I tried to tell y'all about Pastor Marvin Sapp's new CD "Thirsty" that was released a couple of weeks ago. It was prolly overshadowed with T.I vs T.I.P being released the same day. Hee Hee. Heres a video that was found Never Would Have Made It. I hope it ministers to you as much as it did for me when I first heard it.
http://www.lighthouseflc.com/
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Matt 13:24-30
On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the
cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by
the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.
"One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me," said one boy. Several
dropped and rolled down toward the fence.
Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought
he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure
enough, he heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me."
He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around
the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along.
"Come here quick," said the boy, "you won't believe what I heard! Satan and
the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls."
The man said, "Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk." When the
boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.
Standing by the fence they heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you,
one for me."
The old man whispered, "Boy, you've been tellin' me the truth. Let's see if
we can see the Lord."
Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see
anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence
tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord.
At last they heard, "One for you, one for me. That's all. Now let's go get those
nuts by the fence and we'll be done."
They say the old man made it back to town a full 5 minutes ahead of the kid on
the bike.
cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by
the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.
"One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me," said one boy. Several
dropped and rolled down toward the fence.
Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought
he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure
enough, he heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me."
He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around
the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along.
"Come here quick," said the boy, "you won't believe what I heard! Satan and
the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls."
The man said, "Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk." When the
boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.
Standing by the fence they heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you,
one for me."
The old man whispered, "Boy, you've been tellin' me the truth. Let's see if
we can see the Lord."
Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see
anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence
tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord.
At last they heard, "One for you, one for me. That's all. Now let's go get those
nuts by the fence and we'll be done."
They say the old man made it back to town a full 5 minutes ahead of the kid on
the bike.
Monday, July 23, 2007
LUKE 20:43
Toward the end of the church service, the minister asked, "How many of
you have forgiven your enemies?" About 80% held up their hands.
The minister then repeated the question and all responded by raising
their hands except one small, elderly lady.
"Mrs. Jones? Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?", the
minister asked.
I don't have any", she replied, smiling sweetly.
Mrs. Jones, that is indeed unusual. How old are you?"
Ninety-eight" she replied.
"Mrs. Jones, would you come down front and tell the congregation how a
person can live for ninety-eight years and not have an enemy in the
world?"
The little lady tottered down the aisle, faced the congregation, smiled
sweetly and said, "I out lived the bitches."
you have forgiven your enemies?" About 80% held up their hands.
The minister then repeated the question and all responded by raising
their hands except one small, elderly lady.
"Mrs. Jones? Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?", the
minister asked.
I don't have any", she replied, smiling sweetly.
Mrs. Jones, that is indeed unusual. How old are you?"
Ninety-eight" she replied.
"Mrs. Jones, would you come down front and tell the congregation how a
person can live for ninety-eight years and not have an enemy in the
world?"
The little lady tottered down the aisle, faced the congregation, smiled
sweetly and said, "I out lived the bitches."
Friday, July 20, 2007
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
By Clark Soloman @ www.mybrotha.com
"But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of every woman is man, and the head of Christ is God." - I Corinthians 11:3
Some men misinterpret this and use it to take advantage of their wives. These men are distorting God's guidance in order to maintain some type of control over their wives and their households. But as Dr. Price points out -- only Christian men who are responsible and able to fulfill their spiritual duties can be "head of the house." If a man does not live as an example and is not spiritually guided, he cannot be in a lead position.
In no way, shape or form should a woman ever submit to a man who doesn't walk by Faith. No man, Christian or not -- has the power to force a woman to submit to him. Furthermore, submitting to a man should never involve control and manipulatio. Both the husband and wife should be submitting to each other.
"When Paul said a husband ranked over his wife, he meant that a husband is responsible for his wife. God is holding us husbands responsible for our wives. We are responsible for loving them, taking care of them, providing for them, and protecting them in the domestic environment," Price says.
It is important for men and women to remember that a husband does not come between his wife and God. A husband is not the spiritual head of his wife and he has no authority over her spirituality. The purpose of rank in the family, is to define responsibilities of man, woman, and child -- not to assert command or power over them.
SOME LADIES HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORD: SUBMISSION. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I THINK BECAUSE SINGLE BLACK WOMEN HAVE BEEN KEEPING IT TOGETHER FOR SO LONG BY THEMSELVES, THEY CAN'T RELEASE THAT RESPONSIBLITY AND LET THEIR EQUALLY YOKED MAN BE RESPONSIBLE. I AIN'T GOT THAT PROBLEM, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS???
