bfletch7441 Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Re: A Christain Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies You're right Ex, the inconsistency is probably the one thing that most of us are guilty of. I know I am, but it's hard. We get so caught up in our daily lives and focus so hard on things of this world that the eternal things start to slip away from our consciousness. That's why it is so important that we pray for each other! Pray for our brothers and sisters that may have strayed from the path, that God will continue to work in their lives and they will see his light again. So please, say a daily prayer for me, and I promise, I'll do the same for you. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Re: A Christain Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies I too have been struggeling lately. I'm still having problems from my deployment and could use prayers! Sometimes I feel that I can't talk to God because I'm so "screwed up" and then I find things like this post to help me realize that I'm loved no matter what! Thank you all for helping me keep reading God's great word!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exturkinator Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Re: A Christain Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies [ QUOTE ] I too have been struggeling lately. I'm still having problems from my deployment and could use prayers! Sometimes I feel that I can't talk to God because I'm so "screwed up" and then I find things like this post to help me realize that I'm loved no matter what! Thank you all for helping me keep reading God's great word!!!!! [/ QUOTE ] Hey Mike - I can guarentee you that we can never get too messed up to talk to God - the Bible is filled with "messed up" people whom God loved and cared for and ultimately used to further his kingdom. That's one of the beautiful things about the Gospel - if you're breathing and have a pulse God has time for you and is interested in you. I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling with your deployment - I'll say some prayers for resolution... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigPaws Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies AMEN !! and Welcome to the BEST side of Life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TnLadyhunter Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies I have to say I am so blessed to see this post and hope it keeps going! I wrote a article that is on Womenhunters and tnhunting under my name, It is called Hunting Helps the Spirit, and it is about how I feel hunting can bring you closer to GOD. I have to say that John 3:16 is my favorite verse. Most christians can quote it but in case someone hasn't heard it.... For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son , that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,but have everlasting life. I also love the 23rd Psalms, it says it all. If you believe in Christ with faith the size of a mustard seed you can walk through anything! Even death, have you ever seen a mustard seed, HELLO quite itty bitty! Well thats all it takes to feel like you can walk through anything with God. Well I had to have that faith, around two years ago my dad was diagnosed with RenalCell Cancer, it is one of the strongest fastest moving cancers there is. It ranks right up there with Melanoma. I of course cried alot, I went through a couple of panic attacks, etc. I was really struggling and then one day my doctor asked me while checking me out, Honey, where is your faith. Knowing I was a christian and she was also I was almost ashamed, she was right. I had prayed alot, and begged, but never really believed. I just wrote off since his mother passed from it before I was born it was a cylce. But when I got home I not only prayed God would heal my father, I believed it! Soon he got in a clinical trial that opened up for people who were stage four. He joined and to make a long story short, God is healing my father. The doctors don't know what to think! Out of all the people in his clinical trial he is the only one still on the maximum dose. His cancer has shrunk to the point they can only messure one spot out of the four he had and it is very small and stable. He works everyday and then works on the farm when he gets home. After I trusted I haven't had a panic attack, we found I was allergic to caffein and the stress was combining with that to create the nervous attacks. Now if I have something that worries me I give it to God. Sometimes it is VERY hard to do, but after you do it you feel free. Just believe and HAVE FAITH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies Great post Rachel and a good testimony also. Welcome to the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfletch7441 Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies That's great to hear! True faith is much to hard to find these day's, I sure am glad you have it. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldBuckhunter Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies Havn't been on forum for a while but great to read my christian brothers and sisters posts. Tnladyhunter, a word on faith, believe it in your heart and speak it out. Your words are very powerful against the enemy when you proclaim it by saying it. Also a miracle at church. A person who was in a coma for 3 months, and who the doctors said their brain was mush, walked in into his prayer group fully recovered. Doctors oviously didn't count on the GREAT PHYSICIAN. Praise GOD!