Tithing

October 3rd, 2010

After I joined NVC (New Venture Church), I freely gave to the church. I felt good about it and that was that. I knew about tithing, BUT, I always had more bills than paycheck, after making a few other necessary expenses like fast food, dinners out (hey, there was no time to cook in the evening since I was tired from work and arrived late) and other sundry things.

I would start to tithe as soon as I paid a few bills and soon, a few credit card balances started to come down. Ooooh! Look at the great deal! Well it wouldn’t hurt to use that card “just” this once…… Not surprisingly, the bills didn’t decrease. Read the rest of this entry »

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Uncontrolled Anger Can Fry You Like a McNugget

January 4th, 2010

I would hope Melodi’s parents tried to raise her right. It does appear that she forgot her upbringing and developed an undeserved sense of entitlement.

Melodi Dushane a 24-year old living in Toledo, Ohio pulled up to a McDonalds and ordered some Chicken McNuggets. When she was informed that they did not have any more McNuggets, she lost control. Read the rest of this entry »

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Prayers to God Can Create Miracles

December 22nd, 2009

I had a cold that would not go away and it turned into a really deep cough. I went to a doctor that had treated a previous lung infection in 2005. He had me get a lung X-ray, even though I had not been smoking for over two years, just to make sure I did not come down with pneumonia or something worse.

The X-ray came back and one lung looked shorter than the other, so the doctor ordered a CT scan to make sure there wasn’t a cancer mass scrunching up the lung. This is the start of God’s involvement, since most doctors would not have asked for this test. Before you say I had a great and detailed oriented doctor, read on. This was definitely God’s hand intervening! Read the rest of this entry »

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