AUGUST 13 JQ#21-18 “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33) The Jesus Questions

LIVING FOR JESUS --- Daily Devotional

AUGUST 13   JQ#21-18  “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33) 

365 Prayers to JESUS 

Jesus, Giver of Life, Hallowed be Thy Name, the Name above all names. O Lord my God, Praise, Glory and Honor to the Only Begotten Son that became sin for my sake that through His Sacrifice I might be clothed in His Righteousness that I might have fellowship with the Father. Lord Jesus, there is no explanation why You would choose to give up Your Divinity for sinners but Lord we Praise You because we know in our heart of hearts that were we left to our sin that we would remain forever lost in that sin and while we were yet lost in that sin that You accepted the Task as the Good Shepherd and now we praise You as did King David, You make us to lie down in green pastures, You lead us beside the still waters, You restore our soul and lead us in paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake!       AMEN

The Jesus Questions

AUGUST 13   JQ#21-18  “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33)  Jesus spent His every breath of His earthly ministry living His Life as an Example of how we should live our lives for God so that when we read His Story in God’s Holy Word we should appreciate all the heavenly forces God employs to provide for our daily needs and we should pay attention to each lesson God has to teach us about His Kingdom and the Singular Path God has determined that we must take to ENTER into His Glory! There is no argument that can be made as to “why” there is only ONE WAY — God has plainly demonstrated that even before He Created the Heavens and the earth, He had settled on His Plan of Salvation and over thousands of years God revealed that Plan to the world that God has committed all His Divine Resources to saving. God has been Faithful to that Plan and the Plan has been executed without flaw as our Salvation has been Sealed and Sanctified by the Life, Death, Burial, and Resurrection of His Only Begotten Son Jesus the Christ. The first Scriptures were written with the Hope of the Messiah and the Law was written in anticipation of the fulfillment of the Law by the Coming of God’s Holy One and now the Scriptures record: “For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” (John 1:17) So when the Messiah Himself spends such a great proportion of His Words teaching us about the sin “problem” we should search the scriptures for the “solution” and have Faith that God who has always provided for our daily needs will teach us the True Path to Salvation which leads to entering through the “Kingdom Door” which Jesus Himself declared “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.” (John 10:9) Jesus then continues to clarify God’s Truth as Jesus tells us “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.” (John 10:10-11) Then to make sure that we understand God’s Plan of Salvation Jesus states: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6) There is no way that anyone can read the Holy Scriptures and not see God’s Plan of Salvation and the extent to which God had committed to BEFORE the beginning of time as we read that central verse “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) Notice John 3:16 is written in the past tense, it has already been accomplished and has been written in God’s History Book, the Holy Bible, for thousands of years and as Jesus Himself said as He was breathing His last earthly breath cried: “It is finished.” (John 19:30) Generations upon generations have proved that He Lives as we have a great cloud of witnesses that have been touched by the Savior’s Grace and their lives have been forever changed. What God said He would do, He always does! The only question we can ask ourselves is “Why in the world do we question a God that has unselfishly given so much of Himself for our good?” Could it be because we are so selfish that we are blinded to His Holiness?

AUGUST 12 JQ#21-17 “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33) The Jesus Questions

LIVING FOR JESUS --- Daily Devotional

AUGUST 12   JQ#21-17  “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33) 

365 Prayers to JESUS 

Jesus, Precious Jesus, Thank You, You took my sins away, and I want to thank You for all that You’ve done, so this is the prayer that I pray — Please grant it Lord that I may grow strong, yet give more than I take. Teach me to lean on Jesus my King and guide me each step that I take. In all that I do let Your Love Shine through, that lost sheep might find the way and come back Home to this Peace I’ve known — this is the prayer I pray. Praise to God from whom ALL Blessing flow, forgive me of my daily sins, and create in me a clean heart, O God!     AMEN

