tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67414067618214017782024-02-19T03:36:38.644-05:00Celebration WomenWomen impacting North Tampa and the world.Dr. Deanna DossShrodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06651422170585497480noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741406761821401778.post-50269049250139264522015-01-19T11:29:00.000-05:002015-01-19T11:32:29.305-05:00An Interview with Josie Jenkins<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>It's such a pleasure to interview this special lady! She is a blessing to all of us, beyond measure.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Josie, can you start by telling us where are you originally from? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">That's a good question. I'm not quite sure. You see, I
never grew up in one place. I've literally moved all of my childhood. So I can
give you the places we lived. I was born in Dayton, and moved to FL before I
was 1 year old. We bounced around between Florida, Louisiana, and North
Carolina during my childhood, never more than 4 years at a time. (Let's just
say, I know how to pack well lol.) I spent 5 years in TN going to college. After
that bounced some more. I guess you can say my home is heaven, and I'm just
traveling through.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tell us a bit about your family...</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg4TPWE192KsE1t7fFKXT_4lk_7QHMUBdV_Zar1lKpq3gaUO-jPI5QTP9ybhkVy_3_9BfjobFB8eiICNnAreqvsT9IvLrJgO0RuY8i07ZhBkR4nq9ErWOf1svBsNBv6_PCTE8ZdPQfknc/s1600/Josie+and+Hunter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg4TPWE192KsE1t7fFKXT_4lk_7QHMUBdV_Zar1lKpq3gaUO-jPI5QTP9ybhkVy_3_9BfjobFB8eiICNnAreqvsT9IvLrJgO0RuY8i07ZhBkR4nq9ErWOf1svBsNBv6_PCTE8ZdPQfknc/s1600/Josie+and+Hunter.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;">We may not be the traditional, but we are ones that are
trying to make beauty from ashes...this is something that God has truly helped
us with. I pray we can be an encouragement for others going through something similar. I
have a 12 year old son, Hunter Benjamin Keating, who amazes me every day. He's
so very smart and caring. He makes my heart soar with pride. He has a passion
and interest for history and the armed services. He is an avid reader and a huge
gamer. Oh, and he's very funny! I can truly say he's my angel, and has been my
saving grace in more ways than I can count. We are blessed to be around my Mom
and Dad here in Florida, who are just absolutely the best. We love them dearly.
I have one sister, Amy, who lives in New Orleans. And one living grandparent
living in Covington, LA. We have family spread throughout the US. And of course
extended adopted family here in Florida, including Celebration church!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When did you say
"yes" to Jesus and how did that come about?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The first time I
remember accepting Jesus as my Lord and Savior and committing my life to serve
him was at youth camp in Louisiana. I must have been about 9 or 10 years old.
I'll never forget it, because I was forgiven and saved by Jesus, had an
encounter with God the father, and an indwelling of the Holy Spirit. It has
stayed with me through every step of my life, every place I've been, and has
never left me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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after you visited Celebration Church for the first time?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">When we visited Celebration people were so friendly,
introduced themselves, and talked with us like they genuinely cared. The
worship was anointed, and the message was spot on with the season we were at in
our life. The biggest reason was acceptance...we felt the love and friendship
of those who greeted us and talked to us, as well as you and Pastor Larry. Oh,
and that "little room off to the side" where we met after service wasn't that scary after all! Having the
pastors actually take the time to talk to us meant a lot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What things are you involved in at Celebration?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Well my passion is music, and I am so very blessed to be
able to serve on the worship team here. I also love love love to be able to
share with others about God, so I'm also a sponsor of one of the Girls Ministries Clubs
here, the 3rd-5th grade STARS Club. I love to engage with them about God...they
challenge and keep me on my toes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And, I also serve on the Alpha women's leadership team at Celebration.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>What do you like
doing outside of church?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">As I mentioned before, music touches me like nothing
else. It moves my soul...so I practice during the week in preparation for Sunday, but
also spend time listening to other artists. I love most genres. I am a huge
movie buff of many types, so we not only watch at home, we love going to the
theater. As annual passholders to Walt Disney World, we can be seen
frequenting the parks usually a couple times a month (wish we could go more). I
literally giggle and skip like a kid when I hit the gates to the park. I. Am.
So. Serious. It's. Embarrassing. (I secretly want to live and work there when i
grow up. Ha!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Red!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Italian (most
anything with pasta) and seafood </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What's your favorite worship song?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I don't have just one favorite. I may have a favorite of this day or
this moment or this month. I have had some in various seasons of my life/walk.
