Monday, March 30, 2009

Sermon Title: When Faith Becomes An Issue

Sermon:
Praise Fellowship: Pastor Donald Morris

Title: When Faith Becomes An Issue

Main Text; Mark 5:24-34

Main Points;
* All of Us have been crippled by Sin and only Jesus can Restore us to Total Spiritual, Emotional, & Physical Health.

*Who Touched Me? Because Power had left His Body! "Daughter Your Faith has Healed You"!!!

*Just like the Woman with the Issue of blood WE All Have ISSUES!!!

*The woman had lived with a bleeding uterus for 12 years due to Jewish Law She was an untouchable considered to be unclean. She couldn't marry or live nomally. She feels her illiness is due to her own personal sin..."Sexual Stigma associated with her issue of blood".

*She is desperate, her life is in sadness her dream of marriage, children and a life are all gone...

*She hears there is a New Doctor in Town who heals for Free. She hears the blind can see, cripple can walk, even the wind and waves obey, even folks once dead are alive...Now she has hope!! We must have faith to believe God has the Power to heal us! Then in Faith we must reach out to Trust God to Restore Us.

*If your life Is messed up can and will fix it!!!

*Pray the Prayer, "God Fix Me, Lord Restore Me, Make me Over Again! Amen!!!!


Friday, March 27, 2009

FYI...

Yes I'm A journalist but the point of this blog isn't to be grammatically correct! The point of this blog is to just write randomness that's on my mind so please excuse any spelling or grammar issues you may encounter while reading my blog...At some point I may go through and make corrections but right now that isn't my priority.. That said...Focus on the Content rather than the grammar and spelling!

Thanks...

Quotes & Other Random Thoughts...

*Life is what happens when you're busy making plans.

*Ain't nothing WORSE than an Educated Fool!

My NOT So Secret Wish...or Prayer Request...

My NOT so Secret Wish....or Prayer Request...
*Be engaged by my 26th birthday!
*Be pregnant by 27!

****Could you be the Answer to this prayer?


Side thought....I want true love BUT I Absolutely DO NOT Want to Go Through The Process... How BIG of An Issue is this?

Smart Girls Think Twice

Smart Girls Think Twice

-Stop: Examine the Situation
-Look: Concentrate on Identifying the Underlying Issues
-Listen: Keep Your Open for Helpful
-Look Again: Recognize the Safety in Thinking Twice

He's just NOT that into You....Facts I Gathered from the Movie...

He's just NOT that into You....Facts I Gathered from the Movie...

1. If he treats you like like he doesn't give a shit. He doesn't

2. If he doesn't call he doesn't wanna talk to me.

3. If a Man wants to see me he will make it happen.

Seven Qualities Every Man Longs For

Seven Qualities Every Man Longs For

1. Prays for him
2. Respects him
3. Adored him
4. Initiates Intimate friendship with him
5. Protects their relationship
6. Encouraged Him
7. Sexually Fulfills him

Sermon Title: Hungry for the Word

Praise Fellowship

Title: Hungry for the Word
Main Text: Acts 10:9-16

Main Points:
1. Hunger is the most the worst form of poverty
2. Hunger Hurts: People are starving for something
3. Acts 10:1-48
4. God choose to bless Cornelius because his life blessed others.
5. People die due to lack of knowledge
6. God Open my Heart that I may have a burden to Spread the good news.
7. Bring people to Jesus and God will do the rest.

Sermon Title: The Gospel of Jesus

Sermon Notes

Psalm 91,1-16
Title: The Gospel of Jesus
Romans 1:16-17

The Gospel has the power to fix broken people together in a broken world

The Gospel beings freedom

The Gospel is Gods answer to a bad reputation

Jan 17, 2009
Luke 13:10-17
Title: A Sinner in the hands of a loving God.

The crippled woman who Jesus healed.
She worships regardless of her situation. She's bent and lived with the shame and Jesus calls her to the front of the church.

