Godly Wisdom For the Weekend(and Tech News)

"Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety."
proverbs 14:11

Multitude Of Counselors>>>more
from rbc ministries

I remember as a child how older, Godly peers warned me about moving in with a woman living outside the will of God. Some were verses straight from the bible, some was from their experience, some was from phrases(my favorite..."you laugh now but it's gonna make you cry one day...I hate when those things come to pass). I didn't listen, I thought they were just "old fashion"; besides, this was a new generation and their time had past. Boy was I wrong.

Here I thought I was getting the best of both worlds but I was really getting the worse of both worlds. I am a sap for romances. I love happy endings, I believe hanging in there until the end. There are somethings I should have let go and this relationship was one of them. I was not ready mentally, financial and spiritually. When you bring another person into your life and especially when you live together everything changes. You do not live for yourself anymore, you live for two...and there is the trap.

You're not married and living together you're really not responsible but by you living together and by the type of upbringing I had, the man is the head of the household. You're responsible for taking care of the bills but really you are not because that is not your spouse. If her car breaks down, me being the man...I'm I responsible for getting the car fixed or by her and I living together should she be responsible. This is why I hate Satan so much(if I could I would snap his and Satan's demons necks) living together and not being married is a trap, it's not good at all.

In this day and age people will say, "you don't need a piece of paper to show you're together" or "it's better this way because once you're married everything changes".(I have learned that when you marry in the eyes of God, it's more than a contract...it's a covenant) Yes many things does change, it has to plain and simple. We today spend more time picking a new car, a pair of shoes, a home than taking our time to pick a person to spend the rest of our lives together. Marriage is work, it's hard work, but it does not have to be that hard.

Take your time and pick your spouse. Get Godly counsel, and be true to yourself. If you are saver, don't get together with a spender, why put yourself through that. If you are a freak in the bedroom(we're all grown here and this is for real...so many couple need to face this fact)and the other person is a wallflower, don't get upset if he or she doesn't want to be tied up or blindfolded or any other thing you're into(I'm not telling off on myself, I'm really not LOL)...you can't use that excuse to step out on your mate. Take your time and get to know one another.

Here is something I know people will agree and disagree on....don't have sex before you're married. God is not trying to keep anything from you and I. All in high school I never dated, didn't have sex and I thought I was missing out on so much. Once I made it out of high school and began dating and having sex I found out the truth...it brings more problems than solutions. Ever noticed when you're friends with the opposite sex and you called them to go to the movies, if they are busy, no problem, that's cool. But as soon as sex comes into play and he or she ask you to go do something and you tell them you're busy...a thousand and one questions comes from out of left field,

"how long will it take you to finish?"
"when will you be back"
"can you call me when you get back"
"why didn't you call me when you got back"

People will tell you sex does not meet anything. To some people it doesn't but if we were honest with one another we give up a little of ourselves whenever we sleep with someone. And we have been in that awkard moment when once we have climaxed we're saying to ourselves,
"what the heck I'm I doing here?"
"how long do I have to lay here before I can go?"
(men and women have thought about this and done this, don't lie)

We have to realize that what older Godly people are telling you and I is not trying to keep sex from us, they are trying to saved for you and I. I have learned from those experiences and have and I try not to dwell on the past but if I could get back all the time and money I wasted on dates, my SugarBaby and I would be set for life(well, not for life but we would have a nice nest egg). People are going to disagree, that's okay but what I am saying to you is out of love and not trying to be a killjoy. I wish some Christian would have been real with me and explained this subject to me this way instead of just saying, "God said not to do it". People want you to be real with them(especially young men and women) and this is what I'm trying to do.

We are all going to make mistakes in our lifetime...but it's best to learn more from others mistakes, saves you a lot of grief in the end.

Be Blessed, Be Safe, & Have a Great Weekend.

Praying For Our Children
from Christian Embassy Church

Integrity

"Lord, may integrity and uprightness protect my children because their hope is in you".

Psalms 25: 21

Self-Control

"Father, help my children not be like many others, but to be alert and self-controlled in all they do".

