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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
A Leader Who Seeks God I love the story of King Asa recorded in 1 Kings 15 and 2 Chronicles 15. His story is so good that God puts it in the Bible twice. :-) But the story starts out with a prophecy given to King Asa from God. The prophet Azariah, moved by the spirit, comes to him and tells him 4 things: 1. Listen carefully to what I have to say. 2. God will stick with you as long as you stick with him. 3. If you look for him, you will find him. 4. But if you leave him, he will leave you. What a prophecy! God wants to bless Asa and use him to do great things and He tells him so. Now it’s up to Asa to do his part in order for the prophecy to be fulfilled. The Bible says in 2 Chronicles 15:8 (The Message), “Asa heard the prophecy of Azariah son of Obed, took a deep breath, then rolled up his sleeves, and went to work.” It’s time for us to hear what God is saying to us and then get to work! We have to get serious about seeking God with our whole heart. We know good things will happen when we do, but we have to take action. Asa’s people were serious about doing what God told them to do. So series in fact, that they bound themselves in a covenant (a formal agreement) and agreed that anyone who refused to seek God should be killed, no matter who it was! Wow! That’s a serious commitment! But they realized that the whole community was only as strong as its weakest link. Do you realize that we are only as strong as you are in the Lord! Asa was committed to doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord and this was reflected in his leadership of the people. The Bible says all kinds of good things about Asa. · “His heart was in the right place, in tune with God” · “Asa conducted himself well before God” · “He was well intentioned and loyal to God” This is the kind of man that I want to be. I long to God’s prophecies for my life, my family and my ministry. When they are revealed to me, I will listen and take action by obeying his Word precisely. What about you? What kind of leader do you want to be? Word… Pasta’ Alex posted by Pasta' Alex # 9:15 AM 0 Comments   Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Window of Opportunity The definition of the term "window of opportunity": - A short period of time during which an opportunity must be acted on or missed. Men, when it comes to dating relationships, you always have to keep this term in mind. Whenever you meet a young lady that you may be interested in, you have to remember, if something is most likely going to become of it, you have to take advantage of the window of opportunity. Realize that you have a short period of time between when you meet her and when you take the risk to make your move. The pressure is on! Can you handle it? We have already acknowledged that we have a problem in the Christian dating world. In the previous couple of blogs, I spent time addressing this problem from the female perspective. But now, I want to speak to the fellas. The long and short of it is this, a big part of why this problem persists is because guys are missing their windows of opportunity. For whatever reason they are not stepping up to the plate and letting the girls know they are interested. What's holding you men back?
Whatever it is holding you back, it’s time to move past it. I speak to so many guys who I know are interested in a young lady and after long periods of time, don’t do anything about it. A lot of guys are willing to take their chances by hanging out in the “friend zone” forever and hope that one day the girl will magically decide that he is actually her knight in shining armor. Get real fellas! This type of thing only happens in the moves if your name is Matthew McConaughey or Justin Timberlake. And the reality is, you don’t look that good with your shirt off like Matthew and you can’t dance like JT. The facts that you have a cute smile and are easy to talk do not give you a free ticket to jump in and out of the “friend zone.” You, my friend, would be wise to look for and capitalize on your window of opportunity.
Can you dig what I’m saying? Word… P. Alex PS. Next time I’m going to tell you what women really want. posted by Pasta' Alex # 3:15 PM 0 Comments Wednesday, November 05, 2008 The Day After Oh, how I would love to give you relationship advice right now. And I shall, except not the kind I have given in the past few blogs. I want to offer a few thoughts about our relationship with our fellow man. The day after the election... I read an article by Chuck Colson and I want to share a few of his thoughts. Here is some of what he wrote: Pray for our President!
Friend, don't let that be said about you. No matter what happens, no matter who is the President, no matter what is going on in your life - the trials, the hardships, the trouble, Don't forget about God! So, the day after election day, seek Him with your whole heart! Not only for yourself, but for the new President, your fellow man, and for our whole country. He gives us this promise in 2 Chronicles 15:2 "I am with you when you are with me. If you seek me, you will find me, but if you forsake me, I will forsake you." Get to Praying! Word... Pastor Alex posted by Pasta' Alex # 3:08 PM 0 Comments |
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