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Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
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Patrick Moynahan who worked under 5 presidents was asked what the greatest challenge is in todays world… he said simply “the break down of the nuclear family”. And you know what - he is right!
What a week… I spoke 6 times this week.
Chiro life conference with Dr. Jeff… a great time and again met some great people!
Matt. 1:18-24
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
The Nuclear family, Joseph sticks around. (The greatest gift after Jesus is the family)
- More than 20 million children live in a home without the physical presence of a father.
- Millions more have dads who are physically present, but emotionally absent.
- If it were classified as a disease, fatherlessness would be an epidemic worthy of attention as a national emergency.
documentary film, Irreplaceable. In short, fatherlessness is associated with almost every societal ill facing our country’s children.
Over 70% high school drop outs
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Over 70% Teen pregnancies
Over 85% of children with behavior disorders
over 90% of teenage runaways
over 63% of all suicides
over 85% of all men in prison
20% of all white Children live in fatherless homes
30% of all Hispanic children live in fatherless homes
Almost 60% of all african american children live in fatherless homes
Of those fathers that are in the home… Many of them are absent emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
- 1 Joseph chose to stay with Mary
verse: 20 But after he had considered this
He pondered… he meditated and chewed on this decision.
Yes divorce is acceptable today… but it is wrong and it is not what is best for the family.
Before you get mad, can we just agree to disagree.
Joseph was not Jesus father. He had to chose to be a father in the toughest of situations. And completely rely on God the father.
*and isn’t that the job of every Dad… in the tough times of family life to be a Dad and ask God to do it.
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
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PS. 103:3 I will heal all your sicknesses and diseases.
In my last year the things that stand out remarkably are
a young man, sick, out of school, Doctors didn’t know what it was. He had a girl break up with him and he was struggling with unforgiveness… he had an infirmity attached to his right rib cage.
A man came into church, terrible back pain. I anointed him and POP POP POP literally felt it and heard it. He was immediately jumping up and down and bending over.
Woman at the gym, torn knee cartilage, she is a non believer… but said give it a shot. She was healed immediately and a few months later came back and said My rib is either broke or out of place… boom healed again.
I had $200 in my pocket. God told me one night go give it to a man I knew. He was packing for a trip with his wife and kids. The did not have enough money for gas, but God said I will provide. I stopped by, chatted for a few minutes and said “well God told me to stope and give you this $200”… he smiled and then told me his end of the story.
I was at a tattoo shop and asked the girl there about the pain in the left of her neck… we prayed and it left.
Smith Wigglesworth… heals a woman, says go get the doctors report and bring it back and read to me what it says… she says I can’t read…
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
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DAD
I'll Always be There for You!
It's a fascinating story that comes out of the 1989 earthquake which almost
flattened Armenia. This deadly tremor killed over 30,000 people in less than
four minutes. In the midst of all the confusion of the earthquake, a father
rushed to his son's school. When he arrived there he discovered the building
was flat as a pancake.
Standing there looking at what was left of the school, the father remembered
a promise he made to his son, "No matter what, I'll always be there for
you!" Tears began to fill his eyes. It looked like a hopeless situation, but
he could not take his mind off his promise.
Remembering that his son's classroom was in the back right corner of the
building, the father rushed there and started digging through the rubble. As
he was digging other grieving parents arrived, clutching their hearts,
saying: "My son! "My daughter!" They tried to pull him off of what was left
of the school saying: "It's too late!" "They're dead!" "You can't help!" "Go
home!" Even a police officer and a fire-fighter told him he should go home.
To everyone who tried to stop him he said, "Are you going to help me now?"
They did not answer him and he continued digging for his son stone by stone.
He needed to know for himself: "Is my boy alive or is he dead?" This man dug
for eight hours and then twelve and then twenty-four and then thirty-six.
