Luke 15 The Parable of the Lost Son

Also, Romans 8:15

When in Christ, we are Adopted into Sonship with Christ Jesus!

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Welcome to Prepping the Soul.

Today's broadcast I did without a script, so please forgive me for some pauses during the broadcast.  I was speaking from the heart.

Verses today:

Revelation 3:20. "Here I am! I stand a the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person and they with me."

John 1:12 "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God."

Revelation 1:1. "The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John."

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Dear listeners,

Welcome to Prepping the Soul

I am Called by God to do this podcast and it is very difficult due to spiritual warfare to get some of the recordings on the air.  Please pray for me as I push through the warfare to make things happen.

My Call by God in 1991 was to go to college and become an Evangelist.  A lot of life has gone by and the Call by God to become an Evangelist is still in my heart, however, for now I am Called to do Evangelism through Prepping the Soul Podcast.

Lorrie and I were sitting watching television one evening about two years ago and I told Lorrie that I need to start a podcast on Prepping the Soul.  We need to prep our souls more than prepping our gun cabinet and storing years of food which will be no good if too many years go by.

We need to love God with our whole hearts, minds and souls!

Salvation is easy.

Ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins.

Invite Jesus to come into you heart.

Ask Jesus to change your heart to become focused on God.

Find a Bible believing church.

Join a small group focused on the Bible.

Pray, Read the Bible daily.  Strongly suggest NIV-New International Version OR

NKJV-New King James Version.

During College I loved translation from Greek to English and the NIV in the 1990's was close to the original translation.

God Bless you!

Ron Lindell

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Welcome to Prepping the Soul!

This audio is Testimonies of God being Near Us as Christians and about His provision upon our lives daily.  In fact, God is with us every second.  He desires a personal relationship with you now!

Our testimony regarding the hurricane going from Category 5 to 3 was not only my son and I praying. We know for a fact thousands of Christians were praying for that hurricane to change course that weekend due to protection for property and family.  We know that we were not the only one God listened to that weekend.

This audio is an excellent listen!

Sincerely,

Ron Lindell

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What is my position in Life?

Why are we here on earth?

Short testimony by Ron Lindell and quick story about Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai. Ordinary people living life, then all of the sudden God creates. change in their lives to help rescue the Jews and children of God.

Awesome stories throughout the entire Bible.

May God bless you and your families!

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Rooted in God's Word Episode is a little long, however, it is worth listening to stay encouraged.

It is a HUGE Spiritual Battle getting an episode on the air waves of podcast.

Please listen and be encouraged today and read God's Word!
New International Version NIV or NKJV

The world is changing very fast and people planted in God's Word will be encouraged through dark times.

Join Point the Way Ministries -Facebook Group for daily encouragement.

Find a local Bible teaching Church and get excited about God's Word!

Dear Jesus, please touch the people who listen to today's podcast.
Give people the desire to pick up the Bible and read or listen today!

Dear Jesus, please forgive me of my sins and come into my heart today and I give you permission to change my heart in the Name of Jesus!

In Jesus Name, Amen!

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A few years ago while working on a KC mansion remodel, I had the pleasure of talking with a fellow Christian who was sold out for Christ Jesus. During lunches we would meet for the study of God’s Word and testimonials.

One testimony he shared with me was very interesting regarding earthly desires, gods on earth we forget can take us away from true worship from our faithful God.

The friend I met that year was very wealthy, although he had a problem.

My friend shared that he had a shiny red convertible Corvette which he loved until one day sitting at a red light he noticed his reflection from another vehicle. Upon seeing his reflection he sold his shiny red Corvette.  He went on to tell me that his Corvette was taking time from his relationship with Jesus.  He told me that when he drove down streets people also loved his car and he didn’t want his image to be marred. He felt imperfections in his heart while driving his red Corvette.

My friend told me that he then started to notice his whole life including his beautiful home in a prestigious part of the city was his other god which took time from Jesus.  

Through prayer he and his wife decided to use their home as a free place to stay for missionaries and pastors traveling to KC.

Throughout that summer he was getting his life in order and became a giver of his blessings from God.

My wife and I are originally from Central Nebraska. Our dream was to have a huge home in the country and six children. Oh, I can’t forget the shiny Mercedes Benz and maybe a Rolls Royce for a hobby car.

