thoughts and blurbs running in my head @ 3 in the afternoon

Praise- I am so glad God has put Samantha back in my life,and I am glad that she and I went back out on a date.I am glad Samantha's mom and dad got back together ,and I am so happy Sam's mom is fixing to Celebrate 3 year of being sober next month!!

My God mother and her mom and dad,nieces,nephews are back in my life ,but there are questions I need answering ,one the question is can I trust any of them ?


-----------------------------God's word says---------------------

I am God's child. John1:12

well I know I can always trust God there is nothing in this world ,that can ever change that



for this is his love letter to me


My Child,

You may not know me,
but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book.
Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.
Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented
by those who don't know me.
John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.
1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child
and I am your Father.
1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father.
Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me.
Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you.
Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.
Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4

And I'll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you.
Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression
of my love for you.
1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love.
Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.
1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you
from my love again.
Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7

I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…
Will you be my child?
John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad
Almighty God

that sounds like a parent you can always trust.

deep questions

Well,now that my Godmother B.J. is and the rest of her family is back in my life ,and B.J. admitted that she should not have let Kimmy convince her to kick me out is a big step for her to admit .But,there is a deep deep question I have to sit her down and ask and its why ,since from the time I was 5 months old till about 14 or so Helped raise me ,so how can a parent allow person that they date so on convince them to kick out there own son ,but that is a question that one day I would love to have answered.But, having my Godmother back in my life is one testiment to Jesus Christ having the power to... ,many many times the door has been slammed in my moms face as well as mine on trying to rekindle a relationship with not just my Godmother but the rest of her family and I am so happy because this goes to show your that God can work on the hardest of hearts ,Jesus Christ has the power to ...

Who I am in Christ

Who I Am In Christ
I am accepted...
John 1:12 I am God's child.
John 15:15 As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:1 I have been justified.
1 Corinthians 6:17 I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 I have been bought with a price and I belong to God.
1 Corinthians 12:27 I am a member of Christ's body.
Ephesians 1:3-8 I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child.
Colossians 1:13-14 I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins.
Colossians 2:9-10 I am complete in Christ.
Hebrews 4:14-16 I have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus Christ.

I am secure...
Romans 8:1-2 I am free from condemnation.
Romans 8:28 I am assured that God works for my good in all circumstances.
Romans 8:31-39 I am free from any condemnation brought against me and I cannot be separated from the love of God.
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 I have been established, anointed and sealed by God.
Colossians 3:1-4 I am hidden with Christ in God.
Philippians 1:6 I am confident that God will complete the good work He started in me.
Philippians 3:20 I am a citizen of heaven.
2 Timothy 1:7 I have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.
1 John 5:18 I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me.

I am significant...
John 15:5 I am a branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine, and a channel of His life.
John 15:16 I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.
1 Corinthians 3:16 I am God's temple.
2 Corinthians 5:17-21 I am a minister of reconciliation for God.
Ephesians 2:6 I am seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm.
Ephesians 2:10 I am God's workmanship.
Ephesians 3:12 I may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

I am looking for Volunteer opportunities

I am looking to Volunteer more of my time , but here is the thing I would need transportation to and from so if you are looking for help email me slimww2002@gmail.com

its been a while

I quote Ernst T,from the movie Ernst scared stupid "the teacher said i never knew when to quit,and she was right".


As long as God gives me the strength to fight the good fight,I'm gonna fight,the fight is not against flesh and blood ,no it its every day waking up and kicking Gaucher disease's rear end,its fighting every thing the devil throws at me.

Everyday its a miracle I wake up God is right there, his strength ,his grace and his power thats what keeps me going everyday!!!

geaux green!!

Cajun Clicker Linux group

todays reading

James 4
Submit Yourselves to God
1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? 2You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. 3When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

4You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?[a] 6But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:
"God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble."[b]

7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. 12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?

WWJD

WWJD , no really what would Jesus do?

Jesus loved the unlovable.

Jesus cared for the widows and the orphans.

Jesus wanted to do the Fathers will.

what would Jesus do needs to be applied to every thing in my life,how would Jesus respond,what would he do,but that is not always how I respond to things,i don't reflect Christ in ever single thing I say do,think ....

rants and raves

1st of all Happy 4th of July everyone!! Today my mom and I were gonna go out and grab some coffee ,Brew Ha Ha was closed,so we drove to CC's they were closed ,well I can be a bit of selfish person because I was like I wanna get be out the house and sitting at a coffee shop sniff sniff I was pouting .My mom was like you have free wireless at home and you can make coffee at home.

this is a thank and praise to Jesus for my life

Well part of my little shout and praise come from Elton John's song I'm still standing

"I'm still standing"

"I'm still standing after all this time"

The Lord has brought me though the valley's of the shadow of death, God is in total control of my life he always has been always will be!!!


Jesus Christ has the power to...

I could go on listing things for days and days describing his power!!!

He has the power to and he will destroy this virus that is slowing down production of the enzyme replacement for Gaucher Disease.

He has kept me completely healthy ,Christ allows the enzyme to work!!!

_______________________________________________________________

Gaucher disease is not a curse ,it is a gift,it is a gift because one it forces me to depend of=n the Lord for my strength,I have and and still get to see God at not just defeating gaucher,but I get to see him at work against Cancer and other diseases at the hospital when i go for my infusion .I have be able to go to Mexico with the Ring Community Church for the past 6 years and serve along side the church we help in Monclova,Mexico.

I will ask all who read this please be in prayer for the other Gaucher patient that receive the enzyme replacement ,pray for their health,and pray for them to not get discouraged in this time . I pray that they know Jesus Christ is in control and that they know him ,and will cast their fears aside and let the Lord be their strenght.

Love

Last Sunday Josh preached on 1Cor13:1-3, and in reading that ,I was like I don't wanna be a noisy gong,but I am reading the passage again and verses 1-3 descried what your are with out love.! wanna say have not always down things out of love,I have down to point the finger at my self ,to make my self look good out of selfishness .






(1 Corinthians 13) (New International Version)

1 Corinthians 13
Love
1 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

the tongue

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.

James 3:9-10 (New International Version)


I had read this verse a while back and it ,made me stop and think when I read it about the words that come out of my mouth, and I wish that I had continued to constantly think about my words every day.But,I am th so very thankful today that that was the daily verse that comes in my email,its a remind to what your words and to let Christ tame your tongue,and allowing the Holy spirit do the correcting

new dipping sauce recipe

Red Lava Sauce


1. green tobacco sauce

2. Heinz ketchup

3. tony's

4 black pepper


this sauce is good for chicken tenders, fried seafood,french fries.....

