Do you believe that there are Miracles from God today? I do, as I prepare this podcast it has been a week since God has given me and my family two! That’s right at this time a week ago Sherry was at my side as they tried to take me off the ventilator.

True it was not as great as what we read Jesus did when He healed all the sick found in Matthew 8:16 – 17 - When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

For Sherry and I it was as big as when Jesus raise Lazarus found in John 11:1-45 and also like the days of Jesus we have renewed our faith in Jesus. JN 11:45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, put their faith in him.
Have you seen a miracle of Jesus?
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1 Timothy 6:6 -But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

God Commands us to work!

Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

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First was seeing the size of one person family and the effect he had on the world! Joe had 10 kids, so his family was large. Over and over again we heard of his love of the Lord!

Next I learned of how humble Joe was! He served in the Navy during World War Two as a corpsman.

Lastly I was moved by the military rites honoring a fallen comrade! I watch these older men and women passing by one who had served!

Historically the places and the titles may have changed, but our armed forces should be just as favorably valued as the Centurions of the Bible. Being a soldier was highly revered. For example, Paul describes Epaphroditus, a fellow Christian as a “fellow soldier” (Philippians 2:25). The Bible also uses military terms to describe being strong in the Lord by putting on the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-20).

Romans 13:1-5 gives us the God-ordained role of government in society:

1) to govern with authority from God (v1-2)

2) to praise the good in society (v4)

3) to punish the evildoer in society (v4)

4) to bear the sword and execute wrath against wrongdoers (v4)

No matter what our views on the current war, we must never forget those that have served to give us the freedom to voice our opinions. We must never stop voicing those opinions to our elected officials as in the end we all are the government!

George Santayana: Philosopher, poet, literary and cultural critic, once wrote – “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

Let us not repeat the treatment of the Vietnam Solders!

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We all must learn to stop and think of the choices we make, how it is going to effect those a round us!

Contemporary English Version © 1995 by American Bible Ephesians 6:4 Parents, don’t be hard on your children. Raise them properly. Teach them and instruct them about the Lord.

As grand parent I have tried to do just that. One of the teaching of our Lord is to forgive, as we are told in - 1John 2:12 Children, I am writing you, because your sins have been forgiven in the name of Christ. - Contemporary English Version

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For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. - Luke 2:11

Luke 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; 35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; 37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. 38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

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20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” –which means, “God with us.”

24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Mathew 2:1 - 14 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”

3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

6 ” `But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.’ ”

7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

My prayers go to Bryan, Twilla and Faith may God keep you and give you healing!!

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Once again a BIG Thank You to Bryan Briges!

This week has been an emotional roller coaster for me!.

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John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life..

My prayers go to Bryan, Twilla and Faith may God keep you and give you healing!!

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Phil also has had many trials in his life haven been diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer, with a lesion on his right shoulder in the spring of 2004. By June, the lesion had been surgically removed, and a clean bill of health was issued with check ups to be done every three months for 1 1/2 years and then every 6 months to date. Then on December 18, 2006 chest x-ray revealed suspicious nodules in both lungs. A CT scan was completed on Dec. 26 which confirmed the chest x-ray showing 2 tumors in the right lung and one in the left lung. In addition, 3 tumors were found on the liver. All are comparatively small at this at this time with the largest being about the size of a nickel. Melanoma is a very aggressive cancer that typically spreads through the lymph nodes or blood system to the lungs, liver and brain. When it enters these organs, it is consider Stage IV. Statistical Life Expectancy for this is 6-9 months. There is no cure. However, the possibility of one or more clinical trials for treatment to shrink tumors or possibly even extend life expectency may exist, but success rates are typically only 5-10%. Phil has a bog to serve as a continuing update for family, friends, and people that are continuing on in their support of Phil and his wife Connie, or their own or loved one’s battle with cancer.

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In his entry for November 17, 2007 he wrote “It seems like there are some Scripture verses in the Psalms about a “troubled heart or soul,” but I cannot think of them now and do not have time to search. But I do know that the Gospel of John, Chapter 14, starts out with Jesus saying: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. May I encourage each one of you to read all of John, Chapter 14. It gives me great comfort, peace and assurance. (Only 31 verses.) Jesus says again near the end of the chapter: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”

Following Phil’s recommendation I read though John 14 and felt once again the Holy Spirit fill me. Over the past few months we all here at the MLM Family have had many trials in ours lifes!

This passage hit home once again that what we as Christian have that those in the world do not have - HOPE! Jesus not only gave his life on the cross for us, was raised, and now is preparing a place for us in His Father Home with many rooms! A place where we will spend eternity with our living God.

