Ministry & Business Blog

Normalizing pedophilia? No Way!

2011-11-28T18:27:00.007-05:00

A new friend from Facebook sent me this message:

"A question William,
I have tried to share this message with others and no one has even recognized my posts.
William, my husband is a Psychologist and was not happy with the 1973 vote to "normalize" homosexuality.
The reality is that they are now working to "normaliaze" pedofillia.
Do you think you can get anyone to listen?
http://veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/the-next-push-normalizing-pedophilia/ "

My comments :

The blog article that the link goes to; is specifically a Roman Catholic article pointing out the wrongs of normalizing pedophilia.
Although I am not a Roman Catholic I am glad that there are Catholics concerned about this issue.
Anytime, any group wants to normalize sexual child molestation (pedophilia) or any kind of child abuse;
it should be cause for all of us to be concerned.

In the linked article; a true comment states:
"40 years ago, many warned that the American Psychiatric Association’s “normalizing” of homosexuality would one day lead to efforts to “normalize” pedophilia, bestiality, etc. That day is now."

Also, the last two paragraphs in the linked blog article should be read by ALL who are concerned about this issue!

Jesus said;
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Matthew 18:6

I sent similar content to this post out to different yahoo chat groups and I posted it here on my blog for 3 reasons:

1. Jesus wants us to protect not offend and/or hurt children.
2. Like I said any time abuse of children is about to be normalized , we should be concerned.
3. I promised my Facebook friend I would help send this important message out!.

Please help me send this message out by reposting in other groups, copying and pasting it into e-mails
for you to send out to others by posting this information or at least the link in your blogs etc.

Remember the pedophiles are not the victims, the innocent children will become and some children already are the real victims!
I know that all or at least most of you reading this agree with what is in the link and agree with the content of this post.

Sincerely in Christ,
internet pastor Bill

Ministry & Business
www.mbusiness.blogspot.com/

God's Word In Many Languages
www.e37bwgodsword.faithweb.com/index.html

Signs

2011-10-02T04:12:00.001-04:00

For Signs of the End Times please read the

Gospels of Jesus Christ; Matthew chapt. 24 and Mark chapt 13.

Many discuss, even debate over when Jesus is going to take us home if we happen alive when "the catching away" of true Christians" happen. That discussion is usually in relation to the time-table of the "Great Tribulation".

Whenever that is we need to be ready to suffer persecution for Jesus sake as well as to be faithful when things are too easy! God looks for faithfulness.

And of course do not believe "date-setters" because Jesus in the Bible told us no one knows the day or hour of His return. Only our Heavenly Father knows!

We can look at the signs Jesus talked about in what Matthew and Mark wrote and know that perhaps we are close to it.

Introduction to Pro-Life group

2010-01-23T16:38:00.013-05:00

Terri_Schindler_Schiavo - In Remembrance: Terri Schindler-Schiavo.

The Terri_Schindler_Schiavo group was founded by Cody G. Carson. Brother Carson created this group in defense of Terri Schiavo's right to live. This was to aid Terri's family in their fight against her husband, Michael Schiavo, who was killing Terri legally through starvation and dehydration. Her struggle ended horrifically, and it was a tragic day in American History.

Since then this group has grown into a pro-life community educating, sharing news articles, expressing opinions etc. in defense of the right to live for:

the elderly

the homeless

those in comas

unborn children

the terminally ill

those misdiagnosed as brain dead

those with physical or mental handicaps

and any other classification that may become victims of the pro-death movement.

We are also against: abortion, assisted suicide,
Euthanasia (falsely called mercy killing), forced sterilization, etc.

We are a proactive group – not a hate group. We believe that those who have already had abortions, paid for them, gave permission for them, or performed them, are able to receive God’s forgiveness when they repent. These misguided people need the love and mercy of Christ in order for them to receive the forgiveness and the healing love which is only found through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

The description on the group's home-page was written by founder Cody G. Carson.
Below is the description for the group that you will find on the home page of
Terri_Schindler_Schiavo - In Remembrance: Terri Schindler-Schiavo.

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Description.

The Death of Princess Schiavo

Once upon a time in America Land there was a dark fairytale. As police arrested those who tried to protect and serve her, Prince Harming murdered his damsel in distress with the High Court’s blessing. He took her unused medical fortune to provide for his replacement princess. Those with compassion were labeled as having a political motive. Those who killed her to push the pro-euthanasia agenda were hailed as merciful by the media.

Michael Schiavo (Prince Harming) turned down a ten million dollar offer to release Terri Schiavo. Her loving parents pleaded with the Justices for the right to care for their daughter in her time of need. They offered credible eyewitness testimony as to her true level of consciousness. However, illegal hearsay evidence had a louder voice in the courts.

The love and determination to “carry out her wishes” was plainly demonstrated by Prince Harming’s emotional abandonment, live-in mistress, denial of Terri’s updated brain scans, threats to fire nurses who attempted to rehabilitate her, and by hording the millions that were intended to help her recover. He also demonstrated his love by denying her family permission to be with her when she died. And, as a statement of his innocence, he insisted to have her body cremated so it could not later be exhumed for third party autopsy.

Because the Supreme Court assisted Michael Schiavo in his heroic battle against a brain damaged invalid, the credibility of the U.S. Justice System was lost in the eyes of the world. However, it was a price “the Left” was willing to pay to further devalue human life. All was happy in Leftwingville.

And they lived happily ever after? Not so….battle cries now ring out; from Capitol Hill to church pulpits, knights from the Religious Right regroup. This battle won’t end until “the pull-the-tube politicians” are un-seated, the Dread Judges have been impeached and Michael Schiavo has been jailed for murder.

By Cody G. Carson

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So please visit our Yahoo chat group:

Terri_Schindler_Schiavo - In Remembrance: Terri Schindler-Schiavo.

Cody G. Carson’s blog covers a wide range of subjects from hard hitting essays about conservative Christian & social values and political views to his interest and progress in inventing, filmmaking, and his Cadillac pro-touring/autocross hobby.
http://codygcarson.blogspot.com/

Pastor Bill's Home-page:

Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Ministries

Web-page/blog entry created by Pastor Bill & Cody G. Carson

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2009-12-20T01:20:00.011-05:00

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It is called Perfect Traffic Storm.

Rosemary and I are hoping to get good

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Why don't you also give Perfect Traffic Storm a chance?

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Rosemary's art & "Lease My Art"

2009-12-03T05:14:00.003-05:00

My wife, Rosemary, has joined the website

Lease My Art.

For different purposes the artist can lease out their art-work. The prices and resolution purchased for download vary; depending on the intended use by a private individual, a website, a company, a magazine or a printer of art reproductions .

To see Rosemary's art-work that is for lease then please visit LeaseMyArt.org.

If you are an artist you can join and retain all rights to your original work while leasing it out for set fees many times over.

Lease My Art has been created by and run by an artist therefore it is very fair.

If the digital image of your art-work is high enough resolution you can even lease your art-work for giclees and canvas reproductions.

For these purposes your payment is much higher then say a one-time use of your art for a simple personal greeting card.

One Lutino Cockatiel

2009-11-17T18:24:00.002-05:00

We have one Lutino Cockatiel that is available.
We are selling it for $60 because they cost well over $100 at most pet shops.

This particular Cockatiel is EXTRA tame because besides being hand-fed; we have been handling it more then most of our birds.

She (no guarantee on sex) would make a great Christmas present!

Please contact me by e-mail at:
PastorBill3rd@JesusAnswers.com

Rosemary's Art Studio & Green Sunset

2009-08-08T01:03:00.008-04:00

This post and the painting

"Green Sunset is from Rosemary's Art Studio.

Rosemary happens to be my wife of over 24 years! The "I" in this blog post is Rosemary speaking.

Thank YOU

for visiting her web-studio(s).

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Green Sunset (painting)

This acrylic painting I named

"Green Sunset".

Approximate Size is:

8 1/4 x 10 1/8

Price: $50

(c) Rosemary Mazzulla

Note: The copyright letters (c) RAS

are not on the original painting that you purchase. It is only here for the protection of my intellectual property.

You can see "Green Sunset" without our copyright Logo at:

Art 3000 and at: Fine Art America

Both Web Galleries have their own way of protecting the artists work so we did not have to add this studios Copyright Logo when shown our artwork there.

Wide World of Bird Blogging

2009-07-05T09:00:00.004-04:00

Hi, I am a member of

Wide World of Bird Blogging.

Please visit WWBB.

I hope you will enjoy what you read in the members sites. If you have a blog about pet birds, bird watching, bird rescue please join.

Here is a more complete description of WWBB:

Wide World of Bird Blogging

links together blogs by amateur to professional birdwatchers. Some breed pet birds and offer them for sale. The blogs are fun to read by anyone that has pet birds or is just interested in the subject. They provide information on nutritional needs for the different bird species, shelter requirements (cage size), genetics of breeding for the different color mutations, and stories about pet birds. They are usually accompanied by photos. You're sure to enjoy surfing this webring even if you have just a casual interest in birds.

My Business Twitter page

2009-06-27T07:47:00.007-04:00

Please visit my WebBusiness3 Twitter page at:
http://twitter.com/WebBusiness 3

That is separate from
PastorBill3rd's Twitter page
which consists mostly of Bible verses.

Sometimes there will be an overlap of
Tweets between my 2 Twitter pages.

Visits to both Twitter pages is greatly appreciated!

Pastor Bill's Twitter

2009-06-23T21:08:00.004-04:00

Please visit mt Twitter page at:
Pastor Bill 3rd's Twitter
and follow my Tweets.

Thank You!

Resurrection Sunday Message

2009-04-12T01:47:00.004-04:00

Resurrection Sunday Message
By internet Pastor, Pastor William Mazzulla III

Though I am writing this for resurrection Sunday, it is a good message of hope for all at any and every time of the year.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: John 11:25

Martha in that discussion said of her dead brother Lazarus; "Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days."

Martha thought Jesus was talking of someday but Jesus was a God of the now and still is the God of the now to meet our needs. Graves were often in caves, natural or carved out and blocked with a large stone, a boulder. So when Jesus told them to remove the stone she protested that by now Lazarus would smell bad . "He stinketh" the King James says.

A spiritual application would be that there are churches with false doctrine and just as dangerous compromising Pastors with compromising members and God would say fo those churches that they "stinketh"!

That is another whole message so let us get back to the literal meaning of this Bible incident.

Once they removed the stone Jesus prayed out loud to His Heavenly Father so that there would be no doubt as to why Lazarus came alive. Then Jesus just said 3 simple powerful words; "Lazarus, Come forth". Poor Lazarus bound up like an Egyptian mummy. He must have been hopping awkwardly, while struggling to breathe through his grave clothes in order to try to obey Jesus after death lost it's grip on his body.

And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. John 11:44

Sometimes when God does a miracle He often leaves a part for us to do.

Jesus did many healings, miracles including raising the dead back to life. The greatest miracle is Jesus Christ's resurrection. Jesus was beaten for our healing (Isaiah 53, 1 Peter 2:24), suffered judgment oif God in our place dying for our sins and on the third day arose from the dead. This resurrection is proof that Jesus is God in the flesh (John 1:14, 1 Timothy 3:16)

As proof that He was the son of God, Jesus allowed others to worship Him. Often when they were healed or set free from demons, the person set free would worship Jesus. The final proof of Jesus being God was when he arose from the grave after 3 days.

As if that was not enough the resurrected Jesus Christ in the immediate days following the resurrection allowed others to worship Him. One time that stands out is when Thomas doubted and when Our Lord Jesus Christ appeared To Thomas, knowing Thomas's previous words was told by Jesus to put his hands in Jesus side and to feel the holes from the nails of the Cross. At that point Thomas worshiped Jesus as God and said my Lord and my God.

Jesus accepted Thomas's worship as He, Jesus, accepts your worship and my worship today and on into eternity.

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. John 20:29

So this blessed time of year or whenever you read this begin to believe in Jesus. If you already have a personal alive relationship with the living God, Jesus Christ, then pray to Him about the Holy Spirit increasing your faith so that you will believe even more!

Amen!

Resurrection Sunday Message.
by internet pastor,
Pastor William Mazzulla III
aka Pastor Bill

Pastor of:
OLBC - Online Bible Church
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OLBC/

Founder of:
Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Ministries
http://ezekiel37biblewatch.faithweb.com/
E37BW Ministries And Friends (webring)
http://www.webring.com/t/E37BW-Ministries-And-Friends
Bargains Market & Affiliates
http://www.geocities.com/bargainsmarket/index.htm

Part 1 Mark 4:35-41 - In the Boat, Out of the Boat, and a Ghost!

