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One of my most favorite songs of all time. Blessings on this Resurrection SONday to your and your family from all of us here at Art of Eloquence.com!
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Michael Jr’s testimony on TBN is just too too funny. Michael Jr will be our Keynote Speaker at the Say What You Mean Convention in February 2010! Stay tuned to this blog for further details. Enjoy!
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Many coaches and self-help gurus tell folks to believe in themselves and they will accomplish great things. But God says believe in Jesus and you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you!
While I don’t discount that confidence can help achievement, my confidence comes from the Lord. My trust is in Him and my belief is in Jesus. Having confidence can only take you so far in life’s journey. Your faith and belief in God Almighty is what can carry you through the rest of the way.
I don’t think most people mean to discount the power of the Lord in our lives when they say this, but words mean things and I do think that Christians can forget who is in charge and who should be in charge of our lives. We can so easily stumble ourselves thinking we can or should do everything on our own. We forget that our strength comes from Him. When things are difficult, we can forget to communicate with the Lord not just to ask Him to meet our needs or the desires of our hearts, but to hear in which direction He wants us to go.
A reminder from the folks at Art of Eloquence.com!
Another fabulous video from OneTimeBlind. Their videos really make you think and I love this one because I sometimes struggle with letting Jesus lead me. I always seem to want to take back control. I need to give him the stool and let him sit in it.
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This video is by a group called OneTimeBlind Ministries. I think it is incredibly creative! What do you think?
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There are so many who are hurting. Hurting from the pain of lost loved ones, illness, financial crisis… I want to encourage you today. The Lord doesn’t promise us that we will not suffer here on earth; He only promises that He will be with us. If we hold onto Him as we go through the struggles in life, He can and will bring beauty from our pain.
“Beauty From Pain” by SuperChick
The lights go out all around me
One last candle to keep out the night
And then the darkness surrounds me
I know i’m alive but i feel like i’ve died
And all that’s left is to accept that it’s over
My dreams ran like sand through the fists that i made
I try to keep warm but i just grow colder
I feel like i’m slipping away
After all this has passed, i still will remain
After i’ve cried my last, there’ll be beauty from pain
Though it won’t be today,
Someday i’ll hope again
And there’ll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain
My whole world is the pain inside me
The best i can do is just get through the day
When life before is only a memory
I’ll wonder why God lets me walk through this place
And though i can’t understand why this happened
I know that i will when i look back someday
And see how you’ve brought beauty from ashes
And made me as gold purified through these flames
After all this has passed, i still will remain
After i’ve cried my last, there’ll be beauty from pain
Though it won’t be today,
Someday i’ll hope again
And there’ll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain
Here i am, at the end of me
Tryin to hold to what i can’t see
I forgot how to hope
This night’s been so long
I cling to Your promise
There will be a dawn
After all this has passed, i still will remain
After i’ve cried my last, there’ll be beauty from pain
Though it won’t be today,
Someday i’ll hope again
And there’ll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain
Blessings this day from JoJo at Art of Eloquence.com
Just about everyone knows I’m NUTZ about purple. I found this purple Bible and just had to post it. May the Lord speak to you today! Blessed SONday…from the Art of Eloquence house to yours!
For God Hath Not Given Us the Spirit of Fear
By JoJo Tabares
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” -2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
Fear in speaking with others is timidity or what we call shyness. According to Webster’s dictionary, shyness means “sensitive and hesitant in dealing with others”. This is not the spirit of power that should be present inside the Christian for we know that with the Lord all things are possible and, if the Lord is for us, who can be against us?
Research shows that 87% of what we do all day is communication related. Maybe that is why the Bible speaks about communication skills hundreds of times. The Father gives each of us a mission in life and something to say that someone needs to hear. He also tells us to go out and share the Good News. God doesn’t say this lightly knowing that some are born with confidence and some are born with shyness! He tells us this because He has put within each one of us the tools needed to stand up and share with His children each in our own way.
Many people mistakenly think that shyness is a character trait or a personality flaw. It is not. For the most part, it is the result of not being comfortable or experienced with certain aspects of communication for some period of time. The longer a person has experienced himself as shy, the stronger its hold over him. Communication is actually a set of skills that can be learned and must be practiced to reach mastery. Anyone and everyone can learn them. Not everyone will have the same aptitude, but all can learn to be comfortable and confident enough in order to complete the work the Lord has given them in their life!
The challenge is to find the appropriate key to unlock and let go of the shyness within. I liken learning communication skills to swimming because the analogy is fairly accurate. When teaching a young child to swim, a common technique is to throw them into the ocean or pool. The child is supposed to use instincts to get to the other side as they are carefully watched over by their parent. The idea is that when they get to the other side, they realize that they didn’t drown and actually accomplished the goal. Unfortunately, that method works only about half the time! The other half of the time it goes like this: The child is petrified! They are thrown into the water and panic sets in. Instinctively they thrash about and somehow make it to the other side. Instead of feeling relieved and excited that they accomplished their goal of swimming, they are now terrified of water and they vow never to do that again!
So it is with speech classes.
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