O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity.  Grant us the fullness of your grace, that, pursuing what you have promised, we may share your heavenly glory; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

JUSTIFYING GRACE #bringit

The more that I learn about our Lord Jesus Christ, the more His love for us becomes evident to me… I am very drawn to the cross… and it is awesome to remind myself that our sins have been put to death with Jesus’s flesh body on a cross…

REMEMBER THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD???

ANYWAY…

Back to the cross…

This week, I want to begin by sharing with you the Holy Gospel written in the book of Mark in our New Testament of our Holy Bible.

Mark 8:27-35

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

²⁷ Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?”

²⁸ So they answered, “John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”

²⁹ He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

Peter answered and said to Him, “You are the Christ.”

³⁰ Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him.

Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection

³¹ And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. ³² He spoke this word openly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. ³³ But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him

³⁴ When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. ³⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

I have to be honest with you…

I LOVE WORKING OUT… I AM GONNA GO TO THE GYM AFTER I READ THESE VERSES WRITTEN BY THE MAJOR PROPHET ISAIAH… (reminds me of PSALMS)

Isaiah 50:4-10

⁴ “The Lord God has given Me
The tongue of the learned,
That I should know how to speak
A word in season to him who is weary.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear
To hear as the learned.
⁵ The Lord God has opened My ear;
And I was not rebellious,
Nor did I turn away.
⁶ I gave My back to those who struck Me,
And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;
I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.

⁷ “For the Lord God will help Me;
Therefore I will not be disgraced;
Therefore I have set My face like a flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
⁸ He is near who justifies Me;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us stand together.
Who is My adversary?
Let him come near Me.
⁹ Surely the Lord God will help Me;
Who is he who will condemn Me?
Indeed they will all grow old like a garment;
The moth will eat them up.

¹⁰ “Who among you fears the Lord?
Who obeys the voice of His Servant?
Who walks in darkness
And has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the Lord
And rely upon his God.

JUSTIFYING GRACE #bringit

LET’s GO WORKOUT!!!

9/26/2017 –

WELL... (wait for it)

BEAUTIFULNESS THIS MORNING…

9/27/2017 –

TODAY WAS AWESOME!!!

I read…

I worked out…

I went to the Historical Society…

I went to the library…

WANT TO READ THE SPEECH I GAVE LAST NIGHT???

SPEECH #4                                    WE ARE!!!

My Fellow Toastmasters and Guests…The sun goes down… the moon reflects the awesome light of tomorrow on the field… I am joined by 106,000 members of my family… I hear a distant chant emerging from the sea of blue and white… I, immediately, join in… WE ARE!!! (penn state) WE ARE!!! (penn state) WE ARE!!! (penn state) THANK YOU!!! (you’re welcome) You guessed it… my speech tonight is on Penn State Football… Specifically, why HAPPY VALLEY IS AN AWESOME FOOTBALL GAME DESTINATION… I will pass you six reasons…

1. White-Outs

My eyes… (put on sunglasses)… 106,000 people all dressed in white will brighten up any game… EVEN DURING A NIGHT GAME! It is truly a sight to see. The white out follows suit of one of the latest trends in college football to have everyone attending the game wear the same color, this past week’s beating… featured yellow and black stripes in the stands… Penn State played IOWA In IOWA CITY. This was cool… but no one can compete with Penn State’s white house.

The white-out occurs inside the football stadium; however, my senses prefer what happens outside the stadium.

2. Tailgating

Sniff… Sniff… I smell Burgers, hotdogs, barbeque chicken… What’s that??? Sniff… Sniff… is that??? No, it can’t be… Sniff… Sniff… IT IS… Well, I be a Penn State Fan (wink)

shrimp, lobster, steak… AWESOME!!! The tailgating routine is common in every college and pro football site in the United States, but at Penn State, the tailgate is a tradition like no other.

AND I like it, because I can practice my public speaking skills by asking for some tailgaters to share some of that good food (wink)…

You know… all this food is going to make me bloated… I’m gonna have to walk it off…

SHOPPING ANYONE???

3. The Shopping is what also makes Happy Valley an awesome college football destination.

When we walk down College Avenue we will find many stores opening their doors for some good deals. WE WILL FIND ANYTHING DAWNING THE Blue & White.

