From a friend... some scary info..
I do not know anything about the author of this article but I do recall the comments of Franklin Graham after 9/11. He said that after reading the Koran it was a religion that encouraged the killing of any non-muslims. If you look you can find radical people making claims of connection to almost all religions. People say that we should not support the radicals but it is ok for people to follow the non-radical forms all religions. This is Satan talking.
The bible teaches that Jesus is the only way. That is not a statement to be taken lightly. Without a born again belief in Jesus people are doomed to hell with Satan. God does not want any person in hell which is why he sent His Son, not to condem but to save.
Christians must pray, read God's Word, and tell others about Jesus and His love.
So you think the Muslims are like us Christians........... This is
the way they really are, and no one can ever change their faith.
Joys of Muslim Women
by Nonie Darwish
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the Muslim faith a Muslim man can marry a child as young as 1 year old and have sexual intimacy with this child. Consummating the marriage by 9.
The dowry is given to the family in exchange for the woman (who becomes his slave) and for the purchase of the private parts of the woman, to use her as a toy.
Even though a woman is abused she can not obtain a divorce.
To prove rape, the woman must have (4) male witnesses.
Often after a woman has been raped, she is returned to her family and the family must return the dowry. The family has the right to execute her (an honor killing) to restore the honor of the family. Husbands can beat their wives 'at will' and he does not have to say why he has beaten her.
The husband is permitted to have (4 wives) and a temporary wife for an hour (prostitute) at his discretion.
The Shariah Muslim law controls the private as well as the public life of the woman.
In the West World (America) Muslim men are starting to demand Shariah Law so the wife can not obtain a divorce and he can have full and complete control of her. It is amazing and alarming how many of our sisters and daughters attending American Universities are now marrying Muslim men and submitting themselves and their children unsuspectingly to the Shariah law.
By passing this on, enlightened American women may avoid becoming a slave under Shariah Law.
Ripping the West in Two.
Author and lecturer Nonie Darwish says the goal of radical Islamists is to impose Shariah law on the world, ripping Western law and liberty in two.
She recently authored the book, Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law.
Darwish was born in Cairo and spent her childhood in Egypt and Gaza before immigrating to America in 1978, when she was eight years old. Her father died while leading covert attacks on Israel. He was a high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with his family in Gaza .
When he died, he was considered a "shahid," a martyr for jihad. His posthumous status earned Nonie and her family an elevated position in Muslim society.
But Darwish developed a skeptical eye at an early age. She questioned her own Muslim culture and upbringing. She converted to Christianity after hearing a Christian preacher on television.
In her latest book, Darwish warns about creeping sharia law - what it is, what it means, and how it is manifested in Islamic countries.
For the West, she says radical Islamists are working to impose sharia on the world. If that happens, Western civilization will be destroyed. Westerners generally assume all religions encourage a respect for the dignity of each individual. Islamic law (Sharia) teaches that non-Muslims should be subjugated or killed in this world.
Peace and prosperity for one's children is not as important as assuring that Islamic law rules everywhere in the Middle East and eventually in the world.
While Westerners tend to think that all religions encourage some form of the golden rule, Sharia teaches two systems of ethics - one for Muslims and another for non-Muslims. Building on tribal practices of the seventh century, Sharia encourages the side of humanity that wants to take from and subjugate others.
While Westerners tend to think in terms of religious people developing a personal understanding of and relationship with God, Sharia advocates executing people who ask difficult questions that could be interpreted as criticism.
It's hard to imagine, that in this day and age, Islamic scholars agree that those who criticize Islam or choose to stop being Muslim should be executed. Sadly, while talk of an Islamic reformation is common and even assumed by many in the West, such murmurings in the Middle East are silenced through intimidation.
While Westerners are accustomed to an increase in religious tolerance over time, Darwish explains how petro dollars are being used to grow an extremely intolerant form of political Islam in her native Egypt and elsewhere.
In twenty years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the President by themselves! Rest assured they will do so... You can look at how they have taken over several towns in the USA.. Dearborn Mich. is one... and there are others...
I think everyone in the U.S. should be required to read this, but with the ACLU, there is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!
It is too bad that so many are disillusioned with life and Christianity to accept Muslims as peaceful.. some may be but they have an army that is willing to shed blood in the name of Islam.. the peaceful support the warriors with their finances and own kind of patriotism to their religion.. While America is getting rid of Christianity from all public sites and erasing God from the lives of children the Muslims are planning a great jihad on America ..
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
What is a Warrior?
A warrior has strength, honor, pride, devotion, and wisdom. An unyielding spirit and and uncrushable will.
In martial arts during sparring it was taught that if you were afraid of getting hit that it would hinder your interaction with your opponent.
To dwell on fear, was the greatest hindrance to ones life, and through Martial Arts, we were able to recognize it, and deal with it. Fear comes in many faces, fear of failure, fear of ridicule, and last but not least the fear of the unknown and death. Over coming all of this is to be considered a true warrior.
God made us to be warriors: Fight the Good Fight of Faith.
We must develop a backbone of steel, you have to have a warrior mentality.
When you make up your mind, I will say this again, when YOU make up your MIND,
When YOU make the DECISION that you are not going to let your circumstances dictate your outcome,
YOU have developed the WARRIOR mentality that God wants us to have.
Romans 8:37-39
in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God did not make us to be give up, be discouraged, you have Victory in your DNA, you have perseverance, you have a never say die attitude. YOU were created with that in your backbone.
When it is all said and done you will be able to say: I faced challenges, I faced obstacles, I took arrows that were thrown at me, But in the end, through my faith I am still standing, I have a smile on my face, I have a song in my heart, I am a victor not a victim.
In Joel Osteen's Book "It's Your Time" I read a research article he wrote about rats and light:
The researchers wanted to see how the rats' attitudes affected their will to live. They put one rat in a large tub of water with high sides so it could not get out. Then they put the tub in a dark room. They timed how long the rat would keep swimming before it gave up. The rat lasted a little over three minutes. Then the researchers put another rat in the same tub, but this time they allowed a bright ray of light to shine into the room. That rat swam more than thirty-six hours, seven hundred times longer than the rat with no light.
Why was that? The rat with no light had no hope. When he looked ahead he saw only darkness. There wasn't any reason to keep swimming. That's what happens when we don't expect God's favor. We lose faith that we can overcome our obstacles. We don't believe that God is in control, so we lose our passion, we lose our enthusiasm.
That's why it's so important—especially in times of difficulty—to keep reminding yourself: "The Creator of the universe is directing my steps. He has me in the palm of His hands. And even though this is difficult, I know it's just a matter of time before it turns around. I know my payday is coming."
Fear comes in many faces, fear of failure, fear of ridicule, and last but not least the fear of the unknown and death.
Over coming all of this is to be considered a true warrior. Be a WARRIOR!