The Jesus Questions

AUGUST 12   JQ#21-17  “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33)   Jesus always gave us a living example of the lessons He was teaching and each lesson reveals a Truth of God so that we may know who God is by knowing His Truth. I have always asked the question: “Couldn’t there have been some other way for our sins to be forgiven other than God having to send His Son to Sacrifice Himself for our sins?” There has been one answer that the Holy Spirit gives me and it is in the form of a question as my heart and soul hears: “Why do you question God?” When I stop and “think” about it, I come to the conclusion that instead of questioning God that I should look to see what Truth of God is revealed in the things that He does! So instead of asking “why would God sacrifice His Only Begotten Son for my sin” I make this observation and I see that (1) the creator God that can do all things without my help has made a Personal Decision to help those that He certainly doesn’t need any help from! (2) not only did God help others who cannot repay Him for His Divine Help, He used His Most Precious Possession to accomplish His Desire to do “Good” for others (3) God had no motivation to make His Decision except His Own Pure Character of Mercy (4) Besides proving Himself to be a Merciful God, He also reveals that He is a Loving God for we know that our sin is nothing but rebellion against God and even though God Knows all things and Knows that we are undeserving of love, God pours out His Compassion on us and proves He is a Gracious and Compassionate God and finally (5) The fact that God would send HIs Son to die a cruel death for our sin proves that God is an “Unchanging” and “Just” God because God said in the beginning of the world that sin must be punished by death and my worldly thoughts say that “if I make a rule and I am in charge of enforcing that rule then I can change the rule if I want to” but God proves He is a God that NEVER changes and the rules apply to everyone and will be enforced fairly and justly. When we question God we are using the world’s standard of ever-changing priorities but when we observe God from the point of Truth we see that God’s Standard is the only True and Fair Standard by which all mankind should judge ourselves by them and have confidence that God will judge others by the same fair standard which NEVER CHANGES, and we know His Standards NEVER change because God Himself NEVER CHANGES. So the Truth of God is that sin MUST be punished and the Compassion of God (For God so loved the world) is demonstrated by His Grace towards sinners (that He gave His only begotten Son) by providing Himself a Sacrifice for our sin problem (that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16) and God goes the extra mile in that not only will we not “perish” but God rewards our “belief in His Son” with “everlasting life”!  The fact that “sin” is a problem in the world is not what is being disputed by mankind, mankind just does not want to admit that “sin” is a problem that we are personally responsible for our own sin, but that we cannot solve the sin-problem ourselves and must turn to God for the solution. This is God’s Plan of Salvation in a nutshell: God gave us Free Will but we used it poorly and chose to sin instead of following God and we ended up lost in our sin. Once lost in sin, we cannot see our way back to the TRUTH and we are to proud to ask for directions. God however RESCUES us from our sin but in Honor of His Gift of Free Will to us, God will not “force” the RESCUE on us but waits for our call for “Help!” which comes when we REPENT of our sin and call out to God for His Mercy. When God hears our cry, He immediately “RESCUES” us which we call “SALVATION”. My question to those that read this passage is simply “Why do you not accept God’s Help instead of questioning ‘why’ He is such a Good, Kind, Gracious, and Forgiving God?”

“Keep On Keeping On”

“Keep On Keeping On”

Dedication to Phil Hall

Well I packed my bags, and a couple ol’ rags

And I thought I’d hit the road.

No, I didn’t know where, but I didn’t really care

Where I was gonna go.

Should I trust my luck to this rusty ol’ truck 

to keep me from going insane?

Well the snow kept falling and the wind kept calling

Silence whispered my name.

Oh the night wind’s cold, it’ll cut your soul

It’ll freeze you to the bone!

All the lessons you learned and the love you spurned

Laughter’s come and gone!

And all the tears you’ve cried hurt you deep inside

Still you’re looking for the dawn

Cause you know the Light will make everything right

Just    KEEP ON ------------ KEEPIN’ ON!

Grandpa said “Hold up your head,

don’t you EVER give in!

