Randall Friesen The Field Pastor
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DP #773 God‘s Love Can Help Even the Biggest Hater
Welcome to Daily Prayers
Now Paul tells us about his own personal story and how he experienced Christs love in his life. It’s an amazing story and powerful, especially if we think that God does not have enough to love us. He does. 
Galatians 1:13-16
November 28, 2024
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DP #772 The Gospel is Not a Human Invention
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Welcome to Daily Prayers The good news about Jesus Christ was never a human story or a human invention. Today we’re gonna discover why Paul holds so tightly to the gospel. Galatians 1:11-12 November 27, 2024
DP #771 Don’t be fooled by people who twist God‘s truth
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Welcome to Daily Prayers Ever since the very beginning of missionary work, people have been trying to twist the gospel of Jesus Christ into some pretty strange animals. Paul says don’t listen to them. Galatians 1:6-10 November 26, 2024
DP #770 It’s Ok. God Had a Plan
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Welcome to Daily Prayers Today we’re starting our way through Pauls letter of Galatians. It’s a great choice for those of us who would like to learn more about true freedom in Christ. Galatians 1:1-5 November 25, 2024
DP #769 Don’t Be Misled
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Welcome to Daily Prayers As we end the week, and hopefully we’ll feel better more and more, we want to remind each other not to be misled.  For us humans it always works that we harvest what we sow into.  So it is good that we are careful with what we are busy sowing.   Galatians 6:7-10 November 22, 2024
DP #768 A Simple Faith Based on Relationship
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Welcome to Daily Prayers If we don’t overthink it, our relationship with God can be a humble affair and simple really. Of course, what is simple for one may not be simple for another.  Psalm 119:145-152 November 20, 2024
DP #767 The power of encouragement
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Welcome to Daily Prayers Thinking about encouraging others.   1 Thessalonians 5:9-11  November 19, 2024
DP #766 Revenge won’t heal us so what do we do? *
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Welcome to Daily Prayers Paul finishes this chapter on transformation by encouraging us with some practical steps about how not to let evil overcome us.  And whose job is it to bring justice to this world?  Romans 12:19-21 November 18, 2024
DP #765 What to do with the problem of evil *
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Welcome to Daily Prayers Evil has an amazing level of power in this world. Paul is going to encourage us with what we can do with the problem of evil. Also a bit of the story of Oswald Chambers, and some personal notes. Romans 12:17, 18, 21 November 15, 2024
DP #764 Living The Upside Down Life *
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Welcome to Daily Prayers Christianity is anything but boring. We are in this process of being transformed from being people of this world into people of God’s kingdom. Here are some more helpful insights from Paul. Romans 12:14-16 November 14, 2024
DP #763 Pretending is for Playing Not for Living *
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Welcome to Daily Prayers (oops recorded on November 12, released on November 13) Sometimes we just feel safer pretending. But if we are going to enjoy all the fullness that life has for us, we need to be honest with God and ourselves.  Romans 12:9-13 November 13, 2024
DP #762 Do your best with what God has given you
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Welcome to Daily Prayers  God gives us all gifts that we can use for his glory. We just need to do our best with them.  Romans 12:6-8 November 12, 2024
DP #761 Be honest about who you are
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Welcome to Daily Prayers  The apostle Paul has a warning for us, and it has to do with being honest about who you are. What’s really interesting is that he tells us how to judge ourselves. Romans 12:3-5 November 11, 2024
DP #760 We are people who are being transformed *
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Welcome to Daily Prayers  From Orange Fanta oceans to the realities of life. Today we want to talk about being transformed as Jesus people  Romans 12:1-2 November 8, 2024
DP #759 Christ is in charge of God‘s entire house
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Welcome to Daily Prayers  Just a simple reminder today of what our priorities should be in life, faith, and politics.  Hebrews 3:1-14 November 7, 2024
DP #758 Leaders are just people who need prayer
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DP #758 Leaders are just people who need prayer
DP #757 Be Wise and Understanding
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DP #757 Be Wise and Understanding
DP #756 Who Has Inspired Your Faith?
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DP #756 Who Has Inspired Your Faith?
DP #755 We Have Authority Over the Enemy
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DP #755 We Have Authority Over the Enemy
Vacation Update
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Vacation Update
When The World Falls Apart (More!)
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When The World Falls Apart (More!)
I’ll be back…
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I’ll be back…
DP #754 Prone to Wander Lord I Feel it ///
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DP #754 Prone to Wander Lord I Feel it ///
DP #753 The Power of Prayer and a Touch of Oil ///
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DP #753 The Power of Prayer and a Touch of Oil ///
DP #752 Learning Patience as we Await Christ‘s Return//
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DP #752 Learning Patience as we Await Christ‘s Return//
DP #751 Jesus is Coming Get Your Affairs in Order///
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DP #751 Jesus is Coming Get Your Affairs in Order///
DP #750 Be Warned of Wealth/
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DP #750 Be Warned of Wealth/
DP #749 What if I Know Better?/
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DP #749 What if I Know Better?/
DP #748 Another Layer of Humility/
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DP #748 Another Layer of Humility/
DP #747 MYOB. Mind Your own Business//
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DP #747 MYOB. Mind Your own Business//

