Rhinestone Cowboy

Rhinestone Cowboy

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You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.” Charles Portis, True Grit

Scripture

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Galatians 6:7,8

Song

Rhinestone Cowboy By Glen Campbell

https://youtu.be/8kAU3B9Pi_U

I've been walkin' these streets so long

Singin' the same old song

I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway

Where hustle's the name of the game

And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain

There's been a load of compromisin'

On the road to my horizon

But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know

And offers comin' over the phone

Well, I really don't mind the rain

And a smile can hide all the pain

But you're down when you're ridin' the train

That's takin' the long way

And I dream of the things I'll do

With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe

There'll be a load of compromisin'

On the road to my horizon

But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

Rhinestone cowboy

Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know

And offers comin' over the phone

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Gettin' card and letters from people I don't even know….

Sentence Prayer

Father; may Your Holy Spirit; open my eyes to the areas I have compromised in. And the strength to return to Jesus my Lord, Savior and Shepherd  Amen

The People

The People

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SPEAKING OF COLUMBUS

If you kill one person, you get death.

If you kill a group of people, due to a white collar crime, you get a pathetic little fine!

If you kill millions, you get a national holiday!

—ALINA MORELLI

Scripture

‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,

    ‘and you have not seen it?

Why have we humbled ourselves,

    and you have not noticed?’

“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please

    and exploit all your workers.

Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,

    and in striking each other with wicked fists.

You cannot fast as you do today

    and expect your voice to be heard on high.

Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,

    only a day for people to humble themselves?

Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed

    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?

Is that what you call a fast,

    a day acceptable to the Lord?

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:

to loose the chains of injustice

    and untie the cords of the yoke,

to set the oppressed free

    and break every yoke?

Is it not to share your food with the hungry

    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—

when you see the naked, to clothe them,

    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Then your light will break forth like the dawn,

    and your healing will quickly appear;

then your righteousness[a] will go before you,

    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

Isaiah 58:3-8 NIV

Song

The Ballad Of Ira Hayes

Johnny Cash

https://youtu.be/DjTHxf8l7Qc

[CHORUS:]

Call him drunken Ira Hayes

He won't answer anymore

Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian 

Nor the Marine that went to war

Gather round me people there's a story I would tell

About a brave young Indian you should remember well

From the land of the Pima Indian 

A proud and noble band

Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land

Down the ditches for a thousand years 

The water grew Ira's peoples' crops

'Till the white man stole the water rights 

And the sparklin' water stopped

Now Ira's folks were hungry 

And their land grew crops of weeds

When war came, Ira volunteered 

And forgot the white man's greed

[CHORUS:]

Call him drunken Ira Hayes

He won't answer anymore

Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian 

Nor the Marine that went to war

There they battled up Iwo Jima's hill, 

Two hundred and fifty men

But only twenty-seven lived to walk back down again

And when the fight was over 

And when Old Glory raised

Among the men who held it high 

Was the Indian, Ira Hayes

[CHORUS:]

Call him drunken Ira Hayes

He won't answer anymore

Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian 

Nor the Marine that went to war

Ira returned a hero 

Celebrated through the land

He was wined and speeched and honored; Everybody shook his hand

But he was just a Pima Indian

No water, no crops, no chance

At home nobody cared what Ira'd done 

And when did the Indians dance

[CHORUS:]

Call him drunken Ira Hayes

He won't answer anymore

Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian 

Nor the Marine that went to war

Then Ira started drinkin' hard;

Jail was often his home

They'd let him raise the flag and lower it

like you'd throw a dog a bone!

He died drunk one mornin' 

Alone in the land he fought to save

Two inches of water in a lonely ditch 

Was a grave for Ira Hayes

[CHORUS:]

Call him drunken Ira Hayes

He won't answer anymore

Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian 

Nor the Marine that went to war

Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes 

But his land is just as dry

And his ghost is lyin' thirsty 

In the ditch where Ira died

Sentence Prayers

Hold on to what is good,

Even if it's a handful of earth.

Hold on to what you believe,

Even if it's a tree that stands by itself.

SUPPORTHold on to what you must do,

Even if it's a long way from here.

Hold on to your life,

Even if it's easier to let go.

Hold on to my hand,

Even if someday I'll be gone away from you.

—Pueblo Prayer

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COST OF LIVING

Cost of Living

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In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular Kathleen Norris

Scripture

Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. Matthew 10;28,29

The Cost of Living Don Henley

Some folks don't like workin' hard

Some folks don't like rain

Some folks love to tell you

All about their aches and pains

Me, I take the hand I'm dealt

And I play it as it lays

It's the cost of living

And everyone pays

You can't live in memories

Of all your golden yesterdays

Or spend your whole life grieving

For the one that got away

Common sense says "let her go"

But your heart disobeys

It's the cost of living

And everyone pays

Blue shadows falling all around me

Still I don't regret a single day

I look in the mirror now

I see that time can be unkind

But I know every wrinkle

And I earned every line

So, wear it like a royal crown

When you get old and gray

It's the cost of living

And everyone pays

It's the cost of living

And everyone pays

Sentence Prayer

Father:

Seventy years are given to us!

    Some even live to eighty.

But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;

    soon they disappear, and we fly away.

Who can comprehend the power of your anger?

    Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.

Teach us to realize the brevity of life,

    so that we may grow in wisdom.  Amen  

(Based on Psalms 90:1-12 NLT)

VETERANS!

