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“Not by might, not by power,” you are for certain
going to want to take this in today, because we
are going to tie together great distance in Bible
prophecy, and great presence of Judgment, as we
are exploring this week about the proper nature,
use and place of judging in a Christian’s life.

So we begin with pain, which must be a part of all
lives, it doesn’t matter how good that life is,
or how bad that life is, in every life, there is
pain; of some form or fashion. It might not be
physical pain, although those come and go, it
might be emotional pain, which can last a while
and then sometimes, can go away; hopefully, it
goes away. It can be spiritual pain, which is
a strange and deep longing in the soul…my
belief, is that John the disciple of Jesus
knew that kind of pain; as he reflected back
on the wonder of Jesus whom he loved- who he
watched die, who he watched rise again, who
ate with him after the resurrection, Jesus who
in chastizing Peter, from a perspective of love,
told John he’d outlast them all, and he did.
John who, at the age of 70 or 75 years old was
quarrying rock for the very enemies roads, who
destroyed his savior so cruelly upon their
cross; who beat Him, who crowned Him with
thorns; John’s Jesus, who he loved so deeply;
they couldn’t break John; so they had to respect
him, and thus he was in the grotto by himself
in prayer when Jesus appeared. NOW, read this
next section carefully as it ties thousands
of years of Bible prophecy together in just
a very few short verses. You may not have
seen this before, it is …well, judgment
by God, of time, and place:

The Prophet Zechariah

Zec 4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou?
And I said, I have looked,
and behold a candlestick all [of] gold,
with a bowl upon the top of it,
and his seven lamps thereon,
and seven pipes to the seven lamps,
which [are] upon the top thereof:

Zec 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me,
saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel,
saying, Not by might, nor by power,
but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

And now, John, on Patmos, “The Revelation of Christ” -

Rev 1:12 And I turned to see the voice
that spake with me. And being turned,
I saw seven golden candlesticks;

Rev 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks
[one] like unto the Son of man,
clothed with a garment down to the foot,
and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

Judgment is a factor of the character of God,
the Son Jesus Christ, stands in the portal of history
from an ancient prophet, and then again, the portals
of history with the modern revelation, and in both,
stands in the midst, not apart, ,not distant, not
detached, but in the midst of what is going on.
Let’s pray for each other this day…

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These days it is fashionable to write in a certain way
speak in a certain way, and behave in a certain way; and
the mantra is, that will bring you success. This is the
repeat Parrot system that is do dangerous that it is
almost too scary to be written about. Does that tell
you how frightening repetition and duplication are?
Here is why- when you replicate someone else when it
comes to success, you stop what is essentially you-
and you become what is essentially – their success.
The very real danger is, you will never achieve the
success that was possible in you, you won’t ever see it.

The very real danger of duplicating someone else when
it comes to the delicate area of success- it will be
limited to what they had achieved, diminished from what
was possible for you; and here is the strongest harm-
it is exponentially harmful as you advertise “follow me!”
Real leaders don’t duplicate, they don’t replicate, they
are people who have the inner character not to. Leaders
are tough but not tough, loving but not too loving,
kind but not too kind, understanding but not too far
gone in understanding minutiae. Leaders don’t duplicate
because they have a vision which won’t allow them
to track along a path which has been trodden upon
before, as most today are familiar with the poem,
by Frost, that “Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I— I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.” Click

The ads, suggestions, books, public speaking, and
even so called collegiate education these days, does
not emphasize being your own person; instead, the folks
who have been given the responsibility to lead out to
new shores, aren’t interested in that, they are rather
interested in folks who will follow what they say.
This lockstep group-think mentality is not only
dangerous, it is costly. To measure the cost of this
lack of internal growth and character, look at the
growth in crime and associated criminal activities?
Every year crime increases, criminal activity
increases; this shows clearly that those who want
to institute follower-ship rather than character
and individuality; are creating a gigantic monster
which will consume the very core of the nation
which allows it to fester, and that nation is
unfortunately; America. We decry the lack of leadership,
and yet, almost all of our current leaders in the
Senate and House, are law school graduates? Tell
you anything about the type of education which says
not to step too far out of line? Look at the
types of laws which these leaders are putting
together? You will find measured, poll successful
ideas, but will you find daring visionary laws?

