Prayers for My Blog from Psalms 1

Please join with me in praying for my blog. I can't build anything unless God is in it.

Let Your Holy Presence anoint my links and posts in Jesus' Name!*

Lord, heap the blessing plates of those who encourage me 3 times higher, like Benjamin, Joseph's little long lost brother.*

Warm with triple joy the hearts of my co-laborers, those who retweet and share my posts and links.*

Bless the bank accounts of those who support me, like the widow's oil jug that never ran out.*

Let your Joy fill the hearts of the readers, my friends, as I lift up Jesus and Him Crucified!*

Thank You, Father, for organizations that support bloggers like Google, and Amazon.*

I've planted myself in the deep rich loam of God's Word. I have no plans on leaving.*

Mission Statement

I want to see the blog succeed for four reasons:

First, so that a world wide, cascading, irreversible universal constant awareness of God's presence in the hearts of all in our generation.

Second, my Crucified and Resurrected Jesus would be lifted up so that my generation would be drawn to Him.

Third, the Parables would be published around the world, so that I can bear witness to the mighty works of God.

Last, my blog would generate an income that would prosper Mary and myself, freeing us to travel with this message and give to other works of the Lord.

Devotions From Psalms 1

Mission statement?: I want to see the blog succeed firstly, so that a world wide, cascading, irreversible universal constant awareness of God's presence in the hearts of all in our generation, secondly My Crucified and Resurrected Jesus would be lifted up so that my generation would be drawn to Him, third, the Parables would be published around the world, and last, my blog would generate an income that would prosper Mary and myself, freeing us to travel with this message and give to other works of the Lord.

For that reason, I have been spending a lot of time meditating on Psalms 1, because of the promise "whatsoever he doeth shall prosper!"

Prayers from Psalms 1


Stir with Holy Fire my hunger for Your Word, and for You, Lord Jesus. Fan the flames with Your Spirit.


Let Your Grace flood my entire being so that I will be fruitful and pleasing to You, God.


Your Word is amazing, holy Father, filled with jewels, flowers, treasures, all precious Words!


The world tells me nobody can be delighted in God's Word 24/7. Precious Jesus, let me be NOBODY!


Teach me, Holy Spirit, how to meditate 24/7 on Your Word. Help me to focus with Your Grace.


I'm blessed because I walk in Your Counsel, and not in the counsel of the ungodly.


I take my stand NOT to defend my rights and privileges, but for Your Truth, and to defend Your lambs.


I'm not sitting in the scornful, lazy mocker's chair. I'm praising, weeping laboring in the harvest of souls!


The path of righteousness or father and mother hood or marriage is not a competitive race for the best, but a walk with God.

A Journey Through God's Word

Thursday, August 4, 2011


The strange math of friendship: my friends multiply my joy, but divide and lighten my sadness.*


My path of life is either godly or ungodly/depending on the direction I face/towards God... or away*


Prayers for my blog

Please join with me in praying for my blog. I can't build anything unless God is in it.

Let Your Holy Presence anoint my links and posts in Jesus' Name!*


Lord, heap the blessing plates of those who encourage me 3 times higher, like Benjamin, Joseph's little long lost brother.*


Warm with triple joy the hearts of my co-laborers, those who retweet and share my posts and links.*


Bless the bank accounts of those who support me, like the widow's oil jug that never ran out.*


Let your Joy fill the hearts of the readers, my friends, as I lift up Jesus and Him Crucified!*


Thank You, Father, for organizations that support bloggers like Google, and Amazon.*


I've planted myself in the deep rich loam of God's Word. I have no plans on leaving.*



Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Mission Statement?: I want to see the blog succeed firstly, so that a world wide, cascading, irreversible universal constant awareness of God's presence in the hearts of all in our generation, secondly My Crucified and Resurrected Jesus would be lifted up so that my generation would be drawn to Him, third, the Parables would be published around the world, and last, my blog would generate an income that would prosper Mary and myself, freeing us to travel with this message and give to other works of the Lord.

For that reason, I have been spending a lot of time meditating on Psalms 1, because of the promise "whatsoever he doeth shall prosper!"

Prayers from Psalms 1

Stir with Holy Fire my hunger for Your Word, and for You, Lord Jesus. Fan the flames with Your Spirit.*

Let Your Grace flood my entire being so that I will be fruitful and pleasing to You, God.*

Your Word is amazing, holy Father, filled with jewels, flowers, treasures, all precious Words!