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  • @maryannfriesen9424
    @maryannfriesen9424 8 годин тому

    Ahh, your prayers for those who don’t see His great Love ❤️…and yes, star aniseed in chicken soup is the answer for real stuff! 🤧 Add to that a bunch of chopped onions and whaLAH!

  • @stephendicillo3598
    @stephendicillo3598 9 годин тому

    If God is way, way, way, way above our minds and knows past present and future than the plant Revelation is not so far fetched at all. Life is in the blood but it also is in the seed as well. Thank you for great message. Returning your letter today. Praying Laura Lee gets home soon. Some barade!

  • @maryannfriesen9424
    @maryannfriesen9424 День тому

    Thank you for continually sharing how much Jesus loves us❣️ Help us oh Jesus to begin to grasp more and more how much! Unplug our ears like Pastor Randall said, open our eyes and our hearts to hear, see, and be moved by this beautiful Truth! Amen ❣️

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 3 дні тому

    Oh, the delightful ability to wander off as your thoughts drift into interesting and curious tangents. Isn't that nice when you're trying to get something done and you've got to come back the next day once the meds have wore off to make sure you sounded coherent? Well, your edits were just fine and I really appreciate the message you gave and the one that is coming. It sounds like more of exactly what I need to hear as well as to enact. I think the city is almost dug out but I sure am grateful we have nowhere we needed to be. The house is decorated because of today's snow day and I'm set to start filming to be my own UA-cam star on Wednesday. I don't want just circumstances to dictate my happiness but I am focusing on being grateful for the way things currently are. I hope your dear wife can make it home very soon.

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 6 днів тому

    When I first heard them use that term I thought it was just journalists being hyperbolistic again, not that it was an actual meteorological term. Thanks again for this message. I feel a little bit naive in that I have this silly novel idea that deceit and dishonesty are a newer thing. Probably I've been naive, but I do feel like the average person is less honest than they used to be. But it was good, in a strange way, to know that it's nothing new and people have been searching for real information forever. Thankfully we have it, but so many do not. I tried to spend my energy well, but lately it's felt a lot less purposeful than usual. I want to get out more, despite the cold that stupid amounts of snow, to interact with my group of old boys, and all their varieties of understanding and clothing and all those attributes. It's not just the snow, though. And I don't like the cold but the snow is worse for me. It is still knowing the uninformed opinions of some of those people, who understand my plate and sit at the same table as me and I think are well-meaning. But that misinformation and ignorance that they have grab on to, and always the easiest sound bite, not a nuanced opinion... I should probably drag myself there and just focus on speaking with the people in whom I have the most in common, it's just that the one I'm most disappointed in is the one I'm closest to. Yeah, that's enough and I'll keep processing. We are healthy. I think we had that current nasty strain in July and we were tired for a long time after as well. So, I hope you both convalesce fully very soon and have a blessed weekend.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 6 днів тому

    Keep getting rest, get well! Thank you and amen!

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 8 днів тому

    I could give you some sarcastic response about why the snow came here from a political decision perspective but I don't need to go there. Regarding people, so many just seem to be happy in their misery and don't necessarily want an end to their strife. Certainly, it made me think of your wish for a good night's rest. Myself I seldom have a problem getting to sleep unless I'm hurting too bad. My mind used to keep me awake but it doesn't any longer, except for those certain things that come up that a person needs to process. But the body aches are always the thing to keep down low enough that sleep will come. I hope that you had a very convalescent night and woke up feeling very well today.