When things get rough, you just COWBOY UP 

And take it on the chin!

Don’t wear a frown when the world gets you down

Put a smile in its place.

Just TRUST the LIGHT to take you through the night

And GET BACK IN THE RACE!”

Oh the night wind’s cold, it’ll cut your soul

It’ll freeze you to the bone!

All the lessons you learned and the love you spurned

Laughter’s come and gone!

And all the tears you’ve cried hurt you deep inside

Still you’re looking for the dawn

Cause you know the Light will make everything right

Just    KEEP ON ----------- KEEPIN’ ON!

Just    KEEP ON ----------- KEEPIN’ ON!

Held By the King

Held By the King

Verse 1

For God so loved the world that He Gave us His Son

To Bleed on a Cross for the sins that we’ve done

JESUS Suffered and Died, He was put in a Grave

But the Grave could not hold Him for He Rose the 3rd Day!

Chorus

O death where’s your victory?

O sin where’s your sting?

For death cannot hold us

‘Cause we’re Held by the KING!

He’s built us a Mansion

On Heaven’s Bright Shore

He’s coming to Take us with Him

Where we’ll Live Evermore!

Verse 2

He knew In The Beginning

That we’d stumble and fall

But HIS LOVE knows no boundaries

HIS LOVE Paid it ALL

GOD”S LOVE Never fails us

It is Patient and True

GOD’S LOVE is Forever

He Freely Gives it to you!

Chorus

O death where’s your victory?

O sin where’s your sting?

For death cannot hold us

‘Cause we’re Held by the KING!

He’s built us a Mansion

On Heaven’s Bright Shore

He’s coming to Take us with Him

Where we’ll Live Evermore!

Verse 3

Our sins He’ll Forgive us

With His Blood we’re Set Free

There’s only One Pathway

JESUS said it’s through Me!

When we know that we Need Him

His Grace and Mercy abound

For only Through JESUS

Can True Freedom be found!

Chorus

O death where’s your victory?

O sin where’s your sting?

For death cannot hold us

‘Cause we’re Held by the KING!

He’s built us a Mansion

On Heaven’s Bright Shore

He’s coming to Take us with Him

Where we’ll Live Evermore!

End Bridge

O death where’s your victory?

O sin where’s your sting?

For death cannot touch us

We’ve been Touched by the KING!

JESUS The KING of All Kings!!

Blessed Assurance/Standing in the Presence of the Great I AM

Blessed Assurance/Standing in the Presence of the Great I AM

<<Capo 5th Fret>>

Chorus 1

I sing----

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!

O what a foretaste of Glory Divine!

Heir of Salvation, Purchased of God!

Born of His Spirit, Washed in His Blood!

Verse 1 

Did you ever stop to think

Why would a God

Care about a sinner like me? 

Why would He send 

His Son to a cross

To pay for my penalty?

Chorus 2

I sing----

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!

O what a foretaste of Glory Divine!

Heir of Salvation, Purchased of God!

Born of His Spirit, Washed in His Blood!

Bridge

I’m washed in the Blood of the Holy Lamb

And I’m standing in the Presence of the Great I Am!!

I was a lost sinner but don’t you know ---- [that]

Jesus came and found me and washed me Whiter than Snow!!

Verse 2

All I can tell you is 

I KNOW that He did

I KNOW I’m Forgiven and Free

‘Cause when Jesus

Died on that cross

My sins were tossed in the sea !! 

Chorus 2 

I sing----

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!

O what a foretaste of Glory Divine!

Heir of Salvation, Purchased of God!

Born of His Spirit, Washed in His Blood!

Ending

I’m washed in the Blood of the Lamb!

Grain of Wheat (Worst Weekend Ever!)

Grain of Wheat (Worst Weekend Ever!)

Verse 1

I remember the soldier saying, Judas is that the One,

That walked on water, made a blind man see, and claims to be God’s Son?

These other men that are praying with Him, do we arrest them too?

