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The more people use Blog Tags the more interesting it will become! 100 Most Popular Tags: around, believe, bible, body, book, child, children, christ, christian, christians, christmas, church, creation, death, didn, down, earth, everything, evil, faith, family, fasting, father, fear, felt, friend, friends, glory, god, gospel, grace, hard, healing, heart, heaven, holy, home, hope, house, husband, israel, jesus, kids, king, knew, life, light, live, lives, lord, love, marriage, mind, ministry, money, mother, music, night, pain, parents, pastor, paul, peace, person, power, praise, pray, prayer, read, reading, relationship, remember, salvation, satan, school, someone, sometimes, spirit, spiritual, started, study, thoughts, times, today, together, trust, truth, wanted, week, wife, woman, women, word, words, work, world, worship, wrong, year, years, are the gifts of the spirit for today? Posted by:  papillionkiller   (Posted: 07/19/08 4:41am) Are the gifts for today? Do we worship the same God? Do we have the same Holy Spirit abiding in us as the early Church? Are we under the same commission as the early Church? Has God changed? If so when? If He has not changed and we are under the same commission then why isn't the Holy Spirit manifesting through us as He did in the early Church? If He has changed I simply ask for clear scripture stating when and why. Only thing I would like to say concerning what I've read (playing catch up, sorry) is if we won't to discuss the gifts of the Spirit then let's do that. Based on and by Scripture, what we understand and know, without throwing in all the Theology of opposing sides that can go on forever. I know and understand both sides and their Theology and I will state both are right in areas and both are wrong in areas. You, me are anyone else are never going to convince one side or the other of that statement. For what it's worth, I'm wrong for making that statement, from both sides. What I would like all to know is... Read Full Entry  - Category: Spiritual Growth  - 6 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by iraqivetsgtret)  - Total Views: 49 go therefore..... Posted by:  pastorbob   (Posted: 07/17/08 11:14am) We know the scripture, we know the commandments. We know we are are suppose to go into the highways and byways but what do most churches do? They sit and invite the lost to come to them. They put nice sayings on their signs out front like "Ch-ch" What's Missing? U-R. or "Sign Broken Message Inside". We hold gospel sings and family fun nights telling everyone to invite their friends and family. We have covered dish dinners and ice cream socials. While there is nothing wrong with this let me ask you something, how does inviting people to come to church for an event equate with reaching the lost and creating disciples? What kind of church has this type of evangelism produced? A nice place for fellowship. We have the fellowship down pat and the breaking of bread is by no means lacking but the creating strong disciples part? Well that is were most churches lose ground. It is almost as though our main task has shifted from introducing as many people to Jesus as we can to getting as many people on the church roster as we can. Hmmm I wonder why Christianity is losing such ground in America?... Read Full Entry  - Category: Outreach / Evangelism  - 4 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by allforhim)  - Total Views: 24 claiming an answered prayer Posted by:  mrswifey   (Posted: 07/16/08 1:20pm) Me and my husband quit going to church for almost a year already. It saddens me a lot because i really want to be involved and be in one family church. We stop because my husband thinks that the church these days do not follow as what apostle Paul described as what church should be and behave to be. So, he just consider not going instead of following a church who he feels not following the word of God. He went in a very traditional church, where women wear skirts, cover their long hair and not allowed to speak inside the church and where man is the leader of the church, and wine is serve for the communion(breaking of bread), but when the pastor died and a new one took over and made changes and division to church, he quitted. A new church come but another issue again like the old one, he could not accept that they change the wine into grape juice, he quitted. I could not imagine my life not going to church, as for me who has been matured and been involved with ministries, i experience joy serving the Lord. It was really hard for me,... Read Full Entry  - Category: Church  - 4 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by reborn)  - Total Views: 47 there's a tree growing underneath my bathroom Posted by:  kiwibird   (Posted: 07/12/08 4:21pm) There's A Tree Growing Underneath My Bathroom The perils of living on a bush block have not escaped me. My first realisation that life had changed came within a few days of transitioning from a town mouse into a country mouse. The move, with children, dogs, cats, fish, (and husband) had been somewhat stressful and we looked forward to slipping quietly into our first Sunday morning. It was the noise that woke me up. I didn't know whether the hillside was falling down or there was a fighter plane on a search and destroy mission directly above us. Barrelling out of bed I flew out of the