Nila --
I have some exciting news to share about the future of this grassroots movement.
I recorded a personal message for you. Please take a minute to watch the video:
http://my.barackobama.com/thefuture
What you built can't st ...
Posted Sunday, January 18th 2009 at 11:48AM
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And All Things Purely Social
We Can Be As Separate As The
Five Fingers, And Yet One As The Hand
In All Things Essential To Mutual Purpose.
- Booker T. Washington
" Come Now, Let Us Argue This Out,"
Says The Lord.
I Can Remove It. ...
Posted Saturday, January 17th 2009 at 6:13PM
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Hold Fast To Faith.
Desert Not The Rank, But As
Brave Soldiers March On To Victory.
I Am Happy And Shall Remain So
As Long As You Keep The Flag Flying.
-Marcus Garvey
Look At The Proud!
They Trust In Themselves,
In Their L ...
Posted Saturday, January 17th 2009 at 6:12PM
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For Those Who Like To
" Keep The Peace,"
Dishonesty Can Become A Way Of Life.
They're Afraid To Rock The Boat,
Reluctant To Tell People What They
Really Think-Especially If The Truth
Might Make Someone Uncomfortable
Or Defensive. ...
Posted Saturday, January 17th 2009 at 6:11PM
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" Two Are Better Than One,"
And The Person Who Tries To Forge
Through Life Alone Is To Be Pitied.
Those Who Isolate Themselves Or Become
Too Self-Reliant Only Make Life Harder
And Put Themselves In Danger.
On Top Of That, They Miss ...
Posted Saturday, January 17th 2009 at 6:09PM
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When We Are Sufferings,
Scriptures Make It Clear
That Pouring Out Our Anguish,
Even Our Anger, Is A Natural
And Desirable Response.
In Fact, If We Keep Everything Inside,
We Only Suffer More.
The Next Time We Are In
Physical O ...
Posted Saturday, January 17th 2009 at 6:08PM
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God is offering Himself to us daily,
And the rate of exchange is fixed:
Our sins for his forgiveness,
Our hurt for his balm of healing,
Our Sorrow for his joy.
Give him your pain.
Give him the guilt you feel,
The heartaches tha ...
Posted Saturday, January 17th 2009 at 6:07PM
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We Know The Israelites Was On The Move.
We Have Heard The Stories Of Waters Parting,
Walls Falling And Nations Being Driven Out.
What A Great Reminder For Us
To Lean On God's Wisdom And Not Our Own:
" Trust And The Lord With All Your ...
Posted Sunday, January 11th 2009 at 12:13PM
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It's Easy To Forget Just How Exalted And How Powerful God Is.
When We Don't Understand What God Is Doing In Our Life,
It's Easy To Grab The Phone And Call A Friend
Than To Call On God.
Job Learns That Friends Sometimes Points In The Wrong ...
Posted Sunday, January 11th 2009 at 12:08PM
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If We Honor And Praise God By Recalling And Reciting
His Acts Of Goodness And Faithfulness To Us Through The Years.
Our God Is Actively At Work In Our Lives And In Our Nation.
Love, Patience, Forgiveness And Grace Are Displayed In God's Act ...
Posted Sunday, January 11th 2009 at 12:08PM
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Nothing Is As Sweet As An Innocent,
Trusting Baby, And Maternal Instincts Prompt Us
To Protect And Cuddle These Small Ones.
Isaiah 66:12 Depicts The Motherly Side Of God,
Who Nurses, Carries And Bounces A Child On His Knees.
Though Go ...
Posted Sunday, January 11th 2009 at 12:07PM
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God Clearly Explains How To Be Esteemed By Him.
First, The Humble.
Second, Respect Is Word.
It's A Simple Formula,
But Many Of Us Take A Lifetime To Learn It.
We Like To Make Our Spirituality
More "SHOWY" And COMPLICATED Than This. ...
Posted Sunday, January 11th 2009 at 12:05PM
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{Matchmaker Patti Novak gets brutally honest on how to ¡®Get Over Yourself¡¯}
Patti Novak, star of the A&E series ¡°Confessions of a Matchmaker,¡± says that finding true love isn't about having the right shoes or a flat stomach ¡ª it's a ...
Posted Sunday, January 11th 2009 at 12:04PM
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Those Who Are In Relationship With God
Will Have The Eyes To See And The Ears To Hear
The Difference Between Good And Evil
In Social And Moral Matters.
