Awesome Gospel Band Upcoming Tour
Posted by James Cameroone in Christian Music on May 19th, 2010
Stonewash Feet Fagault is my favorite gospel band and has been for at least 14 years. They have 44 Mir Albums and their last album “Jesus Built My Hyundai” went double Mir in just 36 hours. The band is just fantastic. Vocals, guitar and drums. And they’ve done it the same way for over 2 decades. The dreadlocked lead singer Greta Grables wears stonewashed jeans cut off at the knees, similar to capri pants but way more metal, to reveal black fishnets. She sings similar to Christina Aguilera with an explosive diarrhea problem. Alternating between smooth and gassy! So very classy!
The guitar player Herbert Hendrix rocks a Stonewashed jeans jacket. His licks are so freaking legendary. His boogie-woogie style is absolutely second to none. Except maybe Conan O’ Brien’s. Hebert also recently overcame a crippling addiction to industrial solvents brought on by the tragic murder suicide of his puggle Whoopie Barkberg who savagely tore apart his Himalayan cat Captain Fluffinstein and then ran into traffic on the 401. The ballad “Himalayan Meeooouch” was indeed inspired by this tragic and harrowing incident.
The drummer is best known for his line of K-Mart Brand glassware. Lupe Divales. If you need a man to keep time or run a 3rd world sweatshop to make glassware for K-Mart, Lupe’s the man. Its like he’s got a metronome instead of a brain. You can always tell when Lupe’s gonna rock cuz he’ll bring his unique Stonewashed jeans colored drum set into town.
Stonewash Feet Fagault isn’t all Stonewashed jeans and hype. They have sold out arenas all over Eastern Europe. But this summer they are coming to America for the very first time. Dates have been booked in Memphis, Little Rock, Jackson, Montgomery, Amarillo, East Dillon and Newark. Greta, Herbert and Lupe got their work visas and have rented a 2009 Honda Odyssey.
If you live in one of the above-listed cities and you have a washing machine that can accommodate Stonewashed jeans and other band accoutrements, then contact Stonewash Feet Fagault at +34 090 8432 8989. They won’t drink all the beer in you fridge. They’re a Gospel band. You might consider not having any industrial solvents around though.
In exchange for lodging and care of their Stonewashed jeans SFF promises you a copy their three song EP “The Lord Loves Us More Than Them.” This EP was previously only available in Latvia, but thanks to the band’s recent and wondrous discovery of bit torrents, SSF will burn you a copy if you can hook them up with a place to stay. They’ll even autograph it.
SFF loves Stonewashed jeans and so should you!
How To Have Strong Friendships
In my line of work I talk to people on almost a daily basis that are dealing with hurt and pain from friendships gone bad. The are any number of reasons that friendships can and do go bad, and regardless of the reason it usually leaves those involved with pain and hurt. We all desire to have good friends and strong, healthy relationships.
The strongest foundation you can have for building healthy friendships is making sure that your own relationship with God is right. When you are born again and have His Spirit living within you, then the good fruit of the Spirit begins to grow.
As you daily read His Word and seek to live in the light of what He teaches you, godly character naturally develops. You learn to treat others with His love and grace. Things like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are evident in your life, and these are all conducive to satisfying relationships.
If I walk in God’s light and you walk in His light as well, then it is impossible for us not to have a healthy friendship! We automatically have things in common. Our overall goals and values will be in harmony with each other. Our relationship will not be destroyed by pride, anger, hurt, unkindness or jealousy. We’ll confront when necessary, speak the truth in love, and leave past hurts and frustrations at the cross of Christ.
While it’s certainly a good thing to be in a healthy relationship with God, doing so doesn’t mean that your friends will necessarily have the same values as you. They may not have an interest in walking with the Lord. However, even if this is the case you can still bring a lot of positive things to the friendship. Focus on your own relationship with God and pray for your friends that may need it.
For an interesting study, take a look at 1 Corinthians 13 considering this to be an instruction manual for developing healthy relationships. Think about each of the characteristics of love described in that passage and see how it applies to starting and growing a satisfying, lasting friendship.
Father, thank you for helping me to build a solid foundation for my earthly relationships. I ask for your help to make me a better friend both to You and to all of those people who are in my life.
Dr. Ann Shorb provides professional counseling to individuals, families, and couples from her Hanover, PA office. She helps clients with a wide variety of issues including Christian marital counseling, premarital counseling, addiction, AD/HD, depression, anxiety, and more.