Nerd of the year award

ptoject DRM good bye

I buy itune's music which ,and I love itune,and thank you to Steve Jobs for standing up for people who buy music from itunes , and saying to the record companies hey this DRM monkey business doesn't fly . I have 2 so lisitng to music on my portable player is not a problem, but I have phone that has a mp3 player in it and the music I bought from itunes can not be played on my phone until now ,Itunes offers you to upgrade your music, and with getting rid O DRM monkey poop off my music I can share my music with others, if I bought music with my own money I want to be able to share my music with my friends.I gonna spend .30 on the song to upgrade ,because if i have music and so one I wants that song and doesn't wanna have to go out and buy a whole dagum cd to get that song,and lets admit this limewire is full of spyware ,so u run risk

Cane you will be missed

things I would love

I would love to go and live in Monclova and be a missionary there ,I would wanna wanna work with kids and help families get cleaner water to drink ,I would wanna help Children who have been abused,and that are now in shelters . I would love this, But my life is in the Lords hands,he knows the desires of my heart ,Gaucher's disease is God has used the disease is so many ways in my life and he has used it to reach others ,he also uses my Glaucoma too,But sometime I sit back and cry because their are things right now I can't do such as drive, and a few other things.I would love to go out and get a job and help my mom get us a house ,their are somethings I need help with

things I am not consuming anymore

This is what it includes...


1. no more fox or CNN news

2. no Rush Limbo or John Hanity

3. I am staying away from carbonated drinks,cokes and so on..

4. I am staying way from the Oreilly factor

5.I am not interested in politics anymore ,politics are not just making me feel ill inside.

God please help me

Let's Talk about: Megan Kelly , this one is not seen on fox news

1. she is the greatest Aunt in the world!!!

2. she has a skills, she can build a desk from scratch!!!

3. according to Josh she is crafty, Josh you did not need a Beastie boys song to tell ya that refer to number 2

4. she loves her Nephew Johny.B!!!

5.She is from from a place in that the name name of the city is pa duke ka

6. the State she is from the University has the abbreviation ask the England , The UK, and that is cool cause i am half British

7.Megan can wiggle her nose when laughing!!!

what else can I say , well the most important she Loves Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO MR PRESIDENT

poor macs

New Botnet Threatens Mac Computers

by Tim Stevens — Apr 23rd 2009 at 11:16AM
New Botnet Targets Mac ComputersFor years now, Mac users have flaunted their seeming immunity to computer viruses, malware, and other noxious applications that plague the hearts, minds, and hard drives of PC users. However, there have been exceptions to the Mac's invincible reputation, like the one app from last summer that stole photos and all sorts of other information. According to security software firm Symantec, there's another one on the loose, turning Apple computers into zombies.

The app is (somewhat humorously) called iBotnet, and it runs quietly in the background after its taken control of your Mac computer. It then allows the crooks who distributed the software to use the infected machines for their nefarious means, doing whatever they like. That's the essence of the botnet. Only a few thousand Macs are infected, but, given the general lack of virus protection on most Apple computers, that's a number that could quickly balloon.

What can you do? Well, if you're on a Mac, it's time to start watching what you click and download, just as your PC brethren have been doing for years. And perhaps it's time to be a little less self-sure, too. [From: CNN]

the trojan for macs

What is "iBotnet"?

Last January, malicious programs, called trojans were found hidden in pirated copies of Apple Computer’s iWork ’09 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 posted on some peer to peer (P2P) networks. We do not believe that these threats are widespread or likely to affect the average user. However, users are advised to run a good quality internet security suite and to download software directly from the software publisher or from reputable software distributors and resellers.

Users who are using Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh or Norton Internet Security for Macintosh are protected from these threats.

For more details, visit the Symantec Security Response article here.

Are Mac users under attack?
The short answer, no. Users of Macintosh computers continue to have little to fear from viruses, trojans and worms so long as they take reasonable precautions. However, users who download files from third party sites and from P2P networks such as BitTorrent are at risk. More generally, anyone who surfs the internet should be aware of the threat of fake web sites, called phishing sites, that steal passwords, identity information and credit card numbers.

What do the trojans do?
The two versions of the trojan, called OSX.Iservice and OSX.Iservice.B both create a network of computers (a “botnet) that can used by cyber criminals to attack web sites, send junk email, steal passwords (SPAM) and other malicious activities. This network has been called by some, "iBotnet".

How does the trojan infect a computer?
The trojans are distributed in pirated copies of Apple Computer’s iWork ’09 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 found on some P2P networks. Unlike worms, these threats do not spread by themselves.

Who is at risk?
Any user who downloads files from P2P networks runs the risk of downloading infected files. Viruses, trojans and worms can be written to attach users of any type of computer. Norton advises all users to download software only from reputable sources and to run a good quality internet security suite.

What To Do If You Think You May Be Infected
Users are advised to install Norton Internet Security for Macintosh. Both Norton Internet Security for Macintosh and Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh will detect and remove these threats.

Advice To Stay Safe

1. Run a good security suite (we are partial to Norton Internet Security and Norton 360).
2. Keep your computer updated with the latest patches and updates.
3. Don’t use “free” security scans that pop up on many web sites. All too often these are fake, using scare tactics to try to get you to purchase their “full” service.
4. Be smart with your accounts. Create a limited or non-administrator account for day to day activities. Use an account with full privileges only when necessary.
5. Be smart with passwords. This includes

* Change your passwords periodically
* Use complex passwords – no simple names or words, use special characters and numbers
* Using a separate, longer password for each site that has sensitive personal information or access to your bank accounts or credit cards.

6. Back up your computer
7. Run Norton Internet Security for Macintosh and Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac.



FAQ
Q: What should I do if my MAC is infected?

A: Users are advised to install Norton Internet Security for Macintosh. Both Norton Internet Security for Macintosh and Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh will detect and remove these threats.

Q: Am I safe if I don’t download software from P2P networks?

A: No. This particular threat is spread primarily through bogus software posted to P2P networks. However there are other threats to your Macintosh that can strike through infected web sites, files attached to emails, files on USB sticks and other sources.

Mac welcome to the pc world

2 poat in 1

OK, I have to laugh because its funny one cause I do not know that this was Apple's goal but hey its a cool fashion trend ,I call it the Mac boy look,and for the girls is the there has not been this big copy this one fashion ,but this is a big step for guys there is a fashion that we can hold on to.

what is the Mac boy look

1. faded jeans ( faded,black jeans or stone washed blue jeans that look worn )

2.t shirts , vintage T's,soft cotton polos ( brands faded glory ,Ae,and gap,)

3.m favorite the shoes , brands ( converse -chucks,air walks ) air walks y are identical to chuck Taylor's but less expensive and they are made by the same company I believe

4. the hair cuts yest the longer on one sine shorter on the other

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I know people who read my blog and talk to me and know stuff about the Mac Operating system comes up and windows comes up, it not that I am trying to say one operating system is better that the other or that pcs are better than macs or the other way around.Mac Os was built off of Unix and Unix is a good operating system,now back in the day it was sort of like Dos was ,not that user friendly and not that great of an interface,but hey that is how most us people would look if we did not shave and keep groomed ,we would not have that great of a face to look at ,I am not saying that UNIX was ugly it just was not with this nice desktop and icons,like it is today so apple came in and gave it a make over and turned its into something nice to look at instead of a command prompt. I like to build and test computer and help people with their computer issues and yes I do like to fool around with video and pictures but and music and windows does a good job with what I need,now you do have to understand how to trim windows down to size and make it run smooth and stuff .So, ya litterly have to put fat boy on a diet and make sure ya keep him healthy so he can run good and do what ya need in a quick manner .Linux another Operating system that can run on both mac or pc is good with video editing its a good and other stuff like the Mac operating system and more secure than windows,but I am not jealous over macs i want to buy a mac to learn more on the operating system and learn so i can help other figure out how to do things and if some thing goes wrong and the issue come along ,I wanna know so i can help other fix it

be nice to your pc

Be nice to your pc ,here is how and this is not just for people who own windows or Linux based computer,people that own desktop macs should look in to this as well.



