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Happy 4th of July!

On Wednesday, all of us in the U.S. are celebrating Independence Day. I hope everyone has a safe and exciting day.

There are several crusades in the Southern California area! In Anaheim (Edison Stadium), there are the Harvest Crusades. These are happening from the 4th through the 7th and they'll be featuring Greg Laurie and Switchfoot, Delirious, Jennifer Knapp, Audio Adrenaline and several other awesome bands.

On the 4th, I'll be an altar call counselor at the Miles Ahead Crusade in San Diego! Please pray that many people get saved. This crusade is being held in the Coors Amphitheater and it should be incredible. Miles will be speaking and Audio Adrenaline, Out of Eden, Salvador and several other bands and activities are planned.

We had a record month of hits (visits) in June! The main web page received 1700 hits! This was an average of 57 hits a day and exceeded last month's total by 200 hits. Praise the Lord!

The Institute for Creation Research is now on the web! Sarine and I took a bunch of pictures and I scanned and uploaded them. These are also the first pictures of my wife on the web! You can see them here: http://www.jcsm.org/MISC/ICR.htm.

Are you reading a quality version of the Bible? Maybe you've never considered which version to read or not to read. Every version of the Bible is different. How can this be? God is the same, yesterday, today and forever. Nonetheless, we have many versions. If you want to unravel this mystery and see some of the awful omissions and perplexing changes in some of the versions, please visit our newest web siteThe Best Bible Versions (and the Worst), http://www.jcsm.org/biblelessons/BBV.htm.

When I was in Israel, I made a site research guide. This contains 24 places in the country of Israel. It tells of their biblical and historical significance. I've updated this page and it is much more readable. If you'd like to read about the Holy Land, simply go here: http://www.jcsm.org/Israel1997/IsraelPlaces.htm.

Speaking of the Holy Land, my wife and I are planning a trip to Israel! We're excited about this idea and beginning to work through the details. Please pray for us, so we can afford all the expenses, have direction and walk in God's will. Please also pray that there isn't any fighting or terrorism in December! If you have any information (about hotels, rental cars or anything), please email me. I've been there once, but it was with a tour.

Are you a DC Talk fan? If so, you probably already know that all the guys are releasing their solo albums. Today, Michael Tati's "Empty" album was released! His band is called "Tait" (dedicated to his father) and includes Pete Stewart and the Chapin brothers. If you'd like a $2 off coupon, please go here: http://www.forefrontrecords.com/ncom/ff/index.html. If you'd like to listen to some of his album, check it out here: http://www.HearITFIRST.com.

Have you ever read a Mormon Hymn Book? Until last week, I hadn't seen one. However, Sarine and I received one when we were investigating their church. I have dissected it and revealed the unbiblical songs they sing. If you'd like to read some of them, you can do it here: http://www.jcsm.org/WR/MHB.htm.

Cox@Home offers high speed internet connections. I've been using their cable (broadband) service for two years and it's excellent. To visit their page and see if it's in your area, please go here: www.cox.com. If you decided to get it, please let me know because I'll get a free month of service for referring a friend!

Thanks for praying for my court date. The judge ordered Mr. Lafayette to pay me at least $50 a month until his debt was paid. He owes me a little over $2000, so I guess he'll be paying me for awhile. I pray that God works in His life and he makes the payments sooner than they're required. I was thankful that I got to mention God's grace during the hearing.

Do you need to find an old friend? Switchboard.com is an excellent way to find them. In seconds, you can get phone numbers and even email addresses from long-lost friends.

When will Russia (Magog) launch it's surprise attack on Israel? We'd all like to know. If you're interested in watching these things unfold, you can read their online news (in English)http://www.europeaninternet.com/russia. Look for their ties with the Arab nations. They'll obviously have to march through an Arab country in order to get to Israel.

I've updated my list of links. Some of them were broken and outdated. For some interesting links, please go here: http://www.jcsm.org/ListofLinks.htm.

I pray that you are persevering in your spiritual growth! God will see you through. Living in the light is much better than living in darkness! Don't buy the world's lies. Keep fighting the good fight!

If you can't make the Harvest Crusade, and live near Murrietta, why don't you go and hear Big Tent Revival? They'll be there! Email me for more info.

My 40 day fast is going very well! Thanks for your prayers and encouragement. Since this is day 15, I'm over 1/3 finished! I've been keeping my word with praying, singing praises and reading God's Word for 30 minutes (each) every day. It's been a great time of closeness with God! I've been learning a lot about His Word, too.

On Saturday, Sarine and I investigated a 7th Day Adventist Church. It was quite interesting. I'll be posting my experience on the web. Next stop: The Catholic Church. I pray that these revealing web pages will be very informative and that my experiences will help me minister better to people of other religions and denominations.

