tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91887769731650928242024-03-13T23:01:42.559-07:00Chaplain Malcolm RiosChappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-7806496386940083962017-08-19T07:08:00.004-07:002017-08-19T07:08:51.213-07:00Chappy's Free Chicken ~ Casinos and Church (August 19, 2017)
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made while we’ve been in Romania has been with a guy who owns a print shop.
We’ve used his services several times to get copies made for our Battalion since
our main operations center has moved to Poland. He’s an interesting guy in the
sense that he’s excited to share his love for his country with us as well as
his pride in being able to assist the U.S. Army even if it’s just a few copies
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A few days ago, as I was speaking to
him, he was telling me about the various attractions around Romania. He shared
about Bran, Brasov, Bucharest, and various other tourist sites but he followed
that up by mentioning that there were also casinos throughout the country. That’s
not a very exciting piece of information for most people unless they enjoy
gambling. What was interesting to me was that for him, casinos and the Church
were interrelated. He said, “You give your money to both and hope for the
best.” He alluded to the fact that most people who “gave their money away” knew
that often, they weren’t getting any return for their investment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As a chaplain – a believer in the
Gospel of Jesus Christ – I was saddened by his statement. To some degree, I
could understand from where it was he was coming. When a person doesn’t see
miracles, or feel as though favor has been bestowed upon them or feel like
their prayers have been answered, it’s easy to empathize, to some degree, a
person’s frustration with faith or their doubts in religion. But I also felt
pity for him. I felt pity for him, and folks like him, who’ve lost faith and they’ve
got religion all wrong. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What most people get wrong with
religion, faith, life … is that they fall into the trap that life, faith, and
religion are what they can get out of it. All of them become very selfish
endeavors if you approach them that way. The Book of James says, “Religion that
is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and
widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world”
(James 1:27 ESV). There’s a principle in this: be selfless. Put others before
yourself. It really isn’t all about you regardless of what every advertisement
in the world tells you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>One of the Army Values is selfless
service. Maybe you have an image of a Medal of Honor recipient; someone who has
gone above and beyond in a combat action that saved the lives of others while
that Service Member put himself in harm’s way even to the point of death. If
you haven’t read about the latest MoH recipient, 71-year-old former Army Medic,
James McCloughan then I encourage you to take the time to check out his story
and citation. A White House statement quotes him as saying, “I would have
rather died on the battlefield than know that men died because they did not
have a medic.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/MalcolmX/Documents/1-66%20AR%20UMT/Chappys%20Free%20Chicken/20170818%20Casinos%20and%20Church.docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">[1]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> That’s
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m also humbled by the day-to-day
selfless service that individuals give in small ways: when I’m offloading
laundry and a Soldier simply begins helping me carry in the bags, when a
Soldier goes above and beyond to make his mundane work exceptional as opposed
to doing just enough to get by, or when a Soldier is aware enough of his
surroundings and his buddies to know when things just aren’t right with one of
them and will take the time to ask questions. That’s the day-to-day that
impresses me. Like those simple acts of selflessness, faith and religion should
be built on selfless acts. “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down
one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13 KJV). That means putting others above
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My favorite Commandments in the
Bible, the ones that I believe that if we could get right, the world would be a
different place are “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind” and “Love your neighbor as yourself”
(Matt.22:37,39). If I never said another word in my lifetime, if I went out
saying those two things, I’d be good. The Church isn’t like a casino. I know
that Christians have jacked up Christianity over the years but I would
challenge you, as I will challenge my new Romanian friend, not to look at the
Church or religion as a lottery ticket. Approaching things in that way is never
good. Approaching your life that way is never good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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others rather than your own. Be selfless in your actions, whether they be Medal
of Honor worthy or not. Ultimately, you will be rewarded in this life or the
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Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-90101994438908193742017-08-11T03:57:00.004-07:002017-08-11T04:02:04.042-07:00Chappy's Free Chicken ~ Prayer (10 AUG 2017)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Have you ever found yourself in a
situation that was so overwhelming that you found yourself, maybe figuratively
or in all actuality, on your knees in prayer? I have numerous times. I remember
being in the back of a Bradley in Iraq on my first patrol. I was a
medic/dismount then and that first ride out was spent in deep prayer. When the
ramp lowered and I stepped out for the first time into our AO, I was praying.
When I walked the patrol with my squad, I was praying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another time I found myself in
prayer was when my daughter, Sophia, presented with a fever and rash. She was
only three months old at the time and having a fever that rose to 104* was
dangerous. You can bet Amanda and I were in prayer. When the fever wouldn’t go
down, we prayed. When Sophia had to have IVs introduced through her head
because the Vanderbilt ER team couldn’t find veins in her little arms, we
prayed. When the Vanderbilt Infectious Disease team confirmed the diagnosis was
Kawasaki Disease as our pediatrician had suspected, we prayed. When the doctors
assured us that despite not knowing its origin, they did have a cure, we
prayed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What I’ve come to believe is that
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any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You
should sing praises. Are any of you sick? You should call on the elders of the church
to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. Such
a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well.
And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven. Confess your sins to
each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer
of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results (James
5:13-16 NLT).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Most, if not all of us, have heard
that saying, “There are no atheists in foxholes.” I’m not 100% sure that I
believe that but I wouldn’t put it past a few of them to consider God in prayer
during a firefight or a “broken arrow” type event. I also suspect that people
have appealed to God in prayer for healing or restoration or in any number of
circumstances, and having not gotten the answer they desire, choose to deny
faith of any kind as a means of “getting back at God because He didn’t answer
my prayers.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Maybe his purposes are bigger than
our prayer requests. Maybe, just maybe, He has a much greater plan for prayers
than we can sometimes see from our foxholes. Maybe the change your praying
for is happening in you because you are praying. I know that’s what usually
happens to me. If I’m frustrated with a situation or want to “kill somebody,”
about the only way I can come down from that wave is through prayer. I pray for
God to move me past my frustration or desire to do bodily harm to someone else.
And as I pray, an amazing thing happens. I begin to change: my anger dissolves,
my worries are minimized, and my focus, most importantly, gets off me. My focus
goes back to center and for me that’s God. Usually after that, my perspective
on things begins to change. I might still be a little hot or bothered but I
begin to see things from a perspective other than my own. That is a win when
the ultimate prize in prayer is to be changed. Richard foster wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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introduces us to the inner life, fasting is an accompanying means, study
transforms our minds, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">it is the Discipline of prayer that brings
us into the deepest and highest work of the human spirit. Prayer is the central
avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon
prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives.<a href="file:///C:/Users/MalcolmX/Documents/1-66%20AR%20UMT/Chappys%20Free%20Chicken/20170809%20Prayer.docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt;">[1]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Prayer brings us into the deepest
and highest work of the human spirit.” I believe this wholeheartedly. When I
can’t stand to be around somebody, a situation is overwhelming, or I simply
want to be at peace then that’s what I do. I pray. That’s the only endeavor
that changes and builds my body, mind, and spirit to any degree. And when you
don’t get the answers that you want or you get an answer that you don’t desire,
don’t throw up your hands in defeat. Continue to pray. Remember, “The earnest
prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results”
(James 5:16 NLT). The change will be in you and that’s the win. That’s where
the magic will happen. That’s where the hope will happen. Prayer is an
incredible opportunity to maximize transformation: in you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-34221779773944928232015-12-01T06:07:00.000-08:002015-12-01T06:07:28.884-08:00Step Back, Reassess and Reengage<br /><br />1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went down to the region of Judea east of the Jordan River. 2 Large crowds followed him there, and he healed their sick.<br /><br />3 Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?”<br /><br />4 “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’” 5 And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ 6 Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”<br /><br />7 “Then why did Moses say in the law that a man could give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away?” they asked.<br /><br />8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended. 9 And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been unfaithful.”<br /><br />10 Jesus’ disciples then said to him, “If this is the case, it is better not to marry!”<br /><br />11 “Not everyone can accept this statement,” Jesus said. “Only those whom God helps. 12 Some are born as eunuchs, some have been made eunuchs by others, and some choose not to marry for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone accept this who can” (Matthew 19:1-12 NLT).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />So what is Jesus saying here? He’s saying that God is not for divorce. His intention was not separation for those who have been brought together in his name. His intention was a lifetime commitment but because of the hardness of our hearts, we have made concession. Because of the hardness of our hearts, we look for the easy way out.<br /><br />This is very cliché but it is one of my favorite quotes: “A calm sea never made a good sailor.” I don’t have a clue who said it first but the point is that who we are will always be a result of the storms we weather. Great men are forged through adversity and the greatest relationships have overcome some of the toughest struggles because the individuals involved have made the choice to stay in the fight.<br /><br />I encourage you to stay in the fight. Work through the issues. Recognize where the fight is. It may be coming from all directions but that doesn’t mean that your spouse is your enemy. It just might mean that neither one of you is focused on from where the fight is actually coming. You’ve hit panic mode. Step back and reassess then reengage.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />“We are a society of people who have been repeatedly told, trained, and taught that we are dependent on external situations to determine our happiness and contentment with life. When circumstances are not to our liking we are destined to be utterly miserable and can assume that we cannot be happy, content, or fulfilled until circumstances change. Unfortunately many times the situation does not change because the change-agent is immobilized. The change-agent is you.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn1">[1]</a> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref1">[1]</a> Rob McCarter, Optimistic Thinking: The Key to Success (Chapel Hill: Professional Press, 1994), 23.<div>
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Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-11581513524759611132015-12-01T05:41:00.000-08:002015-12-01T05:41:40.292-08:00Love & Respect and the Crazy Cycle<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In an
effort to strengthen marriages across the unit, I will begin posting a series
on marriage. Over the past several weeks I have been approached about
counseling various couples in an effort to help them communicate more
effectively and/or work through a crisis moment. As a Christian chaplain, my
approach will primarily come from a biblical worldview. That being said, please
understand that some posts may be Scripture and some may not directly come from
the Bible. Either way, my purpose is to present truth … and hope … for our
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<br /><br /> <br /><br />As for you, [CH Rios], promote the kind of living that reflects wholesome teaching. Teach the older men to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect, and to live wisely. They must have sound faith and be filled with love and patience. Similarly, teach the older women to live in a way that honors God. They must not slander others or be heavy drinkers. Instead, they should teach others what is good. These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes, to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God. In the same way, encourage the young men to live wisely (Titus 2:1-6 NLT).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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For the men in the audience, the Bible speaks of “self-control,” “being worthy of respect,” and “living wisely.” It also speaks of having a “sound faith” and “being filled with love and patience.” That last part isn’t for the man … it’s on behalf of those he calls family. Men – husbands … fathers – you have to be filled with love and patience to make your marriage and family work.<br /><br /><br />Women … you must “live in a way that honors God.” You can’t be someone who “slanders others” … particularly your husbands … and more importantly, not on social media! Don’t be a “heavy drinker.” “Teach others what is good.” If you’re an older, more seasoned woman/wife/mother, there is an expectation on you to share your wisdom with the younger, less experienced ladies.<br /><br /><br />You “must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children.” Help them to “live wisely and be pure.” Teach them to “work in their homes,” that is, to build their homes … strengthen the relationships within the family and make it a place where every person feels loved, valued, respected, and safe.<br /><br /><br />Don’t just encourage these young wives / mothers to “do good” but train them to “do good.” What does that mean? Train them to do the right thing the first time all the time. By your example, you will show them what right looks like.<br /><br /><br />Show them how “to be submissive to their husbands.” Submissive is usually where the females draw their swords and battle lines. “I will never submit to a man.” “I will never submit to someone I don’t respect.” “The Bible is so antiquated. It was written by a patriarchal society where men lorded over women.” If that’s your mind set then you are definitely going to be fighting an uphill battle for your marriage. I’m not saying that Christians get this right all the time. The evidence of that reality can be seen in any statistical data on divorce. Divorce is a prevalent among Christians as with non-Christians.<br /><br /><br />But we all fail because of two reasons: selfishness and lack of commitment. In reality, they are tied together. When one or both partners begin the journey to complete selfishness, the commitment to each other and the marriage begins to disintegrate. Ask yourself, “Is this where I am?” You must figure out a way to become unselfish. We become selfish because we chose not to love our spouse. We chose not to respect our spouse. We make the decision to walk away from commitment because humans are like water … we will always take the path of least resistance and relationships are no different.<br /><br /><br />“You may remember how the Beatles sang, “All you need is love.” I absolutely disagree with that conclusion. Five out of ten marriages today are ending in divorce because love alone is not enough. Yes, love is vital, especially for the wife, but what we have missed is the husband’s need for respect.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Malcolm%20&%20Amanda/Documents/MALCOLM/CHAPLAIN/1-66%20AR/IK%20Sheepdog%20Marriage%20Series%20FB%20Posts/20151130%20Love%20and%20Respect%20Titus%202.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a><br /><br />For more information about the Love & Respect book or marriage conferences, please visit:<br /><br /><a href="http://loveandrespect.com/?gclid=CO-kpLebuMkCFQGTfgodnCsKog">http://loveandrespect.com/?gclid=CO-kpLebuMkCFQGTfgodnCsKog</a> (Accessed November 30, 2015). <br /><br /> <br /><br />Love and Respect Live Marriage Conference<br /><br />Colorado Springs, CO<br /><br />February 12/13, 2016<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <br /><br /><a href="file:///C:/Users/Malcolm%20&%20Amanda/Documents/MALCOLM/CHAPLAIN/1-66%20AR/IK%20Sheepdog%20Marriage%20Series%20FB%20Posts/20151130%20Love%20and%20Respect%20Titus%202.docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> Emerson Eggerichs, Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires. The Respect He Desperately Needs (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2004), 3.<div>
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Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-85627792470975764652015-03-08T05:27:00.001-07:002015-03-08T05:41:22.559-07:00Double Shot of Purpose, Please!<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last week’s sermon was about transition
& purpose. I was fortunate to see a few Soldiers throughout the week and
because I ran into a few of you, two things happened. The first was that I got
some ideas on tweaking our service. That’s a good thing. The second was that I felt
led to further develop what I said last week on “Purpose.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last week’s Scripture was Romans 8:28. “<span class="text">And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good
of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” And like
I said, a</span>fter speaking with a few of you, I really started thinking
about things. I asked God if I had spoken clearly enough for his people to hear
and understand the intent of the message that He had put on my heart? More
importantly, did I allow his words to come through my mouth so that ears could
hear what He wanted said? I pondered these things more than once over the
course of the week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I prayed and my prayer was for clarity. We
all want clarity. We all want to understand and be understood. Maybe that’s why
we question our own purpose at times. I want to assure you that God is not a
God of doubt. We’re human. We doubt but there is no doubt in God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anytime I think of doubt, especially when
I’m preparing for a sermon or doing a study or something in God’s Word, I
instantly think of the story of the demon possessed boy and his dad in Mark
9:21-24?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="text"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">21 </span></sup></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“How
long has this been happening?”</span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Jesus asked the
boy’s father. He replied, “Since he was a little boy.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <span class="text"><sup>22 </sup>The
spirit often throws him into the fire or into water, trying to kill him. Have
mercy on us and help us, if you can.” <sup>23 </sup></span><span class="woj">“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?”</span><span class="text"> Jesus asked. </span><span class="woj">“Anything is possible if a person believes.”</span><span class="text"><sup>24 </sup>The
father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">By this point
Jesus has been doing ministry for a while. He’s healed the sick. He’s made the
lame to walk. There really wasn’t any reason why this guy should doubt. I think
what he was really saying is that he didn’t believe that Jesus would do this
thing … for him. How many times have you asked for healing for yourself or for
a friend? How many times have you asked for deliverance … from addiction, the
nightmares, whatever… you know your demon? How many times have you asked for a
blessing? “Just this once God, give me that miracle! Please!” Maybe it doesn’t
happen … or maybe it doesn’t happen in your timing or the way you’d expect it. Maybe
the father felt like his prayers had fallen on deaf ears. “I believe but help
me overcome my unbelief.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Apostle Paul
wrote, “Three things will last forever – faith, hope, and love – and the
greatest of these is love.</span>” (1 Cor. 13:13). And what are we told about
God? God is Love. So the greatest thing is love which really translates to God.
What if you replace your lack of faith – your lack of hope – your doubt with
love … with God?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I wish I could
call him my friend but I’ve never met Andrew Peterson. He’s a Christian singer,
songwriter, author, etc. He wrote a song that I always come back to when I’m
talking about doubt. It’s called “Only Love Remains.”</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is not another song about the mountains</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Except about how hard they are to move.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Have you ever stood before them?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Like a mustard seed that's waiting for some proof</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">I say faith is a burden, it's a weight to bear</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">It's brave and bittersweet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">And hope is hard to hold to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Lord, I believe, only help my unbelief</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Till there's no more faith and no more hope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">I'll see your face and Lord, I'll know, that only love remains</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Have you ever heard that Jesus is the answer?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Or thought about the many doubts you hide?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Have you wondered how He loves you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">If He really knows how dark you are inside?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">I say faith is a burden, it's a weight to bear</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">It's brave and bittersweet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">And hope is hard to hold to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Lord, I believe, only help my unbelief</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Till there's no more faith and no more hope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">I'll see your face and Lord, I'll know, that only love remains</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">So I will drive these roads in thunder and in rain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">And I will sing your song at the top of my lungs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">And I will praise you dear Lord in glory and in pain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">And I will follow you till this race is won</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">And I will drive these roads till this motor won't run</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">And I will sing your song from sea to shining sea</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">And I will praise you Lord till your Kingdom comes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">And I will follow where You lead</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Till there's no more faith and no more hope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">I'll see your face and Lord, I'll know</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Till there's no more faith and no more hope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">I'll sing your praise and let them go ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">Cause only love, only your love remains</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;">only love ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">But let’s jump back
to your purpose. Read Jeremiah 29:11 if you haven’t in a while. ““For I know
the plans I have for you,” says the </span></span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">.
“They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">” This was news
for the prophet Jeremiah to share with Israel. God’s purpose was for Israel to
be in captivity for 70 years. Why? So they would come back to him! Remember
that God’s purpose is all about repentance and redemption.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Let’s continue with more from Jeremiah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“In those days
when you pray, I will listen.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <span class="text">If you look for me
wholeheartedly, you will find me.</span> <span class="text">I will be found by
you,” says the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text">. “I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will
gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to
your own land” (Jer. 29:12-14).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Know that God’s
purpose for you – his will for you – is good. He knows his plans for you. His
plans for good. His are not plans for disaster. His are plans for a future. His
are plans for a hope. What’s your part? Pray and He will listen. Look for him
wholeheartedly and you will find him. He will be found by you. He will end your
captivity. He will restore your fortunes. He will gather you up and bring you
home. You may struggle with the certainty of his purpose for your life but rest
in the assurance that you were created for good works. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ephesians 2:10</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
says, “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This week’s sermon title is “A Double
Shot of Purpose, Please!” Christ’s purpose is spelled out throughout Scripture.