Prophetic Ministry In Church
Posted by Matthew Wong in Bible on April 17th, 2010
He that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort (1 Cor 14:3) The Lord gives the Body of Christ the gift of the Holy Spirit, especially the gift of prophecy to edify, to exhort and to comfort His beloved children. But it is very important for the community to understand how a prophetic ministry is supposed to work in order for it to function as it should.
We are required to submit to each other in love. There is different hierarchy in the Kingdom of God. God designed it that way. Jesus, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Jesus is God. But He willingly submits to the Father. Who am I to say I am too good to submit to the leaders who God put upon us?
While we must care for all that God has commissioned to us, we must give extra care to the prophetic ministry. Prophecy is characterized by the divinely inspired information which reveals God’s will, God’s plan and even God’s feeling and emotions. For this reason, it is capable of greatly encourage someone, but in the case of misuse can also greatly damage a person or a community. One concept we must not miss which is that prophecies cannot be treated as authoritative as the scripture. Prophecies are God’s inspired thought presentation human words. It is often mixed with the words of the vessel being used to deliver the message. No matter how anointed the prophetic person is, he only prophecies in part.
The pastor or the leadership of a church must take up the responsibility to administrate the prophetic ministry in the church with biblical principles. If he does not do it, the unrestrained and alone prophetic team or person would be giving prophetic ministry on their own and receive rejections from time to time. This would hurt the person and also the congregation.
In Kansas City, there is a church supervised by Pastor Mike Bickle. He experienced a lot about the prophetic and is now very mature in working with prophetic ministries. But there was a time that he did not understand everything the way he does now. At that time, a lot of prophetic words are allowed to be shared in the Sunday services. The prophetic people were not guided or administrated properly because Mike thought that these people must know exactly what and when to say the words since they can listen to the Lord. But it turned out this was not the case.
The Holy Spirit gives different gifts to people according to His own will. He does not give a person prophetic anointing because the person is spiritually mature. In fact, we often find immature or even carnal people receiving and operating in great power and spiritual gifts, just like what happened in the Corinthian Church. The leadership of the church is commissioned to administrate these people so that they can use their gift to edify the church in the will of God. God wants us to work together like different parts of a body.
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Bibles for Sale – Purchasing Bibles in Wholesale and at a Discount
Posted by Lawrence Brown in Christian Books on March 31st, 2010
It doesn’t have to be difficult to look for Bibles for sale. It is possible to purchase some of the best quality Bibles in bulk and at the same time get great discounts. The only important thing to make sure of is to get them from the best stores or websites possible.
The Internet is one of the most ideal places where you can get Bibles in wholesale. You can find a lot of wholesalers online and most of them would be willing to give you great discounts if you purchase from them.
However, before you do this, there are some points that you need to look into. First, be certain that you are dealing with a legitimate site. It would be best if you could do a bit of research about the company first before placing your order.
If you find that a company has a shady past or you uncover plenty of negative customer feedback, then it is wiser to stay away from the company.
Second, make sure that you know the timeline and prices for your order. Read and understand the terms and policies that they offer so that you can return items if they are defective or substandard in quality.
Reliable companies will not think twice about replacing damaged materials. Moreover, reliable companies will also encourage and foster good relations with their clients as well as accommodate and solve complaints.
If you are on the lookout for Bibles for sale, you might have a challenge in front of you. There are people that easily get confused when they buy Bibles because there are just too many variations available in the market.
Each kind of Bible is created to cater to a specific kind of market, so you have to make sure that you are getting the right one to avoid any problems understanding the text. Below are some of the few kinds of Bible available.
Amplified Bibles
This type of Bible is a big help for people who might have trouble understanding certain words or phrases inside it. For this one, the language is amplified which assists in interpreting and explaining the meaning of certain terms and phrases.
This is a great help for modern readers since most will find it difficult to understand the old language that’s used in the Bible.
Audio Bibles
These types of Bibles are fairly new. They only started to come out when the Internet age started to boom. Basically, these are voice recordings or narration of the entire Bible.
This type of Bible suits people that are always on the go since they can simply listen to their Bibles anywhere.
Annotated Bibles
This kind of Bible will have notes or extra information about a particular topic or scripture; this information assists readers in understanding the text. This is the Bible to get if you want to study your Bible thoroughly.
The main contributors for the information are professionals as well as researchers. This is usually the kind of Bible that pastors and members of the clergy use.
As long as you know what your needs are, buying Bibles for sale won’t be tough. Just keep some of these things in mind and you should be able to get the right one.
