What we say is important?

Our talk should always rise to the level of the Word of God.

Our words are seed planted into other people’s lives. This is why it is important to watch what we say because we can hurt our testimony. Our tongue can be an useful tool or a deadly weapon, depends on how we use them.

We Christians should be known as people who speak positively to others.

How do you come across to those you meet? Are you planting seed or digging a hole?

There was a sermon I heard over a year ago at District Assembly about sowing seeds. It was taken from Matthew 13. The preacher called the sermon, “Crazy Farmer.” I know what you’re saying, “it’s November, It’s late Autumn and winter is around the corner. Why are you talking about planting seeds?”

Starting at Matthew 13:3, “Then Jesus told them many things in parables, saying: ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed.” In verse 4, “As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.”

In verse 5, “Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.”

In verse 6, “But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.”

In verse 7, “Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.”

In verse 8, “Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop-a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

You may wondered why would a farmer plant seeds in areas where you cannot grow anything?

Normally a farmer would go and picked rocks to remove them before planting seeds; so they can yield a good crop.

The preacher told this sermon to illustrated the importance of planting seeds. He told how the farmer would go out and scatter seeds wherever they may land.

That is the same with us Christians, we must go out and scatter seeds by witnessing to others. You never know who may come to the Lord.

It takes one to plant, one to water, and one to cultivate.

Who knows, the seeds you have planted may lead someone to the Lord?

You don’t need to be religious. Matter of fact, it’s better you’re not religious . All it takes is to just be there for someone to talk or just listen. Take the time to get to know someone. Who knows, you could be entertaining angels that you may not know about.

Whenever my mom would prepared a meal, she would always prepared extra because you never know who may stopped by. She would even offered them something to eat or something to drink. That’s good hospitality!

Almost 2 years ago, I had an opportunity to plant some seeds. I met an young man named Joey who was different. When I first saw him, he was dressed like a girl. I thought it was strange that someone like him was in a place where he could be harassed. I was concerned about him getting hurt. Then one day, he sat down beside me and offered me a drink of his favorite drink, “WHITE MONSTER” He took a chance on me and we became good friends. A special kind of friend. We hung out together and I made it my job to look after him. We would eat supper together as well. He was abused by his parents, sexually and otherwise. He felt that he was a woman trapped in a man’s body. His female name was Harley. When I wasn’t back yet from work, he would text me and wondered where I was. I have admit I had grown attached to him.

Some people thought I should stayed clear of him and the temptation it could lead to. At that time, I didn’t think nothing of it. I had no idea that I would have grow attach to him.

Even though I had grown attached to him, I wouldn’t have missed the chance of getting to known him. He opened my eyes to people like him. He opened only eyes how we have a tendency of stereotyping others.

As the preacher was preaching on the message of the crazy farmer, I went to the altar. The Lord laid it upon my heart, because I was obedient to God and took a chance on Joey, and scattered some seeds, that the Lord will bless me and moved me onto the next mission field. I didn’t knew it would took a year.

The moral of this: GO OUT AND SPREAD SOME SEEDS!! You’ll never know where the seeds will fall. You never know you could lead someone to the Lord. It may not happen right then. Just to let you know that you planted some seeds. I planted some seeds into Joey’s life. Who knows some days, he could come to accept the Lord because of those seeds I took a chance to plant. Pray that the seeds I planted in Joey will grow spiritually and who knows he may come to the Lord.

Jesus said in John 6:43, “Stop grumbling among yourself.”

In Philippians 2:14 and 15, “Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.”

Don’t be the Jonah, when God told him to go to Nineveh. He went the opposite direction because he didn’t want to minister to them. He was judging them harshly and God had another plan. God doesn’t want anyone to perish but have eternal life with Him. When God asked you to do something don’t complain or argue. JUST DO IT!!! If you don’t do it, you’ll miss out of the blessing that God has in stored for you.

How can you be happy? Happy people don’t cheat, happy people don’t lie, they don’t judge or criticized. They don’t hate and steal.

If you noticed, people are not happy. You can see it on social media what is being posted.

As my pastor would say, “JUST SMILE!” You never know what that smile could do. If someone hate you because they don’t like what you are saying or how you look. Don’t get upset about it!

Contrary to what you may have heard, talk is not cheap. We should know that our words are powerful. How are you using your tongue? Are you using it as a weapon or a tool? When we speak the wrong word, it lessens our ability to see and hear the will of God.

I know I talked about planting seeds in this blog; but do you know that the harvest is ripe but the workers are few. We are living in the end time. We don’t know when Jesus will return. It could be any day. What are you doing about it? Are you planting seed like the crazy farmer, hoping for it to take roots? Are you reaping the harvest?

This blog is not about Old Milwaukee beer and it’s not about Milwaukee, Oregon either.

