Month: January 2019

Allowed

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Hi Peeps,
Today’s Quote
“When the grace of God has allowed you to survive your youth to travel and work outside of your community, you can reflect and appreciate all the things you’ve learned and the new things God wants you to share and give back to all communities; which is just one big global community of love .”  ~  Jon Barnes

Pleased

I was pleased to see Christian churches in China during my last tour and I was thankful to walk a mile upon the Great Wall of China!  At the top of the mountain, I was able to play my carbon fiber trumpet, close into the Heavens.  As I played Amazing Grace at several different spots on the walk back down, the Chinese Tourist kept taking pictures and videos of this spectacular event.

Praying

Pray to become an effective instrument for God in a way that people can receive the truth easily, honestly, openly, and wonderfully.  There is no formula for doing the right things in life, but to follow the suggestions (Commandments) God has put in place.  I pray you continue to make the right choices and enjoy The Love.

Positivity

People in China positively love the interaction, music, and connection to my culture, talent, and expertise.  It is a pleasure to travel, express, and share the love of God with music, books, pictures, CDs, videos, technology, and more importantly in person with people all around the world.  God will allow your dreams to come true when you do the work of Faith First!!!
Today’s Question
Are you doing the Work of Faith first with your time, talent, tongue, and money with God’s Character and Ethics or does your fake faith looks like the house of a hoarder?
Enjoy The Reading

Psalm 15 

A psalm of David.

1 Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord?
    Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?
2 Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right,
    speaking the truth from sincere hearts.
3 Those who refuse to gossip
    or harm their neighbors
    or speak evil of their friends.
4 Those who despise flagrant sinners,
    and honor the faithful followers of the Lord,
    and keep their promises even when it hurts.
5 Those who lend money without charging interest,
    and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent.
Such people will stand firm forever.

Love,

Jonathan

Let

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Hi Peeps,
Today’s Quote
“Let your spouse and children explain what they have learned from you and God will show you how effective your life has been to them.”  ~ Jon Barnes

Love

Express your love for God in all that you do so that there is no question about your character and faith in God.  The perfect work of love is simple and people all around the world have the same longing for it.  If you are a conduit of love, your actions are obvious and in tune with Humanity in God.

Proceed

Move forward in your love thinking with your time, money, family and work so that your balance with God’s life lessons account for your success right now and in Heaven.  Because the path of goodness is lonely, with few people walking thereby, keep the faith as a permanent process God has for your life.

Work

With lots of love, work by yourself and then share what you have learned.   Collaborate when you have the wisdom to do so. Otherwise, your distractions may cause you to stumble, stall, and ultimately fail. People must buy their own oil to be ready for God and the Love He can only give. Let your work be to the Will of God and not your own thoughts.
Today’s Question
Did you let the Will of God move you today and can you see the fruit from your continued obedience or are you frustrated, busted, and discussed?
Enjoy The Reading

Psalm 14

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

1 Only fools say in their hearts,
    “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;
    not one of them does good!
2 The Lord looks down from heaven
    on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
    if anyone seeks God.
3 But no, all have turned away;
    all have become corrupt.[a]
No one does good,
    not a single one!
4 Will those who do evil never learn?
    They eat up my people like bread
    and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.
5 Terror will grip them,
    for God is with those who obey him.
6 The wicked frustrate the plans of the oppressed,
    but the Lord will protect his people.
7 Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel?
    When the Lord restores his people,
    Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.

Love,

Jonathan

Say NO

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Hi Peeps,
Today’s Quote
“Saying no to idiots with deflection, intervention, prevention, preparation, kindness, a gift, and love is wisdom from God’s Word.”  ~  Jon Barnes

Gifting

It is impossible to give a gift of love when there is no LOVE in your heart.  People who destroy themselves cannot love someone else.  Honestly look to see how people treat themselves and how they care for their children, family, and other people in the same manner. When a person is selfish, they will treat their children like slaves.  Separating yourself from fools and their foolishness is a gift from God for you to share with your family first.

