I was on YouTube this evening surfing around and listening to different Paul Washer sermons. I ran across one that just blew me away. It’s 10 minutes long if you want to watch it here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuEc-zrs5wA.
In this video Paul Washer says “When most people read the following passage they only remember Romans 3:23.” Paul Washer goes on the say “This is quite possibly the most important passage in the entire Bible.” Paul washer also quotes Dr. Marin Lloyd Jones saying that Romans 3:23 is the acropolis of the Christian faith.
Please use this as a faith builder. Read the following passage and take it to heart.
Romans 3:23 – 27 NLT
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 24 Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. 25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, 26 for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.
27 Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith.
Be Blessed!
BIG SCOTT
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Who I Am & What I Do
I’ve been in Wichita since 1998. I grew up in Southwest Kansas in the little town of Ingalls. I also lived in Dodge City & Garden City for a few years. My family is mainly from West Central Oklahoma in the Cordell area. I graduated from Ingalls High School in 1981. I’ve also attended Dodge Juco & Cowley College. I learned to do evangelistic work at the church I attended in Garden City and also own my own by working with various pastors & others. I’ve also done some evangelistic studying via the internet going through Way of the Master teachings with Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron plus a few others.
I’ve been married to my wife Pam this time since 1999. We were married in 1992 and divorced in 1996 mainly due to my failure to be the husband and father that the Lord had called me to be. In 1998 we both were attending the same church and agreed to go to counseling if for no other then to have peace in the church. One thing led to another and the Lord reconciled our marriage on December 12, 1999. Now we have the Lord at the center of our marriage and we are married for life! We’ve been attending Word of Life here in Wichita for quite some time now. We’re firmly entrenched there now and really love it there especially with the support we get for both our family and my ministry.
We have six kids & three grandsons. The oldest is 23 and the youngest is six. We have three girls & three boys. Our 15 year old son is Autistic and is quite a handful. We’ve found that having a special needs child can be quite taxing at times.
As far as my ministry goes I go witnessing on the street, in Dillon’s, Wal-Mart’s and other places where I can pass out my gospel tracts. My website is www.ichthusunderground.com. Check it out when you get a second. We just posted a new video on the video page that is quite funny. It’s the bottom one. Make sure you check it out!
I believe the Lord has called me to witness to a different group of people then one would think about when you say street ministry. Usually when you say street ministry you think of the homeless. As far as my ministry goes that’s one group that I don’t focus on. I focus rather on the average Joe so to say. I go after the unchurched and the lost on every level right on up to the professional level educated person.
I believe the Lord showed me that there are literally millions and millions of people out there that are going to die and go to hell if someone doesn’t reach out to them. These people include your everyday person you meet from your Wal-Mart worker right on up to your doctors and attorneys. Someone needs to reach these people and I believe that I’m one of the ones called to go out and reach them.
I currently am using the way that is taught by Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron of Living Waters www.livingwaters.com. It’s a simple and direct method that uses the 10 Commandments to show individuals why they need Jesus. Check it out sometime when you get a second. Basically what I do is hand someone a million dollar bill which is really a gospel tract. Most everyone will take one. After they take it and if they stop for a second to look at it I tell them “On the back it asks the million dollar question. When you die where are you going, Heaven or Hell?” If they say Heaven, I ask them why would God let them in. If they say anything other then they’re saved by Jesus as their Lord & Savior I go deeper with them leading them through a few of the 10 Commandments to show them their need for a Savior and hopefully & prayerfully lead them to Jesus!
I’ve been married to my wife Pam this time since 1999. We were married in 1992 and divorced in 1996 mainly due to my failure to be the husband and father that the Lord had called me to be. In 1998 we both were attending the same church and agreed to go to counseling if for no other then to have peace in the church. One thing led to another and the Lord reconciled our marriage on December 12, 1999. Now we have the Lord at the center of our marriage and we are married for life! We’ve been attending Word of Life here in Wichita for quite some time now. We’re firmly entrenched there now and really love it there especially with the support we get for both our family and my ministry.
We have six kids & three grandsons. The oldest is 23 and the youngest is six. We have three girls & three boys. Our 15 year old son is Autistic and is quite a handful. We’ve found that having a special needs child can be quite taxing at times.
As far as my ministry goes I go witnessing on the street, in Dillon’s, Wal-Mart’s and other places where I can pass out my gospel tracts. My website is www.ichthusunderground.com. Check it out when you get a second. We just posted a new video on the video page that is quite funny. It’s the bottom one. Make sure you check it out!
I believe the Lord has called me to witness to a different group of people then one would think about when you say street ministry. Usually when you say street ministry you think of the homeless. As far as my ministry goes that’s one group that I don’t focus on. I focus rather on the average Joe so to say. I go after the unchurched and the lost on every level right on up to the professional level educated person.
I believe the Lord showed me that there are literally millions and millions of people out there that are going to die and go to hell if someone doesn’t reach out to them. These people include your everyday person you meet from your Wal-Mart worker right on up to your doctors and attorneys. Someone needs to reach these people and I believe that I’m one of the ones called to go out and reach them.
I currently am using the way that is taught by Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron of Living Waters www.livingwaters.com. It’s a simple and direct method that uses the 10 Commandments to show individuals why they need Jesus. Check it out sometime when you get a second. Basically what I do is hand someone a million dollar bill which is really a gospel tract. Most everyone will take one. After they take it and if they stop for a second to look at it I tell them “On the back it asks the million dollar question. When you die where are you going, Heaven or Hell?” If they say Heaven, I ask them why would God let them in. If they say anything other then they’re saved by Jesus as their Lord & Savior I go deeper with them leading them through a few of the 10 Commandments to show them their need for a Savior and hopefully & prayerfully lead them to Jesus!
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Ministry Plans
Wow! It is getting cold outside! The weatherman is calling for a low of +2 degrees for the overnight low tonight here in Wichita! Brrr!!! Needless to say you won’t find me out witnessing on the streets when it gets like this! I much prefer Wal-mart, Dillon’s, the malls, and such!
I believe the Lord is giving me some leading in where he wants me to take the ministry he’s given me over the next year or so. First, I believe that the Lord is leading me to set a goal to pass out 10,000 of the million dollar bill Gospel tracts next year. That may seem like a lot but if I stay diligent and hit all of the big festivals and such here in Wichita I should be able to do it with not much problem.
