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I was listening to a preacher talk about the enemy coming to steal the word immediately after you believe. That’s because your faith would be destroyed and the enemy can take territory that way. While I was listening 3 scriptures came to mind with three forms of attack that the enemy uses after a personContinue reading “Three attacks of evil”

There were some people trying to argue about how they believe God is evil or non-existent because the Bible supports slavery and incest. I pointed out that those are sins in the Bible and they sounded brainwashed and dishonest. Of course, this made these liars angry but what they didn’t want to do was readContinue reading “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne”

By Tuesday night everyone who would be kicked out was already gone and the rest of the campers had settled into a nice grove. People were making new friends and some were coupling up but Nolan wasn’t really the type to make fast friends. He kept most people at arms length for the first coupleContinue reading “Church Camp Pt. 7”

The camp festivities were beginning today. There were a number of fun workshops planned before lunch each day this week and some free time after lunch to swim, play basketball, socialize and explore. They started out by decorating camp t-shirts for themselves to wear. After that Nolan went to play paintball. He had played aContinue reading “Church Camp Pt. 6”

As Oliver looked up, in fear, at the 300 hundred foot tall warring angel out the window; the messenger angel was weaving the words of God into a dream for Nolan. He watched the events as if he were outside of them. The world was falling into great trouble and Nolan saw one catastrophe afterContinue reading “Church Camp Pt. 5”

When Nolan got to camp he unloaded his suitcase, pillow and sleeping bag and walked up to the cabin. It was around the back side of the camp and it felt like a long walk but it was really only about a half a mile. Walking up to his cabin, Nolan was reminded of aContinue reading “Church Camp Pt. 4”

After church, Nolan was instructed to pack for camp. The bus would be leaving from the church parking lot at 4 that afternoon and Nolan’s father was notoriously early. There was more chances to talk to people when you were standing around early and Charlie loved talking, that’s why he went into sales in theContinue reading “Church Camp Pt. 3”

Sunday morning came around and Nolan went to the grocery store for coffee and donuts with his father and Mr. DJ. He had an apple fritter and a giant cinnamon roll as the two of them spoke about the events in the Sunday paper. The governor had made the official announcement, he was running forContinue reading “Church Camp Pt. 2”

Nolan went home to a week in the bliss of summer. His parents were at work and he only had one chore a day. He would clean a portion of the house, it took less than an hour and then he was free to be alone. Sometimes, when he had a few extra dollars heContinue reading “Church Camp Pt. 1”

Nolan shook his great uncle’s hand after breakfast as he went off to work. They wouldn’t see each other for at least another year. Once he was out the door Nolan asked more questions of his aunt. She seemed to be excited to share with him about the way they lived. He asked why theyContinue reading “A Week On The Farm Pt. 5”

The final morning before Nolan had to leave he was sleeping soundly. Everything was black in his mind and in the room around him. In this unconscious state of amazing rest Nolan heard a voice. The voice spoke to him in clear words this time of day pretty regularly so he wasn’t alarmed. He didn’tContinue reading “A Week On The Farm Pt. 4”

Nolan kept to himself that week and played basketball in the driveway. He tried the TV but nothing good was on. He made his bed and was sure not to eat too much of their food or leave a mess. He walked on egg shells to ensure that he was a decent house guest. HisContinue reading “A Week On The Farm Pt. 3”

The voices he heard were the sounds of a prayer meeting. The movie in his head took him back to the second Great Awakening, the one before the civil war. Nolan watched as the people prayed for all sorts of things. They prayed for family, country, the future, the world, every kind of sin andContinue reading “A Week On The Farm Pt. 2”

They arrived at the little farm outside Russell in just a few hours. The hurricane took a turn towards the panhandle after it made landfall and fizzled out in a few days before it reached Orlando. Russell only got a few hours of rain out of the whole thing and was a good place toContinue reading “A Week On The Farm Pt. 1”

Soon the two crews that were set to go out today were up and mobilizing. The Ship Island group rounded up Nolan and off he went to a new dock. This was where the ferry boat to Ship Island landed. They travelled back and forth every hour or so and as soon as the timeContinue reading “Family Reunion Pt. 8”

That night Nolan got a little bit more sleep despite the roaches. They didn’t get on the couch where he was sleeping and that comforted him. Plus he was pretty tired from the big day of fishing, cooking, eating and playing. Deep in the night when he was sleeping the hardest the lights began toContinue reading “Family Reunion Pt. 7”

On the way off of the docks one of the cousins in the other boat bought a hundred pounds of shrimp off one of the shrimp boats that was just getting back to shore at the same time they did. The boat captains had their helpers clean all of the fish at the end ofContinue reading “Family Reunion Pt. 6”

They all took dramamine before they got on the boat but several of them still felt sick. One of the cousins couldn’t even fish because he was so sea sick. For many of them, including Nolan, this was the first time on the ocean. It wasn’t a great feeling to be moving with the wavesContinue reading “Family Reunion Pt. 5”

When they left the restaurant several of the men went down to the dock below to look at the boats. Ocean boats had a different look and different equipment than lake boats and they were a good bit bigger. Nolan’s dad saw a sign advertising guided fishing trips and showed it to the others. ItContinue reading “Family Reunion Pt. 4”

When Nolan walked into the room they were staying in, he saw the rollaway bed that had just been dropped off for his sister to sleep in. His parents would get the bed and he was on the couch. So Nolan set his back of clothes next to the couch and heard his mother getContinue reading “Family Reunion Pt. 3”

Nolan and his family set out on the all day drive. He was glad that he’d saved up to buy the little handheld video game system, it made the drive bearable. When they got to the Mississippi coast Nolan caught his first view of the ocean and suddenly didn’t care about his game. Offshore oilContinue reading “Family Reunion Pt. 2”

Summer came along and one of the greatest events of the year was in store for Nolan just a couple of weeks in. Every year his family went to Mississippi to see the extended family. Nolan’s grandmother had like ten brothers and sisters. By the time all their spouses, kids and grandkids came together inContinue reading “Family Reunion Pt. 1”

During the last two weeks of school the kids didn’t do much school work. They had field days and free play and movie days of all kinds. It was the best two weeks of the school year and today several kids were bringing things to play with. It was no surprise to David what hisContinue reading “Initiation Pt. 5”

By bedtime Nolan wasn’t thinking about anything that had happened that day. He was focussed on tomorrow, he was worried. Nolan didn’t want to steal anything or to get in trouble. He didn’t really need revenge against the jerks at the jerk table and the thought of what he had agreed to do Monday madeContinue reading “Initiation Pt. 4”

Charlie decided to go one more step and asked about the business man. Why would there be a hit on a 45 year old, upstanding business man in Memphis? And why would the media say it was race related and gang related without actually having any information about that? DJ saw that Charlie was pickingContinue reading “Initiation Pt. 3”