In martial arts during sparring it was taught that if you were afraid of getting hit that it would hinder your interaction with your opponent.
To dwell on fear, was the greatest hindrance to ones life, and through Martial Arts, we were able to recognize it, and deal with it. Fear comes in many faces, fear of failure, fear of ridicule, and last but not least the fear of the unknown and death. Over coming all of this is to be considered a true warrior.
God made us to be warriors: Fight the Good Fight of Faith.
We must develop a backbone of steel, you have to have a warrior mentality.
When you make up your mind, I will say this again, when YOU make up your MIND,
When YOU make the DECISION that you are not going to let your circumstances dictate your outcome,
YOU have developed the WARRIOR mentality that God wants us to have.
Romans 8:37-39
in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God did not make us to be give up, be discouraged, you have Victory in your DNA, you have perseverance, you have a never say die attitude. YOU were created with that in your backbone.
When it is all said and done you will be able to say: I faced challenges, I faced obstacles, I took arrows that were thrown at me, But in the end, through my faith I am still standing, I have a smile on my face, I have a song in my heart, I am a victor not a victim.
In Joel Osteen's Book "It's Your Time" I read a research article he wrote about rats and light:
The researchers wanted to see how the rats' attitudes affected their will to live. They put one rat in a large tub of water with high sides so it could not get out. Then they put the tub in a dark room. They timed how long the rat would keep swimming before it gave up. The rat lasted a little over three minutes. Then the researchers put another rat in the same tub, but this time they allowed a bright ray of light to shine into the room. That rat swam more than thirty-six hours, seven hundred times longer than the rat with no light.
Why was that? The rat with no light had no hope. When he looked ahead he saw only darkness. There wasn't any reason to keep swimming. That's what happens when we don't expect God's favor. We lose faith that we can overcome our obstacles. We don't believe that God is in control, so we lose our passion, we lose our enthusiasm.
That's why it's so important—especially in times of difficulty—to keep reminding yourself: "The Creator of the universe is directing my steps. He has me in the palm of His hands. And even though this is difficult, I know it's just a matter of time before it turns around. I know my payday is coming."
Fear comes in many faces, fear of failure, fear of ridicule, and last but not least the fear of the unknown and death.
Over coming all of this is to be considered a true warrior. Be a WARRIOR!
Monday, January 25, 2010
What are you focused on?
The Eagles Vision
All eagles are renowned for their excellent eyesight. They have 2 centers of focus, that allow the birds to see both forward and to the side at the same time. Bald eagles are capable of seeing fish in the water from several hundred feet above, while soaring, gliding or in flapping flight.
Eagles, like all birds, have color vision. An eagle's eye is almost as large as a human's, but its sharpness is at least four times that of a person with perfect vision. The eagle can probably identify a rabbit moving almost a mile away. That means that an eagle flying at an altitude of 1000 feet over open country could spot prey over an area of almost 3 square miles from a fixed position.
Laser Focus
High achievers know what they want and reject any activities that might distract them from pursuing their goals. They do what needs to be done, even when they don't want to.
Clear Vision
High achievers are big-picture people. They are able to look into that crystal ball and see things (the goal) that are not there; with the end in mind, they work toward that end one step at a time.
When you get up each day what is your Focus? How is your Vision?
"Loser's focus on what they have gone through, Winners focus on where they’re going to!" Joel Osteen
All eagles are renowned for their excellent eyesight. They have 2 centers of focus, that allow the birds to see both forward and to the side at the same time. Bald eagles are capable of seeing fish in the water from several hundred feet above, while soaring, gliding or in flapping flight.
Eagles, like all birds, have color vision. An eagle's eye is almost as large as a human's, but its sharpness is at least four times that of a person with perfect vision. The eagle can probably identify a rabbit moving almost a mile away. That means that an eagle flying at an altitude of 1000 feet over open country could spot prey over an area of almost 3 square miles from a fixed position.
Laser Focus
High achievers know what they want and reject any activities that might distract them from pursuing their goals. They do what needs to be done, even when they don't want to.
Clear Vision
High achievers are big-picture people. They are able to look into that crystal ball and see things (the goal) that are not there; with the end in mind, they work toward that end one step at a time.
When you get up each day what is your Focus? How is your Vision?
"Loser's focus on what they have gone through, Winners focus on where they’re going to!" Joel Osteen
Thursday, January 21, 2010
A Little Humor never hurt anyone...
An elderly gentleman....
Had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the
doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of
hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%
The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the
doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect.. Your family must be really
pleased that you can hear again..'
The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet.
I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my
will three times!'
------------------------------------------------------------
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a
bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm
83 years
old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my
age. How do you feel?'
Slim says, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.'
'Really!? Like a newborn baby!?'
'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'
------------------------------------------------------------
An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after
eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out
to a new restaurant and it was really great.. I would recommend it
very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What is the name
of that flower you give to someone you love?
You know..... The one that's red and has thorns.'
'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the
kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went
to last night?'
------------------------------------------------------------
Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being
discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one
elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a
suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn't need my help to leave
the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluc
tantly let me wheel him to the elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.
'I don't know,' he said. 'She's still upstairs in the bathroom
changing out of her hospital gown.'
------------------------------------------------------------
Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things.
During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay,
but they might want to start writing things down to help them
remember ..
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his
chair. 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks.
'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?'
'Sure..'
'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?'
she asks.
'No, I can remember it.'
'Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write
it down, so as not to forget it?'
He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with
strawberries.
'
'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write
it down?' she asks.
Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember
it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for
goodness sake!'
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, The old man
returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and e
ggs.. She stares at the plate for a moment.
'Where's my toast ?'
------------------------------------------------------------
A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy:
'So I hear you're getting married?'
'Yep!'
'Do I know her?'
'Nope!'
'This woman, is she good looking?'
'Not really.'
'Is she a good cook?'
'Naw, she can't cook too well.'
'Does she have lots of money?'
'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.'
'Well, then, is she good in bed?'
'I don't know.'
'Why in the world do you want to marry her then?'
'Because she can still drive!'
------------------------------------------------------------
Three old guys are out walking.
First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?'
Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'
Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer..'
------------------------------------------------------------
A man was telling his neighbor, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It
cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art.. It's
perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbor . 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty...'
------------------------------------------------------------
Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with
a gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're
really doing great, aren't you?'
Morris replied,
'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.''
The doctor said, 'I didn't say that.. I said, 'You've got a heart
murmur; be careful.'
------------------------------------------------------------
One more. . .!
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled
himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool... After catching his
breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?'
'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.'
Had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the
doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of
hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%
The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the
doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect.. Your family must be really
pleased that you can hear again..'
The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet.
I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my
will three times!'
------------------------------------------------------------
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a
bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm
83 years
old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my
age. How do you feel?'
Slim says, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.'
'Really!? Like a newborn baby!?'
