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06/26/2024

Birthdaze
There’s nothing like a birthday at this age to shake up some things. When you begin to near the back forty after bumping down the road for the first twenty and losing track of the three decades in between. When life begins to slow to a snail crawl for many all around you and you wonder what happened to you. You know: I thought I’d be there by now (wherever ‘there’ is). I thought I might be able to do that (whatever ‘that’s is). I thought it would have happened by now (whatever ‘it’ is).
But as I stumbled into my prayers this week, I realized, this is perfectly what’s right for me and where I am to be. Right now. Who knows what tomorrow might bring, but for me for today, this is okay. Even better than okay. This is good; this is right.
It doesn’t mean I didn’t take out the memories. Oh, I did. I unraveled myself and lay me on the table of my mind; I thumbed through the memories on the tablet of my heart. I ran my fingers through the tangles, trying to comb out snarls of poor choices, wanting to brush away the rats nest of deceit and lies, pondering outcomes I would never see. I bandaged the busted fingers of blame jutting toward others when I was too weak to face the faults within myself. Would I err on the side of admonishment and outfit myself like an accountant and take responsibility? And even though the knots remain, even though the scars are raw, even though the reminders of shame and consequences sneak in when I least expect, I thought, this is what coming to terms with oneself is all about. Coming of age.
So, birthdays have a way of defining us. At the end of the day, I think to myself, I wouldn’t change a thing. Maybe you would, but I wouldn’t. I am so thankful where I am and even the road I traveled to get here. I am humbled because growth was hard fought, and painfully (but gratefully) won. I am peaceful knowing I didn’t just arrive one day, once upon a long time, but I strived to get here. More important than anything else, and about which I have no words to the One Who showed up for me, I am undone that He chose me. I am overwhelmed a Holy God waited me out; that He outlasted my excuses and defenses, my insolence and selfishness. I am Indebted to the One Who stayed, Who didn’t give up too soon, Who ran hard and fast after my wandering heart. He loves me enough to daily exfoliate all my faults with the cleansing grace of His forgiveness and wipes me down with the healing balm of new beginnings. He is the kindest One I know. Jesus…ridiculously kind.
Ps 138:8, ‘You keep every promise You’ve ever made to me! Since Your love for me is constant and endless, I ask You, Lord, to finish every good thing that You’ve begun in me!” (TPT‬‬)

06/19/2024

iMaGiNe
I had an entire weekend to reflect while missing my dad. When a person has a positive relationship with their father, their daddy, their papa, holidays like Father’s Day are joyful and meaningful and fulfilling. But I forget, there was a time in my life when Father’s Day was like any other day, a day skimmed past with plastic smiles and hidden emotion, or simply put, a day I wished to avoid. Like I shared last week, my dad and I weren’t always as close as we became nearing the end of his journey. I recall painful Fathers Days. For many dads, there is pain also, the pain of busted relationships and prodigal children. That is what happens when humanity broke us, even in the midst of a good Father Who is always working to mend His children.
For some, I imagine afflicted memories as fresh as wet paint of a someone’s retreating back; of angry, abusive, hurtful words; of a non-existent relationship; expectations higher than you could ever jump; or perhaps a futile connection with someone who left long before, even though he still stood before you everyday. We flatten our face like taking a straightening iron to its contour just to smooth out any emotion that might shape its edges. We try to hide watercolor eyes so as to not give any regret away.
But, with God the Father, you will never see His back. I am reminded of the God Who runs to us; Who stands on the porch, scanning the dusty road, awaiting our inevitable return; Who has His robe already shortened and entwined in His hand as He watches and waits, ready to come running. Who is already looking past the filth of my decisions and smelling beyond the stench of my disrespect. I imagine the Father. On the day I demanded my eternal inheritance, He lay the agony caused by my betrayal next to His forgiveness and the royal ring where it waited patiently and knowingly for my return.
Who ran first? Was it me? No. It was Him. The God of the Universe. The Father who came running so that no matter what action ever taken by me or against me, at the end of the day, allows me to lay my head on His lap, where I can curl up next to Him, so I can know the door is always open. He is a good Father; the One Who tucks our hand in His and walks us home.
Father, I pray the significance You placed on me will be an offering back to You. Please receive glory from welcoming home this child who once was lost and is now found; the one presumed dead, who is now alive. And thank You for restoring the years the swarming locusts have eaten so that others like my dad and me could have a second chance.
Lamentations 3:22-23, ‘It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, Because His [tender] compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness.’ (AMP‬‬)

