It’s been awhile since I gave you guys a post from one of my contributors. But first, let me ask you some questions:

• Did you find that 2005 didn’t quite go as you’d planned?

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• Did you find at times that your resolutions lacked the power needed?

If so, maybe you weren’t operating from your power center? This morning’s contributor, Christopher Donaldson, Sr., talks to us about “Unlocking the Power!”

“I in them and You in Me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me.” ~ John 17:23

There have been certain breakthroughs in the world that have changed the course of history: electricity, the automobile, the atom, and the telephone, to name just a few. If we never recognized the applications of these inventions, we would still be sitting around in the dark, riding horses, and communicating by pony express. However, we have seen the opportunities and the applications, so the world is a different place now.

Jesus made a profound statement that has the potential to change the world if we simply apply the truth. What if I told you that this one truth would allow people to see Jesus and respond to the gospel like nothing we have ever experienced? It is the key to unlocking the door of salvation to so many that remain lost. Yet it is the one thing we, as His children, fail at the most.

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I’m in “just do it” mode today. I woke up feeling quite purposeful this morning. I haven’t yet done my daily read of Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren; and considering that in concluding the five (5) week series on Sin yesterday, my Pastor stomped all up and down on my corns, repeatedly, I ought to be in a funky mood. I mean, I suffered quite a few major (to me) disappointments last week. Nothing went as planned, yet, I’m at peace with myself today. Those who know me would tell you that most days this state of peace is a hard-fought, hard-won battle for me. So days like today are prize occurrences.

On a day like today, instead of talking about what I’m going to do, I just do it. Instead of fussing about the way that things should be, I just deal with what is. Instead of female dogging and moaning about who did what to me last week or last year, I forgive and forget and figure out the lesson to be learned from the occurrence.

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This is the warm, fuzzy section where your is it me or…questions will most likely be answered. It may take the form of dispelling myths or it might just be straight up H2O delivered in what I like to call my keeping-it-real-for-God style of writing.

Be encouraged people!

You know how sometimes you ask a question that you think is just out of the blue and the answer you receive speaks to something inside of you?

Well the following lyrics was the response I received to asking “What Song Are You Feeling?” to a friend.

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