'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'
------------------------------------------------------------
An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after
eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out
to a new restaurant and it was really great.. I would recommend it
very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What is the name
of that flower you give to someone you love?
You know..... The one that's red and has thorns.'
'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the
kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went
to last night?'
------------------------------------------------------------
Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being
discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one
elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a
suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn't need my help to leave
the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluc
tantly let me wheel him to the elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.
'I don't know,' he said. 'She's still upstairs in the bathroom
changing out of her hospital gown.'
------------------------------------------------------------
Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things.
During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay,
but they might want to start writing things down to help them
remember ..
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his
chair. 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks.
'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?'
'Sure..'
'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?'
she asks.
'No, I can remember it.'
'Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write
it down, so as not to forget it?'
He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with
strawberries.
'
'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write
it down?' she asks.
Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember
it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for
goodness sake!'
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, The old man
returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and e
ggs.. She stares at the plate for a moment.
'Where's my toast ?'
------------------------------------------------------------
A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy:
'So I hear you're getting married?'
'Yep!'
'Do I know her?'
'Nope!'
'This woman, is she good looking?'
'Not really.'
'Is she a good cook?'
'Naw, she can't cook too well.'
'Does she have lots of money?'
'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.'
'Well, then, is she good in bed?'
'I don't know.'
'Why in the world do you want to marry her then?'
'Because she can still drive!'
------------------------------------------------------------
Three old guys are out walking.
First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?'
Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'
Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer..'
------------------------------------------------------------
A man was telling his neighbor, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It
cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art.. It's
perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbor . 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty...'
------------------------------------------------------------
Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with
a gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're
really doing great, aren't you?'
Morris replied,
'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.''
The doctor said, 'I didn't say that.. I said, 'You've got a heart
murmur; be careful.'
------------------------------------------------------------
One more. . .!
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled
himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool... After catching his
breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?'
'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.'
Saturday, January 16, 2010
When Life hands you a Lemon make Lemonade!
My son in law and daughter moved to Enterprise Alabama so he could complete his helicopter training a Ft. Rucker. When I go to a new area, I like to learn a little about the history of that area. There was a street named Bow Weevils Blvd. There is even a statue of the little critter to remind the people of the plight of the bow weevil. That area of the country was overrun with bow weevils in the early 1900’s. The insect had migrated from South America. The cotton crop was being eaten up by bugs and the farmers lost everything. They tried different chemicals and new pesticides to eradicate the bugs with no results. The only results they were getting were watching their drops and their livelihood wither away. The farmers were becoming so discouraged. One farmer, doing his research decided to plant peanuts. The soil was right, the climate was right so he planted peanuts. Other farmers at first ridiculed the idea and made fun of it, but that did not stop this farmer. As luck would have it, the bow weevils did not like the taste of the peanuts and the cash crop moved from cotton to peanuts. Their crops flourished and produced tons of peanuts; they made more money in months than they did in most years. That area in Alabama produced more peanuts than any other country. Had it not been for the bow weevils and the adversity, the farmers never would have produced the peanuts and had the abundance. When the bow weevils were attacking God was not on his throne worrying about what to do! He was giving us new ideas to try, opening new doors for us to flourish.
Sometimes life hands you a lemon and you keep your options open God can help you turn it to lemonade. God can help you turn your “mess” into your “Message.” What you think is a setback is only a setup for huge comeback.
God desires to do something new in all of our lives. Even when we feel it the least, when disappointments happen and we go through hard times, God still wants to show up and show out. Often times what keeps us from the new things He wants to do is not stepping out of our comfort zones. When we step out in faith and are willing to grow, to walk through doors when they open, to meet the new people and new challenges God places in our lives only then will we be able to take advantage of new opportunities when they come, that's when God shows up and shows out!
Isaiah 55:9
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
When Life hands you a lemon; make it lemonade!
Sometimes life hands you a lemon and you keep your options open God can help you turn it to lemonade. God can help you turn your “mess” into your “Message.” What you think is a setback is only a setup for huge comeback.
God desires to do something new in all of our lives. Even when we feel it the least, when disappointments happen and we go through hard times, God still wants to show up and show out. Often times what keeps us from the new things He wants to do is not stepping out of our comfort zones. When we step out in faith and are willing to grow, to walk through doors when they open, to meet the new people and new challenges God places in our lives only then will we be able to take advantage of new opportunities when they come, that's when God shows up and shows out!
Isaiah 55:9
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
When Life hands you a lemon; make it lemonade!
Friday, January 15, 2010
I Love the moral of this story...Friends.
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall
to see the farmer and his wife open a package.
"What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered.
He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed this warning:
"There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse,
I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me.
I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and told him,
"There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The pig sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,
but there is nothing I can do about it but pray.. Be assured you are in my
prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!" The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you,
but it's no skin off my nose.." So, the mouse returned to the house,
head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap
. . ...... Alone.. . ....
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house
-- the sound Of a mousetrap catching its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.
In the darkness, she did not see it.
It was a venomous snake whose tail was caught in the trap.
The snake bit the farmer's wife...
The farmer rushed her to the hospital.
When she returned home she still had a fever.
Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup.
So the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard
for the soup's main ingredient: Chicken
But his wife's sickness continued.
Friends and neighbors
came to sit with her around the clock.
To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.
But, alas, the farmer's wife did not get well...
She died.
So many people came for her funeral
that the farmer had the cow slaughtered
to provide enough meat for all of them
for the funeral luncheon.
And the mouse looked upon it all
from his crack in the wall with great sadness.
So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem
and you think it doesn't concern you,
Remember ---
When one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
We are all involved in this journey called life.
We must keep an eye out for one another
and make an extra effort to encourage one another.
SO ANYONE WHO HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT AND LET THEM KNOW
HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
- REMEMBER -
EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY.
OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.
One of the best things to hold onto In this world is a FRIEND
to see the farmer and his wife open a package.
"What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered.
He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed this warning:
"There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse,
I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me.
I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and told him,
"There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The pig sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,
but there is nothing I can do about it but pray.. Be assured you are in my
prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!" The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you,
but it's no skin off my nose.." So, the mouse returned to the house,
head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap
. . ...... Alone.. . ....
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house
-- the sound Of a mousetrap catching its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.
In the darkness, she did not see it.
It was a venomous snake whose tail was caught in the trap.
The snake bit the farmer's wife...
The farmer rushed her to the hospital.
When she returned home she still had a fever.
Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup.
So the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard
for the soup's main ingredient: Chicken
But his wife's sickness continued.
Friends and neighbors
came to sit with her around the clock.
To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.
But, alas, the farmer's wife did not get well...
She died.
So many people came for her funeral
that the farmer had the cow slaughtered
to provide enough meat for all of them
for the funeral luncheon.
And the mouse looked upon it all
from his crack in the wall with great sadness.
So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem
and you think it doesn't concern you,
Remember ---
When one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
We are all involved in this journey called life.
