Tuesday, May 25. 2010
HOW ARE YOU? HOW YA DOING? IS YOUR ANSWER THE SAME AS IF I ASKED GOD HOW YOU ARE DOING? DO YOU NEED A SPIRITUAL BATH, A CLEANSING PERHAPS?
SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING IS VITAL TO YOUR GROWTH AS A CHRISTIAN. WE NEED TO BE WELL. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, YOU ASK? HMMM, DON'T REALLY KNOW FOR YOU. IT IS DIFFERENT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN AND THEIR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST. SOME NEED TO CONQUER A FEAR AND SOME NEED TO KICK A HABIT. SOME NEED TO TAME THE TONGUE, WHILE OTHERS NEED TO FORGET SOME PAST HURT. WHATEVER IT IS , JUST DO IT. THAT IS SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING. STRIVING DAILY TO STRENGTHEN OUR WALK WITH JESUS. HOW DOES GOD SAY YOU ARE?
Thursday, May 20. 2010
LAST NIGHTS BIBLE STUDY WAS FANTASTIC. THERE WERE NUMEROUS QUESTIONS RAISED THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO EXPORING. I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED AND THROW IDEAS OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION. NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE ALL FIREWORKS AS WELL. CAN'T WAIT FOR WEDNESDAY. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO FURTHER YOUR BIBLE STUDY, THEN CONTACT ME AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT IT. WE HAVE A MODEST GROUP OF 8 TO 10 PEOPLE AND WOULD LOVE MORE. SEE YA IN THE WORD
WOODY
Monday, May 17. 2010
IT SEEMS TO ME, MORE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH CHURCH AND CHURCH GOERS THAN WHOM WE SHOULD BE STRUGGLING AGAINST, THE ENEMY. WE AS CHURCH PEOPLE HAVE MADE THE JOB OF THE ENEMY QUITE EASY. TRUTH BE TOLD, HE IS PROBALLY SITTING ON A BEACH SOMEWHERE SIPPING A MAI TAI, LAUGHING AT THE CHURCH. WE BLAME HIM SO MUCH FOR THINGS WE DO, IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY. WHY WOULD HE HAVE TO WORK WHEN WE CLOCK IN EVERYDAY TO DO HIS JOB. TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE YOU DISAGREE WITH, GOING TO THE PASTOR INSTEAD OF CONFRONTING THE PROBLEM, SLAMMING THE HARDEST WORKERS YOU HAVE, BASHING NEW IDEAS BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT. THESE THINGS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ABOUT THE POOR YOUTH WORKERS WHO ARE TEACHING YOUR KIDS TO BE INDIVIDUALS AND MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AND TO NOT FOLLOW THE CROWD, THEN WATCH THEIR LEADERS GET ATTACKED BECAUSE SOMETHING DIDN'T SUIT THE PARENTS.
ALL IN ALL, THE CHURCH NEEDS TO WAKE UP AND REMEMBER WHY THEY EXSIST. SOULS ARE IN THE BALANCE AND FAMILIES ARE SPLITTING UP AND PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND PEOPLE NEED DELIVERANCE AND HEALING. REMEMBER THOSE THINGS THE NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO BASH SOMEONE AT THE CHURCH. REMEMBER THOSE THINGS WHEN ENTIRE FAMILIES LEAVE YOUR CHURCH. DON'T BLAME THEM, THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR THAT LIST OF TRUELY CHURCH ACTIVITIES, WORSHIP, PRAYER, HEALING, DELIVERANCE. LOOK CLOSELY IN THE MIRROR AND ASK THIS QUESTION, AM I A PROBLEM OR A SOLUTION?
WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITHOUT ADDING TO THEM. THE ASSESMENT IS EASY. ARE PEOPLE JOINING YOUR CHURCH? ARE PEOPLE GETTING SAVED? IS THE LORD FREE TO WORK IN THE CHURCH? IF THE ANSWER IS NO, LIKE IN MOST CHURCHES, THEN DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND DARING. TAKE SOME RISKS AND WORK TOGETHER AND NOT APART.