The world tells me nobody can be delighted in God's Word 24/7. Precious Jesus, let me be NOBODY!*

Teach me, Holy Spirit, how to meditate 24/7 on Your Word. Help me to focus with Your Grace.*

I'm blessed because I walk in Your Counsel, and not in the counsel of the ungodly.*

I take my stand NOT to defend my rights and privileges, but for Your Truth, to defend Your lambs.*

I'm not sitting in the scornful, lazy mocker's chair. I'm praising, weeping, laboring in the harvest of souls!*

The path of righteousness or father and mother hood or marriage is not a competitive race for the best, but a walk with God.*

Monday, August 1st, 2011


Planted in Your Word, refreshed by Your Word, I shall always be full of You. All I do shall prosper.*


Planted in God's Word. my labors shall refresh others, spread God's Word abroad, and be pleasing to You, Jesus.*


I'm a tree, planted in the loam of the Living Word, digging deeper, drawing closer to You, Jesus.*


The pursuit of the heart of God is a continuation of the repenting began at Salvation. I must drop:
gathering wealth
solving my problems
trying to understand myself
trying to understand women
trying to get others to understand me
trying to make a living
trying to get ahead
instead I must turn to You, God, and run to You!
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Lord Jesus, I can't build anything unless You are in it.*


I'm Your slave, Almighty God/3 times over/created, redeemed, surrendered/an unbreakable 3 fold cord*


All that I have, and all that I am is Yours, Precious Jesus, now and forever.*


Infinity moves in my heart, all of Your Majesty, Glory, Holiness , Love*


Only You, my Shepherd, could enlarge me in my distress, with the fullness of Your Joy.*


Nothing can be built without You, Lord, no family, romance, life, business.*

Devotions from Psalms 119

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!

biblegateway, Psalms 119

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

There are ways, or paths that God chooses. The way of fatherhood or motherhood, the way of the father or a mother, the way of a believer.

God has chosen the method of pathways  to be a lesson teaching tool. 

The world's method are classrooms and theaters, where every word is scripted and nuanced, where there is heavy competition for the best parts or best grades, where myths are perpetuated, where the audience or class is encouraged to worship the heroes.

The pathway is unscripted. Honest hearts are encouraged. There are plenty of opportunities to observe life, to compare, to allow God to reveal, to define and journal what we have seen.

We are so in love with the theater of the world that we tend to look down on the pathways that God has called us to.

I am "just" a husband. I am "just" a child. I am "just" a believer. I am "just" a mother. ???!!!

Friend, in God's Kingdom, which we are to seek, there is no such thing as "just a" anything. We are children of the Lion of Judah, the King of Kings, The Master Shepherd. 

We are lion cubs, Princes and Princesses, shepherd's.

I am a father, a husband, a believer. I am honored that God has called me to these pathways.

I give myself and you permission to praise God for Who He is, and thank Him for what He does.

Why God Grieves Over New York

It is a bit presumptive of me, yet I must do this every so often. I must speak on God's behalf.


If I get it wrong, I'm heaping up special punishment from God. The Word of God is clear.


Yet God does rely on His ambassadors to speak on His behalf. To fail to speak for Him when He is deeply offended would be to fail my duty as a preacher of the Gospel.


God is offended by the news of gay marriages legalized in New York this week.


New York state legalizes gay marriages.

Others can speak about Bible verses and examples better than I, so I will not at this time.


What I do have unique insight on is the rest of the story on why God finds this so revolting.


It has to do with the original gay creature, Lucifer himself.
Lucifer's desire from the beginning has been to posses God Almighty Himself as a marriage of two equals, with Satan being the dominate partner.


God's creation, including Lucifer, was designed and made to be submissive, just as a woman was designed and created to be submissive to a man.


Since God, and only God has the infinite capacity to understand the eternal consequences of His every decision, it makes sense that He should be boss not only of the universe, but our lives as well. Since He made us, we belong to Him. Since His Son redeemed us on the Cross, we belong to Him twice.


The spiritual created being has an organ called the heart which is designed for the Almighty God to reside in. 
This presence in the heart of one of His creatures causes a fullness of joy, even greater than the fullness of joy felt in the heart of a woman when her man abides in her submissive organ, which I call her heart.


There is no similar spiritual organ in God the Father for He is not designed, nor could He ever be submissive. His purpose, supported by every fiber of His being is to rule, a job which He has done flawlessly. Any blame for tragedy in this life can not be laid at the feet of God.


For Satan to dominate God in a way that God is freely capable of, Satan would have to commit spiritual sodomy.


Because God is God, He sees the eternal consequences of same sex type marriage, including the one Satan desires, an Eternal All powerful God dominated by a jealous, cruel, manipulative, murderous, lying Satan.


