Recast Podcast: 2009 December InspirationSounds:GRAMMY Nominee Edition

***As you know this Sunday on CBS the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards are going to be showcased so I'm recasting this podcast in regards to some of the Gospel and Christian artists that are nominated. BIG Shout Out going to Fave(from the Friday Favecast Podcast Show), Liz (Calinative...one of the smartest women around in the world of social media) and so many other community bloggers that will be there seeing, rubbing elbows with the artists and given you and I the scoop of the events that are taken place there.***

MyLoveForMusic: InspirationSounds for March 2009

In The Midnight Hour...

It's something when you think God is not listening to you, you feel like He is not answering your prayers, you cry out to Him and just when you think you can't take any more He allows a "little" more to pile on you and just when you are on your knees, you can't cry even when you try you and feel like "enough is enough" that is when God comes through...in the midnight hour.

I am learning that the stronger your faith the more He will allow in your life and I'm learning that for me it is teaching me two things: (one) I realize no matter how strong I think I am I can do nothing with God, no way, no how (two) When the breakthrough comes I can give thanks to know but my Lord and Savior because He presses my back to the wall and then breaks through that wall.

These past weeks I have rushed into God's word, listening to God's word, listening to men of God, listening to God fearing business men when it comes to success, realizing where my strength comes from, realizing the God truly has not put a spirit of fear in me and begin to truly believe that "If God is for me, who can be against me?"

This collection of compositions for me represents for me to always push forward and not to look back, to truly begin to realize that when you fail it is an event, not who I am (a failure). I'm learning to be comfortable in my skin, to smile more, believing that I am "truly and wonderfully made"...

and so are you, never forget that.

13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
~Psalm 139:13-16

Be Blessed
~DarrenKeith

Great messages from Dr. Charles Stanley.
Overcoming Obstacles:[Part 1] & [Part 2]


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Tracks/Artists/Album

1. Looking For You - Kirk Franklin{from "Hero"}
2. Drifting - Andy McKee{from "Art of Motion"}
3. Jesus Be A Fence Around Me - Fred Hammond{"Purpose By Design"}
4. Cats Go Forward - Michael Manring{from "Toward the Center of the Night"}
5. Dive - Steven Curtis Chapman{from "Speechless"}
6. Love's Embrace - Ozzie Ahlers{from "Keys to the Heart"}
7. It's Alright(Send Me) - Winans Phase 2{from "We Got Next"}
8. Turquoise Moon - Craig Chaquico{from "Four Corners"}
9. Omega - Rebecca St. James{from "Pray"}
10. Amber - Matthew Montfort{from "Narada Guitar: 15 Years of Collected Works"}
11. King Of Glory - Third Day{from "Offerings: A Worship Album"}
12. Clear Air for Miles - Acoustic Alchemy{from "Back on the Case"}
13. In The Midnight Hour - Lee Williams & The Spirtual QC's{from "Love Will Go All The Way"}

id drops from Fave, Macedonia, the Mixtress, Doug Fresh
Huge Thanx and many blessing to Vibrant Thang...thank U for your input in regards to Soulbounce.

photo: InterfaceLIFT
underscore music: Nicolay {"Hey" from the City Lights Vol. 1.5 LP}

MyLoveForMusic InspirationSounds podcasts

These are podcasts I recorded earlier this year and will begin posting them over here as well, enjoy...



MyLoveForMusic: InspirationSounds - January 2009

This podcast went through a couple of song line up and just me finally recording this was a task within itself. This month has not been the best for me so far but I'm keeping my head up and keeping my eyes on Christ Jesus. I'm learning first hand that they are some situations I have to step out on faith, other situations I have to have patience. I have to keep reminding myself that I have to do what I can and God will do what I can't.



While listening to the playback of the tracks I selected it makes me sit back and reflect forward because I keep focusing on my mistakes I will never move forward in life and what my Lord and Savior has in store for me. This podcast almost did not get recorded until I read this passage from Proverbs 3:27-28...



27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it

when it’s in your power to help them.

28 If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say,

“Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.”



It reminds me to sow good in someone else life because people are hurting worse than yourself.



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Tracks - Artist - Album

1. My Life, My Love, My All - Kirk Franklin{The Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin [Live]}
2. Third Sky - Doug Fresh
3. Walk Right - Commissioned{from the CD, "WOW Gospel 2001"}
4. Shaman Song - Shadowfax{from the CD What Goes Around: The Best Of Shadowfax}
5. Holy Is the Lamb - Oleta Adams{from the CD, WOW Gospel 1998 Disc 1}
6. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Ron Affif{from the CD, 52nd Street}
7. Redeemer - Nicole C. Mullen{from the CD, Redeemer: The Best of Nicole C. Mullen}
8. Aerial Boundaries - Michael Hedges{from the CD, Aerial Boundaries}
9. Run To You - Twila Paris{from the CD, WOW 2000 [Disc 2]}
10. Vanishing Point - Alex de Grassi{from the CD, The Water Garden}
11. More Than Conquerors - Praiz'{from the CD, The Takeover}
12. A Better Place - David Cullen & Michael Manring{from the CD, Equilibré}
13. My Life Is in Your Hands - God's Property{from the CD, M2K Gospel 2000 Disc 2}

very good messages from men of God:



