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Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 376 - 2007 08 31 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

Some who call themselves Christians (Catholics), thought they are “not born again” regard Mary, the Theotokos, as a "spiritual mother" although she is dead and can’t be reached by any living person. The former “Virgin” Mary has many titles in Catholicism, like Queen of Heaven and Star of the Sea, familiar names in Eastern traditions.

It is sad how eager some "religious" (not Christian) people are to churn out idols of all sorts. Mary deserves our respect, but nothing more. She is no more holy than anybody else. I bet she will be sad to know that people worshipped her!

God (I Am Who I Am) tells us clearly to worship only Him, and that worshipping saints is an abomination.

When we do meet Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ, we can't deny that it is so. Everyone who is born again knows this, but the "wise" of the world have no clue.

Photo © Fred Skymberg

Faith has nothing to do with our intellect. You can be the most intelligent man on Earth and yet never find God, because He can't be found intellectually. We need to repent and receive Christ, when Holy Spirit comes we can know the truth!

God wants us to become like children, therein lies a deep secret.

Matthew 18:2-6 2 He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. " And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 375 - 2007 08 30 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

Don't move to India in case you don't want to go to jail

(if you are a Christian).

Photo © Fred Skymberg

Imagine that they actually put you in jail for believing in Jesus. Naturally India is not the only country doing this. Their new laws make it perfectly legal though. What a shameful legislation for a country, it really puts them smack dab in the dark ages.

Hindu's have over 330 million gods!

These are of course evil spirits (fallen angels and demons)...but you can't really understand this until you have met the Holy Spirit. He who has met the Holy Spirt through Jesus Christ, know this to be the truth. Anyone can get to know God, if we receive Christ first, since He says that He is the only door to God. I can testify that this is true, for I have met God!

Millions of Hindus want to leave, and have left their old religion since meeting Jesus Christ. They prefer a "relationship" with Christ, to that of of all the religious mumbo jumbo of their old religion. Who can blame them? They have been living in fear of the spirits most of their lives, trying to please all kinds of "Hindu gods" (demons).

Now they have been set free from their bondage, anyone who has received Christ knows how they feel. There is nothing more wonderful in this world, than to get to know Jesus as a friend, I can testify to this.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 374 - 2007 08 28 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

I'm a work in progress.

Photo © Fred Skymberg

I'm not ready and I know I will never be. When I fall off the ladder, join the choir Invisible or kick the bucket, I will still be a work in progress. I just hope that I'm fairly mature when it happens. These things actually help us in the next life according to the Bible!

I sometimes shudder when I realize what a fool I still can be at times. The weaker we are the easier it is for God to use us, it would seem. When we are weak, He is strong in us. God likes to flex His muscles now and then. I used to want to prove I was right all the time. Now it's enough for me to once say what I think in a matter, if people don't believe me fine, I've said it and after that I just let go. Life is easier that way, and if somebody doesn't want to listen, then it's not my problem anymore. I keep telling people about the only door to God (Jesus Christ). That they can be set free from all the problems and diseases in the world, simply by surrendering to Him. Those who believe me, receive life and health, those who don't deserve the pain and suffering they are in, since it's their own choice.

We all get to choose which road to walk.

We can't really blame anyone else for our own mistakes. Sure there are evil men and women all over the place who lure us into this and that, but we are all responsible for our own choices. It's no good sitting there pointing at some dork who messed up or life. We have to get on with it, forgive and forget, no matter how grim the circumstances. If we don't forgive, then God can’t forgive us!

Due to the growing number of inquisitive people, I'll keep on writing, at least until God tells me to stop. If He does, you will never hear a squeak from me again. It is very important to obey...more important than sacrifice!

Some people do good deeds, because they think it will surely please God... That is not always the case! Obedience is more important than all the deeds in the world!

1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD ? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

It's better to make sure that we do God's will than run around doing good deeds in our own might.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 373 - 2007 08 27 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

Photo © Fred Skymberg

Free as a Bird.

