I ran in the Bengal 5K this morning. The shirt I wore has a Cross on the
back and the front says: "A blood donor saved my life." When I received
my Racing Bib, I went to my van and looked up a Bible verse with the
same numbers (2344) and this is what I found:
Luke 23:44 The Message
"By now it was noon. The whole earth became dark, the darkness lasting three hours—a total blackout. The Temple curtain split right down the middle. Jesus called loudly, "Father, I place my life in your hands!" Then he breathed his last."
Tomorrow I begin a fast that leads up to Good Friday. I think it's cool how some things line up in life. I could not have written a script for these events. I get the point - Jesus died for me.
**********
To him she's just a decoy.
He just wants another toy.
Lady's lookin for a guy who'll stay,
She's hope'n forever and a day.
Guy's lookin for a roll in the hay,
Girl ain't nothin but a toy to play.
Now the lady's got a new Son.
Still claimin to be a virgin.
She's found forever in the risen One.
This woman will never again be forsaken.
**********
GREATER THINGS
Jesus walked on water.
We are meant to walk under water.
When we are immersed in His Holy Spirit
we are baptized and receive power that will lead
others through the murky waters into the newness of Christ.
**********
The murky swamp of a person's past
appears as a pristine lake of purity
when viewed through the eyes of a
mind renewed in Christ.
**********
We need more adult like, mature ladies to teach the younger ladies how to respect themselves. Young girls are falling prey to guys who are just looking for a piece of meat. They end up used and abused and sometimes pregnant.
We need more adult like, mature men to teach the younger men how to respect themselves. Young men are acting like wolves looking for their next meal. They end up dead, killing someone, fatherlessing a child or in jail.
We have a culture that accepts and even expects disrespect. Last night in front of our Youth Center, I stood on the street corner yelling at both guys and girls. I yelled at guys for their disrespectful behavior. I yelled at girls for accepting that behavior. We all have a responsibility.
***********
***********
I FEEL ANGRY TODAY.
We live in a finger pointing world that loves to demonize people and lock them up for their crimes. Evil starts with evil and left untreated will continue to beget evil. The only treatment is forgiveness and love. I am not saying that we go easy on criminals. I am saying that we need to start teaching children about love, mercy, grace and forgiveness.
There was a Dude who was a victim of a heinous crime and in the midst of torture said to his dad; "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." Some people really don't know what they are doing because the pain of evil that was inflicted upon them causes them to inflict pain on others as they are spiritually and emotionally blinded to healing. Let's study and teach solution oriented programs about abuse to children and their parents.
WE CAN STOP ABUSE AGAINST CHILDREN!
**********
LOVE accepts me:
As I am.
Forgives what I was.
Believes in what I can be.
**********
"How well God must like you—
you don't hang out at Sin Saloon,
you don't slink along Dead-End Road,
you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.
Instead you thrill to God's Word,
you chew on Scripture day and night.
You're a tree replanted in Eden,
bearing fresh fruit every month,
Never dropping a leaf,
always in blossom."
Psalm 1 The Message
**********
Deeply rooted wounds in the heart
are the result of unhealed wounds
inflicted by other wounded people.
An unhealed wound of the flesh
creates an illness in the spirit called sin.
Deeply rooted wounds can become
insatiable desires of the flesh that
will destroy your soul.
God wants to take the mud
off of the eyes of your heart
and heal your spiritual wound.
Will you continue the wounding
or spread healing beginning with yourself?
**********
Thank you God for bringing people into my life
that help bring more of You into me.
**********
"If we begin to teach our children about compassion and trust,
the future will be made up of active participants who believe
that they have the ability to make positive changes in society."
**********
Seldom does God reveal the test until you have given your final answer. The test is multiple choice with only 2 answers: God Himself or yourself.
**********
Some folks think abortion is okay if it will spare the baby a painful life.
What if Mary chose to abort Jesus
to spare him the agony of a torturous death?
Has anyone ever told you how much God loves you
and that He has a plan for your life?
**********
The pursuit of love of neighbor should mirror Gods pursuit of man - RELENTLESS!
**********
Pray for people with flashbacks.
"I don't have to be what has happened to me."
"I don't have to do what has been done to me."
