<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 23:21:53 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Jesus</category><category>NFL</category><category>Saints</category><category>Christian</category><category>Reggie Bush</category><category>blog</category><category>scripture</category><category>Braille</category><category>Calvin</category><category>Chrisitan church</category><category>Christianity</category><category>Colossians</category><category>Mark Driscoll</category><category>Michael Bell</category><category>Romans</category><category>S1</category><category>St. Paul</category><category>christian hip hop</category><category>church</category><category>cloud nineteen</category><category>creator</category><category>family dog euthanasia grief</category><category>fasting</category><category>gospel</category><category>marriage</category><category>mars hill church</category><category>music</category><category>prophecies</category><category>sin</category><category>thanksgiving</category><category>underground hip hop</category><category>vintage jesus</category><category>web design</category><category>wedding</category><title>Living For Christ</title><description>A blog about the a man striving to live for Christ in a fallen world.  Find thoughts on Jesus, Christian music, New Orleans Saints, and more.</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-7784112914699034176</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-24T10:57:14.937-06:00</atom:updated><title>Greatest Story Ever Told...part 2</title><description>In the Jewish Torah, ancient prophets for told of His birth.&amp;nbsp; Many  prophecies exist in their scriptures telling of different aspects of his  birth, his life, and even details of his death. &lt;br /&gt;
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He was to be their messiah, their king.&amp;nbsp; He was going  ensure that all Jews would fulfill every commandment from God, defeating  the evil one once and for all.&amp;nbsp; Bringing about complete repentance for  the sins that tarnished the relationship Israel had with God for so many  years.&amp;nbsp; Evidence of his coming date back to the earliest of Jewish  books, the book of Genesis.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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Here God is  speaking to satan after he tempted Eve in the garden of Eden, telling  him that he will be crushed once and for all.&amp;nbsp; Then the savior would  reign over Israel in a new world of peace and order.&amp;nbsp; Traditional Jews  believed He would be a political/military king to bring about peace and  the sovern rule of Israel for eternity.&amp;nbsp; Looking into prophecies of the  Torah , one finds many specific details of his birth that must be  fulfilled in order for this messiah to be authentic.&amp;nbsp; He had to be born  of a virgin,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be &lt;br /&gt;
with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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be a descendent from the family line of king David,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;“when I will raise up for David&lt;sup&gt; &lt;/sup&gt;a righteous Branch, &lt;br /&gt;
a King who will reign wisely &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;and do what is just and right in the land. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;sup class=&quot;versenum&quot; id=&quot;en-NIV-19491&quot;&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt; In his days Judah will be saved &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;and Israel will live in safety. &lt;br /&gt;
This is the name by which he will be called: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The LORD Our Righteous Savior. Jeremiah 23:5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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and be born in the town of Bethelhem.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans &lt;br /&gt;
of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over &lt;br /&gt;
Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.&amp;nbsp; Micah 5:2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Many more scriptures exist regarding the  coming of the Messiah, his life and his death, roughly 130 of them.&amp;nbsp; Here&#39;s a link to a great video from  Mark Driscoll about the many prophecies of the coming of Christ, &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/vintagejesus/how-did-people-know-jesus-was-coming&quot;&gt;How did people know Jesus was coming?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite  all the historical evidence of these fulfilled prophecies, the Jewish  people and many others today still reject the truths about Christ.&amp;nbsp; This rejection, too, was prophecied in the old testament.&amp;nbsp; Christmas is the celebration of this birth. Not just the birth of Christ, but the birth of a new world order where God and man can live intimately once again as was intended from the the first Adam.