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They Know His Voice

“They know His voice . . . A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” John 10:4b-5

One summer when still a student in seminary, I was serving as pastor of  a little country church in Central Texas. To help pay off some bills and upcoming tuition for the fall semester, I hired out to a dairy farmer. I knew something about beef cattle, but very little about dairy cattle. So the summer became quite a learning experience.

One of those lessons came early on. The first time I attempted on my own to ‘call’ up the cattle, they just stood and looked at me. On the other hand,when Glen, the cows owner ‘called’ there was no hesitation. They Continue reading “They Know His Voice”

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Lost and Found ~ Never to be Lost Again!

“No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand” John 10:28-29.

Have you ever lost something valuable? Something irreplaceable? And search as you will, you cannot find it?

Well, that has happened to me; I lost my wedding ring and search as much as I can, I cannot find it.

You see, I pulled my work gloves off and pitched them aside. A few minutes later, I noticed that my wedding band was missing. Apparently it slipped off my finger when I jerked my gloves off. Of course, I immediately started looking, searching and combing through grass and gravel, places when I thought it could have dropped. I searched and looked for hours. Others joined the search, but all to no avail. Next move, bring in a metal detector.

It came to mind while searching that even as valuable as that ring is, there is something in my possession that is more valuable and that is, my eternal Continue reading “Lost and Found ~ Never to be Lost Again!”

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“You Can go Home Again”

“Forgiven” Thomas Blackshear

You’ve hard the saying, “You can’t go home again!” Well, there is a well-know story of a young fellow who did go home again. It began with the young man asking for his share of his father’s estate. And when he received it, he left home and traveled to a far country and there through a series of bad decisions and a lax life-style, lost every cent he had.

Destitute and in severe want he hired himself out to a rancher and was given the most deplorable jobs, mucking out the horse stables and other menial tasks others didn’t want to do. Finally in complete desperation and totally fed-up with himself, he deiced to go back home; anything would be better than this, even to be a hired-hand and live in a bunk house on his father’s ranch.

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Like Father ~ Like Son

“He who has seen Me has seen the Father” John 14:9

Ever hear someone say, “That boy is the spitting image of his father?” That was certainly true of Jesus’ relationship with His Father. And even more, Jesus, according to His own words was more than a spitting image; He and His Father were one and the same.

So when anyone tells you that Jesus was merely a good man or just a prophet and a great teacher, then share with them what Jesus said to Philip in John 14:9.

“Jesus told him, ‘Philip, I’ve been with you for a spell now. How is it ya don’t recognize Me? Anyone who has laid eyes on Me has for sure seen the Father; so how can ya say, ‘show us the Father'”? (The Gospel of John Cowboy Style)

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It is Finished!

It is Finished

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“When Jesus had done tasted the sour vinegar He said, ‘It is finished!’ And He bowed His head and died.” John 19:30 (The Gospel of John Cowboy Style)

On our little ranch, there was always work to be done, so my father would assign chores for me to do, like feed the cattle, repair a broken fence, dig up prickly pears, clean the barn, and whatever else he could think of. Later he would ask me, “Son, did you get it all done?” And I’d usually say, “yep, I finished the work you gave me to do.”

Jesus came to earth, sent by His Father to perform an assignment He had given Him. That assignment involved being nailed to a cross to die as our perfect substitute in order that Continue reading “It is Finished!”