SATURDAY! Good morning this week end,,, hope you have a great one, and don't forget to include God in all your plans, and start now, making Christmas,,, for the real reason for this season,,, that of the virgin birth of our Lord and Savior.. and put Him on the top of all your lists!!!! Prayer Requests: For my Son-In-Law, Todd Livingston, who has pneumonia, and the rest of the family has colds, sniffles, and all have been given medicine,, so pray for their recovery soon. For , Peggy Dawson's Brother , Jimmy Austin, who lost his wife, Josie last Wednesday,, pray for him and all of the family. Spike Wards family, of the lost of his Uncle Leroy, please pray that God will give this family his arms to rest in, and heal the hurt. For Lori, who the doctors has discovered a covered mass in her brain,,, they think that she incurred a stroke as she stood by her husband Frank while on his death bed,and would not tell anyone.. please pray for this brave woman, that God will heal all of her problems. For all families to come together, and let bi-gones be bi-gones,, open arms of forgiveness, and open arms of love of each other with God doing the squeezing... pray loudly and lots for a particular family.... request from me! HEY! HE HAS A JESUS GRIN! You say,,,what in the heck is a "Jesus Grin"? If you have Jesus in your heart and you have accepted Him as your Lord and Savior,,, then your heart is so full,,,that when you look at someone and grin ,,,,it shows,,,Your acceptance,,,,Your repentance,,,Your joy of Him,,,,and it all erupts,,, in a big grin,,,,a "Jesus Grin"... a sign,,, of being a Christian...no kidding!!! People can tell,,,and they will want the same thing,,,it is catching,,,when we testify,,,,this "grin" is a big testimonial... God wants us to be happy,,,and He gave us the biggest and best happy pill that can be given and ingested,,,,Jesus Christ,,,,come on,,,together,,,,let's all give to all the ones we meet every day a great big ole , JESUS GRIN Thank You God for Your Son,,,and the happy feeling that He installs in all of us ,,,and let us grin to all we see,,,with Him on our lips...amen John HIcks Grinning,,,,and talking,,,join me,,,don't let your lips point down,,,turn them up,,,and let the words of God flow first .....with a great big ole Jesus grin!!!!!

FRIDAY! Good , after Thanksgiving day of stuffing so much! But thankful to God for it! I pray all had a great day and rejoiced in His blessing of this nation! AN EAR TO THE WALL! I walked up on a fellow one day,,,he had his ear to a wall,,,I looked at him,,, he just continued to listen and after a while,, I put my ear up to the wall,, a few seconds later,,I said,,"I don't hear a thing!" He said, "It's been like that all day!". Of course this is a joke, and I have used it before as an illustration to our leaders as follows.. and also to us,,, so read and think about it! It is a lot like our leaders of our government, in their messages today...they talk, we listen at the wall, and we hear nothing,, just the wind! But, today, there is one who calls, and calls us second by second.. This one, the Leader of all is our salvation,, and He is calling to you , to me, today, this second.. If you have not heard Him,, then put your ear back to the wall,, the wall of faith,, open your heart,, then you will hear, and then , if you have not already accepted Him, ,, you should listen and react...Yes,, once you hear Him calling,,, "Come,, come to me!",, then you need to answer right then and there,, "Yes Lord, I am here,, I confess to You my sins,, please accept me in your heart." I can guarantee you.. He has His ear to the wall, listening at all times, and once you ask, He hears, He reacts, and "bamn", you are His,.. just so simple. We need to stop in our tracks,,, listen to this voice calling out...if we don't, and if we don't change our ways,,,and the ways of our co-existers in this world,,,we may loose it all...We cannot turn a deaf ear to this voice,,,for we are on our way to the darkest times of this world,,,and the only thing that can turn it around is this voice we hear,,,"come to me,,,accept me,,,give me your heart and soul,,,show me your faith,,,I will make it right, Just call out to me,,,,I am listening!" Yes,, this voice ,,, is the voice of the SON OF GOD,,,JESUS CHRIST,,,CALLING OUT ! Do you have your ear to the,, "Jesus Wall"? Can you hear Him? Lord, thank You for being at the wall of calling for us, and that You listen 24/7. I pray that all will call , and call before it is to late. amen John HIcks I called, He heard, how about it,, it takes very little breath to call out to Him,, have you?....Choice, yours!