Secondly, I feel that the Lord is leading me to put together a team to raise the money for 5000 Gospels of John and then distribute then to the different Junior & Senior Highs here around Wichita. This is going to cost us around $1500 but I believe that if indeed this is the will of the Lord the money to pay for them will come in.
That’s about it for now. I’ll try to write more short blogs instead of fewer longer ones in the future! Once again if you’ve got something you’d like to see me write about just drop me a line!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
I believe the Lord is giving me some leading in where he wants me to take the ministry he’s given me over the next year or so. First, I believe that the Lord is leading me to set a goal to pass out 10,000 of the million dollar bill Gospel tracts next year. That may seem like a lot but if I stay diligent and hit all of the big festivals and such here in Wichita I should be able to do it with not much problem.
Secondly, I feel that the Lord is leading me to put together a team to raise the money for 5000 Gospels of John and then distribute then to the different Junior & Senior Highs here around Wichita. This is going to cost us around $1500 but I believe that if indeed this is the will of the Lord the money to pay for them will come in.
That’s about it for now. I’ll try to write more short blogs instead of fewer longer ones in the future! Once again if you’ve got something you’d like to see me write about just drop me a line!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Every Second Seven People Die
Every second seven people die. That’s 420 people every minute. That’s 25,200 every hour. That’s 604,800 every day. How many of these people are dying and going to hell? Does it matter to you? Do you care enough to do anything about it?
Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ says that only two percent of all Christians share their faith on a regular basis, only two percent! Promise Keepers says that ninety percent of all men have never shared their faith! That doesn’t sound much like the New Testament church of Acts does it?
I know what Jesus saved me from. Looking at the Ten Commandments and knowing what Jesus taught I know that I broke every one of the Commandments. I was destined for hell! Before I could be saved though I had to know that I had broken the Commandments, I had to know that I was destined for Hell, and I had to know that Hell is a very real place! I realized Hell is no party place and that the flames, the punishment, and the eternal separation was real.
Hell to this very day and always will be the worst place you can imagine. In fact it took a revelation in a dream one night for me to realize just how real and how horrible Hell really is. Hell is a very dark place, the darkest place one will ever find, absolutely no light whatsoever! Psychologists say that one will go crazy in a matter of minutes in pure darkness. How about an eternity of darkness? Next come the flames and the stench of burning sulfur and flesh, your flesh, once again for all eternity! No, Hell is not a nice place.
I believe once Christians get a conception of what Hell really is it will shake them and help motivate to share their faith. Without a true conception of Hell why would anyone have a burning desire in their heart to reach the lost and dying? True, one may share out of their love for Jesus but when you realize how real Hell is it takes the urgency the need to share to another level!
A special thanks to Mark Cahill for his research!
www.markcahill.org
Next Blog: How To Share Your Faith!
Be Blessed!!!
Scott
Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ says that only two percent of all Christians share their faith on a regular basis, only two percent! Promise Keepers says that ninety percent of all men have never shared their faith! That doesn’t sound much like the New Testament church of Acts does it?
I know what Jesus saved me from. Looking at the Ten Commandments and knowing what Jesus taught I know that I broke every one of the Commandments. I was destined for hell! Before I could be saved though I had to know that I had broken the Commandments, I had to know that I was destined for Hell, and I had to know that Hell is a very real place! I realized Hell is no party place and that the flames, the punishment, and the eternal separation was real.
Hell to this very day and always will be the worst place you can imagine. In fact it took a revelation in a dream one night for me to realize just how real and how horrible Hell really is. Hell is a very dark place, the darkest place one will ever find, absolutely no light whatsoever! Psychologists say that one will go crazy in a matter of minutes in pure darkness. How about an eternity of darkness? Next come the flames and the stench of burning sulfur and flesh, your flesh, once again for all eternity! No, Hell is not a nice place.
I believe once Christians get a conception of what Hell really is it will shake them and help motivate to share their faith. Without a true conception of Hell why would anyone have a burning desire in their heart to reach the lost and dying? True, one may share out of their love for Jesus but when you realize how real Hell is it takes the urgency the need to share to another level!
A special thanks to Mark Cahill for his research!
www.markcahill.org
Next Blog: How To Share Your Faith!
Be Blessed!!!
Scott
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Interesting Month!
OK, this is bad. I’ve got tot start blogging more often!
Anyway…
It’s been an interesting month. Started the month out in the hospital for about a week, yuck! After the hospital it took me about two to three weeks to really get back to one hundred percent which is where I’m just now getting. I’ll say this when you get in a habit of doing something and all of a sudden you can’t do it for a month it can sure throw a kink in your system. That’s way it was with me not being able to go out witnessing or at least for not very long at a time due to health reasons. I love witnessing about Jesus and I sure did miss not being able to tell people about him!
This week I plan on being back if not one hundred percent at least close to it, Praise God! I plan on being back to the Keeper of the Plains during the week and then hitting a car show & Old Town next weekend. To all of you that have been praying for us I say “Thank you” as my recovery has been really fast and my health is progressing nicely. Please keep me and my family in prayer as I get back up to speed with my witnessing.
I find it interesting the responses I get when I use the million dollar bill tract. I use the million dollar bill tract as an icebreaker and after I give a person a million dollar bill tract if they stop to look at it or better yet ask me what it is I tell them “On the back it asks the million dollar question. When you die where are you going, Heaven or Hell? If they say Heaven I’ll ask them why would God let you in. If they say anything other then Jesus is their savior or something close to it I continue on. When asking someone why would God let you in I am still amazed at the number of people that say it’s because they’re a good person or something like that.
Lately I’ve been surprised at the number of people who tell me they are going to hell mainly because they are having too much fun here on earth. About the only thing you can do with someone like this is try to convince them that Hell is a real place and it’s not fun, in fact it’s worse then they could ever imagine. Then all you can do is show them the Word if they will let you and try to convince they don’t need to die and go to Hell!
For me personally the hardest person to witness to is the person when you ask them if they are going to Heaven or Hell they say they don’t have a clue or they don’t know. I meet people all of the time that tell me this. I suppose one of the reasons it is so hard for me to talk with people like this is that when you start witnessing with this kind of person you get very little feedback from the person and you can do is rely on your training.
