tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129556058615289740.post7775196845960241320..comments2024-03-15T12:58:50.777-06:00Comments on High Plains Drifter: When One Door Closes, Another Door OpensTim Sheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931913325290043598noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129556058615289740.post-60581430614785852912011-12-20T07:27:26.344-07:002011-12-20T07:27:26.344-07:00I was grieved when I read of your experience in Bo...I was grieved when I read of your experience in Bozeman. It brought back a flood of memories of similar experiences I have had and once again I was reminded of how disappointing people can be. For me it was a good reminder to keep my eyes on God and Jesus and I will never be disappointed.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing.<br />JDJMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639819967286148205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129556058615289740.post-80242236429494038132011-11-29T19:39:40.348-07:002011-11-29T19:39:40.348-07:00Doors have closed and doors have opened many times...Doors have closed and doors have opened many times in my life. The door closing on this certain situation was not what I saw with my physical eyes, but what I saw with my spiritual eyes.<br /><br />As I hitchhiked from Idaho to Bozeman, Montana, there was a definite foreboding in my spirit. I did not know what was up. There was not peace in my spirit. There were other things that led up to the door closing on that situation. I debated on whether I should even publish this post, but the Lord prompted me to do so. After I published it, the Holy Ghost fell very heavy on me that evening; the Presence of God was very strong all that night, so I know that I was obeying the Lord.<br /><br />Maybe this also means that I won't be hitchhiking through that part of Montana any more--and it may mean something more strategic than being treated so coldly by someone's wife (which reminds me: "from out the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks"). <br /><br />This also reminds me of the last time I hitchhiked to Washington, D.C. back in 2007 and the last time I hitchhiked through Southern California two or three years ago. The Lord engineered my circumstances to show me that I may not be passing that way again. You just knew in your spirit that the end of something was at hand.<br /><br />The Lord can be very subtle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129556058615289740.post-86524000704080479792011-11-23T22:43:47.464-07:002011-11-23T22:43:47.464-07:00This is true, the fear of God is hatred of sin. If...This is true, the fear of God is hatred of sin. If we are not grieved and saddened by our sin, we have grown hard and calloused.<br /><br />Lord, soften the hearts of your people once again that we might repent of our sin of apathy, compromise and hardness towards the Living Word and Holy Spirit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129556058615289740.post-12502794307867910612011-11-23T10:31:53.943-07:002011-11-23T10:31:53.943-07:00Randy: I have always thought that the lives of Go...Randy: I have always thought that the lives of Godly men and women were there to instruct us, to be examples on how to live our lives. But the lives of unGodly men and women are also there to instruct us on how NOT to live.<br /><br />If we continue to have fellowship with lukewarm Christians, then what kind of witness is that? Sometimes the Lord has us separate ourselves from lukewarm Christians or false Christians--and this is a powerful warning to them and a great witness of Christ working in our lives.<br /><br />Show me your life, not just your words.<br /><br />I Corinthians 4: 20: "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."<br /><br />*****<br /><br />I was in this bookstore yesterday and I saw this book titled "The Welsh Revival". Of course, I thought, the Welsh Revival of 1904. No, the book was about the Welsh Revival of 1859. Someone wrote in that book that a key evidence for being a Christian is a hatred for sin your life. How many people preach this from the pulpit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129556058615289740.post-14790375607735770272011-11-23T05:33:49.694-07:002011-11-23T05:33:49.694-07:00Amen, Tim. Truly, Life is the sermon. Observing a ...Amen, Tim. Truly, Life is the sermon. Observing a Godly life as well as a spiritually dead, ungodly life both serve to teach us. Thank you for sharing your wonderful life in service to our Lord.<br />God bless.Traveler Andrew Sheets https://www.blogger.com/profile/09058451876886098168noreply@blogger.com