Dr. Squat - Dr. Fred Hatfield

'Worry looks around, sorry looks
back, hopeless  looks up, faith looks
within.'

 

To love is rewarding. Sacrifice is
the essence of love. Without sacrifice, there can be no love. The sacrifice is
always going to be self.

 

A child's prayer for Grandpa:
"Dear God, please send clothes for all those poor ladies on Grandpa's
computer. Amen."

 

Man's logic says 1 + 1 = 2.
Spiritually, however, one plus One equals ONE!

 

Ever wonder why today is called the
"present"? Because it IS!

 

Message to the inward man:
"...come up hither". Make no mistake! That is NOT an invitation, it's
a directive!

 

Our Father has set in motion a work
greater than His original creation, for it is the NEW CREATION, man in the
image of God.

 

Christ came to declare the Father
and to lead the inhabitants of earth back to the Kingdom of the Father from which
they had become lost.

 

Christ said, "I am the
way..." The way to what? Not "what"! The way to WHOM! Why, He is
the way to the FATHER!

 

God cannot feel at home in a house
full of gossip, lust, fears, profanity, and all the other expressions of the
carnal nature.

 

God nowhere in the Bible holds up
heaven as a hope for the future; He does promise us "THE GLORY OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST" (II Thes. 2:14).

 

Man says when he dies he will go to
heaven...Why not die to self now and move into a spiritual mansion... in this
present world? (E. Isaacs)

 

Misguided Christians often use
scripture they do not understand to contradict scripture which they can
understand, but refuse to believe.

 

I just heard that Moses asked Steve
Jobs to upgrade his tablets!

 

Christ is NOT the guest in your
home! He should be the HOST! He must be LORD!

 

Stop Global Whining

 

Faith is more than believing God
can, it's knowing God will.

 

The ONLY force that can cause
weakness and failure is a challenge that is mistaken for a problem.

 

It is not serving that makes a man
great. It is true greatness that causes him to serve!

 

We do not believe in miracles – WE
RELY UPON THEM!

 

"Lord, I've climbed the
mountain! What more can I do?" The Lord God answered, "Now move
it."

 

I didn't come into this world just
to get saved from hell!

 

True science is discovery, not
invention. Truth is there, whether we discover it or not.

 

Today, take a few moments to ponder
the meaning of "unfeigned love".

 

"When the solution is simple,
God is answering." Albert Einstein

 

Might it be that you haven't found
Christ because He has been concealed behind the blinding veil of religion?

 

As much as we may think to the
contrary, passivity and neglect can destroy as thoroughly as active terrorism
or militant aggression. (Maas)

 

Ah, T.T., how broad are thy
phylacteries!

 

Nothing is so strong as gentleness,
and nothing is so gentle as real strength. (Author unknown)

 

'The will of God will never take you
where the Grace of God will not protect you.' (unknown author)

 

"No one is more hopelessly
enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free". (Goethe)

 

Perfect day! Spring always brings
new life...may it be yours! http://twitpic.com/4jbuen

 

“Blessed are the pure in heart: for
they shall see God” (Mat. 5:8). You will never see God without a pure heart.
Pray for this!

 

‘I dread my own heart more than the
pope and all his cardinals. For within me is the greater pope, even Self.’
(Martin Luthor)

The weakest of all things is a
virtue which has not been tested in the fire. (Mark Twain)

 

Until we have the spirit which
forgives wehave not the spirit which can be forgiven. ( JP Eby)

 

I know Christians like this: God
asked, What is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy? He said, Father, I don’t
know and I don't care.

 

"Another year is dawning! Let
it be, for better or for worse, another year with thee."

 

God can never BE a Father to you
until you receive Him as such, and walk in the revelation of YOUR sonship.

 

Prayer is love on its knees.

 

Sin's appeal is to our
self-centeredness. If you submit your will to God, evil flees.!

 

Thanksgiving is the expression of
gratitude for God's love overcoming humanity's sin and death. Think about this
on Thursday.

 

You'll find God in the DAMNEST
places!

 

Pride's power is in deceit, and the
ground it plows to produce evil is in faulty [self] evaluation. (The Berean)

 

The angel took the censer, filled it
with fire of the altar, there were voices, thunderings, lightnings, and an
earthquake. Rev. 8. Huh???

