Diamond J Cowboy Ministries

11/04/2026

OK, OK, Good morning. So looks like we have a today to do list.
1. Smile
2. Don't sweat the small stuff God is still on the Throne.
3. Take on the Mind of Christ, think Positive.
4. Be HAPPY!
5. LOVE.
Now, if you thought I was annoying before, aren't you glad I never learned to play the Banjo!
Remember Who Loves Ya.

11/03/2026

Good morning. Get your prayer face on and keep it on. Looking at this season of life, we all live in right now, we see the enemy trying to get into our country and turn people against God, Country, and the Family that our Father created before the foundations of the earth. Get out and vote. Keep praying for our values and stay strong.
Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matt 28:20
When good things happen to us, praise comes naturally right? It's easy to lift our hands and our voices when God answers our prayers and delivers us from problems. But what about when things go sideways? What do we do when we're in trouble? You know things like sickness, maybe your job has been shut down in some way, or what if you have been facing criticism? (Or what if every time you leave your driveway your phone and truck always turn forward to the time it really should be because B.C. decided to stay on the right time!) OK, sorry. Let’s get back and focus.
The negative response would be to take the attitude of Job's wife, who was so overwhelmed by the loss of their children and all the stuff they had, that she told her husband: Cuss God and die! But Job answered with a ton of wisdom when he said; You speak as one of the ungodly and ridiculous women would speak. What? Shall we accept only good at the hand of God, and shall we not accept also misfortune and what is of a bad nature? Job 2:10. Job understood that living righteously doesn't guarantee a life free from challenges.
The best reaction is to praise God despite what's going on in our lives. It’s going to take effort, but if we can turn our eyes away from our problems, we can find something that is good. We also can rejoice because God has faithfully taken us through the chaos of the past, and we can trust that He'll do the same again. Get out and Vote. Remember Who Loves Ya.

11/03/2026

Well if you haven't been praying for the upcoming election it's not too late. Please pray that people will get out and vote. And vote for the people that will be a blessing to God, our Country, and all of our Families. Pray against the enemy and the ones he tries to put into power to change this country for the worst in Jesus Name.

11/02/2026

Good morning. Hope you had a great weekend. OK, let’s get right into the elephant in the room shall we. Yes, you are correct! TIME CHANGE!!!!!!! I don’t know why but it’s just silly isn’t it? Yes, you are correct in saying, “Oh Al, you didn’t post on someone’s page in a negative manor, did you?” Ummm, confession time. Yup. They told me, hey do you want your kids standing outside in the dark waiting for the school bus? In which I said, no I don’t, I want them walking to school uphill both ways and praying all the way with a big stick! Lol, funny right? Ummm. Yes, I did apologize to them. Here is the problem, we live 1 mile from the Canadian border and B.C. decided to keep the time they had in the summer, and they are blessed. Now when I drive to town and my road gets very close to the border, my phone and electronics change forward an hour sometimes they come back to this time. UGGGGGGG.
Then Moses answered and said But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’ So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.” Exodus 4:1-2
I was just reading and minding my own business, (and the business of a few others) when I see God told Moses to go and tell Pharaoh to set the Israelite slaves free, Moses made all sorts of excuses why he couldn’t do that, he stuttered, he’d been a shepherd living in the wilderness for forty years, no one would listen. But God said, Moses, what’s in your hand? It was just a stick known as a staff, but when God turned it into a snake, what seemed pretty ordinary became extraordinary. Later, it was that same common staff that God told Moses to raise up and the Red Sea parted supernaturally.

God has put something in us, something that may seem ordinary, that marks us for greatness. We’re always looking for the spectacular, but often all that we need starts with something we think is common. If we dare to do what He’s asking you to do, you’ll come into these destiny moments when you break out to levels you’ve never dreamed. So, get in agreement with God. No longer lack mentality. Someone once said small acts of obedience lead to great miracles. Do the natural, and God will do the supernatural. He’ll breathe on your life in a new way. Oh, and your kids won’t have to worry about waiting in the dark, because Jesus is the Light. Remember Who Loves Ya.