My first beer was Old Milwaukee followed by Budweiser. I have to admit that I like beer and I preferred Old Milwaukee over Budweiser. Hell yeah, I like beer!!It’s true what they say drinking Budweiser doesn’t make you wiser.

I even been to Milwaukee, Oregon as a child.

We’re talking about baseball now. The Milwaukee I’m talking about is the Milwaukee Brewer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I have been passed Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the way to Indianapolis. I was only on the outskirt, so I didn’t see much.

Milwaukee, Oregon is a vibrant riverside city located mostly in Clackamas County just south of Portland. It is known as the “Dogwood City of the West” and the birthplace of the Bing cherry.

We all have eaten Bing cherries.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the most populous city in the state of Wisconsin, located on the western shore of Lake Michigan. It is roughly 90 miles north of Chicago. It’s nickname is “Brew City.” It is known as the “City of Festivals, hosting annual events like Summerfest, German Fest, and Irish Fest. The reason for this blog, the Milwaukee Brewers.

Now back to baseball!

Trace Adkin had a song called, “Swing.” This year is what the Brewers did. They swung and made history by not only making the World Series but winning their very first World Series.

The Milwaukee Brewers started in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots. A year later they made a move to Wisconsin and became the Brewers. They had been to the World Series in 1981 but lost.

I have to admit that I wasn’t a big Brewers fans because they were known as the Detroit Lions of baseball. When I heard they made it to the World Series, I was happy for them. They made history. Who couldn’t be happy about that? Unless you’re a Minnesota Vikings fan? They hate anything to do with Wisconsin. All because of their biggest rivalry between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings.

I made a big mistake when I was on my way to Indianapolis for a work and witness trip with people from Minneapolis area. I said that Wisconsin is such a beautiful state. They didn’t want to hear it.

The Green Bay Packers is a small town football team who had won 4 Super Bowl. What have the Minnesota Vikings done? They have been to 4 Super Bowl and lost all 4. The only other team to have done that is the Buffalo Bills. The Denver Broncos had done it as well; but after their 5th time to the Super Bowl, they finally won

People in Minnesota is still waiting for the Vikings to win a Super Bowl. They start off good in the beginning of the seasons but ended up choking toward the end. It’s almost like they can’t eat soup without choking.

The Green Bay Packers haven’t done very well ever since Brett Favre left; but at least they had won.

Now Wisconsin has something else to bragged about beside the Green Bay Packers and their beautiful scenery in the state. They also have Pinky, a pink elephant at a rest stop on the way to Milwaukee. Now both the Brewers and Packers have won a championship.

What does Minnesota have to be proud of? The only sport teams who had won a championship is the (drum roll please) the Minnesota Twins. Minnesota is known as the welfare state. The amount of fraud discovered in Minnesota is from $250 million to over $9 billion. It also been a Democratic run state for the longest time.

What will it take for the Minnesota Vikings to finally win a Super Bowl? Does hell have to freeze over? Does Minnesota have to finally turn red this election to clean up the mess?

I have to admit, I would like seeing the Brewers play against the Cleaveland Guardians formerly the Indians; but I’m still excited for the Brewers to finally making history and winning their very first World Series.

Baseball was at one time America’s all time sport that people would not only play but watch from the cheap seats.

This is why I say you cannot change history but you can learn from it. Sometimes history can surprise you. It did with the Brewers. Could Minnesota finally turn red this election? Could the Minnesota Vikings finally win a Super Bowl and hell freeze over? Could the Detroit Lions be next to make history and make it and win a Super Bowl? We have to watch and see what happens.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME!! Congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers making history and winning your first World Series! You made Wisconsin proud and lift the burdens from the Green Bay Packers from carrying heavy load for Wisconsin.

You’re next Detroit Lions to make history and make it to the Super Bowl and win. Do it before the Minnesota Vikings; otherwise hell will freeze over.

It’s that time of year again! Halloween is approaching. It will be here this coming Saturday. So I’m going to be talking once again about another good scary movie for you to check out this coming Halloween night.

How many have seen the movie, “Exorcist?” This movie is up there with Carrie by Stephen King. Carrie starred Sissy Spacek. This movie is not about Carrie though. It’s about Exorcist starring, Linda Blair. How many have seen that movie?

Another movie similar to Exorcist is the Omen, starring, Gregory Peck who secretly adopts an orphaned infant named Damien to replace his own biological child, who died shortly after birth in Rome. As Damien grows into childhood, a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths surrounds the family. Gregory Peck’s character eventually learned from a priest that his adopted son is actually the prophesied Antichrist. When that movie came out, the name Damien became the worse name for a boy.

Carrie starred Sissy Spacek as a shy socially isolated teenager who is severely bullied at school and emotionally abused by her fanatically religious mother. After being tricked and drenched in pig’s blood during her senior prom, Carrie snaps and unleashes her telekinetic powers on her classmates, later destroying her home and confronting her mother in a fatal showdown.