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Christmas Ringtones-Sing the Joy of Christmas Ringtones
Posted by Elam Costner in Christian Music on November 21st, 2009
It won’t be long before Christmas is here, which means everyone’s Christmas Spirit will be high up there. Whether it’s the way you dress, the decorations you place around the house, or even the meals you cook, there is a little but of the holiday spirit out of each one. However, it’s just not the same unless you add a little music to the mix. This is why Christmas Ringtones are must for the season.
Unfortunately when you’re shopping online for Christmas Ringtones, it’s hard to find a reputable company with a good selection. We’ve spent hours researching the various sites available, and the best one we found was Christmasringtunes.com. It has plenty of options available that are both new and old, plus the money they receive goes to help children in Orphanages. You will also find an 800 number as well if you have any questions regarding the site. Then of course the FAQ section will most likely answer most of your questions. Is there a monthly fee? No. Instead your downloads are charged as one-time fees.
You will also see that there are 6 full pages of ringtones you can listen to before you make a purchase. They are categorized by either the title the artist, or the genre category. In all there are 60 different ones to choose from.
No matter if you’re young or old, there are Christmas ringtones available for everyone. You can find everything from “Jesus with Us” by Brad Hooks, “The First Noel” by Gilia, and even “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” by Phil Salazar. If by chance you are looking for newer renditions, we recommend checking out the Rock Christmas music for a newer appeal.
The Christmas Ringtones websites also will tell you what cell phones these ringtones are: compatible with phone models such as the AT&T smt5700. The Blackberry: 8600, 8900, 9900, smt5600, and almost all of the rest. They are also compatible with Cingular’s 2125, 3125, 8125, and the Tilt phones. They also include cell phones from Kyocera, LG, Audiovox, Hitachi, HTC, Huawel, Inmate, LGE, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Pantech, Sege, Samsong, Sanyo, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, T Mobile, Utstarcom, VZW, and ZTE phones. Before you make any purchases, you should go through the list and make sure your phone type is on the list.
If you have any questions at all, there is a FAQ section, where you can get email support for the ringtones and other types of cell phones.
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Does God Really Speak Today?
Posted by Matt Tague in Bible on October 7th, 2009
Many people want to know if God still speaks to us today. The Christian answer comes down to two simple alternatives: Yes or no. There are lots of intelligent people out there who disagree on this subject. My own answer is an unqualified YES. Allow me to tell you why.
I am sure we could all think of a wierdo or a TV preacher who says that God is speaking through them when we know it isn’t true. However, just for the sake of the argument, let’s throw that out and discuss the matter sincerely as people who really want to know the answer. In fact, let’s get a little more specific. Let’s ask, “Does God really speak to Christians today apart from the Bible?”
The people that answer “no” to this question usually cite examples of someone claiming that God spoke through them and it was wrong or it harmed a person’s faith. That is a powerful experiential argument. If someone claims to speak for God and they are wrong, it gives God a black eye in the minds of the people around that person. But that is no reason to believe that God doesn?t speak at all anymore.
Think about this: In the history of the church, God has used two instruments to speak to his people: the Bible and the Holy Spirit. We all know people who don’t know how to correctly interpret the Bible, but is that any reason to start believing that God doesn’t speak through the Bible? No way. In a similar way, some people don’t know how to interpret what the Holy Spirit is doing, but that is no reason to believe that he doesn’t speak to us today.
The Bible and the Holy Spirit work together in our lives. We don’t possess a 100% fool proof method of interpreting what the Bible says or what the Holy Spirit says, especially about thorny ethical or moral questions. But just because we can’t be 100% sure of what they say all the time doesn’t mean that they are silent. We can’t be sure of what our best friends say some of the time, but we don’t write them off because we can’t always understand them. The fact that there are abuses or disagreements about what the Holy Spirit is saying doesn’t mean that we should cut off all belief that he speaks today.
A passage from the Bible that supports the speaking role of the Holy Spirit is John 14:6. “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit who leads you into all truth.” If the Holy Spirit really is God inside of us, then God speaks to us. The Holy Spirit is our comforter, encourager and helper. If he fulfills all these roles in our lives, it makes sense that he speaks to us as he helps us in so many ways. Listen to his voice.
Key Suggestions For Arranging Social Events In Your Company
Posted by Candice Williams in Seminars on September 11th, 2009
Social events have a vital position in the corporate agenda. These events encourage employees to connect and develop deep rooted professional relationships, which subsequently improve the productivity of a company. Given that these social events are so significant, it is essential to attend to all important components in order to ensure their success.
The type of the event to be held is one of the most important factors and it needs a lot of thought. You can incorporate activities as varied as simple banquets and adventurous outings lasting a few days. Frequency of holding social events and the finances available are both crucial factors to be considered when selecting the nature of the event more suited to your particular situation.