11/01/2026

10/31/2026

Good morning. First of all, thank you all for praying for my friend in Wyoming. Our Father has done a great healing, and we are so very grateful. This morning there is so much fog outside that you can’t see our past 100’. But that is when Faith comes in. You can’t see it, but you know what is out there and working for you. Thank you so very much again.
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 1 Peter 5:8-9
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus said that His disciples should keep watch and should pray. He knew that His disciples would be tested by everything that was about to happen. They needed to be ready, and to pray, so that they would be able to stand in the time of testing.
Now, kinda like the disciples of old, Christians should keep watch and pray. We need to stay sober-minded, so that we will be ready to handle whatever comes our way. We need to stay prayed up so that we are not caught by surprise. We can’t just waltz through life ignorant. This doesn’t mean that we should walk through life in fear of the future, but it does mean that we need to be ready for anything.
We need to be ready because that ‘ol devil is still prowling around like a roaring lion, and he is still looking for someone to devour. He creates the troubles, and tribulations of life to sn**ch us from the flock and beat us up a bit. He knows that the troubles of life will test us to the limit and cause us to question everything we believe. Like a lion on the prowl, he will try to sneak up on us, we need to be ready when he decides to pounce.
Peter encourages us by saying that we are not alone in this war with the devil. Every Christian should stay awake and pray. The ‘ol devil is on the prowl around the world. We should all pray for each other, to hold fast to the faith. Now take good care of those kiddos out there today, don’t take away their Joy, but by all means help them to know the Truth! Pray over them, and Remember Who Loves Ya.

10/31/2026

OK folks need some prayer for a good friend of mine in Wyoming. Cow knocked his horse down, then got him down. We have a broken hip, internal bleeding, and possibly some other stuff. They have life flighted him to Billings right now. Thank you. By His stripes we are and were already healed in Jesus Name 🙌🤠❤️🙏

10/30/2026

Good morning. Lots of frost on the ground, in the trees and yes even in the air. I think after our first snow the other day we are on our way to our warmup or as you may remember it called, Indian summer. (are we allowed to call it that?) Oh, it will get cold at night, but then when that sun peeks over the mountains the warmth just gives you Love. I wish y’all could experience what we get to see on a daily basis. But in the same way you can feel it. When the morning breaks, and you pour that cup of brown bubbly, as your eyes fix on the East, you feel the SON break into your soul and give you a kind of warmth that you may not be able to see with your natural eyes.
But you, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up even stronger. Pray with the help of the Holy Spirit. Jude 20
OK, sometimes it’s easy to rely on other people to encourage, to support, to validate you, but that makes how you feel about yourself kind of dependent on them doesn’t it? Hey calm down, I’m just thinking out loud right now. But really, should we give them all that power. Maybe, just Maybe, the Scripture says to build yourself up. If nobody is complimenting you, learn to compliment and approve yourself. I get caught up in this thing now and again. If nobody made you feel special today, the good news is that you can make yourself feel special. I have been listening to a very Christian Brain Surgeon lately. (don’t you dare laugh) He talked about the differences between the brain, 2-21/2 lbs of stuff, and the human MIND. Yes, using scripture. WOW, I have been blessed. Just go look in the mirror and tell yourself what God says about you. I am a masterpiece, one of a kind, a prized possession. Sometimes we have to RENEW OUR MINDS as the scripture says. I’m made in the image of Almighty God, and I am His child. I have royal blood flowing through my veins from the Adoption and Blood transfusion Jesus gave on the cross. I’ve been handpicked by the Creator of the universe. I’m accepted. I’m worthy. I’m valuable.

You’ll never get from other people what only God can give you. When you learn to build yourself up, you don’t need other people to keep you encouraged or favored. You’re already built up, you just have to remind your mind! You already know who you are. You’ve taken control. Living with God’s endorsement is a pretty powerful way to live. Amen, or Oh Me? Remember Who Loves Ya.

