A Christ Follower: The Journey

By His own blood, He entered--once and for all-- into God's most Holy Place,  having purchased  eternal redemption for us.  Hebrews 9:12 " H e"                         " O nce And For All"                                            " P urchased"By His own Blood .        " E ternal" * * * " Redemption " For Us. Now  when I first started writing this particular blog today, I did not intend to have an acrostic pop up; however, as I simply wrote down what I thought were key words... well... H-O-P-E began to spring to life. Yes, indeed, the God of DO OVERS provides hope for hopeless people... People who...like you and me... broke God's law, for which a Holy God requires the death penalty. However, and yet... That is only part of the Love Story.  That is only a part of this story I just called H-O-P-E.  The rest includes Jesus fulfilling the promise of the Old Testament Lamb that was slain (each yea

How precious are Your thoughts to me,  O God!  How great is the sum of them!   If I could count them all, they would outnumber all the grains of sand in the  Universe.   Psalm 139:17-18     Hears a challenge for you that can lift your spirit: After you read the Psalmist's word above, take time out to think about how you think about what you think about  these verses.  I don't mean to just read it quickly and stop.  I mean read it, and just sit with it "for a spell."  Make these words your own words or paraphrase them.  Write down your paraphrase and listen for God's message.     When I do this, I want to say WOW! How many grains of sand are in this entire Universe? About whom is the writer speaking? I tried counting all the sand in a teaspoon once, and gave up. (I did this after reading these verse.)  And I know the writer is talking very personally about whoever is reading the promises. The writer is talking about  y-o-u.  The writer is t

We Need God In America Again Lyrics By Carman ++View Video While Reading The Words++ George Washington, Thomas Jefferson Samuel Adams, First Chief Justice John Jay Names synonymous with the spirit of our country Founding fathers of the U.S.A. Over 200 years ago they shook off the chains of tyranny from Great Britain By divine call Citing 27 biblical violations they wrote the Declaration of Independence With liberty and justice for all But something happened since Jefferson called the Bible the cornerstone.For American liberty then put it in our schools as a light Or since "Give me liberty, or give me death," Patrick Henry said Our country was founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ We eliminated God from the equation of American life Thus eliminating the reason this nation first began From beyond the grave I hear the voices of our founding fathers plead You need God in America again Of the 55 men who formed the Constitution Fifty-two were active members of their church

Franklin D. Roosevelt   Prayer in Dark Times Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity... Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith. They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph... Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom. And for us at home--fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas, whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them--help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice... Give us