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* Matthew 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

* 2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

* 1 Peter 1:2

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:

Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

* John 14:16

And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever

* John 16:8

And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

* 1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life

* Hebrews 3:7-11

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

“Today, if you will hear His voice,8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,In the day of trial in the wilderness,9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,And saw My works forty years.10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,And they have not known My ways.’11 So I swore in My wrath,‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

* Romans 14:7

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit

* 1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit

* Acts 2:28

You have made known to me the ways of life;You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’

* Acts 8:7-8

7 For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. 8 And there was great joy in that city.

* Acts 15:3

So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.

* 1 Peter 1:8

whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory

Scripture to Study and Pray !!

* John 14:16-21

* 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

* Ephesians 4:4-6

* Galatians 5:22-23

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* John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

* John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

* Hebrews 1:8

But to the Son He says:

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

* 1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

* Acts 5:3-4

3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? 4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”

* 1 Corinthians 3:16

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

* 1 Corinthians 6:19

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

* 2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty

* Psalm 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God;And the firmament shows His handiwork.

* Psalm 8:3-4

3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,4 What is man that You are mindful of him,And the son of man that You visit him?

The Holy Spirit is God in You. You can worship the Holy Spirit, you can pray to the Holy Spirit, and you can sing to the Holy Spirit!!

Scripture to Study and Pray !!

* Acts 5:1-13

* 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

* 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

* 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

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The Cross is a neglected subject within most of our Christian Assemblies in America. We’ve primarily reduced the message of the Cross down to the week of Resurrection Sunday. That week still mostly focuses on the Resurrection Life of Jesus rather than the Crucified Life of Jesus. This overall permeates throughout most of our Sunday morning messages. We promote the Resurrection Life and all its benefits. This provides a continual topic that is joyful, peaceful, positive, and full of all the supernatural manifestations of Jesus. Often, mentioning sin and fleshly desires is simply a method to correct behavior that hinders the appearance of Resurrection Life. Resurrection Life provides an overall topic with many roads that one can preach/teach and keep the Assembly on Sunday mornings very content, coming back for more week after week. I am very grateful, thankful, and humbled by the Resurrection Life that Jesus brings into manifestation in my life. My words cannot honestly proclaim well enough my internal reality and emotions that Resurrection Life provides. I made clear in last week’s article about the necessity of resurrection life, which doesn’t come without the way of The Cross. See, the Cross is what makes Resurrection Life powerful. The Cross is what allows for the Resurrection Life and all the benefits. You cannot have access to Resurrection Life without first walking the way of the Cross. I hope to make clear this necessity of the Cross for you in this teaching.

Many don’t even understand or know the Cross within our Christian Assemblies in America, and that is indescribably tragic. In America, we are more likely to know the Cross as a fashion statement, a piece of jewelry, some “Bling”, or a symbol to place somewhere on a building to signify it as Christian. The Cross is truly none of the objects just mentioned. The Cross was and still is a tool of death, one of which has no rival. The Cross of crucifixion is undefeated and also provides a slow, torturous death. Unlike the blade, firearm, spear, or hang noose, The Cross is placed up high for all to see, and none survive. My studies date this death practice back to the Persian Empire mentioned in the Old Testament, somewhere in the 6th century BC. I also discovered that it was a practice that began as impaling. Imagine a wooden rod the length of a fence post or taller with a spear like tip. The Persians would literally drop, throw, or toss someone on these pieces of wood, specifically through the stomach area, and leave the man or woman to eventually die. The Romans decided to perfect that method and made a Crucifixion Cross. This would allow the same kind of torture, but draw it out longer. This method would cause slow blood loss, suffocation, bodily exposure, most where crucified naked or in a lion cloth, bodily shock, dehydration, infection, cramps, and exhaustion. Really meditate on the fact that Jesus, the Son of God, could not survive The Cross in this fleshly made human body. Jesus, knowing this, not only still went through with such a death as the only last blood atonement for sin but then demands the same death from us.

