Bro Kenny Baldwin.. Love this song!

"It Is Well" By The Isaacs

WOW 24 hours

I went lil over 24 hours WITHOUT my Black Berry!!! WOW..... it was kinda like a mini vacation.. ha... I did the unthinkable and let my phone go "swimming"... there is a very very funny story behind it that only a few select know the "intimate" details.. ha!! So "my peeps" ya know the NETWORK that follows me everywhere I go?!? Ya they had my back and rushed me a new one right away!!! Thank the Lord, didn't cost me a cent!!! So now I can be reached,(maybe) ha!! If ya called, text, emailed, and I never responded now ya know why... I hardly ever actually log into my email on the desk top.... guess I should more often... lol..


So went to the DR yesterday and have some stuff to do, but I am here breathing, blogging, and all will be OK... lol..

God is good, life is good, we are blessed!

Listen to the words..." The Cross made the difference for me"

Oswald Chambers-My Utmost for His Highest

Daily Devotional

You must be born again —John 3:7

The answer to Nicodemus’ question, “How can a man be born when he is old?” is: Only when he is willing to die to everything in his life, including his rights, his virtues, and his religion, and becomes willing to receive into himself a new life that he has never before experienced ( John 3:4 ). This new life exhibits itself in our conscious repentance and through our unconscious holiness.

“But as many as received Him. . .” ( John 1:12 ). Is my knowledge of Jesus the result of my own internal spiritual perception, or is it only what I have learned through listening to others? Is there something in my life that unites me with the Lord Jesus as my personal Savior? My spiritual history must have as its underlying foundation a personal knowledge of Jesus Christ. To be born again means that I see Jesus.

“. . . unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God ” (John 3:3). Am I seeking only for the evidence of God’s kingdom, or am I actually recognizing His absolute sovereign control? The new birth gives me a new power of vision by which I begin to discern God’s control. His sovereignty was there all the time, but with God being true to His nature, I could not see it until I received His very nature myself.

“Whoever has been born of God does not sin. . .” ( 1 John 3:9 ). Am I seeking to stop sinning or have I actually stopped? To be born of God means that I have His supernatural power to stop sinning. The Bible never asks, “Should a Christian sin?” The Bible emphatically states that a Christian must not sin. The work of the new birth is being effective in us when we do not commit sin. It is not merely that we have the power not to sin, but that we have actually stopped sinning. Yet 1 John 3:9 does not mean that we cannot sin— it simply means that if we will obey the life of God in us, that we do not have to sin.

The Compassion of a Soulwinner

August 13, 2010 by Paul Chappell

In a recent blog post, I pointed out the convictions of urgency, eternity, and salvation that motivate the passionate soulwinner. Yet the heart of a soulwinner must carry more than conviction to be effective. The heart of Christ, the greatest soulwinner ever, overflowed with compassion for the lost.

Matthew 9:36 records, “But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.” Simply put, compassion moves us to passionate action. Genuine compassion will be tangibly expressed.

A soulwinner with the heart of Christ will express compassion in two ways:

Compassion to pray

The one prayer request Jesus gave us is for more laborers for the harvest of souls. In Matthew 9:37–38, He told His disciples: “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.”

Has this prayer request made it to your prayer list? Are you asking the Lord to raise up soulwinners with a heart of compassion for the lost?

One benefit of praying for this need is that it reminds you to labor in the harvest fields yourself. It’s difficult to pray very long for dedicated soulwinners without being diligent in your own soulwinning.

Compassion to plan

The compassion of the Lord moved Him to see the need and take the lead: “And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things” (Mark 6:34).

Many times well-meaning Christians fail to be active soulwinners because they simply do not plan their time. Soulwinning is not an activity to fit in as it works or an opportunity to take advantage of if it happens across your path. It is a divine commission from Christ, and it is a priority to purposefully schedule into your regular routines.

The older I get, the more I realize the importance of investing my time wisely. Time is limited, and there are so many ways to waste it! I want to invest my time, rather than simply spending it. Compassionate soulwinning is a time investment with guaranteed returns. Psalm 126:5–6 promises, “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”

At the end of life, our greatest joy will be the rewards of our eternal investments of time. Paul often expressed that those he had led to Christ and spiritually nurtured in discipleship were his “joy and crown”—his trophy.

“For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?” (1 Thessalonians 2:19)

“Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.” (Philippians 4:1)

What a joy it will be to stand before Christ with the fruit of souls! It can only happen as we develop the compassion of Christ for souls—compassion to pray for the lost and compassion to plan our time for the greatest investment possible.

Not the week I had planned

This is not the kind of week I had "planned" but God knows best of what we need..
After church Sunday night started having some issues, blood pressure, so on so forth... and few other things... what I thought a few Motrin would take care of ended up with needing stronger DRUGS and an ER visit( but I waited as I always do till the last minuet. late Tuesday night)...
the next morning after texting who has become a dear friend( and pastor's wife) back I could not believe the response.. Several more ladies called to encourage and see if we needed anything, I said no we are fine thanks for thinking of me( was blessed just by that)
Than I get a call and text being told meals were being brought over so I could rest.. Now isn't that just like God's family?!?
Completely unexpected and yet completely appreciative that God sent a blessing to our home this week in the form of.... Friendship... Very Blessed indeed!!
SO as I said, may not have been what I had planned, but God seen I needed something else instead!
God is good...
all the time...
All the time...
God is good!!