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Link to Us - Famous Poets and Poems

2011-07-08T08:31:00.000-07:00

Link to Us - Famous Poets and Poems

Toolkit

2009-11-24T06:03:00.000-08:00

Measuring tape can easily be an overlook item in our toolkit. It prevents us from sticking appliances in places that are too small. It gives us the accurate height or width so that we cut or mount something to a designated area in it's perfect dimensions. Do you ever feel like you don't fit? Or maybe that you are not able to connect with anything? How do you measure yourself so you know whether

A Great Door attracts things

2009-10-13T10:10:00.000-07:00

1 Corinthians 16: 9 'because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.' To be called by God is one of the most spectacular experiences someone can have. Think about it the Creator of the universe with an undefeated winning record wants me on His team. I'm set! Although I am on the right side there happens to be an opposing team. Somehow many followers of

The Call

2009-10-05T16:00:00.000-07:00

Dear church,This season has been like no other season in our existence as a ministry. The life of the church is moving forward while there are some obvious resistance to this move. While on the surface many will not detect it those who own and understand spiritual health are very aware of it. My encouragement comes from realizing that we have brought attention to ourselves as a threatening force

Switch: Courage

2009-09-08T16:15:00.000-07:00

The popularity of revival is still alive in some circles of the church world. Some are tried of the overuse of the word. Others have welcomed it but it seems to elude their cities. While I have had a few books under my belt and come from a church who has seen its share of substantial moves of God I am still a novice to what would be deemed as an undeniable movement of the

iGod Touch

2009-08-11T12:53:00.001-07:00

Lately, I have been deep in thought as I sit with people to counsel. Specifically the updates some give about their lives are sad and dysfunctional ways of living. When we ask about who God is to them they all profess to know the Lord. This baffles me! I sit there and work them through their unique situation. I leave wondering how can they know God and yet their choices and lifestyles don’t have

Something's Missing

2009-07-28T07:56:00.001-07:00

This is hard blog to write. I’d rather just write you needed to be there. But to be fair to those who weren’t I will attempt to describe what I shared and what happened as a result. I started with an apology. I shared that when we have a favorite dish that delights us to the very last bite we know intimately the flavors. We know those flavors to the point that when we crave it again and it is

Fight Church

2009-07-20T10:10:00.001-07:00

I wish you could hear the Rocky song play as I got geared up to share. It was pretty obvious by the punching bag on the stage that I wasn't going to be talking about blessed are the peacemakers. It's unavoidable that we have this mandate as God's children to fight. 1 Cor. 9:26b I do not fight like a man beating the air. 2 Cor. 10:4a The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.

The Best Life Song Ever

2009-07-13T07:34:00.000-07:00

I started with the story entitled "The Song of the King" found athttp://www.churchofthemessiah.org/resources/stories/songoftheking.htmWe are all people who pursue something. We tend to find our way according to whichever song we find most convincing. Our destination is a place we believe that all of our dreams will come true. Sadly, many come to the end of their personal stanza and find a life

Let The Fish Out of the Bag

2009-07-06T07:59:00.000-07:00

Beware, much of what you'll read will have food references causing possible hunger pangs. Let's start with some food for thought. Here are some questions. Have you ever felt like you're sitting on the outside while others are apart of this inner circle of blessings and power encounters?Or have you ever felt like you’re on this highway to heaven stuck in traffic while others

The Original Godfather

2009-06-22T16:12:00.001-07:00

llll Going to church and seeing the title "The Godfather" on the screen would probably cause people to wonder what type of church they are in. How can you redeem such a title? I did it by announcing from the beginning that the focus will be on the original God the Father who has an offer you can't refuse. Father's day can have many different approaches to it in what is ministered. I started

Projection Software for your presentation needs

2009-06-16T13:33:00.000-07:00

Ever since we started our church we had some form of technology that we used to engage our service attendees. Going from a multimedia director at the church I was serving in to now conducting my first official church plant service in the dining room of my house was pretty sobering. From being responsible for video camera angles, on screen commercials,

My FAV 5

2009-06-15T09:00:00.000-07:00

T-mobile’s phones come with a deal called “Fav. 5” and that got me thinking. As a person who reads the Word of God and believes in God and has received Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, whom do I have on my Fav. 5? Who do I call on to give me truth, direction and insight on godly living? Who is up there on my calling order that acts as a lifeline in

Lights...Camera...Action!