After you have chosen the type of event, you need to consider the location or venue for the event. If it is a dinner, then you will have to look for a restaurant which is classy and yet not too expensive. The location of the social event should be such that it ensures a comfortable environment for your employees.
Then you need to think about is the guest list. The size of the group can vary from a single project team to the entire department and the venue should be in accordance to this important requirement. You will also have to consider whether the family members of the employees should be called to the event or not.
Then you must choose the type of food you want served at the social event. Do not forget that various staff members would have diverse preferences, so it is important to have a big menu that will appeal to the tastes of all employees.
Moreover, it is always better to bring in some games at the event to ensure that the employees are engaged in the event completely and they go back home happy. Choose these activities with care, although you will find that the favourite choices for most social events are quiz contests, dancing and karaoke.
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The Secrets Of A Successful Event
Posted by Aaron Fisher in Seminars on August 7th, 2009
Managing an event is a complicated and tough task. Not everyone can do a fine job at it and even experts in managing events often find themselves caught in tricky situations. This is because meticulous planning and flawless execution are required to make an event a success. There are numerous factors that need to be taken into account and a lot of emergency situations that you need to bear in mind. The tips mentioned below can be very useful if you want to make sure that your event is successful.
The most important part of the event is the venue, so it must be selected after much forethought. The venue you choose must be in line with the spirit and essence of the event. You will have to think if you want an indoor venue or an outdoor one, and which location your guests will be most comfortable in. You must ensure that the venue can accommodate the gathering comfortably, and to avoid any risk of shortage of space, it is better to pick a venue having floor space that is more than what you require.
Any event needs a number of employees who can serve food and refreshments or receive them at the gate. The employees have to show good care so that the guests feel easy and comfortable at the event. When you reach the venue to evaluate it, try to study the attitude of the employees towards you and if they are helpful and alert.
Most events have arrangements for offering lunch or dinner, along with snacks to the guests. If the event is for more than 2-3 hours, the standard of food becomes highly important. It is quite normal for the venue to have its own caterer, and otherwise they will be able to suggest to you a reputed external one. The menu must be decided in accordance with the broad preferences of the invited guests who will turn up. It is also a good idea to taste the food before appointing a caterer.
You must never overlook the fact that there will be some danger of an accident at the event. You must see that there are emergency arrangements for a wounded guest to be taken care of promptly. Other arrangements like emergency exits must also be examined so that if there is an outbreak of fire or some other untoward incident then people can be rushed out easily.
Although, there are many other issues that could make or break an event, by keeping in mind these broad suggestions, you would be able to reduce the risks of things going wrong. If it is a big event you are organizing, then it is also judicious to seek professional help in managing it.
Things To Remember When Choosing An Events Company For Team Building Sessions
Posted by Benny Clinton in Seminars on August 7th, 2009
Team building events foster better interpersonal relationships among team mates and improve the team’s efficacy and overall performance. These activities are being adopted by organizations throughout the globe and expert events companies now assist you in arranging them.
But you have to be thoughtful of some important things before choosing an events company so that you end up hiring one appropriate for your requirements.
You must first confirm if the events company has prior experience of organizing similar events in other places with success. These events are very different from all other events and there is no utility in picking a company which is yet to comprehend all the nuances involved. Hence, always go for a firm which knows what team building is all about.
Then you must ensure that you are hiring a local firm for the event, whose staff come from the same region. Only a local firm will have employees who will share a cultural affinity with the team members, which is crucial to ensure the success of such events.
The events company must also be able to quickly grasp the work culture of your organization. The goals of your company should be the main considerations during the planning of a team building event. This requires the organizers to comprehend what type of relationship exists between the older and junior members, and members at the same level within the team.
The organizers should also be trained in psychological and organization behaviour disciplines. Ordinary human responses to unfavourable situations, reasons that lead to motivation, and the strategies that click in the corporate social milieu should be known by the organizers.
Themes are an indispensible element of team building events. Hence you must have an idea of the skill of the company in handling different themes and see if the ones provided by it match your requirements. For example, if you are looking for the thrills of an adventurous event, then your events company must have the competency to arrange for such excursions, mange all the risks, and deal with all the vendors.
Lastly, the team members must derive maximum enjoyment out of a successful team building event. For this, the organizer’s disposition and persona has to be considered. The organizer must be amicable and friendly and should be able to spread a good sense of humour in the group. This will help employees to lighten up and get revived, and they will always welcome any more such sessions in the future. At the same time this will increase the efficacy of the event greatly.
