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Hello my name is Jerral Campfield and this web site is dedicated to Moral Recognition Therapy using Biblical principles. Please come back often to join me in understanding Gods hands are outstretched still to forgive. |
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Friday, 17 August 2007 |
Leaving a Legacy
What a thrilling week for Ginny and I as our boys along with their families took us to Beechwood, where they helped us celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. We were married October 12, 1997 in Wapato, WA. This seemed to be the best time most of our family could be present as Dale and Cathi came from Cincinnati Ohio with Cazi, Linzi and Max. Brian and Gayleen live here in Yakima with there family Nick and Megan. Rick and Julie came from Vancouver, WA with there two girls, Brittney and Brooklyn. BreAnna is in Los Angeles CA going to a trade school, it was impossible for here to be with us, we had 9 out of 10, of our grandkids. Mike and Monica drove from Lynden with Brysen and Derek. Mike was the coordinator where we gathered, for he with his cousins where able to go with there mothers & Grandmother many times during the summer, it held a lot of memories for all of us. To see them beginning to up date the facilities, made me realize we to are updating our lives daily, as we address all the areas that need to be repaired on a daily bases in our lives. It was interesting to see what we as a family are going through, for there is not a family that is not going through some difficult times. But, thank the Lord we have faith and hope in God that His grace is going to be sufficient, to take us through our problems and not over take us. As I went up to the gazebo and looked across the Pacific Ocean in my morning devotion the thought of legacy took my mind into the wide open space of our world and all it’s beauty. The ocean was bright and rang forth with a noise of praise that bellowed at me; God is good, and His mercy endures forever. The cry of my heart was rushing back and forth from the past to the present on to the future. The past was the legacy my parents left with Ellis, Lowell and Anna Lee and I growing up in a Christian home. Psalms 127: 4-5 Came to my mind; Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of ones youth. How blessed is the man that has his quiver full of them. Ellis, Lowell, Anna Lee, and I were arrows in our parents quiver, we were all designed to be different, in size, length, abilities and talents. Like arrows we were designed to hit the mark, not staying in the quiver. Each of us learned to fly on our own as we were released from the strings of our parents. Our Parents did as good a job as they could in sharpening us and forming us into the image of God. That is the reason they took us to Church as often as possible, for they understood the power of their parents legacy which goes back to 1010, now that is a legacy, I hope we will never forget. |
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Enrichment from Pew to Ministry Part 19 |
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Friday, 03 August 2007 |
What a disaster as we saw the bridge collapse in Saint Paul and Minneapolis killing 6 which is a miracle, when 160 cars plunged into the river. The bridge was obsolete and the worst in the State. Since this happen we are now looking at all bridges in America, plus the world is looking at its bridges. In WA State we have 7,600 bridges and 1,646 of them are obsolete. We never gave this a thought last week but now we are in a state of shock and fear. Lord help us to make sure we see trouble before we are hurt. Our weather is the worst in history with over 19 million fleeing Bangladesh. Seeing the house market drop and the Stock market taking a tumble, makes one wonder what is going to happen next. Thank the Lord He is still in control if we let Him. Let get back to Roman 16:21 (NKJV) Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you. Note Paul’s attention is now bought back to the now and he is not noted for forgetting those who work with him. He was very quick to thank people for their work along side him. Notice he calls Timothy not by fellow slave, nor my brother, but fellow worker. Some one that he was not over but some one by his side, as a co-labor. Matthew Henry Unabridged says; “Lucius, probably Lucius of Cyrene, a noted man in the church of Antioch (Acts 13:1), as Jason was at Thessalonica, where he suffered for entertaining Paul (Acts 17:5, 6): and Sosipater, supposed to be the same with Sopater of Berea, mentioned Acts 20:4. These Paul calls his kinsmen; not only more largely, as they were Jews, but as they were in blood or affinity nearly allied to him. It seems, Paul was of a good family that he met with so many of his kindred in several places. It is a very great comfort to see the holiness and usefulness of our kindred.” I trust as a person I am quick to acknowledge those that are by my side working in the same field I am working in. God wants us to know we are all important, no one should say, they are not needed. It is kind of like saying we do not need the arm or legs and yet can get along just fine. We need all the parts of the body working together in order to accomplish what God has promised. Romans 16:22 (NKJV) I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord. This gives some insight into the importance of those who help Paul write out his messages. Paul many times had scribes to help him in making sure what he said was written down correctly an such was Tertius. Remember when Paul wrote to the Galatians he said, you see how large my writing is when I wrote to you. Tertius was a man that could understand Paul’s writings, he also could write his message down as fast, as Paul could speak, a true scribe. |
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Enrichment from Pew to Ministry Part 18 |
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Wednesday, 25 July 2007 |
What a week with the baseball, basketball, football, wrestling, and cycling worlds are under investigation. Plus Girls go bad-again as we see Lindsay Lohan’s latest arrest and Britney’s Spears meltdown. Seeing the first debate as listeners heard from people on the internet asking question for the candidates for the first time in history. Lord help us to keep our eyes upon you and serve you with all our hearts, now back to Romans. Romans 16:18 (NKJV) For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. I am sure everyone has experienced times when we got caught saying something we wished we had never said. Then we remember times when we should have been more persuasive, so we would see greater performance in people’s lives. Paul is really letting us know we could think we are saved and be far from the truth, for we are not serving God, but our own interest. Yes, we are smart and know how to butter people up to get what we want. It is very common to hear from pulpits flattery that can destroy confidence in people and causes unrest, to where people leave the Church. At the jail I have to work at making sure I do not use flattery to get peoples attention, but tell the truth. The truth hurts, but it sure make one feel great when the hurt is gone and love takes hold. That happens when we are disciplined and corrected by the Lord Himself. It seems the worse people are, the more we have to be on the look out for what is going to happen next. Lord help us to be real and sincere and yet be able to laugh during tough times. Romans 16:19 (NKJV) For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. Paul is commending the Christians at Rome for there commitment to obeying the Lord and it made him glad. What he was preaching was bearing fruit and it was being seen by all in the area. As Christians it is not so much in what we have to say, as it is how do we say it? How do we live out our salvation? Lord, help us in our world to day to make sure we do not get our eyes off the Lord, for when we do we see the complexity of man’s problems. Evil is disguised today like never before and people are not even bothered by little sins, like disrespect for those doing what is Biblically right. Right is attacked in our Schools, homes, government, economical world and our Churches. Let’s be obedient to the Lord and do His will in every area of our lives, then watch the Kingdom of God build it’s self up, in the Holiness of the Lord. To be wise is important today, for we have more knowledge and understanding, but lack wisdom. Look at what the Church is involved in with the music being so loud it makes saints scrim and feel uncomfortable. Note how we flock to entertaining Church’s. Look at what is happening in many of the Mega Churches, where positive preaching has replaced instructional, correctional and self control. May it never be said of us, we have lost the Power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish what the Lord has entrusted to us. Jesus is still the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes’ to the Father, but by Him. Let’s make sure the Holy Spirit within us can discern the good, so we are not deceivers. Let’s be skillful and intelligent in knowing the truth, we do that best by trying the Spirit of a man, or women. That is having the ability to prove all things, and hold fast to the good. To be wise as serpents and harmless as Doves according to Matthew 10:16 should be our goal. |
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