"But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of every woman is man, and the head of Christ is God." - I Corinthians 11:3
Some men misinterpret this and use it to take advantage of their wives. These men are distorting God's guidance in order to maintain some type of control over their wives and their households. But as Dr. Price points out -- only Christian men who are responsible and able to fulfill their spiritual duties can be "head of the house." If a man does not live as an example and is not spiritually guided, he cannot be in a lead position.
In no way, shape or form should a woman ever submit to a man who doesn't walk by Faith. No man, Christian or not -- has the power to force a woman to submit to him. Furthermore, submitting to a man should never involve control and manipulatio. Both the husband and wife should be submitting to each other.
"When Paul said a husband ranked over his wife, he meant that a husband is responsible for his wife. God is holding us husbands responsible for our wives. We are responsible for loving them, taking care of them, providing for them, and protecting them in the domestic environment," Price says.
It is important for men and women to remember that a husband does not come between his wife and God. A husband is not the spiritual head of his wife and he has no authority over her spirituality. The purpose of rank in the family, is to define responsibilities of man, woman, and child -- not to assert command or power over them.
SOME LADIES HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORD: SUBMISSION. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I THINK BECAUSE SINGLE BLACK WOMEN HAVE BEEN KEEPING IT TOGETHER FOR SO LONG BY THEMSELVES, THEY CAN'T RELEASE THAT RESPONSIBLITY AND LET THEIR EQUALLY YOKED MAN BE RESPONSIBLE. I AIN'T GOT THAT PROBLEM, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS???
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
GOLDEN LYRICS
This little chick's CD is SWEET!!! This is my favorite track off of her album "I AM" She's very mello, smooth singer reminiscent of a Sarah Vaughn or Etta James. This song is definitely a brides song if I have ever heard of one. Not that I want to be married, when I first heard it I knew this would be hot.
Her bio tells of her audition and signing with LA Reid & Babyface which is a wonderful collaborative duo for young singers, however their protege end up being bankrupt within a few years. I'm giving you the lyrics but you gotta hear the song. Simply Beautiful.
Take me back in the day when loving was pure
Love ain't going away, love is always secure
Life's not always perfect but love's always forever
Lets let true love connect lets try lasting forever
I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my all
I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman can possibly be
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden
Be the man of my dreams and get down on one knee, love
Say you'll be all I need and then ask me to marry you, my love
Lets take two golden bands and lets walk down the isle, love
I'll say I do and you'll say I do, make a golden commitment, oh
I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my whole all
and I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman could possibly be, yes I will
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden
Let's last forever (let's last forever)
No typical american shady love
Let's stay together (let's stay together)
Pray God smile upon ours
I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my whole all
and I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman could possibly be, yes I will
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden
I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my whole all
and I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman could possibly be
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden
Golden
Golden
oh oh my
Golden
Golden love
Cause commitment is golden
Mmm mmm
CONFESSION #239
Although JustMe thinks Idris is her man, my confession today is that Idris Elba is the sexiest man in movies!!! Hands Down.
I hope you all notice the pattern this week in my confessions. I have absolutely nothing to blog about, so this is what you get. Ladies, enjoy. Fella's Click on the link under jammin' and bob ya head. Ill keep updating that for ya!
Monday, July 16, 2007
CONFESSION #238
I LOVE ME SOME CHAUNCEY B. HOWEVER, ALONZO MOURNING IS THE SEXIEST MAN IN THE NBA. HANDS DOWN.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
iCandy
I love this time of year!!! It's when Essence Magazine publishes their eye-candy for the year. This time you can send emails to those that are in the pics on www.essence.com . They have the actors, the players, and the ordinary men that are just fione!!!! MMMM...excuse me while I wipe off my desk.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
IM STILL A PISTON FAN...
...for at least another 5 years!!!!
DETROIT - Chauncey Billups signed a $60 million, five-year contract Wednesday with the Detroit Pistons, returning to the team he helped reach five straight conference finals.
The contract is worth $46 million guaranteed over four years and includes a team option for the fifth year.
Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said he was "very pleased" to have Billups back.
"We said from the beginning that re-signing Chauncey was our top priority, and now we can move forward knowing that Chauncey will continue to lead this team," Dumars told The Associated Press on Wednesday afternoon. "One of the toughest positions to fill in this business is the point guard position, and that's why it was imperative that we re-sign Chauncey."
Billups and the Pistons appeared to reach a win-win deal, because even though the All-Star was one of the NBA's top free agents this summer, other teams didn't seem to be willing or able to compete with Detroit's offer.
Monday, July 09, 2007
I feel liberated...
