Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs

My dad is still good friends with his dad (my grandfather), and I am really good friends with both of them! Hopefully, this will eliminate two-thirds of the life mistakes that I would have otherwise made, going through life by trial and error!

Most fathers want their sons to learn the hard life lessons they did! Yet the question is not whether or not they should learn the lessons, but how. It is always far more efficient to learn life lessons from our leader's mistakes!

Fathers, share not only your successes but your failures! Share the lessons you have learned from mistakes with your sons and young men you are fathering!

Proverbs 11:2 (NIV): "When pride comes then comes disgrace but with the humble is wisdom."

Blessings,
Zadok Johnson, Missionary and BSC Course Instructor
Photo: Zadok with his parents, Evangeline and Howard Johnson

The BUILDING MEN DEVOTIONAL is a seven-part, biblical encouragement for fathers! Look forward to tomorrow's post!
Check out our FATHER-SON TRAINING CAMP:
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If we truly want our young men to impact the world around us, we must accurately hand-load the cartridge of their lives.

Rifle bullets make a great example! Bullets must be tightly fitted into a shell casing which is loaded full of explosive propellant and then chambered into an accurate barrel. When the firing pin strikes, the primer explodes which forcefully ignites the powder and squeezes the bullet through the barrels of twisted rifling. Out comes 3,500 foot-pounds of energy which spins it accurately, far beyond the speed of sound.

In the same way, fathers, you are the cartridge that will launch your young men far into the future! To have an accurate impact, it takes long range calculations, the correct windage adjustment, and lots of gun powder— all placed within a well-fitted, firearm chamber!

How can we do this?

THE WORD OF GOD IS THE GUN POWDER BEHIND OUR LIVES!

Unfortunately, many young men's life cartridge is powderless! The firearm chamber is you, fathers. If you stay well-oiled, you will accurately launch bullets (young men) that will end up shaping history for God's kingdom IMPACT!

The firing pin that ignites your sons’ lives, is God's voice! We must train our young men to respond towards God's fiery, life ignition! A tightly fitted life chambering only comes through healthy Dad-Son friendship! If a bullet doesn't fit in its chamber, everything becomes dangerously inaccurate!

Let's meticulously hand-load every grain of GOD'S WORD into the lives of those around us!

Blessings,
Zadok Johnson, Missionary and BSC Course Instructor

The BUILDING MEN DEVOTIONAL is a seven-part, biblical encouragement for fathers! Look forward to tomorrow's post!
Check out our FATHER-SON TRAINING CAMP:
https://www.bsccourse.com/trainingcourses
www.BSCcourse.com

I'm the oldest of six brothers (and four sisters), and currently work full-time running a young men's wilderness missionary, training camp where we focus on what it means to be a man of God with integrity, faith, and kingdom vision.

Over the years of mentoring boys and young men I noticed a shocking reality— there is a direct correlation between the performance of young men and the relationship they have with their fathers.

There are a lot of grown men who have never been best friends with their fathers. I probably could count on my hands the number of men I know that actually have good friendships with their dads.

I find it interesting that each of the men who have a strong friendship with their dad have something in common. THEY ARE A SUCCESS! They all have good families, good marriages, good jobs, and a great God!

I call them the “ONE PERCENTERS” because "Dad-friendship" is far rarer than most would ever realize. And yet God designed men to be primarily mentored and life coached BY THEIR DADS!

We see this truth all throughout the Scriptures. For example, when God calls families in the Old Testament, He calls them by their father's names such as 1 Chronicles 12:32 (NLT): "The sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do!"

Issachar, as a father, left a legacy for his sons well beyond providing for them.

HE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO LIFE!

Father, share your life with the up and coming generation of godly young men.

Blessings,

Zadok Johnson

The BUILDING MEN is a seven-part, biblical encouragement for fathers! Look forward to tomorrow's post!

Check out the coming FATHER-SON TRAINING CAMP:
https://www.bsccourse.com/father-son-camp

I voted for the protection of our borders. I voted for marriage between male and female. I voted for protecting Israel.