When I met God I felt free as a bird. All guilt was washed away in a second, it was a wonderful feeling. My life changed drastically, I'm now living in a totally different zone. My old life has nothing to do with my new life, it feels almost like coming from an old black and white TV set and emigrating to HD vision, only in 3D or something. I see 2 dimensions instead of one, like I did before I was a Christian.

I see stuff that I never noticed before.

That's what happens when you receive the Holy Spirit. Like I've said before anybody can receive Him through Christ. My old life seems almost like a cave man's life... Man I was blind, like a bat, but even without the sonar. Life was boring too, in the end nothing was interesting anymore.

Now "I've seen the light", a worn out phrase but true.

I can hardly wait to go out and tell people about Christ, He has so much to give. Religion is rubbish, that has nothing to do with Christ, nothing at all. I'm talking about life.

When I have speaks with Jesus I don't have to wear any special clothes or do any silly ritual, I just say what is on my mind, often I pray in tounges. It's interesting to pray in tounges, especially when different languages can pop up all of a sudden. Languages I sometimes recognize, I understand some of what I'm saying sometimes. All of it is important though.

There's a lot I can't explain since it happens in the spiritual realm, I just know I'm doing the right thing. It's as clear as swimming if you fall into the sea... You just know you have to swim to make it.

Try God, you won't regret it!

Whatever you do, don't let the devil get you, Uncle Ben

New International Version (NIV)

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 372 - 2007 08 26 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

God healed my fingers!

Ben (Holy Roller) at the TV studio at Frank Mangs Centre, Närpes, last saturday.

I sent a prayer request to a church a few weeks back because my fingers were in bad shape and I could not play the guitar at all anymore. Now I've been on 8 or 9 gigs with Pontus, we're on a mission from God.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 371 - 2007 08 25 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

People often think about what they would change in their lives, if they got another go at it.

Photo © Fred Skymberg

That's just what God offers us through Jesus Christ, another chance. I had an uncle who couldn't accept that it really was that easy, but it is. My uncle disappeared at sea, so nobody really knows what happened to him. You can never know when it's your time, that's why it's so important that we don't let another day go by without choosing. Because we all have to choose. There are those who say "I wouldn't change a thing about my life", I think that is a terribly immature response. We sin every day.

I made my final choice, after meeting Christ.

Photo © Fred Skymberg

I just had to have a supernatural experience of some kind, a touch. I just didn't know how to live without a relationship with God. Lucky for me He reached down from Heaven and touched me. That is something I can never forget as long as I live. That's why I could never leave the Lord or deny Him. Jesus died for my sins, and now it's my turn to do what I can to spread the Good News. If I'm rejected, I'm rejected. At least I said what God wanted me to say, come rain or shine. I can't force anyone to believe in God, but if you follow what I share from God's word, you will find God, this is a promise.

The devil and this world can only offer material things.

There is so much more "out there", than meets the eye.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 370 - 2007 08 24 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

There was a guy on a blog yesterday who was truly blue-eyed.

He claimed that Eastern religions were more peaceful, more mature and older than Christianity... It's amazing how people talk about topics, they have no clue about. Where do they take their facts from? Disneyland? It's hard to tell how old some Easter religions are, nobody knows due to a lack of documentation. Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship, it basically goes all the way back to creation.

Photo © Fred Skymberg

Many non-Christian countries murder Christians as I write this. Many are being tortured in concentration camps in countries like, Korea, India, China, the Arab countries etc. Christian women are being brutally murdered TODAY in Ethiopia, India, the Muslim countries etc. Christians are also in jail in Buthan. Where is the love?

I prefer a Christian society, even if only a minority are real Christians. We don't have these religious murders in Finland (at least not yet). When we start building Mosques etc. then we will inherit the violence that these Eastern religions bring with them as well. I think it's pretty clear to see where we are heading.

This is what religion does (not faith), only a few axamples. This is happening NOW:

Iraq... 2 Christians murdered...

