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"I've learned that..
MATURITY HAS MORE TO DO WITH WHAT TYPES OF EXPERIENCES YOU'VE HAD AND WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM THEM AND LESS TO DO WITH HOW MANY BIRTHDAYS YOU'VE CELEBRATED."
- age (unknown)..
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Taken from...
DAILY NOURISHMENTS 30th Nov 2010
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Labels:
Birthday, I've Learned That…, Maturity, Quote
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
BLOG ~ Metro Christmas Magic ~ Jingle
Hi ALL,
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How many of you remember this?
Feeling nostalgic... every Christmas,
this is one of the tunes that play in my head.
I did a search on the internet and can't find the lyrics...
...so the lyrics here below are what I can remember....
But this year... I managed to find the MP3 (Scroll all the way down)...
... however, it's only a Piano Version without most of the Lyrics...
... but I think it's quite a good piano piece... I hope you like it... Merry Christmas!
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Metro Christmas Magic
(Lyrics from memory by PGA)
People like you, and people like me
Friends and family around the tree
It's the time of year for laughter & good cheer
Magic... Metro Christmas Magic
Metro Christmas cheer!
Here below are Alternative Lyrics for a more generic feel...
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Christmas Brings You Magic (Lyrics)
(Sung to the tune of Metro Christmas Magic)
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Note (this is NO longer available):
The MP3 download is only available as long the site that makes it so.
So hurry... quickly download it while it's still available... do it now...
People like you, and people like me
Friends and family around the tree
It's the time of year for laughter & good cheer
Magic... Christmas brings you magic...
Christmas brings you cheer!
Note (this is NO longer available):
The MP3 download is only available as long the site that makes it so.
So hurry... quickly download it while it's still available... do it now...
Metro Christmas Magic ~ Jingle 2010.mp3
Fill the air with Metro's Christmas tune
Remember the classic Metro Christmas Magic jingle? You can now download it from our website as your ringtone. Let this special Christmas tune set the mood for a merry festive season!
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Quote
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If it was meant to be, it is up to me.~ William H. Johnsen
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Labels:
Success
Quote
Self Help
Motivational
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...
"I've learned that..
NO MATTER HOW THIN YOU SLICE IT,
THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO SIDES."- age (unknown)..
Taken from DAILY NOURISHMENTS ~ 29th Nov 2010
Labels:
I've Learned That...
Argument
Opinion
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Joke ~ Wife’s Anger Management
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Wife’s Anger Management ~ 01
Husband: When I get mad at you, you never fight back. How do you control your anger?'
Wife: 'I clean the toilet.'
Husband: 'How does that help?'
Wife: 'I use your toothbrush.'
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Wife’s Anger Management ~ 02
A couple had been married for 50years. There was only one thing that the wife had forbidden her husband to do, and that was to open a small silver box that was kept upon her dresser. After 50 years of marriage, the husband thought it he had waited long enough to ask about that small silver box. He asked her about it and the wife said, “Ok, go get it and I’ll explain. The husband got the box… opened it… and inside were 3 small stuffed teddy-bears & $80,000 cash. He asked her what the teddy-bears meant. She said, “Whenever I get angry with you, I’d make a small stuffed teddy-bear.” He thought for a moment, and then replied, “For 50 years you only got angry with me 3 times whereas I get angry with you so often. Please forgive me. Now what’s the story with the $80,000”. The wife replied, “That’s all the money I made from selling the other teddy-bears.”
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Joke ~ Walk A Mile In His Shoes...
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"I've learned that..
BEFORE YOU JUDGE A MAN,
WALK A MILE IN HIS SHOES.
AFTER THAT...
WHO CARES?
WHO CARES?
HE'S A MILE AWAY...
AND YOU HAVE HIS SHOES..."
- age 27..
- age 27..
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Taken from Daily Nourishments 27th Nov 2010~~~
Labels:
I've Learned That…, Joke,
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Story Title: Ruth & Her Visitor
You may have read this story. I received this via the email... again.
I've read this a few times already and have always liked it.
Hope you like it too...
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Story Title: Ruth & Her Visitor
Ruth went to her mail box and there was only one letter.
She picked it up and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again.
There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address.
