June 13th, Saturday and Sunday is coming. We had a good mens meeting this AM with good food, fellowship and heard a biblical charge concerning witnessing. Many people came to go out with tracts and door hangers contacting visitors and new move-ins.We had a meeting getting ready to prepare a float for the Parker County Rodeo parade and also planning for the July 4th Tea party.Pray for the USA. Pray that the people"who know GOD" to do right. It is an eye opener to think of our concern for our country today and then to read the events that took place in Israel after Solomon died. We are living in days of trials because the advice of old men was not heeded. Do you remember the cycle of sin and blessing we read about in Joshua and Judges? The first choice and bad decision occured in the garden, not in Weatherford, Austin or Washington,D.C. It is a shame that we are here,by our choices. Pray!!!!!

Proverbs 17:4-5 Describes our political upheaval today. The bottom line is this,we are mocking our Maker and being a reproach to Him.Shame on these people Solomon was referring to in this proverb and shame on us for not learning from history. Let us not rise up but kneel down and pray, confessing our sin,apathy and indiffernce to GOD and others.

Psalm 131:1-3 Make this your prayer request today. God,The LORD is waiting.

Acts 9:1-25 Allows us to read the record of the encounter of Saul on the road to Damascus with The Lord Jesus.GOD used lost men to get him to the city, to a street called Straight, in the house of Judas where he was alone for several days. Then GOD used a certain disciple to give him the good news.Saul got saved/received Jesus as his Saviour, received his sight and was filled with the Holy Ghost.How does your conversion/salvation experience compare to that?Were you ever blind to the truth? were you ever confronted by The Word/Living Word of GOD, Jesus?Have you ever confessed and prayed for deliverance from your "spiritual"blindness? Have you been saved? Have you been baptized? Have you ever told any one about your salvation?Please look at IICorn.5:17-21 and see how or if this describes you like it describes Saul. Don't dwell on what you used to be, praise GOD for who you are in Christ today.

1st Kings 11:1-12:19 Read this slowly and look for the differences between David and Solomon(as father-son),Solomon and Rehoboam(father-son), David and Rehoboam(grand father and grandson)in their respect for GOD,truth,decency and respect for the people.Conviction>compromise>convenience=greed and selfishness. Oh that Solomon had heeded his own advice given in Proverbs 6:20-26. This was not progress even though it was a change. They did and we have made some bad choices. We can not pray for a crop failure upon the wild oats that we have sown as a nation. Stewardship is that we reap what we sow,later. Read His-story to know GOD. Not all old men give the best advice. Not all young men make wise suggestions.How can you and I keep our selves from being deceived? Learn how to try the spirits(1st John 4:1) and seek GOD's counsel from the Bible. Work at seeking The will of GOD. Had you been a counsellor to King Rehoboam what would you have suggested? Why was The LORD angry? What does GOD hate? Look at what Solomon wrote in Proverbs 6:16-19. It is perhaps better to say GOD had righteous indignation against Solomon and Israel because of their sins.Where is Israel today?There will be no peace in Israel until Jesus comes after the rapture and the tribulation and then He will rule and there will be peace for 1000 years in Jerusalem. Maranatha.Selah.Amen.Read to know Him. pj