If there is something wrong with everything I see.
Maby I should check to see if love is inside of me.

In His Love,

Bob
(405) 341-1904

At the end of the day this one question is the foundation of our faith. Without the correct answer to this question nothing will change the self centered nature that separates us from an all powerful,truthful,loving God who chose to be our Father. Anyone who is willing to honestly examine their life knows the frustration and hopelessness of trying to solve life problems in their own strength. Our broken or dysfunctional relationships. The injustice that we can’t make right. The sickness that we can’t heal. The empty spot in our own soul that we can’t fill. All of us want Dignity, not just for ourselves, but for our fellow man. No caring person wants to see those they love strung out on drugs, sex or worry. Or bound by Self Righteousness, Fear, Self Pity or living behind a wall of defensiveness that keeps the people who love them from getting to them.

God knew what He was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love Him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity He restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in Him.. (Romans 8:29 Message Bible quoted by permission.)
We must agressively choose and support any thing in our life that reflects the dignity that comes from accepting our place as a son or daughter of the God who created us and get rid of anything in our life that reeks of the depravity that comes from disagreeing with the God who made us all and was willing to send His Son to die for us.
Dr. Tim Clinton asks the following questions in his great book “Turn Your Life Around.”
1. Have you honestly ask God to “renew a right spirit within you? What does this mean? What would change in your life as a result of this right spirit?
2. Are you willing to live a life of abandonment, to set aside everything that keeps you from walking a life with God?

Walking in the Dignity that comes from knowing our creator brings peace to us.

Walking in the Depravity that comes from “doing our own thing” apart from God brings fear.

Call us if we can help!

In His Love,

Bob
(405)341-1904

On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he has braces on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches. To see him walk across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly, is an awesome sight.

He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and proceeds to play.

By now, the audience is used to this ritual. They sit quietly while he makes his way across the stage to his chair. They remain reverently silent while he undoes the clasps on his legs.They wait until he is ready to play.

But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it snap – it went off like gunfire across the room.

There was no mistaking what that sound meant. There was no mistaking what he had to do. We figured that he would have to get up, put on the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp his way off stage – to either find another violin or else find another string for this one. But he didn’t. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again.

The orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off. And he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before.

Of course, anyone knows that it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.

You could see him modulating, changing, re-composing the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was de-tuning the strings to get new sounds from them that they had never made before.

When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. There was an extraordinary outburst of applause from every corner of the auditorium. We were all on our feet, screaming and cheering, doing everything we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done.

He smiled, wiped the sweat from this brow, raised his bow to quiet us, and then he said – not boastfully, but in a quiet, pensive, reverent tone – “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.”

What a powerful line that is. It has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it. And who knows? Perhaps that is the definition of life – not just for artists but for all of us.

Here is a man who has prepared all his life to make music on a violin of four strings, who, all of a sudden, in the middle of a concert, finds himself with only three strings; so he makes music with three strings, and the music he made that night with just three strings was more beautiful, more sacred, more memorable, than any that he had ever made before, when he had four strings.

So, perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.

God made you spectial! No one has what you have! You are one of a kind. No one else is like you in the whole world. What do you have left?

If by getting rid of my fear I can have power,love and a sound mind. The oposit must also be true. If I can’t or won’t get rid of my fear I can’t have any power, because I have given my power to the fear. So I can’t receive or give love and I can’t think straight. It is pretty aparant that I must get rid of my fear. The next scripture tells us how!

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us.If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.1 John 4:18-21

I must love:
1. My God
2. My Fellow man.
3. My self.
Don’t quit loveing for anyone or any reason.

Don’t get off of your love base.

This story was sent this to me I don’t know who wrote it, but it is what I teach and this is hard to improve on.

One day a while back, a man, his heart heavy with grief, was walking in the
woods. As he thought about his life this day, he knew many things were not
right. He thought about those who had lied about him back when he had a job.

His thoughts turned to those who had stolen his things and cheated him. He
remembered family that had passed on. His mind turned to the illness he had
that no one could cure. His very soul was filled with anger, resentment and
frustration.