Veterans

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We should remember that the Declaration of Independence is not merely a historical document. It is an explicit recognition that our rights derive not from the King of England, not from the judiciary, not from government at all, but from God. The keystone of our system of popular sovereignty is the recognition, as the Declaration acknowledges, that 'all men are created equal' and 'endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.' Religion and God are no alien to our system of government, they're integral to it. MARK LEVIN

Scripture

              The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. PSALMS 27:1-4 KJV

      

Song

God, Family And Country Craig Morgan

https://youtu.be/fsdM9HyvYlY

He grew up in a time,

When a third-grade education,

Was all the school you needed,

To work the family farm.

He'd take time off on Sunday,

Him and all his family,

warm a pew,

And give thanks to the Lord.

There was no gray, only black and white.

Didn't need no-one to tell him,

What was wrong or right.

'Cause he had God, Family, and Country.

He set aside his plow,

In early 1940,

Said goodbye to his small town,

And put on the Army green.

Hard Times on the front lines,

Writin' letters on wet paper,

Not one word about the awful things he'd seen.

His was a generation,

That answered without question.

They knew they had to win,

'Cause they were fightin' for...

God, Family, and Country.

On the coffee table,

Sits the family Bible,

Where just last year he added,

A little boy to the family tree.

There's the folded flag they gave us,

On the day he left us.

But the thing that I remember most,

Is the way that he...

Believed...

In God, Family, and Country...

Ohhh, we've got God...

Family...

And Country……

Sentence Prayer

Father;

We just celebrated veterans day a yearly reminder that freedom is never free.Thank you for the heroic veterans of this great republic.Tragically last night we were reminded that evil and tyranny is alive and well.  May the lives senselessly taken in Paris galvanize patriots in every country to destroy ISIS, with liberty and faith.  Evil will never disappear until you come again. Come Lord Jesus Come quickly!  Amen  R.M.

Daddy Doesn't Pray

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We should begin to pray before we kneel down and we should not cease when we rise up. C.H. Spurgeon

Scripture

Enoch lived 365 years, walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him. Genesis 5:23,24

Song

Daddy Does not Pray Anymore

https://youtu.be/MJYgJfRj0Do

Daddy doesn’t pray anymore

guess he’s finished talkin to the lord

He used to fold his hands

and bow his head down to the floor 

daddy doesn’t pray anymore

I remember even when the times where bad

he’d thank Jesus for everything he had 

a good wife and 3 children 

the food upon our plates

yeah everything was right when he said grace

Daddy doesn’t pray anymore

guess he’s finished talkin to the lord

He used to fold his hands

and bow his head down to the floor 

daddy doesn’t pray anymore

There was a time when we didn’t get along

cause I thought I was right and he was wrong

Still when I'd lay down at night

I'd hear him get down on his knees

and say a little prayer for me

Daddy doesn’t pray anymore

guess he’s finished talkin to the lord

He used to fold his hands

and bow his head down to the floor 

daddy doesn’t pray anymore

Today I followed daddy down to church

listened to the preacher reads Gods words

and we sang his favorite hymn but daddy didn't make a sound

and this afternoon we'll put him in the ground

Daddy doesn’t pray anymore 

I guess he’s finally walking with the lord

He use to fold his hands 

and bow his head down to the floor

daddy doesn’t pray anymore

Sentence Prayer

Father;

before my final amen

may I learn to walk closely with You.

Amen

THIS OLD HOUSE

SNIPPETT

Stuart Hamblen who wrote “This Old House”, underwent a religious conversion at a Billy Graham crusade in Los Angeles, and was soon fired from his radio program after refusing to do beer commercials. Graham called Hamblen's conversion "the turning point" in the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's ministry, where before Hamblen accepted Christ the crowds were rather small. 

SCRIPTURE

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,  2 Corinthians 5:1,2

SONG

THIS OLD HOUSE by STUART HAMBLEN

https://youtu.be/0WhLhF12TBE

This ole house once knew my children

This ole house once knew my wife

This ole house was home and comfort 

As we fought the storms of life

This ole house once rang with laughter

This ole house heard many shouts

Now she trembles in the darkness 

When the lightnin' walks about

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

Ain't got time to fix the shingles

Ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges 

Nor to mend no window pane

Ain't gonna need this house no longer

I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

This ole house is a-gettin' shaky

This ole house is a-gettin' old

This ole house lets in the rain

This ole house lets in the cold

On my knees I'm gettin' chilly

But I feel no fear or pain

'Cause I see an angel peekin' 

Through a broken window pane

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

Ain't got time to fix the shingles

Ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges 

Nor to mend no window pane

Ain't gonna need this house no longer

I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

Now this ole house is afraid of thunder

This ole house is afraid of storms

This ole house just groans and trembles 

When the night wind flings its arms

This ole house is a-gettin' feeble

This ole house is a-needin' paint

Just like me it's tuckered out 

But I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

Ain't got time to fix the shingles

Ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges 

Nor to mend no window pane

Ain't gonna need this house no longer

I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

And my old hound dog lies a sleepin'

He don't know I'm gonna leave

Else he'd wake up by the fire place

And he'd sit down, howl and grieve

But my huntin' days are over

Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more

Gabriel done brought in my chariot

When the wind blew down the door

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

Ain't got time to fix the shingles

Ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges 

Nor to mend no window pane

Ain't gonna need this house no longer

I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

I'm ready to meet the saints

SENTENCE PRAYER

Heavenly Father,

Make me wise taking careful aim at every opportunity, for the lion of evil prowls about.

Jesus,

Keep me from foolishly snubbing your will of eternal life.  But may I repent of my sins-seeking You, confessing the gospel and immersing sinful self into your propitiation.

Holy Spirit

Keep me far from the spirits of this world, Instead becoming inebriated on Your faith, hope and Love.  Amen 

REM