Hey Fam-
The last time I blogged to you all, I was telling you about the side hustle that finally got on my nerves. Rich claims that I have been threating to leave, but that isn't the case. Its at a mattress store and I typically would work over the weekends and twice during the week. Just enough to put some money in the savings for when I want to travel back to Michigan without cutting into my household expenses. Smart right?? The job is so easy because, I sit there and read, sometimes I fall asleep, I work alone so nobody bothers me. If I sell bedding, cool (mo money, mo money), if I don't its all good as well. Its all good when the majority of the time Im talking to crazies at the real job. The owner of the mattress store is a little crook to say the least. Since September there were five mattress stores in the city of Greensboro, now its only down to one. Why? because they never paid the leases to the buildings, so they have been evicted. They also have had their accounts frozen by the IRS so there were times where employees did not get paid. That was crazy because that was the only job for some and they couldn't pay their mortgage. One by one employees were quitting, and I couldn't agree more. The owner continued to lie about these investors that never came to pass. Why should they when the store lost its financial plan to finance people for bedding? I didn't leave, I was literally the last woman standing. They wrote me this sorry ass letter thanking my for my loyalty....whatever.
Fast forward to July 2007. My guilty pleasure told me he was coming into town to see me. A spur of the moment trip to NC from Detroit is kinda costly, but hey whattya do? I told the mattress people not to put me on schedule for the weekend, I wasn't going to be availible. The manager told me that he really needed me to work, but I told him I will not make him any promises. I talked to the guilty pleasure he indicated that he wouldn't be in town until late Saturday...Cool, I'll work. I told the mattress people that they have me on Saturday but count me out totally for Sunday.
Okay, Im already tired of explaining this story so long story short: the mattress people ended up giving me an ultimatum if I don't work on Sunday, don't come back at all. That was a B%ich move because I told them I was going to work 10 hours on Saturday, and "you know this job is extra, right?" Anyway, I found another part time gig making more money than at the mattress store that will start in August. (Ain't God good?) Saturday I waltzed into the store smelling good (i wanted to leave my essence)looking so fresh and so clean. I gave them my resignation letter and told them I don't really deal with ultimatums very well.
Honestly, they needed me more than I needed them.
The last time I blogged to you all, I was telling you about the side hustle that finally got on my nerves. Rich claims that I have been threating to leave, but that isn't the case. Its at a mattress store and I typically would work over the weekends and twice during the week. Just enough to put some money in the savings for when I want to travel back to Michigan without cutting into my household expenses. Smart right?? The job is so easy because, I sit there and read, sometimes I fall asleep, I work alone so nobody bothers me. If I sell bedding, cool (mo money, mo money), if I don't its all good as well. Its all good when the majority of the time Im talking to crazies at the real job. The owner of the mattress store is a little crook to say the least. Since September there were five mattress stores in the city of Greensboro, now its only down to one. Why? because they never paid the leases to the buildings, so they have been evicted. They also have had their accounts frozen by the IRS so there were times where employees did not get paid. That was crazy because that was the only job for some and they couldn't pay their mortgage. One by one employees were quitting, and I couldn't agree more. The owner continued to lie about these investors that never came to pass. Why should they when the store lost its financial plan to finance people for bedding? I didn't leave, I was literally the last woman standing. They wrote me this sorry ass letter thanking my for my loyalty....whatever.
Fast forward to July 2007. My guilty pleasure told me he was coming into town to see me. A spur of the moment trip to NC from Detroit is kinda costly, but hey whattya do? I told the mattress people not to put me on schedule for the weekend, I wasn't going to be availible. The manager told me that he really needed me to work, but I told him I will not make him any promises. I talked to the guilty pleasure he indicated that he wouldn't be in town until late Saturday...Cool, I'll work. I told the mattress people that they have me on Saturday but count me out totally for Sunday.
Okay, Im already tired of explaining this story so long story short: the mattress people ended up giving me an ultimatum if I don't work on Sunday, don't come back at all. That was a B%ich move because I told them I was going to work 10 hours on Saturday, and "you know this job is extra, right?" Anyway, I found another part time gig making more money than at the mattress store that will start in August. (Ain't God good?) Saturday I waltzed into the store smelling good (i wanted to leave my essence)looking so fresh and so clean. I gave them my resignation letter and told them I don't really deal with ultimatums very well.
Honestly, they needed me more than I needed them.
Friday, July 06, 2007
It's Friday, I Just Got Paid...
...and Im 'bout to quit this side hustle that I've been doing on the weekends, cause they have truly worked a sistas nerves for the umpteenth time. Ill tell y'all next week if I actually do it.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
My Favorite Commercial...
...at the moment
This commerical cracks me up everytime I see it I fall out. Enjoy!
Heres another...its not exactly my favorite...but I giggle (thanks Ashley)
This commerical cracks me up everytime I see it I fall out. Enjoy!
Heres another...its not exactly my favorite...but I giggle (thanks Ashley)
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