So I pulled my sword to protect my Lord,

But He said, “I’m doing this for you.”

Chorus 1

“If you live by the sword you will die by the sword,”

And He turned to comfort me.

“What did I say about the break of this day,

And remember that grain of wheat.

God has a plan for salvation of man

For all eternity.

I must drink this Cup that my Father fills up,

And Die on Calvary’s Tree!”

Verse 2A

The soldiers tied and bound Him, and they slapped Him in the face,

They drug Him to a garden where I watched in sad disgrace.

They took Him to a courtyard, it was a dark and evil place,

And to my great shame I denied His name,

My fears I did embrace!

Verse 2B

The next day they beat and scourged Him, His body was bleeding and torn,

Then they wrapped a robe around Him, and they gave Him a crown of thorns.

They took Him to Golgotha where they gambled for the clothes He’d worn

He was crucified but before He died, He said

“For this Death I was Born!”

Chorus 2 

“If you live by the sword you will die by the sword,”

And He turned to comfort me.

“What did I say about the break of this day,

And remember that grain of wheat.

God has a plan for salvation of man

For all eternity.

I must drink this Cup that my Father fills up,

And Die on Calvary’s Tree!”

Verse 3

We watched Him hang in terrible pain, and on that cross He bled

We all cried when they pierced His side, just to make sure He was dead!

Light then turned to darkness so to our fears we fled

In a tomb He was laid, and we were all afraid,

We knew Holy Blood had been Shed!

Chorus 3

Then came that knocking at the door, and Mary was standing there.

They’ve come and taken away my Lord, and I really don’t know where?!

His body is not in the tomb! The grave is empty and bare!

The stone’s rolled away and on this Third Day,

There’s a Mystery in the air?!

Verse 4A

Well we froze in grief and total misbelief, John was the first to go!

To the tomb we flew not knowing what to do, what would the sunrise show?

The body was gone so we ran back home then we started to know

That the power to save and defeat the grave was what He came to show!

Verse 4B

But we locked the doors and were hiding, would the soldiers be coming soon?

We wondered as we sat there trembling, drowning in our darkest gloom.

Where had He gone, we felt so all alone when a great Light filled the room

And we were all aware with Jesus standing there, God had raised Him from the tomb!!

Chorus 4A

He said, “Remember My Word and all that you’ve heard,

Believe that the Father sent Me!

That I came to Save, put Death in the Grave,

My Blood won the Victory!

Because I’m Risen your sins are Forgiven

For all Eternity!

Yes I drank the Cup that My Father filled up 

And I Died to set you Free!”

Jesus said in John 5:24 “Verily, Verily I say unto you, he who hears My words and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment but will pass from death into life.” 

Chorus 4B

“So, remember My Word and all that you’ve heard,

Believe that the Father sent Me!

That I came to Save, put Death in the Grave

My Blood won the Victory!

Because I’m Risen your sins are Forgiven

For all Eternity!

Yes I drank the Cup that My Father filled up 

And My Blood will wash you Clean!”

For without the Shedding of Blood there is no Remission of sin. As Jesus Christ said as He hung on the Cross “It is finished!”. Yes, your salvation and my salvation is secure through the Shed Blood of Jesus at Calvary!!  

Ending Chorus 4C

(Listen to Him when He says---)

“Remember My Word and all that you’ve heard,

Believe that the Father sent Me!

That I came to Save, put Death in the Grave

My Blood won the Victory!

Because I’m Risen your sins are Forgiven

For all Eternity!

Yes I drank the Cup that My Father filled up 

And I Died to set you Free!

Yes I drank the Cup that My Father filled up 

And My Blood ----------------- will wash you Clean!”