2009-04-03T22:32:00.014-04:00

This message I verbally preached both parts as one sermon, I titled:
In the Boat, Out of the Boat, and a Ghost!

Then I did it as a Bible study via Yahoo Instant Messaging (YIM) for GPS Ministry (India).
Both times the sermon/study came out different so the one I post here will be the notes from the 2-part Yahoo Bible Study but not exactly the same as when I teach by chat because there might be questions and comments that go beyond my notes. Part 2 I thought I was also going to post tonight after teaching via yahoo to the staff at GPS Ministry but the staff was on holiday.
Instead I and Bishop Stephen fellowshipped via YIM.
Oh and the Ghost part you will not find out about until Part 2 of this message.

Anyway, enjoy Part 1 of this message.

Part 1 is:
Storms, Winds, Hurricanes and God's Plan

Should we call what we read in the Bible... Bible stories?
Think about it for a moment and I will tell you my answer.

while thinking about it turn to Mark 4:35

Childrens Bedtime stories and fairy tales are make believe stories
but the Bible is more then just stories.

They are Bible history, Bible incidents not just a story
More important, what we read in the Bible is Truth,
the Word of God and the Words of eternal Life.

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One more thing my favorite translation is the Geneva Bible.
It is the same Bible That the Pilgrims carried over to America on the ship, the Mayflower. My next favorite is the King James Version. Both are more complete then many modern translations.
When in doubt of a meaning in your Bible, if it is a modern translation then look the verse up in the Geneva Bible or the KJV Bible.

Since King James Version is more common then the Geneva Bible, I am using the KJV.

Now onto the main lesson:

Title: Storms, Winds, Hurricanes and God's Plan

First scripture text
Mark 4:35-41

35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them,
Let us pass over unto the other side.
36 And when they had sent away the multitude,
they took him even as he was in the ship.
And there were also with him other little ships.
37 And there arose a great storm of wind,
and the waves beat into the ship,
so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow:
and they awake him, and say unto him,
Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea,
Peace, be still.
And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them,
Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another,
What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them,
Let us pass over unto the other side.

36 And when they had sent away the multitude,
they took him even as he was in the ship.
And there were also with him other little ships.

Earlier in the day Jesus healed the sick cast out demons and taught the Word of God.
Many were following Jesus... some for the excitement of what they might have looked at as a show. But many did follow JESUS for the right reasons because of his teaching which is a good start. Most importantly we should follow Jesus and obey his teachings because He loved us to go to the Cross and even now is at the rioght hand of our Heaven Father praying for us.

37 And there arose a great storm of wind,
and the waves beat into the ship,
so that it was now full.

(Seismos = Greek word for earthquake, hurricane)
Earthquakes cause tides to rise suddenly like in a Tsunami except in this case the water was not pulling back again. Not until a certain thing happened.

Some scholars believe that this storm was so intense that it was from Satan trying to stop and kill Jesus. I think that is correct because the devil is the ruler over the powers of the air.
Of course we know that Lucifer could never stop Jesus.
Neither can the devil stop you
when you have Jesus in your life,
and are filled with God's Holy Spirit
and you are quick to repent of sin
and you are walking in obedience to God's Word.

38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow:
and they awake him, and say unto him,
Master, carest thou not that we perish?

The disciples are fishermen and would have storms once in a while especially
since the storms do come up quickly in that area.
This storm seems to be like something they have never seen before.
By the time we get to the end of this Bible event
we will see that the disciples still did not yet realize who Jesus was.
So when they woke Jesus up this what they were actually implying:
"Jesus how come you are sleeping and not helping us bail out water.
Don't you care if we all drown?"

39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea,
Peace, be still.

Jesus was telling the winds, the storm the waves "Peace be still, calm down, stop it"

Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
Normally even if it a wind and storm calms down then it will take some time for the seas and waves to calm down.
But at the command of Jesus all was calm and still!

40 And he said unto them,
Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

In the Greek he is using the same expression as Paul writing in one of his letters to Timothy where Timothy was told and we are told "not to have a Spirit of fear"
In fact the Greek for afraid is actually coward so Jesus was asking
"Why be such coward? Where is your faith"

May God grant us all faith in the hard times of our lifes.
Especially when we feel like we are in stormas and waves and winds are almost sinking us.
Even if it seems like Jesus is sleeping....
remember Jesus is in the boat with you and HE will make sure you get where He wants you.
Continue to have faith in God.

41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another,
What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

They were more terrified now.
They did not expect that and almost could not believe what they just saw and experienced.

They began to realize that Jesus is more then just another Rabbi, more then just another godly teacher. Only God can do what Jesus just did... could it be?
Could being in Jesus presence actually be the presence of God.
Not knowing that Jesus is God in the flesh and not yet understanding....
caused them to be terrified and asked each other yet none were at this time ready to acknowledge Jesus as God and Messiah.

Come back for:
Part 2 :
A Second Storm - Another Faith Test
Probably it will be posted in a week or two.
It will be after I do this as a study with my friends in India.

Sincerely,
internet Pastor Bill Mazzulla III

PS Do not forget to visit Bishop Stephen's website of minsitry in India
GPS (GOSPEL TO THE PERISHING SOULS) MINISTRY.

Looking for Sites to Join Our Webring, especially Gospel Music sites

2009-03-11T19:19:00.004-04:00

"I am looking to grow our web-ring

E37BW Ministries And Friends

http://www.webring.com/t/E37BW-Ministries-And-Friends

with new member sites that are Gospel/Christian related.

I would especially be excited if websites with any of the following styles of Christian music:

Southern Gospel,

Country Gospel

Traditional Hymns

Praise & Worship music

Also I would take time to consider other styles of Gospel music by reviewing the applicants site before admitting to our web-ring.

Again those of you with Christian sites please visit and join

E37BW Ministries And Friends

For those of you who read this, thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

internet Pastor Bill

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Local Pet Shops & Safety

2009-02-20T06:04:00.007-05:00

If you have pets you might be interested in reading my short article titled: "Local Pet Shops & Safety for your pets". Although I wrote it specifically for bird owners, the information can apply to all kinds of animals and pets. I know this because we currently own a dog, about 8 parakeets, are breeding Cockatiels and in the past we owned a variety of other animals.

So please visit:
The OC blog - The Our Cockatiels Blog
and then read the post:
Local Pet Shops & Safety for your pets.

Revival

2009-02-07T18:55:00.008-05:00

Revival

If my people, which are called by my name,

shall humble themselves,

and pray, and seek my face,

and turn from their wicked ways;

then will I hear from heaven,

and will forgive their sin,

and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14

Be a part of Revival!
Visit us At Revival.

Cockatiels Starting at $60 (before discount)

2009-01-26T15:29:00.003-05:00

Grey hand-tamed Cockatiels $60 each
With OC Club membership
( http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/OC_OurCockatiels/ )
discount they would be $50 each.

Lutino hand-tamed Cockatiels $110
With OC Club membership
( http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/OC_OurCockatiels/ )
discount they would be $100 each.
Our Lutino Cockatiels are such a light yellow that they appear mostly white with a hint of yellow hue
and of course they still have the orange spots on the cheeks.

Each Cockatiel is Hand-fed, hand-tamed. Hatched in August 2008, ready for new homes.
Those Hatched Christmas 2008 through New year's 2009 (also hand-fed) will be ready towards end of February or early March. Call for appointment to view birds in our home, Auburn Maine.

Sincerely,
Rosemary Mazzulla and
Internet Pastor Bill Mazzulla III

207-783-5748

Cheating, Modesty & The Big Deal about Sexual Purity

2009-01-25T19:35:00.003-05:00

Brother Cody is a Christan actor/author movie producer amongst other things. Brother Cody is the founder/owner of OLBC · OnLine Bible Church. He has appointed me (Pastor Bill) as moderator/co-owner and Pastor over OLBC.

He has a blog that takes on subjects like "Cheating, Modesty & The Big Deal about Sexual Purity" etc. so please visit

the Cody G. Carson blog

to read about these important issues.

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2009-01-04T00:57:00.006-05:00

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2008-12-19T02:52:00.003-05:00

Live Internet church services & partnership

2008-12-05T14:55:00.004-05:00

Our ministry
Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Ministries
is now in partnership with
Sharing His Passion

"Sharing His Passion" is directed by Pastor Gino Thompson.
For the schedule of live internet church services with Gospel music and uplifting preaching; please be sure to visit Sharing His Passion Internet Church.
This is all done through your Yahoo Messenger.

The Yahoo group of this internet Church is:
Sharing His Passion Internet Church group.
Please be sure to visit.

Sincerely in Christ,
internet Pastor Bill

Thanksgiving and Christmas

2008-12-01T05:02:00.010-05:00

Thanksgiving is over, winter is on it's way.
In fact many northern states and mountainous areas
have already have snow and the shopping has begun in earnest.

Whether you celebrate Jesus Birth, Hanukkah or just celebrate
the season of giving this Holy season has begun .
By the way Happy Holidays actually means Happy Holy Days
because "Holiday" is short for "Holy Day",

Merry Christmas & Blessed Holy Days!

Shop at Mazzulla's Market and save!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27T02:05:00.019-05:00

Happy

Thanksgiving!

Enjoy these links and cartoons.

At Jupiter greetings their are some neat video animation cards for Thanksgiving.
At least two of them are new this year. They are free to view.
So go here to start viewing.

This second link goes to a creative Thanksgiving card using food!

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Smart Turkey?

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Fussy Guests

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Hagar's version of Black Friday

2008-11-22T07:41:00.014-05:00

11-17-2007
Pastor Bill's Newsletter
Thanksgiving edition 2008

Copyright 2008 Pastor Bill Mazzulla III
PastorBill3rd@JesusAnswers.com
(Permission to forward
Pastor Bill's Newsletter
in it's complete form is granted.)

Index
1. Introduction to Newsletter
2. WTG with WTG - Vocabulary group
3. A Fun Story - "A Fun Thanksgiving Carol"
4. Scripture for this month
5. Devotional - "Thanksgiving Shoes"
6. Our advertisements

I Introduction
and

Welcome to Pastor Bill's Newsletter.
This is our Thanksgiving 2008 Edition.
Check out our WTG group of words and vocabulary etc. It is a fun with words group. You will probably learn something. I did and still am learning!

Also, in the coming months we will be having some new writers for Pastor Bill's Newsletter. This month, I would like to introduce two author/writers.
I am listing them in order of how the written stories will appear in this Newsletter.

The first is Linda from Florida.
She wrote a fun Thanksgiving story and offered it for this Newsletter.
I call it; "A Fun Thanksgiving Carol"

The second but first to offer some of her writing for this Newsletter is Katrina L Wampler.
She has given me permission to use stories she writes and posts on her blog, Kat Logic. Katrina's devotional story "Thanksgiving Shoes" is a true story in which her children were the main characters

Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy our Newsletter!
Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Bill

2. WTG with WTG!
Way To Go with Words, Thesaurus, Grammar!
This is a group, that I started about Words, Vocabulary and Grammar.
Sometimes I even post fun short quizzes.
Also, on WTG's home page are links to 2 writer's groups of which I am a member.
Those two groups are partner groups to WTG with WTG so check out those links.

3. A Thanks-Giving Christmas Carol

The turkey came into the kitchen looking disheveled and his feathers were all wilted and weathered.

"Looks like we are not having thanksgiving this year sister. He is so mangy looking and his feathers are falling off. I do not want a scared skinny looking turkey. I want something plump and with some meat on it."

The turkey overheard the conversation and went outside the courtyard in search of the biggest turkey he could find. He found one who was eating all the corn and hay in the yard out back. This one looked pretty good but it was not a turkey it was a over-sized chicken who was pregnant with chicks.

The Pastor got out his shot gun and wanted to shoot the best one there. The pitiful one looked him right in the eyes and said out loud in bird talk
"Shoot here. Shoot here."
The Pastor says
"I can not kill a bird who talks to me. that was a sin."
So the pastor went out in the field looking for more big turkeys to feed his guests of twenty nine,with all the trimmings.

Along came Al the skinny managing looking turkey, around his neck said
"Please shoot me. I want to die".
The pastor says
"Nope I do not want you Al, maybe next year."