There are too many. Too many to try and list, and I'd leave out some that I forget
if I try. Some popping in my head that would be on a favorite list are As the Deer,
Give Thanks, Lord You Are, I Love You Lord, My Tribute, I Must Tell Jesus, How
He Loves Us, Set a Fire, hymns, a lot of songs from Brooklyn Tab, Hillsong, Kim Walker,
Jesus Culture, and Chris Tomlin would be on there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What was your favorite Christmas gift this year?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I really liked the headset my son gave me. But honestly,
being able to give to and bless my family is what I loved the most and gave me
the most joy.</span></span></div>
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Dr. Deanna DossShrodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06651422170585497480noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741406761821401778.post-57094028317567875992014-06-02T08:00:00.000-04:002014-06-02T08:00:02.348-04:00An Interview with Laura Vega<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The purpose of these interviews is to help women in the Celebration Church congregation get to know other women who are a part of our church family. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Today we're interviewing Laura Vega. Get to know her!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Laura, where are you
originally from?</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I was born in San Antonio Texas but raised in Tampa Florida. I
consider Tampa Florida my home.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Can you tell us a bit about your family?</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I have been married to Victor for 11 years. I have two girls
who are 10 and 7 and a boy that's 4. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When did you say "Yes" to Jesus? How did that come
about? </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I was raised in church since I was about 7 years old. I instantly fell
in love with Jesus and life in Jesus. I was also filled with the Holy Spirit at
about 7 or 8 years old.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What do you enjoy doing outside of work and church?</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Why did you come back to CC after you visited the first
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I wanted to find a home church so I could raise my kids in
church, just as I was raised. My mom started coming to Celebration Church, so I came. I love
this church because it has great pastors and great people.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What do you like being involved in at the church?</span></span></b></div>
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all the church workdays. I also helped in any way I could with the Inner Healing
Conference. I look forward to serving more.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">My favorite color is red.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What's your favorite food?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Anything spicy. Not too much, but a bit is great.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What's your favorite book besides the Bible?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Anything by Jeannette Oke.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What's your favorite worship song we do at church?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Break Every Chain</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you Laura! It's great to find out more about you. We are so glad you call Celebration Church home!</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you personally know Jackie Segal? The purpose of these interviews is to feature women in the <a href="http://www.cctb.us/">Celebration Church</a> (Tampa) congregation and
help others to get to know them more. Today it's our pleasure to introduce
Jackie. Get to know her! </span></b></div>
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ago. I moved to Land O’ Lakes and I live in Stonegate with my husband and two
kids -- Noah and Ariel, and my two furry children Pearl and Fluffy. </span></div>
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same church, First Coast Christian Center, up until we moved. My husband David
and I got baptized together a few years back. We wanted to make a outward
appearance that we live for Jesus. I have lived for Jesus my entire life along
with ups and downs, but Jesus has always helped me back up and back on the right
track. Jesus comes first in my life and I try to instill that in my children.
By keeping him first in my life it helps to keep me from straying away. We all
know what can happen when Jesus Christ is not there.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">David and I have been together since April 8, 1999 and married on April 8, 2000. We have been married for 14 years now. We have two kids -- Noah Samuel is 12
and is in 6th grade and Ariel Jackalen is 10 is a 4th grade. Both kids take
private piano lesson and sewing lessons. Ariel is also in American Heritage
Girls. David works for Aetna, which is what brought us to Tampa to begin with.
David has been with Aetna for 18 years -- thank God for that. We love to cruise!
And the rest of our family is back in Jacksonville, Florida. </span>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How did you end up at Celebration Church?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The pastor’s wife at First Coast Christian Center gave
us names of two churches to try. We went to one and it was just too big and didn’t
feel right. We went to another church that was not recommended and it was too small. And
we had not gone to church in a while, and I said, "I have to go to church to
David. Let's go to the other church that Pastor’s wife said to go
to." So we came to Celebration Church and it was just right! The atmosphere was
friendly and inviting. The people were kind, and one thing that stood out was
that Pastor Larry remembered my name the second time he saw me. Every service
since then it’s just gotten better! One day soon I plan on becoming a member of
Celebration Church. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are so glad your family has found a home church with
Celebration. We love you and look forward to what God will do, going
forward, together.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></b></span>Dr. Deanna DossShrodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06651422170585497480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741406761821401778.post-83356071405449191362014-02-11T08:00:00.000-05:002014-02-11T08:00:09.201-05:00An Interview with Felicia Alphonse<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you personally know Felicia Alphonse? If not, you're missing out! She's a gift to everyone she meets. We are so very blessed to have her as a member of Celebration Church. Here's an opportunity to find out more about the awesomeness that is, Felicia.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Felicia, where are you
originally from?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I was born in Bronx,
New York and I lived there until I was about 8 years old, but I grew up for the
most part in Virginia.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></div>
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Jesus? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In the spring of
