Christian: a person following Jesus Christ and His Word.

Politically correct: A people-pleasing person following the ”  woke movement” and government whims.

Which one are you? You can’t be both, oil and water don’t mix!

No wonder some of us continue to get depressed by what we see on the fake news. The lies and scare tactics never end and thanks to them there is no question we are in or very quickly heading toward an economic crisis. Probably one that many of us have never seen before.

1. For Sale Signs, 2. gas, 3. war, 4. Environment, 5. Weakness of dollar, 6. pure evil in our government and it goes on and on.

Many of you in your own church hurt greatly right now and are struggling to pay your mortgages and feed your families because there is no work. I have listened to the stories. Good people who are just looking for help.

Now more than anytime in probably the last 100 years we have a responsibility as a church to understand what it means to stand firm, and support one another so that no one gets left behind and that together we can guarantee that this economic and world crisis will be overcome because we relied on the power of Christ to get us through it.

This constant bombardment of problems has  many people wondering, “Is this the end?” Are we close to the second coming of Christ? Is armageddon around the corner? The short answer is, “who cares.” Is there really a reason to worry about it? Because I don’t have to even open the Bible to tell you that it says one day this world will end. We don’t know the time or the hour it will happen but rest assured this world will end.

The real question we need to be asking in this difficult time is; “What does God say about being ready for it?”

Because as you and I have learned very quickly in the last few years, the government doesn’t have the answer, money does not have the answer, your job does not have the answer, and fighting with your wife or your husband, again about money, is not the answer. I am going to show you the answer. I want to show you what it will take to be ready to get through this crisis or to get through the end of the world. Do you want me to do that… show you the answer? (get down on your knees and hold up your arms with Bible in hand.) Totally and utterly without hesitation, completely SURRENDER to God.

The answer is so simple and is right in front of us but it is always the last resort isn’t it?. We have this hope that maybe, just maybe my job will work out or money will come in, or because gas goes down 20 cents we might be okay. “I know! maybe if everyone gets a tax rebate that will boost the economy and get us out of the slump. YEAH, THAT’S IT.” We continue to put our hope in man and man’s laws and man’s attempt’s to fix our problems that we forget the answer to our crisis has been with us since the beginning of time. What we are going through is not the first crisis to ever hit this earth. Since the beginning of sin, there have been wars, famines, disease, death, pain, suffering, and job loss. There have been natural disasters and strikes and riots.

Ecclesiastes 1:9-10  What has been, it is what will be, and what has been done, it is what will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. ¹⁰ Is there anything of which one might say, “See this, it is new”? It has already existed for ages which were before us.

What is now has already been and what is now will come again. The constant that we can hope for is that God never changes. And because I am not God I cannot confidently predict if what we are seeing today is another sign that the time of Christ’s second return is near or not. But I can confidently say I believe we are closer than ever in our time.

Let’s look at some of the prophecies given by Christ about the last days…

End Time Prophecies:

Luke 21:7-11 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will all this happen? What sign will show us that these things are about to take place?” 8 He replied, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and saying, ‘The time has come!’ But don’t believe them. 9 And when you hear of wars and insurrections, don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place first, but the end won’t follow immediately.” 10 Then he added, “Nation will go to war against nation and kingdom against kingdom. 11 There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven.

What Jesus is speaking on will simply be birth pangs. The worst is still yet to come. When the end gets closer you are going to see these in greater intensity and closer together.

We know many of these things have happened, but there was an event that has already taken place in the 20th century and is what I believe is a major sign of the times, the freeing of Israel as a nation, which took place on May 14, 1948. Israel was reborn and this is the super sign that sets into motion all the other biblical prophecies of the end times. The Bible is the ONLY document in history that predicted this event would take place.

Skip to today. In the book of Ezekiel 38 and 39, it is prophesied that what is modern-day Russia would form an alliance with modern-day Iran and Libya. In 2000 talks about this alliance were beginning. Now, Vladamir Putin has formed an alliance with Iran which has never happened in 2500 years. Russia has also just visited Libya last week to sign a new arms deal with Libya. A long-term alliance has never happened. But now the prophecy from Ezekiel, if interpreted correctly, seems to be coming to reality.

There is also a prophecy that when the end is near a 3rd temple would be built in Jerusalem where the original temples stood. Today a Muslim Mosque stands there, but we know that the architectural plans for the temple are there, clothes for priests are being sewn, and the implements for temple sacrifice are done or are being built. There must be a perfect red heifer for sacrifice. Right now heifers are being genetically engineered to create a perfectly red heifer.

Switch to Iraq. Bible prophecy seems to say that Iraq will become good. Iraq was originally known as Babylon. Supposedly Iraq will one day become the most wealthy and peaceful country on the planet in the last days. Babylon supposedly becomes the center for the rise of the antichrist. So are we making Iraq safe for democracy or safe for the antichrist? Some prophecy scholars will tell you it’s a little bit of both.

Saddam Hussein before being overthrown was rebuilding the city of Babylon (a Vacation hot spot). It is believed that the antichrist would come out of Europe. Daniel 9 says he would be of Roman origin. So supposedly the Roman Empire could potentially rise again. But after the 2nd Lebanon war in 2006, the peace conference was held in Rome. The Italians out of Rome are leading the peacekeeping through the European Union (EU). It was the first time Rome has been involved in the middle east in 1600 years.

Europe is reforming with borderless crossings, one currency, one foreign policy zar, and one economic and political structure, the EU was created by the treaty of Rome in the 1950s.

It was in the news recently about Jimmy Carter meeting with the leader of the Hamas Terrorist to talk about peace. In their talks, the Hamas brought up forming a 10-year peace treaty. this is significant because an exact time has never been given. Peace treaties have been made but never in history has a specific time for peace been proposed. Revelation says a 7-year treaty.

Whether or not you might think these are the last days there is no doubt that we are seeing specific signs laid out in scripture that point to at the very least the reminder that there will be a second coming. It is during these reminder periods of time that we need to evaluate ourselves and ask, “Am I ready?” Am I going all out for God? Am I really living for him? Or am I still playing the game, going with the flow, and more focused on taking care of #1?

Is constant and persistent worry in your life right now overshadowing the faith you should be having in God and the power of the Holy Spirit?

Are doubts and the unknowns of the future causing you to lose sight of the prize that is out ahead of us for those who will remain faithful, diligent, and obedient in the worst of times?

What we need to be doing is instead of dwelling on what we see as bad or the end we need to be transforming and renewing our minds, to the understanding that the difficulty we are going through right now in our lives and in our country is actually good, look at this; James 1:2-4 Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, ³ knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. ⁴ And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

now hear me here and understand… I don’t think it’s good that you are struggling, I don’t think it’s good you can’t pay your bills or you might lose your home, but what is good is that you are at a vulnerable point in your life where you have to come to the realization that YOU cannot solve your problem. You are at a great time in your life to realize that without God you will not overcome. And there isn’t a  better time than where we are at right now to move from here (standing with head high), to here (on our knees arms raised and head bowed).

To survive this turbulent time and the turbulent times that are yet to come… we must be ready. Luke 12:13-21 Now someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” ¹⁴ But He said to him, “You there—who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over the two of you?” ¹⁵ But He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one is affluent does his life consist of his possessions.” ¹⁶ And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive. ¹⁷ And he began thinking to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’ ¹⁸ And he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there. ¹⁹ And I will say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years to come; relax, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!”’ ²⁰ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is demanded of you; and as for all that you have prepared, who will own it now?’ ²¹ Such is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich in relation to God.”

All outward appearances of this man point to him being a good man. Law-abiding, good neighbor. A family man who was above suspicion. He was living the good life in the best residential area. He wasn’t wicked or full of evil and deceit. He wasn’t an alcoholic or an adulterer. The man seems to be good yet God calls him a fool. He was a fool because he gave all thought to himself. He was covetous (greedy).