Dr. Charles Stanley{from Jan 05 & Jan 06}

How to Stay Young and Fruitful All Your Life, Part 1

How to Stay Young and Fruitful All Your Life, Part 2



Pastor Greg Laurie{from Jan 01, 02, & 05}

"Strengthening Your Marriage + Q&A with Greg & Cathe - I"

"Strengthening Your Marriage + Q&A with Greg & Cathe - II"

"Strengthening Your Marriage + Q&A with Greg & Cathe - III"



i.d. drops: Fave & Macedonia



Special Thanx to MrFresh for the track, "Third Sky"



Big Shout Out to a.new.lis on her return to the podcasting community, you were missed sis

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December 2008MLFM: InspirationSounds

Hello and Welcome back to another edition of MyLoveForMusic:Inspiration. These are my picks for the month of December and I have to admit these tracks mean so much to me because sometimes God has to remind me who's in charge and for me sometimes having back problems let's me know that I can work as many hours I want, try to achieve my degree if I don't have my health none of those things mean a thing and by me having my back give me trouble these past couple of weeks put that into perspective for me.



This month I truly have so much to be thankful for with having a job in this economy, having a roof over our heads, almost accomplishing something for almost a year and hoping to continue this (my podcast) for years to come. It was times where I wanted to throw in the towel and God put so many wonderful people around via web telling me to "hang in there" and I'm glad I did.



The month of November I introduced a new podcast segment which I will begin to bring you wonderful Gospel, Christian, and Smooth Jazz music because this is something I have wanted to do for a minute because for me I always wondered why can't great instrumental compositions be blended with some of the best Christian artists and I have come to realize that if this has come across my mind I'm sure it has crossed other people minds. Now I'm not trying to mix Gospel with "Club" music because to me I think that would be counter productive because I am not trying to live in both worlds. I know where God has brought me, where I was and if I'm obedient to Him where He will take me. For me when I hear many Gospel and Christian songs I sometimes pay attention to the gifted musicians and say to myself, "that would really be a nice instrumental track." God has gave wonderful gifts to these men and women and for them to bring music to the masses that have you not only relax but to reflect on God awesome blessing is a double, triple blessing in my book.



So, find a place where you can kick, relax, reflect on the goodness of the many blessing in your life.



Enjoy.



poem that was read | Myself by Edgar A. Guest



photo: kimi



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Tracks/Artists/Album

1. Hosanna - Kirk Franklin{from the "the rebirth of Kirk Franklin" LP}
2. Voices In the Wind - Wind Machine{from the "Voices in the Wind" LP}
3. King of Kings(He's A Wonder) - CeCe Winans{from the "Alabaster Box" LP}
4. Welcoming - Michael Manring{from the "Unusual Weather" LP}"
5. Always And Forever - Raze{from the "WOW 2000" compilation double LP}
6. Turning: Turning Back - Alex de Grassi{from the "A Windham Hill Retrospective" LP}
7. River - Out of Eden{from the "WOW 2000" compilation double LP}
8. The Friend I Never Met - Andy McKee{from the "Dreamcatcher" LP}
9. Alabaster Box - CeCe Winans{from the "Alabaster Box" LP}
10. River of Lost Souls - Wind Machine{from the "Voices in the Wind" LP}
11. Consume Me - dc Talk{from the "WOW 2000" compilation double LP}
12. Dreaming at the Wheel - Sam Cardon{from the "Serious Leisure" LP}
13. I've Learned To Lean - Lee Williams & the Spiritual QC's{from the "Love Will Go All the Way" LP}

cool podcasts to check out...

ejflavors - OSW: This Kinda Lovin'

Fave - Fried Hard

GrantLOVE - The Origins of Hip-Hop Series - Part 1

DJ Diva - Soul Christmas

Reflections from Thursday's Devotional

Our Daily Bread Devotional: Serve Or Die
Biblical Passage: Mark 10:35-45 (New Living Translation)

You hear this all the time, "If God is a loving God, why does he allow suffering in the world?" Straightforward question and here is the straightforward answer: God has given HUMANS, yes, You and I, domain over the world. It's amazing how we forget things like this. We want to do want we want, live anyway we want to live but when trouble hits the world or our little part of world we want God to wipe the slate clean.

