One Walk

When: Saturday, June 07, 2008 12:00 AM to Sunday, June 08, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation." And he sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the multitude putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came, and put in two copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him, and said to them, "Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For they all contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, her whole living."

Mark 12: 38 – 44

With that slowness, with that passivity, with that reluctance to obey, what damage you do to the apostolate and what satisfaction you give to the devil.

— St. Josemaria Escriva

Abba, Father, Lord God, aware of all my blessings, conscious of Your presence in all things I give thanks always, even when I feel weakened and humbled by the realization of my failing and corrupt nature. Convicted by the words of St. Paul and empathetic to the song of the Psalmist I do seek to be 'urgent in season and out of season' and find 'unfailing patience in Your teachings', never looking or accepting teachings that 'suit my own likings,' that may cause me to 'turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths'; but to find in this time with You each day what I need to 'always be steady, endure suffering, and do the work' You call me to do and in fulfilling Your will. That when You call me home, and until then each night when I close my eyes, I might be able to say 'I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.' I pray that 'My mouth be filled always with thy praise and with Thy glory all the day' and that You 'do not cast me off in the time of old age; nor forsake me on days when my strength is spent' for in faith I hope 'continually', and will praise Thee even from the depths of my realization 'more and more' each day. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

2 Timothy 4:1-8<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=_2Tim&ch=4&bv1=1&ev1=8>

Psalm 71:8-9, 14-17, 22<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=71&bv1=8&ev1=9&bv2=14&ev2=17&bv3=22&ev3=22>

Mark 12:38-44<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Mark&ch=12&bv1=38&ev1=44>

Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

Heaven Is Real: Lessons on Earthly Joy – from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in Heaven<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PENG_000702&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – On January 18th 1989, Don Piper died in a car accident. Ninety minutes later, after a preacher prayed over him, Piper came back to life with an extraordinary story. He'd been to heaven. So began the phenomenon of 90 Minutes in Heaven.

Revolution: Finding Vibrant Faith Beyond the Walls of the Sanctuary<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TYND_000051&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – World-renowned pollster George Barna has the numbers, and they indicate a revolution is already taking place within the Church: one that will impact every believer in America. For leaders working for positive change in the church, and for believers struggling to find a spiritual community and worship experience that resonates, Revolution is here. Are you ready?

When: Friday, June 06, 2008 12:00 AM to Saturday, June 07, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, declared, `The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet.' David himself calls him Lord; so how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him gladly.

Mark 12: 35 – 37

If we knew at what time we were to depart from this world, we would be able to select a season for pleasure and another for repentance. But God, who has promised pardon to every repentant sinner, has not promised us tomorrow…. This very day is a day of truce, a day for conversion. And yet we refuse to cry over the evil we have done! Not only do we not weep for the sins we have committed, we even add to them.

— Pope St. Gregory the Great

Abba, Father, Lord God, I am grateful for this day, aware of all the blessings You have bestowed on me, and I aware that I am not a righteous man nor may I ever become one; humbled by the realization of my nature. But I seek Thee Lord God, I have hope in the promise of Your Words which have inspired men through the ages, as they do me each day. Even when I do not understand, and I question Your meaning and purpose, I hope from the faith that You planted in my heart before I was born into this world under the sun. It is this faith that through Jesus inspires and convicts me. It is this faith which creates hope that helps me feel Your love, and in turn I am able to love in faith with hope that it will be expressed pure and selfless, so that the image of Jesus which I seek maybe scene through my eyes, and in my words and acts. Help me to touch others in this way and with this love today. I feel this need and I am trying fight off worry and anxiousness over what and how and if; so I ask that You to help me to die to myself, so I can rise in and walk with Jesus. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

2 Timothy 3:10-17<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=_2Tim&ch=3&bv1=10&ev1=17>

10 Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11 my persecutions, my sufferings, what befell me at Antioch, at Ico'nium, and at Lystra, what persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. 12 Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Psalm 119:157, 160-161, 165-166, 168<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=119&bv1=157&ev1=157&bv2=160&ev2=161&bv3=165&ev3=166&bv4=168&ev4=168>

157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from thy testimonies. 160 The sum of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous ordinances endures forever. 161 Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words. 165 Great peace have those who love thy law; nothing can make them stumble. 166 I hope for thy salvation, O LORD, and I do thy commandments. 168 I keep thy precepts and testimonies, for all my ways are before thee.