THURSDAY! Good day to all...for here it is, today, Thanksgiving Day! A day to give thanks to our God for all we have,,, now I ask , just how many will give the true thanks , and really and truly take the time to stop, just long enough and say those words,,, GOD THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, AND OUR ALL? ANNOUNCEMENT THIS DAY! Today, Forty Nine Years Ago,,, at 7:00 P.M. on a Saturday , this very date, Libby and I met each other at our Church, and before God Almighty, we were married,, WOW,, is God not great... 49 years together, and the love just keeps on growing! Thank You God! THANK YOU ! Two powerful, life changing words, have you used them lately? Thessalonians 5:18- Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is Gods' will for you in Christ Jesus. Take the time, to say to God, thank you for all we have...and also take the time to say it to your family,, love ones, and others ,,for all those things they have done for you! You can not say it enough! So stop as you feast today,,,reflect on what you have to be thankful for,,pray that others in this world will be as fortunate as you and I. Thank God for Jesus,,,His love for us all,,,and thank God for the U. S. A. and may He show us His mercy to continue to give us the freedom we have...may I repeat, ALMIGHTY GOD, THANK YOU FROM WHICH IT ALL COMES! John HIcks May all have a great Thanksgving Day, is my wish for all of you this day! Love to all of you from me, and from Libby.

WEDNESDAY! Yes, it is the day of the ole camel! Ha! We all get that every week,, and it will always be with us,,, I just wish people would put a daily reminder and big push on God,, and celebrate Him as we all do with the trends of our country... me included,,, so I'll re-say, it sure is a great Wednesday,, and thank You God for it! CAN THEY SEE? When someone looks at you, what, and who do they see? A Christian, or one on Sunday, looked like one, but today is completely different,, or do they see a real EVERYDAY CHRISTIAN? You are what you show, and how you act, and speak! That is a fact , and you are you! Now if this "you" is not liking of the people, and not liking of God, then what will you do.. continue on the path of making all the people and God dislike you, see you, and turn their heads... or do you change to make the people like you, and then you can go to all the functions of the town, special parties, walk the streets and have all waving and kissing the ground you walk on because you have chosen to be for them or like them? or do you just hold your "hill" so to speak,,, and choose God over all, and call Jesus , and be, and speak, and live as a real Christian,,, and then let all else fall where ever it falls, for with God, Good will fall ,,,, maybe we don't always recognize it as good, but it He sends it, it winds up being good..sooo the question again is now that you have read this,, what do you want to be,, SEEN AS A REAL CHRISTIAN HOLDING YOUR "HILL",,,OR just another one on the sidewalk walking and waving right on into hell? Strong, yes! God, thank You for Jesus, and thank You for letting me stand on that hill, and declare you as Almighty God of all,, amen John HIcks I stand on His hill, His ground, with Him, just where do you stand, and walk , with or without.. and as you walk , do you walk the walk , talk the talk ,,, of God or,, what others like to hear? Sometimes it is better to hear rather that appear!

TUESDAY! Welcome to ,,, another of HIS days', given to you and me, as a gift, so open it with love, and faith to the one who gave it, for He could just as easily kept it,,, instead of giving it! Thank You God, for my day! Now enjoy it,, and read below, and think hard and heavy about it!!! ESCALATOR! All of you have seen two escalators in a big department store, one going up, the other going down, side by side. Now I want you to picture this story,,, and then relate it to yourself..... You are an observer of this picture, and this conversation, and then you can ask yourself ,, just how would you handle it! First , you see the escalator go into slow motion.. there stands on the 'up escalator', a small child, and one of the parents, and the parent is holding the hand of the child..as they both are looking at the "down escalator"... on the down escalator is the other parent.. looking up at the child and the other parent... and the conversation goes as follows, the parent on the down elevator will be illustrated as the father, the one with the child will be illustrated as the mother for the story only: Child: Hey dad,, where are you going? Parent: I going to a place that you cannot go with me. Child: Why? Parent: You just can't go! Child: I don't undeerstand, you always said, we will always go everywhere together... Parent: I just can't go with you and mom ever, for I did not get a ticket. Child: You always buy three tickets,, I just don't understand, for Dad , I love you, and I want you with me and mom. Mom said we are going to a place of fun, love, and no worry.. why don't you wait to go where you are going and come with me? Parent: I can't , even though I love you so much also,, I didn't make the plans to get a ticket to go with you.. so I must go on this trip,, even if I don't like it now. Child: Why didn't you plan to go with us,, didn't you not have a chance? Parent: Yes, I had the chance, but I didn't take it.. now , for me there are no tickets left. Child: But I don't understand,, did it cost too much for all of us to go together? Parent: No, it did not cost anything for either trip, as far as money. Child: Then I do not understand, if you love me,, as mom said you did, why are you not with me and when will I ever see you again? Parent: I did not make the decision that your mom made , and you made at church that day, nor any day.. I choose to go a different way... and you cannot come with me, and I do love you, but I will never ever see you again!!! Child: Bye, bye Daddy,, I love you! and yes, the up escalator slowly creeped up into the sky, as the little child waved,, looking down,, and the down escalator slowly creeped down as the parent waved back at the little child.. both with a tear in their eyes.. and a heavy heart... and as you finish this little illustration.. think about it, and think hard about, and right now, this very instance ,,, if you do not know which escalator you are on, or your on the one going down,, then now, make peace with Jesus, and ask Him to accept you , give your all to Him... and then GRAB THE OTHER HAND OF THAT CHILD OF YOURS , ON THE UP ESCALATOR!!! God, I pray, all will ask for Your Son's hand, and take a step onto that up escalator,, the only one, and the only way to You..amen John HIcks I hope , and I pray, all realize just how important this is this morning,, and every time you see an escalator from now on, you will think of this.. and I pray that you made the decison to be on the Jesus, up escalator!

