Just Married

YesSandi and I are now husband and wife after 2 years of bf\gf\we don't know what.
It was a wonderful wedding with a truly inspirational message about how the community is responsible for keeping marriages together and sharing in the joys of family.
I now have two wonderful step sons and my wife has two beautiful step daughters.
I will be posting a synopsis of the wedding message on my Christiandays site as well as pictures. http://groups.msn.com/Christiandays I can't get the blogger photo editor to work on this computer.
God Bless
Radlife

Miracles

When God speaks it is good to listen.
Firstly the internet has been down for almost six weeks. but they reconnected when I threatened to go with cable internet.

Now ... God spoke clearly and Sandi and I are back together. More than this we will be married on nov. 19/06. I'll post some pics when i can get this computer to cooperate.
Thanks to all for your prayers.
God Bless
Radlife

Spirit of Praise

Today let us be filled with the Spirit of praise.
Let us walk through our day thanking and praising god for every difficulty and challenge as well as every joy filled moment.
Praise Him for the flowers that push through the cracks in the sidewalk, for the clouds in the sky and the bright morning sun.
Praise God for redemption, repentance and forgivenness. Praise God for His son Jesus and the Gift of the Holy Spirit.
Today recieve the Spirit of Praise.
In Christ
Radlife

Baptism Sept. 18/06

I was baptised today, 5 years after coming to Christ. I was originally baptized as a Catholic baby, but never as an adult Christian. Praise God.
Something changed when I came out of the water. I can't explain exactly but something.
Praise God.
Something makes me want to share the gospels of Jesus.
Praise God.
God Bless
Radlife

Sept. 16/06

My daughter is driving me Insane. Insaaaaaaaaane I tell you. She wants to marry the bipolar psycho. No way i will not sign for this. Forget it and of course I am the bad guy and the source of all her problems.
ack
This is not what i signed on for.
And I slept through my shift at the plastics plant as well. I'll probably catch royal ^%$$ for it monday. This has been a completely crazy day. Nuts like I don't believe.
Okay I am having one of those " please let me fall into a 5 year coma and wake up at the end of the world" kind of days.
Now I'll just start drooling and babbling like a moron.
Sleep time and maybe a fresh perspective in the morning.
Radlife

Spam

I hate to do this but due to spam comments I am going to have to add word verification to my blog comments. Sorry for the inconvenience.
God bless
Radlife

Why go to Church?

I had to share this one.
Why go to Church?
Why go to Church?
If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this! If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it. If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!Why Go To Church?
A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.
"This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:
"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals But I do know this.. They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!" When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible!
Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

Sept. 11/06

A day many stop and reflect.
Today I reflected on praise and how I don't do enough of it.
I find I am often complaining about what is wrong. I forget to thank Him for all that is good in my life.
So give Him a little more praise today.
God Bless
Radlife

Tired

I am working midnights at a plastics plant and haven't slept today. I would call in sick but I need the bucks. Oh how tired i am. I am sooooooooooo tired. It looks like a long 8 hours ahead.

Aug 26/06

I haven't been online for a few days. It's been a bit of a hectic weekend. by the time I actually got some space to clear my head it seemed almost impossible to quiet down and try to hear God's voice. But I did manage to.
I'm actually getting ready to go to work now.
Although it's a noisy factory it's somewhat of a peace job. People don't complain alot there, they just do thier work. It's good when people don't complain, I've been alot of places where that's all people like to do.
It made me wonder what if we all took the energy we expell in being negative and did something positive. I think we might see a very powerful chain reaction.
Think about it.
So until later
God bless you all
radlife

New Job

So I started a new job recently. The inventor I worked for has had to let us go. I work making sterilite containers. Actually the machines make them I just take them off the line and put stickers on them. Nothing too exciting but it is the beginning of a changed life. So I put my heart into it as Jesus would have me do.
Go with God people
Radlife

Lately

Lately I just haven't been in blogging mode. I just thought I would log on and see what my fingers came up with.
Ever feel like a stranger in your own town. I didn't grow up here and it's places like this that make you feel just how anonymous you are in the city.
I'm still praying for my daughter. I hope she comes back to God soon. And Sandi, she's having a challenge at work.
Me well I'm on the verge of what feels like a new life.
So..
God bless
Radlife

