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Let The Children Pray

1/26/2012

 

Living Water ~ Who am I ?

1/15/2012

 

I Want More Jesus

1/12/2012

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I Want More Jesus


✞ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ... who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.✞ ~ 2 Corinthians 1:3-4


Part one of my testimony in my walk with Jesus...this video remains one very endearing to me for it strongly represents my own personal growth as a Christ follower and believer. Though I have come a long way since I first cried out to Jesus from atop a mountain in Virginia in 1987, yet I will 'always' be a work in progress for Jesus... beginning with facing and dealing with all my past hurts, pain, struggles, and regrets.

Living my life in and for Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, has never been an easy road for me to follow for it is one filled with many ruts and potholes. But a life of real peace and hope it truly has been and I thank and praise Jesus for never giving up on me.

The biggest difference Jesus has made in my life is that I know He is always with me now and I have complete faith that He will yet make all things new from my life. For as I could never accomplish much on my own to feel fulfilled and complete, now I am 'always' aware of His goodness all around me even in the hardest of times and my worst of days.

I believe and have total confidence that He has a perfect plan in His mind for me you see and I believe His will is being done everywhere and in all things around me. 

Jesus shows me the best way to go when I keep my full attention and senses focused on Him and in Him I can remain assured and will not be afraid or fear anything yet to come. He gives me His strength to carry on every single day.

When you put all your trust and faith in a living God and Savior who loves you and cares about all aspects of your life, you are in good hands 'always' and Jesus is a true and faithful friend.

Being a work in progress and 'always' seeking His direction for my life. I know He wants me to give Him my very best and to be obedient, His teachings must be my priority and focus, while at the same time I am too also reaching out to my brothers and sisters who are still and do not know Jesus Christ or have a personal relationship with Him.

We are all God's children, all different and unique. We all have talents and gifts and we were meant to share with each other and most of all give something back to our Father in Heaven who loves us more than anyone can or will ever love us.

I believe that when we make our Christian experience appear to unbelievers, or to one another, as one that is joyless, filled with trial, doubt, and perplexity, we dishonor God; for we do not correctly represent Jesus or the Christian faith. 

We truly have a friend in Jesus, who has given us the most marked evidence of His love, and who is able and willing to give all of Himself to us.

It is not necessary for us to be ever stumbling and repenting and mourning and writing bitter things against ourselves. It is our privilege to believe the promises of the Word of God, and accept the blessings that Jesus loves to bestow, that our life be enriched and joyful. When we talk of Jesus, we can reflect the true joy of being a Christian believer.

Now I want to be at least a 'light' that shines of Christ's love in any future videos that I may make, and though sometimes I myself may feel very 'dim' ... in my own surroundings...I 'always' know inside my heart there is a brilliant and bright glow ~ and in that I can 'always' find my spiritual peace and comfort.

I hope you were blessed in some small way by this video and my message I share. I would like to hear about your own testimony and relationship with Jesus.

with love in all things Jesus,
a brother in Christ, Hiker Dan 

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Come To Jesus

1/10/2012

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Come To Jesus


✞  Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His Holy Name. Let your mercy, O Lord be upon us, Just as we hope in You. ✞   
~ Psalm 33:20-22


To all my brothers and sisters in Christ ~ all I share is from my heart ~ for the 'soul' purpose of reaching out to anyone 'lost and hurting' 

Do you know Jesus? If you don't, He is waiting to meet you  whoever you are, wherever you are in your life right now. 

We are nobody unto ourselves and we can never save ourselves by anything we ever do.. No matter how bad or good you may think you are we are all but sinners saved only by the shed blood of Jesus. 

Only by His Mercy and His Grace ~ can you be saved, redeemed, and reconciled a new creation in Jesus as one of God's children. 

Amen \o/ Thank You JESUS!! ツ

"An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. To each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others."
~ A.W. Tozer

God Bless You and Keep You,
in His love and care, Hiker Dan  

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My Savior Leads Me

1/10/2012

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My Savior Leads Me

" The Only Path "


✞ I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.✞ ~ John 14:6

When it comes to salvation, there aren't several roads ... there is only one road ... There aren't several paths ... there is only one path... And, that path we follow as Christians is to Jesus Himself.

It is so so hard for people to believe in Jesus because they choose to consider Him one of several options rather than the option.

Freedom of choice and free will we all have instilled in us by our Heavenly Father. But if you don't come to know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then a philosophy of free will in one's own beliefs will become no option.

Jesus is the one and only option to live a life fully and completely as one of God's 'forever' children. 


✞ 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.✞ ~ John 3:16

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Step By Step ~ a tribute to Rich Mullins

1/5/2012

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Richard Wayne "Rich" Mullins (October 21, 1955 -- September 19, 1997). He  was an American Contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter best known for his worship songs.