So the absolute two words for success, which
when they are missing will guarantee that a person
won’t reach the level of success possible had they
been present, are…

Fidelity and Victory.

When it comes the subject of fidelity, is it
possible to find a more refined thinker on the
subject, than Shakespeare? Recently, the very
ethic of fidelity has been challenged. In
postcolonial critics’ eyes, faithful translations
of the towering figure in the English-language
literary canon risk reinforcing the global
hegemony of Anglo-American culture.
(From a must read article linked in here)!

You have undoubtedly heard the quotation which
it seems most aptly applies to victory, but let’s have
a little fun with the comments section and see if
you can nail the source of the quote? Here it is:
“There is no substitute for victory”

And indeed there isn’t!

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Remarkable moments – do you sense them? The flashing bye
of life, where one moment is significant? Do you have a
sense that the moment is? To be clear this is the moment
when you see the person you’re going to marry? This is
the moment when you know your life direction, perhaps,
for the first time? This is the moment where you know
what your life is about? Now that you know what moment
we are talking about, have you had it, or some of them?

This week we’re going to deal with the toughest of all
subjects, judging, what it means, why and how we do so,
and, should we or should we not? You see, many Christians,
are not only confused about this, but believe, falsely,
that the Bible teaches against judging. The truth is,
Jesus said that judging was serious, should be taken
seriously, but shouldn’t be ignored. Quickly then,
let’s connect the spiritual worshipful, to the subject-
as tomorrow we will deal with the scripture more
thoroughly, consider these scriptural statements:

Luk 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged:
condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned:
forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Luk 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you;
good measure, pressed down, and shaken together,
and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal
it shall be measured to you again.

Mat 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Mat 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge,
ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you again.

So this day let us pray that we shall get the
matter of judgment into our core spiritual nature
and after this weeks review, my belief is you will
not only be a better judge, but you will get the
character concept of God which comes through
His pronouncements about this highly important
part of what it means to be in touch with Him.

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Being Cautious in the Social Media Circus- the Finest of the Finest!
This article is for experienced as well as inexperienced blog/social networking people and those who would like to be.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/2185605/being_cautious_in_the_social_media.html

This material is taken off a page from http://www.regillo.com/twittertools/
which seemed really cool to me, so you know what they say, Oh, you don’t?
THEY say, “good writers copy other writers stuff, great writers steal it outright!”
Emulation is the sincerest form of flattery, trust me when you hear me say
that a feller named Williger is…well…really, REALLY cool…at regillo…his co.

