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REJOICE? Philippians 4:4 says "rejoice in the Lord always...". REJOICING regardless. Those words from the Apostle Paul are striking. We rejoice when things are joy-worthy. But when rough and tough times come, we normally don't rejoice. We gripe, we complain, we stew, we simply refuse to rejoice. That's natural. But in the supernatural realm, we follow Paul's words to always, at every time, rejoice. Under the power of the Holy Spirit, we can and will rise above circumstances and express joy! Hey, I know it. There's not much to joy about these days. The weather, the election, the breakdown of expensive home appliances (that's actually happening in our home right now!). Sadly, our world is a nasty place. Our existence has negative life situations. How can we possibly REJOICE ALWAYS? When Peter saw Jesus walking on water during a storm, he asked the Lord to allow him to do the same and Christ invited him to come. Peter did ... he walked out to Jesus righ...

MMG 10/17/2016  COFFEE & THE WORD As I drink my 2nd cup of coffee, I have the open Bible next to me and I read this: "I cry out, 'My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!'" Have you ever felt that way? I have. This Bible writer has feelings many of us do. Life deals bad things sometimes. Oh, by the way, the writer is Jeremiah the Prophet. And these words are from Lamentations 3:18 (NLT). I shared some of these words after our Worship Gathering at Creed (www.creedchurch.org) yesterday during AfterGlow. His next few words express similiar feelings until you get to v21 when he says, "Yet I still dare to hope ..." WOW! Can you see that? There Is Always HOPE! And that's what separates a 'Religion' from a 'Relationship' with Almighty God! God is the God of Hope! Jeremiah in his deep dispair had hope and said so. The whole of v21 says "Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this:" ==> Now...

As a Team Leader and Bible Teacher in a local Fellowship of Christ-Followers, I have never taken sides in a choosing a candidate or making my choice publicly known. Free speech says I can, but that same freedom also allows for my silence. A number of my Facebook friends are quite verbal with their choice and enjoy expressing their disdain for the other candidate. Simply, my take is that this highly important personal choice is for the secret ballot box where we stand alone in a curtain-closed cubicle. Further, expressing my favor for one candidate over another in an open forum or even small talk with friends may stir some to anger, wrath or worse. As a child of the King, I am called to be a person of peace. Now listen, there is one who is fully aware of to whom I am leaning and that's my best friend, my dear wife. Even with four weeks left to election day, incidents or issues could arise which may have an effect on which way I may lean. So you may have guessed my choice i...

MMB 10-10-2016 Hurricane Aftermath On Thursday October 6th, we here in central FL prepared for a close hit by Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 tropical cyclone. The forecast called for high winds, damaging floods, power outages and possible loss of life. The preparations included stocking up on supplies, candles, water and clearing yards and porches of items which could become dangerous projectiles in high winds. Shops closed early, schools closed down, evacuation centers opened and people fled areas sure to be hit hard by the storm. We here in Poinciana section of Kissimmee in northern Osceola County were spared the expected wrath of Matthew. We had winds and rain but the storm shifted east minimizing the effects greatly. In fact, our home never lost electricity or internet service. Under normal summer conditions, the Direct TV sat will occasionally lose signal in a driving rain and thunderstorm. Even that was unaffected during Matthew. We were fortunate. This being my...

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