People

A person who teaches and rewards their children for good work will gain a lifelong friend full of wisdom and understanding to improve upon their parent’s lessons in life.  People who teach their children how to fight with The Word of God, simply live by the truth and not with an attitude. Copy this model from God and teach others by examples success in your life lessons.

Negotiation

Negotiation skills are a gift from God, but wisdom teaches you how to avoid the pitfalls of pitiful thinkers.  After you have spoken the truth, walk away and let God do the rest.  Be the truth and you will always do your best.  Stay with God and accept nothing less.  Stop asking for handout and advice as if you are needy.  Help yourself, buy your obedience to Love, the sowing of good seeds, and properly sharing the harvested oils of wisdom.  Your forest of righteousness will nicely grow when you tell other people NO.
Today’s Question
Do you think I would be able to accomplish being a good father, loving husband, hard worker, and a man of faith if I said yes to all the dumb things people asked me to do for them and within my lifetime? 
Enjoy The Reading

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For the choir director: A psalm of David.

1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?
    How long will you look the other way?
2 How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,
    with sorrow in my heart every day?
    How long will my enemy have the upper hand?
3 Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!
    Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
4 Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!”
    Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.
5 But I trust in your unfailing love.
    I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
6 I will sing to the Lord
    because he is good to me.
 

Love,

Jonathan

Ethics

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Hi Peeps,
Today’s Quote
“Learn to simply live in God’s Truth with balanced faith, wisdom, justice, ethics, morals, values, compassion, and humility, so that your own children will believe you.”  ~  Jon Barnes

Around

It is hard to raise kids when you are not around to monitor, mentor, and protect your investment.  People cannot protect your loved ones for you.  You must place the proper checks and balances into the choices, decisions, options, and contingency plans into the neighborhood, environment, forest, streets, places, and homes where you live.

Anyone

People will invite you to the best events because they want to be associated with your quality of thoughts, work ethics, morals, values, and integrity.  You are known for who you are at an instant, as you open your mouth to speak, sing, or work.  What comes out of you is the real you and that reality is genuine.  So believe people when they exercise their evil intentions.  They are not lying about who they really are.

Accumulates

Character is accumulated when you save, practice, share and spend what you preach around anyone all the time.  Be who you are with God and learn how to handle your own business, lifestyle, and choices properly.  Say no to idiots!  The more you practice good habits from God, your heart of ethics will override satan’s attempt to derail your movements, prayers, thoughts, and actions.
Today’s Question
Did you ask God who you really are or will you continue to lie to yourself?
Enjoy The Reading

Psalm 12 

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[a]

1 Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing!
    The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2 Neighbors lie to each other,
    speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3 May the Lord cut off their flattering lips
    and silence their boastful tongues.
4 They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content.
    Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
5 The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
    and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
    as they have longed for me to do.”
6 The Lord’s promises are pure,
    like silver refined in a furnace,
    purified seven times over.
7 Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed,
    preserving them forever from this lying generation,
8 even though the wicked strut about,
    and evil is praised throughout the land.

Love,

Jonathan

Done

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Today’s Quote
“People who love God are busy doing the work, studying the lessons, practicing, changing, growing, and going down that narrow road to Christ, but the many fake people are seen for who they are and their lifestyles stink with obvious stupidity.”  ~  Jon Barnes

Labels

The work of idiots does not need affirmative labels from my lips, because the actions of fools smell and look quite evil and corrupt.  Irresponsible behavior is irreconcilable and the accounting of thoughts in such work is in contempt to God.  Evil knows better and chooses to follow folly and defiant behavior.

Paintings

The reality of how well you paint God’s Word reflects upon your quality of heart, mind, body, and spirit that connects to The Love of God in your lifestyle.  The degree to which your love for God swims in integrity ripples like the waves at the seashore of life for all to visualize.  Constantly paint the Word of God in your heart, mind, soul, actions, and be done with the wickedness of this world.

Artwork

The artwork from your life, mind, and heart is handed out to the world with every breath you take, thought you think, word you say, and idea you complete.  Let every sentence paint a musical picture of an exhibition that God can be proud of and people will believe your truth and walk with God since your integrity is intact.
Today’s Question
If your own family doesn’t believe or live by God’s truth, how can you share or believe what you don’t even have or experience within your own family?
Enjoy The Reading

Psalm 11 

For the director of music. Of David.