We all have to do that dread full chore of cleaning and dusting around the house,fellas don't think that its an awful chore if your lady as your to do the cleaning and dusting,the same goes for kids don't think of it as awful when your parents ask you to clean either ,because believe me its not their most favorite thing to do either. I would be a hypocrite if I told you that it doesn't seem awful to me
,but enough of talking about cleaning the house and lets get to the other thing that need our tlc,I am not talking about tune ups ,virus scanning ,malware scanning,that one way to show so tlc to your machine.But now think about that dust it gets in the fans and when the dust dirt collect in a pc,just like in a house it make the air thick and sometimes can make it harder to breath.Computers have motherboards,hard drives fans ,and other components in side the case and we rely on the fans to keep the stuff in side our computer to run cool and not over heat ,and we also have exhaust fan to take the heat out as well ,so here is what you can do to help kee you computer dust free and running cool.


what can I do here is what you can do and how to do it..

1.save those old dryer sheets .

2. measure the back of the computer fans ans air vents are

4.cute the fabric softener to fit the air where the fans and air vent are

5.go to the hardware store and get so panters tape,pants tape is usually blue

6. tape the fabric sheet in pace and u have a dust cover for your air vent


note : canned air is a good thing to still keep around because if the inside of your computer has dust in it before you you make the dust covers for you vents,you will only be trapping the dust inside .

clean but still unclean

Today was pc tune up today @ Cajun clickers computer club and while working the 2 computers running windows updates and I checked my emails and I did a little reading in the word in James 3:1-12 about taming of the Tongue.

James 3
Taming the Tongue
1Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.

3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11Can both fresh water and salt[a] water flow from the same spring? 12My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

I read 1-10 ,the I stopped to go check on the process of the two computers and see if both of the computers were ready for the next thing on the check list,but while I was checking on both computers and while I was checking on the pcs I started start thinking my tongue is so unclean , out of the same mouth that I use to encourage my friend with,when I get in a situation or not around my friends either @ church or Highland coffees or around my apartment.....,but if I am in a situation or around people that drive me up the wall ,or around one one of my computer buddies and they are yacking about the people that us both up the wall my mouth because unclean.I started thinking I am horrible .

make your own antibaterialwipers

I have an easy way to make you own anti bacterial wipes to keep with you.



note: these wipes are good for you hands,not your face



1. get a package of or box of regular wipes

2. buy a bottle of rubbing alcohol, or if you have it in you cabinet in the bathroom get it out

3. get a baggy ,and put the wipes in the baggy

4.use the cap on the rubbing alcohol bottle and fill it 3 times pouring it in the baggy

5. close the baggy,make sure you get all the air our of the bag for if the baggy is filled with air it will easily bust,and be hard to pack

6. after getting all the air out the baggy ,shake the baggy well.


you not have homemade antibacterial wipes

study on John 3:16

notess: John 3:16


For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. (John 3:16-18)

It is not hard to see why verse 16 is one of the most famous, most often memorized, most cherished verses in the Bible. Packed into this verse are the greatest realities that exist. God. Love. The world. The Son of God. Faith. Perishing forever. Living forever. Whoever—you, or not. These are the greatest things that can be. What could be more important? What could be more relevant for you right now? What could be more urgent for you or momentous for you than to know where you stand in relation to what God says to you in this verse?

So here’s what I think we should do with John 3:16. Today we will walk through it once, pausing over each of the big words (except loved) and commenting on each of them: God, World, Gave, Son, Believe, Perish, Life. And we will seek to apply that to ourselves as we go along. Then next week, if God wills, we will go back and devote a whole message to the one great word that we pass over today, namely, the word loved—“For God so loved . . .”
The Tension in John 3

We will ask, How does God love us in this passage? How does the love of God for the world in verse 16 relate to the work of the Spirit of God in verse 8? There seems to be a tension here. Many feel it, and many people try to remove the tension in away that dishonors the meaning either of verse 8 or verse 16.

On the one hand, verse 8 says that God the Spirit blows where he wills and makes alive whom he chooses. “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” God is free. And it is he, and not we, who has the final, decisive say in who among the spiritually rebellious and dead will be raised to new life. None of us deserves to be made alive. And none of us has the power to make it happen. If anybody is rescued, God does it.

But on the other hand, John 3:16 says, “God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” This surely means that God is loving all and offering all eternal life—the very life that the Spirit gives in verse 8.

That is what we will try to understand next week. And I will tip you off that I have been very helped in this by Don Carson’s book The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God. It’s less than 90 pages. It’s understandable, and it is very good. I hope many of you will read it. (You can listen to Carson on the love of God here.)
Seven Massive Realities in John 3:16

But first, there are great and awesome things to be clarified in this verse. Seven massively important words—representing seven great realities—that we need to understand so that the power and preciousness of this famous verse can have its full effect. And O how I hope you Bethlehem believers know that such a foundational verse is not just for beginners. It is high-level, high-voltage shock therapy for marriage struggles and single struggles and teenage struggles.

So let’s turn first to the seven big words in verse 16.

1. God

“For God so loved . . .” There is no reason to think that Jesus means any other God than the God of the Old Testament. He is the all-powerful Creator and Sustainer of the universe. He is personal and not a mere force, meaning he thinks and wills and feels. He loves, and he hates. And as personal, he is moral—that is, he deals with us in terms of right and wrong and good and bad. And as moral, he is unwaveringly righteous. He only does what is right. And the infinite worth of what he is defines what is right. To do right is to think and feel and act in a way that accords with (is in harmony with) God’s infinite worth.

All of us were made by this God, and our first and highest duty and reason for being is to honor him and give him thanks (Romans 1:21). We have all failed, and we are all under his righteous displeasure. This is what makes John 3:16 so needed and so precious. It describes the way God is acting to rescue us from this condition.

2. World

“For God so loved the world . . .” The most common meaning for world in John is the created and fallen totality of mankind. John 7:7: “The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.” John 14:17: “. . . the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.”