"What has been done to me does not define me"
God I know that you created us as good. I know that evil has touched us. Please help us to see the goodness of your mercy and grace that will remove the evil that has touched us. Cause us to be a cleansed and pure people as temples of your Holy Spirit. The evil that has touched us has been left in the grave as you rolled away the gravestone to reveal our new life in You. Amen.
**********
Global Warming: Holy Spirit fire heating up the devils playground.
**********
The breath of God = The aroma of forgiveness.
The aroma of Christ is the scent of the sent.
**********
Once upon a minute there was a whosoever who called upon the name of the Lord and got saved.
**********
Remember every road
that God led you on
for those forty years in the wilderness,
pushing you to your limits,
testing you
so that he would know what you were made of,
whether you would keep his commandments or not.
He put you through hard times.
He made you go hungry.
Deuteronomy 8 The Message
**********
Learn to embrace the settings of life as well as the risings.
**********
ABANDONMENT = SUNSET
You may have been abandoned in your life.
Maybe it was a parent, a spouse or a friend.
Right now, this moment,
decide to cast off your abandonment complex
that causes you to feel inferior and shun new relationships.
Everyday the sun sets. Do you feel abandoned by the sun.
Everyday the sun rises. You are not abandoned forever.
Learn to embrace the settings of life as well as the risings.
God loves you so much that He gave His only Son to be abandoned to the grave. The abandonment was temporary. He rose again. Go and do likewise. God will help you turn despair into desire.
**********
**********
A 24-7 Youth Center in Buffalo.
We will welcome victims of abuse.
We will welcome gang members of all ages.
We will welcome the homeless.
We will welcome victims of addiction.
We will welcome fatherless children.
We will welcome husbandless mothers.
We will welcome unschooled children.
We will continue to mentor children in the Buffalo Schools.
We will continue to serve meals to children at Holy Cross.
We will continue to teach business creation.
We will continue our Wilderness Adventure Program.
We will continue our 24-7 service to families in emergencies.
We will continue to partner with other service organizations.
We will continue believe in the best for ALL CHILDREN.
**********
"Now, what is it you want?
Half of my kingdom isn't too much to ask!
Just ask."
Esther 5:6
**********
Here's the 3:50am verse:
46-48"Our enemies shout abuse,
their mouths full of derision, spitting invective.
We've been to hell and back.
We've nowhere to turn, nowhere to go.
Rivers of tears pour from my eyes
at the smashup of my dear people.
49-51"The tears stream from my eyes,
an artesian well of tears,
Until you, God, look down from on high,
look and see my tears.
When I see what's happened to the young women in the city,
the pain breaks my heart.
Lamentations 3:46-51
The Message
**********
ABC
Accept people for who they are.
Believe in the best for people.
Change yourself to become your best.
**********
The only thing we are drinking and smoking is God.
"My head is reeling,
my limbs are limp,
I'm staggering like a drunk,
seeing double from too much wine—
And all because of God,
because of his holy words."
Jeremiah 23:9
A few months ago I picked up a young man from his Job Corps Program in Cassadaga. He was coming home for the weekend. I have known him for about half his life. We were driving down the Thruway when he started talking in a very animated way.
He said he never understood what I was talking about when I said that I was hungrier and thirstier for God everyday. He said he never understood how I could say I was high on God. But now he understood because he feels the same way. He was so excited that I thought he was going to fly right out of my van! My young friend had been attending a Bible Study and he has been hanging around some other "High" people and now he feels drunk.
The only thing we are drinking and smoking is God.
**********
"Congenial conversation—what a pleasure!
The right word at the right time—beautiful!"
Proverbs 15:23
The Message
Look somebody in the eye and say: "IT'S GOOD TO SEE YA!"
**********
When the one who prays
becomes the one who preys,
You need to pray for the one
who made you their prey.
Have you been hurt?
Pray anyway.
Forgive.
**********
Who being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness to work all uncleanness with greediness. Ephesians 4:18. Please be careful if you are pastfeeling, you may end up as an unclean, lewd, greedy person.
**********
Luke 23:44 The Message
"By now it was noon. The whole earth became dark, the darkness lasting three hours—a total blackout. The Temple curtain split right down the middle. Jesus called loudly, "Father, I place my life in your hands!" Then he breathed his last."