&amp;nbsp; Christ is sometimes considered the second Adam in this light.&amp;nbsp; Trust in Him, and you will find your way back to God, right where you are created to be.&amp;nbsp; He loves you more than you can ever imagine.&amp;nbsp; I hope God blesses you this holiday season and in many more to come.&amp;nbsp; Until next time.</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2010/12/greatest-story-ever-toldpart-2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-8940705672498479209</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-02T08:43:53.022-06:00</atom:updated><title>Greatest Story Ever Told...part 1</title><description>Well, its that time of year again. With black Friday and cyber Monday past us, maybe we all can really focus on the real meaning behind Christmas; the birth of Jesus Christ. Many of us know about his birth, but the story of Christmas dates back to a time long before the birth of 
Christ.&amp;nbsp; It dates back to the beginning of creation.&amp;nbsp; Man was birthed 
into this world, born from God&#39;s own hands, his greatest and most 
cherished creation.&amp;nbsp; Out of his great love for man, gave him all he ever
 needed in life, placed him in a garden with total fulfillment, even the
 freedom to choose his own way. &amp;nbsp; But man, out of his own naivety and 
selfishness chose to listen to the temptation from the Satan, the evil one, to learn
 about sin after being warned by God not to.&lt;br /&gt;
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God&#39;s heart was 
broken.&amp;nbsp; He had given man all could ever want and need, but man wanted something more, something that would scar him and all his offspring for many generations to come.&amp;nbsp; He banished man out of his perfect garden forever, to live a 
life of hardship and death.&amp;nbsp; In doing so, he also spoke to the evil one 
saying that though mankind will suffer from Satan&#39;s victory in the garden, 
their will be a time when he will tempt one that will not fall into his 
trap, but will instead be victorious over sin and death, and he will be 
crushed for all of eternity. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: block; padding-left: 4em; text-align: left; text-indent: -2em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;Genesis 3:15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: block; padding-left: 4em; text-align: left; text-indent: -2em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: block; padding-left: 4em; text-align: left; text-indent: -2em;&quot;&gt; And I will put enmity between you and the woman,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: block; padding-left: 4em; text-align: left; text-indent: 0em;&quot;&gt;and between your offspring and hers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: block; padding-left: 4em; text-align: left; text-indent: -2em;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;he will crush&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;your head, and you will strike his heel.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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God
 knew mankind would be in need of such a savior to separate sin&#39;s power 
from man so that he could join back with him the love relationship he 
intended from the start.&amp;nbsp; In the face to temptation, man would need a 
strict set of rules in order to develop the discipline necessary to 
remain close to him and apart from sin.&amp;nbsp; Yet, God knew man would ultimately fail at this, which was 
why he warned him from the start.&amp;nbsp; Time and time again, God would redeem man and draw close to his people because he loved them.&amp;nbsp; But, time and time again God would have to punish him as mankind failed to obey his tenants.&amp;nbsp; This was not out of cruelty, but out of tough love as a loving father would punish a child to teach him lessons in life.&amp;nbsp; God needed to show man that sin has serious consequences.&amp;nbsp; He established this covenant with the
 people called Israel, which means &#39;struggles with God&#39;.&lt;br /&gt;
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God knew sin 
would separate man from Him and that man would be in need of a savior.&amp;nbsp; 
Someone to stand in between the power of sin and man to break its bondage and reunite
 God and man again in a deep and intimate love relationship for 
eternity.&amp;nbsp; God also knew that only he had this power to destroy this 
sin.&amp;nbsp; So God came down to earth, as a man named Jesus, sinless before the world, 
and showed the world how much God loved his creation.&amp;nbsp; Many followed Jesus as he taught about God&#39;s kingdom.&amp;nbsp; He healed the sick, and loved the unloveable.&amp;nbsp; His coming into the world marked a new covenant with man, one based on faith and grace, and not works and deeds.&lt;br /&gt;
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Though he had many followers, God was again rejected and Jesus was put on trial and sentenced to die by public crucifixion.&amp;nbsp; Though he was sinless and had the power to stop it, he sacrificed his own life for man&#39;s sins, to die a horrible death.&amp;nbsp; But in doing so he defeated death,
