You Don't Have To Go Through Hell To Get To Heaven

05/04/2026

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It is so easy for life to pile on us so much that we become physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually exhausted. I know because I’m in the midst of that for the last few years. As I cry out to God, all I hear is, be still, be patient. So much has happened to our family over the past few years with essentially all of my primary family members passing away, had some nasty health issues ( I thank God that after moving out of the house of mold, we are all doing better). We had to leave a church we were faithful for many years because a situation wasn’t handled biblically and it has led to trying different churches until God led us to the church of Eleven 22 which has begun a healing. Separation of family is so painful and on top of losing our loved ones, we are estranged from our oldest son pretty much for the last few years but totally for eight months now. Don’t know why but it is completely in God’s hands because when I asked, it ended in disaster. I’m so sorry that happened. That’s not what was or is intended for my family. We are a family of faith and service. Satan has constantly tried to divide us but he will never be able to divide us from Jesus our Savior!!!! We give God the glory in our success and blessings and we give God the glory in our pain and suffering. So until our faith carries us into the arms of Jesus in Heaven, we know we can rest in his arms here on earth. He takes away our burdens. He gives every section of our lives rest if we completely trust in Him and put our lives in His hands. Life hurts, but we don’t have to stay in that pain alone. Do you know Jesus? ❤️Billy

05/03/2026

It is so easy for life to pile on us so much that we become physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually exhausted. I know because I’m in the midst of that for the last few years. As I cry out to God, all I hear is, be still, be patient. So much has happened to our family over the past few years with essentially all of my primary family members passing away, had some nasty health issues ( I thank God that after moving out of the house of mold, we are all doing better). We had to leave a church we were faithful for many years because a situation wasn’t handled biblically and it has led to trying different churches until God led us to the church of Eleven 22 which has begun a healing. Separation of family is so painful and on top of losing our loved ones, we are estranged from our oldest son pretty much for the last few years but totally for eight months now. Don’t know why but it is completely in God’s hands because when I asked, it ended in disaster. I’m so sorry that happened. That’s not what was or is intended for my family. We are a family of faith and service. Satan has constantly tried to divide us but he will never be able to divide us from Jesus our Savior!!!! We give God the glory in our success and blessings and we give God the glory in our pain and suffering. So until our faith carries us into the arms of Jesus in Heaven, we know we can rest in his arms here on earth. He takes away our burdens. He gives every section of our lives rest if we completely trust in Him and put our lives in His hands. Life hurts, but we don’t have to stay in that pain alone. Do you know Jesus? ❤️Billy

04/12/2026

If you think that your sins are too big for God to forgive, you are mistaken my dear friends. Matthew 9:9 says,” As Jesus passed from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.” Matthew was given the name Levi before Jesus crossed his path. He was hated by the Jewish people as much as they hated the Romans. He literally was extorting his own people for the Roman government with no shame. But Jesus only saw Matthew and saw his future. His sin was forgiven and Gods grace was given. So again, your sins are not to big for you to follow Jesus. In fact, because of Jesus and what He did on the cross and conquering death in the tomb, all you have to do is reject evil by repenting of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Savior and you will be born again into a new life and experience eternal life with Him! This decision will change your life forever. You are made for more. God has an amazing plan for your life and your future. God bless you!!!!❤️Billy

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02/21/2026

In my prayer time today, I was thinking about the life of two young men that I was praying for and God spoke to my heart in His usual way. One young man reminded me of a nomad. I have known him for some years and have seen the pattern of his life and noticed that when he was at the lowest points of his life, he would travel through the wilderness until he let go of his pride and then he would find rest in God’s arms until the blessings were fulfilled and his prize was obtained. Then he would walk away from God and the ones who love him only to repeat his steps in pride. I was saddened.
Then I thought of the other young man and it occurred to me that he was a city dweller. He allowed God to constantly dwell in his heart and constantly received the blessings that God had for him whether or not he saw them. He may have traveled through some wilderness at times in his life, but never traveled alone. He never had to defend himself from his pride as it was evident that he was only proud to love an awesome Savior. Although I was happy that the second young man lived with integrity and humbleness, knowing what his final reward will be, I was still saddened by the first young man as both has found their way into my heart.
The question I pose is; are you a nomad or a city dweller? Will you end up in the wilderness or will you walk the streets of gold in the City of God? ❤️Billy