06/05/2024

4-GIVEN
There’s a woman in the Bible. The Bible says she was a ‘lady of the night’, a sinful and immoral woman, a pr******te. However, she had an encounter that changed her life forever. After having her heart arrested by Jesus, she is never the same and she becomes known for eternity for her extravagant worship of Jesus.
She was noticed by men, but she was seen by Jesus. She was used by men, but saved by Jesus. And because of her extravagant worship, she was forgiven much. In fact, Jesus tells a parable in answer to the complaint from Simeon, the owner of the home in which Jesus was a dinner guest. (Simeon did not like that Jesus would allow this immoral woman to enter into the dinner party and anoint Him with her tears and her expensive parfum.)
Jesus then shares a lesson, asking Simeon who would likely be more grateful for grace: someone whose larger debt is let go or someone with a lesser debt. Simeon responds with his opinion, ‘Why, I imagine the person who is forgiven a greater debt would be more thankful than one who has been forgiven a smaller debt.’ (Luke 7)
My worship of Jesus to some may seem excessive; my need for Him to some may seem extreme. Let me be clear: I cannot breathe apart from Him. My heart beats for Him; every broken piece within me, I safely entrust to Him. Today, my dependence on Jesus is endless. He is my utmost desire. I am outrageously in love with Him because He has proven Himself time and again, faithful and extraordinary to this child. His extravagant love for me motivates me to be a better person; His grace for me persuades me to pursue Him at all costs; His faithfulness causes my bar for myself to be placed higher. See, for whom is forgiven much, much is required. He has forgiven me for so much that I too, another sinful woman, cannot help myself but to worship Him with abandon and extravagance. And I believe wholeheartedly that it is impossible to truly encounter Jesus and not be completely changed and transformed.
Luke 12:48b, ‘From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required.’

06/05/2022

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04/13/2022

Almost 500 years of time spent behind bars represented here and now on the outside these lives are flourishing and helping others. Such success stories! Praise God for second chances!

04/10/2022

What a beautiful Spring morning! It calls all of us out of hibernation, which it feels like that’s the season we have been in. HE IS ALIVE! Praise Jesus for second chances and being able to begin again!

10/27/2021

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09/16/2021

How about a WORD from Dick Gott!