That is the way John is using world here. It is the great mass of fallen humanity that needs salvation. It’s the countless number of perishing people from whom the “whoevers” come in the second part of the verse: “. . . that whoever believes in him should not perish.” The world is the great ocean of perishing sinners from whom the whoever comes.

3. Gave

“For God so loved the world, that he gave. . .” Two things need to be said about this giving. One is that it is a giving from heaven. And the other is that it is a giving, not just to come to earth, but to die. Verse 17 replaces the word give with send. “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” So the giving of verse 16 is God’s sending his Son into the world on a mission from heaven.

In John 10:17-18, we see what the climax of that mission from the Father is. Jesus says, “For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” That last sentence shows that the reason the Father sent the Son was so that the Son would lay down his life. “I lay it down of my own accord. . . . This charge I have received from my father.”

So when John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave . . .”, the giving is God sending his Son to earth on a mission to die. It’s just as amazing—only a million times more so—as if you should say to your son, “There is something I want you to do for me: I have some enemies that deserve to perish, and I want you to go and die in their place, so that they can have eternal life.” Whatever else you know about God, make sure you know he is like that.

4. Son

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son. . .” Muslims and others stumble over the idea of God having a Son. So let me say a few things that are crystal clear in John’s Gospel, even though mysterious. God did not have sexual relations with Mary in order to have a Son. Turn back to chapter 1 where John gave us our basic understanding of the Son of God.

John 1:1: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” So here we are introduced to the Word. And we are told three things about him. One, he is God. “The Word was God.” Two, he is with God, and therefore distinct from God. “The word was with God.” And third, he was therefore always in existence and never came to be. “In the beginning was the Word.”

Then look at verse 14: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.” This verse clarifies three things for us.

First, the Word of God referred in verse 1 is the Son of God. “The Word became flesh and . . . we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son . . . .”

Second, God, with whom the Word was, and from whom he is distinct, is God the Father. He is “the only Son from the Father.” “In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God.” He was with God the Father.

Third, therefore, Jesus is the Son of God not because the Father had sex with Mary, but because the Son has always existed, without beginning, as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3). He is fully God. And the Father is fully God. And along with God the Spirit, they are one God, one divine nature. One essence and three persons in an eternal, perfect, joyful relationship.

5. Believe

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes . . .” Four observations about this believing.

First, it means that not everybody will benefit from what Jesus came to do. But “whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” The rest will perish—and not have eternal life.

Second, the word itself means to embrace something as true; and when it’s a person, it means to trust them to be what they are and do what they say.

Third, John 1:11-12 shows that another word John has in mind to explain believe is receive. “[Jesus] came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” So receiving Jesus and believing Jesus explain each other.

Fourth, if we ask, “Receive him as what?” the answer would be, “Receive him as what he is.” For example, in John 6:35, Jesus says, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” So here believing means coming to Jesus and receiving him as the food and drink that satisfies our souls. That’s one of the reasons I talk about receiving him as our Treasure (Matthew 13:44). And this is why faith is so transforming.

6. Perish

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish . . .” What’s most clear and most important is to see that perish is the alternative to eternal life—“. . . not perish but have eternal life.” So if you perish, you don’t get eternal life.

Another thing that’s clear here is that verse 18 describes perishing as being condemned. “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already.” And that means that God’s judicial sentence of wrath is on us as sinners and remains on us. We see this in John 3:36: “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” So we are already under condemnation because of our sin and unbelief. And perishing means staying there forever under God’s wrath. There is nothing you can imagine worse than having the omnipotent God oppose you with righteous wrath forever. That’s what perishing means.

7. Life

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” This does not simply mean you exist forever. Everybody exists forever. But not everybody has eternal life. This life is first that we are born again and have spiritual life. We know from John 6:63 that “it is the Spirit who gives life.” And we know from 1 John 5:11 that “this life is in [God’s] Son.” This is life to God—life that can see and savor God as glorious and all his creation the way he meant it to be enjoyed.

So what happens in our believing is that, by means of believing, the Holy Spirit is uniting us to Christ in whom is life. And in that instant, we are born again, we believe, we are united with the Son of God, and we have his life.

And because it is the life of the Son of God, it does last forever. “I am the resurrection and the life,” Jesus said, “Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die” (John 11:25-26).
Jesus Gives Life—And Dies in Our Place

And at this point, don’t forget what we saw under the word gave—“For God so loved the world that he gave . . .” Meaning gave to die. We don’t perish under the wrath of God because Jesus died in our place under the wrath of God. He was “the Lamb of God”—the sacrifice given in our place—who bears our sin and our punishment (John 1:29, 36).

So we have eternal life both because Christ died in our place and because in him is life. He removes the great obstacle of God’s wrath, and he supplies the everlasting life that we don’t have in ourselves.
Is This Your Life?

Which leaves just one question: Do you live in the forgiveness and life and freedom of John 3:16? Are you free from the fear of death? Does the wonder of being loved like this shape your relationships? I’m not asking if you give lip-service to this verse. But do you live it? Is this your life? Is everything you do permeated with this verse?

May God grant you such faith. Believe this promise of John 3:16. Receive the treasure of Christ—and life.

the Trinity

Definition of the
Trinity (Triunity) of God

Trinity: Webster’s dictionary gives the following definition of trinity: “The union of three divine persons (or hypostases), the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one divinity, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three Persons (or hypostases as to individuality).” Synonyms sometimes used are triunity, trine, triality. The term “trinity” is formed from “tri,” three, and “nity,” unity. Triunity is a better term than “trinity” because it better expresses the idea of three in one. God is three in one. Hypostases is the plural of hypostasis which means “the substance, the underlying reality, or essence.”


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the Trinity diagram



I added the Image this was not taken from pipers sermon notes,and if piper visits my blog I wanna say you are wonderful Preacher I love your Sermons!!

even Obama is worried

I am on a pork free diet from here on out

OK,many of you know I used to kid and joke around that I was on a Jewish diet ,and really pork is not really my favorite thing to eat.A few months back I went to my friend Jake and Cristy Rush's house we had a bond fire hehe and Brad bowling unbonded the group by turning into a 12 year old play with fire and putting stuff on the fire making the fire so hot you could not stand but a second by the fire with out thinking you eye balls were gonna melt lol!!!But we had hamburgers and hot dogs and I ate hot dogs ,but the only reason I ate the hot dogs one being hungry and not wanting a burger,but I general do not like pork of any kind,I do not like the texture usually and pork is high in cholesterol.There is a lot of other reasons for not wanting to eat pork ,one those cute little buggers are nasty pig are canables and the fact that I heard a sermon on when Jesus casted Demons out into pigs ,so me I get this thought and picture in my head every time i thought of pork as being gross and diseased is a good word for it. Now we have the swine flu its a virus found in pigs ,but now it being caught and spread by humans

ok my respounce to both Rob Bell and the other guy

I can both points you guys are making,We are called to be ambassadors of Christ ,Jesus is the light of the world we are to let that light shine in the way we live and the way we interact with one another,now none of us are perfect at this,but isn't a line of a song say "they will know we are Christians by our love", .Yes, I agree people need to be told about what happens to sinners about hell, but put your self in the other persons shoe would you wanna sit down and talk with someone about the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the yelling and screaming at your ,or someone who is willing to to sit and tell you about the gospel and share a personal story of how Jesus Christ has come in to their life .Now the guy resounding to Rob Bell was right on more than one point ,the guy said that about 2% of Christians share their faith,why ,I will tell you one reason is fear ,fear of judgment ,and probably,I know for me I used to have the fear of judgment and the fear of not having the right words.

