tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343764176640460192024-03-13T05:03:44.950-07:00Glen's Blog SpotDJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-53089675716010145412023-08-28T06:57:00.000-07:002023-08-28T06:57:48.232-07:00New Song on Bandcamp<p> Now that I'm on my way to Super Stardom...LOL.</p><p>I have released a song on Bandcamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bandcamp.com/GlenMc</p><p><br /></p><p>Give it a listen. Let me know what you think. </p><p>I will be posting another soon. </p><p><br /></p><p>Love Jesus, listen to Floyd, eat cheesecake.</p><p>Glen</p>DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-51312440813249468732023-08-18T10:01:00.001-07:002023-08-18T10:01:29.556-07:002023 Oh What A Year<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Am I going to say anything about this year. Nope.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Am I still around. Yep. Sorry It's been so long. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Just going to say if you are interested, I will be releasing 2 songs on Bandcamp in the near future. Or, if you are interested, I have written a book too. I wrote it a while ago and I have it in PDF format.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">If you're interested, email me at gmcclead@gmail.com</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Love Jesus, Listen to Floyd, eat cheesecake</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Glen</span></p>DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-50894671875731223992017-11-23T08:34:00.002-08:002017-11-23T08:34:28.677-08:00Subtlety<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Subtlety – the state or quality of being subtle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Subtle - </span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">fine or delicate in meaning or intent;
difficult to perceive or understand:</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Matthew 10:16 – 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves,
so <u>be wise as serpents and innocent as doves</u>. Beware of men…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We live in a fallen world. Many distractions vie for our
attention. Politics, sports, movies, TV. There is so much pulling us in different
directions. Satan has been good at slowly changing people’s views on many
issues. The use of subtlety and cunning can slowly make one change their views
on subjects. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">1 Peter 5:8, 9 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls
around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your
faith, knowing that the same kind of suffering are being experienced by your
brotherhood throughout the world. (ESV) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We must be grounded in God’s Word or we’ll be swayed by whims
of various fads of the day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are constantly told to “pick a side.” If you don’t pick a
side, you will usually get hit from both sides. I sometimes feel like I’m told
I have to “pick” between being a Pharisee or a Sadducee. I’m constantly trying
to find that middle ground where Jesus is, between self-righteousness and
worldliness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I had a conversation with someone one time over the “most
spiritual person” he had ever met. Some Buddhist monk had gone up on a hill
side when he was 16 and was still there at 60. I told him, “I could be the most
spiritual person in the world if I didn’t have to deal with people. But that’s
not what Jesus called us to do.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are called to be “In the world, but not of the world.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">John 17:1 – 26 Jesus prayer for his disciples. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are to keep God’s word in our hearts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">1 John 4:20, 21<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you say you love God and hate your brother, you’re a liar.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But God wants us to love even beyond our brothers and
sisters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Luke 6:32-34<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you love only those who love you, what benefit is that to
you? For even sinners love those who love them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Luke 20:9-19 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ll send my son, they’ll listen to him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">People like their power, or prestige, or position that all
else fall to the wayside. We want to be right or liked or popular. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sometimes we trip over our egos. “My team is better than your
team. My politics are better than your politics.” We are so eager to WIN we
forget to LOVE. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Subtlety can be deceptive. Consider in the garden when the
serpent was messing with Eve by casting doubt on God’s word. Eve added to God’s
word by adding, “…not to even touch it.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When we start adding to what God asks of us, we start
thinking that we “know good and evil” and miss the simplicity of just having
faith in Christ. Faith in Christ saves us. That means we believe what He says. Doing
what He says doesn’t save us it just means we believe in Him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Just because you do good works doesn’t mean you’re saved, but
if you’re saved you will do good works. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">NOTE: I am not advocating Taoism, but wanted to let you know
where I got the concept of Wu-wei from.