I admired His strong character and sense of commitment for his beliefs. He devoted his life to the service of helping others and spreading the good news of the Gospels of Jesus by way of his music and spontaneous talks and testimonies of his own life given to Jesus. Soft spoken and kindhearted, he spoke with authority and wisdom. Wisdom comes hence from a personal walk with our Lord and Savior as we are forever learning and sharing our Christ knowledge with all our brothers and sisters. Rich was a very caring and sharing brother in Christ. 

His strong faith can be understood by a quote he gave at a concert shortly before his death. He stated that: "Jesus said whatever you do to the least of these my brothers you've done it to me. And this is what I've come to think. That if I want to identify fully with Jesus Christ, who I claim to be my Savior and Lord, the best way that I can do that is to identify with the poor. This I know will go against the teachings of all the popular evangelical preachers. But they're just wrong. They're not bad, they're just wrong. Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in a beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken."

Never are we to be silent or ashamed of who we are as God's chosen children in Christ Jesus fully trusting in all things He teaches us as we become His disciples. We will stand proudly for His truth and profess His name [ Jesus, God Almighty our Shepherd and Keeper ]. No man will put us down or asunder.

Until we meet again Brother Rich, I for one thank you for the legacy of love you gave so unselfishly in Jesus' name. Thanks for the memories as your songs and your words of life in Jesus Christ will live on and always be fondly remembered by all who knew you.

a brother in Christ, Hiker Dan 
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Hallelujah \o/ JESUS!!

12/23/2011

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Hallelujah ~ Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has come to save us ~ all His people ~ Stand up to Sing and Praise Him \o/ LORD of LORDS and KING of KINGS !! 
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Jesus was in the beginning, He is now, and He is forever more. 

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us." ~1 John 1:1-2

How much we all want to know about the beginning of all things, in order to understand the now of all things, and to pursue the way things are supposed to be in our lives today. The original design must be the ideal, the way things ought to be. The Bible's opening words: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth," delineate between a time in which there was only God, and a new time in which his magnificent creation began (Gen. 1:1).

The opening words of the Gospel of John place the Son of God right there-at the beginning: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1).

Unlike any other birth, the birth of Jesus was not the beginning of a new life. Rather, one who was there in The Beginning, appeared among his creation through his birth. "The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us" (1 John 1:1-2). 

This appearance was no dream or vision or apparition, it was an extended visitation, a flood of revelation, an appearance of the Everlasting in terrestrial form, a real life.

"The life appeared." It was heard; it was seen; it was felt. Bethlehem was not the beginning of the life of Christ, and that's why His life can change our lives. Jesus said: "Before Abraham was born, I AM."
"I AM": I always was, I am now, and I will always be. That is why He can connect us with our original purpose.

God reached out to the human race in a new way in Bethlehem. Whereas in the past God spoke through the words of prophets, a new channel of God's communication was opened in Bethlehem. God "has spoken to us by His Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by his powerful word" (Heb. 1:2-3).

So Christmas is about the good beginning (Genesis 1), and it is about the rescue of the now (John 1). That means that Jesus will help us regain everything that a human life was supposed to be in the first place-a real relationship with God, real wisdom, real character, real virtue. He intends to restore the image of God in our humanness.

Prayer for today ~ Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that You are The Only One who can begin something new in my life. Thank You Jesus for Your Gift of Life and Help me to be a true disciple. Amen ~ Hiker Dan

HALLELUJAH \O/ JESUS !!

God bless Us Everyone,
a brother in Christ, Hiker Dan 
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The Nativity

12/16/2011

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The Nativity

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✞ For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. ✞ 
~ Isaiah 9:6 

To all my brothers and sisters in Christ ~ May your hearts be blessed and filled with joy this holiday season ~ as you get ready to celebrate the birth of our beloved Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ~ LORD of LORDS and KING of KINGS ~ I wish you all a very Merry Christ'mas and a prosperous new year ~ filled with all God's Goodness in Jesus ~ a brother in Christ, Hiker Dan シ

Hallelujah ~  Jesus Christ is born ~  Let’s all Praise His Most Holy Name! \o/ Amen!

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Where's The Line To See Jesus?

12/14/2011

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Dear Friend,

Where will you see Jesus this Christmas?

The simple shepherds heard the voice of an angel and found their Lamb, the wise men saw the light of a star and found their Wisdom.

We always think of Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ as a season of giving... but truly Christmas is a Season of Receiving. Christmas is a time to receive and accept the greatest Gift from God -- "Jesus Christ." Christmas is a time to receive Jesus Christ into our hearts and souls. Christmas is a time to open our hearts and our minds to God. Christmas is a time to receive God's tender mercy, abundant love, forgiveness, and grace!

The Christ child changed the world forever, and He can do the same for us. On this Christmas day, we like the shepherds of old, are called to celebrate the birth of the baby named Jesus. May we, like those shepherds, leave of fields ~ wherever they may be ~ and pause to worship God's priceless Christmas gift ~ His Son.

The Son of God became man to enable men to become sons of God. This Christmas open up your heart. Let God's love in. Receive the Gift of God's love -- "Jesus Christ."

Food for thought > Expectations of people including our brothers and sisters in Christ...in how they see us or not.