This man’s life is still our modern-day philosophy which says, “eat, drink, be merry for tomorrow we die.” Our Lord said, “That is exactly the problem. That is what makes a man a fool.” If you live as though this life is all there is, and you live just for yourself, and as though there is nothing beyond death, you are a fool. If you ignore the signs that the end is coming you are a fool. The pursuit of happiness through the American dream is a pursuit of fools because they are chasing after things that will never last. They may bring short-term happiness but they will never bring joy. And as soon as the stocks go down, and gas goes up and jobs get cut that American dream just got flushed down your American toilet. Have you figured it out yet?

We no longer live in a country that understands that without God we will perish, we live in a country that is controlled by greed and power.

Now hear me out… I love my country. I love the founding principles for what our country stands for, but those principles are being cast aside for an attitude of tolerance and a desire for greed and power. You may disagree, but part of me wishes they would take In God We Trust off our money because at this point that sounds like a big lie. Our government and its leaders do not put their hope in God they put it in money and power. It’s all about the bottom line now. Matthew 16:26  For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul?

Psalm 14:1-3 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”They are corrupt, they have committed detestable acts; There is no one who does good. ² The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of mankind to see if there are any who understand, Who seek God. ³ They have all turned aside, together they are corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.

We are fools to ever put our hope in what we can see, not the other way around. Because what we can see around us will not last. It’s what we can’t see that has the power to overcome. We need to be ready for a time such as this by…

1. Repent– Matthew 11:27-29   All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son determines to reveal Him. ²⁸ “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

To overcome a crisis there must be new repentance to God. And seek forgiveness for trying to run our own lives, for putting our hope in finite things, for coveting anything besides God. We need to be renewed and righted in our relationship with God giving him total control of our lives.

Have you asked Christ to be your savior? Have you moved from just head knowledge of Jesus to a heart transformation? A life transformation. It MUST begin there. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. . Not a way, but THE WAY. Not by works, or buying your way in. It is only through total and utter surrender to Jesus Christ as savior. All people must repent in order to receive salvation. When you receive salvation you give your life to Christ which means you are now to…..

2. Relinquish Authority

Who is in control of your life? Who is making the decisions? Is it you? We know that won’t work. It’s because of “man” making decisions by their own intelligence is the thing that got us in this crisis in the first place… Greed and power are always corrupt! Many of you are in a financial crisis not because of something God did or did not do but because of the bad decisions that we made without seeking God’s insight. We don’t like to wait on God or give him complete authority because that means that He will probably want us to do something we don’t want to do. He will probably want us to be smarter with money than we want to be. He will probably want us to wait longer than we want to wait. We are like spoiled children who don’t want to listen to our parents.

We don’t want that. We want it now, we want to use our credit cards to buy it and we want the American dream so we build, we charge, we finance, we impulse purchase and when the crisis comes we wonder, “where is God?” God has been here the whole time we just aren’t listening because we aren’t giving him complete control in our lives. Maybe you might be thinking, “Who are you, just a nobody preacher? How could you possibly understand the struggle of what I am going through?”

I know what it’s like to work 2 jobs and be buried in debt. I know what it’s like to live off ramen noodles and wonder how your bills are going to get paid. I understand what you are worried about and I want to tell you now is not the time to sit and sulk and feel sorry for yourselves and live a life of worry, because listen, if God is the captain of your ship called life.  then there will be no problem that will conquer you, there will be no crisis that will capsize your boat. There will be no wave that will overcome you.

You can lose your house and you can lose your money and you can lose your family and you can live on the streets but when God is in control of your life it won’t matter, but you will have finally understood what matters most… which is, that this life is not our home. It is only a shadow of what is to come. And the ONLY thing that matters and the ONLY THING THAT EVER MATTERED IN LIFE, TO BEGIN WITH, IS JESUS CHRIST.

You will know if you have relinquished all authority to God by giving yourself a test of worry. If worry controls your life then you have yet to give all authority to God. Some of you are going through difficult times but I have yet to hear about anyone who is missing meals, or who hasn’t had a place to sleep. So why are you worried. Luke 12:22   And He said to His disciples, “For this reason, I tell you, do not worry about your life, as to what you are to eat; nor for your body, as to what you are to wear., 25 And which of you by worrying can add a day to his life’s span? 26  Therefore if you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about the other things? 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. Luke 21:14  So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves; Stop Worrying. Luke 21:9 And when you hear of wars and revolts, do not be alarmed; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.”. Give all you are and everything you own to him. When you do that you need to…

3. Rethink Priorities

This is a major obstacle for us. I MEAN MAJOR. How people prioritize their lives is a major frustration in ministry for pastors.

My desire each day when I wake up and when I go to bed is to see spiritual breakthrough in people’s lives whether that is seeing someone accept Christ for the first time and the joy that is on their face or seeing a believer have a revelation, something that takes them to the next level in their walk with Christ. Most pastors are very impatient. We are human just like you and we want to know that our work is going to produce fruit. But the reality is people mature and grow at different paces. So for some, it takes a little longer than others to learn what it means to make Jesus a lifestyle. Sometimes it takes a while for people to grasp that all that matters in life is Christ.

But it is because we don’t know what tomorrow will bring that we MUST have that desire to know and love God more each day. James 4:14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away. The savior of the world, the one that has saved us from eternity in hell deserves our time. He deserves for us to be with him, pray, and learn from His Word. Through His death, we have eternal life in Heaven. We have a hope to look forward to that most in the world don’t understand yet the actions of our lives don’t reflect our desire to have God first.

How important is God to you? Is he important enough that you cannot wait to get to church to learn something new from the word or to sing his praises, or do you wake up on Sundays feeling, “well I guess I better get up and get ready for church?” Or do you say, “oh it’s snowing maybe they’ll cancel church today?

When you repent and give your life to God and you give all authority to him our priorities must change. Romans 10:9-10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; ¹⁰ for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.  Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.  “let God”… there’s that total authority again, “change the way you think.” That means changing priorities. If you are not letting God in to change you then you will not grow, and you will not succeed in getting joy in life. You cannot know God’s will for you without letting him change you completely. God cannot change you completely unless you are willing to change your priorities and make him first.

What is the first in your life?

You know what is first in your life by looking at how you spend your time and how you spend your money. We are in such a fast-paced society that if we don’t get it now and if the church takes too long then we get impatient and angry. God has quickly begun to take a back seat to other outside activities that we would rather be doing.

I know the importance that being with believers when it comes to growing and understanding a relationship with Christ (Hebrews 10:23-25  Let’s hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; ²⁴ and let’s consider how to encourage one another in love and good deeds, ²⁵ not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.)  because when we as parents give in and choose sports or any activity over God we are teaching our children that it’s okay to put God 2nd. When you teach them it’s okay to put God 2nd then you are teaching them that God isn’t that important. We need to establish new priorities so that all people know and our children know that nothing ever trumps God in importance. Not our families, our jobs, sports, or money. God is all that matters.

When we won’t stand firm for a little thing how could we ever be expected to stand firm in the end times when our faith is truly tested and our lives are on the line… We won’t be able to because we won’t be ready.

Our priorities would have been so messed up by then we won’t know how to stand. The best thing you could ever do for your family is to take them down a path that leads to events or programs that promote spiritual growth and the pursuit of holiness in their lives. All the Biblical prophets predicted the end would come. You have seen a glimmer of signs today that prove the end is definitely on its way. We have a major responsibility to make sure we and our families are ready by teaching them now what is more important in life.

Maybe that means we have one less day to do what we want to do. Maybe that means your kid can’t be on the team but in light of eternity does that really matter? God is looking for people who will follow his command in Matthew 6:33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you... When you repent, relinquish, and rethink then you will hit the final point of what it takes to be ready for the end. You must…

4. Revive Holiness

Like the 4 great awakenings that have occurred over the last 200 years, we need a 5th great awakening. A revival amongst God’s people to stand firm for holiness. We need a revival that will wake us up and realize that we need to quit looking worrying about the next paycheck or the next program or the next whatever and start getting on our knees and praying for God to bring real revival to our country. We need a fresh desire for prayer, witnessing, ministry, preaching, and teaching. People push salvation as the most important thing. Churches love to talk about how many they saw saved in their churches last year or what their goal is for next year, but it is not our main job to save souls, it’s to disciple them! Salvation is the work of God’s sovereign grace and, “our work as His disciples’ is forms around disciplining other’s lives until they are totally yielded to God.”

