FAITH

WEDNESDAY! Wow! Even as I awake this morning and off to make my coffee, I am still in mind of how powerful our Lord is , and can be, and we may never know why, but we do know who! Lots of destruction,,,lots of hurt, so as we stop and do whatever it is we do first in the morning, let's stop, and say another big prayer for those in need ,much, much more than us, those in Sandy's path!!! Prayer Request : For those in Sandy's path...that God will now revamp them all, warm them, dry them, shelter them, give them renewed hope, for we all know ,HE WILL NOT LET THEM LIE, HE WILL COME AND GIVE HELP, AND HOPE, even as we doubt of the why, let us lean on Him, He will take of that "why".... I went to the Orthopedic yesterday, I have a bad back, why I am just walking and working , is by Gods' help, but with Him I will continue to go... I am starting a new drug this morning,,and it can be a dangerous one for me, but I must try it, and I have been benched from all work for at least a week... so I ask that all will just say a small wee little prayer for me,, for that is all I need, for a little with God,,, goes along way,,, thank you all in advance! FAITH! I watched one of the movies I love so very much last night, "KING OF KINGS",, and if we will just close our eyes, and thank off the life of our Savior from conception,,, birth, becoming of an adult , then the journey of the teaching us of the new way(by the Son being our redemption) those things that happened,,, not in the movie, but in the real journey, for if you will read the Bible and then close your eyes also, you will have almost the same concept,,and that is a Journey of Perfection, not ever done before or after that One,, our Jesus our Savior,, our all,, yes, PERFECT IN ALL AREAS...!!! Can you even come close to thinking of anyone who might be close to this, no, not even Billy Graham,,, whom I think is the mightiest Christian alive today... for even he cannot come even close to this "SON", THIS JESUS, THIS ,,, SAVIOR OF MINE, AND YOURS,,, I HOPE! TO HAVE FAITH AND TO BELIEVE NOT ONE SIN, EVER... IS TO BELIEVE ............ IN HIM, AND IN THIS STORY OF HIS PERFECTION, NOT ONE SIN!! EVER! God, I thank You for Jesus, Your forgiveness and Your way for us to You,,, amen John HIcks Working, for Him,,,, and I,,, and my house,,, will continue to serve the Lord ,,for as long I am allowed to be here,,, and I ask , "If you have not made that decision, and accepted Him as your Savior, please do so now, and if you have already accepted ,,, share your experience of Him with others,, and help them to Jesus.. Please make a choice, and make it for Him, for with that choice,,, you choose to live!

PRAYER FOR OTHERS,,, FIRST!

TUESDAY! Waking up with the Lord, and a good heater, a cup of coffee is great,,,and we are so thankful... , For those in harms way, in that big storm... are not all so fortunate..we need to pray for those people.. homes wrecked, no power , no heat,,, no hot food,, lost all,, those people of Hyndman, Pa.where a damn broke ,,due to rain ad snow,,, and the complete town had to be evacuated in large trucks to higher ground, leaving all behind, personal goods, animals , etc, their all.. so please,,, let's stop and pray for these people and all those others ,,as they pull through this great ordeal... BE US,,, THANKFUL!!! You know we look around and we see little things, a broken limb, a hurt back, a broken down car, a leak in the roof, a lawnmower, just will no start... and then we turn on the news, and we see something like Sandy, the late hurricane, ranging 1000 miles wide, going in at a Cat 2.. tearing sown complete beaches, days before,,, a ramp for young ones to run and play, white and beautiful sand, now,,, no sand to be seen, just waves of great height,,wharfs,,, torn to splinters, like a toothpick, water 20 feet in height , roaring in over homes , businesses,,, roads washed out,, lives being taken, washed away,, no power, no switch,, to flip,, to see, just the clothes on their back, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,,, our bumps in the road are not so big anymore,,, we are very blessed all of a sudden,, well,,,,let's just turn that T.V., that radio, that computer off, for just a small minute,, not so big of time, just a minute , unless you are one of the above,,, and a minute is a life time, but we have all that they don't at this time..,, WE must take this minute of solitude,,, to pray for these people in harms way,, this morning,,, this very minute, and ask God's help for them, and then WE MUST PRAY OUR THANKS FOR OUR GOOD FORTUNE FROM HIM!!!! for next , it could be us!! Thank about it, and pray , and pray, for He listens, even when we think He is not, He is all ears...so please try... He waits to hear!!! Lord, I pray for all those in harms way, Lord, hold them, make them safe, warm those cold, dry those wet, shelter those without, make them all safe, keep those flooded, on high ground, and most of all my Lord, let Your will be done, in what ever is to be done, and what we don't know, give us the knowledge.. amen John HIcks Concerned, and also I am praying, and I believe ,no matter what we think, YES HE IS CHARGE,,,