Pakistan:

The bodies of Pastor Shamoun Babar, 37, and his driver, Daniel Emanuel, 36, were found dumped on a road in Peshawar on April 7.

Pakistan: Christians Murdered in Church Service

Pakistan Christian murdered for leaving Muslim landlord

NORTH KOREA: Christians murdered

Africa 48 Nigerian Christians Murdered in Church

Turkey: Slain evangelists were tortured, says Turkish doctor

Egypt, 21 Christians murdered, 33 Christians wounded and 260 Christian homes and business destroyed

Turkey: Assailants killed three people Wednesday at a publishing house that distributed Bibles

Six Christians Murdered by Muslim Mob in Ethiopia

I could go on for months, listing murdered Christians TODAY...

Christians are NOT killing people. There are of course a few countries which are only politically called Christian, but they have nothing to do with Christianity, it's just politics. You can't go around killing people just because they think differently. And you can't save a single soul by force, it does not work that way. There must be a brain out there somewhere?

The Bible is very clear on the subject. You should concentrate on the New Testament, since it is the New Covenant between God and man. Naturally the Ten Commandments are still valid, but the religious traditions and rituals etc. are replaced by Grace.

I love Catholics but they used to go on their "Holy Wars" and kill "infidels”, which is totally unbiblical!

I can't see how Catholics can call their "religion" Christian, when they override the Bible all the time, even the Ten Commandments. It doesn't work that way. You can't – sin on purpose – and then pray for forgiveness!

Yes, I do know that there are born again Catholics too...I don't have anything against Catholics, but their theology is not from God.

I once had speaks with a Catholic Priest from Canada. I don't think he was a believer. I remember him telling me about some people in his church praying for the sick and the sick getting healed. He told me that they had asked him in church, if it was OK to pray for the sick. He shrugged his shoulders and said that he did not understand "it" and then, basically he told them to "knock themselves out”.

Catholics were even forbidden by their priests to read the Bible not so long ago, pretty wild eh? That tells me that there is something really sick in that church, it is called a whore in the Book of Revelations chapter 17 in the New Testament. Rome is built on seven hills...

The reason why many Catholic Priests are Pedofiles is that, they are men without faith, and they have been forbidden to marry by the Chrusch, which is stupid and against the Bible. They have their priesthood as a job, they have no calling from God. Clearly they don't have any love in their hearts, just lust. The devil wants us to dwell in it, and just do whatever pleases us. That's what devil worhippers preach, do whatever you like, and defy authority...what a disgusting bunch of Ego-Maniacs. We need a personal calling from God, to know what His will for our life is. We need to die from our own desires, in order to live out Christ in our lives. Without a relationship with Christ, nothing good will happen in our lives.

Sure you can do good deeds, but they will not save you, because Jesus already has saved anyone who repents and calls on His name. He saved me, and introduced me to the Creator and the Holy Spirit. It changed my life completely! Through them I found out that Jesus truly is the only way to the Father, and it is all about faith. Nobody is “worthy” to be saved, not even the Pope.

Religion is not Opium for the people (as Karl Marx claimed), it's a coffin.

I detest religion and politics, they are so manipulative. To have a relationship with Christ is wonderful, and only good can come out of it, but religion is like a ball and chain around your neck. That is what it is designed for, to manipulate your guilt, and give you a bad conscience. Once you feel bad, you are easy to derail even into killing for a "higher" purpose, which it totally unbiblical, but there you go. Priests and governments use their loyal subjects like cannon fodder. Just look at the Middle East. Children are taught to hate Israel, even from the cradle. Most of them never knew what hit them, they just hate Israel and are ready to kill maim and destroy. They are withheld historic facts about their background, they know nothing about Israel and very little about their own history. Where is the love?

Even learned men (friends of mine) in the west never questioned Yassir Arafat's smart lies. His tales are now considered as truth, Arafat said that he knew "they" would go for it (the Palestine ploy). He was a very evil but smart man.