The nature of a same sex marriage between Satan and God, both in every day life style, and long range consequences would be infinitely painful to God, and destructively disastrous for all of His Creation, namely us.


Marriages are to be a picture and a prophecy of The Eternal Marriage, and the gay marriages in New York are falsely prophesying the victory of Satan over God, and His Eternal Submission to a being who has usurped Him, and has no love for God's creation. 


The thought of that makes God want to vomit.


No wonder He reacted so passionately and violently to the ongoing homosexual gang rapes of Sodom and Gomorrah.


By the way, I'd like to hazard a guess as to the name of Lot's wife. Morton.

Pray for Norway

Pray for Norway after Lone Gunman Massacre

A lone gunman detonated two large explosions in downtown Norway, then drove to an island where many young people had gathered after the explosions. He began shooting every one on the island.

Many young people fled to the water, which was too far to swim back to the mainland. The gunman later began to pursue and shoot those in the water.

Latest death toll count was 91, and is expected to rise. One young man survived by screaming at the shooter, who spared him. Another hid among the bodies in the water. The shooter came so close he could feel the heat of the gun barrel.

Any philosophy without God in complete charge becomes godless and destructive. The shooter was "a conservative fundamentalist" and a "freedom lover". He hated the Muslim philosophy.

He was 31 years old, and from a wealthy family. He loved to hunt, and had access to guns. He had an organic farm, and had access to fertilizer.

By taking freedom and justice into his own hands, we duplicate the worst of the philosophy we despise.

Lord Jesus, wrap your arms of comfort around grieving families. Take control of our childish minds.

Protect our children from predators. Let the shepherds who guard our children discern the wolves.

Suspect: Norwegian media reported that Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017851/Norway-attacks-gunman-Anders-Behring-Breivik-right-wing-extremist-hated-Muslims.html#ixzz1SvXt8sbP

Suspect drove white van onto island after detonating two large explosions.

Hoosier Politicians

Democratic Senator Evan Bayh was not supported by pro abortion group Planned Parenthood. He voted against
partial birth abortion.

Hoosiers excel at a lot of things, not the least of which is their political thinking, which is why Hoosiers don't fare as well nationally. Hoosiers politicians, both parties, have a higher standard for honesty, positive campaigning, bipartisanship, moderation, and godly (prolife, marriage, restrained borrowing) politics than national politics as a whole. Just my observation.

Republican Senator Dick Lugar has drawn criticism
for his bipartisanship.

Congressman Joe Donelly was one of a handful of democrats to vote
against stem cell research.

Former Democratic Congressman Tim Roemer was prolife.

Former Vice President Dan Quayle was
strongly attacked by liberals for his socially conservative views.

Balloon Spotting

As Mary and I were coming home from New Hudson we spotted a gaggle of hot air balloons. We decided to pursue them. We noticed they were headed for our town, South Lyon, Michigan, USA. One of them happened to land in a field very near the road we were on, so we stopped, along with several other cars to snap some pictures

We'll speak often to each other, Lord, of Your tender mercies and post them everywhere!

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The Stethoscope

The TARDIS

My intent is to tie several great truths together, the truth of event called the Crucifixion, the truth of our nature being in the image of God, and the truth of nature of our spiritual heart which has the capacity for infinite destruction, infinite good, infinite pain, and infinite joy. Our heart has also the capacity to be the residence of an infinite God.

I am including a picture of the Tardis because it illustrates the spiritual heart. It's bigger on the inside than on the outside, and it can connect the pilot to any place in time and space.