 and the power of the evil one was destroyed.&amp;nbsp; Three days later, he rose from the grave, the power of sin and death would 
finally be lifted from mankind, and he would live and reign together 
with God forever.&amp;nbsp; He ascended into heaven, but sent the holy spirit after him to be our guide, Christ&#39;s voice in our lives.&lt;br /&gt;
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That is why we celebrate 
Christmas.&amp;nbsp; Because of Christ&#39;s work on the cross, we can be reunited with God and can live
 in right standing with him. &amp;nbsp; Because of Christ, the purpose of our 
creation is made full, we are whole again, and God can once again 
manifest His glory into a broken and painful world.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;But, just as mankind was given a choice in the garden, we too, must choose to except this truth or reject it.&lt;br /&gt;
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But this exceptance is more than just words.&amp;nbsp; To truly except and believe that Christ came as God and died for our sins is to live out our lives as a response to this great love offering from God.&amp;nbsp; But it is not our works that save us.&amp;nbsp; We are saved by grace alone, by faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone. &amp;nbsp; God still abhors sin, and we must respond to it by believing that Christ&amp;nbsp; has the power to destroy it.&amp;nbsp; Trust in his power to better love God, and love others.&amp;nbsp; Until next time.</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2010/12/greatest-story-ever-toldpart-1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-2043014602669276602</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-09T17:09:18.997-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christianity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Colossians</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">creator</category><title>All Things Created For Him</title><description>&lt;style&gt;
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Haven&#39;t blogged in a while.&amp;nbsp;
Hope all is well out there with everybody.&amp;nbsp; Read a piece of scripture that really spoke to me this
weekend. It was in St. Paul&#39;s letter to the Colossians.&amp;nbsp; I was drawn to it during my weekly
prayer meeting on Sunday.&amp;nbsp; This Tuesday,
as I was reading The History of the Christian Church, by Philip Schaff, I ran
across it again.&amp;nbsp; God sure has a
way of highlighting what he wants us understand sometimes.&amp;nbsp; So I decided it needed to be thought
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Colossians 1:16-18&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#98afc7&quot;&gt;16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or
authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is
before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head
of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that
in everything he might be preeminent.
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s important for us all to wrestle
with this concept.&amp;nbsp; As we look out
into the world we see governments, employers, church leaders, etc. who impose
on us certain rules and ideas that seek to influence our decisions and world
views.&amp;nbsp; As we walk in
this world, too often we limit ourselves to these mind sets only to place God
in some box that has to fit into another category, moulded around the rest of
our preprogrammed ideas as if he was just an afterthought to be used at our
convienence.&amp;nbsp; We should be instead
moulding our worldly structures around Him and His ways.&amp;nbsp; Then our ideas would instead match His,
and not the other way anound.&amp;nbsp; This
world would become a much more Glorious place to live.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;
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Remember, He is our CREATOR!! All other institutions, authorities, and ideas were
created by Him, and held together by Him.&amp;nbsp;
THEY are the afterthoughts and were never created for us to use for
ourselves, but instead were meant to Glorify Him.&amp;nbsp; He who was first, the last, and everything in between.&amp;nbsp; This is all for Him, and has nothing to
do with us.&amp;nbsp; We are to die to
ourselves daily and take root in His purposes for this world and his
church.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;
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Note about Churches&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Paul also emphasizes here that he is
also the head of the church, above any donominational institution or pastor,
(verse 18).&amp;nbsp; He should be thought
of as the head pastor of any church.&amp;nbsp;
Our church leaders should be held accountable for this.&amp;nbsp; If a church leader is not leading in a