Let’s get to the real reason for this blog and the cross I’m holding. In the movie, “Exorcist,” Linda Blair’s character is possessed by the devil. Two Catholic priests-father Damien Karras and expert exorcist Father Lankester Merrin conduct a harrowing exorcism. This was widely regarded as one of the scariest and most influential horror movies ever made.

This movie was so influential that even Days of Our Lives did a version of the Exorcism, when Marlena Evans was possessed by the devil. Another daytime soap, “Passion” did another somewhat version of “Exorcist” as well.

Some of the scenes from the “Exorcist,” consisted of Linda Blair floating above her bed, her head spin completely around and her eyes was very creepy. That’s not the worse of the movie!! I think the worse part of the movie was when Linda Blair’s character threw up and it was like SPLIT PEA SOUP. Ever since I seen that movie and that particular scene, to this day seeing SPLIT PEA SOUP gross me out, and I will refused to eat it. Believe me, it’s not because I dislike eating peas. I even had to fixed SPLIT PEAS SOUP for a class. I had to have someone else to taste it to make sure I did alright. I’m grossing myself out with this. Let us get off this subject and get into the reason for this blog, shall we!

The reason for the picture of the cross was because was used to ward off evil spirits in such things as exorcism, just like HOLY WATER. You see, HOLY WATER burns anyone who is possessed by the devil. Even the cross and HOLY WATER are used against vampires as well. This is why, when you entered the Catholic church you would do the sign of the cross after dipping your fingers into HOLY WATER .

EXORCISM: is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting or driving out malevolent spirits, demons, or entities from a person, object, or location that is believed to be possessed.

Another movie on this line is ” Poltergeist,” produced by Stephen Spielberg and starred Craig T. Nelson, Jobeth Williams, the late Heather O’Rourke. In that movie, they were evicting the evil spirit or ghosts from a house that was built on a burial ground. And yes there is such thing as ghost. There spirit lives. Some have seen spirits or felt spirits presence. I talked about this in past Halloween blog; so I won’t go into detail on this subject. Even I had experienced seeing or feeling these spirits. I have some incense that I bought at the street fair this year for my apartment. They are WHITE SAGE and LAVENDAR. It’s used to ward off any unwanted spirits that may linger in my apartment and/or the building I live in; since it’s an old historical building.

My question is: does anyone still practice EXORCISM anymore in the Catholic church?

The Catholics Church still continues to perform solemn exorcisms, though they are rare and strictly regulated. An ordained priest can only perform one with the express permission of a local bishop. Before any spiritual rite is approved, the church requires a thorough medical and psychological evaluation to rule out mental illness, trauma, or neurological disorders. Priests estimate that the vast majority of people seeking help are dealing with mental health or trauma issues rather than actual demonic possession. The majority of global exorcism or deliverance ministries are performed in Pentecostal and Charismatic Christian churches.

Back during the Salem Witchcraft trial in the 1600’s people were accused of being witches and having relationships with the devil.

I remembered a few years ago, when I went to family camp at Lake Geneva in Alexandria, Minnesota. There was an incident involving this that happened. It was rainy outside on a Friday and the pastors were called out to pray over an individual who seems to be possessed by the devil at a camp revival service.

The reason for this topic for a Halloween blog coincide with what is going on in the United States right now . It seems that people have lost their ever loving mind. Those on the Left seems to be suffering with TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME(TDS). People seems to be crazy, out of their mind! It’s almost like they are possessed by the devil and need an exorcism. This is not normal! Is this the side effect for the Covid vaccine?

I’m almost in favor of reopening the mental asylum, if it wasn’t for the fact the reason why they were closed in the first place was because of the immoral things that were done there in the name of science.

Those who are suffering with TDS are crazier than those who actually have mental illness.

You tell me, do we need an EXORCISM or reopen the insane asylum for those who had lost their frigging mind?

Fear and worry are interest paid in advance on something you may never own.

Is fear and worry keeping you from getting what you want or desire? What is keeping you from reaching your goal?

FEAR: is a fundamental, evolutionary survival mechanism triggered by an unpleasant emotional response to a perceived threat, danger, or pain.

PHOBIAS: is an exaggerate, irrational, and persistent fear or aversion to a specific object, activity, situation, or person. There are many different kinds of phobias that can keep people from getting what they want. The biggest fear is being afraid of the dark, flying, high places, or even failure, Some people are so afraid of failing that they refused to take chances. Some people will never take the leap of faith. They play it conservatively and refuse to take a risk.

Taking a risk is scary. I don’t care what the risk may be. Making an investment is risky. Falling in love is risky. Following God can be risky as well.

