Spreading the love of Jesus...the Cowboy Way!

CAMPFIRE MESSAGES from Pastors & Ministers of ICCAN

Come sit around the campfire and

let the Word of God speak to your heart.

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Comment by Don Adkisson on January 3, 2017 at 11:36am: Echoes From the Campfire: Jan 3

"There comes a time when we all have to look at what we can and can't do." --Lou Bradshaw (Cain...Just Cain)

"Show me the right [trail], O LORD; point out the road for me to follow." --Psalm 25:4 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on January 2, 2017 at 8:36am: Echoes From the Campfire: Jan 2

     "Beyond the black hills were the mountains, not far off, waiting for him. He had always loved the mountains.... There was always the vast distance with the grass bending in the wind, the whispering leaves of the aspens, the gold of them when autumn came. How could a man who had know such vast distance confine himself to a desk? To the crowded streets of an eastern town?"
               --Louis L'Amour (Under the Sweetwater Rim)

     "I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry [trail] through the sea."
               --Isaiah 43:16 (NLT)

Comment by Pastor John Albin on December 22, 2016 at 3:58pm: Well here we are again.... at year end scrambling around to get last minute gifts purchased and wrapped, and everything decorated

to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ only to a few days later to tear it all down and resume our every day life.

　

I don really think this is what God intended. We should celebrate the birth of Jesus every day of our lives not just once a year.

God's original design for man was to

have a relationship with their creator, and do his will on earth thus glorifying him.

This relationship was broken at the fall of Adam and Eve, but it was restored by the resurrection of Jesus Christ

If we confess with our mouth and believe in our heart that Jesus Christ is our savior we are born again spiritually and have eternal life.

Our salvation is not the end of the story nor is eternal life in heaven. Our salvation is the beginning of our assignment on earth.

God wants us to spread the good news not just in word but in action. He has sent us the Holy Spirit who empowers us to demonstrate his will on earth.

When we do his will it fulfills our purpose to glorify him. Jesus did only what he saw the Father do. In the same way the Holy Spirit will show us what to do.

Jesus has transferred his commission to us and has given us the tools to do greater works than he.

Mark 16:16 go into the world preach the gospel (good news) and these signs will accompany those who believed in my name

they will cast out demons and lay hands on the sick and they will recover.

John 20:21 Jesus said as the Father has sent me, I also send you. the questions is are you ready to take on your commission?

When you are willing to step out and attempt to do what you are unqualified to do, Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit will give you the access to heaven on earth.

I have a reminder in the cell phone that pops up every day, it says "Be a blessing to all you meet, give gifts, serve others, and share Jesus.

He never intended for you salvation to be the end but rather a beginning of your purpose to glorify him by stepping our and touching the lives of people around you.

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 16, 2016 at 11:22am: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 16

"But life shouldn't be empty for anyone. It should be full, it should mean something." --Ernest Haycox (Trouble Shooter)

"For the LORD watches over the [trail] of the godly, but the [trail] of the wicked leads to destruction." --Psalm 1:6 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 15, 2016 at 9:29am: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 15

"A feller always learns. Life can't be too long for that." --Zane Grey (The Great Trek)

"Wicked people rebel against the light. They refuse to acknowledge its ways or stay in its [trails]." --Job 24:13 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 14, 2016 at 4:50pm: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 14

"Nothin' can cramp you, if you don't let it." --Robert B. Parker (Appaloosa)

"Will you continue on the old [trails] where evil people have walked?" --Job 22:15 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 13, 2016 at 10:50am: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 13

"Lots of people talk about what the Lord wants. Wonder how many has ever asked Him?" --Elmer Kelton (The Good Old Boys)

"God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my [trail] into darkness." --Job 19:8 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 12, 2016 at 9:03am: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 12

"There are those who use a cause to cover their own lust for destruction and cruelty. He who uses terror as a weapon does it from his own demands for cruelty and not because it succeeds, because it never has." --Louis L'Amour (The Mountain Valley War)

"A noose lies hidden on the ground. A rope is stretched across their [trail]." --Job 18:10 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 9, 2016 at 9:08am: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 9

"Being loyal was not enough. One had to be loyal to the right cause, the right person." --Louis L'Amour (The Shadow Riders)

"For I have stayed on God's [trails]; I have followed his ways and not turned aside." --Job 23:11 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 8, 2016 at 9:11am: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 8

"It seems to me a man has enough to do in life just trying to be himself, without trying to compare himself to anyone else." --Brad Dennison (The Long Trail)

"Teach them to follow the right [trail], and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as their special possession." --1 Kings 8:36 (NLT, also 2 Chronicles 6:27)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 7, 2016 at 1:07pm: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 7

"Nothing's easy. Nothing worthwhile, anyway." --GP Hutchinson (Strong Suspicions)

"The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my [trail]." --2 Samuel 22:6 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 6, 2016 at 8:19am: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 6

"The past is a memory, the future is a dream and we only live in the moment. It is how we live in the moment that matters. It [the future] is determined by the will of God and the choices we make." --Dan Arnold (Bear Creek)

"You have made a wide [trail] for my feet to keep them from slipping." --2 Samuel 22:37 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 5, 2016 at 10:27am: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 5

"Contemplation fits me better than rage." --Louis L'Amour (The Ferguson Rifle)

"He strips kings of understanding and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland." --Job 12:24 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 2, 2016 at 12:04pm: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 2

"You can take a little time out from living to look back, too, because that hurts you enough to make you live better." --Luke Short (Ramrod)

"Yet Israel did not listen to the judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. How quickly they turned away from the [trail] of their ancestors, who had walked in obedience to the LORD's commands." --Judges 2:17 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on December 1, 2016 at 11:58am: Echoes From the Campfire: Dec 1

"You're hating too hard.... Hate is a cruel master." --Elmer Kelton (Bitter Trail)

"In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, people avoided the main roads, and travelers stayed on winding [trail]ways." --Judges 5:6

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 30, 2016 at 8:15am: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 30

"You see, most folks have life too easy. Take the matter of the drink of cold pure spring water. Sweet, wasn't it? You never knowed before how terrible sweet water could be, did you? It's the difference between life an' death." --Zane Grey (The Hash Knife Outfit)

"You put my feet in stocks. You examine all my [trails]. You trace all my footprints." --Job 13:27 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 29, 2016 at 9:46am: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 29

"No memory ill keep you warm on a cold night, or have the coffee hot when you come in from the rain." --Louis L'Amour (The Man From the Broken Hills)

"Just as the LORD has destroyed other nations in your path, you also will be destroyed if you refuse to obey the LORD your God." --Deuteronomy 8:20 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 28, 2016 at 12:05pm: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 28

"Every human being had to stand on his own feet and reach wisdom by his own errors and tears." --Ernest Haycox (Saddle and Ride)

"There below me I could see that you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had melted gold and made a calf idol for yourselves. How quickly you had turned away from the [trail] the LORD had commanded you to follow!" --Deuteronomy 9:16 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 18, 2016 at 9:12am: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 18

"He could stand the strain, that he love both the physical sense and the spiritual meaning of the toil." --Zane Grey (The Desert of Wheat)

"Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the LORD opened up a [trail] through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land." --Exodus 14:21 (NLT)

Comment by Don Adkisson on November 17, 2016 at 12:22pm: Echoes From the Campfire: Nov 17

"Better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it." --Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove)

"You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping." --2 Samuel 22:37 (NLT)