AUGUST 11 JQ#21-16 “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33) The Jesus Questions

LIVING FOR JESUS --- Daily Devotional

AUGUST 11   JQ#21-16  “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33) 

365 Prayers to JESUS 

Jesus, Precious is that Name, the Name above all names, all praise and honor go to the Name of Jesus. The Only Begotten of the Father, yeah the only One of all the children of God that was able to live a Perfect Life while in the flesh, and even to the point of death at the end of His Life for Jesus maintained that Perfection even in dying such a cruel death on the Cross! Jesus took His death and turned it into our Victory! Jesus, You are Faithful to fulfill Your Promises to us and Your Word is Pure! O Holy Spirit, my heart is yielded and my soul longs for Your Touch, my mind yearns to be filled with Your Understanding and even the most inward parts of my being begs for Your Salvation and Sanctification. Teach me, guide me, and lift up my soul to the Father!      AMEN

The Jesus Questions

AUGUST 11   JQ#21-16  “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33)   Jesus always has a purpose for every question, and that single purpose is to reveal the Father to us, so why is Jesus spending so much of His Effort in Teaching us about “sin”?  Jesus asked JQ#21 in Matthew 17:25 just after telling His disciples that “The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up.” (Matthew 17:22) and immediately Jesus jumps to asking “From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from strangers?” (Matthew 17:25) — or is this a “jump” going from talking about the resurrection (being raised the third day) to the kings of the earth extracting “taxes”? Jesus made a very interesting statement to Peter once Peter answered that the “kings of the earth … take customs or taxes” from “strangers” and not from their “sons” and Jesus declared “Then the sons are free.” (Matthew 17:26) After Jesus made the “sons are free” statement He performed the miracle with the “fish and taxes” which illustrated that God wants us to continue in our daily lives and to trust Him to provide for us. Then Jesus teaches in Chapter 18 about “sin” starting by addressing the worldly desire for “greatness” as expressed by His own disciples. Jesus makes this statement when the disciples asked Him “who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:1) and Jesus answers “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted…you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven…” (Matthew 18:2) and then for the remainder of Chapter 18 Jesus is teaching about “Sin” !?!?!? These verses when viewed individually feel somewhat disjointed to me and the amount of verses dedicated to “sin” seems out of proportion to me, but then I read these passages as a whole and I see God’s Master Plan of Salvation in Matthew 17:20 - 18:35. When these passages are viewed as the Plan of Salvation it becomes evident that God is serious about resolving the sin problem and to illustrate the magnitude of His Compassion for a lost world Jesus spends His earthly ministry teaching “Repent … the kingdom of heaven is at hand…” (see Matthew 3:2 and Matthew 4:17) and He emphasizes that God has prepared a heaven for those that “repent” or are “converted” from their sin and that God has also prepared a “hell” for those that reject God. Time and time again Jesus has stated that we must make this decision that determines where we will spend our “eternity” during our “lifetime on earth” which begins with our “physical” birth to an earthly mother and father and this “physical” lifetime will be terminated by our “physical” death or our “spiritual birth” into the “Spiritual kingdom of God” to which Jesus alluded to with “the sons are free” statement in Matthew 17:26. So the Master Plan of Salvation is God sends His Only Begotten Son to the earth to become flesh so that Jesus can live a perfect life which will be an acceptable Substitutionary Sacrifice wholly acceptable to the Father and this “Acceptable Sacrifice” will be a “Once for All” Sacrifice for All Sin. Mankind is sinful and must be punished by a Just and Faithful God who at the beginning of HIs creation declared the “penalty of sin is death”. As a sinner, we must admit our sin and then “repent” of our sin and we will receive the gift of “Grace” and “Forgiveness” of our sins because Jesus paid our debt when He was “betrayed into the hands of men … [and killed]” God sealed His Promise by resurrecting Jesus from the grave on the “third day”!!! Jesus has stated His purpose was to “save that which was lost [in sin]” (Matthew 18:11) and so our decision to determine our eternity with God or separated from Him boils down to a simple question ——— “Do we believe God means what He says?”

