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Jesus’ words in John 7:24 “Do not judge by the outward appearance, but judge with righteous judgment” are applicable today. Back then, Jesus was going about doing good, healing all those bound by the devil – Acts 10:38. Every day. Including the Sabbath. For the Pharisees, the Sabbath was of extreme importance – and its observation. They created so many rules regarding the Sabbath; why, a man was a Sabbath breaker if he spit on the ground because the spittle might form a little mud ball, and that was work! 

Don’t you find it amazing that the Pharisees were having trouble with that Jesus fellow? He was fulfilling over 300 Old Testament prophecies before their eyes. But their eyes were blinded. They couldn’t see Jesus as the Messiah for the traditions. Although putting on a great religious pretense, they were in love with the world  — its lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, the boastful pride of life — none of it from the Father. 1 John 2:16. Their love of the world’s ways blinded them to the truth.

And their blind conclusion: Jesus had to die. Thank GOD for His plan that succeeded regardless of the depravity of mankind! How great is our GOD and marvelous His ways!

There are insanely wrong conclusions being spouted about in politics and media today. Don’t just believe them — do not judge by the outward appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

Wrong conclusions are easily made. A comedian once pointed out that statistics clearly showed that fully 1/3 of all fatal car crashes were caused by drunk drivers. That meant fully 2/3’s of fatal car crashes were caused by sober people. Thus it was obvious that drunk drivers should be applauded and awarded and sober drivers given citations and pulled off the road. Right? 

Here’s another. At the start of WWI, English soldiers wore leather helmets. In examining those brought off the battlefield with head wounds, it was thought that changing to a metal helmet might save more lives. In an experiment, metal helmets were issued to a number of soldiers. To their horror, they found that the number of soldiers coming off the field with head injuries greatly increased! It was obvious metal helmets were not a help at all. Then some bright soul realized that people who otherwise would have died on the battlefield, were now alive and making it to the field hospitals. Metal helmets were saving lives. Just the opposite of the initial conclusion.

Today, sort through the mess of media misinformation by asking Jesus for true wisdom and understanding. Then apply righteous judgement. If you feel fear trying to grab ahold of you, REJECT it, for Jesus says FEAR NOT, have FAITH in God. Fear is a huge weapon of the enemy. Heb 2:15 says the fear of death is what puts people into slavery to Satan.

FEAR NOT, have FAITH in GOD, judge with righteous judgement, and COME ALIVE!

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At Hank’s Place we live by God’s abundant grace – it is abundant toward ALL believers, thanks to JESUS! His grace is far better than living by the world’s standards and principles, believe me!

As we know, the world operates on the principle of good work yields reward; bad work yields punishment. Think of people in professional sports – work harder than the next guy, train harder, smarter, and get the bucks. Even people who cheat or steal – view their cheating and stealing as better cheating, better stealing than the other guy – and they work so hard for it. 

Here’s Ephesians 1:3-4 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.”  

The first few decades as a Christian, my mind was still awash with worldly thinking – not evil thinking, but believing God operated on reward and punishment like the world, and I struggled to “get it right.” I bet you know of many Christians today who refer to God’s love, blessings and favor as dependent on their obedience – obedience to exactly what, I ask. They always dwell in the land of doubt, uncertainly, and ‘maybe I could do more’ kind of thinking.

When I would read those verses in Ephesians, I would think, “Well, those are spiritual blessings, in heaven, so I don’t get any of those now in the present life.” And then that part of His choosing us to be holy and blameless before Him was a big “Ouch!” “He chose me, so now I have to do everything right, be holy all the time, really work at being blameless in all things,” I thought. What a burden I carried, laboring so hard because I did not understand the grace of God, that unmerited, undeserved favor and blessings, that come, by definition, out of God’s nature, His disposition toward us and not my performance. He who began the good work in us will complete it – Philippians 1:6 – we’ll wind up totally holy and blameless because it’s God’s will, and our destiny: God’s power at work in us, transforming us – whooo-hooo! Just go along with the Spirit, reckoning the old man dead. OK?

