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Carlos Whittaker

Posted: December 15, 2009 in Quotes
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On moving to Chicago to BE a part of the new church plant…….Soul City Church….

-But I’m just following the story that God has placed in my heart to lead my family with.

-I feel like this is the community where the next stage of growth in my family’s life will happen.

I admire this in Carlos.  He has made two very huge statements above and two that my family and I have subscribed to these years.  God does something at every juncture…He never wastes anything and especially sorrows.  Very few people do this very thing, follow the leadership of God’s spirit.  The reason it looks so odd to people is, they live a life of security.  A life of security involves very, very little faith, and the sad part of this is, these same people are hopefully going to heaven, but will not ever live the “high life” in this life like Carlos and many others through the years.

What happened to doing like the Apostle Paul did, going to the next best place?  That’s exactly what he did!  No, we look at size and prestige and security and money as the factors in determining if a person is stable or not.  Jesus was a man who was homeless, and died homeless, if you know what I mean.  Here in America, churches, employers, hiring agents, etc. would look upon Jesus as crazy, unstable, and a little off.  Wonder if they would look at us that way?  They should, IF, you are living a life of obedience.

No Doubt About This!

Posted: February 3, 2009 in Attitude
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http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/02/were-not-all-that/   (Read this and then my comment below will make sense)

Tell you what I’ve found:  Not only is what Carlos writing true, if necessary, God will remove all of your “trappings” to show you you that you are no longer identified with anything you thought gave you identity….then, I’ve noticed, you have two choices; you can either be depressed and believe that you are a loser (which is a lie) or you DECIDE to choose to believe what HE says about you, and then, for the rest of your life, no matter what comes your way, you constantly tell yourself that your identity is made up in these things:

1.  Add value to somebody everyday.

2.  If God doesn’t answer a prayer like you wanted it answered, He always has something better.

3.  You declare and choose everyday whether you are content and happy.  It’s a train your mind thing.

4.  There is “Thank You” power.  Every closed door and open door is a thank you to God.  There’s a reason.

5.  You believe and declare that God is putting people around you, right now, that will add value to your life and make your dreams come true.

6.  Repeat constantly the promises of God’s word that He says about you.  Get them in your mind and heart, repetitively, and it won’t be long before you believe it.