door and into the ‘garden', only to discover that pilots of top dressing planes had different hours to me. I became convinced, as I watched the pilot make his run up for the fertiliser drop on the paddocks next to our house that he was actually lining up on our house each time he flew over. Situated, as we are, in a valley, the noise overhead was horrendous but the man had a mission and he aimed to complete it. The fact that we were a marker for him was less of an... Read Full Entry  - Category: Christian Life  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by mumbly)  - Total Views: 29 my testimony Posted by:  eisheschayil   (Posted: 07/12/08 10:21am) My Testimony I lived an aimless and rebellious life during my younger years. During College, I definitly struggled with trusting in God and waiting on his timing. The "world" was so appealing to me and thefore I fell into that "wordly lifestyle" of partying, drinking, gimmicks. I was using the world to fullfill me and all of my desires. As a result, I got into a lot of relationships with non-christian guys. I allowed myself to compromise my own standards and become physical in my relationships with guys. Because I needed to feel accepted, I found myself giving more than I wanted to in order to feel loved. I saw God working in the situation when I was in the midst of a physical relationship with a guy that wasn't going well. I talked to a friend about it to blow off some steam and she introduced me to her teacher who's a Christian. She was so easy to talk to and she helped me to understand that God loved me despite the fact that I had not lived a perfect life. She made me see that God loved me just the way I was, flaws and all. Since I... Read Full Entry  - Category: Testimonies & Praises  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by roneth)  - Total Views: 172 my testimony Posted by:  eisheschayil   (Posted: 07/12/08 10:21am) My Testimony I lived an aimless and rebellious life during my younger years. During College, I definitly struggled with trusting in God and waiting on his timing. The "world" was so appealing to me and thefore I fell into that "wordly lifestyle" of partying, drinking, gimmicks. I was using the world to fullfill me and all of my desires. As a result, I got into a lot of relationships with non-christian guys. I allowed myself to compromise my own standards and become physical in my relationships with guys. Because I needed to feel accepted, I found myself giving more than I wanted to in order to feel loved. I saw God working in the situation when I was in the midst of a physical relationship with a guy that wasn't going well. I talked to a friend about it to blow off some steam and she introduced me to her teacher who's a Christian. She was so easy to talk to and she helped me to understand that God loved me despite the fact that I had not lived a perfect life. She made me see that God loved me just the way I was, flaws and all. Since I... Read Full Entry  - Category: Testimonies & Praises  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by roneth)  - Total Views: 172 my testimony Posted by:  eisheschayil   (Posted: 07/12/08 10:21am) My Testimony I lived an aimless and rebellious life during my younger years. During College, I definitly struggled with trusting in God and waiting on his timing. The "world" was so appealing to me and thefore I fell into that "wordly lifestyle" of partying, drinking, gimmicks. I was using the world to fullfill me and all of my desires. As a result, I got into a lot of relationships with non-christian guys. I allowed myself to compromise my own standards and become physical in my relationships with guys. Because I needed to feel accepted, I found myself giving more than I wanted to in order to feel loved. I saw God working in the situation when I was in the midst of a physical relationship with a guy that wasn't going well. I talked to a friend about it to blow off some steam and she introduced me to her teacher who's a Christian. She was so easy to talk to and she helped me to understand that God loved me despite the fact that I had not lived a perfect life. She made me see that God loved me just the way I was, flaws and all. Since I... Read Full Entry  - Category: Testimonies & Praises  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by roneth)  - Total Views: 172 my testimony Posted by:  eisheschayil   (Posted: 07/12/08 10:21am) My Testimony I lived an aimless and rebellious life during my younger years. During College, I definitly struggled with trusting in God and waiting on his timing. The "world" was so appealing to me and thefore I fell into that "wordly lifestyle" of partying, drinking, gimmicks. I was using the world to fullfill me and all of my desires. As a result, I got into a lot of relationships with non-christian guys. I allowed myself to compromise my own standards and become physical in my relationships with guys. Because I needed to feel accepted, I found myself giving more than I wanted to in order to feel loved. I saw God working in the situation when I was in the midst of a physical relationship with a guy that wasn't going well. I talked to a friend about it to blow off some steam and she introduced me to her teacher who's a Christian. She was so easy to talk to and she helped me to understand that God loved me despite the fact that I had not lived a perfect life. She made me see that God