She read the letter:
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Dear Ruth, I`m going to be in your neighborhood Saturday afternoon and I'd like to stop by for a visit. Love Always, Jesus |
Her hands were shaking as she placed the letter on the table.
'Why would the Lord want to visit me?
I'm nobody special. I don't have anything to offer..'
With that thought, Ruth remembered her empty kitchen cabinets.
'Oh my goodness, I really don't have anything to offer.
I'll have to run down to the store and buy something for dinner.'
She reached for her purse and counted out its contents.
Five dollars and forty cents.
Well, I can get some bread and cold cuts, at least..'
She threw on her coat and hurried out the door.
A loaf of French bread, a half-pound of sliced turkey,
and a carton of milk...
leaving Ruth with grand total twelve cents to last her until Monday...
Nonetheless, she felt good as she headed home,
her meager offerings tucked under her arm.
'Hey lady, can you help us,lady?'
Ruth had been so absorbed in her dinner plans,
she hadn't even noticed two figures huddled in the alleyway.
A man and a woman, both of them dressed in little more than rags.
'Look lady, I ain't got a job, you know,
and my wife and I have been living out here on the street,
and, well, now it's getting cold and we're getting kinda
hungry and, well, if you could help us.
Lady, we'd really appreciate it.'
Ruth looked at them both.
They were dirty, they smelled bad and frankly, she was certain
that they could get some kind of work if they really wanted to..
'Sir, I'd like to help you, but I'm a poor woman myself.
All I have is a few cold cuts and some bread,
and I'm having an important guest for dinner tonight
and I was planning on serving that to Him.'
'Yeah, well, okay lady, I understand. Thanks anyway.'
The man put his arm around the woman's
shoulders, turned and headed back into the alley..
As she watched them leave,
Ruth felt a familiar twinge in her heart.
'Sir, wait!'
The couple stopped and turned as she ran down the alley after them..
'Look, why don't you take this food.
I'll figure out something else to serve my guest.'
She handed the man her grocery bag.
'Thank you lady. Thank you very much!'
'Yes, thank you!' It was the man's wife,
and Ruth could see now that she was shivering
'You know, I've got another coat at home.
Here, why don't you take this one.'
Ruth unbuttoned her jacket and slipped it over the woman's shoulders.
Then smiling, she turned and walked back to the street....
without her coat and with nothing to serve her guest.
'Thank you lady!
Thank you very much!'
Ruth was chilled by the time she reached her front door,
and worried too.
The Lord was coming to visit and she didn't have anything to offer Him.
She fumbled through her purse for the door key.
But as she did, she noticed another envelope in her mailbox.
'That's odd. The mailman doesn't usually come twice in one day.'
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Dear Ruth, It was so good to see you again. Thank you for the lovely meal. And thank you, too, for the beautiful coat. Love Always, Jesus |
The air was still cold, but even without her coat, Ruth no longer noticed.
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Labels:
Story
Inpiration
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Wall Table Tennis ~ My Childhood
I remember playing table-tennis with the wall at home using the dining table?
This video brought back some memories for me, although this one's more sophisticated.
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Wall Table Tennis
Ping pong demo
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Video Embedded from YouTube:
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Original Source:
Here’s a video of Taiwoon trying out his super cool ping pong table…
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Labels:
My Childhood, Video, Table Tennis,
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News ~ Corruption Does NOT Pay
Keeping One's Job Pays More.
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Labels:
News
Corruption
Cheating
Crime Does Not Pay
Do The Right Thing... Always
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News ~ Music Lessons Pay Off In Higher Education & Higher Earnings
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It's a 2007 survey but I think it still holds true... for most that is.
Music Lessons Pay Off In Higher Education & Higher Earnings.
Music Survey:
"Those hours practicing piano scales
or singing with a choral group weren't for nothing
because people with a background in music
tend to have a higher education and earn more,
according to a new survey."
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Music lessons pay off in higher earnings: poll
TORONTO | Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:33pm EST
TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - Those hours practicing piano scales or singing with a choral
group weren't for nothing because people with a background in music tend to have a
higher education and earn more, according to a new survey.
The poll by Harris Interactive, an independent research company, showed that 88 percent
of people with a post-graduate education were involved in music while in school, and 83
percent of people earning $150,000 or more had a music education.
