In Vancouver last week with Lifeway church program and met a new fan one night by the name of Patsy. Her story reminded me of another friend named Patsy and not just from the sharing of the name. Her husband passed 2 years ago from prostate cancer.

She told me that when I sang Casting Crown’s “Who Am I” it reminded her of one of her last conversations with her husband, Terrence. She shared with me that when her husband’s prostate cancer was being treated and it passed beyond treatment, Terrence began to question “Who Am I” and what his purpose on life was. Patsy said that Terrence changed and lived his final 8 months on Earth a better husband and better father to their son Jared.

We travel on our Earthly journey often seeking answers and more often not really knowing what our purpose is or who we really are until “sometimes” when it’s too late.

I thank God for allowing me to do what I do and to touch people’s lives.

As it began to dawn on the first day of the week, the crowds of people from far and near who had come to Jerusalem for the observance of the Feast of the Passover, made preparation for the return journey homeward.

Very early that morning while it was still dark, two women, Mary Magdalene and another person known as “the other Mary”, went to the tomb of Jesus with the traditional spices to anoint his body in accordance with local custom.

What they found when they arrived at the tomb left the two women “trembling and bewildered.”

As they made their way through the dark, narrow streets of Jerusalem, they pondered a profoundly troubling question: “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance to the tomb?”

When they arrived at the tomb, they were surprised; the massive stone placed in front of the tomb to seal it had been rolled away. The tomb in which the body of Jesus had been placed was empty, and the body they had come to anoint was not there.

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“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
–Isaiah 9:6

God’s Descent

A young woman named Mary was engaged to Joseph from King David’s family. Before they were married, she learned that she was going to have a baby by God’s Holy Spirit. The angel Gabriel greeted Mary and said, “You are truly blessed! The Lord is with you.” Then the angel told Mary, “Don’t be afraid! God is pleased with you, and you will have a son. His name will be Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of God Most High. The Lord God will make him king, as his ancestor David was. He will rule the people of Israel forever, and his kingdom will never end.”

Mary asked the angel, “How can this happen? I am not married!”

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come down to you, and God’s power will come over you. So your child will be called the holy Son of God… nothing is impossible for God!”

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This is a post of an email from Pastor Alan Garren from December 21, 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU

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Hello everyone,

I staggered across this video documentary this morning, and it has shown me the alarming results of what I have known for years. I believe that you should take 7 minutes of your time this morning and view this video. If it does not awaken you to the reality of what is taking place in not only America, But the entire planet, then I would pray that the Lord shakes you from your sleep.

PLEASE WATCH THEN CONTINUE READING.

We have slept while others are rising….It is no wonder the prophetic words that many of the Pastors have heard from me has been hitting on Islam recently….

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I believe it’s important to tell the whole truth of who we were before Jesus. I am in no way glorifying my past. Just being very honest about where I came from. I pray my testimony gives hope to the hopeless.

My earliest memories are full of humiliation, confusion, rejection and anger. When I was 5 we moved to Manteca, CA from the bay area. It was a very big change. At such an early age I didn’t understand why the people were so different. Later I realized that it was a neighborhood heavily infested with meth. The kids knew way too much and were quick to teach me. I was abused in various ways countless times by the older kids in the neighborhood, and when I wasn’t being hurt, I was robbed for my stuff. I used to let kids just take off with my stuff because I knew I really had no choice.

Around that time I started having night terrors. Terrible, demonic dreams that left me paralyzed with fear in my bed. I would wake up screaming nearly every night from the time I was 6 until I was around 11. CPS came to my house because the neighbors thought someone was beating me. I made my mom sleep with me all the time and there was never a peaceful night in our house.

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