THE BENEFIT OF WAITING PATIENTLY ON THE LORD
FCF DEVOTION FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

In Psalm 40 there is a truth that David proclaims that reverberates over the centuries to even today. David declares a need in his own life that only by patiently waiting on the LORD could produce real fruit. And he declared this truth from a time of desperation in his or someone else's life. This Psalm shows how a desperate cry from someone in a pit is heard clearly by the LORD for an immediate reply. So turn with me to Psalm 40: 1-5 AMP: 'I waited patiently and expectantly for the LORD; and HE inclined to me and heard my cry. HE drew me up out of a horrible pit (a pit of tumult and of destruction) out of the miry clay (froth and slime), and set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps and establishing my goings. And HE has put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our GOD. Many shall see and fear (revere and worship) and put their trust and confident reliance in the LORD. Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his refuge and trust, and turns not to the proud or to followers of false gods. Many, O LORD my GOD, are the wonderful works which YOU have done, and YOUR thoughts toward us: no one can compare with YOU! If I should declare and speak of them, they are too many to be numbered'. What an incredible passage of scripture, where David speaks of our GOD WHO is ready to answer our desperate cries to HIM as we cry from our own pit of despair. And there are many of us who have called on JESUS from our own pits! Look at how David describes this desperate persons place of torment. The text does not indicate how long this person has been in this desperate place. But my cry to Almighty GOD is from my horrible pit and is heard by GOD Himself. It is not how long I have been crying out desperately, but how my GOD is answering my desperation. Yes, HE heard my cry, and HE responded. What did Almighty GOD do for me? HE drew me out of that miry clay, and set my feet on a solid Rock. Yes, a solid rock, and HE established my going forward, even placing a song in my mouth, a song of praise to my GOD!! And my song of praise was clarion enough, that others will see and reverently fear my GOD, and place their trust in HIM! My GOD showed me in one simple act of faith, that blessed are we who have placed our faith and trust in HIM! In Psalm 40, David says it all out of his own despair.
In John 11, JESUS waits several extra days before going to the aid of HIS dear friend, Lazarus. When HE gets there Lazarus has been in the tomb for 4 days, and when JESUS asks Martha to have the stone rolled away from his tomb, she exclaims: 'Lazarus has been dead 4 days, he stinketh! Both Sisters of Lazarus are displeased with JESUS for waiting so long to come to his aid! In John 11:37, some there said 'Could not HE WHO opened a blind man's eyes prevented this man from dying'? In Verses 35-37 JESUS declares to Martha an eternal truth about Himself, when HE says to Martha: 'Your Brother shall rise again. Martha says: I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day. JESUS said to her, I AM the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in ME although he may die, yet shall he live'! JESUS declares it all about Himself right there to Martha. HE alone is Resurrection and Life, and there is no other! And since I have been buried unto death with HIM in Baptism, I have also been raised to new Resurrection Life with HIM, to be with HIM forever! And that means that HIS abiding presence goes with me wherever I go; I am never without HIM! And if you belong to JESUS by faith today, you have HIS presence with you also. You can never be alone; lonely yes, but never alone! Please take these truths with you and savor the intimacy only JESUS CHRIST can provide for you in these sometimes lonely days. HE is your constant companion, and HE can bless your life and show you favor like no one else ever could. Just open your heart to HIM now and choose to invite HIM in wherever you find yourself today. HE will never disappoint you, NEVER! A promise from HIM!
Dick Gott

09/05/2021

How about a WORD from Dick Gott
A Race Well Run!

RUNNING OUR RACE SUCCESSFULLY!
FCF DEVOTION FOR SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Since we have just finished watching the OLYMPICS from Tokyo, let us consider our own race we are in according to Hebrews 12: 1-2 AMP: 'Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses (who have born testimony to the truth), let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance and that sin which so readily clings to and entangles us, and let us run with great endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us. Looking away (from all that will distract) to JESUS WHO is the Leader and the Source of our Faith and is also its Finisher. HE, for the joy (of gaining the prize) that was set before HIM, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of GOD'. This scripture speaks to me in a very special way, especially as I start to get closer to my finish line. And according to the writer of Hebrews, JESUS is our example in everything we do. FATHER GOD was JESUS's example in everything HE did while in HIS life on earth, and HE is our example when it comes to our spiritual life! Our living example. We are in a spiritual race, and will be until the end of our life on earth, and we can run this race with great endurance, or barely make it to our finish; it is our decision. But here is our example. We are surrounded! By those who followed the Truth while living here. And they are encouraging us, to remain faithful to our calling as they were faithful. Their message to us, is to strip away, and lay aside everything that would entangle us and slow us down, even that nagging sin that so easily entangles and binds us from following the Truth. That was our snare before meeting JESUS, and we are commanded to throw off those old sins that were a snare before meeting JESUS. This is so we can run our race without any encumbrances, as we are running a marathon, not a 50 yard dash! Our race will continue the rest of our lives, and I know that JESUS CHRIST is standing at the finish of my race, encouraging me to keep running with the endurance only HE can provide!