Sister Marie came outside near the shed and said to Pastor.
"Pastor you can not kill all these birds,"
Pastor said "why?"
"Because they are all female chickens. Oh can you not see? No I guess not, Pastor will you please put on your bifocals and see that these are the most pathetic birds around. they be lucky if they laid any eggs."

So the motto of this story is:
"to please put your glasses on
and make sure God gives you a turkey instead of chickens!!"

Al was really the name called Albara she was an Italian chicken.

Linda of Florida

4. Scripture
for today

Matthew 25:34 - 40

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

4. Devotional

Thanksgiving Shoes
by Katrina L Wampler

We’ve all heard the song/story of the Christmas Shoes. Well, I have a story for you.

You’ve all read stories of my crazy kids. Raising the three of them on my own has been trying, painful, and joyful all in one breath. Each day brings new adventures, new trials, and new stories. Several years ago we were heading into the Summer months and it was time to get sandals for the kids. I was breaking a sweat just thinking of the dollars signs attached to each pair.

So we’re off to Wal-mart. The kids were excited and bouncing to the roof of the mini-van as we pulled into the parking lot. Through the sliding doors we go and they’re off to find the best pair…the coolest pair of sandals known to elementary school kids across the nation. (No doubt the most expensive pair known to single moms everywhere.)

We had to have spent the better part of an hour roaming up and down every…single….aisle of the Wal-mart shoe department. I’m secretly hiding in the women’s section counting my dollars and digging to the bottom of my Mary Poppin’s purse searching for every last dime I can conjure up..not to mention offering a few prayers to find a quarter on the ground somewhere.

“All right, we’re ready.” The announcement came in unison as my three little ones lined up with the biggest and most precious grins I’ve ever seen on them. Not that devilish grin they usually bare that means there’s a blood stain in the carpet somewhere. But a sweet..sweet smile of satisfaction. With great pride, they each held out their sandals. Much to my surprise, there were no flashing lights, no sounds and no holograms. Just plain, ordinary velcro sandals with the lowest price tag any each of them could find.

I cried all the way to the check out line. I didn’t have to give them the speech on “we don’t have a lot of money”…they understood that I’m doing the best I can with what I have and everything that glitters is not gold. They saved me enough money that we even stopped by McDonald’s to scour their dollar menu and tour the play-land for a bit.

It is one of most memorable times with my children. It was the moment I realized they had values and were selfless when it most counted. I’ve since seen those very values displayed among the holidays as my children have pooled their allowances together to give to someone less fortunate (since my children have somehow failed to catch on that we are among the ‘poor’.)

This year they have made the commitment to carry out such compassion and charity throughout an entire year to a ministry known as the Shiloh Lighthouse Ministry and their Project 2000. I hope you’ll take the time to check it out and see how this charity can fit into your holiday giving. Teaching our children the concept of giving is one of the most valuable lessons we can give them. The one concept my children and I live by is Matthew 25:45. Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, whatever you do for the least of my people, you do also unto me.”

For more of Katrina's writings visit her blog; Kat Logic.

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Obama won? Now What?

2008-11-15T23:15:00.001-05:00

Obama won. Now What?

The Bible instructs us to pray for our rulers and leaders. If you liked Obama, pray for his success and if you did not like Obama pray that God will change Obama's heart to do what is best for America! One thing more thing, if President-elect Obama, as any president, makes mistakes that are bad for us and bad for America then he should still be opposed. Pray for him while opposing when needed! Kind of like "love the sinner while hating the sin"!

1 Timothy 2:1-3

1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

'Twas the night before elections - Vote - 2008 -

2008-11-03T00:46:00.005-05:00

'Twas the night before elections

And all through the town

Tempers were flaring

Emotions all up and down!

I, in my bathrobe

With a cat in my lap

Had cut off the TV

Tired of political crap.

When all of a sudden

There arose such a noise

I peered out of my window

Saw Obama and his boys

They had come for my wallet

They wanted my pay

To give to the others

Who had not worked a day!

He snatched up my money

And quick as a wink

Jumped back on his bandwagon

As I gagged from the stink

He then rallied his henchmen

Who were pulling his cart

I could tell they were out

To tear my country apart!

' On Fannie, on Freddie,

On Biden and Ayers!

On Acorn, On Pelosi'

He screamed at the pairs!

They took off for his cause

And as he flew out of sight

I heard him laugh at the nation

Who wouldn't stand up and fight!

So I leave you to think

On this one final note-

IF YOU DON'T WANT SOCIALISM

GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!

Church Hid in the Weeds

2008-08-31T01:58:00.004-04:00

CHURCH HID IN THE WEEDS

Just two little boys
Walking down a dusty lane.....
They came upon this old white house..
With broken window panes

The paint was faded, the shine was gone...
The grass had grown so high....
Still they made their little feet
Go see what was inside.

They opened up the squeaky door
And then it came to light....
This must have been an old church house...
Once upon a time.

Dirty, dusty wooden pews...
A pulpit that still stood...
A Bible laid upon it....
Though the pages weren't too go.

An offering plate and song books too...
Were lying on the floor.
They must have left this old church fast...

The day they closed these doors.

And over in the corner ...
A piano was still there.
It must have played a pretty tune..
But I guess nobody cared.

So little Bill looked up at Tommy..
And Tommy looked at Bill...
Why don't we clean this old church up,
And get these old pews filled?'

They took a rag and wiped the dust...
To try and make things shine..
And then they took the offering plate...
And put in it their last dime.

They took a broom and swept the floor...
And picked up broken glass....
They got it all so nice and neat...
And then they mowed the grass.

They lifted up the old church sign...
And stood it by a tree...
Right down by that old dirt road
Where everyone could see.

They ran back home, to find Daddy gone
But their Momma was inside...
Just to find her hurt again...
Where Daddy had made her cry.

'Don't cry Momma,wipe those tears,'
Little Bill and Tommy smiled...
'Cause! We have a big surprise for you....
Just down the road a mile.'

Hand in hand they tugged at her.
Until they made her run....
'What is it Bill, Oh Tommy,
Just what have you two kids done?'

And then they came upon the house...
Once hidden by the weeds...
And there it stood a country church...
Just like it used to be.

'But what is it, Mother? What's with your tears?
We thought this would bring you joy.'
'Yes, but hush kids now and listen close...
My two sweet precious boys.'

They both got quiet and stood real still...
For the words they heard so true....
Was Daddy praying in the church...
With his head bowed on the pew.

'Forgive me Lord! Forgive me Lord!
Though I'm not worthy of Your love...
Shine down on this sinner man
Sweet Salvation from above.'

'For I've been out in the world, You know..
Living my life all wrong...
Until I came upon this church; the place where I belong.'

'I never noticed it before...
All those times I passed it up..
I guess I wasn't looking, Lord...
Or maybe I was drunk.'

'Bless oh Lord, yes, bless oh Lord...
The one who made me see..
This little church that used to hide...
Behind all those tall weeds.'

And then he raised his head and stood...
With his hands high in the air...
To find two dirty, tear-faced boys...
With Momma standing there.

They ran up to him, hugged him tight...
As their tears fell on the floor.
'Don't worry kids, I'm not the Dad,
The one you 've known before.'

Things are different for us now..
So keep on those pretty smiles...
And let's go gather people in...
To walk down these church aisles.'

Then Bill looked up at Tommy...
And Tommy looked at Bill...
'Come on brother, let's get to work...
To get these old pews filled.'

'For we need no special blessing...
For cleaning up this church...
'cause, God gave back our Daddy..
And that's more than gold is worth.'

Sunday morning, pews all filled
And smiles on every face...
Especially two little country boys...
The ones who found this place.

Though it was hid back in the weeds...
And so far out of sight...
Nothing's ever hard to find
If you're walking toward God's light.

1 John 1:7 we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have Fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son Cleanses us from all sin.'
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Wash Day and a Spiritual week!

2008-08-24T01:09:00.008-04:00

Note:
Since the photos did not copy and paste from the e-mail into my blogs if you would like to see the full message with photos then e-mail me at:
PastorBill3rd@JesusAnswers.com
and in the subject line write
"Wash day"
and in the e-mail letter just write
"Request Wash Day e-mail with pictures".

I received this in my e-mail and I thought it was time to share it.

I have no idea who wrote it and who did the pictures and animations.

Enjoy!

Wash Day..........

Now, this is really a cute one. . . .and I've not seen it before, either!! That is getting to be a rarity!!!

Monday WashDay

Lord, help me wash away all my selfishness and vanity,
so I may serve you with perfect humility through the week ahead.

Tuesday Ironing Day

Dear Lord,
help me iron out all the wrinkles of prejudice;
I have collected through the years so that I may see the beauty in others.

Wednesday Mending Day O God, help me mend my ways so I will not set a bad example for others.

Thursday Cleaning Day

Lord Jesus, help me to dust out all the many faults I have been hiding in the secret corners of my heart.

Friday Shopping Day

O God, give me the grace to shop wisely so I may purchase eternal happiness for myself and all others in need of love.

Saturday Cooking Day

Help me, my Savior, to brew a big kettle of brotherly love and serve it with clean, sweet bread of human kindness.

Sunday Worship Day

God, I have prepared my house for you. Please come into my heart so I may spend the day and the rest of my life in your presence.

'Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'

anonymous

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Thank You Jesus for Salvation!

2008-08-04T19:43:00.005-04:00

The following is an old post from another blog
but I think it is time to post it
where it can easily be seen once again!

GLORY TO GOD!

Thank You Jesus for Salvation!

The following information from the "Spiritual Health Study" (on our Bible Studies website) is the basic message for how to get saved.

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood Revelation 1:5

The above verse is one of many in which the Holy Bible tells us of the importance of the Blood of Jesus Christ our Messiah for us to be cleansed of our sins.

Believe upon Jesus Christ that He died for your sins and rose again.
Repent of your sins and pray for forgiveness from God
and ask Him to cleanse and deliver you from all of your sins.
Ask Jesus to become Lord of your life and thank God that Jesus Christ is your Saviour.

Now pray using the above paragraph as a guideline.

If you prayed that prayer congratulations!

Now start reading the Bible and seek out Christian fellowship.
The Gospels in the New Testament of the Holy Bible will help you learn more about Jesus.
Reading the Old Testament also will give you the background and the history of God dealing with mankind prior to Jesus coming to Earth.

Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Ministries

2008-05-07T15:44:00.002-04:00

Our main website Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Ministries
was offline for a few days due to a billing oversight on my part.
Now it is back online, so if you have not visited yet,
please check our website out.

Sincerely in Christ,
internet Pastor Bill

Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Ministries
www.ezekiel37biblewatch.faithweb.com

Mashable: Lists of my Social & Blog Sites

2008-04-28T01:12:00.003-04:00

I discovered this site called Mashable
where they make it easy to list all of your social and blog sites.

Here is the link to our Mashable page:

http://my.mashable.com/pastorbill3rd

Our Other Blogs

2008-04-26T16:04:00.008-04:00

Please visit our blogs, if you spend a little time looking through each blog; we are sure you will find something interesting or beneficial to you. Since sometimes subject matter overlaps some blog posts will be found in more then one of our blogs.

Here is a list of our other blogs:

Ezekiel Bible Study

Psalm 119 Bible Study

Pastor Bill's Personal Blog

The OC blog - The Our Cockatiels Blo g

This last one....
though I am not the founder;
as the only current contributor;
I am by default part owner
(with permission of the founder).
Please visit and enjoy the...
Vulcan Anvil

Sunday Devotional from Geneva Bible Poem, Part 5

2008-04-05T12:36:00.004-04:00

Part 5 of the Bible lessons based on the Geneva Bible Poem:
"Of the Incompatible Treasure of the Holy Scriptures...."

These lessons are written especially for the group,
The Vulcan Council
while I do post them (afterwards) at other sites on the internet.
by internet Pastor Willam Mazzulla III
PastorBill3rd@JesusAnswers.com

Part 5 of the Bible lessons based on the Geneva Bible Poem:
"Of the Incompatible Treasure of the Holy Scriptures...."

Previous lessons are posted at
The Vulcan Anvil
a blog open to all.

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Read not this book in any case
but with a single eye:
(Matthew 6;22)

Read not but first desire God''s grace,
to understand thereby.
(Psalm 119:27, 73)

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 6:22

We need to have a single eye especially focussed on God's Word and serving Jesus Christ..
If we are living God's Word, experiencing Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, the way we should be then even in the difficult times there should be a joy way deep down in having this main focus of God's Word being our guideline with the Holy Spirit's help in our joyous serving of Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour!

