Author: Chris M. Day

I'm 58 years old. I've been online for 32 years - starting with my own dial-up bulletin board system in 1993 - and continuing with AOL, my own dot.com web site, Myspace, WordPress, Twitter / X, Flickr, and Facebook.

Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 26, 2025

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday January 26TH 2025, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

This past Tuesday morning – the 21ST of January – was my 18TH anniversary of attending a Sunday morning church service for the first time as a born-again Christian. It was almost exactly 5 months after salvation started for me. I’ve been part of a church body ever since then.

I’m quite the anomaly. I didn’t attend a church service, learn about God, and call on the name of the Lord as a result of an altar call. I learned about God, called on His name, repented, and was rescued and saved by Him many months before I ever attended a church service. I soon learned that without a church family – my forward momentum on this fantastic journey would be impeded.

I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon, so that if I am delayed – you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God – which is the pillar and foundation of the truth. (1 Timothy 3:14-15 NLT)

I spent 8 years with my first church family in Homestead, 9 years with my second church family in Homestead, 4 months with my first church family in Sebring, and almost 17 months (and counting) with my current church family in Sebring – Highlands Community Church. I like where I am now. I love my church family. I love the Pastor. He’s a verse-by-verse Bible-based Preacher. His preaching style is very similar to my own.

And I love my longtime second church family in Homestead. It’ll be 10 years this March since I first became a part of them, and I’ll continue to visit and guest preach there a few times a year – including 4 weeks from now.

I’ve been saying this publicly since the early years of my first church family in Homestead: We must not go to church or come from church, but rather – we must be God’s church, and we must bring God’s church in everything we do and everywhere we go. Never leave His church behind. Be His church out in the world. Be His church at home. Show the world and those who do not yet believe in Him the God that lives in you. Show them God’s love.

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

Tags Bible, Blog, Christ, Christian, Church, God, Jesus, Message, Minister, Ministry, Pastor, Preacher, Reverend, Scripture, Sermon, Sunday

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Iowa

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 23, 2025

Welcome back to #TravelThursday. Back in September 2021 I posted a map of our 50 United States. All of the states that I’ve visited were colored green. That includes states that I’ve lived in, spent quality time in, visited, or simply drove through. It did not include states where I’ve stayed inside an airport on a layover and never ventured outside. (I see you California.)

The map (an updated one) is still the same today. There remain 21 states that I have not yet visited – or 42% of them. One of my goals (now that I’m retired) is to visit the rest of them. But that probably won’t happen.

An interesting note about Kansas (which I wrote about in 2021) is the fact that I came within about a tenth of a mile of the Kansas state line while driving on I-44 from Oklahoma into Missouri. That’s right – I-44 misses the southeastern corner of Kansas by about 550 feet !

But this post is about Iowa (as the title suggests). I’ve never been to Iowa, and that’s the point of this post. I’d like to visit “The Hawkeye State”. It intrigues me. I want to check out the historical museums and tourist areas in and around Des Moines – Iowa’s capital and largest city. About 210,000 residents call Des Moines home (including a longtime friend of mine), and almost 750,000 residents live in its metropolitan area. Des Moines is located in Polk County – named after President James Knox Polk – who served from 1845 to 1849.

Fun Facts: There are 12 Polk Counties across the U.S.A., and 10 of them are named after President Polk. One (in Missouri) is named after his grandfather. One (in North Carolina) is named after a cousin. I live about 8 miles from Polk County Florida.

The Salisbury House & Gardens looks especially inviting in Des Moines, as does the State Historical Museum Of Iowa. I see lots of photo opportunities at both places, and I think that my Flickr site needs an Iowa album.

Des Moines is about a 1,400-mile drive from home, so I’d fly to Des Moines International Airport (#DSM), stay at a local hotel, and rent a car (or take Uber everywhere). I must try one of those deep-fried pork tenderloin sandwiches !

