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The CALL (serving much of South Florida including both coasts and the Keys) is a Christian rock, pop, and hip hop FM and online music radio station that’s independently-owned and operated.

Here’s their ministry description and philosophy as presented on their web site:

Ministry Description
The CALL is a non-commercial, listener-supported, FM radio station broadcasting Christian music and programming in a format that appeals to the target audience of listeners, ages 13 through 25.

Recognizing music’s power in worship, inspiration, exhortation and entertainment, The CALL seeks to use music as a tool to reach out to its target audience. The CALL’s primary mission is to make a positive impact on the community by introducing people to Christ and encouraging the growth of that relationship. This will, in turn, provide the basis and the means for young adults to stand against today’s pitfalls, including drug abuse, premarital sex, alcoholism, racism, and suicide.

Ministry Philosophy
The CALL is founded on the following principles:

1.  We believe in the Holy Trinity: God the Father, Jesus Christ His Son, and the Holy Spirit.
2.  We believe in the supremacy of God.
3.  We believe that the Holy Bible is God’s Word to His Church and that it is complete, inerrant and fully trustworthy.
4.  We believe in the forgiveness of sin through God’s grace and that personal salvation is available only through Jesus Christ.

About 1,000 days ago on a random morning in August of 2006 during my usual 15-minute drive to work I discovered The CALL for the first time ever. I believe that Jesus Christ intentionally utilized The CALL to rescue and save me from the evils and darkness of my previous life. He took an obvious passion of mine – rock music – and used it like a dangling carrot in His effort to get me to follow Him. I did just that. I always believed in Him, but I didn’t really know Him. Over the past 1,000 days of this fantastic journey I’ve developed and strengthened my personal relationship with Him. There’s no turning back now, as I continue to aggressively follow my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and be more like Him.

This week The CALL is running hard with its ‘Summer Fund Drive’. Please pledge any amount of money that you can by calling them toll-free at 1-877-3-RADIO-5, or do so online via their official web site.

The CALL is an enabler. They enabled me to experience the continuous euphoria that is this new Life of mine courtesy of Christ !

I pray that The CALL receive the funds necessary to continue to enable lost lives to be rescued and saved by God.

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Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

– I wasn’t at Life Pointe Church last Sunday morning.
– I was over 1,400 miles WNW of here in Allen Texas.
– There’s a slight chance that I may not be at LPC next Sunday morning as well.
– I really wish to visit and attend the Sunday night service next week at PK.
– Next Monday is a federal holiday, so it makes sense to do so.
– Pastor Travis led this morning’s powerful teaching on Revolutionaries.
– It was based on 1 Peter 2:21-25.
– Jesus Christ was the ultimate Revolutionary.
– He didn’t follow the rules.
– He didn’t do what others around Him told Him to do.
– He created His own rules, and He did it for us.
– He didn’t have to die on that cross on that hill.
– He chose to die so that we could live.
– His love for us changed the world.
– Getting rich and owning worldly possessions does NOT change the world.
– We are all so full of sin, yet Jesus loves each and every one of us.
– He specifically created us in His image.
– Some of us already know that because we know Him.
– But many in the world today don’t yet know that – or Him.
– TODAY I’m celebrating Life – the 1,000TH day of this new Life of mine.
– I was rescued and saved by God 1,000 days ago in August of 2006.
– That’s when I stopped ignoring God, and I put Him in the driver’s seat.
– I choose to continue to follow God.
– I choose to continue to obey His Good News.

1 Peter 2:21-25 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
21  For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in His steps.
22  He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone.
23  He did not retaliate when He was insulted, nor threaten revenge when He suffered. He left His case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly.
24  He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By His wounds you are healed.
25  Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.

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Bedtime Stories

OK I’m doing a ‘Bedtime Stories’ for tonight because Ela wants me to, and that’s good enough reason to do so. (Sorry it took so long Ela.)

So this is where I simply ramble on in short paragraph form about whatever floats into my mind and then travels through my cells and nerves down to my fingers that are doing the talking via the keyboard.

I’ve got my first bold weather forecast of the new rainy season (that incidentally started this past Monday). I’m forecasting perhaps 4 to as much as 8 inches of rain (for Homestead) over the next 7 to 10 days. Let’s see how this plays out. We do need a soaker around these parts !

TODAY I picked-up Lunch at Checkers for the 2ND time in as many months – and pretty much the 2ND time in a real long time. This time I avoided their pitiful wings. I went with their meaty double champ burger with cheese, tasty seasoned fries (the best in the fast food business), and outrageously scrumptious cinnamon apple pies (2 for $1). I think this is my new once-a-month Lunch tradition.

I’m thinking about eating Breakfast at Denny’s tomorrow (Saturday) morning. I’m also dreaming of Mamma Mia on Sunday after Life Pointe Church.

This weekend I just want to eat, blog, watch TV, and relax. Is that so wrong ?

TONIGHT I spent another hour or so looking all throughout my ‘This Is Your Life’ photo album that my brother and his wife made for me for my birthday. I’m identifying classic pictures of me that could possibly get published on this blog for the entire world to see. I may feature a couple tomorrow night as I take the ‘Saturday Night Retro’ back 25 years ago to 1984.

Well that’s what’s happenin’ with me on this Friday night. Thank You everyone for taking the time to access and read this blog. This is my Life today, and I love to share it with you as we walk together on this fantastic journey. Take good care of yourselves, love one another, and be sure to check me out again sometime real soon. May God Bless you forever and ever.

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Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

– It’s the first Sunday of May in 2009.
– Within the next couple of weeks I’ll celebrate my 1,000TH day on this journey.
– It really will be a celebration !
– Pastor Travis returned to Life Pointe Church in Homestead this morning.
– He led a strong teaching regarding how we as Christians fit in with the world.
– We must be in this world, but not of this world.
– The world must not dictate to us how we should act or what we should do.
– God must be our only advisor.
– During my previous life I let the world tell me what to do and how to do it.
– I no longer live in the darkness.
– I am no longer a puppet on a string.
– I now follow and obey God, and I listen to His direction for me.
– As believers in Him we should NOT solely hang out with other believers.
– We must not alienate ourselves from the rest of the world.
– We must mix ourselves in with the world around us.
– The world should be able to clearly see God’s Glory working in each of us.
– They should be able to see it without us telling them that we believe.
– Changed lives change lives – one non-believer at a time.
– There’s a celebration goin’ on whenever a rescue and a save has occurred.
– This week’s teaching was based on the following verses out of the Good News:
  – 1 Peter 2:11-12
  – Luke 11:13
  – Matthew 6:19-21
  – Mark 12:30-31
  – John 14:1-3
  – Acts 1:6-11

This blog is attracting increasing attention locally here in Homestead Florida. I am a member of Life Pointe Church, and we meet at the Flagship Cinemas 14 movie theatre on Campbell Drive near Florida’s Turnpike. We occupy the main lobby, the hallways, and 5 theatres on Sunday mornings from around 7 AM to 12 Noon. 4 of the 5 theatres are for our Kids 12 and under. The remaining theatre is where we have our two Sunday morning services. They last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, and they begin promptly at 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM. There is no need to dress up for the red carpet to come to our church. Come as you are. Have a cup of coffee (free), a bagel with cream cheese (free), and attend one of our two services. See how we do church. It may be nothing like you ever imagined. Take it from me. I avoided church for over 30 years. Then I discovered Life Pointe Church. I’ve been attending for the past 27+ months. Discover it for yourself. It’s never too late to experience the euphoria that is living on God’s fantastic journey for you !