Make me to understand ye way of thy precepts,
and I will meditate in thy wondrous works.
Psalm 119:27

Thine hands have made me and fashioned me:
give me understanding therefore,
that I may learn thy commandments.
Psalm 119:73

Jesus Answered these two verses,
He promised to send he Holy Spirit to help us, to comfort us, and to teach us of all things.
Jesus also promised to send the Holy Spirit to bring back to our remembrance all things which he said.
This is why it is important to study and read the Word so that the Holy Spirit can bring God's Word back to your remembrance
If you can't read very well then listen to the Word of God.

In conclusion here is how far we are in this very Biblical poem.

"Here is the spring where waters flow,
to quench our heat of sin:
Here is the tree where truth doth grow,
to lead our lives there in:
Here is the judge hat stints the strife,
when men's devices fail:
Here s the bread that feeds the life;
that death cannot assail.
The tidings of salvation dear,
comes to our ears from hence;
The fortress of our faith is here,
and shield of our defense,
Then be not like the hog that hath
a pearl at his desire,
And takes more pleasure in the trough
and wallowing in the mire.
Read not this book in any case
but with a single eye:
Read not but first desire God''s grace,
to understand thereby.."

Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Bill

Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch
http://ezekiel37biblewatch.faithweb.com/

EPW - Ezekiel's Prayer Warriors
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EzekielsPrayerWarriors/

Bible Watch Bible Studies and Bible Resources
http://www.geocities.com/revbill3rd/BibleStudies.html

Vulcan Council (A politically Conservative group)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VulcanCouncil/

PS
The copyright allows exceptions for review.

The 1599 Geneva Bible
Copyright 2006 by Tolle Press
I acquired my copy through:
American Vision
http://www.americanvision.com/

Geneva Bible verses are copied and pasted from:
http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html

Introduction and First Devotional Thought From The Geneva Bible.

2008-02-22T23:01:00.007-05:00

Introduction
and First Devotional Thought
From The Geneva Bible.

This series was originally started especially for
Vulcan Council
(a Conservative Political Yahoo chat group)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VulcanCouncil/
by internet Pastor Willam Mazzulla III
PastorBill3rd@JesusAnswers.com

Introduction:

Ann Matos (the founder/owner of the Vulcan Council and the Vulcan Anvil blog ) has asked me to do a a Sunday devotional or sermon.
I posted lessons of this series in the Vulcan Council and the Vulcan Anvil.

I believe Ann asked me to do this because she, like myself. recognizes that faith was a strong principle of our founding Fathers.
In fact the first original form of government in America
was done by Christians with strong Convictions.
This people were the Pilgrims and there government was based on the Mayflower Compact which they wrote when they realized that they were not going to land in an established southern colony.
It is said that the Mayflower Compact is
the foundation of all Western Democracies.

"What does all of this have to do with a devotional?"; you may ask.
Please be patient with me and you will see in a few moments.

By way of introduction I am reviewing history of the Pilgrims
because they used the Geneva Bible
which was before the King James version.

The Geneva Bible was first published 1560 and every so often republished after that.
That is about 51 years before the King James Version.
I find the translation of the King James Version Bible
to be very similar to the Geneva Bible.
Probably their was some influence of the
Geneva Bible upon the King James.

Also, I think both translations used the same source manuscripts,
the Textus Receptus (meaning the Received Text, the accepted text).

I purchased a copy of the Geneva Bible from
American Vision
The copyright allows exceptions like "brief quotations in articles, reviews and broadcasts" so each lesson I will include the link back to
American Vision
http://www.americanvision.com/
That way it should be OK for me to quote a little each week from the republished Geneva Bible.

This copy, I acquired is from the 1599 Geneva Bible and has modern text to make it readable. In the old original manuscripts "S" looked like an "f", "U" looked like a "V" and some spellings were different like "old" is spelled "olde". Other then that and a few grammatical updates which is all explained in the Foreword and/or Preface; this newer printing is the same as the 1599 Geneva Bible.

This 1599 Geneva Bible has a poem about the importance of scripture and also a page that is a Bible Study page about spiritual profiting when reading the Holy Scriptures.
Both were in the original 1599 Geneva Bible which the Pilgrims used!

I think... what better way then to acknowledge our "Founding Fathers" then to Study the Bible from their (the Pilgrims) perspective?

Since I am very busy; I will start with only the first verse from the poem with the corresponding scripture references that were provided in this Geneva Bible, and also include the concluding prayer
Next lesson, depending on my busyness I may do more then one verse from the poem.
Each lesson I will include the verse of the past lessonss so you can see the progression of the poem as we go.
Instead of just the references I will include the Bible verses
so that they are there for you.

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This page that the pilgrims wrote
and included in their Geneva Bible is titled:
"Of the incompatible treasure of the holy scriptures,
with a prayer for the true use of the same."

This is the first verse, the corresponding scriptures provided and the concluding prayer at the end of the poem:

Here is the spring where waters flow,
to quench our heat of sin:
(Isa 12:3 and 49:10; Rom 5:16 and 6:17)

Therefore with joy shall ye draw waters out of the well of salvation.
Isaiah 12:3

They shall not be hungry,
neither shall they be thirsty,
neither shall the heat smite them,
nor the sun,
for he that hath compassion on them, shall lead them;
even to the springs of water shall he drive them.
Isaiah 49:10

Neither is the gift so,
as that which entered in by one that sinned;
for the fault came of one offence unto condemnation,
but the gift is of many offences to justification.
Romans 5:16

But God be thanked,
that ye have been the servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed from the heart
unto the form of the doctrine,
whereunto ye were delivered.
Romans 6:17

O Gracious God and most merciful Father which hast vouchsafed us the rich and precious jewel of they Holy Word.
assist us with thy spirit, that it may be written in our hearts to our everlasting comfort,
to reform us, to renew us according to thine own Image, to build us up,
and edify us into the perfect building of thy Christ,
sanctifying and increasingin us all heavenly virtues.
Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

My devotional comments on the above:

Water is the source of life.
A person and most animals can go without food much longer then we can go without water.
Jesus told the woman at the well that He had water which would make her never thirst again.
In another place in the Gospels Jesus proclaimed that all who thirst shoudl come to Him for springs of Living Water.
Jesus is the source of the water of the wells of Salvation.
Jesus is the source of Living Water to eternal life.
Ponce De Leon and others were looking for a spring that would give eternal youth in the New world.
When he and others should have been looking to the Word of God not for "eternal youth" but for "Eternal Life".

Also, Psalm 121, along with our reference from Isaiah, tells us that the Lord will not allow us to be smitten by the sun (by the heat from the sun).
There are many other verses that talk about the Lord being our Rock, our shade, our shield, our protection from harm.

In Hebrews Jesus promised to he disciples and to all who would believe in Him that He would "never leave nor forsake us".

The gift that those verses in Romans are talking about is that Jesus Christ died on the Cross and shed His Blood for our sin so that we could have His free gift of eternal life.

Then as final proof of His authority to cleanse us of our sin to cleanse us by His Blood, Jesus Christ rose from the grave on the third day. Jesus is now in Heaven making intercession for us (praying for us).

One more thing.
There is nothing I can add to the prayer
because it is definitely inspired
and still as beneficial to pray now
as it was over 400 years ago.

Sincerely in Christ,
internet Pastor Bill

Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch
http://ezekiel37biblewatch.faithweb.com/

EPW - Ezekiel's Prayer Warriors
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EzekielsPrayerWarriors/

OLBC · Online Bible Church
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OLBC/

Bible Watch Bible Studies and Bible Resources
http://www.geocities.com/revbill3rd/BibleStudies.html

Vulcan Council
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VulcanCouncil/

PS
The copyright allows exceptions for review.

The 1599 Geneva Bible
Copyright 2006 by Tolle Press
I acquired my copy through:
American Vision
http://www.americanvision.com/

Geneva Bible verses are copied and pasted from:
http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html

Further lessons are found at the:
Vulcan Anvil blog
http://vulcananvil.blogspot.com/

Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts (Family E-store)

2008-02-16T06:25:00.007-05:00

A few years back I started a webring that I founded called
E37BW Ministries and Friends.

A webring is in one-way a directory and in another sense it is something like a mini-internet of a particular subject or common ground.
Some webrings are sites about Conservative values, others about pets
and others are for anybody living in a particular state and so on.

The Patriotic items at Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts (Family E-store)
are exceptional and there is also free beneficial information on that website.
So here is the review I wrote and posted in the forum of our webring;
E37BW Ministries and Friends

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Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts (Family E-store)

This is the second member site of
E37BW Ministries and Friends
that I am highlighting.

This site I am reviewing today is:
Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts (Family E-store)

This is a very Conservative "God and Country" website store which is great!

The name of the website,
"Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts"
is very accurate.
There are many gifts of each of the categories in the title.
There are Christian items, knick knacks and other things of angels as
well as many excellent Patriotic merchandise.

There are even items specific to honoring those serving in the military.
What a way to say thanks to those or the one you know who is sacrificing for our safety and freedom!

Also, just looking at the titles there are many interesting articles and e-books, from spiritual to common-sense political to "How to Quit Smoking".
Definitely something for everyone!

So please visit "Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts".

Sincerely in Christ,
internet Pastor Bill
aka bill3rd (webring owner)

E37BW Ministries And Friends webring

PS If you own a web-page website, web ministry, e-store etc that is family friendly then visit my webring, read the description and if you think you will fit in then please join our webring. Especially if you are a Biblical Christian!

The OC blog - The Our Cockaktiels Blog

2008-02-16T01:11:00.006-05:00

Please visit our newest blog

The OC blog - The Our Cockaktiels Blog

We are selling Cockatiels from our home.
Some of those birds we acquired this summer.
One we had for a long time, 4 were hatched here in our house..
We hand-fed them, helping the Father Cock when the hen stopped caring for her chicks and are selling 3 of them.
As a result of the hand-feeding they are hand-tamed.

We also have photos of our Cockatiels on our new blog
so please visit there.
The OC blog - The Our Cockaktiels Blog

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Internet Pastor Bill

President's Day

2008-02-10T15:57:00.000-05:00

"Gay Christian"? No!

2008-02-10T05:04:00.000-05:00

Before you read this please know that God loves all of us... at the same time God makes a way out, a way of forgiveness and strength so we can stop sinning and with the sin forgiven and gone the guilt goes away. This is because God in the form of human flesh, as Jesus Christ, died for us, even though none of us deserved his dying for us. None of us deserved His dying for you and me. God, Jesus loved you that much!
After 3 days Jesus rose from the grave and is now in Heaven praying for us. Now unto the main points of my post.

Gay Christian"? No! Gay is not Christian and Christians are not homosexuals!

Google Ads promised to only put what is appropriate on my blog.
A "Gay Christian" website is not appropriate for those of us who are Biblical Christians. I have sent a message to Google and now I am re-editing because it appears that Google Ads has now removed the "Gay Christian" link from my site.

I am thankful for this.
However since it has already got me thinking about this I am still going to put this post up for all to read!

There really is no such thing as a practicing homosexual that is also a Christian.
That would be like a person into practicing Pagan religions claiming to be Christian.
The act of practicing either paganism or homosexuality/lesbianism makes such individuals not Biblical Christian therefore there really are no such thing as "Gay Christians" in the homosexual sense.

In fact homosexuality/lesbianism is not only against the Bible but also unnatural. If animals did not mate with their opposite sex they would all die out.

The Bible calls all sexual sin, sin.
In the Old Testament scriptures; God told Moses certain sins like idolatry
(which usually included sexual sin and/or human sacrifice) as well as all bestiality and homosexuality were abominations and required those involved to be stoned to death.
Those that were caught committing adultery would also be stoned to death under the Mosaic Law.

I am not advocating violence.
In fact when the religious leaders of Jesus day, took a woman caught in adultery to Him,
and mentioned stoning, Jesus reply was to tell them;
"He that is without sin cast the fist stone"

Slowly the religious leaders, left one at a time starting with the oldest first
until there was none left except the woman and Jesus.
Jesus asked the woman "Where are your accusers?".
Her answer was to the affect "None of them are left. My Lord".
Jesus told her; "Neither do I accuse you".
Now that is not an excuse to continue to be active in sexual sin
because then Jesus told the woman "to go and sin no more".
In other words do not sin anymore, do not be active sexually sex
unless it is with your husband and if not married, wait until you are married.