Mark 12:35-37<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Mark&ch=12&bv1=35&ev1=37>

Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

Heaven Is Real: Lessons on Earthly Joy – from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in Heaven<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PENG_000702&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – On January 18th 1989, Don Piper died in a car accident. Ninety minutes later, after a preacher prayed over him, Piper came back to life with an extraordinary story. He'd been to heaven. So began the phenomenon of 90 Minutes in Heaven.

Revolution: Finding Vibrant Faith Beyond the Walls of the Sanctuary<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TYND_000051&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – World-renowned pollster George Barna has the numbers, and they indicate a revolution is already taking place within the Church: one that will impact every believer in America. For leaders working for positive change in the church, and for believers struggling to find a spiritual community and worship experience that resonates, Revolution is here. Are you ready?

When: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:00 AM to Friday, June 06, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

"Which commandment is the first of all?" Jesus answered, "The first is, `Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' The second is this, `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." And the scribe said to him, "… to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God."

Mark 12:28-34

In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandons ship but to keep her on her course.

— St. Boniface

Abba, Father, Lord God, thank You, I sit here this morning thinking how to express all that is racing through my mind; trying to practice Your presence in every thought, word and action as well as attitude so that in all things I reflect faith, hope and love following the teaching of Jesus by not worrying or being anxious, and as St. John wrote yesterday in every way and everything 'learn to feel for the ills others suffer', so that I will 'learn to endure the ills they inflict' and in doing so be able to make acceptance and forgive part of every breath I take so as to breath in acceptance by feeling their ills and breathing out forgiveness in and through my faith because of my hope and to show Jesus' love for me. So as I wrestle with myself over how, why and I try to control my anger, pride and selfish nature; feeling all along so poorly and embarrassed for having these feelings let alone expressing them to You; when it hits me.

Thank You for the blessing of faith, hope and love! For while I may fight within and over myself over these ways and things, I have the greatest blessing of all – faith. Faith that is rooted in the belief that is fact to me that You are my Lord God, Jesus is my Lord and Savior, and Your Spirit through Jesus lives in me.

So while I suffer with my own ills, I know I am not a lone because I never feel alone as I once did when I would turn to myself rather than to You. So I know that these things that cause the ills that I suffer with and in, are only real if I let them be real. I know this because I can feel Your presence, and in this feeling I am truly blessed! In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

2 Timothy 2:8-15<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=_2Tim&ch=2&bv1=8&ev1=15>

10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory. 11 The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we shall also live with him; 12 if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; 13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful — for he cannot deny himself. 14 Remind them of this, and charge them before the Lord to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Psalm 25:4-5, 8-10, 14<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=25&bv1=4&ev1=5&bv2=8&ev2=10&bv3=14&ev3=14>

4 Make me to know thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me, for thou art the God of my salvation; for thee I wait all the day long. 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. 9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. 10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Mark 12:28-34<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Mark&ch=12&bv1=28&ev1=34>

Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

Heaven Is Real: Lessons on Earthly Joy – from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in Heaven<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PENG_000702&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – On January 18th 1989, Don Piper died in a car accident. Ninety minutes later, after a preacher prayed over him, Piper came back to life with an extraordinary story. He'd been to heaven. So began the phenomenon of 90 Minutes in Heaven.

Revolution: Finding Vibrant Faith Beyond the Walls of the Sanctuary<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TYND_000051&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – World-renowned pollster George Barna has the numbers, and they indicate a revolution is already taking place within the Church: one that will impact every believer in America. For leaders working for positive change in the church, and for believers struggling to find a spiritual community and worship experience that resonates, Revolution is here. Are you ready?

When: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:00 AM to Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

And Sad'ducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the wife, and raise up children for his brother. There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no children; and the second took her, and died, leaving no children; and the third likewise;

and the seven left no children. Last of all the woman also died. In the resurrection whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife." Jesus said to them, "Is not this why you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, `I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living; you are quite wrong."

Mark 12: 18 – 27

Let us learn to feel for the ills our neighbors suffer, and we will learn to endure the ills they inflict.

