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Gene Kissinger
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We need to redeem the time as the passage in Ephesians 5 states BECAUSE the days are evil. It is vital as believers that we learn to discern. We need to acquire wisdom so we can walk in truth. Wisdom is word based and God given. We learn it from the word of God and ultimately from the God who gave us the Word. My brother Norman and I are going to be setting up a ministry and under this ministry umbrella we will establish a YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGuqrDZ3ku7C78qrb4eOyQ Tik-Tok short form video here tiktok.com/@genekissinger_rttbros https://linktr.ee/rttbros

  1. 4 HR AGO

    Every Moment Matters #RTTBROS #Nightlight

    Every Moment Matters #RTTBROS #Nightlight "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.", Ephesians 5:15-16 You know, I saw something recently that really stopped me in my tracks. Someone posted a simple question online: "Imagine reading a book with no way to turn back the page. How carefully would you read it? That's life." And friend, I haven't been able to shake that image. Here's something that will either thrill you or unsettle you a little. Right now, sitting wherever you are, you are a time traveler and an astronaut. Even if you haven't left your living room in a week, you are riding this big blue marble around the sun at roughly 67,000 miles per hour. Scientists tell us the earth travels about 584 million miles every single year. You have never, not once, been in the same place twice. And every second of every day, time is moving in one direction only, forward, and there is no coming back. Too soon old and too late smart, as I like to say. Most of us spend the first half of our lives acting like we have an endless supply of pages, and the second half wishing we could flip back a few. Paul knew something about this. He told the church at Ephesus to walk "circumspectly," which is a wonderful old word that means to look carefully in every direction before you take your next step. He called it "redeeming the time," literally buying back the moments, treating each one like it has a price tag on it, because it does. The great missionary Jim Elliot, who gave his life in the jungles of Ecuador at just 28 years old, wrote in his journal, "Wherever you are, be all there." He understood what Paul was saying. You can be physically present and spiritually a million miles away, just going through the motions, turning pages without reading a word. So let me ask you something gently this evening. Are you all there? Are you present in your marriage, in your conversations with your kids, in your quiet time with God? Or are you rushing past moments that God designed specifically for you, moments you will never get back? The book of your life is being written one irreversible page at a time. Read it carefully. Live it fully. Redeem the time. Let's pray. Father, forgive us for the moments we have wasted and help us to walk circumspectly from this day forward. Teach us to number our days and to be fully present in the life You have given us. In Jesus' name, Amen. Be sure to like, share, follow, and subscribe. It helps get the word out. https://linktr.ee/rttbros #Faith #TimeRedeeming #ChristianLiving #DailyDevotion #TrustGod #BiblicalWisdom #SpiritualGrowth #RTTBROS #Nightlight

    3 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO

    Who Said That? #RTTBROS #Nightlight

    Who Said That? #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." — Philippians 4:8 You know, I heard a story once about a young soldier in World War II who was separated from his unit deep in enemy territory. In the darkness and the confusion, he kept hearing voices, some calling him toward safety, some toward danger. The terrifying part wasn't the silence. It was that some of those enemy voices were calling out to him in perfect English. That story has stuck with me, because I think it's a pretty accurate picture of the inner life of most of us. We assume that every thought that pops into our heads is our own. But here's something worth sitting with today: not every voice you hear in your mind is actually you. The enemy of your soul is a real being, and Scripture is clear that he is the accuser, the deceiver, the one who comes to steal and kill and destroy. He is not above whispering fear into your ear and letting you think it was your own idea. Too soon old and too late smart, I spent a lot of years arguing with thoughts that never should have gotten a hearing in the first place. Martin Luther, that great reformer, understood this. He's often quoted as saying you can't stop a bird from flying over your head, but you can certainly stop it from building a nest in your hair. Not every thought deserves a lease agreement in your mind. Some of them need to be evicted on the spot. The Apostle Paul wasn't writing poetry when he penned that verse in Philippians. He was handing us a filter, a way to examine what's knocking at the door of our thinking before we let it set up house. Is this thought true? Is it honest? Is it pure? Is it lovely? Because if it isn't, it didn't come from the Father of lights. It came from somewhere else entirely, and you don't have to receive it. So the next time fear starts whispering that everything is falling apart, or that old condemning voice tells you that you're worthless and beyond hope, stop for just a moment and ask yourself, whose voice is this, really? Because God's voice brings conviction that leads to life. The enemy's voice brings condemnation that leads to paralysis. Learning the difference just might be one of the most important things you ever do. You get to choose what you think about. That's not self-help talk, that's Scripture. Let's pray: Father, help us be good gatekeepers of our own minds. Give us the discernment to recognize the voice of the enemy, and the courage to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. Remind us today that Your voice is the one worth listening to. In Jesus' name, Amen. #SpiritualWarfare #RenewYourMind #ChristianLiving #DailyDevotion #Faith #BiblicalWisdom #RTTBROS #Nightlight Be sure to Like, Share, Follow and subscribe, it helps get the word out. https://linktr.ee/rttbros

