In My Mind

Why So Worried?

2010-12-21T09:15:00.000-08:00

The call comes in at about 9am, John picks up the phone slowly and hears a dead silence....there is no echo in the background, no other sounds to be heard. Trembling and shook up from the events that had taken place at the bar the night before John choked out the words, "Hello, he....hel-lo." Quickly a voice responded in one of those raspy, crackling, high pitched voices that you only hear on the scary movies, "You're gonna die tonight John...You're gonna die! John quickly hangs up the phone before anything else can be said and gets up off the bed and begins pacing back and forth in the room not knowing what to do. His mind is filled with all kinds of thoughts, and worry clouds every section of hi mind.

Now I would honestly say that John has something to be worried about. That is a story that I created just for this occasion. I thought today, how many of us live our lives in every situation worried just like this. Our minds are clouded to the brim with worries of all types. I lived this way at one time, always worried about one thing or another. Then the day came that I committed and surrendered myself, my life to the Christ. It took some time, but as I read his words in the Bible and began to apply those words to my life I began to ask myself this. If I believe that I serve the God of the Universe, then why am I worried about anything.

This God, the Christ that I serve is the same God that plagued Egypt during Moses time. This is the same God that opened the sea and made the land dry in less than a few minutes (impossible). The same God that brought Daniel unhurt, and even untouched out of the lions den. The same God that turned the 5 loves and 2 fish into a meal that could feed over 5,000 with baskets left. I have no worries any more.

You are probably saying to yourself, "I don't believe that, how could you live with no worries?" Think about it, God says in his words in the Bible, we cannot even count the hairs on our heads, but he knows every single one. The word also tells us not to worry, but to trust that God our heavenly father will provide for us. His word says that if we know how to provide good gifts for our children, then how much better will he do for us being our heavenly Father!

Finally there is no reason for us to be worried if we really trust the Lord and know his Word. If we are obedient, following the ways of God the best we know how, then God is faithful to bless and open the doors we need. BUT, What if God doesn't do anything at all? We have to be secure enough in our faith to know that this same God that brought the Hebrew boys out of the flames IS able to do anything. Even though he may not do, the time may not be right, or he may not be ready to move for us cause he see's that we aren't ready. All and all, just be faithful.....WHY SO WORRIED?

Thru My Eyes....On Youtube

2010-12-19T19:07:00.000-08:00

I'm excited about the new videos that I'm placing on youtube, check them out!

2010-12-10T22:25:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow Night my choir One Voice will be in concert at Trinity Temple COGIC in Grandview, MO. It's so funny right now that we are pretty much unknown in the world, but God is opening so many doors so fast as we continue to do ministry around the city. I know that we have been set apart for such a time like this. We are preparing to record and everything is being established and set up right now so that we can officially get our live recording. Many people have been waiting to have the official album and I am excited about recording it so they can be blessed daily. I have a very picky ear and the studio album is ok, but it is just not what i want for our final work. Excellence is what I want, I don't want to listen to our album and cringe because it's unprofessional and lacking quality. Keep us in your prayers and support us on Itunes as we go foward.

2010-09-15T14:39:00.000-07:00

Have you noticed what is happening in America? There is a scary trend going on in America. The young people here, the majority of young people in America are turning there backs on anything that has to do with God. It is unbelievable that this country is becoming so selfish and lustful. The VMA's really express where we are as a nation because, from the VMA's you can see what kids, teens, and adults are listening too. If there were no people listening too and supporting this garbage, then there would be no garbage out there. We are quick to forget that what goes into the ear can be just as poisonous as what goes in the mouth.

2010-06-25T10:12:00.000-07:00

Today I found myself listening to Max Richter's "On The Nature of Daylight". I was just in this type of mood, very heart warming and great music to listen to while folding clothes which is something that I hate doing...lol. It just seems to make everything peaceful, kinda like your sitting in the middle of a rain forest right next to a beautiful river that's never been touched by pollution. you can hear the sounds of the humongous waterfall in the distance and feel the mist coming from the water that has escaped the fall and drifted over to you. It makes me think of my life and what have I done that really matters and I thank God that I can say thatt I feel like I have done quite a bit that really matters in this world. things that will last beyond me on into eternity. I have made many stupid choices, but I have done many things right as well and I give all glory to the Lord God, my savior Jesus Christ!