2009 I said YES to Jesus. I was at a dark place in my life or so I thought.
Even then I knew Jesus was the only true way. You see on October 30, 2006 God
saved my life and the lives of my girls (that is an amazing story that I will
share with you one day) so, Jesus was real to me even before 2009.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, my Mother was a woman of faith and
she made sure I knew about Jesus. For me between October 30, 2006 and 2009 I
was going through trials and tribulations, I had to come to a point where Jesus
was really my one and only true Lord and Savior. During that time God never
gave up on me. He continued to pull on my heart until I welcomed His Son Jesus
in. Today I am a Joint Heir with Jesus and an Heir to God my Father the Great I
AM.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can you share with us how you ended
up at Celebration Church? What brought you to the church and what drew you back
a second time?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I often have my car detailed
on Saturdays at the place on the corner by the Church. While the car is being
detailed my daughter and I always walk through the neighborhood. I noticed a
vehicle parked at the church and I always wondered about the Church so, I went
to the door. Pastor Deanna answered the door and I asked what kind of church it
was. I’m sure she thought I was crazy. I went on to say I was getting my car
detailed next door and I often walked past the yet I knew nothing about the
church. We were then invited in and Pastor Deanna began to tell me and my
daughter Gia all about the church. She gave us a tour and invited us to Sunday
service. Gia and I felt good about what I thought was a chance encounter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There was something in Pastor
Deanna’s spirit that drew me during my tour and while speaking with her. I was
able to be open concerning my struggles and also share the matters of my heart
from the very start. I never intended to do those things when I went to the
door. I just wanted to know the denomination of the Church. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">After that first chance
Saturday encounter with Pastor Deanna, I had to attend a Sunday service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One week later Gia and I made our first visit,
which happened to be about two weeks before Thanksgiving. I absolutely adored
everything about it! The experience was a breath of fresh air. I was so excited
and amazed. The praise and worship, The Word, the fellowship and not mention
the Children’s Church for Gia were all just what we needed. It felt like family
and we have been attending ever since.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I have two beautiful girls.
Toy is 26 years old and Gia is11 years old. Currently Toy lives in Virginia.
She is a poet and an inspiring artist and quite good at both. Toy’s passion
lies in her art work and she longs to work fulltime as an artist. We just
discovered that Gia is an amazing artist as well and she is proving to be great
in gymnastics. She recently started gymnastics and has moved up to advanced
classes. Please keep us in prayer that I my work schedule will soon allow me to
be able to accommodate her gymnastics schedule. Gia loves the Lord, has a big
heart and is very loving and caring little girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Presently I am an Academic Advisor (College Students)
and a Counselor. I take great joy in speaking positive into the lives of the
people I come into contact with and motivating them to be their best. It is my
belief that as long as you are alive it is never too late to turn things around
for the better. Change is never easy, but it is attainable with God. I have a
love for helping others reach their full potential. As a Counselor my clients
usually vary from ages 24 – 97. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am currently pursuing certification as a Sexual
Addictions Treatment Provider and awaiting my credentials as a Board Certified
Christian Counselor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my greatest
rewards is helping those in need of relationship and intimacy counseling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As a Counselor I want to find the best way to use the
gifts God has given me to aid people who are hurt or struggling. I have been
blessed with the opportunity to facilitate a Single Mother’s Group, and in the
near future I would also like to facilitate a group for spouses of sexual
addicts. A long term goal I have is to open a transitional home for single
working mothers, women who are slightly over the income guidelines for
assistance in other areas. Additionally, I aspire to bring my mission to an
international base and provide counseling wherever it is needed in the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Wow, my greatest passion is
kind of twofold. Well, honestly I believe it belongs to God now that I am able
to see it. I’m just the vessel He decided to place the passion in to do His
will and bring Him Glory. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe, “I
have been established, anointed and sealed by God” (2 Corinthians1:21, 22) with
enormous passion for women and relationships (especially women’s issues and
single working mothers). </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Felicia, we are so blessed that God brought you and Gia to us at Celebration and that He is using you mightily for His glory!</span></b></div>
Dr. Deanna DossShrodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06651422170585497480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741406761821401778.post-281824519157258692014-01-07T11:00:00.000-05:002014-01-07T11:16:55.197-05:00The Journey A Poem by Cathy Sed<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Dr. Deanna DossShrodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06651422170585497480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741406761821401778.post-11156574600404834222013-12-11T10:00:00.000-05:002013-12-11T10:38:58.806-05:00The Blessings of Faithfulness <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">by Gayle Lechner</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The blessings in my life are so abundant
that it’s hard for me to imagine not being faithful to such a wonderful, loving
God. Understand one thing, though; I am not faithful <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">because</i> of God’s blessings. I don’t look at faithfulness as
