Yesterday was one of those days. Nothing went right, I was inundated with difficult problems of every description, including but not limited to personal issues, customer issues, organizational issues, you name it. I mentioned to my wife that my day had been a particularly bad one . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2018/08/thank-you-lord-2/

I was thinking of an incident that occurred during the presidential primary in 2016. I’d gone bass fishing about an hour before dark. I didn’t hear a car, train, or airplane the entire time. The 1000 acres of uninhabited red clay hills pine wonderland surrounding me shielded all noises from the outside world. There was a slight cool breeze and the temperature was perfect and I was happy as a clam on a full tide. A big blue heron was fishing right across the lake from me as was a solid white Ibis to my right . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2018/08/the-mind-battlefield-2/

I heard someone say the other day that life was just so “unfair”. This person is undergoing trials and tribulations and one bad thing has happened after another. Okay what’s new? Just cut me a break already. Every human being on this planet is now undergoing similar problems, soon will be, and/or already has experienced their own trials and tribulations ever since Eve disobeyed God and chomped down on that apple and found a worm in the middle. Instead of turning into a God as Satan had promised her, she, (along with Adam who disobeyed God too), were booted out of the paradise known as the Garden of Eden just as God had promised . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2018/08/fired-and-rehired-2/

In 2003 my youngest son Jon called to tell me that he dreamed that he died and went to heaven. He said heaven was terrific fun and he had a blast. One of the highlights was spending time in a water park riding numerous water slides through various tunnels. He also dreamed that he and I had begun our own denomination called the “Evangelists”. Our new ministry’s numbers were larger than the Baptists, Methodists, etc. all put together and we conducted a large service on the beach in Los Angeles; 20,000 people attended, and all were lined up facing four different directions, north, south, east, and west. Huge big screens rolled down from the sky and our special guest speaker was Shaquille O’Neal . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2018/07/bet-the-farm-on-it/

The Bible tells us that we will have to account for our sins. Romans 14:11 – It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.” So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2018/07/whats-the-point/

When you make important decisions and you are a Christian you take it to the Lord in prayer, sometimes the answer comes to you immediately and you are very clear on what course of action that you need to pursue; other times it is all but impossible to discern the will of God. There is an old gospel song with lyrics that indicate that we must “Trust and obey” for there is no other way to be happy. How in the world are we to trust and obey when we do not know what we are to obey to be within the will of God? Arghhhhh! . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2018/07/internal-peace-meter-2/

I’ve been watching a pair of Ospreys, “sea eagles”, as they fly around the river in my backyard. One day last week they soared so high that I could barely see them with my worn out old eyes. I did notice that they weren’t even flapping their wings, but instead gracefully soaring and catching updrafts as they circled and circled being lifted higher and higher. This was not being done to hunt, though they do circle when they look for unsuspecting fish that make the mistake of swimming too close to the surface of the river, but they do not have near the altitude when hunting. I believe they were soaring and circling for the sheer joy of it . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2018/07/singing-trees/

Through the years I have been like a lightning rod attracting more than my share of nutty people. It’s like I’m a psycho magnet or something. I’ve been frequently threatened, and always carry either or both my trusty 9MM and .380 handguns on my person, plus an arsenal stored at my home for protection . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2018/07/do-not-fear-snakes-plane-rides-and-nutty-people/

I’ve warned readers on several occasions that a determined attempt will be made to try and portray pedophilia as being nothing more than a natural sexual orientation and should be decriminalized. Watch this video and see my prophecy become reality . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2018/07/prophecy-or-common-sense/

The Bible is very clear that the only way to obtain salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ. We must repent of our sins, believe that Jesus took our rightful place on the cross, died for our sins, and was resurrected in three days. Many people believe that one merely has to SAY that they believe in God and that is it. In fact most people when asked if they think they will go to heaven when they die, answer in the affirmative. When further prodded as to why they think God will accept them into His kingdom, they answer that they are a good person and believe in God. As we look to the Bible for guidance on this subject, it states that even the demons in Hell believe in God and Jesus and tremble at the very mention of His name. Obviously merely being cognizant that God and Jesus exist is not sufficient. Satan knows God and Jesus intimately and he is doomed to a fate worse than all others . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2018/07/faith-without-works/