GOD is T H E ONLY way!!!

Well here I am trying to prepare for our Friday night bible study. I am having a hard time concentrating. So I start praying, asking God for insight into his scripture. I really should be working on my bible study, however God has other plans for me right now. As I was praying and asking God to forgive my sins, and asking God for insight into his word. He gave me a revelation. Interesting since the passage we are studying in Zechariah 11:15-17
The LORD said to me, "Take again for yourself the equipment of a foolish shepherd. (Zechariah 11:15)
"For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for the perishing, seek the scattered, heal the broken, or sustain the one standing, but will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hoofs. (Zechariah 11:16)
"Woe to the worthless shepherd Who leaves the flock! A sword will be on his arm And on his right eye! His arm will be totally withered And his right eye will be blind." (Zechariah 11:17)

leads me to John 5:39-43

39 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; 40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. 41 "I do not receive glory from men; 42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. 43 "I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

Which lead me to revelations 13: 1-10

And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. 2 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. 3 I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; 4 they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?" 5 There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

The people accepted the beast but they rejected Christ. I am at a time in my life where Jesus has asked me to go into Salvation Army Officership. I have known about this calling since I was 14 years old. I withdrew from God and from the church after I graduated High School and I did what I wanted to do. The results were disastrous. I came back to The Salvation Army in 1998 to The Fort Collins Corps in Colorado, USA. I knew I needed to dedicate myself to God so I spent the first five years at The Fort Collins Corps battling pornography, trying to do what was good but slipping time and time again. Not giving 100% of myself to God. Then one day two year ago in Mar. 2003 GOD took pornography out of my life. I gave myself 100% to God and planted myself in his word. Since then I have had to battle pride, self will, and my own ambition. Looking for the things I wanted instead of what GOD wanted me to do.

I now stand before you a victorious Christian, dedicated to Gods word and doing what God wants me to do. You see as I was preparing for this bible study God spoke to me and gave me a revelation. God wants me to go and be a Salvation Army Officer This next year in 2006. The time has come says the lord. So here I am writing what was told to me by God. You see my family is currently $55,000 in debt and $23,000 of that is school debt I could take with me into training school, though I would not want to. God has asked me to be obedient and send out catalogs as a fund raiser to pay off my debt, so that I may serve God my lord and savior as A Salvation Army Officer.

God willing I will be making an investment of $5 a catalog and distributing them to every corps in the western territory. Stepping out in faith that God will take care of the rest. I had to stop what I was doing and share this with everyone who reads this blog. I will be talking about this plan with my corps officer and hopefully with the DC, and the DYS of the Intermountain division. Please pray for me and my family as I know satan will try and destroy this action to get my debt paid off this year. Please pray and take into consideration whether or not you would also like to stand beside me and my family and help us get to training school.

Do not ask me why this is coming now at a time like this I have no Idea. I am being faithfully to what God has told me.

Blessings my friends.

Shane Miller