I quote, “One life that is totally devoted to God is of more value to Him than one hundred lives which have been simply awakened by His Spirit.”

We are responsible to revive the thirst for God, the desire to be totally sold out to Jesus Christ. We can’t accomplish this until we repent, relinquish, and rethink. Jesus is looking right now for the spiritually hungry to rise up and bring about revival. Yes, the end is coming. It may happen in our lifetime it may not happen for hundreds or even thousands of years but family, fear not, worry not, because God is our rock and our refuge. There is no enemy that can stand against Him.

Are you ready? Have you repented, relinquished, renewed your thinking, and revived the fire for God in you. Are you; “Seeking first the Kingdom of God…”

I hope this message helps you to think about the importance that the fellowship of the believers in these critical times. Please consider getting into a small group where you can gather people around you who can disciple you and vice versa… Seek first His Kingdom…..

We’re here but a vapor (James 4:14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.) eternity never ends, so what will it be… “to believe or not to believe?” That has been the real question through ALL of the ages. Between you and God, where do you REALLY stand?

We here at On The Road For Christ appreciate and Love ya all and pray for blessings and a Godly peace to still your troubled hearts.

Until we get together again … KEEP LOOKING UP!

Semper Fidelis

     Dusty

To get in touch with Dusty email him at: prospectorsforgod@gmail.com

  My prayer for you:

Precious Lord,

What a joy to serve a loving Father and we come to you this day to praise and thank you for Your grace and mercy. We ask your forgiveness for our sin and ask for Your strength to do better. We ask for the opportunity to serve you more and for direction in our lives. We pray for hearts to seek you and for lives to be turned around and for governments being controlled by evil greedy, power-hungry people to be brought to light using Your “biblical” laws.

Father, we pray for a miracle that will start a revival that will go around the world. 

Thank you, Lord, for loving us…

In the name above all names, Jesus Christ, we pray,

                AMEN

Wow! $0.18… off these ridiculous gas prices. What a joke! I pray God will soon open the eyes of Americans and bring this country back to the center. Every vote counts! Let’s get’er done…

I know this is going to be a long one, but it’s VERY IMPORTANT that you read it all!… for our children’s sake.

The children are continuing to be brainwashed by our so-called education system and we can see the effects of that “woke” system in our teens and young adults. They, as a whole, believe in the green movement, abortion and all whites are the problem. Very few have believed in creation and have never stepped inside a church. 

Here’s the simple answer… Parents… BE PARENTS! I know some of you young parents have had some of that woke… shoved down your throats too, but really, how’s that working for you? No discipline, drugs running rampant, children fear other children, schools have to be locked up like a prison to keep them safe (how’s that working?) and teen suicide is at an all-time high.

Politicians holler gun control like that’s the answer, but anyone with a half of a brain knows it for what it is… politics. Let’s go to the root… why are our children running wild saying and doing what they want on cell phones, the internet, and in the streets. How about holding parents responsible for their children’s actions. The child tags a wall, the parents clean it up. The child steals, the parent gets arrested, and so on. Isn’t a person held responsible when his dog bites someone? The dog obviously lacked discipline too.

The children in today’s society have no consequences for their actions…  no discipline. Spare the rod, spoil the child. Proverbs 13:24 He who withholds his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him diligently. That verse doesn’t give you carte blanche to beat your child, it says diligently,  for a good reason, and with restraint.

The scriptures speak many times about the raising of our children so let’s do a little research in the real training manual of life.

The Bible, God’s inspired and authoritative Word, has a great deal to say about parenting, the home, and children. For a sampling, compare the following:

(1) Psalm 128:1-4   How blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
Who walks in His ways.
² When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands,
You will be happy and it will be well with you.
³ Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
Within your house,
Your children like olive plants
Around your table.
⁴ Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord. This teaches us that children are gifts and rewards from the sovereign hand of God; they are blessings and trusts from God. But Psalm 127:3-5 Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.
⁵ How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies at the gate. This warns that for this to be a reality, parents must allow the Lord to build the house (the home) which includes the training of our children.

(2) Proverbs tells us to train up our children in the way they should go (Prov. 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.). This means getting children to go in the right direction.

(3) The Bible also teaches that parents are to bring up their children (nourish them) in the discipline (training) and instruction (admonition) of the Lord (Eph. 6:4  Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.). God trains children in His ways through the parents.

(4) Fathers, therefore, are to have their children under control with all dignity (1 Tim. 3:4 He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity). Why? Because children are born without controls.

God gives this authority to parents, but parents are ultimately accountable to God in both the responsibility for discipline and for the manner and method of discipline. This fact is evident from what we learn in… Ephesians 6:4  Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 has two words that describe the responsibilities and the methods that are important in the nurture of children. “Discipline” (NASB) or “training” (NIV) is the Greek “paideia” from “pais”, “child.” According to the use of this word, there are two ideas in biblical discipline: (a) instruction or education and (b) correction or discipline as with the rod or some form of a corrective control. This is particularly applicable to the smaller child. “Instruction” is the Greek “nouqesia” from “nous”, “mind” and “tiqhmi”, “to put, place.” According to the use of this word, it involves the ideas of reasoning, counsel, warning, and gentle or friendly reproof.

The Principle of Authority

The Right of Authority

As the sovereign Creator of the universe and the One who has established the divine institution of marriage (between one man and one woman) and the home, God has placed children under the authority of their parents. This is more than evident in Scripture by the fact that over and over God addresses parents and gives them the responsibility for the training of their children, not the state (Deut. 6:7-9 ⁷ You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. ⁸ You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. ⁹ You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.; Eph. 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.; Col. 3:20 Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.). Parental authority, then, is a delegated authority which means parents are not free to  do with their children as they please. Ultimately, the authority we exercise as parents is God’s authority. Children are stewardships from God, blessings He has given to parents to manage for Him. In our goal to teach them to obey as an obedience to God, it means parenting is designed by God to bring about a change in parents (Eph. 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.).

As parents, then, we are to be in a subordinate relationship to God; we are to exercise only the authority God has given us and do so in accordance with His standards. We are never to arbitrarily establish what is right and wrong by our opinions or those of society unless those standards are based on God’s Word. The parent’s job is to declare what God’s Word says is right and wrong and then seek to promote that in their own lives and in their children’s lives. When this is not the case, the parents are acting in rebellion themselves and ruining, by negative example, the stewardship God has entrusted to their care. This naturally leads to our next point.

The Meaning of Authority

Authority means the delegated right to rule or lead. It means the power to act, decide, command, and judge; it is the right to set policy and this means the responsibility to bring about controls in our children’s lives within the limits of the authority given by God. God has absolute and complete authority and the right of complete control because of who He is as the sovereign Creator (Ps.47:2 For the Lord Most High is to be feared, a great King over all the earth.; 103:19 The Lord has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all; 115:3 But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.; Dan. 4:34B  For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.; Rom. 9:20b-21²⁰ On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? ²¹ Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?). There is an important lesson here. Even God’s authority and control are never arbitrary because it is based on His perfect righteousness and goodness; it is always for the good and blessing of people. For instance, the commandments of God’s Word are not designed to take away our fun and make life miserable. Rather, they are designed to bring safeguards that enhance our capacity for blessing. This is so because of the very character of God who is perfect holiness. This includes God’s perfect righteousness and justice. Inherent in all of this is God’s goodness as our loving benefactor.

The Principle of Control

The Problem of Rebellion

Why do parents need controls? Controls are needed because of the immaturity and foolishness of children, but also because of the natural tendency for rebellion. Because of the fall and man’s sinful condition, rebellion is inherent in all of us. In fact, the words rebel, rebellion, rebellious, etc. occur 170 times in the NIV, 131 in the NASB, and 143 in the NRSV translations. Before we look at a few principles regarding rebellion, control, and authority, let’s note a few verses on this issue: 

I often wonder how many people actually read these messages? Most comments I receive are in my email and very few come in via the comment section. I wish those who read this blog and get something from it, would pass on the website to others and help build a group of like-minded Christians. I’d sure appreciate the help and I know God would bless you for helping spread His word. So come on, get involved with us…

In these troubled times that were prophesized in the scriptures, we as Christians need to come together; Philippians 2:2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Of course, we know that one purpose is the great commission to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.

