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Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

– Sometimes there are up to 9 Johnsons at Life Pointe Church.
– This morning I could only find one – Anne J.
– Anne J. was armed with several cans of Lysol – one for each hand at a time.
– She was killing movie theatre viruses, germs, mold, and mildew.
– She was eliminating odors on contact.
– My favourite couple – Jonathan & Lillian – arrived a good 2½ hours early.
– They were filling in for Manny and his crew.
– Jonathan & Lillian are typically the best-dressed couple at LPC.
– Mark S. hosted during the first service this morning.
– Jesse S. led this week’s teaching.
– It was one of the most powerful and inspirational messages in awhile.
– Jesse led a straight-talk conversation, as he shared his Life with us.
– Jesse is one of the most ‘real’ dudes I know on this journey.
– I’m glad that Jesse is an important part of my Life.
– I’m walking with Jesse as we follow God.
– 1 Peter is one of my favourite books of the New Testament.
– 1 Peter 1:23 sums it all up for me:

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.

– And then there’s this gem from 1 Peter 2:9:

As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for He called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light.

– My cornerstone date of rebirthing – August 2006.
– That’s when God rescued me from the darkness and led me into His daylight.
– This journey is so not about us.
– It’s all about Jesus Christ.
– We should inspire the world around us with the Life that we live.
– The world should be able to easily see God’s glory shining through us.
– Shine with me.

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Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

– TODAY I begin my 28TH month at Life Pointe Church in Homestead Florida.
– It’s also the start of my 33RD month on this journey.
– Why do I keep counting up ?
– It’s because the higher the numbers the further away from darkness I am.
– Lead Pastor Travis led a strong message this morning.
– It was based on 1 Peter 1:13-22 and Romans 3:23 / 6:5-11 / 12:1-2.
– We are born into sin and separated from God.
– We are rebels with no cause.
– We have all sinned; therefore, we have all fallen short of God’s example.
– Death to self is the only way to a revolutionary Life in Jesus Christ.
– 32 months ago I was at my own funeral.
– It was the most alive I had ever been.
– That’s becaause God pulled the dead man out of me when I accepted Him.
– The dawn of a new Life had finally arrived.
– I’ve been chasing daylight ever since.
– I’m still a work in progress.
– I must never give up the mighty fight against evil and darkness.

1 Peter 1:13-16
A Call To Holy Living
13  So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.
14  So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.
15  But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.
16  For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”

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Bible Stories

The last thing that I was known as being before this journey began for me was that of a rebel or an extremist. I essentially blended in with the world. I was a mannequin with no relevant direction or purpose in life. I was just like everyone else. And then I was rescued and saved by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Almighty !  I’ve been on a journey following and obeying Him for the past 32 months now, and the world has conveniently identified and classified me as an extreme radical right-wing Jesus freak nut job looney tune. I am weird. I am wacky. I must be smoking the weeds.

The fact of the matter is that Jesus Christ was the ultimate rebel. He was the King of all radical extremists. In order to follow a rebel you’ve got to be a rebel. You’ve got to stand out from the crowd that is the world. You’ve got to wake up and activate from the evil and the darkness of the night. You’ve got to kick the devil hard in the face and tell him to get lost. You’ve got to take a stand and make a difference here on Earth. You’ve got to walk in His shoes and be His legs and His feet here on Earth.

It takes a rebel to know a rebel. It’s as simple as that, so call me extreme.

Matthew 24:9-14 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
 9  “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.
10  And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other.
11  And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people.
12  Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.
13  But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
14  And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.

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God Music

Monday Night Countdown

For over 23 years now (since the end of 1985) I’ve been compiling my favourite hit songs of the week. At this hobby’s peak I was compiling two TOP 40 music charts every week. At one point it even became a TOP 50 music chart. For nearly a dozen years (1995 to 2007) these weekly hit music charts appeared on the web at MASSIVESMASH.COM (my former popular web site). Nowadays I simply compile a TOP 15 music chart every week (offline). The TOP 5 out of the TOP 15 is posted here on the blog at this location.

Here are my TOP 5 current favourite songs:

5.  The Unavoidable Battle Of Feeling On The Outside – FM Static

4.  Control – Clemency (former # 1)

3.  Back To The Five – Ruth (former # 1)

2.  The Difference – Philmont (former # 1)

1.  Set The Dial – Run Kid Run

I’m a big fan of Run Kid Run out of SE Illinois / NW Kentucky. I like their style. Every single song that they’ve released to the radio since I’ve been on this journey with them has been a great song – “I’ll Forever Sing”, “Sing To Me”, “Captives Come Home”, “Sure Shot”, and “Set The Dial”. This is a band that I would love to see LIVE in concert. I’m a fan. Oh yeah – this is the most important part of it all:  They love and follow Jesus Christ. That makes them rebels. I dig that.