Next #TravelThursday – It’s your Travel & Weather Together – LIVE from Sebring Florida. Let’s keep traveling together.

Tags Des Moines, Iowa, Kansas

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 414

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 20, 2025

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back over 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday January 19TH 2025 – the 414TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	2	5	Running Back To You [1ST week @ # 1]	Seph Schlueter
2	1	23	Do It Again	Steven Curtis Chapman
3	3	8	In The Name Of Jesus	JWLKRS Worship Ft. Maverick City Music
4	4	19	That’s Who I Praise	Brandon Lake
5	6	9	Praise God For That	Jordan Feliz
6	5	16	Love’s Got A Way	Andrew Ripp
7	9	6	Still Waters (Psalm 23)	Leanna Crawford
8	8	2	A Thousand Times	We Are Messengers
9	7	3	Goodbye Yesterday	Elevation Rhythm
10	–	1	Never Get Used To This	Forrest Frank Ft. JVKE

# 1 This Week In:
2024 – “Hallelujah Feeling” – Caleb & John
2023 – “Who I Am” – Ben Fuller
2022 – “Weary Traveler” – Jordan St. Cyr
2021 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2020 – “Holy Water” – We The Kingdom
2019 – “Nobody Loves Me Like You” – Chris Tomlin
2018 – “Lions” – Skillet

SETH SCHLUETER – His follow-up to his 2024 breakout smash – “Counting My Blessings” – ascends to the top of my chart this week. “Running Back To You” becomes my 2ND # 1 of 2025, my 107TH # 1 of this current era (since 2017), and my 531ST # 1 of the 40-year history of my chart. “Running Back To You” is a salvation and testimony song that I can truly relate to. It starts before Christ (in my case – before August of 2006), and as Seph writes and sings – “I was an orphan defined by mistakes. Thought I was forsaken that You gave up the chase. I went to the reaches to try and ease the ache. Turned my back on the One who kept calling my name. You kept calling my name. Didn’t matter where I was at. You just kept calling me back.”

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime by accessing my CountUp playlist on Spotify. All 10 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 10, or you can shuffle them. My playlist will be updated every weekend (usually before the actual chart is presented here on Mondays). You can link to it here.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. God used loud music on the radio in South Florida to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

Be blessed my friends ! May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Tags Blog, Chart, Christian, God, Jesus, KLOVE, Music, Radio, Spotify, TheJoyFM, WayFM, WGTS, Z883

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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 19, 2025

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday January 19TH 2025, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Last Sunday morning I drove 3+ hours – straight to my former home church in Homestead Florida (Living Waters Full Gospel Church). I setup all of the electronic devices and equipment, I sang with two others for Praise & Worship (3 songs), and then I preached my sermon on King Solomon and his God-given wisdom. Everything worked out perfectly, and the sermon was well-received. I prayed about that during much of the 3+ hour drive southward. God be the Glory.

Normally the sermons are presented LIVE (and forever thereafter) on the church’s Facebook page, and it’s done so via iPad, but I filled-in for both the Lead Pastor and the Worship Pastor who were both out. So – no iPad and no Facebook video. I may eventually transcribe my sermon here on #SundayScripture (as I’ve done with 9 previous sermons).

I drove back home to Sebring the very next morning. It was my quickest turnaround between Homestead and Sebring ever. This past week it was back to business in my neighborhood, at the museum, and at my home church (Highlands Community Church). As I preached last Sunday morning – I need God’s wisdom in everything I do and everywhere I go.

Proverbs 3:13-20:
Joyful is the person who finds wisdom – the one who gains understanding. For wisdom is more profitable than silver, and her wages are better than gold. Wisdom is more precious than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with her. She offers you long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left. She will guide you down delightful paths. All her ways are satisfying. Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her. Happy are those who hold her tightly. By wisdom the Lord founded the earth. By understanding he created the heavens. By his knowledge the deep fountains of the earth burst forth, and the dew settles beneath the night sky.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.