manner that is surrendered to Christ, but instead is leading on his own plan,
he will not build up a church that can be used effectively for God&#39;s
purposes.&amp;nbsp; Now that being said, all
of God&#39;s ministers will fall short of the Glory of Christ, but they should
continually seeking Christ for direction and purpose and should be surrounded
by other church elders that will keep his motives in line with God&#39;s plan for
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&amp;nbsp;I hope God can
speak to you all through this passage in Colossians as he did for me.&amp;nbsp; And I hope your lives have been blessed
this week.&amp;nbsp; Stay strong in His
love.&amp;nbsp; Until next time.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2010/11/all-things-created-for-him.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-5864568212323218155</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-22T17:13:00.295-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christian</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">church</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sin</category><title>We Were Never Meant To Fight Alone</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Hello everyone!! I am writing this blog post in response to a wonderful night of fellowship and dinner at bible study on Wednesday.&amp;nbsp; We have been journeying through 1 Corinthians this past few weeks on Sunday and have been focusing in on what God has designed for His church.&amp;nbsp; And by His church, I do not mean the building, but the people who gather and journey together in their path towards Christ.&amp;nbsp; This past week we have focused specifically on the topic of church accountability.&amp;nbsp; In this broken and empty world we live in, following Christ can be a daunting task.&amp;nbsp; We are surrounded by stress, distractions, and temptations that draw us away from the closeness of God.&amp;nbsp; A life truly sold out for Him, should be challenging and uncomfortable, and full of difficult decisions &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Left to our own devices, we certainly have an impossible task in understanding and carrying out God&#39;s will to our fullest.&amp;nbsp; At times, we need to rely on each other as believers to ensure we make proper decisions and to help each other break out of our broken habits to mature into stronger Christians.&amp;nbsp; Sometimes all we need is encouragement, or friendly advice.&amp;nbsp; Other times when we&#39;re really struggling, especially with sin, we really need a friend to rebuke us (with love).&amp;nbsp; I love Christ&#39;s example He laid down for his disciples, the first church,&amp;nbsp; when they began their ministry so long ago.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He sent them out in twos.&amp;nbsp; He knew that alone they would falter, become afraid, and ultimately fail.&amp;nbsp; But together they could better accomplish the mission He had given them.&amp;nbsp; We we never meant to fight alone.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;This week in bible study we divided up the group into men and women.&amp;nbsp; Us men began by opening up about the areas in our lives that we find it hard to remain close to God.&amp;nbsp; Then thought of practical ways we can help one another achieve success in it.&amp;nbsp; We committed to a communication system via texting to check in with one another throughout the week.&amp;nbsp; I really loved this idea, in that I have others not far away I can rely on life gets hard.&amp;nbsp; I am blessed to have such a great group of guys that aren&#39;t too proud to ask for help or too admit that they need help either. &amp;nbsp; I pray God surrounds you with others like this as well. &amp;nbsp; Until next time.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; --James&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2010/10/we-were-never-meant-to-fight-alone.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-2891694976262186156</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-12T22:03:58.360-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Calvin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Romans</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">scripture</category><title>Vessels of Wrath, Vessels of Mercy</title><description>Had an interesting talk with a Christian brother of mine at a local pub with some of other of our buddies from our bible study (I was not drinking however).&amp;nbsp; We had talked on many subjects relating to God and marriage, community, etc.&amp;nbsp; One discussion that stuck with me was on predestination.&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s one of John Calvin&#39;s main tenants and a topic that has been in debate in this Christian world for a long time.&amp;nbsp; I hadn&#39;t really heard of some of the scriptural references of this idea until that night.