We must keep an eye out for one another
and make an extra effort to encourage one another.
SO ANYONE WHO HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT AND LET THEM KNOW
HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
- REMEMBER -
EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY.
OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.
One of the best things to hold onto In this world is a FRIEND
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Your a Keeper.......Explained
A Keeper
Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress; lawn mower in his hand, and dish-towel in hers. It was the time for fixing things...a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more.
But then my mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more. Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away....never to return. So...while we have it...its best we love it...and care for it...and fix it when it's broken....and heal it when it's sick.
This is true...for marriage...and old cars...and children with bad report cards...dogs and cats with bad hips...and aging parents...and grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
Some things we keep. Like a best friend who moved away or a classmate we grew up with. There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special..... And so, we keep them close in heart and mind and spirit.
Now it's your turn to think of and send this to those people who are 'keepers' in your life.
Good friends are like stars...You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
Happy New Year to all my Keepers
Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress; lawn mower in his hand, and dish-towel in hers. It was the time for fixing things...a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more.
But then my mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more. Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away....never to return. So...while we have it...its best we love it...and care for it...and fix it when it's broken....and heal it when it's sick.
This is true...for marriage...and old cars...and children with bad report cards...dogs and cats with bad hips...and aging parents...and grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
Some things we keep. Like a best friend who moved away or a classmate we grew up with. There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special..... And so, we keep them close in heart and mind and spirit.
Now it's your turn to think of and send this to those people who are 'keepers' in your life.
Good friends are like stars...You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
Happy New Year to all my Keepers
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
How Close are You to Your Breakthrough?
On your rear side mirrors there is a statement "objects in your mirror are closer than you think" When you see that it means be careful and keep your eyes open, because things are closer than you think!
Stay Full of Hope
God has put dreams and desires in your heart. Sometimes obstacles get in your way to cloud your vision , you interpret false readings because things appear deceptively far away. When things are falling apart and it takes a long time we loose our enthusiasm.
That is when the negative thoughts really pile up and we say:
I will never get well, I will never get out of debt, this legal situation will never turn around!
Hebrews 10:35
35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
Many times we miss out on Gods mercy and greatness because we give up!
We need to keep believing, keep hoping, keep praying, stay in faith!
When things get further out of control, dig your heals in!
You are closer to your Victory than you think!
Change your attitude. Don't stop believing!
I have bread horses and raised the babies. When the horses are going through their gestation period, the first few months not a lot changes, but in those last 3 months a lot of things change. The foal gets more active, the mare gets uncomfortable, gains more weight, the physical combination changes the disposition, a lot! They get meaner, harder to handle, less cooperative.
Anyone who has a wife that has been pregnant knows what I am talking about, as things change right before birth the pain and feelings get worse until the baby comes, then after the birth, the JOY begins!
After the pain, the discomfort, the uneasiness, the crying and wailing and you see that new foal or in human terms that beautiful daughter, of which I had two, what a blessing.
How quickly you forget all the adversity and start basking in the joy.
This may be the greatest struggle you have ever faced, the greatest adversity you have ever dealt with, but remember this, It is always darkest right before dawn.
You may have struggled for 2 years , but just a little more faith and a little more persevering.
If you will get your second wind!
This could be the day you get the break you need.
Zechariah 9:12
12 Return to your fortress, O prisoners of hope;
even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.
Never Loose your Faith Be a prisoner of Hope.
What is a prisoner? It is a person who is confined, chained, restrained.
What is hope? To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.
To have confidence; trust.
So if you are a prisoner of Hope you are chained with an expectation of fulfillment.
Nothing can take your Hope!
God is still on his throne! God is still in charge!
Stay Full of Hope
God has put dreams and desires in your heart. Sometimes obstacles get in your way to cloud your vision , you interpret false readings because things appear deceptively far away. When things are falling apart and it takes a long time we loose our enthusiasm.
That is when the negative thoughts really pile up and we say:
I will never get well, I will never get out of debt, this legal situation will never turn around!
Hebrews 10:35
35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
Many times we miss out on Gods mercy and greatness because we give up!
We need to keep believing, keep hoping, keep praying, stay in faith!
When things get further out of control, dig your heals in!
You are closer to your Victory than you think!
Change your attitude. Don't stop believing!
I have bread horses and raised the babies. When the horses are going through their gestation period, the first few months not a lot changes, but in those last 3 months a lot of things change. The foal gets more active, the mare gets uncomfortable, gains more weight, the physical combination changes the disposition, a lot! They get meaner, harder to handle, less cooperative.
Anyone who has a wife that has been pregnant knows what I am talking about, as things change right before birth the pain and feelings get worse until the baby comes, then after the birth, the JOY begins!
After the pain, the discomfort, the uneasiness, the crying and wailing and you see that new foal or in human terms that beautiful daughter, of which I had two, what a blessing.
How quickly you forget all the adversity and start basking in the joy.
This may be the greatest struggle you have ever faced, the greatest adversity you have ever dealt with, but remember this, It is always darkest right before dawn.
You may have struggled for 2 years , but just a little more faith and a little more persevering.
If you will get your second wind!
This could be the day you get the break you need.
Zechariah 9:12
12 Return to your fortress, O prisoners of hope;
even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.
Never Loose your Faith Be a prisoner of Hope.
What is a prisoner? It is a person who is confined, chained, restrained.
What is hope? To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.
To have confidence; trust.
So if you are a prisoner of Hope you are chained with an expectation of fulfillment.
Nothing can take your Hope!
God is still on his throne! God is still in charge!
Monday, January 11, 2010
How do you see Yourself?
What is the picture you have in your mind?
How do you see yourself?
Is your vision limited?
I heard a story the other day about a father and son who went hiking and they got separated from each other and the son got lost. The son was going in circles and ended up on a cliff over looking a valley. The son being a little scared started yelling out and began hearing his words comeback to him, but did not understand what was going on. The father heard the yelling and was able to find his son. The father and son was were reconnected and the son shared with his father his experience:
Dad I was scared and started yelling out and someone started yelling back at me. I would yell: "Help me!" and the voice would yell, Help me!. "Who are you?" Who are you? "Your a coward!" Your a coward! the son asked his dad, "Who is that?" the father (recognizing this teachable moment) laughed and said, "son that is an echo, the sound of your voice is bouncing off the rocks and coming back to you." let me show you the father hollered out "your a winner!" it came back your a winner. "You are talented!" it came back you are talented, "You've got what it takes!" it came back you've got what it takes.
The father said "son, that is how life is. You get back what ever you put into it!
So, in Life, what you send out is what you get back! What are you telling yourself?
I am clumsy, I am a loser, I cannot do anything right, Nobody likes me.
What you should be saying is:
I am a winner!
I am good lookin'.
I am strong!
People love me and love to talk to me.
I am victorious!
I am losing weight everyday.
