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Added by cmel on August 17, 2009 at 7:14pm —
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TIME UPON THE EARTH IS A BLESSING AND AN INCREASE IN AGE INCREASES WISDOM.
I GUESS THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO NOT WANT TO SEE ALL YOUR YOUTHFUL STRENGTH FADE AWAY WITH THE PASSING YEARS. BUT WITH AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS AND THE GRACE OF GOD, YOU CAN GET OLDER AND NOT GET 'OLD'. AND IN ANY CASE, YOU ONLY REALLY HAVE TWO CHOICES IN THAT AREA
GROW OLD OR DIE YOUNG
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Added by Kevin J Bates Jr on July 3, 2009 at 6:29pm —
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Hate is the idiot’s potion which allows him to hold fast to his ignorance
It is simple for the simple to say “I hate,” because hate costs them nothing
No involvement
No effort
No time
To know someone costs bits of yourself
And to love someone may cost everything
I once heard a white man say—I hate all blacks
A black man—I hate all whites
A woman—I hate all men
A man—I hate all women
…idiots
Fools all
Then, the word ‘all’ is beyond a single person
One person can never know all of anything
L…
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Added by Kevin J Bates Jr on June 22, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Let me sit here
5 more minutes, let me sit here and look
I remember the coffin’s weight
I almost dropped it
It contained my mother’s body
I’d never drop it
Let me sit here in the still
My mother loved the winter here,
Quiet
4am… 5, 6
3 more minutes
Maybe 2
Maybe less
I love to watch the flurries flutter
Slowly, softly flutter, fall
White silence; Black morning
My mother’s pain; black as ice
She’s gone and all is now so quiet…
As silent as discs of snow falling upon a crypt
--Kevin J Bates J…
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Added by Kevin J Bates Jr on June 19, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Such a glorious thing; light
The recrudescent splendor that makes all the world passable
It is all that glows, all that glistens, all that shines
It is light and isn’t it glorious
Without the light, we could not see to see
Without the light where would we stand in the scape of the earth
Such a marvelous, sparkling, dazzling, miraculous thing
It is light and it is glorious
--Kevin J Bates Jr--
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Added by Kevin J Bates Jr on June 18, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Over the last little while, I have had some insights into myself. I think back to when I was in high school and how terrible I have always been with women. It seemed like I was always alone; like everyone I know had a girlfriend and none of the girls I liked even knew I was there. More times than none I would say that I was the odd numbered human being; like the planet earth was populated by 6,000,000,001 people and I was that 1.
Every girl I liked seemed to be taken so I looked down on myself.…
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Added by Kevin J Bates Jr on June 15, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Crawl on until you
Walk strong before you
Run fast enough to
Fall flat before you
Rise up and look to
Think of how strong you are
--Kevin J Bates Jr--
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Added by Kevin J Bates Jr on June 13, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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I once heard an interesting axiom which says, “Though no man is an island, all the world is an ocean.” Now whether this is the actual axiom or a derivation thereof, I’m not sure. But that takes nothing from the point that this statement makes in either case.
Have you ever tried to stand alone? To stand as a single, solitary thing in the midst of the grand scheme with no one and nothing to support you. To stand under your own frail strength and your own finite ability saying in pride, ‘I need not…
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Added by Kevin J Bates Jr on June 8, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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It’s one thing to know that you’re growing up, but it’s quite another to actually feel it.
Have you ever had that odd feeling of inevitability? That instinctive inkling that time is flowing toward you and that you are about to…. become. I can’t say why, with any form of certainty, but I have been feeling that a great deal as of late.
The areas of my life that were in the deep grips of a haze just a few years ago are not as nebulous as they once were. I’m beginning to see myself as I would like t…
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Added by Kevin J Bates Jr on June 2, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Making Your Calling and Election Sure Through Christformation In You.
2 Peter 1:3-11 (New International Version)
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
For this very reason, make every effort…
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Added by Ronald K Pillai on June 1, 2009 at 2:30am —
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Some men choose to vent anger through violence
Some men choose to vent passion through sex
Some men choose to vent ignorance through hatred
Some men choose not to see what comes next
Some men live a life without reason
Some men live a life without rhyme
Some men live a life in blunder
Some men live with no worth to their time
Some men seek to pour bitterness outward
Some men seek to find nothing within
Some men seek to birth battle and malace
Some men seek to find fault with all men
Some men…
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Added by Kevin J Bates Jr on May 26, 2009 at 2:05pm —
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The world has no need for another weakling.
Another person dragged down by life and trial and circumstance to the point that they simply will not. Will not move, will not stand, will night fight, will not try, will not live and will not be strong. Never mind the fact that there are so many looking at them.
Have you ever taken the time to look about you and see how many eyes are on you? How many of those eyes are of people looking to you for strength and as an example?
There are always eyes of fa…
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Added by Kevin J Bates Jr on May 26, 2009 at 2:05pm —
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‘Builders-rejected’ Capstone of God.
(Christformation in you Ministries)
Introduction
Acts 4:11-12 (New International Version)
He is
‘the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the capstone. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by whom we must be saved."
The verses above are found both in the Old and the New Testaments. They were spoken as prophecies and fulfilled prophecies of how Christ will be treated and rejected by t…
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Added by Ronald K Pillai on April 3, 2009 at 1:00am —
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‘Gold refined in fire’ is Christformation in you.
(Christformation in you Ministries)
Introduction
Revelation 3:17-20 (New International Version)
You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. T…
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Added by Ronald K Pillai on March 2, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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Full Christformation in You
(Christformation in you Ministries)
Introduction
Colossians 1:15-20 (New International Version)
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he…
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Added by Ronald K Pillai on February 24, 2009 at 10:06am —
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Christformation In You Ministries
‘Food that doesn’t spoil’ is Christformation in you.
Introduction
John 6:26-29 (New International Version)
Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, and you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."
Then they asked him, "Wha…
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Added by Ronald K Pillai on February 13, 2009 at 9:00am —
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Christformation In You Ministries
Christformation is the ‘White-Stone Pearl’ in you.
Introduction
Matthew 13:44-46 (New International Version)
Parable of the Pearl
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought i…
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Added by Ronald K Pillai on January 29, 2009 at 12:33am —
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Christformation In You Ministries
Running the Race of Christformation
Introduction
Hebrews 12:1-4 (New International Version)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entan…
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Added by Ronald K Pillai on January 24, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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CHRISTFORMATION IN YOU MINISTRIES
My dear children for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you. Galatians 4:19 (NIV translation)
THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of Gaod, tell these stones to become bread. Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread a…
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Added by Ronald K Pillai on January 18, 2009 at 11:30pm —
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It is CHRISTFORMATION in you,Not Transformation!
Mark 2:21-22 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
21"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. 22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wine…
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Added by Ronald K Pillai on December 30, 2008 at 1:30am —
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Inspirational Gifts and Unique Christian Arts
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Making Your Calling and Election Sure Through Christformation In You.