 By the way, each one of us, as born-again Christians are ordained to do just that, it’s not a suggestion, it’s a commandment… You don’t have to be ordained by a denomination or anyone else, He ordained you to go into all the world and preach the gospel. It doesn’t say go get a theology degree and then find someplace to preach. If Billy Graham would have needed that(He never finished high school) just think of the blessings the world would have missed because of rules sat down by man.

As traveling evangelists, we visit many churches of different denominations. I like to rate their friendliness among other very important things such as staying on course and being biblically correct to the best of my knowledge.

We recently visited the same church two Sundays in a row (Mambrino Baptist Church) because we enjoyed hearing a no-nonsense message straight from the scriptures and good old fashion praise and worship, not a rock and roll show of look at me. It was great! However, some of the warm, Christian friendliness was lacking. On the two Sundays, we’ve attended only two people have approached us, one each Sunday. Do you say maybe it’s covid? Well, we all sit next to each other and everything else seems normal. And yes, we took showers before we went :-).

Anyway, please know I’m not being judgmental, but I’d certainly like to let my readers know when we happen upon a good church and of course warn them on the opposite end as well, a non-bible teaching church is very dangerous and, there are plenty of those out there too, so be careful. Remember end-time teachings tells us of false teachers and prophets. (2 Timothy 4:3  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,) rest assured, this one (Mambrino Baptist) defiantly teaches the word of God, if you live in the Granbury, Texas area try this one, it’s out on the Mambrino Hwy.

Don’t go to church for just the fellowship, that is a part of it, but the most important part is a place where you can further your knowledge of God and strengthen your walk with the Lord. The best way to do that is in service to Him and staying in the word. The fellowship usually comes automatically when you get involved with your church’s outreach programs or other projects that might be in your bailiwick. Hebrews 10:24-25  and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, ²⁵ not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

God, gave each one of us a gift (talent) to use for good, find yours, and put it to use. He will equip you for whatever He wants you to do, all you have to do is step out in faith and then watch our amazing Lord do a work in you! He can’t do anything in your life until you ask, just sitting in the pew, no matter where you are in your life… old, young, or handicapped, doesn’t matter or get the job done, so get plugged in and get started on a great adventure… Most churches have more things to do than people willing to help.

Each one of us CAN make a difference! Are you ready to put “ALL” your trust in the Lord and do something about this mess we’re in? Or just sit there complaining, watching our country implode? 

Like I’ve said many times before… it’s your choice which way your elevator goes, up or down… get off the fence! WE CAN DO IT!

We here at On The Road For Christ sure love ya in the Lord, and if you don’t have a bible we want you to have one at absolutely no cost to you. Just send us your mailing address via email (prospectorsforgod@gmail.com) and we’ll get one off to you…

Many blessings to all my sisters and brothers, until we get together again… KEEP LOOKING UP!

Semper Fidelis

      Dusty

My prayer for you: 

Heavenly Father, We, as mortals make many mistakes, which often are sins. Many times man is hard to forgive us but you as our loving Father, are always ready and willing to forgive our sins through your grace and mercy. I come to you now, asking for that forgiveness… Lord, so much is wrong and I believe impossible to right without your help. Lord, you are the answer to ALL our needs, whether you intervene or not is, of course, your decision, but I pray you will intercede on the behalf of your children who love You. 

I pray our leaders find the open path to you and choose life over death and bring this country out of this tailspin we’re in before it’s too late.

Father, I thank you for hearing all our prayers and give you ALL the praise and glory for the things you do…

In the precious name of Jesus, I pray.

                     AMEN

Isn’t it amazing how some people are still gullible enough to believe all the smoke and mirrors coming out of our government about Jan. 6th.? The evil one (Pelosi) has not and won’t be called on her actions nor will the real instigators ever be brought to justice, it’s still the same old witch hunt… let’s hang it on Trump. Of course, the Whitehouse is hoping this is a big enough distraction you won’t notice gas is over $5.00 a gallon, inflation is going through the roof, baby formula is practically non-existent, and our southern border is being invaded. Oh, and don’t forget the people against people violence, you know what I’m talking about, the one the media calls gun violence, where that inanimate object jumps up by itself and starts shooting people…

Talk about smoke and mirrors, the simple way to stop school shootings and take back our streets is by putting armed former veterans in schools and arming law-abiding, trained Americans. With all the lies and misdirection coming out of the Whitehouse, anyone with a modicum of sense should be able to see through it unless they want to see the ruin of our country. So it leaves God-fearing, patriotic Americans with this question… Who Can You Trust?

These are perplexing times we live in. Some may not want to hear what I am about to share. In these “last days”, it is important that we are aware of what is going on in the world.

Hopefully, none of us live our lives by the fake news or what we read in the printed newspaper, but by the printed and inspired Word of God.

Nevertheless, I feel I should remind us of how short the days are.

Allow me to share with you what I found this week in the news.

Source: The front page of the USA Today newspaper.

Title: “Fuel for nuclear weapons is more widely available than the public has been told.”

Conclusion: There are two significant problems in keeping our world safe from having a nuclear catastrophe.

A) Nations, such as Russia, have less and less money to finance the security of weapons sites still left from the “Cold War”

B) A recent study by the Natural Resource Defense Council found that “It’s a lot easier to make a nuclear explosive device than the public has been led to believe.”

What does all of this information mean to people like us living in small-town USA?

The world that once felt safe from the threats of the “Cold War” is now learning how to live in more and more fear and instability. The world is convinced that our days of peace and freedom are determined by the world’s leaders.

Question: What does the Word of God tell us about who we can turn to and trust in these days of pandemonium?

How does all of this relate to the Word of God written 2000 years ago?

 Matthew 28:16-18 ¹⁶ But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. ¹⁷ When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. ¹⁸ And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

Our text takes place on a little hillside called the “Mt. of Olives”. Just like us, the disciples had gathered themselves there to meet with Jesus. It was here that Jesus made a statement of authority followed by a call to commitment.

Jesus’ Statement;

“All authority has been given to me.”

Regardless of what the world is trying to tell us in its newspapers and on television, the statement made by Jesus tells us that nothing has happened, or will ever happen, without His direct authority.

Despite what’s happening on the world scene, Jesus has direct authority over everything that takes place. We know that to have been the case while He was here on this earth. And we know that today. Jesus has direct authority over everything that will happen today, this week, this year, and to the end of this age.

Jesus commanded everything to be subject to His voice.

Whether it was the storm out on the high seas or the demons that tormented the demoniac.

Folks, Jesus is the Lord of your future!

Consider this;

The Bible tells the story of how disciples had to watch our Lord Jesus be beaten and judged before the Sanhedrin Court. Pontius Pilate ordered Jesus to be hung on a cross to die in total humiliation.

There were a lot of terrible things that happened to Jesus and the disciples. The disciples felt as though they were facing uncertain days ahead.

The disciples were not sure what was going on, or what was going to happen to their lives with Jesus being crucified.

The disciples were frightened of what their future held for them.

The disciples had to learn 3 important things that we must also learn…

First, when you decide to allow Jesus to save you from your sins, you must make Him Lord over every area of your life.

This is not something you kind of grow into and become mature in. It is not a Personality that is being slowly developed in our lives or something that we hope to become or even an option for you to choose when and how you want to live for God.

You cannot accept His love and forgiveness and then not live under His Authority. To receive the true forgiveness of Christ means you must also receive the His Authority.

Acts 2:36…God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”

Philippians 2:10-11  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Why is this so important? Because in these days of uncertainty, we need to understand Who is in charge, and comprehended the authority of Christ.

There are many weak Christians that only rely on God to save them from an eternity in hell.

Oftentimes, what the world is saying has a greater influence on the people of God than the authority of Christ has.

