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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
How are you manifesting your love for Christ?
What are you doing that shows your love for Christ!?!
It's a question I need to start asking myself daily.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day!!!
On this day we should all appreciate our mothers, but I think Mr. T says it best in his music video...that's right!!! Mr. T has a music video and it's a must watch!!!
I appreciate my mother - Jane Chacko.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
This is a piece of art that an artist wanted to unveil on Obama's 100th day in office as President of United States. Provocative.
The artist wanted this piece to be provocative.
As someone who is 'religious' the portrait is offensive. After reading the artist's reasoning (or lack of reasoning) behind his painting, I am a little less offended.
Look at these links to read more about the art and it's purpose. In the end the artist decided to cancel the unveiling because of how much reaction his art had garnered.
Please click the last 2 links.
The 2nd to last is a Catholic's perspective on the art. The last is an interview with the artist - interesting.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=96138
http://www.artbistro.com/news/articles/8824-painter-unveils-controversial-work-of-obama-on-his-100th-day-in-office?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=ab_r3_20090428_uoba
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS190871+24-Apr-2009+PRN20090424
http://lesfemmes-thetruth.blogspot.com/2009/04/open-letter-to-artist-michael-dantuono.html
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODA0NTc0ZWIyYTYyOTU5NGVjNDhjNGY2MDA0MDQzYmU=
Thursday, April 2, 2009
So...I had blogged about Illinois' ex-governor a ways back and how he was a criminal!
And just today the the Grand Jury indicted Blagojevich on 16 Felony Counts...kinda crazy!
In other big news...
The Chicago Bears just traded for a new quarterback! Jay Cutler! Now, Jay Cutler (JC) is a franchise type QB but he did come at a hefty price. Let's hope he was worth it! Time will tell. And we also got Orlando Pace!
Here's some more info on Cutler and Pace http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/jay_cutler/
Time will tell if this was worth the price..or maybe you already know.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
The title of this blog was inspired by the song Out of Control (State of Emotion) by Keane . The blog wasn't inspired that song...only the title!
This past Thursday, March 26th, I was able to attend the Renewal Pastor's Summit in Fort Worth, TX held at the Pantego Bible Church. I arrived at this summit at around 5:15pm to help Gospel for Asia with a table we had setup. We were passing out free books (get yours! It's worth reading) to anyone who wanted one. Many pastors were there and ideally we were looking of people who might be interested in partnering with us in reaching the billions of lost in Asia for Christ.
People were walking by and around 7pm Jim Cymbala was speaking. For those of you who don't know who he is...he's the pastor of The Brooklyn Tabernacle in Brooklyn, NY and also a noted author. Most well known is his book, Fresh Wind. Fresh Fire . Needless to say, in Texas where nearly everyone is churched, people were excited to hear him speak.
While he was speaking about the need for prayer in the church as well as faith...he went on small tangent about emotion and expressing our joy, pain, love, hope for Christ and what he has done. He went on to tell a story about an evening at his church. I was sitting behind a group of about 35 - 40 male inmates from a local prison who were praising God quite emotionally and vocally.
It was an amazing sight to see. These men who are locked up in prison were expressing their freedom, their joy and thankfulness to God for saving them! They were shouting..saying AMEN louder than anyone else in the place and singing louder than anyone else! Jim spoke a little about how Christians some how don't want to show emotion when it comes to Christ and the church.
Why is that?
We can watch our favorite team score a winning touchdown. Watch Michael Jordan his the final, winning shot in the NBA finals, be inspired by his 40 point performance while having a stomach virus...BUT when it comes to celebrating the eternal, wise God, savior of my life and of this world...we fail to show our excitement and appreciation!
What are we scared of?
The passage Jim shared from was...
Psalm 119:49
Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
The psalmist is speaking to God, reminding Him that He has promised so many things and that those promises are his hope! These promises are my hope too! God's Word and His promises are a great comfort in time of pain and discouragement. The psalmist says these words literally bring him to life! What an amazing thought! Does this inspire praise and emotion? Worship?
Verse 50
This is my comfort in my affliction; for they word hath quickened me.
I'm not talking about emotionalism...I'm talking about expressing your feelings and love to God!
What's your state of emotion?
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Over the past few days I've been visiting Arby's for there free Roast Burger (All-American is the best one) with a purchase of a drink. Now, with each receipt you receive from Arby's is also a survey. If you fill out the survey you can get a free roast beef sandwich or beef'n cheddar..you choose!
I've taken advantage of this and have saved up 3 receipts and today I will use all 3 at the same time to help feed my friends!
I love coupons now!
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