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Renegade Radio with Jackson Jackson has been with Renegade Radio for over 15 years. He started on the air in Virginia in the 90s'

This Father’s Day, May you be blessed With the tools you needLight to see clearly Time with your loved onesAll you need ...
20/06/2022

This Father’s Day,
May you be blessed
With the tools you need
Light to see clearly
Time with your loved ones
All you need to sharpen your skills

Happy Father’s Day!
Blessings on you and yours!
-JDF

For the longest time, I confused the military holidays.Perhaps it is because my generation, though it has seen some conf...
30/05/2022

For the longest time, I confused the military holidays.

Perhaps it is because my generation, though it has seen some conflict and war, has rarely been touched by it.

Perhaps it is because we don’t really study history and repeat much of it even in our every day lives.

Perhaps it is because we strive so hard to “move forward” we forget who and what is left behind.

Perhaps we just don’t like thinking about death or loss.

But what if we focused on remembering the lives and the stories?

What if we focused on ways to honor the sacrifices made through our actions, our words and our reactions?

What if we paused to remember the “why” of sacrifice?

So many have given over generations for us to have freedoms and options and opportunities.

It also includes the freedom to disagree.

As you may spend time with family or friends or even if you are just taking a pause, I pray you would find rest, encouragement, care, at least the option of people to spend time with, and safety where you are.

If you are remembering loved ones lost, I pray peace and comfort and memories that would restore your joy.

If you are battling with all that comes with losing a loved one, I pray strength and fortitude and hope for you.

May blessings find you and yours this Memorial Day!

To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive pra...
26/05/2022

To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.
Isaiah 61:3

With all that is going on
With so much hurt
With so much wounding
With so much pain

It is tempting to get stuck there

There is a promise of a way out

A promise for a future and a hope.

May you be able to simply just rest in that.
May you find encouragement to breathe.
May you find peace in promise.
May you fine hope in future.
May you be able to claim it for yourself.
May you be able to pass it on to those in your circle.
May you be able to bless those you connect with.

When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.Psalm 94:19
26/05/2022

When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.
Psalm 94:19

Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by...
19/05/2022

Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. 2 Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. 3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. 4 For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.
Ephesians 4:1-4

There are a great number of things I love about this.
-The reminder of the life we are called to
-The outline of how we treat each other
-The unity we are called to

When we struggle and fall we don’t have to stay there.
We can get up and move.
We don’t have to do it alone.
We can help people in their struggles.

In helping others, we may not always get it right. We may fail spectacularly. In those failures, there is temptation to stop. There is temptation to give up.
Don’t.
We can learn from our failures, move on and do better.

Who might you show some patience and grace to?
What does gentleness look like in your interactions?
Who might you need to walk with?

“May integrity and honesty protect me, for I put my hope in you.”Psalm 25:21For many years I did not think this truly ap...
18/05/2022

“May integrity and honesty protect me, for I put my hope in you.”
Psalm 25:21

For many years I did not think this truly apply to me as I had lost track of the number of times I failed, but I had to reread this.

I think that perhaps I assumed that one had to have integrity and honesty in order to do or be anything worthy or to connect with God.

In rereading the passage though, that’s backwards.

The focus is about putting one’s hope in God.

In putting my hope in God, the focus is less on me.

My attention is more on God
My focus is more on God
My care is reliant on God

If the focus is on God, Then it is God who carries the weight, the pressure and the stress.

Alone, I am flawed, I fail and even with good “intentions”, some days my communication is lacking.

In striving to move forward
In striving to connect closer to God

Integrity will grow
Consistency will happen
Character will be developed
Honesty becomes a natural byproduct

Less of me
More of Christ

I can put my hope in GOD
God is stronger
More capable
More caring
More loving
More thoughtful
More intentional
More consistent

I have to hold on to that more.
When I can’t, I need to let God lead.
I need to let God carry.
I need to watch for God to move.

Psalm 25:5Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.As I n...
10/05/2022

Psalm 25:5
Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.

As I need leading and understanding, I need to be connected to something greater than myself.
In the midst of this, I need saving more than I would like to admit, often from myself.

Praise God for his grace, provision, and salvation.

Where am I being led?
What do I need to learn today?
Who am I putting my hope in?



Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.- Psalm 10:17Sometimes it is...
06/05/2022

Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.
- Psalm 10:17

Sometimes it is tough to see positive.
Sometimes one might not know what to do or to say.

Perhaps with all that is going on in the world today you feel like that.

