Saturday, September 27, 2014

NATIONAL HUNTING AND FISHING DAY

Snippet
"If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have 

ended long ago."  Zane Grey

Scripture
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful 

and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of 

you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in 

the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on 

all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything 

that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave 

you the green plants, I now give you everything. 

Genesis 9:1-3 NIV

Song
All Creatures Of Our God And King 
West Coast Revival
VERSE 1 
All creatures of our God and King 

Lift up your voice and with us sing 

O praise Him! Allelujah! 

Thou, burning sun with golden beam 

Thou, silver moon with softer gleam 

O praise Him! O praise Him! 

Allelujah! Allelujah! Allelujah! 

VERSE 2 
Let all things their Creator bless 

And worship Him in humbleness 

O praise Him! Allelujah! 

Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son 

And praise the Spirit, Three-in-One 

O praise Him! O praise Him! 

Allelujah! Allelujah! Allelujah! 

VERSE 3 
All the redeemed washed by His blood 

Come and rejoice in His great love 

O praise Him! Allelujah! 

Christ has defeated every sin 

Cast all your burdens now on Him 

O praise Him! O praise Him! 

Allelujah! Allelujah! Allelujah! 

VERSE 4 
He shall return in pow'r to reign 

Heaven and earth will join to say 

O praise Him! Allelujah! 

Then who shall fall on bended knee? 

All creatures of our God and King 

O praise Him! O praise Him! 

Allelujah! Allelujah! Allelujah! 

Sentence Prayer
Thank you, Lord, for the wilderness and all the animals that 
reside in it.  Give us wisdom in managing out environment and a 
respect for the creatures that live in the wild.  Guide us in our 
responsibilities in managing the animal kingdom, and may we 
always give you thanks for the tasty meals these animals provide.
AMEN  

Jase Robertson The Duck Commander Devotional 277 Howard Books New York New York 2013 

Friday, September 26, 2014

SIN

Snippet
We have all sinned and grown old  Rich Mullins
Scripture
Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly 
restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might 
be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. Stoop down and 
reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and 
so complete Christ’s law. If you think you are too good for that, 
you are badly deceived Ephesians 6:1-3 Message
Song
Holy Soldier - Virtue & Vice
It's Funny How You Only See A Certain Side Of Me,
For I Am Just A Man Encaged In Who I'm Supposed To Be
Yes You Think You Know Me, But Just To What Degree,
I Can't Deny My Other Side My Secret Identity.

(Pre Chorus:)
Oh, The Things That People Say, Some Believe The Fantasy
But It's Really Not That Way,
Oh The Side You Never See, I Wish That I Could Show You
But You'd Probably Run From Me,
It's Like Dr. Jeckyl Meets Mr. Hyde
That's Who I Really Am Deep Down Inside

(Chorus:)
Virtue And Vice, Fire And Ice, Which One Is Really Me.
Virtue And Vice, Nasty And Nice, Tell Me Which One Will It Be.
A Civil War Is Raging In The Fortress Of My Mind,
Both Sides Hate The Other Evil And Divine.
I Guess That's Just The Way It Is The Nature Of The Game
And Until The Game Is Over, The Song Remains The Same.

Sentence Prayer
Jesus
You are the only one when I 
Fall into the manure pile of life
That can reach down and pick me up
Cleaning me completely and giving me a new day.
Because it is appointed for us all to die 
And to give an accounting for our filth.
Hide me in your grace that I may survive

Judgement.  Amen!

Thursday, September 25, 2014

STORY

Snippet
Even an atheists’ life tells a God story Roger Miller
Scripture
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    his love endures forever.
 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—
    those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
 those he gathered from the lands,
    from east and west, from north and south Psalms 107:1-3 NIV
Song
TROUBLES BY U2
https://itunes.apple.com/us/station/idra.917387956
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

You think it’s easier
To put your finger on the trouble
When the trouble is you
And you think it’s easier
To know your own tricks
Well, it’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do

I have a will for survival
So you can hurt me
And then hurt me some more
I can live with denial
But you’re not my troubles anymore

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

You think it’s easier
To give up on the trouble
If the trouble is destroying you
You think it’s easier
But before you throw me a rope
It was the one thing I could hold on to

I have a will for survival
So you can hurt me
And then hurt me some more
I can live with denial
But you’re not my troubles anymore

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

God knows it’s not easy
Taking on the shape of someone else’s pain
God now you can see me
I’m naked and I’m not afraid
My body’s sacred and I’m not ashamed

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

(This song features Lykke Li on co-lead vocals)
Sentence Prayer
Father;
Use my mistakes and victories
To point to your Son Jesus.
Holy Spirit,  give me the courage
To live my redemption story boldly.

Amen

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

S.Y.A.T.P.