Our Scripture reading for today is Philippians.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Though he was God,
He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he
gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was
born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in
obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God
elevated him to the place of highest honor And gave him the name above all
other names,</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
<span class="text">that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and
on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil. 2:6-11).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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are used in sermons to help pastors clarify a message. The story I’d like to
share with you is titled, “Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is a little story about four people named
Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done
and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it,
but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's
job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that
Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody
did what Anybody could have done.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">This week has been a tough week. I have
been routinely reminded about “Purpose.” I’ve even questioned my own purpose
while being deployed as a chaplain. Others have questioned their purpose. Sadly,
some have even questioned their own existence. Even worse, a few have
questioned God’s existence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">For the record, God does exist. He existed
long before our concept of existence was around and will exist long after we’ve
left this earth. Look at the Book of John.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">In
the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything
that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in
the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it (John 1:1-5).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The
darkness will try to extinguish the light. Look at what’s happening in our neck
of the woods right now with ISIS/ISIL; the killing children, beheadings,
destruction of anything and everything that is not Islam. The world is a dark
place that seems to be getting darker and darker. Lies flourish in the dark. Evil
flourishes in the dark. And on a more personal level, the darkness will try to
tell you: you’re not worthy, you have no purpose, you shouldn’t even exist, and
your God doesn’t exist … there is no hope. That’s what the darkness does! It
tries to extinguish the light.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
guess what? The Word assures us that darkness can never extinguish the light!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because the light has a purpose much greater than the
darkness. God’s purpose is much greater and his purpose will be accomplished.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">God
sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone might
believe because of his testimony. John himself was not the light; he was simply
a witness to tell about the light. The one who is the true light, who gives
light to everyone, was coming into the world. He came into the very world he
created, but the world didn’t recognize him. He came to his own people, and
even they rejected him. But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave
the right to become children of God. They are reborn—not with a physical birth
resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God. So the
Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and
faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and
only Son (John 1:6-14).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Scripture
affirms over and over again that God’s purpose for Jesus was, is and will
always be redemptive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">When Adam sinned,
sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone,
for everyone sinned.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <span class="text">Yes, people sinned even before the
law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law
to break.</span> <span class="text">Still, everyone died – from the time of Adam to
the time of Moses – even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of
God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet
to come.</span> <span class="text">But there is a great difference between Adam’s
sin and God’s gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death
to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness
to many through this other man, Jesus Christ. And the result of God’s gracious
gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin
led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with
God, even though we are guilty of many sins.</span> <span class="text">For the
sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is
God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it
will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ. Yes,
Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of
righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone.</span>
<span class="text">Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But
because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous. God’s law was
given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned
more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant.</span> <span class="text">So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now
God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and
resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Romans 5:12-21).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God
wants to give us the right to become his children! That’s huge because we’re
just a bunch of jacked up broken pieces. Some think they’re not fixable and are
going to get thrown away. Others think they’re not going back to their original
spot in the puzzle or in the Lego construction. The reality is that Christ is
the only way that all our pieces can ever come back together … for a purpose. Whether
they’re the pieces of our broken lives. Or they’re the broken pieces of our
collective lives, churches, communities, etc. God wants us to lift up our
broken pieces to him.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have a couple of friends named Kevin
& Janet Bowling. They’ve got a few kids. This story is about their oldest,
Sean. Now I’ve never met Sean that I can remember although I think I might have
at a Tennessee Tech Homecoming rugby match. Either way, Kevin and Janet have
lived their faith in front of their kids and their community. Sean was involved
in Young Life while he was in high school and when he graduated, he moved out
to Hawaii to go to school. What do young guys do when they get to Hawaii? They learn
to surf. Sean was no different. He picked up surfing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">One day last year, a wave threw him. Unfortunately,
he landed on the reef or the ground – either way, the water was shallow and he
landed on his head. From what I’ve been told, he went in to a coma. He was
transported to a local hospital where he was on life support while Kevin and
Janet made their way out to sit with him in the hospital. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">First off, I can’t imagine finding out my
son sustained a life threatening injury. I can’t imagine how they made it from
Tennessee to Hawaii without losing their minds; wrestling with the possibility of
having to say, “Do not resuscitate.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Something happened during the time of Sean’s
accident to the time Kevin & Janet made the announcement to all their
family and friends that they had given Sean back to God. They were hurting, no
doubt, but they also trusted in God’s bigger picture. Sean’s death was, without
a doubt, a tragedy from which most people might never recover. Kevin and Janet
chose to trust that Sean’s relationship with Jesus had him in those very arms
when we breathed his last. They also trusted that God would use what was absolutely
devastating for good. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">You’re hearing about Sean’s death and his
family’s faith. God’s purpose goes beyond what we might ever see – like Moses
and the Promised Land – or expect. Don’t limit God. Go back to the Old
Testament. Isaiah 53 paints a haunting picture of Christ hundreds of years
before he was born. God’s purpose for Jesus was given to mankind long before He
came to this world as a man.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Who has believed
our message? To whom has the </span></span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the </span></span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">’s presence like a
tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or
majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised
and rejected – a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our
backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet
it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And
we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own
sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten
so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like
sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the </span></span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> laid on him the
sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the
shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No
one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in
midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done
no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he
was put in a rich man’s grave. But it was the </span></span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">’s good plan to
crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he
will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the </span></span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">’s good plan will
prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he
will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will
make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their
sins. I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed
himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and
interceded for rebels (Isa. 53:1-12).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">That’s pretty clear for Jesus but what
about me? What am I supposed to do with all this? In my function as a chaplain
this week, I met with a number young Soldiers who seemed so lost – like they
had no purpose. They were devastated by their circumstances. They could only
see their immediate problem. I’m not trying to minimize their issues by any
means but that’s just it … they were only focused on those particular issues …
nothing else. They had no “Big Picture” thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">When we lose sight of the “Big Picture” we
make it all about what’s happening right now. In these Soldiers’ cases, it was
devastating them! They could not successfully negotiate the obstacle. They
could not look beyond the seen to the unseen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">That’s the most frustrating part of
helping anyone through a situation. The person has a breakdown … an inability
to negotiate an obstacle … and they “seek” assistance. My five and six year old
do that as well. They come to me for help but like a lot of people who don’t
understand the “Big Picture,” they are immobilized and can’t wrap their heads
around the fact that somebody does have a proven way to negotiate the obstacle
for a successful outcome. And what happens next? They won’t allow me to help or
think that once I open my mouth they have all the answers immediately. They forget
to listen and then act. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">We have failed at teaching young people
about “The Big Picture.” They have failed to learn about “The Big Picture.” Some
have gone so far as to turn from God rather than turning <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">to</i> him; as if God wants the end state your life to be bad. If that
were the case then there would be no need for a savior!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">So what are you supposed to do with all of
this? Figure out where you fit – what your purpose is – in God’s redemptive
plan. Only you can do that and only you will know it. No one else can discern what
God’s purpose is for you. While the immediate situation or circumstance may
seem overwhelming or devastating … DO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE BIG PICTURE. I
challenge you to go home and read 1 Corinthians 12:12-22; 27. Focus on verse 12
which says, “</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The human body has many parts, but
the many parts make up one whole body</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">.” The Scriptures speak of spiritual gifts
but I believe there to be a principle from which we can all learn. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t know if God has gifted you with any of the things
listed in these verses but the point being that God has a purpose for each of
us. He has called us for his purposes and it takes all of us working together
to accomplish his purpose. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Seek the treasure! First things first: “<span class="woj">Love the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="woj"> your God with all your heart,
all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.</span>
<span class="woj">Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law and all the
demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments” (Matt. 22:37-30). Once
you’ve done that, then “let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that
everyone will praise your heavenly Father” (Matt. 5:16). Finally, we all need
to remember that each of us plays a specific part in the redemption story</span>.
“<span class="text">Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a
special function,</span> <span class="text">so it is with Christ’s body. We are
many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other” (Rom. 12:4-5). Similarly:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves
together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have
been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith,
one baptism, <span style="font-size: small;"><sup>6 </sup>one God and Father of all, who is over all, in
all, and living through all. ~ Ephesians 4:3-6</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">You may not understand the specifics of
your purpose but your overarching purpose is to share in the redemptive work of
Christ. You are a child of God!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good morning everyone!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LAST
WEEK’S RECAP</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For those of you who might be new
today, we have been preaching through the book of Acts. Last week we were in Acts
9. Two major themes were going on in Chapter Nine: the conversion of Saul, which
gets the most attention in Christian circles, and t</span><span class="text">he story of Peter healing Aeneas
and raising Dorcas from the dead.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Saul, who became Paul, w</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">as
a zealous Pharisee. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Acts 7:58 RSV: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Then
they cast him out of the city and stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their
garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Acts 8:1-3 RSV: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And
Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose
against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the
region of Judea and Samar′ia, except the apostles. Devout men buried Stephen,
and made great lamentation over him. But Saul was ravaging the church, and
entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to
prison.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Acts 9:1 RSV: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Saul, still </i></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">breathing threats
and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, and
asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any
belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paul was a zealous Christian; so
much so that there were two plots to kill him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Acts
9:22-25 RSV: <span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But Saul increased all the more in strength,
and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the
Christ. </i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">When many days had passed, the Jews plotted
to kill him, but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates
day and night, to kill him; but his disciples took him by night and let him
down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And then the Hellenistic Jews tried
to kill him in Jerusalem because he was “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">preaching boldly in the name of the Lord</i></b>”
(Acts 9:28-29 RSV). Finally Christians took him to </span><span class="text">Caesarea </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and
sent him back to Tarsus (Acts 9:30 RSV). Peace in the church & it grew
stronger (Acts 9:31 RSV).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">In Acts 9:32-43 RSV, we are told
about Peter healing Aeneas and raising Dorcas (who was also called Tabitha).</span><span class="text"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “</span></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And
Peter said to him, “Aene′as, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.”
And immediately he rose</i></b></span><span class="text">”(Acts 9:34 RSV).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Acts 9:40-41 says:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But Peter put them all outside
and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, rise.”
And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his
hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her
alive.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why do I tell you all this again? Because
two major things were happening: 1) God was still in the business of
dramatically changing lives and 2) God was still in the business of working miracles.
What’s interesting is that this all happened after Pentecost. This was after
Jesus had risen from the dead and ascended into Heaven and now things were
going beyond the Apostles</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THIS
WEEK’S OVERVIEW</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week we’re going to look into Acts
10 and I want to do a quick overview before we get down to brass tacks and bare
knuckles. Acts 10:1-8. We’re introduced to the Roman army officer, Cornelius.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the Captain of the Italian Regiment.
He was a God-fearing man as was his entire household. He was a man who
understood authority / service. God has also given him a vision. </span><span class="text">An angel told
him that the Apostle Peter was going to be coming for a visit</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Acts 10:9-16 tells us about Peter,
who was on a rooftop and then falls into a trance. He too has a vision. His was
a v</span><span class="text"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ision of sheet and various animals.
Peter, still true to his character that was revealed throughout his time with
Jesus, was stubborn. God tells him to rise, kill and eat but </span></span><span class="text">Peter said, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Not
so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean</i></b>” (Acts
10:13 RSV). God told Peter three times, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do not call something unclean if God has
made it clean</i></b>” (Acts 10:14 RSV). </span><span class="text"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Acts
10:17-23 conveys what Cornelius had charged his servants to explain to Peter
when he asked them to come to his house: who they were, under whose authority
they came, and the expectation that Peter return with them to their master.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">To make a long story short, Cornelius
had sent men to Peter to bring him back to his house per the directive of God. Unlike
Peter, it only took Cornelius once to execute a command given to him by God
through the vision. Peter returns with the men and then Peter and Cornelius
meet. This is what happens next.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please stand for the reading of
God’s Word …</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">READING
OF GOD’S WORD</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They arrived in Caesarea the
following day. Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his
relatives and close friends. As Peter entered his home, Cornelius fell at his
feet and worshiped him. But Peter pulled him up and said, “Stand up! I’m a
human being just like you!” So they talked together and went inside, where many
others were assembled.</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Peter told them, “You know it is
against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this or to
associate with you. But God has shown me that I should no longer think of
anyone as impure or unclean. So I came without objection as soon as I was sent
for. Now tell me why you sent for me.”</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I
was praying in my house about this same time, three o’clock in the afternoon.
Suddenly, a man in dazzling clothes was standing in front of me. He told me,
‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been
noticed by God! Now send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon
Peter. He is staying in the home of Simon, a tanner who lives near the
seashore.’ So I sent for you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now we
are all here, waiting before God to hear the message the Lord has given you.”</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then Peter replied, “I see very
clearly that God shows no favoritism. In every nation he accepts those who fear
him and do what is right. This is the message of Good News for the people of
Israel – that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
<sup> </sup>You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee,
after John began preaching his message of baptism. And you know that God
anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went
around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was
with him. And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem.
They put him to death by hanging him on a cross, but God raised him to life on
the third day. Then God allowed him to appear, not to the general public, but
to us whom God had chosen in advance to be his witnesses. We were those who ate
and drank with him after he rose from the dead. And he ordered us to preach
everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the
judge of all – the living and the dead. He is the one all the prophets
testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins
forgiven through his name.</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even as Peter was saying these
things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message. The
Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy
Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too. For they heard them speaking
in other tongues and praising God.</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then Peter asked, “Can anyone object
to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we
did?” So he gave orders for them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
Afterward Cornelius asked him to stay with them for several days</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Acts
10:24-48 RSV).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PRAYER</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heavenly Father … we come to you
today with our hearts and minds completely fixed on you. We ask that you give
us ears to hear and eyes to see. Lord, we thank you for your Word </span><span class="text">and we believe
in our hearts that your Word has been with you since the beginning. The Word
was with you and the Word is you. God, you created everything through him, and
nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything that
was created, and his life brought light to everyone. Father, we thank you that
through your Word, your light shines in the darkness … and the darkness can
never extinguish it. Amen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">THE SERMON</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Does anyone remember the old Louis
Armstrong / Ella Fitzgerald song, “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off?” If you’re
like me, you might have a better memory of Christopher Walken and Jimmy Fallon
performing this song as a sketch on Saturday Night Live.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">You say either and I say either,<br />
You say neither and I say neither<br />
Either, either neither, neither<br />
Let's call the whole thing off.</span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
You like potato and I like potahto<br />
You like tomato and I like tomahto<br />
Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto.<br />
Let's call the whole thing off<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Words - it’s all in how they’re
said and the meaning behind each one. Scripture tells us quite often to choose
our words wisely – the power of life and death are in the what? The tongue
(Proverbs 18:21 NLT). Alistair Begg teaches, “Three things come not back: the
spent arrow, the spoken word and the missed opportunity.” I bring this to your
attention simply because I sometimes fall into the trap of preaching when I
should be teaching and teaching when I should be preaching.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">PREACHING vs. TEACHING</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Merriam-Webster defines “preach”
as “</span>To make a
speech about religion in a church or other public place : to deliver a sermon.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a>
That’s what we attempt to do here every Sunday to encourage you to live your
faiths throughout the week. Merriam-Webster also says these about the
definition of preach: “to write or speak in an annoying way about the right way
to behave.” <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a>
That definition reminds me of that old Madonna song, “Papa Don’t Preach.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Merriam-Webster
defines “teach” as “To cause or help (someone) to learn about a subject by
giving lessons.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a>
It’s clear what the Bible says about teaching in the church. “<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dear
brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers in the church, for
we who teach will be judged more strictly</i></b>” (James 3:1 NLT). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I
want to preach this morning. Why? “<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him who brings good news … who proclaims peace … who brings
glad tidings of good <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">things … w</span>ho
proclaims salvation … who says to Zion, “Your God reigns</i></b>” (Isaiah 52:7
NKJV; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">spacing mine</i>). Paul refers to
this scripture in Romans 10:8-15 NKJV when he’s explaining righteousness through
faith … rather than by the Law.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But what does [Scripture] say? </i></b></span><span class="oblique"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The word is near
you in your mouth and in your heart” </i></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(that is, the word of faith which
we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in
your heart that God has raised Him from the dead you will be saved. For with
the heart one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation. For the Scripture says, </i></b></span><span class="oblique"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Whoever believes
on Him will not be put to shame.”</i></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup> </sup></i></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For there is no distinction
between Jew and Greek for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon
Him. For </i></b></span><span class="oblique"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“whoever
calls on the name of the </i></b></span><span class="small-caps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></i></b></span><span class="oblique"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> shall be saved.” </i></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How then shall they
call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him
of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?<sup> </sup>And
how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: </i></b></span><span class="oblique"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“How beautiful are
the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of
good things!”(Romans 10:8-15 NKJV; emphasis mine).</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">So I pray … I pray… that you hear
me as a preacher today.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">REMEMBER THE SETTING</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Remember where we were at in the
story: Peter had just been brought to Cornelius’ house by two servants and one
soldier who served Cornelius – men under authority. Cornelius was waiting for
them and had called together his relatives and close friends. As a matter of
tracking things, at some point, Cornelius had become a believer. Remember, he
was a Roman – a Gentile – who had claimed the name of Jesus. Now he and his
household were gathered. Do you r</span><span class="woj">emember what the Bible says about
the gathering of saints? “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For where two or three are gathered together
in My name, I am there in the midst of them</i></b>” (Matthew 18:20 NKJV). So
God was already there … as He is here right now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="woj">Let’s look at Acts 10:25-27. “</span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As Peter entered
his home, Cornelius fell at his feet and worshiped him.</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="text"><sup>26 </sup>But
Peter pulled him up and said, “Stand up! I’m a human being just like you!</span></i></b><span class="text">” (Acts 10:25-26
RSV). </span>Peter
had to do an on the spot correction. Reading this makes me wonder if Cornelius
was a Young believer. Maybe he was a little over zealous. Maybe he was a little
bit ignorant to this new “Christianese.” Maybe he wasn’t. In our world right
now, ISIS is killing Christians in Iraq. It may have been that the culture in
which this “new faith” was growing was one of violent persecution and they were
fearful that too much of a good thing might draw undue attention from the
persecutors. Either way, Peter may not have been the brightest light in the
lamp but one thing is for certain … he knew that he wasn’t God. He may have
denied Jesus three times before the rooster crowed … and maybe he was a bit
aggressive (remember the ear incident in the Garden) … but he wasn’t going to
say he was God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">“<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to
enter a Gentile home like this or to associate with you. But God has shown me
that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean.</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="text">So I came without objection as soon as I was sent for. Now tell me
why you sent for me</span></i></b><span class="text">” (</span>Acts 10:28-29
RSV).<span class="text"> Peter finally got it! We are all God’s children! It
wasn’t about the law given through Moses and compounded by the religious
hierarchy. It was about the grace given only through Jesus Christ. Think about
this folks. Peter was living out what you and I and millions of others have
been reading about for the last 2000 years. We <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">have</i> the advantage of hindsight. We <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">have</i> the advantage of generations of scholarly work to better
understand the Bible. We <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">have</i> the
luxury of being armchair quarterbacks – more so than any other time in history.