We must…

Unlock the magic of Penn State with a Penn State key. YES… They have Penn State Keys for sale!

When the magic is unlocked we can actually find a

A Nittany Lion suit…

We could dress up like the mascot!

Nittany Lion suit could serve as pajamas or a way to stay warm at those late fall tailgates.

This brings me to my fourth reason why Happy Valley is an awesome college football destination…

We have the best mascot in the big ten-

4. The Nittany Lion

WE ARE!!! (penn state) WE ARE!!! (penn state) WE ARE!!! (penn state) THANK YOU!!! (you’re welcome)

The master of ceremonies on Saturdays, the Nittany Lion takes on the responsibility for getting the crowd ready for the pregame show and entertained during the stoppages in play during the game. He wears a button for Penn State’s moto of the week…

Do you know what the button said for last Saturday??? (vs. Iowa Hawkeyes)

THE NITTANY LION GETS THE CROWD GOING.

The sound of over 100,000 fans cheering on Old State will give any opposing team trying to call plays trouble… THE NOISE…

I need to explain the fifth reason…

5. BEAVER STADIUM…

The steel enclosure is built upwards, unlike Michigan stadium which is built outwards. This makes the noise thick… trying to escape, but, beating down on the ears off the opponents instead. The stadium is also awesome hearing the marching band… which is the sixth reason making Happy Valley an awesome college football destination…

6. The Blue Band

How can you miss hearing… The roar of the bass drums, the saltiness sound of the trumpets, the sweet sound of clarinets…

SOOO…

Let’s go to a Penn State game…

WE ARE!!! (penn state) WE ARE!!! (penn state) WE ARE!!! (penn state) THANK YOU Toastmasters!

9/28/2017 –

Well… writing that fifth speech…

I THINK, I WILL ENTITLE IT “Running to Lead“

I HAD BETTER RUNS… *click/push*

BELOW IS HOW I GOT MY DAY STARTED… will you listen???

THANK YOU!!!

9/29/2017 –

YOU KNOW, I AM LICENSED TO PRODUCE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, RIGHT???

 

 

Almighty and eternal God, you know our problems and our weaknesses better than we ourselves.  In your love and by your power help us in our confusion and, in spite of our weakness, make us firm in faith; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

SANCTIFICATION???

Sanctification is the act or process of being made or becoming holy.

Q: Who makes us Holy???

A: That’s where the debate comes into play…

(Please read till the end… I added a lot of scriptures and personal testimonies for this Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost… THANK YOU!!!)

I, personally, find man’s attempt on trying to explain the unknown (religion) fascinating and beautiful!  As I learn more about Christianity, the more I realize, I do not know.  What I think was fascinating was the topic we discussed in bible study this morning… We heard a testimony from a catholic priest.  He referred to priests as community representatives… HOWEVER,  I PREFER TO THINK OF GOD’s ELECT AS TEACHERs OF GOD’s WORD…

I will continue to hear from my Lutheran Pastor… Martin Luther… “This life is not godliness, but growth in godliness; not health, but healing; not being, but becoming; not rest, but exercise. We are not now what we shall be, but we are on the way; the process is not yet finished, but it has begun; this is not the goal, but it is road; at present all does not gleam and glitter, but everything is being purified.”

LOVING THAT HOLY SPIRIT…

MAY I SHARE WITH YOU ONE OF THE MANY MIRACLES PERFORMED BY JESUS CHRIST WRITTEN IN MARK???

Mark 7:31-37

Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute

³¹ Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. ³² Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. ³³ And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. ³⁴ Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

³⁵ Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶ Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. ³⁷ And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

HMMM… GOD’s ELECT ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY… seriously???

I, now, feel the need to show you something written in our new testament in the Holy Bible…

Sanctification Bible???

#embracethecraziness

James 1:17-27

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

Qualities Needed in Trials

19 So then,[a] my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Doers—Not Hearers Only

21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

26 If anyone among you[b] thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

I LOVE THE WORD…

LET’s GO WORKOUT…

(Please read till the end… I added a lot of scriptures and personal testimonies for this Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost… THANK YOU!!!)

9/19/2017 –

Today has been awesome!  WHAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE AWESOME IS IF YOU READ.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND.

LET’s GO2 THAT CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING.