loved me just the way I was, flaws and all. Since I... Read Full Entry  - Category: Testimonies & Praises  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by roneth)  - Total Views: 172 my testimony Posted by:  souljava   (Posted: 07/11/08 9:23am) I will be the first to tell you that I am the most imperfect person but God chased me, called me, picked me up off the dirty floor, but most importantly He loved me when no one else did. When I was a young child I attended Sunday school, and I sang ‘Jesus Loves Me', but never knew just how true that song was and it would be a long road before I would. My mother was verbally and at times physically abusive to me and my 2 sister, but in 1981 she would break my heart when she told us that she no longer wanted to be our mom and left us in our dads care. My father, devastated tried to end his life I remember being to young to even be allowed to see my dad, what a scary time it was. God saved my dad from death, but instead of allowing God to lead him he turned to drugs and alcohol. By the time I was 15, I no longer was attending school and was living on the streets most of the time. My mother and father had both moved on with their lives and it seemed... Read Full Entry  - Category: Testimonies & Praises  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by happytoberestored)  - Total Views: 191 my testimony Posted by:  souljava   (Posted: 07/11/08 9:23am) I will be the first to tell you that I am the most imperfect person but God chased me, called me, picked me up off the dirty floor, but most importantly He loved me when no one else did. When I was a young child I attended Sunday school, and I sang ‘Jesus Loves Me', but never knew just how true that song was and it would be a long road before I would. My mother was verbally and at times physically abusive to me and my 2 sister, but in 1981 she would break my heart when she told us that she no longer wanted to be our mom and left us in our dads care. My father, devastated tried to end his life I remember being to young to even be allowed to see my dad, what a scary time it was. God saved my dad from death, but instead of allowing God to lead him he turned to drugs and alcohol. By the time I was 15, I no longer was attending school and was living on the streets most of the time. My mother and father had both moved on with their lives and it seemed... Read Full Entry  - Category: Testimonies & Praises  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by happytoberestored)  - Total Views: 191 my testimony Posted by:  souljava   (Posted: 07/11/08 9:23am) I will be the first to tell you that I am the most imperfect person but God chased me, called me, picked me up off the dirty floor, but most importantly He loved me when no one else did. When I was a young child I attended Sunday school, and I sang ‘Jesus Loves Me', but never knew just how true that song was and it would be a long road before I would. My mother was verbally and at times physically abusive to me and my 2 sister, but in 1981 she would break my heart when she told us that she no longer wanted to be our mom and left us in our dads care. My father, devastated tried to end his life I remember being to young to even be allowed to see my dad, what a scary time it was. God saved my dad from death, but instead of allowing God to lead him he turned to drugs and alcohol. By the time I was 15, I no longer was attending school and was living on the streets most of the time. My mother and father had both moved on with their lives and it seemed... Read Full Entry  - Category: Testimonies & Praises  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by happytoberestored)  - Total Views: 191 my testimony Posted by:  souljava   (Posted: 07/11/08 9:23am) I will be the first to tell you that I am the most imperfect person but God chased me, called me, picked me up off the dirty floor, but most importantly He loved me when no one else did. When I was a young child I attended Sunday school, and I sang ‘Jesus Loves Me', but never knew just how true that song was and it would be a long road before I would. My mother was verbally and at times physically abusive to me and my 2 sister, but in 1981 she would break my heart when she told us that she no longer wanted to be our mom and left us in our dads care. My father, devastated tried to end his life I remember being to young to even be allowed to see my dad, what a scary time it was. God saved my dad from death, but instead of allowing God to lead him he turned to drugs and alcohol. By the time I was 15, I no longer was attending school and was living on the streets most of the time. My mother and father had both moved on with their lives and it seemed... Read Full Entry  - Category: Testimonies & Praises  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by happytoberestored)  - Total Views: 191 unequally yoked Posted by:  raspberry   (Posted: 07/08/08 7:45am) 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismated alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness?