I am declaring myself free from the name of religion

Today I am declaring myself free from the name of religion. I am independent from all names posted upon church house buildings that divide and separate the body of Christ Jesus. I do not worship and serve names of religion I do not worship and serve pastors or churches who promote religion.

I worship and serve only Almighty God who is the creator of all that is, was or ever will be through the glorious name of His only begotten son Jesus Christ who is Lord and savior to all them that truly believe.

I choose to be divided from those who confess religion and false Christianity I am united to the true body of the Lord Jesus Christ and in His mighty power live my life a follower of Him.

There has been so much sin and evil manifested in this world  through the lives of the religious and luke warm Christians throughout history and even more so in today’s world.  I don’t want anyone to even think that I am a part of them.

So today I declare myself not a religious person not a Christian, but a child of the living Almighty God and a follower of my Lord and savior Jesus Christ.

I worship and serve only the heavenly Father His only begotten Son and the Holy Spirit who are the one true God and creator of the heavens the earth the universe and all that is in them. Creator of All that is above the earth all that is on the earth and all that is beneath the earth.

Today I declare and celebrate my independence from all that is false and live as a free child of God.

I am following the only way the only truth and living the only life worth living.

John 14:6

King James Version (KJV)

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

2 Corinthians 6:17

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁷ Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

John 8:36

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³⁶ If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

I actually made this decision many years ago but so many people think that I am just another one of those religious nuts. I published this to make it clear that I am not a part of religion I don’t invite people to my church so that I can brainwash them with doctrines of men.

 I invite them to come to Jesus so that He can forgive them their sins clean up their hearts and give them a relationship with God. I have a relationship with Jesus and my heavenly Father I live an abundant life style which is far better than any religion can offer.

Religious leaders of the world are trying to promote love, peace and harmony in the world by uniting religion but instead only create confusion and division.

Following the example of Jesus brings the love of God and peace from God to the hearts of individual believers which unites the body of Jesus Christ and spreads true love and peace in the world.

There is a vast difference between religion and one who follows’ the Lord Jesus Christ not many are making that difference clear if it was so there would be a vast difference in the way America and the world is headed and Satan would not have control over both that he has.

Independence Day 2013

In few days we will be celebrating another holiday in America. 

Some call it the 4^th of July I call it Independence Day.

 I wonder how many in today’s world really know what it means or celebrate it for what it is?

I celebrate it in remembrance of the declaration of America’s independence from the tyranny and control of other nations and their dictator rulers.

I remember those who died to make our nation free.

I remember and honor the fighters of the thirteen colonies who fought long and hard with Great Britain to make us a free America.

I remember and honor those of our military services who have fought long hard battles many of them giving their lives throughout our generations to keep us free.

Likewise on this day I celebrate the remembrance of my freedom and independence from the rule of sin and the control of Satan over my life.

I remember the one who died to set me free and not just for me but all who will believe in Him and receive His sacrifice of love that sets men free.

John 3:16

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Thank God for the little things He gives us

Most of us would not ever think about not giving God praise and thanks for the miracles and big things He does in our lives every day.

But I wonder how many stop and take time in their busy daily schedules to thank God for the little things He gives us.

That’s not really important you may say. Oh! But yes it is important because what concerns us even in little ways also concerns God in a big way.

Because He loves us and is not willing to withhold any good thing from us even the small things.

How many times over the years I can count that I have looked at my gas gage to see its showing empty because I had forgotten to fill my tank the night before.

Yet it has been many years since I have had to carry an n empty gas can to the next exit in search of a gas station.

How many times Mary and I have gone shopping only to find that there was no parking space close to the entrance and one of us would utter I wish something would open up that is a lot of steps and I don’t feel like walking that far and suddenly  a space would become available.

Just the other day we were at Wal-marts and the parking lot was full as always the store was filled with shoppers and there were no empty carts available.

As we walked the short distance to the store a lady came from out of nowhere and said to Mary, “here is your cart”.

 How many times I have passed up an item that I would have loved to buy because I didn’t have the money to buy it. And within minutes or a few days someone would give me that very thing free of charge.

I could go on and on writing about these seemingly unimportant little things that our heavenly Father blesses us with every day but I have already said enough to prove my point.

Yes we should thank God every day all day long not only for the big things but also for all the little things He does for us each and every day.

