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		<title><![CDATA[ Your Part of the Miracle ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.godincontrol.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/24905</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Today I was having a discussion with a friend about being&amp;nbsp;in need, reaching out to God&amp;rsquo;s family and doing our own part in the miracle that God provides. We spoke on how sometimes some people have a tragic need and instead of them reaching out to the family of God for comfort, rest and restoration; they choose to sit in the dark cave they find themselves in a never light a candle. In other words, wallow in the despair. Why? I was told today that people mistake a quote from Benjamin Franklin taking it as scripture, &amp;ldquo;God helps those who help themselves.&amp;rdquo; &amp;nbsp;It may not be scripture, but I do believe that there is evidence of it in the Bible. 
There are many parables that speak about people having to wash their eyes or bathe in the waters. It didn&amp;rsquo;t matter what their circumstance or how disabled they were. They had to put some type of effort! One man was in the right place at the right time when Jesus saw that he couldn&amp;rsquo;t get to the swirling waters at ... ]]></description>
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		<author>contessacatlyn@live.com (Contessa)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Living Out of Your Heart, Not Your Head ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.godincontrol.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/24516</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Have you ever been watching tv or listening to the radio and hear a comment that probably was never intended to be spiritual or make you think about God? Well, there was a comment during a show where a person said, &amp;quot;I&apos;ve been so busy living out of my head, I forgot there was a body.&amp;quot; Immediately, the thought came to me - I was doing the same thing, except I forgot to live out of my heart. If I&apos;m doing it right, I should be living out of Christ&apos;s heart.
Trying to live everyday&amp;nbsp; life almost seems to be an oxymoron when trying to live a spiriual life. You try to be a good Christian and turn the other cheek and keep good thoughts and be thoughtful to others and be there for others and live the golden rule and smile and... whew! Doing all that is one thing, doing it without cooperation from the world is another. How can you be a good righteous Christian when life makes it so hard sometimes. Strangers don&apos;t say thank you when you hold the door for them, friends interrupt your... ]]></description>
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		<author>contessacatlyn@live.com (Tess)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:34:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Jesus Wasn't a Homebody ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.godincontrol.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/22566</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ I was thinking today about how to reach out to more people and for them to know that our church is here for them. We have wonderful events at our church, don&amp;rsquo;t get me wrong. We have picnics, yard sales, even National Night Out events for the last two years. So, I&amp;rsquo;m thinking how to reach out&amp;hellip;reach out&amp;hellip; reach&amp;hellip;out&amp;hellip; Then it hit me. We have great things happening at church, but if you don&amp;rsquo;t come to our church, how are you going to know? That&amp;rsquo;s when it dawned on me, Jesus wasn&amp;rsquo;t a homebody. Jesus travelled always. He didn&amp;rsquo;t stay in one place and expect his word to just make to everyone by just what others said on his behalf. Matthew 4:23&amp;nbsp;And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 
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Really, he had many disciples and followers and yet he himself went across the waters and the lan... ]]></description>
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		<author>contessacatlyn@live.com (contessa)</author>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ National Night Out ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.godincontrol.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/22295</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Last night as many of us Evangel goers know,&amp;nbsp;was National Night Out. This event was a collaborative effort by Evangel Assembly and Orlando/Broad Rock Civic Association. But it was God truly blessed this event! It was a wonderful success! Neighbors showed up, children had fun and everyone ate! We had some official visitors too! Reva Trammell stopped by, which was really great considering she had several other stops to make. Dawn Page of the 8th District School Board came as well and she brought her two sons! We has some other familiar faces from the 2nd Precinct; Officers Jernighan and Greene. They enjoyed the ribs and fixings.
Members of the church like Maryann, Keith, Rachel &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;Katherine help set up the event in the hot sun! Thank you! The food seemed like the main attraction. Oh the food.... mmmm, food! Tony and Richard grilled&amp;nbsp;hamburgers and hot dogs! Ribs and Shannon&apos;s yummy cheesy chicken casserole! Rosetta&apos;s homemade potato salad and Pastor Marsha&apos;s awesome mac... ]]></description>
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		<author>contessacatlyn@live.com (contessa)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:33:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ We Are in His Field ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.godincontrol.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/13253</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ It is intrinsic to understanding God&amp;rsquo;s sovereignty that we realize what Paul meant when he said that Christians are God&amp;rsquo;s field. He is showing that God owns us. This simply means that God has total rights to our lives. We have no private life; our private life is His. We cannot go on a two-week vacation and say, &amp;ldquo;God, I want a good time, and You have been breathing down my neck for most of the year. I would like a couple of weeks away from You.&amp;rdquo; No, He&amp;rsquo;ll go with us on vacation; we have no time that we can call our own. It is His time. We have no secret thoughts about which we can say, &amp;ldquo;God, I just don&amp;rsquo;t want You to know about this.&amp;rdquo; We do not own ourselves.
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Does this disturb and annoy you? Or does this thrill you to your fingertips to know that you are bought with a price? It is true whether you like it or not. You are His; He owns you. You are God&amp;rsquo;s field; it is not your field. For that reason God can do what He wants wit... ]]></description>
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		<author>abaxter@ironworks.com (Abe)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:02:42 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ What Is Your Thorn in the Flesh ]]></title> 
		<link>http://www.godincontrol.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/13260</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ What is your thorn in the flesh? Is it a frailty? It may be a physical problem. It may be an emotional problem. It may be a personal weakness. It may be a fault: a defect, or imperfection&amp;mdash;one that feels embarrassing and humbling. You may have prayed about it a thousand times. You may have asked people to lay their hands on you and to pray that this imperfection would disappear. I myself have done this. It may be a friend. Sometimes a dear friend can be a real thorn in the flesh. Perhaps he is difficult. You want to be with him, but afterward you feel frustrated or all the worse for being in his company. It may be a love-hate relationship. You feel you can&amp;rsquo;t be without this person, but the relationship is always edgy, prickly. You feel that even discussing it would be spontaneous combustion! It may be an enemy. This person seems to live to make you look bad! But it may be that your enemy&amp;mdash;who keeps you on your toes (not to mention your knees)&amp;mdash;is raised up by God t... ]]></description>
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		<author>Abaxter@ironworks.com (Abe)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:06:29 EST</pubDate>
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