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Pavement Ends Ministry
by Douglas Huff
The goal of this podcast is always to give simple messages of hope and encouragement. My reward is simply knowing that God can use this podcast to touch the lives of people I may never meet.I have no way of knowing who is listening nor is that important. However I know that it is possible for the P.E.M. podcast to be heard anywhere that the internet can go. For this reason I wish to ask a favor of you. If you have listened to the podcast would you please let me know where you are listening from? Just send me message saying something like, " I am listening from------". You can post to the Pavement Ends Ministry Facebook page, find me on LinkedIn or email [email protected]. Thank you, please keep listening and tell your friends about The Pavement Ends Ministry podcast.To God be the glory.Douglas HuffFrom Down Where The Pavement Ends
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GOD'S WAY IS BETTER
Send us Fan Mail God’s Way is Better A song made famous decades ago tells the story of a man looking back on his life with pride, boasting that whatever mistakes he made, he made them “My Way.” No regrets, nothing to apologize for. Whenever I hear that song, I always think, that is really…
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I am Blessed to Be An American
Send us Fan Mail I Am an American (In Honor of Flag Day) I am proud to be an American. In my blood is the DNA of a Dutchman who, in the early 1600s, climbed aboard a small sailing ship to cross a dangerous ocean. He was seeking the freedom to worship God as he was led by the Holy Spirit, and the...
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Get Up and Move
Send us Fan Mail 1 I Shall Not be Moved Here’s a truth that most people do not know and even fewer truly understand. If God is going to use you, He is going to move you. Now, that is a devastating thought for most good church members. After all, “I Shall Not Be Moved” might as well be your theme...
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Seeing Jesus Is Enough
Send us Fan Mail When Seeing Jesus is Enough This morning, my daily Bible reading took me to Luke Chapter 2 and the story of Jesus’ birth. As I read about the shepherds being visited by angels and then going to see the baby Jesus, I found myself wondering, “What happened to the shepherds after...
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A Bird Was Trapped in My Shop
Send us Fan Mail The Bird in The Shop One day, a bird flew into the shop. As soon as it came in, it shot up to the ceiling. Mistaking the white ceiling for the sky, it kept flying against it. Not wanting him inside, I tried to shoo him toward the open door. But to get out, he had to fly low…
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Call Out To The Father
Send us Fan Mail Call Out to the Father I saw it at a Middle School football game. The offense ran a sneak play. After it was over, all of the players got up but one. This one boy seemed to be in a lot of pain. Lying on his back, he rocked back and forth, holding onto his leg. The coaches and...
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The Corn Has Turned Brown
Send us Fan Mail The Corn has Turned Brown In the cool of the morning, I sit on the back porch. My thoughts this morning are on the goodness of God. At the edge of the porch, a swarm of hummingbirds competes for sugar water. In the woods, squirrels are chattering about whatever is important to...
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Will There be Any Shoes in Heaven ?
Send us Fan Mail No Shoes in Heaven I'm a tenderfoot. I have never been comfortable going barefoot. Even when I was a little boy, I wanted my shoes. Growing up, I spent a lot of time rambling through the woods and pastures. Often, you could find me splashing in the creek, chasing crawfish and...
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The Last Mountain
Send us Fan Mail The Last Mountain The old man stands at the foot of the mountain. The way ahead is very steep. This is not the first mountain he has climbed, but it will be his last. As he looks up the path, he is leaning on a staff that he has carried for many years. He will carry it one more...
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Dead Last Week
Send us Fan Mail Dead Last Week Jairus stood by her bed watching as she slept. His heart was so happy it almost hurt. At twelve, she was still a little girl yet so close to being a young woman. Also at twelve, he had almost lost her. He listened to her breathing as she slept and saw a sweet smile...
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Trust
Send us Fan Mail Trust The other night, we ordered takeout from a local restaurant. When I arrived to pick it up, the order wasn't quite ready, so I had to wait a few minutes. As I stood waiting, I could see the kitchen area and watched the cooks prepare the meals. Seeing how the food was handled...
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Everybody is a Somebody to Jesus
Send us Fan Mail Everybody is a Nobody Who Can Be Somebody In Mark Chapter 5, there is a story about a woman who was a nobody. We don’t even know her name. If we had been there on this day, she would not have been in our field of vision. Seeing her would have made us uncomfortable, so we would…
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Daddies Fix Things
Send us Fan Mail That's What Daddies Do Daddies fix things. They fix flat bicycle tires, start stubborn lawnmowers, repair leaky commodes, troubleshoot washing machines, and get swings swinging again. Most of the time, they may not know exactly what they're doing, but they always do their best...
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Memories
Send us Fan Mail Memories I remember Gin Creek. I assume it was named Gin Creek because at some point in time and someplace in its travel it must have powered a cotton gin. I remember a smooth path alongside this creek where I would walk. I remember crawfish running backward and minnows threading...