What is important to us is also important to God and the Bible tells us that our heavenly Father will not withhold any good thing from them that ask. And so many times we don’t even have to ask with our voice the thought enters our mind and God hears us and grants our wish.

Coincidence you may say, I say no it is our heavenly Father who loves us and wants to give us all good things to enjoy.

Even as we being good parents don’t want to withhold any good thing from our children so is God.

Take time to praise God in all things and thank God for all things though they are big or small.

And you will find that life is a joy to live even through the bad times the sad times and the hard times.

Matthew 21:22

King James Version (KJV)

²² And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

James 1:17

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

We Americans were once the freest nation in the entire world

We Americans were once the freest nation in the entire world we were independent, unselfish, God loving, Bible believing, law abiding people who formed our government on the Ten Commandments of God. We taught them to our children at home, at schools and lived them in public.

We were of all people blessed of God with wealth enough to share with others of the world as we saw their need.  We provided for our families young and old from birth through old aged.

We didn’t need a socialist government to provide for us our God provided all that we needed and more than enough to share with others who had less through no fault of their own.

We didn’t need a government creating a welfare state encouraging more dependence on it than on God. We didn’t need laws to force our hard working citizens to pay higher taxes in order to distribute our wages to non-citizens and waste billions in handouts to the millions whom they have encouraged to depend on big government.

We didn’t need fools and politicians getting rich from our hard work while they provide us with no common sense leadership.

Families depended on God took care of their own and helped those who fell on hard times. Our country was blessed and thrived under the prosperity and protection that almighty God showered upon it.

America was once the greatest lover of all people, the greatest giver to all people true Americans have always shared their wealth with all who needed help freely.

Americans in those days loved our country stood up to the bad guys fought the battles to keep us a free nation. We honored our American flag we respected our elders we gave our respect and support to our soldiers who gave their lives in unselfish service and loyalty to our country.

There were a few misfits, vagabonds and fools among us then but never did they outnumber the good peoples of our country like they do today.

America didn’t need a socialist government to make us who we were then neither do we need a socialist government with dictator control to make us what we are not supposed to be today.

Yes America has lost its true image and does not look much like the America it once was. But if the good God fearing people that are still in it will rise to the task of clean up together with God’s help we can paint a picture of Americas future to be more than what it once was and even greater.

We don’t need a socialist government, we don’t need a socialist dictator, we don’t need socialism we don’t need a welfare state, but we do need Almighty God!

Psalm 121

King James Version (KJV)

121 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

² My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

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Today is that special day

Today is that special day that we shower upon our good father’s thankfulness and honor. 

I didn’t really have an earthly father there was a man who contributed to my birth but he left my mother soon after I was born and never again had any part in my life. I received no love from him I received no support from him it is as though he never existed for me.

But however God did give me a stepfather who adopted me into his life he raised me from a small child loving me ,providing for me and supporting me  until the day he went to heaven   I believe that James Ellsworth Edmonson did not die he moved to a new and blessed address to be with our Father in heaven.

And so today I honor him and thank God for sending him into my life I am the man I am today because of his contribution in helping to shape me into the father that I am today.

I actually have two fathers that adopted me as their child the other is my heavenly Father who adopted me into His kingdom when I was twenty one years old. He loves me; He cares for my every need. He comforts me when I am sorrowed, He heals me when I am sick, He gives me all that I need and so many times He blesses me with unexpected gifts and surprises.

He protects me from those who seek to do me harm so that I don’t have to live my life in fear.

Every good and perfect gift comes to me from my Father above.

Heavenly Father I thank you I honor you I love you all the days of my life.

Romans 8:15 (KJV)

¹⁵ For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

1 John 3:1 (KJV)

3 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Peoples without freedom and liberty are slaves

The cost of America’s freedom and liberty from sin was paid for in blood.

The cost of America’s 237 years of freedom and liberty from tyrants was paid for in blood.

And the cost to keep America’s freedom and liberty in today’s world will probably require payment in blood.

The cost of freedom and liberty is not cheap it required a heavy price from our Savior Jesus Christ and our forefathers also paid an equally heavy price for us to keep it.

This generation failing to stand and fight to keep our freedom and liberty from those who would take them from us.

Will cost our children and grandchildren the loss of our most precious and valuable gifts paid for and given to us through the sacrificed blood of others.

History confirms that peoples without freedom and liberty are slaves.

Have you noticed that most things in this world come in twos?