God has blessed us all with a very solid blueprint on how to handle things in the world...the Holy Bible. I have to be honest, whenever I have wholeheartedly obeyed God I can not say He has ever forsaken me. But I have to keep telling myself when I live God's way I am on his time table, not my own. I may get upset with him wondering why doesn't He move in my life when I want Him to but I am old enough now to know that many times I get myself in certain situations that has caused me grief. I was the one that went right when God told me and has taught me to go right. When you get real and honest with yourself it humbles you and you begin not to play the "blame game" so much which many Christians and non-Christians do now.

I'm I saying that all Christians have this "oh whoa is me" attitude? Of course not. But we have to get to a put that we as Followers of Christ can not disobey God and assume that we can treat Him as our own Genie in the bottle and wipe our mistakes away. He can do that but what would he have learned from our mistakes? There is the other scenario...there are things that popped up in our lives that we have no control over and it will bring us heartache and at the time it hurts like heck and we have every right to asked God why. Job asked God why, Many prophets in the Bible as God why. In the book of Psalms King David asked God why time and time again but what I have learned to ask God now is not "why" but "what can I learn from this situation." Now that I have learned that very important key it stops me from being a victim to becoming a conqueror.

We must come to the realization that God has put us in charge of the world. It is not God that fail people, we fail people but every day we have the power to correct this mistake when we wake up each morning.

Be Blessed, Be Safe,
& Have a Wonderful Thursday

Christian podcast to check out for today...
Conclusion of: Dealing With Detractors- Paul E. Sheppard
net@night 73: WeadWiteWeb- Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte

Giving Goowy Another Chance

About 3 years ago I heard about this web based site on Net@Night and I gave Goowy a shot. What I didn't know that it was a AJAX based site and if you have a older machine you may not want to use it. It's really just for show really but I liked it because of some of the cool things it could do. Well fast forward to today and I have decided to give it another chance.

I must warn you again if you do not have a nice processor and at least 2GB of RAM in your machine this will not flow as nice. It's not as stable like GMail but one thing I wish Gmail had is the ability to create different folders instead of placing stars for important emails. Goowy is cool really for the younger generation because of the "eye candy" and you can create different widgets for your desktop...it has a calender, you can create tabs, subscribe to rss feeds, it has a music player {which for some reason I have loaded a song on it and couldn't get it to work so I need to send a comment on that}. Overall it's pretty cool. With email you can create folders to keep your important emails in different areas. You get about 2GB of storage which compared to Yahoo Mail and Gmail is 'chump change' but I read that later they will be offering larger storage capacity later down the road so that may be cool and 2GB of storage is nothing to sneeze at...that's still a nice size.

What surprises me is that it's still around (well, AOL acquired them so that lets me know it may be around for a minute) give it chance see you like it.

*update[5:23pm]: I just did a re-install of flash player & shockwave player and now my music player is working fine with goowy.

Devotion and Reflections for Wednesday

Heartprints>>>more
devotion from rbc ministries

This was a neat devotion. I try leave "heartprints" where ever I go. Not to be noticed but because coming up as a youth and going through the things I have went through, I always said to myself I will try and not treat people the way I was treated. Prime example, when first entering high school, I don't know where this tradition came from but juniors and seniors would call "freshman day" where that was some sort of hazing really; they stuff freshman in lockers, beat on them, make the run around the gym in the jockey garment (or as we called them jockey straps). I was blessed in many ways (well one was I was 6'4" and about 245lbs so that helped me a lot) but I said to myself whenever I became a senior I would not do this to incoming freshmen and I didn't.

Leaving "heartprints" is a choice of a individual plain and simple. I remember hearing a pastor talk about you want to leave a good feeling whenever someone mentions your name and I know what he's talking about because it happens in your church, at work, on campus each day. When we here some names it brings a smile to our faces and with other names of individuals mentioned, eyes get the rolling, HUGE sighs come out, smiles drop from our faces and comments like, "or...are you sure you want to have him or her over?"

One good way is just be yourself, I learned this about 15 years ago from a close friend. People would always gravitate around him and I always wandered why. I watched him day in and day out then God brought to me. He has made each and every one of unique to bring something to the table. God has giving us all gifts and that is how I began just being myself, and before I knew as time has passed by I see the same thing happening to me.

It makes me feel good when I'm able to bring a smile to another's face because in this day and time this world has really become superficial. We have a generation, young and older, with a attitude of "give me because I exist" not "help me because we can not be an island all to ourselves". I made it my mission that if someone does not know something and I do, whether it's something about God's word, how to surf the web better, anything...and if they are willing to learn, I will teach them and if I don't have the answer, I will try and direct to a individual who does know the answer.

I try to never make a person feel stupid because some of us learn quicker than others, you and I didn't come out knowing everything but we have come across people in our lives that think and act otherwise. I do not act this way because I wish to get a pat on the back, I do this because people took time out of their lives when I was coming up and showed me that there are people out here that's not always looking to get over on you or try to belittle you in front of others after they have shared knowledge or a skill with you.

Try and be a person today that when you leave your "heartprints" people are not trying to wash them away once you leave their presence.