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TnLadyhunter Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies Thank you and my faith is keeping my chin up, I try to tell everyone how God is healing my dad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikekiller Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies Well guys and gals I have something that i would like to share. As you may know if you read my post in the lounge i had a accident and now my hunting season is pretty well shot...and i don't mind telling you that i was pretty bummed about it to the point that i was getting bitter...this will be the first opening day of firearms season that i have missed in 30 years but this morning while doing my devotions i really felt God telling me that this is all in his plans...i don't know why this happened but i know that my life is in His hands and if he doesnt want me hunting this year then i have no choice to surrender to his will. There are so many more important things to concerned about right now...we all have unsaved loved ones and friends...there are people that have loved ones sick like Tnladyhunter...my heart goes out to her and other people like her that are facing these things and i hope God comforts them all. It looks like i will have a full recovery...but there are so many people who isn't that fortunate Sometimes God has to put you on your back to get you to look up...and i for one want to be open to what he has for me. I teach my Sunday school classes that God is in control of everything....What kind of example would i be if i let this fester to a point that i become bitter and discouraged...I'll tell a poor one!! I don't know if any of this makes any sense to anyone else but i really am thankful that God doesn't give up on us and that he through the Holy Spirit continually finds ways to minister to us. May God richly bless you all John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest magnatechunter Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies here is some thing to think about. if we can command the enemy to flee, why do we allow him to affect us when we say i'm getting sick or i'm catching cold, or even telling some one to take care. look it up in the dictionary. definition 1 burden of thought; worry. very interresting. we actually tell people to worry when we say take care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preacherman Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies John.........thanks for your honesty about your accident and how God has worked through your life with it. I feel like the I am in the same boat, with getting hurt right when deer season was kicking in high gear. Broke my leg this past Saturday and then had surgery on Sunday morning and had a two day stay in the hospital. It has been hard with the fact of knowing that season is over.........but I know that God has bigger plans for my life through this..........it is just figuring them out that is the hard part. If you guys don't mind.........please continue to keep me in your prayers. I have had a very hard couple of days since getting home. It is going to be a long recovery process as well. Thanks in advance for everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TnLadyhunter Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies I would like to request prayer for a couple of local churches that are struggling. keep us in your prayers! God Bless all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ken35 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies Thanks guys for all the Devotions and Studies it has made my day. I want to share this with everyone the best Christmas present a father could get. MY daughter was saved by the GRACE OF THE GOOD LORD during our Sunday morning service yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex30808 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies AMEN my dear brother...my eyes are filling and my spirit is leaping!!! All Heaven rejoices with you and I am glad to know that even though I dont know you personaly that you and your daughter are my Brother and Sister!!! I have met many great folks on this forum and am glad to say that not once have I been shot down for professing my faith. Spike Killer, You are very true in saying that...God does have to put us on our back to make us look up at times....but the thing is that when we are at our lowest low...Jesus is always there dusting us off and giving us a hand to get back up on our feet. I've been there....Thank you Jesus!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies I'd like to ask my brothers and sisters to please pray for my buddy Ken Wilson. As many of you know, he has MS. His MS is what they call, "Progressive MS". Progressive MS is kinda weird, because you just never know when or if it will progress to the next stage. A few years ago, he got the flu and his MS progressed because his body was weak. After the illness was over, he was still left with the new stages of progression. Well, he was house-sitting for a friend of his Dad's, and yesterday he called me to please come and let the dogs out in the morning, because he couldn't move or get out of bed. He's come down with the cold or the flu again and it has literally knocked him off his feet. I went over early this morning and took care of the dogs, and then drove him to the hospital to get looked at. The doc said he didn't have a fever, so that was good, because it mean't he didn't think he has the flu. He does have a cold however, and we're not sure how his MS will react to his weakened system. I drove him back home and provided lunch and supper for him, but I'm worried about him. Please keep him in prayer. He's single, and lives alone, so he has no-one close by accept his Dad and I who are 15 to 20 minutes away. I'm just really concerned that the MS is going to progress again and leave him in a permanent worse state than he was 3 days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christsavedme Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies Buckee....I know that a little time has passed since you posted but just wanted you to know that I will be praying for Ken. May God bless him through all that he is facing! Keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies WOW! There is so much to catch up on in here! My prayers go out o you and your friend Buckee! I pray he is improving rapidly rather than sinking slowly. I have a prayer request/Praise all rolled into one... I just finished submitting my application to begin my Doctorate in Psychology next fall. I firmly believe that God has already told me I will get into the program but would love the extra prayer from you guys out there. The school has a fast turn arround and should let me know the final admissions decisions on March 15th. Thanks for the prayers and God bless you all! now I gotta read some more..man I am behind LOL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies Thanks guys and you have prayer reloader. Ken is OK now. It turned out to be just a common cold and not a virus infection. It's those dang viruses that can really