"Part of it is the discipline itself in learning music, it's a rigorous discipline, and in an
ensemble situation, there's a great deal of working with others. Those types of skills stand
you well in careers later in life," said John Mahlmann, of the National Association for
Music Education in Reston, Virginia, which assisted in the survey.
In addition to the practical skills gained from studying music, people questioned in the
online poll said it also gave them a sense of personal fulfillment.
Students who found music to be extremely or very influential to their fulfillment were
those who had vocal lessons and who played in a garage band. Nearly 80 percent of the
2,565 people who took part in the survey last month who were still involved in music felt
the same way.
"That's the beauty of music, that they can bring both hard work and enjoyment together,
which doesn't always happen elsewhere," Mahlmann added in and interview.
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Labels:
News
Music
Education
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
This Is Jim Checking-In Today ~ a Story, a Poem, a Prayer
Someone sent me this via email today.
It's a Story, a Poem, a Prayer
I liked it so much that I copied it
And now I'd like to share...
{wow! this poem below very contagious}
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This Is Jim Checking-In Today
A minister passing through his church
in the middle of the day,
Decided to pause by the altar
and see who had come to pray.
Just then the back door opened,
a man came down the aisle,
The minister frowned as he saw
the man hadn't shaved in a while.
His shirt was kind a shabby
and his coat was worn and frayed,
the man knelt, he bowed his head,
Then rose and walked away.
In the days that followed,
each noon time came this chap,
each time he knelt just for a moment,
A lunch pail in his lap.
Well, the minister's suspicions grew,
with robbery a main fear,
He decided to stop the man and ask him,
"What are you doing here?"
The old man said, he worked down the road.
Lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer time,
For finding strength and power.
"I stay only moments, see,
because the factory is so far away;
as I kneel here talking to the Lord,
This is kind a what I say:
"I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN,
SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHER'S FRIENDSHIP
AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN.
DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I
THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS JIM CHECKING IN TODAY."
The minister feeling foolish,
told Jim, that was fine.
He told the man he was welcome
To come and pray just anytime.
Time to go, Jim smiled, said
"Thanks." He hurried to the door.
The minister knelt at the altar,
he'd never done it before.
His cold heart melted, warmed with love,
and met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed, in his heart,
he repeated old Jim's prayer:
"I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN,
SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHER'S FRIENDSHIP
AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I
THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME CHECKING IN TODAY."
Past noon one day, the minister noticed
that old Jim hadn't come.
As more days passed without Jim,
he began to worry some.
At the factory, he asked about him,
learning he was ill.
The hospital staff was worried,
But he'd given them a thrill.
The week that Jim was with them,
Brought changes in the ward.
His smiles, a joy contagious.
Changed people, were his reward.
The head nurse couldn't understand
why Jim was so glad,
when no flowers, calls or cards came,
Not a visitor he had.
The minister stayed by his bed,
He voiced the nurse's concern:
No friends came to show they cared.
He had nowhere to turn.
Looking surprised, old Jim spoke up
and with a winsome smile;
"the nurse is wrong, she couldn't know,
that in here all the while
Everyday at noon He's here,
a dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down, takes my hand,
Leans over and says to me:
"I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN,
SINCE WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP,
AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.
ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY,
I THINK ABOUT YOU EACH DAY,
AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS
CHECKING IN TODAY."
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Labels:
Prayer
Poem-Poetry
Potential Lyrics to a song
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Quote ~ Everyone Has Rights...
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Everyone has rights;
as long as it does not interfere
with the rights of others.
~ PGA
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Everyone has rights;
as long as it does not interfere
with the rights of others.
~ PGA
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Little Boy Blue ~ 2010Nov25, 0838hrs.gif
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Updated 2011 Apr 14, 0755hrs
I think this one may be better.
uploaded at tinypic.com~~~
Updated 2011 Apr 14, 0737hrs
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First entry...
This one sometimes don't work properly, especially in GMAIL. Will try to do another one.
First entry...
This one sometimes don't work properly, especially in GMAIL. Will try to do another one.
uploaded at multiply.com~~~
Friday, November 19, 2010
GMAIL Tip & BLOG Tip ~ Table To Copy & Paste
I noticed that these tables are not available in GMAIL & BLOGGER...
... so I've created them specifically for this purpose.
All you need to do now is to just Copy & Paste.