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

Praying For Our Children
from Christian Embassy Church

Contentment

"Father, teach my children the secret of being content in every situation, through Him who gives them strength".

Philippians 4:12-13

other devotions for reading and meditation:

• turning point
• harvest online
• in touch ministries

audio messages from OnePlace.com

• He Uses Our Suffering - Part 3
• Praise Your Way Through
• Twelve Men Who Shook the World

tech news for wednesday:

• MacBook Core 2 Duo/1.83GHz and 2.0GHz
• Mac fans clamor for 'iPhone'
• Dell profit surges, but investigations cast pall
• Tiny springs keep Wii, PS3 under control

tech podcast for your noggin':

• net@nite 3: She Made Me A Web
• KFI Tech Guy 301
• Ten Ways to Ruin your Hard Drive

headline news:

• Local
• National
• World

Devotions for Tuesday....2 Down/3 To Go

Three Certainties>>>more
from rbc ministries

It's strange how different devotions can have you come back to a certain subject you touched on before but give you a deeper meaning. About ten years ago when Biggie Smalls and Tupac died I too mourned , but in a different way than when Left Eye died. When those two died I wasn't a Christian and God did not come into mind,I wondered where they died, how they died, if they were at a wrong place at the wrong time; I didn't think about their salvation. Fast forward some years when Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez died, I remembered where I was, what day and even though I morned for her because this young, beautiful sister who was a gifted rapper, composer (she played the keyboards as well) my first thought was, "I hoped she knew the Lord". That I don't know, maybe she cried out to Jesus right before the horrific accident because we don't know who calls on the Lord. Now whenever I hear of a celebrity dying my first thought is not how they died or why they died but where they are headed.

In one of my previous post I spoke a little on death and how I no longer look at death as a frightful matter but a process for living. To know that Jesus Christ gave up so much for me and you to have everlasting life once our time here on earth is up makes me feel so much at ease. I don't have to wonder where I'm going once or ponder is there a "afterlife". Once I truly died for self and live for Christ I can really appreciate my day to day life with peace and joy in my heart.

Now my prayers are for as many people to come to the Lord because when you know where you are going when you die you will know how to live. To me, it brings a smile to my face each day because I was giving a chance to open my harden heart and invite Christ into my life and now I can share his Good News with many people as I can, not only through words but how I try and live my life. But sometimes I think some of my brothers and sisters in Christ live to die and that to me is tragic. I can understand how that and where they get that concept because I was brought up in a church that taught those standard, that, "I'm just waiting to go Heaven" mentality. God did not send His son to die on the Cross for you and I to walk around as if we already have one foot in the grave. Christ died and God rose Him up again so we can have zeal for life, embrace every breath we take because we already have the victory. Once I knew where I was going by Christ Jesus sacrifice, I stopped looking over my shoulder because I knew where I was headed, upward and this gives me a chance to live life to the fullest. (Note to self: one less worry)

Be Blessed, Be Safe and Have a Great Day Everyone.

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

devotions for Tuesday:

• Be Strong!
• Where Was He?
• Having a Rich Prayer Life

audio spiritual food for Tuesday:

• God's Surprise Visits - Part 2
• The Gospel for Busy People, Part 4
• Conc. of: A Word To Generation Next - Part 1

tech news for Tuesday:

• Silent plane would cut airport noise
• Hackers, Plagiarism Claims Hit Wikipedia
• NTP slaps Palm with patent infringement suit

audio tech programs for Tuesday:

• Windows Weekly 4: Build
• KFI Tech Guy 291*
• NerdTV - Show 4 - Brewster Kahle

*older netcast

Headline News>>>click here

image: google image

Devotion for Wednesday...We're at the halfway point people

This month I will be linking mainly from the devotions book/website: Our Daily Bread

He’s Always Watching>>>more
devotion from RBC Ministries

I can't but will try to explain how good it feels knowing that you have Christ Jesus watching over me. Knowing that he's interceding for me is the best thing that I know. I remember before truly giving my life over to Christ that every for me left up to chance. My philosophy was, "If my day started off bad it will end up bad and vise verse" and many times that's how may day would go. I would have a "up and down" personality and that's not good at all; not for myself and not for the people around me...I was very moody.I thought that God had it out for me.

He didn't have it out for me, He was drawing me near him day in/day out. He was letting me know that I could do nothing without Him. He was letting me know stop looking for love in all the wrong places(isn't that a song?). I was a type of person that I didn't want to get too close to people fearing of being let down, being hurt. Jesus Christ let me know that he truly felt my pain and He has been through what I was going through and much worse. He let me know He would never leave, I could come to him at any time, anywhere no matter where I am. Yes, Jesus Christ is everything I need.

