Good morning from Michigan,
We are visiting RV parks checking for opprotunities for summer preaching cites. We are, also, visiting friends we have met these past three years. And thoroughly enjoying it.
Todays Bible Thought:
There was a soldier who was wounded in battle. The padre crept out and did what he could for him. He stayed with him when the remainder of the troops retreated. In the heat of the day he gave him water from his own water bottle, while he himself remained parched with thirst. In the night, when the chill frost came down, he covered the wounded man with his own coat, and finally wrapped him up in even more of his own clothes to save him from the cold. In the end the wounded man looked up at the padre. "Padre," he said, "You're a Christian?"
"I try to be," said the padre.
"Then," said the wounded man "if Christianity makes a man do for another man what you have done for me, tell me about it, because I want it."*
You are the only Jesus somebody knows. Christ lives in you and will use you to help heal this hurting world if you'll let Him. The priest was willing to become uncomfortable for the sake of a dying man. Sometimes I don't feel like going out of my way to reach out to someone and sometimes I close the door. There are other times when I realize that I represent Jesus to the world around me and that I touch someone not with my love but with His love. And it makes a difference in their life and mine.
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Gal. 2:20
As always on behalf of LaVon and I, thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by giving in many ways, by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the Living Water with the world through the RV ministry.
Each of us should know what God wants us to do Paul said, "This one thing I do!" Know what it is that God wants you to do and do it with all your strength for His glory!
Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Sunday's Coming
Good morning from Michigan,
We are visiting RV parks, checking for opprotunities for summer preaching cites. We are also visiting friends we have met these past three years. We made a hospital visit yesterday with Jack Gordon as he had a procedure done; all went well and he will probably get to go home today.
Today's Bible Thought:
Your actions will speak much louder than any words you will ever say:
Shortly after World War II came to a close, Europe began picking up the pieces. Much of the Old Country had been ravaged by war and was in ruins. Perhaps the saddest sight of all was that of little orphaned children starving in the streets of those war-torn cities.
Early one chilly morning an American soldier was making his way back to the barracks in London. As he turned the corner in his jeep, he spotted a little lad with his nose pressed to the window of a pastry shop. Inside the cook was kneading dough for a fresh batch of doughnuts. The hungry boy stared in silence, watching every move. The soldier pulled his jeep to the curb, stopped, got out, and walked quietly over to where the little fellow was standing. Through the steamed-up window he could see the mouth-watering morsels as they were being pulled from the oven, piping hot. The boy salivated and released a slight groan as he watched the cook place them onto the glass-enclosed counter ever so carefully.
The soldier's heart went out to the nameless orphan as he stood beside him. "Son...would you like some of those?" The boy was startled.
"Oh, yeah...I would!"
The American stepped inside and bought a dozen, put them in a bag, and walked back to where the lad was standing in the foggy cold of the London morning. He smiled, held out the bag, and said simply: "Here you are." As he turned to walk away he felt a tug on his coat. He looked back and heard the child ask quietly:
"Mister. . . are you God?"
We are never more like God than when we give.
1 John 3:18 -" Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."
As always, on behalf of LaVon and I, thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by giving in many ways: by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the living water with the world through the RV ministry. You are an encouragement to us.
Each of us should know what God wants us to do Paul said, "This one thing I do!" Know what it is that God wants you to do and do it with all your strength for His glory.
Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don
We are visiting RV parks, checking for opprotunities for summer preaching cites. We are also visiting friends we have met these past three years. We made a hospital visit yesterday with Jack Gordon as he had a procedure done; all went well and he will probably get to go home today.
Today's Bible Thought:
Your actions will speak much louder than any words you will ever say:
Shortly after World War II came to a close, Europe began picking up the pieces. Much of the Old Country had been ravaged by war and was in ruins. Perhaps the saddest sight of all was that of little orphaned children starving in the streets of those war-torn cities.
Early one chilly morning an American soldier was making his way back to the barracks in London. As he turned the corner in his jeep, he spotted a little lad with his nose pressed to the window of a pastry shop. Inside the cook was kneading dough for a fresh batch of doughnuts. The hungry boy stared in silence, watching every move. The soldier pulled his jeep to the curb, stopped, got out, and walked quietly over to where the little fellow was standing. Through the steamed-up window he could see the mouth-watering morsels as they were being pulled from the oven, piping hot. The boy salivated and released a slight groan as he watched the cook place them onto the glass-enclosed counter ever so carefully.
The soldier's heart went out to the nameless orphan as he stood beside him. "Son...would you like some of those?" The boy was startled.
"Oh, yeah...I would!"