If you would like to find out more about witnessing drop me a line. I’d love to help you out! Check out these links to find out more about witnessing!
http://www.wayofthemaster.com
Then go to The Way of the Master’s You Tube Channel and watch the training videos!
http://www.youtube.com/user/thewayofthemaster
Be Blessed!
Big Scott
Anyway…
It’s been an interesting month. Started the month out in the hospital for about a week, yuck! After the hospital it took me about two to three weeks to really get back to one hundred percent which is where I’m just now getting. I’ll say this when you get in a habit of doing something and all of a sudden you can’t do it for a month it can sure throw a kink in your system. That’s way it was with me not being able to go out witnessing or at least for not very long at a time due to health reasons. I love witnessing about Jesus and I sure did miss not being able to tell people about him!
This week I plan on being back if not one hundred percent at least close to it, Praise God! I plan on being back to the Keeper of the Plains during the week and then hitting a car show & Old Town next weekend. To all of you that have been praying for us I say “Thank you” as my recovery has been really fast and my health is progressing nicely. Please keep me and my family in prayer as I get back up to speed with my witnessing.
I find it interesting the responses I get when I use the million dollar bill tract. I use the million dollar bill tract as an icebreaker and after I give a person a million dollar bill tract if they stop to look at it or better yet ask me what it is I tell them “On the back it asks the million dollar question. When you die where are you going, Heaven or Hell? If they say Heaven I’ll ask them why would God let you in. If they say anything other then Jesus is their savior or something close to it I continue on. When asking someone why would God let you in I am still amazed at the number of people that say it’s because they’re a good person or something like that.
Lately I’ve been surprised at the number of people who tell me they are going to hell mainly because they are having too much fun here on earth. About the only thing you can do with someone like this is try to convince them that Hell is a real place and it’s not fun, in fact it’s worse then they could ever imagine. Then all you can do is show them the Word if they will let you and try to convince they don’t need to die and go to Hell!
For me personally the hardest person to witness to is the person when you ask them if they are going to Heaven or Hell they say they don’t have a clue or they don’t know. I meet people all of the time that tell me this. I suppose one of the reasons it is so hard for me to talk with people like this is that when you start witnessing with this kind of person you get very little feedback from the person and you can do is rely on your training.
If you would like to find out more about witnessing drop me a line. I’d love to help you out! Check out these links to find out more about witnessing!
http://www.wayofthemaster.com
Then go to The Way of the Master’s You Tube Channel and watch the training videos!
http://www.youtube.com/user/thewayofthemaster
Be Blessed!
Big Scott
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Ministry Update
Wow! Talk about writer’s block. It’s been 3 ½ months since I’ve blogged! To be honest I haven’t had anything in this big old head of mine to write about this whole time! I figure enough has been going on now that I ought to write an update about what’s been going on at least so in my ministry!
Since the last time I blogged I’ve handed out close to two thousand of the million dollar bill gospel tracts to different people. After a year of passing out those tracts I am still amazed at how people take them, read them, and then hang on to them! I pass these tracts out to anyone and everyone that I meet. If they will stop and talk when I give them a million dollar bill they usually ask what it’s for. I tell them on the back it has the million dollar question. When they ask what the question is I simply say it’s asking you whether or not you’re going to Heaven.
At this point facial expression is everything. If they smile there’s a pretty good chance they are saved. Any other kind of expression and I know I’ve got some witnessing to do! I always follow up after I ask them if they are going to Heaven with “Why would Jesus let you in?” if they say because Jesus is their Lord and Savior I say “fantastic!”, otherwise I ask them a few basic questions so I can get them to listen to scripture.
It sounds complicated I know but once you do it a time or two, or better yet after you practice it several times then do it a time or two it come pretty easy to you. The one thing that you do want to do listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit and be prayed up before you go witnessing. The more you are in tune with God the easier it is to witness! One thing I should add here is that be careful, once you start telling others about Jesus it can become very addictive and you can get a real rush not only telling others about Jesus but leading them to get saved too!
I do have one other tract that I use now. It’s a million peso tract in Spanish on both the front and the back. When I’m walking around and I run into people that speak Spanish I politely say “You se habla Espanol?” and if they say “yes” or “se” I hand them a Spanish tract. One other cool thing that I can do now with Spanish speaking people is that if they want to know more I can call our Spanish pastor at church on his cell phone from my cell phone and put that person on the phone with someone that speaks their language!
I’ve found a way to get exercise and pass out tracts at the same time. Pam and I have committed to walking 30 minutes every evening that we can. Depending on the night you can
either find us at Bradley Fair at 21st & Rock or at the Keeper of the Plains here in downtown
That’s about all I’ve got for now. Maybe this will break my writers block and I can back in the habit of blogging all of the time!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Monday, March 23, 2009
Another One Saved Tonight!!!
Praise God! Another soul joins the Kingdom tonight! My wife Pam & I went to Wal-Mart in east Wichita tonight to kill some time, get a few things and to pass out some million dollar bills. While at Wal-Mart my wife decided that she needed to go to the restroom so we headed to the back of the store to the restrooms. While I was waiting for my wife I gave a million dollar bill to a gal who was waiting for her guy.
The gal read the tract both front & back then told me that she didn’t know that she needed to both repent and accept Jesus to go to Heaven. She then told me that is what she was going to do so she could go to Heaven! About that time her guy came out and she showed him the million dollar bill and started to explain to him what she was doing and they walked off.
The lesson that the Lord showed me tonight was you never know when or where God may need you just make yourself available so he can use when he needs you!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
The gal read the tract both front & back then told me that she didn’t know that she needed to both repent and accept Jesus to go to Heaven. She then told me that is what she was going to do so she could go to Heaven! About that time her guy came out and she showed him the million dollar bill and started to explain to him what she was doing and they walked off.
The lesson that the Lord showed me tonight was you never know when or where God may need you just make yourself available so he can use when he needs you!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Good News!
Good news to report again. First of all I went and weighed in again and I found out that I lost another 4 pounds. I realize that for pounds isn’t much but at least I’m still headed in the right direction! This means that so far I’ve lost right at 60 pounds! My first goal is to loose 100 pounds by the first of August. At the rate I’ve been loosing I should be able to make my goal with just a little room to spare.
Next, I should say that I am writing this blog on a Saturday evening about 10:00 p.m. after I just got in from doing street ministry so I’m in a pretty good mood as street ministry has really went well this week, praise God! First of all let me say that this week alone I’ve went through close to 300 of million dollar bill gospel tracts on my own! This week between going to the Keeper of the Plains, Old Town, and Wal-Mart I’ve really had the opportunity to reach out, plant seeds, and do some pretty neat ministry!