Remember, all the promises of God are YES and AMEN – but can only come to pass in one’s life by faith. Believe that God IS, and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6. 

Rewarder of the seekers, not the performers. Rewarder of those who have faith in Him, not those who come out on top of the rat race of life. Friend, He has chosen you, and is making you totally holy and blameless before the Father. And rewarding you in the here and now. And that’s the way it is, and that’s the end result. So cast off any cares today – receive the blessings that God has for you today, by grace, and COME ALIVE!

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Despite the efforts of the media, it’s all right to be a patriot. In fact, it’s commendable. Especially as we remember the horrific attack upon the United States 20 years ago. It’s time to re-embrace our nation’s pledge of allegiance.

The pledge expresses allegiance to the flag of the United States and the Republic of the United States of America. Such a pledge was first composed by Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army Officer during the Civil War and later a teacher of patriotism in New York City schools. 

“We give our heads and hearts to God and our country; one country, one language, one flag.”

Balch was a proponent of teaching children, especially those of immigrants, loyalty to the United States. Totally awesome!

His pledge was revised by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, in 1892, to say, “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Bellamy said, “At the beginning of the nineties (that’s the 1890’s) patriotism and national feeling was at a low ebb. The patriotic ardor of the Civil War was an old story. The time was ripe for a reawakening of simple Americanism and the leaders in the new movement rightly felt that patriotic education should begin in the public schools.”

“The true reason for allegiance to the flag is the Republic for which it stands,” Bellamy stated. He then reflected on the sayings of Revolutionary and Civil War figures, and concluded “all that pictured struggle reduced itself to three words, one Nation indivisible.”

It was first published for a National Public School celebration of Columbus Day, by James Upham who has been quoted as saying, “If I can instill into the minds of our American youth a love for their country and the principles on which it was founded, and create in them an ambition to carry on with the ideals which the early founders wrote into The Constitution, I shall not have lived in vain.”

But what about “Under God” you ask? During the Cold War era, many Americans wanted to distinguish the United States from the atheism promoted by Marxist-Leninist countries. Sound familiar? Louis Albert Bowman, an attorney from Illinois, was the first to suggest the addition of “under God” to the pledge. He was chaplain of the Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He said that the words came from the Gettysburg Address, where Lincoln said, “that the nation shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom.”

“Under God” was officially adopted in 1954 following a sermon by pastor George MacPherson Docherty of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (that was Abraham Lincoln’s church) based on the Gettysburg Address, entitled “A New Birth of Freedom.” He argued that the nation’s might lay not in arms but rather in its spirit and higher purpose. He noted that the Pledge’s sentiments could be those of any nation: “There was something missing in the pledge, and that which was missing was the characteristic and definitive factor in the American way of life.” He then cited Lincoln’s words “under God” as the defining words that set the United States apart from other nations.

Following its adoption, President Eisenhower said: “From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural school house, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty…. In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America’s heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource, in peace or in war.”

Is it any wonder God DOES have His hand upon America and will rescue her?! This special day, as an American, a patriot, recite the pledge of allegiance, honor God — and COME ALIVE!

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At Hank’s Place we LIVE LIFE — by God’s grace – which is abundant toward us, thanks to JESUS! So much better than trying to EARN it, don’t you agree?  

God’s grace. We experience God’s grace because God IS gracious. In Exodus 34:6, when God is showing Himself to Moses, we read “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.” Gracious is used here as an adjective describing God. Grace is one of His attributes.

In its verb form, it means to be considerate, to show favor. That God is gracious would mean that He is favorably inclined toward us. That He wants to show favor toward us. To do what is best for us. Always. 

God IS gracious. It is not something that He puts on and takes off depending on the situation. He is always gracious. He does not decide to show us grace. Grace is WHO HE IS. Because He is gracious, He demonstrates grace in everything He does.