Standing there this day, searching for answers he could not find, knowing
all else had failed him, he knelt at the base of an old oak tree to seek the
one he knew would always be there. And with tears in
his eyes, he prayed:

“Lord- You have done wonderful things for me in this life. You have told me
to do many things for you, and I happily obeyed. Today, you have told me to
forgive. I am sad, Lord, because I cannot. I don’t know how.

It is not fair Lord. I didn’t deserve these wrongs that were done against me
and I shouldn’t have to forgive. As perfect as your way is Lord, this one
thing I cannot do, for I don’t know how to forgive. My anger is so deep
Lord, I fear I may not hear you, but I pray that you teach me to do this one
thing I cannot do – Teach me to Forgive.”

As he knelt there in the quiet shade of that old oak tree, he felt something
fall onto his shoulder. He opened his eyes. Out of the corner of one eye, he
saw something red on his shirt.

He could not turn to see what it was because where the oak tree had been was
a large square piece of wood in the ground. He raised his head and saw two
feet held to the wood with a large spike through them.

He raised his head more, and tears came to his eyes as he saw Jesus hanging
on a cross. He saw spikes in His hands, a gash in His side, a torn and
battered body, deep thorns sunk into His head. Finally he saw the suffering
and pain on His precious face. As their eyes met, the man’s tears turned to
sobbing, and Jesus began to speak.

“Have you ever told a lie?” He asked. The man answered – “yes, Lord.”

“Have you ever been given too much change and kept it?” The man answered – ”

yes. Lord.” And the man sobbed more and more.

“Have you ever taken something from work that wasn’t yours?” Jesus asked?
And the man answered – “yes, Lord.”

“Have you ever sworn, using my Father’s name in vain? ” The man, crying now,
answered – “yes, Lord.”

As Jesus asked many more times, “Have you ever”? The man’s crying became
uncontrollable, for he could only answer – “yes, Lord.”

Then Jesus turned His head from one side to the other, and the man felt
something fall on his other shoulder. He looked and saw that it was the
blood of Jesus. When he looked back up, his eyes met those of Jesus, and
there was a look of love the man had never seen or known before.

Jesus said, “I didn’t deserve this either, but I forgive you.”

It may be hard to see how you’re going to get through something, but when
you look back in life, you realize how true this statement is.

Read the following first line slowly and let it sink in.

If God brings you to it – He will bring you through it.

When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you!

You may be saying Bob you don’t know what they did to me!

You are right I don’t know and I can’t know. But I know what they are doing to you now if you fail to forgive. They are getting you to make a statement through your unforgiveness. The statement is “What Jesus did on the Cross was not enough.” The truth is “What Jesus did on the Cross was enough!”

Choose to forgive so you can go free and the one who hurt you can go free.

Bob

Bob
You presented the argument against abortion very succinctly. This subject has gone through my mind a lot since i can’t imagine anyone even thinking of ending a life like that. However, I have wondered what my reaction would be in the case of rape. The moral predictment would be the same; however, how could a young woman go through 9 months nourishing a life so fiendishly created? Would this kind of situation be considered a threat to the mother’s mental health and thus, ethically, be acceptable

My answer!
Dana,
Good question!

I think a more appropiate question might be when does life become a human being. We know from reading scripture that John the Baptist leaped in his mother’s womb at the presence of his Lord Jesus, who was also in His mother’s womb. From reading this story it seems like we become human beiings at conception or at least while we are still in our mother’s womb. If that is true to make the baby pay the price for the crime of the rapist would be a terrible injustice. If the mother could not raise the baby,which would certainly be understandable, there are couples all over our country that cannot have children of their own, who would not only adopt the child but pay the hospital expenses. According to the studies I have read aborting a baby causes serious emotional and mental problems for the mother.

I personally believe every life is special and the only possible justification for abortion would be if carrying the child would bring death to the mother.

An AIDS victim pleaded with mother Theresa as she made her rounds in the hospice to pray for a cure for AIDS. Mother Theresa replied, ” I have already prayed to God for healing for AIDS, and God’s answer to me was “the one I sent to you was aborted in his mother’s womb.”

My grandmother was told to abort my mother. The docter said that due to the condition of her body and the problems she had giving birth to two other children she was at risk by carrying my mother to full term. My grandmother never recovered physically from the birth of my mother. I am glad she didn’t abort my mother. So are my children and grandchildren.

