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“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,” (Philippians 1:9-10)

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Where Is The Time Going?

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“The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.” (1 Corinthians 2:14)

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“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6:33)

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“For we know him who said, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people." It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews 10:30-31)

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“My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.” (1 John 2:1)

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Happy Birthday Zachary!

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“So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.” (Hebrews 10:35-36)

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Tomorrow's Zach's Birthday!

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“Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” (Romans 5:3-4)

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“Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” (Romans 15:7)

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Inner Healing Class

Last night I was in an Inner Healing class. This is the last class that I'm required to take before I am officially a part of the Healing Ministry. Dr. SL talked about the different childhood traumas that lock into people's minds and prevents them from moving forward in life because of the unforgiveness. It was very interesting.

[side note: well i guess i'm moving forward the way God wants me to.]

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“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Corinthians 13:14)

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51 of 90 Days

While I was praying this morning, I told God that for the rest of the month, my response to "How are you?" is going to be, "God has granted us another beautiful day!"

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“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” (Ephesians 4:29)

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“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” (Philippians 2:3-4)

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Next Saturday is Zach's Birthday Party!

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“Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children” (Ephesians 5:1)

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“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.” (James 3:13) 

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God Delivers!

This morning on my way to work, I was driving in the right lane...knowing that I need to be in the left lane to get on the interstate. Man, traffic was so bumper-to-bumper that there was no possible way for me to squeeze in front of someone. At least no possible way ‘in my power.’ So I turned off the radio and said, “Okay God, I need you right now. I need you to make a way for me to get over so I don’t miss my turn.” And I’ll be darned, if it wasn’t less than five seconds later when a man in the left lane, driving an SUV stopped at the green light that everyone in the left lane, kissing bumpers, had been waiting so eagerly for. STOP… Let me see if I can explain this correctly. The guy in the SUV, stopped at our green light to let oncoming traffic make their turn. Never mind the fact that there is a green light, and he needed to proceed on because of the angry mob behind him waiting to go. So picture him in the left lane and me in the right lane (2nd person behind a truck), both lanes needing to cross the light. The SUV is letting about two or three cars turn in front of him and now the light is turning yellow. The truck in front of me pulls off and I pull off too! By the SUV letting people cross in front of him, gave me more than enough room to cross in front of him to the left lane when the light turned yellow. I was just driving and praising God for that one, because I was sooo not picturing things happening that way. But that just reminded me not to put God in a box, because what may be our way of doing something, is not necessarily His way of doing something.

I hope you understood the story.

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“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.” (1 John 4:16)

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“If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.” (Philippians 2:1-2) 

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Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005 ALREADY!!!

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“Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.” (1 Peter 3:8)

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“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4)

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My Cousin & His New Suit

Is this a ghetto-looking suit or am I just not hip?

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“I lift up my eyes to the hills— where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121:1-2)

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Why Was Wal-Mart Turned Away?

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“Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.” (Titus 2:2)

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“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.” (Psalm 143:10)

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My Cousin's Here

My Cousin "J" has come to live with us for a while. So nice :)

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“Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.” (John 14:23)

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Church Marketing

Wow... this is sure up my alley!

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“Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20) 

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Is Kanye West Right?

Kanye West's statement on NBC last night was this: "I hate the way they portray us in the media.  "If you see a black family it says they are looting if you see a white family it says they are looking for food. We already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war now fighting another way and they’ve given them permission to go down and shoot us. "George Bush doesn't care about black people."

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“This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.” (Isaiah 48:17)

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“The earth is filled with your love, O LORD; teach me your decrees.” (Psalm 119:64)

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