On Wednesday, I heard a great message by Ray Bentley. I visited his church (Maranatha, a Calvary Chapel offshoot) and hear him and The Kry! It was a big blessing. You can see their monthly schedule here: http://www.maranathachapel.org/pages/eventsframe.html.

Thursday's prayer meeting at Dave's was way cool. A big shout goes out to all my New Venture friends! HIYA FRIENDS! You guys are awesome.

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Welcome to the recipients of this message! Here are the devotions, challenge, moment of introspection, the Bible word of the week, the Bible trivia question, last week's trivia answer, an excerpt from "The Revised and Expanded Answers Book" and the quotations for the week. Have a fantastic week and God bless you!

Love in Christ,

Jason J. Gastrich

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The Weekly Devotional Message

Day 1 "We Have Literal and Spiritual Safety"

Deuteronomy 33:12 "Of Benjamin he saidThe beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him, Who shelters him all the day long; And he shall dwell between His shoulders."

Psalm 6:13, 4 "For You have been a shelter for me, A strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah"

Proverb 18:10 "The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe."

Proverb 29:25 "The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe."

Psalm 4:8 "I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety."

Psalm 23:2, 3 "He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake."

John 10:29 "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand."

Prayer "Thank you for giving us rest and safety, Lord! There's no other God like You. Thank you that your Word protects and directs us. Thank you for protecting us from evil things we haven't even considered. Keep protecting us and surround us with angels. Don't let the enemy get to us, Lord. Thank you for wanting to keep us safe and whole. Remind us that You will always be faithful to us. Increase our faith in You. Let us know that we have nothing to worry about because You are keeping us eternally safe."

Day 2 "I Will Follow"

Matthew 4:19, 20 "Then He said to them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. They immediately left their nets and followed Him."

Luke 9:62 "But Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

Matthew 12:50 "For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother."

Luke 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me and does not love less his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple."

Luke 9:23-25 "Then He said to them all, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?"

Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."

Prayer "Thank you for teaching us what it means to follow You. Make us closer followers, Lord. Thank you for being our great and perfect leader. Thank you for always knowing where to go and where not to go. Help us to follow You closer. Thank you for wanting us to be with You. Forgive us for going astray. Forgive us for thinking we know the best way. Remove our pride and help us be totally dependent on You, Lord. You are our awesome God and there is none like You! In Jesus' name, Amen."

Day 3 "Andrew's Example"

John 1:40-42a "One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, We have found the Messiah (which is translated, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus."

John 6:8, 9 "One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?"

John 12:22 "Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus. Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus."

Prayer "Thank you for Andrew and his examples. Let us always talk to You, listen to You and lead people to You. Thank you for wanting us to lead people to You for the salvation of their souls. Give us boldness and courage. Help us understand the gravity and reality of Hell and Heaven. Thank you for our humanity. Let us not worry if we make mistakes, but let us do the best we can. Help us to forget about the past and stop letting that make us complacent. Let our futures be full of godliness and truth. Draw us closer to You, Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen."

Day 4 "God's Questions"John 14:9, 10 "Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works."

John 11:40 "Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"

John 11:25, 26 "Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

John 8:10 "When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?"

John 10:32 "Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"

John 5:6 "When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, Do you want to be made well?"

Acts 9:4, 5 "Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? And he said, Who are You, Lord? Then the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads."

John 1:38a "Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, What do you seek?"

Matthew 16:15 "He said to them, But who do you say that I am?"

Prayer "Thank you for the questions you asked people in the Bible and the same questions you ask people, today. Let us analyze ourselves and our motives. Purify us, Lord. Help us to answer your questions honestly and accurately. Thank you for having mercy, grace and patience with us. Thank you for helping us to find the right answers. Thank you for being the way, the truth and the life! There's no other God that gives us salvation and love! Let us see You for who You truly are. In Jesus' name, Amen."

Day 5 "Delight In the Word"Psalm 119:16 "I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word."

Exodus 3:3 "And He said to me, Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you. So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness."

Psalm 42:1 "As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God."

Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart."

Psalm 40:8 "I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart."

Romans 7:22 "For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man."

Prayer "Thank you for making your Word so delightful! Thank you for making it something that is so awesome, it's hard to forget. Thank you for being an awesome God. Let us delight in you and your Word. Let us be thankful for the way You have spoken to humankind. Thank you for touching us and changing us forever! Help us to memorize and apply your Word. Forgive the ones who do not read or study your Word. Help them to have a change of heart. Thank you for the ones that love You more than anything, but don't make a lot of time to read the Bible. Help them to find time. Thank you for helping us do your will, Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen."