Jesus said,

“All authority has been given to me…”

When you make Jesus the Savior of your life, you are not granted permission to do whatever you want to with your life. When you are saved by grace, you are also placed under the authority of Christ (along with everything else in this world.)

The second thing the disciples had to learn, we must also learn…

 When Jesus is the Lord and authority of our lives, we are to naturally walk in His truths. This is something that Christ has already established for us a long time ago. Our Responsive Reading states this for us. “…just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world,…”We must accept the Bible as the only complete and absolute truth.

What those verses mean is that we are to walk and obey the truths that Jesus put in place long before the world ever began, we cannot change the rules. We cannot rewrite, alter or modify the commands/principles of Jesus.

We do not have an option with the Holy Word of the Lord. It is not a piece of poetic literature that we can pick and choose what we will or won’t agree with. When we accept Christ as Savior and Lord we must accept everything the Word of God has for us.

Jesus was praying to His Father in John 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

The problem we sometimes have is when we do not embrace the complete truth of God’s Word.

As an example, someone who is raised (as a child) in a prejudiced and racist home will become a racist and a bigot.

Later in life, that person finds that he/she must have Christ save them from their sins. But unfortunately, they refuse to let go of the way they were raised.

What sometimes happens is they will modify their interpretation of what the Word of God says so it will fit into what they have always believed.

Now I just used an extreme example. There are plenty of other examples that could fit your life. Here’s another.

If I am raised in a home that allows/accepts drinking and smoking, I may choose to continue abusing my body with things that are not good for it. And if that is the case, I may never allow the Lord to rule over my health. I will continue to destroy my body while I profess to be a Christian.

Where is the authority of Christ for us?

We must allow Christ to have authority over every area of our lives!

His truth is the ultimate & absolute truth. There can be no debating the Lordship and authority of Christ.

Here’s another example.

Some people will become Christians and will continue in other philosophies of mankind. Such as false religions.

No, they won’t go and bow before Allah, the god of the Muslims. But they will believe that we all have access to heaven through other gods.

Where is the authority of Christ?

We must know that Jesus is the only way, the only truth, and the only life.

The third thing the disciples had to learn that we must also learn –

 We must declare Jesus Lord over our minds and every opinion we have. When anyone becomes a Christian, they have ungodly thinking that must come under the authority of Christ. The Bible tells us that our minds are to be transformed into the mind of Christ.

Matthew 22:37 And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Everything in our minds must come under the complete authority of Christ.

We cannot be a Christian in our private life and someone else in our public life.

Even your political persuasion should be under the complete authority of Christ. Whether you are a democrat or republican really doesn’t matter. When it comes to politics, only what you believe is the will of God for our God-fearing country matters.

Here’s an example…You cannot be a Christian in your personal life, but in your public life, if you accept things such as abortion.

The world thinks you should because (for them) it is politically correct/acceptable.

The point is this…  Whatever we think or do in our life must be under the complete submission of Christ Almighty, and no one else. Not your parents’ position, your favorite talk show host, not your best friend and confidant, not some psychic, and, not even yourself.

“Jesus must be Lord over everything.”

There is a purpose in all of this, and it has to do with what we are now faced with in this nation and in your communities.

It appears that we are fast approaching days of more fear and terror. Nevertheless, God is in control!

 Romans 13:1-5   Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. ² Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. ³ For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; ⁴ for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. ⁵ Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’s sake.

Many Christians(I pray) disagree with the politics and certain politicians. And that is okay. What our nation is going through is causing controversy all over the world. We must remember that it is God Who rules over the politicians. The truth here is that all governmental authority has been established by God.

In the Bible, we can find many cases in which even unrighteous governments are established. But they were all used for the purposes of the Lord. What complicates things is when Christians forget that Jesus is Lord.

Jesus said to all of His disciples, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”

 Romans 9:17-18  For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.” ¹⁸ So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.

Do you remember the story of when Jesus was brought before Pilate and Jesus would not speak to him?

John 19:9-11   and he entered into the praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰ So Pilate *said to Him, “You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?” ¹¹ Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me unless it had been given you from above; for this reason, he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

What this tells us is that power = authority

Two of the most ungodly politicians, Pilate in the New Testament and the Pharoah in the Old Testament were both sent for the salvation and deliverance of God’s people with authority given to them by God.

We can trust what God is doing by what He says in His Holy Word. Listen to this.

Daniel 2:21 says that God “removes kings and raises up kings.”

Apparently… God is God.

He gets to do whatever He wants to.

All authority is given to Christ. Not to us. Not to anyone else.

The truth is this. Those in authority over us have been given their authority by God.

There is another point to make here. We must pray for our nation’s President and its leaders to protect our country.

 I Timothy 2:1-4   First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, ² for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. ³ This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴ who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

The man in authority at the time this was written to Timothy was King Nero. He was one of the most inhumane kings ever.

King Nero was known to take babies from the Christians and burn them on a stick for his torches at his garden parties. The Christians of that day lived under the kingship of a disgusting and vile man.

 I Peter 2:13-17  ¹³ Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, ¹⁴ or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right. ¹⁵ For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men. ¹⁶ Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God. ¹⁷ Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

Apparently, this was a time of incredible torment to the Christians. There were no born-again Kings having prayer breakfast in the Oval Office, just like now…There was rampant unrighteousness in all of the politics of that time throughout the world!

Not much different than today… Still, we are to pray for those in authority over us. 

I know, it’s hard when so much evil is going on, but remember nothing in the scriptures said being a bible believing Christian would be easy…

We love all of you with the love of the Lord, may the Lord’s blessing abound in your lives, and for goodness sakes… KEEP LOOKING UP! 

Until next time,

Semper Fidelis

     Dusty

My prayer for you;         

Father, what a time we live in, we come to you asking forgiveness for our sin and pray for your healing grace and mercy for our country, world, and leaders that are in power. I pray they open their hearts to you and turn toward the cross for their guidance.

I pray law and order be reasserted in our cities and peace be found throughout the world. Lord, we need complete healing, from the tops of our heads to the souls of our feet. I pray You to fill us with your living water and bring this world into alignment with Your holy word.

I ask this in our Lord and Saviors’ name… Jesus Christ

                AMEN!

Every day new crimes happen worse than the ones the day before, when we think it can’t get any worse the deviants and black hearts turn it up another notch. Every time a crime makes the headlines the criminals in DC (politicians) politicize it rather than do any real progress to stop it. They put the blame on inanimate objects not the person in control of it… the bomb killed…, the car killed…, the gun killed…, and it goes on and on. As far as they are concerned the person using these inanimate objects is the secondary cause, it wouldn’t make political news to go after the reason these sick criminals comment those crimes. The hot button right now is to ban the gun, of course, the real reason for that isn’t what they’d like you to believe… a disarmed nation is a defenseless nation… Remember Hitler? How’d that work for Germany?

Some countries make it mandatory to have a gun handy (Israel for one), in other words, it’s the law to be armed, and guess what no mass shootings there. An armed society is a polite society.  These cowards that open up on unarmed, innocent people are just that “COWARDS!”

if a coward knew his victim was armed and the victim knew how to use his sidearm he wouldn’t be a victim.

I guess we’ll need to take cars off the streets and knives out of our kitchen drawers next.

Of course Aids, Abortion, and opioids kill more people than cars, guns, and knives put together, but you don’t hear your congressman on the 6 o’clock news making a stand on those thousands of deaths… no political hey there… Instead, let’s have gay rights parades, kill more innocent babies with abortions and give druggies free needles.

Remember God only put up with Sodom and Gomorrah for so long before He put an end to them… I wonder how much time we have left?

God gave us free will to choose our path, and it isn’t looking too good so far, our leaders have chosen a path of destruction, look around you, it’s undeniable… unless you’re a part of it and blind.

This country… the world needs to find God!… Can that happen?

I pray it can, but ultimately it’s up to God… It always has been.

We’ve been in full-time service to Him for many years, but the enemy seems to knock us down practically every day and the struggle to get up gets harder and harder. I know without Him helping us up, we would be no more. With His encouraging love, we keep fighting on.

