Accept And Rejoice

I guess I'm just going on a Jimmy Needham kick.
Don't get bored......I have alot more to share. HAHA

I really like his music. I like the lyrics.

Let this soak in - don't take too much time though or think too hard - It might actually start sinking in.

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. Isaiah 64:6

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

Dearly Loved

Hey folks,
Just a quick post today. Lately alot of my friends have been suffering trying to deal with sickness, work issues, family issues and even dealing with death. My heart breaks for Traci Morrow and her family over the loss of her dad. I feel so bad for Randy and Brandi Linn as they battle sickness with so many people in their family in so many different directions. I cannot imagine the depth of loss that Tim Harwell feels when he thinks about his son and I don't want to. If you show up on Wednsday night at 6:30 PM and pick up a prayer list you'll see that it's riddled with folks like Sandy Lundy who is fighting cancer and having a rough go at it.

I don't want to bring these things up today to send you into a depression but rather to state that we serve AN AWSOME GOD who is BIGGER than all of these things. He tells us in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Paul states in Romans 8:38-39 "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

God's love and HOLINESS is BIGGER than all of these things good and bad. Isn't that conforting to know that HE loves us? He doesn't have to you know but He does, and He will always. Don't forget it.

This is a video set to the song "Dearly Loved" by Jimmy Needham. Please take the time to watch it. Listen to it. Take time to let it soak in. I am also posting the lyrics below the video for you to read after you watch it.

Have a good day,
Matt

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matt 11:28

Dearly Loved
Jimmy Needham

Please lay down your arrows
For they're sure to pierce the skin
And water from a broken well
Will make you thirst again
When all things you've acquired
Are tested by the flames
And you can see them melting
Then will you call his name
It's worth it brothers
It's worth it friends
To know your maker
To lose your sin

Did you know that you are dearly loved
To the slaughters you are being led
Being told that it's a party
That this God is in your head
And every single lie
Sounds just like the greatest truth
But the one truth you're not hearing
Is that he died for you

No greater joy
No greater peace
No greater love than this
It's worth it brothers
It's worth it friends
To know your maker
To lose your sin
Did you know that you are dearly loved

Got Milk?.....No Thanks, I'll Pass.

California school day would honor homosexual pioneer.....

The walls are caving in on Biblical Morality in this country folks......But we serve an AWSOME GOD - Don't forget it!

The California State Senate is poised to vote on a bill making an official "homosexual day" in every public school.

It would be called "Harvey Milk Day" in honor of the openly homosexual San Francisco Board of Supervisors member who was shot and killed in 1978 along with the city's mayor, George Moscone. S.B. 572, which was approved 7-to-2 out of committee last week, says observances conducted on May 22 should recognize Milk's "accomplishments as well as the contributions he made to this state" -- and that "all public schools and educational institutions are encouraged to observe...and...conduct suitable commemorative exercises." Randy Thomasson of SaveCalifornia.com says the legislation designates just another day to indoctrinate children in the tenets of homosexuality. "That's why we've called California parents to get their kids out of the government schools and into the sanctuary of homeschooling or a good church-schooling instead," he shares. According to Thomasson, parental permission for children to participate in any related activities would not be required under S.B. 572, effectively trampling on parents' rights. He also contends the measure would "encourage public schools to positively portray to children any and all facets of homosexuality, bisexuality, and trans-sexuality -- and anything else that's 'in the closet.'" Harvey Milk was assassinated after only 11 months as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. OneNewsNow asked Thomasson if the New York native did anything of significance while in public office. "No. He was in office a short time and he used it to basically hold meetings and do homosexual pride parades and do activist work on behalf of the homosexual agenda," Thomasson explains. "Harvey Milk thought organized religion was dangerous. He thought doors of sexual experimentation must be opened." In addition, he supported homosexual "marriage," adds the California family advocate. That legacy, Thomasson says, is what public school children would be honoring, should the bill become law.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=522496