9/20/2017 –

Well… Today has come and will go…

THIS MORNING, I READ FROM JOB… Job was the man… man… lol 

I THEN, WENT TO THE GYM…

I THEN, WENT TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY…

I THEN, WENT TO THE LIBRARY TO PRACTICE MY SPEECH…

*CLICK/PUSH*

LET’s GO2 TOASTMASTERS IN LANCASTER!

9/21/2017 –

I practiced my speech today… IT ROCKS!!!

Wanna HEAR something cool???

Wanna READ something cool???

9/22/2017 –

HEY… may I share with you a secret???

WE ARE FIGHTERS… WHEN WE GOT KNOCKED DOWN WE GET UP…

IF WE GET KNOCKED DOWN AGAIN… WE GET UP AGAIN…

AND AGAIN…

9/23/2017 –

WELL… IT’S HALFTIME DURING OUR (PSU) FOOTBALL GAME VS. iowa…

I want to show you the importance of the scripture, I shared with you in the beginning of the week…

James 1:17-27

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. ¹⁸ Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

Qualities Needed in Trials

¹⁹ So then,^[a] my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; ²⁰ for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Doers—Not Hearers Only

²¹ Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

²² But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴ for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. ²⁵ But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

²⁶ If anyone among you^[b] thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. ²⁷ Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Q: DOES GOING TO CHURCH MAKE US HOLY???

A: Nope… But, there are some good people there… (BE A DOer)

LET’s GO2 CHURCH… GET UP!!!

Almighty and eternal God, you know our problems and our weaknesses better than we ourselves.  In your love and by your power help us in our confusion and, in spite of our weakness, make us firm in faith; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

SANCTIFICATION???

Sanctification is the act or process of being made or becoming holy.

Q: Who makes us Holy???

A: That’s where the debate comes into play…

I, personally, find man’s attempt on trying to explain the unknown (religion) fascinating and beautiful!  As I learn more about Christianity, the more I realize, I do not know.  What I think was fascinating was the topic we discussed in bible study this morning… We heard a testimony from a catholic priest.  He referred to priests as community representatives… HOWEVER,  I PREFER TO THINK OF GOD’s ELECT AS TEACHERs OF GOD’s WORD…

I will continue to hear from my Lutheran Pastor… Martin Luther… “This life is not godliness, but growth in godliness; not health, but healing; not being, but becoming; not rest, but exercise. We are not now what we shall be, but we are on the way; the process is not yet finished, but it has begun; this is not the goal, but it is road; at present all does not gleam and glitter, but everything is being purified.”

LOVING THAT HOLY SPIRIT…

May I share with you one of the many miracles performed by Jesus Christ written in Mark???

Mark 7:31-37

Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute

³¹ Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. ³² Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. ³³ And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. ³⁴ Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

³⁵ Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶ Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. ³⁷ And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

HMMM… GOD’s ELECT ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY… seriously???

I, now, feel the need to show you something written in our new testament in the Holy Bible…

Sanctification Bible???

#embracethecraziness

James 1:17-27

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

Qualities Needed in Trials

19 So then,[a] my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Doers—Not Hearers Only

21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

26 If anyone among you[b] thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

I LOVE THE WORD…

LET’s GO WORKOUT…

9/19/2017 –

Today has been awesome!  WHAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE AWESOME IS IF YOU READ.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND.

LET’s GO2 THAT CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING.

9/20/2017 –

Well… Today has come and will go…

THIS MORNING, I READ FROM JOB… Job was the man… man… lol 

I THEN, WENT TO THE GYM…

I THEN, WENT TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY…

I THEN, WENT TO THE LIBRARY TO PRACTICE MY SPEECH…

*CLICK/PUSH*

LET’s GO2 TOASTMASTERS IN LANCASTER!

9/21/2017 –

I practiced my speech today… IT ROCKS!!!

Wanna HEAR something cool???

Wanna READ something cool???

 

 

 

 

O God, we thank you for your Son who chose the path of suffering for the sake of the world.  Humble us by his example, point us to the path of obedience, and give us strength to follow his commands; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

YOU MAY WHISPER…

(Please read till the end… I added a lot of scriptures and personal testimonies for this Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost… THANK YOU!!!)

Listening is a vital element of being a great leader…

I honestly, try to listen to the call of God…

BUT, How do I know that it is God SPEAKING??? 

One word…

FAITH

“I AM ALIVE FOR SOME REASON” – THANK YOU GOD!!!