When Peter woke up and saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat, Peter took a chance and step out of the boat to walk to Jesus. But when, Peter looked down instead of forward, he started sinking. In Matthew 14:31, “Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Are you like Peter? You start out good but the moment something bad starts to happened, you become fearful.

WORRY: to feel or cause anxiety, or dwell on potential problems and unpleasant outcomes.

What cause you to worry? Do you worry that no one will ever love you? Do you worry about money? Do you worry about the future?

Fear is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. Worry is simply the triumph of fear over faith.

If tomorrow never comes, do you lie awake wondering? Do you doubt?

Remember, God is still the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He promised to never leave nor forsake you.

People can get so worked up and stressed out over worrying. They become overwhelmed. The stressed overcome them and it began to shows on them. They become tired. They even lose faith. They even succumb to all kinds of illnesses from migraines, cancer, and heart disease.

There is an old Swedish proverb that says, “Worry gives a small thing a big shadow.” Worry is simply the misuse of God’s creative imagination which He has placed within each of us. When fear rises in our mind, we should learn to expect the opposite in our life.

To worry is to strangle or choke off what God has in stored for you.

As I heard this summer, God has a story for each and everyone of us. His story isn’t finished yet. He’s still working on our story, whatever it may be.

As we dwell on and worry about matters beyond our control, a negative effect begins to set in. Worry is a route which leads from somewhere to nowhere. Don’t let it direct your life.

As my mother would say, “why worry about tomorrow?

Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Don’t let fear and worry keep you from taking a leap of faith.

In Psalm 55: 22, “Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall.”

DON’T WORRY AND DON’T FEAR!! This is easy said than done. We all tend to worry and become fearful.

Once again, what are you afraid of? What are worrying about? I hope this blog speaks to you. If it does, please press like and comment below. I love to hear from you and hear your testimony.

For those who does Bible devotions and pray, when is the best time?

The best time of day is now! Time is a ticking! This is the day! Time is money! Procrastination is a killer. When you choose to kill time, you begin to kill those gifts and callings which God has placed within your life.

Are you killing or wasting time, in hoping someone else will step up to the plate?

I do my Bible devotion twice a day, in the morning when I wake up and at night when before go to bed.

In Ecclesiastes 11:4, “Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.”

Let us talked about seasons and time for everything as in Ecclesiastes 3. In verse 1, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” In verse 2, “a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,” Verse 3,”a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build.” Verse 4, “a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.” Verse 5, “a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain.” Verse 6, “a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away.” Verse 7, “a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak.” Verse 8, “a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”

We all heard the classic song, “Seasons in the sun.” Do you know that it was taken from the Bible passage in Ecclesiastes 3?

The time is now for Christians to wake up and get involved; otherwise it may be too late for America. Division is better than agreement in evil. We cannot sit back and do nothing, in hoping someone else will speak up.

The mistake most people make is thinking that the main goal of life is to stay busy; so we’re too busy to get involve and speak out against the evil in the world today. So many people think, it’s not my job to get involved. I’m not a preacher or a politician.

If we don’t get involved, the devil will win in destroying everything God had created. If we don’t get involved, they will succeed in indoctrinating our kids with this evil in the world today. Evil cannot survive in the light. As Christians we are to go out and reach the lost for Jesus. We are to take a stand against the evil in the world today. It’s not just the preachers. We definitely cannot count on our politicians because some of them are corrupted.

We Christians need to be known as those who accomplish great things for God-not those who simply talk about it. Procrastinators are good at talking versus doing. As Mark Twain said, “Noise produces nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as though she has laid an asteroid.” In other words, put your money where your mouth is. Don’t be all talk and no actions!

Many people say that they are waiting for God; but in most cases God is waiting for us take up your cross. The price of growth is always less than the cost of stagnation. As Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing.”

If we sit and do nothing, we become stagnant and stale. We let evil get a foothold in the lives of our children. Do we want that? I sure as hell don’t!

Occasionally you may see someone who doesn’t do anything and yet seems to be successful in life. Don’t be deceived! The old saying is true, “Even a broken clock is right twice a day.” As Christians we are called to make progress- not excuses.

Are you making excuses just to keep from doing what you know you need to do? We all do it! I’m guilty of it. Either I’m too busy or whatever excuses I can come up for that situation I’m making excuses for.

Procrastination is a primary tool of the devil to hold us back and make us miss God’s timing in our lives. The fact is, the longer we take to act on God’s direction, the more unclear it becomes.

Don’t miss the opportunity to speak out and take a stand. There is a time for everything. We can’t sit on our ass and do nothing; otherwise we will miss what God has in store for us. When doors open, we must be willing to go through it. Just like, if you don’t take the time to witness, there will be another lost soul.

The time is now to speak up or it may be too late. God gave me the tool to speak out in my blog. Believe me, I’m not going to miss the opportunity and by doing so, miss God’s blessing upon my life. Who is with me on this?