Luke 9:23-24

23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross [b]daily, and follow Me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

Matthew 16:24-25

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Mark 8:34-35

34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

It is important to know that 3 Gospels account for this statement from Jesus. Most of the same statements or teachings of Jesus are typically only accounted for in 2 Gospels. 3 Gospel accounts are rare, and here we are finding this statement as one of those. Remember, Jesus claimed himself as the Way in John 14, and no one comes to God the Father except through Jesus. Now, the Gospel of Luke is the only one that speaks of taking up The Cross daily. Keep in mind that a Crucifixion Cross was a tool of death in which one was nailed. One cannot come down or off The Cross without having the nails removed. Therefore, the need to say one must daily take up his cross is simply a reminder, because no one comes down from the Cross until death. Jesus knew the capacity of man to forget where the source of life begins. Now, these nails used for crucifying were the size of railroad spikes driven through the hands and feet. Some debate about the hands because it could not withstand the long hours of holding the upper body, therefore, the wrists or forearms would be a more suitable nailing area. Jesus specifically states in the Word that His hands were nailed to the Cross, and I will specify why that is important. This all relates to the scriptures in the Word that I have cited above. We must deny ourselves, take up our Cross, and then we can follow Jesus. No one truly is a follower, disciple, or son/daughter of Jesus unless they take up their Cross. The Tool of Death is not an option for us, it is a command. Blood had to be shed, spilled, and applied for atonement of sin. The Tool of Death was not an option for Jesus as the Blood Atonement for Sin. Just as Jesus crucified sin on the Cross, we must crucify desire for sin on our Cross. We must deny ourselves, we must crucify our desire to be the god of our life. Again, the only way to become a born again, new creation in the Resurrection Life of Jesus is The Cross.

Now, here is why the specification of the hands and feet is important. Jesus was not just giving a command to kill sin on the Cross. He was giving a command that in order to follow, one must kill their personal desires completely. The Hand is the body part that one uses to obtain any earthly need or desire, good or bad. Your hand is used to pick up and put down. Your hand is used to control the direction of an automobile, aircraft, television, smartphone, various tools in a toolbox, and kitchen utensils. The Hand is used to direct tools for planting and reaping, tools for inspection, cleaning the body, writing, and the list could go on. The Feet are needed to walk the journey from one place to another, no matter what the distance. The essence of having a God is to place something in your life worth following after, following requires walking at a fundamental level. Jesus was showing me, and you that one must crucify their hands to be resurrected for use towards the glorification of Him. Jesus was showing me, and you that one must crucify their feet to truly walk the journey that glorifies Him.

See, we need to realize that Jesus came into the space of time in which He was born for a specific reason. The practice of Crucifixion was one of the main reasons. This particular tool of death was like none other before and after. This tool of death requires nailing oneself onto the object, the nails are specifically placed in the hands and feet. The hands and feet are the tools of control and direction for the body.The source of control and direction for the body is the heart and mind. We must realize the intentionality and specificality of the one true God. The Word in the Old Testament was very intentional and specific. The Word of Jesus was very intentional and specific, straight from the Father in the Kingdom of God. The Cross is not a desirable death, it is a death of slow torture and humiliation. The Cross is a death in which one uses to make a lasting statement to others. Jesus sits on a throne at the right hand of God, and he sits there having obtained victory over the sinful desires of the flesh. That Victory was won on The Cross, the tool of death to desires for sin. The Cross, the tool of death to one’s desires to be the God of his/her own life. Always remember and frequently remind yourself, there is no Resurrection Life without The Cross. The Cross is The Way!!

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In this video on The Bowdell, I discuss the necessity of daily partaking the Body and Blood of Jesus. The Gospel of John testifies of Jesus boldly proclaiming this necessity not just for eternal life, but also for daily abiding in Jesus. Peter the Apostle proclaims to us how we now have Divine Nature and Divine Power given to us by Jesus. Hebrews 9 and Ephesians 2 also speak about the Body and Blood of Jesus that again not only reconciles us to God but brings us into the image and likeness of Jesus.

John 6:52-59

52 The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum

Peter 2:1-5

1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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The Topic from the Word of God on this Episode of the Bowdell Podcast is Peace. We see from John 14 the Lord Jesus give a proclamation of the freedom found in His Peace. Only the Peace of Jesus can bring us the true freedom we all claim to desire. Tune in to this episode, and I pray that the Lord Jesus gives us Ears to Hear and Eyes to See.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid

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I decided this would be a good time to implement the testimony of my almost lifelong struggle with Epilepsy. There were brief mentions of the condition in Parts 1 & 2 of my testimony, this post will give you the entire story. Next week in Part #4 I’ll pick back up concerning my journey of Faith in Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour.