Tomorrow I begin a fast that leads up to Good Friday. I think it's cool how some things line up in life. I could not have written a script for these events. I get the point - Jesus died for me.
**********
A new song by P. Bahp Dizzle
Girl goes lookin' for a boy.To him she's just a decoy.
He just wants another toy.
Lady's lookin for a guy who'll stay,
She's hope'n forever and a day.
Guy's lookin for a roll in the hay,
Girl ain't nothin but a toy to play.
Now the lady's got a new Son.
Still claimin to be a virgin.
She's found forever in the risen One.
This woman will never again be forsaken.
**********
GREATER THINGS
Jesus walked on water.
We are meant to walk under water.
When we are immersed in His Holy Spirit
we are baptized and receive power that will lead
others through the murky waters into the newness of Christ.
**********
The murky swamp of a person's past
appears as a pristine lake of purity
when viewed through the eyes of a
mind renewed in Christ.
**********
SELFISH:
a bait used by young men to hook vulnerable young ladies.
SEX & DRUGS & DISRESPECTa bait used by young men to hook vulnerable young ladies.
We need more adult like, mature ladies to teach the younger ladies how to respect themselves. Young girls are falling prey to guys who are just looking for a piece of meat. They end up used and abused and sometimes pregnant.
We need more adult like, mature men to teach the younger men how to respect themselves. Young men are acting like wolves looking for their next meal. They end up dead, killing someone, fatherlessing a child or in jail.
We have a culture that accepts and even expects disrespect. Last night in front of our Youth Center, I stood on the street corner yelling at both guys and girls. I yelled at guys for their disrespectful behavior. I yelled at girls for accepting that behavior. We all have a responsibility.
***********
FATHERLESSNESS:
an act of or relating to the creation of the "least of these."
an act of or relating to the creation of the "least of these."
FATHERLESSED
When a young man gets a girl pregnant
and she delivers a baby, he is the father.
We would say that he "fathered" the child.
That is the way it is supposed to be.
Sadly, today young men walk away
from the lady and their child.
We could say that he "fatherlessed" a child.
If you have fatherlessed a child,
it's time you show courage and act like a Dad.
When a young man gets a girl pregnant
and she delivers a baby, he is the father.
We would say that he "fathered" the child.
That is the way it is supposed to be.
Sadly, today young men walk away
from the lady and their child.
We could say that he "fatherlessed" a child.
If you have fatherlessed a child,
it's time you show courage and act like a Dad.
***********
I FEEL ANGRY TODAY.
We live in a finger pointing world that loves to demonize people and lock them up for their crimes. Evil starts with evil and left untreated will continue to beget evil. The only treatment is forgiveness and love. I am not saying that we go easy on criminals. I am saying that we need to start teaching children about love, mercy, grace and forgiveness.
There was a Dude who was a victim of a heinous crime and in the midst of torture said to his dad; "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." Some people really don't know what they are doing because the pain of evil that was inflicted upon them causes them to inflict pain on others as they are spiritually and emotionally blinded to healing. Let's study and teach solution oriented programs about abuse to children and their parents.
WE CAN STOP ABUSE AGAINST CHILDREN!
**********
LOVE accepts me:
As I am.
Forgives what I was.
Believes in what I can be.
**********
"How well God must like you—
you don't hang out at Sin Saloon,
you don't slink along Dead-End Road,
you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.
Instead you thrill to God's Word,
you chew on Scripture day and night.
You're a tree replanted in Eden,
bearing fresh fruit every month,
Never dropping a leaf,
always in blossom."
Psalm 1 The Message
**********
Deeply rooted wounds in the heart
are the result of unhealed wounds
inflicted by other wounded people.
An unhealed wound of the flesh
creates an illness in the spirit called sin.
Deeply rooted wounds can become
insatiable desires of the flesh that
will destroy your soul.
God wants to take the mud
off of the eyes of your heart
and heal your spiritual wound.
Will you continue the wounding
or spread healing beginning with yourself?
**********
Thank you God for bringing people into my life
that help bring more of You into me.
**********
"If we begin to teach our children about compassion and trust,
the future will be made up of active participants who believe
that they have the ability to make positive changes in society."
**********
Seldom does God reveal the test until you have given your final answer. The test is multiple choice with only 2 answers: God Himself or yourself.
