GAMECHANGERS

<< Luke 17 >> King James Bible 1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. ************ I can not get it out of my mind, in the run up to the last presidential election, General Colin Powell endorsed President Barak Obama and called him a TRANSFORMATIONAL person. I do believe that there is a lot to be learned from our president….watch him prayerfully God will show you….be willing to learn….there's a whole lot o' teaching goin' on !!! IDENTITY - preaching, teaching & healing I am first and foremost a sinner My friend asked me today; "did you know I am bipolar?" Another discussion I had last night "she is divorcing him because he is gay!" Then there was this other person who the doctor told that he was a diabetic. CAN YOU SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING? The catholics talk about formation and the lutherans catechize. (sp) We used to call it instruction class. We had to go to instruction class for a while before we were baptized. CLICK HERE READ A SERMON click here ...the term “formation” might have sounded excessively anthropocentric. Formation has a developmental and somewhat Aristotelian, connoting the cultivation of good habits, the shaping of conscience, the inculcation of virtue. QUOTE from a panel discussion entitled "The Formation of the Religious Conscience by Stephen J. Pope at Boston College - CLICK HERE The psychologists talk about personality and identity and the process of socialization. This was an epiphany for me - a moment in time when you know God. I think Moses had it at the burning bush. Paul had it on the Damascus road. Some are less dramatic than others but you have them all the time. We need to learn to recognize and celebrate them and then let them change us SIGNIFICANTLY...forever!! Game-changers....for the sports fans. What I got a chance to see was an attitude formation...the attitude of a young female...about men. Men have gotten a hard wrap....but the truth must be told...else our youth will develop all kinds of warped ideas. I do beleive the bible has the answers Be not confromed to this world, says saint Paul, Be transformed by the renewing of you mind - this must be the modern word or idea of INFORMATION... so here we are smack in the middle of the INFORMATION AGE. ..and who is doing the informing? TEACHERS, PREACHERS and HEALERS....still...just like bible times. But let us take a minute to identify these GAMECHANGERS. for example In his book The disappearance of childhood Neil Postman Argues that the intrusion of television into every home introduces children too early to adult concepts and activities and subverts their ability to think abstractly, and the very concept of childhood is being destroyed. this is crucial when coupled with the feirce warning of the master: GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995) "These little ones believe in me. It would be best for the person who causes one of them to lose faith to be drowned in the sea with a large stone hung around his neck. Matthew 18:6 MORE to come...but think about it in the meanwhile wether you like it or not you are teaching; you are a teacher, a healer and a preacher.....so get on with it and for GOD's sake.....DO IT RIGHT !! **************** PS moreover.....this may be WHY WE (the leaders/parents/teachers etc) DON'T GET THE RESPECT that we think we should...... Obama open to prosecution, probe of interrogations (AP) AP - President Barack Obama left the door open Tuesday to prosecuting Bush administration officials who devised the legal authority for gruesome terror-suspect interrogations, saying the United States lost "our moral bearings" with use of the tactics. A Quote from Rev. Burchell Taylor from back in the day "Moral uncertainty leads to moral confusion" furthermore.... leaders sometimes cannot act because of the lack of MORAL AUTHORITY.....Jesus called the Pharisees hypocrites....they did not have the moral authority to teach or require things that they would not do !!!!