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CAMPFIRE MESSAGES from Pastors & Ministers of ICCAN

Come sit around the campfire and

let the Word of God speak to your heart.

Comment

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 16, 2016 at 8:15am: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 16

"A pinin', yearnin' man is no good on the trail." --Louis L'Amour (The Ferguson Rifle)

"But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path.” --Ecclesiastes 7:29 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 14, 2016 at 1:48pm: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 14

"A man has to face up to himself sometime or other. You can go on being satisfied or ducking the issue only so long, and then there comes a times when you start asking yourself, not what you've done with your summer wages, but with your whole life up to that minute." --Louis L'Amour (Hanging Woman Creek)

"As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the person." --Proverbs 27:19 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 11, 2016 at 12:33pm: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 11

     "No man cuts himself free of old ties without regret; even scenes of hardship and sadness possess the warmth of familiarity, and within each of us there is a love for the known."

               --Louis L'Amour (Lando)

     "Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but to trust the LORD means safety."

               --Proverbs 29:25 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 10, 2016 at 9:23am: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 10

     "Do the job you were born to do and do it by the book, no other way is acceptable."

               --WL Cox (Hunt--U.S. Marshal)

     "A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."

               --Proverbs 27:12 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 9, 2016 at 5:10pm: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 9

     "When you are hungry, your taste buds become less particular."

               --Brad Denison (The Long Trail)

     "Honey seems tasteless to a person who is full, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry."

               --Proverbs 27:7 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 8, 2016 at 9:20am: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 8

"Comfort, is one of the many things you give up when you take up a life in the wild country." --Lou Bradshaw (Driftin')

"As a door turns back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed." --Proverbs 26:14 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 7, 2016 at 12:10pm: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 7

"Routine had a lulling effect upon the senses, and he knew his security demanded that he be alert at any moment for whatever might come." --Louis L'Amour (North to the Rails)

"If the godly compromise with the wicked, it is like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring." --Proverbs 25:26 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 4, 2016 at 10:19am: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 4

"Nothing stays the same. A man has to go with the times. No man can put a rope on the past and hope to snub it down. The best thing is to learn to ride the new trails." --Louis L'Amour (Kilkenny)

"Do not fret because of evildoers; don't envy the wicked. For the evil have no future; their light will be snuffed out." --Proverbs 24:19-20 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 3, 2016 at 8:10am: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 3

"A man's history was like a label to be seen by the world, as permanent as a scar." --Ernest Haycox (Guns of Fury)

"A house is built my wisdom and becomes strong through good sense." --Proverbs 24:3 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 2, 2016 at 8:23am: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 2

"We often value the wrong things. We can spend our lives working to surround ourselves with things that don't matter. We can sacrifice the things that do matter, to gain those things that don't." --Dan Arnold (Bear Creek)

"Get the truth and don't ever sell it; also get wisdom, discipline, and discernment." --Proverbs 23:23 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 1, 2016 at 10:48am: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 1

"[They] spoke the same language, they had eaten the dust, felt the rain, branded calves on the open grass, and they had bitten on the bullet." --Louis L'Amour (The Empty Land)

"Teach your children to choose the right [trails], and when they are older, they will remain on it." --Proverbs 22:6 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on October 31, 2016 at 11:09am: Echoes From the Campfire: Oct 31

"Life was rough and uneven but never dull." --Ernest Haycox (New Hope)

"The deceitful walk a thorny, treacherous [trail]; whoever values life will stay away." --Proverbs 22:5 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on October 28, 2016 at 11:38am: Echoes From the Campfire: Oct 28

     "[it was] a place I could have stayed forever. How many times I have found such campsites! Place so beautiful it gave a man the wistfuls to see or to think back on. So many times we said, 'We've got to come back some time!' an' knowin' all the while we never would."
               --Louis L'Amour (Lonely on the Mountain)

     "A prudent person foresees the dangers ahead and takes precautions; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
               --Proverbs 22:3 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on October 26, 2016 at 10:51am: Echoes From the Campfire: Oct 26

"Don't ever be afraid of anything ahead of you. Never borrow trouble. Walk right up to it." --Ernest Haycox (Saddle and Ride)

"Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty." --Proverbs 21:5 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on October 25, 2016 at 7:20am: Echoes From the Campfire: Oct 25

     "Might not such love of horses and the open range, solitude, freedom, the hard fare and toil, the kinship with nature--might not these develop character to noble ends?"

               --Zane Grey (Nevada)

     "If you are too lazy to plow in the right season, you will have no food at the harvest."

               --Proverbs 20:4 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on October 24, 2016 at 10:40am: Echoes From the Campfire: Oct 24

     "We're all squatters in this world, when you look at it that way. The land belongs to the Lord; we just use it a little while."

               --Elmer Kelton (The Day the Cowboys Quit)

     "Zeal without knowledge is not good; a person who moves too quickly may go the wrong way."

               --Proverbs 19:2 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on October 21, 2016 at 10:44am: Echoes From the Campfire--Oct 21

"Another rider at the end of a trail that leads nowhere." --Ernest Haycox (Hour of Fury)

"The [trail] of the upright leads away from evil; whoever follows that [trail] is safe." --Proverbs 16:17 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on October 20, 2016 at 8:11am: Echoes From the Campfire--Oct 20

"In the hills at night a man can think clearly, and when a man believes his end is approaching there are many things to think about." --Elmore Leonard (The Nagual)

"How can we understand the [trail] we travel? It is the LORD who directs our steps." --Proverbs 20:24 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on October 19, 2016 at 9:50am: Echoes From the Campfire--Oct 19

"I don't have to go to church to hunt for Him. I see Him around me every day, everywhere I look." --Elmer Kelton (The Good Old Boys)

"We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps." --Proverbs 16:9 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on October 18, 2016 at 10:59am: Echoes From the Campfire--Oct 18

      "Maybe there's rough hammer marks on me, but the stuff I'm made of is the right iron."
                --Max Brand (The Desert Pilot)

      "Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by living a godly life."
                --Proverbs 16:32 (NLT)