**********
Some folks think abortion is okay if it will spare the baby a painful life.
What if Mary chose to abort Jesus
to spare him the agony of a torturous death?
Has anyone ever told you how much God loves you
and that He has a plan for your life?
**********
The pursuit of love of neighbor should mirror Gods pursuit of man - RELENTLESS!
**********
Pray for people with flashbacks.
"I don't have to be what has happened to me."
"I don't have to do what has been done to me."
"What has been done to me does not define me"
God I know that you created us as good. I know that evil has touched us. Please help us to see the goodness of your mercy and grace that will remove the evil that has touched us. Cause us to be a cleansed and pure people as temples of your Holy Spirit. The evil that has touched us has been left in the grave as you rolled away the gravestone to reveal our new life in You. Amen.
**********
Global Warming: Holy Spirit fire heating up the devils playground.
**********
The breath of God = The aroma of forgiveness.
The aroma of Christ is the scent of the sent.
**********
Once upon a minute there was a whosoever who called upon the name of the Lord and got saved.
**********
Remember every road
that God led you on
for those forty years in the wilderness,
pushing you to your limits,
testing you
so that he would know what you were made of,
whether you would keep his commandments or not.
He put you through hard times.
He made you go hungry.
Deuteronomy 8 The Message
**********
Learn to embrace the settings of life as well as the risings.
**********
ABANDONMENT = SUNSET
You may have been abandoned in your life.
Maybe it was a parent, a spouse or a friend.
Right now, this moment,
decide to cast off your abandonment complex
that causes you to feel inferior and shun new relationships.
Everyday the sun sets. Do you feel abandoned by the sun.
Everyday the sun rises. You are not abandoned forever.
Learn to embrace the settings of life as well as the risings.
God loves you so much that He gave His only Son to be abandoned to the grave. The abandonment was temporary. He rose again. Go and do likewise. God will help you turn despair into desire.
**********
"Looking for love,
they end up in sexually abusive relationships
and or living promiscuous lives."
they end up in sexually abusive relationships
and or living promiscuous lives."
Many young people have never been loved by a parent.
Needs are met except the need to feel loved.
Looking for love,
they end up in sexually abusive relationships
and or living promiscuous lives.
We need to teach young people that they are worthy of love. Wounds can be healed, habits can be changed.
YOU ARE LOVED RIGHT NOW!
Fatherlessness is rampant in our city
so let's start with the Mom's.
If you are a Mom,
please study how to show love to your children.
Love is a verb, it is something you do.
You can break the cycle of lovelessness
in your generational cycle.
Let love begin with you.
By giving love, the healing will begin.
God has an unlimited supply of love and He never runs dry.
Go look in the mirror and say:
"I am worthy of love.
Even if I never received love from my mother or father,
I am worthy of love and I will give love."
God loves you so much that He let His Son
lay down His life for you.
Go and do likewise.
Claim the power of God
to defeat any destructive behavior that you are involved in.
Believe in love, act in love, receive love -
YOU ARE WORTHY and YOU ARE LOVED!
JUST BELIEVE!
Needs are met except the need to feel loved.
Looking for love,
they end up in sexually abusive relationships
and or living promiscuous lives.
We need to teach young people that they are worthy of love. Wounds can be healed, habits can be changed.
YOU ARE LOVED RIGHT NOW!
Fatherlessness is rampant in our city
so let's start with the Mom's.
If you are a Mom,
please study how to show love to your children.
Love is a verb, it is something you do.
You can break the cycle of lovelessness
in your generational cycle.
Let love begin with you.
By giving love, the healing will begin.
God has an unlimited supply of love and He never runs dry.
Go look in the mirror and say:
"I am worthy of love.
Even if I never received love from my mother or father,
I am worthy of love and I will give love."
God loves you so much that He let His Son
lay down His life for you.
Go and do likewise.
Claim the power of God
to defeat any destructive behavior that you are involved in.
Believe in love, act in love, receive love -
YOU ARE WORTHY and YOU ARE LOVED!
JUST BELIEVE!
**********
IT'S TIME BUFFALO.
NEEDEDA 24-7 Youth Center in Buffalo.
We will welcome victims of abuse.
We will welcome gang members of all ages.
We will welcome the homeless.
We will welcome victims of addiction.
We will welcome fatherless children.
