I will not allow myself to comment on Alan’s xanga site, but “WOW!”  You better go check it out before he changes it back.

Have a great day.  Love you, Alan.

-Paul

Hello everyone!  Are you excited about Thanksgiving coming up?  Are you going to the church dinner?  I would like to encourage you and myself to make everyday a day of “thanks giving”.  I hope everyone who reads this has a wonderful holiday season.  Work to make everyone’s day as good as you would like yours to be.  God bless you.

-Paul

Hello everyone!  My spirit is really heavy right now.  I just hope that we all can learn to love the people that God puts into our lives.  There are no coincidences.  Everything happens for a reason.  Atleast that is what I believe.  Make an impact on the folks around you.  It might be that one encounter.  Your one shot.  Take it.  It is what we all are called to do.  God has a work to do.  Will you be the voice, the hands, the feet or will someone else?  God will do His work.  With or without you.  Let’s jump on board with God.  God bless you all.

Scripture of the day:

Psalms 30:12

To the end that my tongue and my heart and everything glorious within me may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted so I thought I would.  Nothing new going on.  I have to go to Oklahoma this week, to open a new store.  I don’t want to sound super spiritual, but lately I’ve felt a real pull to pursue God.  In a way so passionate that I don’t think it can be explained by my mind or mouth.  I want to live in His presence.  I know that the more I pursue Him, the more the enemy pursues me.  Good thing God is stronger.  I feel that the world is on the verge of something big and I feel that you (fellow Christians) play a huge part.  Pray that God draws us closer to Him.  As we come closer to the fire of His spirit that He burn away anything that hinders our relationship with Him.  If you had something in your life that kept you from being as close as you could to your bestfriend wouldn’t you get rid of it?  God bless you. (I’m not just saying that.  I pray that.)

Let’s really LIVE for Him!

Paul

My Observations: (Like you care)

I came to a realization this morning.  I’m sure that it was something that I had already been aware of, but something that I hadn’t thought about for a long while.  I know that there is an age old argument between parents and thier kids (especially those in the AG realm) about the influence of music on people.  Well what I realized this morning is that I woke up singing worship songs.  Now, you must know, I spent my whole day listening to Hillsongs, “For All You’ve Done.”  I personally do not have a problem with listening to secular (non-christian) music, but when I was a kid I wasn’t allowed to listen to it.  I guess the point I’m trying to make is that you spirit and your mind do remember what you put into it.  If you need peace I would suggest you listen to a good worship album on a daily basis.  Maybe take 1/2 an hour to read your bible, pray or meditate on God with it playing in the background.  It will change your disposition.  There is something real nice waking up in worship.  What is the first thing on your mind when you awake.  Let us all try to spend more time in God’s presence.  I  know that I’m not there often enough.  Pray that I am.  God bless you.

Hebrews 13:15 (Amplified Version)
Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.

 Corinthians 12:9 (Amplified Bible)

⁹But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me!

Romans 15:5

⁵Now may the God Who gives the power of patient endurance (steadfastness) and Who supplies encouragement, grant you to live in such mutual harmony and such full sympathy with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,

I am excited to announce that I will be playing drums in youth tonight.  That is a lot of fun for me.  There are times when I do miss being upstairs with the youth.  Also, next Sunday will be my last time playing the drums for a while.  I am having surgery on my hand.  I have a cyst on one of the knuckles of my index finger and I’m having it removed next Wednesday.  I think I have to take at least a month off.  Have a great day!