05 Sunday Oct 2014
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God wants what is best for us. Sometimes we need to wait on Him to provide it, but that is His plan. When we stand in the middle of hard situations, it is sometimes easy to fall into the trap of believing this is what our lives amount to. Trust in God and know our best is not where we stand today, it is coming as part of God’s perfect plan for us.
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28 Sunday Sep 2014
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The video below is the depiction of Jesus calling Peter to follow Him from the movie “Son of God”. The clip shows how Jesus does not call us to follow Him empty handed. Jesus wants to bless us and give us what we need for a full existence. God did not create us for a sub-par life. His desire is that we live our lives to the absolute fullest.
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21 Sunday Sep 2014
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Most people who know me know I am a huge New York Yankees fan. I was born in New York City and have loved the Yankees my whole life. While I know the attached video is not a spiritual one, it shows Derek Jeter, who is retiring this year, as a man and player who is highly respected by anyone and everyone who loves baseball no matter how you feel about the Yankees. God can change any man or woman to be more like Him. And it takes special people like Derek Jeter to be examples of what it means to be a good man. I don’t know where Derek Jeter is spiritually, but I thank God that He puts men like him to show others what it means to be good. I hope you enjoy the video. #Jeter #Re2pect
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14 Sunday Sep 2014
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This past summer I had the privilege of spending 8 days in the Amazon jungle with an organization called Justice & Mercy International. While I spent most of my summers in Brazil as a youth visiting family, this is the first time I visited Brazil in over 20 years and it was a life changing experience visiting and working with the forgotten people of the Amazon. One of the greatest privileges was bringing my oldest daughter with me and sharing this experience with her. These were some of the most beautiful, loving, and gracious people I had ever met and we are both looking forward to our next visit.
The below video shows an overview of the ministry.
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31 Sunday Aug 2014
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I am starting to really enjoy listening to Tim Keller. In today’s reflection post, this short video talks about how Bible interpretation differs from one part to the other. Ultimately, I agree with Tim Keller that the Bible is not meant to be interpreted literally throughout. However, we must be careful to not say it is literal or not literal as a whole. It is through prayer and study we can know the difference. The important thing to remember is it is God inspired and it is His message to us.
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24 Sunday Aug 2014
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If all we do is seek happiness, we will never really have it. If our number one priority is to serve God, we will get happiness through it. One of the most profound statements in this video is, “Aim at heaven, you get earth through in. Aim at earth, you get neither.” The less we are concerned about happiness and the more we are concerned about Him, the happier we will be.
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17 Sunday Aug 2014
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There is not much spiritual about this video, but I thought is was really cute. It’s short, but you have to watch to the end… Super special!
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10 Sunday Aug 2014
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The video below does a great job of showing how true Jesus’ words were in Mark 12:43-44 regarding giving. 43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
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03 Sunday Aug 2014
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This video is such a good reminder of what it means to give to others and the eternal impact it has on us. How we treat others, no matter how insignificant it may seem, does mean something either positively or negatively. Let us all intentionally work to be positive influences on those around us.
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13 Sunday Jul 2014
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Years of concussions have left NFL-great Ben Utecht with a brain disease that is taking his memory at only 30 years old. But it’s what he did with the memories he had left that will leave you in tears! I hope you enjoy this video.
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