WAKING UP!!

MONDAY! Woke up,,, cool down here in Middle Georgia, so this morning , won't be any Java and carport meetings .... all inside, around the ole heater , Ha!! I know ,,we are all wimps, but if you got a heater, use it,,,Ha! Anyway, I know that when I awoke and went and lite that heater, rather quickly,, that when this task was done, and on to the coffee pot, there leaning beside it,, was my old pal, God, and as HE smiled, He said, "I knew you got up fast,and I knew you were cool, and I also knew just were you would come to... so I just leisurely walked to here and waited,and watched you scramble around,, shivering, and shaking ,, and that you didn't use the brain I gave you, you remember ,,THE AUTOMATIC THERMOSTAT?..Oh well, you just re-acted like so many more,, just the"human inside of you",,, but at least,, you did see me here by the "ole stand by, the coffee pot", and then with humor, a little,,, Ha!" Did you forget some-one when you opened your eyes?" ... Yes I had, for I had thought of me first, and I will have to do some tall talking at that "coffee pot" meeting this morning... and even though He will forgive, I will not forget! How about you, did you wake up , rush into life and leave anyone behind,,, and just where will you be when you will realize a I did,, and have to stop and have your meeting???? Well, now that you are awake and we all realize that God was ALREADY awake and calmly waiting on us to arise, and we struck out on our own, tomorrow, morning ,,let's set the "God Clock" so when our eyes open, we don't hunt for Him we just look , for that is Him right in front of our eyes,,, you'll see, in the morning, just ask now ,, in advance,,O,K,? Prayer Request: For Sandy, Malry's friend, to continue to be strong, and to be held by our Lord,,,, And all those in the path of the great "Nothern" strorm , may You , God wrap Your arms around each of them, and give them Your protection... I think the above opening is enough on our brains this day, for some days I, and we,, tend to put too much on our plates at once , when just a simple ,,, Good Morning to You, and to God, will suffice!!!.. How about that?,,, and again, May all have a great and fruitful day with their Lord, Jesus Chirst!! John HIcks Servant ,, and bragging also, for I am one,,,, who will speak out ,, OF HIM, AND OF HIS GLORY!!!!

ALL ABOARD

SUNDAY! Well, good morning, and I pray that your morning starts like mine, a great day with the Lord at my side, do I need to say more? You got it!! No!!!!! LAST MINUTE TRAIN! Yes, if you can remember the many train tracks, and the many trains that left those stations back in those days, full of passengers..each day, headed to a day of excitement, a day of exploration, a day to see a love one, or just a trip,,, to have a trip, and some,,,,,,,well maybe this ride, is the train to where they thought they were going... but turned out to be different ,, all together!!! To a place not expected , nor really wanted, for their train just took a switch, that lead them away from our train..., as they turned on a trip to none,,,,, of the above! I guess you are saying now,,, "dang him!!! a good sentence , that he has to go and put that end to it!" ... NO, not me , HIM! end to them, yes, the other train, no!!! Just read on...... My message to anyone who will listen today is, if you have your tickets in advance for "THIS" train,, called "The Gospel Train" , the "JESUS TICKETS".. the one switched in the other direction,,, is not to destructiion ,,,but to life....,, Now, all those who have purchased Jesus Tickets ,,,accepted HIm ,in advance, given their all to Him,, may step on those steps, and walk right on in,,, take that seat the conductor shows you, for your name is already on one of those seats,, and on the front of that train, where the "where to slot" is ,,, reads... HEAVEN BOUND EXPRESS, NO STOPS" ... CHIEF ENGINEER , JESUS CHRIST! and then you hear that conductor in a loud voice holler out..... "ALL ABOARD FOR THOSE WITH JESUS TICKETS,,, TRAIN PULLING OUT FOR THE PROMISE LAND"! Lord, my prayer is that the Gospel Train is full, the other one is empty! amen John HIcks Still trying,,, to tell that old, old, story of MY JESUS,, AND YOURS TOO, IF YOU WILL INVITE HIM IN!!!! Choices, choices!!!! and all yours!!!! Want a ride? Meals served on my train!!!! GET YOUR TICKET IN ADVANCE!!!