It still amazes me how well my million dollar bills go over! I now also have some million peso bills that I hand out to those that speak Spanish. If I meet someone and I offer them a million dollar bill and find out either they don’t speak English or that they do speak Spanish I give them a one million peso bill which says the same thing as my million dollar bill except in Spanish. Every one of the people that I give a million peso bill to are really impressed by it and tell me thank you for giving it to them!
Please pray for the ministry that the Lord has placed on me. Right now I am about to run out of material and I am trusting in the Lord to bring me more material before I run out. Also pray that as I pass out the million dollar bills they serve as God’s seed and I’m planting them in fertile soil!
Mark 16:15 And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.”
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Next, I should say that I am writing this blog on a Saturday evening about 10:00 p.m. after I just got in from doing street ministry so I’m in a pretty good mood as street ministry has really went well this week, praise God! First of all let me say that this week alone I’ve went through close to 300 of million dollar bill gospel tracts on my own! This week between going to the Keeper of the Plains, Old Town, and Wal-Mart I’ve really had the opportunity to reach out, plant seeds, and do some pretty neat ministry!
It still amazes me how well my million dollar bills go over! I now also have some million peso bills that I hand out to those that speak Spanish. If I meet someone and I offer them a million dollar bill and find out either they don’t speak English or that they do speak Spanish I give them a one million peso bill which says the same thing as my million dollar bill except in Spanish. Every one of the people that I give a million peso bill to are really impressed by it and tell me thank you for giving it to them!
Please pray for the ministry that the Lord has placed on me. Right now I am about to run out of material and I am trusting in the Lord to bring me more material before I run out. Also pray that as I pass out the million dollar bills they serve as God’s seed and I’m planting them in fertile soil!
Mark 16:15 And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.”
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Having Fun Witnessing!!!
I’m sure glad the weather is breaking here in Wichita! For once I can get out and witness and not have to do it in Wal-mart or the mall! Today Pam & I went down to the Keeper of the Plains where the Big & Little Arkansas Rivers come together. If you ever come to Wichita, or as far as that goes if you live here, you really need to check out the Keeper of the Plains! There are two giant walkways, one over each river and in the middle at the confluence is a giant statue surrounded by fire pots and lots of really cool Indian stuff. You’ll probably also find there various assortments of ducks, geese, & people!
Anyway, as I was saying my wife & I headed down there today so I could pass out million dollar bill tracts & witness. We had a really good time, got some exercise walking around and passed out a bunch of tracts. I guess I’ll have to put the Keeper of the Plains on my list of places where I need witness more often!
Speaking of witnessing I always get a rush when I’m passing out million dollar bills. Seeing the look on peoples face when you say “Here, have a million dollar bill!” is in itself many times quite amusing. Kids especially those in the 8-14 age range really get a kick out of our million dollar bills! I learned long ago if there is a bunch of kids and you give one kid a tract you better have enough for all of them because they’ll all want one!
But the rush doesn’t stop there! The funny thing is that even to this day I still get nervous when I go one on one with people witnessing. Why do I get nervous? It’s that same old fear that every one of us faces when we go to share our faith, it’s one of the greatest fears in the world, and it’s the fear of rejection. One thing that Bill Fay would say when I studied under him about witnessing was that “Just remember it’s not you they’re rejecting, they’re rejecting the witness of the Holy Spirit.” As long as I remember that the weight is off of my shoulders and I can witness like I’ve been trained to witness!
I love to witness, in fact I would have to say that sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with someone is my second favorite thing to do in this world. But wait, if sharing the Gospel is second what would be first? That would have to be unquestionably leading someone in repenting of their sins and accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior and then being the first to welcome a new Believer into the fold!
Yes I love to witness! Yes I love doing what the Lord has called me to do! And yes, I am humbled by the Lord’s calling on my life!
Matthew 28:18 - 20 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the peoples, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Be Blessed!
BIG SCOTT
Anyway, as I was saying my wife & I headed down there today so I could pass out million dollar bill tracts & witness. We had a really good time, got some exercise walking around and passed out a bunch of tracts. I guess I’ll have to put the Keeper of the Plains on my list of places where I need witness more often!
Speaking of witnessing I always get a rush when I’m passing out million dollar bills. Seeing the look on peoples face when you say “Here, have a million dollar bill!” is in itself many times quite amusing. Kids especially those in the 8-14 age range really get a kick out of our million dollar bills! I learned long ago if there is a bunch of kids and you give one kid a tract you better have enough for all of them because they’ll all want one!
But the rush doesn’t stop there! The funny thing is that even to this day I still get nervous when I go one on one with people witnessing. Why do I get nervous? It’s that same old fear that every one of us faces when we go to share our faith, it’s one of the greatest fears in the world, and it’s the fear of rejection. One thing that Bill Fay would say when I studied under him about witnessing was that “Just remember it’s not you they’re rejecting, they’re rejecting the witness of the Holy Spirit.” As long as I remember that the weight is off of my shoulders and I can witness like I’ve been trained to witness!
I love to witness, in fact I would have to say that sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with someone is my second favorite thing to do in this world. But wait, if sharing the Gospel is second what would be first? That would have to be unquestionably leading someone in repenting of their sins and accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior and then being the first to welcome a new Believer into the fold!
Yes I love to witness! Yes I love doing what the Lord has called me to do! And yes, I am humbled by the Lord’s calling on my life!
Matthew 28:18 - 20 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the peoples, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Be Blessed!
BIG SCOTT
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Quick Update...
First, let me apologize for not blogging for a while. I guess I’ve had brain lock to some extent for a while!
Good News! Now that warmer weather is here our street ministry is starting to get back into gear, maybe not high gear yet, but at least a higher gear than it has been in over the winter. Twice now we’ve been able to go to Old Town here in Wichita on a Saturday evening and witness. I personally have not had anyone saved at Old Town this year, at least none that I know of, but I know we’ve planted a ton of really good seeds so far and that means that someone else could have had the harvest for the Lord, or at least that what we pray!