It is said that a broken clock is right twice a day. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wu-wei (from Taoism)…to do without doing. This could be the explanation of
Love in action. It just “does.” When it is rules and regulations that you
follow, it could be without love, and in the eyes of God it means nothing. But,
when one just does, because it is a natural flow of who you are, then you are
‘doing unto Jesus as you do unto the least of these.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jesus accused the Pharisees of “Knowing the letter of the
law, but not the Spirit behind the law.” He accused the Sadducees of “Not
knowing scripture.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to me…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jesus said there were those who declare, did we not do “many
wonders in Your name?” He told them to “depart from Me, you who practice
lawlessness.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Matthew 7:24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine,
and does them…” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Matthew 25:31-46 Sheep and Goats. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Well done my good and faithful servant. When I was hungry,
thirsty, naked, homeless, in prison…etc. “When did we do these things?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I Timothy 1:8-9 Laws were not made for the righteous…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Following Christ isn’t about rules and regulations, nor is it
about who is worthy of our help or not worthy. Consider the parable about the
good Samaritan. Consider the story about the woman at the well. Consider the
story of Zacchaeus the tax collector (Luke 19). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Consider the two men praying in the temple. One a Pharisee
and the other a tax collector. One bragged on himself. The other humbled
himself. (Luke 3: 12-) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What does any of this have to do with subtlety? Subtle
changes in attitudes can affect how we see others. It can affect how we treat
others. It can justify hatred for one group of people because you don’t agree
with them. It can justify violence and hatred. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">How do you think Hitler was able to do what he did to the
Jewish community without a great uproar of the people? The news media of the
time would print anti-Semitic articles and comics. So when they came for the
Jews people didn’t worry too much because of what the media said about them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Look at the attitude that took place the other day after the
Las Vegas shooting. A person in the media tweeted that she “had no sympathy for
the victims because they were Trump supporting, gun-loving, country music
fans.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One of my favorite bands, Daniel Amos, has a song that says,
“You told them exactly what I didn’t say, exactly how I didn’t say it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">2 Corinthians 11:3 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But I am afraid that as the <u>serpent deceived Eve by his
cunning</u>, your thoughts will be led astray from the pure devotion to Christ.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Devotion to Christ means devotion to God which leads to
devotion to each other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We lose sight of Christ when we are concerned about our egos,
about being right, about keeping our position, prestige or power. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s so easy to get caught up in “our sides” and end up
straying away from the Word of God. Just because you don’t agree with one thing
doesn’t necessarily mean you agree with the exact opposite. Example: Capitalism
not tempered and guided by God is no better than Communism. Just because
someone’s not a supporter of unions, doesn’t mean they are supporters of
unbridled capitalism. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When did we lose sight of “love of money is the root of
evil?” We spend so much time and effort trying to keep “what is mine,” or
maximizing our profit margin, we forget the “least of these.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Really consider your motives for why you fight any fight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On the other hand there are those who are so busy demanding
that others fork over their money, that they forget God doesn’t want us to make
others do what we should be doing ourselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Consider Judas. He complained to Jesus about the woman who
poured oil on Jesus’ feet because “that money could be used for the poor.”
Scripture points out that he really wasn’t concerned about the poor. John
12:4-8.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So many people are tossed about by waves of confusion because
they don’t have a good relationship with God and His Word. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We constantly told by God, “For they that have ears to hear,
let them hear.” Do we listen – listen to God, or listen to those who don’t
agree with us? Do we try to take the time to understand? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">1 Corinthians 13 is the love chapter. Love really doesn’t
care what you “feel like.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Greatest Commandment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Matthew 22: 34-40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Love God, Love your neighbor. On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Just because someone disagrees with you, lies about you,
slanders you, or spitefully use you doesn’t give you the right to do the same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Matthew 5: 43-45<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Love your enemy, bless those who curse you, do good to those
who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Love Jesus, listen to Pink Floyd, eat cheesecake...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Happy Thanksgiving...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">DJ Glen</span></div>
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DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-71782489663128003562017-06-20T18:46:00.001-07:002017-06-20T18:46:08.282-07:00Why?<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> That is the question. This started because some entertainer
was being brought up on blasphemy charges in Ireland because he answered the
question “What would you ask God?” and he replied, </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">"How dare you create a world in which there is such
misery that is not our fault? It's not right."</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> We like to think it’s not our fault. We like to think because
we don’t behave the way some people do that we don’t deserve whatever befalls
us.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I once heard a story about a slave owner who was riding in
his fields watching over the slaves when he heard one muttering to himself,
“That dumb old Adam. If it weren’t for Adam I wouldn’t be out in this field
working.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> The owner looks down at him and asks, “What are you muttering
about?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“If Adam hadn’t disobeyed God in the garden, I wouldn’t have
to be here working in this field.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> The slave owner thinks about it for a minute and says, “Come
with me back to the house.” So the slave follows him back to the house. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> The owner tells him to wait in the front room for a moment. A
few minutes later the owner comes back out with an envelope and sets it down on
a table. He turns to the slave and says, “You are welcome to do whatever you
want. You have the run of the house. You can go where you want, you can eat
what you want, you can do what you want. You don’t have to work in the fields
any more. Only one condition.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> The slave looks on in disbelieve and asks, “What’s the
condition?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> “You can’t read what’s in this envelope,” and he points and
touches the envelope on the table. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> For a while the slave enjoyed what the home had to offer. But
one day, while sitting and enjoying a glass of tea, he saw the envelope sitting
on the table. Looking around to make sure no one is around, he goes to the
envelope. Unable to resist, he opens it and reads, “Now quit blaming Adam and
get back in the field.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> It’s easy to blame others for the state we find ourselves in
and in some instances that is true. Consider Joseph. But was Joseph really
completely blameless? Did his own pride over his dreams get him in hot water
with his brothers? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I sometimes have to ask myself, “Are the problems that I’ve
incurred punishment from God, or rather consequences of my not listening to
God?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> My son has a remark he likes to playfully make when people
say, “Have a nice day.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> He will usually respond by saying, “Don’t tell me what to
do.” I think it’s funny, but it is also a symptom of why I believe the world is
in the state that it is. We, prideful, sinful, arrogant man, don’t want to hear
what God has to say to us. We feel we can make our own way, so we create our
own religious path. We take our own way and say, “No God,” instead of trusting
Him in the midst of the trials of this life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> When our “religious, righteous” path doesn’t work to our
liking we get mad at God and turn away from Him. We think, “Well I did this and
that and the other thing, but God didn’t do a thing for me.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I think (just my opinion) that most people who are mad at God
and ultimately reject Him are those who couldn’t get God to bend to their will.