something to be because of promised rewards. Faithfulness is not something held
for ransom until God pays up. I’m not blessed because I attend church twice a
week, or tithe, or greet at the sanctuary doors. Those are blessings in and of
themselves, but they aren’t reasons for faithfulness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sometimes it’s hard to stay faithful. It’s
not a yellow-brick-road kind of walk when you’re faced with the flying monkeys
of life. I find comfort in Psalms; reading about David’s faith in his
terrifying circumstances greatly boosts my faith through my trials.</span></div>
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“Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.</span></div>
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In God (I will praise His word), In God I</span></div>
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“As for me, I will call upon God, and the </span></div>
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Evening and morning and at noon I will</span></div>
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</span>Ps 55:16-17 NKJ</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Staying faithful through the rough times
shows God our character, what we’re made of. We’re trustworthy; we have a pure
heart; we are responsible and reliable. The blessing from our faithfulness is
God’s peace, “which surpasses all understanding.” There is no substitute for
that inner peace, that utmost trust in God. Prov. 28:20 says, “A faithful man
will abound with blessings.” (NKJ) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Blessings won’t always be “dramatic” demonstrations
of the importance of faithfulness; more often, the blessing can be so subtle as
to be overlooked, or unnoticed, until some time, in some other context, it all
makes sense. Then we say, “Oh! That’s a God-thing!” when we come to the
realization. It’s true that we reap what we sow; the plantings of faithfulness
yield an abundance of blessings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">There’s a hymn called “Count Your Blessings,”
the lyrics of which go like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>“Count
your many blessings, name them one by one</span></div>
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</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>And it will surprise you
what the Lord has done.”<sup>1</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Since it would take days to name all of my
blessings “one by one,” this is just a sampling of “what the Lord has done” for
me since my salvation:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
was once so poor I ate nothing but egg-drop soup to save money for filling the gas
tank to get to work. God kept my tank half full for two weeks. I drove all over
Pasco, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties without using any gas. </span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">One
Sunday I found an envelope with my name on it on my seat with $100 in it, but
no note identifying the giver(s). $10 went into the offering.</span></li>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">After
a failed marriage, and an abusive relationship, I was glad to be alone. God
said otherwise and spoke to me a name: David. I had no idea who that was. I
told God He was making a mistake. I was the one mistaken; David Lechner and I
will be married 8 years in Feb. 2014.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Becoming
a stepmother to a 14-year old girl thrust me into a violent vortex of verbal
abuse from her mother and older sister. I wanted to quit and run away. God
said, “I’m right here, this is where I want you. Reach for Me.” The blessings that
would’ve been lost had I given up? A great relationship with my stepdaughter, a
good relationship with her mother and sister, and my grandbabies.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Abused
by a church, I quit without knowing where to go. A church I drove past daily always
had a full parking lot; the marquee enticed with that month’s sermons and other
happenings. I didn’t want to “audition” a church. God said, “Go! I’m there” so
I did. My anger made an unfavorable impression on the pastors, who thought
they’d never see me again. I came back the next week, and have never left. Thank
God for Celebration Church and Pastors Larry & Deanna! </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When
I first volunteered at Hopetown (ministry that fed and clothed the
homeless/poor), I worked in the clothing section. After a year, I moved up to
food distribution. Another year or so, I was helping with administrative issues
and making food runs. Six months later, I was responsible for the whole
program.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This
is what I know: my faithfulness to the Lord, my church, my pastors, and
ministries in which I serve have made me a very rich woman. <s>My heavenly bank
account would impress Dave Ramsey.</s> Faithfulness is persevering, pushing
through, believing God’s promises in spite of what your five senses (or your
friends) tell you. Being faithful to church and pastors means tithing,
supporting their decisions, and praying for them daily. It means when there’s a
need, and the call goes out, the answer is yes, without hesitation. I should
not be so busy with my life that it interferes with my willingness to respond
positively. </span></div>
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aren’t always about events; the blessing from being a faithful servant is a
self-satisfaction that I’ve contributed something positive. It’s helping without
asking for, or expecting, public recognition. God knows what I’ve done; it’s
unnecessary for the entire world to acknowledge me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And that’s the icing on my faith cake. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">His promise of never leaving nor forsaking
us? Believe it, it’s true. Stay faithful, stay the course, and He’ll walk every
step of the way with you. And when your faith wavers, He’ll understand why and
then gently nudge you along. He gives me strength when I have none, courage
when it leaves me, wisdom about how to handle situations. Yes, my faith
increases exponentially, and I’m not quiet about it. If people think I’m crazy,
