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On The Right Path

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:30:57 -0800

On The Right Path by Rose Colon Listen on Posterous

Love this lady ... So good !

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Nothing Without You - DJ Official ft. J.R., Lecrae

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:46:10 -0800

DJ Official ft. J.R., Lecrae - Nothing Without You from Entermission from Reach Records

Its like i need you more than i know

Life is to know you, but sometimes i doubt you.
The noise all around me makes it harder to hear you.
I know that i need you, so grace wont you rescue,
this heart full of pride, cause im nothing without you.

Its another day, with the same old song.
put on my happy face but, i feel so alone.
I wonder can they hear, the screams inside my heart.
how long can i pretend that my face

How did i get here i was so close to you
i walked away from all that i know is true
but this i know, you're standing close
ready to heal my broken heart!

what do i do? where can i go?
to rest this weary soul
and drop this heavy dome
i miss your company, the sound of your voice
your words brought life my bones, a melody of joy

how did i get here i was so close to you
i walked away from all that i know is true
but this i know, you're standing close
ready to heal my broken heart!

I need you to guide my steps, i done cried i wept i done tried my best.
when i die ill rest, im feelin like dyin. I wanna be used but im used up tryin,
i know i make a design but its hard climbin on this hill, miss educated about the lords will.
im singing SEND ME ILL GO, but i packed my pride and forgot my hope.
smilin in them pictures is worth a thousand words, if you knew 900 of them you'd be distrubed
I know praise God for the turnout, but spiritually im burnt out. I just want to run out.
what season is this, is it an off on? cause ive been here way to often
Tryin to preach the dead out by the coffins. relying on myself like my power is awesome.

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Seek the LORD and His strength by Diane Adams

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:19:13 -0800

Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually. Psalm 105:4
What is the strength of the Lord? Is it physical, animal power that keeps our bodies running when they would otherwise shut down, or is it spiritual power that allows us to endure despite bodily suffering? Is it possible that this ‘strength’ could be both? Obviously, we cannot seek something if we don’t know what we’re looking for, right?

The line was dead. I stood stunned, still holding the phone to my ear. Rheumatoid Arthritis. Me? I’m not old--well I’m not that old. I have a little boy. I want to ride horses, run through the tall grass on a clear fall day, climb a tree and jump out to show the kid how it’s done.

I feel like I’m falling. Falling down, down into the darkness. The further I go, the less like me I am. My legs are numb. The pain shoots through my shoulders, down my back, into my arms, hands, right to the tip of my fingers. I cannot open a jar. The lid is not tight, I simply can’t hold it. Down, down, down. Bottles of pills—did I take that one already? I couldn’t have, or I would feel better.

God. Can you see me? Will you give me strength? God, save me. It’s so dark. I’m so cold. Stiff. Like a dead person. But I know I am alive because dead people don’t hurt like this. God. Please. Don’t let me be like this. I want to run; I want to go back, back to being me. Alive, free to love in the wind and the sun, not here, buried in pain.

Pain takes everything else away. There is no freedom in it. It is consuming me, every step I take I think of it—it is becoming me. Save me, God.
I am angry. Angry that God left me here. Angry that I cannot do what I want. Angry that I am not free to sing, free to feel. Why? Why would you put me here to suffer this? What have I done? Why won’t you make it stop?
It is early, too early to get up. I pull the covers over my head—I don’t want to see. I don’t want to be awake, to feel anything at all.

“And then after all, with our backs against the wall, we seek the Temple of the Living God.” A favorite song creeps softly into my mind, something moves in my heart, just a little. I ask God for strength, whatever that means. Will He heal me? I don’t know. I put my feet on the floor. It hurts.

I hobble out to the kitchen. Grab the pill bottle, try to choke down a good ‘with food’ amount. I ask again for strength. From nowhere, in the midst of my pain, He is there. He is in the pain, not above it or beyond it. He is here. I can feel His power moving in my spirit, drawing me towards the Light of a new day. He is calming my fear, showing me the fall shadows under the pecans, dancing in the first glow of morning. How beautiful it is!
For a few minutes, I am beyond me, beyond pain. I can feel Jesus. I am free. Jesus, give me more. Jesus, set me free, Jesus, give me your strength. In pain, out of pain, body or spirit, in this life or the next. Jesus, give me more!

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Carry Each Other

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:19:31 -0700

Carry Each Other by Mars Hill Music Listen on Posterous

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Daredevil Falls

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:02:58 -0700

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(gracEmail list) a little pep-talk!

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:18:18 -0700

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Edward Fudge

A LITTLE PEP TALK!

The author of Hebrews exhorts us: “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:14-16).