VENTING,
WOODY
IT SEEMS TO ME, MORE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH CHURCH AND CHURCH GOERS THAN WHOM WE SHOULD BE STRUGGLING AGAINST, THE ENEMY. WE AS CHURCH PEOPLE HAVE MADE THE JOB OF THE ENEMY QUITE EASY. TRUTH BE TOLD, HE IS PROBALLY SITTING ON A BEACH SOMEWHERE SIPPING A MAI TAI, LAUGHING AT THE CHURCH. WE BLAME HIM SO MUCH FOR THINGS WE DO, IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY. WHY WOULD HE HAVE TO WORK WHEN WE CLOCK IN EVERYDAY TO DO HIS JOB. TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE YOU DISAGREE WITH, GOING TO THE PASTOR INSTEAD OF CONFRONTING THE PROBLEM, SLAMMING THE HARDEST WORKERS YOU HAVE, BASHING NEW IDEAS BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT. THESE THINGS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ABOUT THE POOR YOUTH WORKERS WHO ARE TEACHING YOUR KIDS TO BE INDIVIDUALS AND MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AND TO NOT FOLLOW THE CROWD, THEN WATCH THEIR LEADERS GET ATTACKED BECAUSE SOMETHING DIDN'T SUIT THE PARENTS.
ALL IN ALL, THE CHURCH NEEDS TO WAKE UP AND REMEMBER WHY THEY EXSIST. SOULS ARE IN THE BALANCE AND FAMILIES ARE SPLITTING UP AND PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND PEOPLE NEED DELIVERANCE AND HEALING. REMEMBER THOSE THINGS THE NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO BASH SOMEONE AT THE CHURCH. REMEMBER THOSE THINGS WHEN ENTIRE FAMILIES LEAVE YOUR CHURCH. DON'T BLAME THEM, THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR THAT LIST OF TRUELY CHURCH ACTIVITIES, WORSHIP, PRAYER, HEALING, DELIVERANCE. LOOK CLOSELY IN THE MIRROR AND ASK THIS QUESTION, AM I A PROBLEM OR A SOLUTION?
WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITHOUT ADDING TO THEM. THE ASSESMENT IS EASY. ARE PEOPLE JOINING YOUR CHURCH? ARE PEOPLE GETTING SAVED? IS THE LORD FREE TO WORK IN THE CHURCH? IF THE ANSWER IS NO, LIKE IN MOST CHURCHES, THEN DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND DARING. TAKE SOME RISKS AND WORK TOGETHER AND NOT APART.
VENTING,
WOODY
Wednesday, May 5. 2010
LEEDS ELEMENTATY SCHOOL WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL FIELD DAY THIS FRIDAY. ON THIS DAY, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE, PLAY GAMES, EAT SNACKS AND CANDY, AND GENERALLY HAVE A DAY WITH NO CLASSES. IT SOUNDS FUN, RIGHT? WELL, THEN I WAS ASKED TO PLAY IN THE TEACHER KICK BALL GAME. YOU KNOW I AM COMPETITIVE AND RECENTLY ACCIDENT PRONE. IF YOU DIDN,T KNOW THAT, YOU DO NOW. IT ALL STARTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I PULLED MY HAMMY IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT. ONE MRI LATER AND I WAS LIMPING QUITE NICELY WITH A KING SIZED BRUISE ON MY LEG. THEN, A CHURCH KICK BALL GAME AT MAC AND MELISSAS'. THERE I PULLED MY KNEE AND IT STILL HURTS TODAY. OH I FORGOT THE KICKBALL GAME AT YOUTH APPRECIATION DAY AT CHURCH, ALSO A PULLED QUAD MUSCLE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, 40 IS NOT BEING KIND TO ME. BUT I DEGRESS. THIS KICK BALL GAME WILL BE DIFFERENT. I HAVE STRETCHED THIS WEEK AND EXERCISED. OH YEAH, BRING IT BABY, I'M READY TO SHOW THESE TEACHERS THE OLD ATHLETE HAS SOMETHING LEFT IN HIS TANK.