An ancient writer once said that those who behave as though God does not exist do not want to hear wisdom, except for the wisdom about the heart.
Another ancient writer said that if we observe God's creation, we will understand the God head, and we will be with out excuse.
Once we understand the infinite capacity both of destruction and good of the heart, we must come to the conclusion that only THE Infinite Being called God can control this wild part of our being.
We can understand the God head by observing His creation, and we observe that all of life is sexual. There are many types of sexuality, but the best type of sexuality, as far as the well being of the offspring are concerned is human sexuality, with two equal beings, one dominant, one submissive, ie one man, one woman, for one lifetime. It is also the best type of sexuality for the benefit of the partners, capable of producing incredible joy and pleasure.
By observing the pervasive and progressive nature of life and sexuality, from the lowest to the highest, we can conclude that our heavenly Father is also a sexual being, and it would be easy to conclude that He is in the process of creating His Bride, a supernatural being like Himself, but submitting to His greater infinite Wisdom.
In the finite world, we are capable of finite pleasure and joy, limited by time and spcae, for we are on a one waytrip through time, and we can only be in one place at a time. If we accept the premise of a spiritual world, we can conclude that, if this other world exists, it is not limited by time and space. If there is such a thing as a spiritual marriage, those partners would be capable of UNLIMITED JOY AND PLEASURE!
We are the children of the heavenly Father, and for that reason we are made in image of God.
Just as God is a tri fold being, Father Son , and Holy Spirit, we are also Body, Soul, and Spirit.
The heart of God is a living organ, tying together the 3 entities, and every other living creature. Since His heart is a spiritual heart, not bound by time and location it also ties together all of creation, before, during, and after time. His heart is completely infinite.
We also have a spiritual heart which ties together our body soul and spirit, and has the potential to connect to God's creation, present past and future and especially our brothers and sisters. Our heart is potentially infinite.
In the physical world, the outside of the object defines the size of the object. The outside of the object is always larger than the inside.
In the spiritual world, the outside of the object does not define the size of the object. A spiritual object may be infinitely small on the inside, and infinitely large on the inside.
Our heart on the outside is as big as the soul of the "man" to whom it belongs, but has the capacity to be the abode of our infinite Creator on the inside.
Our connection to God is through His love for us. It is so small it can not be seen, yet this thread infinitely small on the outside, is infinitely large on the inside, large enough to be a pathway for all of the infinite Majesty of God to come and live in the heart of any child of His that invites Him in.

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The TARDIS[nb 1][1] [ˈtɑːdɪs] (help·info) (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space)[nb 2] is a fictional time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who.
A TARDIS is a product of the advanced technology of the Time Lords, an extraterrestrial civilisation to which the programme's central character, the Doctor, belongs. A properly maintained and piloted TARDIS can transport its occupants to any point in time and space. The interior of a TARDIS is much larger than its exterior, which can blend in with its surroundings through the ship's "chameleon circuit". In the series, the Doctor pilots an unreliable, obsolete Type 40 TARDIS, whose chameleon circuit is faulty, leaving it locked in the shape of a 1950s-style London police box after a visit to London in 1963.[2] The Doctor's TARDIS was stolen from the Time Lords' home planet, Gallifrey, where it was old, decommissioned and derelict.[3] The unpredictability of the TARDIS's short-range guidance (short relative to the size of the Universe) has often been a plot point in the Doctor's travels.
Although "TARDIS" is a type of craft, rather than a specific one, the Doctor's TARDIS is usually referred to as "the" TARDIS or, in some of the earlier serials, just as "the ship", "the blue box", "the capsule" or even "the police box".[nb 3]
Doctor Who has become so much a part of British popular culture that not only has the shape of the police box become more immediately associated with the TARDIS than with its real-world inspiration, the word "TARDIS" has been used to describe anything that seems to be bigger on the inside than on the outside. - from wikipedia

Watching Trains With My Grandsons

Mary and I enjoy taking Zach and Mathew, my grandsons, train spotting or train watching. Less than 2 miles from my Indiana home is an east west train double track CSX line. In the small town of Teegarden Indiana is a Brethren church with a play ground and park in the back of the church property which borders the train tracks. We take the grand sons there to play on the swings and slide and wait for trains.
The boys obviously get very excited when a  train passes. I infected them with that enthusiasm. My youngest daughter Wendy, Mathew's mother and Zach's aunt, lived right next to the tracks for several years while the boys were toddlers. Whenever I was visiting, when a train passed, I'd pick one of them up and run for the back door shouting "Train!"
Mary has the bug now. Whenever we visit the family in Indiana, we HAVE to drive the last few miles to Wendy's house along 1st road, which parallels the CSX line for many mile. We never try to beat the train. We always wait for it.

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Mary's New Car

Early in June 2011 Mary got a new car. It's a  2011 Buick Regal.

The Regal scored the highest rating on safety (good) in all 5 areas. Her car has a 4 cylinder 2000 cc. engine and a 6 speed auto transmission so travelling will be economical.

The seats are super comfortable and adjustable. I can stretch all the way out, and I'm very tall, 6' 5". She is so comfortable that she is driving again, even with her sensitivity to pain, so I'll get to work on my devotions on long trips.

Mary leased the car with a slightly extended warranty, so when that expires she simply will get a new car. No maintenance worries.

She got the high mileage lease so we'll be able to travel freely, both to visit my family and possibly to Florida or Nevada in the winter.

On our first full day with the car we went to a movie, X Men First Class, in Livonia, then took a drive to Brighton for dinner at Cracker Barrel and had a delicious desert. Mary had the coke cake and I had the multiberry cobbler, both alamode.

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