2010-06-24T18:33:00.000-07:00

The woman in this picture is the Love of my life. God brought this woman into my life to help me enjoy life while I seek to be all i can be for Christ. She is my calm when I am uptight, she is my joy when I'm sad. Arrica Wright has been with me thru these years in thick and thin and rough poor times and I have to say that many don't really know her. She has been a great woman to me, and she has opened her heart to me and allowed me to be her number one. I thank God for this woman that I love!

Getting My Priorities Straight

2010-04-05T15:44:00.003-07:00

if there is anything that i have learned in the past 5 years, its that i must get my priorities straight. there is no time for mistakes. Every move i make is important. Im praying that I will make my next moves in life count

Getting My Priorities Straight

2010-04-05T15:44:00.001-07:00

Ambassador For Christ

2010-03-19T15:31:00.001-07:00

For many years my identity has been lost. I had forgotten what i was suppose to stand for. i had forgotten how high i should have held my head in humility knowing the God i serve and how important my job as an ambassador for christ is. I thank God for my purpose and what he's doing in my life. Thank you Father for the reminder.

The trials and testing of Life

2010-03-16T11:03:00.001-07:00

the trials and test of life come and go. i have found the words of James the Apostle to be so true, "we should be patient while enduring trials, test, pain and suffering. we should have joy in Christ knowing that the trials worketh patience in our lives." i want to be totally complete so i endure trials amd tribulations, whatever they may be. To God be the glory

What Can You Do? New Single

2010-01-14T22:53:00.000-08:00

True Believers Off The Ground Finally

2010-01-14T22:47:00.000-08:00

I have been working to plant a online church like atmosphere where believers can come be uplifted, encouraged and supported in their gifts and talents. I thank God that we finally got the site up and running and we quickly have people joining the site. My aim at having this site is not just to have people join and never be heard from again. The aim is to treat the members, just like this is a church. People spend so much time on the internet I want to allow them no excuse to have a place to go listen to good wholesome music, uplifting word, encouraging thoughts from other believers, videos that bring up controversial topics and direct them to our faithful God. Anyway, just check out the site.....@

Are Mormons Christians?

2009-11-13T16:45:00.000-08:00

Are Mormons Christians?

From Birth We Are Sinners

2009-10-10T09:34:00.000-07:00

Psalms 58 and Isaiah 48:8 talk about our rebel birth, and it is such a shameful truth. We are born sinners, that is not a new fact to our Heavenly father. I read in Matthew Henry Commentary and it summed us up by saying, " They go astray from God and their duty as soon as they are born, (that is, as soon as possibly they can); the foolishness that is bound up in their hearts appears with the first operations of reason; as the wheat springs up, the tares spring up with it."
Its amazing how we began to go about our selfish, lustful, and decietful ways even at the age when we first learn to reason. What do we have to gain from rebelling from God? Nothing, but we do it anyway

thoughts on scripture

2009-10-10T08:48:00.000-07:00

Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness "Habbakuk"

Sunday Message From Pastor Molden

2009-10-06T16:40:00.000-07:00

Notes from pastor molden

The second year, the Lord spoke this message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak: The Indifference of the People The Lord who rules over all says this: “These people have said, ‘The time for rebuilding the Lord’s temple has not yet come.’” So the Lord spoke through the prophet Haggai as follows “Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins? Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Think carefully about what you are doing. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’” The Instruction of the People “Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Pay close attention to these things also.

Scripture reading from haggai:

•God desires and commands that he comes first

•God will not take second seat
•No other God before me

•#1 God should b in each of our lives

•where a man's treasure is, his heart will be also

•How can we not take time to bow before the king of glory?