We will welcome husbandless mothers.
We will welcome unschooled children.
We will continue to mentor children in the Buffalo Schools.
We will continue to serve meals to children at Holy Cross.
We will continue to teach business creation.
We will continue our Wilderness Adventure Program.
We will continue our 24-7 service to families in emergencies.
We will continue to partner with other service organizations.
We will continue believe in the best for ALL CHILDREN.
**********
"Now, what is it you want?
Half of my kingdom isn't too much to ask!
Just ask."
Esther 5:6
**********
Here's the 3:50am verse:
46-48"Our enemies shout abuse,
their mouths full of derision, spitting invective.
We've been to hell and back.
We've nowhere to turn, nowhere to go.
Rivers of tears pour from my eyes
at the smashup of my dear people.
49-51"The tears stream from my eyes,
an artesian well of tears,
Until you, God, look down from on high,
look and see my tears.
When I see what's happened to the young women in the city,
the pain breaks my heart.
Lamentations 3:46-51
The Message
**********
ABC
Accept people for who they are.
Believe in the best for people.
Change yourself to become your best.
**********
The only thing we are drinking and smoking is God.
"My head is reeling,
my limbs are limp,
I'm staggering like a drunk,
seeing double from too much wine—
And all because of God,
because of his holy words."
Jeremiah 23:9
A few months ago I picked up a young man from his Job Corps Program in Cassadaga. He was coming home for the weekend. I have known him for about half his life. We were driving down the Thruway when he started talking in a very animated way.
He said he never understood what I was talking about when I said that I was hungrier and thirstier for God everyday. He said he never understood how I could say I was high on God. But now he understood because he feels the same way. He was so excited that I thought he was going to fly right out of my van! My young friend had been attending a Bible Study and he has been hanging around some other "High" people and now he feels drunk.
The only thing we are drinking and smoking is God.
**********
"Congenial conversation—what a pleasure!
The right word at the right time—beautiful!"
Proverbs 15:23
The Message
Look somebody in the eye and say: "IT'S GOOD TO SEE YA!"
**********
When the one who prays
becomes the one who preys,
You need to pray for the one
who made you their prey.
Have you been hurt?
Pray anyway.
Forgive.
**********
Who being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness to work all uncleanness with greediness. Ephesians 4:18. Please be careful if you are pastfeeling, you may end up as an unclean, lewd, greedy person.
**********
This morning in the Buffalo Schools, we talked about compassion, the Holocaust, slavery and eating worms. One person can make a difference. Will it be you?
Are you willing to eat the worm?
The mother worm eats the worm and partially swallows it before she regurgitates back to her youngsters. It may not sound to appetizing but the result is healthy baby birds. The lesson to the student this morning was about compassion. When life feeds you a worm, can you partially swallow it and mix it with the oils of compassion in your heart and give it back as a life changing meal?
The mother worm eats the worm and partially swallows it before she regurgitates back to her youngsters. It may not sound to appetizing but the result is healthy baby birds. The lesson to the student this morning was about compassion. When life feeds you a worm, can you partially swallow it and mix it with the oils of compassion in your heart and give it back as a life changing meal?
**********
The sun appears to leave the womb of darkness as it dawns on a new day.
Compassion must be taught to our children as soon as they leave the
womb. — in Buffalo.
**********
The sun rises over a city.
Could we raise a banner of compassion over our city?
How do you help to raise compassion in children? — in Buffalo.
Could we raise a banner of compassion over our city?
How do you help to raise compassion in children? — in Buffalo.
**********
We worked all night and caught nothing. Nevertheless at Your Word I will
let down the net. They caught a great number of fish. (Luke 5) Dont
give up. Wait for the right time and trust God.
**********
COMPASSION
A compass
that points your heart
towards empathetic action.
A compass
that points your heart
towards empathetic action.
**********
"Teach My children about My waves.
The waves of My love are like the vastness of the oceans.
Some waves remain on the surface and
some waves are deep unto deep.
My children have a choice of living
on the surface of minimal blessing or
diving into the depths of unfathomable favor."
The waves of My love are like the vastness of the oceans.
Some waves remain on the surface and
some waves are deep unto deep.
My children have a choice of living
on the surface of minimal blessing or
diving into the depths of unfathomable favor."