wow

Suffering youtube and looking at Nooma videos by Rob Bell ,and I see a responce video , view video here

a kinda green idea

Ok,so most are going green now days and most of this started really blooming into affect after Algore founded away to smear his face national Television even though he got defeated in running for President a couple of years ago,and though I think Algore is a bit of a media hog ,this Idea should raise an eye brow or with him hehe!!


now on to my green idea

for fall/winter
Wear shirts of brighter colors should be worn,instead of duller colors and
clothing material needs to be made thicker , by doing this we would use a lot less fuel in car to warm our selves,and in homes it would save electricity.


spring and summer

Wear duller colored clothing ,duller close are known to reflect the suns heat and rays ,wear as bright bolder colors are known to absorb the heat. In homes use fans in stead of using the air conditioner to cool your home ,or open windows.In cars and trucks ride with the windows cracked a bit if your worried about rain places like
auto zone sells rain guards for you windows, by riding with the windows cracked to cool your auto mobile carhelp you use less gas ,which cuts down on pollution .

Last thing eat more beef cows fart contribute to global warming!!!!!!!!!!!!!

grunts and groans and more

ok the whole pc vs mac is getting old and I am gonna tell you this the resell of a mac laptop or desktop is severely over priced ,mac os is based off of Unix which Linux is also based off of Unix,mac ha Intel chip sets now the their mother boards. I love apple computers do not get me wrong and I have researched a lot for this post , yes Unix has come a long way for being like the old dos ,and Unix is a free Base OS, UNix and Linux have been are known to have some excellent video software software my is not big complaint because you can by the OS like windows for what ever price its the hardware on the other hand that what is my big deal is the hardware pare the insides just a like ,the hard drives are the same just the format on the software side is different,but macs like pcs can get viruses ,I may not quote this entirely to T , Mac came out and said this in their commercials " Pc Why do you have are you so bloated ,PC well i have to have software to protect me form viruses and I have to keep secure", "Mac well on a mac you do not have to worry about that,i am not vulnerable to viruses,and I am secure". Ok on if you plugged into the internet you need a firewall to keep you files on you computer with out leaking, that is the same thing as going to bed with every window unlocked all your doors unlock,and saying well i do not need lock because i put this pair of boot in front of my door and big be ware of dog sign on my fence , or say you this empire that say we can not be attacked because we are on this hill and one day ,another great empire come along and fire cannons at you and let say they have a way to strike you by air.Back to the hardware issue the mother board like a pc take ddr2,the have Intel chips,they use pci slots ,so what why make them work 2,000 buts vs 499.500 dollars,and also because the hardware is pretty much identical you can now run mac osx on some dell laptops ,I am not mac dissing I want a mac to get to know them better and let to run the software better help people with there problems that arise but i am not gonna spend the 2,000 bucks on a new one and the used ones you can almost buy a new one for.

what I am reading up on

God is always in control

The latest issue is I have once again maxed out on my insurance ,yes I have been down this road before ,but the wonderful thing is I don't have to worry at all because everything is in the Lord's hands.Jeremiah 29:11(NIV) "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.",what this verse says to me is my my is in the Lord's hands and therefor everything that is happening is for a reason,and yet the trial I am going through maybe scary it may have its dark moments,but I can am being carried through all of this By the Creator of of heaven and earth.Job 5:17-21
17 "Blessed is the man whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. [a]

18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;
he injures, but his hands also heal.

19 From six calamities he will rescue you;
in seven no harm will befall you.

20 In famine he will ransom you from death,
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
and need not fear when destruction comes.


“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge him,
And he will make your paths straight.”
(Proverbs 3:5-6)
Psalm 121
A song of ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;

8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
Psalm 121
A song of ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;

8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.

we are to love one another

in 1John 4:11 Dear friends ,since God so loved us,we also ought to love one another.


a book I read a chapter or 2 , the book was titled "They Love Jesus but not the Church".

The bride of Christ doesn't always act as the bride should,to love one another we ought to look past our imperfections and love one another despite our differences ,imperfectness,and the let downs.Jesus loved he did not choose those whole were blameless and the perfect,if you remember the man who asked Rabi what must I do to inherit Eternal life ,what good deed must I do read the following from Matthew 19:16-23 (New American Standard Bible)

The Rich Young Ruler
16(A)And someone came to Him and said, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain (B)eternal life?"

17And He said to him, "Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but (C)if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments."

18Then he said to Him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "(D)YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS;

19(E)HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER; and (F)YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."

20The young man said to Him, "All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?"

21Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and (G)sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have (H)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

22But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

23And Jesus said to His disciples, "Truly I say to you, (I)it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.


we read in 1 John 4:11 that we ought to love one another be cause God so loved us

part in showing our love is doing whatever it takes to meet a need ,in John 3:16 we read that God so loved the world that he gave,he gave us his son created in his image God came in human form to be a living sacrifice.


to be continue....writing in progress

not perfect

Part of my confession is that I don't always do a good job of representing Christ in my actions,my speech,and in my thoughts.As a branch I don't always abide in the True Vine Jesus Christ.I get get angry with the things I see happening around me,with the way others treat people,and I let that anger affect how I go about when i interact with others,with my speech,my actions,my thoughts,but in the way I dill with that anger is not a healthy way to deal with it.As a follower of Jesus Christ i am called to not conform to the ways of this world ,I am to show Christ to others,and to represent him in this world.This may not be the best example but,say someone was out representing you for a baby sitting job ,the person out telling people about you and your wonderful baby sitting skill and how loving and honest your are ,is a person you watch for their parents when they were a child.How would you want them act an represent you? I could go back an forth on ways you would want them to represent you,and what you would so on,and I just threw the baby sitting thing out because when I was younger my mom kept a friend of ours Grandson from when he was a couple of months old till he was about 4 maybe 5 .As followers of Jesus Christ we are his Ambassadors ,the way we act,think talk on the phone or in person to others should be with the love of Christ.Another example I was Children's center Ambassador for the Lady of the Lake,as a Ambassador what I did was help make the families and the patients feel welcomed and let them know that they loved and that we were there for them to show our support for them in their time of need.

projects and goals am working on currently

first of all do to the Monday and Thursday schedule of being on Campus @ LSU mainly between the BCM and Highland Coffees I get long breaks to sit in front of my laptop and a great study space ,the most important study is of God word that come first and above all other things, but if I am to help someone I must stick my nose in the books, and I do not know if God's plan is for me to be Certified .If I abide in Christ and continue to seek his will and to do his will ,and the more I abide my goals and thoughts a line them selves with his ,I am determined to stay in on top of computer networking for the knowledge I gain and the ability to help solve computer issues is one of my ministry out reaches ,my other ministry out reach is to make people feel a since of belonging.So to my readers of my blog please be in constant prayer for me.