The Lord's Prayer

THIS MAKES SENSE AND MORE PEOPLE SHOULD FEELTHIS WAYThe Lord’s Prayer is not allowed in most public schools anymore becausethe word “God” is mentioned....A kid in Arizona wrote the attached NEW School prayer.I liked it.
Now I sit me down in schoolWhere praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.
If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That’s no offense; it’s a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God’s name is prohibited by the state.
We’re allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They’ve outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the ‘unwed daddy,’ our Senior King.
It’s “inappropriate” to teach right from wrong,
We’re taught that such “judgments” do not belong.
We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.
It’s scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school’s a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen

Three Trees

Sometimes we get what we need and not what we want..........
<> Once there were 3 trees on a hill in the woods.They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the 1st tree said, "Someday, I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems and be decorated with intricate carvings. Everyone would see my beauty."The 2nd tree said, "Someday, I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of other world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull." Finally, the 3rd tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time, and people will always remember me."
After a few years of praying that their dreamswould come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. One came to the 1st tree and said, "This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter," and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest. At the 2nd tree, one of the other woodsman said, "This looks like a strong tree. I should be able to sell it to the shipyard." The 2nd tree was happy, because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship. When the woodsmen came upon the 3rd tree, the tree was frightened, because it knew that, if it is cut down, its dream would not come true. One of the woodsmen said, "I don't need anything special from my tree, so I'll take this one," and he cut it down.
When the 1st tree arrived at the carpenter's, he was made into a feed box for animals, placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for. The 2nd tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end.The 3rd tree was cut into large pieces and leftalone in the dark. The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.
Then one filtered day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth, and they placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time.
Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on the water, a great storm arose, and the tree didn't think it was strong enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said "Peace," and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.
Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets, and the crowd mocked the man who was carrying it.Finally, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.
The moral of this story is that, when things don't seem to be going your way, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trust in Him, He will give you great gifts. Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined.We don't always know what God's plans are for us. We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always best Keep it moving...pass it on, so it could inspire more people. Sometimes the heart sees what the eyes can't.
GOD BLESS . . .
Radlife

Fare Thee Well

My Gran, Mary Brown formerly Kerr passed away on June 29/06. She is survived by three children, predeceased by one, 11 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren. She is sadly missed and we all look forward to seeing her in the kingdom.
Goodbye Gran
We love you.
God Bless
Radlife

Waiting

My parents were supposed to come down from Toronto this weekend but dad called me at work to say that my gran was dying and not expected to last the next few days. She's 96.
It feels kind of strange really, she was a big part of my growing up. Although she lived in Vancouver and us in Toronto she always came once or twice a year. we always had fun. When I was little I used to rub her back. She taugh me how to waltz. There's a lot of memories going on right now. We grew apart some over the past few years and it hurts to know that I won't have the chance to say goodbye. It's making me think about what's really important and all that stuff. She's not really concious.
Well I hope she's going to a better place.
After that I really don't know what to say. I feel kind of empty. I guess it's been a hectic time the past litle while. Time for that one on one time with God I keep talking about.
Anyhow
Goodnite
God Bless
Radlife

Walking to work

So last Thursday I was driving over to a friend's place and had to take a backroad detour due to construction. All of a sudden I hear a loud bang and the car stalls. I get out to see what the problem is and there is my gas tank lying about 10 feet behind my car. Ouch. I'm trying to get the town to pay as they didn't grade the detour.
So I am walking to work this week. No biggie, as long as I get picked up at least halfway while hitchhiking. I usually do. My ride today talked about trying to stay healthy and enjoying life at the same time. It was a short but inspiring conversation.
The walk often gives me time to be quiet and pray. I rarely get much of that these days. It seems just when I need to be alone and meditate something comes up. I really should take that time and listen to what God is trying to say. I can't say the past several months have been easy but I can start to see a light at the end of the tunnel. We've been doing healing room classes at church on Thurday evenings and we are working on breaking the soul ties to pretty much everything that is oppressive iour lives. That gets pretty heavy but it is worth it. The difficulty comes in trying to put what we are learning into practice in out everyday lives. That has actually been the focus of the "walking mediatation" the past few days.
Also not being afraid to ask God and not have the enemy whispering "what if it isn't His will".
We are learning to just carry on during attacks. Not allowing ourselves to get locked up in a metaphorical cave, just persevere. And keep praising and glorifying because it keeps the enemy confused.
Anyhow I'll sign off for now because it's late and I need to sleep.
Please keep praying for my daughter.
God Bless
Radlife

