Devotion From The Farm
Mark 10: 51-52
51: And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
52: And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus In The Way.
Good Morning Friends, the word FAITH has been stuck in my mind the past few days and when I looked up this scripture it reminded me of a time I was in a very serious accident 20 plus years ago in which the doctors said that it could have easily ended my life. The following week I was in much pain and hurt to walk and on Wednesday night I had my oldest daughter Nicole to drive me to Hickory Flat Fellowship Church because I knew they would be there for choir practice. My friend Olen Blankinship saw us come in and came to talk to me and immediately stopped the choir practice and had them gather around me to Pray. Praise God I walked out of there pain free and two days later the doctor shook his head and said I can’t believe this and I shared what had happened at that Church. He released me to drive and that evening my daughter Valorie went with me to Revival at Faith Baptist Church and I had to share what God had done. Point is I had the Faith that these people would lift me in Prayer and Faith that God would hear those Prayers and He Did!!
My final thought is like this Blind Man I feel many times we as Christians May slip off the path and we are Blinded By The World and all we think it has to offer. I know because I DID but I also know the day I laid it all at Jesus Feet He Forgave Me! So Let Us Not Lose Faith and when we Slip Pray Through Faith and ask God to Open Our Eyes! I know for me personally the World is More Beautiful than ever before in my life.
May God Bless You Today is my Prayer and through Faith I Believe God Will Heal Our Land and We Should All Come Back On Fire For Revival In This World!! I know this Bapticostal Boy Stan
Today’s Devotion From The Farm:
Matthew 14: 25-27
25: And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking the sea.
26: And when the Disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled saying; It is a Spirit; and they cried out for fear.
27: But straightway Jesus spake unto them saying, Be of Good Cheer; It Is I; Be Not Afraid.
I know that there is much concern and fear of how some things will turn out because of our current situations. I challenge you to “Be Not Afraid” because if we have Jesus In Our Hearts he is with us to supply our needs according to his will. One of the things I Have learned is that while I was “Living Out Of Favor and Obedience” I thought I would just do it my way. What a mistake because he was here waiting for my repentance at My Farm 3 years ago at what is now known as Tony’s Prayer Tree; and after I did I was reminded God Is Good and He Has A Plan for Tony and he does not need my input or suggestions but he needed my New Commitment to Accept His Will and Follow His Instructions and I DO!! So Thank God Daily when you Pray and if you are Living Out of Favor IT IS TIME TO COME HOME!!
The Storms May come and The Waters Be Rough but God Will Calm them and if we let him He Will Calm Us to face another day!
Listen to the Whisnants as they sing Be Not Afraid. Love these Folks and their Ministry. May God Bless Each of You and if your Heart Is Heavy and You Stand In Need of Prayer or you need to talk I am here and it will go no further than to My Father In Heaven when I Pray At The Tree 🌳!!
Tony
Devotion From The Farm
KJV Tomans 8, Verses 12-18
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Good Morning Friends
I felt good message in these Scriptures this morning as I was reading them and when I read the 18th Verse I thought this is a Strong Message To The World! The thought that hit me was how upset I get with some of The Things going on in our Local Areas, Our State, Country and World and even in my Life. This told me to Let Go and Let God deliver His Plan. So Lord I Stand Ready and Waiting!
Let Us Pray
So Lord I Surrender It All to You and Especially the Challenges I Face Daily! I Know You Have a Plan and I Stand Ready for Your Answers and Guidance and ask you to Please have Your Will In My Life!
Lord please Put Your Hedge of Protection Around us today as we face some potential storms and Lord Bless Those Families who Lost Loved Ones In Last Nights Storms. Lord I Thank You for Bringing Me Out of So Many Personsl Storms of Life and For Your Love, Compassionate Forgiveness of my sins. And MOST of All Thank You for Jesus and His Saving Grace to All Who Will Accept Him in Their Hearts and Lives!
AMEN
Tony
Attached: My Friends “The Joymasters” singing
“Joy In The Storm”
Devotion From The Farm
KJV John16: Verses 29-33
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Good Afternoon Everyone
Hope you are having a Blessed Week.
Today’s Devotion Topic is Verse 31. And Friends the Answer for me is ....... YES LORD I DO BELIEVE!
I have read this passage for years and if you like me are Struggling and Your Life Seems to Be One Battle after another then as Verse 33 says
Be of Good Cheer because Jesus Walked Here on This Earth and Overcome The World.
And as these two songs say:
Because He Lives I Can Face Tomorrow
When I Leave This World I Am Going Home to Be With Him(JESUS)
So Friends when we are burdened and dealing with hard times let’s know Because He Lives and He Overcome This World if we Trust Obey and Believe when our times comes He will take us Home.
