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Receiving In God Ministries Inc.
P.O.Box 578
Carmi,IL. 62821
Phone # (618) 383-2107
 Hello Drivers I logged over 3 million miles as a otr truck driver from 1972 - 2007 and I have written a lot of it in my songs. God has taken me off the road and put me into full time ministry, but I still have a heart for all you drivers out there on that Ole Lonesome Road.. Christian Truckers let's change the image of the American Trucker back to the way it was years ago.
This page is dedicated to the over the road truckdriver. They are the life line of this great nation we call America! " If you have it, "a trucker brought it" so we salute the American Trucker. These same truckers are a big part of this ministry. There are so many of those truckers who carry our cd's across this country passing them out all across America. This ministry went from giving out 1000 free cd's the first month, Feb 2007 to the current time we are giving away over 15,000 free cd's every month. By the end of 2011 we produced over 700,000 cd's and gave them away free of charge. Without the truckers this would not be possible. So we salute the American Truckers with this page and we would love to send you some of our free cd's for you to listen to as you travel that ole Lonesome Road. We hope you enjoy them and we would also love to send you some of our songs to listen to out there on that ole Lonesome Road free of charge!!! Please feel free to contact us and ask for our special truck driving cd " Driving This Lonesome Road."
  Drivers we have a new ministry partner to introduce to you. Faith Outreach Ministries P.O.Box 74 ~ Dandridge,Tn. 37725 Rev. Thomas Little ~ 704-896-5656 Jack Norton 704-308-0716 Randy Norton 865-405-7227 Don Armour 865-388-7372 Give one of these guys a call and find out about this brand new telephone ministry. Tel-A-Ministry every wednesday night at 9pm eastern time they have a church service via telephone and they would like to invite all you drivers to join them by dialing 605-990-0200 and put in access code 288654# when prompted. Please try to tune in on Wednesday nights at 9 eastern time and join this exciting new ministry.
Taking Me Home
Mile after mile, Day after day
It’s a long hard ride, down this lonesome highway
Wheels are hummin like a sad old song
Windshield wipers singing along
Taking Me Home Back Where I belong
Kind of lonely in this, cab alone
me and Jesus down this Lonesome Road
Music playing on my old radio,
Merle Haggard, singing me back home
Taking me home Back where I belong
It’s Taking Me home Back where I belong
It seems like years, since I been gone
This old road, never seems to end
It’s Taking me home Back where I belong
This highways been my home for some time
Cell phones keep from losing my mind
Lord’s beside me He’s leading the way
With prayer and hope I’ll be home today
Taking Me Home Back Where I belong
It’s Taking Me Home Back where I Belong
It seems like years, since I been gone
This old road, never seems to end
It’s taking me home Back where I belong
It’s taking me home Back where I belong
RIG # 30 On The Road
There's been so many times when I've been gone
It seems like when you need me, I'm never at home
All I ever wanted was to be a man you could rely on
But it's hard to be that kind of man, when your on the road
Chorus:
Oh! life on the road is a lonely lonely song
No matter how you sing, it'll always make you cry
The love that we have known, is a lonely life alone
Oh it seems like all we're ever doing, is saying goodbye
There;s a price to pay for the choices that we make
Sometimes the cost seems like more than we can take
All I ever wanted was to be therefor you
But when I'm always gone it's so hard for me to do,
On the Road
Oh! life on the road is a lonely lonely song
No matter how you sing, it'll always make you cry
The love that we have known, is a lonely life alone
Oh it seems like all we're ever doing, is saying goodbye
If I could have one wish, it would be to turn back the hands of time
So I could erase the pain I've caused from your mind
If only I could make this dream come true
If I could have it my way, It would be me and you
On The Road
Oh! life on the road is a lonely lonely song
No matter how you sing, it'll always make you cry
The love that we have known, is a lonely life alone
Oh it seems like all we're ever doing, is saying goodbye
Oh it seems like all we're ever doing, is saying goodbye
I Want to introduce you to my songwriting partner Smiling Tom Caldwell here is a song he wrote several years before we became songwriting partners.