1. She heard a voice: the voice of Jesus calling her: If Only we would hear Jesus voice.

2. She felt the touch of Jesus: There is something about the touch of Jesus: When God touches you your life changes.

3. She gave God praise when Jesus healed her.

Sermon Title: What Happens When A Playa Gets Played

Sermon
Title: What Happens When A Playa Gets Played

Pastor Nixon (My Cousin)

Judges 16:16&17

Main Points:
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Dating is Dated: Folks just hook Up
Dating in Reverse: Sex then Date, Rather than date then Sex
Trend FWB: Physical Needs with No Strings Attached
Playing the field: Big on Short Cuts
How did he become a Playa?
Story of Samson:
Everything about him was Bigger than life
Relationships are made of Decisions the decisions then determine the direction of the Relationships
5 Points:
1. God Beginnings are Good Beginnings many don't appreciate your parents. These beginnings give you purpose
2. First Decision Judges 14:3 Picks a Crazy Wild Woman who is outwardly beautiful but inwardly ugly
3. They make superficial decisions that please themselves off top. The longer you date the longer you'll be together.
Tired of following his parents choices
God knew he would be Rebellious it was profi
4. God knows US Because He Knows US
Even when I make foolish choices God will Still Get His Purpose Done.
5. When you Not doing Gods will Trouble Follows You. Lion attacking him
6. Samson Keeps Secrets
7. Gods not going to stop you from Marrying the wrong person.
8. Some stuff is between You and Your Man. No one else. Ladies close your Mouths. If your Man don't tell You Nuttin' it could be cus you talk too much. Therefore he can't trust you with his secrets. So close your mouth and open your heart then your legs. And then your man will never leave. Paid his debt by killing 30 folks. Judges 14:18
9. Judges 14:20. Wife went to best man. Many will say they are loyal friends but who can find one.
10. Judges 15:7 betrayal causes Samson pain internal wounds. Playas compensate by having many....because any fool can have woman but A real Man will settle down and go for the Challenge of keeping One Good Woman.
11. Samson pays a hoe to keep his secrets he fronts with his boys but emotionally broken.
12. You can't sleep with someone and nothing happen. Can a man take fire into his chest and not be burned?
13. Playa (Samson)fell in love with a Playa (Delilah:Means Consumer)
He loved her but she loved his body.
14. Most men cheat because of Emotional issues. He needs emotional healing. Only 15% cheat because of sexual displeasure.
15. A mans heart revels the man. He gave his heart to the wrong person.
16. Judges 16:20 he didn't know God wasn't with Him.
17. God is still faithful: His hair began to grow. So his Strength Grew. God allows pain to make us Turn to Him. God will let you fall so you end up on your knees.
18. God has got to straighten you up when messed up when folks say Look I thought you were a Christian and look at you. In order to be saved Self as Got to Die. He killed more in his death than while he was at the top of his Game
20. Greater Love has no Man than this than a Man who lays Down His Life
for his friends. This is what God did for us at the Cross. Will you accept his gift.

Samson was looking for a Friend with Benifits but what he got was allot of pain.

God is a real Friend with Benifits:
God will take your Poverty and turn it into Plenty

Take Emptiness and make you Empowered.

Take your depression and deliver you from all your worries.

Give your issues to Jesus. Are you tried of stessin yet? If not God is still waiting. Come home to His arms.