well, I am – for God. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I ask. He responds. I reciprocate. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This</i> is what faith feels like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’ll
leave you with a song written by Cole Porter called “Count Your Blessings
(Instead of Sheep)”:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“When I'm worried and I can't
sleep<br />
I count my blessings instead of sheep<br />
And I fall asleep counting my blessings</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">If you're worried and you can't
sleep<br />
Just count your blessings instead of sheep<br />
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">May
you fall asleep counting your blessings. Pleasant dreams.</span><sup><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></sup></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">1</span></sup><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Words by Johnson
Oatman, Jr 1856-1922; Music by Edwin O. Excell 1851-1921.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Note from Pastor Deanna:</b> For years, I prayed for a
retired pastor and pastor’s wife to come to Celebration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had only shared this desire with a few ministry
friends, privately. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wanted a couple who would be with us permanently --not just stopping by for a few months of healing. (We've had many
pastors and their families who were in need of healing or in transition become
a part of us for months or even a year or so, and we thank God for that. It's a
privilege to be part of someone's healing process.) I dreamed of a retired pastor/wife that would be planted and could be with us to support, serve, to understand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In April of 2013, my husband called our church
to a 40 day fast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my personal
prayers <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was answered during the fast
when David and Mary Jenkins and their precious daughter Josie and grandson Hunter walked
into our church and became one of the best blessings to us, ever. <a href="http://www.deannashrodes.net/2013/04/jesus-loves-me-this-i-know.html">I blogged about it, here.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To have another seasoned, loyal, rightly motivated
former senior pastor's wife who could be there as a support, in the same
church???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty much a dream, right? I love it when God-dreams come true. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am delighted to introduce Mary Jenkins today, for
those who have not met her, you’re in for a real treat. And for those who do
know her – you’ll just be twice blessed to hear from her heart today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Celebration Women:</b> Mary, when did you say “yes” to
Jesus?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Mary: </b>As a young girl, I was always in church, so I don’t
know the specific time or date I asked Jesus in my heart. However, I believe I
was around 8 or 9 years old when I received the Holy Spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Celebration Women:</b> What is your favorite passage of
scripture, and why?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Mary:</b> Psalm 23. Because at one point in my life I was
diligently seeking God to the point where I could not eat for weeks! In the
midst of my dilemma, a man of God told me to take the 23<sup>rd</sup> Psalm and
let it be my source of nourishment…three times a day, for breakfast, lunch and
supper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As I began to do this, God spirit came in and comforted me and my
appetite slowly began to return. I realized later God was preparing me to enter
into full-time ministry with my husband.</span></div>
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talented and loving daughters. Josie Michele, now 38, lives and works in the Tampa,
Florida area. Amy Doreese, 37, lives and works in New Orleans, LA. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Josie has an 11 and ½ year old son, my very handsome
and terrific grandson, Hunter Benjamin, who I affectionately call Hunner
Bunner, Hunner Bunce, or Hunt Bunt. I love my grandson!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, I have a very, very, very frisky five month old
beagle granddog. She is very pretty. Her name is Lucy, named after Lucille
Ball, of course! Ha ha ha!</span></div>
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pastors for many years. Where were the churches you pastored?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Mary:</b> We served as youth pastors in Baton Rouge, LA where Dave also helped build a new parsonage for the senior pastor and family. We also served as senior pastors in Farmington, NM, Vandalia,
OH, Tickfaw, LA and Dover, FL.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNDCXJNutMu-GS59COM3MVDIC-iBENP5yKmhFf_r8GwM6ERvmoWzezw-s6Uq0Ny5q4BeNk3HdkTvRdIL_RI2PwzskAQB_x2a2koyGbQ5pSyhhufXJaUybHDS8EeOjfuxbm1kPo3PZGMmkZ/s1600/Mary+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNDCXJNutMu-GS59COM3MVDIC-iBENP5yKmhFf_r8GwM6ERvmoWzezw-s6Uq0Ny5q4BeNk3HdkTvRdIL_RI2PwzskAQB_x2a2koyGbQ5pSyhhufXJaUybHDS8EeOjfuxbm1kPo3PZGMmkZ/s1600/Mary+crop.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We served in North Cleveland Church of God, Cleveland, TN, in the
children’s department. We also helped out in ministry at my home church – Riverhills Church of God, Tampa in
bus ministry and children and youth classes, and Dave finished the inside shell
of a new church building for the senior pastor, to move the congregation from
the old building into the new sanctuary. We also served in Dave’s home church, Shepherd’s Fold Church of God in Covington, LA as children and youth church classes
and camps. Before we moved to Tampa we were with Transforming Life Ministries
AG in Plant City, FL. I taught Missionettes and Prims and helped with the Women’s
Ministries when I could and Dave taught a Royal Rangers class and helped in
prison ministry. </span></div>
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has asked me to serve on one of the women's leadership teams in the coming year, and I am looking forward to that as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dave and I have been married for 43 years, soon to be
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Mary:</b> The people…meeting the people and their families.