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Memorial Day and The Constitution
Send us Fan Mail Memorial Day 3,000,000. If Google is correct, this is the approximate number of American Soldiers who have died in service to this great country. These are the ones we honor on Memorial Day. Now this may shock you, but listen carefully. The sacrifices of these great heroes were…
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Call Your Mama
Send us Fan Mail Call Your Mama Among the last items of business that Jesus took care of, even as He hung on the cross, was to make sure that His mother would be cared for. His mother’s life was turned upside down at His birth. She was there while He grew, changing His diapers and kissing His...
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Our Magnificent God
Send us Fan Mail How magnificent is the Power and Authority of the Lord my God! His shining glory illuminates the highest heaven. From the mouth of children, He ordains strength. A bloodthirsty fool may rise against Him, but He destroys the enemy with vengeance. On a blustery day, I hear the wind...
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A Call For Kindness
Send us Fan Mail A Call for Kindness I am committed to treating everyone with kindness, regardless of their background or lifestyle. I believe that good manners can revolutionize society, and as such, I will always use polite language when speaking to others. Even if I don’t agree with their…
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The Last Star
Send us Fan Mail The Last Star It is early. The sky is clear. The night is fading as the darkness gives way to the rising sun. There is one last pinpoint of light in the southeastern sky. Is it a stubborn star or a distant planet? I don’t know. But I do know that as the sun rises it will…
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The House That Jesus Built
Send us Fan Mail This Old House On April 16, 1978, Deborah and I were married. In 1979 we purchased a house and it has been our home ever since. In this house we have laughed and cried, fought and made up, celebrated and mourned. This is where we live. In this house, we raised our family, and…
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A Tale of Two Men
Send us Fan Mail A Tale of Two Men In the fourteenth chapter of The Gospel of Mark, we find the story of two men who betrayed Jesus. One of these men betrayed Him for money, and the other one was afraid. One of these men betrayed Jesus with a kiss, and the other one denied Him with an oath. The...
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The Tomb Was Not Empty
Send us Fan Mail The Tomb Was Not Empty In none of the Gospels are we told that the borrowed tomb of Jesus was empty. If someone had stolen the body of Christ, the tomb would have been empty. If the body of Jesus had been left to rot, the tomb would have been worse than empty. If the tomb had…
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Triumphant
Send us Fan Mail Triumphant “A great multitude, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, went out to meet Him, and cried out: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ The King of Israel!” John 12:12 Most triumphal parades are for the...
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Preacher Jack’s Kids
Send us Fan Mail Preacher Jack’s Kids Their age is around the half-century mark. They were raised in a small country church called Falling Creek. Some are in heaven today, but most are still making their mark on the world. They are a small but highly privileged group. They were and are Preacher...
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Time Ain't On Our Side
Send us Fan Mail Time Ain't on Our Side Time slips away. How often do we look at the clock and say, oh no, I'm late.? How often do we wish that we could manage our time better? But then, who can manage time? Like a great threshing machine, time is mowing down the days of our lives. Time marches…
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It Is Still Good
Send us Fan Mail God Still Says, “It is Good” In the first chapter of the Bible, we read about the creation story. It is a simple yet magnificent record of God, who came from nowhere, stood on nothing, and spoke everything into existence by the power of His Word. After creating everything, God...
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There is No Fear in Love
Send us Fan Mail There is No Fear in Love The Bible says; "There is no fear in love; for perfect love cast out fear, --- he who fears has not been made perfect in love." The words, “There is no fear in love” may conjure up images of white doves fluttering away in the sunset while violins play in...
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Valentine's Day
Send us Fan Mail Valentine’s Day February 14th is Valentine’s Day. It is a day of celebrating the romantic love between men and women. It is also a day when Jared, Hallmark, and FTD Flowers celebrate an increase in their revenue. I do not think many people know the real story behind all the…
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But God Did
Send us Fan Mail But God Did It was Friday morning. The last day of Vacation Bible School. On this day, before we could eat our cookies and drink our Kool-Aid, we had to listen to the Preacher. Pastor Suttles talked about how much God loved us. He asked us to trust Jesus and give our lives to…
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My God is Enough
Send us Fan Mail He Is Enough Last night before I went to bed, I stood in my front yard looking up at the sky. It was a clear night. As always, the stars were beautiful and awe-inspiring. Now, I have a limited knowledge of the science of the stars. I know a little bit about light years, galaxies,...
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Do The Right Thing
Send us Fan Mail Do The Right Thing “Today is the sum total of all your yesterdays and today is the common denominator of all your tomorrows. What you are today is a result of all your past decisions. The things you said or did not say, the things you did or did not do have shaped your life…
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The Door
Send us Fan Mail The Door The door separated the waiting room from the examination area of the doctor's office. As he stood there looking out, there was a look of confusion on his face. She saw him standing there and her heart broke. Wise, gentle, and strong, she had always leaned on this man.…
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The Speed of Yesterday
Send us Fan Mail The Speed of Yesterday At five years old, the days seemed to crawl by. He didn't think Christmas would ever get here. As a seventeen-year-old senior, he couldn't wait for graduation. At twenty-two, she said yes, but the year-long engagement seemed to last forever. In his...