Day 6 "Pure Thoughts"

Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things."

Proverb 23:7b "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he."

Genesis 35:2 "And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments."

Proverb 15:26 "The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, But the words of the pure are pleasant."

Psalm 94:11a "The LORD knows the thoughts of man."

Prayer "Thank you for wanting pure thoughts from us. Remind us that You are seeing and hearing our thoughts, so they should be pure. Purify our thoughts, Lord, and help us do the same. Let us guard what we put in our minds. Thank you for giving us so many great things to think about. Remind us that there is much more to life than television, the radio, our worldly friends and jobs, etc. Remind us that You have given us the Holy Spirit that craves spiritual food and nourishment. Let us feed on good things and divorce the bad things. In Jesus' name, Amen."

Day 7 "God Cleanses Us"

Psalm 119:9, 11 "How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You."

James 4:8 "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded."

Revelation 3:18 "I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see."

Titus 2:14 "He gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works."

Prayer "Thank you for cleansing us, Lord! Thank you for loving us where we are and loving us too much to leave us like that. Thank you for promising to complete the work You began in us. Purify us more, Lord. Make us an image of You. Help us to leave worldliness and fleshly desires behind. Thank you for putting our feet on a Rock. Thank you for giving us an unshakable truth! Thank you for forgiving our sins! Thank you for giving us a new life and a new way of thinking. Remind us that our citizenship is in Heaven. Don't let us get attached to worldly things. Remind us that You are the only thing worth being attached to. Thank you for loving us more than we love ourselves. To You be all the glory, honor and praise, forever and ever! In Jesus' name, Amen."

Challenge

Pick one issue in your life and let God cleanse you.

A Moment of IntrospectionAre you controlling your schedule or is your schedule controlling you?

Some people are slaves to their schedule. They literally can't change it or find time for the Lord. They've filled their lives with work, hobbies, entertainment, family, etc.

Those things aren't bad. However, God should always be first. Family is very important, but God should still be first.

Everything else on the list should be done with moderation. Are you taking too much time on your hobbies and forgetting to study the Word, pray, worship God and serve Him?

The Bible Word of the Weekfasting: obedience to God through abstaining from food (and sometimes other things)

The Bible Trivia Question

Which is the longest chapter in the Bible?

(Email me your answer!)

Last Week's Bible Trivia Answer

Selah means a "pause or break in music." Look up Selah in the Hebrew text and you'll find this devotion.

An Excerpt from "The Revised and Expanded Answers Book"

by Ken Ham, Jonathan Sarfati and Carl Wieland

A Biblical View

Evidence indicates that the continents have moved apart in the past, but can today's supposed drift rates of 0.78-5.9 inches per year be extrapolated far back into the past? Is the present really the key to the past, as uniformitarians earnestly proclaim? Such extrapolation would mean that an ocean basin or mountain range would take about 100 million years to form.

The Bible does not speak directly about continental drift and plate tectonics, but if the continents were once together, as Genesis 19-10 suggests, and are now apart, how does that fit into a biblical view of geology with a time line of only thousands of years?

Dr. John Baumgardner, working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (New Mexico), has used supercomputers to model processes in the earth's mantle to show that tectonic plate movement could have occurred very rapidly, and "spontaneously." This concept is known as catastrophic plate tectonics. At the time of writing, Baumgardner, a creation scientist, is acknowledged as having developed the world's best 3-D super-computer model of plate tectonics.

Catastrophic Plate Tectonics

The model proposed by Baumgardner begins with a pre-flood super-continent (Let the waters ... be gathered together into one place" Gen. 19) and dense ocean floor rocks. The process starts with the cold and dense ocean floor beginning to sink into the softer, less dense mantle beneath. The friction from this movement generates heat, especially around the edges, which softens the adjacent mantle material, making it less resistant to the sinking of the ocean floor. The edges sink faster, dragging the rest of the ocean floor along, in conveyor-belt fashion. Faster movement creates more friction and heat in the surrounding mantle, reducing its resistance further and so the ocean floor moves even faster, and so on. At its peak, this thermal runaway instability would have allowed for subduction at rates of meters-per-second. This key concept is called runaway subduction.

The sinking ocean floor would displace mental material, starting large-scale movement throughout the entire mantle. However, as the ocean floor sank and rapidly subducted adjacent to the pre-flood super-continent's margins, elsewhere the earth's crust would be under such tensional stress that it would be torn apart (rifted), breaking up both the pre-flood super-continent and the ocean floor.