I enjoyed visiting them, helping them when we could, being a friend to them,
and praying with and for them. Although as a pastor’s wife I wore many hats
(playing the piano, singing, altar work, ladies ministry, and teaching classes
from nursery to teens) I would have to say I enjoyed teaching the first, second
and third graders most. I enjoyed the interaction when teaching them through
writing and memorizing scriptures, teaching lessons through
expressive talking, sketches, songs, toys, art work, puzzles, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Mary:</b> Being away from my parents, family members, home
church and friends. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Mary:</b> Listening and trusting God more, and go with more
patience and perseverance. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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are affected and parents don’t even realize what they’re doing to them!"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We parents cannot control everything our children
do, and sometimes despite all of our best attempts at parenting they choose
things of their own free will – particularly when they are young adults. However -- the truth
remains that we DO affect them through our actions, even when they are adults! Many times our kids are simply mimicking
what they see, in us, in different ways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While our kids have a choice of their free will to live
for God, or not -- as Christian parents it is incumbent upon ourselves to ask: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>am I living in such a way that impacts my children
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church. I even serve in the church! I don’t smoke, drink to excess, or cheat on my spouse. I have set a positive
example.”</i></span></div>
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wonder why their children don’t want to sit at the table of the family of God
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about in a negative way???) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This should
be a no-brainer, but many parents will look anywhere else for the reason of their child's bad choices -- blaming it on a
girlfriend, a boyfriend, school influences, getting involved with "the wrong crowd," music, video games, etc. before turning
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If our children do not have the passion for God that we
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If our children are rebelling…have we done a check-up
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We rebel against authority, then wonder why our own
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We speak out of turn and then we get upset because our
kids get mouthy. Instead of looking at our own critical mouth we say, <i>“Kids these
days! What's wrong with them? If I talked to my parents that way back in the day, I wouldn’t still be
here to talk about it…” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our children do things we don't like and then we blame Satan and cry that our
family is under attack. Sometimes it's an attack from within! It's our
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes children or adult-children, stray on their
own despite our best attempts. But not always! <b>Sometimes does not mean always
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Sometimes</b> but not <b>always</b> is critical to this issue! For the reason that <b>sometimes</b> we might be a contributing factor, as parents we must ask ourselves…am I
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Christians is that a lot of them don't read the Bible anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they read the Word in any form, it's in
devotionals that contain short excerpts from the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm a fan of devotionals as they definitely
bring greater clarity on the Bible, but we have to be careful to not use them
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read passages in different versions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This expands my thought process on the various scriptures I'm studying
and gives me a greater perspective -- the full counsel of God's Word.</span></div>
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writing is a favorite tool when I'm distracted easily, which is a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times I'll write my prayers in a
password protected format -- they are totally confidential between God and
myself, just pouring my heart out, and doing it in this fashion helps me stay
focused when other things are clamoring for my attention.</span></div>
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intercessory meetings at church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Helps
me to stay focused and quite literally move forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I know I "am" the church (the church is
people, not a building) and I do make it a priority to attend services where
the people are,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not just because I'm a
pastor...because I'm a Christian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Hebrews
10:25)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who are growing most in the
church are 99.9% of the time those who are faithful to be there not just on
Sundays but during other worship opportunities whether they be mid-week
services or small groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don't say
that because I'm a pastor, I say it because it's true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back when I was in Weight Watchers those who
succeeded the most were those who were at meetings all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would say, "the meetings are the
magic!"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There's truth to that for
Christians too.</span></div>
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"attend" services - I'm in close accountable relationships with
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yep, even me -- a pastor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nobody is exempt from accountable
relationships if you want to go somewhere in God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This helps me to grow - to be encouraged, and
to encourage others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moving forward is a
process only navigated well in the company of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spiritually
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While church is essential and cannot be underestimated,
I don't expect it to fulfill all my spiritual dietary needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm required to eat at home for spiritual
health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people eat nothing spiritually
all week long and show up to church weak and sick spiritually and expect their
preacher to do a miracle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The truth is
that God expects you to lift the spoon to your mouth during the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most folks show up needing a spiritual I.V.
