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The place to go!
http://greengables.tripod.com/

Things to listen to!

1. Generation Church @ http://www.generatinchurch.com/ Click on Arcive to downlode past stuff. to just listen go to the arcive @ http://www.citychurch.com/


2. Saddleback Church Crave the series "Forty" for Our purposes @ www.saddlebackfamily.com/MediaCenter/Crave/

Returnig to a life after spiritual numbness: Learning the obvious

Somtimes in your everyday spiritual journey you come to a place of numbness (a.k.a. doubt and self-awarness). Decribed by me and a guy I met the day befor yesterday as "not on the mountain top and not quite in the valley". To the world a spirit of Self- awarness is a good thing but it is not your not focusing on God (hence the doubt). What happens is you don't feel that Ah-ha spark but still hunger grows stronger, you wonder are you dead and compare your self with everyone, and wonder what is your purpose. You arive at the answer "to Glorify God" ether the long way or the short way, wich is good because thats true. However, that leads you to questions like how do you realy do that in work, when do you start the work that gives him that, why havent I started that. Thats the self-awarness kicking in then you build a tower of bable by trying to bring your self closer to God by works. The mistake made by the children of Noha and us is we forgot God is the one that lifts us up and not ourselves by works. Ephesians 2:8 -9 talkes about being saved by grace and not works. And hear comes The spiritual Ah-ha moment God hates works as a means to gain him He is the one that draws us near to him and he is in our hart closer then we can imagine. He didn't save us to do work or to glorify him, but because he loves us! Glorifing him and working for him is our Responce. My Sunday School Teacher Mr. Tom York seperated the word responceable to responce -able. That makes our burdan light in it self Changes the question from what is my purpuse to what is my responce. And that is "Holy" "glory" "worthy" lastly "thankyou". The work to be done God goes! He who began a good work in you will be faithfull to complite it in you. Philippians 1:6

Notes On : Wounded the Way I should Be By Pastor Judah

PROV 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Befriending the right friend

Points:

1. Which way should you be wounded? e.g. your friend slaps you to save you from a bug. In a true friendship is pain but the pain should come the truth. Real friendship is dependent on truth.
2. Friendships are Life Partnerships: Partnerships dictates the path you take in life. This is one of the most important disions you will make. Q: Why not have friends that shapes you into who you want to be? When you take more time choosing any thing else.
3. KissUp's are not friendships.: Because you never know the truth. Wound comes from the word split in Hebrew.
4. First be the true friend: Ether way you get hurt but it to be paper cut now and alive then stabbed because you didn't know the truth.Mat 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
5. Q:Have you been consistent with your friends? When your not you stunt there growth because conflict is important to growth.

Womanhood in A "Dream Deferred"

Dream Deferred
(by Langston Hughes 1902-1967)

"What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?"

I add perhaps it takes life like a glass of water and adds lemon for health but taste a bit sour.

The way of wisdom

Today in proverbs ch. 9 {my favorite Ch.} I learn about “the way of wisdom”. Question. What is the way of wisdom? That is answers in Proverbs 9:10 10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.Fear of the Lord and Knowledge of the Holy.And after that is setting goals for my self. The bible earlier in that same passage says in vs. one“ 1 ¶ Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars” my birthday is Nov. 9th so this proverbs Is important to me so “seven pillars” is representative of how we are to set goals for our selves. 9 goes a head to tell us the way of folly so we can know when we are on it and one clue is folly makes no plans.