Monday

Well father's day is past and i am unwisely taking the morning off work. I had some errands to run in Waterloo. I also have to get my Healing Room's homework done tonight too.
I had both of my girls yesterday. Well Fiona hung out with me for a few hours, Then back to the *^&$!!@ boyfriend's place. She does not seem at all happy there, so I'm praying that it's only a matter of time before she comes home. Jodie (my little one) stayed late and we went to a mini waterfall in a local eco park. It was fun But I couldn't swim on account of my damaged toe.
Our service was small yet inspiring. Pastor Dave seemed very down at the low attendance. It was the 3 year anniversary of our becoming Bethel Life Center, We used to be Bethel Pentacostal Church. It was also a year since we said goodbye to Mother Esther, Pastors late wife. All in all it was a time of reflection.
Our guest speaker was Rev. Wilmer Davidson, an evangelical Anglican minister who has been praying for revival in this area for almost 40 years. He has been preaching for just over 50. It was a very inspiring message about the presence and promise of the Holy Spirit in our lives. And it fit in as I have been praying for baptism in the spirit for quite some time now.
In reflection I have been looking closely at the people I know who Jesus has called home this past year. I can hear Him saying that it's time to repent, take up our crosses and move forward. A generation is passing and it's our time to reach out to the next generation.
So please join me in prayer for this revival and for the children who need to know about Jesus. Pray that their ears will be open to hear His word and that there eyes will be open to see His glory.
God Bless
Radlfe

ReCreate

Things are changing within me quite rapidly. My goals seem to be being rearranged. It's kind of hard to explain. But I will say the spirit is moving.
More to come.
Radlife

Re Yesterday

Well we had our & days of reconstruction class. In prayer I could feel Jesus love. Not the goosebumpy warm fuzzy we ofe=ten get but the real love of Jesus. Pastor Dave wasn't there but another minister, and old bible study collegue of mine was. He and the others prayed for my damaged eye and my recently injured toe. But as we left my friend Wilmer stopped to tell me he loved me. And I could see the love of God in his eyes. (He's been in ministry for over 50 years).
The feeling of God's love just stayed and stayed.
So praise God.
Thank You Jesus
Radlife

Thanks be to God.
Thank you Jesus

Congrats

Congrats to my friend Kes, assistat manager on Christiandays, was just elected deacon at his church in the states.
God Bless Brother
Radlife

Coffee

Well I had suffered from anxiety attacks for many years. Once about five years ago I didn't have any coffee and so had morning tea instead. And I recently remembered that I had no anxiety that day. So I went the past three days without coffee and boom no anxiety and surprisingly more energy.
I spoke to my friend Jen about this idea and she told me that some time ago she had prayed about caffeine and God revealed to her that caffeine "quickens the flesh". Thus empowering it.
Sound ridiculous? Think about it. When the flesh is sickened it dominates us. Ever had a hangover? All you can concentrate on is how cruddy you feel. Quickening the flesh caused me to have anxiety.
Now you may say that tea has as much caffiene as coffee. Well, dry tea does have, pound for pound, as much caffeine as coffee. But you use considerably less tea per cup (less than half by weight) than coffee. Also coffee is considerably more acidic than tea.
Anyhow, it just goes to show that good health disempowers the flesh and gives us a clearer channel to our Lord.
God Bless
Radlife

OUCH

So there I am last Friday cutting my bosses grass and as I'm turning the corner the mower gets stuck in a rut. No biggie but I should have let go of the safety handle. My foot slips under and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! The top of my big toe was sent to places unkown. Well I was turning green by the time i got to the hospital. It's really ugly. And painful everytime I bash it on something. There was no bone involved but half of the nail and alot of the top was never recovered. So I have a three week period of desk duty cause workers comp doesn't cover self employed people.
I'm just thanking God it was a clean cut, we had just sharpened the blade and I get to keep the rest of my toe.
Aside from that the Spirit is moving a little more around here. It was a great service this morning.
Please keep my daughter in prayer. I pray she'll come home soon.
God Bless
Radlife

Dang

I know this doesn't seem as important as the previous post but hey.
There I was in my baseball shirt and track pants when my ride calls and tells me that our first lob ball game of the season is cancelled. Rain and a wet feild of course. We've had two weeks of rain non stop. I know out west it rains costantly but out here we are used to warm and sunshine by this time of year. All the rivers are breaking their banks and many have ben forced from there homes.(and here I am complaining about baseball.) So keep our locals in your prayers. And please kep praying for my daughter as well. She's still in that cursed relationship.
Oh well guess I'll catch up on some overdue reading.
God Bless
Radlife

