You are the definition of a true Christian! You
might have done some crazy things in the past,
but you are definitely going all-out for God.
You believe He suffered and died for your sins
and rose again on the third day, and He is
worthy of all our praise! You worship God with
your life, just how it should be! We need more
people like you! Onward Christian soldiers!
Are you a true Christian or a hypocrite?
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First and foremost, Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. Anyone who needs prayer, encouragement, or a friend, I'm here for you. If you have a prayer request that you would like to post on our Prayer Changes Things group page, or if you would like to be a part of our group, please click on the picture below:
Love & blessings, Monte'" / Get Your Own Voice Player Manage
Music:
Contempory Christian, Gospel, Christian Hip-hop, Praise & Worship, R&B, Motown, Jazz, 80's music.
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Kirk Franklin: Lean On Me
Casting Crowns: Who Am I?
Casting Crowns: Voice of Truth
Movies:
Rick Warren's life - NightLine InterviewThis is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick
Warren , "Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church
in CaliforniaPeople ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a
nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last
forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my
Body-- but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions
of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal.
God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life
isn't going to make sense.Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just
coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character
than your comfort.God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making
your life happy.We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal
of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the
toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark
time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe
that anymore.Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of
like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something
good and something bad in your life.
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something
bad that needs to be worked on.And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always
something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.
If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness,
"which is my problem, my issues, my pain."But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your
focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of
thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for
her.It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened
her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her
a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For
instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15
million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with
before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego
or for you to live a life of ease.So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money,
notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped
me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our
lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary
from the church.Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The
Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for
the sick, and educate the next generation.Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years
since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating
to be able to serve God for free.We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions?
Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness?
Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God,
if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and
love You better ...God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more
interested in what I am than what I do. That's why we're called human
beings, not human doings.Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.Painful moments, TRUST GOD.Every moment, THANK GOD.
Books:
Let It Go
By T. D. Jakes:
There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left. The Bible said that, "...they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us." [1 John 2:19]People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay.Let them go!!And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over . And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know when it's dead. You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay.Let them go!!If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to......LET IT GO!!!If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ......LET IT GO!!!If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth .....LET IT GO!!!If someone has angered youLET IT GO!!!If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge......LET IT GO!!!If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction......LET IT GO!!!If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talentsLET IT GO!!!If you have a bad attitude .......LET IT GO!!!If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better......LET IT GO!!!If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship.......LET IT GO!!!If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves......LET IT GO!!!If you're feeling depressed and stressedLET IT GO!!!If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need to......LET IT GO!!!Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new thing for 2006!!!LET IT GO!!!Get Right or Get Left. Think about it, and thenLET IT GO!!!"The Battle is the Lord's!"
Heroes:
Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. My parents, because they never stopped praying for me when I was rebelling against God......they were always there for me in times of trouble. The late Elder Jerry Boyd, who counseled and prayed with me, and for me when I was going through my problems with alcoholism.
