The Struggle We All Will Face.

I don't know about anyone else, but I know that I personally have been in a struggle just to keep my mind steady and straight the last few months! I am being extremely honest about this. I am not trying to blow anything out of proportion, nor am I trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill. I am simply being blunt, straight forward and truthful!

I am struggling again this morning. This struggle has had various effects on me. One thing that it has done is it has robbed me of sound sleep, and some nights, even not allowing me to sleep at all. It has effected my digestive system, it has made it impossible to be comfortable in any way. It has also affected my desire and ability to get out into the world. There have been days that have gone by that I have not even left the house. You may say "That's No Biggie!", it is for me. I am one of those who wakes up in the morning and is ready to roll out and move around all day long!

I am also seeing that my attitude towards others, both family and strangers, is not what it once was.

It is as if there is a sense of hopelessness that has settled down in every area of my life.

This IS the struggle we all face eventually... The Impossibility of Staying On Top of Life All The Time!!!!!!!

I am doing a lot of praying and staying in my Bible and read, read, read and read some more!

I am reminded of a parable that is located in:

Mark 12:1-9

"And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others."

The Lord of theVinyard was thrust into a situation he did not want to be in. He found himself in a struggle that did not ever turn out right for him. He was not able to walk on the "High Side" of life. He lost his only son. What a tragedy and Shame!

Jesus in verse 10 pointed out that he was indeed the Son sent from the Father.

Mark 12:10 - "And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:"

You know what... Jesus is still being rejected today!

If we really take the time to focus on this truth, the rejection of Jesus Christ by the lost of this world and also by His own Children, those who are saved. Yes, we even now reject Him each and every day as Christians.

Look at Churches and the way they are closing their doors in record numbers, Preachers are falling into open sin seemingly left and right, day and night. Oh, how we need an awakening to Holy Living, an awakening to His Word and His Will for our lives.

If you look at "Man" enough, yes you will struggle, because Man will let you down, he will disappoint you. However, Look to Jesus, He will Never fail you.

You may ask me, "How are you doing now?" I would have to respond, "I am doing Great! Because I am Looking Daily to Him Who Can Lift the Burden from my Heart!"

Please remember to pray for each other today!

God Bless You,

Evangelist David Dunn

Closed Churches

Today I received an email from Fundamentatop500.com and in the newsletter this month there was the following article.

I was struck by the subject matter and thought I might need to pass it on to you.

Please read this with care.

"As I was visiting Wednesday, I was struck by the number of old church buildings I passed. A generation or two ago, these were spirit-filled country churches. Today they are Grange halls, thrift shops, and apartments.

It was sad. It was like driving through a graveyard.

These bygone churches reminded me of a passage from a book I had read:


"While the country churches are the stronghold of the evangelizing and missionary enterprises of the Church at home and abroad there are alarming conditions of weakness in many country churches. ... there were in Maine at that time 282 pastorless churches in farming districts and some of the deserted churches were then serving as cheese factories, dance halls, and road houses." The Day of the Country Church, by James Oliver Ashenhurst (*This book was written in 1908! How much worse is our condition now?

Last year, I read that churches in America are closing at a rate of 3,000 per year. Massachusetts -- the very state where our pilgrim fore-fathers landed -- now rates fourth from the bottom in belief in God according to a 2009 survey. Right below Massachusetts is my own state of Maine.

Following is Gallup's entire list of states, in order of what percentage of respondents said religion is "an important part" of their daily lives:

Mississippi: 85%
Alabama: 82%
South Carolina: 80%
Tennessee: 79%
Louisiana: 78%
Arkansas: 78%
Georgia: 76%
North Carolina: 76%
Oklahoma: 75%
Kentucky: 74%
Texas: 74%
West Virginia: 71%
Kansas: 70%
Utah: 69%
Missouri: 68%
Virginia: 68%
South Dakota: 68%
North Dakota: 68%
Indiana: 68%
Nebraska: 67%
New Mexico: 66%
Pennsylvania: 65%
Florida: 65%
Maryland: 65%
Ohio: 65%
Iowa: 64%
Minnesota: 64%
Illinois: 64%
Michigan: 64%
Delaware: 61%
Wisconsin: 61%
District of Columbia: 61%
Idaho: 61%
Arizona: 61%
New Jersey: 60%
Wyoming: 58%
Colorado: 57%
Hawaii: 57%
California: 57%
Montana: 56%
New York: 56%
Connecticut: 55%
Nevada: 54%
Rhode Island: 53%
Oregon: 53%
Washington: 52%
Alaska: 51%
Massachusetts: 48%
Maine: 48%
New Hampshire: 46%
Vermont: 42%

Where will we be in our children's time?

Where are the preachers who will give up hope of wealth and fame to serve in little country churches, bringing our nation back to God one soul, one community at a time?

Where are the missionaries to America, a nation rapidly becoming a pagan land?

We can give up an say, "well, we're in the end times. It's just gonna be like this." Or we can rise up and fight back against the dark tide sweeping our nation.

One day after big storm, a man walked out on the beach and saw thousands of starfish washed up and dying on the sand. A boy was picking them up one-by-one and tossing them back into the water. The man said, "What are you doing, son?" The boy replied, "saving the starfish." The man chuckled at the boy's ignorance and said, "There's no way you can save all those starfish -- there are too many of them." The boy picked up another one and tossed it out into the waves. "There's one more."

Maybe we can't save them all. Maybe this country will never turn back to Christ. But, if we try, we can save "one more."

** Authored by Pastor Ron Meldrum

This article made me stop in my tracks and take notice of what a serious condition we are really in in America. If you have not stopped to Thank God for your Church and your Pastor, then you need to log off the computer and get alone with God in Prayer and start by saying "Thank You"!

For all Pastor's, Preacher's, Missionaries and Evangelist's... "Thank You" for your service for The King of King's!

In His Highest Service,

Brother Dunn