Darrel Scott

DARRELL SCOTT TESTIMONY Guess our national leaders didn't expect this, hmm? On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful. They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologis t, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a portion of the transcript:
"Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain Their blood cries out for answers.
"The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used.. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart.
"In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent.
I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy-it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. " I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best. This was written way before I knew I would be speaking here today:
Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty air.
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question "Why?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through legislative creed.
And yet you fail to understand,
That God is what we need!
"Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, soul, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and reek havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs -- politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws.
"Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts. "As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes-He did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America , and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999 , at Columbine High Sc hool prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA - I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart before casting the first stone! My daughter's death will not be in vain!
The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!"
Do what the media did not - - let the nation hear this man's speech. Please send this out to everyone you can

Happy Birthday Sandi

Happy birthday to my dear friend Sandi who is a wonderfully blessed person. I pray God smiles on you all day. I pray that His blessings just rain down on you today.
God bless
Radlife

Spam?????

The keepers of bogger think that my blog is a spam blog...good gord


I am praying alot these days and I sense a sort of quickening. The deceiver is hot on my tail and trying to prevent me from going to the next level. He has been for quite some time now. I wish I'd seen it sooner. I thought I was just going crazy.
God Bless all readers and blog surfers.
And Misty your baby is totally cute.
God Bless
Radlife

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.
Some people come into you r life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.!
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

Prayer

I ask you to join me in prayer for my daughter. She is taking the wrong pathways in life. And is in a very bad relationship. I feel powerless to help her so I just implore all to pray that she comes back to Christ and rejects the world.
God Bles
Radlife

Just a goodnight note to let you all know that I'm thinking of you.
I pray that my daughter receives the gifts of wisdom and discernment.
God Bless
Radlife

Fragile

Have you ever felt fragile. Like anyone could do or say just the wrong thing at the right time to make you shatter.
Sometimes when I feel a distance from God I feel that way. And it seems like no amount of prayer is going to change it. i hate that feeling of distance when I let the worries of the world get in the way. It feels like I have no faith.
It usually takes a prayer budy or something similar to get me jump started again.
So hey there prayer buddies let's pray.
God Bless
Radlife

Days

Again for lack of a better title i am IM'ing and blogging at the same time. This could be cause for concern as I was never able to multitask on this thing before. Coulsd I be turning into an internet compulsive guy.
I hate to use the word geek but my daughter calls m that all the time.
Speaking of whom please pray for her she is ot doing so well. Things have been difficult for her the past few years and everytime she seems to be getting ahead she falls.
Like her whole mission trip. Twice she has started the process and twice she has dropped out. Even when she was doing travelling day camp teams. One of her friends talked into coming home and that was that.
I really feel the deceiver is trying to thwart the prophesies that she would be an eveangelist.
Please pray
Aside from that the usual stuff of life seems to be going on.
So don't forget i still pray for all of you and your church
God Bless
Radlife

March 8

Just a quck lunchtime note. Nothing really to tell. But I felt like writing something and here I am. I hope all my BC friends are feeling blessed today and I'll check in later.
God Bless
Radlife

Christian One Liners

Christian One Liners
Don't let your worries get the
best of you; remember, Moses started
out as a basket case.
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Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited
until you try to sit in their pews.
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Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisors.
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It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one.
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The good Lord didn't create anything
without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.
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When you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there.
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People are funny; they want the
front of the bus, the middle of the road, and the back of the church.
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Opportunity may knock once, but temptation
bangs on your front door forever.
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Quit griping about your
church; if it was perfect, you couldn't belong.
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If the church wants a
better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has.
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God Himself does not propose
to judge a man until he is dead. So why should you?
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Some minds are like concrete
thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
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Peace starts with a smile.
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I don't know why some people
change churches; what difference does
it make which one you stay home from?!
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A lot of church members who
are singing "Standing on the Promises" are just sitting on the premises.
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We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges.
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Be ye fishers of men. You catch them - He'll clean them.
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Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.
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Don't put a question mark where God put a period.
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Don't wait for 6 strong men to take you to church.
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Forbidden fruits create many jams.
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God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
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God loves everyone, but probably prefers
"fruits of the spirit" over "religious nuts!"
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God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.
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He who angers you, controls you!
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If God is your Co-pilot - swap seats!
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Prayer:
Don't give God instructions -- just report for duty!
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The task ahead of us is never as
great as the Power behind us.
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The Will of God never takes you to
where the Grace of God will not protect you.
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We don't change the message, the message changes us.
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March 1

