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Bedtime Stories

Greetings Friends. It’s time for the 30TH edition of the ever-so-popular ‘Bedtime Stories’ series here on this blog. ‘Bedtime Stories’ is kind of like my version of ‘The Tonight Show‘ – a long-running staple that you can always depend on to be there with a fresh new edition on most nights.

The ‘Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad’ is pretty much my ‘Meet The Press‘ on here. If it’s Sunday – then it’s ‘Tossed Salad’ day !

I’m not the only dude that recaps his Sunday morning experiences at Life Pointe Church. Pastor Travis created the concept. Check out his ‘Sunday Wrap-Up’. Trav’s real bro Phil (P.J.) has run with his ‘Sunday Life Pointe Talk Soup’ for 5 weeks now. And then there’s the ‘Ritz Crackah‘ who has his ‘Sunday Goosfaba’. (‘Goosfaba’ is a variation of ‘Goosfraba’ which is an Eskimo word that was made famous in the 2003 box office smash ‘Anger Management‘.)

I’ll be back at work bright and early tomorrow morning to kick-off a fresh new week at my job. I’m making it a special point to get away from the base during the Lunch hour to finally get a haircut and then to eat Chinese Food for Lunch. Be sure to check out ‘The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club’ tomorrow (Monday) afternoon.

Have a safe and peaceful Sunday night everyone, and until we hang out again here on the blog remember this:

Big Hole, Kimberley South Africa

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1.  Neither Anne J. nor myself were the first to arrive this morning at the movie theatre. Pastor Paul beat both of us. He was determined to build that Information Booth piece by piece in no time flat like nobody else can !

2.  At precisely 8:58 AM I turned on the two-minute countdown at the laptop that controls the small video screen at the Information Booth, and the loud Christian punk anthem that plays totally frightened Anne J. as she was standing right in front of the screen and the stereo speakers. She recovered nicely from the momentary fright-fest and proceeded to do a little bit of the ‘robot dance’ circa 1982. If you snoozed then you missed it !

3.  It was Luciana and I that rocked the Kids Life Registration tables before and during the 9 AM service. Luci led, and I followed her lead. I filled in for the vacationing Lisa Trinidad. We prayed for her safe return back home to Homestead and Life Pointe Church real soon.

4.  Pastor Travis led this week’s teaching for Week 3 of our current ‘Simply Jesus’ message series entitled ‘Why Did Jesus’ Mom Need To Be A Virgin ?’ We learned about 7 items that Scripture does NOT teach us about the Virgin Birth of Jesus:
– That Mary did not have a normal delivery. (Yes she did.)
– That Mary remained a virgin for the rest of her life. (No she didn’t.) 
– That Jesus’ virgin birth was a myth taken from other religions. (No.)
– That belief in the virgin birth proves the deity of Jesus. (No.)
– That our sin nature is only passed through the male line. (No.)
– That Mary ‘mixed it up’ with God. (No she didn’t.)
– That the virgin birth is unimportant. (It is important.)

5.  Some people have elevated Mary to a position that is virtually equal with Jesus while other people have diminished her importance. Mary should not be an object of faith. She should be an example of faith for all Christians, as she loved God, was a woman of prayer, and lived in holiness as marked by her virginity up until marriage.

6.  This afternoon about 3 dozen of us jam-packed into Travis & Kelly‘s dining room to eat CiCi’s Pizza and brownies and discuss the ‘Moonlight Easter Egg Hunt‘ of 16 nights ago. We’re going to do it all over again in April 2009, and we’re going to do it bigger and better next year with a whole lot of planning and with a whole lot of help from our friends. We’ll be starting up a fresh new blog for the sole purpose of planning next year’s MASSIVE event, so that we can instantly interact with each other online on how to make it all happen.

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Bedtime Stories

Good Evening Friends it’s time for a quick late-night edition of the ‘Bedtime Stories’ on this glorious Wednesday night.

I just got home from Life Group at J.T.’s and Anne’s house. Food, Fellowship, and God. That’s how we roll on Wednesday nights, and it all leads back to Him – The Lord Almighty – Up Above. There is no other bigger, better, and more powerful than Him. We believe. We receive. We have taken Jesus at His word. We have accepted His control of our Life. We are acting in obedience to His instructions. It is all about Him.

Pastor Paul left a voice mail for me at home this afternoon while I was at work. He told me to call him as soon as possible. I did so as soon as I got home. He had an interesting and exciting opportunity that he wants to share with me later this month. I’m 100% sure that I want to take advantage of this incredible experience to further my progression on God’s fantastic journey, and I’m about 90% sure that I can take a few days off from work to do it. I’ll find out for sure tomorrow at work when I complete a leave form and turn it in to my supervisour. If he accepts and approves it then I’m there !

Be sure to catch this blog in action tomorrow afternoon. I’ve got your ‘Thursday Night Internet Hoax Hall-Of-Shame’ for you sometime after 4 PM. It’s a common bathroom product that kills germs dead, but can it also kill blood-sucking mosquitoes dead on contact ?  We’ll find out together tomorrow !

Until then I wish you all a safe and peaceful Wednesday night. A new day arrives in the morning, and it’s another glorious opportunity to chase that daylight and seize every moment that comes your way. Do it all for Him.

Good Night Everyone !  Good Night Kristina M. !

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Bedtime Stories

Tomorrow night in my Life Group I’ll be leading, and we’ll be studying 1 John 1:1-10 to discover the true meaning of faith and to commit to living in a faith-based relationship with God.

Introduction
1  We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw Him with our own eyes and touched Him with our own hands. He is the Word of Life.
2  This one who is Life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen Him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that He is the one who is eternal Life. He was with the Father, and then He was revealed to us.
3  We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
4  We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.

Living In The Light
5  This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in Him at all.
6  So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.
7  But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.
8  If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.
9  But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
10  If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that His word has no place in our hearts.

As we discuss these first 10 verses of the First Book of John I’ll be asking these questions:

1.  Do you really want to believe Jesus is who He claims to be ?

2.  What are some things you have seen Jesus do in your Life ?

3.  In what ways are those experiences affecting your willingness to talk about your faith ?

4.  If living what you claim is the test of authentic faith, how authentic is your faith ?

5.  Have you taken Jesus at his word ?

6.  Have you accepted His control of your Life ?

7.  Are you acting in obedience to His instructions ?

It’s going to be a really cool night tomorrow night hanging out with some of my best friends on this fantastic journey talking about Him. I am so looking forward to it. I truly get excited talking to Him, and talking about Him. He is the only one in my Life that I can really brag about !  It’s all about my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ !  AMEN !