Many actually think that Palestine once was an autonomous country with only Arab Palestinians living in it, which it never were. They don't even know that the Romans named Israel Philistia, which later became Palestine just to mock the Jews!

Palestine means = The land of the Philistenes! (not Palestinians)

Ignorance is brutal, totally devastating for Israel. I'm not a Jew myself, I wouldn't mind being one though. I don't agree with their politics, Israel is in a mess right now. I love Arabs as well as all other peoples (I really do) and I feel sorry for them for being pawns in a cynical political "quasi"-religious war.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 369 - 2007 08 23 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

Our 5 new chicks with 2 mothers © Benjamin Antell

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 368 - 2007 08 22 South Wartzor (revised)

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Were on a mission from God!

Man we are under fire right now... Since Pontus and I started touring, the devil's been on our case constantly. Threats and stuff all over. I guess that's what happens when you start to act on God's word. Please pray for us if you are a believer, it will make our travels a tad easier.

There's a lot of snakes in the grass.

Photo © Fred Skymberg

I think that anything which is born out of prayer will succeed. It's best to start out that way, naturally we must never stop praying. To not pray is like forgetting to fill up the tank, when you are on the road. People are telling us to "get real" and forget the God stuff. Kinda ironic since God is the only thing that's important in this life. We are only here on Earth for a short while, death is long...

Photo © Fred Skymberg

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 367 - 2007 08 21 South Wartzor (revised)

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Photo © Fred Skymberg

"I'll be back", – Jesus.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 365 - 2007 08 18 South Wartzor (revised)

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Live at Frank Mangs Center, Närpes tonight 21.30

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 364 - 2007 08 17 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

When death comes knocking on your door, no amount of money in the world, is going to save you. And you can't take a a red cent with you when you die. I was thinking about movie stars. It must be hard for them to put their faith in God. When we have the amount of cash that many movie stars have, we easily go blind thinking that money will save us.

Many drink/sleep their lives away © Fred Skymberg

Trust in God and give your life to Christ, believe on Him and look for His will for your life. That way you will find peace, I sure did...I had to surrender ALL. I'm happy I did, now I'm going with God's flow, I never know what will happen tomorrow...except that I'll be in Närpes, at the Frank Mangs whatnot.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 363 - 2007 08 16 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

I hear you knocking, but you can't come in?

Photo© Fred Skymberg

God will turn no-one down who comes to Him in Jesus name! That's something I want you to always remember. Whoever you are, no matter what you have done YOU are always welcome in my Father's House.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 361 - 2007 08 14 South Wartzor (revised)

Peace,

-you know what? "I'm happy”.

Photo © Fred Skymberg, Stockholm, Sweden.

In spite of everything God is my bridge that takes me over all the daily rubbish. Hate, strife and backtalk etc. weakens our prayers. If we spend our time unjustly judging or hating people, God will not answer our prayers anymore, that's just the way it is. We need to forgive and forget, just like God does. In other words, we need to "Get over it", before the sun goes down.

Driving in wedges between people seems to be one of satans greatest thrills. He is constantly at it, so it must be very important to him. I don't like satan, He's a real slime ball, I'm glad that the Lord will strip him of all his powers in the end. I wish the Lord would do it now, but there's a bigger picture that we can't see as yet, I guess that's why satan is still in business (for now).

Photo © Fred Skymberg

I'm going to the prayer cell tonight, we've got it going every Tuesday. We are just a bunch of people wanting to spend time with the Lord and pray together. God is healing us and others bit by bit, it's really cool. Then on Wednesday there's the meeting at Kvevlax Missionskyrka (church), a lot of fun and free coffee with cakes afterwards.

This Thursday Pontus and I will play and pray in some form in Närpes, during some weird occult gathering (slättens mysik).

Pontus and Ben live at Night of the Arts, in Vasa 2007.

