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Are you looking for short video clips for your ministry or presentatins? http://www.wingclips.com/ is a very good place to look around for free video clips. I was able to download a number of such video clips from this site.
Happy downloading!
Benn
11.5.09
6.5.09
If you know the Lord, you can experience peace today.
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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. --Isaiah 9:6
If you know the Lord, you can experience peace today.
No matter what you may be dealing with--whether it's a stressful family situation, work issues, or poor health--you can find what the Bible calls "the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding..."
Jesus is the source of peace, in fact, He is called the Prince of Peace! You need to run to Him in your time of crisis. Then you will find the peace you desperately need.
In John 14:27, Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."
You have a choice in times of trouble to try to carry your burden alone, or to run to the Prince of Peace and allow Him to help you. And today, I want to encourage you to run to Jesus to let Him help you... no matter what you're doing through!
IN TIMES OF ANXIETY OR TROUBLE,YOU CAN FIND SUPERNATURAL PEACE IN JESUS CHRIST.
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Courtesy: Jack Graham
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. --Isaiah 9:6
If you know the Lord, you can experience peace today.
No matter what you may be dealing with--whether it's a stressful family situation, work issues, or poor health--you can find what the Bible calls "the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding..."
Jesus is the source of peace, in fact, He is called the Prince of Peace! You need to run to Him in your time of crisis. Then you will find the peace you desperately need.
In John 14:27, Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."
You have a choice in times of trouble to try to carry your burden alone, or to run to the Prince of Peace and allow Him to help you. And today, I want to encourage you to run to Jesus to let Him help you... no matter what you're doing through!
IN TIMES OF ANXIETY OR TROUBLE,YOU CAN FIND SUPERNATURAL PEACE IN JESUS CHRIST.
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Courtesy: Jack Graham
15.3.09
"Behold My servant, whom I uphold." (Isaiah 42:1)
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In a world rife with sound bytes and instant images, we need to teach ourselves to behold, to meditate, to appreciate. The wonders of our Saviour are not discerned in a moment, nor appreciated with a glance. Worship of God does not pour out of a packet marked "just add water." Worship is a precious gift - made valuable by the time invested in its creation. Worship bathes the object of its focus in absolute love and appreciation. Motivation must be strong to engender such emotion. Does he motivate us so? He can, if we take the time to behold and meditate on Him. The Father holds Him up to us and commands us to behold. Do we? (S. McEachern)
In a world rife with sound bytes and instant images, we need to teach ourselves to behold, to meditate, to appreciate. The wonders of our Saviour are not discerned in a moment, nor appreciated with a glance. Worship of God does not pour out of a packet marked "just add water." Worship is a precious gift - made valuable by the time invested in its creation. Worship bathes the object of its focus in absolute love and appreciation. Motivation must be strong to engender such emotion. Does he motivate us so? He can, if we take the time to behold and meditate on Him. The Father holds Him up to us and commands us to behold. Do we? (S. McEachern)
18.2.09
An Interview with Rick Warren (author of "Purpose driven Life")
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You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, 'Purpose Driven Life ' author and pastor of SaddlebackChurch in California
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:
People ask me, What is the purpose of life?
And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems:
If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people...
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.
So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit.. We made no major purchases.
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.
Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.
We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?
Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
l
You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, 'Purpose Driven Life ' author and pastor of SaddlebackChurch in California
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:
People ask me, What is the purpose of life?
And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems:
If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people...
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.
So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit.. We made no major purchases.
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.
Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.
We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?
Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
l
28.1.09
"Going to do"
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He that is always "going to do" a great many things, very likely ends in doing nothing. One resolution put into practice is worth any amount of good intentions. The commendation in Matthew 25:21 does not run, "Well intended", or "well planned", but "well done, good and faithful servant".
Satan’s kingdom will never be much shaken by the mere drawing of plans as to what we are "going to do". If the path is clear - if the light of God is shining on our way - then "whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might" (Ecc.9:10). While others may be planning, and perhaps dreaming, let us be doing. There can be no objection to planning for our work, and considering well what we are about to do for God. But let us attend to present duty. Let the work of the Lord for this day be done. Let us lay hold of the passing opportunity and utilise it for God.
Being thus faithful in that which is little, our God may commit to us that which is great. Being diligent stewards in the few things, the Master may make us "ruler over many things".
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- Abridged. "Believers Treasury"
He that is always "going to do" a great many things, very likely ends in doing nothing. One resolution put into practice is worth any amount of good intentions. The commendation in Matthew 25:21 does not run, "Well intended", or "well planned", but "well done, good and faithful servant".
Satan’s kingdom will never be much shaken by the mere drawing of plans as to what we are "going to do". If the path is clear - if the light of God is shining on our way - then "whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might" (Ecc.9:10). While others may be planning, and perhaps dreaming, let us be doing. There can be no objection to planning for our work, and considering well what we are about to do for God. But let us attend to present duty. Let the work of the Lord for this day be done. Let us lay hold of the passing opportunity and utilise it for God.
Being thus faithful in that which is little, our God may commit to us that which is great. Being diligent stewards in the few things, the Master may make us "ruler over many things".
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- Abridged. "Believers Treasury"
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