THE TWO FACES

SATURDAY! Good morning my friends,,,, well today in this little town of Yatesville , Georgia, is the "Biggest Day of the Year" here!!!!, It is "The Chittling Hoedown",, and people from all over the USA, come to our little town to eat these things! Now me, no, but they sell boiled or fried, , about 4000 lbs each year,,,, cars, trucks tractors , horses, SUV, four wheelers,, they are parked all over, bocks and blocks of cars....and we also have crafts, and a lot of home cooked soul food, home-made ice cream, fired apple, & potato pies....hmmmn,,, they also have B B Que chicken,,, if you don't like chittlings.... come see us today,, only one day this year, and guess what, I am on the "north side of the tracks", and the wind is blowing north to south, now ain't God good?? Yes He is!!!! THE TWO FACES! I ask you this question, when you are out in public, do you wear and use the same face as you do in your private re-treat,,, of home? Think about it, and if you say Yes, DEFINITELY!!!!,,,, to this answer!!!!! then folks , as Jeff Fowworthy would say,, "You just might be a Christian!!!!"..... but I would like to know the real truth,,, and as I will be observing these faces as I walk through the crowds today, and I can guarantee, as nervous as it makes my help-mate, I will be wearing just what you see each day, and any where you might see it.... and saying just what I will say anywhere!!!! now yu might just call me a Christian, I would be honored for you to do so.... Now you have a great day,,, in all you do, and even with WHICH EVER FACE ,,,YOU DECIDE ON!!!! lord, Give us a great day today, and as always, I invite You an Your son to accompany me,, to where ever I walk, sit, and in all I do and say... amen John HIcks Off to a good start,,sitting with coffee in hand , & smiling under the carport,,,as the breeze blows to the south... Now again, HAVE A GREAT GODS DAY, THEY ARE ALL HIS, JUST ON LOAN TO YOU, AND I,,,, FOR A SHORT WHILE!!!!

CHRISRTIAN, PROFESSED, REAL OR NOT?