Stil 5 minutes left in March. Ok well I had a good day at work making drain heat recovery systems. I prayed alot and God is basically saying that I have to be straightforward about things in general.
aside from that I have to pray for Pastor Dave. We have had a dwindling assembly and well we only had 8 on Sunday.
It used to be a thriving church but now it looks like it might shut down.
I know God id saying for us to seek direction in Him... but what is that direction. When I read the New Heights page about seeking a raw experience in Christ it really spoke to me. We have prayed for revival around here for so long, but Quebec is a tough nut to crack.
I'll post more about possible ministries later.
God Bless
Radlife

Feb 28 Cont.....

So the dishes got done but the rest of the place needs a major overhall. I had a late nite fight with my dear daughter. Things were said that hurt but making up was done. Man,.. how does one communicate with a sixteen year old girl. Are they all so hardheaded or is it just because she was raised by a man.
Ugh okay so aside from hardheadedness she a great kid. I really do love her and she means the world to me which makes it even harder to watch when she messes up. So I pray and ask others to that Jesus shows her the right way.
Anyhow it's like 2 am so technically it's March 1st now.
Anyhow goodnight to all and May Jesus be with you in your dreams.
G0d Bless
Radlife

Feb. 28

Okay I really shouldn't be here I should be well... doing dishes, cleaning my pigpen of an apartment and all that. But I have to pick up my daughter. And I need to unwind a little. Which I usually do by cleaning.
Okay This is me after work. I think I'll just lie down.
Maybe type more later.
God Bless
Radlife

The Past

Sometimes it's hard to let go of the past. I know that those sins are long forgivien but have you ever had them come back in your face anyway.
I heard a speaker say once that sin is painful. But it is useful to God.
I can see many instances where my past can be useful to God.

The past few days have been both enlightening and unnerving. There are some difficult and potentially hurtful decisions I have to make but make them I must. I think God is telling me to get off my butt and get moving on.
Goodnight all
God Bless
Radlife.

Hey

Maybe I should just use the dates as titles. Well although the groundhog didn't find his shadow winter suddenly hit with a vengence. It's not all bad tough. Around here if we don't get some heavy duty winter cold then the sugar sap won't run and alot of maple syrup producers will lose a pile of money. However i'm not much of a winter person.
I hope all is going well with my friends out west.
I'm still in prayer and being a work in progress. So prayer for me and the misplaced and misinformed teenagers in this area. They are looking for some kind of answer and being led away from the truth.
God Bless
Radlife

Angries

Have you ever had a day when you just have the angries.? Some days I get the grumpies but today is the angries. Nothing and everything gets under my skin. It's especially bad when I stare at mount dishes over there. Hmmmmm well I do have to tackle mount dishes. and then well who knows.
How to tackle the angries. Pray, yes that works. Never let the deceiver make you think you can't.
I'll continue later.
Okay mount dishes is tackled and I feel much better. But others around me have the grumpies.
And for some reason they are getting annoyed with me for walking arund singing "I've got that Joy Joy Joy Joy down in my heart.
Strange turnaround eh?
God Bless
Radlife

