Good afternoon and Thankful Thursday As we continue in the month of Going Global in July based on Psalms 50:10-12, Mark 16:15-18 and 1st John 4:4-6 growing up in a home that held God in reverence meant that I had to do things according to the rules of the house. As a boy I did not mind this because as sure as the sun shined so was my eagerness to go to church and learn more about God. To me the experience of worshiping with my extended family and members of the church whom were like family was like no other I would ever have in my life. I loved Sunday School and the excitement of the services of church on Sunday would be relayed to others as I played in the playground or in class room. Oh how I loved Jesus because he first loved me was my song. The one day out of the blue I was faced with choices that took me into the world and out of the body of Christ. I was a victim of Identity Theft.
See as I got older I saw the ways of the world as being very attractive to me more so than the rules and regulations of being a Christian. I could not only be around my neighborhood friends but I could also be like
them. They did not even have to go to church and were doing quite well. Their identity was something that appealed to me at the time. I did not even know at the time I was becoming a victim of Identity Theft.
As I look in the Word of God I see in 2nd Samuel 15:1-11. In this passage after being forgiven by King David who was his father, Absalom betrayed him and committed Identity Theft and took his kingdom. My
kingdom began to crumble at age 12 when I took my first pull off a cigarette. I was beginning to lose my Christian identity and was becoming more like the world in my actions. I was a victim of Identity Theft.
As I moved forward in this teaching of Identity Theft I go to the Word of God and to 1st Kings 11:1-8. After God had made King Solomon one of the greatest kings ever Solomon turned towards the ways of the
of the world and even built high places for his wives so they could worship their gods. At age 13 I had my first beer and taste of alcohol. I was beginning to lean closer to the world and becoming a victim of Identity Theft.
In looking at the last example of Identity Theft in the Word of God I go to John 18:15-18 and 25-27 Peter was questioned about being connected to Jesus. Peter denied the man who walked on water and healed
many who believed in him. I was losing myself because at age 14 I was beginning to experience marijuana and sex. I was growing up way to fast and losing all my ties to God and his favor. I was a victim of Identity Theft.
In conclusion I went on to become one of the biggest sinners there ever was. Drugs, women, running game, being slick, thinking only of myself, becoming gang related, disrespectful of my parents and elders and numerous other things. In Mark 8:36-38 I was not positioning myself to become in the company of God when I leave here or receive his blessings and favor on earth. I finally turned it around and so can you. If you feel that you are doing something that conflicts with your beliefs and knowledge of the Word of God you are becoming a victim of Identity Theft. In Hebrews 10:38-39 it tells of the just shall live by faith and not of perdition which what the enemy is. Assume and keep your Identity as a child of the King. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching. Have a great weekend. Please join me for my teaching Monday called That's .........
Good morning and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. This past month I was riding with my friend Angela Francis. On this particular day she had to go get her hair done and her friend Roxanne' shop. I had done this numerous times in the past so when I was getting ready to leave I told Angela I was going to the forest preserve to sit and wait as she got her hair done. At the forest preserve I would be able to do two things while I was there. I would be able to think of ideas for my blog, my radio show and my daily postings on Facebook. When you attempt to write you sometimes get writer's block and need to get to a different atmosphere ( Hmmm Writer's Block may be a blog soon LOL ). The other reason I wanted to go to the forest preserve is because it was hot that day and I needed some shade. So as I approached the forest preserve I put on my left turn signal and waited for traffic coming southbound to clear. After
Good morning and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. Growing up we used to love to take pictures. Maybe not myself because I had a self confidence problem, but everywhere you went there was someone taking pictures. In grammar school we took pictures every week. In high school we took them every year. At church we took pictures. In the club we took pictures as a group to show we all went to a party. Most of the pictures we took were with a Polaroid camera which had great quality then. But if you wanted the best pictures you wanted the photographer to take your pictures. This was one of the coolest professions back then because all the ladies who wanted to be models or actresses had to go to the photographer to get that photo to take to the different agencies to show how they look. So in order to get the best quality the photographer had to go someplace where he could get the best results. It was his Dark Room. This is the na
Good morning and Happy Friday. The summer is now beginning and the weather is now reaching its highest temperatures. It has reached a high point of 90's so far in the Chicagoland area and it appears to be nothing in sight to relieve us of these conditions that are almost drought like. As the summer gets ready to start in earnest next week we anticipate the warmest temps of the year after a winter that saw a little snow but the hawk, ( that's what we call the wind in the CHI ) was in full effect. But the sun has been out daily and we need a little moisture in our lives. We expect things to get wet in order for us to not only cool off but to wash away some things and bring a freshness of new things in our lives. The hotness of the weather coincides with the hotness in our lives. We need things to cool off a little bit but need some things to come down so we can enjoy the things in our lives that is promised to us as Christians. We are faithful and trusting in his Word. So as we
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