"On a Mission from God"

We will do what we can to disperse the dark powers, and bring some light into the situation. I hope many Christians will show up, because the evil spirits can't function when the real Holy Spirit is present. Please come and pray, if you can.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 360 - 2007 08 12-13 South Wartzor

Peace,

Photo © Fred Skymberg

Don't limit God.

Often when we pray for things, we limit God. Here's a bad example: Let's say I don't have a car, I might start out praying "Oh Lord please give me a Ferrari Testarossa " and end up saying "a Mazda Sport would be fine too”, as if it would be easier for God to whip out a Mazda... Well, it is just as easy for God to answer a BIG prayers as as it is for Him to answer small ones, I think we just have to have faith and be bold. I don't know what it is about cars and men. I was always fascinated by them when I was younger, and I still am, even though they don't mean so much to me anymore.

Micke "the Burger King" and I after ton's of Hamburgers in Järvenpää,

Photo © Fred Skymberg 2007

My old ex Buick Roadmaster -48

Naturally we always have to be on our toes, so that we don't let any thing become too important in our lives, it's easy for something shiny and expensive to become an idol to us. God hates idols.

– As I watched my kids play when they were small, the girls automatically picked dolls to play with and the boys toy cars, that's just how we are I guess.

I remember when I was a little kid about 4 years of age, a couple gave me a doll, I remember thinking "what a strange present, what on Earth am I going to do with a doll?". I was very disappointed, even though I liked the couple a lot. – I finally tore the head off the doll put some old coins in it and buried it on Bacton Rd. 88 in Queensland. The neighbours kid saw me so he probably dug it up. I lost the treasure map.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 359 - 2007 08 11 South Wartzor

Peace,

Look at yourself.

Photo © Fred Skymberg

It's important to look back now and then, to see if we have grown both spiritually and as human beings. We who are saved only need to go as far back as to the day that we were forgiven and saved, we should never cross that line, because what is past that is forgotten and rotten to the Lord. He has promised to forget everything up until the day of our salvation. To pull that old trash up would be a big mistake...like dipping your head in a public toilet.

I re-evaluate my life now and then.

I lost my hair in a drive-in movie. Photo © Fred Skymberg

There is always a lot to get rid of, and some to ask forgiveness for...sometimes to God and sometimes to those who have received the finger etc. Being a human is hard work, at least to me. There is so much we have to digest during our days in Dorkville. Not getting upset when people step in yer face can be hard in the beginning. It's fun when you actually forgive and forget the first evil persons you run in to, in your new life. People can be very mean sometimes, it often amazes me (still) how evil people can be. It's as if we were all born of demons in some respect. Some of us don't even notice what we say, we are so used to barking at each other that we don't even pay attention when our lips reach the fan. I often pray to God to help me clean up my act.

Naturally I should do it on a daily basis, but sometimes I forget and eat crow in the evening..."burp"...

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 358 - 2007 08 10 South Wartzor

Peace,

When people get saved they go from sad to happy,

creates envy in some.

Photo © Fred Skymberg

A friend of mine who had a lot of problems in his life, was told by his "friends", "whatever you do, don't get religion". Anyone who would tell somebody to stay away from God, is of the devil, it is satan speaking through him. This is serious, you should dump "friends" like that, they will pull you down, just because of envy and in some cases fear. A friend is someone who stands by you no matter what and tries to help, not somebody trying to stop you from finding peace! Luckily my friend was saved, forgiven and his mental problems melted away.

Religion per se will not save anyone, but if you repent and give your life to Christ, He will reveal Himself to you, and He will carry your problems for you and set you free. If He did it for a dork like me, why should you be any different?

Naturally you have to talk to God on a daily basis, and fuel up by reading the Bible, praying in tongues and going to church. When you listen to good sermons, it boosts your faith, and gradually you will come to see your calling as you serve others. You will never find out God's will for your life if you don't spend time with Him. He wants to spend time with you, because He loves you. Why? I don't know, I've never figured that one out, but I know that God loves us, why would He have His Son come down to Earth o die for us, if He didn't? And why would He waste a lot of time on a fool like myself? I see no other logic in that, than the fact that He must love us very much.