You know, what I want to do???

SCREAM the Holy Gospel at you…

Mark 7:1-8

Defilement Comes from Within

7 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. ² Now when^[a] they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. ³ For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. ⁴ When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.

⁵ Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”

⁶ He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
⁷ And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’^[b]

⁸ For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men^[c] —the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”

AS I READ THIS…

I FEEL THE NEED TO WHISPER A PSALM TO YOU…

Psalm 15

The Character of Those Who May Dwell with the Lord

15 Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill?

² He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the truth in his heart;
³ He who does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
⁴ In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord;
He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵ He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things shall never be moved.

🙂 🙂 🙂

I WANT SNOW.

YOU MAY WHISPER…

(Please read till the end… I added a lot of scriptures and personal testimonies for this Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost… THANK YOU!!!)

9/12/2017 –

Well… TODAY was TODAY…

Ephesians 1:3-6

Redemption in Christ

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, ⁴ just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, ⁵ having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, ⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

LET’s GO2 TOASTMASTERS

9/13/2017 –

I went last night…

STILL GOT UP EARLY AND RAN!!!

*whispers* let’s go2 that Faith In Action Committee meeting 2night…

Romans 8:24-30

²⁴ For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

²⁶ Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us^[a] with groanings which cannot be uttered. ²⁷ Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. ²⁹ For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. ³⁰ Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

#allday #everyday

9/14/2017 –

THANK YOU GOD FOR YESTERDAY!!!

(i went to that Faith-in-Action committee @ my church)

THANK YOU GOD FOR TODAY!!!

(THIS MORNING, I WENT ON A RUN B4 MY DAY GOT STARTED… I SAW A BIG DOG WITH HIS OWNER… THAT DOG LUNGED AT ME AND TRIED TO BITE ME… #goodluckwiththat)

THANK YOU GOD FOR TOMORROW!!!

(i am getting my haircut… Thanks Jackie!)

I NEED A HAIRCUT… lol

9/15/2017 –

Another day down in the History books…

WHAT’s THIS CRAZINESS ABOUT A SUBWAY TRAIN EXPLOSION IN LONDON???

GOOD… *whispers* leave me be…

†

YOU MAY WHISPER… 

9/16/2017 –

Today has been awesome! I went to a speaking contest this morning… then I TOOK A NICE NAP, now it’s Half Time for our Nittany Lions… WE ARE!!! (click/push)

*whispers* do you know what I did before???

SCREAMS: I READ!!!

LET’s GO2 CHURCH

God of all creation, you reach out to call people of all nations to your kingdom.  As you gather disciples from near and far, count us also among those who boldly confess your Son Jesus Christ as Lord.

UNDERSTAND???

(Please read till the end… I added a lot of scriptures and personal testimonies for this Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost… THANK YOU!!!)

This week started off with a bang… WHAT’s WITH N. KOREA???

You know… when I get confused about things… I TRY TO LEARN ABOUT THEM SOME MORE…

There are a lot of things that I do not understand…

SUCH AS…

Why is there lust in this world???

Why is there gluttony in this world???

Why is there greed in this world???

Why is there sloth (laziness) in this world???

Why is there wrath in this world???

Why is there envy in this world???

Why is there pride in this word???

HOWEVER, I DO NOT BELIEVE, IT IS FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND…

SORRY TO BORE YOU…

May I share with you a teaching by our Lord Jesus Christ???

John 6:60-69

Many Disciples Turn Away

⁶⁰ Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”

⁶¹ When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, “Does this offend you? ⁶² What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? ⁶³ It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. ⁶⁴ But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. ⁶⁵ And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

⁶⁶ From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. ⁶⁷ Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

⁶⁸ But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹ Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”^[a]

I AM GOING TO READ ON SUNDAY THE TENTH… IT WILL BE FUN… I ESPECIALLY LIKE THAT FIRST READING IN JOSHUA:

Joshua 24:14-15

¹⁴ “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! ¹⁵ And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

🙂 YES… I AM STUBBORN…

That’s OK… Being stubborn is not one of the Seven Deadly Sins 🙂

(Please read till the end… I added a lot of scriptures and personal testimonies for this Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost… THANK YOU!!!)