I recently hung my Cristian Flag at my Farm Market and I went to secure it and as I sat in the truck and watched it waving in the winds I thought perfect! Maybe someone who is also struggling can see it and help them realize for all of Life’s Problems that JESUS IS THE ANSWER!
Thanksgiving Day Devotion From The Farm:
Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! I Pray you all have a Blessed Day! Here at the Farm it is a Blessed Day. My Father ask to stay with me last night and spend today with me! What A Blessing for Me!
Here are some Scriptures I felt appropriate for this day of Thanksgiving. No matter what the last year has been to us join me in Giving Thanks To The Lord for His Blessings!
King James Version
Psalm 100 Verses 1-5
1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Psalm 95 Verses 1-7
1 O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand today if ye will hear his voice,
Colossians 3 Verses 15-17
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him
Devotion From The Farm
KJV Book of Job 11; Vrrses 13-20
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
To me the Message is Short and Simple:
When the World is pulling you down Reach Out Your Hands toward Heaven and Pray for Forgiveness if you’ve done wrong and God Will Forgive You and Give You a Fresh Start. If Man tries to Stop You just to yourself and The Lord Forgive Their Actions Against You and Move Forward for The Lord and Follow His Direction!
I have focused my current Scripture Readings on the Book of JOB and I have no doubts that God Has Pointed Me In These Readings.
This is My Prayer Today:
Lord Forgive Me of Any Wrong In My Life and Direct My Path to Lead Others To You and Let Me Be A Help To Those In Need that I Come In Contact With!
Thank You For Your Blessings!!
AMEN
Devotion From The Farm
Isaiah 55 Verses 6-13: King James Version
6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Good Evening
Been a tough few days for me and was searching Scriptures and felt like much of these words were just what I needed. Especially the start of the 6th Verse. So when the Storms of Life get Tough do what it says: Seek The Lord and trust me he will provide good answers and Strong Advice! As I ride around my little Farm or am Planting it makes some of these Verses even More Comforting!
Give a listen to my AWESOME FRIENDS
The Joymasters as they sing a Great Song!
“Joy In The Storm”
Devotion From The Farm:
Colossians 3
King James Version
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Good Afternoon.
Hope Everyone is Well and had a Blessed Week. The Simple Fact we are sti
Devotion From The Farm
KJV Ephesians 2: Verses 5-10
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Hello All
As I lay here tonight looking at various scriptures these stuck to me in the fact that Yes I fell from Grace and was living in the sins of the World then God Spoke reminding me that He Would Forgive Me and Give New Direction in my life and he did at what I call my Prayer Tree here at The Farm. And as verse 1 spoke of the time in my life I Was Dead In My Sins and Verse 6 says For By Grace Are Ye Saved! Thank You Lord.
The attached song describes part of my life.
Gods Blessings to All!!
Tony
Devotion From The Farm
1 Corinthians 3:6-9
King James Version
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
Good Morning Friends.
The thought on my mind has been Planting Seeds and seeing them through until Harvest Time. God put this. Scripture on me and made me ask myself this.....
Tony What Seeds are you Planting? Are they of Love, Concern, Caring and Giving Heart or Seeds of The World?
My Prayer
My answer in Prayer today as I am working planting Winter Crops in my fields and other Vegetables in my Greenhouse I is God I want to be a Farmer and Gardner Planting Seeds to Physically Grow Food that Will Help Feed those who are Hungry and Lord allow me to Feed Those that I may have the opportunity to Introduce them To Jesus and maybe help Lead them in Prayer to The Feet of Jesus where they might Accept Him in their Hearts. Now Lord I know there were years the Seeds I Planted Were Corrupt but Lord I Repented and You Forgave Me now Take Me and Use Me for Your Purpose In Life! Lord Use Me and Thank You for My Salvation. Now God I Lift those Strughling and Hurting to You and God Place on My Heart What I Can Do to Help! Lord I Love You and Want to Work Hard in my Remaining Days on this Earth Serving You and When You Call Me Home hear those words “ Welcome Home Faithful Servant! Enter In”
AMEN
So in closing my question would be What Kind of Seeds are you Planting Today? Remember always God Loves Us and He Has A Plan for each of us if we will just Believe And Trust In Him and follow his direction in our lives.
God’s Blessings to Everyone!!
Tony
Devotion From The Farm
Good Afternoon I hope all are well and feeling Blessed today. Here is some Scriptures that God put on my heart to share with you today. I have way too many thoughts on these verses to type it all out so just read them closely and let God Lead You to a Solid Understanding. But I will say this Jesus was sharing that He and God his Father will hear our Prayers and Answer Them if We Believe. So my Question is Do You Know Jesus and Does He Reside in Your Heart? If not let this be the Day of Acceptance.