Thank you read visiting my my blog space on blogger,have a wonderful day and stop by again some time!


Till next time take care of yourself and each other!!!!

Feb 2,2009

Lord I thank you for today and I that your for the people on this great campus of Lsu ,Dear Lord I thankful for the opertunities you give to me to reach others for Christ.



Today is the Second day of me being on Campus with Josh and Meg helping and working with the BCM @ LSU I just love it,God is continueing to open doors for ministry oppertunities not just for me,but for Josh and Meg and I pray that each and one of us takes a hold of the oppertunities God puts before us.God has given me the blessing of the best Job ,bu is not a Job as what the worl would look,the world looks and production and how can you benifit it ,but no my Job as a follower of Jesus Christ is to go and make desciples and bring others into a arelationship with the the King of kings Jesus Christ.God continues to poor out his blessing ,he has poored out his grace and mercy on me ever since the day I was forth in this world from birth and even before birth , every breathe I take is a gift from the Lord,but the sad thing is that not ever breathe I took was giving him praises. But because of the Lord sending his son Jesus Christ to poor out his love on the Cross ,I do not have to live with the guilt and shame,no the only thing
the Lord as of me is to except His son jesus Christ and abide in him for he is the vine and I am the branch,and apart from The Lord I can do nothing .As a branch if I am not abiding in him I can not produce fruit I am just a peace of tree

2009 and new chapters of life are starting to be written

I feel God is leading to LSU Campus at @ with Meg and Josh on Monday maybe for sure the other days are still probably to be worked out ,The door at parkview is being shut,I am so thankful for the time I was at parkview for the last 3 and a half to 4 years God has really grown me a lot and I love the staff that I worked with I love them all dearly including the man we moved up stair further from the coffee pot (Lee).
I have prayed for patients with this transition,God is teaching me patients ,I have full faith that this is all coming together and being worked out,God has put an incredible friend/Pastor named Josh Causey !!!So,as the the song says we must go on to feed the hungery,stand be side the broken,so fill us up and send us out Lord.

my prayer

Father when I stressed give me rest, when I worried give peace ,and when I distracted refocus me.Oh Lord every thing is in you hands,I can do nothing apart from you,Lord I thank you for your grace,your mercy,in Jesus name Amen.

God is opening new doors

I am happy about the doors God has opening for me ,I don't know all the doors he is opening ,but I can feel that he is doing something big/my new years commitment is to spend even more time dedicated to the Word ,and doing even more out reach and volunteer work.I know I need down time because I do get worn out easy and it is important to get proper rest.

The changes that sadden me is ,Jess no longer working for Parkview and I won't be in the office as much,But I am so happy for her with this new Job and I am happy that I still get to eat lunch with her on Tuesdays!

new pic

impatients

When we come to know Christ as our personal Lord and a Savior ,our job is to go and make disciples of men ,it is a Joyous job.I love going on the mission field for Christ ,I love serving doing whatever needs to be done,but I get rather frustrated when I am not some where doing something and pouring my heart ,soul ,and time into it,and some times I get to overly focused be I am used to being out there and doing and serving.The very second we wake we are on the mission field in our homes and in our apartment complexes,neighborhoods , the mission field is every where,and in the mist of a dry time or not a lot of stuff is happening around me I begin to feel useless and not productive.

Avent Conspiacy

The Idea is to Worship fully,spend less,and give more,give more of what????Your time!!


.Spend time with that friend or family member

.Write them a letter telling them how much they mean to you.

.Bake some tasty treats ,or you could cook them their favorite dish!!!

. volunteer at a local shelter

The money you did not spend why not give it away,think about this there are things you can do to make a difference in this world one of them is Living Water,they go out and dig wells in places that don't have clean water for drinking.here s an example of how the water if it was put in bottle would look



nasty looking huh,well imagine you or your kids having to drink that water.

Living water goes in a digs water wells so people can have clean drinking water that wont make them sick ,now this is what clean healthy water for drinking looks like

things I miss/and a little brag on Jesus time

I miss the Childrens inn at NIH so much,I miss all the kids there ,to me even though I went to the Hospital for check ups at the NIH in DC it was to me a mission trip to go and be and share Jesus ,I saw Jesus in each and everyone of those volunteers the kids ,and I will forever miss going up there.I also miss the kids in Mexico and I can not wait for the Mexico mission trip,when The Ring goes down there we go to partner and help them with their out reach to there surrounding community and reach people for Christ ,I will tell you I have gotten loved on and just come fact to face with Jesus ,I have seen him in each and everyone of those kids the ladies in the kitchen at the church and just everyone i come in contact with down there,so I go down there to love on them and partner with them and help in anyway I can to see Christ grow in the church in La Madrid ,and those people when I go down there ministering to me and loving on me!!

( a little Brag on Jesus time)

In a few words I want to tell you how God has shown up in my life here and in Mexico. My dear dear Ashley and Kyle and many of my close friends at The Ring,and I could not count them all ,they all have just been loving on me and just bieng Christ like and ministering to me,and they threw me this wonderful wonderful Birthday party not last Friday, but the one before that on on the 12th . At the party there were , I know between 35 and 40 people at my Party at Zippy's ,and we all had the best time hanging out and I don't know how many of them pitched in to do this ,but they got me the coolest ipod dock ever the speakers to this thing are a right at a foot tall,but what meant the most to me was they where there at my party and I just go to hang out with people I love.Meg and I were talking the other day and she was asking me how cool it was ,all those people at Zippy's on Friday night,I told her I knew those people knew I loved them but I had know idea how much they loved me, it wasn't because of the ipod cock yes it was wonderful and i love it ,what made my heart smile is they showed up and I got to spend time with them ,and ya wanna know what else made my heart smile is Josh Causey helped me put the ipod Dock together !!

new video for advent consiracy

updates

I know its been almost a month since a posts and I have missed blogger and I missed sharing with the people that follow my blog,so I am back!!!