Highway Melody
Eighteen wheels are rolling…..Humming through the night…..Singing Amazing Grace…..And I Saw the Light….. Yes, I love to sing along…..To the highway melody…..Telling the whole wide world…..What Jesus means to me.
Eighteen wheels are humming …..down the old highway…..singing Love Lifted Me…..and the Unclouded Day….. Yes, I love to sing along…..To the highway melody…..Telling the whole wide world…..What Jesus means to me.
Eighteen wheels are rolling…..Past the highway patrol…..Singing Never Alone…..And It Is Well With My Soul….. Yes, I love to sing along…..To the highway melody…..Telling the whole wide world…..What Jesus means to me.
Jesus loves the children…..and truck drivers too…..Yes, I’m singing about …..Folks like me and you…..Yes, I love to sing along…..To the highway melody…..Telling the whole wide world…..What Jesus means to me.
 THIS IS MY STORY, THIS IS MY SONG - Hello my name is Smiling Tom, a disciple of Jesus Christ cleverly disguised as an over-the-road truck driver. For many years the evil in me far outweighed the good. Lustful desires were the master I served. For Christians the soul controls the spirit, the spirit controls the body, and all things are done in moderation. For unsaved church members, the body controls the spirit, the spirit controls the soul, and that person is headed for eternal damnation. Hypocrite is the word for me because I was playing church. My soul was sliding down a slippery slope toward the pit of hell. One day Holy Ghost conviction fell on me like a ton of bricks. I tried to pray to the God in my head, a pitiful pity-party- plea that died right there in the cab of my truck. I could not breathe, my heart was so heavy I thought I was having a heart attack. Desperately I wanted Jesus Christ out of my head and into my heart. The journey from the valley of depression (where sin ruled my life) to the mountain top experience of salvation (where love rules my life) was a trip I could not make alone. All I knew was I did not want to go to hell. I had been listening to a sermon on cassette tape about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The preacher told me they crucified my Savior naked. For a Jewish man to have himself completely exposed for all the world to see was the ultimate insult. As my truck speed down the Interstate, I stood face to face with Jesus Christ, savior of those who open their heart to Him. My old cold unrepentant heart was broken into a million pieces. I confessed my sins. I begged for His mercy. I heard Jesus say “Come unto Me!” The Holy Spirit opened my spiritual eyes. In my mind I was transported to Golgotha’s bloody hill. I stood at the foot of His cross. I felt some of His pain, some of His suffering, some of His agony, I realized some of His shame, I confessed His name. God’s amazing grace flooded into my body, into my spirit, into my soul. Jesus Christ moved from my head into my heart. I pulled my tractor trailer truck to the side of the Interstate highway. I began to cry. I began to pray. I shouted a little bit temporarily forgetting I was a Baptist. PRAISE GOD – I am an American, Christian, Truck Driving Man.
“Highway Melody” . . . a view of life
from behind a windshield . . .
Psalms Chapter 40 verses 1-8
1. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God; many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. 4. Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5. Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 6. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8. I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Gary Rayburn: is the song writing partner of Smiling Tom Caldwell. Brother Gary can be contacted at P. O. Box 578, Carmi, Il 62821. Now here is my story:
“It was august 1995 but I remember it like it was yesterday. My wife Linda was going to this little country church and we had been having trouble with our marriage and so I decided it might help if I was to start going to church with her. Well I had been going a few months and listening to the preacher but it seemed like every week that preacher was standing up there talking about me. So I did what a lot of people do I quit going. Things got worse in our marriage and in my personal life. After one of our arguments I told my wife to just leave I'd had enough. She left alright right and went straight to her pastor and put him onto me. We talked and he read to me from a book on eternal life. The preacher presented Jesus Christ to me but I still had spiritually blind eyes. The next morning I was up early and on the road. As I sat behind the steering wheel of my rig the words of the book replayed through my mind. Without knowing why the tears were streaming down my face and my heart was telling me I needed some relief. I was stubborn and kept saying to myself that I was not going to believe unless God gave me a definite sign. Well, I couldn’t stop the tears so I began to talk with God asking for a sign.
