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Good Morning Friends,
Would you join me in prayer this weekend for the Men’s Retreat! We have 22 men that will be leaving Friday afternoon and heading off for 2 days of challenge and adventure. Please pray for a powerful time for each of us! Thanks. I am really looking forward to Sunday also as we finish off our series on Total Kingdom Living in a powerful way! Hope you will plan to join us.
Scott
PS: If you know a man who would like to go on the retreat, have them call me at the office RIGHT AWAY 813-814-1128 as we might be able to work out for them to go! Have a GREAT WEEKEND! See you Sunday!

Good Morning Friends,
13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure. 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NLT)
WOW! What God is teaching us here is that when we face temptation we have a choice. He will always provide us a way out, a choice to say no or head in a different direction. What are the temptations you are struggling with right now? What are the ones that have turned into sinful decision, actions, attitudes? God has provided you another choice. My prayer is that you will embrace it and experience the freedom of the Savior! Have a wonderful day. I am praying for you today!
Scott

Good Morning Friends,
This may be a little painful this morning so hold on to your hats. In Philippians 4:19 Paul records another promise of God!
19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
I could probably find many people who would question this promise. They would say that I have needs that God has not met. However, here is the problem. Many times in life we have made decisions on the basis of what we want or what God might want. So in turn, our wants have been exercised in such a way that they have now become what we would consider needs. For example, several years ago people were buying houses that in a normal economy they might not have been able to afford. Today these bills have become needs and we might question God for not meeting them.
The needs that God promises to meet are the needs that we have as we live the Kingdom Life in an attempt to shine our light in a way that draws others to the foot of the cross. Every need that we have for this kind of life HAS BEEN MEET in Christ Jesus.
Often in my life I have had to confess a selfish decision and ask God for his grace and mercy, and then repent, head in a different direction. It is so much easier to blame God than to take responsibility, but the later is the truth that will set you FREE!
I am praying for you today!
Scott