by Sunday Morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we wonder why
many church services across the land are anemic?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are filled with anemic people -- we ARE
the church, so if we are anemic as individuals, the church is too.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">8)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I go to
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I don't come in with a reserved, cynical attitude that
wonders if anything is really going to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I show up each time expecting the extraordinary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That's easy to do when God is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn't dependent upon the preacher, the
musicians, whether it's cold or<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hot
inside or out, or how many other people showed up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If God's on the scene anything is
possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I show up to church I'm a
thermostat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A thermometer only measures
the temp in the room but a thermostat sets it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Praying without ceasing isn't<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You simply keep an ongoing talk going on about your entire day with your
best friend who is right with you all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I talk to God in my head when I'm walking the aisles of Sam's Club
shopping for stuff for church, or when I'm sitting at my desk wondering wht in
the world to say to the person who just called.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He talks to me all day too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If He
didn't I really wouldn't know what to say or do most of the time so it's good
we have this dialogue going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Otherwise
I'd probably advise some people to do some really dumb things.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">10)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I love to talk to Him and pour out my heart but what is
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Works for me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">~ Pastor Deanna</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Are you harming yourself by what you hold
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I truly believe many people are not at the place of spiritual, emotional or mental health that God has for them because they do not regularly release their emotions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">God isn’t afraid of our tears. Psalm 56:8 says: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Apparently, to reap in joy -- tears are required at times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some questions to think about…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Why do we often try to suppress our tears?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What is there to be gained by holding our tears inside?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is have a good cry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">~Pastor Deanna </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today's post comes from my message last night in Fusion service at Celebration. If you weren't there, this is part of what you missed. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Perhaps you keep trying over and over with certain things in your life and still, you cannot break through. It may be that you are trying to reach a goal or break an addiction, and you keep falling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I understand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What’s the difference between trying and trusting?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let’s talk about these two different roads:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Galatians
3:2 </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Let
me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the
law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the
message you heard about Christ.”</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Paul asked a question he already knew the answer to. He
knows they received the Spirit when they believed. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
law only points out what is right and wrong, but provides no solution.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Faith, however, leads to
salvation. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Galatians
3:3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to
attain your goal by human effort?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What was their goal? Salvation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">More Than Heaven & Hell </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Salvation is not just about a future.
It’s about our lives being transformed here and now. It's about having a
close relationship with one who loves us more than anyone ever has or will. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Romans 2:4 says it’s His kindness that leads us to
repentance. God’s desire is a close relationship because we are wooed by His love, not simply that we fear what will happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I had a close relationship with the Lord from the time
I was young, however it took time for me to understand the concept of serving
Him in love. For some time, I simply feared being left behind if I didn't measure up. Then I realized how passionately Jesus loves me, and it changed my life and my thoughts in this regard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are two paths we can take: trying by Human effort
or trusting in the power of the Spirit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The job is too great to be done by me--that’s why
Christ died to pay the price for my sin. If I could do it on my own, Jesus
wouldn’t have needed to die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Are
you a rowboat or a sailboat?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A rowboat is dependent upon human effort. You have to
keep rowing to keep it going. A sailboat is moved by the wind. The power of the
wind moves the boat. It is still entirely necessary for the boat to move, but
the power source of the sailboat is the wind.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We try to do so much WITHOUT GOD!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is why we keep falling. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Preaching often focuses on, “You need to do
this and you need to do that.” Many times sermons are simply a list of shoulds
and shouldn’ts. It seems to be all about what we can attain with our human
effort if we just try harder.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Everything from, “You need to stop wearing low cut
blouses,” to “You need to stop sleeping around,” to “You should pray
more.”</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">During these kind of messages, I think, “Why don't we teach the people who God is,
and let them understand the heart and the character of God, and fall totally
head over heels…madly in love with Him?” </span></div>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When we are head over heels in love
with Jesus, we don’t want to wear a low cut blouse.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We don't want to sleep around.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We want to pray...to be in constant communication with Him.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When a person knows God intimately and understands who
He is and what He has done and can do and will do and wants to do…it rocks
their world. They can’t help but change. Their desires and habits change, through the power of the Holy Spirit, not through shaming.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A sermon telling people how much they aren’t doing, how
much more they need to do, tends to just leave one feeling like they will never
measure up.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Guess what – in and of myself, I will never measure up.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THAT’S WHY JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Because I will never measure up.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">It’s not about trying harder, it’s about surrendering
more!</span></i></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Moral people make choices out of fear of rejection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Christians make choices because we know we’re accepted. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Does that mean obedience
to the Word is unimportant or that God has no standards for his children? No. But, we must be clear in our understanding that it is not our obedience
that makes us His children, but His grace, mercy and forgiveness. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The more we get to know Him, the more we want to change
and the more we do change.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Galatians
3:10-14</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“But those who depend on the law to make them
right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone
who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God’s Book
of the Law. So it is clear that no one can be made right with God by trying to
keep the law. For the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous
person has life. This way of faith is very different from the way of law, which
says, It is through obeying the law that a person has life. But Christ has
rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross,
he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the
Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” Through Christ Jesus,
God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so
that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.”</span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The promise for those who are trying by their own
strength to measure up to God’s requirements is a curse. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Does that mean the Law is bad? No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Law shows our need for God’s grace. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But the law required more than we could do, and incurs
a curse if not rigidly followed forever. And the law itself has the ability to
make us want to disobey.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Exactly what you’re told you can’t do is what you want
to do. </span></div>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Admit it.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you go on a
diet where you can’t have pasta, then pasta is what you want. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The law itself makes us want to be disobedient, and
this is a part of its curse.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The blessing of Salvation is that Jesus Christ bore the
curse himself and paid the price to set us free from sin’s punishment and
bondage.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today you may be struggling with many things. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Perhaps you are angry with yourself for falling time
and again. You feel condemned for what you are doing or not doing, or perhaps
even what you are addicted to. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You keep
falling and getting up and trying harder and harder, and still it’s not
working.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Get to know God. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Really know Him.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Knowing Him for who He is and coming close to Him will
give you a drive to not want to do those things any more, and furthermore the
power to change.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
Dr. Deanna DossShrodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06651422170585497480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741406761821401778.post-51529881363105255162013-10-23T08:00:00.000-04:002013-10-23T08:00:05.723-04:00An Interview with Christina Sotomayor<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Here at Celebration Women we will be doing periodic interviews to introduce some of the amazing women who make up Celebration Church. Our first woman to be interviewed is Christina Sotomayor -- someone who very recently became part of Celebration Church and said, "Yes" to Jesus! </i><b> </b></span><br />
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first time coming to<a href="http://www.celebrationchurchtampa.com/"> Celebration Church</a> or to a Celebration Women's Event?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Christina:</b> My
First experience was the last Chick Chat that Pastor Deanna hosted. My friend
Emilie Currie (soon-to-be Shrodes ) was telling me about her church. She
thought I would enjoy it.</span></div>
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thinking, "Wow, this isn't what I expected." In a good way of course.