But God doesn’t call us to be armchair quarterbacks, does he? God calls us to
be starters; first string play makers. Peter lived this!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Paul gets all the accolades for
taking the Gospel to the Gentiles but through Peter, God was about to blow his
“children’s” minds and their whole belief system. This was absolutely radical. For
centuries, the Israelites – the Hebrew children – had distanced themselves from
“unclean” things and were now about to be blown out of the water! Verse 12
says, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and
birds of the air.</i></b>” Peter had to be thinking, “Are you serious God?” Verse
14 says, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But Peter said, “No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is
common or unclean.</i></b>”” Now if Peter was saying, “No,” imagine what the
truly zealous Jews would have said!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">But as much as this is about Peter
receiving this kind of revelation … we have to recognize that ultimately, he
was obedient to God’s commands. Folks, when God speaks to you … are you
obedient? When you pray and are seeking his will … are you receptive to hearing
God’s answer? What about when He gives you an answer you don’t want to hear? Do
you debate what’s being said? Do you make excuses … or do you execute? </span><span class="woj">Jesus said, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If
you love me … <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">obey</span> my
commandments</i></b>” (John 14:15 NLT).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">THE GENTILES HEAR THE GOOD NEWS</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</sup><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Then
Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism.</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="text"><sup> </sup>In every nation he accepts those who fear him and
do what is right</span></i></b><span class="text">” (Acts 10:34-35 RSV). </span>Peter
was finally getting it! If you jump back to John 10, Jesus was trying his best
… to get his disciples to understand this … when he shared the parable of the
Good Shepherd and his Sheep. Let’s start at John 10:6:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Those
who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant,</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="text">so he explained it to them: </span><span class="woj">“I tell you the
truth, I am the gate for the sheep.</span> <span class="woj">All who came before
me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.</span> <span class="woj">Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They
will come and go freely and will find good pastures.</span> <span class="woj">The
thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a
rich and satisfying life. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices
his life for the sheep.</span><span class="text"><sup> </sup></span><span class="woj">A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the
sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the
wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.</span><span class="text"><sup> </sup></span><span class="woj">The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and
doesn’t really care about the sheep. “I am the good shepherd; I know my own
sheep, and they know me,</span><span class="text"><sup> </sup></span><span class="woj">just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my
life for the sheep</span></i></b><span class="woj"> (John 10:6-15 NLT).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here’s the key … </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup> </sup></i></b></span><span class="woj"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring
them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one
shepherd.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="woj">That’s the key …</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="woj"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Father loves me because I sacrifice my
life so I may take it back again.</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="woj">No one can take
my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it
down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father
has commanded</span></i></b><span class="woj"> (John 10:16-18 NLT).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">We continue in Acts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This
is the message of Good News for the people of Israel That there is peace with
God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="text">You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee After
John began preaching his message of baptism.</span> <span class="text"><sup> </sup>And
you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with
power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by
the devil, for God was with him. And we apostles are witnesses of all he did
throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a
cross,</span> <span class="text">but God raised him to life on the third day.
Then God allowed him to appear,</span> <span class="text">not to the general
public, but to us whom God had chosen in advance to be his witnesses. We were
those who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. And he ordered us
to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to
be the judge of all … the living and the dead.</span> <span class="text">He is
the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in
him will have their sins forgiven through his name</span></i></b><span class="text"> (</span>Acts 10:36-43NLT).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Peter is basically telling this gathering of people that
this is what the Gospel is all about: Jesus is alive – He is the Risen Messiah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is – I AM. I AM yesterday, today, and
forever. “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God and
the Word was God</i></b>” (John 1:1 NLT). “</span><span class="woj"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heaven</i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">and</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">earth</span> will
disappear but my words will never disappear</i></b>” (</span><span class="text">Matthews
24:35 NLT). “</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I am the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Alpha</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">and</span> the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Omega</span> – the beginning <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">and</span>
the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">and</span> who is still to come – the
Almighty One</i></b>” (Revelation 1:8 NLT).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Remember … these people are gathered and they are
hearing the Word of God and faith comes by what? Hearing. And hearing by what? The
Word of God. And God was already present because believers were gathered … so
what happened next?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">THE GENTILES RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</sup><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Even
as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were
listening to the message</i></b>” (Acts 10:44 RSV). </span>And faith comes by
what? Hearing. “<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Jewish believers who came with Peter
were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the
Gentiles, too</i></b>” (Acts 10:45 RSV).</span> The Holy Spirit is not a Jewish
thing … He is a God thing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For
they heard them speaking in other tongues and praising God. Then Peter asked,</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="text">“Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have
received the Holy Spirit just as we did?”</span> <span class="text">So he gave
orders for them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ</span></i></b><span class="text"> (Acts 10:46-48 RSV).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">So I ask you this dear Christian? What or who is the
Holy Spirit? A second question might be: what are some of the attributes of the
Holy Spirit? The Psalmist alludes to the Holy Spirit as that force that keeps
him in God’s presence (Psalm 51:11). John lists him as the Advocate or Helper (John
14:26). Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:20). Jesus was
baptized by the Holy Spirit, led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit and
walked in the power of the Holy Spirit (Luke 4). </span>Every sin can be
forgiven except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">These people – first the Jew and then the Gentile – were experiencing the
fullness of God’s manifestation of his Holy Spirit. On this particular
occasion, speaking in tongues was the evidence that they had received the Holy
Spirit. They had the power of God in them. They had the Spirit of Truth. They
had the Advocate and they were GENTILES. They weren’t Jews. Again … this was
radical in that day and age. God had chosen to manifest his presence outside
the society of Jewish believers. God wanted and continues to want the world to
know that He is I AM – that He is the Living God – that his power is freely
given to those who believe. “<span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Peter said: “Truly I perceive
that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does
what is right is acceptable to him</i></b>” (Acts 10:</span>34-35 RSV). Whether
Jew or Gentile, man or woman, slave or free man … a<span class="text">nyone who
fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. </span>The Gospel is not
bound by our limited idea of who God is. God is infinitely more than we can
ever imagine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My
thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the </i></b></span><span class="small-caps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="text">“And my ways are far
beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your
thoughts</span></i></b><span class="text"> (Isaiah 55:8-9 NLT).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">We have the Bible – his Word – that He has freely given us so that we
might know him and his love story throughout the passage of time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">SO WHAT?</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">What
do we do with this now? </span>Again, we have the luxury of 2000 years of
studying this Word by experts. We’ve been guided by theologians who know how
exegete and extrapolate truth based on source documents, presuppositions, and
years of rigorous research. But the simple answer is this: “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You
will <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">seek</span> the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God and you will <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">find</span> him if you search after him with all your heart and with all
your soul</i></b>” (<span class="text">Deuteronomy 4:29 RSV). Because God is
truth, try it this way too; you will seek the Truth and you will find it if you
search after it with all your heart and with all your soul. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">SEVEN TAKE AWAYS</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">God wants us
together // the First Church</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And they continued steadfastly in the
apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through
the apostles. Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common,
and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had
need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread
from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the
church daily those who were being saved</i></b> (Acts 2:42-47 NKJV).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">God wants us to know that He’s God
and we’re not // The Rich Young Ruler</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good
Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” So He said
to him, </i></b></span><span class="woj"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Why do you call Me good?</i></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b></span><span class="woj"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No one <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">is</span> good but One, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">that
is,</span> God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”</i></b>
(Matthew 19:16-17 NKJV).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">God wants us to be obedient //
Abraham & Jesus</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Abraham</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This is what the </i></b></span><span class="small-caps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></i></b></span><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son,
your only son, I swear by my own name that</i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="text">I will
certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the
stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer
the cities of their enemies</span></i></b><span class="text"> (Genesis 22:16-17
NLT).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text">Jesus</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;
he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he
appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a
criminal’s death on a cross</i></b> (Philippians 2:7-8 NLT).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">God wants us to be under authority
// The Roman Centurion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I know this because I am under the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">authority</span> of my superior officers, and
I have <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">authority</span> over my
soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. And
if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it</i></b> (Matthew 8:9 NLT).</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">God wants everyone // Longsuffering
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But, beloved, do not forget this one thing,
that with the Lord one day <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">is</span>
as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack
concerning <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">His</span> promise, as some
count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should
perish but that all should come to repentance</i></b> (2 Peter 3:8-9 NJKV).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God wants to answer your prayers //
the Psalmist</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You
faithfully answer our <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">prayers</span>
with awesome deeds, O God our savior. You are the hope of everyone on earth,
even those who sail on distant seas</i></b> (Psalm 65:5 NLT).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God wants you to be open to the
movement of the Holy Spirit // Jesus’ Last Command & Paul’s encouragement </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jesus’
Last Command</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="woj"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And now I will send the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Holy</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Spirit</span>, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city
until the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Holy</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Spirit</span> comes and fills you with power
from heaven</i></b></span><span class="woj">
(Luke 24:49 NLT).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paul’s
encouragement</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I
pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace
because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through
the power of the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Holy</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Spirit</span></i></b> (Romans 15:13 NLT).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">RECAP</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span class="text">God wants us together; He wants
us in fellowship</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>God
wants us to know that He’s God and we’re not</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>God
wants us to be obedient</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>God
wants us to be under authority</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>God
wants everyone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God wants to answer your prayers</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God wants you to be open to the
movement of the Holy Spirit</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">PRAYER</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">God …
you brought us here today to share in the hearing of your Word. I pray that
your Word did not fall on deaf ears or hard hearts. I pray that the Holy Spirit
has stirred hearts this morning as I pray he does every day in the hearts of
those who serve you. As we walk out of this sanctuary, I pray that your Spirit
empowers us to be the church outside these walls. Encourage us so that we can
encourage one another. Bless us so that we may be a blessing. In all these
things, we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> <a href="http://www.lyrics007.com/Louis%20Armstrong%20Lyrics/Let%27s%20Call%20The%20Whole%20Thing%20Off%20Lyrics.html">http://www.lyrics007.com/Louis%20Armstrong%20Lyrics/Let%27s%20Call%20The%20Whole%20Thing%20Off%20Lyrics.html</a>
(Accessed on August 8, 2014).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preach">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preach</a>
(Accessed on August 6, 2014).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a> Ibid.,
(Accessed on August 6, 2014).</span></div>
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(Accessed on August 6, 2014).</span></div>
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Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-76931862311989495182014-05-25T12:33:00.002-07:002014-05-25T12:44:11.138-07:00Memorial Day Message ~ May 25, 2014<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><span style="color: red;">INTRODUCTION</span></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Only
two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: Jesus Christ and the
American Soldier. One died for your soul. The other died for your freedom.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[1]</span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My
name is Malcolm Rios and I am the Operations Officer for the Army’s Chaplain Recruiting
Branch here at Fort Knox. I’m honored to have been invited by Bill Knott to come
and speak here at Radcliff First Assembly on this Memorial Day Sunday. I
brought my family with me: Amanda, Sophia, and Angus.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You
don’t know me from Adam … so I’m compelled to give you a little background
about myself … possibly shed some light on why Bill asked me to join you in
worship today. I graduated from high school in 1988 and by the end of the
summer was at Naval Station Great Lakes for Basic Training. I spent four
glorious years in the Navy. Got to see a lot of the world, deployed once, and did
a few tours at GTMO. After my tour, I went back home and enrolled in college. I
had three inglorious years in college. I think the best thing I did in college
was get involved in rugby. I just came off my 19<sup>th</sup> year playing. It
was with Louisville Rugby Football Club.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jump
ahead and in May of 1997 I gave my life to Christ. I gave my life to Christ in
an A/G church – Trinity Assembly in Algood, TN, to be exact. Eddie Turner was
the Senior Pastor but Mike Campbell was preaching the day I gave my life to
Jesus. As a new Christian, I was hungry and jumped in head first. I immediately
plugged into Chi Alpha. In 1998, I plugged into Young Life ministry. In 2000,
an evangelist shared about the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (AGTS) in
church. I applied and was accepted but deferred to pay off some loans I had
taken out to start a landscaping business.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
2001, 9/11 goes down. On 9/12, I was in a recruiting station trying to figure
out how I could come in as a chaplain. The recruiters told me I needed to go to
seminary and get a M.Div. so on January 1, 2002, I left home and went to AGTS
to begin my pursuit of chaplaincy. I was not picked up by the Navy (because the
Navy is where I started). In the summer of 2003, I came back to TN &
enlisted in the Tennessee Army National Guard (TNARNG) as medic.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Early
in 2004, our Regiment (278<sup>th</sup> ACR) was mobilized and deployed in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. We returned from Iraq in 2005. In 2006,
after six months of decompression and reintegration, I accepted a position as Associate
Pastor / Youth Pastor of Livingston First United Methodist Church (LFUMC). That
is where I met Amanda and we married almost a year later.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
ended my enlisted time with the TNARNG in November 2007 but always told Amanda
that if the opportunity ever came up to be a chaplain, I would go for it. Our
daughter, Sophia, was born in 2008. In 2009, I got a call from an old friend
who I played rugby with in college and he asked me, “Do you want to be a
chaplain?” He told me what I needed to do and who I needed to talk to so I enrolled
online to complete the qualifications for a M.Div. through Liberty University.
Angus was born in September.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
was commissioned as chaplain candidate in February 2010. Upon completion of my M.Div.
in the summer of 2011, I was accessed as a Chaplain for the TNARNG. My heart’s
intention was to be an Active Duty chaplain. I wanted to do it fulltime,
full-bore. I applied and in 2012, was boarded and selected on an Order of Merit
List. God opened doors and I sworn in on Active Duty in September of 2012; my
first duty station being Fort Knox and my first position being Operations
Officer in Charge, Chaplain Recruiting Branch. Folks … all of that was just a
snapshot from 50000 feet of who I am and where I’ve come from … because of who
God is and what He has done in my life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><span style="color: red;">OPENING
PRAYER</span></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let us
pray.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lord … we
come to you with open hearts and ask that you speak to our spirits with words
of wisdom and direction, that we may know how you wish for us to pray. Help your
humble servants to speak words of praise and adoration, for you are the King of
kings and Lord of lords. Teach us, Lord, that we may know you and the power of
your resurrection. Fill us with your presence and forgive our shortcomings.
Lead us, O Lord, to a higher place, that you might be lifted up and draw all
men to you. Amen.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[2]</span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="chapternum" style="font-size: small;"><sup>1</sup> </span><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over
the Jordan, that the </span><span class="small-caps" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"> spoke to Joshua, saying: <sup>2 </sup>“Take
for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe, <sup>3 </sup>and
command them, saying, ‘Take for yourselves twelve stones from here, out of the
midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet stood firm. You
shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where you
lodge tonight.’”<sup> </sup></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>4 </sup>Then Joshua called
the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from
every tribe; <sup>5 </sup>and Joshua said to them: “Cross over before the
ark of the </span><span class="small-caps" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"> your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up
a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children
of Israel, <sup>6 </sup>that this may be a sign among you when your
children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones <i>mean</i> to
you?’<sup> </sup></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>7 </sup>Then you shall answer
them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant
of the </span><span class="small-caps" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut
off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel
forever.”<sup> </sup></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>8 </sup>And the children of
Israel did so, just as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the
midst of the Jordan, as the </span><span class="small-caps" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"> had spoken
to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and
carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down
there.<sup> </sup></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>9 </sup>Then Joshua set up
twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the
priests who bore the Ark of the Covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
(</span><span style="font-size: small;">Joshua 4:4-9 NLT)</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><span style="color: red;">PRAYER</span></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="normal-c31" style="font-size: small;">ALMIGHTY God,
giver and sustainer of life and liberty … we bow our heads in honor and memory
of all those who in past wars paid the ultimate sacrifice, that we might enjoy
the blessings of governing our own land … according to our own laws … and by
our own people. We remember not only those who left their homes never to come
back again, but also the mothers in whose windows hangs a gold star; and the
tens of thousands of wives who said good bye one last time; and for the
children, whose daddies never got to hold their son or daughter again.Lord God of
Hosts, be with us, lest we forget. Lest we forget the noble efforts of both the
past and the present to free the enslaved, to maintain order in a world of
unrest and chaos, to promote social justice, yes, and to preserve our land from
terrorism and all who would take from us our freedom of thought … our freedom
of expression … our freedom of worship … and our freedom of government.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: #1d1d1d;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a><span class="normal-c31">May words of
my mouth and the thoughts and meditations in our hearts be wholly and pleasing
to you, Father. Amen.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><span style="color: red;">SERMON</span></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What
comes to mind when you hear the word “memorial?” Before I prayed, we read about
Joshua leading the Nation of Israel across the Jordan. They were headed where? To
the Promised Land, right. And what did God ask Joshua to do when they were
crossing? Pick twelve men – twelve leaders – to pick up 12 stones and erect a
memorial. Why’d God do that? What did these stones mean? Joshua 4:7 says, “<span class="text">You shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off
before the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text">; when it
crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones
shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.” A memorial to the
children of Israel forever … that got me wondering, “What else does the Bible say
about memorials.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">Exodus 3:14-15 NKJV</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">“And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO
I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has
sent me to you.’” Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the
children of Israel: ‘The </span><span class="small-caps" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"> God of your
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent
me to you. This <i>is</i> My name forever, and this <i>is</i> My <b><u>memorial</u></b> to all generations.’”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">So God gave his name as a
memorial to the children of Israel. Why? It was to remind them that He <i>is</i> the living God. He’s not just the God
of their ancestors or the God of everyone’s future hope. He is the God of the
here and now! I AM!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">Exodus 12:13-14 NKJV</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">“Now the blood shall be a sign
for you on the houses where you <i>are.</i> And when I see the blood, I will
pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy <i>you</i> when I
strike the land of Egypt.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
<span class="text">‘So this day shall be to you a <b><u>memorial</u></b>; and you shall keep it as a feast to the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"> throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an
everlasting ordinance.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">The Passover is a memorial. God’s
work again on behalf of his people! Think about it … God sent “The Death Angel”
to make a point to Pharaoh … and an example out of him … and He – God – made a
way out for his people. Tell me Passover isn’t important to remember!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">Mark 14:3-9 NKJV</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">And being in Bethany at the house of
Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask
of very costly oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured <i>it</i>
on His head. But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said,
“Why was this fragrant oil wasted? For it might have been sold for more than
three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they criticized her sharply.
