Thursday, July 30, 2009
INSURANCE
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May God Bless you and keep you safe.
Carlos
Monday, July 27, 2009
Yes Or No
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May God Bless you and keep you safe
Carlos
Saturday, July 25, 2009
DEATH
There is another five letter word that means hope and peace. There is a five letter word that gives your life confidence and stability. The word is SAVED!! Whether I die tonight or 50 years from now. I can view death and be glad because I believe in God and His promises. I live knowing that when God calls me home it will one of the best days of my life. When I die I want my family and my Church family to rejoice in knowing I'm going home. I want everyone to know they can be saved. Accept Jesus and put Him first in your life and you can have the same type of hope. You can live knowing that when you die you will be God's paradise. I am truly saddened because I have to realize that not everyone will be saved...not everyone wants to follow Jesus or choose to love God. I pray for those people that one day they can see the light. I pray that everybody who has a chance to save someone...do not give up. Please continue to pray for those who are not saved...continue to love. When you hug someone...hug for an extra 10 seconds. Smile more and live for God. Death is a five letter word that brings sadness...but there is another five letter word that brings LIFE.....JESUS!!!!!!!
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May God Bless you and keep you safe.
Carlos
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
I KILLED JESUS!!
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May God Bless You and keep you safe
Carlos
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
WHAT DO YOU SEE!!
I want you to see God's heart in me. I want you to see that I love everyone I meet. I want you to see that I'm willing to help anyone that needs help. I want to bring hope to the hopeless and I want to spread the good news about Jesus. I want to be a blessing to others. I want to give whatever I can to help people love God. I want to help people follow Jesus. I want to share my knowledge and wisdom to help people understand God. But most importantly I want to help people understand that they are more sinful than they can believe but they are more loved than they can imagine. You see the great thing about our lives is that however we are we can be saved. The life that I am in charge of can be forgiven...I can be transformed. I can have love, peace, kindness, understanding, affection and be caring. You see the Holy Spirit is what you should have in charge of your life. Paul once said that there is ZERO condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. What this means is you can't just come to Church on Sunday...you have to take the Church with you when you leave and carry it in your heart. Jesus just can't be your Savior...He has to be your best friend and hero. He has to be your role model and teacher. I encourage everyone to let the Holy Spirit lead your life. So when you see me know that your not seeing my life. Your seeing a friend of God, your seeing His Servant, and best of all your seeing GOD'S HEART!!
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May God Bless you and keep you safe
Carlos
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
YESUS GITANO!!
Yesus Gitano! Yesus Gitano...well your probably wondering what this means. It means Jesus is Lord in Amharic. It is very easy to say the words and to believe the words but living these words is the hard part. A lot of Christians believe Jesus is Lord but implementing it into there lives is something different. You see it happens to me. I believe Jesus is Lord but sometimes I live as if I'm Lord. It is very easy to be caught up in the world...so many things going on. Your mind is always being distracted by the enemy. There are many times that I'm planning on spending time with the Lord where something distracts me and I end up not spending the time with God. The enemy(Devil) is very good at distracting you. He is very good at making you believe things and his sole purpose is to confuse you just enough so you don't spend time with God. In my trip to Ethiopia there was no time, no distractions...it was very easy to spend time with God. There loving God is what they do best and it makes me realize that material possessions only distracts you and takes time away from God. God is the truth, He will never confuse you...in fact God shines the light so your mistakes are made aware to you in the dark. I admire the Pastor of our Church Larry because he does not have a T.V. in his home. That is one of the major distractions I have that takes my time away from God. Jesus said Not everyone who says Jesus is Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven...Those that confess with there mouths and believe in there hearts will be admitted. You see it's easy to say the words but you need to live the life.The picture that is attached to this blog is that of my daughter after being born. In order to live the life of Jesus is Lord we have to have the heart of a child. My daughter when she was born...didn't know about any material possessions, any distractions, didn't care for things of the world...the only thing she wanted was someone to clothe her and feed her. I think essentially that's all we need is to be like Paul the Apostle. Our Father will always look out for us. We are His best interest but at the same time we need to acknowledge Him. I can't ask God for help and then spend all day watching T.V. or anything else that is going to take me away from him. You see the only way God will help you is if you spend time with Him. It's one thing to ask for help but then you have to acknowledge him by spending time in the Word, Praying, Worshipping Him and given Him your time. God is just looking to be friends with you. I'm not saying don't have possessions...not at all...just don't let what you own posses you! Ask God for guidance and truth...ask for strength to better resist the world but above all live for Jesus...live like Jesus and don't be discouraged...everybody falters. Just continue to ask for forgiveness and keep Yesus Gitano in your heart always!!
May God Bless you and keep you safe
Carlos
Monday, July 13, 2009
WUHA WUHA WUHA!!
These three little words amazingly can save lives. The word means water but it is said in Amharic which is the native language of Ethiopia. You see water is like gold in certain parts of Ethiopia, Africa...especially in a village called Bitta Genet. Water that you and I use to brush our teeth, to take showers, to flush our toilets, to wash our hands, to drink on hot summer days. Water is life to these people. Coming back from a trip in where water is really rare and going to the movies yesterday here in the states and seeing an ad that said "Water so good that it makes your mouth water" It breaks your heart to see that anywhere you go you can get bottle water. That there are companies making millions of dollars selling water. I remember when I was little there was no bottled water and we just drank from our water hose when we got thirsty. It breaks your heart that the kids in Bitta Genet just wanted water from us. I wish the world could see what we saw on our trip and so I put a video together that gives you a glimpse of what we saw. The best part of this story...actually there are two best parts. One is that they have hope in God. They trust in God and they have happiness in that hope. Every person we saw was always smiling and laughing.
The second part of the story that an organization called Lime along with the Church I attend met with the mayor of Bitta Genet and they discussed the possibility of building a well. Which would bring so much Joy to this village as well as villages near by. There was one lady who just wanted us to pray for her and said that the Lord will supply her needs. I love that...Jesus said it best "If anyone is thirsty let him come to me and drink". In Africa our Pastor showed the people of Bitta Genet a bottled water and reemphasized that statement. I loved that and it brings home the point trust in the Lord. If anybody would like to contribute to the building of the well in Bitta Genet please go to WWW.LIMEWORKS.ORG
May God Bless you and keep you safe
Carlos