Mainly because it wasn't overly religious, in-your-face kind of way. I got to
learn about a brave adoptee's life and many things I didn't not know about
adoption. I immediately began to read Pastor Deanna's blog on <a href="http://www.adopteerestoration.com/">Adoptee Restoration</a>
about <a href="http://www.adopteerestoration.com/p/prayer.html">her story</a>. I was hooked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Christina:</b> I wanted to know the rest of the
story! Growing up, I have always been hesitant when it came to new churches
because you never know what kind of messages they're sending and if your
beliefs will be accepted. I knew from the first night that whatever secrets I
may have had could be accepted and that I could let them go. One thing I
learned on my first night was that we need more people to respond with not just
"What are your going to do?" but "How can I help you?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Christina:</b> I said "Yes" on September 22nd. My faith was being tested
and I had been holding in my emotions for far too long. My father has an
illness that can only be fixed with surgery. Within minutes of being at church,
I broke down. After listening to Ed and Kristy Frost's story that same day, it
really hit close to home. So many things that they discussed were things I had
been experiencing with my dad. I then realized that I needed to trust in God
and that I needed to not only be strong for my father, but be strong for
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experience has been life changing. I almost feel lighter. I've gained new
friends and new family by heart. I'm surrounded by those who want to learn just
as much as I do. I'm looking forward to what God has in store for me.</span></div>
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All photos by Rachael RiceDr. Deanna DossShrodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06651422170585497480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741406761821401778.post-13983372013649425822013-10-21T12:07:00.003-04:002013-10-21T14:29:30.499-04:00Unity Beyond Chick Chat!<div class="MsoNormal">
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allowing me the privilege of writing the very first post here at Celebration
Women. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Last night was an amazing night at Chick Chat. I was
excited to learn that extra seating had to be arranged for all of the women and
teen girls who came. We had more than just a great turn out. You could feel the
excitement in the room, as well as the love and unity as Pastor Deanna shared
her heart with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ladies, our co-pastor laid out a vision and shared her
heart last night with us. We have heard the vision!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now is the time for us to rally around! Not
just last night at Chick Chat, but in the days and months ahead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I want to remind you about how important unity is. Lets
remember that Satan doesn't fear a large women's ministries. He fears a unified
one! Lets be in unity for God's will not ours! How does unity happen? It's an
endeavor, just like a symphony. We can all guess how much practice goes into a
symphony! A symphony must be worked and so does unity, in order to stay in
unity. Unity is also in our faces, our words and our actions. What are we
showing? Lets be aware of those things in our lives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our main trademark must be love. Especially when new
people walk through the doors of the church. Do we go out of your way to greet
them? Do we pick up our things and go over to sit with them to make them feel
comfortable? I know for sure that, that was one of the most welcoming things
about Celebration, for me! When that person came over and sat with me it made
me feel welcomed and loved. Let's reach outside of our normal boundaries and
love on people. Don't wait for someone else to do it! Let’s move together in
unity! Imagine what we can accomplish for Christ together as we get behind the
vision of our pastors, in unity!! It’s going to be amazing ladies….I can see
it! Lets rally together…beyond Chick Chat!!!</span></div>
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never gives the gift of discernment so we can criticize or discourage. He
always gives a gift so we can build up – pray – encourage - worship and make a
difference for him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I love all of you ladies! You are all such a blessing
to my life I hope and pray that this word touches your spirit and blesses your
soul!!</span></div>
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