And speaking of Old Town, it seems that the lord has now brought together a team of street witnessers. Right now on Saturday evenings we normally have between 10 & 12 witnessers from three or four different churches show up all using the same witnessing method and working together in one heart and one accord just as Jesus would have us to do! If you’d like to see how we witness the first two videos I have posted on our website show what we do. Just go to http://www.jc4all.com and click on videos.
Please keep us in prayer as coming May 8th – 16th is the Wichita River Festival. This event normally draws well over 250,000 people to Wichita’s downtown area and we are planning on being there to witness. What an opportunity this will be for us to witness! I can hardly wait!
That’s about it for now! I’ll try to do a better job of updating!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Good News! Now that warmer weather is here our street ministry is starting to get back into gear, maybe not high gear yet, but at least a higher gear than it has been in over the winter. Twice now we’ve been able to go to Old Town here in Wichita on a Saturday evening and witness. I personally have not had anyone saved at Old Town this year, at least none that I know of, but I know we’ve planted a ton of really good seeds so far and that means that someone else could have had the harvest for the Lord, or at least that what we pray!
And speaking of Old Town, it seems that the lord has now brought together a team of street witnessers. Right now on Saturday evenings we normally have between 10 & 12 witnessers from three or four different churches show up all using the same witnessing method and working together in one heart and one accord just as Jesus would have us to do! If you’d like to see how we witness the first two videos I have posted on our website show what we do. Just go to http://www.jc4all.com and click on videos.
Please keep us in prayer as coming May 8th – 16th is the Wichita River Festival. This event normally draws well over 250,000 people to Wichita’s downtown area and we are planning on being there to witness. What an opportunity this will be for us to witness! I can hardly wait!
That’s about it for now! I’ll try to do a better job of updating!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Monday, February 16, 2009
Feeling Weird & Praying Wife
I've been feeling kind of weird for the last three months or so. My wife & I wound up on our church's prayer team that meets once a week. I was suppose to teach a class at the same time as the prayer team meets but the class didn't happen so the only other thing to go to was intercessory prayer. Ever since getting saved a little over 20 years ago I learned to pray but I was never very good at it. Now I'm on the prayer team! The Lord knows what he's doing so I'm going to hang in.
There is some good news here. While I'm getting it pounded into me how to pray more fervently as a team my wife has really exploded into an awesome prayer warrior! My wife Pam has never really experienced fervent prayer as a team. However she has really come out of her shell to be a leading member on our team. One thing that we always do every week is to pass around all of the prayer requests that we’ve had come in and everyone takes one or two depending on how many we have come in. When Pam prays over the ones she has I feel the power of her prayer come out and I know she is moving Heaven!
What a blessing it is to have a praying wife! I know that when I’m on the street witnessing that when she is here at home praying I’m covered! When I’m physically or emotionally having problems and she prays for me it doesn’t take long and I get feeling better!
What a blessing it is to have a wife that when she prays God listens and Heaven moves!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
There is some good news here. While I'm getting it pounded into me how to pray more fervently as a team my wife has really exploded into an awesome prayer warrior! My wife Pam has never really experienced fervent prayer as a team. However she has really come out of her shell to be a leading member on our team. One thing that we always do every week is to pass around all of the prayer requests that we’ve had come in and everyone takes one or two depending on how many we have come in. When Pam prays over the ones she has I feel the power of her prayer come out and I know she is moving Heaven!
What a blessing it is to have a praying wife! I know that when I’m on the street witnessing that when she is here at home praying I’m covered! When I’m physically or emotionally having problems and she prays for me it doesn’t take long and I get feeling better!
What a blessing it is to have a wife that when she prays God listens and Heaven moves!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Monday, February 09, 2009
Quick Update...
I guess I ought to put a quick update up here on my blog. I got some good news today when I weighed in. I weighed in at 484 pounds which means that I lost about 14 pounds since my last weigh in a little over two weeks ago! Praise God! If I can keep this up for another couple of months I just might be able to umpire some baseball this summer!
I had a reply back after my last blog when I was kind of in the blahs suggesting that I might try fasting. I wish I could do a traditional fast but be diabetic I’m not able to do a traditional fast. The only kind of fast I can do is fasting from certain foods or certain things for a period of time. For instance every year in the past during lent I fasted from all candy and chocolate. This year since I’ve been diagnosed with diabetes I’m not sure what I’ll fast from this year. Anyway, it’s not always what you fast it’s what you do during your fast and the condition of your heart, that’s what God looks at.
Another high point, I got together with a group of people that do street witnessing like I do Saturday evening in Old Town. We had 13 people show up, the most we’ve ever had! The weather was awesome for February in Kansas with the temperatures in the mid to low 60’s well past 10:00 p.m. I’m not sure how the others did as I did see several witnessing with different people from time to time. I myself passed out around 75 million dollar bills and did a little sharing and prayed with one guy named David. Overall it was a great night of sharing!
That’s about it for now, except for when the next time you see me I’ll have glasses. I went to the eye doctor last week and she prescribed bifocals for me! I guess I must be getting old! Sheesh!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
I had a reply back after my last blog when I was kind of in the blahs suggesting that I might try fasting. I wish I could do a traditional fast but be diabetic I’m not able to do a traditional fast. The only kind of fast I can do is fasting from certain foods or certain things for a period of time. For instance every year in the past during lent I fasted from all candy and chocolate. This year since I’ve been diagnosed with diabetes I’m not sure what I’ll fast from this year. Anyway, it’s not always what you fast it’s what you do during your fast and the condition of your heart, that’s what God looks at.
Another high point, I got together with a group of people that do street witnessing like I do Saturday evening in Old Town. We had 13 people show up, the most we’ve ever had! The weather was awesome for February in Kansas with the temperatures in the mid to low 60’s well past 10:00 p.m. I’m not sure how the others did as I did see several witnessing with different people from time to time. I myself passed out around 75 million dollar bills and did a little sharing and prayed with one guy named David. Overall it was a great night of sharing!
That’s about it for now, except for when the next time you see me I’ll have glasses. I went to the eye doctor last week and she prescribed bifocals for me! I guess I must be getting old! Sheesh!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Good News/Bad News
I guess I’ll start this blog off with some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I didn’t gain any weight. The bad news is that I didn’t loose any either. The good news is that my diabetes is finally stabilized that I can get new glasses. The bad news is that I’m still in my spiritual drought.