I am a champion!
Visualization is so important in personal development. You will move toward your mental pictures. There are people who use this technique naturally in their everyday affairs, not being aware that they are using some sort of power. All successful people use it consciously or unconsciously, attracting the success they want into their life, by visualizing their goals as already accomplished.
By changing our thoughts and mental images we change our "Reality"; we change the "illusory" world we believe we live in.
We are not employing magic or supernatural powers when creating and changing our life and circumstances. It is not something "Material" that we change; we only change our thoughts, which shape our world, and influence the "Material."
2 Corinthians 4:18
18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Setbacks are just temporary!
VISUALIZE your wins before they happen.
FOCUS on the PROMISE not the situation.
Your a child of GOD!
You are a WINNER!
Don't let CIRCUMSTANCES or anyone tell you any different!
The MOST important gift YOU can give YOURSELF is a HEALTHY IMAGE of yourself!
It will CHANGE your LIFE, for the GOOD, FOREVER!
How do you see yourself?
Is your vision limited?
I heard a story the other day about a father and son who went hiking and they got separated from each other and the son got lost. The son was going in circles and ended up on a cliff over looking a valley. The son being a little scared started yelling out and began hearing his words comeback to him, but did not understand what was going on. The father heard the yelling and was able to find his son. The father and son was were reconnected and the son shared with his father his experience:
Dad I was scared and started yelling out and someone started yelling back at me. I would yell: "Help me!" and the voice would yell, Help me!. "Who are you?" Who are you? "Your a coward!" Your a coward! the son asked his dad, "Who is that?" the father (recognizing this teachable moment) laughed and said, "son that is an echo, the sound of your voice is bouncing off the rocks and coming back to you." let me show you the father hollered out "your a winner!" it came back your a winner. "You are talented!" it came back you are talented, "You've got what it takes!" it came back you've got what it takes.
The father said "son, that is how life is. You get back what ever you put into it!
So, in Life, what you send out is what you get back! What are you telling yourself?
I am clumsy, I am a loser, I cannot do anything right, Nobody likes me.
What you should be saying is:
I am a winner!
I am good lookin'.
I am strong!
People love me and love to talk to me.
I am victorious!
I am losing weight everyday.
I am a champion!
Visualization is so important in personal development. You will move toward your mental pictures. There are people who use this technique naturally in their everyday affairs, not being aware that they are using some sort of power. All successful people use it consciously or unconsciously, attracting the success they want into their life, by visualizing their goals as already accomplished.
By changing our thoughts and mental images we change our "Reality"; we change the "illusory" world we believe we live in.
We are not employing magic or supernatural powers when creating and changing our life and circumstances. It is not something "Material" that we change; we only change our thoughts, which shape our world, and influence the "Material."
2 Corinthians 4:18
18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Setbacks are just temporary!
VISUALIZE your wins before they happen.
FOCUS on the PROMISE not the situation.
Your a child of GOD!
You are a WINNER!
Don't let CIRCUMSTANCES or anyone tell you any different!
The MOST important gift YOU can give YOURSELF is a HEALTHY IMAGE of yourself!
It will CHANGE your LIFE, for the GOOD, FOREVER!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
When two Brothers have a disagreement, what do you do?
I talked Jack the other day just checking on his situation he had shared with me a few days ago about the disagreement with a brother. This is what he told me:
One brother went to church and was not happy at all during church he was preoccupied thinking about the situation, and could not concentrate on the service and even broke down thinking about what had transpired. People could tell he was physically upset.
The second brother did not go to church and spent time alone reflecting on his feelings, what he had done wrong, what could he do to solve the issue?
Matthew 18:15-17
When there is conflict between two people we are to go to our brother or sister privately and talk it over with them. Only if the problem continues after that are we to bring it to more people going through a proper course of escalation and church involvement.
Matthew 5:23
23"Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
I am happy to say that the two brothers got together, both were hurt, both shared their experiences of the event, both confessed sins to each other and were reconciled. They cried for each other, they prayed for each other and to this day they are inspirations to each other.
One brother went to church and was not happy at all during church he was preoccupied thinking about the situation, and could not concentrate on the service and even broke down thinking about what had transpired. People could tell he was physically upset.
The second brother did not go to church and spent time alone reflecting on his feelings, what he had done wrong, what could he do to solve the issue?
Matthew 18:15-17
When there is conflict between two people we are to go to our brother or sister privately and talk it over with them. Only if the problem continues after that are we to bring it to more people going through a proper course of escalation and church involvement.
Matthew 5:23
23"Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
I am happy to say that the two brothers got together, both were hurt, both shared their experiences of the event, both confessed sins to each other and were reconciled. They cried for each other, they prayed for each other and to this day they are inspirations to each other.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
The very People your suppose to be able trust are hurtful – Family
I have a friend, Jack, who was a successful businessman, entrepreneur a great person his whole life. He was one of the victims of the economy downfall a couple of years ago. It seemed like he had the world by the tale until "the crash" happened.
For over 40 years he was a perfect citizen. Paid his bills on time, trusted by others, church goin’ born again Christian, even a leader in 3 different churches at the highest level. After the stock market crashed everything changed. He went through a terrible 2 years. He started getting calls from creditors. They started out friendly and concerned then moved to downright nasty.
He was very open with the creditors about his situation every week for a while.
Then when the tide turned and went from understanding to hateful, attacking, degrading, questioning his itegrity; my friend started to have fun with some the callers. He asked them to look back at his record and a discussion that went something like this:
How long have I been a customer? 25 years
How many times have I been late on anything? our record show never?
O kay. I told you what I am doing, what I am going through, do you think my record shows that I am a stand up guy for the last 25 years? Yes?
I understand your desire to bring this issue to a close as soon as possible, based on my record with you for the last 25 years do you think I will make it right when my situation changes? Well Yes, but?
As I said I have Resumes out, trying to start a business but with the employment rate at 10% things are just not working out, no one hiring. So there comes a point when people stop listening and making demands on you that are totally ridiculous, with threats and intimidation. Jack would play games with them after repeated calls and asked them wht they would do? They could not awswer or would not answer the question.
Sometimes the callers would be laughing before the call was over, Jack tried to make them have a good day.
Even banks that would normally would have given you and equity line of credit, quit lending and have not started back. So you’re getting squeezed at every end.
Jack even told me of a situation with a family member on a business transaction. These family members had known each other for 37 years. One was going to sell an item to the other that involved a title. But, the transaction had to take place first, and then the paperwork would follow in 7-10 days. A deal was made the bank was notified. It was set. The next day the family purchaser called the seller, and was concerned that he was not going to have the title when he drove off and felt he was doing something illegal. He wanted to talk to the bank and make sure everything the other family member told him was true. Of course, the family member was hurt, because of the lack of trust, the one had for the other. There were words exchanged hurt feelings for years.