1 In the Lord I take refuge.
    How then can you say to me:
    “Flee like a bird to your mountain.
2 For look, the wicked bend their bows;
    they set their arrows against the strings
to shoot from the shadows
    at the upright in heart.
3 When the foundations are being destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”
4 The Lord is in his holy temple;
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.
He observes everyone on earth;
    his eyes examine them.
5 The Lord examines the righteous,
    but the wicked, those who love violence,
    he hates with a passion.
6 On the wicked he will rain
    fiery coals and burning sulfur;
    a scorching wind will be their lot.
7 For the Lord is righteous,
    he loves justice;
    the upright will see his face.

Love,

Jonathan

Seeing

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Today’s Quote
“You can see that God looks for people like you to give the message of hope, life, light, salvation, repentance, and honesty with the work of your faith, not the work of your fraudulent lies and evil subtle motives.”  ~  Jon Barnes

Cut

Cut to the point and hit the target of love as you share truth in the work that you do.  Buy, pay for, and use your own resources to reassure that your commitment to God and His causes will go forth from your heart, mind, body, thoughts, spirit, hands, and lips.  Enjoy how the devil bleeds stupidity in the presence of God and His awesome power of justice.

Take

Take the time to see the complete story of how things unfold because you are supernaturally paying close attention to what God is doing, saying, and leading you into the truth of all things.  Stand with God and stop siding with the devil in your compromises, actions, thoughts, and motives.  Right choices bring about the best fruit in your life and work that you do for justice, people, The Kingdom, and God.

Deliver

Deliver the devil’s head in a silver platter each day, by constantly cutting with his head with God’s Biblical Content, stories, wisdom, understanding, and sharp sword.  Stop being afraid to share, give, live, expect, and walk in your faith, humility, and bold gifts of God’s love.  See, know, and believe that the power of God’s love is like no other, unstoppable, unmeasurable, unmistakable, and unquantifiable.
Today’s Question
Do you act like a servant working for God with the heart of a King or Queen or do you act like a king or queen of fools with wicked works, behaviors, visions, and thoughts?
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Psalm 10 

1 O Lord, why do you stand so far away?
    Why do you hide when I am in trouble?
2 The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor.
    Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
3 For they brag about their evil desires;
    they praise the greedy and curse the Lord.
4 The wicked are too proud to seek God.
    They seem to think that God is dead.
5 Yet they succeed in everything they do.
    They do not see your punishment awaiting them.
    They sneer at all their enemies.
6 They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us!
    We will be free of trouble forever!”
7 Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats.[a]
    Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.
8 They lurk in ambush in the villages,
    waiting to murder innocent people.
    They are always searching for helpless victims.
9 Like lions crouched in hiding,
    they wait to pounce on the helpless.
Like hunters they capture the helpless
    and drag them away in nets.
10 Their helpless victims are crushed;
    they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
11 The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us!
    He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”
12 Arise, O Lord!
    Punish the wicked, O God!
    Do not ignore the helpless!
13 Why do the wicked get away with despising God?
    They think, “God will never call us to account.”
14 But you see the trouble and grief they cause.
    You take note of it and punish them.
The helpless put their trust in you.
    You defend the orphans.
15 Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
    Go after them until the last one is destroyed.
16 The Lord is king forever and ever!
    The godless nations will vanish from the land.
17 Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless.
    Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.
18 You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed,
    so mere people can no longer terrify them.

Love,

Jonathan

Hands

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Hi Peeps,
Today’s Quote
“The hand of God is so powerful and awesome, I’m starting to correct many of my mistakes to now notice the best choices, options, decisions, thoughts, and words to say, exercise, share, and type each day; because I want to do better.”  ~  Jon Barnes

Connect

Connect and correct your mistakes, error of thinking, and judgment with God so that He can guide how you talk, think, work, listen, and respond to others with quality, dignity, respect, and thoughtful responses to the needs of others.  Help people and yourself by giving honest truth and moving through life as you should.