But Jesus said, </span><span class="woj" style="font-size: small;">“Let her alone. Why do you trouble her?
She has done a good work for Me.</span><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="woj" style="font-size: small;">For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may
do them good; but Me you do not have always.</span><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="woj" style="font-size: small;">She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My
body for burial.</span><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="woj" style="font-size: small;">Assuredly, I
say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this
woman has done will also be told as a <b><u>memorial</u></b>
to her.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="woj" style="font-size: small;">Do
y</span><span style="font-size: small;">ou see a pattern happening here? Somebody doing something for somebody
else. A memorial – a remembrance – for someone who has given of themselves –
sacrificed – for someone else. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As Christians, what
do you think our greatest memorial is? It has to be the cross. Everything after
the cross is what gives us hope … but it’s the cross … where Jesus bled and
died and gave himself for us … that’s where the sacrifice happened.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now let me ask you
about Memorial Day? What does Memorial Day mean to you? Do you know the history
of Memorial Day? There is some debate out there … and I got this off the
internet … which only tells you the truth … but this is from the US Memorial
Day website</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Memorial Day, originally called
Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of
the United States of America. Over two dozen cities and towns claim to be the
birthplace of Memorial Day. Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the
birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil
War and a desire to honor our dead. It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868
by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in
his <a href="http://www.usmemorialday.org/?p=90"><span style="color: windowtext;">General
Order No. 11</span></a>. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose
of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who
died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies
now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he
proclaimed. The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it
wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the first Decoration Day, General
James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000
participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers
buried there.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first state to officially recognize
the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the
northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead
on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from
honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans
who died fighting in any war).</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is now celebrated in almost every
state on the last Monday in May with Congressional passage of the National
Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 – 363).<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[4]</span></span></a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
what do we glean from that? Memorial Day was borne out of a desire to honor our
dead. It was done by decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of
their country. The date was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any
particular battle. So memorials are important because they help us … and future
generations … remember the sacrifices that people before us have made so that
we can enjoy what we enjoy today.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
gave you three biblical examples of memorials up front. But the Bible is filled
with so many more because God wants us to remember the work He has done for us.
That’s the whole message of the Gospel … the work God has done for us! That’s
all it’s about. Let me share one more memorial with you from the New Testament.
Turn to Matthew 17 … this is the story of the transfiguration. I love this
story because it constantly reminds me of how zealous Peter was and how humble
Jesus really was.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="chapternum" style="font-size: small;"><sup>1</sup></span><span class="chapternum" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">Six days later
Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high
mountain to be alone.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
<span class="text"><sup>2 </sup>As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was
transformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as
white as light.</span> <span class="text"><sup>3 </sup>Suddenly, Moses and Elijah
appeared and began talking with Jesus. <sup>4 </sup>Peter exclaimed, “Lord,
it’s wonderful for us to be here! If you want, I’ll make three shelters as <b><u>memorials</u></b> – one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah.”<sup>5 </sup>But even as he spoke, a bright cloud
overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved
Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”</span> <span class="text"><sup>6 </sup>The
disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground. <sup>7 </sup>Then
Jesus came over and touched them. </span><span class="woj">“Get up,”</span><span class="text"> he said. </span><span class="woj">“Don’t be afraid.”</span> <span class="text"><sup>8 </sup>And when they looked up, Moses and Elijah were gone,
and they saw only Jesus. <sup>9 </sup>As they went back down the mountain,
Jesus commanded them, </span><span class="woj">“Don’t tell anyone what you have
seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead” (</span><span class="chapternum">Matthew 17:1-9 NLT).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peter
wanted everyone to know that he had just experienced something great! Why
wouldn’t he? He just saw Jesus with Moses and Elijah … two guys who had been
dead for hundreds of years! And then he heard the voice of God! Wouldn’t you be
a little excited? He wanted others to know and remember as well but Jesus had
other plans. The Bible says that a lot, you know …”But God” or “But Jesus” …
and then it’s followed by Jesus doing something or saying something that makes
me think, “Silly disciples” or “Stupid Pharisees” or mostly, “Silly Malcolm.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jesus
didn’t want anybody else to know what Peter, James, and John had seen … until
He did something even more incredible … get raised from the dead! But isn’t
that the case for anyone you’ve ever met or seen that has done something of any
real significance for someone else … they don’t want all the hype.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now,
we’re gonna talk military here but think about it … when was the last time you
watched a Medal of Honor Ceremony for a living recipient? What is consistent
about those ceremonies? The recipient always says it’s not about him … it’s
about the real heroes … the ones who didn’t make it back. Every time! To the
recipient … the Medal is a memorial to those men and women he took action to
protect and serve. Now there are all kinds of awards that given as memorials to
those who serve and have served: Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star … but
let’s focus on the one that says, “This guy really laid it all out there.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><span style="color: red;">MEDAL
OF HONOR</span></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I’d like to share with you the
criteria for being nominated / awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. </span><span style="font-size: small;">The Medal of Honor is the highest
award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an
individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally, the
Medal of Honor is presented to its recipient by the President of the United
States of America. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
Medal of Honor is presented to the service member who </span><span style="font-size: small;">distinguishes
himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life
above and beyond the call of duty:<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="1"></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(1) while engaged in an action
against an enemy of the United States;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(2) while engaged in military
operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(3) while serving with friendly
foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in
which the United States is not a belligerent party.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">[Besides being given the individual
award, the recipients are memorialized one step further.] </span><span style="font-size: small;">The
Hall of Heroes is located inside the Pentagon and honors each and every Medal
of Honor recipient. Inside the hall, three glass cases enclose the three
versions of the Medal of Honor - the Army version; the sea-going version for the
Navy, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard; and the Air Force version. More
than 3,100 thin silver metal strips, each engraved with a name of a Medal of
Honor awardee, line the walls in long columns. The Hall of Heroes was opened
and dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on May 14, 1968.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[5]</span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
all the Soldiers here, what are the Army Values? </span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Loyalty</span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Duty</span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Respect</span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Selfless
Service</span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Honor</span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Integrity</span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Personal
Courage</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
want to talk about “Selfless Service.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Put
the welfare of the nation, the Army and your subordinates before your own.
Selfless service is larger than just one person. In serving your country, you
are doing your duty loyally without thought of recognition or gain. The basic
building block of selfless service is the commitment of each team member to go
a little further, endure a little longer, and look a little closer to see how
he or she can add to the effort.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[6]</span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jesus
wasn’t in the Army but isn’t that what he did? His mission was larger than
himself Remember what Philippians 2:5-7 NKJV says? “</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup>5 </sup>Let
this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, <sup>6 </sup>who,
being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, <sup>7 </sup>but
made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, <i>and</i> coming
in the likeness of men.” Jesus went a little further. He endured a little
longer. He took it upon himself – literally – to be the game changer. That’s what He did for you, for
you, and for me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aren’t
those the very things that we really remember on Memorial Day? Not just their
names but what their lives represent. We honor the dead because they lived
lives worthy of remembrances. Whether they died on a lonely battlefield
thousands of miles away from home or years later in the company of generations of
their family … we honor the sacrifices they made so that we can lived blessed
lives today. I’m going to close out with one more story. It’s about a guy named
Murph.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><span style="color: red;">MURPH</span></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Michael P. Murphy,
fondly referred to by friends and family as “Murph,” was born May 7, 1976 in
Smithtown, N.Y. and grew up in the New York City commuter town of Patchogue,
N.Y. on Long Island. Murphy grew up active in sports and attended Patchogue's
Saxton Middle School. In high school, Murphy took a summer lifeguard job at the
Brookhaven town beach in Lake Ronkonkoma -- a job he returned to each summer
through his college years. Murphy graduated from Patchogue-Medford High School
in 1994.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Murphy attended Penn
State University, where he was an exceptional all-around athlete and student,
excelling at ice hockey and graduating with honors. He was an avid reader; his
reading tastes ranged from the Greek historian Herodotus to Tolstoy's "War
and Peace." Murphy's favorite book was Steven Pressfield’s “Gates of
Fire,” about the Spartan stand at Thermopylae. In 1998, he graduated with a
pair of Bachelor of Arts degrees from Penn State -- in political science and
psychology.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Following graduation,
he was accepted to several law schools, but instead he changed course.
Slightly built at 5 feet 10 inches, Murphy decided to attend SEAL mentoring
sessions at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point with his sights on
becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL. Murphy accepted an appointment to the Navy's Officer
Candidate School at Pensacola, Fla., in September, 2000.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Murphy was
commissioned as an ensign in the Navy on Dec. 13, 2000, and began Basic
Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training in Coronado, Calif., in January
2001, graduating with Class 236. BUD/S is a six-month training course and the
first step to becoming a Navy SEAL.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Upon graduation from
BUD/S, he attended the Army Jump School, SEAL Qualification Training and SEAL
Delivery Vehicle (SDV) School. Lt. Murphy earned his SEAL Trident and checked
on board SDV Team (SDVT) 1 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in July of 2002. In October
of 2002, he deployed with Foxtrot Platoon to Jordan as the liaison officer for
Exercise Early Victor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Following his tour
with SDVT-1, Lt. Murphy was assigned to Special Operations Central Command in
Florida and deployed to Qatar in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After
returning from Qatar, Lt. Murphy was deployed to the Horn of Africa, Djibouti,
to assist in the operational planning of future SDV missions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In early 2005, Murphy
was assigned to SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 as assistant officer in charge of
ALFA Platoon and deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On June 28, 2005, Lt.
Murphy was the officer-in-charge of a four-man SEAL element in support of
Operation Red Wing tasked with finding key anti-coalition militia commander
near Asadabad, Afghanistan. Shortly after inserting into the objective area,
the SEALs were spotted by three goat herders who were initially detained and
then released. It is believed the goat herders immediately reported the SEALs’
presence to Taliban fighters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A fierce gun battle
ensued on the steep face of the mountain between the SEALs and a much larger
enemy force. Despite the intensity of the firefight and suffering grave gunshot
wounds himself, Murphy is credited with risking his own life to save the lives
of his teammates. Murphy, intent on making contact with headquarters, but
realizing this would be impossible in the extreme terrain where they were
fighting, unhesitatingly and with complete disregard for his own life moved
into the open, where he could gain a better position to transmit a call to get
help for his men.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Moving away from the
protective mountain rocks, he knowingly exposed himself to increased enemy
gunfire. This deliberate and heroic act deprived him of cover and made
him a target for the enemy. While continuing to be fired upon, Murphy
made contact with the SOF Quick Reaction Force at Bagram Air Base and requested
assistance. He calmly provided his unit’s location and the size of the enemy
force while requesting immediate support for his team. At one point, he was
shot in the back causing him to drop the transmitter. Murphy picked it back up,
completed the call and continued firing at the enemy who was closing in.
Severely wounded, Lt. Murphy returned to his cover position with his men and
continued the battle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As a result of
Murphy’s call, an MH-47 Chinook helicopter, with eight additional SEALs and
eight Army Night Stalkers aboard, was sent in as part of the QRF to extract the
four embattled SEALs. As the Chinook drew nearer to the fight, a
rocket-propelled grenade hit the helicopter, causing it to crash and killing
all 16 men aboard.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the ground and
nearly out of ammunition, the four SEALs continued to fight. By the end
of a two-hour gunfight that careened through the hills and over cliffs, Murphy,
Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Danny Dietz and Sonar Technician 2nd Class
(SEAL) Matthew Axelson had fallen. An estimated 35 Taliban were also
dead. The fourth SEAL, Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (SEAL) Marcus
Luttrell, was blasted over a ridge by a rocket-propelled grenade and knocked
unconscious. Though severely wounded, the fourth SEAL and sole survivor,
Luttrell, was able to evade the enemy for nearly a day; after which local
nationals came to his aide, carrying him to a nearby village where they kept
him for three more days. Luttrell was rescued by U.S. Forces on July 2, 2005.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By his undaunted
courage, intrepid fighting spirit and inspirational devotion to his men in the
face of certain death, Lt. Murphy was able to relay the position of his unit,
an act that ultimately led to the rescue of Luttrell and the recovery of the
remains of the three who were killed in the battle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lt. Murphy was buried
at Calverton National Cemetery less than 20 miles from his childhood home. He
was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. His other personal awards include
the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, the Joint Service Commendation Medal,
the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Ribbon and
National Defense Service Medal.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[7]</span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Murph has been
memorialized by his teammate, Marcus Luttrell, in the book <i>Lone Survivor </i>which is also now a major motion picture. His family
and close friends have released a documentary titled, <i>Murph</i>, which honors him like nothing I’ve ever seen. I hope we all
live lives worthy of being remembered on the scale that Murph continues to be
remembered … because he gave all. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On
this Memorial Day … remember the fallen. Honor the dead … for “only the dead
have seen the end of war.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[8]</span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"> And know this … </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>1</sup>
to everything <i>there is</i> a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>2 </sup>A
time to be born, and a time to die; </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">A time
to plant, and a time to pluck <i>what is</i> planted;</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>3 </sup>A time to kill, and a time to heal; </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">A time
to break down, and a time to build up;</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>4 </sup>A time to weep, and a time to laugh; </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">A time
to mourn, and a time to dance;</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>5 </sup>A time to cast away stones, and a time to
gather stones; </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">A time
to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>6 </sup>A time to gain, and a time to lose; </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">A time
to keep, and a time to throw away;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>7 </sup>A
time to tear, and a time to sew; </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">A time
to keep silence, and a time to speak;</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;"><sup>8 </sup>A time to love, and a time to hate; </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="font-size: small;">A time
of war, and a time of peace (Ecc. 3:1-8 NLT).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
pray this is your time of peace. I pray that if you have not picked up your
memorial stone – come to the memorial of the cross – make this day your day –
make this day your memorial. All gave some … some gave all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Only
two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: The American Soldier and
Jesus Christ. One died for your freedom. The other died for your soul.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><span style="color: red;">CLOSING
PRAYER</span></u></b><span class="normal-c31"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="normal-c31" style="font-size: small;">Let us pray
the prayer of Francis of Assisi: </span><span class="normal-c41" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">“Lord, make us instruments of your
peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where
there is doubt, faith; where there is darkness, light; where there is sickness,
health; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be
consoled as to console, to be loved as to love; for it is in giving we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born to
eternal life." </span></span><span class="normal-c31" style="font-size: small;">This
we pray in Jesus name. Amen</span></span></div>
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O'Brien, Sergeant, USMC.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[2]</span></span></a> Jack
Countryman, <i>If My People …: A 40-Day
Prayer Guide for Our Nation</i> (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008), 36.</span></span></div>
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(Accessed May 23, 2014).</span></span></div>
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(Accessed May 23, 2014).</span></span></div>
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(Accessed May 23, 2014). </span></span></div>
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Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-20384043777586999782014-03-16T11:25:00.000-07:002014-03-16T11:25:36.989-07:00Identity Crisis<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Two
weeks ago CH Harki preached on “Faith.” He spoke from Hebrews 11:1-16. It
starts out: “<span class="text">Faith is the confidence that what we hope for
will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see” and it
goes on to remind us of:</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Abel’s offering</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Enoch being taken to heaven without dying</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Noah building the Ark</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Abraham going to the far country – a foreigner in
this world</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sarah’s
faith for a son</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What
really impress me are verses 13 and 16:</span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">All these people died still
believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised,
but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were
foreigners and nomads here on earth. But they were looking for a better place,
a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for
he has prepared a city for them. ~ Hebrews 1:13, 16 NLT</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Now that’s faith! Would you still
believe up until your last breath if you hadn’t yet seen it? Sobering thought …</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Last
week, we were fortunate to have Mr. Pete and Ollie from Team Xtreme join us to
share about “God Almighty.” Did you enjoy that? If you did enjoy it, you need
to make it a point to let our Garrison Chaplain, CH Simmons, know and please
thank him for making it happen. When you let us know – let Garrison know – that
you’re enjoying things that the Chapel is offering then we’ll be able to do
more things – get more support. I’d also like to thank those of you who helped
us clean up afterward. Thank you to CH Broderick and the Fellowship Team for
that great meal afterwards. Again folks, if you enjoy the fellowship meals then
voice your support and volunteer to make it happen once a month. It only works
if we do the work</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
title of my sermon is “Identity Crisis. What I’m about to share with you is a devotion
from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Our Daily Bread</i> titled “Situation
Excellent.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">At
the First Battle of the Marne during World War I, French lieutenant general
Ferdinand Foch sent out this communique: “My center is giving way, my right is
retreating. Situation excellent. I am attacking.” His willingness to see hope
in a tough situation eventually led to victory for his troops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sometimes
in life’s battles we can feel as if we are losing on every front. Family
discord, business setbacks, financial woes, or a decline in health can put a
pessimistic spin on the way we look at life. But the believer in Christ can
always find a way to conclude: “Situation excellent.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Look
at Paul. When he was thrown in prison for preaching the gospel, he had an
unusually upbeat attitude. To the church at Philippi he wrote, “I want you to
know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out
for the furtherance of the gospel” (Phil. 1:12).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Paul
saw his prison situation as a new platform from which to evangelize the Roman
palace guard. In addition, other Christians became emboldened by his situation
to preach the gospel more fearlessly (vv.13-14).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">God
can use our trials to work good in spite of the pain they bring (Rom. 8:28).