I went to the doctor again yesterday and the doctor was pleased with my diabetes and my efforts to loose weight. The doctor however did give me a bit of bad news that is kind of personal so I won’t share it here. Nothing serious, it was just something I was hoping for. Now it’s more of an inconvenience than anything. Overall though my doctor is very pleased with me!
I wish I knew why I’m in a spiritual drought. I try to pray every day. I go to church on Sunday and prayer meeting on Wednesday. I try to read in the Word every night. I watch Christian programming quite a bit of the time rather then watching a bunch of the junk that’s on TV. I do think that one of the things that is dragging me down right now is the fact that I want to go back to work really, really bad but my health just isn’t quite there yet. That is one thing that I wrestle with on a daily basis.
I know the Lord is in control and is taking care of me and my family and for that I am extremely grateful. One thing that I’ve been wrestling with though is my reading in Proverbs. There are 31 Proverbs and I try to read one every night. One thing that has been wearing me down there is Proverbs talks distitutely about a man that doesn’t work and doesn’t provide for his family. I realize that I’m drawing on Social Security that I paid in over the years so in other words I’m living off of my storehouse but it’s just not something that I’m comfortable doing.
I guess I should pray for peace in my life and for the Lord to give me clear guidance and direction for my life. Right now I feel I blew a huge opportunity to go back to school this semester but we were down to just one car. I hope and pray that changes soon.
The good news is that the first of the month is almost here and that means not only is it payday for Pam & I but we will have all of our W-2’s & 1099’s so we can file our income tax and get our refund back. This year we’re planning on getting my wife’s car going again, paying off a bunch of bills and just generally getting back on our feet financially! Yea, again!
Oh well, I’ve rambled on enough tonight!
Be Blessed!
BIG SCOTT
I went to the doctor again yesterday and the doctor was pleased with my diabetes and my efforts to loose weight. The doctor however did give me a bit of bad news that is kind of personal so I won’t share it here. Nothing serious, it was just something I was hoping for. Now it’s more of an inconvenience than anything. Overall though my doctor is very pleased with me!
I wish I knew why I’m in a spiritual drought. I try to pray every day. I go to church on Sunday and prayer meeting on Wednesday. I try to read in the Word every night. I watch Christian programming quite a bit of the time rather then watching a bunch of the junk that’s on TV. I do think that one of the things that is dragging me down right now is the fact that I want to go back to work really, really bad but my health just isn’t quite there yet. That is one thing that I wrestle with on a daily basis.
I know the Lord is in control and is taking care of me and my family and for that I am extremely grateful. One thing that I’ve been wrestling with though is my reading in Proverbs. There are 31 Proverbs and I try to read one every night. One thing that has been wearing me down there is Proverbs talks distitutely about a man that doesn’t work and doesn’t provide for his family. I realize that I’m drawing on Social Security that I paid in over the years so in other words I’m living off of my storehouse but it’s just not something that I’m comfortable doing.
I guess I should pray for peace in my life and for the Lord to give me clear guidance and direction for my life. Right now I feel I blew a huge opportunity to go back to school this semester but we were down to just one car. I hope and pray that changes soon.
The good news is that the first of the month is almost here and that means not only is it payday for Pam & I but we will have all of our W-2’s & 1099’s so we can file our income tax and get our refund back. This year we’re planning on getting my wife’s car going again, paying off a bunch of bills and just generally getting back on our feet financially! Yea, again!
Oh well, I’ve rambled on enough tonight!
Be Blessed!
BIG SCOTT
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Spiritual Drought
Have you ever been in a spiritual drought? You know, where no matter what you do it seems you just can’t get close to Jesus? Right now that’s where I’m at. I’m in a spiritual drought, again. I say again because this is not the first one that I’ve been in and who knows it may not be the last.
I describe a spiritual drought as being at a point in your spiritual life where you feel dry spiritually, not having the feeling of being close to God and not having the Holy Spirit filling your life with the living water that comes from God that we all thirst and long for. While I still long to draw close to Jesus it just seems that no matter what I do I just can’t draw close like I want to.
Why do I have these spiritual droughts? I’m not always for sure. Sometimes I wonder if it is the Lord testing me to see how I do on my own to see if I stay true and honest to Him. Sometimes I feel that it’s my fault as I’ve been disobedient in some way. Sometimes it may be a mixture of things and sometimes I don’t have clue why I’m in a spiritual drought.
I know that this time my spiritual drought is caused by a number of things. First, I’m about to pull my hair out trying to make ends meet financially while we wait on the full amount of our disability benefits to kick in. I know the scripture says not to worry but that is hard thing not to do! I also know that while I’m struggling to keep us afloat financially it takes time and energy away from me that I could be using to draw closer to the Lord via spending more time in the word and praying.
I know that it is the enemy keeping me worrying and I’ve got to put an end to it. However it’s not always a simple thing to do. One thing I do know however that as I shed light on the attacks of the enemy they will subside and eventually cease because now I’ve stated my failures and my weaknesses the Lord can now come in through the prayer of not only myself but my family and friends.
I know now that this drought is only temporary and that now I have spoken out about my drought this drought will soon end.
Let me encourage you that if you are or you get into a spiritual drought that you share where your at with others so they can pray with you and you too will be able to join me in the victory that is at hand!
You know… I feel better already!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
I describe a spiritual drought as being at a point in your spiritual life where you feel dry spiritually, not having the feeling of being close to God and not having the Holy Spirit filling your life with the living water that comes from God that we all thirst and long for. While I still long to draw close to Jesus it just seems that no matter what I do I just can’t draw close like I want to.
Why do I have these spiritual droughts? I’m not always for sure. Sometimes I wonder if it is the Lord testing me to see how I do on my own to see if I stay true and honest to Him. Sometimes I feel that it’s my fault as I’ve been disobedient in some way. Sometimes it may be a mixture of things and sometimes I don’t have clue why I’m in a spiritual drought.
I know that this time my spiritual drought is caused by a number of things. First, I’m about to pull my hair out trying to make ends meet financially while we wait on the full amount of our disability benefits to kick in. I know the scripture says not to worry but that is hard thing not to do! I also know that while I’m struggling to keep us afloat financially it takes time and energy away from me that I could be using to draw closer to the Lord via spending more time in the word and praying.
I know that it is the enemy keeping me worrying and I’ve got to put an end to it. However it’s not always a simple thing to do. One thing I do know however that as I shed light on the attacks of the enemy they will subside and eventually cease because now I’ve stated my failures and my weaknesses the Lord can now come in through the prayer of not only myself but my family and friends.