  • @maryannfriesen9424
    @maryannfriesen9424 8 днів тому

    Overcoming evil with good. This is a deep one that hits home for a lot of us. But there is healing in doing exactly that. Lord show us all individually things we can do practically to do just that. Thank You that You have already, and You will again. Help us obey. And give us willing hearts by the power of Your Spirit living inside of us. Through Jesus, Amen.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 8 днів тому

    I love how you love the Lord and love His word, thank you so much for sharing! Please rest and get well, praying for you..😊

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 9 днів тому

    I find myself using fewer pleases and thank yous these days, honey catching fewer flies than vinegar or electricity. I guess it's the seemingly lack of reciprocity that has caused it. But, I feel like I've doubled down on trying to appreciate the people I really appreciate. I do know how much I value encouragement add try to be forthcoming with it, I just find myself being anything but unconditional with the exceptions I've already mentioned. Thank you for this encouragement today.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 9 днів тому

    Thank you Pastor! And bless you back! ❤

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 10 днів тому

    I assure you I wasn't reading ahead when I made that heaping burning coals comment on the previous video. The last message is not easy to hear please and thank you just doesn't get you anywhere, any longer. However, if I want to be who I want to be I will listen and be mindful.

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 10 днів тому

    I have a lot to say but first, it's our honor that you would do this for us amongst your remarkably busy schedule. I hope that my prayers for your energy and full lungs are making that possible. You are giving a great leadership to your sheep and it is seen. As for repairing kindness with kindness, my struggle seldom Falls when I have to deal with people, it's when I have to deal with the bureaucracies that hide the faces, voices and Humanity of the people you have to deal with. Breaking through that so that you can discuss and negotiate and reason with a person is what I'm struggling with. Money doesn't seem to matter, heaping burning coals on their head doesn't seem to matter so I'm just not sure how to find the motivating factor to move these circumstances forward with such a big lumbering mechanism. And the people who are helping are also caught in the gears for which they work. I guess it's down the first and last resort of prayer.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 10 днів тому

    I so needed this message, God help me!!😢. Holding onto God, holding onto hope….amen

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 11 днів тому

    I am really glad that I saved this video for right now and thank you for the much-needed and very funny jokes.

  • @maryannfriesen9424
    @maryannfriesen9424 13 днів тому

    So very good!! I may have to listen to this again!! ❤️‍🩹

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 13 днів тому

    Such a needed message, amen and 🙏

  • @evafriesen3335
    @evafriesen3335 13 днів тому

    Many times the Lord helps me find things !

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 15 днів тому

    I forgot to add how much I appreciate it the old turn table. When I started feeling a bit welcoming of autumn earlier this year, I found myself turning into UA-cam for Ambience and background music. It was amazing how much that was more like a.m. radio or music coming from the other room. It was interesting in that certain sounds like ambient but chirping was sharp and clear but the music sound like I had hearing loss. It was endearing for a while but after a bit, I found it a bit taxing on my mind and was real proof for me that hearing loss can certainly affect your ability to think and to interact when you need to spend that much more energy on hearing what is being said.

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 15 днів тому

    On a sharp day, I will come down and turn on the radio for just a few minutes while I'm sitting up, before starting your video. I don't know if I said this, but thank you for that very welcoming intro and music every day. I don't know if I have reached for the power button as quickly as I did today after listening to a caller who seemed like the type of person that wanted to be a good citizen and he was loudly asking a whole bunch of questions that have large geopolitical implications. I'm pretty convinced he didn't want to hear the answers and if he did hear them he would have some loud and unthinking refute. I definitely don't want to be that guy and I wonder how many stubborn people you're talking to today. I'm probably one of them in a number of ways that were brought to my attention after a patience testing evening last night. I am glad that at least I realized what was happening and why I didn't want to be that way and I'm not sure how to move forward when you regularly have to interact with people who don't necessarily want to hear and answer. I'm getting a bit rambly but I appreciate this message because of how timely it is, coming on the heels of a good refresher of who I want to be and who I don't want to be.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 15 днів тому

    This is a great Sunday sermon!! You preach it! So simple yet can be so hard ! God bless you! Amen

  • @maryannfriesen9424
    @maryannfriesen9424 15 днів тому

    Suuuuch a wonderful Word! Thank you ‘letting’ God speak through you 💜

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 16 днів тому

    Every Superman needs his Fortress of solitude. The door to mine's always open and I wish more people would come in because I feel like I'm running out of people to give gifts to. That said, there's about 10 toys I want to make for my daughter and hopefully grandchildren one day. But I miss the video chats/hangouts and ways that people with disabilities have been connecting long before the pandemic gave everybody else these new-to-them toy to play with. Which then became monetized so that when everybody went back to normal we are still here using that technology, missing the people that joined us for a few years. But I appreciate what you said in the encouragement. And I'm glad to know about two solid people, outside my family of course, who are in my corner.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 16 днів тому

    O how I needed your encouragement today! This whole message was for me😢… thank you !! God bless and keep you!❤

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 17 днів тому

    Beautiful church, and country!