Partial Complex Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

I was 7 years old tossing some snowballs at my old man in the yard. It was the winter of 1993 in the great state of Indiana. My Dad and I were having a blast chucking these white balls, the size of baseballs and tennis balls, at each other. It was just a typical winter day, but that day would be unique, one that 33 years later I still remember as though it happened just minutes ago. I just got a good whack around the left shoulder by my old man. I shook it off and was about to let my next ball rip, then it happened. I suddenly was in like a fog, my vision got a bit blurry, hearing got faint, and I was not able to respond physically on my own accord. I dropped the snowball in my right hand and started slowly walking towards Dad. He immediately asked me if I was okay, but I could barely hear him. I began wondering where I was and who this man talking to me. Everything is missing from that point on, I cannot recall anything.

Fortunately for me, Dad recognized that some of my reactions were similar to those of my grandmother. My mother’s mom was hit in the head during a softball game and began to have Grandma Seizures from that day forward. Shortly after my incident in the yard, my parents decided to have me tested, by a neurologist, the same fellow who was treating my grandmother. The first EEG examination came back negative, and all my brain waves tested as normal. After some more occurrences, primarily at night while I was asleep, my parents asked that I be tested again. This time, I was kept up for 24 hours before doing the EEG examination, and my abnormalities were found. Shortly afterwards, an MRI exam was done on my brain, clarifying those abnormalities. I was 7 years old, midway through my 2nd grade year of school, and officially diagnosed with Partial Complex Epilepsy. No reason for the condition could be determined by the neurologist aside from possible issues that happened during my birth. A C-section was needed during my birth, and in the process, I lost roughly around 90 seconds of oxygen. That is still the best guess that has been concluded to this current day. Tegretol was the medication I was prescribed to help control the seizures. I would go on that school year of 1993 and would only occasionally have seizures while at school. I can specifically remember like 3 or 4 occurrences. I basically was just sent down to the office and was made to wait it out. I seem to remember a couple of times my dad was contacted and came to the school. I grew up in Eaton, IN, and the elementary school was barely 5 minutes from where we lived. I remember sitting there in either the counselor’s or principal’s office, feeling cold and not knowing anything for a period of time. Simple things such as my name and age were forgotten until roughly a 10-minute span passed since the seizure happened.

Most of the seizure activity was still occurring at night while I was sleeping. I can’t recall the countless times I’d wake up from having one, typically thinking I had a bad dream, and would just end up sleeping on the floor next to my parents’ bed. Occasionally, I would hop into bed with them, but simply having them in the room was enough comfort. I felt terrified after a seizure and my dreams practically seemed real, like my senses became extreme from seizures. Multiple nights of having at least one seizure were typically normal. This would continue for the following 3 years, roughly after I was diagnosed with Epilepsy. Now, the daytime seizures began to dissipate to the point where we were not concerned about them. I’d go the rest of my grade school years not having any issues with the seizures, provided I was taking my medication correctly.

When I was 9 years old and about to begin 4th grade, my parents decided to move down to Westfield, IN. The move was job motivated, it would put my dad closer to His job in the Indianapolis area, and my mother would have better job opportunities. I seriously disliked that decision to move, and I never particularly liked living in that area around Indianapolis, however a blessing would develop from it. The move forced us to change Neurologists and it was Bradford Hale that we decided to see. I liked the fella immediately that first time I had an appointment with him. He was actually a pediatric neurologist, and the way he interacted with me was an obvious difference from Dr. Wolf in Muncie, IN. Hale was also not satisfied with the seizures just being controlled during the day. Wolf seemed as though the job was finished once the daytime seizures got under control. After 2 years of seeing Dr. Hale, a simple change was made to an extended-release version of my medication, which, within a few months, got the seizures completely under control. I was 10 years old, about to turn 11, and finishing up the 5th grade before I finally was getting a normal night of peaceful sleep, and not feeling fearful about going to bed.