Once I truly gave it all to Him, my relationships with people changed for the better, I stopped looking for people approval and only care about the approval for my Lord and Savior, learned in order to have good friends you have to be a good friend. If you carry yourself in a loving, understanding, non judgmental way, God will bring the those kind of people in your life. We will get hurt from time to time, People will betray you and I from time to time, but that's life and also that is when you heed God's warning meter, the Holy Spirit.

Yes we have to do our part as well. Like I have said before and I will always say this, it is a covenant with God, He will not do it all because Christ Jesus has left the Holy Spirt with you and I to lead and guide you and I. Too many of my brothers and sisters of Christ feel once we give our life over to Christ we treat Him as if he's a Genie in bottle. God is not our bell hop. If we live our lives outside the will of God, He will chasten you and I back into His fold by allowing certain situations in our lives.

Everyday is not peaches and cream with me but I can face each day now with a light heart, less worry, and be a true friend to someone in time of need. The Holy Spirit lets me know when to open up to someone and let go the people in my life that wish to do me harm. God...you so awesome.

Have a Blessed, Safe, and Productive day everyone. :-)

Praying for our Children
from Christian Embassy Church

Salvation

"Lord, I pray that my children would obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory ".

2 Timothy 2:10

**Big, Big Thanx to Suni of Bulletproof Soul by suggesting the Bullet style format for my listing below...I love you Vox neighbors. :-)

devotions for Wednesday:

• Glorify God
• Common Courtesy
• Getting Along With Critical People

tech news for your knoggin':

• No stopping adventurer from breaking records
• Microsoft Again Argues Over IE 7 Bug
• Office Live almost out of the gate
• Google goes wild for wikis

netcast for your spirit:

• His Purpose - Part 3
• The Gospel for Busy People, Part 1
• The Alternative

tech netcast for Wednesday:

• Inside the Net Episode 39
• *KFI Tech Guy #164
• NerdTV - Show 2 - Max Levchin

*(older netcast but when does knowledge and wisdom get old? )

for headline news>>>click here

image: google search

Monday Devotion & Tech News...Good Morning Everyone

The Cross’ Impact on Death>>>more
from In Touch Ministries

I don't think about death the way I used to, I know I'm getting older, I know I can't do the things I used to and I know I'm going to die someday. What I don't worry about is where I'm going once I die. It's amazing when I was younger how I wondered about other planets, other dimensions, wanting to live forever. I don't want that anymore because of my belief and love for Christ Jesus.

When I finally gave my life over to my Savior I love science but not as much anymore. I know where my soul is going now and it so much of a comfort because there is "what if" going on in my head. Many people think it's a falsehood to believe in God but when you have tried every other method and religion and still have a empty feeling, a piece of the puzzle missing so to speak, that's not a good feeling to have. But praying, reading, studying, a living God's word assures me that I have nothing to fear about death. Now, I not looking forward to it, on the contrary...it pushes me to live everyday out to it fullest because I want to please my God who gave up His precious son, who lived a perfect life, who only loved and received hate back at the end of his life, to give me everlasting life was my body expires from this earth.

I enjoy just learning more and more about Jesus and in return He has giving me a deeper desire to learn more about other things as well (science, technology) because I don't have worry about living for ever, by turning my life over to Christ I have already cheated death and nobody can take that away from me.

Be Blessed, Be Safe and Have a Great Work Week :-)

Praying For Our Children
from Christian Embassy Church

Gratitude

"Lord, help my children to live lives that overflow with thankfulness, always giving thanks to You".

Ephesians 5:20

devotions for this Monday:

• What's In Your Mouth?
• Osmosis and Inertia
• Be Prepared

tech news for Monday:

• Microsoft Responds To Vista License Concerns
• Taking Wi-Fi power to the people
• Used phones drive Third World wireless boom

netcast for your spirit today:

• His Purpose - Part 1
• The Alternative
• The Gospel for Busy People, Part 1

tech netcast for Monday:

• TWiT 74: Memories
• Engadget Podcast 092
• The Chris Pirillo Show

Headline news>>>click here

Has Bill Gates Lost Touch With The Masses(or does he something we do not?)

Microsoft unveils Vista editions>>>more
from BBC News.co.uk

Let's be honest, it's still early to come out to give it thumbs up or thumbs down about Vista. I have learned over the years some products are good coming out of the gate, some products it takes time to build up steam to get going and other products are disasters before they even hit the shelves. How do I feel about Vista personally? I know I will have to use it later down the line, I will go out and purchase books on Vista but I may not begin using Vista until the middle of 2007 or 2008 because to me I think with Microsoft the first year their products hit the shelves is really the "test run".

from the BBC article people are not pleased so far but like I said it's early. One thing I still can't wrap my mind around is:

1. Why is it going to be six(6) versions of this product?
2. Why will it take about 15GB to run this OS(Operating System)?
3. What's the deal with the EULA? (I need to listen to Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott netcast again because I still can't make heads or tails of this thing)