**********
SURROUNDED BY LOVE
You are a grain of sand in the middle of God's ocean of love.
You are a grain of sand in the middle of God's ocean of love.
**********
Relationships should be like flowers. Focus on their beauty and aroma so
that after they have withered (we all do) you will still have their
beauty imprinted on your soul.
**********
When I can't sleep, I match Bible verses with the time (it's 4am.)
1 Thessalonians 4
The Message (MSG)
You're God-Taught
1-3 One final word, friends. We ask you—urge is more like it—that you keep on doing what we told you to do to please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a living, spirited dance. You know the guidelines we laid out for you from the Master Jesus. God wants you to live a pure life.
Keep yourselves from sexual promiscuity.
4-5Learn to appreciate and give dignity to your body, not abusing it, as is so common among those who know nothing of God.
6-7Don't run roughshod over the concerns of your brothers and sisters. Their concerns are God's concerns, and he will take care of them. We've warned you about this before. God hasn't invited us into a disorderly, unkempt life but into something holy and beautiful—as beautiful on the inside as the outside.
8If you disregard this advice, you're not offending your neighbors; you're rejecting God, who is making you a gift of his Holy Spirit.
9-10Regarding life together and getting along with each other, you don't need me to tell you what to do. You're God-taught in these matters. Just love one another! You're already good at it; your friends all over the province of Macedonia are the evidence. Keep it up; get better and better at it.
11-12Stay calm; mind your own business; do your own job. You've heard all this from us before, but a reminder never hurts. We want you living in a way that will command the respect of outsiders, not lying around sponging off your friends.
1 Thessalonians 4
The Message (MSG)
You're God-Taught
1-3 One final word, friends. We ask you—urge is more like it—that you keep on doing what we told you to do to please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a living, spirited dance. You know the guidelines we laid out for you from the Master Jesus. God wants you to live a pure life.
Keep yourselves from sexual promiscuity.
4-5Learn to appreciate and give dignity to your body, not abusing it, as is so common among those who know nothing of God.
6-7Don't run roughshod over the concerns of your brothers and sisters. Their concerns are God's concerns, and he will take care of them. We've warned you about this before. God hasn't invited us into a disorderly, unkempt life but into something holy and beautiful—as beautiful on the inside as the outside.
8If you disregard this advice, you're not offending your neighbors; you're rejecting God, who is making you a gift of his Holy Spirit.
9-10Regarding life together and getting along with each other, you don't need me to tell you what to do. You're God-taught in these matters. Just love one another! You're already good at it; your friends all over the province of Macedonia are the evidence. Keep it up; get better and better at it.
11-12Stay calm; mind your own business; do your own job. You've heard all this from us before, but a reminder never hurts. We want you living in a way that will command the respect of outsiders, not lying around sponging off your friends.
**********
Jesus did not go directly from the
Transfiguration to the
Resurrection, there had to be a
Crucifixion.
The Word that became flesh
is a lamp unto your feet,
don't jump ahead,
be patient.
Transfiguration to the
Resurrection, there had to be a
Crucifixion.
The Word that became flesh
is a lamp unto your feet,
don't jump ahead,
be patient.
**********
Faith can be a strength or a weakness.
Faith in God can guarantee your eternal destination.
Faith in self may result in a desire to skip part of the journey.
Jesus could not go directly from the Transfiguration to the Resurrection, there had to be a Crucifixion.
All parts of the journey work together for good.
Faith in self can cause you to force your belief on someone who is not ready. Faith in self can cause you to claim a blessing that was meant to tarry awhile. Faith in God will help you wait as the blessing will surely come true at the proper time. Though it tarries, wait for it. Give God your self and let your faith be in Him.
Faith in God can guarantee your eternal destination.
Faith in self may result in a desire to skip part of the journey.
Jesus could not go directly from the Transfiguration to the Resurrection, there had to be a Crucifixion.
All parts of the journey work together for good.
Faith in self can cause you to force your belief on someone who is not ready. Faith in self can cause you to claim a blessing that was meant to tarry awhile. Faith in God will help you wait as the blessing will surely come true at the proper time. Though it tarries, wait for it. Give God your self and let your faith be in Him.
**********
In all relationships, you will sometimes be a lion and sometimes be a a
lamb. When you are the lion are you willing to lie down with the lamb?