 

God is spirit. God is love. So, is
love God? Is love spirit? I am in awe of the possibilities!

 

“He who doth through another, doth
it himself.” (pagan proverb)

 

"A man's heart deviseth his
way, but the LORD directeth his steps" (Prov. 16:9).

 

It's surprising how many people
don't know that Heaven is wherever God chooses to live, and He says it's in
YOU! It's so easy to get there!

 

'Worry looks around, sorry looks
back, Faith looks up.' Dunno who said this, but I like it.

 

In both OT and NT, sin means to miss
the mark. How often do you do that, fellow Christians? What's "the
mark" we must not miss? Go deep...

 

"... the more religious a
person is, the more difficult it is to realize his need for the righteousness
of Jesus Christ." (Jerry Bridges

 

How many Christians attempt to
configure the nature of God according to their own desires, tastes or
traditions?

 

"...Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." Eccl. 12:13

 

Your proximity to "God's
work" is no substitute for doing it. God's work is in you! Always INSIDE
of you! Boy, do you have work to do!

 

When Christians become political,
sinners become the enemy instead of the mission field. (John MacArthur)

 

“A government that robs Peter to pay
Paul can always count on the support of Paul.” - George Bernard Shaw. (Thanks
Tom Roman!)

 

Will you endlessly hack at the
branches of evil in your life, or will you, with finality, lay your axe at its
root?

 

A wise lover values not so much the
gift of the lover as the love of the giver. (Thomas A. Kempis)

 

For those who rest in Christ, every
day is a Sabbath. The OT Sabbath was just a type/shadow of the coming Christ.
He is my Sabbath/rest!

 

Worship is man’s response, not God’s
command. The response of the man to whom God has unveiled Himself is as natural
as breathing!

 

Happy Independence Day; May it never
become known as Dependence Day!

 

HE ALONE CAN OPEN IT!

 

No man living in the heavenlies of
God’s Spirit, that place of exaltation, triumph, and power, was found able!

 

... or observing outward laws,
ceremonies, rituals, or man-made programs, promotions, and efforts could open
the book. Not one!

 

No man can open the book! No man! No
carnality. No one by intellect or reasoning or fleshly ability. No person moved
by religious spirit.

 

“And no man in heaven, nor in earth,
neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look
thereon..." (Rev. 5:3-4).

 

If you've been trying to prove
something to someone out of the Bible, let it be proved through your life
instead.

 

Christ is the prototypical husband,
and He wants us (His bride) to make ourselves ready.

 

If love is the answer, what is the
problem?

 

And the rib, which the LORD God had
taken from man, made he a woman, AND BROUGHT HER UNTO THE MAN!!!!!!! (Gen 2:22)

 

When I got up this morning I
distinctly heard the devil say, "Oh crap! He's up!"

 

Research shows that forgiveness
increases optimism, compassion, and confidence, and lowers anger, blood pressure,
depression, and stress.

 

Pray, noun: “To ask that the laws of
the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy”
(Ambrose Bierce)

 

'The will of God will never take you
where the Grace of God will not protect you'

 

Beautiful forests are just a load of
nuts that held their ground!

 

Dunno if I even believe this!
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning
how to dance in the rain."

 

The problem with linking religion
and morality is that it gives people bad reasons to help others when good
reasons are available.

 

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone
you meet is fighting some kind of battle...

 

2009 was great. Trials included.
Thanking God for all things, great, small and even the trials. It’s all about
Him.

 

Love Burns!

 

I didn't come into this world just
to get saved from hell!

 

"The devil has no happy old
men!" (Dr. A.J. Gordon)

 

The man's name wasn't Adam. THEIR
name was! Consider this point carefully, all you people with relationship
problems!

 

The ONLY force that can cause
weakness and failure is a challenge that is mistaken for a problem.

 

2010, 2012 bounce ALL career
politicians!

 

"Life's tough - it's even
tougher if you're stupid." John Wayne

 

WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE,
ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!

 

...and whose coffin is draped by the
flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.'

 

'It's the Military who salutes the
flag, who serves beneath the flag...

 

'It's the Veteran, not the community
organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.'

 

'It's the Veteran, not the poet, who
has given us the freedom of speech.'

 

'It's the Veteran, not the reporter,
who has given us the freedom of the press.'