If it was a homosexual/lesbian he would have told that person "to go and sin no more" which would also mean stop being sexually active and even to stop all unnatural relationships of the same sex including to stop dating the same sex.

Now a few things:
As Jesus forgave the woman caught in adultery,
Jesus still forgives adulterers, fornicators, homosexuals and lesbians.
Once forgiving repentance is involved the turning away from that sin.
Sometimes instead of trying to become the complete opposite (like immediately dating the opposie sex); it might be best to just abstain from any thing that could possibly lead to temptation of your recent past sinful lifestyle and to spend lots of time in God's Word and the Bible. also helpful is to find a church that has a pastor or elder that is willing to help you in your spiritual change and spiritual growth.
The Bible promises that Jesus Christ, God's Word (the Holy Bible) , and the Holy Spirit will transform us, transform you.
The longer you live for Jesus, the more you fellowship with Bible-believing Christians, the more you read your Bible, the more you pray, the more you resist sin and resist temptations then the more your mind will become Christ-like and the weaker your past sinful habits will become in you life.... the easier it will become to resist sin and to resist temptation.

I know this is true because in 1975 I was depressed, bitter, angry, depressed, border-line suicidal, into the occult, and on top of all that reality was beginning to become a blur until I attended a prayer meeting in June 1975. In that summer of 1975; I went from cursing God and cursing Christians to praising God in a few weeks and thanking Jesus for His goodness before the summer was over. If Jesus can change me then he can change anyone. And oh yeah, reality became clearer and my depression was healed and the anger and bitterness left.
There were many other wonderful changes Jesus made in my life which started in the summer of 1975.

Sincerely in Christ,
internet Pastor Bill

Christian Website Review & our webring

2008-02-10T03:05:00.001-05:00

Review of
Gods Love for Us
web-ring member of
E37BW Ministries And Friends

James & Susan are owners of the site "Gods Love for Us"
within our web-ring "E37BW Ministries And Friends".

Here is their website description:
"Gods Love, How much does God Love us.
This page has many articles and links to help you find this out.
Included is an article by Ben-Ezra Bautista
where he tells his personal experience of Gods Love,
Also Bible Prophecies."

I, Pastor Bill, am more busy then when I first started our web-ring
so I only have time to quickly browse members websites.

I recently visited "Gods Love for Us"
and their are many uplifting and edifying pages on this site emphasizing God's love.
As with all of us; we sometimes have slightly different perspectives.
Even the few thoughts that are a little more unusual you will find challenging.
Overall "Gods Love for Us"; is a site glorifying Jesus and definitely worth your time.

Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Bill
aka bill3rd (web-ring owner id)
E37BW Ministries And Friends

"Mistakes" & "Sin"; the difference is crucial

2008-01-12T19:39:00.000-05:00

In a writers group we were discussing different kinds of struggles and I started to write about "mistakes and sin" in one of my replies but realized it did not apply to our discussion.
At the same time, though, I realized this topic of "mistakes and sin" is an important issue in the church world so I cut and pasted it into my MS Notebook, to be used later.

"Mistakes" & "Sin";
the difference is crucial

I hope my using the word sin does not offend any body.
I have noticed the last few years that some preachers are even saying words like "mistakes" instead of calling sin, sin.

If I innocently give wrong change that is a mistake.
If I were to purposely distract and confuse a cashier then claim that I gave a larger bill so as to get back more change then I deserve; that is sin. It is the sin of lying, of dishonesty, and of stealing.
I have never done that but I have heard stories of that.

If I am discussing something that I did or went through and get some details wrong because I do not remember clearly that is a mistake.
If I purposely exaggerate how good something is to make myself look better or even intentionally exaggerate how bad something is to get sympathy, either way it is deception which is sin and not "just a mistake".

This post a brief but important thought.

Conclusion:

Not all mistakes need to be repented of
but ALL SIN requires sincere REPENTANCE.

Jesus forgives those with a repentful heart.
Read Psalm 51.
Look up what John the Baptizer preached.
Use your concordance and look up words like
repent,
repentful,
repentance,
and repenting

Any person doing a word study on repent and the different forms of that Word will see for Jesus to forgive us we need to acknowledge our sin not only as mistakes but as sin.
We can not repent of sin that we refuse to acknowledge.

Thank God that even as Christians if we do stumble then (when we repent) Jesus is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us.

If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 KJV

Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Bill

Christmas Kindness... Touched By an Angel?

2007-12-24T02:28:00.000-05:00

Christmas Kindness = Posted December 24, 2007: For those of you who have not received
Pastor Bill's Newsletter
This post is from my Newsletter so enjoy.
Written 12-15-2007
Copyright 2007 Pastor Bill Mazzulla III

PastorBill3rd@JesusAnswers.com
(Permission to forward
Pastor Bill's Newsletter
in it's complete form is granted.)

IV Christmas Kindness
Touched By An Angel ?

Because my legs bother me constantly but worse when I am on my feet,
(except for while I preach under the anointing),
I try to use a riding cart many stores make available.
Thankfully Walmart is one of those stores.

A side note for the fist time in years, our local Walmart has lawn Nativity scenes.
This gladdens my heart, that even in their merchandising they are acknowledging Christmas and not just a "Winter Holiday". If only I could afford a set!

Anyway back to my main thought.
Usually, my wife Minister Rosemary helps me. She helps me by getting a regular grocery cart and putting all of our groceries in it as I check out. Then once I park the riding cart I lean on the regular grocery cart which now has our groceries placed in it and I push it out to the parking lot.
But she is home-bound during her recovery.

This true story happened to me earlier this week.
I did so much shopping that the small basket in the riding cart was almost over full (grocery shopping and Christmas dinner shopping).
I was also carrying a large box (plastic shelves kit) with one hand while steering the riding cart with the other.
When I got to the check-out the woman in front of me asked if I would be able to fit everything back in the small basket of the riding cart. My response was to thank her and say something like;
"It's OK, I will get by".
She was done ringing up her stuff and I thought was gone.
The next thing I know she had an empty cart, and was putting my bagged up groceries and merchandise in the regular cart as the cashier rang them up. Then she pushed the regular cart out to the entrance for me while I parked the riding cart.
I thanked her immensely and offered her $5 for her helping me and for her time (over 20 minutes, maybe over 1/2 hour). She told me; "No that is alright. Just give it to Salvation Army".
I had to drive to the other entrance because Salvation Army was not at both entrances but after experiencing such kindness; I was glad to give to the Salvation Army who helps so many low-income families have a nicer Christmas.

It almost felt like I was in a mini-Christian Christmas version of "Touched By An Angel".
Now that lady had the Christmas Spirit. I never found out if she was a Christian or not but she had the Christmas Spirit of taking the time to give of herself and then still think of others again. People that give of themselves like that at Christmas time, often are the kind that do give of themselves all year long.
Was I touched by an Angel?
Maybe.
That stranger's kindness is one more reason that this Christmas Season special to me;
knowing that there are still strangers willing to take time to help others.

Which reminds me of something else.
Yes, Jesus is the reason for the season
and to remember it; that is an excellent start!
But I also saw this slogan recently:
"Jesus is the reason for every season."
AMEN!

PastorBill3rd@JesusAnswers.com
(Permission to forward

Pastor Bill's Newsletter
in it's complete form is granted.)

Mazzulla's Market Shipping time

2007-11-12T06:22:00.001-05:00

Shipping time for Mazzulla's Market
http://www.fscstore.com/store/comersus_index.asp?UserName=bill3rd

Allow 1 to 4 business days to process the order and
1 to 4 days for UPS shipping within the U.S.

So that would be a total of between 2 and 8 business days for the order to be processed and shipped which means a few days to one and a half weeks,
is how long shipping time should be.
Over Holiday weekends up to 2 weeks.

Sincerely,
internet Pastor Bill Mazzulla III

Balance in the Word of God

2007-10-31T06:28:00.000-04:00

About unbalance and balance in the Word of God:
Sin, Love & Repentance

Note:
The following is originally written specifically for Christians.
I will add at the end about how to be saved,
how to be born-again.

Sometimes people get unbalanced.
Even in the Word.

When I was in Bible college a few fellow students from a church that preached God hates sinners was trying to spread that false doctrine in the men's dorm.
It created controversy, divided some friends but in the end they convinced very few or none because most of us knew the Word enough to know that it was wrong.

Some preach about Jesus love without ever preaching or teaching about sin.
If there was no sin there would be no need for a Saviour.
If there is no need of a Saviour then there is no need of the Cross.
If those things were true then all the Cross would be is another philosopher dying for a good cause.
If people are not made aware that they are sinners
(some are aware but not all are aware of that)
then they would not know the importance of the Cross
(Jesus dying for our sins).

And then some react to those who preach love without repentance by preaching judgment and repentance but leaving out Jesus love.
That also is wrong!

God's love for us (for all) is why Jesus died on the Cross and why after His resurrection Jesus is in Heaven praying (making intercession) for us at the right hand of our Heavenly Father.

When you read 1 Corinthians Chapter 13 you will see all a person does for Jesus is empty, useless and means nothing without love.
So God's love in all we do and say is very important.

Keep preaching Jesus Christ, crucified and resurrected.
Keep preaching of repentance and God's love for all through the Cross.

If you are not saved, if you are not born-again

If you are not saved, if you are not born-again then read John chapter 3, after you finish reading this post.
I will give a Bible link at the end to find an online Bible.

Anyway, in John chapter 3: Jesus said that you must be born-again and mentions that this involves being born of water and spirit. So your spirit needs to be renewed.

Why?
Because the Bible in Romans tells us that all have fallen short of the Glory of God. None have done good, no not one.

Earlier (in the first section of this post)
I mentioned that Jesus died on the Cross,
was in the grave for 3 days,
resurrected after those 3 days in the grave
and is now in Heaven praying for you.

Why did Jesus die on the Cross?
Jesus died on the cross for your sins so that when you repent of your sins and believe upon Him then the sacrifice of Jesus blood which came forth from His wounds at the Cross and His death was in your place and my place so we do not have to face God's wrath.
Jesus loves us that much.
Jesus loves you that much!

You need to:
repent of your sin,
believe in Jesus Christ,
call upon His name,
ask Him into your life
and be willing to serve Him.

Say a prayer with those main ideas in it to God.
Or just pray to Jesus in your own words from your heart.
Remember o thank Jesus for dying in your place.
Thank Him for taking away your sins.
Thank Jesus Christ for loving you eternally!

God wants to use you to glorify Him!
How is that done you might ask?
This is done through learning more
about God and the power of His Holy Spirit
by reading the Holy Bible.
Also, find a Bible believing church to attend regularly!
If you have to visit more then one church for a little while untill you find one that will help spiritually; that is Ok .... at least by attending church or Christian meetings somewhere you will be meeting other Christians and learning from them.

If you do not have a Bible then look up John Chapter 3 at BibleGateWay.com
Click the following hyper-link to read the Bible passage: John Chapter 3

Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Bill

Grand opening Sales Ends November 11

2007-10-30T18:12:00.001-04:00

Grand opening Sales Ends November 11

Do your Christmas shopping NOW!
Mazzulla's Market now has our lowest prices ever.
Visit Mazzulla's Market now or
follow the link to Mazzulla's Market
in the description of the home page of
Christian & Conservative Bargains Market
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CCBargainsMarket/

This sale is to celebrate the Grand Opening of
Christian & Conservative Bargains Market.
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CCBargainsMarket/

Sale will last until the end of November 11
so do your Christmas shopping early!

Grand Opening Sales = Christian & Conservative Bargains Market

2007-10-25T22:44:00.001-04:00

Grand Opening of
Christian & Conservative Bargains Market
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CCBargainsMarket/

Mazzulla's Market now has our lowest prices ever.
Just follow the link to Mazzulla's Market in the description of
Christian & Conservative Bargains Market home page.

Why am I making our Bargain prices lowest ever?
For two reasons:
1. To celebrate the Grand Opening of
Christian & Conservative Bargaians Market.
2. I hope to have some customers try out our products
and decide that the are of excellent quality!

This sale on all items will go on for 2 weeks
so do your Christmas shopping early!

Some of the Summer close-out items,
would make good Christmas presents like:

the golf club (a Titanium Driver)

the sportsmen knife set with cutting board and case,

the metal detector,

9 piece Spa Gift Set,

purse and more.

While you are visiting our web-store
check out our other items of interest to you.
I have lowered all prices!

