Tom Branch - Roads of Faith

While my master is gone I am free to talk. He came over to visit today. I hope he has no idea I am trying to serve another master. Because this would put his job on the line and to leave one master for another is to cause his death. I must kill my master to serve the one true master, God.

Ok now reality. I thought I would give a more poetic introduction. Went out last night searching for the bible I saw at the partenership class this weekend. I went TIA three different bookstores before I settled on a Bible. I was looking for a devotional bible one that could help me understand from a few extra angles.

I got one from Promise Keepers, Its a devotional Bible for Men. Its called Men of Integrity. So now I have a NLT on top of the paperback NIV I bought. I still like that lil ole thick bible. The NIV...it's a cheap dirt quality regular paperback. Yet it has become very read.

Now why did I choose the Men of Integrity? Because I feel that's what I want in my life. Feel that is where god is wanting me. I feel like he is calling me now to get a few things taken care of, time to stop playin around and get ready. Something big could be on the horizon, or maybe that is the only way to come closer to him, is in relationship with others, myself, and church, and ultimatly him.

Well Let's see
Integrity: in·teg·ri·ty noun.

1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
2. The state of being unimpaired; soundness.
3. The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness.

Above all, my brothers, do not swear - not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be "Yes" and your "No," no, or you will be condemned. (James 5:12 NIV)

So when you make a promise to God, don't delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him. It is better to say nothing than to promise something that you don't follow through on. (Ecc :4-5 NLT)

A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in homes of the wicked. (Psalsm 84:10 NLV)

It's time to grow up or grow into God. Maybe we are here for relationships and balancing wisdom and risks and learning abhor relationships with ourselves, each other, and God. Relationships s are the connection...no THE connection.

Time to connect.

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