**********
God,
I pray for all of the children who will be aborted today.
I pray for the Mom's who are making a life or death decision today.
I pray for the Dad's who are urging Mom's to make the death decision.
I pray that You would allow them to feel the immensity of Your love.
I pray that they would share Your love with the child that they are considering aborting.
I pray for the healing of the victims of sexual abuse.
I pray that you would take the dirt of shame and guilt and apply the mud of healing to the eyes of their hearts.
May it be so. Amen.
I pray for all of the children who will be aborted today.
I pray for the Mom's who are making a life or death decision today.
I pray for the Dad's who are urging Mom's to make the death decision.
I pray that You would allow them to feel the immensity of Your love.
I pray that they would share Your love with the child that they are considering aborting.
I pray for the healing of the victims of sexual abuse.
I pray that you would take the dirt of shame and guilt and apply the mud of healing to the eyes of their hearts.
May it be so. Amen.
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Rejection: The Winter Heart. Brokenness: The Spring Heart. Intimacy: The Summer Heart. Forgiveness: The Fall Heart.
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Dear God even as we believe that perfect love casts out fear, we are
remembering folks still shackled by fear. Another young man has been
picked up for murder. The memory of death becomes a fresh wound once
again. Help us to spread love and compassion in the face of fear. Amen.
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Its the spring of your addiction, you are about to burst forth into a new beginning. Just believe!
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Stop looking at what you have done.
Focus on what you can do.
Focus on what you can do.
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All human beings are basically the same.....Except some choose to look
at the growth needs of their own soul instead of focusing on the faults
of others.
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Religion is a road map drawn by other people. Relationship with God is a personal GPS.
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It's not about religion.
It's about relationship
with a God who created us.
Everyday the sun rises. Everyday the sun sets.
The colors of a sunset and a sunrise reflect the colors of clay
mixed with blood, sweat and tears at the foot of the cross.
The Son was raised up on a cross and then
his life set back into the earth and then he rose again.
A tree loses it's leaves and appears dead
in the winter after the fall.
In the spring it comes back to life.
Born again, new life.
The nature of the universe reflects the spiritual nature of God.
The relationship between man and God is organized.
Organized relationship, I think God wants to do a new thing.
Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody.
It's about relationship
with a God who created us.
Everyday the sun rises. Everyday the sun sets.
The colors of a sunset and a sunrise reflect the colors of clay
mixed with blood, sweat and tears at the foot of the cross.
The Son was raised up on a cross and then
his life set back into the earth and then he rose again.
A tree loses it's leaves and appears dead
in the winter after the fall.
In the spring it comes back to life.
Born again, new life.
The nature of the universe reflects the spiritual nature of God.
The relationship between man and God is organized.
Organized relationship, I think God wants to do a new thing.
Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody.
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NARROW FAST
The removal of anything that will help you narrow your
focus on building a deeper and more intimate relationship.
You can NARROW your focus on God,
your wife, your husband or your child.
What will you fast from to create a more
intimate relationship with someone that you love?
The removal of anything that will help you narrow your
focus on building a deeper and more intimate relationship.
You can NARROW your focus on God,
your wife, your husband or your child.
What will you fast from to create a more
intimate relationship with someone that you love?
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When people hurt you,
that doesn't excuse you from holding yourself accountable
and examining the weaknesses that allowed you to be hurt.
Don't let your pain develop into self pity.
Accountability should extend to both the victim and the victimizer.
that doesn't excuse you from holding yourself accountable
and examining the weaknesses that allowed you to be hurt.
Don't let your pain develop into self pity.
Accountability should extend to both the victim and the victimizer.
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Laws are limiting, love is liberating.
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Ezekiel 34 is Buffalo and America. Its time to open our mouth. Pr 31:1-9. Take up the cause of the fatherless. Is 1:17.
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FATHERLESSNESS
I believe that the secret to turning Buffalo around can be found in the words of a King's Mother:
Proverbs 31:1-9
"The words of King Lemuel, the utterance which his mother taught him:
2 What, my son?
And what, son of my womb?
And what, son of my vows?
3 Do not give your strength to women,
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to drink wine,
Nor for princes intoxicating drink;
5 Lest they drink and forget the law,
And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to those who are bitter of heart.