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!!!! May Jesus in His infinite love for us continue to bless us as we continue to strive to be more like Him!!!! (1 Peter 2: 21) May He touch the hearts of any of our family members who resist Him as well as all those that we have the opportunity to share the Gospel with. May we not miss any opportunities that He puts before us and may we seek to gladly take on the Great Commission (Matthew 28: 18-20) with boldness in this broken world. May He soothe our hearts with the pain of loss and fill our hearts with the joy of knowing that our Savior can fix anything that is broken (Psalm 34:18), fill any void we are feeling, calm any fear we are experiencing and expel anything that is holding us back from being “all in” for Jesus! (Romans 8:28) May we seek Him with all of our heart. (Matthew 22: 37) Finally, let us be thankful and filled with praise as we approach our Lord and Savior (Psalm 100), and be fearless in our constant pursuit of our Heavenly goal without anxiety but with “prayer and supplication.” (Philippians 4: 4-9)
Have a blessed 2026!!!!!😎🙏❤️🎶✝️
❤️Billy

12/24/2025

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12/23/2025

Just as a tree is only as strong as its roots, so it goes with us. If you have strong roots from family passed on to you from an early age, most likely it will be that you will have a balanced and productive life. Well think what you can do with strong biblical roots? Complete understanding of God’s love brings us a life fulfilled and endless power to do God’s work in our lives. God bless you. ❤️Billy

11/02/2025

This is a very important set of verses. Because the opposite of long life is what?……short life. Listen to what I’m saying here. You may have the worst parents in the whole world….honor them. You don’t have to have anything to do with them but you do have to honor them. If you have parents that are faithful to God and you are not honoring them, get your funeral plans completed early. I honored my parents all the way to the end. Felt both of their hearts stop as they crossed over to victory. They weren’t the perfect parents. Is that such a thing?
Let’s look at the second part of this verse. Fathers, don’t provoke your children to anger…..
You fathers out there have a responsibility to bring your children up in a loving and teaching environment. Don’t get them mad by taunting them and pushing them to follow a path that God didn’t make for them already. I brought both of my sons and all of my bonus sons up with love, discipline, tradition and did my best to lead them to find where God’s path for their lives would be able to be fulfilled. Was I perfect? Heck no. Only Jesus is perfect. Dad’s, hear me out. You can lead your children all the way to Heaven and they can still not follow anything that you taught them growing up. Don’t give up on them. Pray for them. Even when they cut you out of their life or do things to break every inch of your heart. Pray for them. As long as there is a breath in their body, there is a chance for reconciliation. I know this because I personally went through it with my dad. Reconciliation was amazing. The only thing I regret was that I let it go for too many years. I lost those valuable years that I will never get back and now that he’s gone, I am so grateful that I smartened up, grew up, and reconnected with him to enjoy his final years. Heed these verses. Let them guide your lives. Realize that none of us are perfect. Let’s give each other some grace. We want it from God so let’s show some to each other. Love you! ❤️Billy

10/20/2025

When we are young, we don’t realize the pain we can bring on our parents until we have children ourselves. It is then that it can be easy to have regrets. One thing I made sure that I did before my parents got too old to enjoy a long relationship, was I made peace with them and followed the Bible in respect to honoring my mother and father. Parents aren’t perfect. The only thing we hope for is grace. Children aren’t perfect. All we can hope for is grace. The defining force is to follow God’s equation to a healthy family. It’s a very unpopular thing these days. Jesus did say that there will be great difficulties in the end. Satan can divide a family as quick as he can lead people to lie. It’s best to love your parents and when you get married, if you can’t merge family get togethers for whatever reason, at least make sure that both families are represented in fairness.
When I married my wife, her Mom was invited to every holiday. As a family, we merged and it made for many memorable holidays plus a deep respect of our families that we know honored our God as well. God bless you and remember to “ Honor your Mother and your Father and you will live long.” It’s the fourth Commandment and the one that comes with a promise! ❤️Billy

09/28/2025

We truly are in the last days. He will come like a thief in the night and contrary to popular belief, he won’t be coming back as a lamb, but as a Lion, ready to take back His Kingdom and His people forever more!