Open Your Spititual Eyes

     In your life there are obnoxious people; there are mean people, folks who demand a lot of your time and attention; complainers; problem people.

     Honestly, there are people, who for one reason or another, you'd just like to close the door on like almost everyone else has.

     And frankly speaking, you will unless you see them through the eyes of Jesus. Then you'll see the need behind the deeds, like a mother who looks past a baby's crying to find out where it hurts.  

Attitude

Your positive actions are actually cancelled out by the stinky atmosphere you bring - the stress, the insensitivity, and the criticism you create while you're doing all those good things.

You can be doing great stuff and have a Lousy Attitude and drag people down. What people are supposed to experience by being around you is "the fragrance of the knowledge of Jesus."  

"Spiritual Body Guards"

Christ's body has been Broken Enough. He said, "This is My body which was broken for you."

Don't allow it to be broken any more by a Christian attacking another Christian.

Don't throw any punches at someone that Jesus loves very much.  

"Running On Empty"

Could it be that you've gotten So Caught Up in running for Jesus that you're "Running On Empty"? If you Stop for a fill-up every morning, You'll enjoy the drive a lot more.

Oh by the way, the people who ride with you; they'll enjoy you a lot more.  

"When Time Is Flying By"

"This is the day the Lord has made." Don't just dedicate your life, Dedicate this 24 hours.

When you fly a plane you don't just cruise wherever you feel like.

You file a flight plan of where you're going. As you face time flying by--- file a flight plan for that day--- seize that day.

Don't just let that day happen to you. Pray for it, plan for it, make it count.  
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"Beautiful But Broken"

Think of the mistakes we make and the hurt we experience looking for love anywhere else but in God thru Christ Jesus.

The little kids singing their little church song, they "get" it: "Jesus loves me, this I know."

You know that when you finally open your heart to His love, your lifetime search for love ends in His welcoming arms.  

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1Cor 2:14 "The person WITHOUT THE SPIRIT DOES NOT ACCEPT the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEM BECAUSE they are DISCERNED ONLY THROUGH THE SPIRIT."

Why Does Life Seem So Unfair?

Psalm 73: 3-5 (niv) "For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4) They have no struggles, their bodies are healthy and strong.
5)  They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills.

     Because we see only one part of the picture it appears to us that Success often has Nothing to do with Godliness!

     Those folk who Ignore or even Hate God often have more Wealth and Power than those who love God!!! Many Saints suffer while non-professing christians seem relatively Unaffected by Life's Difficulities...

     David struggled with such feelings. He saw Arrogant, Violent individuals who lived in Ease and Prosperity (ref vs.3-12)...What he saw even caused him to question the Validity of his own faith (ref vs. 2).

     David felt cheated, WHY TRY TO LIVE RIGHT....? It never seem to pay off in Tangible Ways (ref vs. 13)....When David finally sat down to write, he wrote about HOW HIS ATTITUDE HAD CHANGED!

     What was it that caused David to check himself??? What will it take for You to put Self in Check??? David began to look at life from a Spiritual Point of View rather than from a Worldly Point (ref vs. 17).

     Life always seem Unfair when we Measure it by Earthly Standards of Health, Wealth and Power.

     When we Encounter God in a Personal, Intimate Way---just as David did in the Sanctuary--- then and only then can we gain a Heavenly Perpective!!!

     We need to look at the Other Side of the Picture---and see that the Rewards of this Life are Temporary, and as a matter of fact they can even HINDER US FROM DISCOVERING WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT!!!!!

     <<<<<UNDERSTAND YOUR FINAL DESTINY>>>>>

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Is Favoritism A Good Idea???

Gen. 43: 34 - (niv) "When portions were served to them from Joseph's table, Benjamin's portion was five times as much as anyone else's.

     Joseph showed FAVORITISM by sending extra food to his brother Benjamin. In that day and time sending Choice Food to an honored guest was Common Practice in their culture. This was especially true of Favoritism shown by, or to, those in Powerful positions.

     Ja. 2: 1-9 Admonishes us not to show Favotitism. we know that many of Joseph's problems came from the Favoritism that his Father had shown him (ref ch.37). However, the Genesis text does not seem to Focus On The Problem Of Showing Favoritism, but instead upon The Problem Of How We Respond When Favoritism Is Shown.

     Whether or not Joseph and Jacob was out of line showing Favoritism is not the question! The question in these two stories is: HOW DO WE RESPOND TO FAVORITISM? In chapter 43, the Issue is whether they can Stand to have another brother Favored???

