Guiding Light

Wake up!

Look at this picture... the seas are the storms of life that are tossing us all over the place. But in the midst of this storm is a solid structure, and notice it is not moved by what is going on around it.

The sky is dark... yet there is a light that is guiding you toward that safe structure. That light is the word of God that can and still guides us.


The open arms on each side of this old light house are the open arms of Christ... please notice that the hands are open; not closed... God is not hateful... He is loving and compassionate and can still help you in and through the storms of life.

With the devastation all around us... why do we insist on ignoring the love of God? Why are we so bent on getting and keeping God away from us? We don't want Him involved in our lives and yet, whenever we're in a storm and drowning... we blame God... WHY?

What did God... ever do to you?

Some of our youth today have picked up this same hatred that their parents have and they don't even know why. They just know that they hate God and they hate people who are professing Christians. They hate the local church and all that it stands for.

If you look around you... you'll see that your world is crashing and in need of help... People everyday are killing each other... young people are in more serious trouble than ever before.

Has your child ever been in serious legal trouble and you quietly sat in your room and cried... "what did I do wrong"? My question to you is... did you ever tell your child about God, (about faith in Jesus Christ) or are you one of those parents that didn't believe... so you didn't want your child to believe?

If so... Look at the outcome!

Families are being ripped apart today... parents are killing their kids and kids are killing their parents... kids or even killing kids. This is not a display of love... it's plain out hatred.

Why is it so apparent... because we have turned away from the light... we have turned away from those outstretched arms.

I know why people hate what the light stands for. They hate it because it causes us to see ourselves for what we really are and we don't like that... we don't want to see the truth that we are really screwing things up. We are so full of ourselves that we figure we don't need help... look around... look at your life... look at your family... do you really have all the answers to life? I doubt it. If you're really honest which can be hard for some... we might even admit to ourselves.... we're in deep trouble. We need help.

This is where God's grace and mercy comes in...

• Grace is God giving you what you don't deserve
• Mercy is God not giving you what you do deserve

This is love... God still loves you!

Look... if this blog has chapped you off... good, I'm not here to tickle your ears... I'm here to get you to look at your heart... If it's dark... don't be a fool... turn toward the light while you still have time, and for the love of God... bring your kids. If you have to admit you've been a fool all this time; just spit out your pride because it will chock the life out of you and tell them you were wrong.

God is the same yesterday... today and tomorrow

He is still our life saver!

I love you
Jim "DoughBoy" Brady

This Book

The words in this book have the ability to change your life, believe me when I tell you. But not just the book, you have to get to know the author.

Just the sight of this book has caused so much controversy in our country... but my question is why? You see the book is not the problem... it's the author that people don't like. This country, and I can't talk about any other one because I live here... in America has over the past several years launched an all out attack to get us away from this book.

Why so much hatred?

In 2 Timothy 3:16 (NLT) "All scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right."

This is why people are working so hard to get rid of God... they don't want to take responsibility for their wrongs. They think; if we don't know were doing wrong... we can do what ever we want. If you think about that; this mindset is what has gotten us in so much trouble... if it feels good... do it!

Can I show you something else? I glad I have your permission;

In Matthew 24:9-12 (NLT) "Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the word because you are my followers. And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold."

Can you see truth here... written thousands of years ago and it describes our American personality today...2007. The part; "and the love of many will grow cold", is what really grabs my attention. Our country is growing so hateful because it's growing cold toward God.

If you took a candle... lit it, the wax would be soft... but when you blow out the flame... the wax is cold and becomes hard; can you see this truth? It really is describing our heart condition.

Jesus didn't die so you could become religious... He died because He want us to have a relationship with Him. Jesus is the light of the world. He is the light that can guide our path.

People hated Him (Jesus) because they loved the darkness of their lives more... just like today; nothing different. But if you would just look at the facts and realize this is true... you can turn you life around.

God has a plan and the blue prints for your life can be found inside of that old book called "The Bible" believe it or not... it's still the number one best seller. We need to get it down... open it up and ask the author to reveal it to us.

God loves you and that fact is still His truth.

Pastor Jim "DoughBoy" Brady

I'll be back

For those of you who may have wondered where is my Monday update... please be patient with me. I was in process of moving offices this week and getting ready to reach my community with some "Good News"

The way I see it... we are at war and we have a real enemy who is killing our friends... families and even our children. It's not my heart to sit back and just pray... the fields are white for harvest and the labors are few... If you need to know more... stop by and visit... but know this....
We're not finished.

I'll have update blogs out each week by Tuesday.

Love you all... thanks for reading

In His Service
DoughBoy