Finally in the thirty-eighth hour, as he pulled back a boulder, he heard his
son's voice. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" and a voice answered him,
"Dad?" It's me Dad!" Then the boy added these priceless words, "I told the
other kids not to worry. I told 'em that if you were alive, you'd save me
and when you saved me, they'd be saved. You promised that, Dad. 'No matter
what,' you said, 'I'll always be there for you!' And here you are Dad. You
kept your promise!"
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, "Chicken Soup for the Soul."
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6).
You have probably heard the old cliche “God said it, I believe it, that settles it”. But thats actually not true or accurate. The truth is “God said it, that settles it”. It does not matter if we believe it or not.
God will never leave us or forsake us… Do you believe it? When things are bad, really bad, really really bad… do you still believe it? Maybe in those times rather than ask “God where are you… we might trust he is there and ask God what are you wanting to teach me, show me, reveal to me”. That might be a better use of our time.
We don’t need to believe he is there… he is there regardless.
I posted on my facebook page today yesterday a quote that said “God is not who you think he is, he is who he said he is”. Pretty powerful if you believe it. Why? Because he said he will never leave us or forsake us.
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
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An overweight businessman decided it was time to shed some excess pounds. He
took his new diet seriously, even changing his driving route to avoid his
favorite bakery. One morning, however, he showed up at work with a gigantic
coffee cake. Everyone in the office scolded him, but his smile remained
nonetheless. "This is a special coffee cake," he explained. "I accidentally
drove by the bakery this morning and there in the window was a host of
goodies. I felt it was no accident, so I prayed, 'Lord, if you want me to
have one of those delicious coffee cakes, let there be a parking spot open
right in front.' And sure enough, the eighth time around the block, there it
was!"
TEMPTATION
The devil, your enemy, goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat. Refuse to give in to him, by standing strong in your faith.
1 PETER 5:8-9
You've got to admit, some of our hearts are trashed out. Let any riffraff knock on the door, and we throw it open. Anger shows up, and we let him in. Revenge needs a place to stay, so we have him pull up a chair. Pity wants to have a party, so we show him the kitchen. Lust rings the bell, and we change the sheets on the bed. Don't we know how to say no?
Many don't. For most of us, thought management is, well, unthought of. We think much about time management, weight management, personnel management, even scalp management. But what about thought management? Shouldn't we be as concerned about managing our thoughts as we are managing anything else? Jesus was. Like a trained soldier at the gate of a city, he stood watch over his mind. He stubbornly guarded the gateway of his heart. . . .
If he did, shouldn't we . . . ?
Theme: Temptation
Matthew 4:1-11
1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by
the devil. 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The
tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones
to become bread."
4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'[a]"
5Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the
highest point of the temple. 6"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw
yourself down. For it is written:
" 'He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone."
7Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your
God to the test."
8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him
all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9"All this I will give
you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
10Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written:
'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only."
11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
What is your plan to deal with temptation in times of stress, pressure or
great need? We need an effective plan for those moments. An effective plan
has five weapons to put the devil on the defense.
First: We need to identify our top areas of temptation:
1. Perhaps it is a critical spirit of others.
(I will use this as an example… but apply your temptations to this biblical formula)
2. You can always see the bad in others.
3. Even if they did ten things right you can always point out the one thing they didn¹t do.
Second: Find one to three passages that teach us to be positive and loving
toward others thereby countering this temptation of criticism.
1. Pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another² (Romans 14:19).
2. Show tolerance [forbearance] to one another² (Ephesians 4:2).
3. Do not complain against one another² (James 5:9).
Third: Recognize the key words and phrases you use to express that critical spirit.
1. You always...
2. Why did you do it that way....
3. I would have done it this way....
4. You drive me crazy....
5. You fill in the blank.
If you are really courageous ask several family members or friends, one on one, to tell you what you say as you begin ??????to express that critical spirit.