Recently a cyber crime was perpetrated against our ministry and instead of the criminal being tracked down and prosecuted for defrauding our donation page with stolen credit card numbers we are being made to pay the bank charges on their criminal act… how messed up is that? we were the victims, So now we’ve pulled our donation page down and anybody wanting to help this ministry will need to contact us directly through our email. I know that’s inconvenient and I want to thank everyone in advance for their understanding and still caring enough to help this ministry. We work hard to get the Lord’s word out to the lost… BLESSINGS to you!

How about you, what are your needs? Why don’t you let us know so we can agree with you in prayer? (prospectorsforgod@gmail.com)The Lord wants to help and He knows your every need, He’s just waiting on you to ask, once you ask all you have to do is have trust and believe in Him and He WILL act on your behalf. That doesn’t mean He’ll always give you the answer you’re looking for, but in the end, it will be the answer best suited for your needs.

We are in a very dark time in our land my friends, and I know it’s tough to believe the Lord cares with so much happening… but He does. Please keep praying, He is our hope and redemption. Continue to pray 2 Chronicles 7:14 over our country every day, pray for the elections coming up, pray for Godly people to be put in office, and last but not least pray for one another. We, believers, must all come together as one in the body of Christ, united in one voice against the atrocities going on in our country.

Standing up for Christian values is a responsibility we each have to take seriously, it’s a requirement of a true believer and a follower of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We must take action now or pay the consequences of doing nothing.  Revelation 3:15-16  ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. ¹⁶ So because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.

Each day my friends is a gift from God, I pray for you to use it wisely.

Until we get together again may your blessings overflow and you all stay safe… KEEP LOOKING UP!

Semper Fidelis

     Dusty

My prayer for you:

Heavenly Father,

I lift these needs to you on behalf of my brothers and sisters. I ask for your divine justice to once again be the law of the land and for those that would make it any other way to be revealed and dealt with.

Lord, I know healing for sickness and disease is asked of you constantly, why do we have ongoing viruses and disease with no answers in sight and you allow big pharma to get wealthy off of people’s suffering? I ask again for relief from these seemingly incurable diseases.

I pray for Godly leadership to return to our land and our government to once again be for the people, not, out of control, self-centered politicians.

Lord, I would ask for boldness among us, and to give us strength and faith to go forward into battle with those would choose to destroy Your word. I pray for the unity of my fellow believers to come together and lift up the name above all names… JESUS CHRIST and it’s in His precious we Pray, 

            AMEN

Well, another sad day for America. My heart breaks for the families that lost their precious children in the senseless violence here in Texas. Of course, the politicians want to use it to push gun control, but it’s not the guns that are the problem.

Since the late 60s our country started losing its way, what I mean is Question authority started, soon after that, we were told don’t spank your child, give them a time out—NO corporal punishment. In plain English, that means no real consequences for their action… and no prayer in schools.

Proverbs 13:24 He who withholds his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Proverbs 23:13  Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

time out!… Go to your room with your computer, cell phone, TV, and video games… Boy! that’ll punish you.

Of course, corporal punishment was banned from schools too. Teachers can be spit on, cussed out, and ignored and the worse that can happen is… you guessed it “TIMEOUT”.

If you swat a child’s butt they report you to the teacher and you’re investigated for child abuse. Their grades are fabricated, and the competition is taken away so no little feelings get hurt… everyone is first, of course, they can deal with real-life later. Put masks on them and teach Fear and Paranoia and don’t forget, white people are at fault for racism, global warming, inflation, and anything else you might think of going wrong. 

The government is what’s wrong… too much of it! They want complete control over us and it starts in kindergarten with their political correctness rhetoric and it’s force-fed our children all through their school years. All you have to do is look at the generational changes starting in the 1960s and you’ll see I speak the truth. 

God is outlawed from school, discipline with any teeth is non-extant and learning is watered down with political brainwashing. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The enemy has taken that scripture to heart but has defiled it to their use. Instead of teaching God’s way they choose to teach the things that are destroying this country and are doing it using our own children.

The place where we need to start is in our schools, the parents need to know what is going on and take control. Back when God and real discipline were in school we had NO shootings, girls were girls, safe in their own restrooms and boys were boys.

Let’s be real, call it like it really is… this liberal undermining of our families, our country is why we’re at this point. It’s not gun control, it never has been… it’s people control! Taking guns away from law-abiding people is just one step closer to dictatorship.

Have we learned nothing from REAL history?

How many more children need to die because of the fear and hate being pushed into their little minds? When do we get back to Proverbs 13:24 for starters, and teach our children there are consequences to their actions. If you do that with love and not anger the child will remember that later in life and thank you for your guidance.

God allows things to happen. It saddens our hearts and grieves us but He allows us to make mistakes hoping we will repent and return to Him, of course, if you believe the enemy, who says God doesn’t exist, just keep believing them… How’s that been working for you so far? Keep doing the same thing you’ll get the same results.

If you haven’t accepted the Lord and you don’t even know what I’m talking about, don’t feel alone. Today many Americans don’t pray or even trust in God. They’ve never opened a bible much less stepped into a church, they just go about their lives, every day accepting things they think they have no choice over.

If you are one of these people, the first thing you need to do is sit down with a Bible-believing Christian and ask questions, and get some real answers. In truth, all the answers come from the word of God. His word and His laws are the ones to follow, in the end, we WILL answer to Him. Romans 14:11 For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall give praise to God.”

Once you get a clearer picture, an understanding, and want to start your walk with the Lord it’s as simple as falling off a log, and at the same time, it’s the most important decision you’ll ever make. We can help you or your Christian friend will be glad to help… so what are you waiting for? God’s been waiting for you for a long time, let’s not keep Him waiting any longer… God wants you, our children need you!

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I pray this message touched a place in your heart and you tell a friend about it. I know God is the only way… I pray you He is in your heart today and will guide your life.

Until we get together again be blessed, keep praying, and always… KEEP LOOKING UP!

Semper Fidelis

        Dusty

My prayer for you:

Father God,

We come to you with sadness and greave for the families with empty chairs at the table this day. We know the little ones are with you, but still, the hole in our hearts morns their loss. Lord, be with the families, I pray your love and peace cover them and protect them in this time of need.

Father, we’ll never really know the mind of the boy that committed this horrendous crime. I pray that somehow, whatever caused him to exact such pain and suffering could come to light so others can learn and then attempt to change whatever went wrong. I pray the REAL problem is revealed and used to make REAL changes.

Lord, open minds and hearts to you, we need change, a complete change in this country. I pray YOUR will for us, not a politician’s will. I know Lord with all my heart you love each of us and want us in your kingdom… Help us, Lord… we are lost.

In the precious name of Jesus, I pray,

                      AMEN

2 Chronicles 7:14

What keeps you going when things look bad and you feel powerless to improve them?

If you’ve asked yourself that exact question, don’t think you are alone. Many people feel the same helplessness and believe they are unable to change things around them.

Unless they live under a rock or are in denial anyone can see our government is out of control, pushing an agenda that’s destroying our country. Look around you… Gas, food, and other living expenses are increasing and going up with no end in sight. We’re literally being invaded across an out-of-control border and it gets worse every day and you bet… it can and will continue to get worse.

The government is trying to take over the raising of our children, and to be politically correct we’ve let them. Instead of teaching them reading, writing, and arithmetic, the public school system is rewriting history, teaching homosexuality, transgender and same-sex marriage is alright, all white people are racists, and we cause global warming, and it goes on, on. If parents protest there called terrorists.

No wonder suicides across the board are at an all-time high, and homicides and violent crimes are raging in our cities. What do the powers that be say the problem is? You guessed it… Gun control. Get real, a gun is an innate object. It can’t shoot itself. You don’t believe me? Put a loaded gun in your desk and when it comes out and shoots at you, don’t eat another meal… That’s a stupid analogy but so is believing the gun is the problem when in reality it’s the person holding it… the criminal, the person with no moral character and has zero value on human life.

You ask, Where’s God in all this?

He’s waiting on America to turn from its wicked ways!