What are you waiting for? Waiting is the hardest thing to do. No one likes waiting. Sometimes though, waiting is necessary and sometimes it’s a waste of time. People don’t like waiting for a train or red lights. Guys don’t like waiting for their girlfriends or wife to get ready. Or whatever you’re waiting for. Don’t wait for an opportunity otherwise you may miss the blessing in store for you.

When the opportunity and the right time arises, don’t sit on your ass and do nothing, waiting for someone who is more qualified to come forward and take the blessing that is yours.

Why is letting go the hardest thing a person has to go through?

Mothers have a hard time in letting go of their kids when they go off to college and leave. Fathers take it hard when they walked their daughters down the aisle to give them away at their wedding. That is one time when you may see a grown man cry as a father is giving his daughter away in marriage.

When it comes to a father and daddy’s girl, some father become overprotective of their daughter to the point of sitting up cleaning their gun in reality they are waiting for their daughter to return home from her date. Any prospective boy dating a girl, they fear meeting the father the most, not knowing what to expect. I heard it says that raising a daughter is harder than raising a son. The reason: a parent worried about their daughter coming home pregnant. That’s why there was such thing as a shotgun wedding.

Sometimes, it’s about letting go of the past. I’m not saying that we should forget our history. We are to remember our history, otherwise we are doom to repeat it. I’m talking about letting go of the pain and the hurt you have suffered. Those who have been abused knows that letting go of that is very hard.

From someone who had been sexually molested, I know how difficult it is to let go of the pain. Some people think that when you forgive you should also forget. I’m here to tell you from experience, you’ll never forget the abuse you suffered.

It’s easy to forgive but hard to forget. You cannot forget the hurt that was done to you. When you forgive, it doesn’t mean you can ever trust that person ever again.

Don’t consume your tomorrow feeding on your yesterdays. As Dolly Parton sang, “You still got a lot of living to do.” Don’t let what happened to you keep you from achieving your dreams, everything you ever want.

Decide today to get rid of any “loser’s limps” which you may still be carrying from some past experience. In other words, don’t let your past keep you from moving forward. Apostle Paul was once a chief of sinners. He made it his life purpose to persecute Christians. Then when he was on the road to Damascus, he was blinded. Once his eyes were opened, he became a top missionary for God. Moses had killed an Egyptians soldier and yet God still used him to freed the Israelites out of Egypt.

In a sense, every conversion is surprising.

In Luke 9:60-62, verse 60 says, “Jesus said to him, let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Verse 61, “Still another said, I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family. In verse 62, Jesus replied, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

The more we look backward, the less able we are to see forward. It is never God who holds us back. It is always our own choosing to allow the past to keep us from living to the fullest in the present and future. Failure is waiting around the corner for those who are living off yesterday’s successes and failures. We should choose to be forward-focused, not past-possessed.

Before I went on my work and witness trip to Indianapolis, my oldest sister, Barb was dying of cancer. I had people telling me that I shouldn’t go, like my mother. I was torn between serving the Lord on a mission trip and being there for my family. A friend from church, Paul Dennis sat me down and reminded me that missionaries choose to leave their family behind to go to foreign countries to serve the Lord. This passage about Jesus saying, “Let the dead bury the dead,” says it all. It was a great experience I wouldn’t have miss in all the world. When my sister had passed away, someone from the group offered to help me to get back if I so chose to. I prayed and I knew I was where I was supposed to be. When I got back home, I was told that I made the right decision.

In Philippians 3:13-14, “Brother, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

Now my sister, Barb was the third oldest in my family and the first to died. She took care of us younger kids, while our parents worked.

The key here is: “forgetting those things which are behind.”

It is wonderful that persons should be so suddenly and yet so greatly changed.

Perhaps God will reach down and convert some strident anti-Christian voice today. Those who are the loudest may be the ones most secretly longing to believe. Let’s pray for some more “surprising conversions.”

Who knows they could be the next Apostle Paul or Chuck Colson?

Today is the day to begin to shake off the shackles of the past and move forward. This is the day the Lord hath made!

As Taylor Swift sang, “Shake It Off!” The time is now to shake off the shackles of your past hurts and move forward. It doesn’t mean we are to forget our history. We are not to dwell in the past. The past is past. It has no life. Don’t let your past dictate what your future and present will be. You can overcome past hurt.

I may have been a victim; but I’m also an overcomer. I’m a survivor of child sexual abuse.

Let the dead bury the dead, go out and serve the Lord, wherever He may send you.

And no, I don’t mean, “It’s Howdy Doody Time?

