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    In Life—In Death—He Leads
    In Life—In Death—He Leads
    In Life—In Death—He Leads
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    In Life—In Death—He Leads

    By Bruce Blair

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    Bruce Blair was born into a South Dakota farming family experiencing the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, locust plagues, and storms that stole the harvests on which the family depended. After marriage and the loss of a newborn son, another son, Larry, was found to have a life-threatening heart defect. Out of this dark time came a searching for lifes meaning and spiritual rebirth.

    From then till now, miracles followed Bruce and his family. God spared Larrys life from drowning and later provided a bumper harvest to pay for an expensive operation. God protected him financially when his loaned, uninsured farm truck collided with a car. Bruce himself was buried alive when a pipe ditch collapsed. God directed the rescue of a friend from financial ruin leading him to a life of ministry. His story of a barren cow and a foreign mission is an amazing proof that God exists. In his eighties a serious fall down a flight of stairs brought an unexpected and miraculous outcome.

    In Lifein DeathHe Leads reveals the unsearchable riches of Christ that are available on ones journey through life. Biblical references, mostly from the King James Version of the Bible, and Christian living principles are cited.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateMay 8, 2013
    ISBN9781449794224
    In Life—In Death—He Leads
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    Bruce Blair

    Bruce Blair was born in 1926 in Geddes, South Dakota. He is a US Navy veteran, having served in the South Pacific during World War II. Shortly after being married, he became a farmer, with his wife, Donna, taking over the family farm. He started Blair Pipeline, Inc., in the 1960s and in 1975 sold the farm to focus on his pipeline business. He retired in 1986 and started to winter in Arizona; he moved there in 1990. In the 1990s he started to write down the many things that had happened to him over time so that his grandchildren might come to know God and how he had loved Him. Not only has Bruce had these inspiring life experiences, but he has also explored his artistic talents as a wood sculptor. While some of his works have been sold, many still adorn his home. While a farmer Bruce became a pilot and has since logged hundreds of hours in command of several kinds of single engine aircraft. He and his wife of sixty-five years now live in Maricopa, Arizona, with their daughter, Elaine.

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      In Life—In Death—He Leads - Bruce Blair

      Copyright © 2013 Bruce Blair.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

      Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from the International Standard Version of the Holy Bible.

      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.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4497-9423-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-9422-4 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013908040

      WestBow Press rev. date: 05/07/2013

      Table of Contents

      Prologue

      Chapter 1    The Beginning

      Chapter 2    Searching

      Chapter 3    River of Living Water

      Chapter 4    Growing in Faith and Sanctification

      Chapter 5    The Love of God

      Chapter 6    You Saw a Miracle

      Chapter 7    Buried Alive

      Chapter 8    Bob’s Deliverance

      Chapter 9    Is There a God?

      Chapter 10  By Faith

      Chapter 11  Delight Thyself in the Lord

      Chapter 12  Walking with God

      Chapter 13  Cats, Cats, Cats

      Chapter 14  Is There Hope?

      About the Author

      Acknowledgments

      Prologue

      There are two reasons why I wrote this book. Because I have been given so many precious experiences, it is my duty and honor to share my story, to inspire you in your spiritual walk, to lead those searching for answers to life’s big questions, and to glorify our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The Bible says that we should tell our children and their children, right on down the line, about the great miracles that Jesus has performed in our lives. God performed miracles for the children of Israel, and He is still performing miracles today. Jesus Christ is the same—yesterday, today, and forever. I believe my life experience is strong evidence that God does exist and intervenes in our lives.

      Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. (Deut. 11:18-19)

      Second, I wanted to pass on my family history to the new generations in my family. The project all started the day I thought about how little I knew of my ancestors. I didn’t know anything about my grandfathers. What were they like? What were their hopes and fears? Were theirs anything like mine? The world is changing faster with each successive generation. I suspect that my grandchildren will be more inquisitive about me than I was about my grandparents. God led me and my family through some very tough situations, including when I had a glimpse at life after death, hence the name of my book: In Life, In Death, He Leads.

      God’s Warnings for This Generation

      Our once Christian nation has been poisoned by secularism. I think the timing of this book may align with the concerns of the times in which we live. God is using many means to give us a warning. As I look at today’s news, it seems that America has decided that we no longer need our Creator or Savior. It is troubling to know that our elected officials take their oaths to defend the Constitution with one hand on the Bible. While some of these leaders know what power it contains, so many others don’t and won’t support Christian beliefs. Job’s friends describe the wicked as:

      They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’ (Job 21:13-15 NKJV)

      Our founders asked God to look over us and guide us as a new nation. I believe this invocation (a petitioning for help or support) happened in a little chapel just across the street from the World Trade Center. Do you remember when the World Trade Center came down on 9/11 and a sycamore tree was knocked down so that it rested upon the little chapel as if to protect it? The chapel survived nearly unscathed. God has given us the prophecy in Isaiah 9:9-15 and in other Scriptures to show us how He feels about our ignoring His warnings.

      And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, the bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. (Isa. 9:9-15)

      The Bible has recorded how God’s people went into captivity over and over again because of their defiance of God. As a nation, we are following in their exact footsteps. One night I dreamt about the destructive winds being held back by four angels in the Book of Revelation.

      After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. (Rev. 7:1)

      It seems that the winds are being unleashed in seven-year cycles between the great destructive storms Katrina and Sandy, the national crisis of 9/11, and the housing market collapse of 2008. Shouldn’t we be taking God’s warnings seriously? As a nation, we need to open our eyes and hearts and acknowledge God. On several occasions our leaders have pronounced our own judgment when they said we will rebuild bigger and better; we will plant the cedar tree where the Lord blew down the sycamore.¹ Could it be that America is at that place where judgment is occurring? God said, Thou fool, this night thy soul is required of thee! If God allowed all of these things to happen as a warning to us about taking God and the Bible out of our national conscience, then I wonder if somehow God has already given us His final warning of our coming destruction.

      Considering the way in which the Devil and perhaps the Antichrist are working today, there may not be a Bible for our grandchildren to read. However, the way of eternal salvation is made clear in my stories. My prayer is that you, the reader, will be blessed and made whole by Jesus.

      —Bruce Blair

      CHAPTER 1

      The Beginning

      My father was born in 1892. He had two brothers and a sister. His family was from Kentucky; Mom’s was from Wisconsin. Dad was a

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