Fourth: Ask the Lord Jesus to help you:
1. Hear yourself.
2. To stop you when start being critical.
3. To change your spirit.
4. To fill you will patience, kindness and love.
Fifth: Practice, practice, practice. Pledge to yourself that you will:
1. Keep you mouth shut for the next thirty days and just listen
2. If you open your mouth and the negative begins to emerge you
will stop the moment the Holy Spirit brings to mind those passages you¹ve
memorized
3. Back up, apologize if need be and go back to listening.
4. Continue this practice of turning to scripture and letting God¹s
word become your words.
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
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What a year of worry! I can’t remember a year where worried ruled like it has this year of 2020!
And what is thanksgiving?
it is practicing the power of Joy!
AND WHAT IS JOY?
IT IS OUR STRENGTH!
Gal. 5:22, 23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Joy is a fruit of the spirit. it is the spirit living inside us and released to do what god intended
YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE JOY AS A FEELING… YOU HAVE IT AS THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVING INSIDE YOU. LET IT OUT!
Thanksgiving is a choice = which produces Joy = is an intrinsic feeling from the soul.
We step outside our “feelings” and step into the supernatural… we practice thanksgiving against our feelings… it is the catalyst of joy.
Col. 3:15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. (ALWAYS GIVE GOD AUTHORITY OVER YOUR LIFE)
When you worry about a problem or situation… who are you saying is in control? YOU or you wouldn’t be worried.
But if we are practicing thanksgiving we are saying “God I can rejoice about this because you are in charge!”
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
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INTRO: 3 people walk into a bar…
Three vampires walk into a bar. The first one says, "I'll have a pint of blood."
The second one says, "I'll have one, too."
The third one says, "I'll have a pint of plasma."
The bartender says, "So, that'll be two Bloods and a Blood Lite?”
E-flat walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Sorry, we don't serve minors.”
A horse walks into a bar. The shocked bartender points a finger his way in alarm and yells, “Hey!”
The horse says, “You read my mind, buddy.”
HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE…
Three people walk into a dinner party: A Pharisee, a Prophet and a prostitute.
IF YOU HAVEN’T?
LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY.
Luke 7
36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”
40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me, teacher,” he said.
41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”
“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”
48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
Its easy to judge, We can do it with so little thought. Prostitutes.
I worked with them , new them and even had a person in my family work as a prostitute.
Most enter in at age 13-14, or as a stripper.
They have one of the highest mortality rates in their occupation.
Most are not sinful, dirty disgusting… most are just desperate.
jesus asks Simon the pharisee if he sees this woman.
Simon thinks… Yeah, I see her, obviously you don’t know who she is or what she does.
Simon regards himself as less of a sinner because his sins are less obvious compared to hers.
The opening joke about the vampires… 2 bloods and a blood light. Most of us think our sin doesn’t really need all of Christs blood for forgiveness… more like a Christ blood light. WE belittle Christ work on the cross through our self righteousness.
Nonetheless, Jesus asks DO YOU SEE HER?
What an interesting question. Of course he does. But does he really see her.
Those that you are in opposition with and find offense with… Do you see them?
I like to think to myself what made this person turn from a wide eyed little child into the person they are today… And then I ask God to help me see them the way he sees them.
Remember we only have to love those Christ died for. So you better see everyone the way Jesus sees them.
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
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You are needing an A on a test to at least have a shot at a scholarship. No scholarship probably no college. This is the last test of the year… The good thing is the teacher grades on a curve so you are pretty confident about your chances. However in the middle of the test you see a student next to you cheating… not totally unheard of but as you scan his answers you see that he is answering every question correctly which means he will get an A+ and you will probably get a B-. This will definitely blow the curve. So what do you do… do you go tell the teacher?
Here are your parameters for you men…
It’s a girl and she is your best friends girlfriend. Does this change the scenario?
She is also the most popular girl in school and you will pay dearly for snitching on her. Does this change your answer?
Her father is the principle of the school and he has been known to have a pretty mean temper. Does this change your position on the matter? And finally the principle is also your father… i.e. she is your sister. Does this change your answer?