9/5/2017 –

THANK YOU GOD FOR TODAY!!!

you know… STUBBORNISM IN ACTION…

(PUSH for AUDIO/VIDEO)

#allday WHY IS THE ELCA SO LIBERAL??? #everyday

9/6/2017 –

THANK YOU GOD, I CAN…

ATTEND THIS EVENT SATURDAY…

THANK YOU GOD, I CAN…

http://1090.toastmastersclubs.org/

ATTEND THIS TONIGHT…

BTW- I AM READING SUNDAY @ 8.

9/7/2017 –

After the market on Chocolate Ave on Saturday…

HOW ABOUT???

BE BACK FOR THAT PENN STATE GAME! 🙂 Let’s Go and Learn!

9/8/2017 –

MORE STUBBORNISM…

UNDERSTAND???

9/9/2017 –

THANK YOU GOD FOR TODAY…

“It was truly beautiful out”

This morning (b4 going to that Germanfest and watching Penn State football), I volunteered to support the Hershey Derry Township Historical Society in its mission… IT WAS BEAUTIFUL OUT THIS MORNING…

THANK YOU GOD FOR YESTERDAY…

“It was truly beautiful out”

Yesterday, while I was getting all the material prepared for this display… I ran into an old pastor of the Church I am in… I asked him how to pronounce some of the readings for Sunday for me… you know, the readings @ 8 @ HOLY TRINITY of HERSHEY…

If you can not make it, may I share with you some of my readings???

Romans 13:8-14

Love for One Another

⁸ Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹ The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰ Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.

An Urgent Appeal

¹¹ Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; ¹² the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; ¹³ let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. ¹⁴ Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

THANK YOU GOD FOR TOMORROW…

“It will be truly beautiful out”

UNDERSTAND???

LET’s GO2 CHURCH

God of all creation, you reach out to call people of all nations to your kingdom.  As you gather disciples from near and far, count us also among those who boldly confess your Son Jesus Christ as Lord.

UNDERSTAND???

(Please read till the end… I added a lot of scriptures and personal testimonies for this Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost… THANK YOU!!!)

This week started off with a bang… WHAT’s WITH N. KOREA???

You know… when I get confused about things… I TRY TO LEARN ABOUT THEM SOME MORE…

There are a lot of things that I do not understand…

SUCH AS…

Why is there lust in this world???

Why is there gluttony in this world???

Why is there greed in this world???

Why is there sloth (laziness) in this world???

Why is there wrath in this world???

Why is there envy in this world???

Why is there pride in this word???

HOWEVER, I DO NOT BELIEVE, IT IS FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND…

SORRY TO BORE YOU…

May I share with you a teaching by our Lord Jesus Christ???

John 6:60-69

Many Disciples Turn Away

⁶⁰ Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”

⁶¹ When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, “Does this offend you? ⁶² What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? ⁶³ It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. ⁶⁴ But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. ⁶⁵ And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

⁶⁶ From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. ⁶⁷ Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

⁶⁸ But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹ Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”^[a]

I AM GOING TO READ ON SUNDAY THE TENTH… IT WILL BE FUN… I ESPECIALLY LIKE THAT FIRST READING IN JOSHUA:

Joshua 24:14-15

¹⁴ “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! ¹⁵ And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

🙂 YES… I AM STUBBORN…

That’s OK… Being stubborn is not one of the Seven Deadly Sins 🙂

(Please read till the end… I added a lot of scriptures and personal testimonies for this Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost… THANK YOU!!!)

9/5/2017 –

THANK YOU GOD FOR TODAY!!!

you know… STUBBORNISM IN ACTION…

(PUSH for AUDIO/VIDEO)

#allday WHY IS THE ELCA SO LIBERAL??? #everyday

9/6/2017 –

THANK YOU GOD, I CAN…

ATTEND THIS EVENT SATURDAY…

THANK YOU GOD, I CAN…

http://1090.toastmastersclubs.org/

ATTEND THIS TONIGHT…

BTW- I AM READING SUNDAY @ 8.

9/7/2017 –

After the market on Chocolate Ave on Saturday…

HOW ABOUT???

BE BACK FOR THAT PENN STATE GAME! 🙂 Let’s Go and Learn!

9/8/2017 –

MORE STUBBORNISM…

UNDERSTAND???

