YOU ONLY HAVE ONE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 10^th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

YOU ONLY HAVE ONE

 

 

 

 

 

You only have one

One life

 

One life

In which

To do with what you can

One life

For all of eternity

 

Make your life count

Make it count

For you

Make it count

In the world

 

You only have one

One life

 

One life

In which

To do what you can

One life

For all of eternity

 

When it’s gone

It’s gone

And when it’s over

It’s over

Make your life

Something special

 

You only got one

One life

 

One life

One special life

One life now

One life forever

One life for all eternity

 

You only get one life

One life

 

ONE PRECIOUS LIFE

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-1-06

 

 

“Show me, Oh Lord, my life’s end

And the number of my days

Let me know

How fleeting is my life

 

You have made my days

A mere handbreadth

The span of my years is as nothing

Before you

Each man’s life is but a breath”                                           Psalm 39:4 & 5

WHAT DOES THE RESURRECTION MEAN TO YOU?

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEEPING OUR EYES ON JESUS!=or what=

DOES THE RESURRECTION MEAN TO YOU?

 

DID you ever stop and Think==IF Jesus’ RESURRECTION=Never did happen?=

What a DIFFERENT world this would BE=How different your LIFE would be?=Would you=

Have the SAME FAITH?=The same HOPE?=and the SAME LOVE=you have right now?=

I doubt that You would=I KNOW I=WOULD NOT!=My whole life=REVOLVES=Around

Jesus Christ=and his FATHER=and the FAITH-HOPE and LIFE=Because  of OUR LOVING
GOD!=Keeping my=KEEPING OUR EYES ON JESUS!=”I set the Lord=EVER BEFORE ME=With

Him at my right hand=I shall NOT be disturbed”                                                                           Psalm 16:8

 

It TOOK the DISCIPLES=a little while=AFTER the Resurrection=to ABSORB the truth=JESUS

DID RESURRECT!=From the dead=some 2,000 years ago=WE=2,000 years later=Tend to

TAKE=The RESURRECTION for granted=THE SINS of all HUMANITY=took Jesus to the CROSS=

That INCLUDES MY sins and yours!=WHAT DIFFERENCE=Does The RESURRECTION of the Lord=

Make in your life?=”For there is=NO DIFFERENCE=Between Jew and Gentile=The same Lord=is

LORD OF ALL=--------and richly BLESSES all who call on him”                                             Romans 10:12

“There are DIFFERENT KINDS=of gifts=But the same SPIRIT distributes them=There are DIFFERENT

Kinds of service=But the same Lord=There are DIFFERENT KINDS of working=But in all of them=

And in  everyone=Is the SAME God at work”                                                                          1 Corinthians  12:4-6

 

FEAR is a NATURAL component=Of our lives=I would have SO MUCH more fear=If I did  not

Have=Jesus’ RESURRECTION  of LIFE and love= to HOLD on to=With the RESURRECTION of life=We

CAN make it=THROUGH all our fear=KEEP your EYES ON THE LORD=Keep your EYES=

On the Resurrection=HOLD on to that  JOY=Hold on to=THAT IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST!=and

We CAN make it through ANYTHING  TOGETHER!

“Does he=Who fashioned the ear=NOT HEAR?=Doe he=Who FORMED the EYE=

NOT SEE?”                                                                                                                                                       Psalm 94:9

“OPEN MY EYES=That I may SEE=Wonderful things in your law”                                      Psalm 119:18

“WOE TO ME!’=I cried=’I am ruined!=For I am a man of unclean lips=and I live among a  people=

Of unclean lips=and MY EYES=have seen the King=THE LORD ALMIGHTY’”         Isaiah 6:5

 

Do NOT TAKE=the RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ=for granted=BELIEVE HE LIVES!=We can too=

You can=I can=we ALL CAN==IF we UNTITE our Faith=Hope=and LOVE=with the RESURRECTION

Of Jesus Christ=and the LOVE=of the Holy Father God!=”For it has been=GRANTED TO YOU=

On behalf of Christ=Not only to BELIEVE in him=But also to suffer for him=Since you are going=

Through the same struggle=You saw I had=and now hear=That I still have”                    Philippians 1:29

Because the Lord RESURRECTED=and CONTINUES to LIVE=We can LIVE IN LOVE=

In our hearts=In our minds=and in our souls=WITH LOVE for the Lord=for ourselves=and for

ALL of our sisters and brothers=This is the PATH OF LOVE=the Path that Jesus Christ himself

Took!

 

That is=THIS IS=THE DIFFERENCE the RESURRECTION=MAKES in my life=and in yours=and in

ALL OF US!=KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE LORD!

