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Echoes From the Campfire

      “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)


       "And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins."

                    --Ephesians 2:1 (NKJV)

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               "Jesus said to her, 'Go, call…
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Added by Don Adkisson on January 27, 2024 at 12:11pm — No Comments

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      “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)



       "For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified."

                    --1 Corinthians 2:2…
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      “A man gets to thinking and fears about tomorrow and most of the time that's all it amounted to—fear.”

                         --D.C. Adkisson  (Mal de Ojo)



       "You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
                         --Psalm 16:11 (NKJV)

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Ecclesiastes 6:7, comes right and tells us our problem.  "All the labor of…
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      “Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It's higher thought and a greater plan. It's a glorious dream in the soul of man.”

                    --Wilfred A. Peterson



       "For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine…

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       “The mountains, with their aspens and pines framed by snowcapped peaks, had been like a balm to his soul.”

                   --Duane Boehm  (Sun Over the Mountains)



       "Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountains to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God."
                    --Luke 6:12 (NKJV)
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A quotation that is a favorite of mine, and often comes to my…

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Added by Don Adkisson on October 9, 2023 at 10:31am — No Comments

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       “Work helps me put my troubles aside.”

                    --D.C. Adkisson  (Outlaws of Boulder Canyon)



       "We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work of faith, labor of love, and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ."
                    --1 Thessalonians 1:3 (HCSB)

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               "Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with…
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       “He always seemed two baths short of Saturday.”

                    --Cliff Hudgins  (The Weathervane Ranch)



       "How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!"

                    --Hebrews 9:14 (NIV)

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Let's take a…
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Added by Don Adkisson on July 22, 2023 at 12:07pm — No Comments

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     “But to think and brood and grieve would be fatal. Let him watch and listen. Nothing in that wilderness was trivial.”

                    --Zane Grey  (Stranger From the Tonto)



       "Give ear and hear my voice, listen and hear my speech."

                    --Isaiah 28:23 (NKJV)

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Are we hearing?  Are we to the point where we are unable to hear?  For many, the ears have grown…

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      “I guess a man doesn't remember the 'howdys' as much as the 'so longs.'”

                         --Stephen Bly  (One Went to Denver...)



       "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the LORD our God."
                         --Psalm 20:7 (NKJV)

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                    "We shall meet, but we shall miss him.

                    There will be one vacant…
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      “Things are changin', me and other folk...ain't much more than relics of a time that's gone...and it ain't comin' back.”

                    --Lou Bradshaw  (and Cain Smiled)



       "But hold fast what you have till I come."
                    --Revelation 2:25 (NKJV)

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Have you ever noticed that when reading the Bible, light all of a sudden dawns in your brain?  You can read a portion over and over,…
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Added by Don Adkisson on April 5, 2023 at 3:51pm — No Comments

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      “Bein' stupid ain't a crime in this country. If it was, there'd be more folks behind bars than what's walkin' down the streets.”

                    --Lou Bradshaw  (and Cain Smiled)



       "O you simple ones, understand prudence, and you fools, be of an understanding heart."
                    --Proverbs 8:5 (NKJV)

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I have been perusing my notes from a class I have taught in the past on the Minor…
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Echoes From the Campfire

       “There's nothin' else you can do, 'cept stand yer ground and do what's right.”

                         --Michael D. Abbott  (Colorado Wind)



       "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly."
                         --Luke 21:34 (NKJV)

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There was a…
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Added by Don Adkisson on March 9, 2023 at 7:40am — No Comments

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       “Hard work...was not something to be feared.”

                    --Elmer Kelton  (Llano River)



       "Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear."

                    --Philippians 2:12 (NLT)

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       "Life is…

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      “Seems to me as though day-to-day events often have a tendency to simply lie in wait for our unknowing, blind arrival, ready to pounce on us like wild, stalking animals.”

                         --J. Lee Butts  (Gun Works)



       "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD.  For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green,…
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      “To live a long time is nothing, to live a long time wisely is something.”

                         --Louis L'Amour  (The Californios)

       "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near."

                         --Revelation 1:3 (NKJV)

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                    "To everything there is a season, a TIME for…
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       “The worst punishment God could inflict on the world would be to give people everything they wished for.”

                          --Elmer Kelton  (Other Men's Horses)



       "Yes, the LORD will give what is good; and our land will yield its increase."
                          --Psalm 85:12 (NKJV)

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       There is a saying that money isn't everything, but it's way ahead of whatever is in second…
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      “Survival is determined by the honed skills of the one cutting a trail.”

                    --Cliff Hudgins  (Viejo and the Hunted Ranger)



       "I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever.  Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it.  God does it, that men should bear before Him."
                    --Ecclesiastes 3:14 (NKJV)

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Charles Swindwoll, in his…
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      “Here the news that forced him to think of himself as a man somehow related to and responsible to his kind. He had gone to and fro over the trails of the desert, and many adventures had befallen him. He had lived them, with the force the desert seemed to have taught him, and then had gone his way down the lonely trails, absorbed in his secret.”

                         --Zane Grey  (Wanderer of the Wasteland)



       "Who led you through that…

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      “The desert or mountain man was forever lifting his eyes to the peaks or to the stars; it was no wonder that men of the wilderness knew so much about the flight of birds and the habits of animals. In cities a man's eyes were on the ground, or rarely above eye level.”

                         --Louis L'Amour  (Kid Rodelo)



       "For You are my rock and my fortress; therefore for Your name's sake, lead me and guide me."

                         --Psalm…
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      “I love to see some of the gnarled old trees; cedars and bristle-cone pines are favorites of mine, for so often they live where it doesn't seem possible to live. They grow right out of rocks, gnarled and twisted and old . . . but strong, stronger than anything but time, and they are part of time.”

                         --Louis L'Amour  (Under the Sweetwater Rim)



       "He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit…
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