The Chip -IBM Commercial

IBM Commercial -The Verichip
This isn't new by any stretch, but rather old news. I've known about 'the chip' all my life. But to see a clip of its purposes, puts it all in perspective... and was a reminder that this world is not my home; I'm just passing through.




[Revelation 13:11-18; 14:9-11; 16:1, 2]


A.N.

Keep On Moving On

The race is not given
To the swift nor strong;
Victory belongs to those
Who keep on moving on
-Hezekiah Walker & LFC: Souled Out

I was listening to this song write now, and thought it worth posting. Keep moving on!
Hope everyone is having an awesome Friday and has a great weekend.

A.N.

2010 In View

Hey everyone!


I don't know if this applies to any of you, but it's been a busy year already, and it's just getting started. My Christmas and New Year holiday was great. It was spent with close family and friends. It wasn't a Christmas full of presents but it was one full of appreciation, and thankfulness. I think the lack of presents made myself, and maybe others, value the things we received and our families a little more. As it should be every Christmas. But with the few presents I received, it made me stop and value the little things in life I usually never give a second thought about. In other words, I was glad I spent my Christmas and the New Year with more family than I did receive presents.

This New Year has started off with so much going on, it's insane... and it's going by too fast. Already I'm seeing stores pack their shelves with Valentine decorations. Pretty soon we'll see advertisements for Easter bunnies and decorated eggs! But in spite of all that, I am looking forward to what's in store for this New Year. With all the excitement it started out with… I wonder how it will end?

First Church is in revival! We have had many baptized and receive the Holy Ghost with in the month of January and even February. We will be having revival with Rev. Cody marks this coming Monday and Tuesday. It will be awesome! The First Church Bus Ministry has been seeing remarkable things take place. As I stated on my other blog (His City, His People), we had two young men baptized, connected with the Blue Bomber Crew. God is doing a work in the children and families lives we connect with every week. I can't wait to see what will happen within our church and bus ministry this year.

But not only do I look forward to what will happen in my life, my family, church, and ministries; but I look forward to what will transpire in your life. I pray this year is full of blessings -not just materially speaking, but spiritually. I pray your faith and trust in God is strengthened, and your steps are ordered of the Lord. Every year is not perfect. Someone will always be put to the test, and go through a trial. So I don't wish you a perfect year without the downs; we can't have the ups without the downs. But I do wish you a year that molds you into the man, woman, God wants you to be. That your walk with him is at its strongest point by the end of this year and He becomes more real to you than ever before. I hope you lean on Him more this year than you ever have, rather than your own understanding.

He will always meet the needs of His children. Remember, He knows what you need before you even ask. Try Him this year more than ever. And you'll find He is faithful to his Word and does not fall away from the promises He makes you. He will meet the needs of the soul more than this world ever can. In fact, this world will never satisfy the soul.

But don't misunderstand. Many people become confused when their lives are not perfect once they live for God. Let me break it to you, it doesn't work that way. Life will never be perfect; therefore don't expect life with God to make everything perfect. But with God on your side, it will make life a lot better and much easier. He will give you the grace to endure, and give you the strength and determination to finish the race. Many people have turned their backs on God because they had a preconceived idea of who He is and what they wanted Him to do. Please don't put God in a box; confine him to your finite mind. We as humans will never be able to comprehend, nor wrap our minds around, who God really is; what He can and is able to do.

God will not make life perfect. It's not reality. We would not be able to grow in Him if we did not have the hard times in life. But be encouraged. He is the One who will help us, guide us, strengthen us, and most of all -love us. Try Him.

In Psalm 146:3 David says, 'Put not your trust in princes (powerful men/people), nor in the son of man (mortal men), in whom there is no help (they cannot save). Sometimes I think we all get caught in a rut of trusting in people we think will never mess up, disappoint, or let us down. People will always let you down. Society will always change, government will always change. People will change. But GOD never and will not change. I'm challenging you today: learn to put you trust in HIM and not in the things and people around you. People will always slip-up; we are human. We will never NOT make a mistake. We will always make mistakes. Its part of our nature; its how we learn what NOT to do. What we seem to think sometimes as a strong cement sidewalk in life, is usually thin ice were really standing on. So don't disappoint yourself by putting your trust in things and in people. Look up, your true answers and needs are met in Him. Try Him this year and see what happens.

Because a post is always better with a picture...

Chelsea, our toddler Sunday school teacher, and Richard with his 'Spiderman' mask. :]

God Bless,
A.N.

Greetings From, Marcos

Merry Christmas, everyone! And Happy New Year!

God Bless,
A.N.

His Temple: You

The Bible & the Matthew Henry Concise Commentary

A. I Corinthians 3: 16, 17 (KJV):
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God swelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

M & H Commentary:
16, 17. "From other parts of the epistle (I & II Corinthians), it appears that the false teachers among the Corinthians taught unholy doctrines. Such teaching tended to corrupt, to pollute, and destroy the building, which should be kept pure and holy to God. Those who spread loose principles, which render the church of God unholy, bring destruction upon themselves. Christ by his Spirit dwells in all true believers. Christians are holy by profession, and should be pure and clean, both in heart and conversation. he is deceived who deems himself the temple of the Holy Ghost, yet is unconcerned about personal holiness, or the peace and purity of the church (p.873)."

B. I Corinthians 6: 12-20 (KJV):
12 All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord' and the Lord for the body.
14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
15 Know ye no that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
16 What? Know ye not that which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that commiteth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19 What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

M & H Commentary
12-20. "Some among the Corinthians seem to have been ready to say, All things are lawful for me. This dangerous conceit St. Paul opposes. There is a liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, in which we must stand fast. But surely a Christian would never put himself into the power of any bodily appetite. The body is for the Lord; is to be an instrument righteousness to holiness, therefore is never to be made an instrument of sin. It is an honour to the body, that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead; and it will be an honour to our bodies, that they will be raised. The hope of a resurrection to glory, should keep Christians from dishonouring their bodies by fleshly lusts. -And is the soul be united to Christ by faith, the whole man is become a member of his spiritual body. Other vices may be conquered in fight; that here cautioned against, only be flight. And vast multitudes are cut off by this vice in its various forms and consequences. Its effects fall not only directly upon the body, but often upon the mind. Our bodies have atoning sacrifice of Christ. We are to be clean, as vessels fitted for our Master's use. Being united to Christ as one spirit, an bought with a price of unspeakable value, the believer should consider himself as wholly the Lord's by the strongest ties. May we make it our business, to the latest day and hour of our lives, to glorify God with our bodies, and with our spirits which are his (p.876)."

C. II Corinthians 6: 16-18 (KJV):
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk with in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

M & H Commentary:
"We should not join in friendship and acquaintance with wicked men and unbelievers. Though we cannot wholly avoid seeing and hearing, and being with such, ye we should never choose them for friends. We must not defile ourselves by converse with those who defile themselves with sin. Come out from the workers of iniquity, and separate from their vain and sinful pleasures and pursuits; from all conformity to the corruptions of this present evil world. If it be an envied privilege to be the son or daughter of an earthly prince, who can express the dignity and happiness of being sons and daughters of the Almighty (p.894)?"