My parents decided that living around the Indianapolis suburbs wasn’t for them after about 2 years. We moved back to Eaton, IN just before I finished up 5th grade. Eaton, IN would be our permanent hometown for the remainder of my grade school years. I would continue to be seizure free throughout all of Jr High and High School. I was already a fanatical lover of baseball. It was the game I was truly devoted to playing and watching. I began playing Football in Jr High and continued playing until my junior year of high school. I played baseball until my sophomore year of high school. One would never know I had epilepsy unless I told them. There were only a couple of times seizures occurred during that 7-year time span. We experimented with the possibility that I’d lose the condition as I got older into my mid teen years. Removal of the medication was the only way to find out, and it did not work. Seizures occurred within 24 hours of being off my medication. They actually were more dangerous because I was bigger and stronger. The adrenaline glands open up real wide during my seizures, so I get a huge burst of strength and energy. Once when I was 12, and we tried removal of the medication for the first time, I seizure and literally dragged my dad for about 10 to 15 yards be he was able to tackle me.

I began working and driving in high school, everything seemed fine, and I was planning on having the ability to live like everyone else. Right after graduation from high school I underwent an 8-month battle with Thyroid Cancer. Once that ran its course I went right back to working, got a job at a furniture warehouse working full time. After roughly 11 months on the job, I almost had a seizure while putting together a nightstand. I’m actually not sure what kept me from going fulling going into the seizure, but all the after-effect symptoms happened. I was 19 years old, approximately, 10 plus years had gone by since I had a seizure during the day while my medication was being taken. I scheduled an appointment with a neurologist, new EEG tests were done, nothing new was found. Unfortunately, after the EEG tests, I was suddenly fired from my job without any warning. No more than 6 to 8 weeks went by after that first incident in May of 2005, when suddenly I was back to having daily seizures.

The seizures were occurring very randomly day or night. The seizures became more violent in physicality. The next 3 years would be terrible as no answers were in sight. I bounced from one Neurologist to another, nobody had a clue why the Epilepsy seemed to evolve. I couldn’t keep a job, so I was never under any insurance coverage. The medical bills just began racking up to the point I was over $50,000 in debt just in medical fees. One neurologist even tried to convince me that I never had the condition and was just having night terrors and anxiety attacks. So, He prescribed to take me off the 2 medications I was taking. Shortly after, in the spring of 2007, I had a seizure unlike any other. Honestly, I don’t remember anything for like a 3-day period. My Dad witnessed it, had to call the EMT, and had me sent to the emergency room at Ball Hospital. I don’t really even remember being in the hospital. Dad said I flopped around on the front room floor violently like a fish out of water, drifted in and out of consciousness, and ultimately, He thought I was dying. Apparently, I went into like a coma like state, which was something my parents witnessed my grandmother do more than once.

Once I got out of the hospital, my dad was put in contact with a Neurological Specialist at the IU Medical Center in Indianapolis. I was immediately placed back on my medications, scheduled for new EEG and MRI exams, which resulted in a 3-night stay at the Medical Center. Dr Sabau was the specialist, and He wanted to observe me for a 3 day period while the exams were done. Obvious abnormalities were found in the Frontal Lobe area of my brain. The activity was so sporadic that it could not be determined if it was occurring in the left or right frontal lobe. Partial Complex Frontal Lobe Epilepsy was the final diagnosis. It can also be known as CPS. I was 21 years old and being told that I needed to begin planning for a continual future with the condition.

Now I’m 40 years old and still battling with the condition daily. Most of the activity has gotten back to being mostly at night, but seizures during the morning after waking up or late at night before going to bed are not uncommon. The physicality and violence of the seizure vary from day to day. Falling out of bed is not uncommon. I have hit my head on nightstands, floors, walls, and bedframes. Obviously, my arms and legs go through a good beating weekly. Anything can become an object that I throw, toss, or beat up. The seizure can cause me to think that I’m being attacked by someone. My head becomes extremely sore just from multiple seizures occurring, the stress on my brain makes my head very sensitive. Washing my hair can become painful if I have multiple nights with multiple seizures. The cold chills, lack of awareness, not knowing who I am or who my wife is, and the fear that comes upon me are debilitating. It truly is hard to put into words these sensations I get that become hypersensitive. My hearing and sight can be lost just before the seizure and take time to come back after the seizure. I lose my ability to talk for at least 5 to 10 minutes.