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 17 днів тому

    A needed word, thank you for being faithful 😊

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 17 днів тому

    Thank you for bringing the last few beautiful messages. I pray that you will heal completely, very soon.

  • @stephendicillo3598
    @stephendicillo3598 17 днів тому

    I have followed you for the last six months and have benefited from your sermons, Thank you! However there is an elephant in the room. The church in my opinion still fails to address the issue of narcissistic abuse and how to handle it correctly. God does not want us to be abused. Often the church attacks the victim, the scapegoat claiming they are not trying enough. We are living in a very narcissistic time. Paul, also talks about narcissism and the reality of it,the evil of it. Thank you again for your sermons.

    • @thefieldpastor
      @thefieldpastor 17 днів тому

      I agree with you Stephen. The amount of sin that continues to be exposed in church leadership these days is very discouraging. Feels like each month another one falls. We seem to be structuring our churches with systems that don't make for good accountability. Even with non leaders, but regular folks. The church gatherings today are more public meetings which means that some there won't even know Christ. So they can't be held accountable, as easily anyway. Thanks for following and your comment. I appreciate it.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 19 днів тому

    Yes and amen 😊

  • @aprilklaassenbrown6570
    @aprilklaassenbrown6570 19 днів тому

    Amen

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 21 день тому

    I'm glad you felt well enough to come back for today. I have an awful lot I'd love to comment but, ironically, so much of the big issues suddenly melt away when something closer to home happens. I just saw my parents off from a very sudden visit for a medical appointment, which was good. But it revealed some concerns as well as shed light in other ways in which I hope I am able to help. But it really does reframe what is important. That said, some of the horrific stories I hear from Care Homes lately, and the likelihood of family members, even myself, needing that care sounds like inhumane treatment to me. I'm certain there are some very good care homes out there that some of the stories send chills down my spine. I say that's always been my biggest trust issue, knowing that things will be fine but wondering how horrific the journey to get there will be. And I'm not sure whether I want to know or to be blissfully ignorant.

    • @thefieldpastor
      @thefieldpastor 20 днів тому

      I have some of the same sorts of trust issues with care homes, if it can be said that way. I've visited too many as a pastor, that make me come home And make declarative statements to my family. Like if I'm ever in a home that puts floppy bunny ears on me while I'm sitting somewhat comatose in the hallway, that they need to come And get me out of there. One of the "blessings" if I can say that, of dad passing away at 64, was that he passed all that undignified treatment And went straight to pay day. Of course it didn't feel like that then, but time speaks truth to those who want to hear. Blessings brother.

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 22 дні тому

    I forgot to say that I'm praying for your Wellness because it's clear that covid caught up with you today.

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 22 дні тому

    I knew that I was saving this video for a reason. After such a challenging evening I needed the smile you brought the very beginning and I appreciate that. As for influences, I've had some positive influences in the past, one cousin and an uncle and aunt. That Uncle was greatly connected with a current friend from the Turning club. One who spent many hours working at the Bible College with Uncle Harvey. As for champions, the late Ken Merritt is who immediately comes to mind, though Beyond a few conversations and membership interview we didn't interact but I always knew that he was one of the people looking out for me. One of his greatest bits of wisdom he gave me is something I'm not currently able to do and I hope you get back to it because I now see the death of his wisdom add ability to forecast my future challenges I'm sure he had similar examples from which to compare, but his wisdom was the definition of Godly.

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 23 дні тому

    Thank you for bringing us a message through your sickness. Rest if you need to. Great camera work at the end!

    • @thefieldpastor
      @thefieldpastor 23 дні тому

      Yes my health has caught up to me And there may be a few days missed.

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 24 дні тому

    Thank you for bringing positivity and hope. It is an incredibly heavy week internationally and within my own family. Good things but so much busyness and there's so little I need to do or can do to help. That's where they can do for me is that I feel stuck here watching others do the things I wish I could be doing for them, struggling to find a way to be useful to feel like I'm contributing when all I can really do is pray. And I see how I making prayers seem like a last resort. That's certainly was not my intent and I appreciate you reminding us to reject all evil, and be thinking humans, not zombies. I think that's my biggest frustration is looking at the world and seeing such numbness but I'll try to get back to focusing on the positive because every little bit of smile and positivity will be very welcome this week. Thank you for bringing a message of Hope and focus.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 24 дні тому

    Thanks you Pastor for your message today, I so needed it! Thank you for praying for us, God help us!