7 Let him drink and forget his poverty,
And remember his misery no more.
8 Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are appointed to die.[a]
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause of the poor and needy."
In a City plagued by "FATHERLESSNESS," the King uses the words of his mother to "plead the cause of poor and needy." Any young man without a father could be described as poor and needy. Some young men are fortunate to have positive male role models in their lives teaching them how to be men. Mothers are working their fingers to the bone attempting to be loving, nurturing, and compassionate providers as single parents. Young girls are accepting the disrespect of their bodies by young men because they don't know what love is. They look for the love that they never received from a father and end up with sex from a young man who never had a father teach him how to love a woman.
It's time Buffalo:
OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND PLEAD THE CAUSE OF THE POOR AND NEEDY!
I believe that the secret to turning Buffalo around can be found in the words of a King's Mother:
Proverbs 31:1-9
"The words of King Lemuel, the utterance which his mother taught him:
2 What, my son?
And what, son of my womb?
And what, son of my vows?
3 Do not give your strength to women,
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to drink wine,
Nor for princes intoxicating drink;
5 Lest they drink and forget the law,
And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to those who are bitter of heart.
7 Let him drink and forget his poverty,
And remember his misery no more.
8 Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are appointed to die.[a]
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause of the poor and needy."
In a City plagued by "FATHERLESSNESS," the King uses the words of his mother to "plead the cause of poor and needy." Any young man without a father could be described as poor and needy. Some young men are fortunate to have positive male role models in their lives teaching them how to be men. Mothers are working their fingers to the bone attempting to be loving, nurturing, and compassionate providers as single parents. Young girls are accepting the disrespect of their bodies by young men because they don't know what love is. They look for the love that they never received from a father and end up with sex from a young man who never had a father teach him how to love a woman.
It's time Buffalo:
OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND PLEAD THE CAUSE OF THE POOR AND NEEDY!
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Two half empty hearts do not create a whole heart.
Two hearts
filled to overflowing with the love of God
create unfathomable love.
Two hearts
filled to overflowing with the love of God
create unfathomable love.
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"Daddy, how will we get rid of the Poison Ivy in our garden?
If we touch it we will get a rash and blisters?"
Asked the Heart Farmers daughter.
"Well, my darling Beauty" replied her Dad "We will have to pull it out while we wear gloves, or we can dig it out with a shovel. We have to make sure we pull it out by the roots so it doesn't grow back."
"Poison Ivy can be like people who hurt us. Some folks need to be healed but we can't be afraid to help them because we are afraid that they are contagious. If we fill ourselves with the protecting grace of God's love we can reach out and touch wounded hearts without fear of being infected by their woundedness. Sometimes by reaching out to others, God reveals our own wounds that need healing"
"I want to be a healer, Daddy." Said the little girl." Her Dad smiled with his heart and said; "God already heals through you my darling Beauty."
"I love you Daddy!"
If we touch it we will get a rash and blisters?"
Asked the Heart Farmers daughter.
"Well, my darling Beauty" replied her Dad "We will have to pull it out while we wear gloves, or we can dig it out with a shovel. We have to make sure we pull it out by the roots so it doesn't grow back."
"Poison Ivy can be like people who hurt us. Some folks need to be healed but we can't be afraid to help them because we are afraid that they are contagious. If we fill ourselves with the protecting grace of God's love we can reach out and touch wounded hearts without fear of being infected by their woundedness. Sometimes by reaching out to others, God reveals our own wounds that need healing"
"I want to be a healer, Daddy." Said the little girl." Her Dad smiled with his heart and said; "God already heals through you my darling Beauty."
"I love you Daddy!"
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Has sin been done to us
that causes us to be undone in sin?
Have we been hurt
that causes us to hurt somebody else?
Have we been treated like dirt
that causes us to spread dirt in our neighbors heart?
We don't have to keep on sinning
because we've been given a new beginning.
Let the leaves of your old life fall to the ground
and embrace the spring of your life.
that causes us to be undone in sin?
Have we been hurt
that causes us to hurt somebody else?
Have we been treated like dirt
that causes us to spread dirt in our neighbors heart?
We don't have to keep on sinning
because we've been given a new beginning.
Let the leaves of your old life fall to the ground
and embrace the spring of your life.
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