I Woke Up Singing This Morning

 This morning I woke up singing! At least in my HEART! And soon it filled the whole house! As I shaved, Showered and dressed it was an old old song that just issued forth from my spirit!

It is simply entitled "It Wouldn't Be Enough"

 It wouldn't be enough!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0-zapmPNcw

I had a minister friend some years back that was fond of quoting Backslidden King Solomon who said "Money Answereth All Things"

 We would get in pretty tense disagreements about that verse, He felt it was the answer to * EVERYTHING*

He would preach it from his pulpit several times a month. Encouraging the young people to pursue money as it was the solution to EVERYTHING!

But everytime he would start down that road, I could only think of another verse in the Bible....... 

 "WHAT SHALL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL?"

 Thank God for the Blood Of Jesus FREELY SHED for such a horrible lost and dying world!

Sometimes I wonder out loud if Pentecost in many ways has not strayed from the very fundemental issue of our faith ,,,, The preaching of the CROSS in a rush to get people into the water or speaking in tongues.

 Oh for a return to the sentiments of the song that says

 "At the Cross, At the Cross , Where I FIRST saw the Light and the Burdens of my heart rolled away! It was THERE BY FAITH I received my sight, And NOW I am HAPPY all the DAY!"

  

 What do The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Latvia, Russia, Austria, Rumania, The Ukraine, Bolivia, Ecuador, Japan, Norway, and Germany have in common???

 Well it will probably surprise you as much as it surprises me , but with virtually no other promotion than going on Twitter and saying "CHECK OUT MY BLOG" I am pulling readers from all those countries and MORE! It is simply amazing!

 Can you imagine the opportunities to MAXIMIZE ourselves and put forth the concepts of the New Covenant for men EVERYWHERE to see with virtually NO COST AT ALL????

 As a missionary that is thrilling to me! Already in OUR church here in Germany we have brought Italians, Germans, Jordanians, Puerto Ricans, Nigerians, Bulgarians, Sierra Leonians, etc etc into the TRUTH that saves mens souls! The ability to reach even FARTHER challenges me incredibly!

 I'll bet there are MANY great ideas out there on how we can use this to reach the going on SEVEN BILLION LOST MEN WOMEN BOYS AND GIRLS in OUR world! Please feel free to share them with us!

This week I am trying to get several blogs off the ground, One in Arabic, One in German and One a Missions Newsletter type blog for This ministry. I wish I was more technologically inclined! The possibilities are ENDLESS!!!!!!

Combatting Islam in Europe the ONLY WAY that Works!

 If you read the papers, if you listen to the radio, if you just LOOK AROUND YOU, you will notice that everywhere you read, everywhere you look MUSLIMS seem to be taking over everything! Here in Europe, there in the Middle East, now you can't even go to a Walmart in Conway, Arkansas without seeing them.....MUSLIMS!!!!!! They want to bring THEIR way of life to you, THEIR belief system to you SHARIAA LAW to YOU!  People sit around and worry and say WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT ISLAM FROM DOMINATING THE WORLD WE LIVE IN??? WHAT CAN WE DO?????


 The answer of course is very simple....WIN THEM TO GOD!!!!!!!!!!! (This is one of those "Duh" moments!)

 IT'S TIME FOR THE CHURCH TO DOMINATE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN !!!!

 Some people look and see the "enemy" all around them, while others look and  see A FIELD RIPE UNTO HARVEST!!!!!

 Last Sunday a Muslim man walked in the door of Apostolic Lighthouse here in Augsburg, Germany. He had never been in an Apostolic Church before! BUT NOW he was sitting in the fastest growing Jesus Name Church in Bavaria!

 As we began to preach the goodness of God that leads to repentance and the ONE plan of salvation,  he came, repented and asked to be Baptized in Jesus Name!  This morning Praise God , We were so happy to baptize Brother Mootea in the Saving Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins!!!!!

 It seems like every week God is adding some new souls to our assembly here. Russians, Bulgarians, Germans, Turks, Jordanians, Italians, Nigerians, Sierra Leonians, A WHOLE wonderful representation of the makeup of this great city of Augsburg!

 There is only one way to preserve a Christian America my friends, WIN THE LOST!

My Dear Brother upon the confession of YOUR faith in the death burial and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I now....



Baptize you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the Remission of sins and you SHALL receive the gift of the Holy Ghost!



WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!!!!

I'm Gettin' Worrieder and Worrieder!!!!!

 Don't even know if Worrieder is a word but it describes exactly how this following story made me feel!

  I looked on the Yahoo News page today and saw this story about a high school football player sitting out the game because the opposing team had a  problem with them playing. Evidently the idea of a male football player like say a quarter back or a line backer brutally seeking to physically stop a female player from making any advances on the playing field is still uncomfortable to some young men. THEY refused to play if they had to be put in such a situation. I think what actually bothers me even more than the story itself are the comments posted after it! It seems that many feel this is perfectly acceptable and that the young MEN had the problem not the idea being a problem itself!

