January 31, 2009 by John Rasmussen.

This came to my email inbox, Enjoy!

In keeping with our Saturday tradition, I will submit the following
message for; He will yet fill your mouth with
laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
                  ( Job 8:21 *NKJV )

 Dear John,
     I received the following message this week from one of our
 subscribers.  I hope that it will get your day started with a good
 laugh or two.  However, when you think about it, the message is
 true indeed!   So let us take a look at:

                        HEAVEN’S ENTRANCE EXAM

              A man dies and goes to Heaven. Saint Peter
              meets him at the Pearly Gates and says, “Ok,
              here’s how it works. You need 100 points to
              make it into Heaven. You tell me all the good
              things you’ve done, and I’ll award you a certain
              number of points for each item, depending on
              how good it was. When you reach 100 points,
              you get in.”

 All My Love & Prayers,
       Pastor Allen
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 Have a Great Weekend!

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January 25, 2009 by John Rasmussen.

Sincerely,Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman American Family Association

The following from John Rasmussen, A.K.A.  J.R.

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January 23, 2009 by John Rasmussen.

The President, the Passengers, and the Patience of God

January 21, 2009
By John Piper

Read this article on our website.

Sometimes we are so overwhelmed at being treated better than we deserve that we must exult in the all-sovereign God—the God of birds’ flight and Obama’s rise. When King David pondered how many were God’s “wondrous deeds,” he said, “I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told” (Psalm 40:5). That’s the way I feel watching God’s public mercies in the last few days.

Have you considered how unlikely was the crash of USAir flight 1549 in the Hudson River on January 15—not just the rescue but the crash itself? Picture this: The Airbus A320 is taking off at an angle—maybe 30 degrees. It’s not flying horizontal with the earth. Not only that, it is flying fast—not full speed yet, but perhaps four times as fast as your car would go at top highway speeds.

The geese are flying horizontally with the ground, more or less. They are not flying in a cloud like a swarm of bees. They fly level with the ground, often shaped like a V. In view of all that, what are the odds that, traveling at this speed and at this angle, this airplane would intersect with the flight of those geese at that very millisecond which would put a bird not just in one of those engines, but both of them?

Two laser-guided missiles would not have been as amazingly effective as were those geese. It is incredible, statistically speaking. If God governs nature down to the fall (and the flight) of every bird, as Jesus says (Matthew 10:29), then the crash of flight 1549 was designed by God.

Which leads to the landing in the Hudson River—which is just as unlikely. The airbus now has no thrust in either engine. The flight attendants said it was as quiet as a library in the plane without the sound of engines. The plane is now a 77-ton glider with its belly full of fuel. Captain Sullenberger decides to land in the river. Anywhere else would mean one big fireball.

He banks and misses the George Washington Bridge by 900 feet and glides the plane into a perfect belly landing. A few degrees tilt to the front or back or the right or left and the plane would have done cartwheels down the river and broken up. On the water, the flight attendant does not let passengers open the rear door. That would have flooded the cabin too fast. The emergency doors and front doors provide exits for everyone and the plane floats long enough for all of them to climb out. Ferry boats are there almost instantly. The captain walks the aisle twice to make sure everyone is off. Then he leaves. Later the plane sinks.

If God guides geese so precisely, he also guides the captain’s hands. God knew that when he took the plane down, he would also give a spectacular deliverance. So why would he do that? If he means for all to live, why not just skip the crash?

Because he meant to give our nation a parable of his power and mercy the week before a new President takes office. God can take down a plane any time he pleases—and if he does, he wrongs no one. Apart from Christ, none of us deserves anything from God but judgment. We have belittled him so consistently that he would be perfectly just to take any of us any time in any way he chooses.

But God is longsuffering. He is slow to anger. He withholds wrath every day. This is what we saw in the parable. The crash of Flight 1549 illustrates God’s right and power to judge. The landing of the plane represents God’s mercy. It was God’s call to all the passengers and all their families and all who heard the story to repent and turn to God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and receive forgiveness for sin.

I am writing these thoughts on the evening after the inauguration of Barack Obama, the first African-American President of the United States. I cried twice today. There were two points when I was overwhelmed by the magnitude of it all. Once was when I prayed with some brothers after Obama’s speech and was overcome with the sinfulness of my own racist background. The other was in trying to express my emotion to an African-American brother about what this must mean for him.

As much as I reject Obama’s stance on abortion, I am thankful to the bottom of my soul that an African-American can be President of United States. The enormousness of it all is unspeakable. This is God’s doing. The geese were God’s doing. The landing of Flight 1549 was God’s doing. And the Obama presidency is God’s doing. “He removes kings and sets up kings” (Daniel 2:21).

And I pray that President Obama has eyes to see. The “miracle on the Hudson” and the “miracle in the White House” are not unrelated. God has been merciful to us as a nation. Our racial sins deserved judgment a thousand times over. God does not owe America anything. We owe him everything. And instead of destruction, he has given us another soft landing. We are not dead at the bottom of the Hudson.

O that Barack Obama would see the mercies of God and look to the One whose blood bought everlasting life for all who trust him. The parables of God’s mercy are everywhere. The point of them is this: God is a just and patient Ruler, and Jesus Christ is a great Savior. Turn. Turn. Turn, O President of the United States and passengers of this planet.

Full of thanks for all God’s mercies,

Pastor John

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God Bless you!

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January 20, 2009 by John Rasmussen.

Today Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President. We need to pray for the Lord to guide and direct him throughout his term of office. Pray for our previous President Bush and his family, I feel he served our Country well under the circumstances of the war in Iraq. He did the best he could!

I am continueing to pray for all my blog traffic, I am looking forward to a great new year!

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January 16, 2009 by John Rasmussen.

The Ten Commandments

Some people have trouble with all those ’shall’s’ and ’shall
not’s’ in the  Ten commandments.

Folks just aren’t used to talking in those terms. So, in middle  Tennessee
they translated the ‘King James’ into ‘ Jackson   County ‘
language….. no joke,

(posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Gainesboro , T N )

(1) Just one God
(2) Put nothin’ before God
(3) Watch yer mouth
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meetin’
(5) Honor yer Ma & Pa
(6) No killin’ 
(7) No foolin’ around with another fellow’s gal
(8) Don’t take what ain’t yers
(9) No tellin’ tales or gossipin’
(10) Don’t be hankerin’ for yer buddy’s stuff

Now that’s plain an’ simple.  Y’all have a nice day. 
 
 The above was sent to me by my sister in an email, Hope you can decipher what

these commandments say, I don’t know if I’m that southern to understand it myself.

Have a blessed day! tell others about this blog and be sure to read previous entries

while you are here.

God Bless you!

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January 10, 2009 by John Rasmussen.

                            The Holy Alphabet

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January 1, 2009 by John Rasmussen.

           Each Day

          And as each day comes to a close,
          Dream a dream or two,
          Then with a prayer thank dear God
          For each day given to you.
                           Poet, Gael Phaneuf

Hope today finds you doing well! and on your way to a great new year in the lord!

Without him we can do nothing, However, with him all things are possible!

be in continued prayer about this ministry! I am highly expectant for some good things to happen

through this ministry and to move up to a higher level in all things. I pray that you also will experience

a new level in all areas of your life as well! From finances, career,family, your relationship with God and family.

Let’s all think about the changes we want to see and what it takes to get there!

Hopefully you will check back to this blog throughout the year on a regular basis.

You may become a registered user, I believe it automatically sends you an update to your email?

I never tried it, I do have many registered users. You are also welcome to make your good comments!

Have a blessed start to a wonderful new year! Don’t look at circumstances! Look to Jesus!

God bless you!

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