OntheROAD

  HATH GOD SAID…?   If a strategy works, why change?   The very first time the serpent appears in history is in Genesis 3 in the Garden of Eden.  He uses a “pick up line" he continues to use with fairly consistent success,  “HATH GOD SAID…?”   He still uses that subtle question to get us to crack open the door of doubt and unbelief, so he can slide his foot in and sell us his whole package of lies and merchandise.   2Cor1:20 “For  ALL THE PROMISES  of God in him are yes, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”   “Did your Heavenly Father  REALLY   SAY   THAT ?”   “Does  THAT  actually  APPLY TO YOU ?”   “Did the Creator of All Things  MEAN   WHAT HE SAID ?”     Of course, we wouldn’t come right out and say that Yahweh, God is a liar…  but… just the question whether or not He actually promised or stated something…  and if that statement  ...

  MAKROTHUMIA   While fearfully cowering before three massive approaching armies, Israel was told, “Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you.” (2Chron 20:17) When told to “SET YOURSELF",    You position in such a way that it doesn’t matter how long it takes…. You are FULLY PERSUADED, unshakeable, and immovable. Forbearance, patience, longsuffering, steadfastness… come to mind when you “Stand" in such a strong fighting position.      Two keys to “SETTING OURSELVES” are found in Heb 6:12:    "That ye be not slothful,  but followers of them  who through  FAITH  and  PATIENCE inherit the promises.”   THE TWO KEYS:   ·         " FAITH "    Faith is  ALWAYS  used as a noun - a person, place, or thing.    It is substance and evidence NOW.    It is not what you do to...

  HOW WE MAKE THEM FEEL     One of the toughest things I had to learn...  and am still learning...  and I failed at an awful lot... was laying down my life...  my mind... my will... my emotions... my dreams, desires, ambitions and goals...  so that my wife and children could live and come into the fulness of who they were created to be....      I don't know whether it was a deep-seated inordinate desire to be liked and approved by…  well…  everyone…  or what… But for some reason it was almost easier for me to give up what I thought might be important for people I hardly knew,  or friends who needed help,  than it was to give up my own “whatever” for my family...      AND   THEY FELT IT!     I think our oldest was in his mid-teens - which meant our youngest would've been around 6 or 7 years old or so - when I actually sat the whole family down and asked them,  "Do you  KNOW ...