So in this society or family or church if one goes through hard times: Loss of job, Financial hardship, Business failure due to unforeseen economic disaster, stellar record for 50 years in everything, and all of the sudden the circumstances change does the friend all of the sudden have no integrity? Does it mean he cannot be trusted? Does it mean his word his no good? Does it mean all of the sudden you became a bad person? Did he wake up one day and his character did a 180 and all of the sudden it is gone? The day before the catastrophe happens they were fine upstanding citizens; the day after the calamity did they lose all of their values? Their principles? Their character? No! Not just no but, Hell No!
When somebody tries to curse you, intimidate you, treat you wrong, you had a bad break and you are trying to work through and come out of the situation. It does not matter if they try to pound all over you and try to make you shrink in fear.
Remember nothing can separate you from the love of God.
Rom 8:35-39.
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Nothing they say and nothing they do can take the blessing you have from God away from you. The blessing God put on you overrides every problem every obstacle don’t get discouraged your time is coming. They may get you down temporarily, but God has the last word.
There is nothing that has happened to you that can keep you from your God-given destiny, if you rise up, look to God and realize he is not through with you yet. The devil does not fight you for where you are the devil fights you for where you’re going. The devil knows when you are in your valley that is the time the biggest attacks come on you as a person God. The Devil knows if he can destroy you in the valley, he can keep you from fulfilling your God-given destiny. You are not a bad person; you are still the same person you were before the catastrophe. Don’t shrink in Fear! Stand in Faith! Jack never acted as a victim. He has always kept his attitude up and acted as a victor.
Back to family situation whether a brother in a family or a brother in Christ what should our response be?
1 John 3:17
17 Suppose someone sees a brother or sister in need and is able to help them. If he doesn't take pity on them, how can the love of God be in him?
Does the person that needs forgiveness have to ask for it, no he does not? Does the person that you are going to forgive have to be aware of it, no he does not? So someone treats you really bad and hurt you to the core do you forgive? I think yes! Forgiveness is more about the giver that the one being forgiven.
So someone, a family member, treats you really bad and hurt you to the core do you forgive? Yes!
Forgiveness is about the past, Trust is about the future. Do we forgive someone about the past, yes we do? Do we have to do talk to them and do business with them in the future, no we don’t? Forgiveness is a decision, not an emotion. Emotions follow decisions. Emotionally when the friend went through the hurt he could have, at first: #/?%@!*(%#$ and then #%@!&*^$ and then $%#@*(&$!, you know what I mean! Make sure you forgive yourself and then forgive the brother.
Jack told me, neither misguided opinions nor unjust criticism will alter his course. He said "those who do not understand his faith, his destiny, his core principles, his Christian values, and violate him as a man, can never be trusted again." He did not say he had not forgiven, he said they could never be trusted.
My friend Jack and his family are still going through some valleys, but he is a Good Man. I know he will come out on top. He is a winner in every way!
For over 40 years he was a perfect citizen. Paid his bills on time, trusted by others, church goin’ born again Christian, even a leader in 3 different churches at the highest level. After the stock market crashed everything changed. He went through a terrible 2 years. He started getting calls from creditors. They started out friendly and concerned then moved to downright nasty.
He was very open with the creditors about his situation every week for a while.
Then when the tide turned and went from understanding to hateful, attacking, degrading, questioning his itegrity; my friend started to have fun with some the callers. He asked them to look back at his record and a discussion that went something like this:
How long have I been a customer? 25 years
How many times have I been late on anything? our record show never?
O kay. I told you what I am doing, what I am going through, do you think my record shows that I am a stand up guy for the last 25 years? Yes?
I understand your desire to bring this issue to a close as soon as possible, based on my record with you for the last 25 years do you think I will make it right when my situation changes? Well Yes, but?
As I said I have Resumes out, trying to start a business but with the employment rate at 10% things are just not working out, no one hiring. So there comes a point when people stop listening and making demands on you that are totally ridiculous, with threats and intimidation. Jack would play games with them after repeated calls and asked them wht they would do? They could not awswer or would not answer the question.
Sometimes the callers would be laughing before the call was over, Jack tried to make them have a good day.
Even banks that would normally would have given you and equity line of credit, quit lending and have not started back. So you’re getting squeezed at every end.
Jack even told me of a situation with a family member on a business transaction. These family members had known each other for 37 years. One was going to sell an item to the other that involved a title. But, the transaction had to take place first, and then the paperwork would follow in 7-10 days. A deal was made the bank was notified. It was set. The next day the family purchaser called the seller, and was concerned that he was not going to have the title when he drove off and felt he was doing something illegal. He wanted to talk to the bank and make sure everything the other family member told him was true. Of course, the family member was hurt, because of the lack of trust, the one had for the other. There were words exchanged hurt feelings for years.
So in this society or family or church if one goes through hard times: Loss of job, Financial hardship, Business failure due to unforeseen economic disaster, stellar record for 50 years in everything, and all of the sudden the circumstances change does the friend all of the sudden have no integrity? Does it mean he cannot be trusted? Does it mean his word his no good? Does it mean all of the sudden you became a bad person? Did he wake up one day and his character did a 180 and all of the sudden it is gone? The day before the catastrophe happens they were fine upstanding citizens; the day after the calamity did they lose all of their values? Their principles? Their character? No! Not just no but, Hell No!
When somebody tries to curse you, intimidate you, treat you wrong, you had a bad break and you are trying to work through and come out of the situation. It does not matter if they try to pound all over you and try to make you shrink in fear.
Remember nothing can separate you from the love of God.
Rom 8:35-39.
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Nothing they say and nothing they do can take the blessing you have from God away from you. The blessing God put on you overrides every problem every obstacle don’t get discouraged your time is coming. They may get you down temporarily, but God has the last word.
There is nothing that has happened to you that can keep you from your God-given destiny, if you rise up, look to God and realize he is not through with you yet. The devil does not fight you for where you are the devil fights you for where you’re going. The devil knows when you are in your valley that is the time the biggest attacks come on you as a person God. The Devil knows if he can destroy you in the valley, he can keep you from fulfilling your God-given destiny. You are not a bad person; you are still the same person you were before the catastrophe. Don’t shrink in Fear! Stand in Faith! Jack never acted as a victim. He has always kept his attitude up and acted as a victor.
Back to family situation whether a brother in a family or a brother in Christ what should our response be?
1 John 3:17
17 Suppose someone sees a brother or sister in need and is able to help them. If he doesn't take pity on them, how can the love of God be in him?
Does the person that needs forgiveness have to ask for it, no he does not? Does the person that you are going to forgive have to be aware of it, no he does not? So someone treats you really bad and hurt you to the core do you forgive? I think yes! Forgiveness is more about the giver that the one being forgiven.
So someone, a family member, treats you really bad and hurt you to the core do you forgive? Yes!