That’s just one more way He can be honored. ~ Dennis Fisher<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A
few other things were going on here as well: General Foch … like Paul … and like
our Hebrew 1 “Faith Heroes” walked in faith! They believed that God was going
to accomplish his purpose and they executed their missions accordingly. Each of
these people understood who they were and what their purpose was. More
importantly – they were fully aware of whose they were. They knew their
identity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SCRIPTURE READING</span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Is there any encouragement from
belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the
Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="text">Then make me
truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and
working together with one mind and purpose. Don’t be selfish; don’t try to
impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.</span>
<span class="text">Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an
interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling
to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a
slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled
himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore,
God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all
other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on
earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father. ~ Philippians 2:1-11 NLT</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SERMON</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Most
of you all don’t know this … but I was in a fraternity when I was in college. That’s
right … I was in Sigma Alpha Epsilon. This is rugby jersey is from the college
I went to … Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, TN. Besides
wearing rugby jerseys in college … I wore the loafers (I called them boat
shoes) … tan slacks … oxford shirt … patterned tie … blazer … pledge pin … and
a pony tail. Come to think of it … I guess I was more like Chris Farley in
Tommy Boy than your stereotypical fraternity boy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I
went to college after my first tour with the Navy so I was 22 when I enrolled
and 25 when I graduated. And just so you know … this was about three or four
years before I came to know Jesus as my Lord and Savior. But one of the best
“takeaways” I got out of college and more specifically from the fraternity …
was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The True Gentleman</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Has
anyone heard of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The True Gentleman</i>? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The True Gentleman</i> is the creed of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon. It’s a sentence – a long sentence – that is the best definition
of a gentleman that I’ve ever heard. It’s expected that when you pledge the
fraternity, you memorize and recite <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
True Gentlemen</i> in front of all the Actives. Allow me to give you a bit more
history on the True Gentleman: “the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis used it in
a manual. The author was denoted there as one John Walter Wayland. But before
that …"The True Gentleman" had actually first appeared in <i>The
Baltimore Sun</i> as part of a competition for the best definition of a true
gentleman with Wayland's submission being crowned the winner.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute
sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies; who does
not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his
obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled
if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe
before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with
frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word;
who thinks of the rights and feelings of others rather than his own; and who
appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe. ~
John Walter Wayland. Virginia, 1899</span></div>
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I don’t expect any
of you all to have an “A-ha” moment from me reading <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The True Gentleman</i> but I do want you to know how much that sentence
has impacted my life. Think about it – I was a guy who didn’t want to know God
but something like this – truth like this – was put in front of my face … and I
had the faith to believe it. Like I said, we had to read it – memorize it – and
then recite in front of the whole fraternity ... and if we jacked it up … well,
I can’t tell you what happens to those guys.</div>
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But the reality
was this: I latched on to that creed. It was something that I bought into hook,
line and sinker. I still try my best to live by that standard every day. I read
it often and try to use to some extent in most of my sermons. I’ve used it
quite a few times over the years when writing papers for graduate work. It’s
the attitude with which I want to be identified.</div>
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I don’t get it
right sometimes but that’s who I aspire to be. Sometimes my conduct does not
proceed from goodwill at all. Sometimes I wear my feelings on my sleeve and
sometimes I simply blow self-control out of the water in certain circumstances.
And sometimes … I’m simply not very compassionate. But I still want to be that
guy … that gentleman … and I have faith that God will complete his work in me
so that I can be a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">True Gentleman</i> more
often and more consistently.</div>
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So how does the
True Gentleman mesh with the Gospel? I’m pretty sure that John Walter Wayland
was familiar with Scripture if not a believer. Let’s look at Philippians again
as well as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The True Gentleman</i> and see
how they complement one another. </div>
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Philippians: “<span class="text">Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort
from his love?” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The True Gentleman</i>: that’s
definitely thinking of the rights and feelings of others rather than your own,
right? The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bible</i> tells us that the
greatest show of love is laying down your life for someone else; most times
that’s as simple as being kind.</span></div>
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<span class="text">Philippians:
“Any fellowship together in the Spirit?” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
True Gentleman</i>: “Who appears well in any company” … that’s Jesus.</span></div>
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<span class="text">Philippians:
“Are your hearts tender and compassionate?</span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The True Gentleman</i>: “Who does not make the poor man conscious of
his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or
deformity.” If that’s not definitive of Jesus then I don’t know what is!</div>
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Philippians: “<span class="text">Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other,
loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. Don’t be
selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better
than yourselves.</span> <span class="text">Don’t look out only for your own
interests, but take an interest in others, too.” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The True Gentleman</i>: “</span>Who is himself humbled if necessity
compels him to humble another.” How hard is that? How many of you will step
back so that someone else will get the glory? That’s tough sometimes.</div>
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Philippians: “<span class="text">You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was
God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead,
he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and
was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself
in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. <sup> </sup>Therefore,
God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all
other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on
earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The True
Gentleman</i>: folks … </span>Jesus did not flatter wealth, He did not cringe
before power, and from what we just read together, He didn’t boast of his own
possessions or achievements. In fact, He gave up all that He was … so that you and
I could be elevated. Think about that …</div>
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This reminds me of
the Downhere chorus of “How Many Kings.”</div>
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How many kings step down from their thrones? How many
lords have abandoned their homes? How many greats have become the least for me?
And how many gods have poured out their hearts, to romance a world that is torn
all apart? How many fathers gave up their sons for me?<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">So
… I’m thinking about all these things … Philippians … Jesus … the True
Gentleman … Downhere … all because I’m currently taking a class on Pastoral
Counseling … and … I’m about to preach a sermon. As I’m praying … I’m reading …
and God drops a nugget in my lap cause He knows I’m hungry. My first assignment
in this class is to read David G. Benner’s book The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Care of Souls: Revisioning Christian Nurture and Counsel. </i>I get
about 27 pages into it and that nugget I’m hoping for turns into a meal!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">How
many of you know that there are times when God speaks so plainly that it’s
unnerving – exciting – but unnerving? This was one of those times. Dr. Benner
had listed 27 identifying characteristics that supported his claim that Jesus
was/is the model soul shepherd – one who cares for souls. Benner defines a
“soul care as the support and restoration of the well-being of persons in their
depth and totality, with particular concern for their inner life.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a>
He goes on to write, “Shepherds lead their sheep to places of nourishment and
safety, protect them from danger, and are regularly called upon for great
personal sacrifice. They are characterized by compassion, courage, and a
mixture of tenderness and toughness.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Benner
shares some identifying characteristics of Christ. The whole point of this
sermon was for you … and me … to take back our identities. Quick one: how are
we in the military identified from those outside the military? Uniforms,
haircuts, etc. How about within? Unit patches, combat patches, special
identifiers like Airborne, Air Assault, Ranger or SF tabs, and so on and so on.
So we are identified by who we are and by whose we are – which unit we’re in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">So
as a Christian … where should we get our identity? From Christ! Jesus Christ is
who we – as believers – should be emulating. Think of it as looking into a mirror.
When you physically look in a mirror … you see yourself. How about your
spiritual mirror? Is Christ reflected? We should see Jesus as our reflection …
and others should see him in us as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">James tells us, “But don’t just
listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling
yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing
at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look
like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if
you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you
for doing it.” ~ James 1:22-25 NLT</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Now
we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">mirror</span>, but then we will see
everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete,
but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely”
1 Corinthians 13:12 NLT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">So
all this build up because I want to share with you a challenge or two …
actually 27 challenges. The overarching one is know your identity. If you’ve
given it up at some point then take your identity back. If you’ve never had an
identity then I plead with you to assume the identity of Christ today! Be a
True Gentleman. Be a Virtuous Lady. Have the same mind as Christ. Be the
Christian … the Christ follower … who the world says is not out there anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">All
right … back to the 27 identifying characteristics of Jesus as the model soul
shepherd. I wanted to give you all 27 but for the sake of time I’ll share 10 of
them. Remember … these are characteristics of Jesus … as a soul shepherd … as a
man of God caring for souls. I have taken them and said, “If this is how Jesus
is … then this is how I need to be … this is how Christians should be.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be
a Christian who meets people where they are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A
lot of times we forget that especially when we’ve followed Christ for a very
short time or a very long time. Remember … we all sin and we have fallen short
of the glory of God. The key is to stay hungry and humble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be
a Christian who is compassionate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Jesus
brought hope for the helpless, rest for the weary and love for the broken
hearts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be
a Christian who acts out of an explicit moral context but never condemns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What
does that mean? Love the sinner; hate the sin! Remember when Jesus told the mob
that brought him the “woman caught in adultery” … “Let any of you without sin
cast the first stone.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be
a Christian who speaks with authority.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You
have the Word of God … the foundation for truth in our existence … never back
down or shy away from that reality … or that authority.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be
a Christian who asks probing questions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Don’t
stay on the surface with your relationships or encounters. Every human being
has an innate desire to be known. That’s one of the greatest things about small
groups. Even for an outsider or new follower, small groups are a place where
you can safely go deeper. I encourage you to get involved in a small group
somewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be
a Christian who is scandalously inclusive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Jump
back to the woman caught in adultery … but this time, which one of you is going
to cast the first stone at the homosexual … or the alcoholic … or the or the
guy who you know is abusing his wife behind the scenes? Most of the people out
there are not in here because they think we’re going to condemn them or not
include them. The Church should be a hospital for broken souls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be
a Christian who never minimizes the cost of discipleship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be
like Jesus did with the rich young ruler … lay it all out there. Don’t mince
words that will pierce the heart of a person’s motivation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be
a Christian who prefers dialogue over monologue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">How
many of you have ever really sat down and had a conversation with a wall? How
about paint as it is drying? What about grass as it is growing? You get my
point, right? We must interact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be
a Christian who never allows your own needs to get in the way of meeting the
needs of others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Smack
me in the face! Who thinks of the rights and feelings of others rather than his
own. No greater love than laying down one’s life for someone else.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Be the Christian who challenges
people to never settle for less than God’s best for them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This
should be a no brainer … but a lot of folks are walking around with no brains. Let’s
give them some brains … some hope … some direction!<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">So
let me sum things up: walk in faith, our God is a mighty God, the situation is
always excellent in that equation: faith + God, have the same attitude as
Christ, be a True Gentleman, look in the mirror daily to check yourself, take
back your identity if you think you’ve lost or given it up, establish your
identity in him if you haven’t done so already, be the Christian who God has
called you to be, and never forget … we have the greatest message of hope the
world could ever hear – go out, be the Church, and give somebody else that hope.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a>
Dennis Fisher, “Situation Excellent,” in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Our
Daily Bread</i>, vol 58, Numbers 9, 10, & 11 (RBC Ministries: USA, Dec –
Feb 2013-14), Jan 10. </div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon</a>
(Accessed March 12, 2014).</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Downhere, “How Many Kings,” as
performed by Downhere, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">© 2006 Centricity Music Publishing
(Admin. by Music Services, Inc.) Germain and Martel Publishing (Admin. by Music
Services, Inc.)</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> David G. Benner, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Care of Souls: Revisioning
Christian Nurture and Counsel</i> (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998), 23.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Ibid., 25.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""></a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span></span></span> Ibid., 27-28.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CH (CPT) Malcolm A. Rios</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">26 January 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Prichard Chapel, Fort Knox, KY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Forgiveness”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SCRIPTURE</span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Tax collectors and other
notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="text">This made the
Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with
such sinful people – even eating with them!” ~ </span>Luke 15:1-2 NLT<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">PRAYER</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Heavenly Father … I thank you for
this day. I thank you for providing us the opportunity to join together in
corporate worship. We thank you for your abundant grace and unfailing mercy in
our lives. You are the Alpha and Omega. You are the author and perfector of our
faiths. You never stop looking for the lost. The <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">eyes</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">of</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span> <span class="small-caps"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Lord</span></span> search <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span> whole earth in order to strengthen
those whose hearts are fully committed to him. Your love endures forever. Lord,
May the words of my mouth and all the thoughts and meditations in our hearts be
holy and pleasing to you. Amen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RECAP</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Last Sunday, Chaplain Brian Harki
shared from Ephesians 4. He spoke to us of unity in the body. Of particular
interest to me were verses 2 – 6 because they tell us exactly what we need to
do to live in unity:</span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Always be humble</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Always be gentle</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Always be patient with each other</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Always
make allowance for each other’s faults … because of your love.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Always make every effort to keep yourselves united
in the Spirit</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Always
bind yourselves together with peace.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“For there is one body and one
Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="text">There is one
Lord, one faith, one baptism,</span> <span class="text">and one God and Father,
who is over all and in all and living through all” (Eph. 4:4-6).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Everybody got that? Do you need
me to repeat those again? Let me repeat them anyway …</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">FEEL GOOD #1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">One of the things Chaplains get
the privilege of doing as pastors is preaching. We get the opportunity to preach
life-changing sermons to eager audiences … yeah! One of the most effective ways
to engage the audience as quickly as possible is with a heart wrenching, “feel
good” story or engross them with a humorous anecdote that will set up the
impending sermon. Well … I have neither. I did find an interesting list of
"Cards You'll Never See at Hallmark" though:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"Looking
back over the years that we've been together, I can't help but wonder ... what
was I thinking?!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I've
always wanted to have someone to hold, someone to love ... after having met
you, I've changed my mind."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"As
the days go by, I think of how lucky I am ... that you're not here to ruin it
for me."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"As
you grow older, Mom, I think of all the gifts you've given me ... like the need
for therapy."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"You
look great for your age … almost life-like!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"When
we were together, you always said you'd die for me … now that we've broken up,
I think it's time you kept your promise."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"We
have been friends for a very long time... what do you say we call it
quits?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I'm
so miserable without you … it's almost like you're here."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"You
are such a good friend that if we were on a sinking ship and there was only one
life jacket … I'd miss you heaps and think of you often."<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You laugh now but I bet some of
you were thinking some of those exact things about the person sitting right
beside you! Am I right? It’s real easy to laugh at those statements because
we’ve all felt that way. We all want to say what we really feel but we don’t
because we don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings or we look at our own lives are
realize the depths of our hypocrisy …</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE SERMON</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">All right … let’s get serious … back
to Luke - Tax collectors and notorious sinners! Luke 15 starts out by telling
us that Jesus spent time with what society deemed as the unwanted and unworthy.
He hung out with people who Merriam-Webster would call “well-known or famous
especially for something bad.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a>
He hung out with the people who made synagogue leadership – church leadership –
uncomfortable. He hung out with people who other people were afraid to talk
about. He hung out with the people who other people warned people about. Let me
break that down for you in relation to our day and age: Jesus hung out with
hopeless, the hurting, and the hungry.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a>
He hung out with the atheists and agnostics, the heathen and the homosexual,
the separated and the strange. He didn’t care because He came with one purpose:
to save the lost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Do you remember the story of Levi
/ Matthew in Luke 5:27-32?</span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Later, as Jesus left the town,
he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth.</span></span></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Follow me and be my disciple,”</span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Jesus said to
him.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">So Levi got up, left everything,
and followed him. Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the
guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate
with them.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="text">But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained
bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?”</span></span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Jesus answered them, </span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Healthy people
don’t need a doctor – sick people do.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="woj">I have come to call not those who
think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to
repent.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He didn’t come for the righteous!
He definitely didn’t come for the proud! He came for those of us who know we
are sinners! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Now I don’t know about you, but I
was that scum the Pharisees were talking about when I was growing up. I didn’t
start that way, of course. I was a good kid up until about the age of 12. But
it was about that time when I realized a few things:</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">One … doing “the wrong thing”
sure was a lot of fun.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Two … you’re not always going to
get caught nor or you going to get in trouble.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Three … I didn’t need anybody
telling me anything because I already knew it all.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Some folks I ran with really
enjoyed that I understood these “truisms” about life but some probably thought
I was going to split hell wide open. The fact that I liked to throw down as
often as possible – and for any occasion – didn’t help the matter. I didn’t
need a reason – I just needed an opportunity! In fact, I had a high school
teacher who went so far as saying that she believed I worshiped Satan. My Mom
& Dad thought I’d be in jail by the time I was 19. They were wrong! It took
two more years before I spent the night in a jail cell.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">How’s that for encouragement! I
guess if I think about it now, I probably more than deserved all the odd
stares, accusatory claims, and lack of belief thrown my way. At the time,
though, it fueled my rebellion. The point being – the passion of Jesus – the
work He did on the cross – is for people like me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE MEAT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My story isn’t unique. You hear ones
similar to it all the time if you’ve been around the Church for any amount of
time. Some of you may have had a past like mine. Some of you may be living it
right now … who knows? My story – your story’s been told millions of times
through other people’s lives and it will continue to be told over and over
again because people are people and, believe it or not, we have made it
abundantly clear throughout history that we have a hard time learning from the past.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Speaking of learning from the
past, go back to Luke 15. Luke 15 is unique in that it explains pretty clearly
the depths to which God will go to seek and save the lost. Why do you really
think God wants us to understand this? Luke 15 tells us three parables about
the lost and found. Why does God need to use three stories to get the point
across? A sheep? A coin? A son?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I want to focus on the third story
– the one called, “The Parable of the Lost Son” or “The Prodigal Son.” Does
anyone know what prodigal means? Prodigal is defined by Merriam-Webster as “<span class="ssens">characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure.”</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a><span class="ssens"> </span>Three main characters are in this story: a father, an older
son, and a younger son.</span></div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To illustrate
the point further, Jesus told them this story: </span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“A man had two sons.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="woj">The younger son
told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his
father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="text"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></sup></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“A few days later
this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there
he wasted all his money in wild living.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="woj">About the time his money ran out, a
great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.</span> <span class="woj">He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into
his fields to feed the pigs.</span> <span class="woj">The young man became so
hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no
one gave him anything.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“When he finally came to his
senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough
to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="woj">I will go home to my father and
say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,</span> <span class="woj">and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on
as a hired servant.”’</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“So he returned home to his
father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming.
Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed
him.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="woj">His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and
you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“But his father said to the
servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a
ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. </span></span><span class="text"><sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></sup></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And kill the calf
we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="woj">for this son of
mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’
So the party began.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Meanwhile, the older son was in
the fields working. When he returned home, he heard music and dancing in the
house,</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="woj">and he asked one of the servants what was going on.</span> <span class="woj">‘Your brother is back,’ he was told, ‘and your father has killed the
fattened calf. We are celebrating because of his safe return.’</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“The older brother was angry and
wouldn’t go in. His father came out and begged him,</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="woj">but he replied,
‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single
thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young
goat for a feast with my friends.</span> <span class="woj">Yet when this son of
yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by
killing the fattened calf!’</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“His father said to him, ‘Look,
dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="woj">We had to
celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life!
He was lost, but now he is found!’” (Luke 15:11-31).</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">First off … which one were you? As
I thought about it, I see myself in all three. Obviously I was the young son. I
ran for a long time and squandered my inheritance in faraway places. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I’ve been the older son. After
I’d known Christ for some time I got complacent – even to the point of feeling
entitled because I have the credentials and the lost started to burden me. I’ve
been the father too – when I’ve come to a place of real maturity in my walk. Sometimes
I’m fortunate and in that place for a long time and it’s really good. Sometimes
– not so long – and I fall back into either one of the brothers.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But I hope you know that even if
this story has a title describing the son … the real focus of the story is the
Father and the depths of his love for us … depths that go way beyond the things
we’ve done … or have had done to us … or the sin in which we find ourselves. <span class="text">Does that mean even the tax collectors and the notorious sinners? Even
the scum … and what about the righteous?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“For everyone has sinned; we all
fall short of God’s glorious standard” (Rom. 3:23)</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“As the Scriptures say, “No one
is righteous - not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All
have turned away;</span></span><span class="indent-1-breaks"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">all have become
useless. No one does good, not a single one” (Rom. 3:10-12; </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pss 14:1-3; 53:1-3).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And that’s that beauty of the
Father passionately waiting for his son to repent and come home. You’ve heard
the team, “Waiting on the Lord,” right? The “waiting” that is talked about is
an active role. It’s not passively sitting there waiting for something to
happen. The father was actively waiting for his son to return. He was on point
and on guard for that far off approach so he could run to him and embrace him. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Luke says, “<span class="woj">When
he finally came to his senses …” It was an “A-ha! Moment” … or maybe it was
simply a, “Man, I’m a freakin’ idiot Moment.” He had to come to a place – like
we all do – where it wasn’t about him anymore. Have you been to that point yet?