That’s the simple answer. Remember He gave us free will just like He gave Israel in biblical time their free will to choose a king… Let’s see what happened to them.

They got a ruthless king that pillaged the land and least you forget all the babies they sacrificed on the alder. Of course, this is paraphrasing a bit, but I’m sure you can see a parallel? Government out of control, millions of babies are being “murdered” (we call it legal abortion). Be careful what you ask for…

Here’s the only real answer, look around you and know He Is LORD!

2 Chronicles 7:14

One thing in life we can be sure of is we have no control over how long our life will last, of course, suicide is the exception to that established fact, we all die sooner or later. Scriptures say we are but a vapor. James 4:14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are “just” a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. In reality, it’s what we do with our time that counts.

Wow! what a can of worms that opens. Let’s start with one truth… we all lied somewhere along the way… Right? If you’re sitting there shaking your head saying you don’t lie, you just did!

Now that we understand none of us is any different than the other guy, what’s this about?

It’s about us… about you and me. We’re going to take a cold, hard look at our life and see how we’re doing and I don’t mean measure up, I mean are we really trying to follow God’s word or trying to fool others and ourselves?… I mean how we are REALLY doing!

If your feelings get hurt (by the truth) then you may want to leave this message, but then again, if you are a perfect Christian you don’t need this anyway. For the rest of us I hope this helps your walk on that narrow road, God bless you… Keep reading.

Since childhood, we are programmed to secede, and unfortunately, success in our country is measured by how much we can acquire… homes, cars, toys, and of course bank accounts. If we don’t acquire those things we’re considered in the lesser half of society.

Don’t get me wrong, God wants us to succeed… I didn’t say get rich, I said to succeed.  However, it’s not about whatever gifts you’re granted in life… it’s what you do with them that counts.

When was the last time you prayed for a stranger? Can’t remember? Hmmm… When was the last time you read your bible? Can’t remember? Hmmm… How about the last time you gave a love offering to a worthwhile ministry of your choice, I don’t mean a tithe to your church, this is above and beyond that.

Even though we are on the front lines, It’s very seldom we receive love offerings to help keep our ministry going, we never ask for or expect them. We have a donation spot to click on on this site to help, but it’s virtually ignored. We are very thankful for the dedicated Christians who do help, and I’m sure God smiles when you do…

The bibles,  CDs, and tracks that we are happy to give away cost money, not to mention fuel and expenses getting from place to place to do the ministry, believe me, every little bit helps.

When you say grace at mealtime, is it a ritual or is it from your heart, or do you even take the time to REALLY thank the Lord for His bounty? If you do say grace (and I hope you do) here’s a thought… Next time you’re out to dinner at your favorite restaurant tell your server you always pray over your meal and ask the person if there is anything they would like prayer for… O’ you say you’re too shy to do that… really… Matthew10:32-33 “Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. ³³ But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven. You may want to overcome (as Christians we’re supposed to be overcomers) that self-indulging problem and step up! God doesn’t embarrass you, you do that on your own.

Are you a Christian on Sunday and a good ol’ boy on Monday? What I mean is; does your language get a little crass with off-color jokes and derogatory remarks? Are you afraid to say something about the bad language for fear you won’t fit in? Do you fear persecution for displaying your faith? If you answered yes to any of these questions you need to spend more time in the word seeking wisdom and courage.

I’ve been told by fellow pastors and Christians not to mix politics with Christianity… Really?

Usually when I am told that by a “Christian” my first question to him is; why? did you vote democrat, maybe it was because you didn’t like the personality of the opposing candidate? Here’s my thought. If you voted anything democrat, I don’t care where you say your Christian beliefs are, they should be called into question, because when you voted for the people who put into law same-sex marriage, transgender laws, abortion, and a myriad of other laws opposing God’s laws you gave satan victory after victory…

if you did that? Ask God’s forgiveness and then forgive yourself.

Most, not all, politicians are power-hungry and will do just about anything to obtain it, that’s on both sides. We just have to decern God’s will, and you and I both know it’s not killing babies or any of the other above-mentioned things the democratic party pushes to make them the laws of our land. If you truly believe in God… VOTE LIKE IT! Vote for the person who won’t vote against God… I don’t care about their personality!

Do you believe if you sin and refuse to accept God you’ll go to hell? Of course, you do… that is if you’re a born-again Christian. John 3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” …

If you follow any other belief other than pure Christianity, as a follower of Jesus Christ you headed to the lake of fire, that’s the word of God. Don’t blame me, I’m just the messenger.

The word tells us to spread the gospel. How do you handle that when speaking to a homosexual, transgender, or same-sex married couple? What if they might be a relative?

We’re cast as homophobes if we speak out, speaking out isn’t politically correct (politically correctness, Christianity… oil and water) and we don’t want to hurt feelings, so stay quiet, Right?… Really?

Do you or don’t you believe the scriptures?

Jesus is the way to heaven, the only  way; John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me 

If you don’t speak in Christian love to that person(s) they may be bound for hell. No matter how good a person you may think they are, goodness can’t save them, only Jesus…

We ALL make mistakes, every day, and our God said His grace is for all of us who believe and trust in Him, all we have to do is ask His forgiveness.

Accepting Jesus is the first step, none of us are perfect but the son of God paid the price for our sins. Through Him, we can ask forgiveness and start new each day with peace in our hearts knowing we are saved by Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross. Think of that… He died for you and me so we can spend eternity with Him.

We all fall short each day, praise God for His grace and mercy… If any of the things I’ve mentioned stirred your heart (it’s actually called conviction) don’t wait, do something about it!… One step Leeds to another, it just takes that first step. Do it in Christian love, the way Jesus wants us to do it.

We’re in this together and I’m praying for you, do the same for us here at “ON THE ROAD FOR CHRIST”. Until we get together again stay safe, be blessed, and keep looking up!

Semper Fidelis      

        Dusty

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My prayer for you; 

Lord, again we come to you with praise for all you do for us and we ask forgiveness for our sins. Father, I ask that you put in each of our hearts the boldness to step up and profess our love for You to the world. 

I pray for our government and our leaders, I pray they turn their hearts to you Lord, and reverse this terrible path we’re on.

So much to pray for Wars to end, famine in the world, sickness, and disease, crime, and all the deception being forced on us.

We know you care and love us and we ask these things in the precious of Jesus!

AMEN

Titus 2:13  looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,

It makes me cringe when I hear a fellow Christian say there’s no hope for our country. The first thing that pops into my mind is where’s their faith, are they just lip-service Christian? Those thoughts are what inspired me to write this message. Let’s see what God has to say about HOPE, I hope it helps those living in fear.

 Although Faith & Hope are closely linked together, they should be clearly distinguished.

Faith has work to perform today; Hope cheers faith along the way and points to rewards of service.

 Faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Rom. 10:17 So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. );

Hope comes by experience. (Rom.5:4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; ). 

Faith accepts the gift of promise; Hope confidently expects the fulfillment of the promise.

The Word of God says much about HOPE, but never does it use the term to mean uncertainty or doubt. It is wrong to use the Scriptural term to say, “I hope I am a Christian” as much as it would be for me to say, “I hope I am an American.” I do not hope to be something that I KNOW I already am!

 Let us examine three classes in the world today with respect to their relations to HOPE. There are those who have No Hope; those who have False Hope; and those who have True Hope.

I. NO HOPE (Eph. 2:11-12  Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— ¹² remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.)

 According to God’s Word, there are those today who are described as having NO HOPE – and without God in the world. While you may think that there are many who have No Hope, I disagree. Hope is as essential to the human soul as Faith is to society. A life without hope becomes an unendurable misery, a burden too grievous to be borne.

 God, Himself recognized the necessity of HOPE for the human soul In Genesis 3, after Adam and Eve had sinned, they were without HOPE. God condescended to the need of man and gave Adam HOPE – Gen. 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.”

 In Ephesians 2:11-12 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands ¹² remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world., Paul discussed those who had No Hope – being without God in the world. Ever since the origin of man, man has put his HOPE in either one or more gods.

However, we must admit that there are still those who are distraught – “Without HOPE and without God in the world.”

