Hope & Faith

Where are you headed?

An achingly beautiful song, written by David Meece and Dwight Liles. I hope I interpreted it correctly. The first verse seems to have to do with a workaholic dad who was absent a lot of the time. I think the second verse is about the same little boy from the first verse, now a father himself. Of course, the last verse is about the throne of God, the most loving chair of all.

I heard this song on the sampler CD that I get with Worship Leader magazine (SongDiscovery). It blew me away. Not a real deep message: "God is good"; yeah, we know that. But the message is expressed very well and makes us remember how good He is. The song is centered around two key Bible verses. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that God has good plans for us, to give us a hope and a future. And Romans 8:28 tells us that he uses everything for good, even the bad stuff in our lives.

Jaime co-wrote the song along with a close friend, Hope Darst, who challenged her after Jaime was a little bit disappointed in God's response to some of her prayers. A wonderful song. Thank you Jaime and Hope.

From Paul Baloche's album "A Greater Song", an album he recorded live at his home church. This is a straightforward and unabashed song of praise and thanks. He co-wrote the song along with Graham Kendrick.

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Three professional actors, using only two chairs, a table and a few cloths, bring the actual words of the New Testament to life with stunning simplicity and imagination.

Anthropos in association with Walking the dog Theater presents The Gospel of John, performed by David Anderson, Laurie Portocarrero and Glen Williamson directed by Adrian Locher and Benedicta Bertau. Originally devised by TaurusVoice Company, U.K.

Presented in a way that makes the Gospel accessible to anyone, this 100-minute performance is a breathtaking journey into one of the world's most beloved stories. The fast-paced action evokes all the tenderness, intimacy, passion, anger, and mystery of John the Evangelist's poetic masterpiece.

Nothing more needs to be said other than the song title.

Daily Pulse - Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

This is a brief introduction to my God story. God has worked marvelously over the last 20 years in my life. I am finally now going to share my story with believers to encourage them in their faith. And with unbelievers to help many come to know Jesus Christ. Thanks for watching. Please subscribe. Also visit us at Godfmtv.com, godfmtv on youtube, facebook and twitter.

Levi Benkert was playing with his children in the park when he received an urgent phone call from a friend asking him to drop everything and fly to Ethiopia to help organize a rescue orphanage for children destined to be murdered as part of a tribal superstition known as “mingi killings.” Moved by his friend’s story, Levi packed his bags and left for what he thought would be a short two-week trip. But upon meeting the children, Levi knew there was no turning back.

Twenty-year-old American gymnast Shawn Johnson is a four-time Olympic gold and silver medalist; a national- and world-champion athlete. Already a popular role model to all ages, in 2009 she captured the national spotlight again when she won the widely popular Dancing with the Stars. Yet Shawn is no stranger to hard work and adversity.

America teeters on a precipice. In the midst of financial turmoil, political uncertainty, declining morality, the constant threat of natural disasters, and myriad other daunting challenges, many wonder what the future holds for this once-great nation. Will history’s greatest democracy stage a miraculous comeback, returning to the forefront of the world’s economic and spiritual stage? Can America’s religious past be repeated today with a third Great Awakening? Or will the rise of China, Russia, and other nations, coupled with the US’s internal struggles, send her into a decline from which there can be no return?

Like millions of other women, CNN’s Headline News and truTV’s In Session anchor Christi Paul blamed herself for the emotional abuse heaped on her by her first husband, whose violent, profanity-laced tirades left her feeling as though she had no value, no self-worth, and nowhere to turn for help.

Then one day, when Christi was taking refuge in a church parking lot, the verse “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” popped into her head. In that moment, she realized she did have someplace to turn after all. Holding fast to her faith, Christi began the arduous process of rebuilding her self-image and regaining control of her life.

Victoria Arlen became paralyzed at the age of 11 due to a spinal illness.
Now she's headed to London for the Paralympic Games!
Awesome!

Are you in a spiritual or carnal war?

Daily Pulse - Genesis 2:2-3 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Sometimes raising teenagers can be like sending an astronaut into space. You may remember the very early space probes launched from Cape Canaveral in the 1960s that created anxiety for the safety of the astronaut. It was especially intense when the spacecraft was re-entering the earth's atmosphere.

Parents need to make a concerted effort to build bridges to their kids, starting very early to have fun as a family, laughing and talking and doing things that bond the generations together. That's the best way I know to disarm the teenage time bomb before the fuse is lit.

You know, there are those who believe so strongly in the value of positive thinking that they see nothing to be gained from that which is negative. Well, I respectfully disagree. It's the balance between the positive and the negative that provides the benefit. Let me illustrate.

Our Anniversary was on June 20th. It was our 20th Anniversary. So, for the first 19 days, I made a post on Facebook teelling my wife something I loved or admired about her each day. Day 20, I posted this video...

Isn't it strange how when we're disturbed over some family problem, we sometimes choose the most obscure or roundabout ways of saying so. I saw a good cartoon recently that showed a double bed to which the wife had nailed vertical two-by-fours to both the headboard and the footboard right in the middle. Then she'd strung barbed wire from one end to the other.