David has all sorts of ups and downs in his life. Sometimes due to his own actions, sometimes due to others.

You can see a lot of extreme emotions and reactions in his life.

It is good to be reminded that in going to God I don’t have to have all the right words.

It is also good to be reminded that God does know our hopes and our needs.

It is good to know God hears.

Sometimes it is tough to remember when God seems quiet.

Sometimes I would prefer to get an answer quick and the way I would want.

I don’t really get excited about feeling helpless or hopeless.

Sometimes it is then that it is important to be proactive in going to God.

Sometimes I need to be reminded the the story is bigger and wider and deeper and goes far beyond me. (I may not always like those reminders at the time.)

What hopes are on your heart now?

HopeWhat do you hope in?What do you hope for?Who do you hope in?Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected...
02/05/2022

Hope

What do you hope in?
What do you hope for?
Who do you hope in?

Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.
- Job11:18

Where do you need Courage?
Where do you need protection?
Where do you need Safety?
What do those around you need?
What do your loved ones need?

Family.I was able to get a little time with my mother in law yesterday.I was able to get a little time with my parents t...
20/04/2022

Family.

I was able to get a little time with my mother in law yesterday.

I was able to get a little time with my parents today.

I was able to snag lunch with my dad.

Time flies fast.

We’ve never agreed 100% of the time, but it never really mattered.

Some days we communicate well, some days ... not so much.

Regardless, the focus is on caring for each other and helping to grow the family well.

There were times where that was the focus in other places as well, Country, School, and Church.

It may not feel like that some days.
We as people tend to get distracted and sometimes we focus more on what makes us comfortable or what we are used to or our personal preferences.

But the world is bigger than we think.

There are still people seeking to to good, to grow, to become better, to connect better, to reflect better.

Much is revealed by who our closest friends are.
Much is revealed by how we respond to things.
Much is revealed by how we handle the people who annoy us and who we disagree with.

Living the family member that keeps taking your stuff, returning the car in empty, never does their dishes, leaves dirty laundry out and makes a mess not thinking about others can be aggravating, even infuriating, but then we tend to ignore all that when it’s us.

Love and Grace

They don’t stop when it’s not convenient.
They don’t stop when things become difficult.
They don’t stop in times of need.
They don’t stop in grief, frustration, irritation or aggravation.

Love and Grace
Digs in
Braces for the impact
Redirects
Refocuses
Redeems
Reimagines
Refines

They probably don’t think they have recently shown all of that, but they impress much on me.

I’m working on listening and learning better.

May you find, encounter and embrace those who will show you Love and Grace as well as those who you can shower that on to as well.

In the silence and darknessYou do not have to be overtaken or overwhelmed.The breath you take is a gift.You do not have ...
17/04/2022

In the silence and darkness

You do not have to be overtaken or overwhelmed.

The breath you take is a gift.

You do not have to throw away the gift you have been given.

In shame, remorse and despair, Judas threw it away.

In shame, remorse and despair, Peter grieved and wept.

In grief and in mourning, the women who had followed Jesus prepared and rested.

Sometimes the silence is deafening.

Sometimes the voices we listen to in our times of silence affects our trajectory.

If you are in a dark place
If it is a little too quiet for you
If you are overwhelmed
If you have hit a wall
If you have dug yourself a pit

It is ok to mourn and grieve

You still have the gift of breath

You can still have great possibilities
(Peter is a great example of a comeback.)

You can take time to prepare.

The simple act of rest may do wonders.

Know you are loved
Know you are priceless
Know that you are not abandoned



When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.John 19:30“It Is Fini...
16/04/2022

When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
John 19:30

“It Is Finished”
Jesus gave up His spirit
The veil torn from top to bottom

Darkness

Silence

A time where people were
Quiet
Grieving
Shocked
In awe
Hiding
Shamed
Overwhelmed
Broken

A time where there seemed to be no hope

A loved and revered one buried, under guard by a group of elites.

No way visible

But God was working in the background.
A way was already made.

On this day “in between”
take a moment

Remember
The price paid

What would have been like to have been the crowd on the day in between?

What would it have been like for the Roman leaders on the day in between?

What would it have been like for the Religious leaders on the day in between?

What would it have been like for the disciples on the day in between?

What would it have been like for the crowd of women who followed Jesus to his burial on the day in between?

What would it have been like for Judas on the day in between?

What would it have been like for Peter on the day in between?

How dark may it have felt like?

How broken were people’s spirits?

In the darkness you may be in the thick of ...

Know that Sunday is on the way



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