Christian & Conservatives we need you!
Also, if you have a Christian or Conservative website with any offers or a web-store that is Christian and or conservative then please join Christian & Conservative Bargains Market and post your offers and advertisements in this group.

Christian & Conservative Bargains Market
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CCBargainsMarket/

Mazzulla's Market = END OF SUMMER BLOWOUT!

2007-10-06T17:05:00.000-04:00

Check out our End of Summer Sales.
With summer items priced lower then our normal discounts;
it's a SUMMER BLOW-OUT!

Visit the Cookware category
on Mazzulla's Market
and check out the Barbecue sets,
also priced lower then our usual bargain prices!

Thank you.

Fred Thompson announces his presidential bid

2007-09-06T19:36:00.001-04:00

I know this is not about business or ministry.
I do believe a man like Fred Thompson will preserve all of our freedoms including religious freedoms.
I also believe he is good for the security of our country and his no nonsense common sense approach will be good for business because that kind of common sense is good for our economy

I felt there had been no truly Conservative candidates in the Presidential race.
Until now, that is.

I had been hoping that Senator Fred Thompson would run for President and now he is.
I am excited about Fred Thompson's announcement for the presidential bid.

At least visit his site to find more out
about Fred Thompson's life and stands!

For more information,
here is the link to
the home page for
Fred Thompson 2008.

My other blogs - New Entrys

2007-09-03T14:35:00.000-04:00

There are new entries at my other 3 blogs.

1. Ezekiel Bible Study
http://ezekielbiblestudy.blogspot.com/

2. Psalm 119 Bible Study
http://psalm119study.blogspot.com/

3. Go to my Yahoo 360 page
http://360.yahoo.com/billmazzulla3rd
then visit my blog section.

I hope that all who
visit this blog
and my other blogs
find them helpful.

Prospeity Gospel -Truth or Falsehood?

2007-09-03T12:24:00.000-04:00

I am probably going to lose some net friends and readers over this post and video.

God's truth is truth!

I agree with this message on this YouTube video.

We need balance God promised to meet our needs
but he also promised spiritual blessings
during afflictions, trials and spiritual growth.

I believe in healing.
I believe in God meeting our needs as we are faithful to Him.
I believe in God answering prayers according to God's Will.

I do not believe in a false Gospel that automatically judges people who are struggling with finances and/or struggling with sickness and with health issues.

Pray for churches to hold to Bible Holiness

2007-08-20T18:19:00.000-04:00

An article I received by e-mail about another denomination accepting homosexuality is a very serious issue. My following comments are a result of that article.

The article follows my comments if you would like more details.
If you think this is an important issue please copy and paste this whole post into your e-mail.
Don't worry about it if you lose the Bold emphasis. The important thing is for this message to stand against sexual sin and to PRAY for All Christian Church leaders!

Now here are my comments:

Please understand just like the Episcopil church is split over the homosexual issue....
I am sure the same is true of the Lutheran church.
There are godly leaders and godly members in BOTH religious organizations.

All sin before and outside of marriage between a man and woman is sin.
The Bible speaks against all sexual sin.
The Holy Bible informs us that fornication is sin.
It also informs us that homosexuality and lesbianism is sin.

We need to PRAY for ALL religious leaders
not just our own local churches,
not just our own denominations.

Because the more churches and church organizations that accept sin as OK, the more pressure to compromise upon any organization and any Pastor who stands to Bible holiness and preaches against sexual sin (as they should) especially those who preach correctly against perversions such as homosexuality.

PASTORS, BISHOPS, ELDERS, EVANGELISTS, BIBLE TEACHERS
STAND STRONG FOR GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS!

Thank you to all of the Pastors, Ministers and Bible Teachers who are taking a godly stand against sin.
Keep preaching against ALL SIN!

Sincerely in Christ,
internet Pastor Bill
http://360.yahoo.com/billmazzulla3rd

PS Please send this to all of your Christian friends and especially to Pastors and ministers you know.
If they are already taking a godly stand, you can support them in their stand by forwarding this e-mail to them.
If they are not taking a godly stand they need to be encouraged to by receiving this e-mail.

Now for the article:
Note: Bold Emphasis is mine.

Sex and a Lutheran Youth Group
By Frank Pastore Sunday,
August 19, 2007

How do they do it? I mean, how can the leadership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) tell their kids with a straight face not to be sexually active outside of marriage when they've just voted last Saturday to no longer enforce the celibacy requirement for their unmarried staff-- both straight and gay?

The ELCA and other pro-gay denominations have been ordaining gays for decades. That's nothing new. What's new is that now staff can openly have lovers while on the job and there will be no disciplinary action for violating the celibacy requirement.

The message to the kids is loud and clear: We can have sex with our boyfriends and girlfriends, but you can't.

What hypocrisy.

This is what happens when sin and the Bible collide: either the Bible will change the sin or the sin will change the Bible. In this case, it's homosexual passion that's changing the Bible. Not only have they decided, essentially, to rewrite the Bible and declare homosexuality no longer a sin, but now they've gone beyond that to include fornication too. Adultery can't be far behind. Look for other liberal denominations to follow suit. So, this means an unmarried youth pastor can openly discuss the sex life he has with his boyfriend without fear of losing his job, while at the same time supposedly providing spiritual leadership to teenagers and counseling them
to "wait until marriage"?

Maybe Lutheran parents should be a little more concerned when their kids come home and say they want to be just like the youth pastor. Perhaps they should be a little more suspicious when their kids display a sudden new zeal to attend Lutheran youth camp.

Or, maybe they're not concerned at all about their kids being sexually active with the church's tacit permission.

Maybe they-- like the entire denomination-- have just given up on the whole "try-not-to-sin" thing. Our kids are going to do it anyway we can't stop them all we can do is be "responsible" and try to prevent them from getting AIDS or getting pregnant what we really need to do is provide them condoms-- just like we do with our adults.

Who needs moral purity when you can have such tolerance and understanding?

It used to be that girls were sometimes deterred from being sexually promiscuous in high school out of fear of getting a bad "reputation." Now an entire denomination has a well-deserved bad reputation.

I looked around on the official ELCA Web site for what they teach their children about sexuality.

Here's what I found on a page entitled,
"Sexuality: Some Common Convictions."
Under
"Responsible procreation and parenting"
I found the following:
Youth need the support and guidance of the church to resist cultural and peer pressures that encourage sexual intercourse prior to marriage. Open and honest discussion of sexual questions is to be encouraged, in ways that communicate God's guidance, forgiveness, and ongoing care. As a church, we affirm the importance of education about sexuality that emphasizes respect, mutuality, responsibility, and abstinence outside of marriage. But, why should you try to "resist the cultural and peer pressures that encourage sexual intercourse prior to marriage" and value "abstinence outside of marriage" when your leadership doesn't? Furthermore, does this statement imply anything short of intercourse is acceptable?

Under "Promiscuity" I found:
Having casual sexual relations is sinful because this does not proceed from or contribute to respect, intimacy, and care of the other. Promiscuity is inconsistent with our identity as Christians
(1 Corinthians 6:12-20).
Being sexually active in order to be popular or only to gratify sexual desire is morally wrong.

And, for what purpose do you think ELCA staff members are sexually active
if not to "gratify sexual desire?"

I'm sure ELCA editors are already working on new copy for the Web page that will bring what's posted on the Web in line with what they actually believe-- i.e., that it's not "morally wrong."

And, under
"Practices that spread sexually-transmitted diseases" there's this:
Irresponsible, unprotected sexual contact can expose sexual partners to incurable and fatal sexually-transmitted diseases. Sexual practices that result in physical harm to another are sinful and must be countered. Education about sexuality should emphasize monogamy, abstinence, and responsible sexual behavior, as well as practices intended to prevent the transmission of disease during sexual intercourse. This church supports efforts to prevent, cure, and care for those afflicted with such diseases. Let me translate. "For all our teens and adults, whether single or married, straight or gay, or laity or leadership, when you are sexually active we want you to always wear a condom." Apparently, that's the new ELCA standard for moral purity. Enough of those archaic notions of monogamy, fidelity and abstinence. It's simply been reduced to "be responsible-- wear a condom." Thank God that at the Missouri Synod there are still Lutherans who are also faithfully Christian.

The Frank Pastore Show is heard in Los Angeles weekday afternoons on 99.5 KKLA and on the web at kkla.com, and is the winner of the 2006 National Religious Broadcasters Talk Show of the Year. rank is a former major league pitcher with graduate degrees in both philosophy of religion and political philosophy.

Ezekiel Prayer Warriors

2007-08-15T08:43:00.000-04:00

Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Prayer Warriors
was our first Yahoo group that
we owned and founded on
November 4, 2004.

It's name has been changed to:
Ezekiel Prayer Warriors
Location changed to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EzekielsPrayerWarriors/

It is a group whose main focus is prayer requests,
praying for one another and posts about prayer.
The leadership is free to post on any Biblical subject in order
to build up our members and readers in the faith of Jesus Christ.

For more information on our Yahoo groups go to my Yahoo 360,
look at the feeds from 3 of our Yahoo groups.
You can also see all of the groups I belong to.
Some of them we own,
some while not a owner;
I am a Moderator with much control and input
while some I am only a member.

Also, while on My Yahoo 360 page click on "Blog" or "My Blog"
and read the article titled:
"Our Yahoo Forum chat groups (an extension of our ministry)".
or click above and go directly there.

God's Word

2007-08-06T18:42:00.001-04:00

"Thy Word have I hidden in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee" - Psalm 119:11

At our Psalm 119 blog there are new posts,
please visit, read and leave your comments.

Thank you.

GodTube

2007-06-24T14:42:00.001-04:00

In my opinion, the above link "GodTube"
is not a substitute for "You Tube"
but "GodTube" is just a safe place
for Christians and their children
who are looking for "Christian only" net videos.

2007-06-20T16:01:00.000-04:00

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At Mazzulla's Market webstore;
we have Men's watches,
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To appreciate these values,
they are found at our Watches page.

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2007-06-12T16:28:00.000-04:00

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2007-06-11T02:28:00.000-04:00

Mazzulla's Market

2007-06-10T21:44:00.000-04:00

Very few of FSC stores have their merchandise at our low bargain prices.
Save time and money and shop with us.

Our FSC Store Mazzulla's Market
has 28 pages of new items.

To find these exciting bargains
click this link "New Items".

While there please explore and discover many other values!

Happy shopping!

New Look

2007-05-15T20:49:00.000-04:00

Our blog has a new look (less dark).
After all as Christians we should be shining forth the light of Jesus Christ and His love.

I noticed that with this "new look" one of our older blogs is a little more difficut to read (some letters and lines are crowding together in posts that I used larger Fonts for the letters).
Sometime in the future I will fix that.
In the meantime enjoy all of my other blog posts.

Thank you!

Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Bill

PS I am also experimenting with "Widgets"
so if certain thigs do not look right on this blog,
please forgive me during my learning curve!

Ezekiel Lesson 7

2007-05-10T19:31:00.000-04:00

Previous lessons
can be found at
Ezekiel Bible Study blog.

Ezekiel
Chapter 2:8 - 3:4

8 But thou, son of man,hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

Lesson 7 Ezekiel 2:8 - 3:4

To review all of the lessons;
you might want to read and study the earlier lessons found in our Ezekiel Bible Study blog.

As was stated in previous lessons;
The Holy Spirit entered Ezekiel to give him the strength to
stand in God's awesome, mighty, Holy Presence.
The Holy Spirit will be helping Ezekiel to live up to his name
"strength of God". Even in Ezekiel's initial calling which
begins here in Ezekiel chapter 2 and continues into chapter 3.
Rebellious is a theme in verses 2 through 8 of how the people
of Israel are at this time and yet that is Ezekiel's commission
to go preach to them anyway.

Now on to this lesson, Lesson #7
God tells Ezekiel to eat the scroll, the book that is filled with mournings and woe. John in Revelation (10:9-11) also ate a scroll given from God. It is one thing to speak about God and about His Word, it is another thing to proclaim the anointed Holy Word of God, popular or not! To proclaim an anointed Word that God has put on your heart is even more powerful then sharing a little from our head knowledge of God's Word.
That is what Ezekiel and John both had to do.
Proclaim the Word of God that became a part of them.
No wonder Jeremiah, said he could not be quiet because
God's Word burned within his soul.
When you have an anointed Word from God, it will burn in your Spirit until you have to share what God is saying. If not behind the pulpit then in Sunday school, if not that then at a church supper, if now within church then share with your family, your co-workers, your neighbors as God leads, or even perhaps sahring through blogs and/or internet groups. Often times an anointed prophetic message needs to be shared again and again because it is a message for many in your church, in the church world.
Often, it is a message for many in your neighborhood, your town, your state or province even for many in your nation.
God still needs anointed prophets to speak out to the nations and the world as well as to the church world.
Too many (thank God not all) have laid aside the porophetic ministry that are messages for the l;eaders of the church world and for leaders in their own towns, states and nations.
Why? because often times many realize like Ezekiel in this chapter and Jeremiah weeping through his whole ministry, they might not be popular.

