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Hello all, was wondering if anyone still comes to this blog?

Matthew 5:6

Matt. 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”

Most of us have been there, we have been a service were we have been convicted and the Spirit moves. We go to the alter and give it over to God and as Doc Taylor said, “It’s a living sacrifice, after you leave it on the alter it gets up and follows you back.” A lot of the time we don’t follow through with our commitments, either because it’s hard or we get frustrated and we find ourselves right back in the same place. So what do we do?
I think it takes discipline. I have for too long expected God to do the work for me. Too often we have come to the alter and felt the warm fuzzes and expected all to be roses after. I believe that the warm fuzzes have been and are the out-pouring of Gods love on us at our breaking point and from then on we need to do our part.
I believe that we need to be disciplined. Now for those who know me know that I am the last person to be giving advice on discipline. But God has slapped me in the face with this and this is my blog…so I can write what I want.
Discipline need to come in every area of our lives, not just the spiritual aspect that we want to work on. If I’m not disciplined in my work, finances, house work, and life in general how do I expect that I will have victory in my spiritual life?
1 Timothy 4:7b “…train yourself to be godly.”
Drawing close to God is very important and is easily looked at as not being urgent. (Quadrant two for those of you that have read 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) I feel we need to discipline every area of our lives. Why do I sit down and watch 1 to 2 hours of TV a day, does it bring me closer to God? We need to cut away the influences that keep us busy. For too long other less important things have taken the place of God, the same God that killed a guy for touching His box in the Old Testament.
“Laziness never leads to Godliness” Rick Kavanaugh

DC Talk SUSE Linux and Books

Yeah, that's right!! I went and bought this album of Amazon.com, it was $2.47. Nice deal if you ask me. This album takes me back, I put the CD in and was blasted with "Luv is a Verb." Sarah and I have developed a saying when ever things don't go our way...Such as getting wet in the rain or the power going out...We say, "Its OK we have DC Talk." I also picked up Audio Adrenaline's "Don't Censor Me" album. Haven't got that in the mail yet.
For all those interested I got Linux running and surfing the web. It only took me 4 weeks. I can tell it is going to be a battle until I figure out command line stuff, mounting hardware, and driver issues. I'll keep you posted....lol...Get it...Posted...This is a blog. I'm sorry, I couldn't help it.
I was also wondering if anyone knew of any good Non-Christian books out there. I just finished a good Christian book and am still sifting through the stuff God slapped me in the face with. So I'm looking for something...I don't know. I looked on the New York best sellers list and non really stood out to me. Any suggestions would be great...Unless they are from a guy in Fredericton who's name rhymes with Ark. ha Sorry again...Its late...That probably won't be funny to me in the morning.

Stuff

Recently I have been listening to my old Christian music. Stuff like DC Talk – Jesus Freak, Reality Check, Seven Day Jesus (which I used to love…but now I can see why they only had one album), and Church of Rhythm. I wish I had DC Talks “Free at Last” album….classic.
On another note I have been reading the book God Chasers, which I had heard a lot about at Bethany but was too lazy to pick it up. I feel I can relate to the writer in his frustration of the church as a whole. I feel I have come to a place in my relationship or my Christian walk with God where I just want to see Him. I just want to be with Him and a lot of the time I feel like the church of today doesn’t. “If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, I will heal their land.” I know that’s in the Bible somewhere. Also Matt. 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Truly seeking after God comes at a price…a price that for some is too high. I’m sick of playing church, I want more of God!! Which means I will have to change.

Indifferent

Can someone post something for me? Maybe this picture will inspire you.

Geek Moment

I have been convicted lately about have stuff on my computer that I didn’t pay for. This basically means everything! I didn’t have a legal version of Windows XP, Microsoft Office XP, Music, Adobe Premiere, and various other programs. Now, I know there are people out there that don’t have a problem with it, and I used to be one of them. But over the last little while that sort of thing just hasn’t sat well with me. This sort of thinking is dangerous for someone like me because I grow up never paying for software (except the occasional game) and still believe one shouldn’t have to pay for it. (I mean $300 for WinXP…what a waste of money) So if I don't want to steal the software and don't want to pay for it where does that leave me. As far as music goes I'm just going to have to buy the CDs I want, but what about windows and the office programs...etc. Well I went with an OS (Operating System) that was free, Mandriva Linux . Once I get the hang of the new OS I think I’ll like it. It’s not for everyone thought…you have to learn everything all over again. My biggest problem so far has been learning the dos-like commands and the modem. I think 90% of modems are made for windows. I also use a free word processor now, it is called Open Office ( check it out http://www.openoffice.org/ ). All and all I feel better about myself!

Hello all, I have been meaning to post for some time now and I apologize for not doing so. Today I went to a birthday party for my niece who is turning two. She has a sister who is four. I noticed something when she was opening presents. She got the usual toys, which wasn’t a big deal to her as she had more fun with the wrapping paper and a balloon she would let go of….it was pretty cute. Mine and Sarah’s Dora the Explorer present was cast aside for that balloon and wrapping paper…but I’m not bitter. Next year I think I will just get her a big box filled with wrapping paper and a balloon. What made me think was when she started opening the presents with clothes in them. Some of the outfits (which I sure she didn’t pick out) matched her big sister’s clothes. As I looked at the matching sets of clothes I laughed to myself, thinking that this may be the reason so many people want to be different when they are older. You know different clothes, hair that stands out, and different body piercings. Maybe by dressing kids alike when they’re young inputs in them a complex that they are just like someone else. It might all come back to parents dressing their kids alike when they’re young. I remember when I was young and my parents dressed my brother and I alike….I hated it!! By the look of the picture it is no wonder I even turned out normal. So I don’t know what I think about dressing kids alike…what do you think?