Bible Discussion.

I want to challenge you all to read Jeremiah Chapters 7 and 8 and once your done i want you to post as a comment onto this blog your thoughts on this portion of Scripture. Warning: this is not an eazy portion to swallolw but i really want to hear what you all have to say. How it makes you feel? Why do you think God felt this way? Can you relate to this Scripture? Can you relate to both God and the people?

I just want to hear what you all have to say i’ll be waiting for answers!

Tags: Anger, Bible, Forgiveness, God, Jeremiah, Redemption, Scripture, Sin, Wrath

21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible – Dave Earley

I finally finished this book. ever since i actually started my blog and put “Books I’m reading” and “books I’ve read” on it, it has really motivated me to read more. Last week i finished reading this book by Dave Early and decided to make a VERY quick book review on it. By no means am I a professional critic of any sort but I just want to let you all know about my thoughts on books I’ve read. So here we go for my first book review!

First of all i want to start to say this. I have had the chance to speak to Dave Early personally about 2 years ago as we had Him up for our Apex Leaders Retreat at Jackson’s Point. When Dave came back to our church that Sunday He actually preached from this very book. What i find actually truly interesting regarding Dave is that the way He writes is the exact same way he speaks. Me, on the other hand, sound a lot smarter in writing then in person… (Thank God for spell check Ha Ha.)

In His book, Dave takes you through 21 different prayers that were prayed by different people in the Bible for different reasons but yet, were all answered. This book really spoke to me because just about every single one of those 21 prayers had to do with either something, I’ve gone through or am going through. One thing i really liked about reading this book is that the second i was done a chapter i was ready and able to already apply what i just read in my life. From “Lord, save me”, to “Lord, Send Me”, i was able to use it right away in my life. He makes it really easy for us, simple people, to relate to such great prayers.

Out of 10 i would definitely give this book a 8. Personally I had a hard time to stay focused while reading it but then again that might just be my A.D.D. Ha Ha. I would definitely recommend this book as a great tool to help you either get started to pray or if you need ideas on how to pray or what to pray for. Sometimes you are faced with certain challenges in your life and just have no clue how to tackle it, well this is the tool for you!

i know this is not much of a review, but these are my thoughts

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The meaning of my name

So, i was doing some research for our May1-3 2009 Generation Conference here at OCC, and i was looking up some Greek original definitions and came across a section of my concordance that has all the true meaning of names. So i looked up Philip and to my disappointment…… it means “Lover of Horses”. I don’t even like horses that much. So yea, that’s a bummer haha.

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Words Of Faith Series

I started a Series called the Words of Faith last Friday and i have already heard lots of awesome responses. The thing is that everything we say every day affects the outcomes of our lives. The best scripture to support this thing is found in Matthew 12:35-37 “35 A good man produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil man produces evil things from his storeroom of evil. 36 I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” Tell you what, to know that by my own words I will be condemned, it really makes me want to think twice about what i am going to speak over my self and other people and about what kind of speeches come out of my mouth! Always remember that life and death are in the power of the tongue! (proverbs 18:21)

Tags: A, Bible, Faith, Get, Grip, Ministries, Sermon, Tongue, words, Youth