https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:05:10 -0230 https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/3050/money-used-to-be-my-god https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/3050 It could be that our God is “Money” because we want the latest technology, holiday’s, latest trends in fashion etc. We have this built-in fear that keeps telling us that we must make as much money as possible in the shortest time possible so that we can then relax and enjoy it’s rewards.   
Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil. This was once said by the novelist “Henry Fielding” but you only have to look at the scriptures where you will find dozens of mentions about money.
1 Timothy 6:7-10  For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many grieves.
Money used to be my God, but thankfully through Christ, I have now realised that it was not making me happy as I thought it would, but obsessive and blinkered. I now think very carefully about what I need in my life and say to myself, "What would Jesus do?"

The best way to think, is the way God thinks.

]]> Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:46:37 -0330 https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/3030/god-is-not-for-sale https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/3030 God is not for sale:
You cannot buy him by giving money to your church                                                                                                You cannot buy him by reading the bible every day                                                                                                  You cannot buy him by memorizing and quoting the psalms and proverbs                                                                  You cannot buy him by feeding the poor and the needy                                                                                            You cannot buy him by praying for several hours every day because God is not for sale     
You have to have the Right Mental Attitude to being a Christian today                                                                       You have to have Self Discipline to being a Christian today                                                                                       You have to have Self Control to being a Christian today                                                                                           You have to feel the Holy Spirit in you and in the things you do                                                                                 You have to pray to God every day (sometimes several) and thank him for your life, and the things in your life         You have to ask him for forgiveness for your past and present sins                                                                            You have to pray for your neighbours and friends and those in need                                                                           You have to ask all of this in Jesus name  
You have to be sincere and thoughtful in your prayers                                                                                              You have to be open and helpful to others around you regardless of their race and circumstances                            You have to do many things to receive God’s love and mercy because he cannot be bought.                                  The sincere desire to obey God’s law begins by remembering who he is and what he desires for you                       He is free to everyone in this world because he sent his son Jesus to die for our sins                                                 He died so that you could have a deep, intimate, personal relationship with God through him.
I love God but I’m still not where I should be, but thank God I’m not where I used to be.]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:58:00 -0330 https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/2865/kony2012-invisible-children https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/2865 ]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:11:39 -0330 https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/2628/bag-of-excuses https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/2628 Kids to get to school, shopping to do, clean up the house, wash the car, fill it up with petrol, got to go and play golf, there’s a program on TV I want to see? My partner is not a believer, (love that one) Haven’t got enough time, Etc. Etc. Etc.  Don’t let your mind get in the way! Don’t let Satan change your thoughts! Don’t make excuses! Make Time.                                                    
(Let’s look at time)
TIME: We all have the same 24 hours in a day, it’s just that some of us make the best use of it while others waste it procrastinating about what to do and when to do it. Am just as bad, although I have now learned to plan my work, and work my plan. Like many, I made too many excuses about what might happen if I didn’t do this or that, so in the end, nothing got done. We have all been there. We have to make time even if it means getting up earlier in the morning to fit it all in. Don’t fit God around your schedule; fit your schedule around God.
