“And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make ye free”. – John 8:32 By Bobbie Dicking Hello Precious People of God, It is, as we measure time already August , 2025. As you might have read in the June post I was in a battle with the time robber, Satan. Nothing has changed/ There is still competition for my time, but I am wiser. Meetings, responsibilities, social obligations, with not much time for rest; and This month I celebrated two birthdays, planned my church’s Senior Annual Day. Spent a couple of days in the hospital from hell. ( No that was last month) Believe me no one feels the pinch of time more than someone my age. really and I am just now writing my contribution for July. There is so much to do and so little time to do it. We each get the same amount of time
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THE PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLE
By Bobbie Dicking “For unto us a child is born; unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace”. (Isaiah 9:6 KJV) My apologies to anyone to whom it matters for not getting this Newsletter out in June. For the past 2 months I have been in the thick of battle with the world, the flesh, and the devil. My attention has been divided between these resources of the enemy and I was gathering data on the continued faithfulness of The Lord. Isaiah 9:6 reminds us that God has gifted us with knowledge of The Everlasting Father, and the Counselor as well as the Prince of Peace. I don’t know how that translates to others, but that sounds like God, The Father, God, The son, and God,The
THE DIFFICULTY OF FORGIVENESS
Matthew 6:9-15 By Bobbie Dicking 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Hello Precious People of God, May is half gone and we have another round of holidays to demand our attention. Mother’s Day ,May Day, Cinco de Mayo and Memorial Day is fast approaching. Mothers were honor throughout the land (or not) and many of our churches were filled with visitors and special tribute events.
HE WAS LIFTED UP
By Bobbie Dicking John 12:28-32 28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. Hello, Hello, Hello Dear Precious People of God (even enemies) April has been an exciting month for me. I have been to the emergency room twice. I have been hospitalized for almost two days. I went in at 3am Thursday April 18, and got out on Saturday, afternoon April 19. Briefly stated, it was a horror story…BUT GOD. I
THE TWO MARCH CELEBRATIONS
2 Kings 22:14-15 13 “Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.” 14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter. 15 She said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me, Hello Precious People of God, I am amazed at the speed with which the days pass now. We are almost in the third week of March 2025.