While we were students in Bible college we had the great privilege to live in a huge Colorado Springs estate as care takers.  The main house was about 15,000 square feet with an inddor pool under the 1200 square foot master bedroom. Lorrie and I lived in the 1200 squarefoot one bedroom pool house. One of the next door neighbors had a Prevost Motor Coach and matching trailer to pull their luxury automobile.  Another neighbor down the street was a famous artist who later took his own life due to miserable relationships with family. 

We lost our desire for great wealth. Non Christian people with great wealth live miserable lives. They had so much wealth and tried to please all other wealthy people they lost who they were as individuals.

After Bible college we did church planting projects and pastored a small church.

As pastors of a small church we earned $200 per week plus a home to live in. We struggled financially.

Throughout life we learned that wealth is not a bad thing as long as one has Jesus as First Priority.

We are to love God with our whole hearts, minds and souls.

When God gives Christians wealth we need to give, give and give.

Even if our wealth is $200 per week. Stay God focused.

Throughout Scriptures God blesses those who are in relationship with Him. 

The Widow’s Offering in Mark 12:41-43

41Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

43Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

Remain faithful, God’s favor is upon your life!

God loves you!

Matthew 19:16-30

“Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the com

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Luke 19. NIV

Zacchaeus a Tax Collector finds Christ after seeking Christ with his whole heart, mind and soul.

Great quick story of how God prepares the way hundreds of years before we reach our destination. It is up to us if we take the road to success with Christ Jesus or the path of destruction which will lead to hell if we die without knowing Christ.

God planted the Sycamore Fig tree hundreds of years before Jesus walked down the road.  God had it planned for Him to meet Zacchaeus person to person and have fellowship with him in a personal way in his house.

Wow! Think about it!  God wants a personal relationship with each of us daily!

Amen!

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Welcome to Prepping the Soul with Ron Lindell 

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Today we have Ron Lindell delivering a sermon titled:

Have the Mind of Christ!

Does the Devil have control of your mind? The Bible says we need the mind of Christ!

Philippians 2:5 "In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus!"

“And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 NIV

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Welcome to Prepping the Soul by Ron Lindell and Point the Way Ministries.

What is Wrong and What went wrong?

Sin is a powerfully destructive force in the world. However, it’s important to remember the impact is felt not only by those around us, but it deeply affects the heart of God. Sins greatest impact is in our relationship with God. Not only do we fail to cherish and enjoy him, but our rebellion against him earns us the wages of sin: death and eternal separation from him Romans, 6:23. For the wages of sin is death. When we understand the holiness of God, we understand why scripture says God hates sin. Sin, damages us, our lives in our relationship with God.

“The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good. The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the Lord. But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous. You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the Lord is their refuge.”

Psalms 14:1-6 NIV

Most of us have heard the story of Adam and Eve in the very beginning of the human race.

Most people have heard about Eve being tricked by the evil spirit who tempted Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit.

Listen,

God created humans to have a personal relationship with Him face to face.

Exodus 33

“The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend.”

Exodus 33:11 NIV

In the New Testament Jesus said:

“You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”

John 15:14-15 NIV

One thing that most people miss about the story of Adam and Eve, is how God was friends with them.

God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden to enjoy life with plenty of food to stay healthy.

Interesting fact: Adam and Eve didn’t need to pull weeds in order to reap a great harvest. Their friend God took care of all their needs.

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In Genesis Chapter 3 verses 1-19 Adam and Eve spent time together in the Garden of Eden without knowledge of nakedness.  They were both righteous friends with God.  The Bible doesn’t really say how long they were in the Garden of Eden until the Evil Serpent approached Eve and tempted her to eat of the fruit of knowledge. In the beginning humans lived over 900 years, so it is possible Adam and Eve could have been living in paradise for numerous years.

Then, one day the Evil Serpent approached Eve with the idea that eating the Fruit from a certain tree would be healthier and allow them to have more knowledge and be like their friend God.

In the cool of the day God was walking toward Adam and Eve in the garden and they hid themselves due to their nakedness.  God said to them, “how do you know that you are naked?” “Have you eaten from the tree I commanded you not to eat from?”

God told Eve that giving birth to children will be painful and to Adam He said that working the ground is going to be harsh dealing with thorns and thistles.  He also told Adam that growing crops is going to be very tough for generations.