Forgiveness is about the past, Trust is about the future. Do we forgive someone about the past, yes we do? Do we have to do talk to them and do business with them in the future, no we don’t? Forgiveness is a decision, not an emotion. Emotions follow decisions. Emotionally when the friend went through the hurt he could have, at first: #/?%@!*(%#$ and then #%@!&*^$ and then $%#@*(&$!, you know what I mean! Make sure you forgive yourself and then forgive the brother.
Jack told me, neither misguided opinions nor unjust criticism will alter his course. He said "those who do not understand his faith, his destiny, his core principles, his Christian values, and violate him as a man, can never be trusted again." He did not say he had not forgiven, he said they could never be trusted.
My friend Jack and his family are still going through some valleys, but he is a Good Man. I know he will come out on top. He is a winner in every way!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Tennessee Titans season is over but, the Vision is still there..
The Shout Seals the Deal
Vince Young replaced Kerry Collins after an 0-6 start and ended up a more mature player with a 58.7% completion and a 82.8% passer rating. Young had an 8-2 streak after the 0-6 start. 8-8 record for the year.
Johnson became the sixth player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season in the fourth quarter of Tennessee's season finale Sunday at Seattle. He also scored both touchdowns in the Titans' 17-13 win over the Seahawks.
In the second quarter, Johnson set the NFL record for yards from scrimmage in a season on a 9-yard pass from Vince Young. That broke Marshall Faulk's 1999 record and gave Johnson 2,254 yards from scrimmage.
He gained 134 yards on 36 carries, three short of Earl Campbell's franchise record set in 1981 against Seattle. It was his 11th consecutive 100-yard game, the second-longest streak in league history.
The Titans have a great record as a business, since moving to Tennessee at the stadium in Nashville they have had sell outs every game.
Of course where would a team be without the Cheerleaders and Fans.
Which brings me to my point:
The Shout of Praise Psalm 47:1 Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
If you look at the Titans there was not a lot to cheer about the first part of the season with an 0-6 start and the dreadful embarrassment against New England 59-0.
But, if you looked at the stands and the cheerleaders you could not have known what the record was.
So no matter what the record the cheerleader were hard at work keeping the fans in the game.
Have you ever been to ball game, got up and went to the concession stand, you could not see the game but you could hear a loud cheer, even though you could not see it, you knew something good had happened, the sounds of celebration, the sounds of shouting is announcing to everyone around something Great is taking place.
It is the same way with the evil spirits in the unseen realm when you shout out to God you are letting the evil spirits know that a great victory is about to take place, they can't see what has happened but they know a wall is coming down, someones finances are turning around, a health issue has been solved, a lost child comes back home, something Great has happened.
Psalms 149:3-5
3 Let them praise his name with dancing
and make music to him with timbrel and harp.
4 For the LORD takes delight in his people;
he crowns the humble with victory.
5 Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor
and sing for joy on their beds.
High praises of joy, the Lord hears those and gets to work on the victory.
Remember the city of Jericho
Joshua 6
1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
2 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have all the people give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the people will go up, every man straight in."
15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted [a] to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute [b] and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. 18 But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go into his treasury."
20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed;
Notice the loud praises came before the miracle, but after the obedience the miracle happened.
Never give up Hope your Season will turn around, no matter what the circumstances.
Don't Forget the Shouts of Praise...God is listeneing.....
Vince Young replaced Kerry Collins after an 0-6 start and ended up a more mature player with a 58.7% completion and a 82.8% passer rating. Young had an 8-2 streak after the 0-6 start. 8-8 record for the year.
Johnson became the sixth player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season in the fourth quarter of Tennessee's season finale Sunday at Seattle. He also scored both touchdowns in the Titans' 17-13 win over the Seahawks.
In the second quarter, Johnson set the NFL record for yards from scrimmage in a season on a 9-yard pass from Vince Young. That broke Marshall Faulk's 1999 record and gave Johnson 2,254 yards from scrimmage.
He gained 134 yards on 36 carries, three short of Earl Campbell's franchise record set in 1981 against Seattle. It was his 11th consecutive 100-yard game, the second-longest streak in league history.
The Titans have a great record as a business, since moving to Tennessee at the stadium in Nashville they have had sell outs every game.
Of course where would a team be without the Cheerleaders and Fans.
Which brings me to my point:
The Shout of Praise Psalm 47:1 Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
If you look at the Titans there was not a lot to cheer about the first part of the season with an 0-6 start and the dreadful embarrassment against New England 59-0.
But, if you looked at the stands and the cheerleaders you could not have known what the record was.
So no matter what the record the cheerleader were hard at work keeping the fans in the game.
Have you ever been to ball game, got up and went to the concession stand, you could not see the game but you could hear a loud cheer, even though you could not see it, you knew something good had happened, the sounds of celebration, the sounds of shouting is announcing to everyone around something Great is taking place.
It is the same way with the evil spirits in the unseen realm when you shout out to God you are letting the evil spirits know that a great victory is about to take place, they can't see what has happened but they know a wall is coming down, someones finances are turning around, a health issue has been solved, a lost child comes back home, something Great has happened.
Psalms 149:3-5
3 Let them praise his name with dancing
and make music to him with timbrel and harp.
4 For the LORD takes delight in his people;
he crowns the humble with victory.
5 Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor
and sing for joy on their beds.
High praises of joy, the Lord hears those and gets to work on the victory.
Remember the city of Jericho
Joshua 6
1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
2 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have all the people give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the people will go up, every man straight in."
15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted [a] to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute [b] and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. 18 But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go into his treasury."
20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed;
Notice the loud praises came before the miracle, but after the obedience the miracle happened.
Never give up Hope your Season will turn around, no matter what the circumstances.
Don't Forget the Shouts of Praise...God is listeneing.....
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The 80 20 Rule
There is concept called the 80/20 Rule, Here is what Wikipedia has to say about it:
The principle was suggested by management thinker Joseph M. Juran. It was named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80% of income in Italy was received by 20% of the Italian population. The assumption is that most of the results in any situation are determined by a small number of causes.
Long before Juran came up with the idea it was demonstrated in the Old Testament in Numbers 13.
Moses sent 12 spies to explore the land they were promised by God. Ten said no two said go.
Report on the Exploration
Numbers 13
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan."
30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are." 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."
Caleb, however, encouraged them to go forward, though seconded by Joshua only. He does not say, Let us go up and conquer it; but, Let us go and possess it.
So hear we have 12 men go spy on a land for 40 days and we have 2 men looking at the opportunities we have 10 men focusing on the challenges and ignoring Gods promises. 85% of the spies were focused on all the negatives 15% were focused on the promises. Unbelief overlooks the promises and power of God, magnifies every danger and difficulty, and fills the heart with discouragement.
I don't know why, but human nature we focus on our challenges rather that focus on our God. Joshua,Caleb, Moses, and Aaron were in the tough spot, out of the thousands of Israelites, including the 10 spies, They were the only 4 Focusing on God, Determined, Trusting,ready to move forward.
