Monthly Archives: March 2012

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Better Than A Pinky Promise!

Pinky Promise!

What do you want for yourself, for your life?  What does God want for yourself, for your life?  I am discovering that what God wants for me and my life is much better than what I want for myself and my life.  As I look back on my life, I can see where I actually kept getting in the way of what is best.

Look at this amazing passage of Scripture, it says it so beautifully:  “2Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:  4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”  2 Peter 1:2-4

God wants grace and peace to be multiplied into and through our lives.  It is multiplied as we step out of our own knowledge and into our knowledge of Him and His Son, our Savior.  This allows us to yield to His Spirit and experience His purpose and plan.

His divine power has given us everything we need to live the life of Godliness that He has called us to and created us for, a life of virtue and glory.  When I depend on my power, I rob myself of the opportunity to participate in the divine.

He has given us His exceeding great and precious promises, so that we might be partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption that comes from the lust of the world.  We have a choice to make and our choice determines where and how we will live.  Notice, God does not just give us promises, He gives us His exceeding great and precious promises.

God has and wants what is best for us and our lives, lets step out of our selfishness and into His promises – we will be glad we did!

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Need A Hot Pick Me Up?

Old School!

It’s the middle of the week, so I thought I would share a little pick me up.  Take all of your troubles and the challenges of life and lay them aside for just a few moments.  Now think about riding down the road on a cool night and out of the corner of your eye you see something orange, almost like a fire, but better.  It’s the “Hot Now” sign at Krispy Kreme.

You pull in and get a dozen of the hot, soft, moist pieces of heaven and head back out to your car to open the box and observe one of the most beautiful sights known to man – glazed perfection in a never-ending circle of sweetness.

Shades Of Gray!

Your mouth waters and before you know what you are doing, your hand has reached in grabbed and delivered a sensation that lasts only a few seconds, but that can be repeated at least three or four more times, before the guilt kicks in.

Who knew that soft, light and fluffy could be so good?  Vernon Rudolph did in July of 1937, when he rented a building in what is not historic old Salem in Winston-Salem, NC and began cooking the doughnuts using a secret yeast raised doughnut recipe that he purchased from a New Orleans French chef.  He cut a window in the side of the building and sold directly to the folks, who could smell what he was cooking.

Light From Above!

Now don’t you feel better?  The only thing that could possibly make you feel any better in this moment is to actually be enjoying a “hot now Krispy Kreme doughnut”. If just reading about it and looking at these pictures of the old Krispy Kreme doughnut sign that I took one day in Spartanburg, SC doesn’t do it, then I have two words for ya:  ROAD TRIP!

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I Have Decided!

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I've Made My Choice!

I am not ashamed to be a part of the fellowship of Christ.  He chose me and I have made my choice.  I am not satisfied and cannot be happy unless I am serving Him.  I am a disciple of Christ and I have much to learn.  I will forget the things that are behind, because I do not have time to waste.  I will make the most of everyday by doing as the Spirit leads, rather than as man expects.  The path I am on is the one that God has laid out for me and I will not vary from the left or to the right.  I am working, moving, sharing, serving, ministering, learning, teaching, preaching and loving with all that I’ve got, because that is what I was created for.

My past is forgiven and not held against me, so I will not hold it against myself, just as I will not hold your past against you.  I have been redeemed, bought and paid for by the precious blood of my sweet Savior.  Where I am at this very moment, is the place that God created me, Jesus saved me and the Spirit leads me to be.  I am more than confident that I have a future and enjoy the security that only my high and holy God can provide.  I will not live the simple, by what I can see and know for a fact life.  I am done with what can be explained, understood and accomplished with human understanding and manipulation.  I cannot find any satisfaction in the small goals, superficial giving, limited vision and pretend dreams of this fantasy world that it built more on talk than walk.

With each breath I breath, I am looking forward, moving faster toward the goal of living forever in the presence of my most high God and King.  This is not a wide gate that I have chosen to enter.  This is not an easy path that I’ve picked to roam.  The challenge is real, the journey is lonely and the enemy is powerful.

But my God is real, my Savior is sure and my Spirit is the trustworthy guide.  I know where I am going.  I know what I must do. I will not give up or give in.  I will not shut up or sit down.  I will continue to lift my prayers, store my blessings and fight the good fight, until my Jesus comes to take me home.

Whatever I have is His.  Wherever He leads I will go.  With every breath I breath, I will preach the glories of His love, so that at least one more might experience His grace and discover His hope.  This is not so that I can earn my way, but because He has given me that which I could never earn – a relationship that changes my today, my tomorrow and my forever!  May my life honor and glorify Him!