I have somewhat tricked many of you, because the first question I should have asked is wether or not you think cheating is wrong.
Todays world has changing values according all the circumstances involved in each scenario. What may be wrong for one person we see as quite possibly an acceptable choice for another (or even ourselves)
The truth is that if cheating is wrong, its wrong. There is no other circumstance that changes your decision.
One of the greatest examples of faith is when Daniel after being captured had resolved in his heart not to defile himself. 1:8 he did not want to eat of the food given him because it was food offered to idols and a sign of allegiance to these idols. He said, My heart is for God regardless of the circumstances.
Daniel is the kid who immediately raises his hand in class and says “my sister is cheating”. Not out of hate, but because it is wrong.
We can make so many decisions in life hard, when in reality if we have already resolved in our heart to serve God - it’s been decided thus an easy decision.
Your boss asks you to fudge on the numbers… you say I can’t. He asks why? You tell him I have already decided to never cheat God by cheating the numbers. You may lose your job, but God took care of these young men, I think he will take care of you.
Joshua 24 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Remember the song Ghost busters? it had that repetitive line in it “who you gonna call? Ghost busters. Well guess what? daily the world around you is crying out “who you gonna serve?” now if you don’t decide beforehand it will make it harder to choose the right one.
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
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Its not what you don’t know that messes you up, its not what you know that messes you up, it’s what you know and don’t do that messes you up?
WISDOM
On January 23, 1909, a small invention played a crucial role in the lives of
1500 people. The New York-bound ocean liner the "Florida" rammed into the
"Republic." Jack Binns, the Republic's new wireless radio man, reassembled
his contraption which had been destroyed in the collision. He sent out
distress calls for the next 12 hours until the crew and passengers were
rescued in the dawn light of Sunday morning. Only a few died.
Jack Binns became a national hero. He was given a ticker tape parade. Songs
were written about him. He even testified before congress on the importance
of regulating wireless technology on all ships. Congress listened politely
but ignored his message. Binn gave up his quest, accepted no profit from his
celebrity, and went back home to England to await reassignment. Three years
later he received an assignment aboard a ship that he turned down. He had
fallen in love and was soon to marry. The turned down assignment? The
Titanic.
It is now felt that Binn's message was ignored because so few lives were
lost on the Republic. It took tragedy on the scale of the Titanic for the
importance of wireless to be understood.
We as men typically wait until a crisis to seek wisdom to change - or practice wisdom. But true wisdom is constantly looking for ways to be administered to life in all areas.
Why are we like this? We ignore wisdom at our own peril.
The first reason… we do not know how to apply it…
Harvard Business Research 95% of people who go to business conference understand and know the principle s and agree with them, but don’t know how to apply it to your business.
So what’s the real problem…how come they don’t know how to use them?
Why? They are afraid to admit they do not know how to use it. Look maybe you sit at church and you have gained a lot of knowledge, you feel good about it… but life hasn’t really changed because you haven’t used what you have learned. But truth is you don’t really know how.
Do you want to radically change your spiritual life? I mean seriously jump miles ahead of most men? Its simple and proven. Get in a mens small group and talk about the sermon you have heard on Sunday. Yes it’s great to do bible studies on books and topics… but again and again what has been proven to be most effective is taking Sundays sermon - that has been heard by many - dissected in a group - practiced and held accountable by a select few.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
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To be great you have to go all out… and it may cost you. But if you are not careful it may also cost others around you as well.
We all want to be great at something. Many of us are willing to pay the price, but have you ever run across someone who is incredibly successful in life OR SO IT SEEMS… and later you find out what a miserable wretch they were in all the other areas of their lives?