God's message through Ezekiel and many of His prophecies are going to be those of fire and brimstone, of repent or else and this to a rebellious people that most likely will mock Him for it. Yet Ezekiel is to eat all of it and then proclaim those warnings of God. Even in Revelation for John it hints at this.
For both Ezekiel and John the scroll was sweet as honey.
God's Word is sweet to believers and messewngers of God.
However sometimes to proclaim the mournings and woes of judgement are "bitter to our stomach" because our human nature does not want to be rejected and because if we, the messenger of God, the prophet of God, have the heart oif God then we will weep over the people's rebellion like Jesus wept over Jerusalem for rejecting Him.

Notice:
that He is to eat all of this scroll/book
and notice that there

"was written within and
without mournings and woes."

Two things:

1. We cannot heed and preach only part of God's Word BUT we need to take in, obey all and preach all of God's Word to be effective servants of God, especially in these Last Days.

2. The scroll/book was written within and without. There is no space to add our own ideas.
No space to add our own words and /or traditions. If we try to add our own traditions and ideas to God's message then we end up "denying the power of God" and end up with only a powerless form (imitation of godliness).

The Holy Spirit strengthens and enables us to go beyond our abilities and even beyond our natural courage.
The Apostle Peter denied our Lord Jesus 3 times yet after Peter was filled with the Holy Ghost he, Peter preached boldly to thousands.

I fear for America.
Not an ungodly fear but a godly fear and concern for America!
Some American Christians think of the rapture (the catching away of the saints) as an escape from the worst of the Last Days as an escape from persecution.
But if America does not repent as a people and as a nation,
America is headed for judgements worse then 9-11 and Hurricane Katrina combined.
Here in America, Canada and Europe: murder of unborn children is rampant, killing of the elderly is gaining (usually under the guise of a nurse or doctor accidentally(?) overdosing, sometimes more blatantly claiming it is merciful. There was nothing merciful about the way Terri Schiavo was starved and dehydrated to death for 2 weeks. If our suppoosedly civilized courts think that is justice.... then God have mercy on us ALL!
God's judgement is overdue!
Then on top of that sinful perversions are so accepted that many public schools are teaching children as young as kindergarten that homosexuality/lesbianism, cross-dressing etc. are normal.

In fact there is legislation in progress in Washington DC that would make it a hate crime to believe or speak against homosexuality. If it passes, and I wrote a Newsletter or article like this one I could go to jail for saying homsexuality is sinful.
Possibly in America there will be a wave of persecution before we are caught away in the air to be with Jesus. Possibly before the Great Tribulation starts.
Jesus said blessed are you when you are persecuted for my righteousness sake.
Those of us in the Western world have not yet seen real persecution like those who have been under Nazi rule, Communists regimes, ungodly dictatorships or under Muslim rule.
Judgement is coming to America unless more Christians interceed for our nation. And when that judgement comes physical persecution with arrests and torture will come to the Christians from by then a clearly ungodly government.

The good news is if most Christians would start interceeding for America and for all Christian churches, if all Christians realized they are also ministers for Jesus Christ and received the boldness of God' s Holy Ghost to witness the hope of salvation which Christ offers to those who repent, to witness boldness to speak of the power of God to deliver from all sin including God's power to deliver from the bondage of all sexual sins, from drugs and alcohol then it would be possible to see a powerful Last Days Revival poured out by God's Holy Spirit.
We need many iuntercessors for this.
Every historical revival started with believers praying and interceeding.

Dear Heavenly Father,

I pray that every reader of this lesson will heed to your word, eat (absorb) your Word into their Spirit and boldly proclaim your Word to those around them.

Lord, God,
I ask that by your Holy Spirit you inspire those who read this lesson to proclaim this message boldly and to forward this lesson to many of their family and friends.
God,
we pray for America, we pray that your anointing will come upon preachers teachers, ans all Christians that as we live for you we will be bolder through the power of the Holy Spirit to proclaim ALL of God's Word around us. God, please stir many up to be intercessors and proclaim what they hear from God before it is too late for us. Heavenly Father, we thank you that there is still hope and that you will answer us as we ask these things in faith, trusting anhd believing in you. We pray all of this in Jesus Name.

He Came, He Saw, He Conquered

2007-04-20T13:15:00.000-04:00

The poem below was sent to me from Tree who is in
my Yahoo 360 Circle of Friends.
In light of current events it is good to be reminded that Jesus won the victory for us.
So I reposted it here.

He Came, He Saw, He Conquered

He came alone into the battle
He knew nobody else could face His foe
He left His throne, He left His glory
He knew nobody else could ever go
He called the bluff, He took the challenge
He came into this world to seek and save
No one could know, no one could fathom
The way to win was only through the grave
They laid Him in His tomb
They thought they'd sealed His doom
But He rose
He rose!
He came, He saw, He conquered death and hell
He came, He saw, He is alive and well
He was, He is, and only He forgives
He died, He rose, He lives
He came, He saw, He conquered!
The doors were locked, they heard Him knocking
They were afraid they would be taken, too
Familiar voice said, Come and follow
Come and see the things the Lord can do
They went to where He lay
The stone was rolled away
He rose
He rose!
He came into this world
He saw humanity
He heard the SOS
He met the enemy
The enemy was conquered
The enemy was conquered!

Virginia Tech - Evil in Our Midst

2007-04-19T05:55:00.000-04:00

This excellent article (below my signature) is a beginning of the answer as to "why?" about tragedies like the Columbine Shooting, 9-11 and also what happened at Virginia Tech.

Please be praying for all who lost family and friends as well as those who were traumatized by the violent incidents of that day earlier this week at Virginia Tech.

Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Bill

PS if you do not read all of this article please remember
what the conclusion of this following article states:

"God is.

Evil exists.

But a day is coming when God will still be and evil will be gone forever. God will have the final word, and when He does, the evil in our midst and the evil within us will be gone forever."

It came from Bible Lover Bill's files who is in my circle of Yahoo 360 friends and owns the Yahoo group Christianity_Basics_Source_१

--- In Christianity_Basics_Source_1@yahoogroups।com, "Bible lover Bill" wrote:

The Evil in Our Midst
(by Dr. Ray Pritchard)

Yesterday I was asked during a radio broadcast why bad things happen togood people.

I answered by saying that no one really knows the answer tothat question, that the best minds in history have grappled with the problem of evil, and that we can't draw a straight line from our knowledge to a troubled young man with two guns on Monday morning. To put the matter that way is not to say that there aren't answers. Perspectives might be a better word. The Bible offers many perspectives on God and evil that help us in times like these.
But inevitably we want more.
Not just, why did this happen? But why now? Why here?
Why did this person live and that person die?
Why didn't God stop it? Or why did He allow it?
We have a son who is a senior in college.
Like all parents, we worried about his safety and then stopped to think,
"It could have happened at his school."

One part of the Christian answer stresses that this world is not the way God created it!
Evil has invaded the world and taken it over. We know that intellectually and personally, and we experience it in a thousand ways every day. now and then horrendous evil, unspeakable violence, rips through the fabric of life and we stare it full in the face. That's what happened at Columbine eight years ago this Friday. That's what happened on 9/11. And that's what happened two days ago at Virginia Tech. Small-time evil we can understand and even live with. But this sort of thing numbs us and frightens us because we don't know what to do about it.

When Chuck Colson received the 1993 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, he spoke to an audience at the University of Chicago on "The Enduring Revolution." In describing the plight of modern society, he mentions four myths that define our time--
"the four horsemen of the present apocalypse."
The first myth is the goodness of man। This myth deludes people into thinking that they are always victims, villains; always deprived, never depraved. It dismisses responsibility as the teaching of a darker age. It can excuse any crime, because it can always blame something else -- a sickness of our society or a sickness of the mind.

Holocaust survivor Yehiel Dinur was a witness during the trial of Adolph Eichmann, the architect of the Nazi "final solution" during World War II. Eichmann presided over the slaughter of millions. "The court was hushed as a victim confronted a butcher."

Suddenly Dinur broke into uncontrollable sobs, and collapsed to the floor. When asked later to explain his actions, he said, "I was afraid about myself. I saw that I am capable to do this Exactly like he." The reporter who interviewed Dinur concluded that the most chilling fact about Adolph Eichmann was that he was normal.
"Eichmann is in all of us."

The line between us and Cho Seung Hui is thin indeed.

Another part of the Christian answer reminds us that evil is not just "out there" somewhere.
It is also "in here," inside all of us. In another generation there was an old-time radio show that began with the announcer intoning,
"Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of man? The Shadow knows."
The idea of evil lurking in the heart is as old as the human race. Jeremiah 17:9 reminds us that "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?"
We are all sick because of sin, and the disease is 100% fatal. Sin has infected every human heart. No one escapes it. Whenever I am quoting Romans 3:23 in a sermon, I like to ask the congregation if anyone knows the last phrase of verse 22. No one ever does--at least not without looking down at the Bible. But the last phrase of verse 22 is the key to verse 23. It says "for there is no difference." That explains the famous statement in verse 23,
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
We're all in the same boat. No matter who we are or where we come from, we're all sinners desperately in need of God's grace. No difference between rich and poor, young and old, black or white, male or female, no difference between any of us when it comes to sin. We all stand condemned by our sin and all of us are under the judgment of God. Our sins may not be exactly the same, but we are all sinners nonetheless.

While we are wondering about the evil "out there," we ought to also take a good look in the mirror. Apart from the grace of God, who knows what horrible things we might do?
Finally (and here we will leave the matter for the moment) the Bible assures us that evil is not eternal. A few days ago I heard someone say that God doesn't exist. He is. Existence is a category we create to explain our own appearance on planet Earth. We exist because God brought us into being. We are here by His permission and when our life has run its course, we will be gone. God is not like that. He does not "exist" as we do. God is. Now take that concept and apply it to the massacre on Monday. What happened was unspeakably evil, but it is not the last word. It is not even the last word this week as we have seen the students come together, and we have heard the stories of heroism as some died that others might live.
Evil did not win on Monday and it will not, it cannot, win in the end.

God is.

Evil exists.

But a day is coming when God will still be and evil will be gone forever. God will have the final word, and when He does, the evil in our midst and the evil within us will be gone forever.

You can reach my friend Bible Lover Bill who sent this article to me from his group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christianity_Basics_Source_1/

and at his Yahoo 360 page: http://360.yahoo.com/wls8ger

Find this article at: http://www.crosswalk.com/spirituallife/11538510/

Spring Snowstorm & Sin

2007-04-06T23:21:00.000-04:00

Ironically, after my post on Spring and how there was
"just a few small dirty snowbanks left to remind us that the temperatures are not quite warm yet" ,
we here in Maine got hit by a heavy "Spring Snow-storm".
It was one of the largest snow storms of this winter season, even though it was actually in the spring.

I once again remembered, that the scriptures tell us, that "though our sins are scarlet as blood, He (Jesus) washes us and makes us whiter(cleaner) then a new-fallen snow".
Isaiah 1:18 (my paraphrase)

WOW!
A new fallen snow makes everything look fresh and new.
Even the dead trees have a new though temporary beauty.
And once the sun comes;
out a field covered in a new snowfall
then sparkles like a field of nature's diamonds.
WOW. God cleanses us by Jesus blood and makes us as clean as the whitest thing in earth.

I cannnot think of anything whiter then snow, here on earth.
Clothing, animal furs, paint, the clouds.
Nothing else is so white that it sparkles in the sun.
Only snow.
And to think when our sins are as guilty blood,
Jesus (when we repent and trust in His Blood),
makes us as clean and as white as the new fallen snow.
That is the love and mercy of God.

Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Bill

PS Diamonds and jewelry sparkle in light but they are not the color white.
Diamonds are a symbol of perfection but that is another devotional.

Spring & Resurrection

2007-04-02T03:09:00.000-04:00

Spring
Spring is here!

