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My Fantastic Journey: It’s In The Lyrics

A successful 10-month Wednesday night tradition here on this blog moves to Sunday afternoons effective this week. Lord Jesus please bless this weekly blog post series, and allow it to reach, minister, and encourage the unsaved and the unwanted of this turbulent world. May Your omnipotence shine bright God Almighty via these words, and may Your Kingdom continue to expand – one saved heart, mind, and soul at a time. AMEN !

This morning at Life Pointe Church in Homestead Florida I hosted the 9 AM service. I stated that it was a true pleasure to stand there before you on that stage – in that auditorium – in that movie theatre – off that street that we call Campbell – in our great city of Homestead. I added that we must always remember that the building is not the church. We The People – We are the living and breathing body that makes up the church – whether we are inside that auditorium – or in our own homes – or out in the world. We must always be the church and represent our God Almighty – loud and proud !

God used loud music to rescue me and save me from evil and darkness some 44 months ago. That’s when my fantastic journey following Jesus began. God has a fantastic journey for you too. He created it especially for you – and nobody else. If you believe. If you trust.

Here’s a dude who loves God. He likes to rap about Him all of the time. Here he is introducing himself. Get the name right. He’s B. Reith (rhymes with ‘Life’) !

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Saturday Night Retro

I was a TOP 40 radio music fanatic for over 30 years through the entirety of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. I invested a lot of time in it as a hobby, and it built a once popular web site that eventually evolved into this blog.

As I look back at the past decade – the first decade of the new millennium – I look back at how I strayed from the mainstream TOP 40 music genre. For two years from the start of 2002 through the start of 2004 I was heavily into the ‘pure dance’ scene (European-style trance, techno, and house music). It was all about the beats-per-minute and going faster. Following a 2½-year stint back with my TOP 40 roots from the Spring of 2004 until the Summer of 2006 I discovered another fringe genre of music – Christian Rock. It coincides with my continuing (and everlasting) 43½-month fantastic journey thus far. This music is all about my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ.

But I’m not listening to the Christian Rock music 24-7. Over the past year or so I’ve really taken this ‘Retro’ concept to the extreme. I’m now a 1970s music fanatic. I listen to ‘70s On 7‘ exclusively on Sirius | XM at home, and I’ve also been known to crank-up my car stereo as loud as can be to South Florida’s Majic-102.7 and Big-105.9. I’ve really developed quite a liking for the music that I grew up to as a 2-year-old toddler to a 12-year-old pre-teenager. It is the music of my life, and it brings back memories of a much more simpler time of my life. While I had a lot of fun during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s my most vivid memories (good and bad) remain with the 1970s. The music of the times help me to look back at where I came from – and compare it to where I am today.

I’m really developing a fresh new appreciation for some of the greatest artists and acts of the 1970s including some that I didn’t really care too much for back then as a kid. One such act is the Electric Light Orchestra. They were a hit music producing machine back in the day, and they are frequently played on the aforementioned ’70s On 7′. Here’s one of their hits from 1976 that sounds so awesome 34 years later that it’s on my iPod Shuffle that I play daily in the background at work. It’s “Livin’ Thing”, and it could possibly be a song that celebrates Life – particularly Life in the mother’s womb. It’s unborn to the world, but it’s a livin’ thing. It’s a terrible thing to lose.

This concludes another week of blogging for me. I’m taking the next couple of days off, but you can always follow me on Twitter. I’ll be back on Tuesday night with an all-new edition of my weekly ‘Grab Bag O’ Thoughts’. Until then my friends – keep your feet on the ground – and keep reaching for the stars. (Thank You Casey Kasem for all of your contributions through the years.)

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Thursday Night Mini Thoughts

– It’s 9:54 PM EDT here on the U.S. East Coast as I begin compiling this.
– This easily makes it the latest edition EVER of the ‘Mini Thoughts’.
– I wanted to try something a little bit different this week.
– I wanted to compile this from a different time perspective.
– 10 PM at night is much different than 4 PM in the afternoon.
– My work day is done at 4 PM, but I’m just getting started at home.
– My entire day is virtually done at 10 PM, so I can look back at it.
– God performed yet more miracles for me at work.
– Some of them I noticed right away, and some of them were ‘God-Winks’.
– God keeps everything exciting for me in this 44TH month of my journey.
– It’s a fantastic journey that’s a winding road with dangerous curves.
– I try not to get too close to the edges.
– The enemy is anxiously waiting all along both sides of the journey.
– Today was an abnormally busy day at work in a strange way.
– It was weird how the events played out, but I was a player.
– After work I ventured over to Publix – where shopping is a pleasure.
– It’s my favourite store in the entire world.
– That’s because eating food is one of my favourite hobbies.
– If this U.S. Government thing doesn’t work out for me then I’m goin’ to Publix.
– The’re always hiring.
– I’ve heard that their work benefits are some of the best in the industry.
– I finally got home shortly before 5 PM EDT.
– That gave me about two hours to chill before heading over to Life Group.
– I was at Life Group for nearly 2½-hours.
– The time flew by as we studied His Good News – His Truth.
– So as you can see it’s been a rather hectic Thursday out and about.
– This is a Life that’s far different (and radical) than it was before Christ.
– Before I was rescued and saved 43 months ago I lived a different life.
– I really believe that if I had continued on with that life I wouldn’t be here now.
– God saved my life.
– Actually I died from my first life and He granted me a new Life.
– God took the dead man out of me.
– As Good Friday approaches in less than an hour I honour Him.
– I honour Jesus Christ for giving it all up so that I could live.
– I honour Him for dying on that bloody hunk of wood.
– I owe Him the rest of my Life for what He did for me.
– Tomorrow night I’m hangin’ out with my brothers and sisters.
– We’re having a special Good Friday service down in The Keys.
– I’m looking forward to celebrating Life with my church family.
– As a result I’m taking the night off from blogging.
– I’ll be back on here on Saturday night with your ‘Retro’ for the week.
– In the meantime be sure to follow me on Twitter.
– You won’t regret it pal.

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My Fantastic Journey: It’s In The Lyrics

On this week we commemorate Passion Week. It’s the week in time that Our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ rode in to Jerusalem, was anointed, was betrayed, sat down for the Last Supper, was crucified on that bloody hunk of wood high atop that putrid garbage dump, died a brutal death, was buried, and then … (get ready for the miracle) … was resurrected to the Heavens above. He conquered death, and He did it for us !

Jesus Christ died on that cross so that we could live. He proved that death creates Life. When we die to this world – to our pride – to our self-righteousness – we begin to live a brand new Life. It’s a rebirthing that is quite simply a miracle from up above. No matter where we’ve come from. No matter what we’ve been through. Jesus Christ forgives us. He gives us a second chance at Life. If we believe. If we trust. If we Love.

1 Peter 1:3 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by His great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation,

1 Peter 1:23
For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new Life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

There’s a ‘Fantastic Journey’ that’s been created especially for you !  You in ?