 Is this REALLY where we are heading in the 21st century? First we had the emasculation of men trend and now we have the defeminization of women trend. Do women in the secular world REALLY want to lose the last vestiges of respect and gentleness show to their gender? I mean I find it VERY DIFFICULT to see how that young men whose subliminal tendency to show the opposite gender some deference and respect has to be over ridden, I find it VERY HARD to see that this will not result down the road in an even greater surge of Physically Abusive Behaviour by men against women.  AND VICE VERSA! (I was surprised years ago to see that the ratio of men physcally assaulting women was LESS than the ratio of women physically assaulting men.) The respect between the sexes has throughout history been a ground that the devil has sought to eliminate. Am I the only one having a problem with this story?

 Following is the story!

Thu Oct 13 09:09am EDT

Girl football player sits out game after foe threatens forfeit

By Jonathan Wall

Like the rest of her Southampton (Va.) Academy teammates, Mina Johnson was supposed to be getting ready for a junior varsity football game on Thursday night against Lasker (N.C.) Northeast Academy. The 5-foot-2, 170-pound defensive stalwart may have been the first girl to play football for the academy, but when she got on the field, she was just one of the guys.

As the Tidewater News reported, Johnson recorded four sacks in a recent game against Rocky Mount, and was gaining a reputation in the league as a standout junior varsity player. It all seemed to be going right for the eighth-grader -- until she suddenly decided to sit out her team's most recent game against Northeast.
Why? It wasn't due to injury. Rather, Johnson decided not to play in the game after the opposition threatened to forfeit if Johnson was allowed to play. Apparently, Northeast had a problem with its boys playing football against a girl. So instead of making a fuss about the whole situation, Johnson sat on the sidelines for her team's 60-0 victory.
"There is nothing in the rule books for junior varsity football in North Carolina or Virginia that says a girl can't play," the teen's mother, Mona Johnson, told the Tidewater News. "No one is breaking any rules by allowing her to play."
Northeast isn't the only upcoming opponent considering a forfeit if Johnson doesn't sit out. Raleigh (N.C.) Word of God Christian Academy is also reportedly considering a forfeit as well; the two schools are scheduled to play a game on Oct. 27.
The fact that Word of God may follow Northeast's lead isn't a coincidence. As the Tidewater News noted, both schools have something in common: They play in the same athletic association.

Both teams belong to the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association. According to the league website, participation by boys in girls' sports and vice-versa is prohibited.

Regardless of what Word of God decides to do, the move to force Johnson to sit out and miss playing a game is beyond wrong. While Northeast's athletic association may say one thing, the school could have looked past the rule and played the junior varsity game anyway.
Not to discount JV football, but teams' records don't mean a thing at the end of the season. Most players are just happy to be on the field, playing the game they love. That was certainly true of Mina Johnson, who enjoyed playing for the love of the game, and the chance to play with her teammates.
Unsurprisingly, playing football has instilled a whole new level of confidence in the teenage ... and pride among her teammates.
"This is something you can't take away, ever, and it's me doing it," Johnson told the Tidewater News. "My first game, I took down a 6-foot quarterback."

To deprive a high school sophomore of the ability to play the sport she loves is simply wrong. As we've seen in years past, plenty of female athletes have competed on the football field -- and succeeded.
Even if Northeast Academy's junior varsity football team avoided getting beat by a girl, they still suffered another mild embarrassment as a result: They got trounced, 60-0, by a team motivated to beat them to honor their teammate on the sideline while that entire team was decked out in pink paraphernalia to honor Johnson and breast cancer month.

Saran Wrap Saved My Life!!!!

Saran Wrap Saved My Life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


 Okay, No it really didn't BUT IT TRIED!!!!! You know one of the great things about being a foreign missionary is you genuinely DO get to have many many adventures and hair raising experiences! (At least I WISH they were hair raising because by now I am closing in on being as bald as a cue ball!)

 Having been a missionary in the Middle East since the Late 1980's  I have lived through the Intifada, Numerous Suicide Bombers, The Gulf War I and The Gulf War II The Lebanese Civil War and just so many FUN TIMES!!!  One of the scariest yet even as it was unfolding HILARIOUS times was during the end of the Gulf War I President Clinton had threatened to bomb Iraq again.

 President Saddam Hussein responded by saying that if President Clinton Bombed Iraq that HE  would then bomb Jerusalem and Tel Aviv with NERVE GAS!!!!!!

 Well Jordan is situated directly BETWEEN Iraq and Israel and its army is similar to the old Keystone Kops! If we were ever invaded they surely would have thrown their weapons down and bravely ran away!

 BUT we weren't being threatened with invasion but the church in Al Fuheis (where I lived) was only about twenty miles from Jerusalem and if even ONE of those nerve gas missiles went awry we were all DONE FER!

 So there was a panic that grew by the hour in Jordan as the situation worsened, people didn't know WHAT to do! There was no where to go and the country bordered on HYSTERIA!

 About four in the afternoon at the height of the panic the Jordanian Propaganda Machine kicked in to calm the people down!