The first hour after I wake up is a crucial time for me, so I am typically alone in the house. I don’t go outside for roughly one hour after waking up. I try to keep my distance from my wife and son, that way I don’t danger them if I have a seizure. The bedroom doors stay shut until at least 30 minutes pass, unless I have a seizure, then there is nothing more to be concerned about. The daytime currently is smooth for me most days, the biggest issue is fatigue, and it results in me needing to sleep during the day. I simply feel constantly worn out, so there is always the chance, after sleeping, of having a seizure during the daytime. I have typically one day a week where I’m in bed sleeping for a good 14 to 16 hours. The past 12 years have simply deprived my body of too much solid, peaceful rest.

I lose total consciousness while the seizure is occurring, and it takes roughly 10 to 20 minutes for me to regain awareness. I will not know my name, age, where I live, or who my wife and son are, though they are talking to me after one occurs. The aftereffects of the seizure such as fatigue, cold chills, muscle pain, and muscle strain are simply part of the condition that I live with daily. The best thing one can do while the seizure is occurring is to just leave me alone until it is over.

I was forced to file a disability claim, nobody would hire me because of having seizures on the job. Last time I worked a full-time job was in 2008. I eventually had to leave because I was having seizures daily while on the job site. My only hope for full time work again is being able to somehow work for myself. That has been a major burden on me as a man. I grew up surrounded by men in my life, most importantly my own dad, who provided full time work income for their families or themselves. I’ve been reduced to being basically a home caretaker, food maker, cleaner, and all the other duties typically seen as for women in our society. That mindset is even more dominant among the Christian Church Culture that I have been a part of since I was 14 years old. My options in the line of ministry work for the Church have been limited by those in charge. Most people don’t want an Epileptic as a Pastor, Elder, Chaplain, or Evangelist. I’ve seen this as simply a lack of understanding that I can explain in a different post. Fortunately, I discovered an Assembly approximately 3 years ago that has worked well with me and welcomed me to serve the assembly despite my medical condition.

I strive to fervently live the best life I can and use the abilities, energy, and talents that I do have for a testimony that can benefit others. You can have this condition and persevere. I will encourage anyone to seek out ways to better themselves. Don’t stop living and learning because of Epilepsy.

I hope this posting simply brings more awareness to the condition of Epilepsy and the effects it has on both the one with the disability and the family. Feel free to ask me any questions, and I’ll do my best to answer.

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We need to understand that 3 Gospel writers testify of this requirement to follow Jesus. There is only a small amount of teaching and testimony of Jesus that is represented in 3 of the Gospels, most of the time, it is only 2. Today is the Day to make a choice !!

Scripture Citations

* Luke 9:23

23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

* Matthew 16:24

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

* Mark 8:34

34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

* Matthew 8:18-22

18 And when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave a command to depart to the other side. 19 Then a certain scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

21 Then another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

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I found it important to state the seriousness of proclaiming the Word of God to both the non believer and the follower of Jesus. We have been entrusted with The Gospel of Jesus and The Gospel of the Kingdom of God. Therefore, it was necessary for me to give a message to set up accountability, setting a standard for what I will be proclaiming from The Word here on The Bowdell. I also have this same expectation from my peers in whom I proclaim The Gospel within The Body/Assembly of Jesus. This message will set a foundational standard for all the following Preaching and Teaching of The Word of God here on The Bowdell. So, relax and enjoy Entrusted with The Gospel !!

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In this episode of The Bowdell Podcast, I discuss the necessity for us to be wise in our Personal Investment. I speak about what, who, and why… those are 3 of the primary questions we should ask ourselves before we invest ourselves. We have only limited time each day to invest in our talents, skills, gifts, dreams, and relationships. I give my personal testimony of this journey and hope that those who are still wandering around in the desert or wilderness will find answers. So, tune in and get ready for an awesome ride !!

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This video gives you an introduction to the content you can expect here on The Bowdell. You’ll learn about the minimum posts per week, what the content of the posts will be, the format, the benefits of paid subscribers, and possible extra content throughout the week.

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