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 27 днів тому

    So very glad to have you back and very happy that your vacation was as good as it was. Thank you for the reminders. I know that I have fought recently about how tame certain risque shows seemed from not so long ago and yet we watched them like it's nothing. That said, it's good to make sure our attention is where the most important things are. Why did you have to mention that disappointing election, with uninformed ignorant people afraid of things that are significant but really, really do not top the list of issues. That's where I'll stop my politics talk. The sense of Darkness I feel when I'm out and about is more of people not being there, despite their bodies being present. Drivers doing unreasonable irrational things, Shoppers or others looking like they're in their own lost in the world. Occasionally seeing someone having an unreasonable reaction to something not being the way they expected it. And I can understand more easily someone having an overreaction to something not being the way they wanted. It is the times where someone just stares their with something isn't the way they expected as if they're waiting for the next line of code to be input to know what to do next when the circumstances are not exactly as they expected. I feel like I'm starting to see the Unseen a lot more though these days and it's good because I find my priorities reorganizing themselves as a positive consequence. Really glad to be returning your regular and current videos to my daily routine. I appreciated your archive but I always appreciate the new current things because they let me know how you are at this time.

    • @thefieldpastor
      @thefieldpastor 27 днів тому

      Thanks, Jay As I said 30 times it's good to be back.😊 You know, your response to seeing and dealing with others in the world as they come and go with blank stares, that was really insightful for me. I think that hits the nail on the head. People are stumbling around in a fog, waiting for the next line of code to know what to do. That confusion, and that sense of lostness for them seems to consume their worlds. But as I say your words, give language to the things I have been seeing as well. Thank you.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 27 днів тому

    Thank you for being a current champion! I appreciate you and all your work! Praying for Lauralea, Lord please be her helper and healer. Lord bless you!!😊

    • @thefieldpastor
      @thefieldpastor 27 днів тому

      Thank you, Rachel, That's a good encouragement on a foggy overcast Covid kind of a morning ! 😊

  • @jeremy1350
    @jeremy1350 28 днів тому

    First day back and he's firing on all cylinders !!! Papa's new home fragrance, it's called "Demons be Gone" Send that Beelzebub back where he came from with the scent of Frankincense and Myrrh. All the while repeating out loud "THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU !!" The Heavenly blend, part of the very popular "Bells and Smells" collection. Get yours today !!!

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 28 днів тому

    Welcome back! Thank you for this teaching, don’t hear of this very often. Excellent!

  • @EmbraceTheJourney
    @EmbraceTheJourney Місяць тому

    Always embrace your journey. Thanks for the positive video

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 Місяць тому

    I was saving this video for this morning, hoping and needing it to be as positive as it was. Blessings on the rest of your vacation.

  • @jeremy1350
    @jeremy1350 Місяць тому

    Hey Papa. Rolling around the floor with the Littles is good therapy for the soul, and the occasional meeting with Jesus on a park path !! I've been wondering about you as of late, but haven't bothered your vacation time !!

    • @thefieldpastor
      @thefieldpastor Місяць тому

      Yup I can get down with the little ones, it's getting back up that is tricky. 😅 It's going well. Weather is beautiful.

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 Місяць тому

    So, here I am a week later and what a great message. You are such a solid leader with Incredible advice, which I'm glad I took without even hearing it. I think I've been saving this video for a while because that's my personality, preserve precious things that there may not be more of, or that won't be for a while. I have albums from my favorite musical groups I haven't heard yet, and I'm not entirely sure what the psychology behind that is. Part of it feels like maybe I'm afraid it will be as good as I remember or part of me might be the last one and for some reason should be preserved instead of enjoyed repeatedly. However, I have come to greatly appreciate your archives. Your videos are not yesterday's news, even if they include a bit of it. Your dad jokes are Timeless and the message is as well. I hope you have the greatest traveling mercies and most wonderful experiences during your time off, but I would be remiss if I did not tell you how glad I will be when you're back.😊

    • @thefieldpastor
      @thefieldpastor Місяць тому

      So I'm sitting here in the Sobeys parking lot in Humboldt Saskatchewan, waiting for Lauralea to bring back some bread. The break is going so well that for half of this day, we thought it was already Saturday. Then I texted her daughter and said what are they doing on this fine weekend and she said I'm working at the bank. So we were given another "free" day! Thank you for your encouragement Jay. I have to admit, though that this was all God. I was gonna go in a different direction with it, but as I started to talk, the spirit opened up another way, which satisfied me all the more. 😊 I understand your desire to hold onto things because anticipation was part of the joy of owning it. I do the exact same thing. Although I don't do it as much with music, etc., but with treats and books and shows I do.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 Місяць тому

    Such a needed and hopeful message! Thank you and bless you!!

