Hope & Faith

How do you respond when someone has committed a grievous sin?

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Welcome to the story of a real marriage.

Marriage is simultaneously the biggest blessing and the greatest challenge two people can ever take on. It is the joy of knowing there is someone to share in your joys and sorrows, and the challenge of living with someone who thinks it’s a good idea to hang a giant antelope head on your living room wall.

In The Antelope in the Living Room, New York Times best-selling author and blogger Melanie Shankle does for marriage what Sparkly Green Earrings did for motherhood—makes us laugh out loud and smile through tears as she shares the holy and the hilarity of that magical and mysterious union called marriage.

Recently while I was doing one of teaching videos for my "Mad Preacher" web ministries something amazing happened. I set my webcam to the follow my head mode. I was teaching than suddenly the camera got a mind of its own. Look at what happens.

God wants to perform miracles in our lives, but if we're not standing in faith, we can actually miss out on His miraculous blessings!

The purpose of Flannel is to tell the world the way of Jesus in new and creative ways.

From Kim's album "Still Believe", this is an energetic song called "Alive". The song starts out a little bit slowly, but hang in there, when the drums kick in the song really takes off. Lots of energy here, on an energetic topic, being alive in Christ.

The DeGarmo's lost their little boy - Azaiah Stone - to SIDS. While the family worshiped, a ministry was born - HE LIVES FOR KIDS.

Ascending
I was born a worm and died a metaphor
I ascended from the leaf and became an inspiration
Winged with the knowledge of the unknown.
I lived in my shell till your laughter bought me out.
I inched my way to the great unknown
I left a glowing trail for others to follow.
You touched my soul and swam the great oceans
You were way too big to keep in an aquarium
So I keep myself if yours.
I was born a word that became an idea
That became a reason that became a question
That metaphor into a believer.
I was killed before I was allowed to hate
To be a salve and concentrate.
I was ripped out of the womb
Cause someone needed more room.
The action of two whether done in love or rage
Lead to my conception and to my grave.
I was born a worm and a concept to be scorn
I ascended from the earth with the roots
Of her soul clinched in my teeth.
Don’t love me because I live, love me because you breathe.
Dig deep to understand and not to bury another man.
Inch your way through life and you will live a million years
Ascending to the height of the highest branch
Ascending to the height of understanding
Ascending, ascending, and ascending.
By Carlos Gomez 11-7-13


Ascending
I was born a worm and died a metaphor
I ascended from the leaf and became an inspiration
Winged with the knowledge of the unknown.
I lived in my shell till your laughter bought me out.
I inched my way to the great unknow

Suffering is everywhere. It changes us for better or worse. For this man, it is a story of amazing hope that is contagious.

She lived over a brothel and her family was all taken away from her in tragic accidents, leaving her to wonder why God had left her. Her awesome testimony will inspire you!!! https://vimeo.com/gemstonemedia

These amazing testimonies will move you! https://vimeo.com/gemstonemedia

Crosswalk.com chats with blogger Tsh Oxenreider about her upcoming book Notes from a Blue Bike, which explores the ideas of living intentionally, slowly, and richly, even in a culture which celebrates (and even requires) being busy and overworked.

Doves going to Heaven

Water Bathtism

Dr. James Dobson gives great insight on the passing of time in our lives and how we must remain inspired to stay healthy and vibrant.

Most of us have thought at one time or another that we don't deserve God's love. But Romans 5:8 says otherwise - "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." This Plumb song from her 2013 album "Need You Now" says "I don't deserve Your love, but You give it to me anyway." Hallelujah for that!

Written by Plumb, Matt Bronleewe, and Paul Van Dyk.

Very beautiful Sunset with ambient music by Brian Eno :-)

A nice song of hope about a tough time in life. I have lost both of my parents, and each time I continued to think "I will see you again". My father passed away in 2013, and my mother in 1986. For those 27 years I know that my dad was thinking all along "I will see you again".

This is Karen Lynne's rendition from her wonderful album "Shine Your Light". Karen is a popular bluegrass artist from Australia, doing mostly traditional bluegrass, but she decided to take a departure and record a gospel bluegrass album. It really is an outstanding album, check it out.

The song was written by Tami Pockstaller.

This video jam titled "Pure Love for Christ" comes from a sermon preached by Dr. Vincent G. Artese titled "Pure Love for Christ".

Here is a sermon jam with audio excerpts of a sermon set to music. It explains both the benefits and the responsibilities that a true son or daughter of God is given through Christ. All must remember that if one enters into a relationship with God through Christ they have entered into the New Covenant. A covenant is an agreement between two parties and there are two parts of the agreement, two parts that must be kept. This sermon jam explains both sides of this covenant. Listen to it, reflect on it, and share it with others. We pray it is a blessing.

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The Daily Pulse (Friday, January 17, 2014): Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended. Proverbs 22:10 (NIV)