Those Who Walk With The Lord
Gain A Marvelous Ability To Discern Truth
And To ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2009 at 8:00PM
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THE GOD WHO IS BEHIND HIS PROMISES
AND IS INFINITELY GREATER THAN HIS PROMISES,
CAN NEVER FAIL US IN ANY EMERGENCY,
AND THE SOUL THAT IS STAYED ON HIM
CANNOT KNOW ANYTHING BUT PERFECT PEACE.
THE LITTLE CHILD DOES NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTAN ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2009 at 7:30PM
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PEOPLE ARE SEEKERS.
OFTEN THEY'RE SEEKING THE BENEFITS OF GOD:
PEACE, JOY, LOVE AND HEAVEN,
BUT THEY ARE NOT SEEKING THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD REQUIRED TO ATTAIN THOSE BENEFITS.
GOD WANTS PEOPLE TO SEEK HIM,
NOT JUST HIS BENEFITS ...
Posted Saturday, December 27th 2008 at 10:06AM
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SALOMON STATES THAT
A KINDHEARTED WOMAN
{ THOUGH SHE CLEARLY HAD A
LOWER SOCIAL STATUS IN HIS DAY }
WILL GAIN MORE RESPECT
THAN ANY NUMBER OF WEALTH,
BUT RUTHLESS MEN.
THE WOMEN CANT BE EQUALLY
RANCOROUS WHEN THEY
LOSE SIG ...
Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 3:49PM
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IT'S EASY TO GET OUR PRIORITIES OUT OF ALIGNMENT,
TO LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE.
SO MANY GOALS VIE FOR OUR ATTENTION:
PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS,
DOMESTIC HAPPINESS,
FINANCIAL SECURITY,
GOOD HEALTH,
INTIMACY WITH GOD.
...
Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 3:47PM
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IT IS A DANGEROUS THING TO ASK
WHY SOMEONE ELSE HAS BEEN GIVEN MORE.
IT IS HUMBLING - AND INDEED
HEALTHY - TO ASK WHY
YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN SO MUCH.
-Condoleeza Rice
LET US COME
BEFORE HIS PRESENCE WITH THANKSGIVING;
L ...
Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 3:45PM
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I'VE HAD TRAGEDY,
BUT I HAVE HAD LOTS OF JOY AND TRIUMPH.
-Coretta Scott King
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
THE DEEP WATERS AND GREAT TROUBLE.
JESUS { I } WILL BE WITH YOU.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH RIVERS OF DIFFICULTY,
YOU WILL NOT DROWN!
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Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 3:43PM
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THERE IS A PURPOSE
THAT INVADES ALL HIS PURPOSES
AND A WISDOM
THAT INVADES ALL HIS WISDOM'S.
-Howard Thurman
I KNOW THE THOUGHTS AND PLANS
THAT I HAVE FOR YOU,
SAY IS THE LORD,
THOUGHTS AND PLANS
FOR WARFARE AND PEACE
AND NOT FOR ...
Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 3:41PM
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WE SEE THE SIGNS ON BUMPERS
OF RVS ON THE HIGHWAY,
IN NATIONAL PARKS
AND AT SMALL - TOWN RESTAURANTS:
"ASK ME ABOUT MY GRANDKIDS!"
IF YOU GIVE THEM EVEN A MOMENT,
OUT COME THE PHOTOS
AND ALL THE STORIES.
GRANDCHILDREN -
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Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 3:39PM
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JESUS IS OUR CO - WORKER,
LABORING BESIDE US
MAKING OUR EFFORTS
SUCCESSFUL.
HE WORKS WITH US.
YET HOW CAN
JESUS POSSIBLY
BE WORKING WITH US
AFTER HE HAS ASCENDED?
THE KEY IS IN
THREE LITTLE WORDS
IN MARK 16:17:
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Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 3:38PM
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GOD WORD SAYS THAT
LIFELESS IMAGES
" ARE WORTHLESS,
THE OBJECTS
OF MOCKERY."
JER 51:18
SOMETIMES IT'S EASY
TO THINK THAT
THE THINGS AND PEOPLE
WE SEE AND TOUCH
CAN OFFER US MORE
THAT GOD DOES.
BUT IT'S FOOLISH
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Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 3:36PM
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