God is some doing d things in my life,well anything God does is good!!!He has opened my eyes more each and every day ,God gave me one of the best Birthday presents one day early that i have been wishing and praying for,and that was snow,yes in South Louisiana we had snow over 3 inches of it.God worked through my friends of mine at church Kyle and Ashley and over 35 of some really close them throwing me a birthday party,God should me in this that how much he and my brothers and sisters in Christ love me!!!God is also using Advent Conspiracy to open my eyes about Christmas even more,the Idea is to Worship fully,spend less and give more,so how do you spend less and give more,give a gift that means more like making something for that family member or spouse,or friend ,give them something that tells them how much you love them .Take that money you would have used to buy that gift as Josh said that would end up in some garage sale in the next 5 years and give the gift of living water in that person's name to go dig water wells in countries where people are dying from lack of clean water.

this Christmas

Advent Conspiracy Intro - 2008 from Robert Terrell on Vimeo.

these are somethings I am thinking of

1.giving my time to an animal shelter

2.giving money to go help give clean water to those in need

3.giving my time at the lake to go visit patients in the hospital

frustrations and a prayer for help

I know I am human and mess up continually, like every other person I fall short of the glory of God ,I get angry which I don't like ,I can be a bully,and I can also be jerk on days. Paul said in Romans 7:15
15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.

my prayer

Oh Lord when will my flesh stop rebelling against you,the more I try to get closer to you the harder the fight,oh Lord be my strength,my shield and do not cast your anger upon me have mercy on me ,Oh Lord.Amen

Armor of God video

todays world

I was watching on T.V a report about kids and adults being addicted to online gaming and it is really quiet sad to see and hear ,and its also rather sad to hear and see people that do these reports on these issues getting attacked for doing these reports.Its as if the individuals that attack the reports and fellow colleagues are saying hey leave me alone don't mess with this social life I have created for my self to fill that empty void they have because they either are not payed attention to and ignored or constant comparing to others so the person find a safe zone to get away from the pressuring world around them,and isn't out Job as Christian to love on these
individuals but we get so wrapped up in our own lives.Sometimes,we isolate our own selves because its uncomfortable to go around these individuals ,because they don't look like us talk like us,and so we are in a since doing the same as the people we were called to love on isolating our selves ,I am guilty of this my self I don't wanna step out of my comfort zone a lot of times,and I often just don't feel like it sometimes because it takes time energy,or are my motives right ,am I loving on them because I want to because that is how my job,or am I using it as a good deed that i will get these extra point and say oh look at me.I should be loving on people because God created me to love and to love is to know Christ,so this is what I have to say on the issue.

Dear John

I was asked last night in the car on the way home from Community group what I do on my days off from Parkview and Cajun Clickers , yes I was asked do I just chill and watch TV, no I watch on Monday nights and Friday nights some of the stuff on TV is just not what I would care to watch for many of reasons.Now,I do have a favorite new show that I do like on Monday nights NCIS ,a couple of reasons I like the show,one is I like watching people solve crimes,two the use of computers and the Autopsy the Doctor on the team performs to help solve the crime,and I have a crush o Abby ,she is smart ,cute,and not stuck up.But,here is what I do research Viruses and put together tool disk so that on computer issues ,I will have the right tools to solve the problem and fix the pc,I am starting back with learning the questions on the A+ exam to become a computer tech now I don't wanna work for some big company,I wanna work for a church or something and fix there computer problems and keep a network up and running .I have a long road ahead of me I can do it,I just have to sit down a focus.

pray of praise

Oh Lord there is none like you,for your grace and mercy follow me all the days of my life in the grips of suffering you lend your hand and give me strength to endure it all.Oh Lord I thank you today for your strength ,grace,and mercy you rain down over me.

keeping up with the smith's

There are all these things I want,but I need to separate wants from needs,we all see these advertisements on TV,in sale papers,and in seeing what other people have .



wants...

1.a mac mac laptop

2. an ipod touch or iphone

3. a flat screen TV

4. a pair of old school chucks

The list could go on and on of wants ,but there are a whole list of needs ,don't we all have that list of want want want,and the need need gets push to the side,so that we can keep up with the smith's, the Jone's,and who ever else ...

I need

1. my eye drops for my glaucoma

2. I need to pay my light bill,my cable bill,and my rent,I am just using these as examples

I only listed two ,there are others I could list ,my want list is way bigger than my need list.Every time, I see someone with an iphone I get super jealous ,till I remember the coast per month and remember that a two year contract I am tied down to and that I can hear my mom say you want this you want that , my mom is not like oh you can't have that stuff she will tell me I wish you could have this and that.My mom doesn't just tell me that ,to get me to separate needs from wants,but also come birthday,and Christmas ,or Easter ,she is wandering what to get me ,what I would want,and what do i have already,and also the way our economy is going right now its time to pinch pennies and save.

tonight at The Ring

Josh preached more on what I call the God box sermon series , but tonight went a little further and a little deeper,the Sermon tonight wet beyond talking bout us being hidden in Christ. Tonight, was talking more on one us being called to serve in different areas, and not be like the world where your always compared ,we all serves different roles and none of those roles in God eyes are more important that the other,we live in a broken world that is constantly comparing us to one another and if we start listening to the world instead of God we will never feel good enough.The world is constantly tearing us down ,to the world we will never be good enough, their will always be somebody better,but God created us,and is saying I love you don't you see ,God does't love us because we are great athletes ,or smart and have these wonderful Jobs and all this stuff, one day all that stuff will fade away its just stuff,the God of the universe made you and I and nothing in this world could make him love us more ore less ,we are his children.

I love this time of year

Reasons I love this time of year

1. the temps at night cool off to about the upper 50s to low 60s!!

2. Halloween its nice the annual bonfire is nice and its
just a time to hang out,and not be miserable because of the heat.

things i am looking for

ok here are some thing I really need for my room and if anyone who reads my blog and is wanting just to get rid of some old bed room stuff .I desperately need a dresser,I am trying to find a platform bed because regular beds hurt my back .For the last year to year and a half I have not slept in my room ,there are many reason,my mom and i got one issue under control ,that issue was before we realized I have acid reflex and told by my doctor to just wait 30 mins after drinking or eating before going to lay down.I went to bed one night maybe about 10 to 15 mins after I had ate a snack and drank some power aid or something and woke up strangling,that was a while back , now I know what to do ok issue solved,but still even though my mom is not nervous I am still at the foot of the bed ,one because the floor is comfortable,for a while even before the strangling i slept on the couch ,but that became a hassle taking up the covers and pillows and bringing the to my room to have a cleaned off place to sit.Right now my room has book cases and a desk and a mattress on the floor and the mattress is uncomfortable just being on the floor.

frustrations

I want and wish .....

1. to back to school

2. to drive again

3. I was relationship, but it would have to be God centered and focused

4. to be an attractive man

5. I want to have surgery to straiten my back


I am thankful

1. for Gauchers Disease

2. that I work with the youth @ Parkview

3. that I have a church family that loves me for me

4 the Ring Community Church

5. for a wonderful Sister Jessica Lawrence and a wonderful Aunt Megan Kelly, and
for a group of Brothers that are dear close friend the Causey boys
Josh,Joe,and Drew

Rants raves and prayer needs

The update

ok so this week I was gonna have an MRI because of the vertigo,I can't do Regular MRI's or the new open ones because unlike open cat scans the machine is not really open its just shorter .The Lady from the Radiology clinic called my mom today and was explaining because she did not want me miss lead . the reason I can not do MRI's of the brain one because they put you in this vice and most of yall know about the Back surgery and ever thing and you would have to squeeze me in,and at the angle they would have my neck it would be hard for me to breathe and on top of that the anxiety .



