I DON'T PERSONALLY KNOW ANY ACTORS OR ACTRESSES. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE ARE NO BILLIONAIRES WITH SUMMER HOMES ANYWHERE IN ALLEN PARISH. I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANYONE FROM THIS AREA WHO HAS EVER MADE THE FORBES 500. MOST PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND HERE LIVE A PRETTY SIMPLE LIFESTYLE. OAKDALE, LOUISIANA IS MADE UP OF MOSTLY COMMON, EVERYDAY PEOPLE. MY BIBLE IS FULL OF COMMON, EVERYDAY PEOPLE AS WELL.
THROUGHOUT BOTH THE NEW AND THE OLD TESTAMENT, IT HAS BEEN THROUGH COMMON, EVERYDAY PEOPLE THAT GOD HAS SHOWN HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HE CHOSE THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PEOPLE TO RECEIVE HIS GREATEST BLESSINGS.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, JOSEPH WAS HATED BY HIS MANY BROTHERS, WAS SOLD INTO SLAVERY AND IMPRISONED DUE TO A LIE. BECAUSE HE WAS FAVORED BY GOD, JOSEPH ROSE TO MUCH POWER IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND BECAME SECOND IN COMMAND TO PHARAOH. MOSES WASN'T RAISED BY HIS MOTHER. HE COMMITTED A MURDER AND FLED TO THE DESERT FOR 40 YEARS UNTIL GOD CALLED HIM OUT. GOD CHOSE MOSES TO LEAD THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL OUT OF BONDAGE INTO THE PROMISED LAND. GOD EVEN SPOKE DIRECTLY TO MOSES. DAVID WAS ALSO HIGHLY FAVORED BY GOD EVEN THOUGH HE WAS TROUBLED AT TIMES BY DEPRESSION AND BY EVIL SPIRITS. HE WAS VERY MUCH LOVED BY GOD AND WAS ALLOWED TO BECOME A KING IN SPITE OF HIS MANY SHORTCOMINGS.
NONE OF THE PEOPLE I MENTIONED WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT GOD HAD A SPECIAL CALLING ON THEIR LIVES. I FEEL PRETTY SURE THAT THESE GREAT MEN OF THE BIBLE OFTEN FELT HOPELESS AND DISCONTENT BEFORE GODS REVELATION OF ANOINTMENT ON THEIR LIVES. EVEN THOUGH THESE MEN LIVED SO VERY LONG AGO, I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THEIR STRUGGLES COULD EASILY BE COMPARED TO OURS. GOD CHOSE TO BLESS THEM THEN JUST LIKE HE CHOOSES TO BLESS US NOW. GOD LOVED TO GRANT HIS GRACE UPON COMMON PEOPLE. THIS REMAINS TRUE TODAY.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING LED ACROSS A FOREIGN DESERT TODAY. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY BOYS SELLING THEIR BABY BROTHER INTO SLAVERY HERE LATELY. NO ONE HAS RECENTLY MADE CLAIMS OF HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD. BUT.......I HAVE SEEN THE MOVE OF GOD ON THE MOST UNLIKELY OF LIVES ON A DAILY BASIS. HE HAS BEEN MOVING IN AND ON MY LIFE IN THE MOST AWESOME WAYS POSSIBLE. MY GOD HAS REASSURED ME THAT A PERSON DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RICH, FAMOUS OR GOOD LOOKING IN ORDER TO BE HIGHLY FAVORED BY HIS GLORY. I CANT SEE ANYTHING SPECIAL ABOUT ME, BUT APPARENTLY, GOD DOES. I HAVE NOTHING GREAT TO OFFER THE LORD, BUT HE GIVES ME COUNTLESS BLESSINGS. I SEE MYSELF AS A COMMON, EVERYDAY PERSON, BUT IN HIS EYES, I AM LIKE A RARE PEARL.