One of the greatest things about Twitter is it’s open API, allowing several different applications to enhance your experience in researching data or utilizing it’s services better with additional resources, depending on your goals. This list is continuously updated.
Pick of the week is DM Whacker a toolbar extension, allowing you remove spam in your DM box. Our Darren Williger stumled upon this when frustrated unable to read DMs from friends. Interesting (as always, use at your own risk) tool that’s proved helpful.
Data Analysis and Statistics
For business, it’s essential to be able to track your goals. These tools will not only let you measure your tweeting aspects, but you can use these tools to become more influential:
Twitter Analyzer: Easy to use and understand interface, very cool stats.
Twitalyzer: Rate your Tweeting influence and see areas to improve.
Twitter Grader: Discover your Twitter grade, local Elite, and new people.
Twitterholic: Check out top Twitter users and find out your stats on Twitterholic.
TweetStats: TweetStats offers a graphical analysis of your Twitter stats.
Twitter Friends: Measuring your Twitter conversations using Twitter Friends.
Twinfluence: Shows detail of influence based on reach, velocity, and social capital.
Tweetwasters: Find out how much time you and other users waste on Twitter.
Tweet-Rank: Discover which of your tweets earned new or lost followers.
Mr. Milestone: Get tweets when you reach follower milestones using this tool.
Mr. Landmark: Just like Mr. Milestone, you get notified about your landmarks.
Retweetrank: Learn how many retweets you and other Twitter users have.
Business & Finance
Use these tools to improve your business and finances through Twitter.
Chipin: Set goal and let supporters track the progress of fundraising campaigns.
Xpenser: You can Twitter your expenses to Xpenser and they will be recorded.
Twittertise: Track tweets and clickthroughs with this app for Twitter advertising.
TwtQpon: Create simple Twitter coupons for your business with TwtQpon.
CheapTweet: Get deals, sales, coupons and more on Twitter through CheapTweet.
Tipjoy: Like Chipin, Tipjoy offers social payments for cause, content, or people.
SalesTwit: Get contact management for Twitter with the help of SalesTwit.
Tweet What You Spend: Track your cash easily and effectively here.
StockTwits: StockTwits shares the investment discussions on Twitter in real time.
Follower/Followee Management
Delete spammers, unmutual followers, infrequent tweeters, etc.
DM Whacker: Tool for easily clean DMs based on keywords!
Tweepular: This site claims to help boost your Tweepularity.
MyTweeple: Tools to help you make more intelligent follow decisions.
Mutuality: Mass unfollow/follow tool – simple and effective.
MyCleenr: Sort friends by their last tweets, and get rid of the inactive accounts.
Twitter Karma: Tool lets you see avatars of followers/followees.
FriendorFollow: At a glance who is following or who you are not
Twitoria: Finding your friends that haven’t tweeted in a long time.
Buzzom: New kid on the block, includes adding new friends too!
Tweepler: Use Tweepler to organize tweeps based on followings.
Network Building & Management
Find more relevant Twitter users with the help of these tools.
Twitter Local: You can see tweets from Twitter users in a specific location.
Twubble: Expand your Twitter bubble, picking out new people to follow.
Follow Cost: This tool will tell you how much effort it takes to follow someone.
Just Tweet It: Find Tweeple, tools, Twitter bots and more through this directory.
SocialToo: Automates following and unfollowing people who unfollowed you.
TwitDir: Search people and explore categories including top followers and updaters.
Who Should I Follow?: You can get good recommendations for Tweeps to follow.
TweetWheel: Discover which of your Twitter friends know each other.
WhoFollowsWhom: Put up to 5 friends and see who they have in common.
Nearbytweets: Discover users in a specific area with the help of Nearbytweets.
Twellow: Find Twitter users in a specific industry using this service.
Mr. Tweet: A personal networking assistant, helping you find relevant followers.
Qwitter: Helps you manage your network by sending alerts when you are unfollowed.
We Follow: We Follow is a new type of list, helping you find targeted followers.
Information Gathering
With these tools, you gather information for market research, blog posts, or simple curiosity.
Tweetbeep: Setup alerts that will help you keep track of specific keywords.
TweetNews: TweetNews ranks stories based on the amount of related tweets.
TwitterBuzz: TwitterBuzz will tell you what’s being linked to the most on Twitter.
Tweetscan: Set up to make sure you don’t miss @replies, and to get search queries.
@myflightinfo: Use @myflightinfo to stay updated on your flight’s status.
Twitterverse: Check out archived timelines and tweets through Twitterverse.
Twitscoop: Twitscoop shares what’s hot on Twitter at any given moment.