Ted Williams arguably the greatest baseball player of all times. His life was baseball. His practice routine was epic and he was known to have every detail down to a science. He studied pitchers… he would know every detail, he would suck up to umpires and pick their brains and take detailed notes. He would go to great lengths to berate pitchers to get them to lose focus. One of his best known jabs was “what is dumber than a pitcher? 2 pitchers”. Williams demanded his bats be kept in a locker next to his, he would clean them with alcohol every night and weigh them to make sure condensation was not affecting their weight. He went off to war for 3 years and came back and became even more of perfectionist. He went through 3 marriages, his managers hated him, his teammates couldn’t stand him and in fact when he would meet a young woman he would tell her its baseball first, fishing second and then you if I have time.
But lets not forget Albert Einstein. The smartest man ever (next to Solomon) he was an absolute train wreck of a husband, father and co-worker. He in fact wrote up a contract for his wife to sign if they were going to get married… here is what it said.
And with that his son said “i am the only project my father ever gave up on”.
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
*This doesn’t t just mean your physical body… eat right, exercise etc… but rather all that makes us who we are in how God created us. Body, soul, spirit and all that this entails. We honor God in all we do.
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
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Things are not always what they may seem to be. Take for example the topic of child abuse… its obvious that it would be men who abuse children most, they typically abuse sons and they use their fists or hands. But the truth is surprising, yes while men are abusive and most children fatalities due to abuse are at the hands of men… it is women who abuse children more… they have more time with their kids. They may use their hand but most likely they will use whatever is at hand- a hairbrush, a spoon a shoe or belt or even purse.
But again things are not always as they seem. You would imagine that physical abuse at the hands of your parents would have to be the worst thing a child could grow up with… But actually it is mental and emotional abuse that is worse. There is a great chance that a child at school will show signs of physical abuse, bruising, burns, flinching etc… But emotional abuse may actually be the hardest to understand or even detect…
But again things are not always as they seem. A child may in fact get out of their house by age 18… free from physical and emotional abuse, and never deal with it again. But here is the real issue… those abused typically marry abusers… and those who don’t are still stuck with an abuser the rest of their life unless dealt with.
What do I mean? The fact is that a person who is abused emotionally has learned the traits of the abuser so well that they are engrained in their psyche and thought process. One of my favorite stories is from a Bernie Seigel book called faith hope and healing is about a young woman who gets a call from her mother. Her mother berates her for never calling and talking to her, says what kind of daughter are you, you should try harder, do better etc… The mother takes a deep breath and says “don’t you at least miss hearing my voice?”
The daughter explodes… “miss hearing your voice? I hear it a hundred times every day in my head”. You don’t work hard enough, you don’t smile enough, You should take better care of yourself, you need to eat better, don’t slouch, don’t pick your teeth, don’t scrunch your face, be nice to your brother he is the one in the family who is the smart one….
So if I ask who your number one abuser is… I would guess its you. Your own mind and or the voices still stuck up in your mind.
Look lets be completely fair, some of you have voices in your head that tell you things are great, you are awesome and with just a little bit more life will be great.
So for now lets assume that abuse is not just the negative but anything that is outside of Gods reality and his word.
How does one gain the mind of Christ? And it is trickier than you might think…
Listen to Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. – Proverbs 23:7(KJV)
What a unique insight into a mans heart. On the outside life is great, eat, drink and be merry… but his thoughts are what he weighs his life value on. Oh, I look happy but my heart tells me otherwise.
Who stole your heart? What I mean by that is who put those words in your heart that speak to your mind and alter your life?
To gain the mind of Christ one must first forgive the people who have spoken words over you that contradict scripture.
Secondly you must read Gods word so that you may know exactly what he does think of you (spoiler alert, he is crazy about you) and finally you will start to see your actions and your mind line up to the word of God. That is such a beautiful place to be.
I read once years ago that we lie not according to what we think about ourselves, and we don’t live according to what others think about us… but rather we live according to what we THINK others think about us. There is a lot of validity to that… but honestly, we can actually KNOW what God thinks of us if we simply take time to read his word and speak to him daily.