These were formerly “religious” people who were not operating in faith that
works by love. They were thinking, “If I do this, then God must do that.” We
get mad at God because He didn’t do what we wanted. We keep lists of all the
“righteous” things we’ve done and expect, no, demand we be rewarded for them. We
think we can manipulate God like some gullible friend or relation who can’t see
our deep down motives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Matthew 7:21-23</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the
kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will
say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast
out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will
declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice
lawlessness.’” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> We are a people driven by pride and self-service. So many
people have so much stuff, but they have no relationships or love. In our rise
to the top we step on people. As man declares, “No God,” he foolishly builds on
sand that will one day crumble. We build our little earthly kingdoms not
realizing that they won’t last. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> We look at the rich and powerful and wish we had what they
have. Why not? We like being comfortable. We like nice things. We even convince
ourselves that God wants us to have nice things. We can even find scripture
verses to back up that God wants us to have nice thing, so why shouldn’t we
live high on the hog? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b> John 6:29</b> Jesus, when asked what could we do, that we could
do the works of God? He replied, “This is the work of God that you believe in
Him whom He sent.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Believe in Him whom He sent. Hmm? Believing means trusting.
Trusting means taking Him at His word. Does that mean we’ll live the good life?
Depends on what you think the “good life” is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Luke 13:2-5</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Jesus asks his disciples if they thought people who came to
tragic ends were worse sinners than anyone else. He answers them, “No.” We all
are guilty. “The rain falls on the just and the unjust.” Do you think because
someone is living an extravagant lifestyle that they are loved more by God? Do
you think because a “ministry” has a big congregation, large buildings, and
huge budgets they are faithful to the Lord? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Why do the innocent suffer? Why is there pain? Why do evil
people prosper? Why are atrocities committed in the name of God? These are not
new questions. The psalmists asked them. Job asked them. Habakkuk asked them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Habakkuk 1:13</b> “You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and
cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, and
hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a person more righteous that he?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Habakkuk, like most of us, wants to know “WHY?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Luke 9:51-56</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Jesus disciples wanted to call down fire from heaven because
a city didn’t want them coming to visit. Jesus rebuked them and suggested they
go someplace else. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> How many of us, today, right now, have a reason that we think
is valid for calling fire from heaven and destroying people? How many of us
have complained about someone else because they didn’t agree with us? Get on the
internet sometime and just read some of the junk people post on just about
anything. We want to respond in anger because someone misrepresented our
opinion or they made us mad. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Standing up for yourself doesn’t mean lying about someone
else. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Some people want to just protect their family. Others accuse
them of bigotry and hatred and wanting to hurt those they want to protect their
families from. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> In so much that it is within your power, seek peace with
others. Sometimes there are those who don’t want peace from you or with you.
Best to just withdraw, be prepare to protect and defend. “Do not be overcome
with evil, but overcome evil with good.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Calling fire from heaven…why? Were your feelings hurt? Do you
disagree with someone? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> We believe we must “feel” good. We chase feelings like they
are some sort of prize. Feelings are
fleeting. What you wanted one day may sit unused in a closet somewhere. If
someone hurts our feelings we want to sue them, slander them, or drag them
through the mud. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>1 John 2:15 – 17</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone
loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the
world – the lust of the flesh (pleasures, feelings, lust), the lust of the eyes
(covetousness, greed), and the pride of life (ego) – is not of the Father but
is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who
does the will of God abides forever.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Mike Roe of the 77s penned a song called <i>The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes, The Pride of Life</i>. It talks about
feelings, greed and ego. The chorus declares, “The lust, the flesh, the eyes,
the pride of life/drain the life right out of me.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> What are we pursuing? Because what we pursue will have an
effect on those around us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> “Seek you first the kingdom of God…” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I have this theory. I believe that capitalism without God is
no better than communism without God. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> “Why?” We may ask. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Habakkuk 2:2, 4 and
Habakkuk 3:17-19</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> When Habakkuk asked his question of God and waited in a
tower, God responded by saying, (I think this is when the billboard was
created) “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who
reads it (remember he was in a tower so it had to be pretty big)…Behold the
proud, his soul is not upright in him; but <b>THE
JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH.</b>” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> After God declares all that will happen to the proud, and
Habakkuk realized the state of himself and man he declares, “though the fig
tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive
may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from
the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I
will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord is my strength; He will make my
feet like deer’s feet, and He will make me walk on high hills.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Do I have an answer for “WHY”? Nope. I just know that in the
midst of the storms of life I will live by my faith in Jesus. Is my faith in
how ‘religious’ I am? No. My faith is in the One that lived, died and rose
again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Love Jesus, Eat cheesecake, listen to Pink Floyd</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">DJ Glen</span></div>
DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-27740581648371443152017-03-08T19:25:00.001-08:002017-03-08T19:26:42.322-08:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b> It has been so long since I’ve
been in these pages. My blog must feel so neglected. So much has happened
around me that I don’t know where to begin.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b> Let’s begin with the big one.
