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Archive for January, 2012

In a world of uncertainty, pain, and struggle, where do you find solid assurance and unshakeable truth?

Gifted Bible teacher and inspiring Women of Faith speaker Sheila Walsh offers powerful, heart-filled teaching on 10 bedrock promises of God, providing the foundation for daily confidence, joy, and hope.

In THE SHELTER OF GOD’S PROMISES, Sheila searches Scripture for what God has promised us, what God’s promises mean, and how encounters with Christ are the eternal fulfillment of His unrelenting commitment to us. In this riveting walk through some of the Bible’s most compelling stories, Walsh unveils 10 foundational promises of God that secure our lives during even the most difficult times. Sheila weaves her hallmark storytelling, inspiring personal experience, and Scripture to help readers gain a trust in God that will sustain them for a lifetime.

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Pronounced dead at birth, Christopher Coleman survived and thrived. Watch this inspiring story of faith and calling featured in the October issue of In Touch Magazine. Read the feature: http://bit.ly/oct11_ITM. In Touch Ministries, 2011.

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The best english christian song- with all I am (Hillsong)

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Visit http://lifesuccessquotes.com/changelife Happy New Year 2011 Start your success journey today. With determination and consistent effort, 2011 will be your best year ever ! Stay motivated with more motivational and inspirational video clips. Watch your best inspirational video for 2011 on this channel.

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Thanks to all photographers for these great shots. All these pictures are used under Common Creative license. Below are the links to those pictures :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72213316@N00/4122439089/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/72213316@N00/3814025382/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/111emergency/4716121759/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/coolmikeol/4067271349/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/4340727578/
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The true to life story of a man depicted in the video presents a most inspiring profile of courage. More importantly, love for God even genuine faith in Him. The man who wrote it, his story and the song could very well be handles for encouragement for those who are currently experiencing difficulties in life where it is as if there is no end to such sufferings in sight. God is honored when we give thanks to Him for the gifts/blessings that we receive from Him. But God is more honored when even in the midst of great difficulties, we are still able to say even sing, “It is well with my soul”. For then, in faith, we have surrendered our fate to Him who continues to work His perfect will for us spelled out in Romans 8:28-29. He uses our trials and temptations to bring about such good, acceptable and perfect will even to perfect our faith. It takes more patience and faith to bless God in times of great difficulties than in times of blessings as such attitude is not normal to us; thus, the former honors God more than the latter situation of much blessings in life. May I encourage you therefore to have the attitude of Horatio Spafford to God in your times of trials for such gives glory to God whose best interest is our best interest here on earth and the life to come – in heaven.

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Jan-17-12

Tim Tebow: The Pressure Is On

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Broncos QB about to go head-to-head with Patriots Tom Brady.

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Jan-15-12

Tim Tebow after the steelers game

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Broncos QB Tim Tebow speaks with the media about the overtime victory over the Steelers and looks forward to the matchup against the Patriots next week.

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Jan-15-12

Urgency of Purpose

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During my devotions this morning I was reading an entry called, “I bless you with the peace of Jesus” out of a little booklet titled, Daily Spirit Blessings by Arthur Burk and Sylvia Gunter. It made me think about the “tyranny of the urgent” vs “the urgency of purpose.”

No one walked this earth with an urgency of purpose like Jesus. He was pressed on every side by demands of the crowds yet He filled each day with those things that were priorities in the fulfillment of His ultimate purpose. John 5:19 says that Jesus told the Jewish leaders this: “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself but what He sees the Father do, for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.” Or to put it in laymen terms, “I get my direction for everything I do from my Father. I only follow His lead.” As He walked this earth, He accomplished more in the three years of His ministry than most people do in a lifetime and ultimately achieved His purpose in going to the cross. As I pondered this, I believe He was giving us a key to what it means to “walk in the Spirit” when He said He only did what He saw His Father doing.

So how do we accomplish that without being sucked in by the tyranny of the urgent that is around us and pressing in on us from all sides? For one thing, we need to develop that habit of constant communion with the Father, paying attention to the still small voice of guidance that He gives. In order to do that, we often have to quiet the clamor of our flesh and its desires that speak so loudly they try to drown out the Spirit’s voice. And we have to discern whether we are listening to God’s voice or satan’s voice – anyone who has repented of their sin and trusted in Christ’s sacrifice on their behalf, has become a child of God. Every child learns to know the sound of his father’s voice and it’s no different in the spiritual realm – but that’s a topic for a different blog entry. Suffice it to say that the key to knowing His voice is spending time with Him, reading His Word and talking to Him on a daily basis.

Another thing we need to do is pay attention to peace. I have learned that peace, or rather, the lack thereof, is like a warning light on the dashboard of your car. When peace is gone, so is God’s spirit. Jesus spoke these words in John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you…” You can count on it; if peace isn’t ruling in your heart, He isn’t ruling either.

This line from the little devotional I read this morning stood out to me, “I bless you with being peaceful because you know ahead of time that your Father God will partner with you to provide adequacy for each day, whether a day with pain or pleasure.” Peace comes from walking in that assurance that He is there, just as He said He would be, no matter what your circumstances.

All of what I’ve already said presumes that we know what our purpose and calling is here on this earth. Without a sense of purpose that gives us the urgency to accomplish that purpose, we will inevitably be driven by the urgencies of life; the tyranny of the urgent. Obviously there are things that are legitimate urgencies in our lives such as getting meals on the table, getting the laundry done, earning a living, etc. However, God also has a destiny He would like each of us to fulfill and until that sense of destiny becomes more urgent than the common ordinary urgencies of life, we will have great difficulty accomplishing our calling.

So today I bless you with the knowledge of your calling and the ability to walk hand in hand with Him to accomplish it.

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Looking for insight and inspiration? You’re going to love Justin Cohen’s – Big Little Stories. For more inspirational stories go to www.biglittlestories.com.

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Quotes, stories, and pictures of Persecuted Christian teens… China, Nigeria, Columbia, Egypt, Eritrea…. set to Casting Crowns “Praise You in the Storm”. The information in this slideshow was gathered from www.persecution.com, www.kidsofcourage.org, and Voice of the Martyrs magazine. The slideshow was origionally shown at a youth service for Agawam Church of the Bible. If you are interested in learning more about the persecuted church, please visit the afore mentioned websites!

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