HELP ME PRAY THAT THE GAME GETS RAINED OUT. PLEASE JESUS.
IF NOT, HERE WE GO
WOODY
Monday, May 3. 2010
IST GRADERS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET FROM POINT A TO B. THEY ARE EASILY DISTRACTED ON JOURNEYS TO THE GYM BY EVERYTHING. ART WORK ON THE WALL, PENCIL ON THE FLOOR, WATER FOUNTAINS, OH MY THE WATER FOUNTAINS, AND OTHER STUDENTS CAUSE COMPLETE CHAOS. I SAY GET IN LINE 20 TIMES BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEXT CLASS. STOP TALKING, CATCH UP, DON'T LAG BEHIND, KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF ARE COMMON COMMANDS.
THEN IT HIT ME. GOD SAYS THE SAME THINGS TO US ON A DAILY BASIS. THE LORD SAYS GET IN LINE CHRISTIANS. DON'T LAG BEHIND. STOP TALKING ABOUT ONE ANOTHER AND GOSSIPING. KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF AND BUSY ON THE PLOW
EVER BEEN STABLE AT HOME, STABLE A WORK, STABLE AT CHURCH, I MEAN THINGS ARE GOING GREAT. THEN, SUDDENLY, A WIND OF TROUBLE BLOWS IN AND YOU FIND YOURSELF COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN. MAYBE YOU LOSE YOUR JOB ON FRIDAY WHICH CAUSES A FIGHT ON SATURDAY AT HOME AND YOU HEAD TO CHURCH MAD FROM THAT FIGHT AND YOU LET SOMEONE KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY THINK OF THEM. WOW! A HUGE MESS. THIS MIGHT SOUND REDICULUS TO YOU, BUT I BET THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. MAYBE TO YOU! LIFE CAN THROW SITUATIONS AT YOU THAT YOU MAY NOT BE READY FOR. IN TIMES LIKE THESE, WE MUST GRAB HOLD OF THE CONSTANTS IN OUR LIFE. FIRST AND FOREMOST , GOD. HE DOESN'T CHANGE, EVEN THROUGH ALL OF LIFE'S TWIST AND TURNS. HE NEVER CHANGES. HE CAN GIVE YOU PEACE DURING THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES. HE WILL CARRY YOU THROUGH.
Thursday, April 29. 2010
JUST HAD A THIRD GRADE CLASS TELL ME, MR. SALT, YOU ARE CRAZY. NOW UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY ARE RIGHT. I LIKE TO USE DIFFERENT ACCENTS TO PEAK THEIR INTEREST. IT USUALLY WORKS.SO NATURALLY, THEY THINK IT IS FUNNY AND THEY CALL ME CRAZY. SOME CRAZY ISN'T ALL BAD THEN, RIGHT? HOW ABOUT THE GUY IN THE BIBLE WHO HAD FOUR CRAZY FRIENDS LOWER HIM THRU A HOLE THEY CREATED IN A GUY'S ROOF , JUST TO GET TO JESUS. HOW ABOUT JESUS EATING WITH PHARISEES AND PROSTITUTES. WHAT ABOUT JESUS RUBBING MUD ON A BLIND MAN OR MOSES PICKING UP A SNAKE AND IT TURNING INTO A STAFF. SPEAKING OF STAFFS, AARON HAD ONE BLOOM AND BLOSSOM RIGHT BEFORE HIS EYES. MY POINT, DON'T LET THE WORLD PUT YOU IN A BOX AND LABEL YOU RADICAL OR CRAZY. LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE. A PECULIAR PEOPLE WE ARE TO BE. LET THEM SEE OUR UNORTHODOX METHODS AND LAUGH. REMEMBER, NOAH WAS RIDICULED AND HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE JUST FINE. WHEN THE RAINS CAME, WHO WAS CRAZY THEN?
BE A LITTLE CRAZY FOR JESUS TODAY.