I know now that this drought is only temporary and that now I have spoken out about my drought this drought will soon end.
Let me encourage you that if you are or you get into a spiritual drought that you share where your at with others so they can pray with you and you too will be able to join me in the victory that is at hand!
You know… I feel better already!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Still Hanging On!
Good news! It’s two weeks in to the New Year and I still haven’t broken any of New Year’s resolutions. I’ve come close but I’m still on the wagon! I’m still striving to get closer to Jesus even though some days it feels like I’m a million miles away at least I’m still seeking. Every time I’ve weighed in so far I’ve lost weight, praise God!
I’m still struggling and I haven’t given up on my quest to get healthier. I went to the doctor Tuesday and the doctor was pleased with my progress and decided not to put me on insulin praise God. In addition we joined the YMCA again so now I can start working out again with my wife Pam!
As far as our Autistic son Andrew goes I’ve made some changes so I can help him out more. In addition we’ve found some outside support and we have a meeting once a week in our home to help out Andrew and starting next month we’re going to be going to and autistic support group once a month. I sure hope and pray I can make thing s go better as far as Andrew is concerned. He’s a handful but I still love him!
Of all of my resolutions that I made my fifth and last resolutions to share Jesus more seems to be going pretty good! I’ve passed out close to a hundred tracts this month already! I haven’t had the privilege to pray the sinner’s prayer with anyone this month yet but I do know that I’ve planted some really great seeds!
I hope this encourages you to keep on keeping on!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
I’m still struggling and I haven’t given up on my quest to get healthier. I went to the doctor Tuesday and the doctor was pleased with my progress and decided not to put me on insulin praise God. In addition we joined the YMCA again so now I can start working out again with my wife Pam!
As far as our Autistic son Andrew goes I’ve made some changes so I can help him out more. In addition we’ve found some outside support and we have a meeting once a week in our home to help out Andrew and starting next month we’re going to be going to and autistic support group once a month. I sure hope and pray I can make thing s go better as far as Andrew is concerned. He’s a handful but I still love him!
Of all of my resolutions that I made my fifth and last resolutions to share Jesus more seems to be going pretty good! I’ve passed out close to a hundred tracts this month already! I haven’t had the privilege to pray the sinner’s prayer with anyone this month yet but I do know that I’ve planted some really great seeds!
I hope this encourages you to keep on keeping on!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Monday, January 12, 2009
Still Loosing to Win... Barely!!!
Don’t ask me how I’m doing it as I’m not sure but I’m still loosing weight. I weighed in again today and I weighed in right at 490 pounds. That’s 3 pounds since I weighed in last week and 40 pounds since I started two months ago. For that I need to thank God because I know it’s all him because I fell off the wagon way to many times this past two weeks to have done this well!
I had a heart to heart talk with my wife and she agreed not to make any more cakes, cookies, or sweets for a while. I explained to her that having an eating disorder is just like having an alcohol or drug addiction. If you expose someone who is trying to go clean day after day to drugs or alcohol they’re going to fall off of the wagon so to say. They’re going to fall right back into alcoholism or drug abuse.
It’s the same way when someone has an eating disorder. I’ve been fed all kinds of wonderful, great tasting food all of my life and I’ve never been taught moderation. Unlike drugs and alcohol you just can’t go cold turkey and quit eating food as you need food to survive. What you have to do is retrain your body and your mind to eat in moderation and even more importantly, eat the proper foods and drink the proper drinks.
There are foods out there that you can eat all you want and you won’t get fat. However there are many, many more foods out there that you shouldn’t touch with the proverbial ten foot pole if you’re trying to loose weight! For instance anything with refined sugars should be avoided at all costs while fresh veggies such as carrots, celery, radishes, green peppers and such can be sliced up and ate to your hearts content as long as you avoid the fattening dressings!
Right now I’m caught in quagmire of a trap. With our finite resources of us being on a set income every month we can’t afford many of the weight loss foods that I really need to be eating. So what I’m doing instead is watching my helping size and doing my best to eat in moderation.
Another thing that I need to be doing right now is that I need to get into a consistent and steady exercise program. Right now I try to walk two to three times a day. This is really hard on my knees and I’ll be glad when we get the money to get our YMCA membership back so I can do water aerobics as per the doctors orders. My doctor tells me that water exercises burns huge amounts of calories and will be low impact on my tired and arthritic knees. Praise God, I’ll be glad to get into that pool!
Anyway, I hope that by me being public with my struggles, sometime failures, and my triumphs I hope that I can encourage you and others to be successful too!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
I had a heart to heart talk with my wife and she agreed not to make any more cakes, cookies, or sweets for a while. I explained to her that having an eating disorder is just like having an alcohol or drug addiction. If you expose someone who is trying to go clean day after day to drugs or alcohol they’re going to fall off of the wagon so to say. They’re going to fall right back into alcoholism or drug abuse.
It’s the same way when someone has an eating disorder. I’ve been fed all kinds of wonderful, great tasting food all of my life and I’ve never been taught moderation. Unlike drugs and alcohol you just can’t go cold turkey and quit eating food as you need food to survive. What you have to do is retrain your body and your mind to eat in moderation and even more importantly, eat the proper foods and drink the proper drinks.
There are foods out there that you can eat all you want and you won’t get fat. However there are many, many more foods out there that you shouldn’t touch with the proverbial ten foot pole if you’re trying to loose weight! For instance anything with refined sugars should be avoided at all costs while fresh veggies such as carrots, celery, radishes, green peppers and such can be sliced up and ate to your hearts content as long as you avoid the fattening dressings!
Right now I’m caught in quagmire of a trap. With our finite resources of us being on a set income every month we can’t afford many of the weight loss foods that I really need to be eating. So what I’m doing instead is watching my helping size and doing my best to eat in moderation.
Another thing that I need to be doing right now is that I need to get into a consistent and steady exercise program. Right now I try to walk two to three times a day. This is really hard on my knees and I’ll be glad when we get the money to get our YMCA membership back so I can do water aerobics as per the doctors orders. My doctor tells me that water exercises burns huge amounts of calories and will be low impact on my tired and arthritic knees. Praise God, I’ll be glad to get into that pool!
Anyway, I hope that by me being public with my struggles, sometime failures, and my triumphs I hope that I can encourage you and others to be successful too!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Loosing To Win!