****this is God's command that i took for granted. i didn't submit to Him the matters of my heart. i chose to get overwhelmed with sinful emotion...i married an unbeliever. now i'm living reality..that bites...so painfully. now i fully understand why the Lord commands us not to...i shouldn't have relied to my own understanding. i shouldn't have compromised..for it isn't His way. we may not understand His way, but it is always for our good. now, i feel like being dragged by my husband's heavy yoke... it is draining...makes me wanna give up at times... even desperate...when it comes to many impt. things in life..like parenting, leaving parents and be on our own...he doesn't understand what is in the bible... he'll never understand things of the spirit...to make things short, i am struggling..almost in all things... Help me pray that i'll be able to fight the good fight of... Read Full Entry  - Category: Christian Life  - 3 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by raspberry)  - Total Views: 82 church growth Posted by:  jesusmymainman   (Posted: 07/06/08 7:58pm) "I will build my church and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it" (Matthew 16:18). So why then do Churches die? Recently I have found myself moving on to another Church because the one that I was at was not feeding me with God's word as much as I wanted. It seems the case in today's society that more and more Churches are watering down the word when really we should be preaching the word more and more. When did we stop being God pleasers and start being people pleasers? How can we make that compromise? Yet we are seeing it more and more. Jesus is the head of the Church (Ephesians 1:18-23) and the Church's life (John 10:10). If we forget this or neglect it by watering down the word or holding off on the Gospel because we are too afraid to offend someone then are we putting Jesus at the head of the Church or people? (1 Corinthians 3:7). Those who plant and those who water will each receive his own reward according to his labour (1 Corinthians 3:8). Therefore if there are enough people giving God's word and seeking God first then no matter what... Read Full Entry  - Category: Spiritual Growth  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by allforhim)  - Total Views: 39 what he has promised, he will do! Posted by:  tchable   (Posted: 07/06/08 2:26pm) There are many who ask, "Where are we today in prophesy?" The answer is we are transitioning from Rev 3:7-13 into Rev 3:14-22. The next significant event to happen in fulfillment of prophesy is Rev 4:1. Revelation 4:1 NKJV After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this." The verse begins with, "After these things". One must ask, "after what things?" The answer to this is clearly after the dispensation of Grace better known as the Chruch age. The first three chapters of Revelation deal solely with the church. After chapter three the church is not mentioned again in the book. There are seven churches letters are sent to. Each church having a unique spiritual condition and relationship with God. Each of these churches existed in the physical realm when the apostle received the revelation. Each church manifested their own spiritual condition and relationship with God as described in the scripture. After the twelve chosen ones passed on to be with the Lord and time passed... Read Full Entry  - Category: Eschatology (end times)  - 3 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by tchable)  - Total Views: 113 ephesians: 5:24-33 Posted by:  66books   (Posted: 07/05/08 4:53pm) 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. It is the active power of the Holy Spirit who maintains the "being subject" position of the church to Jesus and a wife to her husband. Do we come to church and prayer Spirit filled, or stressed out from the enemy having stolen our time, devotion, peace and joy? Again the Lord commands us to be subject to your OWN husband in--everything. Spirit filled believers know the heavenly and holy effect being filled fresh with the Holy Ghost has on our lives. Subjection is not trauma. It is joy in the Holy Ghost! What would happen if more couples simply said, Lord we're a mess and don't know how to fix it. Help us. The benefits and blessings to our inner man are unspeakable. The love of God can only be shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost...(Romans 5:5) We need Him. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; This was covered in verse 23. 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of... Read Full Entry  - Category: Relationships  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 14 is this what we are all becoming Posted by:  iamyetalive   (Posted: 07/04/08 6:14pm) this is not a attack on anyone in particular it is simply just a question if you have a problem or disagree with anything that i say please do not take it the wrong way. please just ask ill explain what i mean in any small or big way i have no problems with any denomination this is all about why we do what we do. i wrote this becuase me and my friend visited a church and they were running a social club not a church, and the pastor basically told us from the pulpit that we were going to amount to nothing becuase we were wearing jeans and a t-shirt on a sunday morning, and becuase he found out that we played in a band some how even though is was a christian band with this poem i hope to challange you to take a deeper look at what you define church as and what you define christianity This is your religion full of bloodsuckers Gossip is your doctrine and corruption is your gods The walls are pretty and the people are in their assigned seats The pastor is the head of this social club And his wife... