CHILDREN ARE AN HERITAGE OF THE LORD

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Except the LORD build the house, 

they labour in vain that build it: 

except the LORD keep the city, 

the watchman waketh but in vain.

It is vain for you to rise up early, 

to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: 

for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: 

and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty

man; so are children of the youth.

Happy is the man that hath his quiver 

full of them: they shall not be ashamed, 

but they shall speak with the enemies 

in the gate.

PSALM 127

RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL GO BEFORE HIM

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Wilt thou not revive us again: that 

thy people may rejoice in thee?

Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, 

and grant us thy salvation.

I will hear what God the LORD 

will speak: for he will speak peace 

unto his people, and to his saints: 

but let them not turn again to folly.

Surely his salvation is nigh them 

that fear him; that glory may dwell 

in our land. Mercy and truth are met 

together; righteousness and peace 

have kissed each other. Truth shall spring 

out of the earth; and righteousness shall 

look down from heaven. Yea, the 

LORD shall give that which is good; 

and our land shall yield her increase.

Righteousness shall go before him; 

and shall set us in the way of his steps.

Psalms 85:6-13

GOD GIVES WISDOM

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My brethren, count it all joy when 

ye fall into divers temptations;

Knowing this, that the trying of 

your faith worketh patience.

But let patience have her 

perfect work, that ye may be 

perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

If any of you lack wisdom, 

let him ask of God, that giveth 

to all men liberally, and upbraideth 

not; and it shall be given him.

But let him ask in faith, nothing 

wavering. For he that wavereth 

is like a wave of the sea driven 

with the wind and tossed.

JAMES 1:2-6

WAKE UP!

The topic of pornography came up 

today and I would like to take a little time to 

touch on this subject as most men, woman or 

teenager do not consider this when they

are searching the web. I ran across an 

employee viewing very explicit photos one 

day at a place I worked and I began 

to pray the Lord would show me the 

words to give him to help him 

understand what he was doing.

As I sat and prayed the Lord laid on 

my heart, "Do you not work at a factory"? 

If so, use that to show him. So I went out 

onto the factory floor and took him

for a walk. So here is a question 

I ask you.

If you go onto the web and 

order 50 blue computers, how many blue 

computers do I have to produce on 

this factory floor to meet your demand?

If you go onto the web and order 1000 

white cell phones, how many white cell 

phones do I have to produce to meet 

your demand? 

If you have 10,000 people 

clicking on a button at one item per 

day how many items do you have to 

produce to meet that demand? Are you 

starting to get the picture? 

We have a nation full of not only men 

but women and teenagers hitting the 

web daily looking at sexually explicit photo's 

(in secret) thinking it's innocent and 

will not hurt anyone. If you don't 

think it drives the demand up than 

let me ask you this question. Why has 

sex trafficking skyrocketed? Rape and 

incest and every sexual sin is soaring 

out of control. Why has Utah set 

pornography as a Health Issue now
because of all the problems it has
been causing?

We better wake up because it is 

an addiction and the more people addicted 

to it the more the demand is raised and 

it could be your child, grandchild, wife
or friend who becomes the next item
placed on the assembly line to meet
the demand of all that is done in secret.
When I worked at the factory we had
a Motto, "Relentless Drive To Win".
That same motto is out there on the
heads of people's lives.  Whether
your click is an minor site, major site
or even an advertisement that seems
innocent but exploits a human being
than you have just added to the
demand of a product and they
will relentlessly go out and find
that product to meet the demand
being requested.

 Ask the person who is at the end
of the rope and lost everything they 

own, their family, their dignity, their
jobs and even their sanity what it cost
them.  As they begin to grew deeper
and deeper into the addiction they
began to do things they would have
never even considered doing prior
to this time.  I have watched
some of the most Godly men fall
into this trap since the year 2000.
Some have lost it all and they
still can't shake free.  Some have
gone to prison or committed suicide
because of this addiction.

It's real!

It's costing our nation far more 

than any of us want to admit.

We just keep sweeping it under the
rug thinking it will go away. 

We'll it's not going away!

It's slapping us in the face

For nothing is secret, that shall
not be made manifest; neither any
thing hid, that shall not be known and
come abroad.

LUKE 8:17

THAT THE WORLD WILL KNOW

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The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon
me; because the LORD hath anointed
me to preach good tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up
the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to
the captives, and the opening of the prison
to them that are bound;  To proclaim the
acceptable year of the LORD, and the day
of vengeance of our God; to comfort
all that mourn;  To appoint unto them
that mourn in Zion,  to give unto them
beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for
the spirit of heaviness; that they might
be called trees of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, that he
might be glorified.  And they shall
build the old wastes,  they shall raise up
the former desolations, and they shall
repair the waste cities, the desolations
of many generations.  And strangers
shall stand and feed your flocks, 

and the sons of the alien shall be your 

plowmen and your vinedressers.  But ye 

shall be named the Priests of the LORD: 

men shall call you the Ministers of our 

God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, 

and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

For your shame ye shall have double; 

and for confusion they shall rejoice 

in their portion: therefore in their land 

they shall possess the double: everlasting 

joy shall be unto them. For I the LORD 

love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt 

offering; and I will direct their work in truth, 

and I will make an everlasting covenant with
 them.  And their seed shall be known among
the Gentiles, and their offspring among
the people: all that see them shall
acknowledge them, that they are the seed
which the LORD hath blessed. I will greatly
rejoice in the LORD,  my soul shall be joyful
in my God; for he hath clothed me with
the garments of salvation, he hath covered
me with the robe of righteousness, as a
bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,
and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,
and as the garden causeth the things that are
sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will 

cause righteousness and praise to spring 

forth before all the nations.