 

Passion. It is a gift. Let it NOT go
awry! Let it NOT control you. Instead, let it instruct you. But never LOSE it!
Lost, it withers.

 

From my "Random Brain
Droppings" file: The older I get, the more forgettable I become.

 

"You are what you repeatedly
do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit." Aristotle

 

Your natural mind -- your soul -- is
the bride Christ will possess. It is where the seed is planted to bring forth
new life.

 

Can your eyes see music? Can your
ears hear colors? Can your natural mind receive spiritual insight?

 

If a man speaks in the forest and
there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?

 

We grow without trying, and nothing
grows by trying! If you do not have this truth in you, you cannot grow; and if
you do, you MUST!

 

"What other people think about
me is none of my business."

 

I'm told Those who are afraid of
commitment understand its importance. Nonsense! Love IS commitment. You can't
commit to "find" love! It is!

 

"It's not the weights that work
the muscles, it's the muscles that work the weights." Scott Abel

 

Faith is more than believing God
can, it's knowing God will.

 

"If You Can Read, Thank A
Teacher. If You Can Read It In English, Thank A Veteran"

 

"It's God's Job to Judge Bin
Laden -- It's Our Job To Arrange The Meeting" (USMC)

 

Some people spend an entire lifetime
wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have
that problem. Reagan

 

Stop Global Whining

 

On each new day you have a choice:
Start over or keep going. What to do? If you're on the right path, the choice
is obvious. You decide!

 

"Lord, I've climbed the
mountain! What more can I do?" The Lord God answered, "Now move
it."

 

That guy who finished second
automatically becomes the force to be reckoned with. What he decides to do with
that force becomes his destiny.

 

absence of evidence is not evidence
of absence

 

Some say that they learn from their
mistakes, which is progress. Put your learning to the test, and THEN tell me if
you still feel that way!

 

The "road to progress" is
(at best) mythological. You either succeed or you fail. Only when you succeed
are you making progress.

 

You can't opine w/o having the
"best available evidence". All you can do is blow smoke.

 

When faced with resistance, look
elsewhere!

 

Saw a girl driving and pumping a 3
pound dumbbell up and down! Cute li'l thing reminded me of the toy I teethed
on! Ugh!

 

The revelation of Jesus Christ
brings the end of the world, but the world that it ends is truly this world of
our outer life.

 

"If I could find a perfect
church I would be a part of it." Well, then it would no longer be a
perfect church — you would mess it up!

 

West Point: Two centuries of
tradition unhampered by PROGRESS.

 

What if today is the day? Are you
ready?

 

"Love God and love one
another." So, ummm, is this sooo hard? Loving an enemy is hard, but
do-able! Try it for a day! Amazing stuff happens!

 

If not me, WHO? If not now, WHEN?

 

The greatest health insurance plan I
have ever heard is, DON'T GET FAT!

 

Strategic planning exploits
opportunities of tomorrow. AVOID long-range planning, which tries to optimize
for tomorrow the trends of today.

 

"In overcoming illusion, we
will be the ones who have changed." -- Po Tai

 

Dammit folks! It isn't always
"will to win!" Often, it's refusal to LOSE! So, choose to win. But
never LOSE!

 

Be kinder than necessary, for
everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle...

 

This is God talking: "What part
of 'THOU SHALT' do you not understand?"

 

'The nearest thing to eternal life
we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' - Ronald Reagan

 

People have more fun than anybody
(Joe Mills)

 

The fundamental cause of trouble in
the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full
of doubt.Bertrand Russell

 

How can anyone claim to hold a valid
opinion if they have never been exposed to the best available evidence?

 

Stagger not! Go BOLDLY before the
throne of grace!

 

The problem with linking religion
and morality is that it gives people bad reasons to help others when good
reasons are available.

 

Armageddon is within our minds. If
God does the fighting for us, we win!

 

Exercise daily -- walk with God

 

Ever wonder about all those
treasures we're instructed to store up in heaven? Where's Heaven? Within you!
What "treasures? TRUTH!

 

God doesn't discriminate ... only
religions do.

 

God alone is the judge of true
greatness because He knows men's hearts. (Mahatma Gandhi)

 

The Almighty God saw fit to forgive
all of your sins. Who in HELL do you think you are not forgiving yourself?