Remember, a man with one watch knows what time it is; whereas a man with two watches is never quite sure. Yet now days not many people wear watches; when they can get the time from their phone, and they’re checking every so often. Almost to the point of being distracting to the task at hand

Have you ever noticed that some of the most miserable people in the world are those who can never make a decision? When the human mind is in doubt, it is most easily swayed by the slightest of impulses. This opens the door to many, many wrong decisions. Many times indecision allows things to go from bad to worse. Indecision is deadly. The truth is that the most dangerous place to be is in the middle of the road.

One of my favorite ride at the fair was the bumper cars. Have you ever been in a bumper car that would stall until someone would hit you? That can be frustrating!

Yet in life, we get into a situation that would stall us in making decision.

Procrastination: is the voluntary delay of a task knowing that putting it off will lead to negative consequences.

Are you a procrastinator?

Do you procrastinate?

I have to admit, I’m a procrastinator. I put off things. Believe me, it can get you into a lot of trouble, whether you realize it or not. I remembered when I was in college. I had a class that met once a week. It was a writing class. I would put off doing the assignment for the class since the class only met once a week; so I figured I had time. Believe me, I don’t know how I passed the class with a B.

James 1:8 says, “he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.”

Now believers should be the most decisive of all people, but we’re not. An indecisive person allows instability to creep into every area of his life. If we don’t decide what is important in our own lives, we will probably end up doing only the things that are important to others. The greater the degree of wishful thinking, the greater the degree of mediocrity. Being decisive, of a dream, greatly increases our probability of success. Ir also closes the door to wrong options.

The challenge for all of us is to be dedicated dreamers, or should I say, decisive dreamers. Harry Truman once said, “Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided.” Most of the time, we may not have all the facts available about any given situation, but we will usually have all the facts we need to make a decision.

This past summer, I heard a message at camp in which the speaker asked, “What time is it? ” He went on to say, “the time is now to reach the lost.” We seems to be living in the end time with all that is going on in the world right now. More and more people is turning away from God. We’re losing our kids as our schools is indoctrinating them. They are telling our kids that it’s alright for them to have a sex change operation. They are even saying that they are a pronoun. That is child sexual abuse and any teachers who do that should register as a sex offender. There are people who think that men should be allowed in women’s locker room and play on women’s team. How would you feel if a man entered the women’s locker room and your daughter was in there? You wouldn’t like it would you. Now men have more of an upper body strength making them stronger than women.

The clock is a ticking. The time is now to speak up against this injustice.

Some people would say that Christians shouldn’t choose political parties or get involved in politics. Whereas, now is the time more than ever for Christians to get involved in politics. Our values are at stakes now more than ever. We must think about our children and their future. If we don’t do something, God may bring about destruction on the United States.

I think this is one of the reason that Donald Trump was elected President even more in the 2024 election. Christian parents woke up to what was being taught to their kids in our schools.

The time is now to be decisive and not sit on our ass, doing nothing. The fact is that decisive people typically prevail and rise to the top because most people are indecisive.

We cannot remain neutral on this matters and spiritual matters, or we will likely find ourselves operating against heaven. We should not be the kind of people who claim that God has told us one thing this week and the very opposite next week.

Remember, misery loves company and if the devil can control our will, he controls our destiny. Now if God controls our will, then He controls our destiny.

The choice is ours! So what time is it? The time is now to make the right decision. As for me, I have chosen to serve the Lord. I have chosen to vote Republicans because I cannot support the Democrats and their views. The Democrats views go against everything I believe in and stand for.

Who is with me this midterm?

After taking a summer off from this series that I started in the Spring. This next blog in the series is on the 10 Commandments, with reference to the 9th commandment.

Do you know the 10 Commandments?

The are God’s law handed down to us and the Jews when Moses came down from Mount Sinai. These are not suggestions but laws that we should actually obey. If you obey these laws, all the other laws will come easy to follow.

At one time, the 10 commandments were posted in the classrooms in our schools. At one time, the 10 Commandments was posted in the courtroom as well. There’s still a monument of the 10 Commandments standing outside the Fargo Public Library; but for how long before the Left have it taken down.

If we still had the 10 Commandments in our schools instead of what they have now, we wouldn’t have the crimes we have right now. People used to respect one another and accept their political views. People knew their neighbors and respected them. As in a small town, people take care of their own. If they would teach the 10 Commandments once again in our schools, crimes rates will come down. There would be less people in prison.

I was taught the 10 Commandments growing up as well as in Catechism and Confirmation class. We had to memorize the 10 Commandments before we were confirmed.

To help remember the 10 Commandments, think about this old song by Tex Ritter. The song was called, “Deck of Cards.” in the song, there was a group of soldiers on a long hike. They came to a town called, Cassino. They went to church on Sunday morning. One boy only had a deck of cards. He spread it out. When brought in front of the Marshall, he explained that the cards were his Bible.

You can find the 10 Commandments in Exodus 20. The first half of the 10 Commandments was about honoring God. The last half about respecting others.