Grace is also what God DOES because He is gracious. Every action of God toward us involves His grace. His creation, His divine providence, His working in the heart of a sinner, His gift of salvation, His dwelling within and equipping of the saints, and the future He has prepared for us. All of these are due to God’s grace.

His grace is abundant toward us because, in case you hadn’t noticed, we are living in the GRACE side of Calvary, under the NEW COVENANT.  A covenant is something where 2 parties enter into an agreement, a contract. One promises to do such and such, and the other has their part of the agreement to uphold.  It is serious. In the old days, a person could kill the other person in the covenant if they broke the terms. Under the Old Covenant, Israel could not uphold their part. Many died. Generations perished!

Under this NEW covenant, something amazing has taken place. Jesus identified with us. He called Himself the Son of Man. HE kept, keeps eternally actually, the requirements of our part in this new covenant. It’s between God and God — and therefore CANNOT be broken. By faith we enter it. We enter His rest, resting from our works, works that are fruitless, really. This is truly Amazing Grace, dear friend, for it is UNCONDITIONAL toward us — we believe it — and receive it.

Today, find your rest in Jesus dear friend, the source of eternal salvation. Yes. Find your rest in Jesus, our eternal high priest of the good things to come. Hebrews 5:9 and 6:20.

Receive His grace, discover that rest, start receiving those good things to come NOW — you’ll COME ALIVE!

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It’s August 2021 and the world may be experiencing those birth pangs Jesus spoke of. Mark 13:8. Tumultuous things happening.

“Where is God?” you might be asking. Well, remember Psalms 46. It begins, “God is our refuge and strength, a very ready help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth shakes and the mountains slip into the heart of the sea.” The Psalm ends, “Stop striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted on the earth. The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold.” The Message says, “the God-of-Angel-Armies protects us.”

God IS with the believer, although people may perish on our left and right, be struck by COVID plagues; whatever, it shall not approach us. God’s PROMISE. Psalm 91:6-7.

What it takes on our part is — to BELIEVE this promise, believe ALL God’s promises! I faced this challenge of believing in a small way, just this week. I had just purchased a new iMac M1 – golden yellow – what a beauty. I was trading in my old Intel iMac; Apple indicated they would give me over $900 for it; a good deal.

So I shipped all 30 pounds of it to Apple – they checked it in — and revised the trade-in value downward: ZERO dollars; a cracked screen they said. My heart sank – it was perfect when I had packed it off.

I picked up my heart and I shouted, “I don’t receive this bad report in Jesus’ name!” Must have said it several times. I reminded God I was His son, adopted, and lived in His kingdom, not in the darkness. Mary came in the room, heard the bad news and said, “I don’t receive this report either! God, DO something!”

I called Apple, explained the situation and a nice person said they would initiate a shipping inquiry that should take about 3 days. I went back to work. A short time later I heard a whisper. “I’ve given Mary a word for you.” Before I could go and ask her what God had spoken to her, she came in my office and said, “Don’t worry, God’s got this all taken care of. So relax.”

As you might imagine I struggled to relax! The fight of faith versus tendency to panic. I had no proof the computer was undamaged. I only had (drumroll) — Almighty God…. Time passed.

About 2 hours later I get an email from Apple. It read, “Good news. Your trade-in is complete. Thanks for using Apple Trade In. Everything checks out, so we are issuing you a refund in the amount of $910.00.” I began whooping and shouting and thanking our Lord Jesus with tears streaming down my face. Fast work by the Almighty, right?

Then I heard another whispered, “Well, you gave ME something to work with.” Did you hear that my friend? Do you get it? God is on OUR side. He WANTS to help us, protect us, deliver us, be gracious to us. Let’s believe His promises and with our mouths let’s give Him something to work with!

The world may be falling apart. BUT — the God of the Angel Armies, the God of the Impossible, the ALMIGHTY, is OUR GOD. Paul, in 2 Corinthians 4:13 says, “But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written: “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak.” So speak — and COME ALIVE!