Just as the sun began to lighten up the eastern sky I was driving along on Interstate 55 when I saw it. Out in the middle of a field, off to the side of the highway, I saw a little an old weather beaten, cracked, faded blue sign. The words were still visible and I almost wrecked my truck when I read: CHRIST IS THE ANSWER! I wasn’t sure that was a sign from God. Later in the day a church van passed me on the road and a lady pointed towards heaven as the van passed my truck. I wasn’t sure that was a sign from God. Still later in the day I was rolling back toward home when I came up on this roadside bill board with a giant picture of the face of Jesus on it and the words: THIS ONE’S FOR YOU. I finally yielded my stubborn unbelief and accepted Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior of my life. He saved my soul, He cleaned me up inside and out, He set my feet on the straight and narrow, and He healed my marriage by giving me a new outlook on love. Jesus had lifted all my burdens that day and I was floating on high. The problems of every day life are still there but I don't have to face them alone Jesus is always there with me.
This is my testimony in song "At the Foot of the Tree" My testimony cd is called "This One's For You" if you haven't heard it I would love to send it to you free of charge just contact me and ask for it. Gary Rayburn
At The Foot of The Tree
At the crossroads of life, Lost without hope
18 wheels of lonesome, At the end of the road
In my hand was a tract, The preacher had read
His words still echoing, in back of my head
I felt so ashamed, when I thought of my past
Then I called His name, this chance, would it be my last?
Chorus:
Then I saw Jesus, Hanging on that tree
I lifted up my heart, from down on my knees
Today I met Jesus, at the foot of the cross
Broken hearted and lonesome, so long I had been lost
I left a lifetime of misery, at the foot of the tree
2. Now those 18 wheels are rolling,
down that ole lonesome road
and I share the "Good News" wherever I go
Yes there's been a change, I'm not the man I use to be
and I love to tell everybody, what happen to me
I felt so ashamed, when I thought of my past
so I called His name, this chance, would it be my last?
Then I saw Jesus, hanging on that tree
I lifted up my heart, from down on my knees
Today I met Jesus, at the foot of the cross
Broken hearted and lonesome, so long I had been lost
Then I saw Jesus, hanging on that tree
I lfted up my heart from down on my knees
Today I met Jesus at the foot of the cross
broken hearted and lonesome so long I had been lost
I left a lifetime of misery, at the foot of the tree
foot of the tree
Rob Wilson moving Part of Rig # 30 into place!!
Driving This Lonesome Road
I've been driving all night, I got 400 miles to go
The pedal to the metal, Vince Gill on the radio
I just went through Texarkana, Headed down to San Antonio
Well that's the life of a trucker, Driving this lonesome road
Well my backside sore and this ole truck sure is slow
I can hear temptation calling me on the C B radio
She promised me good lovin' or she'll surely get me stoned
Well that's the life of a trucker
Driving this lonesome road
Drive trucker drive, run for your life
She's the devil in disguise and she's gonna ruin your life
Well it Can't be the money that keeps me on the run
It's the white line fever that keeps me on the road
Well I could probablly get lucky down in San Antonio
Find a Lone star honey, That would want to call this rig her own
But you know that kinda lovin' will only wreck your home
Well that's the life of the trucker, driving this lonesome road
Drive trucker drive, run for your life
She's the devil in disguise and she's gonna ruin your life
Well it Can't be the money that keeps me on the run
It's the white line fever that keeps me on the road
Well drive trucker drive, run for your life
She's the devil in disguise and she's gonna ruin your life
Well it Can't be the money that keeps me on the run
It's the white line fever that keeps me on the road
Yeah
That's the life of a trucker drivin' this lonesome road
Driving this white line fever on the road
Driving down the road pulling a heavy load
Yeah
That's the life of a trucker, drivin' this lonesome road
Back Before C.B. Radio’s
Back When 700 miles a day, was only a …. Truck drivers dream
The Interstate highway was the future
And truck stops were few….and far between