A Bible teacher that I had a lot of respect for and sat under his teaching for
a number of years was discovered to be living in a polygamous relationship and
recently confessed to killing his second wife. Without getting into the issue,
a lot of people were affected. Was my faith shaken? Nope. Do I still believe
that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life? Yes. Was I hurt, sad,
disappointed, surprised, shocked, and ticked off? Yes. Did I lose my faith in
God? No.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b> Years ago, another flawed
Christian stated in a newsletter after the Jim and Tammy Baker incident, said
basically, and I paraphrase, “if your faith is shaken because another human
proved to be ‘human,’ then your faith is in the wrong place.” <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b> I have so many people that I
have respect for that have stopped going to church because of what has
happened. I know people that have become bitter or are hurting because of what
happened. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>I have a quote on my work
computer that states, “I would rather live my life free from bitterness, than
live whining about being a victim. Forgiveness is the key.” <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b> I do find myself frustrated at
the way some people act or things they have done. I find myself frustrated with
myself because of things that I do or things that I’m not doing, or all the
time I waste. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Do I believe you have to go to
church to be saved? No. I believe that being a part of the body of Christ,
whether in a home church, or an organized building helps one to keep their hope
alive. But, being a part of a body also has its own issues. Why? Because we are
all flawed humans in need of the Savior. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b> I’ve encountered people that
are so unaware of their own selfishness or so unaware of their insensitivity
that they get offended if you point it out or they blame the person pointing
out their flaw for the issue in the first place. They don’t change. They don’t
repent. They are the “I’m sorry but…” or “I sorry you took it that way…”
people. They justify their behavior. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b> Where is all this going? Nowhere really. Just rambling a
bit. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Here’s another thing
that is going on in my life. I am currently in a band. If you are interested
you can check us out at </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thos3guys" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/thos3guys</a></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Love Jesus, Listen to Pink Floyd, Eat Cheesecake,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>DJ Glen</b></span></div>
DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-19072464386759911032016-11-09T09:18:00.000-08:002016-11-09T09:18:02.142-08:00For those of you who may be familiar with this little blog of mine, of which I haven't posted to in quite some time, I have started a small local band. Go check out our Facebook page... THOS3 GUYS.<br />
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Thank you<br />
Lover Jesus, eat cheesecake, listen to Pink Floyd<br />
DJ Glen<br />
Www.life-tunes.com<br />
<br />DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-58751646268567163372014-07-19T09:20:00.000-07:002014-07-19T09:20:11.859-07:00Motivation<div>
There are so many people that talk about things. We argue about things. We have meetings about things. We talk about movies. We talk about music. We argue about what is ‘good’ music or ‘bad’ music, or movies, or books…blah, blah, blah. We talk about what motivates us, or what inspires us.<br />
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But, what does motivate us? Money? Power? Hate? Revenge? Or are you motivated by the desire to make yourself acceptable? Acceptable to whom? Man? God?<br />
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Maybe you’re motivated by the desire to control others. They aren’t acting the way I think they should act so I’ll use guilt, condemnation, threats, or religion to control their behavior. We make statements like, “This is what you should be doing,” or “You shouldn’t be doing that.”<br />
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We say that if you do this or that, “You will be good.” But we forget, “There is none good, no not one.” Jesus told the rich young ruler, “You lack one thing, sell all you have and come follow me.” Our personal righteousness is our idol. We trust more in our behavior than in what Jesus did, once, for all, on the cross of Calvary. Then we turn around and treat people based on our personal ‘holiness’ or ‘righteousness.’<br />
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Maybe we seek recognition or acclaim. We want people to think we’re great. We want to be famous. We strive and sacrifice for that hint of glory. But Jesus told His servants, “So likewise you, when you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, we are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.”<br />
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Yet there will be those that stand before God and say, “Hey, did we not do many wonderful things in Your name?” What were they doing, and why were they doing it? Did they trust in Christ or in their ‘wonderful things?’ God sees the motives of the heart.<br />
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Who are the ‘good’ or ‘great’ people of God? They are the people who are living their lives not seeking recognition. They are the sheep that Jesus said, “Come into my kingdom faithful servant…” Who answer back, “When did we do these things?” They lived their lives of love. They were led by the Spirit, but have been unaware. Who knows, maybe they were “angels unaware” that are spoken of. These are people who know that God has accepted them because of what Jesus has done on the cross and now love from a free heart. They go the extra mile, not because it’s ‘commanded,’ but because it is a part of who they are in Christ.<br />