The American stepped inside and bought a dozen, put them in a bag, and walked back to where the lad was standing in the foggy cold of the London morning. He smiled, held out the bag, and said simply: "Here you are." As he turned to walk away he felt a tug on his coat. He looked back and heard the child ask quietly:
"Mister. . . are you God?"
We are never more like God than when we give.
1 John 3:18 -" Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."
Each of us should know what God wants us to do Paul said, "This one thing I do!" Know what it is that God wants you to do and do it with all your strength for His glory.
Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Sunday Is Coming
Good morning,
We are on the road again. I pray all is well with you today.
He said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few." Matthew 9:37
Francis of Assisi was a wealthy, highborn man who lived hundreds of years ago. He felt that his life was incomplete and even though he had more than enough wealth he was a very unhappy man. One day while he was out riding he met a leper. The leper was loathsome and repulsive in the ugliness of his disease. Something moved Francis to dismount and fling his arms around this person. In the arms of Francis the leper's face changed to the face of Christ. Francis was never the same again.
Francis of Assisi spent the rest of his life serving his Lord Jesus Christ. He wrote these famous words as a prayer to God from the heart of a man who had a deep desire to be an instrument of God's will on this earth.
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
Matthew 9:37 tells us there are many people who still need to know the peace, love, faith, hope, light and joy of Jesus Christ. Are you willing to put in the work necessary to tell these people about Jesus?
Doing service is a powerful way to open the heart and fulfill the soul. Those people who do service know how much joy they receive from giving to others. -- Margaret Paul
As always, on behalf of LaVon and I, thank you for your continued support and interest in our ministry by giving in many ways, by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the living water with the world through the RV ministry.
Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don
We are on the road again. I pray all is well with you today.
He said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few." Matthew 9:37
Francis of Assisi was a wealthy, highborn man who lived hundreds of years ago. He felt that his life was incomplete and even though he had more than enough wealth he was a very unhappy man. One day while he was out riding he met a leper. The leper was loathsome and repulsive in the ugliness of his disease. Something moved Francis to dismount and fling his arms around this person. In the arms of Francis the leper's face changed to the face of Christ. Francis was never the same again.
Francis of Assisi spent the rest of his life serving his Lord Jesus Christ. He wrote these famous words as a prayer to God from the heart of a man who had a deep desire to be an instrument of God's will on this earth.
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
Matthew 9:37 tells us there are many people who still need to know the peace, love, faith, hope, light and joy of Jesus Christ. Are you willing to put in the work necessary to tell these people about Jesus?
Doing service is a powerful way to open the heart and fulfill the soul. Those people who do service know how much joy they receive from giving to others. -- Margaret Paul
As always, on behalf of LaVon and I, thank you for your continued support and interest in our ministry by giving in many ways, by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the living water with the world through the RV ministry.
Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Sunday Is Coming
Good morning from Georgia,
We will be leaving Monday for Michigan, God willing.
Once we got to Atlanta, we were looking for Peachtree Street. Do you know how many streets in Atlanta have the name Peachtree in it? Here we are on this wide road looking for the narrow road to get us where we need to go, you guessed it, we took the wrong road. Matter of fact, we took a couple of wrong roads before we found the one we needed. The sermon thought is this: the world will tell you there are many ways to Heaven, just take any of these roads and you will get there. That is a lie. There is only one way to Heaven and that is through the Lord Jesus.
John 14:6 (ASV) 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus didn't say He was "a way." He is the only way, just like us on Peachtree Street. We didn't get to where we needed to go, but, when we found Peachtree North it took us right to where we needed to go. Don't believe the world. Put your faith in Jesus. Should He return today, don't get caught going the wrong way, on the wrong road.
As always on behalf of LaVon and I, thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by giving in many ways, by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the Living Water with the a thirsty world through the RV ministry.
Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don
We will be leaving Monday for Michigan, God willing.
The Sunday we went to Atlanta to hear Charles Stanley, I came back with a few sermon thoughts. I shared one last week here is another. We were driving into the city and the road went from four lanes to 6 then 8, 10, 14.
My mind went to the passage:
Matthew 7:13 - 14 (ASV) 13 Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. 14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
John 14:6 (ASV) 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus didn't say He was "a way." He is the only way, just like us on Peachtree Street. We didn't get to where we needed to go, but, when we found Peachtree North it took us right to where we needed to go. Don't believe the world. Put your faith in Jesus. Should He return today, don't get caught going the wrong way, on the wrong road.
As always on behalf of LaVon and I, thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by giving in many ways, by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the Living Water with the a thirsty world through the RV ministry.
Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don
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