 "There is absolutely NOTHING to worry about!" The radio blared in both English and Arabic. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!.....Everyone can easily protect themselves from the effects of a nerve gas attack!"  As we listened wanting to believe that we hung on every word wondering out loud .... HOW?????!!!!

 The radio commentator (on the English Station a female with a soft and gently calming voice) gleefully advised us to go to our local market and buy ROLLS OF SARAN WRAP! "You see" she said "You simply have to find a room in your house that you all will go into during the Nerve Gas Attack, and TAPE SARAN WRAP OVER THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORS and YOU WILL BE SAVED!!!!!!"

 Needless to say it was like the Calgary Stampede as every market in the Capital of Amman was swamped with tens of thousands of Arabs demanding SARAN WRAP! I MUST HAVE SARAN WRAP!!!!!

 The price of a roll of Saran Wrap shot up from just about a dollar to Twenty and Thirty Dollars a roll!!!!! And SIMPLY COULD NOT BE FOUND ON THE SHELVES within minutes of that brilliant announcement!

 As I joined the crowds (Who says I am not easily led????) there at the Amman Safeway looking for the all powerful Saran Wrap IT HIT ME!!!!  (to Quote one of the worlds greatest philosophers and deepest thinkers BUGS BUNNY) "WHAT A MAROON!!!!!" Because in that rush to buy Saran Wrap to save me from Biological Warfare I had forgotten that I have a refuge in Jesus of Nazareth that no amount of Saran Wrap can begin to duplicate!  As the wave of panic grew and grew throughout the country I could only ask God to forgive my momentary going along with it, forgetting that deep inside me there really was a PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING!  Some men trust in Saran Wrap I think I  will continue to trust in THE LORD!

Some more lovely Spanish Gospel for this Wonderful Sunday!

Here is an old old collection from a classic singing duo "MARIA Y MARTHA" and a few other "OLD TIMERS"  these songs just incredibly peaceful and sweet. I miss this kind of music. Not just the style but the spirit and approach of it.

 But all things go in cycles and I can only hope to see this kind of singing again someday. Not hype, lots of amplification and drum beats (I LOVE THAT KIND OF MUSIC AS WELL) but to *ME* there is just something so wonderful in this simple simple music.

 Song One.) Un Grano de Arena ( Just a Grain of Sand) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weXvbbxFmT0&feature=related

 Song Two.) Que Lindo es mi Cristo! (How Beautiful is my Jesus!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BFiiNxiXtQ&feature=related

 Song Three.) Cuando Alla Se Pase Lista (When the Roll is Called Up Yonder ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-0zqrM_UM

Song Four .) Siguire a mi Jesus (Following my Jesus an old Apostolic Baptism song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQkJt7wY50&feature=related

 Song Five.) El Mundo Neccesitas Cristo (The world needs Jesus.... How can you live without a burden for the lost? SUPERB! In both English and Spanish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkAzB8G6BhE&feature=related

Number 6.) Here is a clip from Peru. It thrills me to know that ALL OVER THE WORLD TODAY men and women have embraced the saving name of Jesus Christ in Water Baptism! Amazing how this message has spread to the mountains, valleys, villages and major metropolitan areas of the world! I dedicate this one to Brother Jarron! Dios te Bendiga hermano!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBJLDrzDGYM&feature=related

IT'S FOR YOUR CHILDREN! AND THEIR CHILDREN TOO!!!!!!

I marvel at how GOOD God is! Last night at Brother Caleb Adams church they hosted a BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY!

 Brother and Sister Brian Shell and their two kids were so excited to drive three hours each way JUST TO BE THERE!

 Brother and Sister Shell are in the process of leaving their nets to answer Gods call and had gone to the service for two reasons, One to establish more contacts with men of God who have a missionary concern and Two JUST TO HAVE CHURCH!!!!!!!!

 Brother Shell called me at SIX AM my time to tell me how great the service was, How Brother Adams had so kindly invited them to join the "BIG SHOTS" (MY term NOT his) at South of the  Border after church and also that HIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER KAELYN HAD RECEIVED THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST in that service!!!!!

 PRAISE GOD! I don't think there is ANYTHING....***ANY THING*** sweeter than watching Jesus Baptize CHILDREN with the Holy Ghost. NOTHING AT ALL!

 Sister Kaelyn is just a precious extension of this wonderful family! In school the teachers are so impressed with her nature! They call her "THE LITTLE MOTHER" always kind and going out of her way to befriend new students, help the other kids with anything they need help with,, she promises to be such an incredibly important part of this Missionary Families outreach to SAVE THE LOST AT ANY COST AND BRING BACK THOSE WHO'VE GONE ASTRAY!

 Congratulations Sister Kaelyn!!!! I have no doubt that there are so many wonderful adventures and great exploits for Jesus Christ ahead of YOU! Oh yeah and THANK YOU JESUS FOR BEING SUCH A KIND AND COMPASSIONATE GOD WHO TAKES NOTE OF LITTLE CHILDREN! WE LOVE YOU!

 Bro. Joseph in Germany