Thursday, November 3, 2016

DAILY-E-VOTIONAL
BLESSINGS FROM THE HEARTPastor Cecil A. Thompson
November 4, 2016

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THE SANDS OF ETERNITY!Ecclesiastes 3:11

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end."

Years ago I heard a minister tell of an incident in a hospital elevator where he had just come from visiting a very ill patient. A young man overheard him speak about eternity and, perhaps wanting to mock his view, asked the minister where eternity was. The minister told the boy to place his hand on his chest to feel the beat of his heart. "Young man, eternity is one heartbeat away!" That may answer where eternity is or at least how close we are to it, but just how long is eternity?
Our daughter was in the hospital near death. One afternoon as the two of us spoke quietly, she said she felt she was cheated out of half of her life. She went on to say that Grandpa was 74 when he died and here she was just 35.
That evening as I drove into the garage I noticed that the car had been bringing in sand. I took out a sheet of typing paper and swept up some of the sand. I then sat at the kitchen table and counted out 74 grains. Some were larger than others, but all of them were quite small. I placed the 74 grains of sand in a tiny sample perfume bottle.
The next day as I entered her room I placed the bottle on her bed. When she asked what it was I told her it was Grandpa. I asked her to imagine the earth being nothing but fine sand. Each grain represented one year of eternity. The 74 grains in the bottle represented Grandpa's life. Compared to the entire globe of sand it was nothing. Whether a person's life lasted long or short, compared to eternity it was nothing.
It is what we do with the years we are given that matters. We can choose to confess our sins and accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior or we can continue our own willful way and suffer the dreadful consequences prepared for the lost.
I pray that the video that accompanies today's Daily-E-Votional will assist you in making the right choice. Please feel free to share it with others while there is still time.

To view the video The Sands of Eternity, go to www.PastorCecil.com.

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!

---Pastor Cecil

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Monday, August 29, 2016

Author Larry Hunter Asked God To Show Him Hell, What He Saw Was Worse Than He Could Have Imagined! WOULD YOU LIKE A FREE COPY

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Author Larry Hunter Asked God To Show Him Hell, What He Saw Was Worse Than He Could Have Imagined!

7 Days In Hell, I Was There writer reveals what hell was like for him
Posted on January 7, 2016 by Tina Calder in BOOKS & LITERATURE, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, SOUL

FOR most people the expression “go to hell” is merely a verbal insult designed to pack a punch.

But for author and broadcaster Larry E ‘Buck’ Hunter it conjures up a very real and vivid experience of a place he never wants to return to.

Hell was not the inside of the Federal prison cell he experienced when through an extreme set of events was sentenced to 72 months behind bars in a US Federal Prison Camp.

Nor was nothing like the memories of his alcohol crazed days on the road with his 60s rock band, despite being known to have said back then: “I will have lots of friends to party with when I get there!”

It wasn’t something Buck encountered in his every-day life, hell is not a metaphor he uses to describe a tough time in his life.

In fact, Buck went to hell by choice.
In his new book 7 Days In Hell, I Was There; Buck gives a gripping account of his encounter with the place most people fear.

Larry E ‘Buck’ Hunter

He said: “This book really is an eye-witness account  of the true existence of hell.  I know, I was there, hell is real.

“Through an extreme set of events in my life, I found myself serving a 72-month sentence in a Federal Prison Camp for money laundering.

“While I was at prison camp, I ministered in the Camp Church. I had heard someone use the phrase ‘why don’t you just go to hell?’ and I made a point to the person that they shouldn’t wish that fate on anybody.  

“His response back was ‘Well, why don’t you tell us what hell is like?’.  

“I used this conversation in my ministering and I wrote a message titled So You Want To Go To Hell?.  I used all the bible references I could find, and as a result many men in the prison came to know the Lord because of that message.

“But it wasn’t enough.  I wanted to experience hell in such a way that I would be able to answer the question what it was like.  I wanted to be able to explain it to another person when they asked me.”

That’s when Buck took the brave step to ask for the help he needed.

“There was only one way to really become an authority on what hell really was like” explained Buck, adding: “and that was to experience it properly.

“I wanted to explain it with such authority that people would want to know Jesus the way I do.

“I wanted to be able to discourage people from wanting to risk ending up in the same kind of hell I did.

“So three years ago, I prayed and asked the Lord to show me what being in hell is really like.

“When I asked for this hell experience I had no thoughts of writing a book. But the Holy Spirit directed me to write down all I saw, heard and felt.  I believe he wanted me to let the world know that hell is real and that I had experienced it.”

Buck wasn’t as prepared as he thought for what happened next.

God did show him hell, in a dream vision and it was worse than he could ever have contemplated.

He revealed: “I was there.  The dream vision God gave me was so real I actually thought I was there, in hell and not dreaming.

