The Journey

Sunday night, I asked for a commitment from those who would be willing to take 5 days of fasting this week.  Not fasting from food, but negative speech…based on Prov. 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.  I knew in [...]

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After having a simple outpatient surgical procedure done on Monday, I ended up getting sick Tuesday. The Dr. sent me to get some blood work done which revealed that my white blood [...]

Well, as I mentioned yesterday I came out of the surgery fine.  However about 3 AM the rest of the anesthesia wore off and I have been in pain and sick on my stomach.  Not whining,:-)  but would appreciate your prayers as I have a lot of work that needs to be finished this week.

Well, those of you that keep up with this blog know that I had an outpatient surgical procedure done this afternoon.  Thanks for those who were praying.  It went well.  I plan on being at prayer meeting tonight if I can convince my wife to drive me.  When you’ve been under anesthesia, they tell you [...]

“The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.”  ~ Elbert Hubbard
Inertia…one may say, “What is not to love?”  It requires no effort or energy.  It requires no additional sacrifice.  It requires no extra cost.  Ah, but it also produces nothing and takes you nowhere…that is just too [...]

“If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough”  ~ Mario Andretti
Who ever said you were supposed to be in control anyhow?  Go full steam ahead even if it feels like you’re out of control….because when you’re out of control, He is in control.  If I have God in control of my life I [...]

Brian Allard hit the ball out of the park with this post. Truly too many people try to hide their deficiencies rather than facing them and fixing them so you can be more like Jesus.

“Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who can’t are those in cemeteries.”  ~ Everett Dirksen

“If you are wedded to todays trends, you’ll be widowed by the weekend.”  ~ E. Stanley Jones
There are things that are forever settled in time and eternity [...]

Last Saturday night we had a great planning session for 2008.  I was thinking tonight about something I read awhile back, “A great leader surrounds himself with great advisors.”  I’m thankful for a great leadership team here at Pentecostals of OC.

Today was a very long, tiring day, but it was a great moment to watch the new SoCal district come into fruition.  Here is a quick list of the people that were voted into office today.
District Sup … Art Hodges
District Sec … Bernard Elms
Global Impact … John Stratton
Ladies Ministries … Anita Hodges
Ladies Ministries Sec … [...]