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it throws my boy to the ground. It scares the tar out of me because he starts a foamin' at the mouth while gnashing his teeth like a wild hog. He then becomes as rigid as a felled lodgepole pine. I asked your cowboys for help, but they was useless."

None of 'em wanted to say anything because they had all been arguing about which of 'em was the best hand.

John piped up and said, "Boss, we saw a guy just the other day who was getting rid of evil spirits by using your name. We stopped him because he didn't ride with us."

Even a person who gives you a drink from their canteen because you ride for God's Top Hand will be rewarded for it.

But Jesus was already shaking his head. "Yeah, he said that, but only because you are weak and don't understand nothin'.

It's because of this that a cowboy will leave his own parents and unite with a cowgirl and the

These people are going to mock me, spit on me, beat me nearly to death, and ultimately, kill me. Yet all of this is supposed to happen, because I'm going to come riding back from the dead three days later."

A lot of people tried to shut him up because of the racket he was making, but he kept it up. "Jesus, please, please help me!"

But if we say it was just his own idea, all these people will get mad because they believe John was a true cowboy of God."

Those guys are alive with him because he is the God of the living, not the dead. You boys couldn't find a forty-pound truth if it was hanging off the end of your nose."

I ask this because even David, in his book, said, 'God told my Boss, "Ride to my right and watch as I trample over all of your enemies and you ride right over them."'

But these fellows would cheat a widow out of her last piece of bread and then go and make a long, eloquent prayer at a public gathering. Because they act like this, they will be punished severely."

There will be wars and threats of wars, but y'all don't have to be afraid. Sure, these things will happen, but just because they happen doesn't mean the end is right around the corner.

"When you see these things start to happen, be careful, but be ready also. You will be arrested in the towns and beaten right inside the churches. You will stand trial because you ride for me. This may sound bad, but it is a great opportunity for you to tell others about the free gift I give everyone who rides for me.

Jesus continued, "It's going to get so bad in the end that people will turn against the ones they love the most. They'll turn in their brothers, their kids, their parents, and anyone else for a little reward and these people will be killed because they ride for me.

So keep a sharp lookout and whatever you do, be ready! I can't express enough the need to be ready to ride because you will not know when the time will come.

before the special Passover celebration, because they didn't want the people to riot.

He will betray me because God said it would happen, but it would be better for the double-crossing cur dog if he'd never been born."

I was right there every day and all of you listened to me. But never mind, these things are happening because my Dad said they would."

The ladies hightailed it out of there, not just with a message, but they were scared to death also. They didn't say anything to anyone because they were so afraid.