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Posted on 07/28/2002 1:31:09 AM PDT by Snow Bunny
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COB, I went to a 45 minute minute mass today. Then I helped one of my parishoners change her tire. Then, 81 year old Clara, my old neighbor 10 miles away, called me at 1:00 and told me she felt an earthquake. So I went up to Camden, and checked out the seismic situation, and mowed her lawn and put salt in her softener and sat with her for a while. I let her know that Minneapolis is part of the "Ring of Fire" and even with all of her years, she couldn't stop the movement of huge continental plates. And, I couldn't stop eating those fudge/almond brownies she "happened" to bake for me prior to the earth shift.
Hope you found YOUR selfish awakening.
Besides the fact that you're not making much sense, have you ever read your Bible?
The good that you do on this earth has absolutely nothing to do with your salvation.
Check out Paul's letter to the Ephesians.
I'd give you chapter and verse, but it would do you good to read the whole thing.
End of my participation in this discussion.
LOL! 
Time for a break I see. I'll be back later.
Now that we have discussed religion, lets discuss sex and politics. LOL (joke)
No, I didn't think Cobby was putting me or mt churdh down, He's too much of a Christian and a gentleman.
They are trying to incorporate the Praise & Worship component through it, and making progress.
All in all, they are outstanding in bringing it to the YOUTH of the church (tomorrow's hope), and it is a happening place for them!
My grandsons (16 and 3) and grandaughter (11), cannot wait to get there. The two oldest are in the Youth Choir and had a 3-day tour of several states in June.
Tiny as the town is, it is among the Top Ten in Baptist churches in America for proportionate growth and baptisms!
You mention camp meetings, and those are found with several churches, but the two churches I enjoyed in NC were an hour of Praise and Worship, followed by a sermon of varying length, and a call to pray as you feel moved, and to share testimonies.
The Holy Spirit often moved many congregants, and there was NO sense of time, worshipping the Lord!
What one finds there is what God meant when He commanded us to come before Him with joy and dancing and singing and musical instruments!
In a way that is hard to explain, the Holy Spirit does literally inhabit one's praises and prayers.
It carries over to every aspect of your life; every day.
good words.
Miss Clara, if you come down to the Dallas area, you just let me know and
we can meet somewhere, sure.
We can go to Dealey Plaza maybe. Yikes!, lol !
(LOL...really bad joke, eh)?
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