Temptation

This is just something I was working on...
IN CHRISTIANITY AS IN LIFE WE OFTEN FIND OURSELVES IN LOWS OR VALLEYS. We are tempted, and we fall to temptations, and we feel great regret at the consequences of our actions. Yet time and time again we find ourselves falling over and over again to the same situations. Why is this?
Most of the time we focus on the “greater evils” such as sex, drugs and alcohol. But what about the “lesser evils? Theses are in quotation marks because Jesus made it clear that no one sin is any greater than another. A little white lie is as bad as a big lie. But the point is that we seem to fall again and again even after we feel the Holy Spirit’s conviction on such matters.
Why is this? Is it a lack of healing? A lack of fortitude? I think none of the above. It has been said that as we draw closer to God and know Him more we form a closer relationship with Him and are compelled to do what pleases Him instead of falling to our sinful nature.
I do believe that we must endeavor to resist sin through constant prayer. We must also resist sin physically. It is the “lesser evils” that will take us by surprise. Anger, hatred, control, jealousy as well as such things as smoking, gluttony and a whole host of things that would draw us away from God.
Faith comes into play here. Our faith becomes stronger not only through the hardships we endure but also through loving God more and more. The bible says to “love the Lord your God with all your heart all, your soul and all your mind.” The more intensely we love God the less we are likely to want to displease him. The more we love God the stronger our faith is. For in loving God we come to realize that the world can do what it will to us. However we will prevail through the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Sin will through faith become a detestable stranger to us and the deceiver will be shown as the little pest that he is instead of the ferocious demon that he wants to be seen as.
So where does that leave us with sin and the Grace of Jesus Christ. Well, it is through repentance and sorrow that we are forgiven. Look for example at David and Saul. Saul sinned against God and was unrepentant. Saul disobeyed the Lord a second time and his kingdom was taken away.
David sinned with Bathsheba. He was a man after God’s own heart yet he tried to hide his sin by killing Bathsheba’s husband, and his own good friend. When Nathan confronted him he fell in repentance and begged for the life of the child. In repentance David’s kingdom was restored to him.
Even Peter had to be reinstated through repentance by the risen Lord. It is in repentance though we may fall many times that we are forgiven and strengthened. Is the “Sinner’s Prayer” just for when you first become a Christian. No. It is a prayer that should be said alongside the Lord’s Prayer every morning and evening. And always glorify the name of God as you pray for forgiveness. For, it is in glorifying Him that we begin to show our love for Him.
Thanks be to God.

Today

This seems to be a common title for daily blogs.
Today was better but I still had that uneasy feeling. Good news is my daughter is getting better and is registering for a Teenmania Mission to a Costa Rican orphanage. Our pastor is even supporting her this time.
Well a new week begins tomorrow. I don't know who I'll vote for. I'm really not impressed with any of them. Martin...well I'm kind of tired of the liberals, Harper is just plain spooky and no one has quite forgotten the Mulrooney years, and Layton, well I grew up in Toronto when he was a municiple councillor and he was a lobby group junkie then and I can't see as he has changed much. I'll probably write "none of the above" on my ballot again.

God Bless
Radlife

Thank God

It amazes me that when I reach out for prayer alot of people are ready to lay hands on me. And from the other side of the country. Thank you everyone and to you James for passing the word along. Please remember my daughter too who is coming out of a difficult time and turning her head towards mission work.
God Bless
Radlife

Another day

Am I the only person who has trouble thinking up titles for these posts.
Anyhow so I mentioned that we had broken up a while ago but it was never posted on the other blog.
It was a rough relationship with a lot of pitfalls but also a lot of good times as well. It lasted for a year , and that's a bit of a post marriage record for me.
Now we have to learn to live like brother and sister. Which can be hard being neighbors and all. But I am sure it will work out.
I think it's time for me and my daughter to blow this town. It's really getting a bit much.
So I hope God blesses all who read this
Take Care
Radlife

Blurb

Well I think it's time to do what Jesus told me which is to live as brother and sister. It would appear we are not the strongest of people and so it means that we have to keep a distance and stop compromising. Sin is sin and there are no excuses. So I will pray against falling for the sin and pray against whatever causes it in the first place.
I've been sick for a while now and I believe it is a spiritual illness. I can't breath and it's driving me crazy.
God please help me.
Radlife

Maybe

Maybe I should explain better. Sandi and I broke up a little while ago and well it's been a rough breakup. And today it got even rougher. So I felt very down and it seems that i just couldn't pray myself up. Or maybe I just wanted to go through this. I really can't etell right now but I have been kicking myself for a while now. Anyhow I hope it's not my last day here because I have some unfinished business.
So I hope any and all will pray for me anyway.
Goodnight
Radlife

Death

If today had been my last day what would I say to God. Would I ask Him for some kind of explaination as to why things are the way they are. Would He explain all this predestination stuff. I don't know if I would make the kingdom but I think I could plead a pretty good case.
I don't like to question God too much but I would like to know why I always feel like second best. Perhaps I need medicated. or just locked up. Well that's todays depressing load of crap and I hope thatif anyone reads this then they would at least say a small prayer for me. If anyone from New Heights Church in Mission BC reads this please ask God to send me a little guidance before I go completely insane.
Will I ever trust again..probably not.
And I am done with relationships too. They are for the young and suicidal.
God Bless
Radlife.