This, crustal spreading zones would rapidly extend along cracks in the ocean floor for some 6,000 miles where the splitting was occurring. Hot mantle material displaced by the subduction slabs would well up, rising to the surface along these spreading zones. On the ocean floor, this hot mantle material would vaporize copious amounts of ocean water, producing a linear geyser of superheated stream along the whole length of the spreading centers (perhaps the "foundations of the great deep"? Gen. 711; 82). This steam would disperse, condensing in the atmosphere to all as intense global rain ("and the flood-gates of heaven were opened" Gen. 711). This could account for the rain persisting for 40 days and 40 nights (Gen. 712).

The Quotations of the Week

Earthly people have an earthly reason for their love; godly people have a spiritual reason.

Secure people take neutral comments as positive; insecure people take them as negative.

God worships no one.

Wise friends facilitate growth.

Be a wise friend and help others grow.

Don't let any part of your life be questionable.

When you lead others, have a high moral standard.

Develop a friendly attitude that causes others to want to follow you (as you follow Christ).

Don't worry about the painful truth diminishing your ministry. Ministers are called to speak the truth.

Do you try to control others with the tone of your voice?

Be careful and don't always blurt words out of your mouth.

Don't insult someone or carelessly criticize.

Never be sarcastic and be careful how you tease.

Recognize that only God can assist when we stand helpless.

If there is a past and confessed sin that keeps entering your mind, do what God does with all the sin we confess - forget it!

Find your bearings today by following the Good Shepherd.

A lot of us live with a silent fear that God is angry at us.

Your Savior's Father is very fond of you and only wants to share His love with you.

God loves you more than He hates your mistakes.

In Christ, regardless of our sin, we are not guilty.

We are here to know Jesus.

The kingdoms that humankind have created are feeble compared to God's kingdom.

Jesus' first words of His ministry were probably, "What are you looking for?" (John 138)

We all have emotions, therefore, we all get hurt.

Nobody has perfect parents and nobody will be one.

Do you always want to blame someone for your faults and problems?

If anyone tells you that following Jesus means having a life free of problems, they haven't told you the whole story.

If you know Jesus on an acquaintance level, get to know Him better, today.

Dig deeper and know the Lord on a new level!

When is the last time you poured out your heart to the Lord?

Jesus is enough.

We don't need notoriety. We need Jesus.

Since Jesus knew all the answers to His questions, they can be called rhetorical.

Don't keep Jesus to yourself.

God sees what is possible.

Totally divorce the world.

Let God bring your heart back to the simple things.

If you want to get to know some Christians, go to a prayer meeting.

If someone is trusting you with private information, keep it private.

Don't attribute God's awesome works to karma or fate.

What is God doing in your life?

When God opens or closes doors, you don't have to be too concerned about finding what to do.

Who deserves God's blessings?

Are you trying to do things without God's help?

Be thankful if someone loves you as you are.

When you really need to see God, He wants you to see Him.

You can earn money doing a lot of different jobs, but finding one where you can glorify God and spread his Word is a job you should cherish.

Don't just be a flame for God; be a raging fire!

Changes can move us from complacency.

Jesus wins every round.

God deserves to be praised more than anything else.

The enemy wants us to think that 70 X 7 = 1.

You can call it good or bad news, but I'm the bearer of His news.

We shouldn't be worshiping God or taking communion in heretical churches.

Don't believe that everything is falling apart and there is no hope in life.

Even in our mistakes and foolishness, God is still with us.

Start realizing that God is in control.

Do you know how you can be holy?

If you don't know your issues, ask your friends or family.

Pick one of your issues and let God cleanse you and make you holy.

Don't worry about your ideas that don't work.

Don't just seek your peers' opinion. Seek God's opinion.

Giving great advice is telling someone what God would tell them.

God wants to eradicate sin from your life; no matter how small it is.

Identify someone in your life that can keep you accountable.

How can you change if you're not honest with yourself?

You've gotta put a full-court press on holiness and chase it down.

Be a scalpel in God's hand.

Follow God even when your counselors tell you otherwise.

When the devil asks you something, you better know what God's Word says.

God can bring scriptures to your mind.

The more of God's Word you put in your heart, the more ammunition you'll have when you face temptation.

Talk about the things God is doing in your life.

If someone asks you how God is working in your life, can you tell them?

If you can't write something or say something clearly, you don't know it.

After you leave church, are you able to explain what you learned?

Many people go to church and learn nothing.

Open the eyes of your heart and let God change you.

We don't walk by feelings. We walk by faith.

Think about God's Word.

Throughout the day, think about God.

Don't ask yourself how to do everything. Ask God.

Believe God's Word is good for you.

Eat the spiritual food God puts on your spiritual plate.

These quotes came from God, me, the Inspirational Study Bible (with Max Lucado), Tyrone Moore, Ray Bentley and Miles McPhearson.

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