The point where you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired? The son knew
what kind of man his father was so in utter humility he returned to his father.
And what did his father do? He lavished all kinds of lovin’ on him.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Paul pleads with the Church in Ephesus
to understand this, “<span class="text">And may you have the power to understand,
as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love
is” (Eph. 3:18). Paul says it this way to the Romans:</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What shall we say about such
wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="text">Since he did
not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us
everything else?</span> <span class="text">Who dares accuse us whom God has
chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with
himself.</span> <span class="text">Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ
Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place
of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Can anything ever separate us
from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or
calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or
threatened with death?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
<span class="text">(As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every
day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”)</span> <span class="text">No, despite
all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And I am convinced that nothing
can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels
nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow – not
even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="text">No power in the
sky above or in the earth below - indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be
able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our
Lord” (Rom. 8:31-39). </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And folks … we know that the
Father’s love is acted out through one thing: forgiveness. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You know … the more I reflected
on the Father in the story of the Prodigal Son, I felt like God was telling me
to look closer at what was happening leading up to that point where the parable
was shared. In the chapter before, Jesus had eaten at a Pharisee’s house and
had apparently gotten up and had just been with the crowds who were following
him. Jesus always had crowds following him. Luke 15 opens with Jesus hanging
out with the counter-culture. In that entire multitude of people – Jesus wanted
his listeners to know – to understand – how important just one of them was. He
spoke of going after one lost sheep. He spoke of finding one lost coin. He
spoke of one son who was lost but now if found.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Luke 15:7 says, “<span class="woj">In
the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and
returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t
strayed away!” But doesn’t God care about the 99 others who are righteous? Of
course He does … older brother in the Prodigal story … but they have done the
right thing already. Luke 17:10 says it like this: “In the same way, when you
obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our
duty.’” Army-speak: drink water and drive on.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">God’s love is all about sinners knowing
they need to repent. God’s love is all about forgiveness. <span class="woj">Just
like we are expected to do, God, even if that person wrongs him seven times a
day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, He forgives.</span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span class="woj">SO WHAT?</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
The
younger son came to his senses because he finally understood this: “If I
confess my sins to him, he is faithful and just to <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">forgive</span> my sins and to cleanse me from all wickedness” (1 John
1:9). Whether you’re a notorious sinner or whether you’re an inglorious saint; w<span class="text">hether you’re a tax collector or a tax evader; whether you’re a
Pharisee or a teacher of the religious law or someone who dances, drinks,
smokes, or chews or simply hangs with those who do ... </span>we all need
forgiveness. And we all need to forgive.</div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: black;">“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the
prisoner was you.” ~ Lewis B. Smedes</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: black;">“He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which
he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.” ~ Thomas Fuller</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
“<span class="woj">If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will
forgive you.</span> <span class="woj">But if you refuse to forgive others, your
Father will not forgive your sins” (Matt. 6:14).</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span class="text">Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to
Jesus teach … because his words meant hope and forgiveness.</span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span class="text">PRAYER</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span class="text">Oh God – you are
my God.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span class="text">I will always
praise you. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span class="text">Help me seek you this
morning. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span class="text">Give me grace,
wisdom, and strength to walk in your ways – every day in every way. Lead me
every step. My heart is to follow you all the days of my life. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span class="text">Lord, bless me so
that I may bless others. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span class="text">Reveal the areas
of my heart that are dark and corrupted by un-forgiveness and bitterness.
Father, take those burdens from me in the name of Jesus! I no longer want to be
bound by my pride.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span class="text">Forgive me my sins
as I forgive those who have sinned against me.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span class="text">In all my ways, I
acknowledge you, Abba. Amen.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> All
Scripture referenced in this Sermon was taken from the New Living Translation
(NLT).</div>
</div>
<div id="ftn2" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<div class="MsoFootnoteText">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a>
Perry Green, <a href="http://www.sermoncentral.com/illustrations/humorous-illustrations-about-christian-witness.asp">http://www.sermoncentral.com/illustrations/humorous-illustrations-about-christian-witness.asp</a>
(accessed January 22, 2014).</div>
</div>
<div id="ftn3" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<div class="MsoFootnoteText">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a>
“Notorious,” <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notorious?show=0&t=1390529665">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notorious?show=0&t=1390529665</a>
(accessed January 23, 2014).</div>
</div>
<div id="ftn4" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<div class="MsoFootnoteText">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9188776973165092824#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a> Trinity
Assembly: “… the Hopeless, the Hurting, and the Hungry …” is a tag line from
Trinity’s Vision Statement. <a href="http://trinityalgood.com/about-us/our-vision/">http://trinityalgood.com/about-us/our-vision/</a>
(accessed January 26, 2014).</div>
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“Prodigal,” <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prodigal">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prodigal</a>
(accessed January 23, 2014).</div>
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</span></span></span>Breathe. Sometimes I feel it’s all that I can
do. Pain so deep that I can hardly move. Just keep my eyes completely fixed on
you. Lord take hold and pull me through. ~ Mercy Me</div>
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July 8</div>
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</span></span></span>The thief does not come except to steal and to
kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it more
abundantly. ~ John 10:10 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
July 9</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="text">Long ago you laid the
foundation of the earth</span> and made the heavens with your hands. <span class="text">But you are always the same;</span> you will live forever. ~ Psalm
102:25, 27 NLT</div>
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July 10</div>
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</span></span></span>The Lord has told you what is good. This is what
he requires of you : do what is right, love mercy, and walk humbly with your
God. ~ Micah 6:8 NLT</div>
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July 11</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>What is truth! – Pilate</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Truth is absolute. It’s not relative, or a
perspective, or subjective. It’s not distorted by feelings, prejudices, or
interpretations. ~ M.R. Dux</div>
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July 12</div>
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</span></span></span>You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is
most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you. ~
Matthew 5:4 MSG</div>
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July 13</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="woj">But I say, love your enemies! Pray
for those who persecute you!</span> <span class="woj"><span id="en-NLT-23256">If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for
that? ~ Matthew 5:44, 46a NLT</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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July 14</div>
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</span></span></span><span class="text"><sup> </sup>I want to know
Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to
suffer with him, sharing in his death</span>. ~ Philippians 3:10 NLT</div>
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July 15</div>
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</span></span></span>Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was
worthwhile … initially scared me to death. ~ Betty Bender</div>
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<br /></div>
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July 16</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>What joy and peace God gives when we face our
fear and wait for God’s strength to turn our fears into the confidence to SOAR.
~ Charlotte Hallman</div>
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July 17</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Education is the most powerful weapon which you
can use to change the world. ~ Nelson Mandela</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The roots of education are bitter but the fruit
is sweet. ~ Aristotle</div>
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<br /></div>
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July 18</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Live under authority. Authority gives power. Authority
gives protection. Authority gives position. Authority gives provision. Authority
gives privilege. ~ M.R. Dux</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
July 19</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>When you look in the mirror, I pray you never
see the eyes of a stranger. Know who you are. More importantly, know whose you
are. You are his! Do great things! ~ M.R. Dux</div>
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July 20</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Victory always starts in the head. It’s a state
of mind. It then spreads with such radiance & such affirmations that destiny
can do nothing by obey. ~ Douchan Gersi</div>
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July 21</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="text">Don’t be afraid, for I am with
you.</span> Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and
help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. ~ Isaiah 41:10 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
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July 22</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="text">Indeed, we all make many
mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could
also control ourselves in every other way.</span> ~ James 3:2 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
July 23</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="text">When the earth quakes and its
people live in turmoil,</span> I am the one who keeps its foundations firm. It
is God alone who judges; he decides who will rise and who will fall. ~
Psalm 75:3, 7 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
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July 24</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom
unless he be vigilant in its preservation. ~ Douglas MacArthur</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Live in a manner befitting the cost of the very
freedom you enjoy. ~ M.R. Dux</div>
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July 25</div>
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</span></span></span>If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean
and told the nearest land was a 1000 miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d
despise the one who gave up. ~ Abraham Maslow</div>
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<br /></div>
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July 26</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="text">Fire goes out without wood,</span>
and quarrels disappear when gossip stops. A quarrelsome person starts fights
as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood. ~ Proverbs 26:20-21
NLT</div>
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July 27</div>
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</span></span></span>The world is a book, and those who do not travel
read only one page. ~ St. Augustine</div>
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July 28</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>For the mountains may move and the hills
disappear but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of
blessing will never be broken. ~ Isaiah 54:10 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
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July 29</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="text">The </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"> is compassionate and merciful,</span> slow to get angry and filled
with unfailing love. He has removed our sins as far from us as the east
is from the west. ~ Psalm 103:8, 12 NLT</div>
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July 30</div>
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</span></span></span>God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to
produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, and
broken bread to give strength. ~ Vance Havner</div>
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July 31</div>
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</span></span></span><span class="text">He calmed the storm to a whisper</span>
and stilled the waves. What a blessing was that stillness as he brought
them safely into harbor! ~ Psalm 107:29, 30 NLT</div>
Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-26914191878835959992013-07-18T19:09:00.001-07:002013-07-18T19:09:32.458-07:00WORD OF THE DAY ~ JUNE 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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June 1</div>
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</span></span></span>We should not fret for what is past, nor should
we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present
moment. ~ Chanakya</div>
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<br /></div>
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June 2</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack
it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~ Sir Winston
Churchill</div>
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June 3</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Commitment – when your belief is strong and your
purpose just, no obstacle can stand in your way. ~ Unknown</div>
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<br /></div>
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June 4</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Hope – the bubbling ingredient in life which is
like carbonation in a drink; giving it zest, keeping it in motion, always
pushing it up. ~ DePree</div>
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<br /></div>
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June 5</div>
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text">Repeat God’s commands
again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when
you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. ~
Deuteronomy 6:7 NLT</span></div>
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June 6</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can
be added to it or taken from it. God’s purpose is that people should fear him.
~ Ecclesiastes 3:14 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
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June 7</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Better to die fighting for freedom than be a
prisoner all the days of your life. ~ Bob Marley</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE – keep fighting for
it!</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 8</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my
enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with
blessings. ~ Psalm 23:5</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 9</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The further a society drifts from the truth, the
more it will hate those who speak it. ~ George Orwell</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>You shall know the truth and the trust shall
make you free. ~ John 8:32</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 10</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Rescue others by snatching them from the flames
of judgment. Show mercy to others but do so with great caution, hating the sins
that consume their lives. ~ Jude 1:23 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 11</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring
success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
~ Orison Swett Marden</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 12</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t
used to an environment where excellence is expected. ~ Steve Jobs</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 13</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>You cannot be righteous, disciplined, or
surrendered in your own strength. The only thing you can do in your own
strength is pick up your Bible. ~ Unknown</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 14</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Ever wanted to start a legacy? All it requires
is focus, a plan of action and a beginning that never quits. ~ Chris Hogan</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 15</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>If what you have done yesterday still looks big
to you, you haven’t done much today. ~ Mike Krzyzewski</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 16</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>“Knowledge” is knowing tomatoes are fruit. “Wisdom”
is knowing not to put them in fruit salad. ~ Jim Cornette (a Dad)</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Happy Father’s Day</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 17</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>I pray that you will be strengthened with all
God’s glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May
you be filled with joy. ~ Colossians 1:11</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 18</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>We gain strength and courage and confidence by
each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face. We must do
that which we think we cannot. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 19</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Let us be a lighthouse. Our light is sure the
key. O, that our light might help another, who is lost upon the sea. ~
Guideposts</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Matthew 5:16</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 20</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>If the prophet had told you to do something very
difficult, wouldn’t you have done it? So you should certainly obey him when he
says simply, “Go and wash and be cured!” ~ 2 Kings 5:13 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 21 </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Light shines in the darkness for the godly. They
are generous, compassionate, and righteous. They are confident and fearless and
can face their foes triumphantly. ~ Psalm 112:4 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 22</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Using a dull ax requires great strength, so
sharpen the blade. That’s the value of wisdom; it helps you succeed. ~ Ecclesiastes
10:10 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
June 23</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>When my hope is gone, the fear is strong, the
pain is real, when it’s hard to heal, my faith is shaken, my heart is broken,
my joy is stolen – You life me up. ~ Kari Jobe</div>
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<br /></div>
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June 24</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Justice will rule in the wilderness and
righteousness in the fertile field. This righteousness will bring peace. Yes,
it will bring quietness and confidence forever. ~ Isaiah 32:16-17</div>
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</span></span></span>Some nations boast of their chariots and horses
but we boast in the name of the Lord God. Those nations will fall down and
collapse but we will rise up and stand firm. ~ Psalm 20:7-8 NLT</div>
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May 6</div>
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</span></span></span>Do not be discouraged. The sword devours this
one today and that one tomorrow! Fight harder next time and conquer the city! ~
2 Samuel 11:25 NLT</div>
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May 7</div>
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</span></span></span>I’ll never be perfect but I can be excellent.
God’s grace sustains me, his wisdom guides me, and his love compels me to love
others as He does – relentlessly! ~ Malcolm Rios</div>
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May 8</div>
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</span></span></span>He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for
our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be
healed. ~ Isaiah 53:5 NLT</div>
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May 9</div>
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</span></span></span>It might be less about “what” you’re doing and
more about the “character” you’re letting God shape in you while you do it. ~
Louie Giglio</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
May 10</div>
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</span></span></span>It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more
dangerous way of making decisions than by putting decisions in the hands of
people who pay no price for being wrong. ~ Thomas Sowell</div>
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May 11</div>
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</span></span></span>The Lord detests people with crooked hearts, but
he delights in those with integrity. ~ Proverbs 11:20 NLT</div>
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May 12</div>
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</span></span></span>Call to me and I will answer you and show you
great and mighty things, which you do not know. ~ Jeremiah 33:3 NLT</div>
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May 13</div>
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</span></span></span>For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that
is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability
to carry it out. ~ Romans 7:18 NLT</div>
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May 14</div>
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</span></span></span>We have all walked into a situation of which we
know we should be no part. Don’t let a bad decision becomes a bad habit or a
bad habit become a bad lifestyle. ~ Malcolm Rios</div>
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May 15</div>
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</span></span></span>Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not
lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will
make straight your paths. ~ Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT</div>
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May 16</div>
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</span></span></span>If you feel like singing a song and you want
other people to sing along, just sing what you feel. Don’t let anyone say it’s
wrong. ~ Wilco</div>
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May 17</div>
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</span></span></span>What lies behind us and what lies before us are
tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson</div>
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May 18</div>
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</span></span></span>May the Lord give you increase, you and your
children! May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth! ~ Psalm
115:14-15 NLT</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
May 19</div>
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</span></span></span>You want to push me like I don’t mind. You want
to break me but not this time. You underestimate the moment you shove. You’ve
got no idea what I’m capable of. ~ We As Humans</div>
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May 20</div>
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</span></span></span>It is better to light a candle than curse the
darkness. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt</div>
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May 21</div>
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</span></span></span>Wars are fought from the neck down but are won
from the neck up. ~ CPT Scott Saucer</div>
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May 22</div>
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</span></span></span>Don’t befriend angry people or associate with
hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.
~ Proverbs 22:24-25 NLT</div>
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May 23</div>
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</span></span></span>Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the
vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. ~ Mark
Twain</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
May 24</div>
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</span></span></span>A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong
through good sense. Through knowledge its rooms are filled with all sorts of
precious riches and valuables. ~ Proverbs 24:3-4 NLT</div>
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May 25</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s
doing but my own. ~ Elain Maxwell</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Work as though you were working for the Lord
rather than for people. ~ Colossians 3:23</div>
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May 26</div>
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</span></span></span>Wives, respect your husbands. Husbands love your
wives. Children, obey your parents. Fathers, do not aggravate your children
lest they become discouraged. YHWH</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wives,
submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord. Husbands
love your wives and never treat them harshly.</span> Children, always obey your
parents, for this pleases the Lord.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span class="text"><span id="en-NLT-29499">Fathers, do not aggravate
your children, or they will become discouraged.</span> ~ Colossians 3:18-21</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span>There is no greater evidence of a man’s measure
than when he selflessly lays down his life for those unwilling or incapable of
reciprocating the act. Remember. ~ Malcolm Rios</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
May 28</div>
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</span></span></span>Listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect
your mother’s instruction. What you learn will crown you with grace and be a
chain of honor around your neck. ~ Proverbs 1:8-9 NLT</div>
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May 29</div>
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</span></span></span>A nation that is afraid to let its people judge
the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its
people. ~ John F. Kennedy</div>
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May 30</div>
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</span></span></span>By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by
reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third
by experience, which is bitterest. ~ Confucius</div>
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May 31</div>
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</span></span></span>Wisdom is even better when you have money. Both are
benefits as you go through life. Wisdom and money can get you almost anything
but only wisdom can save your life. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:11-12 NLT</div>
Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-22482801377867335452013-05-19T17:49:00.001-07:002013-05-19T17:49:58.175-07:00Word of the Day ~ April 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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April 1</div>
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</span></span></span>A jackass turns away from wisdom to death. Fools
are destroyed by their own complacency. All who listen to wisdom will live in
peace, untroubled by fear of harm. ~</div>
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April 2</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the
moon, and the truth. ~ Buddha</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is
the truth. ~ Mahatma Gandhi</div>
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April 3</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Don’t lose sight of common sense and
discernment. Hang on to them, for they will refresh your soul. They are like
jewels on a necklace. ~ Proverbs 3:21-22 NLT</div>
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April 4</div>
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</span></span></span>When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets
dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the
engineer. ~ Corrie Ten Boom</div>
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<br /></div>
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April 5</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as
honey and her month is smoother than oil. In the end she is as bitter as
poison, as dangerous as a two-edged sword. ~ Proverbs 5-3-4 NLT</div>
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April 6</div>
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</span></span></span>Nothing can stop the man with the right mental
attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the
wrong mental attitude. ~ Thomas Jefferson</div>
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April 7</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Do the right thing the first time – all the
time. If it is important enough to you, you will find a way. If it is not, you
will find an excuse. ~ Malcolm Rios</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
April 8</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Only silence perfects silence. ~ A.R. Ammons</div>
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April 9</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>If you don’t want to be the best, then there’s
no reason going out and trying to accomplish anything. ~ Joe Montana</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>What and who we become is our gift to God. ~
Malcolm Rios</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
April 10</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Through everything God made, we humans can
clearly see his invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature. So
we have no excuse for not knowing God. ~ Romans 1:20</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
April 11</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>You can’t always understand God’s ways. Faith is
accepting what we can’t know, and that’s the first step in moving forward. ~
COL Greg Gadson</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
April 12</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The more you do “The Right Thing” when it’s
easy, the easier it will be to do “The Right Thing” when it’s hard. ~ Malcolm
Rios</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
April 13</div>
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</span></span></span>Success it to be measured not so much by the
position one has reached in life as by the obstacles which have been overcome
while trying to succeed. ~ Booker T. Washington</div>
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April 14</div>
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</span></span></span>Even Death and Destruction hold no secrets from
the Lord. How much more does he know the human heart? ~ Proverbs 15:11 NLT</div>
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April 15</div>
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</span></span></span>When there is nothing going wrong, there’s
nothing going wrong except there’s nothing going wrong! A leader must always be
ready. ~ LTG Hal Moore</div>
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<br /></div>
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April 16</div>
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</span></span></span>What pleases the Lord; offerings and sacrifices
or obedience to his voice? Obedience is better than sacrifice and submission is
better than any offering. ~ 1 Samuel 15:22</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
April 17</div>
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</span></span></span>A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.