I really hope Steve Jobs is taking notes of this what Microsoft is doing to it's core users. Steve and company can sit back and laugh at Bill or really take a good hard look at what not to do when it comes to your customers. Everyone knows that Microsoft is trying to bully people into Vista, they're not coming out with a Service Pack 3 until 2008 which as Leo puts it..."that means waiting forever because they can come out with Service Pack 3 this year." I have mentioned this in one of my post. I really wonder has Bill Gates lost touch with reality? Or maybe he has something up his sleeve. This year maybe the best year for Microsoft, maybe we should hang in there for the long haul, I hope for their sake because I know next year I'm working my butt off to get a couple of Apple machines and really get into Ubuntu because unless Microsoft pull of what Steve and company did with Apple, it's may take a long time for Microsoft to recover from this decision they have made with this OS. I'm not an expert and I'm learning more about the web, the different OS products and it's fun but I am a consumer that works hard to earn my money and when many consumers gets burned by a product where we have to plopped down $400 it takes a while for the average American to bounce back from that. But like I said in the beginning...it's too early to call.

Prove us all wrong Bill Gates...prove us wrong.

Be Blessed, Be Safe, and Have a Great Day everyone. :-)

other tech news:
Free Wi-Fi Router Promotion Slated For San Francisco
Wi-Fi Exploits Coming to Metasploit
Linux guru warns on security of open-source code

Christian wisdom for Friday:
An Overflowing Cup,
Loving Your Children from a Distance,
Saying I Do to a Financially Strong Marriage

netcast to help us grow:
When Punishment Is Too Severe
The Alternative
Trusting God When What He Does Doesn’t Make Sense

netcast to help us know:
iLifeZone13
The Dave Ramsey Show Podcast
KFI Tech Guy 286

image: google image

Thursday Devotion & Tech News

What Happened at the Cross>>>more
from In Touch Ministries

I love God's word, the mind of God. To me this is the only book you and I can read over and over and find new meaning, deeper revelation each and every time. Just when I think I know what happened at the Cross I may read the same passage and receive a better understanding of why Christ died for us. It's amazing of Christ true love for me, for you, for anyone that turns over their life to Jesus.

I am deep thinker, I'm not a brainy or anything but I think about certain situation and really ponder about them like with our Lord and Savior: to know that not only the anguish He was going to face, the friends you were going to make only to know in the end that one will betray you, one will deny you not only once but three times. Twelve men that walked with you for 2-3 years will now run for cover because they were afraid that they would receive the same fate Jesus did. To be riding on a donkey receiving praises one moment and being cursed at, spit upon the next. Knowing that your entire body would be ripped open down to the bone, beating so bad that you would not be recognized. Having to carry your own cross to the place you would hang for hours while people jeered at you, making fun of you. And all of this knowing that down the road that people to this day will say that you were a fake, a fairy tale, that people will think it's foolish to follow someone like yourself...why would Jesus put himself through this? He knew we could not save ourselves and most important His love for you and I.

I hear scholars try and explain the reason why we humans are the way that we are. As a child I was very interested in science and after all I have learned I have come to realize one thing more and more, to me the Holy Bible explains it all for me. It's amazing how I have done things and asked myself, "why in the heck did I do that?" Then I get into God's word and it makes it clear to me plain and simple...I was born into sin. I know I can not do anything without Him and I am so grateful. To me, atheists can call me foolish all they want but I know His goodness, His mercy, His grace for me, His love for me is true. Not because someone made me believe in Him, I grew up in church, walked away from God, tried other ways to feel that void in my life through reading horoscopes, reading Rune cards and stones but none of them performed the major thing that my Lord and Savior performed...He died for my sins so I live today and forever. To have happiness not only in heaven but on this earth as well and spread His Good News.

Thank you Lord for giving me another chance, for not giving up on me...Thank you.

Be Blessed, Be Safe, & Have a Great and Productive day everyone (you and yours)

Praying For Our Children
from Christian Embassy Church

Patience

God, strengthen my children with all power, so that they may have great endurance and patience.

Galatians 5:22

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Your Body—God’s Temple>>>more
from In Touch Ministries

I'm glad Dr. Stanley brings this subject up about our bodies, what I may write may offend some people but I say this out of love. This is aimed for men and women (especially women) in the body of Christ because even today I believe many churches are not addressing this subject..taking care of our body.

Women and men of Christ, again I say this out of love but we have a crisis on our hands. The divorce rate are just as high as non-Christians. We are not taking are time when it comes to choosing our mates (we spend more time choosing a home, a car, a computer than choosing a mate for life). So many things we have to take into consideration, the mental state of the person we will bring in our lives, their love for the Lord, their discipline, their finances (yes their finances..that is one of the leading causes of divorce) and our appearance. Many churches don't wish to address this because the subject is sensitive, especially toward the sisters in the body of Christ but this must be said...ladies, our queens, we men are PHYSICAL creatures, there I said it but it's true.

