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Encountering the Shepherd

Encountering the Shepherd In the process of our lives. Dewey Compton June 20, 2018 We have a bike path here in Bakersfield that many walkers, joggers, and bike riders travel for exercise. I love it for the physical exercise too, but more for the relational revelation I get. Here is one God showed me recently on multiple rides.   I saw all these sheep lying out in the open dry, dead field. Some were trying to graze on what was left growing. The others looked dead or just bored. There was no shepherd on site. I thought to myself, “Where is the shepherd? Why is he not taking care of his sheep?” This is a terrible place for them here in a dry, dead field. It’s hot, and little to no food to eat. I rode on thinking what an uncaring shepherd. Nothing like Jesus who cares for us and we know His voice.   Days later I went on another ride and said, “I wonder if these sheep are still here and if their shepherd is around and cares at all about them.” As soon as I said that, I pedaled around a corn
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The Prayer Sandwich

  The Prayer Sandwich By Dewey Compton What if I told you there was a sandwich that is so delicious you can eat it every day, and it never gets old, stale, or moldy. In fact, it gets newer, fresher, and tastier each day. I call it the prayer sandwich. What if I told you it is God’s will for you to eat it. It comes from one of my favorite verses. I have it on the wall in my living room and every morning, I stare at it. I meditate on it. Then I read it and eat it. It is crazy how certain days it tastes very different than other days. Nonetheless, it’s always satisfying. I’ll try my best to describe what it means to eat it. But you will just have to try it for yourself to truly experience how satisfying it is. Oh and another thing, it has changed the way I pray as well. It’s a short, simple little verse, but very powerful. OK, here it is: “Rejoice always,  pray continually,  give thanks in all circumstances;  for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:16-18 Let'
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The King and His Sons

  The King and His Sons Written by Dewey Compton “ Then Jesus said to them, “If you can’t understand the meaning of this parable, how will you understand all the other parables?” Mark 4:13 Once upon a time, there was a wealthy landowner who had lots of lands. He was really a king. He wanted to give it away to some poor struggling farmers. He decided to divide this land into three equal plots. He then went searching for farmers to give this incredible gift to. He found three and said to them,  “I have parceled off some land and I am giving it to each of you. I have built each of you a home, and you can live there on your land. I will provide everything you need. At harvest time, together, we will see how much each of you has produced.” The farmers were excited. They couldn’t believe the King would give them this land and a home to make their dreams come true. It was hard for them to believe somebody would do this for them.  The first farmer was a great thinker. “Why are you doing this?
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Our Funeral Celebration

Our Funeral Celebration  Have you ever struggled in an area and said, “I will never get victory over this.” Is it something you’ve battled with for so long, it feels a part of who you are? Well, I have too. In fact, I struggled for many years in a besetting area thinking I would take it to the grave with me. But the scriptures show us Jesus did that for us. Our sins and our nature to sin are already in the grave. Jesus took them with Him and buried them for me and for you when He died. So don’t you think it’s time we have a funeral celebration for our old dead self once and for all? Hear what Paul says: “We have died to sin once and for all, as a dead man passes away from this life. So how could we live under sin’s rule a moment longer? Sharing in his death by our baptism means that we were co-buried and entombed with him, so that when the Father’s glory raised Christ from the dead, we were also raise d with him. We have been co-resurrected with him so that we could be empowered to wal
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The Kingdom Gift Card

  Again Jesus gave another parable about the Kingdom. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a spindle in Walmart filled with gift cards." Wait, What? Think about how gift cards work. Someone who cares about you goes to a store, finds the card for you, and purchases credit to put on the card. Then, they give you the card as a gift. The card though is not really the gift. It simply gives you access to the true gift when you are ready to redeem the card. It's a gift you did not earn nor purchase. But it’s yours now, and all you have to do is go redeem it at that store.   Is the Kingdom any different? When Jesus died on the cross, the scriptures say this:   He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Galatians 3:14 What if the good news of the gospel was explained like this: By His death and resurrection, Jesus has purchased a Kingdom gift card for everybody on
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Psalm of Dewey

My Lord and my God, I just come before you now in the heavenly courts. I stand in front of the courtroom and I ask: Is the King meeting today to address my accuser? Is the King of Heaven having a session today on Friday, July 31st? If so, hear my plea Oh Lord: Is the liar standing before the throneroom accusing me that I am a bad father? Is the liar standing before the throneroom accusing my children of being rebellious, unloved, disobedient, prideful?  Lord, I just pray and ask, how dare he? What gives him the legal right? Did he go to the grave, dig up our dead past and bring it before You? Was he out fishing in the Eastern sea of forgetfulness for the sins you cast there? Was he in the Western sea dredging for my sunken transgressions that you buried there? How dare the graverobber come before the courts of Heaven and dump this garbage on the holy table as evidence of his accusation! That is illegal! He has no license nor permission to go against my Almighty God and Your finished wo
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  Shooting Blanks - Rest as a Weapon By Dewey Compton February, 2019 blog Have you ever considered the possibility that our adversaries are shooting blanks when they attack us? What if when we believe their lie, we re-arm the lie making it a damaging weapon? But Jesus “disarmed” the enemy.   (“Then Jesus made a public spectacle of all the powers and principalities of darkness, stripping away from them every weapon and all their spiritual authority and power to accuse us. And by the power of the cross, Jesus led them around as prisoners in a procession of triumph. He was not their prisoner; they were his! Colossians 2:15 TPT”) I asked the Holy Spirit about this one day. Obviously, the enemy is doing damage on the Earth. How could he be disarmed? Then this thought came to my mind: “He is shooting blanks.”   Immediately I was taken back in my memory to an experience I had while spending a week with the US Marines in San Diego, CA. We were standing by a tank listening to a weapons speciali
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