~ Jack Dempsey</div>
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April 18</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>God did not make you to survive the times we
live in but to change the times. ~ Steven Furtick</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>You must be the agent of change you so desire. ~
Malcolm Rios</div>
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April 19</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels
that he is “finding his place in it,” while really it is finding its place in
him. ~ C.S. Lewis</div>
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April 20</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Some people want it to happen, some wish it
would happen, others make it happen. ~ Michael Jordan</div>
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</span></span></span>FAITH without WORKS is DEAD!</div>
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April 21</div>
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</span></span></span>You become the slave of whatever you choose to
obey. You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to
obey God, which leads to life. ~ Romans 6:16</div>
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April 22</div>
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</span></span></span>You are a better man than I; you have repaid me
good for evil. You have been kind to me today; when the Lord put me in a place
where you could’ve killed me, you didn’t do it. ~ 1 Samuel 24:17-18 </div>
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April 23</div>
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</span></span></span>Regret and Defeat: These are the voices, these
are the lies and I have believed them for the very last time. I am a child of
the one true King and I have been set free. ~ Matthew West</div>
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Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-83734812326435204762013-05-19T15:36:00.001-07:002013-05-19T15:36:01.818-07:00DMin Adventure in ChattanoogaSo I'm in Chattanooga this week to do a research class on site at Tennessee Temple. I wonder what it's gonna be like. <div><br></div><div>This morning, Amanda and I got to attend Lifechurch in Cookeville. What a blessing to see my old pastor and friend Bobby Davis (as well as Nick, McKenIe, Greg, Donnie, Bob, Julie, Marlana, Chris, Terry, and Judy). I drove separately because I drove here following the service and a quick bite to eat. But while I was driving, I listened to 93.7 B-Rock. They had a program on called Rock the Rock which showcased heavy Christian music. </div><div><br></div><div>Now you know I love The Metal but I'm encouraged by someone - some radio station - showcasing the heavier sounds with a message about Christ. That's awesome! I applaud you B-Rock! What got me this morning was a Skillet song that was played. It was one of those songs that come across as a song that would be perfect on a UFC / WWE soundtrack. It was aggressive and had good lyrics.</div><div><br></div><div>I tried to find the lyrics online and since it was so new, I could only find the We As Humans version. I'd like to share them and then get your thoughts about the Theology of Retaliation:</div><div><br></div><div> <b><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lyrics</span></b></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">You want to push me like I don't mind</span><br><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">You want to break me but not this</span> time<br>You underestimate the moment you shove<br>You've got no idea what I'm capable of<br>No, no you don't<br><br>You think I'm going to back down<br>You better think again<br>I've always said<br>The bigger they are, the harder they fall<br>You're going to suffer<br>Hit me, I'll hit back harder<br>The bigger you are, the harder you fall<br>It's your darkest hour<br>Hit me, I hit you harder<br>When my back's against the wall<br>I strike back, I strike back, I strike back<br>When my back's against the wall<br>I strike back, I strike back, I strike back<br><br>You are the darkness and I am the light<br>You are the fallen and Heaven don't lie<br>So, so, so step back you're crossing the line<br>If I told once I've told you one thousand times<br>No, no you don't<br><br>You think I'm going to back down<br>You better think again<br>I've always said<br>The bigger they are, the harder they fall<br>You're going to suffer<br>Hit me, I'll hit back harder<br>The bigger you are, the harder you fall<br>It's your darkest hour<br>Hit me, I hit you harder<br>When my back's against the wall<br>I strike back, I strike back, I strike back<br>When my back's against the wall<br>I strike back, I strike back, I strike back<br><br>(Strike back) x6<br><br>The bigger they are, the harder they fall<br>The bigger they are, the harder they fall<br>You've got my back against the wall<br>You've got my back, you're going to fall<br><br>The bigger they are, the harder they fall<br>You're going to suffer<br>Hit me, I'll hit back harder<br>The bigger you are, the harder you fall<br>It's your darkest hour<br>Hit me, I hit you harder<br><br>The bigger they are<br>I strike back, I strike back, I strike back<br>The harder they fall<br>I strike back, I strike back, I strike back<br>The bigger you are, (the bigger you are) the harder you fall<br>When my back's against the wall</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I strike back, I strike back, I strike back</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When my back's against the wall</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I strike back, I strike back, I strike back</span></div>Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-88691306126828741022013-04-08T20:41:00.000-07:002013-04-08T20:41:10.646-07:00Word of the Day ~ March 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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March 4, 2013</div>
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March 5, 2013</div>
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March 7, 2013</div>
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March 8, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>I love all who love me. Those who search will
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March 9, 2013</div>
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March 10, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>The sun comes up, it’s a new day dawning. It’s
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March 11, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy
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March 12, 2013</div>
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March 13, 2013</div>
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March 14, 2013</div>
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March 15, 2013</div>
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March 16, 2013</div>
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March 17, 2013</div>
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March 18, 2013</div>
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March 19, 2013</div>
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March 20, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Not that I was ever in need for I have learned
how to be content with whatever I have. For I can do everything through Christ,
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March 21, 2013</div>
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March 22, 2013</div>
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March 23, 2013</div>
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working through pain. ~ Eric Greitens</div>
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March 24, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>You may have peace in me. Here on earth you will
have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the
world. ~ John 16:33 NLT</div>
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March 25, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Confess your sins to each other and pray for
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March 26, 2013</div>
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self-discipline, and effort. ~ Jesse Owens</div>
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March 27, 2013</div>
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March 28, 2013</div>
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March 29, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>After saying all these things, Jesus looked up
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March 30, 2013</div>
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alive! He’s alive! ~ Matt Maher</div>
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</span></span></span>If you can’t control what you think, you will
not be able to control what you do. ~ @ArmorOGod</div>
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February 2, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Your happily ever after is exactly what you’ve
determined it to be. ~ Malcolm Rios</div>
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February 3, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty
heads and empty hearts can do that. ~ Norman Vincent Peale</div>
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February 4, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Speak up for those who cannot speak for
themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Speak up for the poor and
helpless and see that they get justice. ~ Proverbs 31:8-9 NLT</div>
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</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">De
oppresso liber</i></div>
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February 5, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Your dream will challenge, prod and haunt you
until you surrender to its call. ~ Wayne Cordeiro</div>
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</span></span></span>Do or Do Not: there is no try. ~ Yoda</div>
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February 6, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage
is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “I’ll try again tomorrow.”
~ Mary Anne Radmacher</div>
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February 7, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Wives: submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Husbands: love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave his life for
her. ~ Ephesians 5:22, 25 NLT</div>
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February 8, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of
something stupid to say and say the opposite. ~ Sam Levenson</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The power of life and death is in the tongue. ~
Proverbs 18:21 NLT</div>
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February 9, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>It’s only the dead that can live but still I
wrestle with this. To lose the pain that’s mine seventy times seven times. Lord
it doesn’t feel right for me to turn a blind eye. ~ Tenth Avenue North,
“Losing”</div>
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February 10, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Get busy living or get busy dying. ~ Andy
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</span></span></span>Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying
out to me? Tell the people to get moving!” ~ Exodus 14:15 NLT</div>
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February 11, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>The generous will prosper; those who refresh
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February 12, 2013</div>
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February 13, 2013</div>
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darkness can never extinguish it. ~ John 1:5 NLT</div>
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February 14, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Higher than the mountains that I face. Stronger than
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Your love never fails. ~ Kristian Standfill</div>
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</span></span></span>When you pray, I will listen. If you look for me
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</span></span></span>O death, where is your victory? O death, where
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</span></span></span>Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your
staff, they comfort me. ~ Psalm 23:4 NLT</div>
Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-60160709797842723282013-02-10T12:07:00.003-08:002013-02-10T12:07:47.460-08:00Word of the Day ~ January 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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January 1, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. ~ 2
Corinthians 5:17</div>
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</span></span></span>Happy New Year</div>
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January 2, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>You gain strength, courage, and confidence by
every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ~ Eleanor
Roosevelt</div>
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January 3, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>If I were the devil, I would have families at
war with themselves, churches at war with themselves, and nations at war with
themselves until each in its turn was consumed. ~ Paul Harvey</div>
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January 4, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>What has been is what will be, and what has been
done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. ~
Ecclesiastes 1:9 ESV</div>
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January 5, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>When fear comes knocking at your door, you must
answer it with faith. Nothing else is effective against it. ~ @ArmorofGod</div>
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January 6, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>The highest reward for a person’s toil is not
what they get for it, but what they become by it. ~ John Ruskin</div>
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January 7, 2013</div>
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</span></span></span>One foot in and one foot back. But it don’t pay
to live like that; so I cut the ties and jumped the tracks; for never to
return. ~ Avett Brothers</div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 8, 2013</span></span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The disease of self runs through my blood. It’s a cancer fatal to
my soul. Every attempt on my behalf has failed to bring this sickness under
control. ~ dcTalk</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 9, 2013</span></span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that
it has taken place. ~ George Bernard Shaw</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 10, 2013</span></span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave
them. ~ George Mason</span></span></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Criminals obey gun control laws like politicians follow Oaths of
Office</span></span></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 11, 2013</span></span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, may God
always give you abundant harvests of grain and bountiful new wine. ~ Genesis
27:28</span></span></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 12, 2013</span></span></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny
individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. ~ Ayn Rand</span></span></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 13, 2013</span></span></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Never, “for the sake of peace and quiet,” deny your own experience
or convictions. ~ Dag Hammarskjold</span></span></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Be the voice in the wilderness crying out!</span></span></div>
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<span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 14, 2013</span></span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When you
want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
~ Tom Landry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 15, 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Attitude
Determines Altitude</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the
despondent, every day brings trouble; for the happy heart, life is a continual
feast. ~ Proverbs 15:15</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 16, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’m not a
fan of “finding your purpose.” I’m a fan of “living WITH purpose.” ~ Jon Acuff</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 17, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I know of
nothing that has the power to change us from within like the freedom that comes
through God’s grace. ~ Chuck Swindoll</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 18, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The ultimate
measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Martin Luther
King, Jr.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 19, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the End,
we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 20, 2103</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Darkness
cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 21, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The greatest
tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the
bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. ~ Martin Luther King,
Jr.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 22, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The reward
for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. ~ Proverbs 22:4
ESV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 23, 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fear isn’t
an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike. ~
Arthur Ashe</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Don’t let
fear decide your fate. ~ Malcolm Rios</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 24, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Stress /
Pressure: under its weight you will either be destroyed or become something
extremely beautiful. YOU decide! ~ Malcolm Rios</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 25, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If history
repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of
learning from experience? ~ George Bernard Shaw</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 26, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A man goes
to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, respect, and absolute
assurance. Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake.
~ Carlos Castaneda</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 27, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When one’s
mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with
fear. ~ Rosa Parks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 28, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Father, if
you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want
your will to be done, not mine. ~ Luke 22:42</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 29, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you
listen to fools – the mob rules. ~ Black Sabbath</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But the mob
shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices
prevailed. ~ Luke 22:23</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 30, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Effort only
fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. ~ Napoleon Hill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 31, 2013</span></div>
<div class="first-line-none" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I pray the
God of hope will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in
him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy
Spirit. ~ Romans 15:13 NLT</span></div>
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December 1, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Procrastination is one of the most common and
deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. ~ Wayne
Gretzky</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
December 2, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Brothers and sisters, warn those who are lazy.
Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be
patient with everyone. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:14 NLT</div>
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December 3, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Nobody fertilizes with stuff that smells good. ~
A. Anderson</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Think about it: Just as a parent disciplines a
child, the Lord your God disciplines you for your own good. ~ Deuteronomy 8:5
NLT</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
December 4, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Sometimes we must hurt in order to grow.
Sometimes we must fail in order to know. Sometimes we must lose in order to
gain. Some lessons in life are learned through pain. ~ Unknown</div>
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December 5, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The greatest discovery of any generation is that
a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude. ~ William James</div>
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<br /></div>
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December 6, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>They are weak but He is strong.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal
me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. ~ Psalm 6:2 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 7, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.
When people commend themselves, it doesn’t count for much. The important thing
is for the Lord to commend them. ~ 2 Corinthians 10:17-18 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 8, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>I have tried hard to find you – don’t let me
wander from your commands. ~ Psalm 119:10 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 9, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The man who can drive himself further once the
effort gets painful is the man who will win. ~ Roger Bannister</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 10, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Teach me to do your will, for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing. ~ Psalm 143:10 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 11, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>A good leader’s courage to fulfill his vision
comes from passion, not position. ~ John C. Maxwell</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 12, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>I count him braver who overcomes his desires
than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. ~
Aristotle</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 13, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>“Don’t be afraid,” the angel told her, “for you
have found favor with God!” Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May all you
have said about me come true.” ~ Luke 1:30, 38</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 14, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>America will never be destroyed from the
outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed
ourselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 15, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>I learned that if you want to make it bad
enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it. ~ Gayle Sayers</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 16, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was
convincing the world he didn’t exist. ~ Verbal, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Usual Suspects</i></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The world’s greatest sin is that it refuses to
believe in Me. ~ John 16:9 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 17, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>In despair I bowed my head; There is no peace on
Earth I said; then pealed the bells more loud and deep; God is not dead nor
doth He sleep. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dum Spiro
Spero</i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 18, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>You have been called to live in freedom. Don’t
use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Use your freedom to serve one
another in love. ~ Galatians 5:13</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 19, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Natural talent only determines the limits of
your athletic potential. It’s dedication and disciplining your life that make
you great. ~ Billie Jean King</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 20, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about
everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. ~
Philippians 4:6 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 21, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>What to give:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>To your enemy, forgiveness</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>To your opponent, tolerance</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>To a friend, your heart</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>To a customer, service</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>To a child, example</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>To yourself, respect</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level2 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>To all, charity</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 22, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>What do you fear? A cage. To stay behind bars
until use and old age accept them and all chance of doing great deeds is gone
beyond recall or desire. ~ Lady Eowyn</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 23, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>This is the message you have heard from the
beginning: we should love one another. ~ 1 John 3:11 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 24, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span class="text"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></span><span class="text">All right then, the Lord
himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She
will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with
us’). ~ Isaiah 7:14</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 25, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Don’t be afraid! I bring you good news that will
bring great joy to all people. The Savior – the Messiah – the Lord – has been
born today in Bethlehem. ~ Luke 2:10, 11 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 26, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Somewhere we know that without silence, words
lose their meaning; without listening, speaking no longer heals; without
distance, closeness cannot cure. ~ Henri Nouwen</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
December 27, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Adversity causes some men to break; others to
break records. ~ William A. Ward</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a
friend. ~ Proverbs 27:17</div>
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</span></span></span>When there is moral rot within a nation, its
government topples easily. But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.
~ Proverbs 28:2</div>
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</span></span></span>Remaining calm in adversity is a sign of great
spiritual strength. No matter what’s going on in your life right now – hold
your peace! ~ @WomenofHistory</div>
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</span></span></span>Move it to the exits. I hope you have found a
friend. Closing time! Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s
end. ~ Semisonic</div>
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</span></span></span>Happy New Year</div>
Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-42905620417419184532012-12-05T18:46:00.000-08:002012-12-05T18:46:20.798-08:00Word of the Day - November 2012<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span></span></span>Obey your father’s commands; don’t neglect your
mother’s instruction; their command is a lamp and instruction is a light;
corrective discipline is the way to life. ~ Proverbs 6:20, 23 NLT</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
November 7, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Pray for all people, ask God to help them;
intercede on their behalf, give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and
all who are in authority. This pleases God. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 8, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Let us seek not to fix the blame for the past.
Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. ~ John F. Kennedy</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
November 9, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to
your life. If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn
wisdom, you will be the one to suffer. ~ Proverbs 9:11-12 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 10, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but
in having the right to do what we ought. ~ Pope John Paul II</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
November 11, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have
you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are and my servant will
be healed.” ~ Matthew 8:8 NLT</div>
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</span></span></span>Thanks Vets</div>
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November 12, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Band of brothers – for he today that sheds his blood
with me shall be my brother.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>There is no greater love than to lay down one’s
life for one’s friends. ~ John 15:13 NLT</div>
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November 13, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>This is real love – not that we love God, but
that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. ~ 1
John 4:10 NLT</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
November 14, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Enjoy life today because yesterday is gone and
tomorrow is never promised. ~ Anonymous</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 15, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Excellence is not a singular act but a habit.
You are what you do repeatedly. ~ Shaquille O’Neal</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 16, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Many of life’s failures are people who did not
realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Never, never, never,
never, NEVER QUIT!</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 17, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Conceive. Believe. Achieve. Your thoughts become
your words and your attitude. Where the mind goes, the man follows. ~ Napoleon
Hill</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
November 18, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>You can run your mouth but can you run the ball?
