How do you Connect?
Brockwell Bone, Director of Development
In today’s world, there are so many ways to connect and stay in touch with others. Many still use the telephone, and down here in Louisiana, lots of people prefer to “have lunch”. Teens and young adults would rather “text” their friends than use the phone.
I am writing this month to discuss methods of staying connected through technology, specifically the internet.
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Nehemiah Principle Five
When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of it, [Nehemiah arrival] they were deeply disturbed that a man had come to seek the well-being of the children of Israel.- Nehemiah 2: 10
Accountability assumes that the enemy wants to defeat us, especially when we start trying to do the right thing.
What did Nehemiah do?Nehemiah had yet to do anything in Israel. He had only arrived, and this act troubled the enemies of Israel. They knew why he was there. Like Nehemiah, sometimes all we have to do is show up… As some have said, we must “show up in the show up place.” In order to begin our journey we must arrive at the decision that our lives, as we understood them needed to change.
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Devotional: Keeping it Simple(Corresponds with Principle 4, Assignment 2)
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY – Colossians 3:12-25
VERSE OF THE DAY – Colossians 3:19 - Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them. NKJV
Men best follow simple directions. If you are unsure of this, ask any woman. In today’s reading, Paul keeps it simple for us. He is giving very clear and concise directions for Christians in various life stations. He gives quick directions to wives, husbands, children, employees and employers. To husbands he says, “Love your wives.” Paul could have said much more, he could have said for us to be supportive, be faithful, be honest, be strong, be sensitive and many other attributes of a good husband, but he didn’t. Paul kept it simple for us. “Love your wives.” When we love our wives, we will show that love by doing all the right things.
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May 2008 Newsletter (Sexual Addiction Recovery Ministry)
A Distracting Season …
I do not know if you have noticed, but summertime tends to be a distraction to recovery. Attendance is down, and the new member stream slows. How can you continue to reach through summer’s distractions and minister to others?
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Nehemiah Principle FourI also said to him, "If it pleases you, may I take some letters with me? I want to give them to the governors of the land west of the Euphrates River. Then they'll help me travel safely through their territory until I arrive in Judah. "May I also have a letter to Asaph? He takes care of your forest. I want him to give me some logs so I can make beams out of them. I want to use them for the gates of the fort that is by the temple. Some of the logs will be used in the city wall. And I'll need some for the house I'm going to live in." The gracious handof my God helped me. So the king gave me what I asked for. Then I went to the governors of the land west of the Euphrates. I gave them the king's letters. He had also sent army officers and horsemen along with me.
- Nehemiah 2: 7-9
What did Nehemiah do?
He asked for help for his journey, he knew he needed safe passage to get back to Jerusalem, the Jews were slaves in the land and Nehemiah knew that no one would believe that he was speaking the truth, if he made this journey without letters from King Artaxerxes, he could be captured by another King and forced to be his slave, or charged with escape and be put to death.
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Devotional: BrothersSCRIPTURE – Mark 2:1-12
VERSE – Mark 2:5 - When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” NKJV
In today’s reading, four men banded together for their friend who was paralyzed. They had faith that if they just got their friend to Jesus a miracle could occur. The crowds were large and they could not even approach the door of the house where Jesus was teaching. So they improvised. They went to the roof, removed part of it and lowered their friend into Jesus’ presence.
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I do not know if you have noticed, but summertime tends to be a distraction to recovery. Attendance is down, and the new member stream slows. How can you continue to reach through summer’s distractions and minister to others?
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Nehemiah Principle FourI also said to him, "If it pleases you, may I take some letters with me? I want to give them to the governors of the land west of the Euphrates River. Then they'll help me travel safely through their territory until I arrive in Judah. "May I also have a letter to Asaph? He takes care of your forest. I want him to give me some logs so I can make beams out of them. I want to use them for the gates of the fort that is by the temple. Some of the logs will be used in the city wall. And I'll need some for the house I'm going to live in." The gracious handof my God helped me. So the king gave me what I asked for. Then I went to the governors of the land west of the Euphrates. I gave them the king's letters. He had also sent army officers and horsemen along with me.
- Nehemiah 2: 7-9
What did Nehemiah do?
He asked for help for his journey, he knew he needed safe passage to get back to Jerusalem, the Jews were slaves in the land and Nehemiah knew that no one would believe that he was speaking the truth, if he made this journey without letters from King Artaxerxes, he could be captured by another King and forced to be his slave, or charged with escape and be put to death.
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Devotional: BrothersSCRIPTURE – Mark 2:1-12
VERSE – Mark 2:5 - When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” NKJV
In today’s reading, four men banded together for their friend who was paralyzed. They had faith that if they just got their friend to Jesus a miracle could occur. The crowds were large and they could not even approach the door of the house where Jesus was teaching. So they improvised. They went to the roof, removed part of it and lowered their friend into Jesus’ presence.
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