Spring.
Spring is here!
Spring is just about here (temperature wise).
Meterologically speaking spring has been here for a lttle more then a week.
Most of the snow in our part of Maine is melted away though there are still a few small dirty piles of snow to remind us that it is not quite summer temperatures yet.

Speaking of spring-time, this Sunday was Palm Sunday and this coming Friday is Good Friday with Resurrection Sunday following.

So I would like you all to spend some time thinking about how wonderful God's love for us is, in that He came to earth in our form as Jesus Christ and died on the Cross for our sins, our wrong doings, for our evil doings.
What a wonderful God!
Of course to get ahold of God's forgiveness, we need to repent of our sins.

As a result of Jesus dying on the Cross for our sins;
Jesus has power to forgive us of our sins and to prove it to us,
He rose again from the dead and appered to many after his resurrection.
In fact in His final appearance 500 witnesses saw the ressurrected Jesus Christ ascend up into Heaven.

Leather Bible covers at less then $5

2007-03-24T21:03:00.000-04:00

At our Mazzulla's Market web-store under "Leather Accessories" on page 2; there are 3 Bible covers at tremendous bargain prices.!

Two of them are less then $5.00 each.

This link will take you to our Mazzulla's Market,
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At that point you will be on page 2 of our Leather Accessories. Then scroll down a little to see the Leather Bible Covers.

Note:
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Ezekiel Bible Study Blog

2007-01-02T04:13:00.000-05:00

I have started a blog to post a Bible Study on the book of Ezekiel.

Click here to go to Ezekiel Bible Study blog

President Bush and Bush Impersonator = Funny

2006-12-28T02:29:00.000-05:00

We can all use a laugh so here is something fun for a change.

CyberSalt's Fun links is on Pastor Tim's website: CyberSalt Communication
and also comes in Pastor Tim's Newsletter,
CyberSalt Digest.

This link I received through CyberSalt Digest
and it is a fun press conference where President Bush spoke sharing the podium (a second podium next to him) with a Bush impersonator.

Click here to go to the page to
see this humorous and fun video.

Christmas Devotional - December 24, 2006

2006-12-25T00:41:00.000-05:00

John chapter 1
1 In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Luke chapter 1
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
35 And the angel answered and said unto her,
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee
shall be called the Son of God.

John chapter 1
10 He was in the world,
and the world was made by him,
and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him,
to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but of God.

In John chapter 3 verse 7b
Jesus said; "......Ye must be born again."

May you all conceive Jesus in your life through the Holy Ghost.

Have a very Merry and Blessed Christmas!

Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Bill & Minister Rosemary

PS
Devotional may be republished in full with permission
and if linked to this site or to our site
Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Ministries

Note:
With permission is very important because some sites
I do not want my name associated with.
I am still trying to get my name off an immorral site
where I was quoted and named without my permission.

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2006-11-25T22:11:00.000-05:00

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DADDY'S EMPTY CHAIR

2006-11-10T00:22:00.000-05:00

(I received this from an internet friend in my e-mail)

A man's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows.

An empty chair sat beside his bed. The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit.

"I guess you were expecting me",
he said.

'No, who are you?"
said the father.

The minister told him his name and then remarked,
"I saw the empty chair and I figured you knew I was going to show up,"

"Oh yeah, the chair,"
said the bedridden man.

"Would you mind closing the door?"

Puzzled, the minister shut the door.
"I have never told anyone this, not even my daughter,"
said the man.

"But all of my life I have never known how to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it went right over my head. I abandoned any attempt at prayer,"
the old man continued,
"until one day four years ago, my best friend said to me,
"Johnny, prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus.
Here is what I suggest. "Sit down in a chair; place an empty chair in front of you, and in faith see Jesus on the chair. It's not spooky because he promised,
'I will be with you always'.
"Then just speak to him in the same way you're doing with me right now."
"So, I tried it and I've liked it so much that I do it a couple of hours every day.
I'm careful though If my daughter saw me talking to an empty chair,
she'd either have a nervous breakdown or send me off to the funny farm."

The minister was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old man to continue on the journey. Then he prayed with him, anointed him with oil, and returned to the church.

Two nights later the daughter called to tell the minister that her daddy had died that afternoon.

" Did he die in peace?" he asked.

"Yes, when I left the house about two o'clock, he called me over to his bedside, told me he loved me and kissed me on the cheek. When I got back from the store an hour later,
I found him dead.
But there was something strange about his death.

Apparently, just before Daddy died, he leaned over and rested his head on the chair beside the bed.

"What do you make of that?"

The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said,
"I wish we could all go like that."

Anonymous

2006-10-25T18:44:00.000-04:00

This has been circulating the internet but I think it is worth posting here.
Also, at the end I added my own note.

THE CAB RIDE

Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. When I arrived at 2:30 a.m. , the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once or twice, wait a minute, and then drive away.

But I had seen too many impoverished people who depended on taxis as their only means of transportation. Unless a situation smelled of danger, I always went to the door. This passenger might be someone who needs my assistance, I reasoned to myself.

So I walked to the door and knocked. "Just a minute", answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 80's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940s movie.

By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets.

There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.

"Would you carry my bag out to the car?" she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman.

She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It's nothing", I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated".

"Oh, you're such a good boy", she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?"

"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.

"Oh, I don't mind," she said. "I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice".

I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. "I don't have any family left," she continued. "The doctor says I don't have very long." I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.

"What route would you like me to take?" I asked.

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.

We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now"

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico.

Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her.

I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.

"How much do I owe you?" she asked, reaching into her purse.

"Nothing," I said

"You have to make a living," she answered. "There are other passengers," I responded. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly..

"You gave an old woman a little moment of joy," she said. "Thank you."

I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.

I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift?

What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?

On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life.

We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.

But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT 'YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID, ~BUT~THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

You won't get any big surprise in 10 days if you copy and send this to ten people. But, you might help make the world a little kinder and more compassionate by sending it on.

Thank you, my friend...

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance.

Anonymous.

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My own added note:

I would like to add that there are scriptures
about the joy of the Lord being our streength,
rejoicing in God, rejoicing in salvation that Jesus provided and praising God with a dance (of joy).

In Christ,
Pastor Bill

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2006-10-16T00:32:00.000-04:00

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"Cell Phone vs. Bible"

2006-09-26T05:07:00.000-04:00

"Cell Phone vs. Bible" was slightly modified by me for my blogs.
I am unaware of the original author but I discovered it when it was posted in FROGS'n'EAGLES, a Yahoo chat group for writers, those considering writing those who find themselves writing (like for blogs, newsletters & websites).
Though FROGS'n'EAGLES welcomes all writers it does have a Chritian perspective to it.
I joined because they believe (as I do) that the Holy Spirit is moving through the internet (through websites, blogs etc.).

Cell Phone vs. Bible

I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones?

• What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?

• What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?

• What if we flipped through it several times a day?

• What if we used it to receive messages?

• What if we treated it like we couldn’t live without it?

• What if we gave it to kids as gifts?

• What if we used it as we traveled?

• What if we used it in case of an emergency?

• This is something to make you go...hmmm...where is my Bible?

• Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cellphones, we don’t ever have to worry about our bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill!

Jesus had no servants yet.... had no army yet....

2006-09-19T08:45:00.000-04:00

An internet friend sent me this by IM.
It is worth sharing so here it is!

Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
Had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
Feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us.

A version with animated graphics
is in a past issue of our Newsletter
so to go to the issue that has them,
visit our Newsletters archives by clicking here.

HAVE A BLESSED HOLY WEEK!

Link Scout traffic program

2006-08-18T05:45:00.000-04:00

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Are you Politically Correct or a True Bible-Believing Christian?

2006-07-11T00:11:00.000-04:00

From one of my comments in my Yahoo 360 blog:

The true Bible-Beleveiing born-again Christian would not be politically correct.

The politically correct accept all kinds of abominations and sins as rights.
They accept murder of unborn children and call it choice.
They accept murder of the weak, sick, handicapped and elderly and call it "mercy killing".
They accept all kind of sexual abominations, like cross-dressing bi-sexuality, homosexuality, Lesbianism, and probably even bestiality and call it an "alternative life-style".
They encourage fornication and call it trying out a relationship amongst other labels.
They reject the teachings of the Bible and call their apostasy open-mindedness.

Many of them have lost all common sense.
They will give a dangerous violent religion like Islam more rights then us Christians if they had their way.
They give illegal immigrantss, law-breakers, criminals and murdeers more rights then the righteous law-abiding citizens.
Are you Politically Correct or a True Bible-Believing Christian?

Discliamer:
Now I realize there are good Conservatives
that might not be my definition of a true Christian.
God is their judge., a
I do not believe a person who is a Bible-Believing Christian could be true
to his/her faith Biblically speaking and agree with all of the Liberal agenda.
God is also their judge!

Ministry & Business Blog

Normalizing pedophilia? No Way!

Signs

Introduction to Pro-Life group

Perfect Traffic Storm

Rosemary's art & "Lease My Art"

One Lutino Cockatiel

Rosemary's Art Studio & Green Sunset

This post and the painting

"Green Sunset is from Rosemary's Art Studio.

Green Sunset (painting)

Wide World of Bird Blogging

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Resurrection Sunday Message

Pastor of:OLBC - Online Bible Churchhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/OLBC/

Founder of:Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Ministrieshttp://ezekiel37biblewatch.faithweb.com/E37BW Ministries And Friends (webring)http://www.webring.com/t/E37BW-Ministries-And-FriendsBargains Market & Affiliateshttp://www.geocities.com/bargainsmarket/index.htm

Part 1 Mark 4:35-41 - In the Boat, Out of the Boat, and a Ghost!

Looking for Sites to Join Our Webring, especially Gospel Music sites

Local Pet Shops & Safety

Revival

Cockatiels Starting at $60 (before discount)

Cheating, Modesty & The Big Deal about Sexual Purity

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Live Internet church services & partnership

Thanksgiving and Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving!

Obama won? Now What?

1 Timothy 2:1-3

'Twas the night before elections - Vote - 2008 -

Church Hid in the Weeds

Wash Day and a Spiritual week!

Thank You Jesus for Salvation!

Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Ministries

Mashable: Lists of my Social & Blog Sites

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Sunday Devotional from Geneva Bible Poem, Part 5

Introduction and First Devotional Thought From The Geneva Bible.

Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts (Family E-store)

The OC blog - The Our Cockaktiels Blog

Please visit our newest blog

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President's Day

"Gay Christian"? No!

Gay Christian"? No! Gay is not Christian and Christians are not homosexuals!

Google Ads promised to only put what is appropriate on my blog.A "Gay Christian" website is not appropriate for those of us who are Biblical Christians. I have sent a message to Google and now I am re-editing because it appears that Google Ads has now removed the "Gay Christian" link from my site.

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"Mistakes" & "Sin"; the difference is crucial

Christmas Kindness... Touched By an Angel?

Mazzulla's Market Shipping time

Balance in the Word of God

Grand opening Sales Ends November 11

Grand Opening Sales = Christian & Conservative Bargains Market

Mazzulla's Market = END OF SUMMER BLOWOUT!

Fred Thompson announces his presidential bid

My other blogs - New Entrys

Prospeity Gospel -Truth or Falsehood?

Pray for churches to hold to Bible Holiness

Ezekiel Prayer Warriors

God's Word

GodTube

Surf 4 Jesus

Widgets

Mazzulla's Market

New Look

Ezekiel Lesson 7

He Came, He Saw, He Conquered

Virginia Tech - Evil in Our Midst

Spring Snowstorm & Sin

Spring & Resurrection

Leather Bible covers at less then $5

Ezekiel Bible Study Blog

President Bush and Bush Impersonator = Funny

Christmas Devotional - December 24, 2006

Shop Early and save gas, time and Money

DADDY'S EMPTY CHAIR

Pastor of:
OLBC - Online Bible Church
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OLBC/

Founder of:
Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch Ministries
http://ezekiel37biblewatch.faithweb.com/
E37BW Ministries And Friends (webring)
http://www.webring.com/t/E37BW-Ministries-And-Friends
Bargains Market & Affiliates
http://www.geocities.com/bargainsmarket/index.htm

Google Ads promised to only put what is appropriate on my blog.
A "Gay Christian" website is not appropriate for those of us who are Biblical Christians. I have sent a message to Google and now I am re-editing because it appears that Google Ads has now removed the "Gay Christian" link from my site.