“8” means new beginning ….. my fourth arrest was on 8 /8 /08 ….. triple “8”….. even though bound by handcuffs, I was heading toward freedom in The Trinity God …. I just did not know it yet
Busted
17 years ago today I was arrested for my fourth DWI…..at this hour I would have been sitting in the holding cell inside Williamson Co Jail, Georgetown, Tx.….I was one very miserable, broken soul…
I thought there was no hope for me……
Bible
Sin will keep you from reading the Bible, but……the Bible will help you “read” sin
Bible
Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
Self-Importance
Fleshy, emotional experiences overriding biblical doctrine…..
“for a time will come when people will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires………” 2 Tim 4:3
Important
DOCTRINE MATTERS ………biblical doctrine of ancient path theology
Ancient Path
The ancient path is narrow, but sure, and ……..the journey is lovely
Jesus says He is the way, the truth, and the life — Jesus says no one comes to the Father except through Him …John 14 : 6
Truth
Good Bible preaching will disturb the comfortable
Good Bible preaching will comfort the disturbed
Perfect Peace
No Jesus …… No Peace
Know Jesus …… Know Peace
Voices
There are many voices calling for attention ….. Social media, Christian ministries / Religion, Politics ….
Only one voice has our best interest in mind— Jesus is The Word of God
Humility versus Pride
Our Creator God humbled Himself and became a man — Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey..….
Prideful humanity wants to be God and fly around in private jets……
BUSY-NESS
A person can get so wrapped up in Christian activity that relationship with Jesus takes second place…
BUSY… BUSY… BUSY
This means Being Under Satan’s Yoke
Living My Faith
I am trying to live out my faith in Jesus
He does not fit the mold of religion —
I don’t fit that mold either …….
Turned-Over
Money holds more power over people’s lives today than God does….
It was not money that delivered me from a forty-year addiction to mood-altering substances—no, it was Jesus, Son of God.
I will put my trust in Him…..
Turn-Over.......
Turn from self and think of God…..
Satan teaches “do what thy will” — do whatever feels good regardless of who gets hurt
Jesus teaches “Father, Thy will be done” — do what honors God and this will benefit the lives of those around
Inmate Turn-Overs
When I had lunch a couple of days ago with the woman I was handcuffed to in 2009, we talked of how hot it was inside the Texas prison unit we were on. There was no AC in the dorms of the Plane State unit—each of the metal buildings have a reverse fan in the top of the dorm ceiling, and a couple of fans high up on the walls.
From June to August those dorms are like a convection ovens, circulating extremely hot air.
We laughed as we realized the prison system is a giant bakery that sometimes releases “inmate turn-overs”.
I walked out of Plane State a turn-over to Jesus — I turned from sin and turned to God.
Sixteen Years
May 1, 2009……..Entered Austin Recovery Rehab facility to detox from Vicodin and Xanax
July 29, 2009……..Sentenced to 5 years in a Texas prison
Sept. 2, 2009……..Transfer from Williamson Co. Jail to Plane State Prison
June 21, 2010……..Walked out of Plane State Prison with Jesus as my new Lord
May 1, 2025……..16 years free from all mood-altering drugs
How did I celebrate? I had lunch with the woman I was handcuffed to during the 5 hour van ride from Williamson Co. Jail to Plane State Prison in Dayton, Tx……..
How can this be? With Jesus as Lord anything is possible…….