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At Hank’s Place we LIVE — in God’s grace – which is abundant toward us, thanks to JESUS! Under the Old we had to earn God’s blessings. Under the Old our focus was The LAW, keeping it, and thus staying free from sin. If you had some success it was an open door to pride. Just think of those proud Pharisees. When you failed, which was often, it was an open door for condemnation. 

Then Jesus came. His sacrifice changed the throne of judgment to a throne of grace before which we can come boldly – BOLDLY – to find mercy and find grace for help at the time of our need – Hebrews 4:16.

At the start of Jesus’ earthly ministry, there was a voice from heaven, thunder some thought, saying, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.” Mark 1:10. Thunder. Back in Exodus 19 we find Moses going up to Mt Sinai, and God causing great thunderings – Moses speaking, God answering, His voice a thunder. Exodus 19:19. Two covenants emerge in the thunders: the Old and New.

Are they pretty equal? Are both still in effect? They both come from God. Near the end of Jesus’ earthly ministry, He takes Peter, James and John up a mountain – where He is transfigured and is joined by Moses the great law-giver, and Elijah, the greatest prophet of old. Peter suggests they erect 3 tents, one for each. But God overshadows them with a glory cloud and says, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; LISTEN TO HIM!” Matthew 17:5. Don’t get your guidance from Moses and the Law. Don’t live your life according to Old Testament prophets or those today who would act like either, giving you do’s and don’ts or “if/then” conditional words from God. Live your life by JESUS, the Living Word, by whom all of God’s promises are YES, not “Yes, if….”

Yes, we should value the Old for it was written for our instruction in order to give us HOPE. Romans 15:4. We learn from the Old and gain hope. But remember, the Old is but a shadow, a type of what was to come. Now that Jesus has come WE FOLLOW HIM, for He has made the first covenant OBSOLETE. Hebrews 8:5 and 10:9.

Today, take time to consider how you are living. By rules? Do’s and Don’ts? If’s and Then’s? God has provided something so much better in the New. Paul in Romans 13:8 says, “Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.”

Choose today to live by LOVE, live in LOVE – ask God for a baptism of His LOVE — you’ll COME ALIVE!

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At Hank’s Place we live in the New Covenant. And why not, for we have been adopted, by God our Father. It is GOD who has made us HIS sons and daughters. He has translated us into the kingdom of Jesus Christ – and scripture declares we are NOW joint heirs with Him for all eternity! References are Galatians 4:3-8, Romans 8:14-17, and Hebrews 9:12 & 15. The Spirit of Adoption causes our hearts to cry out, “Abba! Father!”

From scripture it is an established FACT that we ARE heirs of God. Heirs inherit — things. For us, it is the kingdom of God. One day we will experience this full inheritance. But what about the meantime? Yes, because there are demons and because sin still exists in this world, we will experience difficulties from time to time. ‘Sufferings’ Paul calls them — that’s Romans 8:18-23, but it is inevitable that the full manifestation of this adoption shall happen, for the adoption papers have already been completed — at Calvary. And this TRUTH fills us with a hope unfailing!

Do we just do the best we can in the meantime? Try to muddle through? No, WAIT! God has made provision! God has been SEALED by the Spirit Eph 1:13. All in the spirit realm know we belong to God. Our spiritual ears hear the truth, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

That word ‘sealed’ is rich in meaning. The Spirit is a GIFT, a downpayment, much like an engagement ring, of our inheritance, of what is to come! How do you earn a gift? You cannot earn a gift or it is not a gift! You receive a gift! And this gift of the Spirit, well, IT IS LIKE NOTHING IN THIS WORLD.

The Holy Spirit is a GOD person, living and at work in us. And the more we allow ourselves to be led of the Spirit, Romans 8:14, the more we’ll see it happening. The more we allow ourselves to be filled with the Spirit, the more we’ll experience it happening, Ephesians 5:18. 

