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Nice one Dan! I see we've been moved to the basement. Here are my notes from the teaching. My disclaimer is: Robert Heidler from Glory of Zion gave this teaching. These are just notes I took as he was speaking. I haven't had time to go through and check everything. I also may not have written everything he said correctly.

RG and Dan, I know I thought I saw a thread on this topic here a while back, but when I briefly looked for it today I couldn't find it. This is a topic of great interest to me. I'll type up my notes and post them here, but right now I've got to check in on the Olympics, women's gymnastics espcially.

Hi, I heard a great teaching this morning on the subject of women in ministry and I thought I'd invite anyone who might be interested in the subject to hear it. It was webcast live at Glory of Zion church in Denton, TX. I like to catch their services whenever I can even though I live in California. It will be "rewebcast" (Is that a word?, I don't think so.) at 7:15 pm CST (Central time, Texas) this evening Sunday) and at 8:15pm on Monday night. (The worship service begins an hour and a half earlier, it was great too! Catch it if you can!) Here is the description of the service from their website: Here's the link: http://www.gloryofzion.org/webcast-sundayservicereplay.htm If you hear the teaching, share your thoughts...

Anne Rice???

Yes! That's it, Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, known as Plum to friends and family.

One more quote:

Love the Webkinz dogs (and cats, monkeys, platypus, duck, etc.) My daughter has 27 of them. We also have four Jack Russell Terriers. They are a lively crew, but mighty cute.

from Wikipedia:

The guy knew how to "turn a phrase" didn't he? Okay, here are some hints: He was definitely British although he lived in both France and the United States too. He was born in 1881 and died in 1975. He was a prolific author, writing 96 novels from 1902 to 1975 and many collections of short stories. more to come...

I know I’ve had the experience more than once of someone showing up “out of the blue” to help and then being gone seemingly “into thin air”. I’m sure we’ve all entertained angels unaware that show up to help in times of need. But the encounter that stands out in my memory took place somewhere around 1996 or so. I was at a church retreat center in Oregon. My son was about 4 years old at the time and he was asleep in the bed in our tiny room at the retreat center, next to me. I believe I was praying as I was lying down on the bed. I was startled when I looked up and saw two individuals peering over the bed at me. I’m not sure how to explain, it but they were like holographic images, not flesh and blood. One was a male, with rather longish reddish blond hair, very strong looking. The other was a female, with a kind of long face, large eyes and long straight brown hair, not beautiful, but not unpleasant looking either. Like I said, they startled me but they just looked at me and that was it. I’m sure they were angelic beings, but that’s all I can explain about it.

I remember the primetime "soap opera" Peyton Place on TV in the 60s. Not that I ever watched it, but I remember it was big with the older generation. Could the new quote be Nathaniel Hawthorne?

You are, as excie said, a trend-setter, glad we could follow in your footsteps! love you guys too! For cop-outs, you guys are pretty cool.

Jeast, That picture says it all. What a great miracle that your son walked away from that! Kit, What a great testimony, sounds like a good place to visit, I'll bet there's a holy atmosphere all around that place. Excie, Amen to that testimony of God's love! And Rascal, That was inspiring. Not a just a single vision, but twice so that you couldn't mistake where the grace came from, and that you were specifically chosen for blessing. What a crock of garbage that person from North Dakota spilled all over you. Thanks so much for sharing that. (I think I was a passenger on the cavalcade of motorcycles that year. It was really a fun ride.)

Hi Excie, Yep, 27 years ago today was our (shared) wedding day. Graduation was, I think on the 14th.

Happy July 4! Here's a quote from a letter John Adams wrote to his wife. He expected July 2 to become the national holiday because the Continental Congress declared the "United Colonies free and Independent States" on July 2. The document justifying the act of Congress was dated July 4th. Enjoy your Pomp and Parades, Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations!

Jeast, I seriously got goosebumps and tears in my eyes when I read this. The hand of God is truly on your life. Thanks so much for sharing it!

YES!

Great testimony OKC! That reminds me of a time when we were thinking about joining a church, but I was still confused about who Jesus was and how I should relate to Him. I was reading John 15-17 and something inside just broke and I could accept a real relationship with Him. Thanks for that.

Waysider, no apology needed. I believe you had a vision, could have been a warning to beware of VP, that he was going to "xxxx you over" so to speak. Totally appropriate for a testimony.

Thanks for sharing that! God is so good, he probably saved your life that day!

Hi All, Revelation 12:11 says: And they overcame him (the accuser of the brethren) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony… Personally, I need to do some overcoming of the accuser, and I know from this verse that one way to do that is by the “word of my testimony”. There are times in my life (and I know in all of yours too) that I know God intervened to save me from death, destruction, wrong decisions etc. I’d like to start this thread to hear some of your testimonies about times when you know that God intervened with a miracle , a clear word of wisdom or knowledge, an angelic visitation, an unmistakable answer to prayer or other Divine intervention that changed your life. I’ll start it off with one of mine: I grew up in a suburb of New Orleans. One of the fun things we used to do in the summer was to take a bunch of those big truck inner tubes, (I wonder if you can still get those; probably not since tires don’t have inner tubes any more, oh well, shows my age.) and throw them in a river and ride the river current down the river. You’d have to park a car or two down at the end of the route so you’d have a way to get back. You could pack coolers of beer and sandwiches into some of the tubes too. Anyway, the summer I was 16 or 17, I went with a bunch of kids to the Boguefalaya river for a fun day of tubing. Everything was great until the tube I was in went over a huge tree that had fallen across the river and was mostly submerged under the river, and the current sucked me under the tree. I was caught under the tree trunk and branches, and I couldn’t get up to the surface. I was struggling and thinking this was it, I was going to drown, when all of a sudden a great peace came over me, and I just asked God to help me get out. I remember telling God that I wasn’t ready to die yet, there was so much more I wanted to do for Him. I then reached up and I felt something (or someone) pull me up to the surface and I could breathe. I knew in the very depth of my being that God had intervened and saved my life that day. I also felt a great desire to do great things for Him with my life since He had been so gracious to save me from drowning that day. What’s your testimony?

Happy Birthday Excie! Hope it was a great one!

Hi Jane, I don't live in the area, but if I were moving to the area the first two churches I would check out would be: 1. IHOP (International House of Prayer - www.ihop.org). Seems their Sunday morning service is called Forerunner Christian Fellowship. I saw on their website that they webcast their services so if you wanted to see what it's like before actually attending you could attend a "virtual" service. 2. Metro Christian Fellowship (http://www.metro-kc.org/) From the pictures on the website it looks like it's a bit smaller and maybe not as loud as IHOP. I haven't been to either of these churches but that's where I would start if I moved to the area.