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What is our duty? What is required of us? “This is the first and greatest commandment. Love God with all your heart, mind, body and soul. The second is like it. Love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”<br />
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Love should be the motivator – love for God and love for your neighbors. ‘Therefore abide these three, faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.”<br />
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Faith saves us and makes us acceptable to God. For by grace we are saved through faith, and not of works, lest any man should boast.<br />
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Hope sustains us. In the trials of life, knowing that this is not all there is and that God loves us so much He opened the door for us, He made the Way for us. He gave His life for us. It strengthens and sustains us.<br />
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But it is love that is the greatest. For this is how we share Christ with the world, by the love we have one for another. </div>
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May the Grace of Christ fill your life,</div>
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DJ GlenMC</div>
DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-14629337183188189072013-12-09T18:06:00.003-08:002013-12-09T18:06:33.879-08:00Some Thoughts on Doing Business
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I started a DJ
business on the side from my regular day job because my wife suggested it and I
like music in general. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I recently read some
articles about cake businesses not catering to gay weddings because of their
disagreement with the lifestyle of the couple. One article states that a judge
has declared that the cake maker must make the cake for the wedding.<a href="file:///D:/Documents/Documents/Some%20Thoughts%20on%20Doing%20Business1.docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">[1]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://gmcclead.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-extra-mile.html" target="_blank">My last blog</a>
specifically talks about going, as Jesus said, “the extra mile.” The point of
the blog was in the time of Jesus the Romans had a law that ‘compelled’ or
forced people to carry a soldiers load for a mile whether the citizen wanted to
or not. Jesus said if they compel you to go with them one mile, go with them
two. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We get so caught up
in our version of right and wrong, we have a tendency to forget what Jesus told
us to do. We think because we don’t cater to this group of people, or we don’t
associate with those people we are so righteous. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you become less of
a Christian because you made a cake for someone you don’t agree with? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you become less of
a Christian because your band may play in a place that “good folks” wouldn’t be
seen? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Would I be less of a
Christian because I DJ’ed a wedding that served alcohol? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I believe we are
required to be a light in dark places. How can you be a light in dark places if
you only go to places with other lights? How can we shine our light if the only
thing we are willing to share with those we disagree with is our disapproval of
their behavior? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Should we not go the
extra mile when compelled to do something, or anything for that matter? Should
we not only do our job, but do it to the best of our ability? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now don’t get me
wrong, there are some things that we should be willing to walk away from no matter the cost, but
I’ll leave that for another blog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Love Jesus, eat
cheesecake, listen to Pink Floyd,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">DJ Glen <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-29863742584161398532013-11-06T14:50:00.000-08:002013-11-06T14:50:09.179-08:00The Extra Mile
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Matt 7 </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">– Many will come in that day and
say, “Lord, Lord, didn’t we do a lot of stuff in your name?” Jesus will tell
them, “Depart from me, I never knew you.” <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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great songs. We idolize those who perform in front of large crowds. We think
because they reach lots of people they must be doing something great for Jesus.
But what are they teaching the crowds? <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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because we “read the Bible” we know what we are talking about. I’ve seen a
bumper sticker that said basically “Do Acts 2:38,” as if faith can be boiled
down to one verse in a group of 66 books. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Luke 17:7-10 </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">– “…we have only done what is our
duty.” <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Jesus tells a parable about and master and his servant. The servant
worked in the field, but the master expected to be served first before the
servant sat down to eat. How many of us expect the accolades to be laid upon us
when “we have only done what is our duty.” Love is in such small quantities now
days that when we do something in the name of Christ we expect to be recognized
for it. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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Matthew. “When did we do these things, Lord?” Love has become a natural part of
the Spirit of God living within the servant of Christ that they just do. They
don’t think about what is their “Christian duty.” It is a part of who they are.
