Study Desk

But a married fellow has to worry about supporting his family and his wife, not to mention worrying about if she's happy or not.

Do you see how he is trying to do two things at once? He's trying to ride for the Lord and take care of his family. The same goes for a widow or a virgin. They concern themselves only with the Lord's work because they are dedicated in body and soul. But a married woman has to worry about worldly matters and pleasing her husband.

So the fellow who marries his girlfriend, and the guy who doesn't, are both good with God.

He can bring a believing wife on his travels, can't he? The other ramrods (Pete and the Lord's brothers) do this.

A soldier in the army doesn't have to have a side job to pay for his meals. A farmer eats his own vegetables. A dairyman drinks the milk from his own cows.

This is about the good news being known. I do what I do for the glory of God and his good news.

This ain't going to do nothing but make the Big Man upset. You don't want to do that, do you? He doesn't share his table with demons.

A man should remove his hat when praying, for he was made in the image of God and God's glory shines through him. A woman reflects a man's glory in the same way. Now everyone is shining when we do things the way God says to do 'em.

You can argue and throw a hissy fit about this if you want to, but this is the way God said to run his churches.

If you're starving, eat at your own hacienda. God's house is for everyone and everyone should be thinking about his fellow man. You think I'm going to pat you on the back for being a disgrace? I don't think so!

After supper, he took a cup of wine and said, "This cup is the new contract between God and his cowboys. It is signed in my blood. Anytime you drink it, remember what I did."

Those who eat this bread or drink the cup of the Lord in a manner that does bring glory to God are like the ones who spit on Jesus at his death.

If you eat and drink without thought for your fellow cowboys, who are the body of Christ, you aren't receiving a blessing from God, but his judgment.

Alright, cowboys and cowgirls, let's talk about the special abilities God gives his hands who are riding for the brand. I don't want there to be any confusion about these great gifts from the Holy Ghost.

Even when a prophet gets a word from the Lord, he can hold it until it's his turn.

God does not create confusion when his cowboys and cowgirls gather together. His goal is peace and unity.

But I am a gunsel compared to those other cowboys that he chose. Why? Because I used to hunt cowboys down and kill 'em. Even though I now ride for Jesus, I ain't worthy to be called one of his cowboys.

It's only because of his grace that I know I really am a cowboy. And you know what? I didn't waste the grace. I ride harder and further, taking the outside in this big gathering of the lost and those who have strayed away. (But it's not really me riding. It's God's grace working through me that allows me to do what I do.)

But Christ did ride back from the grave. He was the first and the rest of his cowboys will follow.

Christ will rule until all his enemies have been crushed.