10/28/2026

Good morning. Well, I have been praying for something to happen, and once it did I had thought about what I had done and realized I should be much more specific. Nonetheless, thank you Father for bringing the moisture that we sooo needed. Today we received our first load of snow!!!!!!! Yup I had been praying for snow this winter and I should have said, please start it 1 week before Christmas. I did forget how fast He fulfils My Pray requests;-)
And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the waves obey him? Mark 4:41
I was reading this verse and watching the snow fall and thinking, this verse comes at the end of the scene where Jesus is sleeping in the fishing boat during a storm. They wake him, convinced they are about to die, so obviously they expected Him to do something right? Maybe they thought He would have some good sailing advice, or maybe He would pray to God to save them. Then Jesus simply rebukes the storm (and then rebukes them for their lack of faith), they are shocked with fear, great fear to match the great storm. The sea is calm, but they are still afraid. They fear because this man they thought they knew has power even to command the wind and waves.
In fact, the very next story Mark tells us, begins with a demon-possessed man running up to Jesus calling Him as the Son of the Most High God. The story ends with the townspeople seeing the calm man and being afraid of Jesus, even asking Him to leave. They recognize the power as the power of God, and it scares them too.
Now, does the holiness of Jesus fill you with fear? We sing in church, WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS, but He is not our buddy, He is God! When seeing the first disciples in Luke 5, Peter recognized the true nature of the Lord; he fell down on his face and said, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
For those of us who have been washed in Jesus’ blood and cleansed from all sin, we shouldn’t be in fear of Jesus, but a respectful fear is still deserved. I think that when I meet Jesus in heaven, I will not run up to him for a hug; but I will fall on my face in worship.
Did you ever read the verses in Revelation where it talks about the creatures that stand around the throne and constantly repeat the same words? They say, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come! I used to think that sounded like kind of a boring job, but now I think I’d like to join them. Yep, stand strong, Love Jesus, and Remember Who Loves Ya.

10/26/2026

Good morning. It tried to rain outside for about oh, 10 minutes, but it did kinda thrill me a little. I just am waiting for the Lord to continue to take care of us. We can look online, listen to the experts, even follow the ‘ol Farmers Almanac, of which I do like to do. But, I would so much rather put ALL of my faith in my Lord to take care of us as He always does.
Then Jesus caught Peter with his hand. He said, Your faith is small. Why did you doubt? Matthew 14:31
The story of Jesus and Peter walking on water is a story that speaks to the life of every one of us in Christ. Although few disciples, if any, will ever again be called to walk on water like Peter, they will be called to do all sorts of other things in service to Jesus that will seem difficult, if not impossible.
Just like Peter was called to get out of the boat and come to Jesus, every believer is called to leave where they have been and go where He is. Yes, there may be obstacles like dark water, or what looks like an impossible situation to get there, But Jesus is still the Great Shepherd and like it or not, we are His sheep. Our purpose is to stop going in the direction we used to go in and follow Him instead. He calls each one of us to the purpose He has for us.
Just like Peter, then, we have to step out of the comfort of the boat of our comfort and start to walk where Jesus is walking, even if it’s on the water. We may not be able to see how it’s possible, we may only be able to see the difficulties and problems but step out anyway. The life of a follower of Jesus is a life of faith in Him.
If we step out in faith and follow Jesus, then we must not have doubt in our hearts. Oh trust me, there will always be reasons to doubt, there will always be wind and waves, because the world we live in is a world full of trouble. No one gets a free pass. BUT don’t doubt the call of Jesus.
But Peter sank? Ya he did, and like him every disciple will have times when anxieties overrule our minds. When that happens and we start to sink, then, call out to Jesus for His help. Jesus is always there ready to lift us up. He will never leave us nor forsake us.
After all, it was Jesus Himself who said, you can be sure that I will be with you always. I will continue with you until the end of time. Matthew 28:20. Remember Who Loves Ya.