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 3 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by blessings2you)  - Total Views: 113 are we just fluffy christian? Posted by:  youaregolden   (Posted: 07/04/08 10:03am) Are we just Fluffy Christians? I have been on CB for a long time. it is going on 2 years and when I first joined we had a lot of deep very good meaty blogs. But it seems that over time, the fluffy ones that just make you feel good show up. I am not pointing any fingers or anything, I am just trying to challenge us to how deep our Christianity goes. I work with a girl who I got the chance to ask if she goes to church. Turns out that her father-in-law is a Pastor of a Baptist church. She goes to church with her husband every Sunday and lives in a Bible believing house. She smokes over a pack of cigarettes a day, cusses like a sailor and uses God's name in vain all the time. She believes she is going to heaven. I cannot judge her heart, maybe she does have a saving faith. But where is it? Do we say it is OK to cuss? Is it OK to smoke? Is it OK to go along with the ways of the world so they will accept us? Do we make excuses to go along... Read Full Entry  - Category: Christian Life  - 10 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by prasnhym)  - Total Views: 255 moms the spiritual leader Posted by:  lilysvalley   (Posted: 07/03/08 6:30am) I am the mother and spiritual leader in my home. I have never taken this responsibility lightly. On Fathers Day my preacher gave stats on the number of adults attending church who as children went to church with their mother compared with their father and mother. A very small amount of adults whose mother took them to church still go. It was a HUGE increase when the fathers attended church. My husband said once that his relationship with the Lord is his business and no one elses. I agreed, but I told him the kids don't know he believes. It made him think because later that week, my husband sat my kids down and told them some of the things the Lord has done for him. Whenever one of the boys has a bad dream or having a hard time with something he tells them to pray and read their bible. That is where his spiritual leading stops. The more I learn about the Lord and the more He changes me - the harder it is in my own house to be who God is turning me into. When my children want to watch TV, play a game, watch a... Read Full Entry  - Category: Family  - 1 Comment (view first comment - view last comment by iraqivetsgtret)  - Total Views: 116 hello everyone! Posted by:  lisac08   (Posted: 07/02/08 11:40pm) Hi Everyone I'm new here and I just want to get familiar with everything and everyone! I enjoy reading others thoughts and views. I also give my opinion on post that strike my attention. I usually like posting my personal poems that i write and see what others think. I am young (20) and I read my bible often, sometimes I come across things I may not understand and I like to ask questions and see what others think. Well I do have a question I would like to ask. I went with my friend to her church a couple of sundays ago and the preacher seemed very rude and overpowering and all knowing. My friend told me that he took a vote to kick some people out of the church because of the fact that they were smokers, owned a resturant that allowed smoking and sold beer, That doesnt mean that they are not christians and are bad people. I dont think that is right. Or am I wrong? He also said that if you do not have christ in your life, I dont think you belong in my church...I would think that he should come to those people... Read Full Entry  - Category: Introductions / Welcomes  - 4 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by lisac08)  - Total Views: 121 thoughts from pastors across america, part 1 Posted by:  abelajohnb   (Posted: 07/02/08 10:22am) Thoughts From Pastors Across America, Part 1 I felt it was time to put together a list of all the comments I have written down over the last seven or eight years that I have had the pleasure and honor of talking with pastors from across America and Canada. Mostly I wanted to do this to try to bring them all into one file, rather then a whole bunch of different files on my computer, but then the idea hit me that I should publish these great comments, as many of them are just way to good to leave only on my computer and in my own mind. Because of the type of conversations that I have with pastors, and the fact that pastors I speak too understand I have a "zero naming" rule in my life and ministry, I have removed from the below comments who said each comment, where they live, when they said it, and what they were going through in their own live and in their ministry -- of all which I have tried to keep track of while compiling this great list! I hope that many people will find some nuggets of wisdom and insight... Read Full Entry  - Category: Church  - 5 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by wormwood)  - Total Views: 210 moving! Posted by:  worshiperofchrist   (Posted: 06/30/08 12:53pm) hey! well me and my fam! are moving and i am so happy. I hope that i will be able to make a lot of new friends ( good christian friends ) there. I don't think that would be hard... because i have gods help and people tell me that i have a great personality.... well they think im halarious!!!! i love to joke around a lot!!!!! its fun! I don't think