•where each of us r today is because the favor of God is on us

•God gave material blessings to those that put him first

•the only way we fully enjoy the fulness of spiritual blessing is putting God first.

Proverbs 3:6

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Opportunities Come And Go, So Be Ready!!!!

2009-09-21T21:04:00.000-07:00

Opportunities present themselves at different times and places and spaces of your life. All you can do is prepare your self for the opportunities that will arise. I find myself at this time in my life preparing for what I believe will be a huge door opening in a arena of life that I know I am gifted by God to be in. But if I don't prepare myself, and think I'm just gonna sit here and say, "God move me where you know I need to be." without putting in the work to better myself, I would be ignorant. Instead I put in time and dedication, cultivating the gifts that God has given me so that when he allows me to have the opportunity, I can shine and give him the glory for the gifts he has so graciously given.

That principle applies to any gift in the life of anyone who recognizes there God given gift and says, Lord I am going to do all I can to use this gift you have gave to the best of my ability. I'm trusting that you are going to open the doors that are needed to be opened to take me where you want me to go to uplift and encourage whomever you need to encourage thru the gift you have so graciously given me. God is faithful and will never fail at opening the doors for us when we say, ok Lord I'm ready to trust and depend on you and have the faith in you, that you are going to bless me in the area of my gifts.

Too often we try to use our gifts the way that others use them. We want to be just like Jonny Lee and Sally Sue. Well why would you want to be a carbon copy, when God has exclusively made you an original. The Encouragement for you is to Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path! That's a promise from the word of God. Remember these words and apply your God given gifts to everyday life, and you will truly see good fruit produced in your life. Be blessed, strengthened and Encouraged.

Sizzle and I

2009-07-30T09:53:00.000-07:00

Me at the baseball game. I get paid for this.....lol.....thank u Lord

What in the????

2009-07-26T20:51:00.001-07:00

U know i gotta b in arkansas....lol this calendar is crazy

I see the light

2009-07-25T13:20:00.000-07:00

Are you thinking what im thinkinG? pictures can say words that we could never put together!

2009-07-25T11:25:00.003-07:00

going, the moores and cantiss his wife and daughters, and my grandma

2009-07-25T11:25:00.001-07:00

earth is limited and i want to take every opportunity to enjoy them while i can. I Love my parents and brothers. We also have some family here with us

2009-07-25T11:24:00.003-07:00

ut how wonderful it has been to have such great parents. My life has been wonderful and i thank God for them. I unddrstand that r time together on this

2009-07-25T11:24:00.001-07:00

Man here we r headed to Arkansas. I never really liked going on these long trips but its special to be going this year with my mom and dad. I THINK abo

2009-07-23T22:29:00.001-07:00

Tunnel voyage pics

2009-07-18T13:40:00.001-07:00

Check out our day at tunnel voyage

Price III @ tunnel voyage

2009-07-18T13:38:00.001-07:00

Today we are at tunnel voyage. lil man found his favorite instruments asap.....thanks grandma Wright. this place is pretty neat, never been here before. ok gotta go enjoy the fam!

Cleaning out the inside

2009-07-18T06:32:00.001-07:00

Cleaning out the inside of our cars could be compared to the cleaning out of our bodily insides. the bible tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. we have seen and been in the shoes of those who walk around with their outsides spiffed and clean, but their insides hurt, trahsed out and filled with despair. these r the ppl that Jesus came for, those that need that vacuum on the inside to clean all the debris out. This is the work of the Holy Spirit, to sanctify and clean us on the inside. that doesnt mean we wont make mistakes, it means the he will literally keep us swept clean on the inside until Christ returns to make us totally and perfectly clean always....amen

Lil cuzzy Mara

2009-07-17T20:07:00.001-07:00

My wife and i

2009-07-17T20:06:00.001-07:00

I love this woman with all my heart, mind, and soul. thank God for such a wonderful wife.