Sadly, one of the major causes of death among teenagers is still SUICIDE!

 Just today, the news spoke of a young man who committed suicide by jumping from a bridge. What a terrible tragedy for young and old alike to be without HOPE!

II. FALSE HOPE (Matt. 7:21-27  “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. ²² Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ ²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’)

 Sadly, those who have False Hope are more numerous and worse off than those having No Hope.

 They are not found only in the dark corners of Africa or the deepest jungles of South America. Many who have False Hope can be found right in our own communities. 

False Hope is far worse than No Hope at all! A man who finds himself hopeless may be inclined to accept True Hope, but one who has a False Hope must admit his hope was vain before he will accept another. False Hope seems to be self-sufficient – UNTIL times of testing come! Many men and women have found that their hope was mere vanity when troubles arise.

Those who have False Hope, not built upon a firm foundation, are like the “foolish man who built his house upon the sand!”

The drunkard who thinks that he can quit any time he likes has- False Hope.

 The dope addict who thinks that he can escape his problems by getting high has- False Hope.

 The thief who thinks he can steal without consequence has- False Hope.

 The church member who thinks that baptism, membership, or deeds are all that is necessary to escape hell has- False Hope.

 The rebellious child who disobeys his or her parents and thinks that he or she has gotten away with their actions has- False Hope.

The husband or wife who is unfaithful, yet thinks they are clever enough to get away with their actions has- False Hope.

 There are also those who believe in religions without Christ they have- False Hope.

 In God’s Word, Eli’s sons were evil but thought that since they were born into a prominent family, they could get away with their actions – False Hope. Even wisdom that is not founded upon the fear of God is vanity and vexation of spirit. Eccl. 1:18  Because in much wisdom there is much grief and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

There are those who believe in a 2nd chance beyond our present life. They believe that repentance can be made after one dies – False Hope.

There are those who believe that IF they marry an infidel, they can lead them to Christ – False Hope. Most women who marry unsaved men wind up failing in their own Christian lives.

When there is Something Wrong

2 Timothy 3:1-5
2Timothy 3:1  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2Timothy 3:2  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
2Timothy 3:3  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
2Timothy 3:4  Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
2Timothy 3:5  Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Have you ever taken a look inside you? I don’t mean physically, I mean your real feelings, faith, commitment, your true belief. I don’t mean what other people see, or should I say, what you show them.

Let me tell you a little story, it might help you to understand what God is showing me.

These two guys lived next door to each other in a middle-class neighborhood in the small-town U.S.A.

One guy really spent a lot of time in his yard, taking care of his flowers, and lawn, but he really paid special attention to this big gorgeous tree, watering, fertilizing, and trimming it, the tree was magnificent! He even built a fence around his yard with a locking gate to protect it.

The other guy who lived next door admired it, as did all the neighbors. His yard was a well-kept, average yard, as were his trees, but it couldn’t compare to his neighbor’s park-like yard.

One day while outside he saw a city truck pull up to his neighbor’s house. He knew one of the men in the crew and as they were getting their equipment out his curiosity got the better of him so he wandered next door.

“Hey!” he asks his friend as the crew was rigging lines and ladders on that gorgeous tree. “It looks like you’re going to some trimming, my neighbor usually does his own”.

“Not this time”, said his friend. ” The whole tree is coming down!”

“What? I can’t believe it. Why? ” His neighbor asks in disbelief.

“Just stand over there out of the way and I’ll show you when we bring it down.”

Limb by limb the beautiful tree was stripped down until all the beauty was gone and only the bare ugly trunk was exposed. When they had felled this remaining part of the once beautiful attention-getting tree, my friend called me over.

He said, “as he pointed to the base of the tree, look here”…

I  couldn’t believe my eyes, it was practically hollowed out and what was left of the heart was infested with termites. The tree had become a danger to people passing on the sidewalk and to the people in the house.

Even though the tree, for all appearances, looked healthy and green it was dead and dangerous to others.

Yes, there was something wrong, so workers were called to cut it down.

There is a lesson here for us as Christians.  Despite the protections built around us the enemy can enter and destroy us.  When we are unaware and complacent the enemy can cause something to be desperately wrong.
Today I am going to ask every one of us to look inside and see if there is something desperately wrong inside.

I. When you fail to remember the blessings of God.

I love the 103rd Psalm.

David says:
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

2  Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

He starts out praising God for blessings and then he names them one after another.

The other day I was talking with a friend and he was saying that we should be praising God continually because of all he has given.  And I agree.  We should praise God for life – and every one of us here today has that.  And even if you don’t have life – praise God that you are on your way to heaven.  Thank God for your family, for your church, for your salvation – in everything give thanks to the Lord.

Have you been taking God’s blessings for granted?  Cultivate an attitude of praise for every good thing that God gives to you. 

And I think it right . . . 2 Peter. 1:13 I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder, 

I would suggest that there is something wrong:

II.  When you are serving God because of duty and not love.

Colossian 1:10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

When you are doing something for the duty you do the bare minimum – just enough to get by.  But to act from love you ask, “How much can I do, and how much can I give?

• Lack of Prayer shows there is something wrong.
• Lack of Giving shows there is something wrong.

God says, Haggai 2:4 But now take courage, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord, ‘take courage also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land take courage,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ declares the Lord of hosts.

Jesus says, John 9:4 “We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

Here’s another little story for you…

Forsake All… there was a Christian wife who prayed faithfully for her unsaved husband. There was something wrong with him. With a broken heart, she cried to God. At long last, the husband was saved. Then he became more and more concerned about soul winning. At last, he gave up a profitable business and laid his life on the altar to preach the Gospel.

Was the wife pleased?

No, she was not!

She wanted her husband to be saved. She wanted him to quit his drunkenness. She wanted him to quit following after lewd women. She wanted him to bring home his paycheck… But she did not want him to be a preacher. She did not want him to be counted as a fanatic and a fool. She did not want poverty for Jesus’ sake.

You see, many people would be glad to have you be a Christian and be moral and honest, but they will not want you to be an out-and-out Christian, a “fanatical” Christian, a radical Christian.

There was something wrong with her. But you see what the world does not want you to be, Jesus Christ demands that you be.

Luke 14:33 “So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.”

Does that mean selling everything and becoming a pauper and becoming destitute? I don’t think so, but it is a test. If you have money, earned or inherited what are you doing with it?

Do you live modestly and use the lion’s share to help the poor or use it to help support a serving ministry trying to lead people to Christ? Or … are you building your little kingdom here on earth.

Remember that big beautiful tree? It had everybody fooled and lived in its own little kingdom but Something was wrong, it ended up in the fire!

How about you, have you checked, I mean really checked before your cut down because if you haven’t when the end comes it will be too late to change the outcome. you know what I’m about? The other fire, the pervertible fire, the one that lasts forever… eternity.

I pray what God has given me to give to you has you thinking. Through His Son, Jesus, He’s given us a way to fix those wrongs you might be discovering as you read and think about this message… We all fall short, the problem is some of us are worshiping a lifestyle instead of the life-giving Savior, that’s called living in the now, it’s all fake, designed by satan to destroy your life and drag you to hell, your time here is but a vapor and then eternity, and eternity is forever…

Well, what do you think? It’s your choice, it’s always been your choice, you can make sure you won’t be in the lake of fire. call on God, His grace, and forgiveness abound and it’s free, it just takes commitment, a real commitment, the most important you’ll ever make by receiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.

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We love each of you with the love of Jesus and I pray you give serious consideration today to what I’ve written.

Stay safe and KEEP LOOKING UP!

Semper Fidelis

    Dusty   

       My prayer for you;

Heavenly Father, please forgive our sins and heal our land. Lord, touch hearts that need to know the truth. expose the followers of satan and bring to light the ones wishing to destroy this country.

I pray for the sick and needy, I pray for the ones that don’t know you come to the knowledge of the living God, Jesus Christ. He is the answer, the only answer for a falling nation.

We thank you, Lord, for hearing our petitions and we ask these things in the name above all names, the name of Jesus Christ.

                 AMEN

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