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A NUT,
WOODY
Tuesday, April 27. 2010
WHAT IS THE FIRST IMPRESSION YOU MAKE ON AN INDIVIDUAL? YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOU. THIS MAKES LIFE TOUGH FOR A CERTAIN FAMILY OF PREACHERS WHO HAVE A NATURAL FROWN OR MEAN LOOK. VANESSA CALLS IT THE SALTER LOOK AND IF YOU KNOW ANY OF US, YOU KNOW THAT LOOK. PEOPLE USED TO ASK ME IF MY DAD WAS MAD AT THEM. 9 TIMES OUT OF 10 HE WAS NOT BUT IT LOOKED THAT WAY. SO IF WE ARE NOT PROVOKED INTO CONVERSATION, ONE MIGHT THINK ALL SORTS OF THINGS, LIKE HE IS AROGANT, OR MAD, OR UPSET, OR MEAN. NONE OF THESE ARE TRUE, BUT OUR FACE TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY. I'M LEARNING TO SMILE WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT. LOL
I GUESS AS I AM WORKING ON MY FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, OTHERS COULD WORK ON THEIR JUDGEMENTAL APPROACH TO OTHERS. WE ALL CAN WORK ON SOMETHING.
THE BIBLE SAYS GOD LOOKS ON THE HEARTS OF MEN. THANK GOD. HE SEES OUR INTENT AND NOT THE FLESHY EXTERIOR WE PORTRAY. HE KNOWS US INSIDE AND OUT. BUT SINCE OTHERS CAN'T KNOW US UNTIL THEY MEET US, LET US SMILE. A SMILE IS EASY TO DISCERN. IT SIMPLY MEANS YOU ARE APPROACHABLE. NO HIDDEN MEANINGS AT ALL.
THE ONLY JESUS SOME PEOPLE EVER SEE IS IN THE SMILE OF A BELIEVER.
SMILES,
WOODY
Monday, April 26. 2010
I AM CURRENTLY TEACHING MUSIC AT LEEDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT IS A GREAT CHALLENGE AND A GREAT HONOR. I HAVE GLEANED MUCH FROM THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. I NEVER SAW MYSELF TEACHING SCHOOL, BUT I ALSO, NEVER SAW MYSELF PREACHING. SOMETIMES YOU MUST JUST LOOK UP AND SAY WHERE LORD?, YOU WANT ME WHERE?
IF WE ALLOW HIM TO GUIDE OUR PATHS, ORDER OUR STEPS, BE WIILING TO CHANGE AND GROW, HE WILL SEND YOU PLACES YOU NEVER SAW COMING. THAT IS THE SPICE OF LIFE, GOD USING YOU AT HIS COMMANDS. WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BEHAVED, LIFE WAS SWEET. WHEN THEY DISOBEYED, THEY WERE CONQUERED. IT IS REALLY THAT SIMPLE. SO DON'T ASK WHY LORD, BUT WHERE THIS TIME LORD, WHERE WOULD YOU HAVE ME BE THE BEST I CAN BE?
Thursday, April 22. 2010
LEV. 23 SHOWS A VIVID IMAGE OF WHAT GOD WOULD HAVE US DO. A FARMER WAS TO LEAVE THE EDGES OF HIS GARDEN UN-HARVESTED SO THE POOR COULD GLEAN FROM IT AND BE FED.
I'M SURE SOME FARMERS WERE GREEDY AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY NEEDED ALL OF THEIR CROPS. BUT REMEMBER WHO GOD IS, HE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH. THE FARMERS WERE RESPONSIBLE TO SIMPLY FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. GOD ALWAYS SUPPLIES OUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY. HIS GLORY DOES NOT RUN DRY OR OUT. AMEN. BUT, GOD IS ALSO A PROVIDER. THE POOR COULD COME AND HARVEST THE REMAINDER OF THE FIELDS AND BE FED. PRAISE GOD, THE PROVIDER.