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. THE PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE WERE USED MIGHTILY BY GOD. HE HELD THE BLUEPRINT OF THEIR LIVES BACK THEN JUST LIKE HE HOLDS THE BLUEPRINT OF OUR LIVES NOW. HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR US ALL, NO MATTER HOW ORDINARY WE MAY BE. I AM SO GLAD THAT MY LORD HAS CHOSEN ME AS ONE OF HIS VERY OWN. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT GOD CAN AND WILL DO THROUGH US, IF ONLY WE ALLOW HIM TO. IF HE DOES IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU.
THROUGHOUT BOTH THE NEW AND THE OLD TESTAMENT, IT HAS BEEN THROUGH COMMON, EVERYDAY PEOPLE THAT GOD HAS SHOWN HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HE CHOSE THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PEOPLE TO RECEIVE HIS GREATEST BLESSINGS.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, JOSEPH WAS HATED BY HIS MANY BROTHERS, WAS SOLD INTO SLAVERY AND IMPRISONED DUE TO A LIE. BECAUSE HE WAS FAVORED BY GOD, JOSEPH ROSE TO MUCH POWER IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND BECAME SECOND IN COMMAND TO PHARAOH. MOSES WASN'T RAISED BY HIS MOTHER. HE COMMITTED A MURDER AND FLED TO THE DESERT FOR 40 YEARS UNTIL GOD CALLED HIM OUT. GOD CHOSE MOSES TO LEAD THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL OUT OF BONDAGE INTO THE PROMISED LAND. GOD EVEN SPOKE DIRECTLY TO MOSES. DAVID WAS ALSO HIGHLY FAVORED BY GOD EVEN THOUGH HE WAS TROUBLED AT TIMES BY DEPRESSION AND BY EVIL SPIRITS. HE WAS VERY MUCH LOVED BY GOD AND WAS ALLOWED TO BECOME A KING IN SPITE OF HIS MANY SHORTCOMINGS.
NONE OF THE PEOPLE I MENTIONED WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT GOD HAD A SPECIAL CALLING ON THEIR LIVES. I FEEL PRETTY SURE THAT THESE GREAT MEN OF THE BIBLE OFTEN FELT HOPELESS AND DISCONTENT BEFORE GODS REVELATION OF ANOINTMENT ON THEIR LIVES. EVEN THOUGH THESE MEN LIVED SO VERY LONG AGO, I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THEIR STRUGGLES COULD EASILY BE COMPARED TO OURS. GOD CHOSE TO BLESS THEM THEN JUST LIKE HE CHOOSES TO BLESS US NOW. GOD LOVED TO GRANT HIS GRACE UPON COMMON PEOPLE. THIS REMAINS TRUE TODAY.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING LED ACROSS A FOREIGN DESERT TODAY. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY BOYS SELLING THEIR BABY BROTHER INTO SLAVERY HERE LATELY. NO ONE HAS RECENTLY MADE CLAIMS OF HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD. BUT.......I HAVE SEEN THE MOVE OF GOD ON THE MOST UNLIKELY OF LIVES ON A DAILY BASIS. HE HAS BEEN MOVING IN AND ON MY LIFE IN THE MOST AWESOME WAYS POSSIBLE. MY GOD HAS REASSURED ME THAT A PERSON DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RICH, FAMOUS OR GOOD LOOKING IN ORDER TO BE HIGHLY FAVORED BY HIS GLORY. I CANT SEE ANYTHING SPECIAL ABOUT ME, BUT APPARENTLY, GOD DOES. I HAVE NOTHING GREAT TO OFFER THE LORD, BUT HE GIVES ME COUNTLESS BLESSINGS. I SEE MYSELF AS A COMMON, EVERYDAY PERSON, BUT IN HIS EYES, I AM LIKE A RARE PEARL.
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. THE PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE WERE USED MIGHTILY BY GOD. HE HELD THE BLUEPRINT OF THEIR LIVES BACK THEN JUST LIKE HE HOLDS THE BLUEPRINT OF OUR LIVES NOW. HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR US ALL, NO MATTER HOW ORDINARY WE MAY BE. I AM SO GLAD THAT MY LORD HAS CHOSEN ME AS ONE OF HIS VERY OWN. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT GOD CAN AND WILL DO THROUGH US, IF ONLY WE ALLOW HIM TO. IF HE DOES IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU.
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