God had revealed to me how Twitter works, like Nemo on the Matrix when all the numbers appeared like rain and the walls moved back and forth. I had 40 followers then. I have nearly 5000 now.

Facebook is a different animal. I don't think even Facebook knows what Facebook is doing, but God does!

For the last year Twitter has been the power tool for me to promote the Parables but lately Facebook has been gaining strength. I sense God is wanting me to sit in His one on One class again.
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Overlooked Spiritual Weapons in Spiritual Warfare

I do understand that God is not a puppet, and prayer is not a button that we push and it always gets results. Asking God is asking, not commanding. God is the one who commands, not us.

But I do observe that we miss out on bundles of unclaimed gifts, simply because we do not ask, for if we ask not, we have not. 

And just as importantly, we often ask amiss, we miss the target, because we are asking for the big gift. We forget about God's penchant for defeating big enemies with little weapons.

Goliath, the 9 foot tall, possibly 500 pound, professional mercenary was defeated by a slight young boy barely past puberty, who was armor was the heart of a lion, a sling, 5 well picked stones, and awesome hand eye coordination.

The fiercest and most majestic military force on the face of the earth was defeated by an over qualified, eccentric shepherd who needed a long class in anger management, and possessed only a shepherd's staff and a speech impediment.

All the forces of hell and all the momentum of millenniums of social decay, and even death itself was defeated in a single day by a solitary man hanging on a lonely cross.

If you have read The Dingy Gray Locker Parable, you will know that all of the education and experience and training that I received was piddly compared to the little white box in the bottom of the locker that said I could pray for a rain of grace. That lesson, because of my lust for bigness, took me 30 years to learn.

God ask us all,"What is in your hand?" Is it a staff, a sling, the jaw bone of an ass, a stalwart right hand man, a prayer, a hymn?? That, and the Spirit of God are all you need to open prison doors, fell a giant, stop the mouth of a pride of lions, part an ocean, and send the enemy packing! 

Want a Passion for the Word and Prayer?

My great need is to pray more and to get into God's Word more, and Psalms 119 is a powerful tool that I rely on over and over.

The structure of Psalms 119 is unique. Almost every verse is both a prayer and a comment on The Word of God, and can stand alone. There are 8 verses per grouping and each grouping starts with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet as a memory aid. 
The verses are supremely motivating to DRAW ME INTO PRAYER AND THE WORD OF GOD SIMULTANEOUSLY!

I come back to this chapter repeatedly for my meditation. I can not say enough about how motivating this chapter is, if you will pursue it like a lifetime treasure hunt!

 ¹Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

 ²Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

 ³They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

 ⁴Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

 ⁵O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

 ⁶Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

 ⁷I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

 ⁸I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

 ⁹Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

 ¹⁰With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

 ¹¹Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

 ¹²Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

 ¹³With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

 ¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

 ¹⁵I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

 ¹⁶I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

 ¹⁷Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

 ¹⁸Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

 ¹⁹I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

 ²⁰My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

 ²¹Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

 ²²Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

 ²³Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

 ²⁴Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.

 ²⁵My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

 ²⁶I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

 ²⁷Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

 ²⁸My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

 ²⁹Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

 ³⁰I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. (Psalm 119, King James Version)