Why do I say this? Because Verse 2 is our strategy. We keep our eyes fixed on JESUS, Who not only started our life of Faith, but will be at the finish line awaiting there! We are to keep our eyes and our focus on JESUS, because HE and only HE was successful in running HIS Own race. HE ran his ugly race with joy and delight. Not because HIS race was so easy, but because HE was looking away to HIS finish line where victory was near. HE could have gone around, under, over HIS cross, but instead HE went through its agony to receive HIS crown and victory forever more. The cross was not a deterrent for HIM, but a 'must do', because HE knew each one of our salvations depended on HIM completing HIS race. And HE won HIS prize! And Brothers, HE is there encouraging us to also win our own prize, as we are faithful to HIM WHO is our example. I do not want to disappoint HIM WHO has done so much for me, as well as for you. HE ran HIS race spotlessly and without blemish while here on earth, and HE will give you and me the strength, and discipline to do the same if we Trust HIM with our very lives. HE alone has the power for our performance if we will trust HIM in this way. And these two Verses give us the instructions on how to run our races. Like the Olympians we have been watching perform flawlessly in their routines, it shows us what happens when we practice, practice, practice!
Following JESUS, and trusting and relying on HIM to always be right by our sides, to encourage us onward, and upward, in our quest for HIM. When we stumble, HE is there to pick us up! I trust HE means this much to allow HIM to direct your steps in all that you do in your Faith walk with HIM. Remember Psalm 119:105, HE and HIS Word is a lamp unto your feet, and a light unto your path! Wherever you go and wherever HE takes you go in HIS strength and in HIS courage. AMEN! We send our love to you! Dick Gott

08/19/2021

How about a WORD from Dick Gott

IF ANYONE SERVE ME, HE MUST CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ME!
FCF DEVOTION FOR AUGUST 18, 2021

There is a Verse tucked away in John 20:23-27, that has touched my life in a very rich way. And it was 38 years ago when I was in transition from my life's work, to what the living GOD was preparing me for our future. And maybe there is one of you out there who is sensing the tug of GOD on your life. You know, any one reading this who knows the LORD JESUS can step out and serve HIM where you are today! I was in limbo with the invitation in front of me to step into Buena Vista Correctional facility to start a new Bible Study. But let's look at John 20:23-27 from the Amplified: 'The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified and exalted. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a GRAIN OF WHEAT falls into the earth and dies, it remains (just one grain; it never becomes more but lives) by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest. Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in the world will keep it to life eternal. (Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.) If anyone serves ME, he must continue to follow ME, and wherever I AM, there MY servant will be also. If anyone serves ME, the FATHER will honor him. Now MY soul is troubled and distressed. What shall I say? FATHER, save ME from this hour. But it was for this very purpose that I have come to this hour!' This is a deep teaching JESUS gives here near the end of HIS life before going to the cross here on earth, and HE uses a grain of wheat to illustrate What HE is about to undergo. And HE also uses this example to illustrate how this fits into our life of service to HIM also. This involves each one of us who have called upon JESUS to save us and restore our lives.
Grains of wheat have been found in ancient Egypt, still alive to themselves and, once placed in an atmosphere to grow, have ended producing a harvest of grain that sprouts from just one seed. This example JESUS gives us here is called the miracle of the harvest. And not only is JESUS the first fruit of that harvest. But by placing HIS life on a cross to be given as the first fruit of this harvest, HE likens this example to each one of us who will follow HIM in serving HIM while living out our lives on this earth. In Verse 26, JESUS first describes HIS call on a life to come and serve HIM. I heard HIS call, as many of you may have heard HIM call you to serve HIM right where you are now. When HE calls you, it is irrevocable! I heard that call several times during my early life, but there was no provision to serve HIM back then. But an irrevocable call means that HIS call is for us to continue to follow HIM as we grow in our relationship with HIM, conforming to HIS example before us. This call also means following HIM wherever and however HE would use us where HE plants us! JESUS says in Verse 26, 'where I AM there will MY SERVANT BE ALSO'. And this also means that where HE wants to use you, HE will also equip you for HIS service and HE will also be there where HE sends you before you get there! And lastly, for your willingness to step out in faith to HIS service, our Heavenly FATHER will honor you for serving the TRINITY. For we cannot be of genuine service without the presence of the HOLY SPIRIT actively at work in our lives! And I also chose to use Verse 27 where JESUS bares HIS soul anticipating what HE came to earth to do, that is lay down HIS life. What does this say to us? Whenever we are called by the LORD to service, there is always a cost, and HE is calling us to count that cost in Verse 25 where HE encourages us to consider what this may mean to our whole future with HIM. But I want to impress for you, that there is no greater honor and no more meaningful life than the one who serves the FATHER, SON and HOLY SPIRIT wherever they may send you, or however they may use you. You will be blessed and highly favored in all that you put your hands to and there will be no cost that will come close to the benefits and blessings you receive. But you will never know this until you make yourself available for service. It is my earnest desire to see you receive this gift from HIM with excitement to see how the FATHER will use you for HIS glory in the years to come. You will be blessed like never before. LORD bless you for the courage to take this step of faith. Dick Gott