In Exodus 20:2, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out Egypt, out of the land of slavery. In verse 3, “You shall have no other gods before me. In verse 4, “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. In verse 5, “You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.” In verse 6, “But showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” In verse 7, “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.” In verse 8, “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” In verse 9, ” 6 days you shall labor and do all your work.” In verse 10, “but the seventh day is the Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your servants, animals, or alien within your gates.” In verse 11, “For in 6 days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”

People have been making idols for themselves ever since. They have been putting money and jobs over God, the church and family. This has been the downfall of the world today.

In verse 12, “Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land of the Lord your God is giving you.”

This commandment can be the hardest one to keep. For anyone who were raised in a dysfunctional family of abuse, you may find it difficult to keep.

In verse 13, “You shall not murder.” You commit murder not just by your actions but by your words as well and by hating others. You commit murder when you have an abortion.

In verse 14, “You shall not commit adultery.” No one stay married for a long time anymore. Now days, people goes through partners like changing underwear.

In verse 15, “You shall not steal.” In verse 16, “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” Yet there are people who would steal your identity make false testimony against you because they don’t like your viewpoints. They will falsely accused you without getting the facts If confronted with the truth, they don’t want to hear it.

The last commandment can be one of the hardest commandment to keep. In verse 17, you shall not covet; which means to have a strong, wrongful, and selfish desire for something that belongs to another person. Yet there are those who wants what you have but don’t want to work for it. Those on the Left is promoting that with Socialism.

We are told not to lie. Yet, lying comes easier in the world today. Our politicians, news media, weatherman, lawyers, and doctors lie more and more. People lie to their spouse or significant others. Hope built on a lie is always the beginning of loss. Never attempt to build anything on a foundation of lies and half truths. People seems to prefer if you lie to them rather than tell them the truth. They are offended by the truth.

Remember, lying will always distort God’s guidance in your life. Lying becomes a very easy habit. The fact is that a person who allows himself to lie once will find it much easier to do so a second time. Always tell the truth, and you will never have to remember what you said. Like Pinocchio, the more lies he told, the more his nose had grown. Bill Clinton didn’t necessarily lied when he said he didn’t have sex with Monica. It was only half truth. To him, since there was no sexual intercourse, he didn’t had sex.

In Proverbs 12:22, “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord.” In Proverbs 19:9, “A false witness shall not be unpunished.”

The seven results for lying are: 1.) you will attract other liars. 2.) you will have a lack of understanding. 3.) you will never enjoy permanent results. 4.) you will end up in bondage. 5.) you will be punished. 6.) you will become a fool. And 7.) your lies will come back to haunt you. White lies will grow up to become a big fat lies.

As Luke Bryan sang, it’s not easy to keep these commandments. We tend to break some rules and commandments.

There is a reason why you swear on a Bible when you take an oath in office or in court. Yet, Zohran Mamdani, the Socialist mayor of New York City chose not to swear on a Bible when he was sworn in as mayor of New York City.

If they just bring back the Bible and the 10 Commandments in our schools, it will take the violence out of our schools. Crime rates will come down, there will be less people in prison. I rather see the Bible and the 10 Commandments in our schools rather than teachers promoting gender mutation of our kids.

Then and only then can we actually have a revival in our land. The best is yet to come!

How do you like your bacon? I prefer my bacon to be crisp. The reason for it, is because I was taught that pork must be cooked well-done to prevent getting food poisoning.

How would you feel if someone told you not to bacon around them? How would you feel if that same person told you to get rid of your dog if you live next door to them because they find it offensive to their religion?

I would still eat my bacon and I will still keep my dog because this is America and we have the rights to enjoy our bacon and our dogs. If they are offended that’s there problem. No one is going to tell me that I can’t eat bacon or have a dog. The only one who possibly have the right to tell me not to eat bacon is the doctor for health reason.

The Muslims are not allowed to eat pork. They are not allowed to drink alcohol. They are not allowed to have dogs.

This is not about what the Muslims believe or against.

Those who are against the Save Our Bacon Act argues that the legislation harms small independent farmers, punishes those who already upgraded their farms, and strip states of their right to set food and animal safety rules. The critics say the bill helps major multinational companies and industrial agribusiness while hurting family owned farms.

When in fact the Save Our Bacon Act is a federal legislative proposal designed to prevent individual states from enforcing their own animal welfare and food production standards on agriculture products brought in from other states. It stop states from placing restrictions or housing requirements on livestock raised outside their borders. This bill is a direct response to voter approved measures like California’s Proposition 12 and Massachusetts Question 3, which ban the sale of pork, eggs, and veal from tightly confined animals. It serves as a rebranded version of the earlier ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act.

The supporters of this act argues that large agricultural groups and lawmakers said that this would hurt family farms and raise food prices.