Snippet

Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers. Mark 
Batterson (Circle Maker Mark Batterson 2011 Zondervan pg 12)

Scripture

The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. 
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly 
that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three 
years and six months.  Then he prayed again, and the sky poured 
rain and the earth produced its fruit. James 5:16,17 NASB

Song
Father, Thy Will Be Done   
by Carolyn Arends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpMSl5N-LEs

When I cannot ask for more - Father, thy will be done 
When I rail at heaven's door - Father, thy will be done 
When my faith in you is strong - Father, thy will be done
When my strength is almost gone - Father, thy will be done
Chorus:
Father, thy will be done
Father, thy will be done
I want to see your kingdom come
Thy will be done
When I cry to you in prayer - Father, thy will be done
When I don't believe you're there - Father, thy will be done
When I feel your gentle hand - Father, thy will be done
When I just don't understand - Father, thy will be done
Repeat chorus
When I'm walking in the light - Father, thy will be done
When my heart is black as night - Father, thy will be done
When you give what I desire - Father, thy will be done
When you take me through the fire - Father, thy will be done
Repeat chorus
Sentence Prayer

Lord of the universe, I swear before your great name that I will
Not move from this circle until you have shown mercy upon your 
children. Not for such rain have I prayed, but for rain that will fill 
cisterns, pits and caverns.Not for such rain have I prayed, but for 
rain of your favor, blessing, and graciousness.” Amen

(Circle Maker Mark Batterson 2011 Zondervan pg 12)

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

LIGHT

Snippet
“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go 


Scripture
Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out 
the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re 
going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you 
light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a 
bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve 
put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open 
house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, 
you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in 
heaven. Matthew 5:14-16 Message

Song
READY OR NOT BRITT NICOLE
http://youtu.be/fccqaKTz3Ko

I tried to cover my shine
I've tried staying in the lines
I, I, I don't wanna hide
No, not tonight
You, you, you want me to take my light, light
Fit it in your box, right?
I want you to look me in the eye, eye, eye, eye
Ready or not
Here, here, here, here I come
I'm about to show you where the light comes from
Oh, oh, oh ready or not
Here, here I come
This is who I am
I won't hide it
I'mma take it all over the world
To the young, to the old, every boy and girl
Ready or not
Here, here I come
I'mma show the world where the love is
I'm not ever selling out love
A love out loud is what it's all about
Giving everything to see the lost get found
Yeah, it's going down
You, you, you want me to take my light, light
Fit it in your box, right?
I want you to look me in the eye, eye, eye, eye
Ready or not
Here, here, here, here I come
I'm about to show you where the light comes from
Oh, oh, ready or not
Here, here I come
This is who I am
I won't hide it
I'mma take it all over the world
To the young, to the old, every boy and girl
Ready or not
Here, here I come
I'mma show the world where the love is
[LECRAE]
I refuse to keep this buried deep inside of me
Yeah this little light of mine, it's time to let it shine a bit
'Cause there's no point in hiding it
It's everything I am
The source of all my hope
And it's the reason why I stand
And I pledge allegiance to be somebody real
There's no more holding it back
I'm showing them how I feel 'cause love is more than a word
It's a noun, and a verb, and hiding it is absurd
Ya heard
Ready or not
Here, here, here, here I come
I'm about to show you where the light comes from
Oh, oh, ready or not
Here, here I come
This is who I am
I won't hide it
I'mma take it all over the world
To the young, to the old, every boy and girl
Ready or not
Here, here I come
I'mma show the world where the love is
Sentence Prayer
Jesus 
You are my light when all other lights go out.
Praise be to you.  May I abide with you
so I can be a little light to those in great darkness.