And friend, the Spirit delights in manifesting Himself THROUGH us! Himself, through us! His manifestations include those 9 charismas given in 1 Cor 12. POWER manifestations in the form of Faith, Miracles, and Gifts of Healing. REVELATION manifestations in the form of Words of Wisdom, or Knowledge, and Discernment of Spirits. VOCAL manifestations in the form of Tongues, Interpretation of Tongues, and Prophecy. These manifestations have not passed away for the Holy Spirit has not passed away. They are for all who call upon the Lord Jesus! 

I’ve see many a book listing steps to receiving the Holy Spirit, to be baptized in the Holy Spirit, to be filled with the Holy Spirit. You don’t need steps. You need — to receive. So ask in faith, and receive by GRACE, MORE of the Holy Spirit. Ask for these gifts, these divine weapons for the pulling down of evil strongholds. 

And don’t stop receiving. Ask and receive, for it’s about Jesus, not about our having our Christians lives all together. Receive more of the Spirit today, this gift of God. Then give out — you’ll be helping many — to COME ALIVE!

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At Hank’s Place we choose to live in the New Covenant. Jesus’ sacrifice has made the Old Covenant obsolete. Hebrews 8:13. Instead of shadows and types and commands to be obeyed, we find GOD completing an eternal covenant on our behalf, a covenant full of promises to be believed and received – instead of performance to be achieved.

Pretty good, eh? Hebrews 13:9 tells us not to be mislead into thinking that there are practices and rituals we must observe, but rather let us allow our hearts to grow and become established in God’s grace. After all, as Hebrews 9:14 says, how much better than any Old Covenant sacrifice, is the blood of Christ. The more we realize this, the more our conscience is cleansed from dead works to serve the living God. To serve the living God here means in the sense of priestly service, worship, intercession, praise — things like that.

You see, Jesus has dealt with our sin. At Calvary. All of it. Eternally. Hebrews 9:12 &15 speak of Jesus accomplishing eternal redemption in order that we might receive an eternal inheritance. Eternal Inheritance. Think about that. Heb 12:2 says “looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the JOY set before Him endured the cross.”  What joy was His? What was it about? As THE Son of God He already had everything, literally. I submit to you that this JOY Jesus was looking forward to — the joy on the other side of the Cross — was HIS inheritance. And His inheritance, my friend, is you and me. (pause)

Can you imagine? Conceive it? Can it enter your mind? Your heart? Jesus enduring the Cross, despising the shame, to gain many many many brothers and sisters — eternally redeemed. WOW!

Jesus has made us heirs of God, living in the fullness of the life of Christ. His life in us; us living in Him. Read Galatians 4:5-7. And Romans 8:15-17. We, through Christ, have been made — a done deal — sons and daughters of the living God. Adopted by GOD. Citizens of Jesus’ eternal kingdom. Cmon — read these passages and rejoice pilgrim!

Rejoice, for you are a citizen of a heavenly kingdom, son or daughter of the Living God, held firmly in the grip of the Almighty One – today — REJOICE in this great adoption — and COME ALIVE!

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At Hank’s Place we choose to live in the New Covenant. And why not?  Everything is BETTER there — Hebrews 8:6. The Old Covenant and the world live under a system of performance and reward/punishment: do well and we get rewarded. Do poorly and we miss out – even be punished.

Blessings under the Old rested upon our shoulders. Our performance. Obeying the rules God set down. But our ability to resist temptation – well, you know.…

Many Christians try to keep the rules found in the Old Covenant. But wait! Hebrews 10 declares the entire Old Covenant consists of mere shadows of what was to come! Shadows cannot make a person perfect, can they? Following shadows is a fruitless endeavor – just as bars on a cage do not change the nature of the beast within…. The laws only serve to remind us – of our failures.

When I am not at Hank’s Place, I may be found keeping a mega-billion dollar company going. (laugh) Recently employees have been tasked with developing their IDP – an Individual Development Plan. Based on the Korn Ferry leadership architecture and it’s Core Competencies. Sheeez. My development is all on my shoulders. If I respond to this with my own efforts, well, I go under the LAW – and it will crush my spirit. What is the solution?

