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Dear friends, thank you again for listening to our show, Thursday Night Live with Tony and Trish. The last few weeks have been great shows. For Thanksgiving, Trish and I appeared live in the studio and spoke on the phone with our kids about life in college and the transition to college from home. Also we talked about Chi Alpha the Christian student organization that our daughter Gabby is very involved in at University of Florida. Then, last week we spoke with a dear friend Orjanette Bryant who discussed Hospice Care, from the perspective of a Christian hospice nurse. Then yesterday, we had Joycelyn Howard-Huggins, who is a mother/homemaker who benefits her family through skilled and persistent use of couponing and discount hunting. As promised to our caller, Josh we are proving in this note the websites referenced by Joycelyn. They were: www.gottadeal.com, www.retailmenot.com, www.ebates.com, www.shopathome.com, www.bargainblessings.com . Another one not mentioned but used often is www.commonsensewithmoney.com . Trish and I pray that this information be a blessing to you and your family. The show with Joycelyn remains available at our archives tab should you want to listen again. Also, an audio copy of the show is available for a small donation.
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Where is the battle for control of your life fought? Romans 8, says it is fought in the mind. It is not what you do, but who you are that shows the commitment to the gospel life. Being a Christian is not to enslave ourselves to God so as to be afraid of him, but it is to become his child and call him our Father. Rom 8:15. The law was powerless to condemn sin in sinful man, so God condemned sin in sinful man by sending his son in man’s likeness as a sin offering to fully satisfy the requirements of righteousness under the law. Man now satisfies righteousness by living according to the Spirit; meaning, they have their mind set on what the Spirit desires and no longer on the desires of their flesh (sinful nature). Know that the mind of sinful man is death. It is hostile to God. It does not and cannot submit to God’s law. Rom 8:7-8. Therefore, in his natural state, man cannot please God. It is not what a man does, but who he is that please God. You must declare yourself his child through the acceptance of Jesus Christ, declaring him your Father, and you must submit your mind to His Spirit and have it controlled by His Spirit; then, you will have life and peace. This shows that the Spirit of God lives in you; meaning, you belong to Christ and carry the name Christian.
In Rom 8:1 Paul talks about those “who are in Christ,” meaning those who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. To be “in Christ” means living according to the Spirit. Being “not in Christ” means living according to the sinful nature. Living according to the sinful nature has been condemned by God. Through this we are encouraged not to worry so much about what we do, but worry about who we are in Christ. What lifestyle have we adopted? Do we follow our sinful nature which is also called “the flesh” or do we follow the Spirit? The self-evaluation is simply the following:
Life Expectations with Sinful Nature...Life Expectations Living by the Spirit All life is according to flesh desires...Life is according to Spirit desires Controlled by fear of death....Controlled by life and peace Hostile to God.......................Spirit of God lives within you Cannot submit to God’s Law...Spirit gives life to your mortal body Cannot please God......Death to misdeeds of the body giving life ..............................................Become Sons of God ..............................................His Spirit now speaks to our spirit ..............................................Assurance that we are His children As God’s children we are co-heirs with Christ to share in his suffering in order that we share in his glory. · Sent a note last week but the announcement never posted. Seems I have been missing for a while – gone on vacation. I have been very busy in many areas of life. But, I do want to do a better job of keeping you informed. Busy weekend ahead. Trish and I through Calvary Christian Center’s SHINE ministry will be at Bunnell’s Restoration Day at Carver Gym starting just past Noon on Saturday. We will be doing face painting, balloons, and kid’s games. We will be there with program coordinator, Jessie Love. Then, that evening I will be attending the Father and Daughter’s Ball at Calvary Christian Center at 7:00 pm. I will be going with my five daughters ranging from ages 16 to 27. This will be an elegant affair costing only $10.00 per person. I am sure we will have great fun. Then on Sunday we head to worship, again at Calvary, for Father's Day to celebrate the father of us all, God our Father, and his Son Jesus Christ. I am thankful to God for his graciousness towards me in all things. I feel we are truly Blessed in all things. -- Tony Posted by TNT Christian Explosion at 6/19/2009 01:57:00 PM 0 comments Labels: Blessings, daughters, family, father's day, ministry, SHINE John 4:19-4:21 says: 19We love because he first loved us. 20If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 21And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. In Romans chapter 1 Paul gives us the example of truth in intercession and evangelism. Often we make promises especially to other believers that we would pray for them, their situation or their circumstance. But, we either grow weary of the cause or never have any intent in actually committing to prayer regarding the situation. We treat the promise of prayer as an after thought such as asking how someone is doing without any true desire to hear or discuss the response. However, Paul made it clear that he constantly remembered the believers in Rome in his prayers at all times. (Rom 1:9-10). He also evangelically longed to see them with the desire to impart a spiritual gift to strengthen the other believers that they may be able to mutually encourage each other in faith. He tells them how he sought to have a harvest even among the faithful believers. Paul expressed his eagerness to preach the gospel saying that it is the power of God for salvation of everyone who believes, and it is a gospel of which he is not ashamed. Intercession and evangelism goes hand in hand. Someone who has a true heart for outreach not only ministers externally in the physical but also in prayerful intercession spiritually. There is the continuous need for prayer and fasting both for strength and power to accomplish the tasks set before you with Holy Ghost power through and in Christ Jesus. - -Tony Posted by TNT Christian Explosion at 5/26/2009 11:34:00 PM 0 comments First off, think about the last time you spent time alone with you and only you, physically and mentally. The last time you spent just ten minutes separated from the world of stress and worries and just relaxed. Sometimes a break works like a medicine in restoring inner peace. Establishing a routine of time to yours elf offers the opportunity to clear the mind of many worries that come with being a part of social groups and activity. Commonly in today’s society there is an anxiety amongst all people. Most of us have a strong mentality of getting ahead that never ceases far into our ages. We spend more time trying to find the best ways to speed up the processes of what we do and stressing about things not summing up fast enough. But the real question is-why? What is the hurry? What is it that we are racing towards in life? What is the final destination—that which constitutes the right for us to declare success and to relax? THE FAMILY GLUEIt is interesting how families often allow one person to be the “glue” that keeps all of them together. For our family that was my mother. While she was living my brother and I, and family all over the country were very close. We called each other and visited all the time; we checked on each other’s well being; we sacrificed for the other’s good or for the good of their household; and we forgave the faults of each other. We saw the power of unity in the family. But, once my mother died, all things fell apart. It wasn’t an immediate shatter. But the joints that were held together by her examples of love, patience and counter–dependence slowly disintegrate until all was completely demolished to nothing. This is a sad but successful ploy of the enemy. It leaves the appearance that he has power over our lives. We can look at the circumstances and be lulled into believing that he is right and that we will be separated forever. But, be careful for nothing. Do not be afraid to reach forward into dark places. Sometimes that is where we have to reach to pull a family member from the enemy. When we are small we are taught to fear the dark. We hear mysterious sounds and we feel lonely in the dark. So we tend to grow–up with the same fears and cautions with dark places. However, when we carry the Light of the Gospel, there is no darkness that can withstand or overcome the light; instead, light immediately overcomes the darkness in all circumstances. |
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