The opponents such as animal protection groups, small farmers, and advocacy organizations like Humane World. They state it strips away states rights, harm animals, and hurts smaller producers who already spent money to meet higher welfare standards.

The government should keep their hands off our families farm. Yet, we have some who are in favor of food produce in lab like Bill Gates. Now Bill Gates is responsible along with Dr. Nazi Fauci of performing sick experiments on orphans. He, along with Dr. Fauci should be sentenced to die by injection. Bill Gates is in favor or lab grown food. Now that is just sick.

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is in favor of banning cow farts because she thinks it’s bad for the Ozone.

If you asked me, there are those who are afraid that this bill would take money out of their pockets. They say it would put money into big corporation; while taking food from small farmers. Those in Washington have gotten rich by taking advantage of the little man.

Bernie Sanders, who is the father of Socialism and pushing for Socialism, had gotten rich off the back of the little man. He doesn’t want anyone else to have what he has; that’s why he wants Socialism.

We need to stop putting poisons in our foods we produce, from the crops we grow to our Livestocks.

Just like those in Washington shouldn’t be allowed to get rich off the back of the American citizens. They shouldn’t be allowed to do inside trading and get these kickbacks they get. When a person worked in retails, you are not allowed to take kickbacks.

What do you think? Are you in favor or against the Save Our Bacon Act?

This is a controversial topic that has been in the news lately. It will be over the reason for the 14th and 15th Amendments. It’s controversial because of people from other countries like China for example is coming to America to get pregnant and have the kids here. That way, their children will become natural born citizens. That way they can get their foot in the door of our government and get all the benefits.

Born in the USA is a Bruce Springsteen’s song about coming back from the Vietnam War.

Now Bruce Springsteen was known as “The Boss.” He was one of the greatest rock star of the ’80’s, back when they actually made good music and kept their political beliefs out of the song. Back when people could have different viewpoint and no one cared. People actually got along, and America was united. I’m not saying we were perfect. Some topics were left off limits.

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, establishing birthright citizenship, equal protection under the law. This came about after the Civil War that freed slaves. It prohibits state government from making laws that limit the privileges or immunities of US citizens. It prohibits state government from taking away life, liberty, or the property without fair legal procedures. It was an equal protection to treat everyone as equal.

Seven things to know about birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment. Number one: birthright citizenship in the United States pre-dates the 14th Amendment. Number 2: the purpose of the 14th Amendment was to reunite the country following the Civil War. Number 3: The 14th Amendment initially did not mention citizenship. Number 4: birthright citizenship for all children of immigrants was first upheld by the Supreme Court in 1898. Number 5: Native born did not include Native Americans. Number 6: There are still some exceptions. Finally, Number 7: most of the Western Hemisphere followed the U.S. example.

The 15th Amendment prohibits the federal government and the states from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

It was the Republicans who passed these amendments. The Democrats were against it because they didn’t want to freed the slaves in the South. Just like it was the Republicans who fought for Civil Rights for the blacks. The Democrats will try to tell you different though. They come across as the party of the blacks; even though they were behind the KKK being founded.

This came up again because of certain countries are taking advantage of these 2 amendments for their own gain. It went up the Supreme Court and they ruled in favor of the amendments. Which make sense because they were appropriately written for that time. They couldn’t foresee the future. They had no idea that other countries would try to take advantage of it.

The thing the Supreme Court recommended was for the Congress to amend those 2 amendments. They can’t seem to come together on that. Both parties are at each others throat. Not only that, even within the same party there are those fighting it as well. They can’t seem to pass the Save America Act.

The Save America Act will require voter’s ID to vote. The Democrats say it is racist and sexist. They think it would be Jim Crow point 2. They think that it’s too difficult to get an ID. Yet they wanted an ID for everyone who got the Covid vaccine. Does that make sense. The Democrats is now the party who cannot define a woman.

What this this amendment will do would prevent the Democrats from cheating in the elections by allowing illegal immigrants from voting. It will also keep the Democrats from getting votes from the dead as well.

They had voter’s ID in North Dakota as long as I was able to vote.

There was talked about that Obama should had been president because some think that he wasn’t an American citizen. It was proven otherwise though.

I think that it should be required to be a Natural Born citizen to be in the House and Senate; half of those would not be allowed to hold office. Illhan from Minnesota would be one of them to be kicked out.

Other countries don’t have this problem; because they don’t have duel citizenship like United States does. When a missionary goes to another country and give birth, their children doesn’t become citizens of that country. So why should people from other country like China be allowed to in the United States?

It’s time to passed the Save America Act! Anyone who doesn’t passed it may their name be name mentioned so that the American people can vote them out in November.

At one time the Democrats was for it; but since Trump is for it. they are against it.

There’s also a few Republicans who is against the Save America Act like John Thune from South Dakota.

Like I said this is very controversial. I finally gave you my views and I back it up with history and a little research.