There’s no reason for us to come short in our journey. There’s no reason for us to fall short of the reward. There’s no reason for us ever to be discouraged overmuch. There’s no reason for us to give up, give out, or give in. We have a priest at the right hand of God who's one of us, who's done it right. He's done it perfectly. Now he lives forever, he saves forever, and God says, “Come up and see me anytime you want to. Call on me when you need something. I'm here for you. And my son is here. And he's one of you. He's your brother. He's been where you've been. He's lived your life. He's suffered your suffering. He's been tempted with your temptations. He's died your death. He's been judged your judgment. It's all straight between me and him, and if you come in his name, you can come right in without even knocking.”

That's the kind of priest we have. That's the kind of savior we have. That's the kind of salvation we have. The question is: Why don’t we do more about it? Why don’t we respond better? Why don’t we tell more people so they can share in it? Why don’t come to him more often in our times of need? My hope is not a hope based on knowing Greek. It’s not a hope built on going to school twenty-something years. It’s not a hope that rests on having godly parents. It’s not a hope of being a righteous man. It’s the hope of Jesus Christ, for my hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness! On Christ, the solid rock, I stand. All other ground is shifting sand! And we can all say the same thing--who know and trust in Him. Praise the Lord!

NEXT WEEK--God willing, I will be teaching next Wednesday night, June 23, at Seven Mile Post Road Church in Athens, Alabama, presenting an overview of the Bible's teaching about the final end of the lost. Website is www.7mpr.org . All are invited!

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[revival] THE CALVARY ROAD - Classic Insight

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:27:11 -0700

THE CALVARY ROAD - A Classic Insight
-by Roy Hession.

In April, 1947, several missionaries came at my invitation to an
Easter Conference which I was organising. I invited them to come
as speakers, because I had heard that they had been experiencing
Revival in their field for a number of years, and I was interested in
Revival. What they had to say was very different from much of what
I had associated with Revival. It was very simple and very quiet.

As they unfolded their message and gave their testimonies, I
discovered that I was the neediest person in the conference and
was far more in need of being revived than I had ever realised.
That discovery, however, only came slowly to me. Being myself
one of the speakers, I suppose I was more concerned about
others' needs than my own. As my wife and others humbled
themselves before God and experienced the cleansing of the
precious Blood of Jesus, I found myself left somewhat high and
dry--dry just because I was high. I was stumbled by the simplicity
of the message, or rather the simplicity of what I had to do to be
revived and filled with the Spirit.

When others at the end of the conference testified of how Jesus
had broken them at His Cross and filled their hearts to overflowing
with His Holy Spirit, I had no such testimony. It was only afterwards
that I was enabled to give up trying to fit things into my doctrinal
scheme, and come humbly to the Cross for cleansing from my own
personal sins. It was like beginning my Christian life all over again.
My flesh "came again like that of a little child," as did Naaman's
when he was willing to humble himself and dip himself in Jordan.
And it has been an altogether new chapter in life since then.

-Excerpt from Roy Hession's classic book 'The Calvary Road'.

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Keep yourselves in the love of God

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:32:35 -0700

^20-21But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, staying right at the center of God's love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life!

^22-23Go easy on those who hesitate in the faith. Go after those who take the wrong way. Be tender with sinners, but not soft on sin. The sin itself stinks to high heaven.

^24-25And now to him who can keep you on your feet, standing tall in his bright presence, fresh and celebrating—to our one God, our only Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Master, be glory, majesty, strength, and rule before all time, and now, and to the end of all time. Yes.

Jud 1:20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

Jud 1:21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

Jud 1:22 And have mercy on those who doubt;

Jud 1:23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.

Jud 1:24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,

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Trouble

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:42:03 -0700

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Strength to pull the net

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:55:29 -0700

Check these verses below. In John 21:6 they couldn't get the net up because it was to heavy. In John 21:11 Peter hauled it ashore, Alone. Things dont make sense a lot of the time but when we are obedient and listen he will give us the strength to do the impossible -

Joh 21:5 Jesus said to them, "Children, do you have any fish?" They answered him, "No."

Joh 21:6 He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.

Joh 21:10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught."

Joh 21:11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn.

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Cicada fights

Tue, 24 May 2011 15:41:51 -0700

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Oswald Chambers Bringing It!

Tue, 17 May 2011 04:20:00 -0700

CAREFUL UNREASONABLENESS

"Behold the fowls of the air." . . . "Consider the lilies of the field." Matthew 6:26, 28

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they simply are! Think of the sea, the air, the sun, the stars and the moon - all these are, and what a ministration they exert. So often we mar God's designed influence through us by our self-conscious effort to be consistent and useful. Jesus says that there is only one way to develop spiritually, and that is by concentration on God. "Do not bother about being of use to others; believe on Me" - pay attention to the Source, and out of you will flow rivers of living water. We cannot get at the springs of our natural life by common sense, and Jesus is teaching that growth in spiritual life does not depend on our watching it, but on concentration on our Father in heaven. Our heavenly Father knows the circumstances we are in, and if we keep concentrated on Him we will grow spiritually as the lilies.

