In the final analysis, many believers will stand before God bragging about all of the things they did for His kingdom, only to learn they failed to do the one thing He wanted them to do personally. In the final analysis, the one thing that matters is that we're led by God in all we do & say, in every area of our lives. Pray for us that we will always seek God's light
We're a generation who majors in minors & minors in majors . We tend to blow the most inconsequential things all out of proportion turning molehills into mountains. We also tend to totally ignore the things in life that are most important. However, when we strive to see things from God's perspective, all of this begins to change. Everything in our lives gradually begi
Bro, if someone is trying to get their lives back on track & headed somewhere they can expect trouble from those who aren't drop by & check out my Enews Blog site: http://enewsblog.com/getrealwithgod/ Wayne Freeman getrealwithgod
I've overextended myself in the effort to reach more people. Am cutting back to one personal blog site folks: Hope to see all of you there soon I have really enjoyed all of your responses. yopu'll find all the same posts there eventually & lots more. Wayne God's Marine Link <!-- Ju-Anchor-Footer-St
Dangerous Task Once there was a millionaire, who collected live alligators. He kept them in the pool, back of his mansion. The millionaire also had a beautiful daughter who was single. One day he decides to throw a huge party, and during the party he announces, "My dear guests...I have a proposition to every man here. I will give one million dollars or my daugh
Some years ago, on a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole that was behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator was swi
My favorite prayer verse is 1st John 3:22. when you combine that with your verse Preacher Man you get this. We can rest assured our prayers will be answereed if we (2) Keep His commandments, (2) do the things that please Him, (3) Pray according to His revealed will.
You know, I've only been in the ministry for 25 years now; but that's been long enough to notice our tendency to put more faith in commentators than in the Bible itself. I was guilty of that for years myself until God asked me to personally give Him one reason why He shouldn't send me to hell; & suddenly my mind went blank. I couldn't give God one reason why He should
Dear Ma and Pa, I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled. I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m. but I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you do befo
God showed me again recently that it takes no longer for me to say a short prayer for someone than it does for me to say I'll pray for you. I don't mean this in a derogatory way. I've been in a pulpit for most of the last 25 years, & I learned to hate the shotgun prayer calls there in the churches. When a prayer for someone becomes important enough to drop what we're
started something new, a website for Marines & exmarines. Hope you'll all drop in for a visit. http://enewsblog.com/godsmarine/ Wayne Freeman God's Marine
I stepped into the light one day & saw some things right away, things I'd never seen before, things I didn't want to see any more. I stepped back into the shadows there totally, blissfully, unaware the light shining inside of me was sent by God to set me free from all the enemies of my soul, to cleanse, heal, & make me whole. I steppe
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 This is one of the first verses God ever quickened to me. It deals with trusting God & not leaning to our own understanding . When we're going through something, are we really letting go of that problem & allowing God to handle it; or are we ju
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him . Hebrews 11:6 When was the last time you kept praying until you knew you'd heard from God? When you heard from Him, how did He communicate with you? I believe many of us don'
Actually the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I believe in confession, but i don't believe you have to go to a priest for it. The apostle James said it this way; Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16 In other words, you need to come clean about your sins, but it's really hard to find someone you can trust
The term translated born again in John 3:3 is gennao anothen ; a greek term meaning receive new life . That's what this verse is talking about. There's a brand new you on the inside crying to be released someday. Unfortuanately the new you has still got to deal with the old you . Have you heard the story about the farmer who had 2 dogs; one that he loved a lot, & one that he couldn't stand. He fed the dog h
The problem for me for so long was I was trying to believe in God with the wrong thing, this ugly head on my shoulders; but then one day I realized there's no greater truth than this one in Romans 10:10 ; For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness. The greatest distance in the whole world God once told me is only 18 inches. that's the distance from a man's head to his heart . 1st John 4:19 says <I
You can't Bro. @ first reading that seems like a shallow answer; but consider these 2 verses first; We love him, because he first loved us. 1st John 4:19 We can't begin to love God until we really believe He loves us. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matthew 19:19 I'll never be able to love you with all of your imperfections until I can first accept my own. Wayne Freeman
I came to a place in my own life after 15 years in a pulpit where I realized what I had come to believe had no relevence in my real life. In layman's terms, the things I believed weren't changing my life @ all. I remembered a lesson God taught me just 3 years into the ministry. I was lying awake in bed with my Bible on my chest when God dropped this thought into my conscious mind out of nowhere; Can you give me one reason why I shouldn't send you to he
I came to a place in my own life after 15 years in a pulpit where I realized what I had come to believe had no relevence in my real life. In layman's terms, the things I believed weren't changing my life @ all. I remembered a lesson God taught me just 3 years into the ministry. I was lying awake in bed with my Bible on my chest when God dropped this thought into my co
Before I could answer the why , I had to answer the what . I came to a place in my own life where I truly had to admit all the things I'd believed for so many years weren't having any effect on my own life @ all. I had to reexamine the What before I could get in touch with the why . I began to study the Bible incontext in dead earnest. I began to see something missing in my own christian experience. As I allowed God to l
Very insightful. I see a far greater problem however, just how many believers don't take their christianity seriously. I've been amazed this last 6 or 7 years online by just how few believers get involved in any kind of discussion about God's kingdom or christian living. If any of us were to consider tithing our time , what part of our day is dedicated to pursuing godly things? I'm amazed by how many believers state they truly believe Jesus could
Bro, I grew up in church myself; but that didn't keep me from running just as hard & fast in the other direction as I could go for 13 years. The night I got saved, God called me out of a bar. that was the only time I ever heard God's voice. He told me to leave that bar. I went down to a lake in Baton rouge, & I argued & fought with God for 7 hours. I was finally spent, & totally empty emotionally. I remember telling Him, You either exist or you don'
Thanks Ziggy. You'd be surprised how many people in our churches don't really believe what the Bible says Bro. One major problem I've seen in our pulpits this last 25 years plus is our tendency to take scripture out of context to back up what we want to believe . common sense says however, if we're all being led into the truth by the same Spirit of truth, we'd all believe the same things <img src="../images/smiles/lol.gif" border=0 ALIGN=
Yep. That's got to be the 4 saddest words in the Bible Bro; I never knew you . Most people read their Bibles for years & never get the full impact of passages like this. This is a vast crowd of people who truly believed they were saved & on the way to heaven, only to find out they were deceived by some false teacher & on their way to hell. why? because they never really had a relationship with Jesus Christ & God. Why? They were never really bor
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