God said Adam, you came from dust on the ground and you shall return to the ground as dust when you die.

Adam and Eve had intimacy with God until

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God’s Awesome Work!

“Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.

 Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. 

They will be yours for food.

 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.”

Genesis 1:26-31 NIV

We are part of God’s creation.  We as humans were made by Him for a unique relationship with Him.

We are not gods ourselves, however, we have certain characteristics of God.

“Let us make mankind in Our image!”

We share cooperative participation with God in His work. 

God blesses people and tells them to have children and fill the whole earth. 

God wants us to fill the earth and to take care of it.

Interesting: God created the world and us and designed us to be creative and creators.

“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 

You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:”

Psalms 8:3-6 NIV

God designed us to work six days per week and rest one day per week.

God has will, intelligence and emotion-so do we.

God made us in His image and desires relationship with us through the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit!

God doesn’t need us. God created the whole world and all of existence before He created you and me. He said, “Let us make man in our image!”

Then of course God saw that man was lonely and designed a woman to be a friend to man.

God created us for personal relationship.

God who created the whole world, created each of us to have an intimate relationship with Him through the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.

Once you invite Christ into your heart and believe in God, your whole life will begin to change for the best. You may recognize a heart change instantly after you accept Jesus into your heart.

When I accepted Jesus into my heart I was excited for a change. I didn’t really know what to expect.  As I grew older I recognized changes and my desires of worldly sin disappeared.

I wasn’t a perfect person because I did enjoy the sinful world.  

Thankfully, God saved me just in time before I made huge life changing mistakes.

A quick personal testimony:

Near the age of 21 I was praying for someone to love me besides God. I was praying for a wife. Every night when I went to bed I would pray for a wife and knew that someday God would provide one hopefully, just for me.

It was a Friday night and I decided to dress in my finest clothes with my cowboy boots o

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Quick Testimony of the Existence of God:  A few years ago when we had five small children and lots of bills, I was stressed a little due to the fact I didnt have a regular income and I recently got licensed as a Real Estate Agent.  I just listed my first house for a client and I really needed to sell it to create an income.

I remember going to my garage and praying outloud for my new listing to sell.  I said Lord, you know my finances and I’m really in need of money soon or we will be forced to sell everything.  

20 minutes later I received a call that we received an offer on my listing and it was solid offer and wanted quick possession. My Sellers were very excited, however, they asked me to pray they find another house so all of their dreams would become realtiy.

I got home that day, went to my garage for prayer and asked God to bring a new home for my clients so that the transactions will be complete.  About two hours passed and my clients call and asked me to to show them homes in a newer sub division.  I let them into a brand new house with no sheetrock, carpet  or kitchen.  the house only had pictures of what it was going to look like.

My clients said, “We want to purchase this home!”  I went outside in shock and called the listing agent for the builder and told her I was a new agent and I have no clue how to sell a new construction home.  She said she would take care of all the details.

anyway:  both homes closed on time and my commission was enough to keep my family on track for living in our home without too much stress.

Have you ever questioned, “Why am I here?”

Why am I here on earth?

What is my purpose?

Why do I have the life I have?

Why did I have the parents, one parent or family?

Some listening may be thinking, why didn’t I have family?

We are way too smart and complex to be evolved after a “big bang theory!”

Watch the sunrise some morning, or watch the sunset during an evening.

Look how the sun is in the sky?  The sun is way out in our universe, however, there is something most people 

here on earth don’t know.

Here is something you may know:

If one gets into a car and drives from Kansas City to Colorado Springs Colorado it would take about nine hours to reach downtown Colorado Springs.

Kansas City to Los Angeles California is about 24 hour drive. It’s about 1,566 miles.

Los Angeles California to New York City, NY is 41 hours by car and 2800 miles.

The distance around the world is 24, 901 miles.

The reason I’m giving these crazy milage numbers?

Something most people don’t really think about due to their busy lives here on earth:

Earth is 24,901 miles in diameter.

The SUN is about 433,000 miles in diameter.  Did you know that 1 Million Earths will fit inside of our Sun?

Yes, the Sun which rotates through our solar system 24/7 is HUGE.

We think earth is huge, can you imagine One Million Earths into one Sun?

Did you know that if we got into a car and drove from Kansas City to almost Orlando Florida is the distance around our Moon that we see at night.

Think how small we are as humans.

