In my morning quiet time, I came upon this passage. Then Job answered the LORD and said, “I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge ?’ “Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for […]
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Starting a New Life in Minneapolis As some of you know, I have accepted a position for a company in Minneapolis MN. Aside from the normal challenges of work, I also have committed to being on site for two years starting in August. This puts a lot of things into perspective as we start he
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It’s hard to let go… It has been a while since my last post. Much is going in our lives, and I have been bad and went into my shell instead of sharing. man-skilz.com/ is on the road. We have been offered a chance to move for work and I am currently in Minnesota getting
“Strong like Caleb” or “Caleb Strong“, refers specifically, to the attitude, activities, and behavior patterns that are modeled for us in Scripture by Caleb in Joshua and Numbers. Caleb had very specific qualities like honor, faith, truthfulness, and a fearlessness fueled by his assurances from God’s word and provision. Additionally he shows us obedience to
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We can be Caleb Strong! But what does that mean? I gave the invocation at our Emanuel Faith Community Church graduation ceremony for Men’s Fraternity: The Great Adventure last night. In preparing for this talk, I reviewed “Caleb’s Prayer”, a prayer that has been around for a few years in the Men’s Frat community. I have
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I haven’t written in a while. First it was schedules, then technical difficulties. Eventually time affected the spirit and I did not “feel” compelled to write. Maybe I was out of sorts, maybe I was distracted… Or maybe, just maybe, I was led astray. I was picking up my son from camp yesterday and we
Once more, I have to say I Luv my friends. One of them, who happened to be a BIC, recently posed following the question for discussion: In entertainment media would you rather see violence or sex? I processed that one and the result becomes tiered layers of acceptance. The primary reason for the tiered acceptance is
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I’m having another “Suck It Up” day. My Problem: I want for praise and reward from this world (or my family/friends) very much but I am doing so little (non-kingdom building) work to merit praise or reward. The work I do for HIS kingdom, is for the Lord, and as Matthew 6:1-8 discusses, I don’t
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In case it doesn’t display the video for you, Click here: Can you hear me?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD1_AkhK2hI&feature=colike I like the “Can you hear me” …. It really encourages him to listen to her and drives her point home. My grandfather used to whisper when he really wanted to be sure you heard him. The logic was that
Something fun for the day: I thought I would list some observations about my own behavior patterns over the years. As we all walk our road, with or with out the Lord, we do, some slower than others, mature. We also recognize that as we mature we grow as people and into something new. Some
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