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whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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com·pel·ling. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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especially to a course of action: <i>His disregard of the rules compels us to
dismiss him. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to secure or bring about by force. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to force to submit; subdue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">History<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the time Jesus said what he did the Roman empire was in
control. A soldier could grab anyone off the street and make them carry his
pack for a mile by law. Simple Biblical example. Simon was made to carry Jesus’
cross by a Roman guard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We don’t like to be MADE to do
anything. We don’t even like to do what we’re paid to do most of the time. We
have laws that make it possible that we don’t have to go the extra mile. We
don’t want to be bothered with doing something extra when it’s “not part of my
job.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are a ‘proud’ people. We think
because we went to college or are a supervisor or CEO of a company there are
things that are beneath us to do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Or on the other end of the spectrum
we may be an unskilled worker who thinks just because he or she shows up for
work they demand a high wage. Working a job that requires working with the
public doesn’t require any type of civility. We don’t like going out of our way
to make the customer’s experience pleasant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Matthew 20:1-16</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Jesus told a parable about a man who
hired worker in the morning, midday and at the end of the day. Finally when he
paid everyone he paid them all the same. The ones who started in the morning
objected because “Hey, we worked longer than them! We want more.” The master
asked the servants “Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to
me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We live in uncertain economic times.
Those who don’t have a lot do begrudge those who live in mansions. We think
they need to give up some of their stuff and give it to us, whether we deserve
it or not. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was once said, “That which you
strive to attain, you strive to maintain.” We will spend hours on our stuff but
don’t want to take a few minutes just to sit and talk to someone who is
hurting. We complain when we are taken away from our ‘favorite shows’ to help
someone move. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We live in a society with a number of
homeless families, yet we have apartments for our stuff. We rent storage units,
build bigger sheds for our stuff. We box things up and don’t look at them for
years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Matt 25:31-46 – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The sheep asked Jesus, “When did
we do these things, Lord?” He told them, “As you’ve done it to the least of
these, you’ve done it unto me.” <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">What Jesus said isn’t what should become our “Rules for Christians.” What
Jesus was trying to get across is behavior that should be characteristic of
someone committed to Him.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">We love him, because He first loved us. What does that mean? It means
that He DID for us. He GAVE His life for us. He DIED for us, so that we might
LIVE for Him. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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each other’s burdens, rejoicing with those who rejoice, mourning with those who
mourn. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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then again, others can’t expect me to follow their rules if they go against
what I believe Jesus is requiring of me. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I Corinthians 13:1-8<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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What does that mean, if it is not grounded in God it means nothing. If we think
what we do makes us right with God, we miss that point of what Jesus did. What
Jesus did made us right with God. What we do is fruit of what is inside of us.
(Reference back to Matt 25:31-46)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love Jesus, eat cheese cake, listen to Pink Floyd</span>DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-48912475551577549422013-09-02T18:22:00.001-07:002013-09-02T18:22:33.480-07:00SeptemberHere it is September. I have not been very active here. Haven't written much. Haven't even been around much on the internet except to post CDs that I'm listening to on Facebook. Other than that I've been working and remodeling the house. Doing the kitchen and the bathroom.<br />
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Lots of stuff happening but not much is getting written. <br /><br />I want to do a formal thing on Habakkuk. Such a good book with so much stuff.<br />
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I am also trying to get some things written on going the extra mile.<br />
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Hopefully I can get something written soon.<br />
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Be blessed. Be a blessing. Eat cheesecake, listen to Pink Floyd, but above all Love Jesus.<br />
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DJ GlenDJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-46509810744117552732012-09-14T21:14:00.000-07:002012-09-14T21:14:46.481-07:00New Computer and Mission Year Greetings all.<br />
I am writing this on a new computer that I received from my daughter and her husband. It's a really nice HP laptop.<br />
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I love getting new stuff, but sometimes it can complicate life. I have to transition over everything to here. I have to collect stuff off the old computer. Email addresses and DJ emails and software...etc...<br />
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Enough of that. I get really testy sometimes when I have to do stuff like that...LOL...I read somewhere that talking about your problems DOESN'T help. Seems that constantly talking about your issues just makes them worse. Why? you may ask. Because it just keeps reminding yourself about what you are mad about in the first place.<br />
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Just praise God and move on with your life. There is great power in Praise.<br />
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Anyway, let me tell you what is happening right now with my son. He is current on a mission in Texas. He's working with the group <a href="http://missionyear.org/">MISSIONYEAR.ORG</a> . If you are interested in donating to help him out got to <a href="https://missionyear.thankyou4caring.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=298" target="_blank">MISSION YEAR DONATION</a> and down at the bottom at the pull-down menu "Designation:" find my son's name SAM MCCLEAD. Help him out and help out a great organization.<br />
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If you are interested in helping him out or writing to him, send me your email address and I'll pass on your information, or you can email him at sneads777@yahoo.com.<br />
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Thanks again for reading my ramblings.<br />
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DJ GlenMCDJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-51185449217848323902012-08-04T05:40:00.000-07:002012-08-04T05:41:24.284-07:00Finished My Book<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">I did finish my book. Not going to publish it. It's just thoughts of mine on discipleship. I'm not an expert. But if you're interested in reading it, email me at taz331@cox.net and I'll email a copy to you. </span><br />
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Thanks again to all who read this. Sorry I haven't been here that often.</div>
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DJ GlenMC</div>DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-871841679041734242012-07-26T15:14:00.000-07:002012-07-26T15:14:04.328-07:00BTW...for those who are interestedI am currently writing book. If you are interested let me know.<br />
It's just a little tome on Discipleship. Don't know when I'll finish it.<br />
It will talk a little about checking scripture references when listening to someone teach...(btw...check my last blog...how many caught my error in scripture reference.) <br />
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Until next time...eat cheesecake, listen to Pink Floyd, Love Jesus above all else.<br />
<br />DJ GlenMCDJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-86205106241376328542012-06-18T15:23:00.000-07:002012-07-26T15:05:06.122-07:00“As we think, so shall we act.”<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">This post has been modified due to my error in scripture references...</span><span style="color: red;">(My references should have been Ecclesiastes not Proverbs). </span><br />
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There are some different
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I like to have fun. I like to
joke around. But sometimes we have to consider what we say to people. What we
say can have an impact on someone. </div>
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God spoke and life was created.