1 Thessalonians 5:6

devotions for today:
Credits: Doors Close, Doors Open
FINDING A REFUGE
Beware of False Peace!

biblical messages for the Weekend:
Five Minutes After Death
Thru the Bible Questions & Answers
The Toxic Nature of Shame - Part 3 of 3

tech articles for Saturday:
Texas deploys virtual border patrol
Revver puts money where its talent is
AOL, Microsoft seek indie-rock cred
FBI Busts Credit Card Cybergang

netcast for Saturday:
Windows Weekly 4
NerdTV - Show 3 - Bill Joy
dl.tv 109

headline news>>>click here

Friday Devotions/Tech News...Happy Friday Everyone

**What Took Place at the Cross>>>more
from In Touch Ministries

One thing I really enjoy about reading or watching Dr. Charles Stanley is how God has used Him to teach the word of God and break it down to where even a child could understand the goodness of our Lord and Savior

This devotion I really encourage you to read: the devotion and the passage from Luke 23:32-43 because I believe many men and women in the body have this problem from time to time...really knowing if we are truly forgiving by God for our sins.

Let me say this once and for all...once you have giving your life over to Christ Jesus your sins...past, present, and future are forgiven. Once you have committed a sin and you truly repent of it God remembers it no more. Now does then mean that we can go out live the way we wish, get into all kind of mess and treat our forgiveness from God like a "Get Out Hell Free" card? No it doesn't and if we do live that way that means we were never saved because once you give your life over to Christ Jesus you go above and beyond pleasing our Father.

Now this does not mean that Satan will not tempt us in every way because you are now his enemy no doubt about my friends and we are not to give Satan no toehold in our lives what so ever; like our pastor always tell our congregation, "if let Satan ride, he's going to want to drive". We can't play around with Satan, we can not defeat Satan on our own, He's too powerful for you and I because anyone that has been practicing deceitfulness for over 6000 years has his craft down packed.

But the glorious thing about living for Jesus Christ is that no matter what Satan throws at you and I he can not take our lives, we are not condemned to Hell because we have been bought and paid for by the shedding of Christ blood at the Cross. Now can we speed up our death by living the way we wish to live, yes...just read about Samson(read the book of Judges). We can't treat our body any kind of way, we can't hang and shouldn't be around certain people that we once associated with because of the activity they still wish to pursue; we have to remember by Adam and Eve given in to Satan's temptation he is the "prince of the air" meaning that he is the ruler of this world.

How can that be if God is the creator of everything you may ask. God can not break His own laws, when Adam and Eve were created He gave them dominion over the Earth, it was meant for you and I to be rulers over this world but that was handed over to Satan once our Mother and Father gave in by eating of the fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Adam and Eve not only cut their oneness, covenant with God off but this is why we have sickness because of the choices they made and if you noticed in the Old Testament they had to constantly sacrifice animals to atone for their sins but when Jesus said, "it was finished" He was the ultimate lamb to atone for our sins but by Satan, still the ruler of this world we will suffer and go through hardship from time to time.

This will not stop Satan from trying to put a guilt trip on you and I when we fall short of God's way word but that is all it is, a "guilt trip". We have the victory, we know who comes out the victors so the next time Satan reminds you of your past...point to the Cross and remind him of his future. Your in God's house now, your in God's loving arms and Jesus is your lawyer and He has never lost a case. Once you give your life over to Christ Satan can not touch your spirit, you are going to heaven but also remember you have switched teams so to speak and there will be trials in your lives (read the book of Matthew, this where Jesus goes into great detail once you become a child of God).

Be Blessed, Be Safe, & Have a Wonderful Day and Weekend. :-)

**a Must Read :-)

DarrenKeith~

Praying For Our Children
from Christian Embassy Church

Passion For The Lord

"Lord, I pray my children's souls would pant for you as the deer pants for streams of water".