We have to say to ourselves, Am I a believer or not? If we are, then why make excuses when it comes to making time for God. I believe that it is Satan who is trying to alter our minds and stop us from making that precious time with God. Yes, I know that certain jobs/tasks need to be done but it can be carried out in an orderly fashion. Discipline and self control are what is required and really makes a difference to your lifestyle if you follow it through. I find that as soon as I am up and out of bed in the morning, I spend some time with God by praying and reading his word. Through the day I thank him for both Diane’s and my life, our health and well being, watch some Joyce Meyer teachings, read some GOOD meaningful books, give thanks to him for our food, friends, and before we go to bed, read some devotional material and then pray before we go to sleep. We have kept this running now for several months and find it is very easy to keep and our lifestyle has changed for the better. We have also learned to pass things onto God to deal with as we had tried to do things our self. I had spent a lot of valuable time trying to contact two pension companies about a transfer from one to the other with no joy. After six months of them “passing the buck” I passed it on to God and ask him to deal with it. I then left it with him and carried on doing other things. Within six days, I received a letter of apology from both companies concerned and it is now “sorted” The power of prayer is awesome.
We have done this several times and it is amazing the results that we have achieved. It just shows that talking and praying to God and telling him of your situations and then passing it on to him, he will sort it out sooner or later. (Remember that Time Takes Time) Some things will take longer, but it’s amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it and ask God for his help and favour. Invite God into every area of your life, not just on a Sunday morning, but everyday day from the moment you awake, to when you go to bed last thing at night.
(Let’s look at Discipline & Self Control)
Discipline and self control requires the Right Mental Attitude. Being positive is the answer and will help you with your everyday life. Now I know that for some people that can be very difficult for a variety of reasons, but if you start thinking in a positive manner, and not think negative thoughts, then you will start to enjoy your life and the people around you more. And what’s more, the people around you will also notice a difference in you. If you continue to think negative thoughts, then whatever it is that you are worrying about will increase until you become a worry to both yourselves and to those around you. Discipline your mind to think and do what is right. Use your self control when out shopping, watching TV, and scripture reading every day and make your prayers prayful. Thank God for your life and for the good things that has happened in it. Ask God to forgive your sins, and then pray for your partner, friends, someone whom you know needs God’s protective arm around them, etc. and when you have finished, ask this in Jesus name.
 ]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:21:54 -0230 https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/2023/and-then-its-winter https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/2023 But, here it is…my friends are retired and getting grey…they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me…but, I see the great change…Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant…but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we’d be. Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore… it’s mandatory! Cause if I don’t on my own free will… I just fall asleep where I sit!
And so…now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did!!  But, at least I know, that though the winter has come, and I’m not sure how long it will last…this I know, that when it’s over on this earth…its over. A new adventure will begin!
Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn’t done…things I should have done, but indeed, there are many things I’m happy to have done. It’s all in a lifetime.
So, if you’re not in your winter yet…let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think.  Whatever you would like to accomplish in your life please do it quickly!  Don’t put things off too long!!  Life goes by quickly, so, do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether this is your winter or not!  You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life…so, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember…and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!!
“Life” is a gift to all of us.  The way we live our lives is our gift to those who come after.  Let’s make it a fantastic one.]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:25:05 -0230 https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/1955/prayer-forgiveness https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/1955 Saying things like "There's no hope," tells God He doesn't have the power to fix your situation. Nothing is beyond His repair.
Ipersonally believe that some of us don’t hear voices, but we get instincts and signs that guide us to the answer of some of our prayers.
Wishing for things will never be a substitute for praying for things.
See Matthew 21:22
When we pray, believe that we will receive.
Keep saying to yourself: “I believe and I receive” Joy and pleasure come with believing, so make sure you keep praying for the right things. (Not just the bad things in life, but the good)
 