Then as I made my Trip to My Prayer Tree 🌲 listening to my friends The Joymasters this song I felt needed to be shared. No matter how low we may get God Can Lift Us Up! As it started I zoned in on the Father of The Joymasters Jerry Forrester. Billy Forrester I Miss your Daddy so much. He was such a Blessing to me and so many others. I know he looks down with a smile Proud you continue the Work he and your Mother Bobbie Grace Forrester Started many years ago.
God Bless Everyone
John 14 Verses 1-21
King James Version
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
10 Be
Devotion From The Farm
John 3:16-17
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
This morning I got up with this Scripture on my heart. Today I Celebrated that 50 years ago as an 8 yr old boy I accepted Jesus Into My Heart and was Saved. I have failed so much in my life but the day a few years ago I bowed here at my Farm and repented and God FORGAVE ME!
Today I Went Home to Rock Springs Baptist Church The Church where I was Saved for a Day of Celebration In My Life. I still have family at this Church and I was excited to go.
This Song “Child Child” by the Kingsmen Quartet was a God Sent for me today. I recorded it on my way to see my Dad this evening. I couldn’t let the day end without visiting with him and we actually talked about this day 50 years ago.
Devotion From The Farm:
Good Afternoon I hope everyone is doing well and feeling BLESSED! We all have days that are tough, depressing and a struggle in our lives. Well today has really been one of those days for me folks but I got on the tractor started riding the farm doing some work and listening to some Good Ole Gospel Music from The Kingsmen Quartet and all of a sudden I felt the need to head out to what is known as Tony’s Prayer Tree. Yes I Prayed for the decisions in my life I need to make but even more so I Prayed for those of you that have asked I Pray for you and your families. And I want to say Thank You to all of you who have supported my Farm Market. This is what God has shown me as a Place He Can Use Me to try my best to help others. So no matter the direction I wanted to go and felt like I would be God stepped in and said Follow Me My Son!
No matter how deep our personal despair might seem, God does have plans for us. He will honor His promises made to us. He will protect and bless us. We can enjoy a thriving outlook and a bright future due to his faithfulness and trust in his Son Jesus who saves us from all enemies.
KJV Jeremiah 29 Verses 11-13
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
My Prayer Today
Strengthen my faith, O Lord, even when I’m tired, depressed and battered. Encourage me to believe in your amazing promises. Give me strength Lord, even when my faith is shaken. Please help me to keep your word regardless of how difficult it might seem or how discouraged or unsure I am.
Thank you for granting me an opportunity to have a bright future in Jesus. Help me to live my life more mindfully of this wonderful gift.
Lord Please help all who are struggling right now whet
Saturday Devotion From The Farm
Hebrews 13 KJV
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Good Morning Everyone
Hope everyone has had a Blessed Safe Week. My Prayers are strong daily for those suffering from hard times.
I was listening to a CD I got last week from the Kingsmen Quartet. The two songs below drew me to Rock Springs Church where I was raised and where in two months 50 years ago I WAS SAVED!
The Scriptures above reminded me of Many things:
Verse 5 made me think I should be content with all The Lord has Blessed Me With and the fact no matter what life brings he will Never Leave or Forsake Me
Verse 6 Reminded me I should Stand and Tell The World God Is Our
Planting tomatoes and peppers
New Desire Singing “I Shall Not Want”
Saturday Devotion From The Farm
2 Corinthians 12: 9-10
King James Verizon
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Hello Friends
I have really slipped and fell lately by not sharing my little Devotions. I apologize for my failing to do so. But because of that this Scripture came to me in this time of Weakness and all Honesty a Time of Depression brought on by Events in the days we are currently living. But I right here and now make a commitment to God and all who know me that It Stops Now!
All day yesterday last night and this morning all I could think about is that God’s Grace is sufficient for our needs no matter the circumstances. His Grace should be My Strength and in my time of weakness as this Scripture implies He Will Make Me Strong if I allow him to.
So with that said if you are going through struggles and tough times whether it be medical, financial or personal issues PLEASE Join Me Right Now and lets all ask God to Strengthen Us and Guide Our Steps In A Direction Pleasing To Him!
My Prayer:
God I come to you today as just a Weak Sinner that you Saved by Your Grace some 49 years ago next Weekend. I know I have stumbled fell and failed you many times but God I Thank You that as the Bible Says Your s Grace Is Sufficient for our needs. Lord while I do want to ask you to help me through the personal challenges I face at this time I ask that you first help those reading my Prayer and Lord help them with whatever the situation may be and God I Pray they will surrender their needs to you and allow your Grace to cover their lives.
Now Lord I humbly ask that you Please Forgive me of my Sins and Shortcomings and continue to Grant Me t