AUGUST 10 JQ#21-15 “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33) The Jesus Questions

LIVING FOR JESUS --- Daily Devotional

AUGUST 10   JQ#21-15  “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33) 

365 Prayers to JESUS 

Jesus, You Lord have done all that could be done and there could be no greater expression of Love than the Gift that the Father gave to the world in the form of Self Sacrifice for the sake of others. Lord it will always be a Mystery why God became flesh and allowed Himself to be tempted in all ways that we are tempted in the world. Why would the King of kings and Lord of lords humble Himself and allow His creation to crucify Him? Lord, instead of questioning “Why” would God choose this path for mankind to enter into eternity and unbroken fellowship with the Father, let me Lord give You Thanks, Praise, and Glory for without You showing us the Way, we would remain lost in our sin. Give us this day our daily bread — for Yours is the kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory FOREVER!!!     AMEN

The Jesus Questions

AUGUST 10   JQ#21-15  “What do you think about fish, taxes, lost sheep, forgiveness, and your fellow servants?” (Matthew 17:25, 18:12,33)    Jesus is the Master Teacher and being God He has Infinite Knowledge and Wisdom and Jesus can use “words” like no teacher has ever nor ever will be able to use words to teach lessons within a lesson.  In this section in Matthew chapters 17 and 18 Jesus has already used two common everyday words that everyone understands — “fish” and “taxes” — that we never would put together in the way Jesus put them together to teach us a lesson within a lesson and reveal God Himself when Jesus actually performed a miracle to explain the “Provisions” of God and while in the process of teaching us about God’s Provisions for us, Jesus taught us that God is not limited in His Power in any way and yet this Unlimited God that IS the Supreme Power in the universe that God has chosen to use that Supreme Power to take care of our daily needs by controlling circumstances in our daily lives to produce a miracle — these two words are “fish” and “taxes” and in only 4 verses (Matthew 17:24-27) Jesus reveals some amazing characteristics of God. If we look at the behavior of God in this passage and in reading the following passages in Chapter 18 we can learn lesson after lesson and could spend days just reading these passages and contemplating God and wonder “why” God would go through all the trouble to perform miracles in the first place, let alone understanding “how” God is able to perform miracles at all, and once you start thinking about the “Powers” of God you begin to wonder “Why” God cares about us at all, especially when He spends so much time teaching us that we are sinners? The very definition of “sin” is “disobeying God” — so why would the Father God send His Only Begotten Son down to earth from heaven where Jesus is a Third-Part of the Trinity of God to give up His Divinity and Unlimited Power to be born flesh and blood and dwell among a world that is disobedient to God? Jesus spent His earthly life living a simple life, He did not hold any office of distinction, He did not have any earthly possessions, and He dedicated Himself to teaching sinners how to solve their sin problem and the earthly life of Jesus was terminated by the Greatest Lesson ever Taught about God, “For [the Father] made [the Son] who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in [Jesus].” (2 Corinthians 5:21) So why does Jesus spend so much time teaching us that we are sinners — the answer is because His Mission was to teach us the “problem” and then present us the “solution” to the problem — the successful resolution of our sin problem will be rewarded with eternal fellowship with God completely free from sin but if the problem of sin is not resolved in our lives, then the consequence of our sin will be to spend an eternity in “hell fire” where we will forever be separated from God who sent His Son to save us from hell where we will always know that our eternal agony is because we chose to sin against God and we will live eternally knowing it was our sin that separates us from God and it is that knowledge of our sin that is the fuel that cause the fires of hell to burn so hot!!! We cannot explain why God chose to create “the heavens and the earth” in the first place or why God allowed “sin” to enter into His Perfect Creation and certainly we can’t explain why God would send His Only Begotten Son to die on a cruel cross to pay the penalty for OUR SIN — but the real question is, now that you know that “Sin Is the Problem” and that “Jesus Is the Solution” what are you going to do about it, will you continue disobeying God and die in your sin or will you obey God and “Listen to Jesus” and accept the Gift of Eternal Life?