Faith & Ministry
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What Solomon Lacked: Tools for Faithfulness
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Tuesday 30 November, 1999
Solomon started right. Right after being crowned king over Israel, God asked him what he wanted. Solomon said he wanted just one thing, wisdom. God loved this response and gave him wisdom and more. Solomon ruled for many years, but eventually something happened. Something changed. See, Solomon loved women. And when I say he loved women, I am really not kidding. The Bible says he had 1000 wives and concubines (2 Kings 11:3). God didn’t want Solomon to marry outside of the nation of Israel because they would lead him astray, they would become an idol. God knew Solomon better then he did and warned him about a temptation he couldn’t withstand. The combined influence of 1000 ungodly women was too much for him and Solomon began building alters to other gods to please his wives and lovers.
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Life.
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It was dark and raining harder by the minute. I was in the center lane of the freeway in a car that wasn’t mine. Usually I don’t mind freeway driving, but on this particular night the rain, the mist from a hundred tires and the glare from the streetlights were making it nearly impossible to see the lines on the road. This may not have been a big deal if the highway was a straight shot, but this road was curving around the edge of the city and had numerous sweeping turns to navigate. In short, driving conditions were dangerous and I was driving an unfamiliar vehicle.
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Putting Your Gifts to Use Where God Wants Them
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I used to chuckle at a Calvin & Hobbes comic that my mom kept on our refrigerator when I was a child. It had a picture of Calvin making a grumpy face with a caption that read, “God put us on earth to accomplish a certain number of things. At this point I am so far behind I will never die.” But somewhere along the line, one of my parents had crossed off “number of” so it read; “God put us on earth to accomplish certain things…” It was a silly little comic, but I never really forgot the concept behind it. As I began to get to know and love God on a personal level, I always kind of wondered how much truth was behind that. Did God really put us on earth to accomplish specific things? Did He really give each person only a part of the puzzle?
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Apathy and The Spiritual Struggle
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Ironically, I was planning on writing an article about how our scene lacks self-support and then I became apathetic about the article and the topic in general. That’s when it hit me. I realized I would just be beating a dead horse. We all are (or should be) aware that we don’t support our own artists, DJ’s websites, record labels, etc…
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Focused and Consistent
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Petra’s massive ministry could be boiled down to one simple little motto: Be focused and consistent. They never strayed from this simple live show script of opening with some fan favorites and new material, followed by praise and worship, followed by talking about World Vision and then presenting the gospel during an encore complete with an alter call. Even after 33 years, God moved at almost every concert they played and lives were changed.
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The God of My Journey
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I first shared the desire to go on this trip with the Tastyfresh community on July 23rd. In order to go I would need to get the time off approved by work, raise $2000 for the trip, and get all the necessary paperwork completed. On August 17th I took a leap of faith and purchased a plane ticket, with no place to stay and no confirmed spot at the conference. It was one of the biggest leaps of faith I think I have ever taken.
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Craig's Story
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Written by Dj Du Nord, Wednesday 15 September, 2004
My name is Craig Willers and I currently spin under the moniker DJ Himmel. I’ve been into electronic music since ’97 and started out as a primarily Gothic/Industrial DJ but have since discovered many other forms of electronics that excite me. This is my testimony:
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