— St. John Chrysostom

Abba, Father, Lord God, I am thankful this new day, I am thankful for yesterday, I am thankful for the promise of tomorrow whether here under the sun or in heaven with You. I am thankful for each and every blessing, my faith, health, my wife, my children and their chosen ones, my grandchildren, my mom and dad, my brother and sisters, and all my family, friends and even those who chose to try and hurt, harm or covet me or what I did, do, had or have. I am thankful for the realization of feeling that fuels my faith which gives birth to faith which in You through Jesus I will continue to try and express in love, perfect unconditional love rooted in the feeling of Your presence. I sing with the Psalmist and 'To Thee I lift up my eyes, O Thou who art enthroned in the heavens! Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our 'my' look to 'You' LORD our God,.. have mercy upon 'me'. Through Jesus in the words of St. Paul You 'remind 'me' to rekindle the gifts of You my Lord God that are within 'me',.. for God did not give 'me' a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control. 'I will' not be ashamed then of testifying to You Lord,.. but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of 'You my' God, who saved 'me' and called 'me in the Holy Spirit', not in virtue of 'my' works but in virtue of 'Your' own purpose and the grace which 'You' gave 'me' in Christ Jesus.' So I set out with 'eyes of faith' and hope that I will serve Your purpose and bring honor and praise to all You have given me. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

2 Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=_2Tim&ch=1&bv1=1&ev1=3&bv2=6&ev2=12>

Psalm 123:1-2<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=123&bv1=1&ev1=2>

Mark 12:18-27<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Mark&ch=12&bv1=18&ev1=27>

Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

Heaven Is Real: Lessons on Earthly Joy – from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in Heaven<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PENG_000702&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – On January 18th 1989, Don Piper died in a car accident. Ninety minutes later, after a preacher prayed over him, Piper came back to life with an extraordinary story. He'd been to heaven. So began the phenomenon of 90 Minutes in Heaven.

Revolution: Finding Vibrant Faith Beyond the Walls of the Sanctuary<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TYND_000051&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – World-renowned pollster George Barna has the numbers, and they indicate a revolution is already taking place within the Church: one that will impact every believer in America. For leaders working for positive change in the church, and for believers struggling to find a spiritual community and worship experience that resonates, Revolution is here. Are you ready?

When: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:00 AM to Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Hero'di-ans, to entrap him in his talk. And they came and said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are true, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?" But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why put me to the test? Bring me a coin, and let me look at it." And they brought one. And he said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's." Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at him.

Mark 12: 13 – 17

Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He may prolong my life, He may shorten it, He knows what He is about. He may make my spirits sink, hide the future from me, still He knows what He is about.

— John Henry Cardinal Newman

Abba, Father, Lord God, thank You for this day filled with Your mercy and grave, and for this time together, when I can come before You and reconcile myself for yesterday and ready myself for today. For as St. Peter writes I am 'zealous to be found by You without spot or blemish, and at peace.' Reciting the words of the Psalmist I knpw that 'the years of my life are threescore and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and I fly away.' So I 'satisfy myself in the morning with Thy steadfast love, that I may rejoice and be glad' for I know this day will be spent with You. Oh that You would bless me indeed this and every day, and expand my territory, that Your hand will be with me to keep me from evil and from causing pain; and that because I choose to walk in Your light, I hope and pray that someone will see Your light on me, and also seek to chose to turn to Thee. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

2 Peter 3:12-15, 17-18<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=_2Pet&ch=3&bv1=12&ev1=15&bv2=17&ev2=18>

Psalm 90:2-4, 10, 14, 16 <http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=90&bv1=2&ev1=4&bv2=10&ev2=10&bv3=14&ev3=14&bv4=16&ev4=16>

Mark 12:13-17<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Mark&ch=12&bv1=13&ev1=17>

Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

Heaven Is Real: Lessons on Earthly Joy – from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in Heaven<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PENG_000702&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – On January 18th 1989, Don Piper died in a car accident. Ninety minutes later, after a preacher prayed over him, Piper came back to life with an extraordinary story. He'd been to heaven. So began the phenomenon of 90 Minutes in Heaven.

Revolution: Finding Vibrant Faith Beyond the Walls of the Sanctuary<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TYND_000051&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – World-renowned pollster George Barna has the numbers, and they indicate a revolution is already taking place within the Church: one that will impact every believer in America. For leaders working for positive change in the church, and for believers struggling to find a spiritual community and worship experience that resonates, Revolution is here. Are you ready?

When: Monday, June 02, 2008 12:00 AM to Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a pit for the wine press, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. And he sent another, and him they killed; and so with many others, some they beat and some they killed. He had still one other, a beloved son; finally he sent him to them, saying, `They will respect my son.' But those tenants said to one another, `This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this scripture: `The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

Mark 12: 1 – 12

When the Lord ascended into heaven, He departed from our sight, so that we might return to our hearts and find Him there.