Isaiah 61

STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH

Working in a major city can be quite a 

challenge.  As I drive to work the last 

few weeks instead of taking the train, I 

realized how easy it is to get on the 

wrong road.  Sometimes I drive around

trying to find one particular road 

and I get on a one way going 

home and it takes me too far.

I take an exit and try to get back 

on a road close to what I think

is correct and when I look at my

map I once again realize that I'm
way off track.  

Finally after missing the road two

or three times I decide to pull into 

a parking lot and set my map so it 

speaks to me the directions so that I
will be sure to do it correctly.

All set, I'm ready to make forward 

progress finding my way back home. 

Up over the overpass and back down 

into the downtown she leads me.  Turn

right on this street, turn left in two blocks 

and back up onto the overpass.  After doing

this two times I realized even the lady 

giving directions was not able to 

successfully get out of downtown and
point me in the right direction towards
my house. 

After driving around for thirty minutes I
decide to get on one of the major
expressways and even if I have to 

pay a toll at least I will be able to arrive
at home before midnight or later. 

One day as I entered downtown I looked 

up and the tallest building has a sign on it.
It has four extending small wings, one north,
one south, one east and one west.  

The building beside it is slightly smaller.

I noticed the wording was rather easy to 

see on the smaller building.  I lined
myself up into the crevice
of one of the wings on the tallest
building and I then fixed my eyes on
the letters of the building right beside it
and noticed I was straight centered
in front of the words on the building.
Since those letters were large I would
see them without any trouble no matter
where I was.  Once I was lined
up I began to drive in a straight path
making sure I was totally lined up
in the crevice of the one building
and straight in front of the second
building.  

Much to my surprise instead of taking 

two hours to arrive home, I was able to 

arrive in the normal time frame.
I didn't get lost one time and the drive
was quite pleasant. 

Our spiritual walk is much the same. 

We wonder around aimlessly 

trying to find the right path.  We go 

around in circles for not only 

hours but for months or years 

without any direction in our lives.

I know this is just an example
but as I began to drive home from
work that day I thought of these
scriptures and began to make the
parallel in my daily walk and
my spiritual walk and I saw
that it needed to resemble the
same pattern

We need to make a conscious choice
to line ourselves up in the crevice of
God's wings.

He that dwelleth in the secret place
of the most High shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, He is my
refuge and my fortress: my God;
in him will I trust.

Psalms 91:1


We also need to set our eyes on Jesus
and line our life up with His ways and I
promise we will not go astray.  He will

guide us into the right path and
open doors for us that only He
has to power to do. Our hearts
will find it's way home when
our eyes are fixed on Him.

 Keep thy heart with all diligence; 

for out of it are the issues of life.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, 

and perverse lips put far from thee.

Let thine eyes look right on, 

and let thine eyelids look straight 

before thee.  Ponder the path of thy feet, 

and let all thy ways be established.

Turn not to the right hand nor to 

the left: remove thy foot from evil.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, 

and bow thine ear to my 

understanding: That thou mayest 

regard discretion, and that thy lips 

may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 4:23 - 5:2

With my whole heart have I 

sought thee: O let me not wander from 

thy commandments.  Thy word have I hid 

in mine heart, that I might not 

sin against thee.  Blessed art thou, O LORD: 

teach me thy statutes.  With my lips have I

 declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy
testimonies, as much as in all riches.

I will meditate in thy precepts, 

and have respect unto thy ways.

I will delight myself in thy statutes:

 I will not forget thy word.

Psalm 119:10-16

GLEANING AFTER THE REAPERS

Yesterday as I was driving to 

work I was listening to Ruth on audio 

books.  When it came to Ruth 2:7

I sorta remained there as the reader 

went on.  Some reason I tend to 

do that.  I start tearing apart

the words, turning them 

upside down and inside out.
My new boss gave me a
title at my office and I guess 

it might be fitting for other areas of 

my life also.  He calls me the 

premo forensic accountant.  

I do the same with accounting, as I 

take it apart and turn it inside out

and have been able to recover

 thousands of dollars in every

offices I've worked at the last 

six years that others seem 

to let fall through the cracks. 

As I was tearing this verse apart

today, I begin to dwell
on the fact that we need more
gleaners after the reapers
going out into the fields.

Most of us go to church, we 

sit and listen to the sermon and

we go out and invite others to 

come to church with us so they 

can also sit and listen to the pastor 

teach the scripture.  Sometimes we 

share a scripture or two with a friend

or we go on a visitation trip with the 

church from time to time but as for 

gleaning we don't tend to do this often.

What I mean by gleaning is we go 

out and we find those that others have

let fall by the wayside by accident or 

even those that were tossed aside 

because they didn't quite fit into 

the perfect category some people

try to fit everyone into. There are 

some that never felt their clothing 

was perfect enough or their speech 

was etiquette enough so they fell 

by the wayside. 

Maybe our prayer should become the 

prayer of Ruth.  Lord allow me to 

glean and gather after the reapers

(our pastor's and leaders) among

the sheaves. 

God blessed Ruth in a powerful way

and even asked Boaz to drop a few 

extra barley by the wayside for Ruth 

to glean. 

Ruth 2:7

And she said, I pray you, 

let me glean and gather 

after the reapers among 

the sheaves: so she came, 

and hath continued even 

from the morning until now, 

that she tarried a little 

in the house.

Ruth 2:12

The LORD recompense thy work, 

and a full reward be given thee 

of the LORD God of Israel,

 under whose wings thou art come 

to trust.