&amp;nbsp; My buddy brought up Romans 8-9, specifically in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Romans+9&quot;&gt;Romans 9&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Calvinists take this passage and postulate that God decides whom is he wants to save and whom is will not be saved, that god predetermines our fate, negating our free will to chose his grace.&amp;nbsp; I pondered the thought and can see where they might come to this conclusion based on the scripture&#39;s face value.&amp;nbsp; But all scripture must stand up against its context and other parts of God&#39;s word as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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I decided to ask a former pastor of mine to shed some light on the other side of the debate.&amp;nbsp; He states the passage referring to &#39;vessels of wrath&#39; and &#39;vessels of mercy&#39; refer back to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Jeremiah+18&quot;&gt;Jeremiah 18:1-10&lt;/a&gt;. Paul in Romans is responding to the claim from the Jews that they are the &#39;chosen people&#39;, justified by their obedience&amp;nbsp; under the law.&amp;nbsp; But, God is just to blind an already rebellious people (Israel), referring to the potter analogy from Jeremiah, hence &#39;vessels of wrath&#39;.&amp;nbsp; He is stating to the Romans that they, too, can be &#39;vessels of mercy&#39;.&amp;nbsp; God is sovereign through Christ Jesus all can be made into righteous vessels, Jews and gentiles alike.&amp;nbsp; Admittedly I am still a little confused about this debate, and would love some feedback.&amp;nbsp; Let me know (from scripture) what you think. God Bless.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2010/10/vessels-of-wrath-vessels-of-mercy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-7488435055430450458</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-07T23:19:59.378-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chrisitan church</category><title>Unity In the Body</title><description>Had a great today! Decided to volunteer at Lifesongs Radio for a couple of hours to help out during their fall shareathon, their semiannual fundraiser to raise money to continue their radio ministry.&amp;nbsp; For those unaware, Lifesongs is New Orleans&#39; Christian radio station.&amp;nbsp; They broadcast great contemporary Christian music as well as Christian talk radio programs. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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It made me think more about what we have been journeying through as a church recently.&amp;nbsp; We&#39;ve been focusing on church unity this week.&amp;nbsp; By that I don&#39;t just mean unity within our individual churches, but on a larger scale, the unity within the whole church of God.&amp;nbsp; It felt good to come together with different believers who come from different Christian backgrounds to work for a cause that we all can agree on.&amp;nbsp; God wants this from all of us, Christian and non-Christians alike to work, live, play, and worship as one body, one people.&amp;nbsp; Love what Christ said about this:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (John 17:22-24 ESV)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;We are all made as one spiritually and need to unite our purpose under God.&amp;nbsp; This world strives to divide us and God&#39;s purpose for his church.&amp;nbsp; We must look past our differences and focus on the common truth as one body to be used for his Glorious plan for the world.&amp;nbsp; Until next time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    I have thinking a lot about the state of affairs concerning the recent earthquake that has rocked the little island of Haiti. I find it sas that it has taken this disaster to spark world interest and concern for International aid to this country. In my mind Haiti has been in dire need of international intervention for a long time. I believe God has chosen this disaster on these already poor people for the same reason I believe He did it for Katrina and the poor people in my beloved city. Seems a natural disaster is the only way governments will come together to help people who really have needed this help along.  
     Instead, the powers that be choose to stand by and watch communitites like these people starve and die from prevental diseases in decrepit shantys made of sheet metal and straw.  Whether or not there&#39;s an earthquake or not means little to me. Not because I am uncompassionate about those that are suffering because of this disaster, but because I am also equally compassionate about Haiti&#39;s status BEFORE the earthquake. The state of this nation should shock leaders of this world into action. These people live in extreme suffering because of our failings as mankind. God wants us to make a stand for the poor, the hungry, and the lost.  Christ came to this world to show us how to love in a radical way. He loved all the outcasts and shunned masses not just the people we are most comfortable with. Mankind especially &quot;Christians&quot; really doesnt get it sometimes, and it just breaks my heart. Had to vent that. I feel better now. 

