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 (Intro & Bio) - THE RIGHT WORD© with Brother Scott :
Start here first ... if you want to know what is important to know about me and why I write and speak weekly the things that I do! Except for my siblings and other relatives who call me by my first name (withheld!), I am known by all others as either Scott Riaubia or Brother Scott. The name originates from Lithuania (makes me wonder if that’s why my last name ends in “ia”).
I was born in 1955 on a day when the country puts up our stars and stripes in June. I am a red-blooded American male, father and grandfather, and have been married to my bride of 42 years. I am a military veteran of the Viet Nam era, although not a U.S Army combat veteran. After leaving military service I spent the next 27 years working for some of the largest corporations in America, generally in financial services in one way or another.  (Mar 23 2025) - First Focus : A Closer Look
PORTERVILLE, CA -- We have taken a good look at the command of God to love Him above all others and to love others as we do ourselves (ex. Deuteronomy 6:4, 10:12, Mark 12:28-31). In today’s follow-up discussion we are going to more closely define what that love looks like as it is to be expressed through the mind, heart, words and actions of a believer that walks in biblical love. Why take the time? Because like the lawyer in the parable of the good Samaritan, we can easily try to set the conditions for what that love will be in us toward God and others, which will inevitably fall short of the what God requires. (Mar 16 2025) - First Focus - Part II
PORTERVILLE, CA -- “If you try and try and try to walk in the righteous ways of our holy God but consistently fail (you sin by lying, sexual issues, hatred, unforgiveness, envy, etc.) It Boils Down To This One Reason: You do not love God nor fear Him enough! There is the need for the work of the cross on your sinful nature to put an end to sinning but if you do not love God with your whole heart, soul, mind, and strength, you do not have the needed inspiration to seek the power of the cross to put an end to your habitual sinning. If we will go to the cross for the death of sinful nature it is because we love God—a lot.” (Mar 09 2025) - First Focus
PORTERVILLE, CA -- † Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ... Once we are born again from above, we must soon come to understand that we are to walk in love and to open the doors of our heart and mind to that prime directive of Heaven. You will recall something that I have said over the years of what the Apostle John’s has emphasized in his writings—and that is that “we are to stop sinning and if you get anything right, get love right.” Although it does not happen overnight in most lives, a walk of love is a command of God and is to happen; I believe it is to be our first focus as to the changes that are to take root in our lives and by love gives us victory over the very strong and competing worldly behaviors of our former lives. |
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