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    Lessons in Christianity from Man's Best Friend: Man's Best Friend Teaches One How to Become Better Companion and Friend for God.
    Lessons in Christianity from Man's Best Friend: Man's Best Friend Teaches One How to Become Better Companion and Friend for God.
    Lessons in Christianity from Man's Best Friend: Man's Best Friend Teaches One How to Become Better Companion and Friend for God.
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    Lessons in Christianity from Man's Best Friend: Man's Best Friend Teaches One How to Become Better Companion and Friend for God.

    By Mark A. Russell

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    Read "Lessons in Christianity from Man's Best Friend" and have a better understanding of your relationship with God, family and friends. A Bible study for those who like dogs. If you are already a Christian, it will help strengthen your faith. For a new Christian or still in doubt, look to your dog. Learn how a Christian should act and worship form your dog. Dogs can also show you how to improve your family relations. What better way to learn to be a companion and friend to God than by watching a faithful companion and friend, your dog. Watch closely how she treats you and your family. No greater love has any man or woman than they lay down their lives for another. Are you willing to sacrifice yourself for family, friends and your God? Your dog is! By Reading, "Lessons in Christianity from Man's Best Friend", you will learn the following things plus many more: How to recognize God; What your duty or work is on Earth; How much time you should spend with God; How to be faithful; Judgement and the power of God; How to share joys and pleasures with God; Why trust God and not the devil; Why you should let God know how you feel
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    Release dateAug 8, 2011
    ISBN9781463422332
    Lessons in Christianity from Man's Best Friend: Man's Best Friend Teaches One How to Become Better Companion and Friend for God.
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    Mark A. Russell

    Mark A. Russell, a retired social studies educator and Christian grew up near Pawnee Rock, KS. He always had dogs, hunted and farmed. He has always had a love for reading. He retired from Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, KS. He and wife, Linda, live outside Melvern, KS with Ellie their black Labrador.

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      Lessons in Christianity from Man's Best Friend - Mark A. Russell

      © 2011 by Mark A. Russell. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 06/28/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-2234-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-2233-2 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011911237

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

      REASON FOR WRITING BOOK

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      WHY A DOG?

      HOW DO YOU RECOGNIZE GOD?

      TEMPTATIONS AND SINS

      PRAYER, SPEAKING TO GOD,

      ANSWERED & UNANSWERED

      WORSHIP

      FORGIVENESS

      RELATIONSHIP

      ASK GOD (PEACE)

      LET GOD KNOW HOW YOU FEEL

      SHARE YOUR JOYS AND PLEASURES WITH GOD

      FREEDOM OF CHOICE

      WHAT GOD WANTS FROM US,

      OUT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP

      WHAT IS YOUR WORK OR DUTY?

      LOVE (GOD, ONE ANOTHER)

      FAITHFUL

      SERVANT

      ATTITUDE AND CHARACTER

      THANKING GOD AND

      PRAISING HIM

      BELIEF

      WHOM DO YOU TRUST?

      GOD OR THE DEVIL

      WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON’T HAVE GOD IN YOUR LIFE?

      WILL GOD TAKE CARE OF US?

      HOW MUCH DO WE NEED?

      COMFORT AND JOY

      JUDGEMENT & POWER OF GOD

      SACRIFICE

      HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD WE SPEND WITH GOD?

      LESSONS ON HOW TO BE

      A CHRISTIAN

      TRUTH

      AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

      Mark A. Russell, a retired social studies educator and Christian grew up near Pawnee Rock, KS. He always had dogs, hunted and farmed. He has always had a love for reading. He retired from Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, KS. He and wife, Linda, live outside Melvern, KS with Ellie their black Labrador.

      REASON FOR WRITING BOOK

      • To help people to know how to act and behave as Christians

      • How to worship God.

      • This is the story of Ellie. She is a Labrador Retriever, who cannot read or write and sometimes is hard to understand. I have learned much about how I should act in the presence of God since meeting Ellie. Most of it is common sense and very easy, but you need to pay attention and apply what you see and observe.

      • A book for those who have a hard time knowing how God wants them to act and behave.

