hc derksen: News

This came from our friend John Ogden, Chairman of Christian Motorcyclists Association.
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?" (Genesis 3:8,9)

Many of us have heard the story of Adam and Eve hiding in the garden after they ate the forbidden fruit. Adam and Eve were going through their daily routines while God was walking in the garden. As He approached them, they hid from Him. As I have pondered their actions of hiding from God, I ask myself, “Am I hiding from God?”

There are many ways in which we can hide from God. We can become so busy with work and the fast paced life we live that we do not have time for God. When our daily lives have become too busy for God, we have left Him out and we have adopted a lifestyle that, in essence, hides us from God. In CMA, we can become so busy with going and doing that we forget the most important part – a personal lifestyle and relationship with our Lord. If we do not have a personal relationship with Him, then we cannot know His heart or where He would want us to go. Without that personal relationship, all of the going and the doing is misdirected. We should never confuse busyness for a relationship with God. We can be in all of the right places and say all of the right things, but if we do not have a personal relationship with Him, then it becomes empty. It becomes us leading ourselves, not God leading us. We can be part of his family, but hidden from Him.

In verse 9, God asked Adam an interesting question. This question is relevant for us. In my spirit I can hear God say to Adam, “Where are you?” Obviously, God knew where Adam was. That call comes ringing clearly through my spirit. “Where are you,” can mean, “where are you physically” but it can also mean, “where are you with your relationship with God.” We find many great men and women in the Bible that lost their focus and God asked them that same question – “Where are you?”


God asks us that question, “Where are you?” Are you plowing through life without the wisdom and the leading of the Holy Spirit? This would be a good time to take a few moments to make sure that you are connected with the Spirit of God to know that He is the One that is in control. He is the One that is directing our footsteps. I encourage you to take the next few moments and answer the question, “Where are you?” If you are not where God wants you to be, then ask Him to put you physically and spiritually in the center of His will.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."
- Carl Bard

links to check:
http://www.butterball.com
http://www.history.com/minisites/thanksgiving/
http://www.coolest-holiday-parties.com/thanksgiving-facts.html
<Note: when they tell you that turkeys have been roaming the North American continent for 10 million years - don't believe it as fact - they weren't there to see it and they have no proof, but there are some interesting blurbs here>

I found this information:
Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks at family gatherings and holiday meals. Share a little holiday trivia as you get together with your friends and family this year:
The date of the first Thanksgiving is not precisely known though it occurred between September 21 and November 9, 1621.
The celebratory feast lasted for three days.
It was not until 1941 that congress declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. It was declared to be the fourth Thursday in November by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Turkey is the traditional dish for the Thanksgiving feast. In the US, about 280 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations; 91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day and 20% of all cranberries grown are consumed.

There is not a shadow of right in the General Government to intermeddle with religion."

— President James Madison, June 12, 1788

We have now been to CMA state rallies in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois and South Dakota. We shared duties with other CMA'ers serving at area hospitals at Sturgis, RapidvCity, and Spearfish. We made new friends and got to share the love of Jesus with many who were in tough situations because of accidents and other things that happened at this annual Sturgis happening. We have seen lives changed forever. We have heard life changing words spoken by a humble and vibrant, enthusiastic evangelist, Roger Wilson and his wife Rayleen. We expect to see and hear them again at the Indiana State CMA rally this coming weekend August 17-19/07. If you are in the area please come as our guests - there is no charge for guests.

Why is it that so many are not willing to take into account the sacrifice being made by the men and women of our armed forces, and ther families. Why is it that so many are only interested in furthering their own agenda toward power.
How sad it is to see the media being critical of this administration, yet not courageous enough, or unselfish enough (because of their agenda), to put the good of the country and its people ahead of their desires.
Whether we like it or not, our country, and all other nations in the world, have an enemy that is bent on only one thing, that is our conversion to islam or our demise. This enemy has become emboldened by the success they have had in Iraq and other countries with their destructive plots. Yet our media and the liberals in this nation and countries like Canada, as well as most western Euopean countries, have continually lied to the people about what is being done by their government to confront this evil. They believe among other things that appeasement of this evil religion will bring peace. Nothing could be further from the truth. This appeasement is seen a weakness and strengthens them.
I have been privileged to stand with the Patriot Guard as we honored the home going of a young man who was doing what he knew was right. He was in Iraq to make a difference and he like so many others who have been, and are serving the cause of freedom not just for us but for all the world, told us of the sacrifices they are making, of the improvements they making, and the friends they are making because of the services they are performing.
So many of these special ones are being cut down by evil religious zealot's who believe that their quickest way to glory is to kill themselves and as many others as they can. These fools not only take out those they call infidels and enemies of the god they call allah, (who by the way, is not the God that we know, but is really the devil), but they take out their own. They don't understand that they are just sending themselves to hell. (There are no virgins waiting for them)
I have much more to say and if you like me are tired of seeing the good that our troops are doing go unrecorded and untold, why not bring us your stories. Get them out by whatever means available, here, letters to editors, local radio and tv stations, stand on the street corner if you have to but shout it to this nation that we are not going to let our troops down, we are not going to let this country down by being passive any more.