Psalm 42:1

other devotions for Friday: Just Do It, God Understands, What Now?

tech news: U.S. control of Internet remains touchy, Nabaztag: A conflicted Wi-Fi rabbit, Battery Recall Exacts Steep Toll on Sony

Christian netcast: The Joy of Salvation, Part 1, Who Cares? - Part 3, Behaviors That Bind Us - Part 2

Tech netcast: Security Now 63, Engadget Podcast 092, Robert Scoble and Eric Rice on Podcasting Future

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Devotions for Saturday...Good Morning Everyone

Defending Against Temptation>>>more
from In Touch Ministries

Temptation, we can not escape from it plain and simple; but this devotion from Dr. Charles Stanley gives us very good advise on how to be proactive and not reactive. In this day and time with so much that has happen not just this year but just in the last month, we as Followers of Jesus Christ have to be out there on the front lines of this spiritual war that is raging in these last days.

One thing I have learned from temptation is that Satan never shows us the end results of our choices, it's always "in the moment". This is how he has tricked the world for over thousands of years. Think about it, when Adam and Eve sinned (Genesis 3), Satan told Eve once she ate of the forbbiden fruit, her eyes would be open and she would see would be like God. What he could say to Eve is that, "once you do this, you will know good and evil but your covenant you had with God will be cut off forever". Don't you think if Satan would have showed her that picture she would not have taken part of the eating of the fruit? Probably not.

Satan ways has always been and will continue to be "in the moment". When we see beer commercials, we see the nice parties, the beautiful sexy ladies, the nice homes, the nice cars. But what you don't see is the throwing up in toliet at the parties, the sexy ladies who really don't want you in there faces because your breath, your skin, clothes reek of alcohol, the foreclose sign on some of the homes because some people would rather drink than provide for their family or themselves. The cars that is wrapped around a tree or cut short a life of another (ever wonder why the drunk drivers are not killed or hurt but the person who he or she has hit is not so fortunate?)

Satan's methods has not changed, just the way his lies come packaged. Temptation is never going away but our Lord and Savior has given us a way to handle temptation and to be the victors and not the victims. Our Father wants you and I to have a radiant future not a regretful past.

Everyone have a Blessed, Fun, & Safe Weekend

DarrenKeith~

Praying For Our Children
from Christian Embassy Church

Justice

"God, help my children to love justice as You do and act justly in all they do."

Psalm 11:7 & Micah 6:8

other devotions & wisdom: 20 Questions for Guiding Opposite-Sex Friendships in Marriage, Champions: Elisha, Someone is Watching

tech news and articles: Fiorina book: HP board was 'dysfunctional', **Never Assume Text Is Private, **Wired-weary youth seek face time

**Must Read Articles

podcast or "netcast" for today: money matters: weekend, Ehud: When God Strengthens Your Enemy, TWiT 71: Netcast Expo

headline news for today>>>click here

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We Have Made It Through Another Work Week Again People....Rejoice

Jesus Christ: The Son of God>>>more
from In Touch Ministries

I can understand sometime when people say, "there is no God", or "you people(Christians) just believe in a make believe superior image". I know people get discouraged and I know how some people have had traumatic situations happen in their life to believe there is no God. People witness horrific things and wonder, "where is this God of yours?" and the famous line, "why do God let bad things happen to good people?"

Sometime I have the answers sometimes I don't...one thing I do know, God has given all of us free will to believe and trust in Him or not believe and trust in Him. Some situations we bring upon ourselves, other situations God is 'pruning' us for something better and sometime believe it or not their is another adversary....Satan. It boggles me when I hear people say, "where was God when this situation or that accident happen?" It's like people forget all about Satan who is the 'prince of the air', of this earth and that is because the First Adam gave dominion over to Satan. Thank God for the Second Adam...Jesus Christ.

He did not have to go through what he went through for us but Christ did. At any time he could have called on a legion of angels to come and deliver him but he did not because he knew that once Adam and Eve sinned the only way we could be redeemed was through his suffering for us.

Have a Blessed, Fun, and Safe weekend everyone. :-)

D.Keith~

Praying For Our Children
from Christian Embassy Church

Generosity

Lord, I pray my children would be rich in good deeds, generous and willing to share.

1 Timothy 6:18

other devotions: greg laurie, dr david jeremiah, our daily bread

podcast to help you know: kfi tech guy, security now

podcast to help you grow: adrian rogers, chip ingram

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