FRIDAY! TGIF! Good morning to the world!!! As I rose out of bed at 4:00 a.m. this morning, my first thought was of the Lord, and how He was here by my side, and how wonderful that He can be in more than one place at a time...and my other thought, was that He was either sitting, lying, walking, or hungered down with-not one , but all or our guardians of our free world ,,, this very second,, our armed forces who stand, ready to give their all ,,,for their country... so ,, I stopped , before another step to take, (even with coffee off my brain), and lowered my head, and said , "thank You my Lord God, for holding their hand, and carrying them through this ordeal , that they are on!"...... do you ever really give them a real sanctioned moment of your time, you should , more than one time... yes, for without them,you would have no free time.. better thank about it....Hey guys and girls of our uniformed ones,,,,a great bit hearty "THANK YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU WITH ALL HIS LOVE!" CHRISTIANS? PROFESSED? OR REAL? This , today is going to hurt,,,, but needs to be said, and I include myself.... where are the REAL Christians? I see some, and I see some, who are speaking out, offering Gods' word, but I don't see it in daily lives,,,,why? Yes,, why??? It is as if, "please don't start that up .. not again".. and then they,, they avoid you, yes avoid you!!!! Is it "being afraid?,,,is it not politically correct?,,, is it just don't care,, or is it , oh He built it, He will take care of it , and us? Well,He built it, we are killing it, and He is here , but not many are calling Him today...and I have been told ,,"it is none of my business",,, so whose business is it? I feel like I have not done enough,,, I see people at church, I see people lying on the by-ways,,, without , food, some with children , in rags, and I see no one pulled over helping them, (even me), but I hear comments on them as I enter businesses, "oh why don;'t they go get a job, and at least , they can clean up their children,, while their own children are in new clothes,, meth or other "odd" things in thier pockets!!!! Yes they are clean behing their ears, but how about their hearts??? (finger pointing is a bad habbit) Christians, real Christians , it is time to take back the world, given to us by Him, and how,,,, I do not exactly know,,, but I do know that if you have something to offer, do it, and do it in person... I had a man stop by yesterday, got two crosses, and told me, this one, in his right hand, is going in my yard, but the none in my left hand is going on a grave,, a grave that lots of peole know who is buried there, but not one will reconized him, I will for I am going to write his name on this little cross, and for a while this man willl be known to other men,,for the Lord knows HIm inspite of man........another man standing by, sounded a lougly ? AMEN"... Now , folks tht is taking charge.. I ask , waht are we doing to preseve our Lord and Savior,,besides just claiming we are????. Wait and scream when He comes to reap His harvest,, will yu be His Harvest or fodder on the grond(if You don't know what fooder is, look it up).....now I cry out, with real tears.... WHERE,,, OH WHERE ARE ALL THE REAL ONES? Lord, I know that many Christians are out there in Your world, and I pray that you give them and me the way, and the brains of how to communicate You,,, to others..amen John HIcks Trying, are

AS I LOOKED UP

THURSDAY! Well, I am waking today, thankful after a great "get to gather" of my two girls, their husbands and grandchildren, sure missed the other four of my children,,,,but they could not be here,,, but talked anyway....The house was filled with little screams of joy, little feet running from one room to the other, sooo happy,,,,and making their "p-papa", aka- "paw,paw",,, so very happy, and to top that off , a big ole chocolate cake, my favorite,,, and with all the cake,and all that sugar from all those grands, and my kids, and my wife,,, I was almost afraid to check the sugar meter this morning, but that kind of sugar just does not bother the meter,,,praise God for that, ,, as you can tell , I had a great Birthday,and thanks to all of you for the well wishes also....... Prayer Requests: For the family of Mantie Byrd Hill,, who passed away Monday, and will be buried today.. Pray for her family, and their understanding,and God , please touch their shoulder , so they know... For a friend of my Niece Debbie,who worked this friend , with for 25 years, had ovarian cancer,and they thought it was in remission, and now has brain cancer, she was operated on Tuesday, and are still waiting on the outcome, and from Debbie. but please continue to pray for this lady. AS I LOOKED UP , I COULD SEE HIM, COMING Yes , coming in a cloud , riding on white horse, so magnificent, I have never seen one like it,,, and behind him was a host of angels ,,, riding with the making of a bigger dust cloud,, a cloud of millions of angels,, and there was the leader right in front carrying the sword of justice and truth... Yes, there He was,, My Jesus, my Savior,, my King,, His RETURN, at hand , the now, at this moment!!! This very second!!! AND I WAS GLAD, THAT , YES, I COULD BOW AND CALL HIM MY SAVIOR, MY JESUS!!!!! A dream, a reality,, it does not matter, only the part of "My Savior"... Have you accepted Him yet? When this ride from the sky of Jesus,,, will you bow,run, hide,,, for my friends ,please accept Him right now , if you have not, for there will be no place to run,, to not to hide, for He will see all,,, so be prepared to drop to your knees, and bow to Him and say "Welcome Master, welcome!" Lord, I pray for those who do not know You, will join You this very instance, and will be prepared for that day...amen John HIcks Prepared, and still serving, will you join me, it is sooo great.,... best job I have ever had,,but I do need help!!! How about it? HAVE A GREAT GODS DAY, GIVEN AS A GIFT ,,,AND PLEASE TREAT IT AS SUCH!