In Jesus’ Name=and in the name=Of our ever LIVING =ever Loving=ever HELPING

Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-6-2026

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED by an article =IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sarah Christmyer

ACTS NOTES FOR MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy=ACTS 25 Through 28

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIBLE STUDY NOTES FOR MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy

4-09-2026=ACTS 25-28

 

ACTS 25=PAUL APPEARS TO CAESAR

 

-Governor Porcius Festus  REPLACES Felix

 

=JEWISH LEADERS want Paul to come to Jerusalem=

PLANNING to ambush him

 

=Paul DECLARES his INNOCENCE=and appeals to Caesar=

CLAIMING his rights=as a ROMAN CITIZEN

 

Festus agrees=and says Paul will=GO TO ROME!

 

 

ACTS 26=Paul TESTFIES=Before King Agrippa

 

=Festus asks Herod Agrippa II and Benice=To Hear Paul

 

PAUL tells his  story

 

-HIS PAST as a Pharisee

-PERSECUTING Christians=and his CONVERSION STORY

On the way to Damascus

 

=HE EXPLAINS=Jesus’ Resurrection=and HIS MISSION=to

PREACH to JEWS and GENTILES

 

-Festus=says PAUL IS=out of his mind=But

Paul CALMLY RESPONDS

 

=AGRIPPA says=”You almost PERSUADED  ME=

To become a CHRISTIAN”

 

They CONCLUDE=that if=Paul had NOT appealed to Caesar=

He could have been RELEASED

 

ACTS 27=THE SHIPWRECK

 

=Paul is SENT TO ROME= with a

Centurion named Julius

 

=They sail=INTO DANGEROUS WEATHER!

=Paul warns them=NOT to continue=but they  SAIL ON!

 

A  NORTHEASTER=violent storm hits=For many days

=-AN ANGEL=tells Paul=EVERYONE will SURVIVE!

 

=The ship runs aground=and BREAKS APART=but ALL

The people=276=REACH SHORE SAFELY!

 

 

ACTS 28=PAUL IN ROME

 

=They LAND on the island of MALTA

 

=Paul is BITTEN by a snake==BUT IS UNHARMED

AMAZING the locals!

 

=Paul HEALS many people=Including the Father of Publius

 

=After 3 months=They set  SAIL=for ROME=and

IN ROME=Paul

 

-MEETS Jewish leaders

-EXPLAINS the GOSPEL=and

=SOME BELIEVE=But others REJECT!

 

=The book ends=with PAUL=BOLDLY PREACHING

The GOSPEL of Jesus=Under house arrest

 

BIG THEMES of ACTS 25 Through 28

 

=God PROTECTS Paul=THROUGH TRIALS!

=The gospel SPREADS everywhere=EVEN TO ROME!

=BE COURAGEOUS=when facing adversity

SALVATION is OFFERED for EVERYONE!

 

RPW for MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy=4-9-2026

(ACTS 25 THROUGH  28=)!

 

 

TWO FRIENDS ON THE ROAD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWO FRIENDS ON THE ROAD

 

 

You’re driving

Down the road

With your friends

On your way out of town

 

You’re talking

With your friends

About the events

Of the last few days

 

A great man has died

A great spiritual man

Some say

A prophet

Some say

The Messiah

Who has conquered the grave

 

You pick up a hitchhiker

Along the road

 

You continue to talk

And the man from the backseat says,

“What are you 2 discussing

As we are driving along”

 

Both of your faces freeze

You both look back and say,

“Are you the only visitor

To not know

The things that have happened there

In the last few days”

 

“What things,” he says

 

You and your friend

Tell him the whole story

The story of

The crucifixion

The story of

There being no body

In the tomb

The story of

Some women saying

They saw some angels

And the angels saying

That the man is alive

 

You and your friend

Look at him incredulously

You cannot believe

He hasn’t heard the story

 

The man then says to you,

“How foolish you are

And slow of heart to believe

All the prophets have spoken!

Did not the Christ

Have to suffer those things

And then enter his glory”

 

As you pass a town

The man in the backseat

Says he is going no further

But you urge him

To stay on

To ride a little ways further

 

When you stop

At a roadside diner

To get a bite to eat

He brakes bread and gives thanks

Just as the great prophet

The great man that you were just discussing

Had done

 

It slowly

Dawns on you and your friend

That this man, indeed, was the man

 

You say to each other,

“Were not our hearts

Burning within us

While he talked with us

On the road

And opened the scriptures to us”

 

You turn your car around

Driving back

To where you came from---just as fast as you can

 

You can’t wait

To tell the rest of your friends

Your encounter with the Lord

 

And that he is indeed ALIVE

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-5-11

 