“I had to pray and shake it off and I feel that God spoke to me saying that this was only a glimpse of the horrors of hell in the same way Paul’s vision of heaven in 2 Corinthians 12:1-4.

“For me I knew that this dream vision was just preview of what eternity would be like without God and it reminded me of the passage John 3:1-20.”

Larry E ‘Buck’ Hunter

In his book 7 Days In Hell, I Was There; Buck gives an open and honest description of his encounter with hell.

And although when he began his journey of discovery Buck didn’t anticipate writing about his experience he’s sure he was chosen to spread the message.

He said: “There is that occasional moment when a person is in the right place at the right time – these moments are rare – but, when they occur the results will linger for eternity.

“I was asked why write a book about hell by many people.  They cannot understand why when nobody goes to hell by choice.  My argument is that they do have a choice, they just don’t know it.

“The choice of whether or not people experience hell is one hundred percent theirs and I hope that by reading my book they will see this.

“No one should take a gamble on whether or not they will end up in hell.  It’s not worth the odds because the nightmare is much greater than anyone can ever imagine.”

7 Days In Hell, I Was There by Larry E ‘Buck Hunter is OUT NOW.  For more information log onto www.econopublishing.com or purchase on Amazon HERE.

Saturday, June 11, 2016

WHY THE HELPS RESOURCE CENTER IS BETTER THAN GENERIC SEARCH ENGINES? SPRING NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2016

WHY THE HELPS RESOURCE CENTER IS BETTER THAN GENERIC SEARCH ENGINES? SPRING NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2016

http://www.helpsresourcecenter.com/

We know that time is valuable, so when people are seeking an answer on the web they want it right away. HELPS Resource Center is a direct link to local resources that people are looking for now.

Our vision for the future far surpasses what Google, Yelp, and other online databases currently offer.

The HELPS Resource Center Directory is very different from common search engines because the information is already sorted into categories.

It’s easy for anyone to use, by any device and is available 24/7.

There are no online forms or questionnaires to answer before you get results. Just pick a category, point and click to get local resources instantly.

Easier than ever to find whatever information you’re looking for, whether it be about finding a local food bank, church service or community garden we are privileged to provide this service.

HELPS wanted to make it as simple as possible for you, our patrons, to get what you want from the HELPS website, FAST.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

WHY THE HELPS RESOURCE CENTER IS BETTER THAN GENERIC SEARCH ENGINES?

http://www.helpsresourcecenter.com/

We know that time is valuable, so when people are seeking an answer on the web they want it right away. HELPS Resource Center is a direct link to local resources that people are looking for now.

Our vision for the future far surpasses what Google, Yelp, and other online databases currently offer.

The HELPS Resource Center Directory is very different from common search engines because the information is already sorted into categories.

It’s easy for anyone to use, by any device and is available 24/7.

There are no online forms or questionnaires to answer before you get results. Just pick a category, point and click to get local resources instantly.

Easier than ever to find whatever information you’re looking for, whether it be about finding a local food bank, church service or community garden we are privileged to provide this service.

HELPS wanted to make it as simple as possible for you, our patrons, to get what you want from the HELPS website, FAST.

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Michael Martin Murphey - I'm Gonna Miss You Girl

Michael Martin Murphey - I'm Gonna Miss You Girl

"I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl" is the title of a song written by Jesse Winchester and recorded by Michael Martin Murphey.

It was released in October 1987 as the lead single from the album, River of Time.

The song peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and at #4 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

The Beau Brummels were an American rock band, formed in San Francisco in 1964.

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

THE TRUE STORY: Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"

The song originated in 1970 when Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were spending time at Bron-Yr-Aur, a remote cottage in Wales, following Led Zeppelin's fifth American concert tour.

According to Page, he wrote the music "over a long period, the first part coming at Bron-Yr-Aur one night". Page always kept a cassette recorder around, and the idea for "Stairway" came together from bits of taped music.

I had these pieces, these guitar pieces, that I wanted to put together. I had a whole idea of a piece of music that I really wanted to try and present to everybody and try and come to terms with. Bit difficult really, because it started on acoustic, and as you know it goes through to the electric parts. But we had various run-throughs [at Headley Grange] where I was playing the acoustic guitar and jumping up and picking up the electric guitar.

Robert was sitting in the corner, or rather leaning against the wall, and as I was routinizing the rest of the band with this idea and this piece, he was just writing.

And all of a sudden he got up and started singing, along with another run-through, and he must have had 80% of the words there ... I had these sections, and I knew what order they were going to go in, but it was just a matter of getting everybody to feel comfortable with each gear shift that was going to be coming.

Sound engineer Andy Johns recalls the circumstances surrounding the recording of Page's famous solo:

I remember Jimmy had a little bit of trouble with the solo on "Stairway to Heaven"... He hadn't completely figured it out.

