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January 12th, 2010

John Lennon (Singer):

Some years before, during his interview with an  American Magazine, he said:  ”Christianity will end, it will disappear.   I do not have to argue about  that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple,    Today we are more famous than Him” (1966).  Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more  famous than Jesus Christ, was shot six times.

Tancredo Neves (President of Brazil ):

During the Presidential campaign, he said if he   got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God  would remove him from Presidency. Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day     before being made President, then he died .

Cazuza (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet):

During A show in Canecio (Rio de Janeiro ),  while smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some     smoke into the air and said: “God, that’s for you.”  He died at the age of 32 of AIDS in a horrible manner.

The man who built the Titanic

After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked      him how safe the Titanic would be. With an ironic tone he said:     “Not even God can sink it”  The  result:     I think you all know what happened to the Titanic .

Marilyn Monroe (Actress)

She was visited by Billy Graham during a  presentation of a show.   He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach  to her.    After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said:     “I don’t need your Jesus”. A week later, she was found dead in her apartment .

Bon Scott (Singer)

The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang:   “Don’t stop me, I’m going down all the way, down     the highway to hell”. On  the 19th of  February 1980, Bon Scott was     found dead, he had been choked by his own vomit .

Campinas (IN 2005)

In Campinas, Brazil a group of friends, drunk,   went to pick up a friend….. The mother accompanied her to the car and was    so worried about the drunkenness of her friends  and she said to the daughter holding her hand, who was already seated in the car:   ”My Daughter, Go With God And  May He Protect You..”  She responded: “Only If He (God) Travels      In The Trunk, Cause Inside Here…..    It’s Already Full ” Hours later, news came by that they had been    involved in a fatal accident, everyone had died,  the car could not be recognized what type of  car it had  been, but surprisingly, the trunk  was intact. The police said there was no way the trunk could    have remained intact. To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of   eggs, none were broken .

Christine Hewitt  (Jamaican Journalist and entertainer)

Said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book     ever written.  In June 2006 she was found burnt beyond   recognition in her motor vehicle . Many more important people have forgotten that    there is no other name that was given so   much authority as the name of Jesus.

(Galatians 6:7):  ”Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.


Do you feel bad about yourself?

January 12th, 2010

Have you been unable to forgive yourself? Are you harder on yourself than you are on others? Are you trying to find your happiness in how others treat you because you don’t feel happy about yourself? Do you fight with others or distance yourself from them because they never give you enough of the affirmation you’re desperate to get because you’re not hearing God affirm you?

These are all typical results from failing to grasp the meaning of this scripture. They are the normal consequences we get from believing that we’re not good enough, no matter what we do, which translates to condemnation. Every time we sin, guilt confirms that we deserve the condemnation. When we innocently make a mistake, this too feels like proof that we deserve to be condemned (which is why we condemn ourselves for making mistakes). And every unjust, unfair, unkind situation that happens to us triggers this feeling of being condemned.

The truth is: We were freed from condemnation when we accepted for ourselves Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. What we need to know in order to live in this truth is that there’s a difference between guilt and shame.

Guilt comes from doing something bad. When we sin, we are guilty, and when we repent, Christ’s love frees us from the condemnation we deserve. But shame comes from the false assumption that, due to our sinfulness, WE are bad. Shame continues long after we’ve been forgiven. Jesus doesn’t condemn us, but shame does. Shame won’t free us from guilt, won’t allow us to enjoy the forgiveness of God, won’t enable us to forgive ourselves. Guilt tells us the truth about ourselves and invites us to grow from it; shame lies to us and paralyzes our growth.

The truth is: Because of what Jesus did for us on the cross, there is no shame in realizing our sinfulness, because facing it frees us to change and become holier. There is no shame in exposing our sins in the light of Christ, because He gives us the Holy Spirit to help us become who we REALLY are. Who are you really? You are holy! You are a wonderful masterpiece of God, made in His image, with His personality traits and His goodness!

By living out this truth, others see God when they look at us. The good we do is an earthly example of what God is like. We are in the light and our works are clearly seen as done in God. Made in His image, we are His hands and feet and vocal chords here on earth. The spirit of condemnation blinds with the darkness of the lie that says Christ’s sacrifice doesn’t free us from our sins; the Holy Spirit enlightens us in the truth of what it means to be made in the image of God.


I CAN!!

January 10th, 2010

The next time you feel like GOD can’t use you, just remember

Noah was a drunk

Abraham was too old

Isaac was a daydreamer

Jacob was a liar

Leah was ugly

Joseph was abused

Moses had a stuttering problem

Gideon was afraid

Samson had long hair and was a womanizer

Rahab was a prostitute

Jeremiah and Timothy were too young

David had an affair and was a murderer

Elijah was suicidal

Isaiah preached naked

Jonah ran from God

Naomi was a widow

Job went bankrupt

John the Baptist ate bugs

Peter denied Christ

The Disciples fell asleep while praying

Martha worried about everything

Mary Magdalene was, well you know

The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once

Zaccheus was too small

Paul was too religious

Timothy had an ulcer…AND

Lazarus was dead!

.no more excuses now. God can use you to your full potential. Besides you aren’t the message, you are just the messenger. Share this with a friend or two… In the Circle of God’s love.


How true!

January 10th, 2010

The most destructive habit………………….Worry

The greatest Joy………………………….Giving

The greatest loss…………….Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work……………Helping others

The ugliest personality trait………….Selfishness

The most endangered species………Dedicated leaders

Our greatest natural resource……………Our youth

The greatest “shot in the arm”……….Encouragement

The greatest problem to overcome……………..Fear

The most effective sleeping pill……..Peace of mind

The most crippling failure disease…………Excuses

The most powerful force in life………………Love

The most dangerous pariah………………A gossiper

The world’s most incredible computer……..The brain

The worst thing to be without………………. Hope

The deadliest weapon…………………..The tongue

The two most power-filled words……………”I Can”

The greatest asset…………………………Faith

The most worthless emotion………………Self-pity

The most beautiful attire………………….SMILE!

The most prized possession………………Integrity

The most powerful channel of communication…..Prayer

The most contagious spirit……………..Enthusiasm

The most important thing in life………………GOD

Everyone needs this list to live by…pass it along!!!


HOW TO BE HAPPY : >

January 9th, 2010

–1.  Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.

–2.  Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears.

-3.  Don’t take yourself too seriously. Don’t think that somehow you should be protected from misfortune that befalls other people.

–4.  You can’t please everybody. Don’t let criticism worry you.

–5.  Don’t let your neighbor set your standards. Be yourself.

–6.  Do the things you enjoy doing, but stay out of debt.

–7.  Never borrow trouble. Imaginary things are harder to bear than real ones.

–8.  Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish jealousy,

enmity, grudges. Avoid negative people.

–9.  Have many interests. If you can’t travel, read about new places.

–10. Don’t hold postmortems. Don’t spend your time brooding over sorrows or mistakes.  Don’t be one who never gets over things.

–11. Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.

–12. Keep busy at something. A busy person never has NO time to be unhappy.