Twitbuzz: Twitbuzz tracks the latest conversations as well as popular Twitter links.
StrawPoll: Use to make sharing your opinion as easy as sending an @reply.
Retweetist: This service ranks the hottest links being retweeted on Twitter.
Monitter: Get real time keyword monitoring on Twitter from Monitter.
Twitter Management
Save your time and cull your Twitter list with the help of these tools.
Future Tweets: Schedule tweets for different times in the future.
Summize: Retrieve information on Twitter quickly to search Twitter in real time.
Tweet O’Clock: Trying to reach someone? Find the best time to get their attention.
Just Signal: Set up a filter to get only the tweets that discuss the keywords you like.
TweepSearch: Search your followers for specific parameters.
TwitResponse: You can schedule the delivery of your tweets ahead of time.
TwitterSnooze: Put pause button on a particular user with Twitter Snooze.
Twitterless: Get notified when someone stops following you with Twitterless.
Twilert: Track specific keywords to receive alerts for using Twilert.
Tweetdeck: Helps you more efficiently follow the people you really want to.
Twalala: Mute button for people and topics you’re not really interested in.
Sharing Tools
Promote your business, connect with friends, share photos, and more with these tools.
Blip.fm: This allows you to share MP3 and Youtube music.
Tweetburner: Use Tweetburner to share links, and you can track their usage.
Twitpic: Simple to share mobile phone photos using your Twitter account.
TwitterHawk: Get targeted marketing on Twitter through TwitterHawk.
Acamin: Acamin makes it easy to share files on Twitter with your followers.
Glue: Post books, movies, restaurants and more links through Glue.
Ping.fm: This service will update all of your social networks at once.
TweeTube: TweeTube makes it easy to share videos on Twitter.
twiggit: Use this automated service to share the articles you digg on Twitter.
Twisten.fm: Share what you’re listening to on Twitter through Twisten.fm.
Organization & Productivity
These Twitter tools help make your life a bit more streamlined.
Jott: Tweet without having to type, transcribing voice message to Twitter.
Twittercal: Link Twitter and Google Calendar events and appointments.
Timer: Use Timer to get reminders through your Twitter account.
TwitterNotes: Organize your notes using Twitter with TwitterNotes.
Remember the Milk: Use Remember the Milk to update to do lists.
Tweetake: Back up your Twitter timeline for archiving and more.
Nozbe: Nozbe makes it easy to add and update your to do list on Twitter.
Toodledo: This popular to do list app integrates nicely with Twitter.
TrackThis: Send tracking number, and get messages on changes in location.
Joint Contact: Project management productivity on Twitter using Joint Contact.
Tempo: This time tracking tool allows you to send in updates from Twitter.
OutTwit: OutTwit will make it easy for you to use Twitter inside of Outlook.
Life Tools
With these tools, you can work on relationships, life tracking, and more.
DreamTweet: Log your dreams and nightmares, and follow dreams of others.
MyMileMarker: Keep track of your mileage every time you fill up.
21Tweets: 21Tweets offers personal coaching on Twitter.
TwtTRIP: Organize your travel plans and find other Twitter travelers.
Tweet Answers: Makes it easy to ask questions and get answers on Twitter.
Twtvite: Twtvite is a simple event organizer that will help you create a tweetup.
Vacatweet: Set up an autoresponder for your Twitter account with Vacatweet.
plusplusbot: Share when someone goes out of their way to help you to share.
TrackDailyGoals: Use with #dailygoals hashtag to keep track of your daily goals.
ConnectTweet: Combine the voices of your group or business ConnectTweet.
Tweeteorology: Find tweets about weather in any location through Tweeteorology.
Food & Health
Track your diet and health activities with these Twitter tools.
Qwitter: Update Qwitter to shame yourself into quitting smoking.
TweetPlot: Use TweetPlot to chart your food and fitness statistics.
Tweetwhatyoueat: Keep a food diary to track what you’re eating everyday.
gtFtr: Use the gtFtr tool to record your exercise activity on Twittr.
SugarStats: Track, monitor, and share blood sugar through Twitter with SugarStats.
FoodFeed: Twitter-based food log makes it easy for you to track what you’re eating.
Blogging
Bring your blog life and Twitter life together with these tools.
Add to Any: Get posts shared on Twitter by using with your WordPress blog.
TwitThis: Make use of this plugin to send Twitter messages about your blog post.
MyTwitter: Use the MyTwitter plugin to display your Twitter status on WordPress.
Twitpress: Twitpress will send out a Tweet every time you post a new blog entry.
TwitterCounter: Plugin to display the number of followers you have on Twitter.
TwitterFeed: Announce your blog post on Twitter with a customized message.