This is not the only thing that attracts men to you but it's very important. God wired us to be visual and women to be internal. This does not give us men the right to be dogs and try to sex anything with a hole(hey, we are all grown here and trying to keep this subject as real as possible..this is why many non-Christians look at us and laugh, how can we tell them to keep their relationship intact if we can't). We, men and women have to keep our bodies in tact for our mates once we are married, plain and simple. We are all going to gain weight over the years but this does not mean we just let ourselves go. I have heard so many women over the years say, "he should love me just the way I am". Very true he should and I truly believe he does but I have heard it best put this way (from the Simpsons more or less) Marge told Homer when he was deliberately putting on weight, "I'm still in love with you Homer, but not attracted to you sexually the way I once was."

Many and I do mean many men Christians or non-Christians do want to step out on their spouse "just because", physical attraction plays a very big part of a relationship. Read the book *Song of Solomon. Every time the woman describes him she says, "my lover"...intimately, inwardly; when the man describes his lover he describes her physical beauty. To a man this is not the whole package but I'm not going to lie, it's a pretty big part of the package. Now let me say this to the man, this gives you no right, NO RIGHT to step out on your spouse when she begins to pick up weight or you think she is not keeping up herself the way she used to(she is the mother of your children, a housewife, so don't use the "Eric Benet" syndrome,"I have to have sex or I will die"). I'm tired of men using that as a cop out to have affairs with someone else, she is your best friend, your mate for life. And to my sisters in Christ, don't get upset when the subjects comes up because we have to be open with one another, this is what keeps a marriage strong, (but fellows be tactful when you bring it up please..she's a woman, your queen okay?)

Fellows, this does not mean we let ourselves go as well. How can I tell my spouse I want her a certain size and I'm not pushing away from the kitchen table myself...really do you think your spouse want someone as big as Biggie Small on top of her doing love making, I don't think so (like I said, I'm trying to keep this as real as possible).

To single men and women, keep yourselves together as well, physically, spiritual, and mentally as well. I have come across many of beautiful women in my days and as soon as they open their mouths my interest in them went right out the window.

And to the fellows, pick up good hygiene habits please. Women do not want a man that looks sloppy, don't wash his hands after using the restroom (yes women pay attention to this). God place place men and women on this earth not only to be man and wife but He also wanted you and I to take care of ourselves the best to our ability, to have fun in and out the bedroom. How can we win people to the body of Christ when we look like something the cat dragged in, it's just not possible.

Women, be true to yourselves and believe me, when your husband see that you are taking care of yourselves spiritually, mentally, and physically there is nothing he will not do for you and men, learn to appreciate the tremendous job your wife is trying to do not only by being a mother, a helper but by being a lover as well. The world is watching us, we (men and women) can't look young forever but if we keep our 'Temple' the best way we can we will have a happy, joyful, and strong marriage.

*Please read the books of Song of Solomon

Be Blessed,
Be Safe, &
Have a Great, productive Day.

Praying For Our Children
from Christian Embassy Church

Hope

"God of Hope, grant that my children may overflow with hope and hopefulness bu the power of the Holy Spirit".

Romans 15:13

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The Cross>>>**more
from In Touch Ministries

I don't wear a cross around my neck, I don't deserve it and I will not trivialize it because I know what Jesus Christ had to give up for me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying anyone who wears a cross around their neck is not for real about Christ because each of us has their reason for wearing one...or not.

Just knowing what God had to do from the beginning of time blows me away. Knowing that we were going to sin even before Adam and Eve walked the earth He knew He was going to have to turn away from His only son because of the sins you and I have done and will do in the future. When watching the Passion of the Christ and to see how Christ Jesus stood in my place knowing what he was going to endure makes me grateful and sad.

I had a meltdown today. I have a step son who tried to take my life about 5 years ago because I asked him to wash the dishes. Me and his mother had not been married no more than two years and it ended up with him and I getting into a argument, a scuffle (this is the result of his natural father not stepping up to the plate and not being a man from the beginning..to all the brothers out there, White and Black, if you're not willing to be responsible for a child, don't bring life into this world) and he ended up trying to take my life. I saw him today and a flood of that day came rushing back on me and I was about to do something I know I shouldn't do; I am trying to get past this, like a friend always says to me, "I am a work in progress". I have tried and tried and I say that I have forgiven him but deep down I haven't. Knowing that you treat their mother like a queen and they know I have never disrespected her in anyway you would think I would have a great relationship with them..but I don't. It's very hard to be a step parent and I have come to accept the fact they (her children from a previous marriage) probably will never accept me but there is nothing I would not do for this beautiful woman that is my wife and even though these are not my grandchildren by blood I love them just the same. This has been very hard on her as well because by him being the youngest, that's the baby child. She has not made excuses for his action but she's caught in a dilemma as well.