God spoke and the dead came alive. </div>
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James says that the tongue is a
powerful tool. </div>
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“So also the tongue is a small
member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such
a small fire. And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue
is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the whole
course of life, and set on fire by hell.” James 3:5-6 ESV</div>
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How many people’s lives have been
shipwrecked by words? How many lives have been destroyed because someone told
them over and over again they weren’t good enough, pretty enough, smart enough?
How many lives have been ruined because they gave up due to the constant drum
beat of “you’re no good.” </div>
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Or at the other end of the
spectrum - how many people have had it beat into their heads that they are
better than everyone else? They don’t listen to anyone else, because they have
an overblown view of themselves? They look down on those who don’t measure up
to their standards. They don’t want to have anything to do with people whom
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<span style="color: red;">Ecclesiastes</span> 7:16, 17 “Do not be
overly righteous, Nor be overly wise: Why should you destroy yourself? <br />
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Do not be overly wicked, Nor be
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<span style="color: red;">Ecclesiastes</span> 7:21, 22 “Also do not
take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. For
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What we think of ourselves has a
lot of bearing on how we act. If we think of ourselves as no good, we start to
behave that way. If we think that we’ll amount to nothing, we stop trying. If
we think we are better than everyone else, we start looking down our noses at
everyone else. If we think we know everything, we stop listening to others, but
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What we say to people and how we
say it takes a lot of discernment. What we say can build a person up, or it can
tear them down. Things we say can build up a person’s ego, or help them see the
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Following the Spirit’s lead can
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Also, we need to learn to let GOD
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May we all learn to discern. </div>
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Love Jesus. Eat cheesecake. Listen to Pink Floyd</div>
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DJ GlenMC </div>DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-11613371550945779142012-03-05T17:18:00.002-08:002012-03-05T17:24:38.395-08:00Link To My TeachingFor those who are interested, here is the audio of my teaching on February 15th.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.calvaryemeraldcoast.org/Sermons/Guest/makedisciples.mp3">http://www.calvaryemeraldcoast.org/Sermons/Guest/makedisciples.mp3</a><a href="http://www.calvaryemeraldcoast.org/Sermons/Guest/makedisciples.mp3"> </a><br /><br />DVD's are available. Send me an email if you're interested.<br /><br />My first official recorded teaching...LOL...be kind...<br /><br />Be blessed. Be a blessing.<br />DJ GlenMCDJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-85115658408925367072012-02-04T07:01:00.001-08:002012-02-04T07:08:01.691-08:00TeachingFor all those out there that are following this blog...I'll be part of the worship team and will be teaching on February 15th...Wednesday night.<br /><br />Come check it out.<br /><br /><a href="http://calvaryemeraldcoast.org">http://Calvaryemeralcoast.org</a><br /><br />On the right side go down to the "<a href="http://www.calvaryemeraldcoast.org/LiveStreaming.htm">Live Streaming</a>" link. Hope you can check it out.<br /><br />Be blessed. Be a blessing.<br />Eat cheesecake. Listen to Pink Floyd. Love Jesus above all.<br />DJ GlenMCDJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-168680314225398562012-01-22T17:00:00.000-08:002012-01-22T17:02:02.153-08:00Thoughts on Disciples<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark/> <w:enableopentypekerning/> <w:dontflipmirrorindents/> 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Be a blessing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Eat cheesecake, listen to Pink Floyd, Love Jesus above all else. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">DJ GlenMC</span></p>DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-60939414199152403152012-01-05T19:00:00.000-08:002012-01-05T19:15:48.026-08:00Day 52012....day 5...evening...what now? What do I say? Who wants to read what I write? Hmm...things to ponder...ramblings...For the few of you that read my posts, I'm going to try and write more for in here. 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We have an app for that.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>The only reason anyone socializes any more is because we need money to pay for all the gadgets we want. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Have our gadgets become our task masters? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>“My TV works fine, but it’s not big enough.” </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>“My DVD player plays DVDs well enough, but it’s not a BluRay disc player. 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We bury our faces in computers, books, video games, chat rooms, and the list goes on. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>It’s easy to trash talk someone you don’t know personally. It’s easy to look down on those you don’t have a relationship with. When we can depersonalize people it’s easy to dismiss them and their opinions. When we refuse to talk to people because they don’t agree with what we think that’s NOT love. When you feel you must resort to name calling, you’ve lost any argument or point you may have tried to make. 