In Christ, 
     James &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2010/01/thoughts-on-haiti.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-3685484712454745783</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-28T13:03:15.458-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fasting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jesus</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">thanksgiving</category><title>Feast on God this Thanksgiving</title><description>I hope everyone has had a great thanksgiving this year.  We enjoyed a wonderful dinner for the first time in Marcie&#39;s house since Katrina.  I read a great article on fasting that spoke to me during this season.  We always give thanks to God for giving us so much by feasting on delicious food.  After reading this article I thought a little differently about it.  It spoke of how when we fast for God we need Him to nourish us as we refrain from eating. In doing so we should be feasting on God in our life and for the lives of others.  It spoke of how when we feast on food we are always satisfied afterwards, but when we feast on God we always want more of Him for His nourishment always satisfies but also sparks an unquenchable desire for more of Him.  This spiritual discipline should draw us closer and closer to Him and further form the nessecity on food.  
     Jesus speaks of the importance of spiritual food in Mathew 4:4 as He quotes Deuteronomy 8:3 &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;  We should be giving thanks this season for the food we need to live, but even greater we should be giving thanks to Him for His word and in fasting and prayer we can be fed by His word and His presence that greater things can come to pass in our lives.  So my prayer for you all is to show your thanks for God by looking inward, and relying on Him for not just food, but spiritual nourishment as well.  Remember, He is enough for us, all of us.  John 6:35 &lt;blockquote&gt;“I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;  Give thanks ya&#39;ll, worship Him, and never go hungry again!

Until next time... James</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2009/11/feast-on-god-this-thanksgiving.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-3442082746418882929</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-22T18:47:29.459-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Michael Bell</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NFL</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Saints</category><title>Saints roll on pass the Bucs</title><description>The Saints had an easy win today against the Bucs.  In the past we have had trouble against Tampa on the Bucs home turf, but today there was no battle.  First half began with a 95 yd presss for a TD by thr Bucs, but that would be it for them.  The Saints had 194 yards in the first half, 154 of those from Brees&#39; arm, mostly to colston and Thomas.  Meecham had 2 touchdowns, his first multitouchdown game.  

     In the second half the Saints came marching in again. Literally guys, the second half of this was all about Michael Bell and Pierre Thomas marching the ball straight down the field for 3 touchdowns. It hardly looked like they broke a sweat. Bucs gave up 3 interceptions and a fumble forced by Scott Fujita whose back in action from his injury.  The Bucs only score was the 1st quarter touchdown, the rest of the games was dominated by the Saints. With the Falcon&#39;s loss to the Giants today in overtime, the Saint&#39;s commanding lead in the NFC South stays even stronger. 
Here&#39;s a shot of Michael Bell doing what he does best...running!
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- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2009/11/saints-roll-on-pass-bucs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-3486231611822161837</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-17T12:45:22.519-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NFL</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reggie Bush</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Saints</category><title>Saints do it again!!</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Saints had a narrow miss this past Sunday. Saints scored 2
touchdowns in the 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; quarter by Reggie Bush, one from a 3 yd rush, the
other from a 15 yd short pass. “Yeah, he’s a handful,” Rams linebacker James Laurinaitis said. “He’s a game changer.”&amp;nbsp; It’s was the first time in a year that
Bush done that in 1 game.&amp;nbsp; Wide
receiver Courtney Roby started the 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; quarter with a 97 yd punt
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let the Saints get too far ahead, especially in the 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; half.&amp;nbsp; However, they could not manage to put
together enough points to end the game.&amp;nbsp;
A key loss for St. Louis was an incomplete pass in the endzone that
would have put them in the lead at the end of the game. The final score was
28-23.&amp;nbsp; Rams are 0-4 at home. It was their 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;consecutive home loss, and it broke the Saints 2 game losing streak
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&amp;nbsp;knack for working well under pressure in