God has placed each of us here on earth for a purpose and a set time in the history of mankind.

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Facebook group.My wife and I will periodically watch prepping videos on YouTube to hear behind the scenes news leaked from military bases and business owners.  My thought?
People need to be Prepping the SoulOur whole reason here on earth is to know God through a personal relationship with Christ Jesus!

Shortly after my wife and I were married I recommitted myself to God and tried to attend church every Sunday with a focus on seeking God every service.
I went to church, expecting to find God, and expecting for God to change my life, and expecting God to reveal himself to me. If God was real, I wanted him to display his realness to me in a personal way. God is real! The Trinity, the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit are real, and are alive today and forever!

I was a machinist and I started doing some unusual things such as singing gospel hymns at work and on breaks I would weld scrap steel together making cross necklaces.  Yes, I sang hymns and only God heard me due to the loud machine I operated.

Our pastor visited our home and asked if I would go with him to visit people who attend church.  During those days God directed me to quit my long time job and go sell automobiles to earn more money to get prepared to sell everything we owned and move toward attending Bible college with a true Call from God. Interesting fact: when I applied as a car salesman, there were only two positions open, and they hired me with absolutely no sales experience. 

God revealed himself through blessing our finances preparing for our future at college.

I would pray for God to reveal himself to me that it was really God driving me toward selling everything and moving nine hours away to attend college.

My dilemma? My wife refused to go. She didn’t think l was being Called by God.  After months of praying for what to do and if my Call was in fact happening, my wife surprised me with this question: “Where is the For Sale sign which belongs in front yard? We need to sell our home to move toward college.”

Praise the Lord for revealing himself to me by answering my prayers!

In 1991 was a huge economy downturn in our town and homes were for sale or in foreclosure.

Through prayer God brought an out of state buyer.  The buyer said when she walked into our home the Holy Spirit told her to buy our house and pay cash!  Two weeks later we were moving nine hours away to college.

Praise the Lord!

Throughout generations people have been wondering if God exist. Most of us have already figured out that God just doesn't walk up to us and say hey I am God and you need to live for me for the rest of your life so you can be able to inherit the kingdom of God. Each of us have our own idea on where God is located or where he comes from.

t is only as God reveals himself to us that would begin to get an accurate picture of who he really is. And that revelation comes to us in three primary ways: to creation to Jesus Christ and through the Scriptures handed down throughout generations.

'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. '

Genesis 1:1-3

https://my.bible.com/bible/111/GEN.1.1-3

'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory

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April 1st will begin our new Podcast on Prepping the Soul . 
Prepping the Soul in relationship with God.

Prepping the Soul will have Encouragement, Joy, Peace and Love for Others through Prayer, Biblical Studies, Group involvement, Testimonies, Prayer for Healing, Phenomenal growth in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ!

Trailer includes example of Testimony

Prepping the Soul by Ron

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Here is a quick story of one of my testimonies on how God answered prayers a few years ago while we were building our garage:  That was a fun project where God provided through different suppliers and help at the right moments, which proved again the angels from God were with us the entire project.

 God loves to show instant results to prayer!

 I remember when I had all the lumber delivered and I could not lift one of the 6 x 6 x 24' post to carry it to the building site.  I went into our shop and prayed for God to help me through this building endeavor.

 About an hour and a half Later a man dropped off his wife at our house to work with our daughter, at that time who was being homeschooled. 

Ben, whom I never met before, asked if I needed help carrying a board to our future garage site? 

He picked up that board and carried it over to the hole and dropped it in as if it was nothing. 

Ben told me he had two months between jobs and he could help me build a garage at no cost.

Praise the Lord!  What a great time we had!

After we had the trusses delivered we had another problem and had to go to prayer. 

How to get the trusses on top of the walls? 

On a Saturday morning, a neighbor stopped by and asked how it was going with the garage. 

After I told him our dilemma of getting the trusses on the 12 foot walls, he went home grabbed his tractor which was bigger than mine, made a jig out of wood and lifted the trusses right up on the walls.

In one day the trusses were up!

Praise the Lord! God answers prayers! 

I have hundreds of testimonials of instant answers to prayers! We are children of the most high God! He has a plan for your life!

Verse of this episode:

'for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. '

Philippians 1:19 NIV

https://my.bible.com/bible/111/PHP.1.19

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