John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.” 14:5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” 14:8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” 14:9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, `Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. 12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. 14:15 “If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever– 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” 14:22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” 14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. 14:25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. 14:28 “You heard me say, `I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me, 31 but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me. “Come now; let us leave.

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Do you have idols in your life? Come one look real hard. Have you ever stayed home from church so you can go to a sporting event! Or skipped out on a small group Bible study to go to a movie that every one is talking about? How about buying a new fishing boat, just because you buddy got one. Maybe it’s that new computer you have drooled over and finally bought! These can all be idols.

1 John 5:21 - Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

How can we avoid idols?

First ask God to search your heart and show you any idols you may have as you evaluate your life and your worship of God. Psalm 139:23 – 24 tells us - Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Next we must confess our sins to God in Psalms 51:3 - 4 - Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.Next we have to repent as we are told in Ezekiel 14:6 - “Therefore say to the house of Israel, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!

Lastly we need to remove the possibility of idol worship. I do not mean that we are not to enjoy God world from a fishing boat, or that we should not watch a sporting event on TV. Like all things in life we must use moderation in what we are doing. Keeping our eyes always turned to Jesus. On Thursday we here in the United States will celebrate the National Holiday of Thanksgiving. This holiday was begun many years ago, even before we where a nation, with the Pilgrims. It was a no again off again thing until the Continental Congress in 1777 proclaimed:

IN CONGRESS

November 1, 1777

FORASMUCH as it is the indispensable Duty of all Men to adore the superintending Providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with Gratitude their Obligation to him for Benefits received, and to implore such farther Blessings as they stand in Need of: And it having pleased him in his abundant Mercy, not only to continue to us the innumerable Bounties of his common Providence; but also to smile upon us in the Prosecution of a just and necessary War, for the Defense and Establishment of our unalienable Rights and Liberties; particularly in that he hath been pleased, in so great a Measure, to prosper the Means used for the Support of our Troops, and to crown our Arms with most signal success:

It is therefore recommended to the legislative or executive Powers of these UNITED STATES to set apart THURSDAY, the eighteenth Day of December next, for SOLEMN THANKSGIVING and PRAISE: That at one Time and with one Voice, the good People may express the grateful Feelings of their Hearts, and consecrate themselves to the Service of their Divine Benefactor; and that, together with their sincere Acknowledgments and Offerings, they may join the penitent Confession of their manifold Sins, whereby they had forfeited every Favor; and their humble and earnest Supplication that it may please GOD through the Merits of JESUS CHRIST, mercifully to forgive and blot them out of Remembrance; That it may please him graciously to afford his Blessing on the Governments of these States respectively, and prosper the public Council of the whole: To inspire our Commanders, both by Land and Sea, and all under them, with that Wisdom and Fortitude which may render them fit Instruments, under the Providence of Almighty GOD, to secure for these United States, the greatest of all human Blessings, INDEPENDENCE and PEACE: That it may please him, to prosper the Trade and Manufactures of the People, and the Labor of the Husbandman, that our Land may yield its Increase: To take Schools and Seminaries of Education, so necessary for cultivating the Principles of true Liberty, Virtue and Piety, under his nurturing Hand; and to prosper the Means of Religion, for the promotion and enlargement of that Kingdom, which consisteth “in Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost.”

And it is further recommended, That servile Labor, and such Recreation, as, though at other Times innocent, may be unbecoming the Purpose of this Appointment, be omitted on so solemn an Occasion.

So lets keep our eyes on Jesus and off the Idols!

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On September 28, 1789, just before leaving for recess, the first Federal Congress passed a resolution asking that the President of the United States recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. A few days later, President George Washington issued a proclamation naming Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a “Day of Publick Thanksgivin” - the first time Thanksgiving was celebrated under the new Constitution. Subsequent presidents issued Thanksgiving Proclamations, but the dates and even months of the celebrations varied. It wasn’t until President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Proclamation that Thanksgiving was regularly commemorated each year on the last Thursday of November. .

http://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/thanksgiving/.

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James 1:17 – 18 - Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. .

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Adam Clarke’s Commentary on the Bible.

Adam Clarke, LL.D., F.S.A., (1715-1832) .

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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above - Whatever is good is from God; whatever is evil is from man himself. As from the sun, which is the father or fountain of light, all light comes; so from God, who is the infinite Fountain, Father, and Source of good, all good comes. And whatever can be called good, or pure, or light, or excellence of any kind, must necessarily spring from him, as he is the only source of all goodness and perfection. .

Judges 5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. .

1Chronicles 16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: ..

Praise to God for: Jesus Christ who gave His life so that I may have eternal life in heaven. My wife Sherry, who is also my soul mate, confidant, and above all my care giver! The healing grace God has given me.1 Chronicles 16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.

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