I know how it feels to love somebody.

There are persons whom I love beyond description, I just can't hug them because I'm afraid to scare them off… I know that might sound weird, but I'm like that. I think God feels the same way about people, He loves us so much it's almost heart breaking, but He gets little or nothing in return.

Finns are very strange, we rarely touch, everybody keeps to himself. I was much more open when I moved back here from Sweden (where people hug each other a lot), but now I'm pretty much like those around me...sad but true.

I hope and pray that God will do something about that in this country, because it is good for people to touch each other. It makes people feel better, everybody needs touch, it's in our DNA.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 357 - 2007 08 09 South Wartzor

Peace,

Tonight we play unplugged at Missionskyrkan in Vasa, why?

–They asked.

Pontus looking sharp.

Yesterday evening we played a few songs at Kvevlax Missionskyrka. It doesn't matter which denomination asks if we can come. We are not into denominations, we are just followers of Christ, Jesus is our main man, the rest is just hogwash.

“Through a glass, darkly”.

– one of my instrumentals.

I once wrote a track by that name on my CD In the bag. It's an instrumental, but it's still about what we can't really see, even though we can sense that there is more to life "out there". Download it for free here.

I always "knew" that God was out there somewhere, but my vision of Him was pretty crude. I thought He was a mean old man, sleeping in the clouds. Boy was I surprised to meet Him in real life, only to find out that He was mostly the opposite to what I feared. I found out that God is kind, has ton's of humor and is totally dependable. He doesn't give a rat's behind about what I've done or sinned, He is full of forgiveness and when God forgives, He truly forgets. He wants us to put all of our past lives behind us and to NEVER look back. If you find yourself looking back. Tell satan to push off, he is the one pointing us in all the wrong directions. If you remind the devil of his future, every time he comes around, he's not going to come around much.

Don't challenge him, he is truly evil (he is temporarily powerful, even though he is afraid of Jesus), simply remind him of his fate and tell him to leave in Jesus name.

I believe that it's very rare for a person to actually meet the devil.

He is even more busy than Donald Trump (try getting him on the phone...). And just like Donald Trump, the devil can only be in one place at a time, so it's more likely that you have been harassed by some little demon, they are all over the place.

If you mention the spiritual world, many will think that you have lost your marbles. This is due to the fact that natural man is totally ignorant about the spiritual world. It's there clear as day, but they can't see it because of unbelief.

As I met the Lord and received the Holy Spirit into my life, I began to see the spiritual dimension as well. Anybody can see it who has God's Spirit, and anyone who repents can receive the Holy Spirit through Christ and only through Christ. This is not an intellectual idea, it's the truth.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 356 - 2007 08 08 South Wartzor

Peace,

Good Golly Miss Molly!

Jukka Korpela and Ben, live in the roaring 80's...

There really IS a God, I've met Him and I've been touched by Him which felt physical. He can reveal Himself to you too. There's no need to be afraid, He is a loving God.

I'm going to sing about God in Kvevlax Missionskyka tonight and tomorrow in Vasa Missionskyka with Pontus J. Back. I just have to do it, because I really do believe that time is short. There is a great spiritual awakening taking place all over the world now.

When all peoples have heard about Christ, then He will come to Earth to get his own. I know it sounds weird, but that is what's going to happen. That's why I tell everybody (who wants to know) about Christ.

Pontus and Ben live yesterday in Vassor in the roaring 2007's...

Those who repent and receive Jesus into their hearts before He comes will be saved!

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 355 - 2007 08 07 South Wartzor

Peace,

Christians are to make known the mystery of the Good News with boldness! Ephesians 6:19

No more beating around the bush, no more blushing excuses. We are to "lay it on the line". People are going lost, it's a matter of life and death! We have to share the Good News while there is time. Time is creeping up on us.

