Recently I shared a message of thankfulness. When we really think about it, we all have so much to be thankful for. We can walk in His fullness knowing He is in full control of our lives! We can have faith knowing HE is in charge of our lives. I challenge all of us not to allow garbage to be put into our lives. Our hearts and minds should not be filled with garbage. Rather, our hearts and minds should be filled with joy, peace, love, faith and expectation!
Blessings,
Mike Teeter
pastor
New Destiny Community Church
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The Optomist
There is a story of identical twins. One was a hope-
filled optimist. “Everything is coming up roses!” he would
say. The other twin was a sad and hopeless pessimist. He
thought that Murphy, as in Murphy’s Law, was an optimist.
The worried parents of the boys brought them to the local
psychologist.
He suggested to the parents a plan to balance the
twins’ personalities. “On their next birthday, put them in
separate rooms to open their gifts. Give the pessimist the
best toys you can afford, and give the optimist a box of
manure.” The parents followed these instructions and
carefully observed the results.
When they peeked in on the pessimist, they heard him
audibly complaining, “I don’t like the color of this
computer . . I’ll bet this calculator will break . . . I
don’t like the game . . . I know someone who’s got a bigger
toy car than this . . .”
Tiptoeing across the corridor, the parents peeked in
and saw their little optimist gleefully throwing the manure
up in the air. He was giggling. “You can’t fool me! Where
there’s this much manure, there’s gotta be a pony!”
By Source Unknown
from Brian Cavanaugh’s More Sower’s Seeds
from Condensed Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Philippians 2:12-15
12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[c] Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
Melissa and I invite everyone over to our home for Dinner, prayer and prep this Thursday at 7pm. We have Master's Commission Raleigh joining us this Thursday - Sunday as well. We will be praying and preparing for prison outreaches and the Denver Christmas parade.