the 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp; quarter, but also a knack for bumbling up against the easy
teams.&amp;nbsp; Luckily, the former came
through and the boys continue their 9-0 undefeated season.&amp;nbsp; QB Drew Brees comments: “We’re not
content with where we’re at, and we’re certainly not content with the way we’ve
played these last few weeks,”. “We need to close the game out when we’re given
the opportunity,” said Brees.&amp;nbsp; The
still have a command lead in the NFC South. Next week is a divisional game
against the Bucks.&amp;nbsp; Who Dat!&lt;br /&gt;
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James&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-blog-design.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-4155941242169426135</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-14T22:33:06.016-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family dog euthanasia grief</category><title>Tribute To Jody Courtney</title><description>The Courtney family has suffered a great loss this week.&amp;nbsp; Family dog, Jody, has had to be put to sleep.&amp;nbsp; He lived a long happy life with lots of love and affection.&amp;nbsp; His last year has been a struggle for him as he has been progressively losing his ability to use his back legs.&amp;nbsp; This has been a mortifying, but thankfully painless, experience for him.&amp;nbsp; Going up and down steps these last few months has required the help of a towel (and a good mom).&amp;nbsp; He will always be remembered for his sweet demeanor and loyalty to the family and home.&amp;nbsp; His suffering is over and now he&#39;s running free again into the arms of his creator.&amp;nbsp; One day, we will find him again in that great house in the sky.&lt;br /&gt;
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I pray God speaks to each and every one of you in your lives today and opens your eyes to His truth.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; James&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-did-we-know-jesus-was-coming.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-632796298438270816</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-15T08:42:07.051-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Braille</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christian hip hop</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cloud nineteen</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">music</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">S1</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">underground hip hop</category><title>Album Review Braille &amp; S1: Cloud Nineteen</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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For those of you who may be new to Braille, he is in my opinion, the best kept secret in underground hip-hop and also the gospel Hip-Hop genre.&amp;nbsp; He doesn&#39;t really fit either exactly and likes it that way.&amp;nbsp; Which is great &#39;cause I find he can share his talent across both platforms.&amp;nbsp; He hails from the Pacific Northwest and is down with Syntax records.&lt;br /&gt;
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His newest release, Cloud 19 is a collaboration with S1, producer from Strange Fruit Project from Texas.&amp;nbsp; In it he reveals more about his faith and walk with Christ.&amp;nbsp; The beats laid down by S1 were phenomenal and sounded so smooth to Braille&#39;s flawless lyricism.&amp;nbsp; Practically the whole album is noteworthy, but a few tracks always stand out to me.&amp;nbsp; If you don&#39;t want to cop the whole thing, at least download: For Life, Broken Heart, Heart of God, Found Her, From the Pulpit, and Hard Rock.&amp;nbsp; There were many other artists laying verses with Braille, and all were good additions to this album.&amp;nbsp; I hope we see more of these two in the future.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I also loved how he has been giving away thousands of copies of this work in his shows on this tour.&amp;nbsp; He has a humble demeanor about him that never forgets to look out for his fans despite his growing fame.&amp;nbsp; For more about this album including videos: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.itsnineteen.com/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Other albums by Braille include: Shades of Grey, and The IV Edition&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2009/11/album-review-braille-s1-cloud-nineteen.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFgRgV7Cnsm-TIjWpLdKTwg5-CLN58F8TvkD7aqn9nz95UCGZR1UXlmOQ2E8PQ9bat1XUl1Rz1D6wc62PZtbWhIxDJifW7CdLgrfPO9I19rA1CqRLfuOA-lUJsbUts6TRStvlREXAoSpo/s72-c/braille-symbolic1-cloud-nineteen.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-4139452601851542139</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-17T10:50:21.807-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christian</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gospel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jesus</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">scripture</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">St. Paul</category><title>Collossians 4:2-6</title><description>Today Pastor Rob took us through some more on Paul&#39;s letter to the Collossians.