So to know that I am not a Jew by blood but how Christ gave His life for me to have everlasting life in heaven makes me feel ashamed of my behavior today. But i will ask for forgiveness, not condemn myself and keep going because God's love for me is real and He knew this was going to happen before I even we walked down the isle my wife and I and said "I do."

The cross for me is not just a piece of jewelry to worn around my neck, but it is my beginning, my middle, my end. His(Jesus Christ) broken by body has been my healed soul and spirit, knowing that I will reign with God forever and ever is all I need to know.

I don't need to wear a cross because it is in my heart, spirit, and soul. Keep me lifted up in prayer.

Be Blessed, Be Safe, & have a productive work week everyone.

Love you :-)

~Praying For Our Children~
from Christian Embassy Church

Faith

"Lord, help my children to fight the good fight of faith, taking hold of the eternal life to which they were called".

1 Timothy 6:12

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Done!>>>more
from RBC Ministries

Three words...three words our Lord and Savior said before giving up His spirit has changed my life forever, and I do mean forever. What an awesome feeling knowing what Jesus Christ gave up for me to have eternal oneness with God.

It's amazing how we can read long passages in the Holy Bible and get deep meaning out of it but sometime just reading one verse can have a very deep impact on your life. When Jesus hung on that cross and said, "it is finished" that was it, everything Satan thought he ownership over had Jesus Christ took it back and much more. Jesus Christ has connect anybody who confess in their heart that Christ is our Savior and believe in their heart that God rose him from the dead will be forever connect with the heavenly Father.

This is what I love about the Holy Bible, this is the only book we can read over and over again, read a passage you don't understand, ask God to open your heart, mind, and soul for understanding and we may get it right then and there, or time will have passed by and you're in a situation and He will bring understanding to you at that time. It just blows my mind the way my Lord and Savior works.

I may have mentioned this before but try this for a couple of months (I read this is what Billy Graham does), read a chapter of Proverbs each and everyday. This book alone will give you better understanding when it comes to coping with the world in general. To me this is one of my favorite, FAVORITE books in the Bible...it gives us a blueprint of how we should live our lives and that is just ONE book. Now imagine reading and taking in the whole book. Just makes me smile just thinking of it.

Down the road I may begin putting audio passages of the Bible in my personal blog, techmusicgospel.vox.com God has given me an opportunity to share not only my joy for tech and music, finding free software for people but more over, spreading His gospel via internet is and will be my main focus. His word is so awesome and has brought so much joy into my live I just can't keep this just to myself. Some people help God spread His word in so many different ways; some with song, some dance, some with rap, some with poetry, some through the information highway but we're all working together for Him because Satan is coming at you and I, our youth full force and we have to fight him head on with Christ by our side. There are so many battles in front of us we do not tackle and we must bring out in the forefront.

Sure we talk about the issues of homosexuality, abortion..these are important issues true enough; but what how divorce is rampant in our Christian community, what about Christians(my brothers and sisters in Christ) living together and not married, what about how we're (Christian & non-Christians) constantly having children out of wedlock, and my biggest pet peeve...division in the church because of race. How can get the world in order if we can't get our own camp in order?. I mentioned this before by the late Adrian Rogers, "we're the only army that shoot our own wounded."

When I lived in Sanford, Florida one pastor hit the nail on the head when teaching God's word, pastor Marvin Jackson said, "how come we have such a division when it comes to race in the church, why are we so divided when Sunday comes around, why?" We haven't achieved that ultimate, agape love as Christ wants you and I to achieve. I love my brothers and sisters in Christ, ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST. Our leaders in churches, on the radio don't really want to address this matter, why? Maybe if we did I truly believe we would be a very strong force against Satan and his demons. Since being on the web I have met so many wonderful Christians from around the world, Black, White, Hispanic, Asians...just learning from one another, just trying to do one thing, share the gospel with people.

We may not agree on every topic, Peter, Paul and the many other apostles may not have agreed on everything on a personal level but they did agree the main thing...getting the gospel, the TRUE gospel out there to masses. We have to do this, get our act together, we must stop analyzing one another and just practice the two commands Christ put before us..

**Matthew 22:34-40 (Amplified Bible)
Amplified Bible (AMP)

34Now when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced ([a]muzzled) the Sadducees, they gathered together.

35And one of their number, a lawyer, asked Him a question to test Him.

36Teacher, which [b]kind of commandment is great and important (the principal kind) in the Law? [Some commandments are light--which are heavy?]

37And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect).(A)

38This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment.

39And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself.(B)

40These two commandments [c]sum up and upon them depend all the Law and the Prophets.

I love you all, I appreciate you all my brothers an sisters in Christ, no matter what the race, we all are important and effective in the body of Christ, the world is watching us. :-)

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

Praying For Our Children
from Christian Embassy Church

Contentment

"Father, teach my children the secret of being content in every situation, through Him who gives them strength".

Philippians 4:12-13

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