~ Webb Ellis</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Spouting off before listening to the facts is
both shameful and foolish. ~ Proverbs 18:13 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 19, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the
universe can exist without a clockmaker. ~ Voltaire</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 20, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>God knows our situation; He will not judge us as
if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and
perseverance of our will to overcome them. ~ C.S. Lewis</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 21, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Peace doesn’t mean that you will not have
problems. Peace means that your problems will not have you. ~ Tony Evans</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
November 22, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my
God. Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy. ~ Philippians
1:3-4 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 23, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Nothing can stop the man with the right mental
attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the
wrong mental attitude. ~ Thomas Jefferson</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 24, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there
is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship
and deepening it – YOUR attitude.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 25, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>If your enemies are hungry, give them food to
eat. If they are thirst, give them water to drink. ~ Proverbs 25:21 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 26, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Stupid is as stupid does. ~ Forrest Gump’s mama</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats
his foolishness. ~ Proverbs 26:11 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 27, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>God blesses those who are humble; they will
inherit the earth. ~ Matthew 5:5 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>So humble yourselves before God. Resist the
devil and he will flee from you. ~ James 4:7 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 28, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>May the words of my mouth and the meditation of
my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. ~ Psalm 19:14 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 29, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>It doesn’t take a very big person to carry a
grudge. We’ve all got issues so forgive anyone who offends you. The Lord
forgave you so you must forgive others. ~ Colossians 3:13</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
November 30, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The Lord isn’t really being slow about his
promise. He is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be
destroyed. He wants everyone to repent. ~ 2 Peter 3:9 NLT</div>
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Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-89071570166800780572012-11-09T20:00:00.002-08:002012-11-09T20:00:19.810-08:00Word of the Day ~ October 2012<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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October 1, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who
died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. ~ George S. Patton</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 2, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>There is nothing better than to enjoy food and
drink and find pleasure in work. These pleasures are from God. For who can eat
or enjoy anything apart from him? ~ Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 3, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The light shines in the darkness and the
darkness has not overcome it. ~ John 1:5 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 4, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Guard your heart above all else, for it
determines the course of your life. Look straight ahead and fix your eyes on
what lies before you. ~ Proverbs 4:23, 25 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 5, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality
that keeps life moving. You lose that courage to be, that quality that helps
you go on in spite of it all. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 6, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what
you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless – like chasing
the wind. ~ Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 7, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>It matters not how strait the gate. How charged
with punishments the scroll. I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my
soul. ~ W. E. Henley</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 8, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>No one thought it would be easy, many thought it
impossible but therein lay its intrinsic challenge; real satisfaction comes
from achieving something difficult. ~</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 9, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Focus is really about living fully in the
present moment and not allowing other considerations to interfere with what you
are doing. ~ Andrew Stilwell</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 10, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>It’s okay to look back at the past. Just don’t
stare. ~ Benjamin Dover</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Go back? No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible!
Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go! – Bilbo Baggins</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 11, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>It’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute
of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. but remember that you must
give an account to God for everything you do. ~ Ecclesiastes 11:9 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 12, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>In a world of requirements and expectations
demanded by hypocritical religious leaders, Jesus ministered in a new way. ~
Chuck Swindoll</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 13, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Serve only the Lord your God and fear him alone.
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 14, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>He prayeth best, who loveth best; all things
both great and small; for the dear God who loveth us; He made and loveth all. ~
S.T. Coleridge</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 15, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Do not judge others and you will not be judged. Do
not condemn others or it will all come back against you. Forgive others and you
will be forgiven. ~ Luke 6:37</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 16, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>You’re never a loser until you quit trying. ~
Mike Ditka</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 17, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead,
fear the Lord and turn away from evil; you will have healing for your body and strength
for your bones. ~ Proverbs 3:7-8 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 18, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along
with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight for truth
faith. ~ 1 Timothy 6:11-12 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 19, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>There is the risk you cannot afford to take and
there is the risk you cannot afford not to take. ~ Peter Drucker</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 20, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. ~ 1 John
1:9 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 21, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Sometimes the smallest things take up the most
room in your heart. ~ Winnie the Pooh</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>If you had faith as small as a mustard seed,
nothing would be impossible. ~ Matthew 17:20 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
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October 22, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Follow that Star. No matter how hopeless, no
matter how far; fight for the right, without question or pause; be willing to
march in to Hell, for a Heavenly cause. ~ Joe Darian </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>This is my quest, to follow that star ... No
matter how hopeless, no matter how far ... To fight for the right, without
question or pause ... To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause
...</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 23, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Don’t fail to discipline your children. They won’t
die if you spank them. Physical discipline may well serve them from death. ~
Proverbs 22:13-14 NLT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
October 24, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Our lives aren’t determined by what happens to
us, but how we react to what happens; not by what life brings to us, but by the
attitude we bring to life. ~ UNK</div>
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October 25, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>God chose things the world considers foolish in
order to shame those who think they are wise; He chose things that are
powerless to shame those who are powerful. ~ 1 Corinthians 1:27 NLT</div>
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</span></span></span>Life is tough but it’s tougher when you’re
stupid. ~ John Wayne</div>
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</span></span></span>Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>We could never learn to be brave and patient if
there were only joys in the world. ~ Helen Keller</div>
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October 28, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>I’m torn between two desires: I long to go and
be with Christ, which would be far better for me. But for your sakes, it is
better that I continue to live. ~ Philippians 1:23-24 NLT</div>
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</span></span></span>And if you start to slide, never show you’re weak.
Don’t feel you’ve got to hide. Remember what you’re fighting for; remember what
you seek. STAY HUNGRY. ~ Dee Dee Snyder</div>
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October 30, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Hold each other tight, like boats lashed close
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</span></span></span>Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the
devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. ~ 1
Peter 5:8 NLT</div>
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</span></span></span>You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating
as it treads out the grain. ~ Deuteronomy 25:4 NLT</div>
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September 4, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Don’t turn your back on wisdom, for she will
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September 5, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The logjam in my eye is so substantial; I
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September 6, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>You and your opponent want the same thing. The
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Anonymous</div>
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September 7, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>If you are not playing your heart out, someone
else is and when you meet them, they will win. So lead a life worthy of your
calling for you have been called by God. ~ Malcolm Rios</div>
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September 8, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>What sorrow for those who say that evil is good
and good is evil; that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet
and sweet is bitter. ~ Isaiah 5:20</div>
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September 9, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The Holy Spirit produces this fruit: love, joy,
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September 10, 2012</div>
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September 11, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
~ Roger Staubach</div>
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</span></span></span>Work with all your heart as if working for the
Lord not for human masters. ~ Colossians 3:23 NLT</div>
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September 12, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Only those who will risk going too far can
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September 13, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Love one another; as I have loved you, you must
love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you
love one another. ~ John 13:34-35 NLT</div>
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September 14, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>A man can no more diminish God’s glory by
refusing to worship him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the
word, “darkness.” ~ </div>
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September 15, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>A gentle answer turns away wrath but a harsh
word stirs up anger. The soothing tongue is a tree of life but a perverse
tongue crushes the spirit. ~ Proverbs 15:1, 4</div>
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September 16, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Success is moving from one failure to another
with no loss of enthusiasm. ~ Sir Winston Churchill</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Psalm 73:26</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
September 17, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent
and discerning if they hold their tongues. ~ Proverbs 17:28 NLT</div>
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September 18, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Football is like life – it requires perseverance,
self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. ~
Vince Lombardi</div>
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September 19, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The bravest are surely those who have the
clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet
notwithstanding, go out to meet it. ~ Seal of Honor</div>
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September 20, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor; only fools
insist on quarreling. ~ Proverbs 20:3 NLT</div>
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September 21, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Some people dream of success, others stay awake
and achieve it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity
but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. ~ Proverbs 21:5 NLT</div>
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September 22, 2012</div>
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hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.
~ Proverbs 22:24-25 NLT</div>
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September 23, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>A leader’s strength isn’t seen in unbroken
success, but in the confident ability to rally hopeless people after many
defeats. ~ Rick Warren</div>
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September 24, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The wise are mightier than the strong, and those
with knowledge grow stronger and stronger. ~ Proverbs 24:5 NLT</div>
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September 25, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>If your enemies are hungry, give them food to
eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. ~ Proverbs 25:21 NLT</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
September 26, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>So we must listen very carefully to the truth we
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<div class="MsoNormal">
September 27, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>I am aware that I am less than some people
prefer me to be – but most people are unaware that I am so much more than what
they see. ~ Douglas Pagels</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
September 28, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>To succeed in life, you need three things: a
wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone. ~ Reba McEntire</div>
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September 29, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The Word became human and made his home among
us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness and we have seen his glory,
the glory of the Father’s one and only Son. ~ John 1:14 NLT</div>
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September 30, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The law has become paralyzed and there is no
justice in the courts. The wicked far outnumber the righteous, so that justice
has become perverted. ~ Habakkuk 1:4 NLT</div>
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August 1, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>No person was ever honored for what he received.
Honor has been the reward for what he gave. ~ Calvin Coolidge</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>John 3:16 ~ Philippians 2:9</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 2, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>But don’t just listen to God’s Word. You must do
what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. ~ James 1:22 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 3, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>It’s not the will to win, but the will to
prepare to win that makes the difference. ~ Bear Bryant</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 4, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>I will teach you wisdom’s ways and lead you in
straight paths. When you walk, you won’t be held back; when you run, you won’t
stumble. ~ Proverbs 4:11-12 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 5, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>It’s the same with my word. I send it out and it
always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to and it will prosper
everywhere I send it. ~ Isaiah 55:11 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 6, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best
pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.” ~ Psalm 32:8 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 7, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Sometimes it is not enough to do our best; we
must do what is required. ~ Winston Churchill</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 8, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>He took my sins and my sorrows, He made them his
very own; He bore the burden to Calvary and suffered and died alone. ~ Charles
H. Gabriel</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 9, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>For God called you to do good, even if it means
suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must
follow in his steps. ~ 1 Peter 2:21 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 10, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>I have fought the good fight, I have finished
the race, and I have remained faithful. ~ 2 Timothy 4:7 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 11, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Wise men are not always silent, but they know
when to be. ~ Anonymous</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
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18:21 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 12, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Seek the kingdom of God above all else, and life
righteously, and he will give you everything you need. ~ Matthew 6:33 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 13, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love
each other; let us show the truth by our actions. ~ 1 John 3:18 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 14, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>God doesn’t care what you’re not. He cares who
you are. You are His. When He adds His extra to your ordinary, nothing is
impossible for you. ~ Anonymous</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 15, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>For God has not given us a spirit of fear and
timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. ~ 2 Timothy 1:7 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 16, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>For it is by believing in your heart that you
are made right with God and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are
saved. ~ Romans 10:10 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 17, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for
our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. By his stripes we are healed. ~
Isaiah 53:5 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
August 18, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>I believe that, with anything in life, if you
have the patience, desire and passion, you can do whatever you set your mind
to. ~ Ed Viesturs</div>
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<br /></div>
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August 19, 2012</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>What shall we say about such wonderful things as
these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? ~ Romans 8:31 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
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August 20, 2012</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>When you go through rivers of difficulty, you
will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be
burned; the flames will not consume you. ~ Isaiah 43:2 NLT</div>
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<br /></div>
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August 21, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Let’s settle this: Though your sins are like
scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I
will make them as white as wool. ~ Isaiah 1:18 NLT</div>
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August 22, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>So we are made right with God through faith and
not by obeying the law. ~ Romans 3:28</div>
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July 4, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Give me liberty or give me death! ~ Patrick
Henry</div>
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</span></span></span>For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the
Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ~ 2 Corinthians 3:17</div>
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July 5, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>A leader aims at a target others can’t see. An
extraordinary leader hits it dead center. ~ Rick Warren</div>
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July 6, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>God shapes his men with a hammer of adversity
and the chisel of discipline. ~ Greg Laurie, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Seal of God</i></div>
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July 7, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>God’s demand for perfection need not discourage
you in your present attempts to be good or even in your present failures. ~
C.S. Lewis</div>
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July 8, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Letting your sinful nature control your mind
leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and
peace. ~ Romans 8:6</div>
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July 9, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The path to quitting is permanently paved when
someone allows quitting to become an option. ~ Chad Williams, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Seal of God</i></div>
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July 10, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Using a dull ax requires great strength, so
sharpen the blade. That’s the value of wisdom; it helps you succeed. ~
Ecclesiastes 10:10</div>
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July 11, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Plan for the worst case but always work
fervently for the best. Never allow yourself to be immobilized by fear of the
unknown or fear of failure. ~ Malcolm Rios</div>
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July 12, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Every time you look in the mirror remember that
God created you and that everything He creates is beautiful and good! ~ Joyce
Meyer</div>
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July 13, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>We must accept finite disappointment but never
lose infinite hope. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.</div>
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</span></span></span>Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen. ~ Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)</div>
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July 14, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>God blesses those who patiently endure testing
and temptation. After, they will receive the crown of life that God has
promised to those who love him. ~ James 1:12</div>
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July 15, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Do not be afraid of those nations, for the Lord
your God is among you, and he is a great and awesome God. ~ Deuteronomy 7:21</div>
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July 16, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The key is not to prioritize what’s on your
schedule but to schedule your priorities. ~ Stephen R. Covey</div>
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</span></span></span>Just so happened that Stephen Covey died this
day as did Jon Lord.</div>
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July 17, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Evidence</div>
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</span></span></span>Appearing</div>
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</span></span></span>Real</div>
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</span></span></span>Faith is taking the first step even when you
can’t see the whole staircase. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.</div>
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July 18, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>For every Goliath there is a stone. ~ Patricia
Stevens</div>
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July 19, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you
respond to it. ~ Lou Holtz</div>
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</span></span></span>Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right
spirit within me. ~ Psalm 51:10</div>
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July 20, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The difference between a successful person and
others is not a lack of strength or knowledge, but rather a lack of will. ~
Vince Lombardi</div>
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July 21, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>But those who hope in the Lord will renew their
strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow
weary, they will walk and not be faint. ~ Isaiah 40:31</div>
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July 22, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>What makes something special is not just what
you have to gain but what you feel there is to lose. ~ Andre Agassi</div>
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">To find your life you must lose it. ~ Matthew
16:24-26</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span class="text"><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">24 </span></sup></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Then
Jesus said to his disciples, </span></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“If any of
you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your
cross, and follow me.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span class="text"><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">25 </span></sup></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If
you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life
for my sake, you will save it.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span class="text"><sup><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">26 </span></sup></span><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is
anything worth more than your soul?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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July 23, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Love like a poet. Live like a warrior. Learn like
an apprentice. Lead like a servant. Laugh like a king. ~ Erwin McManus</div>
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July 24, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Falling short of a goal will never be as bad as,
hurt as much as, or leave you with as much regret as never attempting. ~
Malcolm Rios</div>
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July 25, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>Even if they sin against you seven times in a
day and seven times come back to you saying, “I repent,” you must forgive them.
~ Luke 17:4</div>
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July 26, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>What lies behind us and what lies before us are
tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson</div>
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July 27, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>One thing I ask from God, I only seek that I may
dwell in the house of the Lord every day of my life, to gaze on the Lord’s
beauty and to seek him in his temple. ~ Psalm 27:4</div>
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July 28, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>We all come to the end of our lives as naked and
empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us. ~
Ecclesiastes 5:15</div>
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July 29, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the
way you carry it. ~ Lou Holtz</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give
you is light. ~ Matthew 11:30</div>
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July 30, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>If you think the world will treat you fairly
because you’re a nice person, then you probably think a bull won’t charge you
because you’re a vegetarian. ~ Bill Garrison, from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Never Surrender</i> by LTG(Ret.) William G. Boykin</div>
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July 31, 2012</div>
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</span></span></span>The Lord bless and keep you; may He make his
face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may He lift up his countenance
upon you and give you peace. ~ Numbers 6:24-26</div>Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-91657077197466594432012-07-20T06:54:00.001-07:002012-07-20T06:54:44.072-07:00Insight for Living ~ Savor Satisfaction<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I hope this doesn't raise any eyebrows at Insight for Living other than the fact that I felt compelled to share this with those of you who read this blog. This is powerful!</div>
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Savor Satisfaction</div>
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by Charles R. Swindoll</div>
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The beginning of wisdom is:</div>
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Acquire wisdom; and with all your</div>
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acquiring, get understanding.</div>
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Proverbs 4:7</div>
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The good life---the one that truly satisfies---exists only
when we stop wanting a better one.</div>
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It is the condition of savoring what is rather than longing
for what might be. The itch for things, the lust for more---so brilliantly
injected by those who peddle them---is a virus draining our souls of happy
contentment.</div>
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Have you noticed? A man never earns enough. A woman is never
beautiful enough. Clothes are never fashionable enough. Cars are never nice
enough. Gadgets are never modern enough. Houses are never furnished enough.
Food is never fancy enough. Relationships are never romantic enough. Life is
never full enough.</div>
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Satisfaction comes when we step off the escalator of desire
and say, "This is enough. What I have will do. What I make of it is up to
me and my vital union with the living Lord."</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, <i>Wisdom for the Way</i>
(Nashville: J. Countryman, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2001). Copyright
© 2001 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.</span></div>Chappy's Free Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060415966493896453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188776973165092824.post-10512485316336742632012-07-12T13:20:00.001-07:002012-07-12T13:20:08.828-07:00The EscalatorThe other day, Sophia, Angus, and I went to the mall. I think we were in Belk but it doesn't really matter which store because the real story here is about the escalator.<br />
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When we walked into the store, Sophia immediately "B Lined it" to the escalator and said, "Daddy! Daddy! Can we go up?" I couldn't remember if we had ridden the magic sidewalk recently so I said, "Sure." Never mind that Angus was ecstatic about the adventure as well!<br />
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The ride up was no problem for Sophia. She, being true to her nature, was cautious as she first placed one foot - then the other - on the escalator. Joy - mixed with just a tad of apprehension - was verbalized clearly with her body language. Angus was a little less ready to climb on board and needed some special coercion from Dad.<br />
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The ride down was a different story!<br />
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Angus jumped on board quickly this time and was about eight steps in front of me when I looked back to see Sophia almost frozen in her attempt to board the escalator. One foot was on the stationary floor. One foot was splitting away on the downward moving escalator. Both arms started out low but were moving up and forward as Sophia mistakenly believed she could steady herself on the handrails. The look of absolute fear on her face was priceless. <br />
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I told her to let go. She didn't. I looked down at Angus to make sure he was good to go because I wasn't sure if he'd ever dismounted on his own. I look at him. I look at her. Then I sprint up the down escalator, grab Sophia, and think: "Is this how God sees us?"<br />
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What I mean is this: how often has God called you to do something and you hesitate? Immobilized by fear? Fear of the unknown? Doubt? Self doubt?" Whatever it is, you can always come up with an excuse not to do something. And sometimes - like I did with Sophia - God will move you for your own good! <br />
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The funny thing is that Sophia was absolutely fine once she was back on board - when she got grounded again with Daddy she knew she was safe. Oh, that we would have that same attitude.<br />
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