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There Will Always Be Hope
Send us Fan Mail There Will Be Hope Except for using it as a marketing scheme, the world hates Christmas. Why? Because Christmas represents hope. Hope, the national news media will misreport it, the entertainment industry will misrepresent it, and politicians will attempt to misappropriate it.…
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Praying For Peace On Earth
Send us Fan Mail Peace on Earth The soldier has a few hours of downtime. He spends this time cleaning his weapons and checking his equipment. Christmas is coming. From his pocket, he pulls a picture of his family. He kisses his finger and touches his wife’s face. With a smile, he thinks about how...
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The Sound of Christmas
Send us Fan Mail The Sound of Christmas When God delivered His final message through Malachi, (who wrote the last book of the Old Testament), He stopped communicating with man for nearly 400 years. It was a deafening silence in divine revelation. After 400 years God broke His silence by sending...
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Joseph
Send us Fan Mail Joseph His name was Joseph. His calling was the most important task ever given to a man. Joseph was chosen to be the earthly daddy to the Son of God. He could have rejected this responsibility but He didn’t. Instead, Joseph chose to be the daddy he didn’t have to be. If I asked…
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Walking After The Will of God
Send us Fan Mail Walking after the Will of God A carpenter goes to the wood yard to buy lumber. Because He has a reputation as an expert craftsman, he chooses his material carefully. Turning each board, he examines it from every side. It is important to him to choose boards that ideally suit the...
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How Awesome is Our God
Send us Fan Mail Many years ago, Rich Mullins declared in a song “Our God Is an Awesome God.” Today I will affirm that statement. The rising sun has not cleared the trees yet but a shaft of light has broken through. Like an ambassador of the day, it paints a portion of the tree in my yard with a...
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My Own Stupid Fault
Send us Fan Mail My Own Stupid Fault I have a food allergy. I won't go into detail but certain foods make me sick. There is no guessing about it. I know what I can and cannot eat. But last night I tried to cheat. I ate something I knew I shouldn’t. I rationalized that it wouldn't hurt me because…
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The One That is Lost
Send us Fan Mail Ninety-nine sheep are safe. Only one is missing. Outside it is cold and dark. The wolves are howling. It is dangerous to go out. Some shepherds would say, “Ninety-nine are safe, so I won’t concern myself with the one that is lost.” But not the Good Shepherd. He knows His sheep by...
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Are You Scared
Send us Fan Mail I was twelve years old and it was the opening day of deer season. It was still dark. The sun would not even think about rising for another thirty minutes. Daddy shined his flashlight on the boards nailed into the tree as I climbed up to the deer-stand. He watched as I got settled...
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My God Has Time for Me
Send us Fan Mail No one has time to listen, that is no one but God! Yes, God in Heaven is leaning forward on His throne to listen to me. The Bible tells me that before I even speak God hears and answers my prayers. He promises that if I call out to Him, He will hear and show me things that are...
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Go and See
Send us Fan Mail If you are a child of God, He has a calling for you. But His purpose for your life does not depend on what you have or don’t have. Sometimes people resist God’s calling because they are afraid, uneducated, or don’t have enough money. However, God can turn poverty into plenty…
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Untamable
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes we forget that God is sovereign. In our arrogance, we think that even God can be tamed. Here is the problem. We want God to suit us. We try to put a bridle in His mouth and turn His head to please us. We end our prayers with, “In the Name of Jesus, Amen” thinking that…
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Christ The MasterWelder
Send us Fan Mail In the process of life, sometimes we all get broken. And sometimes we don’t even know that we are broken. When God begins the process of fixing us, we don’t understand why we are suffering. So, we cry out to Him for mercy. The truth is when God is grinding, cutting, welding, and...
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Dressing For Success
Send us Fan Mail God dearly loves His children and that is why He chose us and set us apart. So, no one should ever be surprised by the kindness of a child of God. It is faith in Jesus that has saved us. We are commanded to add goodness, self-control, godliness, and brotherly kindness to this...
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My God is Faithful
Send us Fan Mail When I think about the Goodness of my God I am overwhelmed with joy. I have to lift my voice and my hands to Heaven. And I often wonder why other people don’t do the same thing. You see, I am happy that I serve The Lord. When I am in His presence, I can’t help but sing. And even...
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Our Great Engineer of the Universe
Send us Fan Mail The Great Engineer of the universe tells us in Genesis Chapter 8 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.” When I go to gather my tomatoes and have to wipe the sweat from my face, I will give glory to...
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I Love People
Send us Fan Mail The powers that be hate it when people get along. They know that people who get along cannot be controlled by evil people. So let us make their lives miserable. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Lift each other in prayer. We can glorify God with our actions and make the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The goal of this podcast is always to give simple messages of hope and encouragement. My reward is simply knowing that God can use this podcast to touch the lives of people I may never meet.I have no way of knowing who is listening nor is that important. However I know that it is possible for the P.E.M. podcast to be heard anywhere that the internet can go. For this reason I wish to ask a favor of you. If you have listened to the podcast would you please let me know where you are listening from? Just send me message saying something like, " I am listening from------". You can post to the Pavement Ends Ministry Facebook page, find me on LinkedIn or email [email protected]. Thank you, please keep listening and tell your friends about The Pavement Ends Ministry podcast.To God be the glory.Douglas HuffFrom Down Where The Pavement Ends
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