May I add this > I feel it all comes back to our own self and our free will to decide based on what Christ teaches us. We are all in different places in our personal walks Lord Jesus; different levels of understanding if you will accept that knowing that we will always then be a work in progress ~ you see? 

I know I am but a stupid man, so far flawed and removed from who I can yet become a new creation in Christ my Lord. 

I cry out to Him every single day to forgive me my shortcomings and my misplaced expectations. By keeping my priorities straight and my focus entirely on Jesus it helps me to accept who I really am and what I have no power over in how someone else may see me or reacts towards me. To each his own and yet we must remember to personify and reflect to everyone the Christ love that is inside of us. Not always easy, maybe we need to look at each other more through our spiritual eyes as Jesus looks and sees us. 

All that said ~ Does He expect anything from His lost children who do not see us or Jesus in us at all? ~ maybe yes and maybe no ,, but He patiently waits for them to see Him.. I am so glad I saw Him in 1987. That is when my life changed 'forever' and it is still changing today! Amen \o/ Thank You Jesus! ~ Hiker Dan :) 

God Bless Us Everyone!
A brother and friend in Christ ツ 
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Emmanuel ~ God With Us

12/6/2011

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All Hail King Jesus
All Hail ' Emmanuel ' King of Kings
Our Savior and Lord of Lords

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" Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." ~ Matthew 1:23
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" When Jesus asked His disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" they replied, " Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets." But Peter answered, " You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 
~ Matthew 16:13-16

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Many people will deny Christ's deity, calling Him simply a "prophet" or "good teacher." But Jesus was never merely human. As complex as it is for us to comprehend, He was fully God and fully man. This is the unique way in which our Heavenly Father chose to demonstrate His eternal love for us.

Do you know Him? " Emmanuel " ~ King of Kings ~ Lord of Lords ~ The Great I AM ~ He who Is with Us!

Please join me in prayer:

Dear God of every nation and all Your people,

From the beginning of Creation You have made known Your love through the gift of Your Son who bears the name Emmanuel, " God with Us." In the fullness of time the Christ child came to be the Good News to all mankind.

Emmanuel, God lives with us as one of us; Christ, the Word made flesh has come to us as a vulnerable, weak and dependent babe; a God who hungered and thirsted, and longed for human touch and affection; a God who chose to be born in obscurity and shame, to a virgin, an unwed maiden, with a dirty stable as a home and a borrowed manger as a bed, in a tiny, insignificant town called Bethlehem.

Oh, Mighty God, of humble origins, Christ, the Messiah, whom the prophets foretold, You were born at a time, and in a place where few welcomed You or even recognized You.

Have we, too, lost a sense of joy and anticipation in what the Christ-child may bring? Have we been preoccupied with endless activities, distracted by the tinsel, decorations, and gifts— busy preparing for the birthday of Christ; so busy that there's no room in our cluttered lives to welcome Him when He comes?

God, grant us the grace to be patient and vigilant in watching, waiting, and listening attentively so that we won't miss Christ this Christmas when He comes knocking at our door. Remove all that hinders us from receiving the gifts which the Savior brings ~ Joy, Peace, Hope, Mercy, and Love. These are the gifts we are to share with the downtrodden, the oppressed, the outcasts, the weak, and the defenseless.

Christ, You are the Hope of all peoples, the wisdom who teaches and guides us, the wonderful Counselor who encourages and consoles, The Prince of Peace who calms our troubled minds and restless spirits ~ granting us true inner peace.

Christ, You who are the radiant dawn. Shine on those who live in darkness and in shadows, dispel fears, anxieties, and insecurities. Restore hearts that have grown cold and distant, enlighten minds which have become darkened through greed, anger, hatred and bitterness.

We remember those who are living in shadows of a marginal existence. We pray for the homeless, jobless and retrenched, those struggling to keep their lives together, We lift up families, especially the children who may not experience the joy of Christmas celebrations this season.

We pray for those living alone, the widowed, the orphans, the elderly, the sick and bedridden, and the migrant workers for whom the Christ-event may hold no special significance. As happens with most festive seasons, may it not deepen their sense of abandonment and alienation.

Lord Jesus, You who are the Light of the World, please help us to radiate the warmth of Your presence. Enable us to give of ourselves generously and compassionately in bringing Your Joy, Peace, and Hope to others.

As we wait for the dawn of the coming of the Christ-child, we do so with anticipation of new and unexpected challenges. Like Mary, we sense the birth pangs of a new era, a new kingdom waiting to be born.

May we, like Mary, be filled with courage, openness, and receptivity to be the bearers of the Christ-child in receiving and bringing forth the Good News as we continue to be witnesses of God's truth and justice, as we walk along the path of peace, as we are strengthened in our love for Christ and for each other...

In the words of Isaiah: 

"Arise, shine, for your light has come. The glory of the LORD has risen upon you. Even though darkness shall cover the earth. And over its people, Yet the LORD will be your everlasting light."

Amen!

God Bless Us Everyone! 
your brother and friend in Christ,

Hiker Dan
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