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Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Adventurous Year

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Well, the year is about over my friends.  I couldn’t and wouldn’t do this blog without YOU!  I want to get to know all of you even more this coming year. From my family and friends who have been with me for years, to you online readers that have become my friend over the past months.  From you guys in Colorado, Michigan, Washington, New Jersey and 15 other states.  From all ya’ll in Mississippi,  From you that read this from Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and 10 other countries so far. Continue to travel with me on this spiritual journey.

I sense a great need in friendship from my readers.  As we all travel this journey, we do need to realize that there are others traveling with us as well.  Our Lord and Saviour has blessed each of us by promising to be with us every step of the way.   What have I learned from this past year?  My journey is not just a God and me trip, but a God and we adventure.  This includes YOU!

I want to personally hear from each of you.  Send me an email   danainsworth@wildernesspreacher.com  I want to know what your interests are.  I want to know what you are facing this coming year in your own spiritual journey.

What will the wilderness preacher be doing this year?  Sharing, lots of sharing.  There will be several weeks of fishing this summer with families at Horn Creek Christian Camp, Colorado.  (They asked me if I would volunteer to help take families fishing………duh….YEAH!).  Fishing adventures with folks back in Mississippi are planned.  Several hiking trips, a few ATV rides, hunting expeditions, campouts, campfires under the stars, white water rafting, and just sittin’ back drinking coffee with friends are all in store for the year 2015 (and possibly another journey requiring a passport to another country sshhhh)  All of this with you being invited to come along.  Whether some of you actually get to enjoy the adventures with me personally, or whether you get to live them with us by reading online,  we will continue on this spiritual journey seeking God and living our life as He has created us to be!  See Ya!  Dan Ainsworth

 

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Carving a Pumpkin into a Christian

Watch and share this video.  It’s the quick 4 minute  version of the 30 minute “sermon” many of you have heard me do in churches where I have been.

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To see and share, click on the following….Carving a pumpkin into a Christian

 

After viewing, come back to this site to leave a comment and to share with others.

Be careful with your “trick or treating” .  See Ya!!  Dan Ainsworth  wildernesspreacher.com

 

 

 

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Fruits from one tree. What made the difference?

 

DCIM100GOPRO   Compare the size of the pears on the left, to the ones on the on the right. They came from the same tree.  What made the difference?

The grafting of new wood.  A new twig, more abundant source of fruit, was grafted onto the tree.  It had to be received by the tree, then healed to the tree, then allowed to grow with the tree.  After a period of time, a harvest is seen from the new fruit growing together with the tree.

It may be just me, but isn’t this a great example of BEING a Christian.  We have to receive the Holy Spirit, be “healed” (or the churchy word “saved”), then allowed to grow spiritually.  After a period of time we begin to see the fruits of harvest.

Galatians 5:22 NIV But the fruit of the Spirit is love,joy, peace, patience, kindness,goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

Check out this translation.       Galatians 5:22The Message (MSG)22-23 But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.

The tree(you) gets to decide which fruit to grow.  I’ve made my decision to bear abundantly by being “grafted” by the Holy Spirit and (churchy word) “saved”.

What decision have you made?

p.s. While writing this, I’m having toast and homemade pear butter for breakfast!!  Can’t beat that!!!

See Ya!!  Dan Ainsworth  wildernesspreacher.com

for more on grafting, go to the Archived story on June 1st Did God Just Cut You Off?