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Gender: Male

Country (not County): USA

Occupation:: Self-employed

I'm here to...: Fellowship and share

Interests:: Sharing the Good News of Salvation by faith in God's Son Jesus Christ, reading the Holy Bible, foreign missions (Africa), CS Lewis

I'm passionate about...: Prayer

Psalm 63: 1-8

A psalm of David, regarding a time when David was in the wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
where there is no water.

2 I have seen you in your sanctuary
and gazed upon your power and glory.
3 Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
lifting up my hands to you in prayer.

5 You satisfy me more than the richest feast.
I will praise you with songs of joy.
6 I lie awake thinking of you,
meditating on you through the night.

7 Because you are my helper,
I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.
8 I cling to you;
your strong right hand holds me securely.

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Incredible God

Posted on November 3, 2009 at 8:38am 0 Comments 0 Likes

I read something the other day, something I have heard countless times before. Something that never really struck me in it fullest and most incredible entirety, that Jesus Christ took our sins upon Himself. Until I read it once more in “One Minute after You Die,” it had never struck me for how profoundly loving an act that was. A sure sign of an incredible God.

The physical, mental, and emotional pain Christ endured in His crucifixion must have been unimaginably horrible. As the… Continue

The President's speech on Tuesday, 8 Sept

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 1:36pm 4 Comments 0 Likes

This is copied from the Desiring God website:

I Hope My Daughter Hears the President’s Speech

September 6, 2009 | By: John Piper | Category: Commentary

I am stunned at the outcry against the President of the United States speaking to the youth of this nation about the importance of education.

I am embarrassed by the governor of my home state saying, that the president’s plan to address them is “disruptive . . . uninvited . . . and number three . . . I don’t… Continue

Never Again?

Posted on April 22, 2009 at 10:54am 0 Comments 0 Likes

There is a calamity every bit as horrifying and hideous as any in the bloody history of genocide in the 20th, now 21st century. The events in the Darfur region of the Sudan continue only because too few join the outcry against the mutilation, rape, and murder of thousands upon thousands of human beings.

After World War II civilized people everywhere joined the cry or moral outrage, “Never Again!” Sadly, it is happening again. And maybe too far away for many to care. Further even than… Continue

What's a buck?

Posted on April 18, 2009 at 9:58pm 1 Comment 0 Likes

In the US, we spend $43 Billion dollars a year on our pets. We also spend billions on cosmetics, clothing, and gas gulping cars built for style and flash more than value or efficiency. Many of us live in homes large enough to hold an entire clan in many other parts of the world. We are 5% of the world's population and we consume 25 to 35% of the world's resources. It's not to say we haven't earned it, but at what cost?

If a man has $5.00 in his pocket and is standing next to someone… Continue

Are You Still There?

Posted on March 30, 2009 at 9:22am 1 Comment 0 Likes

Many believers struggle with prayer. Some find praying to God daunting or even uncomfortable. At some time, almost everone finds prayer difficult. Prayer need not be difficult at all. Given the right approach (or approaches), it is NOT praying that can become difficult and even uncomfortable.

Praying to the Heavenly Father is part of an ever-developing relationship. The content and form of our conversations with family, friends, and acquaintances change as our relationships change,… Continue

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At 5:25pm on March 20, 2009, felixpadua said…: hello don, this is the joke for today. i got this from the AAG forum-

WHAT'S A CHURCH?

A well-worn one-dollar bill and a similarly distressed twenty-dollar bill arrived at a Federal Reserve Bank to be retired. As they moved along the conveyor belt to be burned, they struck up a conversation. The twenty-dollar bill reminisced about its travels all over the country.

"I've had a pretty good life," the twenty-dollar bill proclaimed. "Why I've been to Las Vegas and Atlantic City , the finest restaurants in New York , performances on Broadway, and even a cruise to the Caribbean "

"Wow!" said the one-dollar bill. "You've really had an exciting life!"

"So tell me," says the twenty-dollar bill, "where have you been throughout your lifetime?"

The one dollar bill replies, "Oh, I've been to the Methodist Church , the Baptist Church, the Lutheran Church."

The twenty-dollar bill interrupts, "What's a church?"

At 2:18pm on March 9, 2009, The pilgrim said…: Selam dear Don, how r u and all ur family doing? It is nice to see u here after such a long time. and look forward to see u more and more.
May the Lord bless you more and more.
Remain blessed.
With His love, ur sis

At 5:51pm on February 27, 2009, felixpadua said…: hello don, prayer too is one of my passions. have a nice day today and all the days to come.

At 9:13pm on February 10, 2009, felixpadua said…: hello don.

At 11:07am on February 10, 2009, Don Guizzetti said…: It takes a lot of faith to believe in science. That's not to say most of what science promotes is not true--it just takes a bit, sometimes a lot of faith to believe.