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This came to me via email…
it was forwarded to me…if you’d like to
feel free to forward it out…

God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him, resting on the seventh day..

He inquired, “Where have you been?”

God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, “Look, Michael. Look what I’ve made.”

Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said, “What is it?”

“It’s a planet,” replied God, and I’ve put life on it.. I’m going to call it Earth and it’s going to be a place to test Balance.”

“Balance?” inquired Michael, “I’m still confused.”

God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth. “For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while southern Europe is going to be poor.
Over here I’ve placed a continent of white people, and over there is a continent of black people. Balance in all things.”

God continued pointing to different countries. “This one will be
extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered in ice.”

The Archangel , impressed by God’s work, then pointed to a land area and said, “What’s that one?”

“That’s the Commonwealth of Virginia , the most glorious place on earth. here are beautiful mountains, rivers and streams, lakes, forests, hills, beaches, and plains. The people from the Commonwealth of Virginia are going to be handsome,
modest, intelligent, and humorous, and they are going to travel the world. They will be extremely sociable, hardworking, high achieving, carriers of peace, and producers of good things.”

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration, but then asked, “But what about balance, God? You said there would be balance…”

God smiled, “Right next to Virginia is Washington DC . Wait till you see the idiots I put there.”

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“She said- Our fathers worshiped
in this mountain…”

Sometimes it is the small things that matter,
our instead of my, in instead of on…

My life is blessed because of a church
home- people who worship God in a way
that challenges and arouses me- but even more
than how they go about getting in touch
with God, they don’t enforce a way that
I must. Yes, they have some behaviors
which they believe in, and yes, they
have some basic precepts of faith which
they feel prove that a person is in fact
a disciple of Christ, but beyond that,
they are very accepting and very genuine
folks. My hope is that you have such a
church family- on the other hand, I would
suggest that no church family is going to
be perfect- because the Body of Christ is
made up of humans who are imperfect, and
while basically the whole may look and
act perfect, because every single part is
flawed, in the end, it isn’t perfect.

Neither is my church home perfect, but in
defense of it I will say this, it is the
people that show me love, teach me God’s
Holy word and lead me in prayer and
thanksgiving of heart to God, to get in
touch with God (called worship) which
keep me returning. So finally the
decision to worship God in one house
or another, is up to you, God is not
going to interfere with your freedom
to choose, but I would suggest to you
one single item, pray about that decision.
Pray and earnestly ask God if He would
like for you to worship in one place
or another. You might be amazed at
His answer. It is hidden in this
statement from Christ to a woman who
was astonished at our Lord, imagine that!

So it comes down to the basic
question about where you will choose
to tell God you love Him, while I am
less than perfect at it, my first suggestion
is, that we do so humbly, on our knees.

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Most of the time we are happy to have life
go along on a pretty straight line, certain
things happen, we are used to those, and
certain things don’t happen, and we claim
that they don’t matter, which isn’t true
they do matter, we just don’t want to admit
it. The question is, do you really believe
that God, who made you, wants you to lose?
Wants you to hurt? Wants you to give in?
Wants you to flaunt endless justifications
about your inability to achieve at the end
of which is, another loss? Is your life
to be all about that?

God would not want that, surely not?
So we run smack into your right
to mess up what otherwise would
be perfect, and WHY- God wants you to be
obedient BEFORE BEING SACRIFICIAL – get it?
Being sacrificial doesn’t help you achieve
the God’s perfect will for your life; because in
being obedient you will find His will for
the life he has imparted to you. Now this
is pretty deep stuff but it is supported
it would seem by this and other Bible based
passages, let us know what you think?

1Sa 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD
[as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold,
to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and]
to hearken than the fat of rams.

So let’s get serious about the point of obedience?
Let’s make it today, and when we know that we
have failed to obey, let’s pray- it is under
this guidance that it seems to me Jesus was
referring when he commanded that we ought always
to pray!

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Just finished watching a movie that
by design wants you the watcher to
go, “wow”; only, it goes into
overdrive on the “gotcha”, just a
tad tiny bit. Ever have that happen?
I say that I remember my first kiss,
in some sense that is true, her name
was Rhonda, and somewhere in the
2nd grade in Torrance California,
somehow I managed to kiss her- don’t
ask me how, that was over forty
years ago (being kind to myself
on the age factor here) but this I
remember, all the hype that people
around me put on that first kiss-
it just weren’t so.

Back in the days when we still wrote
computer programs (I know some still
do, and do an excellent job of it)
instead of copying off on already put
together systems; someone took the
time and effort to teach me some
programming in UNIX, which is
essentially C programming by any
other name. Wow was I ever proud
of that first program; but the
thing about it is, now, nearly
twenty five years later, it’s
practically useless in a video
social networking age.

Put those two salient points together-
they intersect at a place called
speedy change. Many years ago one of
my favorite drummers, Buddy Miles,
did a song cover on “Them Changes.”

A place called speedy changes – we’re there.

So the question is, are you capable of keeping
pace with it, or is the speed of these changes
going to do you in? My sense is that you
either get on this train, or it runs you
over? And given a choice between seeing
things through the eyes of change, or having
rail marks all over my backside, hey,
I’ll take the changes, what about you?

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