Study Desk

The fellow said, "I see people, but they look like walking bushes."

Jesus sent him home, but told him not to go back to town.

He told 'em all, "If anyone wants to ride for my outfit, he's gotta give up always looking out for himself. You've got be ready for the world to make fun of you. Be ready to saddle up with me every single day. Any cowboy who rides for himself will end up dead, but anyone who rides only for me and the good news will find true life.

Pete only said this because when he got scared, he usually just ran-off at the mouth. But he wasn't the only one who was scared of what he was seeing.

The three cowboys agreed, but from time to time they asked each other what they thought he meant by, "Come back from the dead."

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."

The man fell to his knees and sobbed, "I want to believe, but you've got to help me!"

But Jesus reached down and took hold of the boy's hand and he stood up.

Leaving that part of the country, Jesus and his cowboys rode through the area known as Galilee, but he didn't want anyone to know he was there. Jesus wanted as much time alone with his cowboys as he could get so he could

teach 'em all they would need to know. He told them, "God's Top Hand is going to be double-crossed and handed over to his enemies. They're going to kill him, but he's going to come back from the dead three days later."

But here's a warning and you better listen close. If anyone causes one of these little ones to abandon their faith and follow the outlaw's trail, well, it would be better for that cowboy if he was tied to an anvil and thrown in the ocean.

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

But when Jesus saw what was happening, he put a stop to it. He said, "Let them kiddos come to me. God's outfit belongs to kiddos like these.

As Jesus rode out one day on his way to Jerusalem, a fellow come running up and got down on his knees in front of him. As he was hunkered over, he asked, "Excuse me good cowboy, but what must I do to live forever?"

They all started talking at once, but the questions were the same. "Then who can fit through?"

Jesus turned to them and said, "A cowboy who thinks he can get there on his own will never make it, but a cowboy who trusts in God and God alone will never miss the gate . . . or anything else."

who won't get a hundred times back anything they think they've left. It won't be easy, but it'll all be worth it. But one thing to remember,

But Jesus said, "You don't have any idea what you're asking for. Do you think you will be able to ride the trail that I'm fixing to go down?"

but it ain't for me to decide who rides to my left and my right. These spots are reserved for who my Dad wants there."

But here in this outfit, it works completely opposite.