      • Being a Christian is not rocket science. In fact, the Priest accused Jesus of making religion too simple and easy to understand. If it became too easy the temple priest might not be needed to explain the word of God. Jesus was sharing the information with everyone, not just God’s chosen few. Jesus’ goal was that everyone needs to love and understand their need for God.

      • If you want to know and worship God, find a Bible and get yourself a dog. The Bible gives you the word of God. This is one way He talks and lets us know what is expected of us. The New Testament will reveal what Jesus was trying to teach us. The dog will show you how you should act and worship your master.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      I would like to thank my many loving friends for their help and encouragement. They have inspire me!

      A special thanks to my wife for the clerical assistance. Her love and support, not only for me and my book but also for letting dogs share our lives.

      Also special thanks to friends: Joyce Bennett, Barb Wilson, Mary Olsen, Wade Russell, Merrilyn Volkman, Pam and Wayne Cranwell, Jay Barbian, Pastor Jim and wife Joann Stigall, Pastor Dwayne and wife Karen Kessler and Helen Taylor for their assistance—proof reading, suggestions, input and encouragement throughout the writing and publishing process.

      Author’s Note: The best advise I ever received came from my high school English teacher. She told me that when I graduated, that if I planned to go on to college and graduate, I needed to marry the first young lady that caught my fancy that could also spell and type. I graduated and thank you, Maxilyn Schmidt for good advise and a great wife.

      This Book is Dedicated to Jesus Christ my Savior!

      I would also like to acknowledge the many dogs I have known. They have shown me how to be a more faithful, loving servant to God and my fellow man. Their love and willingness to sacrifice, even their lives for me, sets an example that I only hope and pray to be able to emulate.

      To my moms’ dog, Jack and Grammys’ dog, Curly, the best friends a youngster could have.

      To our fourth grade teachers retriever that jumped into the duck blind to kill the rattlesnake hidden there and sacrificed his life for his master.

      To Cindy, who threw herself on a rabid skunk so mom and I would have time to get my younger sisters and baby brother to safety.

      To Gus, the farm dog, that watched over our house and kept it safe for eleven years. He was always there to greet you and lift your spirits whether leaving or coming home.

      To Snoopy, the smallest in size but the biggest in heart. She was the only dog that ever had the run of the entire house. She was the champion and companion of the entire family.

      To Harvey, the one true hunter. What a great nose! He would rather hunt than do anything else.

      To Oreo, who grabbed a huge bull by the nose when the bull was threatening to charge me. Oreo hung on and was shaken back and forth until the bull finally shook her loose. By then, Mr. Bull had enough and was easily run back to the barn.

      To Ellie, my inspiration for this book. She is a great dog and extremely funny. She seems to love everyone but is very protective. She kept a mountain lion out of our yard by her terrible barking and growling until we could come to her aid. During the rut season, she chased a big whitetail buck away that tried to sneak up and attack me.

      PRAYER

      Dear Lord, help me live up to my dogs’ expectations. Make me half as good a master as she believes me to be.

      I pray that I may follow my dogs examples of self sacrifice, service and love. Grant me the faith to love and worship you the way she believes in me.

      Teach me to be kind and observant of others and always have a keen awareness of your presence and wishes. I thank you for my many blessings, especially the love and support of family, friends and dogs. Amen

      DOGS

      Dogs dare because

      you are there

      You know no fear

      because Christ is near

      The two statements

      above are tight

      Because it’s love

      that makes them right

      Love is grand

      for both dog and man

      Love is grand because

      God takes us by the hand

      Love, faith and sacrifice

      that is a dogs life

      Love, faith and sacrifice

      that is a Christian’s life

      Love, faith and sacrifice

      that is Jesus’ advise.

      Mark Russell

      WHY A DOG?

      Large families and extended families are no longer the norm in the USA. This being the case, how do we learn about taking care of babies and the elderly? How do we learn to cope with giving care to either age? What replaces that joy of giving and receiving from those age groups? Dogs fill in some of the gaps.

      The big change in dogs has only taken place in Christian countries.

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