WHY DO I DO THE THINGS I DO?

Greeting to all who read these things...and actually enjoy them. Some of you may be asking yourself...
"Self...why does Rodney do the things that he does?"

Sometimes I wonder that myself. What would convince a man to spend hours on a computer...typing out observations on life...ruminating on the things he sees swirling around him...and then mailing them out to other people to read. What would convince a man to take his eight year

ME AND PHILLIP SWIMMING IN THE AMAZON

old son down the Amazon River... swim in that same river...travel down a path into a jungle with his family...OR...leave his family to go to Africa to teach in a place that was at the end of the road...and then share with a group of people in a church by the name of CHURCH BY THE LAKE NEXT TO THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE?

Why would a man take great joy in seeing his son take the plunge under the waters...in front of God and a house full of people.

What would cause a man to stay with one woman for 38 years...and raise a son in the ways of what some consider antiquated rules and a mythological god...created by man to alleviate guilt?




PHILLIP TAKING A TRIP IN AND OUT OF THE WATERGRAVE

What would cause a man...to not climb a corporate ladder...and spend more time with his family...while the rest of the world is in the RAT RACE? It really is true...that if you win the RAT RACE...you become the #1 RAT.


Why would a man waste his time... developing Bible Studies...and go to a country....to share with others who will go out into the world...and possibly practice what you have taught in life or death situations?

What would cause a guy to use every experience that he has accumulate over the years...including, social, political, entertainment, good, bad and ugly things in his life...and hold his failures up for all to see...as the see all the warts, scars, and cause and effect in his life?


ME AND BRUCE WITH WORLD CHANGERS IN QUATEMALA

What would cause a man to dedicate every Sunday morning...and even on some Wednesday nights...to teach a group of people how to walk by faith and not by sight? What would possess a man to take 40 years of his life... and commit them to walking with a God that he can't see...with a Saviour that he has never met physically... and a Comforter...that dwells inside of him? What cause a guy to put himself out in front of people...and open himself up to criticism, when he really does not want to offend anyone?

THE RUMINATOR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS (a great group of people)

WHY DO I DO THE THINGS I DO?

Because I have a deep, abiding love for the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Because in 1970 I went from being a paranoid, insecure, suicidal case...to being SET FREE...and being FREE INDEED. Because...I empathize with people who struggle with their faith... and their flesh...and KNOW from personal experience that you can WALK IN THE SPIRIT...and not in the fles. Because...I know that no matter where you are in the world... people are the same. Cultures may change...but the need for a Saviour is the same all around the world.

TEACHING AT A DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING SCHOOL IN KENYA

When I went to Kenya Africa...the second time...God spoke to me about some specific things in my life. (1) People Need The Lord (2) Teach the Full Counsel of the Lord (3) Flying low over Africa...the brown/dry land mixed with lushness was the condition of the physical land of Africa...the people of Africa...the world...and most specifically ME. (4) God's desire was to water and bring lushness to every area. (5) Begin to proclaim the Kingdom in its fullness and power.

I have a desire to see lost people saved...and a real desire to see saved people to walk in the fullness of all that God has for them.

"And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists and some pastors and teachers...FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS...for the WORK OF THE MINISTRY... for the EDIFYING (building up) OF THE BODY OF CHRIST....till we come to the unity of the faith...and of the knowledge of the Son of God...to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ...that we should NO LONGER BE CHILDREN, TOSSED TO AND FRO AND CARRIED ABOUT WITH EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE...by the trickery of men in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting...but SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE...may GROW UP in all things into Him who is the head--Christ...from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the EFFECTIVE WORKING by which every part does its share...causes GROWTH OF THE BODY...for the EDIFYING OF ITSELF IN LOVE." (Ephesians 4:11-16)

FINAL THOUGHTS...FINALLY...NO REALLY...FINALLY!

Well that is a thumbnail sketch about why I do the things I do. Oh we could spend hours about the quirks, strange ways, the movie and song references, the skewed humour, the bad grammar, the pathetic punctuation...but that's for another day. Suffice to say...I do what I do because I love the Lord with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength and love my neighbor as myself...and I WANT YOU to live life to the fullest.