    3 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    The dividing line MATT 25 #RTTBROS #nightlight

    The dividing line MATT 25 #RTTBROS #nightlight

    34 min

  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    Seeing What's Already There #RTTBROS #Nightlight

    Seeing What's Already There #RTTBROS #Nightlight "This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." — Psalm 118:24 You know, I had a friend tell me once that he was waiting to be happy. Waiting for the promotion. Waiting until the kids were grown. Waiting until life finally slowed down enough for him to enjoy it. I understood exactly what he meant, because I had been waiting in that same line for a long time myself. Too soon old and too late smart, as they say. There's a story told about the great hymn writer Fanny Crosby that has always stayed with me. Now here was a woman who went blind at six weeks old because of a doctor's mistake. She had every reason in the world to feel robbed, to feel like life had shortchanged her. But by the time she was in her eighties, she had written over nine thousand hymns, and she once said that she was actually grateful for her blindness, because she believed the first face she would ever see would be the face of Jesus. Nine thousand songs of praise from a woman the world thought had every reason to complain. That is a woman who knew how to pay attention to what God had already given her. And that is really the heart of what I want to share with you tonight. A lot of us are living in the middle of a blessing and calling it ordinary. The quiet morning. The friend who checked in on you. The body that got you out of bed this morning. The lesson you survived that you thought was going to break you. All of it, every last bit of it, is grace. We just scroll right past it. The Psalmist didn't say, "This will be the day the LORD will make, once things get better." He said, *"This is the day."* Right now. The one you're in. The one that feels routine and unremarkable. That is the day the LORD has made, and He is saying rejoice in it. It's not fake positivity. It's not pretending hard things aren't hard. It's honest, clear-eyed attention, trained on the goodness that is already present in your life right now. Two people can walk through the same day. One sees grace everywhere. The other sees only what's missing. The difference isn't their circumstances. It's their focus. So tonight, before you put your head on that pillow, I want to challenge you to name three things, just three, that God gave you today that you didn't deserve and didn't earn. Start there. That is where gratitude grows, and where joy finds its roots. Let's pray: Father, forgive us for rushing past the gifts You place in our ordinary days. Teach us to see with grateful eyes, to notice Your hand in the small and the quiet. Help us to rejoice in this day, the one You made, the one You gave us. In Jesus' name, Amen. #Faith #Gratitude #ChristianLiving #DailyDevotion #TrustGod #BiblicalWisdom #SpiritualGrowth #RTTBROS #Nightlight Be sure to Like, Share, Follow and subscribe, it helps get the word out. https://linktr.ee/rttbros