***Start asking God what He wants and God will start listening to you. Rather than telling Him what we want.

Praise Fellowship Sermon Title: Waiters Sabbath 3/21/09

Praise Fellowship Sermon

Title: Waiters

Main Text: Matt. 25:31&32
Jesus's last Parable

Main Points:
*Praise Confuses the Enemy.
*Although I'm not Perfect I'm Forgiven!
*Jesus had put His Cross on lay way: You see they had tried to kill Him. But He just disappeared!!!
*A parable is an extended metaphor it isn't truth itself but a reflecion of it.
* Olive Garden General Mgr.
Separates the good vs the bad waiters
The good ones you now are promoted to mgr. positions all over the country.
You have brought in new business new clients. You were faithful so now I can trust you to be in charge of Much.
*Bad waiters y'all are triffling. Y'all haven't been faithful now
* God has called me to be a waiter not a customer
*Waiters don't tell the Owner.
*Waiters can't wear or eat what you want they have to follow what the owner says.
*I am a waiter here to do the will of God.
*I can't just pick a Day to go to church God has told me already what day to go to church.
*Good waiters are into Customer Service.
*Waiters don't cook the food. God has already cooked it up. Don't try to add to it. You ain't the cook.
*All scripture is given from God
*The food (message of God) has already been prepared it's our JOB to Serve Gods mercy, grace, and love.
*Waiters tell you what the price is. I have to tell people the price I am to give people the warnings from God.
*Hell prepared for Devil & his Angles NOT Gods Children. Who He has washed with His Blood.
*There are some steps to heaven
1. Accept the Gift
2. Allow God to Fix Me
3. Pray & Cultivate A Relationship with God
4. Tell others about what God has done for me
5. Change my surroundings so that by beholding I can become changed
*Salvation: the Price has Already been Paid by Jesus.
*Waiters recieve a Reward; Salvation, Grace, Peace, Joy, Love, Heaven
*All of us are waiters if you know it or not. So it's up to you will you be on Gods right hand. Where He says well done my Good & Faithful Servant. Or the left hand. Where God says "Depart from Me. I NEVER knew You"!!!
*Its up to Us to choose what I want Gods reward or wrath.

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Natasha Ray's most recent full time TV Reporter job was at Indiana's FOX 28 News, located in Elkhart Indiana. She was optimistic about getting the opportunity to be back in the community of her Alma Mater Andrews University. Prior to FOX 28, Natasha spent nearly two years at ABC 7 in Jackson Tennessee. There she was a general assignment reporter. While at ABC 7, she has gotten the opportunity to cover a variety of stories from car accidents to the nationally recognized murder trial of Mary Winkler. She has also been featured on the Oxygen TV Network Series entitled Snapped. She was featured on this show because she was the youngest reporter to cover this high profile case from 2006-2007. While working at ABC 7 her daily duties included shooting, writing and editing all of her work. Before working at ABC 7, Natasha worked as a News Trainee at FOX 5 Atlanta.
Her responsibilities included writing scripts, logging video, and assisting in the field. While working at FOX 5 Atlanta she got the opportunity to assist in the field while working on the highly televised Sullivan murder trial. She also got to assist in the field while covering Coretta Scott King’s funeral also in Georgia. Natasha has interned at WDIV-TV 4 in Detroit where she got to shadow a veteran Reporter who was working on the Jimmy Hoffa Story. Also, while working at WDIV-TV she got to meet President Bush during his Michigan Campaign. Natasha also had the opportunity to witness the Detroit Pistons Championship. She has worked as a One-Man Band Reporter and Producer for WYGN-TV (Andrews University broadcast).
Natasha graduated with a B.A. in Journalism and Communications from Andrews University located in Berrien Springs, Michigan. She was inducted into Lambda Pi Eta (Communications National Honors Society) in 2004. She also was recognized as Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges in February 2005.
Natasha longs for a family of her own. She is looking forward to one day getting married and raising a family of her own. But until that day comes she keeps herself busy with many volunterring projects. Mentorship is very close to her heart she works with teens and young adults each week in one capacity or another be it tutoring or just being a "Big Sister". Natasha also gives motivational speeches all across Michigan and Indiana. She has been the keynote speaker at several "Career Day" events ranging from Elementary to University level audiences.
Natasha Ray is currently living in Indiana where she is pursuing her law degree. She enjoys spending time with friends, family and most of all spending time with God. She is a new member of the Praise Fellowship Seventh-day Adventist Praise and Worship Group. Praise Fellowship is located in South Bend, Indiana. The Senior pastor of Praise Fellowship is Pastor Donald Morris. Pastor and Sister Morris have been married for 39 years. The lord has blessed them with three beautiful daughters. Even though Natasha was born and raised Seventh-day Adventist she still shares her music ministry at two First Day churches. Every other Sunday Natasha sings at Church of God and Christ and at a Small Baptist Church near her home. Natasha enjoys sharing her music ministry! Cooking is also a passion of this very Ambitious and driven young lady. She credits many of her cooking skills to her father who taught her many of the dishes she cooks. She also babysits and braids hair in her spare time.