On Thursday, December 18 I wrote the following here in my blog. “One thing that I’m going to do to hold my self accountable is to keep putting updates on my blog here. If I make public what I’m doing then I will have a ton more willpower to be successful in my weight loss battle.” I decided wether I lost, gained, or stayed the same I was going to post it here. Besides, who better to hold me accountable then my readers!
Well, I have good news to report. Today was weigh in day and I weighed in at 497 pounds flully clothed. If you subtract for clothing, shoes, jacket & such you can safely subtract another 5 pounds which would put me at 492 pounds which means that over the past two weeks I lost 7 pounds! I just knew that with all of the great food we had during the holidays that I would have gained weight. But no, I lost 7 pounds praise God! That works out to ½ pound per day which is right where I want to be right now.
My goal now is to loose 50 pounds by the start of baseball season in early April so I can start umpiring again! I have really missed not umpiring the past two years and I can hardly wait to get back out there on the ball field! Besides, umpiring is good exercise and we can most deffinately use the extra money!!!
If your New Year’s resoloution is to loose weight let me know! I’d love to encourage you as I loose to win!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Well, I have good news to report. Today was weigh in day and I weighed in at 497 pounds flully clothed. If you subtract for clothing, shoes, jacket & such you can safely subtract another 5 pounds which would put me at 492 pounds which means that over the past two weeks I lost 7 pounds! I just knew that with all of the great food we had during the holidays that I would have gained weight. But no, I lost 7 pounds praise God! That works out to ½ pound per day which is right where I want to be right now.
My goal now is to loose 50 pounds by the start of baseball season in early April so I can start umpiring again! I have really missed not umpiring the past two years and I can hardly wait to get back out there on the ball field! Besides, umpiring is good exercise and we can most deffinately use the extra money!!!
If your New Year’s resoloution is to loose weight let me know! I’d love to encourage you as I loose to win!
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
Friday, January 02, 2009
Bipolar Update
It’s been a bit since I’ve wrote on how I’m doing with my bipolar & ADHD. Bipolar is one of those disorders that can be pretty hard to treat. It seems that any medication you take for bipolar disorder seems to have some pretty hefty side effects. The two biggest side effects seem to be messing with your blood sugar and totally messing up your sleeping patterns. Some can also cause you to have a dependence on them, especially Seroquel.
I’ve been on Seroquel now for right at three years for my bipolar. Seroquel is the number one prescribed medication for bipolar. The good news is that it does an awesome job controlling bipolar. The bad news is that the side effects stink! The worst side effect is that if you don’t have diabetes you’ll probably get it. Unbeknownst to me is that apparently for years I’ve been battling borderline diabetes & no one ever caught it. Now I’ve got full blown diabetes and will probably have to go on insulin sometime this month. Yuk!
The second side effect of Seroquel is that it makes an awesome sleeping pill! The bad news is that until you get used to it you have a really hard time waking up in the morning! I got so attached to Seroquel that when the doctor started weaning me off of Seroquel a month ago it really messed me up! To make the withdrawals less offensive the doctor dropped me from 300 mg. to 100 mg. daily. Next week I’ll go off of Seroquel completely.
I’ve got a friend who has been a diabetic all of her life & she was on 400 mg. of Seroquel & last week they took her off of Seroquel cold turkey. Her blood sugars dropped so low that she actually passed out a few times! My last hope to stay off of insulin is when I get off of Seroquel next week that my blood sugars will drop enough that I won’t have to go on insulin, I can maintain my blood sugars with medications (pills).
In the mean time while all of this is going on and we look for new meds that will help I can tell you my bipolar is back, sleep stinks. I either don’t sleep at all or I keep waking up all night long, every 1-2 hours and then I can hardly get up in the morning. I should also mention that my OCD (obsessive/compulsive disorder) is also starting to rear its ugly head, not real bad yet but I do notice it every once in a while!
To make matters worse, Abilify, the new to the market and new to me med that the doctor put me on to replace Seroquel has now just released the same warning about diabetes that Seroquel has. Now I get to look forward to changing meds again! Double Yuk!
The good news now is that the kids all go back to school this Monday so I’ll have time to work with my doc’s to get things straightened out, again!
Anyway, if you happen to think about me when you’re doing your prayers please ask the Lord to help my doctors get things straightened out.
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
I’ve been on Seroquel now for right at three years for my bipolar. Seroquel is the number one prescribed medication for bipolar. The good news is that it does an awesome job controlling bipolar. The bad news is that the side effects stink! The worst side effect is that if you don’t have diabetes you’ll probably get it. Unbeknownst to me is that apparently for years I’ve been battling borderline diabetes & no one ever caught it. Now I’ve got full blown diabetes and will probably have to go on insulin sometime this month. Yuk!
The second side effect of Seroquel is that it makes an awesome sleeping pill! The bad news is that until you get used to it you have a really hard time waking up in the morning! I got so attached to Seroquel that when the doctor started weaning me off of Seroquel a month ago it really messed me up! To make the withdrawals less offensive the doctor dropped me from 300 mg. to 100 mg. daily. Next week I’ll go off of Seroquel completely.
I’ve got a friend who has been a diabetic all of her life & she was on 400 mg. of Seroquel & last week they took her off of Seroquel cold turkey. Her blood sugars dropped so low that she actually passed out a few times! My last hope to stay off of insulin is when I get off of Seroquel next week that my blood sugars will drop enough that I won’t have to go on insulin, I can maintain my blood sugars with medications (pills).
In the mean time while all of this is going on and we look for new meds that will help I can tell you my bipolar is back, sleep stinks. I either don’t sleep at all or I keep waking up all night long, every 1-2 hours and then I can hardly get up in the morning. I should also mention that my OCD (obsessive/compulsive disorder) is also starting to rear its ugly head, not real bad yet but I do notice it every once in a while!
To make matters worse, Abilify, the new to the market and new to me med that the doctor put me on to replace Seroquel has now just released the same warning about diabetes that Seroquel has. Now I get to look forward to changing meds again! Double Yuk!
The good news now is that the kids all go back to school this Monday so I’ll have time to work with my doc’s to get things straightened out, again!
Anyway, if you happen to think about me when you’re doing your prayers please ask the Lord to help my doctors get things straightened out.
Be Blessed!!!
BIG SCOTT
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