The people who influence us most are not those who buttonhole us and talk to us, but those who live their lives like the stars in heaven and the lilies in the field, perfectly simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mould us.

If you want to be of use to God, get rightly related to Jesus Christ and He will make you of use unconsciously every minute you live

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a yoke is made for two

Sun, 15 May 2011 06:51:35 -0700

After reading Ed Fudges Grace mail this morning the words below really stuck out to me.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light... (a yoke is made for two, remember)

I was talking w/ Steve Bivins and he told me to look the word "Joy" up in Neh. 8:10

Neh 8:10b for the joyH2304 of the LORD is your strength.

The root Hebrew word for JoyH2304 here is H2302
H2302 means make glad, be joined, rejoice

In 1Chronicles we see the same word as in Neh 8:10:

1Ch 16:27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladnessH2304 are in his place.

In His presence there is strength and joy. It seems that Neh 8:10 could read like this:

Neh 8:10b for the presence of the LORD is your strength. (remember who you are yoked with)

Psa 16:11b in your presence there is fullness of joy
Act 2:28b you will make me full of gladness with your presence.

Our strength comes from being joined or yoked with Christ. Being and staying in His presence.

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He is risen indeed by Ed Fudge

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:20:00 -0700

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Edward Fudge

HE IS RISEN INDEED!

The acknowledgement came slowly and only with much hesitation, but the sequestered disciples finally said it: "The Lord is risen indeed" (Lk. 24:34). This from Jesus' fellow-travelers. Hardcore survivors. Roughly ten dozen in number, if anyone is counting. Unlike typical pupil groups of other Jewish rabbis, the Jesus group includes women--right alongside the men. To Jesus, they all are the same, but most males in the company will die before they share the Master's thinking on this point.

So here they are, about 120 men and women, waiting together on this Sunday morning for only God knows what. They certainly do not know. Nor do they know that they will be waiting together for six weeks more. But they are beginning to wonder what is happening today, for something is clearly different. Since early this morning, there has been a rash of reports claiming that Jesus is no longer dead. First, their own women had gone to put out spices as was the custom, only to find (they said) an empty tomb and angels who tell them that Jesus is alive! The leadership dismisses this idle tale, another illustration of "the triviality and rashness of their sex" that disallows women as witnesses in Jewish courts (Lk. 24:1-11; Josephus). But, just in case, some of the men go to check it out. They see no angels but do confirm that the tomb is empty (Lk. 24:24).

Later in the day, Simon Peter, one of the Eleven who composed Jesus' inner circle, adds his testimony, increasing both the quality and quantity of the evidence (Luke 24:34). Next, two group-members return from a day-hike to Emmaus. They report an encounter with a mysterious stranger who converses with them at length about the Scriptures and explains Messianic prophecies in terms of Jesus. Joining them at table, the stranger blesses the bread, just as Jesus has done so many times before. Suddenly he disappears, and they know that the stranger whose teaching so warmed their hearts is none other than Jesus himself (Lk. 24:36-45). As the hikers finish telling their story, Jesus suddenly becomes manifestly present with the assembled disciple-group. They disbelieve for joy, and they wonder. Jesus comforts them, commissions them, and tells them to wait for the Spirit who will bring them power (Lk. 24:36-52).

With this, Easter draws to an end. Pentecost is around the corner.

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A small hand hides it all

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:45:00 -0700

"Replete is the world with a spiritual radiance, replete with sublime and marvelous secrets. But a small hand held against the eye hides it all"

Replete -

Completely filled; full.

This quote from The Spirituality of Abraham Joshua Heschel ( http://bit.ly/ePEuQV ) really hit me this morning.

"A small hand hides it all"

How often we keep ourselves in shackles and chains with imaginary scenarios inside our brains.

Be released and let the wonder of life's embrace capture you again.

Luk 18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

Luk 18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

To have the wonder and faith of a child...... ah yes sign me up!

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Shalom (rob bell / belmont)

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:54:26 -0700

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Tornado Sirens freak me out

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:49:13 -0700

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Most depressing songs of the 80s

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:11:00 -0700

On Twitter today someone said "Another Monday" and for some reason I went to the song Manic Monday. That got me on a quest for depressing 80's songs. Dont ask thats just how my brain works... So without further adieu heres the list in no particular order on this Rainy Monday:

Can someone sing a more depressing love song?

This song is so depressing because the movie was such a train wreck

Just hearing this song brings back a few break ups

The song that brought you this post

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Consider Forgiveness

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:47:43 -0700

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Sister Therese Andrevon

Consider Forgiveness - Forgiveness, Love, Reconciliation

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Hardcore Parqour

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:42:21 -0700

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