Have you noticed that most things in this world come in twos? God created lights by two the sun and moon the fishes by two, animals by two male and female, humans by two male and female. There is good and evil, there is health and sickness, there is joy and sadness, there is laughter and weeping, there is life and death to name a few.

There is Almighty God and there is the fallen angel Satan.

Both want control of our hearts and lives. But only we can choose who does.

There are many nationalities of people but they can be classified by two, there are believers in God and salvation of God through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. And there are non-believers who deny the existence of God and mock salvation in Jesus name.

There is moral and immoral, righteousness and unrighteousness, right and wrong, truth and lie.

There are those who live by faith in the Holy Word of God. And there are those who live by lies lives corrupted by sin.

But of these only one is justified to remain forever only one will live the other will die.

It is truth that will stand forever and truth is the word of God and Jesus is the word of God made flesh.

Jesus is the way the truth and the life any other will perish in the flames of damnation and eternal destruction.

John 14:6 (NIV)

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

At the end of this world’s road there is blessing of eternal life and curse of everlasting death.

The time is short the clock hand is ready to strike the midnight hour Jesus is coming to separate only two the believers from the nonbelievers, the righteous from the wicked, the saints from the sinners.

There are only two his eyes will see.  One will receive eternal life prepared for them in heaven. The other will be cast away to a devils eternal punishment in a fiery hell.

On which side will you be? Only you can answer this question it’s the life you live that will tell.

Matthew 7:21-23

King James Version (KJV)

²¹ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

²² Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

²³ And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Everyone chooses to serve someone or something

   When I was a young man of sixteen years of age one of my greatest desires was to reach eighteen, because that was the age required to join our military services. The desire was so strong that I got in a big hurry and when I had reached seventeen I went to the recruiting office and tried to enlist in the United States Army. I was given some papers to fill out and told that my parents would have to sign in agreement before they could enlist me. My mother got really angry at me for doing such a thing and both my parents refused to sign for me to go.

I waited until I became eighteen and returned to the recruiting office this time they allowed me to go through the procedures of enlisting, but when I got to the physical part I failed and was turned down because of a childhood sickness that I had had since birth.

I was very disappointed that I was not considered healthy enough for service to my country. Many of my family members had served and were serving honorably but I would never have this opportunity.

I look back now and understand that it was God directing my life in a different direction.

I married my wife and we had our first son when I was twenty one. It was then that I began to think seriously about where I was going in life.

The life I was living wasn’t the best for me neither for my wife. I was bringing heartache, suffering and shame to my wife myself and my little son because of the sins that controlled my mind my heart and my body.

During the first three years of our marriage my wife and I separated from each other many times because of my heavy drinking and carousing. We were at the brink of divorce when I realized that I did not want to lose my family and things would have to change with me if I was going to keep them in my life.

One Saturday night a short while after I begin to awaken from the sad condition I was in my wife and I were invited to attend a church service at a little street mission in the city of New Albany, Indiana.

It was that night my life was changed forever God spoke to my heart and invited me to enlist in His army. My duty from that night on would be to fight the enemy of all souls Satan and the enemies of the kingdom of Almighty God.

When God’s holy Spirit brought deep conviction of my sins to my heart I willingly repented and said yes Lord here am I please make me a soldier of your army I want to live and devote my life a service to others sharing with them your love mercy and grace.

I found that God’s requirements for service were not like man’s military requirements.

God received me just like I was sick body, sick mind all covered with sin and wickedness. He forgave my sins, He healed my sicknesses, and He cleansed my mind and gave me a new heart to serve Him in this wicked world that we live in.

Since then He has blessed my life and given me and my family so many wondrous miracles that to speak of all of them would take more time and fill more books than I could ever have time to write.

I am no longer disappointed that I could not serve in our United States military because I was chosen of Almighty God to serve my fellow human beings in a much higher calling.

Unlike the military services of our country when a soldier gets too old to be of service he is retired.

I was a young man when I volunteered for service to the Lord now I am an old man my body is weak my mind is sound and my heart is strong and God renews my inward man day by day.

From my service in the army of God I will not retire I will be promoted to higher service one day in heaven.

I will someday hear the voice of my lord say,

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Matthew 25:21(KJV)

Revelation 19:14 (KJV)

¹⁴ And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

Revelation 19:19 (KJV)

¹⁹ And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

To God be the glory great things He has done

I saw my heart doctor for my six month checkup today. He checked my body weight, blood pressure; heart beat and gave me an electrocardiogram.

