Chapter Four- PRAYING TO THE SON

 SOJOURN

Snow white doves flutter the Beauty of God about.

Butterflies signify the must of rebirth, from flesh unto spirit.

Mountains glorify God's vastness.

Valleys represent humbled knees.

Prayer magnifies the depths of

A pilgrim's migration.

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For where two or three are gathered together in my name, 

there am I in the midst of them.

Matthew 18:20 (KJV)

Rejoice evermore.

Pray without ceasing.

In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (KJV)

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MY ROCK BOTTOM JOURNEY

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I grew up during the 1960s and 1970s, taking part in both the Hippie and Jesus movements. While trying to live both lifestyles, I hadn't a chance. So, this is my 'Hitting Rock Bottom' story, and I pray that you will look for eternal lessons to apply in your life. 

We come to our Lord Jesus Christ for one reason or the other. There are various decisions made in life that bring us to our knees. Some of us have hit rock bottom, and some believe it because it's the right thing to do, and others expect to receive a promise that only God can make and keep. For me, it was hitting rock bottom and selfishly wanting God to bless me and give me hope for my life in 1969.

When I received Christ Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior, I was a Hippie, a drug addict, a drug dealer — accumulating 28 arrests for my sins and crimes. I share this as a statement of fact and testament to my bondage.

I was a fool, so I played the fool. I wanted to be different but not make a difference. Being the first one to wear bell-bottoms and love beads to school, only to become the first one arrested for selling drugs on campus. My being different made a lasting difference for the ones buying my poison.

Sin has ramifications on the individual, their circle of family, and friends. Justly, we do reap what we sow. Sin has consequences that affect us momentarily, seasonally, generationally, and in some cases; eternally.

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INTRODUCTION

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# 'No Room in the Inn?’ will take us from humanity falling hard in the Garden of Eden to believers being crown wearers in heaven. We will learn what God’s Word says about trials and temptations. Believing our Lord has a divine purpose for our trials will help us to respond based upon scripture and not our feelings.

Studying the ministry of Christ, it’s clear that God is more concerned about our character than our comfort. His goal is not to pamper us physically but to perfect us spiritually. Never forget that comfort is a definite feeling of any given moment; Character is for eternity! 

My wife has always been concerned about where baby Jesus was born. Foremost, there wasn't even “Room in the Inn” for this precious child. After all, wasn't He God's Son and our Redeemer? Though He is the King of Kings, He was born in a stable filled with the smell of livestock. The fulfillment of the prophecy was satisfied in this stable. Thus, preparing the way for our salvation. 

Sometimes we feel there’s “No Room in the Inn” for us. Our life takes a direction we had not planned. The trials of life consume us to the point of wanting to give up. A Five-Star Hotel is not in the budget. We begin listening to all the lies from our enemy to end up questioning God Himself.  

Satan’s greatest weapon is man’s ignorance of God’s Word!  Additionally, half of the truth is the worst part of the lie. With every temptation, there is a lie involved. (1) The Prove It Lie, (2) The “For It Is Written” Lie, and (3) The Short Cut Lie. The devil deceived Eve in the garden with these lies while Jesus was victorious in the wilderness. 

God is setting up His eternal kingdom, and He uses the fiery trials of life to build our faith, mature us, lead us, deliver us, and develop character within us. Foremost, tests are one-way God's plan can merge with His purpose for our lives. 

So, it’s critical to understand the purpose of trials so as to know what to do, how to do it, when to do it, why we are doing it, what happens if we don’t do it and what are our rewards for doing it right?  A great insight is we embrace trials while resisting temptations. We must get it right here on earth, so to be right when we arrive in heaven. Remember, there are no do-overs once we leave this life behind. 

Absolute belief in God's Word is mandatory for every believer. From receiving Jesus Christ, having your sins forgiven to taking part in His promises, and receiving eternal life. The Bible is God's revelation of Himself to man. The only way to know the truth about God is through His Word-JESUS. Scripture should always be at the threshold of every decision we face because the Bible Is God’s Mind Written Down. Jesus is reciting Himself.

Discerning the origin of trials helps formulate the proper response to them and uncovers God’s purposes behind them. Are they from the devil, our carnal mind, imposed by a fallen world and the people around us, or something God would have us embrace?  Discovering the purpose of trials, how to overcome them, how to be obedient during them, how to grow because of them

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Chapter Three-PRECIOUS TRIALS

The fiery trials of life are more precious than gold. Therefore, rejoice and be glad.

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FOR THIS

"For this was I born"?

To drive forcefully toward death.

To lie upon an empty bed;

to cry into sheets stained with dreams dead.

Death has an enduring way of asking for one's hand.

Death was built once to carry all brave soldiers 

To the seaside to wash them from life and breath.

