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New Heart

Shedding tears is a great way to grow spiritually. A few months ago, I was at Peoria County Jail and one of the inmates told us how he couldn’t control his tears. That happens when God gets hold of you. God promises to take away our heart of stone and give us a heart of…

Posted on August 9th, 2019 by John Comments Off

Trust In God

Psalm 20:7, says, “some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” Watching the news makes it impossible to know who to trust. One thing for certain is we can trust our God. A couple of weeks ago the days leading up to the “Worship on the Green” at…

Posted on August 4th, 2019 by John Comments Off

Fish Tale

While in prison I took my Bible everywhere and spent most of my time reading it. One day one of the inmates asked me, “Are you a Bible thumper?” I replied, “I am not sure what a Bible thumper is, but it is God’s words and I believe everything in it to be true.” The…

Posted on July 28th, 2019 by John Comments Off

The Way Home

When I was younger as a gag gift my dad received a music box with a hobo on top of it. The hobo was hanging onto a light post with one hand and a bottle of moonshine with the other. When you wound it up the song “Show me the way to go home” would…

Posted on July 22nd, 2019 by John Comments Off

Spiritual Amnesia

I think sometimes I suffer from Spiritual amnesia. Spiritual amnesia occurs when we forget how far God has brought us. Returning home after my incarceration I praised the Lord and quoted King David, “Who am I O Lord and what is my family that you brought us this far.” When I was in the valley,…

Posted on July 14th, 2019 by John Comments Off