When he was finished looking at the results he seemed to be very concerned with the results and the condition of health that he found in me.

My Body weight good, blood pressure good, heart beat good and electrocardiogram not showing even one skipped beat The Overall results of my health condition great.

The reason for his disappointment I wasn’t making him work hard enough for his pay and he felt unneeded.

Well the answer to my good health is a result of seeing and talking to my health specialist the Lord Jesus Christ on a day to day basis.

Thank God that by His stripes I am healed and only have to see my human doctors to have that fact confirmed to them.

Isaiah 53:5 (KJV)

But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

1 Peter 2:24 (KJV)

 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Exodus 15:26 (NIV)

 He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.”

To God be the glory great things He has done!

By these we have freedom

By these we have freedom from sin.

The Lord Jesus Christ…The Holy Bible…and God’s Ten Commandments

By these we have freedom from tyrants.

The USA Constitution…the Bill of Rights…and our brave USA Soldiers

The right to live as free individuals is a gift from God

The right to remain a free nation is a gift from our Soldiers

In God we trust to protect our soldiers…our nation and its citizens.

God Bless America and restore it to what it was intended to be…what it once was and what it should always be.

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The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left

A world divided by two. On which side are you?

Some are wrong some are right. Between these two there is constant fight.

In the end only one will win. And that is those who are freed from sin.

In America we have the Elephants and Donkeys both claiming to be right.

But in the end right will be only those who are living in Gods light.

The world hopes for a day when there is a one world order. 

The sons of men are trying to eliminate every dividing border.

The Son of God came not to unite. Jesus came to separate and divide.

Jesus, said, He is coming again to separate the right from the wrong and from His judgment no one can hide.

Jesus classified His world by twos saints and sinners, believer and unbeliever, wise and foolish, sheep and goats. At His glorious appearing only one will stand on His right.

The other will be cast into hells darkest night.

There isn’t much time left for you to decide.

Will you be a cast away or will you be part of His Bride?

Poem written by: C.E.Lee   6/8/2013

Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV)
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

Matthew 25:31-34

³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. ³² All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

³⁴ “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

This is my Creed

 During my 72 years of living I have learned a little more each new day. And in my old age I am a little wiser than I was in my youth. What I have learned has helped me to reach today in much better shape than I would have been if I had learned nothing at all. But in all my learning the thing I want to learn most is how to live my life in total obedience to the will ofGod.I know that none of my days have been perfect and at the end of each day I can count my many failures as I seek the grace of God to help me learn more of His will for me so that there will be less failures to count at the end of my days. And when He has shaped me into that perfection that He wants me to be then and only then will my learning be complete.

I think when you spread the wealth around

Someone has said,” I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody."

There are those who think that some have too much wealth and others have too little wealth.

They think taking from the wealthy and giving to the poor will make everyone equal and fix the problem.

 But history’s facts have proven that this method does not stop poverty but only serves to create more poverty.

 Forcefully taking away from those who by hard work and dedication have obtained wealth for themselves and their families and giving to those who have no dedication and work ethics that push them to go out and earn for themselves the things that they desire will never fix society’s problems.

Because of greed some are willing to dedicate their lives to this world in order gain wealth and others because of their greed want to become wealthy with little effort by taking it from those that have it.

Proverbs 10:4 
Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 10:22 
The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

What most don’t realize is that money and material substance is not true wealth and even if they consider it to be, it is not their efforts that give them the power to get it. 

It matters not whether they are willing to waste their time in spending long hours away from family and those things that really are of true value to gain it. 

It doesn't even matter if they are among the group that wants to get theirs by taking it by force from those who have accumulated it by such efforts.

What we need to know and should remember.

Deuteronomy 8:18 (KJV)

¹⁸ But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

1 Chronicles 29:12 
Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.

There is another man who said, “

³⁸ Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Jesus Christ

Luke 6-38 (KJV)

It is far better for a person to give from a heart of love according to the law of God to those who have less and are in need of help.

Than to be forced with an unwilling heart by the law of man’s government to spread the wealth around.

The truth is if we want to spread the real wealth around that for sure is good for everybody then we need to obey the command of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 28:19 (KJV)

¹⁹ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Mark 16:15 (KJV)

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Once a person receives this kind of wealth from God into their hearts then they will never suffer lack of anything that is needed to sustain them in this life and will be supplied all good things sent down from The Father in heaven.