I have personally never seen an electron, a Higgs Boson, or a carbon molecule with all of the electrons spinning about the nucleus in neatly ordered "shells." I have not seen a primeval pool of chemicals become amino acids and then make the leap to biological matter and nucleic acids.

While I haven't seen much of what science holds true, I believe it because it passes various empirical tests. Therefore, while I will never see light in enough detail to determine if it is a wave or a particle, I believe various scientific explanations for how and why light behaves as it does. I have faith in science. Because of my faith, I don't necessarily have to "see" everything for myself. I take what I have accepted by faith and employ it in my life and it works. The "facts" I have accepted by faith have predictable and repeatable results and therefore prove to be reliable.

My faith in God works in a similar fashion. I have not seen the face of God, but I have seen his hand in all creation, including the wonders of science. The stars in the universe as revealed by various space telescopes shows the might hand of the Creator. I have not seen Jesus Christ. Just as I have faith in the work of scientists who posit the existence of graviton waves and cosmic superstrings, I have faith in the inspired prophets, Apostles, and others who wrote down their experiences and observations in the Holy Bible.

It takes a lot of faith to believe many things, but I have faith and rely on it every day. I have faith in science because it “works.” I have faith in my Creator and my Savior because it also works. Denying the truth because it requires faith does not unmake the science nor does it unmake the Creator behind that science.

At 2:16pm on December 24, 2008, Don Guizzetti said…: Being overly concerned with how other worshipers are dressed--better or worse--is an avoidable spiritual distraction. Likewise, so is being overly concerned with worshipers who are overly concerned with how other worshipers are dressed.

In the Christian churches, it is the individual's personal relationship with the Savior Jesus Christ and their faith in Him that is of the highest importance. We come together as the body of Christian believers to offer our worship and praise and to give glory and honor to God. There will always be people sitting near you that dress differently, sing too loudly, move too much, kneel when they should stand and stand when they should kneel, or wear too much cologne.

In C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters", Senior Tempter Screwtape counsels his nephew the novice demon Wormwood about people in the next pew, "Provided that any of those neighbors sing out of tune, or have boots that squeak, or double chins, or odd clothes, the patient (target) will quite easily believe that their religion must therefore be somehow ridiculous." Screwtape then goes on to advise Wormwood that this is a large part of why being in church is often the easiest time to successfully attack the patient with doubts and heresies while their guard is more relaxed.

Churches are filled with the weak, deficient, and imperfect. Some who deride faith and religion (two different things) tout the fact that most churches are filled with hypocrites. Most are. If hypocrisy is acting differently than you believe, then yes, many if not most believers are hypocrites. I know that I am.

Each day, if not each hour, or even each minute, I am aware that my thoughts, words, and deeds do not live up to how I ought to be. I even now catch myself almost falling victim to some Wormwood or other when I note with some amount of derision someone in another pew or even next to me who is singing off key, being fussy, or just being different. None of that matters at all.

What matters is coming together in a body of imperfect believers to hear the Word of God and to offer God our worship and praise. I must keep in mind that the person who rocks back and forth (too much) when they sing or who may speak too loudly may very well be a stronger believer than I.

At 8:41am on December 22, 2008, Don Guizzetti said…: I practice "guerilla evangelism." This includes distributing tracts both to individuals and by leaving them where they will be found--in stores, self-service gas pumps, etc. This is one I put together last year. The picture is on the front while the back contains only text. Some online printers will print these for "free"--just pay the shipping. I get 100 from VistaPrint for S&H of $7.45. There are many other printers from which to choose. Feel free to use this if it works for you. I get good feedback from them.

Don

You have a choice...
The choice is completely yours. God freely offers you a way to eternal life with Him in Heaven. You can accept His wonderful offer or you can turn Him down. If you turn Him down, you face carrying the full burden of your sins--the very burden for which Christ offers forgiveness. True justice demands a penalty for breaking the law. The penalty for our sins is death and eternity in Hell. This law is more immutable than the law of gravity. As much as you may try to deny gravity, your disbelief will not keep you from plunging to your death if you jump from a great height to the ground below.

Open your heart to Jesus, start reading the Holy Bible, (the Gospel of John in the New Testament is a great place to start), and find a church that preaches the Good News of Salvation by Grace through Jesus Christ. He's knocking...

"...You will find Him (God) if you look for Him with all your heart and with all your soul." Deuteronomy 4:29

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in..." Rev 3:20

At 8:18am on December 22, 2008, Don Guizzetti said…

At 6:55am on December 18, 2008, Lucas Barrows said…: May I say you are Cool, you look like my first Pastor back 20 years ago he was a great teacher.
God bless.