Run

Run to the devil with the truth and he will step aside because God is with you!  When he shows up, have your spiritual atomic bombs ready to hand him, as you pull the grenade-like pin, placing the bomb into satan’s mouth.  There is no need to be afraid when you are doing the right things with God’s blessings.

Enjoy

Enjoy how God’s atomic love explodes in the face of evil like lovely fireworks of splendor in the grass, along with your best choices of patience, commitment, quality, and consistency for sharing God’s love everywhere you go and in everything you do.  Let your reputation sing like a symphony of all styles of music, being conducted by the very Hand of God. God can see all of your work, before, during, and after it happens.
Today’s Question
Are you a true instrument of God’s musical body of works or are you a mistake to blot out of Lamb’s Book of Life in Heaven?
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Psalm 9 

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Death of the Son.”

1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
    I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.
2 I will be filled with joy because of you.
    I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
3 My enemies retreated;
    they staggered and died when you appeared.
4 For you have judged in my favor;
    from your throne you have judged with fairness.
5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
    you have erased their names forever.
6 The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;
    the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.
7 But the Lord reigns forever,
    executing judgment from his throne.
8 He will judge the world with justice
    and rule the nations with fairness.
9 The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed,
    a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Jerusalem.[a]
    Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.
12 For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless.
    He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.
13 Lord, have mercy on me.
    See how my enemies torment me.
    Snatch me back from the jaws of death.
14 Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates,
    so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others.
    Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set.
16 The Lord is known for his justice.
    The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. Quiet Interlude[b]
17 The wicked will go down to the grave.[c]
    This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
18 But the needy will not be ignored forever;
    the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.
19 Arise, O Lord!
    Do not let mere mortals defy you!
    Judge the nations!
20 Make them tremble in fear, O Lord.
    Let the nations know they are merely human. Interlude

Love,

Jonathan

Exposing

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Hi Peeps,
Today’s Quote
“Expose yourself to God and He will reveal Himself to you, simply because you asked and want to know the truth about your Heavenly Father.”  ~ Jon Barnes

DNA

Get your DNA Test from God so He can show you what you look like, how to behave, and the origin of your design and genetics.  Look into the mirror and you will see an image of Him, created, designed, maintained, and sustained by God.  

Master

The Master Creator, Artist, Engineer, Painter, Sculpture, Planner, and King of All the Universe and things to come will give you a history lesson, assessment, and road map of the beginning into the future to get a vast scope of life, His Creations, and soul destinations.  Studying, knowing, and sharing the truth is a simple, consistent, and honest task of perpetual love firing on all cylinders. 

Universal

God’s universal laws, wisdom, and understanding is far beyond our comprehension that the simplicity of order and ease of construction could only come from one source, with an unlimited expanse, space, time, and resources.  The Spirit of God is endless boundless, matchless, and unimaginable.
Today’s Question
How can mere words describe, capture, and depict the Majesty, Mystery, Mind, Muscle, Magnified Magnificence and Might of God?
Enjoy The Reading
 
 

Psalm 8 

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[a]

1 O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
    Your glory is higher than the heavens.
2 You have taught children and infants
    to tell of your strength,[b]
silencing your enemies
    and all who oppose you.
3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
    the moon and the stars you set in place—
4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
    human beings that you should care for them?[c]
5 Yet you made them only a little lower than God[d]
    and crowned them[e] with glory and honor.
6 You gave them charge of everything you made,
    putting all things under their authority—
7 the flocks and the herds
    and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
    and everything that swims the ocean currents.
9 O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Love,
 
Jonathan

Customs

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Hi Peeps,
Today’s Quote
“The devil thought that he could comprehend, crack, and conquer God’s unlimited power and control over Universal Customs, but he and his followers were cast out of Heaven like lightning from the sky.”  ~ Jon Barnes

TSA

God’s TSA department, The Transitioning Soul Association of Judgement, will check your soul passport for approval into the Pearly Gates and in a twinkle of an eye, you will be processed into eternity; Heaven or Hell.

