Good morning and Happy Sunday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. As we begin this first teaching in the month of Marching With Determination based on Joshua 6:15-17 and Joel 7:12-15 in my younger days completing school requirements for a Bachelor's degree was not important to me. I had popularity, good looks and a personality that drew people to me and that was all I needed in my life. I was going to be the coolest ever, the most hardcore, the ladies man, and any other things that the world thought that was the thing to do. As I got older I see where there is a value in having an education and having your degree. In my 50's I finally got smart and decided to get my college degree and I did. I was determined to show my sons it was not too late to get their degrees. The ways of the world at times seems to better than living the life of faith but I Am Determined to live a life but on faith in God.
The life of a person of faith to some can be pretty boring. The world can drink to get drunk and do drugs and gamble and sleep with any and everyone. The world can gamble and curse and connive to
get ahead. The thought process of the world is easy for one who is weak and not focused to become involved in. Even for those who are strong can stray away from the teachings of Christ when the ways of the world seems to be better. But I Am Determined to continue in this life of faith.
In going to the Word of God for this teaching of I Am Determined I go to Acts 9:36-38. In these verses it looks at Tabitha who is also called Dorcas. She has passed away after living a life of faith in
God but here friends are have found out that Peter and other disciples are in the area and ask them to Joppa. There was really no hope for Dorcas but the people of faith did not give up and are determined. I Am Determined.
In continuing this teaching of I Am Determined we go back to the Word of God I go back to Acts 939. In this verse Peter comes and sees the people around who are there weeping and mourning and
looking at all of the things that Dorcas used to make and sees this as a hindrance to him being able to do the will of God so he puts everyone out to show how determined he is to do the will of God. I Am Determined.
In coming to the end of the Biblical portion of this teaching of I Am Determined I go Acts 9:40-41. In these verses Peter prays over Dorcas and she arises from her death bed and is presented to those
who had given up hope on seeing her alive again and is now a testament of the power of God and therewards of one who lives and walks in faith. I Am Determined.
In closing the walk of faith is so difficult. The ways of the world were so important to me, that I did not think that getting an education was important. I never realized that me not getting my degree would also cause my sons to not get their degrees. My father always talks about being an example of others and we all are examples. If I show that I Am Determined no matter what seems dead in my life God will bless it and raise it from the dead. You can write that play, produce that television show, open that business, be that leader of men and/or women, cultivate your talents, fix that broken relationship with your loved ones, be able to achieve all that you ever could imagine. I am one more year from getting my Masters, being that example for my sons and others because I Am Determined. I thank God for allowing me to teach this lesson and ask him to bless all who read this. Have a great week.
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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