send him for a loop, as far as the MS progression goes. Might want to say a prayer for too_pointer too guys. He has MS also (not sure if it's progressive or not) and he has pneumonia right now also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christsavedme Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies prayers are on the way for you Reloader and for too_pointer as well. I guess I kindof have one aswell. Since the baby was born last May we have been looking for ways to cut some of our payments/debt. Well we decided that it would be best if I gave my wife my Xterra and we sold her Jeep Liberty and then buy me something cheaper. Well we ended up finding a Jeep Wrangler for a good price and buying it thinking the Liberty would sell pretty quick. Well here we are 4 months later and we now have 3 car notes. I have only gotten 3 calls on the Liberty in the last 4 months. We are getting to the point of real urgency and really need to get rid of the Liberty. I know that all things will happen in His time and that He is teaching us something through all of this, but it sure doesn't make it any easier. Just pray that a buyer would come soon. Once we get rid of the Liberty things will just be alot easier! Thanks in advance, Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies hey guys, i havent been in here in a while. i should be more often and i will be. but anyways. i just got dont with my first semester of college and everyone said college is fun but it wasnt. i am a shy person and i didnt make too many friends over the first semester. i stayed in my room most of the day and watched tv. it doesnt help that my girlfriend is back home in highschool and im always missin her and my family. but anyways alot of things happend over crhistmas break. first of all my grandmother passed away on the 30th and once that happend i realized that i never talked to her about the lord like i should have. well my dad reassured me the other day that she told him she was a christian and she was goin to heaven and that was a big relief for me. i just wished i would have talked to her about god. then about a week before christmas break my girlfriend and i talked about the lord. i finally got up the courage. she is catholic and i am baptist and she always comes to church with me. well we talked about bein unequally yoked and such and you know how girls are. she took it in the way that i was sayin that we souldnt be together. well at the time we were goin through some tough times and i asked her if she wanted me to pray with her. she finally agreed and then she asked why i prayed like i did. and as you all know catholics pray different from baptists and i didnt really have an answer for her. but that situation ended and she finally forgot about it. but then on my way back to school after break i find out that she has been cheatin on my. she finally admitted it on wednesday(2 days after i found out). come to find out she has kissed 3 guys(other than me) since i started school. well of course it tore me up pretty bad and the same with her but for some reason i gave her a second chance. then after we got back together she told me that when we broke up for 2 days she prayed non-stop that the lord would put me back in her life. i was very proud of her to say the least. we are still stugglin with the whole ordeal but hopefully we can get through it. but back to the college situation. there is a christian organization here at school and they have a worship service on thursday nights. of course i was always to shy to go and no matter how much my mom bugged me to go i would always make up an excuse to not go. well i finally went the week school started back up and it was really awkward at first but i had fun and im goin back this thursday. i also joined a small groups bible study last night and ther is about 6 guys in it. come to find out that most of them are just as crazy about huntin and fishin as i am and they want to get out and do stuff outdoors for bible study. so i am really excited and in just one week i made more friends than i did all last semester and best of all. they are men of god and i cant wait to hang out with them. all i have to say is that god is good and he always provides. i have alot of things to work on between me and the lord so keep me in your prayers please. hopefully i will be one of the regulars on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeWalker Posted March 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies Guys, i think as I play catch up in this thread I am realizing that I have let some of you down......I haven't been in here near enough lately. This is a great place for lifting ourselves up and basking in God's glory......we all see the evidence of his grace daily, and we can reflect on it here as we read eachother's postings..... I myself have been struggling on many fronts lately, and have been a bit to prideful to come to grips with it, let alone discuss them with others......I'm a little hard headed that way, thinking I can carry the load myself.....must be the Norsky blood in me.... Well bare with me as I become a little transparent to you all.....between financial hardhips, the struggle to stay away from even one beer, and the disobedience of God's convictions on my heart have really been tearing me down lately.........I know this is God's plan, that I have to hit some kind of rock bottom before I can fully give my heart to Jesus......I mean I know I've been saved, but there is something in my inner workings that can't seem to let go......I've kneeled at the alter many times, pouring out my heart and tears.....begging to be washed in the spirit....but something inside me is still holding on to the past.....or something.....i don't know what it is......and I've prayed to know what it is, but I guess I maybe have not prayed enough.......and before you ask, no I have not fasted over it......probably answered my own question right there...... I mean, it always seems with me, things have got to be done the hard way.....I've witnessed others give their heart to Christ and are born again right there, washed in the blood of the holy spirit......seemingly no effort at all......now don't get me wrong, i don't envy those folks, but I wish it would be that easy for me........but I know the hard work will lead to a very worthy end........somebody planted a seed an aweful long time ago, and I think it's time I start seeing the seed through to the harvest........... Thanks for hearing me out guys.........God bless you all.......Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christsavedme Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies Clay, God bless brother. I know what you mean about how hard it is at times. I know, I have been there. I still struggle on a day to day basis with my sin nature and I now know that is just part of it. I know that I must truly pick up my cross daily and lay everything at the feet of our Almighty Father daily in order to make it. My pray for you is that with each passing day it is easier and easier for you to turn away, and that you will feel the power of the Holy Spirit riding on your shoulders as you go through your day! May God bless you and keep you brother. In His Grip, Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: A Christian Hunter\'s Devotions and Studies Romans 8:1-8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you [2] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 An update on my way previous post asking for encuragement... Hey guys, I was thinking the other day and remembered I had posted here several years ago about a problem I had with my former employer and a report to the Licensure Board...I've quoted part of it here...but it is time for an update... in March of 04 I logged nearly 25% more client hours than full load and suddenly couldn't keep up with my paperwork requirements. I began letting any paperwork not specifically reviewed by my supervisor slide by. After a few months of this I went to my supervisor for help and was told to just keep working and I would figure it out. I did get better but was still not keeping my head above the paper line. I finally got the hang of it all in November of 04 and began to catch up. Shortly after this my supervisor’s supervisor decided to audit all the charts in my office. When my supervisor began finding all the problems she immediately told everyone I was hiding them from her since she should have been checking all my paperwork the entire time. The company gave me 2 months to catch up or else. Of course at that point I began to get sick from the stress and my body began to literally fall apart. I got an ulcer in my throat and blew out an eardrum from an undiagnosed ear infection. I was making significant progress but was not on target for the 2 month deadline due to the sickness and the fact that my current case load continued at its normal pace including a flood of post holiday convictions and therefore referrals. 2 weeks before the deadline, on Feb 16 2005, I was called into a VP's office and informed that my employment was terminated immediately and I was to turn in my keys and clear out my office. They gave me no opportunity to stay on even long enough to clear my caseload and complete the paperwork. They further informed me that they would be sending a letter to the Mental Health Licensure Board complaining that I had refused to complete required documentation during my employment. I was crushed, however, my ulcer that had not responded to treatment healed within 3 days and despite the stress of having no job I began to inexplicably feel better than ever. During my first weeks of unemployment I found this site while looking for hunting stories to pass the time. The people on this site did a lot to encourage me just by being the crazy and wonderful people they are. At the same time, I was praying about this whole situation and God gave me a verse from Psalms 37:5-7(NLT) “Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him and he will help you. He will make your innocence as clear as the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. Be still in the presence of the Lord and wait patiently for him to act.” Well that investigation process took 2 years...however in February this year I got a letter from the state of Nebraska, where I had lived at the time of the incident. The letter stated that the state had decided to settle the matter with a letter of agreement, basicaly it is a contract you sign stating what the alegations were and what you have agreed to abide by in the future, as close to a dismissal as they get basicaly. The Letter of agreement does not attempt to claim they found fault, it simply lists the alegation as just that, an alegation, then quotes the state code pertaining to it and a statement that I will follow those codes in the future. As a member of several profesional organizations, I am required to submit anything of that sort to the profesional organizations ethics commitee for review. That review commitee sent me a letter that spoke directly to the verse God gave me 2 years ago. Here is a quote from that letter: "I have thoroughly reviewed the information you have provided, and find that you have acted in compliance with [professional agency] reporting requirements. Aditionaly...it appears that they[the Nebraska Attorney General's Office] are requesting you to merely report any loss of employment in the future. That being the case, I am not going to initiate an [agency] investigation into this matter and am considering it closed." The letter goes on to thank me for my honesty and professionalism in dealing with the situation. As it turns out, the portion of the complaint regarding the paperwork was apparently found ungrounded. Likely due to the fact that the company reported I refused to complete the paperwork when in reality they fired me with 5 minutes notice and refused to allow me to finish it. The only thing listed in the Assurance as a possible code violation was the technicality that I was unaware I should have reported my loss of employment. God is faithful and true to his word, my record is unblemished and I am now working doing mobile crisis work for the state of Virginia. As a side note, I need some documentation from that former employer and called them about 2 months after recieving that letter. The entire division I worked in has been "restructured" and there is not one single clinical person still in it that was there when the events occured to start this thing...think maybe the investigation turned over a few rotten logs??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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