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 2 місяці тому

    Add Ebenezer one time probably about they anointed and prayed over a number of us, myself included, and anyone who wanted of course. I'll admit that like you, I struggled to understand the outcome, or lack thereof. I did recognize the value of family coming around me and the support of that community, as well as the forgiveness in a new way other than communion. I know that they spoke about it before going ahead with the ritual, but I think it is important for leaders to temper expectations and be very clear to the congregation on scriptures meaning and the most needed healing many of us have. On a different note I'm going to leave you with three songs to consider listening to. First, Whitney Phillips, Refiner's Fire first heard that at a Men's Conference and listening to an all men's congregation sing that song was something else. I'll switch gears next by suggesting almost anything by 12 Stones and then give you the song every young person should listen to, Barlow Girl by Superchick.

    • @thefieldpastor
      @thefieldpastor 2 місяці тому

      It’s been my experience as well that even just being prayed for is a great blessing. It’s like a holy act of community. And yes, the Lord reserves the right to deliver healing or not. For reasons that we may never know. I’m gonna pull up the songs and have a listen. Thanks for the recommendations. I always love finding new good music.

  • @jeremy1350
    @jeremy1350 2 місяці тому

    When I was younger, working in travel, I had a friend who lived in Mississippi (Tupelo) and she used to send us cans of "Road Kill." You can actually get (Cat Food Size) cans of Road Kill. To teach some people, I really did not get along with a lesson, I served up "Road Kill" on a pretty plate, with a serving knife, like it was very expensive Pate, and unique. Weren't they mortified, when I asked them how they liked their "Road Kill" on toasty bread crackers ???

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 2 місяці тому

    That was a big one. Let me start by saying that I'm also having a breathless day and hoping I can get that blood pressure back up because I intend to drag my bones to a friend's place to enjoy my craft in his presence and learn from him. I am not feeling it today, but I'm going to go in faith. Regarding grieving loss, there have been a number of times in my life where I've been quite unwell and then thanks to the help of experts diligence in my part and patience in waiting on God, I recover a lot of function and wellness. After about 5 to 7 years of feeling like a constant downtrend, and now feeling like we're actually starting to get somewhere, I'm not sure how to feel. It feels like the end of 200 hours of playing The Witcher 3, where all the storyline is done and all the new dialogue is over and the place feels empty. Now that I feel like maybe I've gotten to where I wanted to go on my pain journey and have more function left to live my life I'm not sure what to do. I guess the answer is to live the life I've missed as sorted out with a wise friend last evening on the phone. After such a long time of thinking things would not get better, I feel like I was grieving what I believe to be a permanent loss, and now that it doesn't seem to be I need to refocus my thinking, be grateful and do as much as I can while I am well. Now, what I feel like I am grieving, is the loss of so many good things. It's pure nostalgia, but stoned Wheat Thins have been discontinued, so many other things that we enjoyed are not there anymore. But that's unimportant. What I am grieving is truth, honor and an unspoken trust that I feel like we used to have in this society, even leaving doors and vehicles unlocked without a second thought.

    • @thefieldpastor
      @thefieldpastor 2 місяці тому

      My story resonates with you. The past five or so years were a downward trend for my health. I had given up on working or any retirement plan. Then this summer meeting with some experts who said I shouldn't have to worry about it In the near future And go live my best life. So that's what I'm doing. Funny what that adjustment has done for me.

    • @jayscott306
      @jayscott306 2 місяці тому

      @thefieldpastor I do not care for how fickle I can be from one day to the next when each day can such an unexpected good or bad day. But, at the moment, I'm positive about things and hope my efforts continue to benefit my wellness. Realistic attitude and hope are significant factors, as you said.

  • @jayscott306
    @jayscott306 2 місяці тому

    My mouth betrayed me during a stressful situation yesterday. I tried to be mindful but like you said, the frustration bubbled up and over and the tone of my voice changed to be unkind. Today's a new day.

  • @rachelseibert7882
    @rachelseibert7882 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for your message, it was so needed…amen and God bless you!