Friday at plaza

2009-07-17T20:04:00.000-07:00

Tonight my family and i are at the plaza listening to my uncle maurice and cousin mara. they are good entertainment for the night. it feels really good out here. its gotta b perfect weather and scenery out here. befor we came and set down to watch, i had to check a few guys who were trying to check out my lil cousin aira. lol....that was funny. perfect nights like this always seem to end way to fast so let me get off here and let the pics tell the story!

I love my son

2009-07-16T12:31:00.001-07:00

It's amzing how tine flies. I remember being a little kid thinking, i wonder who my wife is, and what my son is going to be like. It's an amazing sight to know im actually living in that moment! My son is a handsome little guy, with an amazing personality. Just watching him grow up is so incredible. I making this legacy for him, as well as those who may view images and details of my life when my time is up. Yes i love my wife, mom, dad, brothers, and all my extended family. But there's a special place in my heart for my first born son. I thank God for blessing me with such a healthy son, and the times he was not healthy God kept us calm and controlled so could provide live and care for him. I Love My Son!!!!!

What am i doin here???

2009-07-11T13:58:00.000-07:00

Lol....from the picture you can tell im at a baby shower. the question is why???? when did women start inviting men to these events? lol....lol

Family time

2009-07-11T13:31:00.000-07:00

There is so much going on around me all the time. i never want to forget my family is most important to me, before everything else. God is a given 1st, nothing compares to that relationship. but i love my family!

Arc and the sky

2009-07-10T11:39:00.001-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we went to Saint Louis. it was so amazing to c the arc structure up close and personal. it got me thinking about the city and structures that God is preparing for us. the New Jerusalem!!!!! Thhat's exciting.

The creator and creation

2009-07-10T11:29:00.001-07:00

Today as with other days i always look to Gods great creation for inspiration. there is no part of this great creation that doesn't inspire me to want to worship and serve the creator. God wants us to understand his word and his creation, and when we comprehend that he his the master of both of these masterpieces, we can worship in spirit and in truth

My

2009-07-10T07:52:00.001-07:00

My secret place where i prayed this morning and resisted the devil. thank God for victory over the devouring lion with a leash.

2009-07-10T07:49:00.001-07:00

Today i couldnt think straight, or seem to get a prayer thru. It took about a hour for me to realize i was being attacked by the enemy. So i did a James 4:7

2009-07-09T21:57:00.001-07:00

2009-07-09T21:56:00.001-07:00

Today i enjoyed my free time at the gym. Its always peaceful for me to play basketball. But the highlight of the night was movie night with the family

2009-07-09T15:21:00.000-07:00

Prayer changes things. This is so true. But what if you don't know how to pray? What if you don't know what to pray when you pray? This can present a problem. Today I began working on the outline for my book, "How To Pray Effectively?". Me being a black man, I have noticed that in the black church we are not doctorinally sound. Now that's not to say that all black churches are like that. Honestly, it is a shame that I have to even specify black church, but that's a whole different discussion. Anyway, I am creating this book because when I went through my time where I couldn't seem to get a good prayer through, or so I felt I couldn't I went to the word of God and found peace. I want to alluminate some of the passages I read while going through my test of discouraging prayer moments in my life. I feel that maybe my completion of that test and the many that I've been through and still kept the faith, can help another brother or sister in the faith. Be looking foward to that publication coming soon!!!

In My Mind

Why So Worried?

Thru My Eyes....On Youtube

Getting My Priorities Straight

Getting My Priorities Straight

Ambassador For Christ

The trials and testing of Life

What Can You Do? **New Single**

True Believers Off The Ground Finally

Are Mormons Christians?

From Birth We Are Sinners

thoughts on scripture

Sunday Message From Pastor Molden

Opportunities Come And Go, So Be Ready!!!!

Sizzle and I

What in the????

I see the light

Tunnel voyage pics

Price III @ tunnel voyage

Cleaning out the inside

Lil cuzzy Mara

My wife and i

Friday at plaza

I love my son

What am i doin here???

Family time

Arc and the sky

The creator and creation

My

What Can You Do? New Single