    3 min

  5. 4 DAYS AGO

    The Steps Of. a Good Man #RTTBROS #Nightlight #Trust #Victory #Legacy

    The Steps Of. a Good Man #RTTBROS #Nightlight #Trust #Victory #Legacy

    9 min

  6. 5 DAYS AGO

    The Giant's Bed #Trust #Nightlight #RTTBROS #provision #Victory

    Don't Fear the Giant's Bed #RTTBROS #Nightlight "Do not fear them, for the LORD your God, he shall fight for you." — Deuteronomy 3:22 You know, there are names in the Bible that most of us skip right over. We see them in the text and our eyes sort of glaze and we keep moving. Og, king of Bashan, is one of those names. But here's the thing, nothing in Scripture is filler. The Holy Spirit doesn't waste words. So let me tell you about Og. He was a giant. The Bible tells us his iron bed was nine cubits long, that's somewhere around thirteen or fourteen feet. Scripture actually stops to describe the man's bed. Now why would God put that in there? I believe it's because Og represented something massive, something ancient, something that looked absolutely undefeatable to the people standing in front of him. He ruled over sixty fortified cities with high walls and iron gates, and he stood between Israel and the land God had promised them. That's a lot of intimidation packed into one king. But here's where the story gets good. The text says simply, "So the LORD our God also delivered into our hands Og king of Bashan." It doesn't say Israel outfought him or outwitted him. It says God delivered him. The giant fell because God had already decided the outcome. And then watch what happened next. The territory of that giant, those sixty fortified cities, became Israel's inheritance. The land of intimidation became the land of promise. I'm too soon old and too late smart, but I've lived long enough to know that most of us are facing our own version of Og right now. Maybe it's a financial situation that looks like an iron bed, too big to move. Maybe it's a health report. Maybe it's a spiritual battle that feels entrenched and permanent. Something towering over you that seems like it will never fall. Can I remind you tonight that the giants of your life are remnants? Loud, yes. Intimidating, absolutely. But remnants of a dying opposition to the purposes of God. And our God still delivers giants into the hands of His people. Don't measure the promise by the size of the opposition. Measure the opposition by the size of your God. Let's pray: Father, tonight we look at things that feel too big, too fortified, too entrenched. And we choose to remember Og. You delivered him. You turned his territory into testimony. Do it again, Lord, in our lives. Fight for us, as only You can. In Jesus' name, Amen. #Faith #Courage #ChristianLiving #DailyDevotion #TrustGod #BiblicalWisdom #SpiritualGrowth #RTTBROS #Nightlight Be sure to Like, Share, Follow and subscribe, it helps get the word out. https://linktr.ee/rttbros

    3 min

  7. 6 DAYS AGO

    Building the Plane While You're Flying It #RTTBROS #Nightlight

    Building the Plane While You're Flying It #RTTBROS #Nightlight "The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way." — Psalm 37:23 I heard a phrase recently that stopped me cold. Someone said, "You can't build the plane while you're flying it," and I thought, well, that's exactly how most of us are living our lives, isn't it? We're up at 30,000 feet, engine roaring, and we're still looking for the instruction manual. Now here's the thing. Socrates, that old Greek philosopher, said something that's stuck with people for centuries: "The unexamined life is not worth living." And I think he was onto something, even if he didn't have the whole picture. Because the Bible takes that idea and gives it wings, if you'll pardon the pun. Proverbs 16:3 says, "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established." And Solomon adds in Proverbs 16:9, "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps." Right there you've got both halves of the equation. We plan, and God directs. We build what we can on the ground before takeoff, and then we trust the Lord to handle the turbulence we never saw coming. Think about Nehemiah for a moment. Before he ever laid one stone on that broken wall in Jerusalem, he spent time in prayer, he assessed the damage quietly in the night, he counted the cost, and he prepared his request for the king. That man did his homework. But when opposition came, and it came hard and fast, he didn't freeze up because he had already committed his work to God. He just kept building. I've been too soon old and too late smart about this in my own life. I used to think that trusting God meant you just sort of wandered through life with a smile and waited for lightning to strike. But that's not faith, that's just being unprepared and calling it spiritual. Real biblical faith does the planning it can do, lays it all before the Lord, and then holds the plan loosely enough that God can redirect without it feeling like a disaster. Here's what I've come to believe: God doesn't ask us to check our brains at the door. He asks us to use them, and then surrender the outcome. You plan the wedding, but you trust God with the marriage. You prepare for the job interview, but you trust God with the outcome. You raise your children with everything you have, but you trust God with who they become. The plane needs to be built before it flies. Do your part on the ground. But once you're airborne, friend, the Lord is your co-pilot, and He's never lost a passenger yet. Let's pray: Father, give us the wisdom to plan well and the faith to trust You with what we cannot control. Help us to be diligent with the things in our hands and surrendered about the things that are only in Yours. In Jesus' name, Amen. #Faith #Planning #Trust #ChristianLiving #DailyDevotion #BiblicalWisdom #SpiritualGrowth #RTTBROS #Nightlight Be sure to Like, Share, Follow and subscribe, it helps get the word out. https://linktr.ee/rttbros