Ps        Based on Luke 24---The Road to Emmaus

 

 

ONE PERSON AT A TIME

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

3-4-13

 

“One Person at a Time”

 

I wish

I could

Talk to every person

 

I wish

I could

Affect every life

 

I wish

I could tell

Every person

How much

God loves them

 

I would tell

Every single person

I would tell

Every single soul

How much

God loves them

Even when

You were a fool

 

I have testimony

To tell

I wish

I could tell

Every single person

In this world

 

How great God is

How much God loves them

And

I wish I could do it

 

One person at a time

 

Robert P. Wallman

February 14^th, 2010

 

Ps        WITNESS        3-4-13

 

“Dear friends-let us love one another-for LOVE comes from God

EVERYONE who LOVES has been born of God and knows God-

Whoever does not love-does not know God-because GOD IS LOVE”        1 John 4:7-8

 

 

Ps      5-28-2019

 

A FOOL FOR GOD

 

 

 

 

A FOOL FOR GOD

 

 

 

I am a fool

A fool-a fool-FOR GOD

I TRUST in God

 

“He who TRUSTS in himself

Is a fool

But he who walks

In wisdom

Is kept SAFE”                                                                Proverbs 28:26

 

I am a FOOL

A fool for God

For I TRUST

ONLY in the LORD

 

“For the foolishness of God

Is wiser than man’s wisdom

And the weakness of God

Is stronger

Than man’s strength”                                                        1 Corinthians 1:25

 

I put NO FAITH

In myself

I put no faith

In science

I put no faith

In fame or fortune

 

I trust

Only in the Lord

 

I am a fool

A fool

A fool for my God

 

“But God chose

The foolish things

Of the world

To shame the wise

 

God chose

The weak things

Of the world

To shame the strong”                                                                 1 Corinthians 1:27

 

I am a fool

A fool

 

A fool for God

 

 

Robert P. Wallman

3-31-13 and 5-24-2023

 

 

PS        MISC.      WITNESS       7-29-14 and 4-08-2026

 THE LAST WORD=EVEN IN DEATH

WITNESS

10-23-13

THE LAST WORD-EVEN IN DEATH

Have you ever been

In a discussion

Or an argument-IF you prefer

With someone

TRYING to get the LAST WORD

You might as well

Take your head

And bang it against the wall

It will have

THE SAME EFFECT

On that person

But one thing

We KNOW for sure

IS THAT GOD

ALWAYS has the last word

Because his WORDS are true

EVEN in life and death matters

In his 7th chapter

Saint Luke tells us the story

Of the WIDOW NAIN

Jesus-his disciples-and a LARGE CROWD

Were in a town called NAIN

As Jesus approached the town gate

A dead person

Was being carried out

THE ONLY SON

Of his mother

And she was a widow

And a large crowd

From the town Was with her

“WHEN the Lord

Saw her

HIS HEART went out to her

And he said,

'DON'T CRY'                                                           Luke 7:13

Then he went up

And touched the coffin

And said,

“YOUNG MAN-I say to you GET UP”                           Luke 7:14

And , of course, HE DID

DEATH was NOT

The last word

And it IS NOT

THE LAST WORD

In this world

Or the next

“THIS is what the Lord says

Israel's King and Redeemer

The, Lord Almighty,

  

        'I am the first

         And I am the LAST

         Apart from me

        THERE IS NO GOD'”                                              Isaiah 44:6

“DO NOT be afraid

I am the First and the Last

I am

THE LIVING ONE

I was dead

And behold

I AM ALIVE

For ever and ever

And I HOLD the keys

Of death and Hades”                                                  Revelations 1:17-18

And WE ALL KNOW

The story of Christ

Bringing back Lazarus

(the loving brother)

Of Martha and Mary

From death

And CHRIST'S own victory

OVER death

He is-GOD IS

THE LAST WORD

Jesus said to Martha,

“I AM the RESURRECTION

And the LIFE

He who believes in me

WILL LIVE

Even though he died

And whoever LIVES

And BELIEVES in me

WILL NEVER DIE

Do you believe this?”                                                 John 11:25-26

Dear Lord

48 years ago

AFTER I was given the LAST RIGHTS

I LIVED

And like

THE WIDOW NAIN and her son

LIKE Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

AND LIKE YOU

I HUMBLY SAY

“I BELIEVE”

YOU LORD

have the LAST WORD

( even in death )

Robert P. Wallman

9-24-13

Ps        I THANK YOU LORD for ALL the additional years

            I have had to spend with family-friends-churches-etc.

DEAR GOD-I BELIEVE           

ps        WITNESS        10-23-13                 and         7-5-2019        and 4-7-2026