Chorus:
You’d listen to the motor scream
And the gentle hum of 18 wheels a rollin’
Beneath your feet
The only thing to look forward to was a hot…shower…
And a meal….then to get some sleep
Back before C.B. Radio’s
Drivin’ thru the night with no one else to talk too
But the Man up in the stars….above your head
An ole worn out suit case was your pillow
A board behind your seat….was your bed
You wake before the sunrise in the morning….to begin
A brand new day
Chorus:
You’d listen to the motor scream
And the gentle hum of 18 wheels a rollin’
Beneath your feet
Back before C.B. radio’s
Cold coffee from an ole beat up thermos
Sweat rollin’….down your brow
Another day of chasing that same lonely road
Just to carry….that ole heavy load
You fight the summer heat and ole man winter’s snow
Final destination….God only knows
Chorus:
You’d listen to the motor scream
And the gentle hum of 18 wheels a rollin’
Beneath your feet
The only thing to look forward to was a hot…shower…
And a meal….then to get some sleep
You fight the summer heat and ole man winter’s snow
Final destination….God only knows
Back before C.B. Radio’s
Back Before C.B.Radio’s
THIS ROAD IS LONELY
THIS ROAD IS LONELY -- THIS ROAD IS CRUEL
IT CAN BREAK OUR LOVE-- RIGHT IN TWO
NO ONE'S IMMUNE -- NOT ME NOT YOU
THIS ROAD IS LONELY-- HERE WITHOUT YOU
WHEN YOU LEFT ME -- MY WORLD CAME DOWN
NOW I JUST FOLLOW THIS ROAD FROM TOWN TO TOWN
SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE –I swear I DON'T KNOW WHO
BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE-- HERE LIKE YOU/GONNA BE LIKE YOU
CHORUS
I GAVE YOU MY LOVE --AND THIS 14 CARROT RING
YOUR LEAVIN ME --SHOULD SET ME FREE--BUT IT DON’T CHANGE A THING
HOW CAN I PROVE-- MY LOVE IS TRUE
ON THIS ROAD THAT’S LONELY-- HERE WITHOUT YOU
I’LL JUST PRETEND-- YOU’RE HERE WITH ME
BUT THIS EMPTY CAB IS ALL I SEE
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH --YOU KNOW I DO
BUT I JUST CAN’T STAND THIS MISSIN YOU
ONCE UPON A TIME
DARLING I KNOW I PROBABLY SHOULDN’T HAVE CALLED
BUT I JUST HAD TO LET YOU KNOW
I’M STILL CRAZY -- IN LOVE WITH YOU
AND I WAS A FOOL TO EVER LET YOU GO
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY
WE WALKED HAND IN HAND BACK THEN
CONNECTED AT THE HEART -- WE WERE NEVER GONNA PART
CAN YOU REMEMBER WHEN
ONCE UPON A TIME
HOW MUCH WE WERE IN LOVE BACK THEN
YOU SAID YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE MINE
THIS IS NOT THE WAY FAIRY TALES ARE SUPPOSE TO END
IF ONLY I COULD ERASE THE PAIN I’VE CAUSED
MAYBE THEN OUR LOVE WOULDN’T BE LOST
CAN YOU REMEMBER WHEN
ONCE UPON A TIME
OH BABY! I KNOW YOU CAN’T TALK -- I KNOW HE’S THERE
BUT IF YOU’LL JUST LISTEN -- IF YOU STILL CARE
LET ME OPEN UP MY HEART
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD MISS YOU THIS MUCH
PLEASE DON’T TELL ME YOUR IN LOVE WITH HIM
IF YOU WOULD JUST TELL ME OUR LOVE HAS A CHANCE AGAIN
CAN YOU STILL REMEMBER WHEN
ONCE UPON A TIME
HOW MUCH WE WERE IN LOVE BACK THEN
YOU SAID YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE MINE
THIS IS NOT THE WAY FAIRY TALES ARE SUPPOSE TO END
IF ONLY I COULD ERASE THE PAIN I’VE CAUSED
MAYBE THEN OUR LOVE WOULDN’T BE LOST
CAN YOU STILL REMEMBER WHEN
ONCE UPON A TIME
OH BABY! CAN YOU STILL REMEMBER WHEN
ONCE UPON A TIME
A Million Tears
Every night the dreams the same, my darling
Scenes of all our blissful happy years
But every morning my heart aches so inside me
And it looks like I’ll probably cry a million tears
On the bedroom door door hangs your levi coat you use to wear
And I still smell your cologne in the air
And this ole house it’s so lonely with out you hear
And it looks like I’ll probably cry a million tears
Do you remember the notes we use to write
Always and forever, before God together
The vows we made they never meant a thing to you
And it looks like I’ll probably cry a million tears
Do you remember the notes we use to write
Always and forever, before God together
The vows we made they never meant a thing to you
And it looks like I’ll probably cry a million tears
Every night the dreams the same, my darling
Scenes of all our blissful happy years
But one of these mornings when I awake
And my heart doesn’t ache
By then I’ll know I’ve cried a million tears
Yeah that’s when I’ll know I’ve cried a million tears
Yeah that’s when I’ll know I’ve cried a million tears
Contact Information
Receiving In God Ministries Inc.