08/05/2021

How about a WORD from Dick Gott!

OUR FATHER WANTS INTIMACY WITH EACH OF US!
FCF DEVOTION FOR AUGUST 4, 2021

The last two devotions have included how the FATHER has opened our understanding of Himself in the Old Testament through HIS Prophets to help us know HIM better, and for the benefit of old Israel. Last week we looked to JESUS CHRIST our Messiah to give us much more personal insight as to the nature of our Heavenly FATHER. But now I want to give you a personal testimony of how the FATHER made Himself known to me. Let's look at Jeremiah 18:1-6 AMP: 'The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD: Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear MY words. Then I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was working at the wheel. And the vessel that he was making from clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he made it over, reworking it into another vessel as it seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the LORD came to me: O house of Israel can I not do with you as this potter does? says the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in MY hand, O house of Israel'. Over 20 years ago, I was using this very scripture to write my first Seminar for the men at Fremont, and as I was writing, suddenly the SPIRIT illuminated my understanding to see that this was our FATHER sharing these scriptures with me, and I was the one HE was speaking to on HIS potter's wheel. This was a revelation to me, as I had not seriously included the FATHER in my relationship with HIS SON. As I continued to wind up this Seminar (WE ARE CLAY IN HIS HAND), I realized in my heart the FATHER was calling me to an intimate relationship with HIMSELF. And that has continued to this day, as I now see HIM as a loving FATHER WHO has my best interests at heart, and understands me completely. I love to crawl up into HIS big lap and sense HIS loving concern for every aspect of my life! And I know I am on HIS Potter's wheel and HE is fashioning me into the vessel only HE has the wisdom to make, even with the flaws and blemishes HE has had to refashion in this vessel. Do you not see that we can be flawed in HIS Hand as HE reworks us on HIS wheel? But there is one key to this whole passage of scripture, and it is in Verse 6: during our lives as we are on HIS wheel, we are NEVER out of HIS Hand! HE never lets go of us or takes HIS eye off us, and that is such good news! In Isaiah 64:8, the Prophet writes: 'Yet, O LORD, YOU are our FATHER: we are the clay, and YOU our POTTER, and we all are the work of YOUR Hand'. I love this Seminar as it changed my relationship with my Heavenly FATHER for the rest of my life. HE is surely a good, good FATHER!
I also want to give you a very special scripture found in Isaiah 66:1-2 AMP that amplifies how the FATHER feels about HIS special children who revere HIM. Isaiah 66: 1-2: 'Thus says the LORD: Heaven is MY throne, and the earth is MY footstool. What kind of house would you build for ME? And what kind can be MY resting place? For all these things MY Hand has made, and so all these things have come into being (by and for ME), says the LORD. But this is the man to whom I will look and have regard: he who is humble and of a broken or wounded spirit, and who trembles at MY word and reveres MY commands'. This word comes directly from our FATHER, and gives us inspiration of who HE is looking for of HIS children who revere, worship, reverently fear and honor HIS Name. But look what the Amplified Bible says HIS desire is for HIS children. The child HE holds dear and wants an intimate relationship with is one who has a humble and a broken or wounded spirit. Any of us ever had a broken or wounded spirit? I can give a loud shout to this one, and it was the turning point of my life! And today HE and only HE has caused me to tremble at HIS Word. HIS Word is very life to me, and sustains me from day to day as I feast on HIS Word. This is an incredible passage of scripture and says a lot about the gentleness of our Heavenly FATHER. HE is a loving FATHER WHO has each one of our best interests at heart, and continues to mold us into the vessel HE is making. Do you know that you are on HIS wheel? If you are, do not ever get off of HIS wheel. HE is not through with you or me yet. HE is making of us a vessel of honor, and for HIS glory!! Dick Gott

07/30/2021

How about another Word from Dick Gott?!