Consider Joseph in Genesis. His teen years were bumpy: his brothers sold him into slavery! But in Genesis 39:2 and onward, we find these words; “GOD WAS WITH HIM.” And Joseph succeeded. Prospered. Oh, there were more bumps. Evil people sought to do him harm. BUT GOD WAS WITH HIM. God made him ruler of all Egypt. Because GOD WAS WITH HIM. Not Joseph’s clever analysis of his strengths and weaknesses and his IDP. What mattered was that GOD WAS WITH HIM. Do you recall Matthew 28:20? Jesus words? “…behold, I AM WITH YOU always, to the end of the age.” In a New Covenant where things are even BETTER! Hmmm?

This is today’s takeaway, dear believing friend – life is not about our performance, but that GOD IS WITH US, in a New Covenant through Jesus’ blood, a covenant where everything is BETTER, full of better promises. We are blessed, not because we got it right. Not because we are exceptional. We become exceptional — because GOD IS WITH US.

Our IDP, Individual Development Plan, has been crafted by God before we were born. We’ve been made ‘fit for God’ because of Jesus’ sacrifice. So today, toss off the stress of life. Toss off those anxieties that distress you — the fears of failure — all fears — DARE to live life, confidently, God is with you, and — COME ALIVE!

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I’m the Hank of Hank’s Place. 45 years in Christ Jesus. Hank’s Place is a place of GRACE. God’s Grace: His unmerited, undeserved FAVOR, BLESSINGS, where everything is BETTER as the writer of  Hebrews says of the New Covenant. 

It has taken me some 40 years to discover, believe, receive the truth that GOD really does love each of us without regard to our performance, without our having to measure up to some standard of perfection or maturity. Unconditional LOVE. 40 some years to believe John 3:16’s “For God so loved the world, that He gave” His very best, FOR US. 40 some years to begin receiving what God has to give, without regard to how Hank was doing as a Christian.

Yet all around me I see Christians struggling to find approval in God’s eyes, to do better, to be more obedient. They haven’t yet discovered Jesus as the Author and Finisher of their faith. I hope to spare you some decades of struggles by inviting you to Hank’s Place. Let’s have a home roasted coffee and enjoy one another and the blessings of grace found in the New Covenant.

Some history. Like all of us, there was a huge emptiness within me. If you had told me at the time that it was Jesus, I would not have listened. But in the fullness of time a friend (“Thanks Dave!”) began sharing the real Jesus, not religion.

I began searching, began praying to God. Nothing seemed different, UNTIL – one day I went forward in response to an altar call to confess Jesus as my Savior. Everything changed! Tears streamed down my face as found that God was real and God was love, and He loved me just the way I was. In an instant the weight of sin was gone, I was clean – and LOVED.

However, within minutes well-meaning but misguided Christians were telling me about all the rules I needed to keep ‘now that I was a Christian.’ “Do this, don’t do that” they said. From being loved unconditionally I went to conditional approval based on my obedience, my performance. 

I had struggled in my youth having a father to whom I could never do things ‘right.’ Relating to my Heavenly Father through rule keeping changed the pure joy and love and friendship and innocence into a relationship of fear, and dread of getting things wrong and maybe being punished by God, to teach me a lesson. I was losing sight of the greatest lesson there is about God: His Son on Calvary’s cross, crucified for me!

You might be struggling right now. Well, you don’t need 40 years to start walking in the New Covenant. Come on over to Hank’s Place. A place – of grace. A place – of acceptance in the beloved. Where we have passed out of judgment into His marvelous light, where there are no shadows. Where relationship with God is ‘sonship’ because of the blood of Jesus. Where we love to talk about Jesus, our Awesome God.

At Hank’s Place, enjoy peace. Enjoy — joy. Come on — let go of trying to get things right. Come to Hank’s Place, and — COME ALIVE!

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