Everyone of us is going through something....Life Happens...Disappointments setbacks. Losers focus on what their going through but winners focus on where their going to...
So are you with Joshua and Caleb or are you going to wonder around aimlessly?
God's promises are real Trust Them, God will never let you down!
The principle was suggested by management thinker Joseph M. Juran. It was named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80% of income in Italy was received by 20% of the Italian population. The assumption is that most of the results in any situation are determined by a small number of causes.
Long before Juran came up with the idea it was demonstrated in the Old Testament in Numbers 13.
Moses sent 12 spies to explore the land they were promised by God. Ten said no two said go.
Report on the Exploration
Numbers 13
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan."
30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are." 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."
Caleb, however, encouraged them to go forward, though seconded by Joshua only. He does not say, Let us go up and conquer it; but, Let us go and possess it.
So hear we have 12 men go spy on a land for 40 days and we have 2 men looking at the opportunities we have 10 men focusing on the challenges and ignoring Gods promises. 85% of the spies were focused on all the negatives 15% were focused on the promises. Unbelief overlooks the promises and power of God, magnifies every danger and difficulty, and fills the heart with discouragement.
I don't know why, but human nature we focus on our challenges rather that focus on our God. Joshua,Caleb, Moses, and Aaron were in the tough spot, out of the thousands of Israelites, including the 10 spies, They were the only 4 Focusing on God, Determined, Trusting,ready to move forward.
Everyone of us is going through something....Life Happens...Disappointments setbacks. Losers focus on what their going through but winners focus on where their going to...
So are you with Joshua and Caleb or are you going to wonder around aimlessly?
God's promises are real Trust Them, God will never let you down!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Can Tiger Turn Things Around?
Tiger Woods is now on a list of many who have fallen out of the Graces of the Masses.
It never fails when people are put on a pedestal and propped up and are thrust into the lime light it is only a matter of time till the fall.
Fox News' Brit Hume gave Tiger Woods some personal advice Sunday morning, telling the scandal-plagued (and Buddhist) golfer to 'turn to Christianity' to make a full recovery.
On "Fox News Sunday," Hume — the former leader of Fox News' political reporting and host of "Special Report" who now serves as an analyst for the network — said that Woods' recovery "depends on his faith."
"The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith," Hume said. "He is said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. My message to Tiger would, 'Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world."
In 2008, Woods told Reuters about his religious practices.
"I practice meditation," he said. "That is something that I do, that my mum taught me over the years. We also have a thing we do every year, where we go to temple together. In the Buddhist religion you have to work for it yourself, internally, in order to achieve anything in life and set up the next life. It is all about what you do and you get out of it what you put into it."
A lot of Prayer, A lot of Soul Searching and giving your heart to Jesus can change a life like it has so many.
I agree with Brit Hume God is the answer the only answer....
Mark 8:36 (New King James Version)
36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
It never fails when people are put on a pedestal and propped up and are thrust into the lime light it is only a matter of time till the fall.
Fox News' Brit Hume gave Tiger Woods some personal advice Sunday morning, telling the scandal-plagued (and Buddhist) golfer to 'turn to Christianity' to make a full recovery.
On "Fox News Sunday," Hume — the former leader of Fox News' political reporting and host of "Special Report" who now serves as an analyst for the network — said that Woods' recovery "depends on his faith."
"The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith," Hume said. "He is said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. My message to Tiger would, 'Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world."
In 2008, Woods told Reuters about his religious practices.
"I practice meditation," he said. "That is something that I do, that my mum taught me over the years. We also have a thing we do every year, where we go to temple together. In the Buddhist religion you have to work for it yourself, internally, in order to achieve anything in life and set up the next life. It is all about what you do and you get out of it what you put into it."
A lot of Prayer, A lot of Soul Searching and giving your heart to Jesus can change a life like it has so many.
I agree with Brit Hume God is the answer the only answer....
Mark 8:36 (New King James Version)
36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
Friday, January 1, 2010
Suit up and Play Everyday
Ephesians Chapter 6
The Armor of God
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
19Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
You are Extra-Ordinary Put on the Whole Armor of GOD, when you put on the Whole Armor of GOD you are "Bad to the Bone" Nothing can defeat you!
Put on the Helmet of SALVATION meaning you are at PEACE with God but have your thoughts on God, positive, hopeful, God is directing your steps .
You have the breast plate of RIGHTEOUSNESS, You are already approved and accepted you by God, Your wearing your belt of TRUTH. It does not matter what people say about you, you are in God's favor, you don't live life stressed out you are wearing your shoes of PEACE. Even when things look difficult you have the shield of FAITH, You know God is going to make a way, and you have the sword of the SPIRIT, that's God's word coming out of your mouth, you don't go around complaining;
Oh! the stock market is down, I lost half of my money! or I am down in my back my doctor says I am not going to make it, the hurricane or tornado set me back.
NO! You are saying I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, I am blessed, I am prosperous, I am in God's favor and nothing can take me down. My best days are ahead of me!
When you are wearing the Whole Armor of God, you are protected, you are equipped: Ready to fight!
Notice there is nothing for the back: which means; you should be advancing all the time for GOD has your back. No retreating!
God never intended on us to run from our enemies or problems: Stand Firm!
Pray! Pray! Pray!
You may have Some Big Challenges, But we have a Big GOD!
You may get knocked down, but get back up!
I'm in to win in 2010!
The Armor of God
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
19Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
You are Extra-Ordinary Put on the Whole Armor of GOD, when you put on the Whole Armor of GOD you are "Bad to the Bone" Nothing can defeat you!
Put on the Helmet of SALVATION meaning you are at PEACE with God but have your thoughts on God, positive, hopeful, God is directing your steps .
You have the breast plate of RIGHTEOUSNESS, You are already approved and accepted you by God, Your wearing your belt of TRUTH. It does not matter what people say about you, you are in God's favor, you don't live life stressed out you are wearing your shoes of PEACE. Even when things look difficult you have the shield of FAITH, You know God is going to make a way, and you have the sword of the SPIRIT, that's God's word coming out of your mouth, you don't go around complaining;
Oh! the stock market is down, I lost half of my money! or I am down in my back my doctor says I am not going to make it, the hurricane or tornado set me back.
NO! You are saying I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, I am blessed, I am prosperous, I am in God's favor and nothing can take me down. My best days are ahead of me!
When you are wearing the Whole Armor of God, you are protected, you are equipped: Ready to fight!
Notice there is nothing for the back: which means; you should be advancing all the time for GOD has your back. No retreating!
God never intended on us to run from our enemies or problems: Stand Firm!
Pray! Pray! Pray!
You may have Some Big Challenges, But we have a Big GOD!
You may get knocked down, but get back up!
I'm in to win in 2010!
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)