there is anything wrong with being a christian... i think it is a privilage to be in the presence of god every day! and some people are actually ashamed of that... and that's wrong to be ashamed of something that is greater than all things in this world and everything that's beyond this world.... anyways.. i could go on... about how dumb i think it is to be ashamed of being a christian!!!! well that's pretty much it... i will write later!!!! ALWAYZ.... *KAYLEE*... Read Full Entry  - Category: Family  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 26 the fire!! Posted by:  brandiroger   (Posted: 06/28/08 4:03pm) I asked myself and others where should I start blogging and this was the point that was suggested to me so here goes. I was saved at the age of 9-10 but I really cannot remember the details. I was not raised in a church setting. The only way that I made it to church was either I was dropped off by my parents or picked up by other churchgoers. I backslid from the age of 13 until recently, in April my husband moved to a different department at work. This brought out in him insecurities so he turned back to God he started reading the bible and praying. I felt at the time that what he was doing had no effect on me but I was wrong. In May, I began to hunger for a Church home so I started thinking about it and decided on a Church that I thought I would like. My husband works nights so he was unable to attend. I got four kids ready to go on May 25 and went to the Church I had a great experience and started to pray for my husband and his insecurities at work. During this time,... Read Full Entry  - Category: Inspirational  - 3 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by iraqivetsgtret)  - Total Views: 70 new church model at the journey in russellville, arkansas Posted by:  richardmyjourney   (Posted: 06/27/08 12:48pm) Where to begin.... I guess the easiest place to start is to talk a little bit about the title of this blog. The Journey is an evangelical, non-denominational church whose origin are found in the Assemblies of God. Before I say anything else however, please allow me this disclaimer... Nothing I say here is intended to smear or belittle other believers or churches anywhere. We are called to "do" church differently and we do not judge or condemn any other body for doing things differently or more traditionally. Our efforts are directed at reaching a very specific cross-section of the population that we feel has been largely ignored by the modern church and sometimes even labeled as undesireable. We feel we have been called to fill a void that, for the most part, has gone unfilled in our area. We focus our organizational efforts on reaching the un-churched and the de-churched in our area. We believe there are huge numbers of people, who for whatever reason, will not attend a more traditional church. Perhaps they have been burned by a previous church experience or perhaps they feel that churches are full hypocrits and liars but whatever their reasons, we have... Read Full Entry  - Category: Church  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 49 greetings Posted by:  marbob   (Posted: 06/27/08 8:12am) Hello. This is my first entry, and I want to take the opportunity to tell you a little bit about myself. I was a missionary in the Middle East and am interested in hearing from others in the medical or educational fields who might have served in this region. I am also interested in China and the Caribbean, having made short-term visits to this area. I served in Iran and Sudan and since retiring, I have been making short-term visits to the Caribbean. I made 3 visits to Grenada in the last several years and helped to supply medical textbooks for them since the tsunami that washed out practically everything on the island. I also made one visit to China, visiting churches and missions there. I welcome messages from anyone who has had contact with those areas. Since retirement, I have written a book about my experiences and would also like to hear from other missionary authors.... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 5 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by marbob)  - Total Views: 209 baptist bread Posted by:  musicalscript   (Posted: 06/26/08 4:35pm) So I've been missing church lately, and feel pretty bad. I work on Sundays. Last week I was running way late on Wednesday. Had to go pay my car payment and was stuck in line way longer than I should have been. This past Wednesday I had a really bad head ache, feeling very dizzy. However, I have gotten a LOT of Bible reading done. I finally organized ALL my index cards into a notebook categorized. On top of my Bible reading I got a Baptist Bread devotional booklet from my church a few weeks ago that I kind of have kept put aside, never really read it. When did I have time? Between work, church, and life.... Aha! I figured it out. I deliver pizzas for a living. Why not read it at red lights, stop signs, traffic stops, etc? Let me tell you. I have another devotional book at home called, Here I am Lord (can not remember the author). I never really got into that. But that Baptist Bread? These are just a group of gentlemen writing daily devotionals for two months at a time. I feel like I get the church lesson without going to church!... Read Full Entry  - Category: Devotionals  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 22