Nowadays you sometimes spend a whole day doing one thing. Back then, we never did that. We never spent a very long time recording anything.

I remember sitting in the control room with Jimmy, he's standing there next to me and he'd done quite a few passes and it wasn't going anywhere. I could see he was getting a bit paranoid and so I was getting paranoid. I turned around and said "You're making me paranoid!" And he said, "No, you're making me paranoid!" It was a silly circle of paranoia. Then bang! On the next take or two he ripped it out.

JIMMY PAGE

We were careful never to release it as a single. It was a milestone for us. Every musician wants to do something of lasting quality, something which will hold up for a long time and I guess we did it with "Stairway"! Pete Townshend probably thought that he got it with Tommy. I don't know whether I have the ability to come up with more. I have to do a lot of hard work before I can get anywhere near those stages of consistent, total brilliance.

ROBERT PLANT

Plant made his negative impression of the song clear in interviews. In 1988, he stated: I'd break out in hives if I had to sing ("Stairway to Heaven") in every show. I wrote those lyrics and found that song to be of some importance and consequence in 1971, but 17 years later, I don't know. It's just not for me. I sang it at the Atlantic Records show because I'm an old softies and it was my way of saying thank you to Atlantic because I've been with them for 20 years. But no more of "Stairway to Heaven" for me.

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

"Stairway to Heaven" is often rated among the greatest rock songs of all time. According to music journalist Stephen Davis, although the song was released in 1971, it took until 1973 before the song's popularity ascended to truly "anthemic" status.

JIMMY PAGE

As Page himself recalled, "I knew it was good, but I didn't know it was going to be almost like an anthem ... But I knew it was the gem of the album, sure."

ROBERT PLANT

The lyrics came to Robert Plant in a flash of inspiration when he and Jimmy Page were sitting by the fireplace at Headley Grange with Page strumming the intro chords.

"I was holding a pencil and paper, and for some reason I was in a very bad mood. Then all of a sudden my hand was writing out the words, 'There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold/And she's buying a stairway to heaven.' I just sat there and looked at the words and then I almost jumped out of my seat."

DID THE DEVIL HAVE ROLE IN CREATING THE SONG?Plant's implication that something else was moving his pencil for him led to speculation that it was Satan who was dictating the words, and along with the backward messages and Page's Aleister Crowley connection, there was enough evidence for many listeners that the devil had some role in creating this song.

This is rumored to contain backward satanic messages, as if Led Zeppelin sold their souls to the devil in exchange for "Stairway To Heaven." Supporting this theory is the fact that Jimmy Page bought Aleister Crowley's house in Scotland, known as Boleskine House. In his books, Crowley advocated that his followers learn to read and speak backwards.

Robert Plant addressed the issue in an interview with Musician magazine: "Stairway To Heaven was written with every best intention, and as far as reversing tapes and putting messages on the end, that's not my idea of making music. It's really sad. the first time I heard it was early in the morning when I was living at home, and I heard it on a news program. I was absolutely drained all day. I walked around, and I couldn't actually believe, I couldn't take people seriously who could come up with sketches like that. There are a lot of people who are making money there, and if that's the way they need to do it, then do it without my lyrics. I cherish them far too much."

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ

Stairway To Heaven is 8:03 long, in spite of that it has become one of the most-played songs on American radio, proving that people wouldn't tune out just because a song was long.

It was a perfect fit for FM radio, which was a newer format challenging the established AM with better sound quality and more variety. "Stairway To Heaven" fit nicely into what was called the "Album Oriented Rock" format, and later became a staple of Classic Rock.

By most measures, it is the most-played song in the history of American FM radio. It has also sold more sheet music than any other rock song - about 10,000 to 15,000 copies a year, and more than one million total.

Jimmy Page has a strong affinity for this song, and felt Robert Plant's lyrics were his best yet. He had him write all of Zeppelin's lyrics from then on.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine (March 13, 1975) the interviewer, Cameron Crowe, asked Jimmy Page how important "Stairway To Heaven" was to him: Page replied: "To me, I thought 'Stairway' crystallized the essence of the band. It had everything there and showed the band at its best... as a band, as a unit. Not talking about solos or anything, it had everything there. We were careful never to release it as a single. It was a milestone for us.

Every musician wants to do something of lasting quality, something which will hold up for a long time and I guess we did it with 'Stairway. I don't know whether I have the ability to come up with more. I have to do a lot of hard work before I can get anywhere near those stages of consistent, total brilliance."

JIMMY PAGE: HOW STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN WAS WRITTEN - BBC NEWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDo4CA13LbY

ROBERT PLANT ON WRITING LED ZEPPELIN'S "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Px_6bNtLo

MY SIDE OF THE SONG by Larry E. "Buck" Hunter