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Summary: Few recognize the beauty and power of praise. God inhabits our praise. We want no rocks crying out our praise. Come let us PRAISE GOD.

DON’T WANT NO ROCKS CRYING OUT FOR ME…

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

I give each person a small rock. We think about what lesson we can learn from a rock.

Psalm 107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

WE ALL HAVE A COMMON ENEMY… THIS ENEMY HATES GOD AND GOOD.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

FOR MANY YEARS THE ENEMY OF GOD MOCKED AND MADE FUN OF THE CHURCH. SEEMS THE CHURCH WAS ALWAYS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS. ALL THE DEMONS AND THE DEVIL HAD A STRATEGY MEETING AND THEY SAW THIS OUTWARD ATTACK WAS PULLING THE CHURCH TOGETHER IN UNITY. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION THE EVIL SIDE DECIDED TO CHANGE THEIR STRATEGY --- THE DEMONS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY, LET’S JUST ALL JOIN THE CHURCH AND SLOWLY COMPROMISE THE BIBLICAL TEACHINGS TO ENTERTAIN AND SEEK PLEASURE FROM WITHIN…

SEEMS WE ARE WALKING AND LIVING IN THE DARK DAYS OF TIME WHERE SATAN DOES NOT HIDE SIN AND CORRUPTION ANY MORE. HE IS BOLD AND STUPID AND BLATANT AND THE WORLD STILL DOES NOT RECOGNIZE HIS EVIL PLOT TO STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY. WE HAVE SIN THAT PARADES AROUND BOASTING OF EVIL. WHY CAN’T WE SEE WHAT THE ENEMY IS DOING?

THERE ARE TWO PLANS OR PURPOSES FOR YOU… A DEMONIC PLAN AND A GOD PLAN… YOU CHOOSE WHICH PLAN YOU FOLLOW BY THE WORDS YOU SPEAK, THE ATTITUDES YOU CARRY AND THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE…

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

LIFE IS ABOUT THE DAILY MENIAL CHOICES YOU MAKE.

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE YOUNG GIRL CUTTING THROUGH THE WOODS TO TAKE HER GRANDMOTHER SOME FOOD?

The weather had turned very cold. The snow was coming down. The cold north wind was blowing so hard. The young girl was walking through the field returning home. She heard someone calling to her. She stopped to listen. The voice was coming from the ground. A beautiful voice asked her to stop and listen to him. She looked down and at huge rattle snake. The rattler grinned real big. The girl could see what big fangs he had. The snake said: I AM DYING. I WILL BE DEAD IN A FEW MINUTES IF YOU DON’T HELP ME. The snake also explained to the girl: US SNAKES GET A BAD RAP. WE ARE NICE AND LOVING…The girl said: MOM AND DAD TAUGHT ME TO STAY FAR AWAY FROM ANY SNAKE. The girl said maybe you could crawl in the basket.

The snake said I will still freeze to death in the basket. If you come close and reach down I will crawl up your sleeve. I am really a nice snake, don’t believe all the garbage about me. So with some gentle persuasion the girl allowed the snake to crawl up the sleeve and wrap around her warm body.

When they got to the house the mom and dad had left a large fire in the stove and the house was so toasty. The rattle snake said see I am a good snake, let me go in the house and stay near the stove. The girl said: Yes, you are a good snake and she allowed the snake to lay in the coal bucket. The snake curled up, got warm and took a nap.

Later the girl had forgotten about the rattle snake and she reached in the coal bucket to throw some more coal on the fire. As she reached down she startled the snake and he sank his fangs into her hand. As she lay in the floor she knew she was dying. She looked at the rattle snake and said: I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO MY MOM AND DAD. I should have never allowed you in my coat. I have wasted my future for a slick trick of my enemy.

SHUT UP! BE QUIET! WE HAVE THE KEY THAT BRINGS GOD TO ATTENTION… PRAISE…THERE IS A HIDDEN SECRET THE WE ALL KNOW BUT IN THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE WE TEND TO FORGET WHAT WE KNOW.

Hear me well. We are tolerating fear, worry, stress, bad news, compromise, peer pressure and panic attacks as the NORM. We seem to desire the applause and the approval of the world more than GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN. We must be on the lookout, ATTENTION NOT AT EASE… We have a terrible enemy that hates us and hates God. The enemy is pacing back and forth to destroy you and your family. DON’T GET ALL WORKED UP. DON’T BE SURPRISED. Trust the unseen hands of a mighty God. Don’t release the demonic powers of hell.

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