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505 Nothing Is Better Than You

I have played this song before.  But in my car a few days ago, I heard it for the first time.

God is so amazing.

And He is amazing for every season of our lives.

As I listened and wrote the lyrics down today, I was convicted to put an appropriate verse with each lyric.

Have a great day!

I searched the world

But it couldn’t fill me

Ecclesiastes 2 10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. 

Man’s empty praise

And treasures that fade

Are never enough

John 6 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.  

Then You came along

And put me back together

And every desire

Is now satisfied

Here in Your love (hey)

Lamentations 3 22 Because of the Lord ‘s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.  

23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.  

Oh, there’s nothing better than You

There’s nothing better than You

Lord, there’s nothing

Nothing is better than You

Revelation 4 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: 11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”  

I’m not afraid

To show You my weakness

My failures and flaws

Lord, You’ve seen ’em all

And You still call me friend

Psalm 139 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 

‘Cause the God of the mountain

Is the God of the valley

There’s not a place

Your mercy and grace

Won’t find me again

Psalm 23 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 

Oh, there’s nothing better than You

There’s nothing better than You

Lord, there’s nothing

Nothing is better than You

Oh, there’s nothing better than You

There’s nothing better than You

Lord, there’s nothing

Nothing is better than You

You turn mourning to dancing

You give beauty for ashes

You turn shame into glory

You’re the only one who can

You turn mourning to dancing

You give beauty for ashes

You turn shame into glory

You’re the only one who can

You turn graves into garden

You turn bones into armies

You turn seas into highways

You’re the only one who can

You’re the only one who can

Oh, there’s nothing better than You

There’s nothing better than You

Lord, there’s nothing

Nothing is better than You

Oh, there’s nothing better than You

There’s nothing better than You

Lord, there’s nothing

Nothing is better than You

You turn graves into gardens

You turn bones into armies

You turn seas into highways

You’re the only one who can

You turn graves into gardens

You turn bones into armies

You turn seas into highways

You’re the only one who can

You’re the only one who can

You’re the only one who can

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J

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477 The Fourth Watch

If you seek rest and can not find it, perhaps this word today is for you.  The night hours are important in so many ways … and in my life it feels like it is a point of emphasis.

What does scripture say about the night hours?

Here are a few scriptures that we mentioned last week at Peaceful Valley:

Matthew 13 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

Mark 1 35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Job 33 14 For God does speak-now one way, now another- though man may not perceive it. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds, 

I know in my life this has been a focal point.  Sometimes I think it is a lack of sleep.  In other moments, I have been convicted that there is much activity in the spiritual realm … both for the good … and for the bad.

As you read this today, I encourage you to “take atmospheric temperature” for what we are now facing in America and through out the world.

What might we be dealing with as we move forward?

I have contemplated this a lot in the last months.

So where is today’s blog leading?

Simply to these thoughts:

  1.  The enemy is at work in the night hours.  His plots are not only to put fear in us, but sometimes they are showing what he will be doing next.
  2.  Jesus thinks that the night hours are important … after all, they were important to Him.
  3.  We can be spoken to in many ways.  But certainly God speaks to us in the form of dreams.

So as you move forward, I want to encourage you in these things:

  1.  Be A Watchman:

Ezekiel 33 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes the life of one of them, that man will be taken away because of his sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’ 

I encourage you to read this with grace, not with accusation.  It is not to stir up fear in you that you will make a mistake, it is to call you to battle.  As believers, you have an alliance with the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.  He plays no games and He will watch over you and yours.  Call on Him when you worry.  Ask Him to move on your behalf, and ask Him to disarm the enemy.

  1.  Hold on to the Lord.  Jacob had many flaws.  But he knew who he needed and was willing to fight with every part of his being to have God.  Let that be your story.

Genesis 32 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 

  1.  Remember Who God is and What He does.

Job 5 12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. 13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away. 

I love this verse because it affords us the ability to stand on the word and recognize that God is working on our behalf.

Go forward in faith.

Go forward in prayer.

And, most of all, go forward knowing that God may wake you in the night, or you might dream, or you might be stirred to pray.

When He does.

Cry out for Him.

He is ready to answer.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J

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460 A Life Of Purpose: Valdean Peppler

Yesterday, I had the honor to speak at Valdean Peppler’s funeral.  If you are a family member and want a copy of the Grave side service or Eulogy, you can find it here.  For the blog, just read on.

When Valdean Peppler started a conversation with her friend Elaine she would always say:  “Elaine, today we are one day closer to paradise.”  On March 20, 2024 she left our earth to do just that.  She looked forward to her entrance into heaven and even told my wife in the months before she died that she had dreamed of a new house that was being built for her and that all the streets were Bible names.

I have a hard time contemplating this whole scenario.  But Valdean … she did not.  And when her son Glen Junior reached out to her dear friend Elaine to let her know that she had passed away, Elaine shouted with joy!  They had both prepared themselves for this moment.

And her life represented that:

Well into her life, Valdean found a freedom in rediscovering the offer of John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” 

From the moment she accepted that word, and Him, Valdean’s life was changed forever.

She could not stop reading her Bible.  She lived a life of purpose.  And she became an Agent.

A Change Agent 

A Travel Agent

A Prayer Agent

Valdean was Change Agent  

Upon hearing that a strip club was going to open on Main Street in Longmont, Valdean and her small group began to pray.  They prayed that the Boardwalk would not open.  Not too long after that, not only was there no Boardwalk, there was a Lord’s Walk.  The Lord’s Walk Christian Book Store was not so much a business…it was a beacon, a family run and influenced place to be encouraged, prayed for, and ministered to.  The Lord’s Walk changed a city.  Valdean was blessed by having family help her run the business, but more than that, she was blessed to influence thousands of people.

Valdean was a Travel Agent  

Those of us who knew Valdean heard “Travel with Angels” every time we left her.  It was not just a saying.  Never would this be more vital then a Glenn Junior accident.  Driving too fast, he veered across highway 287, hit a telephone pole, and ricocheted into an enormous tree.  He ended up waking up in the passenger seat and the tree had pushed the steering wheel completely through the driver’s seat.  Some would say that not wearing a seatbelt saved his life.  More would say that God did.

Valdean was also a Prayer Agent

Any Time Someone Needed Prayer, or counsel, or advice, or encouragement, Valdean was a Beacon of Wisdom.  It wasn’t just her gift, it was her willingness to cry out to God in prayer and request … she activated God to help her … and others.

This didn’t apply to just big things, it applied to ALL things.  Over 30 years ago, Valdean was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.  It was a grim situation.  When Valdean heard that her heart was failing and nothing could be done, she simply “prayed and spoke” Psalm 73:26  “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”  Her heart began to improve and her granddaughter Leissa awoke one morning to hear her grandma screaming as her doctor told her “your condition is supposed to be degenerative but by all intents and purposes you had a perfectly normal echocardiogram.

I have always asked:  “Why in some cases does God seem show up and not in others?”  I do not know, and Valdean did not know either.  But she celebrated the victories and kept her faith in the defeats.  She chose to give all glory to God and I know that He was blessed by her worship through the good … and the bad.

I will leave you with this:

Jesus is real.

His house is real.

His love is real.

And He has prepared a place for us…..as John says in John 1:  “To those who would receive Him, to those who would call on His Name, He gives the right to become children of God”

And it is never, ever, too late to live a life of purpose.

It can start today.

And all it takes is discovering, OR rediscovering, the offer of John 3:16.  “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” 

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J

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