In His Love and mine,

Bob

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I have a message from a little friend of mine who really needs your help. Here is his message.

“A lot of folks just forget about the God who made this country strong when it is time to vote. He is really important to me because I am so new that He is all I really have.

I know you are busy but could I have just a little time to tell you about me?
My heart is beating just like yours and it has been for about 6 weeks now.
I can squint, swallow and make a fist.
I have fingerprints and can kick (you ought to see me kick).
I am sensitive to heat, touch, light and noise.
I suck my thumb sometimes to have a break in my routine.
I am not as big as you but all my body systems are working.
I only weigh about 1 oz and am only about 3 inches tall ( they don’t bother with exact measurements at my age).
I am only 12 weeks old and one of the disadvantages of being 12 is that I can’t talk yet.
There are a lot of things I can’t do yet, but my potential is enormous. I may discover a cure for cancer, or maybe even a cure for hatred among mankind. Would you like that?

I’ll need your help! Some people are talking about “having free choice”. From my view point that is a fragmented sentence. What they mean is “they want a free choice to kill me”.

These people have got my mom really confused. Oh she loves me a lot but she is scared. You see she conceived me without being married to anyone, and she is just a kid her self. My dad, well he is just a kid too. They don’t know what to do. My mom’s dad told her that if she didn’t kill me she would have to move out. Her dad & mom says she must have an abortion… that is the way they put it to my mom, but however you put it, this is a desperate situation for me!

What can you do? Would you please get out and vote? We shouldn’t have laws that says it OK to kill people just because they are to young or to old to take care of themselves. I am to young and … well you may get to old.

I know you are busy but could you spare some time to let your voice be heard? It is important to our country and it is really a matter of life and death for me.

In God’s Love,

Baby

(sorry about the name I don’t have one yet, I guess that makes me the least of all “

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What is God’s plan for your life? God has a will and a purpose for you!

Your job is to recognize it, believe it, carry it within you, speak it often and act on it. Knowing God’s plan for your life gives you the tremendous advantage of knowing you can’t fail. You are the one who has to come into agreement with the plan, to allow it to come to past. Get over the idea that the majority has to agree with you, or believe what God said to you. Your response to God’s vision for you must be independent of what the general population might think. As a matter of fact God’s vision for you is normally bigger than the general population can believe. This is a difficult concept for us because we live in a democracy where others vote and the majority rules. The kingdom of God is a theocracy where only one vote counts – God’s!

If you have heard from God, verified it by His written Word, confirmed it through your spiritual authority, and if you are both in agreement about what He has said, don’t put your dream on hold until everybody else gets on the same page with you. You can’t wait until others are comfortable with your dream before you pursue it. They may misunderstand you, talk about you, laugh at you, not invite you over, refuse to support you, and you can still accomplish your dream. Why? Because your God is a covenant making, covenant keeping God, and what He has spoken over your life, He will surely bring to pass: “Depend on it: God keeps His word”

1.Recognize that God’s plan for your life is to give you hope and a great future.
2.Believe in what He has called you to do, all jobs in the Kingdom of God are important.
3.Walk in love with everyone, you will never forgive more than God has already forgiven you.
4.Don’t let anyone “but” you out of God’s plan for you. “Yes but” has killed many visions.

I am excited about the great things God has planned for your life. Please share your dreams with me so I can believe with you!
Suceed in what matters to you and God!

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All of us were made in God’s image and God is a relational God. How do we handle it when people disappoint us? How do we handle it when people walk out of our life? How do we handle it when people die?

Sometimes just knowing how God handles rejection helps. The same passage of scripture that tells us how important the world is to God and how much He loves us tells us that some will reject God inspite of His best efforts.

John 3:19 -21 “This is the verdict:Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.” (NIV)

Every one is not going to love or even like you. They didn’t love Jesus. But when they rejected Him He said, “Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34 (NIV)

Here are some common emotions that we suffer during a Relationship loss.
Grief, Shock, Denial, Barganing, Anger,Acute Grief, Social Withdrawal, Readjustment, Acceptance and resumption of life.

I personally have experienced the acceptance and resumption of life only as I forgive and let God be in charge of justice.

We lost a son 18 years ago in a fire. Call if we can help with your loss. (405)341-1904