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		<title>How to: Defend your faith -cont</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to 1 Peter 3:15, we should be ready to give every man an answer that's will ask you the reason of the hope that you have. What is it you can answer? I believe that anyone can answer intelligently as to why they believe,  what they believe. Here are some thing to do and not to do.]]></description>
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		<title>Go Saints!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetI couldn&#8217;t resist the opportunity to root for the saints on this particular day. I realize that many of you might not be sports fans but I wanted to acknowledged the fact that we contend with many issues during the day but in the end we win and before it starts, we&#8217;ve won because of  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer, anywhere, anytime.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetYou don&#8217;t have to be in a church to pray, what if its too far away? You don&#8217;t have to be on your knees to pray, you can do it standing up, or siting down and even from your bed before you open your eyes. Its the position of your heart that matters. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God is&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetGod is our refuge and strength, a very present help in the time of trouble. There is absolutely nothing wrong on ashamed about turning to God in the time of crises. As stated in scripture, in Psalms 46:1. God is..! To the people of Port Au Prince, Haiti, God is your refuge and strength, He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Careless Words &#8211; Gods Love Excludes No One</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetI could imagine the offense that comes with reading the words that I saw on the church marquee. The marquee is use to either advertise  events or the times of the church weekly services. Many churches make use of the marquess to display crafty words and sentences to make the onlooker think. The Church building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Laugh &#8211; Take a break from being so serious!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWhen was the last time your had one? I went to the bank the other day to make a deposit and there were tow tellers engaged in some obviously good small talk and they were laughing it up. It was good just to see people taking a moment to just find the humor in something. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When giving up is not an option.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world is full of problems, the church has problems, the members have problems and everyone in the church you speak to  says "I'm blessed of the Lord" when you ask  "how are you today."]]></description>
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		<title>Disconnected</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Timed out. Your session was disconnected because your login was idle for an extended period of time.

Aren't you so glad that you do not get this message, because you did not pray? Some believers may give you the impression they say their prayer every night and then never forget an evening to pray. That may be true for some, but there are some people who simply did not pray before they went to bed. For what ever reason things in life will happen.]]></description>
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		<title>Go Saints Go!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After more than 44 years and this was the NFL teams first time in the super bowl, the New Orleans Saints. Sometimes you may wonder, when your time is, when will you see the light at the end of the tunnel, sometimes you migh lose control of the (ball) situation and regain it later in the game, you may even get an interception if you dont loose hope. Everything does not always go in the favor of the opposing team.]]></description>
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		<title>Him</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel had Moses, Aron, the ten commandments, a cloud to lead them by day and a pillar of fire by night and they were still problematic and when scripture say "Be ye Holy for I am Holy" church folk will say.."Okay God, I will" without know how to,; and they start doing things they believe please God and that will make them appear to be Holy.]]></description>
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