We need to learn to be still in his presence so that we can hear what he is saying to our heart. Find a quite place to meditate if possible and open your heart and soul to God.   
 
(See Psalm 46:10)
 
God does not cover up our sins, he removes them completely when we pray for forgiveness, so we don’t need to spend a lot of our time in guilt mode asking God for forgiveness.
Were not built for guilt so we need to learn how to receive his mercy. We need also to earn his mercy, deserve his mercy and receive the help that God sends us. How do we do that? Pray and act accordingly.
God wants to give us grace which is unreserved favour and a free gift. Remember that grace is the power of the Holy Spirit.
God gave us his son, (see John 3:16) so surely he will give us other things as well?
However, you cannot give away something to someone else when you do not have it? (Look at love, Mercy, Forgiveness, Help)
 
(See Hebrews 4:16)
 
You cannot give mercy if you have not learned how to receive his mercy. God’s love will melt a hard heart so make sure that you pass on his love and pray for others.
 
Oswald Chambers once said, “We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God within him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer...Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished”
 
Remember, God is there for the good times as well as the bad times.
 
Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is love, enjoy it. Life is costly, care for it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is life, so fight for it.
 ]]> Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:39:44 -0230 https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/1949/a-poem-about-humanity https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/1949

Kate

What do you see nurses
What do you see?
Are you thinking
when you are looking at me
A crabbit old woman
not very wise,
Uncertain of habit
with far-away eyes,
Who dribbles her food
and makes no reply,
When you say in a loud voice
‘I do wish you’d try’
Who seems not to notice
the things that you do,
And forever is losing
a stocking or shoe,
Who unresisting or not
lets you do as you will
with bathing and feeding
the long day to fill,
Is that what you’re thinking
is that what you see?
Then open your eyes nurse
You’re not looking at me.
I’ll tell you who I am
as I sit here so still,
As I use at your bidding
as I eat at your will.
I’m a small child of ten
with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters who
love one another,
A young girl of sixteen
with wings on her feet,
Dreaming that soon now
a lover she’ll meet:
A bride soon at twenty,
my heart gives a leap,
Remembering the vows
that I promised to keep:
At twenty-five now
I have young of my own
Who need me to build
a secure happy home.
A young woman of thirty
my young now grow fast,
Bound to each other
with ties that should last:
At forty my young ones
now grown will soon be gone,
But my man stays beside me
to see I don’t mourn:
At fifty once more
babies play round my knee,
Again we know children
my loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me,
my husband is dead,
I look at the future
I shudder with dread,
For my young are all busy
rearing young of their own,
And I think of the years
and the love I have known;
I’m an old woman now
and nature is cruel,
‘I’ is her jest to make
old age look like a fool.
The body it crumbles,
grace and vigour depart,
There now is a stone
Where once I had a heart:
But inside this old carcase
a young girl still dwells,
And now and again
my battered hearth swells,
I remember the joys,
I remember the pain,
And I’m moving and living
life over again,
I think of the years
all too few – gone too fast,
And accept the stark fact
that nothing can last.
So open your eyes nurses,
Open and see,
Not a crabbit old woman,
look closer see ME]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:42:18 -0230 https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/1035/emergency-phone-numbers https://indiegospel.net/william-adams-rockabillie/blog/1035

When in sorrow.. Call John 14
When men fail you.... Call Psalm 27
When you have sinned.. Call Psalm 51
When you worry.. Call Matthew 6:19-34


When you are in danger.. Call Psalm 91
When God seems far away.. Call Psalm 139
When your faith needs stirring.. Call Hebrews 11
When you are lonely and fearful.. Call Psalm 23


When you grow bitter and critical.. Call I Corinthians 13
When you feel down and out.. Call Romans 8:31
When you want peace and rest.. Call Matthew 11:25-30
When the world seems bigger than God.. Call Psalm 90


When you want Christian assurance.. Call Romans 8:1-30
When you leave home for labor or travel.. Call Psalm 121
When your prayers grow narrow or selfish.. Call Psalm 67
When you want courage for a task.. Call Joshua 1


When you think of investments and returns.. Call Mark 10
If you are depressed.. Call Psalm 27
If your pocketbook is empty.. Call Psalm 37
If you are losing confidence in people...Call I Corinthians 13


If people seem unkind.. Call John 15
If discouraged about your work.. Call Psalm 126
If self pride/greatness takes hold.. Call Psalm 19
If you want to be fruitful.. Call John 15


For understanding of Christianity.. Call II Corinthians 5:15-19
For a great invention/opportunity.. Call Isaiah 55
For how to get along with fellow men.. Call Romans 12
For Paul's secret to happiness.. Call Colossians 3:12-17

ALTERNATE NUMBERS:


For dealing with fear.. Call Psalm 347
For security.. Call Psalm 121:3
For assurance.. Call Mark 8:35
For reassurance.. Call Psalm 145:18

PLEASE NOTE:
Emergency numbers may be dialed direct. No operator assistance is necessary. All lines to Heaven are open 24 hours a day!
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