    3 min

  8. 17 FEB

    God's Four-Handed Provision #RTTBROS #Nightlight

    God's Four-Handed Provision #RTTBROS #Nightlight "And my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." — Philippians 4:19 You know, I've been thinking about something that keeps coming up when I talk with folks who are worried about their finances, their future, their needs. We live in uncertain times, and it's easy to look at our bank accounts or our circumstances and wonder if God's really going to come through. But here's what I've learned, and I'm too soon old and too late smart on this one: God has always been in the providing business, and He uses four different hands to meet our needs. Man's Hand Let me take you back to the book of Exodus for a minute. The children of Israel are about to leave Egypt after 400 years of slavery. Now, you'd think they'd be leaving with nothing but the clothes on their backs, right? But look what happens. God moves the hearts of the Egyptians, and they give the Israelites gold, silver, and clothing. The Bible says they "spoiled the Egyptians" (Exodus 12:36). That's provision through man's hand. Later, Nehemiah needed resources to rebuild Jerusalem's walls, and God moved the heart of King Cyrus to provide everything he needed. Sometimes God provides through the generosity of others, even when we least expect it. God's Hand But then there are times when man's hand isn't enough, when no human source can meet the need. That's when God provides directly from His hand. Think about those same Israelites wandering in the wilderness. Every morning, manna covered the ground like dew. Water flowed from a rock. God Himself provided supernaturally what no human could give. Now, we don't live on miracles day to day, but we need to remember they happen in the lives of believers when we need them most. Your Hand Then comes the third way, and this is where most of us live most of the time. God provides by your hands. When the Israelites finally crossed into the Promised Land, the manna stopped. They had to plant crops, tend flocks, work the land. The psalmist writes, "thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee" (Psalm 128:2). God blesses the work of our hands. He doesn't call us to sit around waiting for miracles when He's given us the ability to work. Your Enemy's Hand But here's the one that really gets me, the fourth way God provides that we almost never think about. God provides by our enemies' hands. When Caleb was looking at the giants in the land, do you remember what he said? Those giants would be "bread for us" (Numbers 14:9). What looked like an obstacle was actually provision. Your greatest challenge might just be God's way of bringing you your greatest blessing. So when you're worried about how God's going to provide, remember He's got four hands working on your behalf. Sometimes it's through people's generosity. Sometimes it's a flat-out miracle. Sometimes it's through honest work. And sometimes, that very thing you think is going to destroy you is actually going to feed you. Let's pray: Father, help us trust that You know how to provide for Your children. Whether it's through man's hand, Your hand, our hands, or even through our enemies, we know You will supply all our needs. Give us eyes to see Your provision in every circumstance. In Jesus' name, Amen. #Faith #GodsProvision #Trust #ChristianLiving #DailyDevotion #BiblicalWisdom #SpiritualGrowth #RTTBROS #Nightlight Be sure to Like, Share, Follow and subscribe it helps get the word out. https://linktr.ee/rttbros

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We need to redeem the time as the passage in Ephesians 5 states BECAUSE the days are evil. It is vital as believers that we learn to discern. We need to acquire wisdom so we can walk in truth. Wisdom is word based and God given. We learn it from the word of God and ultimately from the God who gave us the Word. My brother Norman and I are going to be setting up a ministry and under this ministry umbrella we will establish a YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGuqrDZ3ku7C78qrb4eOyQ Tik-Tok short form video here tiktok.com/@genekissinger_rttbros https://linktr.ee/rttbros

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  • Creator
    Gene Kissinger
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    1.9K
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    © Gene Kissinger
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