Adrian Warnock reads from the NIV bible
Adrian normally reads from the ESV Bible but on sunday he read from the NIV Bible, is he softening his views?? ;-)
Adrian's sermon Needy people need God is now available to listen to or download or via thepodcast, enjoy
Monday, 22 May 2006
Saturday, 20 May 2006
Read This
LET IT REALLY SINK IN - THEN CHOOSE.
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it!
You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or .. you can choose to be in a bad mood.
I choose to be in a good mood."
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."
I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
He continued, "..the paramedics were great.
They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'."
Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34.
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
You have two choices now:
01. Ignore this
02. Copy, Paste and send this to the people you care about.
You know the choice I made.
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it!
You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or .. you can choose to be in a bad mood.
I choose to be in a good mood."
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."
I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
He continued, "..the paramedics were great.
They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'."
Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34.
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
You have two choices now:
01. Ignore this
02. Copy, Paste and send this to the people you care about.
You know the choice I made.
Sunday, 29 January 2006
Another Prayer works
Hi All,
Another sermon has been published on prayer, this on is titled Prayer works when life is good by Adrian Warnock, at the Jubilee Church web site. I enjoyed it and learnt lots too, hope you do to.
God Bless
James
Another sermon has been published on prayer, this on is titled Prayer works when life is good by Adrian Warnock, at the Jubilee Church web site. I enjoyed it and learnt lots too, hope you do to.
God Bless
James
Sunday, 22 January 2006
Prayer Works 3
Part 3 in the series of Prayer Works sermons, Prayer works when life is tough by Adrian Warnock another of our gifted preachers. This one struck me in the way psalm 13 was explained in that David, the author of psalm 13 (and many others) started off in a sorry state or a 'woe is me' frame of mind but by the end he was thanking God for what He has done and about to do, meaning that just by praying in a humble and 'reliant on God' way can bring you hope where there seems to be none. May I suggest that if you are feeling a little down, whether or not you are a Christian, why not have a prayer, little or big, and trust in God for the answers. Have a listen to Adrian and make up your own mind, mine agreed with Adrian (and the Bible!)
God bless, James
God bless, James
Monday, 16 January 2006
Prayer Works 1 & 2
Hi,
There are now 2 sermons about prayer by Tope Koleoso, the lead pastor at Jubilee Church in the sermons sections. Full instruction for listening and/or downloading and podcasting given.
They are both very good and worth listening to.
God Bless
James
There are now 2 sermons about prayer by Tope Koleoso, the lead pastor at Jubilee Church in the sermons sections. Full instruction for listening and/or downloading and podcasting given.
They are both very good and worth listening to.
God Bless
James
Tuesday, 27 December 2005
Snow
The weather forcasters said it would snow today. I was looking out of my window wondering if the white covering of the ground in places was snow or just some frost that had gathered conveniently when I started seeing these large blobs of white floating and driftly delicately to the ground. A breeze cought some and swirled them into a mini frenzy by a wall. With in minutes the gound was covered. I had my answer! Now an hour later, the sun is shining and the white clouds are gently hanging in the sky, patiently waiting for the darker clouds to go by.
How wonderful this world is that we live in.
How wonderful this world is that we live in.
Sunday, 25 December 2005
Merry Christmas
I would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
As a passing thought, I came across this the other day: Music is the wine that fills the glass of silence - Robert Fripp, King Crimson
Nice words.
As a passing thought, I came across this the other day: Music is the wine that fills the glass of silence - Robert Fripp, King Crimson
Nice words.
Tuesday, 1 November 2005
The early bird
It may be that the early bird catches the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese
Monday, 31 October 2005
Thursday, 20 October 2005
Me not well
Over the last few days I have been very busy indeed, but today I paid the price of too much work and not enough food or sleep. However, I am recovering well. I hope to have posted, in the next few days, an item about Church Unity, done in three parts.
Friday, 14 October 2005
Linux OS
Being a Linux fan, I now mainly use Linux with SimplyMepis being the flavour I prefere. I am also a registered user. The nice thing about Linux is that it is free, doesn't crash, and I can do everything I used to do on windows on Linux, and it is more configurable AND the help forums are wonderfully helpful and friendly, espically the mepislovers forum.
Thursday, 13 October 2005
My First Blog...
Greetings From Enfield. It's wet but not too cold, the sun is just over the yard arm, the coffee is fresh and hot and I feel in a good mood.
As a passing thought... it has amazed me that when disasters happen in 'poor' or '3rd world' countries, the people work together for the good of the people, a community. Yet in 'the most civilized' country, when disaster strikes the gangs come out and shoot people, rob others for their own gain. Oh how the other half live. Question... is this because of a lack of community, if so, what happened to it and why did it go? Is it to do with the capitalistic way of political attitudes? A thought to ponder.
On a lighter side: I poisoned myself the other day, I ate a daffodil bulb thinking it was an onion, but its ok, the doctor said i'd be out in the spring.
As a passing thought... it has amazed me that when disasters happen in 'poor' or '3rd world' countries, the people work together for the good of the people, a community. Yet in 'the most civilized' country, when disaster strikes the gangs come out and shoot people, rob others for their own gain. Oh how the other half live. Question... is this because of a lack of community, if so, what happened to it and why did it go? Is it to do with the capitalistic way of political attitudes? A thought to ponder.
On a lighter side: I poisoned myself the other day, I ate a daffodil bulb thinking it was an onion, but its ok, the doctor said i'd be out in the spring.
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