MONDAY! Waking up with the Lord, is sooooo good! Don't you agree? Prayer Requests: Perry Livingston, who fell and broke his arm.. in a sling for now, and going today to have a cast put on it,, Please pray for my good and faithful friend in Christ, that God will heal him fast! For all in our Nation, to start praying for our continued freedom to be able to pray, and live under our God freely, and that our Nation will continue to move from satan, back to God.. for if we don't, then..............! WE NEED TO BE COUNTING! We do need to wait until Thursday to start counting our blessings... we need to do them now.. for what we have.. for there are so many who does not have the things we have, food, drink, warm places, warm clothes, medical attention(for now), freedom,, men and women at our borders, and on the lines of other countries, fighting and protecting our freedoms.. and we must fight also,, for God will give to those who deserve,,, so ask this question of yourself today,, examine yourself this day,, are you deserving? Have you given thanks to Him.. Have you accepted Him without any strings attached? Do you talk to Him? and to others of Him,, often, like at least once a day? Why not more? For He is your life, do you not understand that without Him, you would not be? Well if you have not, and you don't believe in Him, then why are you living, for without Him, and His Son, you will surely die.. with Jesus and through the Cross, you live... soooooo come on, get that head down, and start your "THANKS" right now, and if you have not,, accept Jesus Christ, and prepare yourself for everlasting life, and I mean it.. don't wait, for I pray for all of us to be together in Heaven, and I have , well in advance have started counting my blessings ,, for my Lord knows all my secrets, and yours too.. so TODAY, LET'S START COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS, AND STOP CRYING FOR MORE!! God, THANK YOU FOR MY ALL! amen John HIcks Love my God, my Jesus, and I don't care who knows it.. and I ask ,, how about you? Well, He is listening!!!

Here it is Sunday,, time to kick back and rest,, do nothing,, really straining,,, Can we in this time of this world,, really do this? Yes,, how? By kicking back,, resting,, non-straining,,, with God Almighty,, try it,, it works!!! *The creative is the place where no one else has been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover is ,,,, YOURSELF! This is the person who can be the greatest thing in your life ,, or the worst enemy in your life.Which one, will you decide to do with yourself... be a Christian, and live with, and for the Lord,,, or,,, be a sinner,, and live with, and for satan? Decision time!Which one will it be? Make a decision,,, either into heaven,, or damnation,,,, and remember the one who is making this greatest decision of your life, and that is YOURSELF!!!! Lord,, I pray that all decisions, will be for You,, and I pray for the forgiveness of this world.. may we see the light, before it is too late... amen John HIcks Decision made,, but it takes work,, for satan lays around,, and close,, just waiting for the opportunity to jump.. so always stop and think,, right before you do the thing that releases his spring! Don't eat the temptation cheese on the trap of satan,,, eat the reality of this life, and that is God Almighty, and Jesus Christ,, and they are not on a trap, only in the heart!!! Go ahead, make that decison!!!