— St. Augustine

Abba, Father, Lord God, thank You for a new day, for the comfort of having my son back home if only for a while, for letting me feel You hand at work in my relationships with those I love most, as I seek to be one with You, and allow You to You one within me in Jesus through the Spirit, and now for the first time begin to feel how my love ones can be one with us. It is has St. Peter writes today 'Your divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of You who called us to Your own glory and excellence, by which He has granted to us Your precious and very great promises, that through these I may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partaker of the divine nature. For this very reason I will make every effort to supplement my faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.' For as the Psalmist sing You are '"my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust." In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

2 Peter 1:2-7<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=_2Pet&ch=1&bv1=2&ev1=7>

Psalm 91:1-2, 14-16<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=91&bv1=1&ev1=2&bv2=14&ev2=16>

Mark 12:1-12<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Mark&ch=12&bv1=1&ev1=12>

Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

Heaven Is Real: Lessons on Earthly Joy – from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in Heaven<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PENG_000702&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – On January 18th 1989, Don Piper died in a car accident. Ninety minutes later, after a preacher prayed over him, Piper came back to life with an extraordinary story. He'd been to heaven. So began the phenomenon of 90 Minutes in Heaven.

Revolution: Finding Vibrant Faith Beyond the Walls of the Sanctuary<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TYND_000051&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – World-renowned pollster George Barna has the numbers, and they indicate a revolution is already taking place within the Church: one that will impact every believer in America. For leaders working for positive change in the church, and for believers struggling to find a spiritual community and worship experience that resonates, Revolution is here. Are you ready?

When: Sunday, June 01, 2008 12:00 AM to Monday, June 02, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

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Words of Jesus

"Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, `Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.' "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it."

Matthew 7: 21 – 27

Whoever doesn't give up prayer can't possibly continue to offend God.

— St. Alphonsus Liguori

Abba, Father, Lord God, thank You for this day, for all Your blessings and for Your Holy Spirit that through Jesus lives within me keeping me connected to You and convicted at the foot of the Cross of Jesus if I wonder off the narrow path that I have chosen to follow. For You and I know I cannot walk it without You, and since it is You I seek first, I need Your help and continued blessings to be what I am, not what I have been, and to guide and direct me through the challenges and choices that lay before me. For in my heart I feel that at Your inspiration and through Your commandments which became the laws in the words of the Prophets and then at Your command the Word became life in Jesus and now lives within each of us whether awakened or not, in the Holy Spirit, is all about oneness with You our source or source. This oneness so easily broken under the sun, is the ripening of spirit being within our human being through a dying to the desires of the body and the rising in the spirit with Jesus to the point where we are His image under the sun and become one with Him, who is one with You, and we then are one with You in the Spirit which no longer reacting to the nature of the body, but controlling and using the body to fulfill Your will for me which starts in being one with You. Always able to think before speaking or acting – What would Jesus do? In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Deuteronomy 11:18, 26-28, 32<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=deut&ch=11&bv1=18&ev1=18&bv2=26&ev2=28&bv3=32&ev3=32>

Psalm 31:2-4, 17, 25<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=31&bv1=2&ev1=4&bv2=17&ev2=17&bv3=25&ev3=25>

Romans 3:21-25, 28<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Rom&ch=3&bv1=21&ev1=25&bv2=28&ev2=28>

Matthew 7:21-27<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Matt&ch=7&bv1=21&ev1=27>

Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

Heaven Is Real: Lessons on Earthly Joy – from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in Heaven<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PENG_000702&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – On January 18th 1989, Don Piper died in a car accident. Ninety minutes later, after a preacher prayed over him, Piper came back to life with an extraordinary story. He'd been to heaven. So began the phenomenon of 90 Minutes in Heaven.

Revolution: Finding Vibrant Faith Beyond the Walls of the Sanctuary<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TYND_000051&BV_SessionID=@@@@1338077985.1212362231@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeefgfjhjmcefecekjdffidflg.0> (Unabridged) – World-renowned pollster George Barna has the numbers, and they indicate a revolution is already taking place within the Church: one that will impact every believer in America. For leaders working for positive change in the church, and for believers struggling to find a spiritual community and worship experience that resonates, Revolution is here. Are you ready?