I voted against lies, the swamp, fake news, and the takedown of our nation with extreme socialism.

Don't forget to vote and encourage everyone you know.

~ Colin Campbell

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2 Lo! the hosts of evil round us
Scorn the Christ, assail his ways!
From the fears that long have bound us
Free our hearts to faith and praise.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage
For the living of these days,
For the living of these days.

3 Cure Thy children's warring madness;
Bend our pride to Thy control;
Shame our wanton, selfish gladness,
Rich in things and poor in soul.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
Lest we miss Thy kingdom's goal,
Lest we miss Thy kingdom's goal.

4 Set our feet on lofty places
Gird our lives that they may be,
Armored with all Christ-like graces,
In the fight to set men free.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
That we fail not man nor Thee,
That we fail not man nor Thee.

5 Save us from weak resignation
To the evils we deplore;
Let the gift of Thy salvation
Be our glory evermore.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
Serving Thee whom we adore,
Serving Thee whom we adore.

~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

Without a doubt God is calling America to RETURN and to PRAY FERVENTLY as never before.

Unfortunately, we were not able to attend the March for Prayer lead by Franklin Graham, nor THE RETURN led by Jonathan Cahn in Washington DC last Saturday. However, we listened online. Both gatherings drew many thousands of people and for this we greatly rejoice. People traveled to the events from all over America because they believe it is high time to publicly stand up for righteousness and let it be known that we will pledge ourselves to pray for America to return to God from whom we have gone astray.

There are those who teach that there is no need to preach repentance—to turn from sin and come back to God because they say the amazing grace of God has already covered ours ins.

The word “repent” is used seven times in the book of Revelation: 2:5 2x; 2:16; 2:21; 2:22; 3:3; and 3:19. Each time Jesus Christ Himself urges and calls the church to repent,

The question is that if grace had already covered all their sins at the cross, why would Jesus Christ, after His ascension to the Father’s right hand, call these churches to repentance? This mandate from Jesus to repent does not nullify His amazing grace. Rather, it affirms it.

God provided at the cross the amazing grace of forgiveness for sins that are past and in order for us to receive that forgiveness, God gives godly sorrow that enables us to repent (turn away) from our sins and turn back to Him.

In dealing with present and future sins in the Christian life, we go to 1 John 2:1, 2: “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; And he is the propitiation (mercy seat) for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”

Godly sorrow and repentance from sin is not only for sins of the past, but also for sins of the present and future. I am sure that God does not want us to be cringing and groveling over our daily sins and failures to the point we lose sight of the victory that He has given us over the power of sin.

How can we worship and sing the songs of the redeemed if we are constantly taken up with the guilt of our sins? No, God is calling us to greatly rejoice in the salvation He has so graciously given us.

It is possible to have grief over “the sins that easily trip us up” (Hebrews 12:1) and at the same time greatly rejoice in the cleansing and forgiveness through the precious blood of Jesus—the spotless blood of Jesus that was shed for all ours sins, past, present, and future.

Just as Christ wants us to take up our cross daily and follow Him, we should always be a returning, joyful, and singing people according to Isaiah 51:11: “Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.”

This Scripture encourages us to rejoice with trembling. Psalm 2:11 says: “Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.” The NET translation says “Serve the LORD with fear! Repent in terror!”

We should not be worshipping, praising, and putting on a show while we are knowingly walking in sin. This is why we must examine ourselves before we partake of the bread and wine.

To be continued.

Be encouraged.

Colin Campbell

He has blatantly stated: “Let us reaffirm a fundamental truth; all children, born and unborn, are made in the holy image of God.”

Now that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away, Donald Trump must appoint another judge to the Supreme Court. We can be certain it will be a very pro-life appointee. This is one of the reasons all Christians (evangelical or otherwise) must get out and vote for Donald Trump.

This country is dripping with the innocent blood of the murder of innocent lives who are created in the image of God in the secret place of the womb. They deserve the right to live, to be born again and filled with the Holy Spirit, to serve the One and only true God, and to enjoy the glories of eternity forever.

NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE!