The Rant


Open MRI sounds good except it does not equal open as what the word used to
Describe it no here is what it looks like




ok I just really wanna find out Answers to my Vertigo episodes I get when we have the really strong high or low pressure systems in the Atmospher,I want to address a
situation and get it taken care of .I don't mean to come across negative because, I am so happy the lady called my mom to explain,But one can be miss lead be cause of out cat scans the word open means open not shorter,But this can not just miss leading to a patient ,but also to the Doctor and I am gonna defend my doctor he did not know. My Doctor hear is a regular Doctor who is Specialized in internal medicine , but he is not Neurologist .

Open Cat scan


The open Cat Scan machine,has a bigger opening and the bed you lay on is some what flatter , and because of larger opening you can put pillows behind the persons head.

Prayer needs

I am trying to find a Vertigo specialist ,please be not only praying for me find a specialist,but also that the Vertigo won't come back period. What got us all concerned is when i get the Vertigo I get the massive headaches and I smell this strong oder in my nose , you since of smell is controlled by the frontal lobe.

what to post about

I love posting just about everyday to every other day,and it feels like blahh what to put down or what should I not put down. Ok,so here is what I am just gonna toss out is this, for the past Several weeks Josh has been preaching a sermon series I like to call the God Box sermon . “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).Christians are God’s “workmanship.” The Greek word is poiema, from which we get our word “poem.” It means “a work of art, a masterpiece.” In Christ, you receive God’s grace and become his work of art,here is the point I am trying to make we are hidden in Christ we are in Christ and Christ is in us,and after excepting him the sin pasted down from Adam and Eve was removed.We live in a broken world who needs Christ and is just broken because of sin remaining in the world.

TV shows and talk shows are pathedic these days

These days it is evident of a broken cruel world, and its obvious that script writes these days will write anything to get the public to watch the latest drama.Starting with the pig we all know as Simon cow on American Idol and now the show House.


things that are just wrong period

1. just wrong to make fun of people for their size male or female, Adult or child on tv shows.

2. as far show like American Idol just feed more into that we can never live up to the world standards ,and that if someone is better you short coming will be exposed an laughed at.

3.Big people are not just the only one ,skinny people as well the the media feeds in to its view that if you are are a man that your should be tall an have a six pack and guns bulging out your arms,just listen to all these commercials on tv and how the young ladies go crazy over us when we are what the world says perfect.

This makes it difficult for a person like me ,and trying to ignore the crys and moans of the world over these issues .The Lord sees his children that know him as perfect the way he created and blameless .

the brain

emporal lobe

This lobe controls two senses: hearing and smell. It also helps to control emotion, memory, speech and behaviour.

If a seizure affects this part of your brain:

* You may smell strange smells (such as onions being fried) and hear odd sounds that aren't really there
* You may get an odd feeling in your stomach
* Your speech may be slurred
* You may have changes in your mood and behaviour. For example, you may get déjà vu (when something feels familiar even though it hasn't happened before).So, I believe the sinuses that trigger the vertigo are agervating this part of the brain,this would explain the strange odd stong odders I smell when I get vertigo.

God is every where and in everything

God's finger prints are every where we turn ,from trees growing to the new birth of a life form, God's finger print are on us ever single day.God is al present in our deep dark hours of pain,and my question is where did you see God today,I can tell that I saw him and felt him today in the mist of my battle with Vertigo episode today. I know God was present because this episode of vertigo was not near as bad as the others I have dealt with ,I my have felt a little stomach ache,but I didn't throw up that was good and my head ache subsided quickly.So,where has God shown up today or this week or this month?I hope and pray that God has made his presents known to you,but I also wanna tell you just the single breath you take is a example of Christ being in you and present ,examine you day live a life of thanksgiving each and everyday. Also ,each day ask God to help not only be able to recognize his presents in you life,but ask him to help you be a better ambassador for him that you life would reflect Christ.

God is Awesome Read Lana's story

if you wanna story of how Gos has worked in someone life go read

http://lanacole.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/selfless-to-selfish/
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# Johny.B Says:
October 13, 2008 at 11:56 pm

yes I would love to sit down and talk with you one day about all that happened with you knee.

Lana I personally can relate in so way to your situation when you knee got injured and that put a hamper on what you loved to do ,but i can totally relate on this on to a T being embarrassed for the way a part of your body looks . my back if you have ever seen it has a scar that looks like a train track down it my back sticks out from when my bone were brittle and I had 9 crushed vertebra ,I did not like taking my shirt off i mean boys don’t normally get that way about a shirt because I was scared of what others would think.One day while out side cutting the grass and burning up I said i don’t care what others think and i took my shirt off because I knew even as a kid God made me ,and he was not embarrassed.But,what i also wanna share is at a young age of 5 I loved to workout lift weights,I had hopes and dreams of being a body builder and i still wanna walk up one day on a stage at a muscle and fitness competition and flex because I am about to workout still,but imagine being told you wont be able to workout,and imagine even before and after surgery the treat of being paralyzed is still great

God box sermon

God Box Sermon by Josh Causey

We are hidden Christ and the sin is remove because of what Christ did on the Cross.

this is for Angel,Jess and Matt

I just wanted to post a cute picture,of my family,they are blood relatives because
each and everyone of us is related in blood because of Jesus Christ!

polluted water

Just as water that has been mixed with dirt,or has had some type of waste dumped in it becomes unclean,so is the heart and mind of man because of sin,but were were born into sin,water did not start out unclean.Even after we except Christ into our live and he washes us clean it is a battle ever single day to keep out heart and mind focused on him,David a man after God's own heart struggled.We all struggle and fall short day after day,Remember in Genesis 3 Adam and Eve in the Garden ,Eve was tricked by the serpent The Devil in to eating the fruit ,and gave some to Adam and he ate so of the fruit from the Tree in the middle of the garden,that God had told them they could not eat from,and after they had eaten the fruit they saw they were Naked ,their eyes we open the bible says,and even after all of this in 1 John 3:16 ,if we except Jesus Christ we receive the give of Salvation.But,the everyday struggle is after we except Christ is to reflect him daily,I was reading a comment on Robert Terrell's flickr site on and old picture he had taken of me and some other kid and we had written I belong to Jesus and person that commented said I though they would know we are Christians by our love,this evening I got to recalling that comment that I had read,and I don't wanna one of those that walks around with the nice Christian T Shirt and I don't want the bumper sticker with the fish that says Jesus loves you ,because actions and how we tree one another speaks louder than a bunch of words,is it easy no ,its not. So, just know all who read this your not struggling alone in life and trying to daily represent Christ.

Rooted in Christ