&amp;nbsp; We are continuing to dive into Collossians and understand more about the ways Jesus is enough for us.&amp;nbsp; Today we talk about how He&#39;s enough for our mobility as a church.&amp;nbsp; Paul talks about how we need God to help us to better our speech in mobilizing the Church and the Gospel to others.&amp;nbsp; In doing so, we must rely on Him to seek opportunities to talk to&amp;nbsp; others.&amp;nbsp; When we find those opportunities we have to use the right speech to communicate with Love and effectiveness.&amp;nbsp; Man has done a good job in distorting the message of Christ to the world with anger, fear, and unenthusiastic messages.&amp;nbsp; It should be an amazing message that communicates Love and forgiveness and a hope for their lives.&amp;nbsp; Paul also touches on praying for others in the faith that suffer persecution because of the Gospel message.&amp;nbsp; Without God&#39;s leading we cannot effectively proclaim this to others.&amp;nbsp; Only God truly save others.&amp;nbsp; We are the hands and feet of Christ, but only through His leading can we really know what to say and how to share His message.&amp;nbsp; I pray that all of you out there in cyberspace can learn more about Jesus and what He has to offer in your life.&amp;nbsp; For more on this message, read the Vintage blog on the right sidebar of my blog.&amp;nbsp; It has updates from all Rob&#39;s sermons.&amp;nbsp; &#39;Till next time. Blessings.&lt;br /&gt;
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James.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2009/11/collossians-42-6.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-379914890465826278</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-17T10:49:37.752-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NFL</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reggie Bush</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Saints</category><title>Will the Saints beat their franchise undefeated record?</title><description>Saints now 7-0.&amp;nbsp; If they beat Carolina this Sunday they will be 8-0, first time in franchise history.&amp;nbsp; One of my favorite highlights from this season was Reggie Bush&#39;s 6 yard leap to the end zone against the Dolphins.&amp;nbsp; You&#39;ve gotta see this to believe it.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Saints have made the front cover of Sports Illustrated twice this season so far and if they do well against Carolina they&#39;ll be holding a formidable lead in the NFC south.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;m really impressed with how well both coach Paton and defensive cordinator Williams have brought this team into such a well balanced squad ready to face any opponent in their path. WHO DAT! &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2009/11/will-saints-beat-their-franchise.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNR30U5iNr0jbGSK0MuG1ahfHcWMdIp_AaBkLL3N2qydNtG_74xlZhwmxfA0YH4GHQ2vSNgdpmle30ud4ZFjeisfHYGGM2tfag3R1lBQwjGZ7wdRMkXo0I5azPl77V5ree8o8hc46vuJSs/s72-c/bushsoar.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-3534834367925169546</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-05T22:28:12.619-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marriage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wedding</category><title>Wedding Planning</title><description>April and I have been on a roller coaster with our wedding plans.  First it was May, with groomsmen, brides maids, and the works.  Then we changed it to November, but that wasn&#39;t going to work for time, December was out &#39;cause mom was in school during the only feasible weekend of the month.  So now, we&#39;ve nailed it down for Jan. 2nd... new year&#39;s wedding.  Then we go on a trip which I cannot disclose over the internet because it&#39;s a surprise for April. But, it&#39;s going to rock. I&#39;ll be posting pictures later on.  We&#39;ve gotten an amazing rehersal dinner planned at Atchafalaya Cafe, catered mediterranean food for the reception, a killer bed and breakfast for our first night together (oolala!).  I&#39;m just glad this is going to be a small ceremony, nothing complicated.  Just us, some family, and father Jerry.  We&#39;re throwing a party for friends in May, probably a cook out. Once again, simple.  Anyway, hope all is well out there with everyone.  If you have any simple wedding ideas let me know. Blessings, James </description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2009/11/wedding-planning.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725763793649770442.post-77971609574896838</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-17T10:51:35.031-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blog</category><title>Welcome To My Blog</title><description>I am new to this whole blog thing.  I first got into social networking through Facebook, then Twitter, and now blogging.  I enjoy connecting with like minded people out there on the web.  Hope you like my blog. I plan to post all sorts of stuff from Christianity to photography, hip hop to nursing, and back again.  Hope you like it. More to come later.&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://jamesfoshee.blogspot.com/2009/11/welcome-to-my-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (April Courtney-Foshee)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>