Friday September 5th & Some Thoughts...

This Friday evening the Malone church (New Covenant) is celebrating their 30th anniversary, and Danny & Giselle Bonilla will be sharing. We also have Jae-Jae Lombardo & Linda Morales from NTC singing a special during the service. If you can make it, let's plan a night on the town, leaving here at about 6pm and catching a bite in Malone when the service concludes. Please post whether or not you will be able to make it, because if there are enough of us we could perhaps take a van over.

Hey...has anyone given any thought to Brit's post on Psalm 51:6? If not, why not? Come'on put some thoughts down on what she wrote. In the last three weeks two huge disappointments have happened in Christianity...revelations about Todd Bentley and now Austrailian singer Michael Guglielmucci, the guy who recorded the Hillsong runaway hit, "You're My Healer." He recently confessed he never had cancer after deceiving tens of thousands of believers, not to mention his wife and family. He has also confessed that the cancer deception was just an extension of his secret addiction to adult pornography for the last 16 years. The following www.youtube.com link is very disturbing, and also enlightening of how sincere people can be led astray. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcswYwQczPc&feature=related) I would say, in light of these recent Christian news events, that Brittany's post is especially pertinent.

How will we know who/what is true and who/what is false? "...truth in the inward parts..." ummhhhh...time to post...

1- fun!

This Friday evening (August 29th) there will be a cookout/fire at my home. It's the first week of college classes and we thought that this would be a fun way to relax. It'll start around 7pm and if you need directions to my house please email me at meg_curry67@yahoo.com or my dad at doncurry1@twcny.rr.com. We'll provide the hot dogs & buns, but if everyone could bring either a liter of soda, a desert or chips, then that would be great. Write a quick post on here stating what you'd like to bring, so we don't end up with 10 bags of Doritos and no drinks. Thanks! We hope to all see you here. :-)

verses

On Friday evening we discussed my "life verse", an impacting, life-changing verse. I would like it if everyone could post one of their "favorite" or life-changing verses, and explain why it is meaningful. It will be interesting to read your thoughts on them and it will help everyone to understand each other a bit better.

"...but I press on to take hold of THAT..."

Great night last night as we considered Php 3:4 - 13 and how the apostle Paul was perpetually reaching to take hold of "...that..." for which Jesus had taken hold of him. I so appreciate how Paul lived in the tension and peace of knowing he was in the center of God's will, yet at the same time continually reaching for ALL God had for him in this life. Everyone who has been laid "hold of" by Jesus has been apprehended for a both a GENERAL and SPECIFIC purpose. General in that we are all supposed to become more like Jesus and "bear fruit," yet specific in that according to Eph 2:10 "we are...created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do..." "...Prepared in advance..."??? You mean there are specific things we are to accomplish for Him in this life that He has already prepared for us to do. YES! Now to me that is a big thought...any thoughts???