P.O.Box 578
Carmi,IL. 62821
Phone # (618) 383-2107
God Allows U Turns
"All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son,and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him." Matthew 11:27
The big cat engine was whining, I had finished all the gear grinding, the morning sun was blinding, on an cheese egg biscuit I was dining, and my last cup of coffee was eating my stomach lining. In other words it was a routine day. Mixed in amongst all my Johnny Cash sings the blues cassette tapes was a new sermon tape which I had just received through the U.S. mail. I placed the new tape into the cassette player and turned up the volume so I could hear it over the road noises. Two facts: One * I was an unsaved church member on a down hill run with no brakes ready to bust hell wide open. Two " God allows U turns." Brother Jonah, who rode for three days in the belly of the great fish, and I have one thing in common we were running away from God. You can't hide from God, my friend, because there is no place He hasn't been. The great fish made a U turn and Brother Jonah headed back toward Nineveh. Brother Paul riding on the superhighway between Jerusalem and Damascus when blinded by a great light and met Jesus Christ head on made a U turn. There are many impressive U turns listed in the Bible and the history of the church. The evangelist preaching on the cassette tape made the statement that Jesus was crucified naked and this was a great insult for a Jewish man to be seen naked in public. There was no blinding light to knock me off my donkey. There were no trumpets blasting, no great fish to throw me up on the beach, no outward sign of any change in me. But, inside of me the Holy Spirit opened my spiritual eyes and I stood at the foot of the cross of Jesus Christ and asked Him to forgive me of my sins. The tears flowed from my eyes, the praises rolled from my lips, so much emotion poured out of me that I had to pull my truck over to the side of the Interstate and had me a holly fit. If you are on a down hill slide toward the pits of hell you too can make a U turn.
God’s Plan of Salvation:
It is a fact that God loves you. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
It is a fact that you are a sinner. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23
It is a fact that you are now dead in sin. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23
It is a fact that Christ died for you. “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:6 – 8
It is a fact that you can be saved by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. “And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” Acts 16:30, 31
It is a fact that you can be saved and know it. “He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar;…..And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” 1st John 5: 10 – 13
It is a fact that you are now a child of God and you are to obey Him. “Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:29
If you would like to make that U-Turn you could pray a simple prayer like this one here:
“Heavenly Father, I invite Jesus Christ into my life as my Lord and as my Savior. I believe Jesus died for my sins. His blood was shed so that I could be forgiven and I believe that he has been raised from the dead. I surrender my life to you Jesus and I accept You as my Lord from this moment forward. I receive the forgiveness of sins through your shed blood Jesus. Take out my old heart, Lord, and give me a new heart, a new spirit, a new life and I will follow you, with your help, by your grace, all the days of my life. In Jesus’ Name.”
Praise the Lord!! you have just confirmed your eternal destination, and your name has been recorded into the Lamb's Book of Life. We are so very honored to be able to stand with you through this powerful and life changing event. We are confident that together with the Lord your former life and lifestyle will be gone and many wonderful and exciting opportunities will be before you. Please contact our ministry, so that we might be able to help you by sending you our free cd’s to help you on this new walk you are entering into. We pray for a hedge of protection around you as you begin this new walk, may God Bless you as you begin this exciting journey.
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