DON'T MISS THE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS THE POOR, BUT THEN IT SAYS, THE ALIENS. THE ALIENS WERE ALLOWED TO GLEAN FROM THE FIELD AS WELL. HE ACCEPTED EVERYONE. WE ARE THOSE ALIENS HE PROVIDED FOR THEN BUT NOW WE ARE GRAFTED IN TO THE FAMILY AS KIN FOLKS. WOW. ALL THAT HEAVEN HOLDS IS OURS ACCORDING TO GOD. JOINT AIRES WITH JESUS.
NOW, YOU KNEW IT WAS COMING RIGHT? WHAT ARE YOU LEAVING BEHIND? WHAT CAN PEOPLE GLEAN FROM YOU?
BE BLESSED BECAUSE YOU FOLLOW HIS COMMANDS,
WOODY
Thursday, March 4. 2010
TIME TO PUT PETTY DIFFERENCES ASIDE AND SEARCH OUR OWN HEARTS FOR THE FORGIVING POWER WE KNOW QUITE WELL. YOU SEE, JESUS PUT IT THERE WHEN WE WERE FORGIVEN. DIFFERENCES SHOULD NOT SEPARATE CHRISTIANS. IT IS JUST MERELY, THOUGHTS AND IDEAS THAT MAY BE STRANGE TO OTHERS OR RADICAL IN NATURE. CAN WE DISCUSS DIFFERENT IDEAS WITHOUT TAKING IT AS A PERSONAL ATTACK AGAINST OUR OWN IDEAS.?. IF YOU HAVE BEEN WOUNDED BY A FELLOW SOLDIER, IT IS TIME TO LET IT GO. FORGIVE THEM EVEN IF THEY DO NOT ASK. THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE. SOULS ARE IN DANGER AND WE CERTAINLY DO NOT NEED TO FIGHT EACH OTHER WHEN THERE IS AN ENEMY WE ALL AGREE ON, SATAN. MAYBE YOU OWE AN APOLIGY TO SOMEONE. DO IT AND MOVE ON. IF WE BATTLE WITHIN OURSELVES, THE ENEMY CAN SIT BACK LOOK, AND LAUGH AT US. WE ARE DOING HIS JOB CHURCH. WHAT WILL IT BE.
Thursday, February 18. 2010
YOUR MIND IS A BATTLEFIELD........ THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT............
THESE SAYINGS JUST MIGHT BE TRUE, BUT WE HAVE TO ALLOW THE ENEMY TO USE US . ULTIMATELY, IT IS OUR DECISION TO ACT ON THE THINGS OUR MINDS PROVKE US TO DO. WHERE IS THAT STILL SMALL VOICE THAT SPEAKS PEACE TO US IN TIMES OF ANGER.? IT IS STILL THERE BUT MAYBE WE DON'T LISTEN TO IT. THEN WE ARE DESTINED TO FAILURE. IT IS ONLY WHEN WE HEAR FROM THE LORD THAT WE RECEIVE VALID INSTRUCTION. WE HAVE THE CHOICE TO MAKE DAILY WHOM WE WILL SERVE. THAT IS BIBLE FOLKS. NOW, BACK TO MEAN PEOPLE. SOME GOOD CHRISTIAN PEOPLE CAN HURT YOU QUICKER AND HARDER THAN ANYONE ELSE. THOSE THAT YOU ARE CLOSE TO HAVE THAT ABILITY. BUT WHY? ARE WE NOT FIGHTING FOR THE SAME TEAM? ARE WE NOT LOOKING FOR LOST SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD? IS OUR BATTLEFIELD SCARRED WITH THE SAME WOUNDS THE CHURCH HAS SUFFERED FOR YEARS? HOW ABOUT THIS ONE, ISN'T OUR WEAPON THE SAME? [BIBLE] YES , RESOUNDING YES. THEN WHERE ARE OUR DIFFERENCES? OUR SHIELDS ARE DIFFERENT. [FAITH] SOME HAVE BIGGER SHIELDS THAN OTHERS. THIS MAKES ATTACKS WHETHER ENEMY OR FRIENDLY HANDLED QUITE DIFFERENTLY. THOSE WITH BIG SHIELDS CAN WEATHER THE BIG BLOWS OF CHRISTIANITY. BUT THOSE WHO ARE STILL DEVELOPING THERE SHIELD ARE HURT AND WOUNDED. WE AS OLDER CHRISTIANS SHOULD REALIZE THIS BY NOW. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT FOR MANY YEARS, WE SHOULD KNOW HOW VONERABLE YOUNG CHRISTIANS ARE. BUT WHO IS IT IN THE CHURCH THAT DOESN'T WANT TO CHANGE. WHO IS IT THAT CAN'T LET GO OF THEIR CONTROL TO YOUNGER, FRESHER IDEAS.? YOU SEE , OUR SHIELDS GROW BY READING OUR WEAPON. THEREFORE, WE HAVE YOUNG CHRISTIANS GROWING UP FASTER THAN THE OLDER ONES IN MANY CASES. THERE IS NO CERTAIN TIME YOU MUST BE SAVED BEFORE YOUR WORK BEGANS FOR THE LORD.
