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Life is Tough; Jesus Christ is Stronger! :: By Don Twobears

Published on: by RR7

My Dear Friends, this article is going to be a tough one for me to write. We lost our oldest Grandson Donovan in a horrible auto accident. This is tough, considering my age, as compared to Donovan’s age of 20 years. It literally breaks my heart! When Donovan was little, I had written a song just for him, that he was my “poopy-Boy” and so dear to my heart. I know many other Parents and Grand-Parents have been through this before, but…this one was for me and my Family. I Praise the Lord for all HIS Love for us and giving us such Peace.

October 27, 2019, was like any other day; my Wife and I had been up for 20-30 minutes, and my Daughter and Son-in-Law were on their way to work. My Daughter received the phone call, telling of Donovan’s death, and she in turn called my Wife and told her. It was a shock like no other, and our world changed for good on that Sunday Morning. Within an hour, to an hour and a half, my Kids and my Wife had packed some clothes and headed out for Texas, a two-day drive from Tennessee.

The previous Tuesday, I had had a Total Left knee replacement surgery, and I could not go with them; thus, I was left alone here at Home. I Thank and Praise the Lord for HIS love to me and the help of some really good Friends that hovered over me while they were gone. Somewhere in the next two days, The Lord gave me so much Peace! I am Truly a Blessed man of my Lord and Savior! My Knee and leg were so sore and aching consistently! Unfortunately, the Pain medication spaced me out really bad, so maybe that was a good thing, if you know what I mean. This article is my First in a little more than a month. It is an article of some pain that there is no medication to stop. It is in the hands of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

It has been almost a month since Donovan left us; the pain is still there, and I am sure it will be there for quite some time to come. My Family has, indeed, been through the wringer of emotions! How is one to deal with all of this? It is almost insurmountable, to say the least. Anger and Hatred at someone for taking his life, to profound sadness…and it doesn’t want to stop. A vicious circle of pain.

It dawned on me a few days ago, we know this life here on earth is temporary and not very long. So why should this event be such a wound and so painful to deal with?! Thousands and thousands of people die every day, over the surface of this globe. Does this mean the Lord God does not love us as HE says in HIS Holy Word? Absolutely NOT! As I said before, The Lord gave me such Peace in light of this event. I KNEW Donovan was with the Lord!

Matthew 11:28-30 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Are you Heavy Laden? Are you suffering a great loss, as my Family is? Go off by yourself, kneel before the Lord God, and confess all your Sin and let HIM cover your Sin with HIS Blood from the Cross and wash it away. Then…open up your heart! And I mean, tell HIM everything…absolutely everything! Go ahead and Cry and then yell…your heart is broken…Tell HIM. HE already knows your entire situation, but HE wants you to come before HIM…and let HIM make it right again. HE will give you PEACE. A PEACE you will never understand, until the day you stand before HIM. HE will wrap HIS capable arms around you and hold you tightly as you cry. Jesus Christ is GOD and HE LOVES YOU!!

Psalms 56:8-10 “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.”

My Mom Loved the Lord with all her heart, and one day when I was hurting, she told me the “Lord collects our Tears in a bottle. And then pours it back to you as a blessing.” In my 68 years, I must have cried a bucket of Tears. Today, HE is giving those Tears back to me as a Blessing of PEACE. NOW…THAT is a BLESSING like no other! MY LORD and SAVIOR Jesus Christ…IS HIS name…and I LOVE HIM with all that I am or will ever be. HIS Holy Word is absolute TRUTH, and it always will be!

While we are still here on Earth, we rely on HOPE; there is always HOPE for us! One day that will end because we will be with the Lord God… or you will be in HELL and wishing that HOPE still existed for you… it will never come! It is your CHOICE to make, and no one else can make it for you. This is the greatest decision you will ever make!

Personally speaking, this surgery was the most painful I have ever experienced, and there were times I was almost in Tears. I prayed FERVENTLY. First, I asked that the Lord forgive my Sin and wash me clean, renew our Relationship; and then I begged for relief from the Pain and aching… HE always comes through…HE LOVES ME. I Depend on HIM for absolutely everything! HE has delivered me many, many times, and I will forever look for HIM. I Praise and Glorify YOU, my LORD and SAVIOR… In Jesus name… amen!

2 Timothy 1:12 “For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”

My Life never belonged to me; it belonged to the Lord! Thus, the passage of scripture above resonates within me!

Is life tough? You already know it is! But the arms of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ are strong enough to deal with my little problems. HIS Heart loves me like HIS Child, and HE LOVES to see me happy and whole. If you do NOT know this for yourself, then you need to meet Jesus Christ and get to know HIM. Your Life will never be the same afterwards! It will be cleaner and clearer, and more understandable, easier to find happiness and joy in HIM. Remember, HE controls everything!

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

All Passages of Scripture come from the King James Version of the Bible.

All Emphasis is mine.