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10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Matthew 21:28-31</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">28 "But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go, work today in my vineyard.' </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">29 "He answered and said, 'I will not,' but afterward he regretted it and went.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">30 "Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, 'I [go], sir,' but he did not go.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">31 "Which of the two did the will of [his] father?" They said to Him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.</p><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>I was thinking about this the other day. How many of us say we “will do whatever you ask God.” We make all kinds of claims to righteousness. We don’t smoke. We don’t drink. We go to church. We think we are building up all these brownie points with God. But we don’t do the simple things that Jesus said were the top 2 priorities – “Love God, then love your neighbors.” <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>We’re so busy trying to ‘prove’ how worthy we are, that we forget that “not by works of righteousness will anyone be justified.” We neglect or ignore those who need to be touched by Jesus, by refusing to touch them. The very people that need Jesus the most are the same people we refuse to have anything to do with because it might make us look bad in the eyes of the religious people. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Jesus didn’t care that he was called the “friend of sinners.” Sinners need him. We need him. If we say that we’ll “go, sir” to work in the vineyard, don’t you think maybe we should? </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Be blessed. Be a blessing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Eat cheesecake. Listen to Pink Floyd. Love Jesus above all.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">DJ GlenMC</p>DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-45710422993171646862011-09-26T16:43:00.000-07:002011-09-26T16:47:04.987-07:00JEEZ....Nearing the end of September. I hate trying to do something...best laid plans and all...<br />Anyway...I've been working on some thoughts I just need to get them written down and posted here. Hopefully they will actually sound profound.<br /><br />Know anyone that needs a DJ in the FWB, Destin, Pensacola, Panama City area? Looking for a few more gigs.<br /><br />Be blessed. Be a blessing.<br />Cheesecake, spaghetti, love Jesus above all.<br />DJ GlenMC<br /><a href="http://life-tunes.com">www.life-tunes.com</a>DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-29292712961780464242011-08-29T18:11:00.000-07:002011-08-29T18:18:37.483-07:00Nearing the End of AugustOnly 2 more days in August and I haven't once blogged this month. JEEZ...
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<br />There are so many things that pass through my mind over the days...some of them actually shareable...LOL...
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<br />Does anyone even wonder what's up with each other? Everyone who's read my posts and whose posts I've read, would we even recognize each other is we past on the street?
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<br />There is so much that I should do. There is so much I need to do...but if I don't do it, God will still be on His throne. He will still love me. He will not cast me away from Him. I am not ashamed of the Gospel. Jesus died for my sins, and rose again to justify me before the Father. There is nothing I can do to add to or take away from His great sacrifice. For God so loved...me...
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<br />That is so cool. All I can do is love Him back...in my own imperfect way...
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<br />Until next time...Know you are greatly and unconditionally loved by Jesus. Me, I'm not that great, but I am loved.
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<br />Blessing and Grace,
<br />DJ GlenMC
<br />Cheesecake, spaghetti, Pink Floyd...Love Jesus above all else.
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<br />DJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-31762897181506843432011-07-27T17:12:00.000-07:002011-07-27T17:15:42.696-07:00Nearing the End of JulyFourth of July party in Valparaiso was great. Had a great time. They want me to DJ next year for them. That will be cool.<br /><br />I am going to try to get back to writing something in here every now and again. I've been having my usual amount of thoughts about things, but not finding the moments to sit and write them here. I've been more busy lately which is good. Better than being bored and unemployed.<br /><br />Wish I was independently wealthy though. Also wish I had some extra income...anyone know anyone that needs a DJ? LOL...<br /><br />Well, until next time.<br /><br />DJ GlenMCDJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134376417664046019.post-42961351675894821192011-07-04T11:41:00.000-07:002011-07-04T11:43:54.621-07:00Happy Fourth of July aka Independence DayMay we all come to know true freedom found only in JESUS the CHRIST.<br />Blessings and Grace.<br /><br />Will be playing music this evening for the City of Valparaiso, FL tonight from 4-8 PM...<br /><br />Look for me on Facebook...Glen McClead<br /><br />Have a great day...<br /><br />Be blessed. Be a blessing.<br />Eat cheesecake...Listen to Pink Floyd...Love JESUS above all else.<br /><br />DJ GlenMCDJ GlenMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901630521278521060noreply@blogger.com0