TRUST ME, IF WE DO NOT LET THE YOUNG CHRISTIANS MOVE THE WAY GOD IS MOVING THEM, WE HAVE BECOME A STUMBLING BLOCK. I FOR ONE WILL NOT BE THAT . SURE , THEY MUST GROW AND WE CAN HELP THEM ALONG. JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE HELPING AND NOT HINDERING.
REMEMBER , THE DEVIL DIDN'T MAKE YOU DO IT. YOU CHOSE TO LISTEN TO HIM INSTEAD OF THE LORD.
I KNOW THIS IS LONGER THAN NORMAL BUT SO GOES MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY
Tuesday, February 9. 2010
CHRISTIANITY IS LIKE THE SPACE SHUTTLE GOING INTO SPACE. WE BLAST OFF FAST AND FURIOUS. OUR ROCKETS ARE IN FULL THRUST. THEN, SUDDENLY OUR ROCKETS DROP OFF AND WE HAVE TO RELY FULLY ON GOD. WE SHOULD BE WEIGHTLESS, CARING FOR NOTHING, FLOATING ON GOD'S GRACE. WHY DO WE STRUGGLE SO. RELAX FOLKS AND ENJOY THE RIDE
Monday, February 8. 2010
SOME CHANGE IS GOOD. SOME CHANGE IS VERY GOOD. IF YOU HAVE A BAD ATTITUDE, IT'S GOOD TO CHANGE. IF YOU MESS UP YOUR SHIRT EATING BBQ, THEN A CHANGE IS A MUST. WE WON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT UNDERWEAR. LOL CHANGE KEEPS US OUT OF RUTS WE SO EASILY GET INTO BECAUSE WE ARE CREATURES OF HABIT. THE SAME OLE, SAME OLE, IS COMFORTABLE TO US AND MAKES US FEEL SECURE. ROUTINES OFTEN CENTER OUR LIVES AS WELL. WE NEED TO CHANGE. AS WE READ GOD'S WORD, WE SEE THAT AS WE COMPREHEND, CHANGE IS COMPLETELY NESSECARY. THE BIBLE MOLDS US AND MAKES US OVER TO BE MORE CHRIST LIKE. THAT IS OUR GOAL, TO BE LIKE CHRIST. GOD IS THE VARIABLE IN THE EQUATION THAT DOES NOT CHANGE. HE IS THE PERFECT ONE. CHANGE, FOR GOD, WOULD BRING HIM DOWN TO A LESS THAN PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR US. IN MALICHI, THE WORD TELLS US THAT GOD CHANGES NOT. ISN'T THAT GOOD NEWS. SINCE WE ENJOY RUTS AND WE ARE CREATURES OF HABIT, GET A HOLD ON THAT SCRIPTURE AND RUN WITH IT. LET US DO THE CHANGING AND LET GOD BWE THE PERFECT ONE. PAUL SAYS, WE ARE TO STRIVE TO BE PERFECT. LET US STRIVE TOGETHER TO PLEASE OUR PERFECT GOD.
WOODY
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