     Would they Reject him as they had Joseph? Or COULD THEY RISE ABOVE HURT FEELINGS and REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO REJOICE! (Romans 12:15)?

WHO ARE YOU SHOWING FAVORITISM TOO???

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"Convenience Costs More"

  The least expensive choice is almost surely the one that will take longer, require more risks and more faith. Don't fall for the lure of what's easy right now.
   It's probably pulling very hard, but you can't afford the price tag. The narrow road leads to life.

   THE DESTINATION IS WHAT COUNTS! #suptross

"OUTRAGED"

"WE SHOULD BE OUTRAGED"!!!!

We've allowed Jesus' Cross to be Stolen from the Center of our Hearts, and our Ministries, and our Conversations.

"The Message of Che cross," 1 Corinthians 1:18 says, "is...the power of God."
We need to be as Passionate about Elevating that Cross as the world and the devil are about Eliminating it.

Somewhere - I'll Be There

Somewhere the Night Is Still and Quiet
Somewhere the Dreamer Dreams

Somewhere the Moon Shines Big and Bright
Somewhere, not here it Seems

Somewhere there's Peace, Tranquility
Somewhere the Heart Beats True

Somewhere is where I Ought to be
Somewhere, right There with You

Somewhere the Night Is Fraught with Care
Somewhere you Cry for Me

Somewhere You'll Fall And I'll be there
Somewhere Is Where I'll Be "RIGHT THERE WITH YOU"

                   "My Best Friend - The Love Of My Life"

                               The warmth of the sun
                            The cool breeze of the wind
                 The birds singing as we strole along the waters shore
                            Sharing one another's life stories
      You are my heart beat--the organ that pump joy throughout my body--my soul
                          You are fearlessly and wonderfully made
                         My joy in sorrow---my hope for tomorrow
   Oh but if I could just touch the helm of your garment and behold your beauty
                                             but once again

                                      YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND
                                        --THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
                                              --MY DAUGHTER
~R.I.P.

"I Wanna Be Black"

I Wanna Be Black

How Black--black enough so that when these Words Touch they leave Finger Prints on your very Soul

I Wanna Be Black like Africa
--like Thick Lips with Full Hips
--like Single Mothers with Tight Fists
--like Fridays Fish and Grits

I Wanna be Black--black enough to Take a Stand--balck enough to Lend a Hand! Be the Keeper to my Brother Man and Lift a Sister like No Other Can!

I Wanna Be Black---black like an Impossible Dream---black like Coffee with No Cream!...Black like Silent Screams!.."I JUST WANNA BE BLACK"

Black enough to Fight for Civil Rights, black enough to Reflect a Light...

Black enough to Wear my Pride like Malcolm, by Any means Necessary==="I JUST WANNA BE BLACK"

How Black, so black that when these Words Touch, they Leave Finger Prints on Your Very Soul

...Black like the Struggle

...Black and Ominous enough to Choose my Goal, have it down like the Elusive thing its become

...Black and Unending....black and Relentless...black and Unyeilding--always Trying to be More Black and See More Black

How Black, so black that when these Words Touch, they Leave Finger Prints on Your Very Soul

Black like the Abbys, the Mystery that last between Genesis and Revelations

Black enough to Stick Out like a Sore Thumb and Represent a Nation

Black enough to Stop and Think before I Speak

Black enough to Absorb more than just Heat, knowledge, Wisdom and Understanding

~I WANNA BE-- EXCLUSIVELY--UNASHAMABLE--IRREVOCALLY BLACK~

"Manhood"

I love to see the Man, a long-lived child,
As yet uninjured by all Worldly taint
As the fresh infant whose whole life is play.
'Tis a serene spectacle for a serene day;
But better still I love to contemplate
The mature Soul of lesser Innocence,
Who hath traveled far on life's dusty road
Far from the starting point of Infancy
And proudly bears his small degen'racy
Blazon on his memorial standard high
Who from the sad experience of his fate
Has proudly steered his life with his own hands.
Yet there do chiefly lurk within its depths
Furrowed by care, but yet all over spread
Within the ripe bloom of a self-wrought content
Noble resolves which do reprove the gods
 And it doth more assert Man's Eminence
Above the happy level of the brute
And more doth advertise me of the heights
To which no natural path doth ever lead
 No natural light can ever light our steps'
--But the far-piercing ray that shines
From the recesses of a Brave Man's Eye