If we don't preach, many will die unawares. People of other faiths will never see the Kingdom of God. I'm not saying that to be mean, it is simply the truth. Jesus said it, I believe Him, because I really know Him. I hate all religions, satan made them up to keep us in bondage! I love the Lord, because He really loves us, and Jesus is the ONLY door to the ONLY God.’

I'm forever grateful that God came to see me when I was down and out in 1975. I'm so grateful that He revealed Himself to me, otherwise I would never have been saved! And now He spends time with me on a daily basis, it's so cool. Life isn't perfect, but who cares when you get to spend time with the Creator daily?

I used to think that all religions were the same... Since meeting God on a personal basis I know that it isn't so. There is only one door to God, and that is Jesus Christ. And salvation a free gift for anyone who will receive Jesus. How do I know this? God tells me so! It's not just a silly idea, God has revealed Himself to me, and He can reveal Himself to you too!!! For Heavens sake, just ask!

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 354 - 2007 08 06 South Wartzor

Peace,

Helsinki was still where it used to be.

A good friend of mine, the Finnish composer Kalle Sinkkonen brought me a 70's pedal for my music projects, thanks Kalle.

While I was in Helsinki, it hit me how we often build monuments to ourselves. Being a painter myself, I especially remembered it when I saw the National Museum which was sponsored by a distant relation to me, Herman Fritiof Antell. (The Antell Collection includes works by van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Munch) and monetary funds to the Finnish state. You can check some of them out here: http://www.ateneum.fi/default.asp?docId=11942

– I got carried away, sorry...but that's how we are, we get carried away by superficial things.

We should get carried away by what God does!

God saved my life also, way back in -75, when I was the singer in a rock and roll band. Luckily, God answered my prayers, and reveled Himself to me before I started drinking big time. I never had to go down the same road many of my old friends took and died young.

The God of the Bible is the coolest person I have ever met!

I still can't get over His kindness. Some blame God for all the evils in the world, but that is just stupidity, pure ignorance. God wants to use us, WE are the PROBLEM in the world. We don't want to go outside our damned comfort zone, we like to sit parked in front of our Gods...like the TV, the computer etc. Like girls, we just want to have fun. God told us to behave, but we don’t, and so now we pay for our sins.

Exodus 20:17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

If we cared about other people as much as we care about ourselves, there would be no wars, no fighting, no division, we would live in peace. That's why God tells us to love each other, really love each other.

1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.

Many of us don't even know the meaning of the word love.

We are so busy going nowhere, that we just waste our lives on basically nothing. Some join a religion, just to feel important, make their parents happy, or just to be "on the safe side". Others join clubs, rock bands, or sports of all kinds. Others rebel against their parents, and make that their religion, others do the same to society...they rebel for the sake of rebelling.

Much of the weird stuff we do, we often do out of sheer panic.

A panic over not having anything worth wile in our lives. Our lives are empty as balloons without God. I know, I had more hobbies than most people. I traveled around the globe as a kid, and I've seen more than most people, still my life was empty as a lightbulb. Man I'm glad that God revealed Himself to me. He can do the same for you, if you dare try Him!

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 353 - 2007 08 03 South Wartzor

Peace,

Some are afraid to try God.

There's no need to fear God, we are supposed to respect Him not be afraid of Him. Some old Bible translations make people think that they are supposed to be afraid of God all the time, that's not the way it is.

God is loving and kind and His house is open to anybody who really wants to come for a visit.

– Life isn't a dance on rose petals, but it can be exciting and interesting, if you want it to be...baby steps.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 352 - 2007 08 02 South Wartzor

Peace,

I was so tired last night that I missed church.

The road to Heaven is narrow and very slippery. It's very easy to slip into the ditch, since so much depends on our own will" to do the right thing". We do have to work to stay on the right path, where there is will, God steps in to help when things get rough. We must do what we can, and then God will take care of the rest.

Uncle Ben's (Almost Daily) WRITE 351 - 2007 08 01 South Wartzor

Peace,