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The Devil’s Backbone and Faith by:: Clay Smith

Published on: by RR7

This is a unique title for an article, but is really fitting these days, even now more so as we struggle to fight the good fight of faith. We as Christians have the “Blessed Hope,” but have to fight the devil and his darkness from the day the war began. When we surrendered our lives to Christ, the Saviour, the devil really started attacking us, especially our Faith; and it continues today.

The souls that don’t know Jesus as Lord serve the devil and know it but don’t care, or don’t have a clue. There is a real Satan to contend with, and a real God named YAHWEH, who is Lord of all. Jesus is our King. The devil offers eternal death with him in the Lake of Fire, but our God offers eternal life with Yeshua in Heaven. I know who I serve; what about you?

In saying that, this article really is about encouragement. Let me explain the title first. I was coming home driving up the hill, and on the left was a beer truck at the local gas station. The description on the truck graphics displaying the name of the beer company was titled “The Devils Backbone.” During this time, I was listening to K-Love Christian music station, and the song playing was “Faith, by Jordan Feliz.” It seems the song came out last year, but appears to really be popular now, I’m guessing. Another radio station was playing it also; it’s a great Christian song.

I, at that moment, pumped my fist in the air with joy and thanked the Lord, because I knew instantly what my next article was going to be. In the darkness that surrounds us, we have the joy of “Faith” that God has instilled in every one of us.

What is your hope, your joy, your faith? Whom or what do you trust and hope in?

I am writing this, coincidently, at this time of the season where so many people lose this peace, joy, hope and Faith. Life is tough for all of us, believers as well as non-believers of the Gospel. I implore you wherever you are to look to Jehovah, the One True Living God, that will bring alive these instilled treasures. Jesus is the one true light. The enemy, the devil, brings darkness and despair. By the way, he has no “backbone.” He is defeated by what Jesus did at the Cross on Calvary for all. Satan thought he had won when Jesus died and went to the tomb; but three days later, Jesus Rose from The Dead. Alive forever more, Jesus conquered sin, death, hell and the grave, thus taking the “backbone out of the devil.”

Right now, Jesus is at the right hand of the Father in Heaven. Satan still has limited power in this world by what God has allowed him to, but “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

We, as believers of Christ, have power over the enemy Satan just by Jesus’ name in itself. Satan comes to destroy and kill literally; Jesus came to bring life and hope eternal that can never be taken away. If you don’t have Christ in your life, I encourage you in all love to believe in Him, and see your “worldly faith turn to Genuine Godly Faith.” Look up that song on YouTube by Jordan Feliz and listen to it. It’s so beautiful and encouraging. I pray it can be an encouragement to you. Don’t be deceived by the enemy’s tricks; don’t believe his lies either. If you are in another “religious faith or doctrine” besides true biblical Christianity, get out. It’s not too late. Call on the name of the Lord. Yeshua in Hebrew.

The devil only has a short time left. Soon, the Lord is coming back to get His Saints, the Church. That’s us, the believers, in the clouds, to forever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:17-18). You can look articles up here that have been written about this biblical event which can happen literally any second. You don’t want to go through the Tribulation that’s coming on the whole earth. At the end of the seven- year Tribulation, the devil will be chained up in the bottomless pit for a thousand years (Revelation 20:1-3) while Jesus reigns from Jerusalem, Israel, during the Millennium. This is after coming back as prophesied in the Scriptures, known as “The second Coming of Christ.”

During this season of Thanksgiving and Christmas, the world now seems to be imploding with all the evils and distress among the nations. Don’t give up on Faith and Hope. We as believers also are going through a lot, and we all have our stories we can share, but our prayers are going up to our Heavenly Father. We anxiously await Jesus’ return to come snatch us out of this present darkness of “Noah’s day” as Jesus predicted Himself in Matthew Chapter 24. We are crying out MARANATHA! We are not only in the “End Times,” but at the end of the end times. What we are seeing unfold before our eyes is unbelievable! But the Scriptures told us what it would be like, and we are now here.

Brothers and Sisters, the “Fig Tree has budded.” Hang on a little bit longer. I encourage you and love all of you. Keep the Faith!

For you who do not know Christ as Lord, come to Him and believe in what Jesus did for you and all mankind. You don’t need that beer, drugs, or anything the world (Satan/devil) has to offer. That only leads to possible physical death which the devil wants, along with lies, deceit, and promises that lead only to eternal death. He is trying to take everyone he can with him. Resist the devil, and he will flee.

James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

Come to Christ now. When you do, you can scripturally claim Jesus as Lord. You will believe and trust in His Holy Word. Here is some Scripture you can immediately claim and believe in with that “New Faith” you now have.

Ephesians 6:10-11 “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

Keep reading all the way down to verse 18. If that is not a big boost of encouragement to you and the others, I don’t know what is. The devil does not have a backbone anymore. Calling on the name of Jesus literally makes him and the demons flee. Be strong in the faith.

God bless you all.

Shalom.

MARANATHA!

All Scripture is from the King James Version

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