2009-06-01T07:39:00.000-07:00

I enjoy me a good movie. I have come to the point in my life that I am selective about what I watch. I don't recklessly go to movies and throw away money at something that I have serious doubts about. I don't know anybody who wouldn't confess to having a secret desire to being in a blockbuster movie. Say Steven Spielberg gives you a call today and invites you to be apart of his next movie and it

Amazon's Kindle version 2

2009-05-26T13:10:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine asked me to write my experience with one of Amazon's new products called the Kindle. I have often been accused of being a techie and I have paid it little mind being that I don't see myself as being excessive or trying to complicate my life with a bunch of nick nacks. However I do have a sweet tooth, it's a bluish color, (Get it?! Blue tooth. Never mind) for latest gadgets and

Life in HD

2009-05-26T06:16:00.000-07:00

When I purchased my flat screen Vizio TV about 2 years ago I was excited that I was finally caught up with the future of TV sets. According to what I read on the box the TV was HD ready. I set up the TV only to find the image that was coming through the TV wasn't that impressive. I changed the channels squinting to see if I could catch the HD qualities.

Cliffhanger

2009-05-18T08:02:00.000-07:00

Cliffhangers are those suspenseful moments in a film or TV episode where things can go either way. We see the impossibility of the situation more than realistic than we can see how the person will be able to get out of such a crunch. We sit at the edge of our seats waiting for what will happen next. Some helpful counsel I would give anybody who is considering giving their

Dream Girls

2009-05-11T05:48:00.000-07:00

Mother's day is everyone coming together to acknowledge their mom for the role she played and/or plays in their lives. Flowers are purchased, cards are given, poems are written, restaurants get busy and churches are packed. What do we preachers preach that would assist mothers in their plight of her unique and special calling? I wanted to identify

Inspire: Restoring the Dream Girls

2009-05-09T15:42:00.000-07:00

Inspire: Restoring the Dream Girls

Restoring the Dream Girls

2009-05-09T15:28:00.000-07:00

The gift of a woman to man was quite the surprise When Adam awoke from his sleep he could hardly believe his eyes There started family before sin would shadow the land It functioned perfectly as his children obeyed His command Time has proven that families have lost their way Men and women stopped listening to God and wonder why their own children go astray But God

Urban Legends

2009-05-04T08:24:00.000-07:00

When we hear the term “urban legends” I can see how some of us would interpret that as the following emails you are asked to forward to 20 of your friends: q Or you won't get Bill Gates riches q Or be careful we don't flash your high beams at a car because gang member's who are looking to be initiated will use that to target you as their next

We Got Next

2009-04-06T06:02:00.000-07:00

One of my most fondest memories of how I would spend my days in Philly would be when several friends would get together to go to a local park in order to play a game of basketball. When we would arrive there would be a game in progress and after we scanned the competition and look at who we brought for the game one of us would do the traditional ritual of yelling out 'We Got Next!' This would

Divine Discomfort

2009-03-30T06:08:00.000-07:00

I went into the office to speak to the executive director over the organization I worked for. I was no longer satisfied with a position I felt I outgrew plus the compensation was peanuts. I gave him the rundown in a very business-like manner. After I had pretty much explained everything he told me it sounds like I have a case of what he referred to as Divine Discomfort. Divine what?! He explained

Raw and Uncut

2009-03-24T06:44:00.000-07:00

Sorry, I didn't put up a blog for the sermon two weeks ago (March 15th) and that was because I wasn't flowing from notes but from somewhere deeper. Click on the link below to find a better recap than I would have been able to do. March 15th RAW AND UNCUT

Armed and Dangerous

2009-03-23T07:29:00.000-07:00

One sure fire way to make sure people stay awake during church is to pull out a gun for your sermon illustration. I don't recommend this for just any church but for our church they remained in their seats waiting for an explanation.In Hebrews 11:1 it states: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Does this passage seem a little difficult to wrap your