9/9/2017 –

THANK YOU GOD FOR TODAY…

“It was truly beautiful out”

This morning (b4 going to that Germanfest and watching Penn State football), I volunteered to support the Hershey Derry Township Historical Society in its mission… IT WAS BEAUTIFUL OUT THIS MORNING…

THANK YOU GOD FOR YESTERDAY…

“It was truly beautiful out”

Yesterday, while I was getting all the material prepared for this display… I ran into an old pastor of the Church I am in… I asked him how to pronounce some of the readings for Sunday for me… you know, the readings @ 8 @ HOLY TRINITY of HERSHEY…

If you can not make it, may I share with you some of my readings???

Romans 13:8-14

Love for One Another

⁸ Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹ The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰ Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.

An Urgent Appeal

¹¹ Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; ¹² the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; ¹³ let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. ¹⁴ Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

THANK YOU GOD FOR TOMORROW…

“It will be truly beautiful out”

UNDERSTAND???

LET’s GO2 CHURCH

Almighty and ever-living God, you have given great and precious promises to those who believe.  Grant us the perfect faith which overcomes all doubts, through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

(Please read till the end… I added a lot of scriptures and personal testimonies for this Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost… THANK YOU!!!)

KEEP RUNNING… (i will)

I want to begin this post by Thanking God…

THANK YOU GOD!!!

For this week, I want to share with you the Holy Gospel written in the book of John in the New Testament of our Holy Bible… IT READS…

John 6:51-58

⁵¹ I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

⁵² The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.⁵⁴ Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is food indeed,^[a] and My blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁶ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.⁵⁸ This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

THE MESSIAH ROCKS!!! 

(Remember that Jesus’s “words” are colored red in most Bibles)

I am about to go on my way to the Gym, however…

MAY I ALSO SHARE A PASSAGE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS WITH YOU?

BTW – THIS IS HOW, I BEGAN MY WALK WITH CHRIST (reading the book of proverbs)…

“Now, I am running with Him” 🙂

Proverbs 9:1-6

The Way of Wisdom

9 Wisdom has built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;
² She has slaughtered her meat,
She has mixed her wine,
She has also furnished her table.
³ She has sent out her maidens,
She cries out from the highest places of the city,
⁴ “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
⁵ “Come, eat of my bread
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
⁶ Forsake foolishness and live,
And go in the way of understanding.

Reading this again, brings about the desire in my heart to share the teachings of our Lord with the world…

I HAVE TO GET BETTER PUBLIC SPEAKING…

Toastmasters International is a good learning club for me…

KEEP RUNNING… (i will)

(Please read till the end… I added a lot of scriptures and personal testimonies for this Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost… THANK YOU!!!)

8/29/2017 –

THANK YOU GOD FOR YESTERDAY… (i ran like hell)

THANK YOU GOD FOR TODAY… (i am running like hell)

THANK YOU GOD FOR TOMORROW… (i will run like hell)

may I share with you what I was reading before my run this morning???

2 Corinthians 5:19-21

¹⁹ that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰ Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. ²¹ For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

TILL 2MORROW… 

8/30/2017 –

You know by now, that I LOVE READING THE HOLY BIBLE IN THE MORNING… “Understanding the WORD gives me STRENGTH”

STRENGTH TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES…

STRENGTH TO ENDURE SITUATIONS I CAN NOT CONTROL…

STRENGTH FOR INNER PEACE IN A WORLD HELL BENT ON VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION…

 sometimes, I don’t understand…

(PUSH for AUDIO)

CHECK OUT WHAT I CREATED AT THE HERSHEY DERRY TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY TODAY…

COOL… HUH???

8/31/2017 –

THANK YOU GOD FOR TODAY!!!

BUSY, BUSY DAY… (included  a call to FDR)

9/1/2017 – NEW MONTH… NEW PHONE???

(Those hyperlinks work)

HEY… If someone has not told you lately…

LISTEN…

GOD LOVES YOU!!!

9/2/2017 –

TODAY HAS BEEN REAL… B4 I WATCH MORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL, I want to share with you what I learned in Bible Study this morning…

Romans 12:9-21

Behave Like a Christian

⁹ Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. ¹⁰ Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; ¹¹ not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; ¹² rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; ¹³ distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.

¹⁴ Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. ¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. ¹⁶ Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

¹⁷ Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. ¹⁹ Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,”^[a] says the Lord. ²⁰ Therefore

²¹ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

LET’s GO2 CHURCH