Amen

Monday, September 22, 2014

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Snippet
Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the 
liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally 
corrupt.  (Samuel Adams Source: William V. Wells, The Life and 
Public Service of Samuel Adams (Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 
1865), Vol. I, p. 22, quoting from a political essay 
by Samuel Adams published in The Public Advertiser, 1749.)
Scripture
I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And I find knowledge and discretion.
 “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
14 “Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, power is mine. Proverbs 8:12-14 NASB
Song
American Soil-R Swift
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL47ivG3NfI
Everybody got question, what’s going on in this world
They say the youth is crazy, we better pray for em, but they just 
walk the path we lay for em
So let me talk about it for a minute, you with me!
In 99 shots rains out of Columbine, move to 2005 ten shot from 
Red Lake massacre, and in 07 Success Tech in Cleveland, and 
more that 34 High school shooting between them,
And everybody wants a reason, to the madness, but what we sow 
in the past is what we reaping, I know its hard to grasp, or even 
fertilize, so let’s travel back the way is started at
When atheist delusional, the hate for God fuel, and push their 
view that praying at school is unconstitutional
Evil had them fool, Supreme Court ruled in favor of bible and 
prayer was taken out of schools
We basically told God to leave and let us speak, at least in our 
schools we don’t need the discrepancies 
In other words we told Him to back off, but only if we knew what 
we ask for
Now fast-forward, back towards this day and age, mass students 
is fill with dismay and rage
Run up on campus and spray it with AK’s, and now all of sudden 
we want to stop and pray
And it’s a shame if this is what it takes, other than tragedies God 
doesn’t have a place
But we forsake Him regardless, and see less of God’s grace for 
the sake of being Godless
You know it’s easy to point at the young people and say it’s just 
them
They say the youth is crazy, we better pray for em, but they just 
walk the path that we lay for em
But they just got it from us, this country it’s been like that, from 
the beginning, could it be that whatever gets America spoil, till 
some spill blood on American soil
This is America the land of the free, home of the brave
Build while breaking the back bones to slaves, Africans Natives, 
be slanged and raped
Behold the foundation of the great place, consume by hate and 
depreciation life
Took us from civil war to the lack of civil right, right?
Right here is what makes it tragic, sin is embedded in our fabric
That’s why the things the we love is the things God hate, things 
God’s love is what we negate
I think it’s safe to say, I mean we think God is cool but we hate 
His ways
Just check our air ways, our media content is nonsense, look at 
what we applaud, everything but God 
Violence, sex outside the proper context, doing it how feel as long 
as its good on your conscious 
Politicians are slic, they will say almost anything to work over the 
church votes to persuade and vote
People that leads us, trying to take God out of the pledge of 
legions 
That is till when we are face with terrorism, now we want God 
heroism
And they say why God let bad things happen when its good 
people, that is the point there is no good in us
I’m just saying, you know its crazy how we treat God, we always 
place last
They say the youth is crazy, we better pray for em, but they just 
walk the path that we lay for em
But they just got it from us, this country it’s been like that, from 
the beginning, could it be that whatever gets America spoil, till 
some spill blood on American soil
You know we always expect God to come and protect us, we 
constantly telling him to back off
Get out from our face, we don’t need you
Its crazy right? But we expect him to step in when something bad 
happens
The questions is always where is God? He was always here where 
were you?
This is just something to think about
They say the youth is crazy, we better pray for em, but they just 
walk the path that we lay for em
Sentence Prayer
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask Your 
forgiveness and to seek Your direction and guidance. We know 
Your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good,," but that is 
exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium 
and reversed our values.
We confess:
We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it 
Pluralism.
We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it 
building self-esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it 
ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography 
and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our 
forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; 
cleanse us from every sin and set us free.
Guide and bless these men and women who 
have been sent to direct us to the center of your will. I ask 
it in the Name of Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ.

Amen.  (Pastor Joe Wright)

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Wind Tales Psalms 104:4: STEP BY STEP

Wind Tales Psalms 104:4: STEP BY STEP: Snippet “ The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a  course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son o...

STEP BY STEP

Snippet
The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a 
course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of 
God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of 
the world.” ― Elisabeth Elliot
Scripture
So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 
discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. 
Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be 
disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:26,27 NLT
Song
Step by Step Rich Mullins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-b7TQMoZsM
Sometimes the night was beautiful
Sometimes the sky was so far away
Sometimes it seemed to stoop so close
You could touch it but your heart would break
Sometimes the morning came too soon
Sometimes the day could be so hot
There was so worth much left to do
But so much you'd already done

Oh God, You are my God
And I will ever praise you
Oh God, You are my God
And I will ever praise you
And I will seek You in the morning
And I will learn to walk in Your ways
And step by step You'll lead me
And I will follow You all of my days

Sometimes I think of Abraham
How one star he saw had been lit from me
He was a stranger in this land
And I am that no less than he
And on this road to righteousness
Sometimes the climb can be so steep
I may falter in my steps
But never beyond Your reach

Oh God, You are my God
And I will ever praise You
Oh God, You are my God
And I will ever praise You
I will seek You in the morning
And I will learn to walk in Your ways
And step by step You'll lead me
And I will follow You all of my days

And I will follow You all of my days
And I will follow You all of my days
And step by step You'll lead me
And I will follow You all of my days

Sentence Prayer
Please take away my pain and despair of yesterday and any 

unpleasant memories and replace them with Your glorious 

promise of new hope. Show me a fresh Holy Spirit-inspired way of 

relating to negative things that have happened. I ask You for the 

mind of Christ so I can discern Your voice from the voice of my 

past. I pray that former rejection and deep hurts will not color 

what I see and hear now.

Help me to see all the choices I have ahead of me that can alter 

the direction of my life. I ask You to empower me to let go of the 

painful events and heartaches that would keep me bound. Thank 

You for Your forgiveness that You have offered to me at such a 

great price. Pour it into my heart so I can relinquish bitterness 

hurts and disappointments that have no place in my life. Please 

set me free to forgive those who have sinned against me and 

caused me pain and also myself. Open my heart to receive Your 

complete forgiveness and amazing grace. You have promised to 

bind up my wounds Psa 147:3 and restore my soul Psa 23:3 .

Help me to relinquish my past surrender to You my present and 

move to the future You have prepared for me. I ask You to come 

into my heart and make me who You would have me to be so that 

I might do Your will here on earth. I thank You Lord for all that’s 

happened in my past and for all I have become through those 

experiences. I pray You will begin to gloriously renew my