GOD OUR FATHER WANTS US TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY
FCF DEVOTION FOR JULY 21, 2021 AMP

Last week we looked at scriptures in the Old Testament where GOD our Heavenly FATHER has chosen to reveal HIS nature and HIS very self to the children of Israel through the Prophet Isaiah. These scriptures and many more help us to understand how important ALL scripture is to us to reveal hidden truths we need today to give us a complete understanding of how HIS plan of the ages fits together. This says we need the OLD to complete the NEW to give us a better understanding of Who HE really is!
But this week we will tackle the New Testament and see how HE brings complete understanding of Who HE is and how HIS plan of the ages fits us for today. To understand this we need to place JESUS CHRIST here as the Messiah, and of course you must accept this truth by faith! We know the story of HIS coming to earth miraculously by HIS supernatural birth through the Virgin Mary. GOD our FATHER planned this from Eternity past by calling JESUS the LAMB slain before the foundation of the world. And if there be any doubt about the almighty power of the Son of God, turn with me to the Gospel of John 3:34: 'For since HE Whom GOD has sent speaks the words of GOD (proclaims GOD's own message) GOD does not give HIM HIS SPIRIT sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift GOD makes of HIS SPIRIT!' I am so grateful to give you this verse, for our FATHER did not send HIS SON JESUS to earth with limitations, but BOUNDLESS was the gift of HIS SPIRIT HE sent to be in HIS SON so that there was nothing HE was called upon to do while on earth that HE was not equipped and given supreme power to perform. This stands out as a key word that allows us to understand the supernatural power the SON of GOD was equipped with while here on earth to perform HIS mighty deeds! Then look into John 4:23-26 where JESUS is speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well: 'A time will come, however, indeed is already here, when the true worshippers will worship the FATHER in spirit and in truth (reality); for the FATHER is seeking just such people as these as HIS worshippers. GOD is SPIRIT and those who worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth. The woman said to HIM, I know that Messiah is coming, HE Who is called the CHRIST, and when HE arrives, HE will tell us everything we need to know and make it clear to us. JESUS said to her, I Who now speak to you am HE!' JESUS could not have been clearer in speaking to the Samaritan woman, telling her details about WHO the FATHER is and about HIS nature, but HE also clearly speaks here about Himself and Who is actually speaking to her. This is JESUS the CHRIST, speaking candidly to this woman about Who the FATHER is that sent HIM to earth on this mission, with firsthand knowledge of Who the FATHER is and JESUS' mission to reveal HIM to all mankind.

Let us now look at another scripture found in John 14 where JESUS is having a discussion with HIS disciples about HIS coming sacrifice, and Thomas says to HIM in verses 5-6:' LORD, we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way? JESUS said to him, I Am the Way, and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the FATHER except by ME!' Again here JESUS makes it clear in this famous verse, that HE is the only way, and HE alone is the door to the FATHER and there is no other. Do you want eternal Life? JESUS is the only way to get there; the only access is through HIM! We will close this devotion in John 10:27-30: 'The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to MY voice; and I know them and they follow ME. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages. And no one is able to sn**ch them out of MY Hand. MY FATHER, WHO has given them to ME, is greater and mightier than all, and no one is able to sn**ch them out of the FATHER's Hand! I and the FATHER are ONE!' JESUS says it all here, about Himself and HIS relationship with HIS FATHER. You and I who belong to HIM are able to hear HIS voice, and we do follow after HIM. Eternal life belongs to them alone, and if we belong to them, NOONE can sn**ch us away from them, for the TWO of them are ONE! Scripture declares, and I believe it! Do you? I pray that the truths shared here are convicting, as you look to your heavenly FATHER for relationship. Dick Gott