WHAT KIND OF MAN WOULD DO SUCH A THING?

Jack Tilley, a Sergeant Major of the Army, was with a group of people who recently were visiting wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

He saw a Special Forces soldier who had lost his right hand and suffered severe wounds of his face and side of his body.

Sgt. Tilley wanted to honor him and show him respect without offending, but what can you say or do in such a situation that will encourage and uplift?

How do you shake the right hand of a soldier who has none?

He decided to act as though the hand was not missing and gripped the soldiers wrist while speaking words of comfort and encouragement to him.

However, there was another man in the group who knew exactly what to do.

This man reverently took the soldier's stump of a hand in both of his hands, bowed at the bedside, and prayed for him.

When he finished the prayer he stood up, bent over the soldier, kissed him on the head, and told him that he loved him.

Sgt. Tilley was awed by the powerful expression of love for one of our wounded heroes he was witnessing! "What a beautiful Christ-like example!" he thought, moved to tears.

What kind of a man would do such a thing?
It was the wounded man's Commander-In-Chief, George W. Bush, President of The United States.
This eyewitness account was told by Sergeant Major Jack Tilley at a Soldiers Breakfast at Red Stone Arsenal, AL, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson, who was stationed there.

I wanted to make sure you knew about PayPlay.fm - an MP3 download store that is selling my music as part of CD Baby's Digital Distribution. Here is a nice easy-to-use website that is a great no-nonsense place to buy my songs in MP3 format. No software to install. And since they're regular MP3 files, they'll work in every computer, and any portable player.

HC DERKSEN: Miracles

http://cdbaby.com/cd/hcderksen

http://payplay.fm/hcderksen

HC DERKSEN: Choices

http://cdbaby.com/cd/hcderksen2

http://payplay.fm/hcderksen2

"The Constitution is the supreme law of our land and it governs our actions as citizens. Only the laws of God, which govern our consciences, are superior to it."
-- President Gerald R. Ford, announcing his pardon of President Nixon, Sept. 8, 1974

"What Part of Thou Shalt Not Don't You Understand"
a new song for my next project.
America is at the crossroads - we are discarding our Christian heritage for what some "enlightened?" call a progressive society. The cost will be losing the next and subsequent generations to the evil one.
People we have a job to do to save our country and our culture. That is the theme of this song.

That is a new song on my latest cd project due to release later this year.
Here is the first line:
"The New year is coming, What are you gonna do? Continue in the usual way or start this year anew?"
It is upbeat and entertaining, but also provocative - hopefully making the listener think about how he or she is going to use their time.

Thank you for your support. This has been a great year. We have had the opportunity to share our music, our philosophy and our love of this great land. We have traveled to new places, made great new friends, and renewed old acquaintances. Please allow me to take this moment to wish you and your family God's richest blessings. Merry Christmas and may the new year hold for you all that you have desired.

Take a moment to remember the REAL reason for this season. Give thanks for what God has done. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and look forward to meeting so many more of you in 2007

Hope this finds you doing alright as the summer progresses.
Check out my calender dates and if you can come on out and see me. Hope you find the music uplifting and enjoyable.
Stay safe - OK?

I have m started on the music for a new album. I already have some of the songs written and am looking for ideas for more songs, so if you have an idea why not email me.

Here just some of the download sites available for my music. I will keep this updated as more sites come available.
Apple iTunes
Emusic
Etherstream
MSN Music
MusicMatch
MP3tunes
MusicNet
LoudEye
MusicNow
NetMusic
BuyMusic
Bitmunk
PassAlong
Ruckus
Liquid Digital Media
Next Radio Solutions
PayPlay
Rhapsody
Tradebit
AudioLunchbox
WrapFactory
Puretracks
Interia
MP3 Extension

All my albums are now also available through BestBuy.com - one of the largest retailers in America.
If you go in-person to one of the Best Buy stores and ask for one of my albums, the clerks can search the BestBuy.com website, and you can use an in-store kiosk to buy my album through this link to CD Baby. Not at the cash register, but through the website, mail-order, like any other cdbaby.com purchase.

Alta, Iowa, August 2005 In a new album of inspirational, uplifting and patriotic original music, HC Derksen brings a message that can change both the listener and this great nation

It is not too late!
America can once again be the blessed land it once was. While it leads the world in so many ways, it is not the leader of the world it once was. As one who knows what it is like to see an America that was truly blessed by God, and one who has seen that blessing being thrown away by people who would destroy what the founders designed, HC Derksen is here to get the message out and to say to those that understand, “this message needs to get out, as true Americans, you need to ask, “God, will You bless America again?”

His answer was written long ago and stands today, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” Chronicles 7:14

This was what the founders did. They were not deists as some would have us believe, but Christians. They didn’t believe in a god, whatever he is to you, but the God, the creator of all things.

The lead song is “God bless America”, followed by other originals that touch the heart, and move the soul, such as “Since He Came”, and “Rather Than Successful”. A stirring ballad “Two Hearts”, sings to the newly wed couple, while songs like “Where Can I Go”, “You are Jesus”, “Will You Tell Them”, and “Thank you Lord”, give words of encouragement to the listener.

This album is the second release by HC Derksen.