Agents

Fake agents, passports, and alternate routes do not exist in the Kingdom of God, because All options, configurations, and contingencies are made, maintained, or discarded by Him. God is the Author, Gatekeeper, and Master Controller over the destiny, locations, dimensions, and spirit of all things. 

Stars

Every rock, creature, person, thing, star, spect of dirt, dust, sand, soul, and drop of water are numbered, named, and known by God. We cannot build or create worlds, earth, a star, or anything without God’s approval, permission, or knowledge.  God is the true owner, who gives us free space, rent, life, and liberty to love.  Since God’s mind dances around the outer galaxies of the unknown, our limited minds skip like pebbles thrown upon a pond or blink like baby stars twinkling in the sky.
Today’s Question
 
Who can comprehend the magnitude of God’s Customs, Power, and Authority?
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Psalm 7 

A psalm[a] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush of the tribe of Benjamin.
1 
I come to you for protection, O Lord my God.
    Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
2 
If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion,
    tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 
O Lord my God, if I have done wrong
    or am guilty of injustice,
4 
if I have betrayed a friend
    or plundered my enemy without cause,
5 
then let my enemies capture me.
    Let them trample me into the ground
    and drag my honor in the dust. Interlude
6 
Arise, O Lord, in anger!
    Stand up against the fury of my enemies!
    Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
7 
Gather the nations before you.
    Rule over them from on high.
8 
    The Lord judges the nations.
Declare me righteous, O Lord,
    for I am innocent, O Most High!
9 
End the evil of those who are wicked,
    and defend the righteous.
For you look deep within the mind and heart,
    O righteous God.
10 
God is my shield,
    saving those whose hearts are true and right.
11 
God is an honest judge.
    He is angry with the wicked every day.
12 
If a person does not repent,
    God[b] will sharpen his sword;
    he will bend and string his bow.
13 
He will prepare his deadly weapons
    and shoot his flaming arrows.
14 
The wicked conceive evil;
    they are pregnant with trouble
    and give birth to lies.
15 
They dig a deep pit to trap others,
    then fall into it themselves.
16 
The trouble they make for others backfires on them.
    The violence they plan falls on their own heads.
17 
I will thank the Lord because he is just;
    I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
 
Love,
 
Jonathan

Custom

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Hi Peeps,
Today’s Quote
“A custom tailored shirt fits like no other shirt, because it was designed and measured specifically for you, like God designs each of His Children, as a perfect gift.”  ~ Jon Barnes

My Wife

My wife gave me a suit that is custom made from Turkey and the quality is fit for a King, just like God made my wife, the perfect fit as My Queen!  It is a blessing to have your own suit fit your body, personality, imagination, preference, and style.  Maintain and improve yourself so that your relationships with God and people retain and continually improve the value of their custom fit with love.

Amazingly

Behold, honor, cherish, respect, and love your perfect, custom gift from God because your spouse was amazingly tailored just for you.  Keep this gift from God in your mind and heart and don’t abuse your authority and good standing. Going into marriage and growing with your loved one is another miracle that many never recognize in their lives!

Beautiful

It is a beautiful thing to marry your soul mate that God has created just for you.  It is a double blessing when both of you love God as you love each other.  It is a tough sale when both spouses didn’t get this memo. Yet, our choices, miracles, and beauty in life reflect our love for Christ and respect for the commandments we all must use in the pursuit of our nature of a beautiful life in God.
Today’s Question
Is it obvious when you make the best decisions and choices, as you follow God in His Custom Ways?
Enjoy The Reading
 

Psalm 6

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[a]
1 
O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your rage.
2 
Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak.
    Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
3 
I am sick at heart.
    How long, O Lord, until you restore me?
4 
Return, O Lord, and rescue me.
    Save me because of your unfailing love.
5 
For the dead do not remember you.
    Who can praise you from the grave?[b]
6 
I am worn out from sobbing.
    All night I flood my bed with weeping,
    drenching it with my tears.
7 
My vision is blurred by grief;
    my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.
8 
Go away, all you who do evil,
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
9 
The Lord has heard my plea;
    the Lord will answer my prayer.
10 
May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified.
    May they suddenly turn back in shame.

Love,

Jonathan