Every conceived baby in the world should have the right to be born, not just once, but twice. John 3:3: says: “Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

How can the evangelical message of Jesus Christ go out to this very needy world if we murder these God-given lives before they are born? There cannot be a second spiritual birth if there is not a natural birth first!

There can be no evangelists to preach the gospel of Jesus’ saving grace if some mother does not give birth to them. We cannot help ask ourselves the question: how many evangelists, prophets, pastors, teacher, apostles, and godly people have had their lives cruelly destroyed in their mother’s wombs?

We must use this voting privilege to put an end to this maniacal killing of God’s creation in the womb. How dare we not?

Moses would never had lived had his mother not fought for his life. Jesus Christ would have been killed by Herod had not Joseph fled with Mary and the newborn baby to Egypt.

Make no mistake about it This election is not just about abortion It is ALL about abortion.

Be encouraged to vote,

Colin Campbell

Donald Trump has pledged to defund Planned Parenthood if he is elected. This should cause all God-fearing men and women to vote for him. We have a responsibility to halt the murder of thousands of babies in the womb.

https://www.breitbart.com/…/donald-trump-pledges-defund-pl…/

He is against abortion. President Donald Trump has pledged that if he is elected in November, he will DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD. That should cause every God-fearing person to vote for him to save the murder of thousands of babies in the womb.

He is not ashamed o speak the name of Jesus and make mention of God more than all other presidents before him. He makes no apologies about his belief in the need for God’s help in America.

This president has done far more for all the minority groups than all other presidents before him.
I believe we should not only pray, but we should vote for him to win in a BIG WAY.

Why has the mainstream media so strongly opposed President Trump? He has been under relentless attack ever since he gained the office of president. The reason is that he stands in the way of a one world satanically inspired government. Donald Trump is a true believer in the United States of America, the country that much of the world wants to come to.

This land is the last bastion of liberty and justice for all.

Do not listen to the lies of the media and agitating groups that are supposed to be quietly protesting and yet say nothing against the looting, stealing, burning, killing, and wounding of innocent people, and hateful anarchy. But if just one of their own is killed they will raise all hell.

However, words and speeches cannot push back the forces of hell. We must GO TO OUR KNEES in heart-felt prayer so the forces of Heaven will come to our aid and blow out the tyres of the extreme left socialistic agenda.

We all know 2 Chronicles 7:14, but will we do it?
“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.”

Our prayers have the power to heal our land.

LET’S ALL PRAY.

Be encouraged,

Colin Campbell

There has probably never been a more important time for God’s people to pray and intercede for the needs of our nation, especially as we face this coming election. I can’t help but wonder if the church in general realizes just how this election will dramatically affect the course and destiny of not only our nation, but the world.

Fathers and mothers, if you really love this country, will you please gather your family around you as much as possible and call upon the Lord in payer and make intercession for this great country?

You could do this at the breakfast table or at the end of your evening meal. Preferably at both times. Check out this link: http://aboverubies.org/morning-evening-principle

Social Justice is just another word for social upheaval, lawlessness, and anarchy. There is no justice in the movement called Social Justice. It is a nice term to camouflage the wolf in sheep’s clothing. It is an anti-Christ movement.

Just look at all the countries that have adopted this so-called social justice revolution in their march towards a communist takeover where the government owns everything, and the people own nothing. We see this in China, North Korea an several South American countries.

Finally, after years of oppression, Germany saw the light and rejected communism. The Soviet Union collapsed. All the countries under communistic dictatorship lost all their freedoms and almost all churches were closed. Those that remained were compelled to honor and praise communism instead of God. Pastors were imprisoned and tortured.

We see the beginning of this on the West Coast where the leftist socialist agenda is using COVID 19 to stop people evening singing in church and social distancing makes it difficult to seat the crowds who want to worship God.

There is no doubt about it that the Democrat party has surrendered to the extreme left wing of their party and should they win this election, we will live in a different America than we have ever experienced. Christian persecution will begin in full swing.

More tomorrow.

Be encouraged to pray.

Colin Campbell