Love and Doing Kisses
Rodney "Thanks To All Of You" Boyd

IT'S A RUMINATIN' NEW YEAR: 2009

Hello dear friends. Do you feel like you are about to dry up and blow away. Is your spiritual walk feeling like bleached bones. Are you hungry and thirsty for a Word from God.

Well...me too. I am convinced that the devil (little d)...the accuser of the brethren...and sistern also...the murderer...the thief...the one who entices you to evil and attempts not only to pull you into sin...but really wants to pull you away from who you really are...WANTS TO KEEP YOU AWAY FROM THE WORD OF GOD...and the WORD OF GOD AWAY FROM YOU.
(Mark 4:1-20)

I convince that little d knows that if you plant the Word of God in your heart...renew you mind with the washing of the water of the Word...allow the Word to abide in, continue in, take up residence in you...then FAITH WILL COME (Romans 10:17)..and little d...DOES NOT WANT YOU TO HAVE FAITH in any shape, form, or fashion.

When you have the : assurance (the confirmation, the title-deed) of the things [we] hope for (confident expectation)...being the proof of things [we]do not see and the conviction of their reality--faith PERCEIVING AS REAL FACT...what is not REVEALED TO THE SENSES (Hebrews 11:1)...you place your self in a position of PLEASING GOD...by (1) coming to God
(2) believing that God exist (3) believing that God is a rewarder (4) and diligently seeking Him versus passively inquiring about Him (Hebrews 11:6) Little d don't like that (bad English... good theology).

2009 will be the YEAR OF THE WORD. This year on Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights, we will have the opportunity to MOO AND CHEW ON THE WORD (Joshua 1:8)

Starting on Sunday morning...January 4th, 2009 at 9:00 A.M....THE RUMINATOR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS will be starting a new session called:

HOW TO DEAL WITH TEMPTATION, SIN, AND THE FLESH

We will dig our way into the Word utilizing a workbook. Some of the chapter titles includes:

1-Koinonia (The Common Connection)
2-Garden Roots (The Obedience Key)
3-The Lust Factor
4-The Way Out
5-The Competition Principle
6-The Art of Resisting Temptation
7-The Anointing (Yoke Breaking...Burden Lifting...Oppression Removing POWER)
8-Impotent Idle Idols
9-Freedom Fighters (How To Defeat The Flesh)
10-The Discipline of Self-Examination
11-Circumcised By The Cross
12-Flesh Reapers and Spirit Sowers
13-Whatever Happened To Sin
14-The Mindset Principle
15-Be A Visionary: GODISNOWHERE
16-VICTORY IN JESUS

These are just a few of the chapters that we will be ruminating about.


On January 7th, 2009...Wednesday night...we will be meeting for the year...reading through the ONE YEAR BIBLE...RUMINATOR STYLE.

We will be taking a journey through the entire Bible...and each Wednesday night we will have a REST STOP ALONG THE WAY...and discuss what God has shown us for that week. There may be a small teaching...but the input is really about what is God saying to you through the Word.

RECOMMENDED MATERIALS

1. A One Year Bible (or you can get the text for the week that night)...but I would recommend getting a One Year Bible.

2. A three ring binder note book.

3. Dividers for the notebook. You will need four sections (a) Old Testament (b) New Testament
(c) Psalms (d) Proverbs

As you read...write down what the Lord may bring forth to you. It does not have to be an in depth Bible Study. It is really the nuggets of the Word that you discover on your journey.

The CAUSE and EFFECT of all of this...will be a peace that passes understanding...keeping your way pure...faith will come...your prayer life will change as you pray the Word...Biblical success and prosperity...you may speak a word that will change a life...because you are speaking the Word.

Wednesday nights will also have many choices of classes from Kingdom life with Wayne Berry...Claudia Peterson teaching real men how to dance real good...Pastor Barbie encouraging us in our giftings...Scott Asher showing us how to effectively share our faith...Kevin O'Dea leading the 30 year and under in holiness...and the the moo and chew crowd.

Well...that's it for SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION. See ya in 2009...It's gonna be a great year in the Lord.

Love and Word Filled Kisses
Rodney "Mooin' and Chewin' Boyd