For this was I born to find a way out?

"For this, I was born", said JESUS.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

For let, not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.

A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

 James 1:2-8 (KJV)

 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)

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Son Runners is a collection of thoughtful and intrinsically selfless poems that carry Jesus Christ at their core and illustrate one man’s journey to finding God and being saved through his experience.

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Spanning 6 decades, from the Hippie period of the 1960s, right through to the present day, each poem can easily stand alone as an example of faith and God’s love, while still contributing to the work as a whole.

Imaginative and creative, Son Runners is a compilation which doesn’t just look at the glorious end product of seeking and finding God, but seeks out the hard parts of it as well, like running from Him and being found again.  

Suitable for reading from start to finish, or simply as a pick-me-up when life seems to be unbearable, Son Runners has the ability to lift your soul to the heights and help you find your own path to Jesus Christ.

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SON RUNNERS

God is for you and will keep you.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

 Let us, therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

 Philippians 3:13-15 (KJV)

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HEROES OR VILLAINS?

A word by the name of existence

Asked a country at the age of plenty

To grow up and act like heroes,

and praise God the creator of all.

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HIPPIE WILTED FLOWERS

For all have sinned, and come short of the  glory of God;

 Romans 3:23 (KJV)

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I FORGOT THE TITLE OF THIS POEM

Give me a light my life but don't leave me at the end.

 O-yes, i'm the one standing in a line not 

Hidden from behind,

But with a nickel in my pocket, I call myself a man.

Pennies away from a fortune, miles away from the start.

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

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 3:16-17 (KJV)

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3 - LIAR-LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE

“But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment.” (James 5:12)

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TRAILER - I AM THE PROMISE KEEPER

When I was young, we played many games. If you were caught in a lie or cheating, we would yell out, “Liar-Liar, Pants on Fire, Nose as Long as a Telephone wire!” The Castaways recorded Liar-Liar – in 1965. When I think about the global depravity, this song should be the New World Order Anthem.

People today never lie; they miss-remembered or miss-spoked. Never an apology or a correction to the record. With the damage done, lives ruined, the news cycle marches on.

Promises are to be kept or not made at all. In Matthew Chapter 26, we find one of the most significant broken promises in all the Bible. Peter promised Jesus that he would never stumble or never deny Him. Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you that this night before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." Peter did deny Him three times as Jesus foretold. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” So, he went out and wept bitterly.” 

Our promises should be commitments to God made in faith, founded in His Word, approved by His will, implemented through His principles, for the improvement of the Church and bringing Glory to God. Our eternal relationship is more significant than our gratification. God is more concerned with our character than our comfort. His goal is not to pamper us physically but to perfect us spiritually.

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 I AM THE PROMISE KEEPER

GOD FULFILLS HIS PROMISES

God has made many promises that He intends to keep. They are not without action on our part. Designed to bless us, assuming we meet His conditions. Those seeking to utilize any promise should be Seeking Him, Walking with Him, Living in Him, and Obeying Him.

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There are over 3,000 promises in the Bible, and finding one for any need is possible with God’s guidance. However, we must believe in faith that God will fulfill His promises. Then we apply the principles of scripture to receive the benefits of His blessings. It is not enough to read a promise, name it, and claim it, expecting God to apply it in your life. Promises are not God’s “Blab It and Grab It Doctrine”! God does not play that game!

I AM TO YOU WHATEVER YOUR NEED MAYBE

“For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.”  (2 Corinthians 1:20)

GOD WILL MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO BLESS YOU

The truth of the Word is the pill that everyone needs but cannot seem to swallow.

Absolute belief in God’s Word is mandatory for every believer. Jesus is dead serious about His Word; in fact, He died to keep His Word. We so often try to assemble something without the owner’s manual. God, in His divine wisdom, has supplied us instructions within the pages of scripture.

“God’s promises will expire (in the twinkling of an eye) between our last breath and our entrance into eternity.”

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BROKEN PROMISES 

“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit” (Proverbs 15:4).

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Have you ever made a promise you did not keep? If you are human, I am sure the answer is YES. We might have good intentions when first conceived. New Year Resolutions are a great example of broken promises. Every year we promise ourselves and others to stop, give up, commit to, or just-plain change our ways.

There are many forms of guarantees we make. Some are honorable, misguided, or outright deceptive. If personal gain at the cost of others is the purpose of your promise, you should search your heart.

God is the Promise Maker and the Keeper of His Promises. Making promises to God is never a good use of our relationship with Him. For example, we tell God we can help Him catch two birds with one net. “God, if you let me date this beautiful non-believer, I promise to bring him/her to salvation! Just let me have my way, and you will gain another soul for your kingdom.” God does not play that game!

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