If you need more rows, try to paste one row after another. I've not tried this yet.
1 Column
1. |
2 Columns
1. | 2. |
3 Columns
1. | 2. | 3. |
4 Columns
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. |
5 Columns
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. |
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Excel Tip ~ to search for asterisk '*' in Excel
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Microsoft Excel uses the tilde (~) as a marker to indicate that the next character is a literal. By appending a "~" to the front of "?" or "*", Find and Replace function will treat ? and * as character, instead of wildcard, allowing the special characters to be found specifically inside the cell.
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... Asterisk (*) or ... Tilde (~)
In Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet program, question mark (?) and asterisk (*) have been used as wildcards, which allow user to search for (via Find or Replace) a matching pattern or sequence. Thus, when trying to search or find question mark and/or asterisk only, Excel will find and go into each and every cell that has any value, or return all cells when finding all is pressed.
In order to search for a question mark (?) or asterisk (*) inside the value, formula or comments on the cells of worksheets or workbook, precede the ? or * with a tilde (~). For example,
~? ~*
Microsoft Excel uses the tilde (~) as a marker to indicate that the next character is a literal. By appending a "~" to the front of "?" or "*", Find and Replace function will treat ? and * as character, instead of wildcard, allowing the special characters to be found specifically inside the cell.
As title (~) is also a special character which serves as literal indicator, thus in order to find or replace title (~) in the sheet, use double title instead, as shown in example below:
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Labels:
Excel Tip
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Google Chrome Tip
What I want to do is to Google Chrome to Toggle Between Tabs.
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Updated: Friday, 2010 Nov 02, 1144hrsI'm using this as a work-around.
1 ~ Use your mouse to move to 2 Tabs you'd want to toggle between.
2 ~ Use Ctrl+PageUp & Ctrl+PageDown to toggle between them.
I hope this helps.
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First Entry: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010
I searched for...
Google Chrome to Toggle Between Tabs
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Q ~ is there a way to toggle between tabs without using the mouse?
A ~ Explore Google Chrome features: Keyboard shortcuts (by Bapabooiee)
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Q ~ Toggle between tabs?
For example, I have 15 tabs open. I start alternating between tab 3 and tab 12. I'm looking at tab12 and would like a Keyboard shortcut to the tab that I was looking at last. Even though Ctrl 3 takes me to that tab, I won't always know the number of the tab that I last looked at. So you would use a keyboard shortcut to move back and forth between tab 3 and tab 12. Many thanks
A ~ trl+Tab takes you to each tab in succession. Ctrl+Shift+Tab takes you to the last visited tab. There isn't a built-in command to toggle between tabs (referred to as Most Recent Tab functionality, i.e., similar to the way Alt+Tab works in Windows). Other browsers have this built-in or as an option, e.g., IE and Opera. In Firefox you can get it via add-ons. In Chrome you can get it via the Recent Tabs extension - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ocllfmhjhfmogablefmibmjcodggknml. There may be other extensions but this is the best one I've seen so far, although it does have limitations. (by NewWorldMan)
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Google Chrome Extensions / Recent Tabs
Just like using Alt+Tab for Windows except now for your browser tabs. Use Ctrl+Q or Ctrl+`(~) or assign your own shortcut key for swapping back and forth between your last viewed tabs.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Understanding Life's Ups & Downs ~ by Rick Warren
I received this via email...
You may have received this... if you have, please ignore.
Here's my disclaimer:
For those who believe, no proof is necessary...
For those who don't believe, no amount of proof is enough.
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 You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having ‘wealth’ from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, ‘Purpose Driven Life ‘ author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said: People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body–but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act – the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn’t going to make sense. Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you’re just coming out of one, or you’re getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that’s not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness. This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer. I used to think that life was hills and valleys – you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don’t believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it’s kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for. You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you’re going into self-centeredness,’which is my problem, my issues, my pain.’ But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others. We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her. It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people. You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy. It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don’t think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease. So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72 First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases. Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church. Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation. Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free. We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God’s purposes (for my life)? When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don’t get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn’t put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He’s more interested in what I am than what I do. That’s why we’re called human beings, not human doings. Happy moments, PRAISE GOD. Difficult moments, SEEK GOD. Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. Painful moments, TRUST GOD. Every moment, THANK GOD.  |