Hey, this makes sense....

This morning I laughingly said to a dear friend, "I don't know why the Lord keeps testing me when He knows I am going to make an 'A'." How do I know I'm going to make an 'A', because I have determined that no matter how hard it gets I'm going to praise the Lord!

But you know with all of my best intentions and making a determination to always acknowledge Jesus as the Lord over every situation, I can still rob myself of the fruit that God intended me to produce.

An acquaintance of mine, who was quiet prominent in the field of marketing, wrote a book a few years ago and the book was titled something like this, "What they don't teach you at Harvard." That brings my possibility of failing to mind as I consider the things many of us never learn in the early years of our lives. If I wrote a book I could title it,

"What I never learned when I should have learned it, that's why I'm so messed up now, and as a result I have no confidence or boldness."

I know what you're thinking; "That's not a title, Benji, that's a whole sermon." You are right, but it's actually not a whole sermon. You will get the rest of the sermon if you care enough to say, "Hey, that title is talking about me!"

From the day we came out of the womb, we all had teachers. We observed behaviors, we studied the countenance, we listened as words were spoken and on and on. Most all of us came from backgrounds filled with teachers that we wish we had never had. But we find ourselves emulating even those that we did not respect or want to imitate.

When the Lord termed the salvation experience as being, 'Born Again', that means we start all over brand new. However, all the teachers we had in the past that made us feel worthless, afraid and unsure of ourselves are still haunting us. The Lord said, "How can they know without teachers." You just gotta have teachers that can turn you around and make you into what you really wish you could be.

This is the heartbeat that I have for all humanity that did not have the advantages of a godly stable home life.

Favor With God and Man Institute will deal with every aspect of what you should have learned at an early age. God wants us to be the most bold, confident, powerful, joyful influences on this planet. And you can be!

Please call me or email me about your desire to make this dream come true.

You can truly be a new creature, not in word only. This is God's will concerning your life.

Love,

Benji

(770) 830-8552 or benjicmallory@bellsouth.net

Magnetic Troubles...



Nope, I don't mean it like it sounds. (I can't help but laugh,) There are some people who feel like their lives just attract troubles. They just travel along and "BOOM", more trouble. (That is true with some folks, but praise God, not me or you.)


They can turn this into good if they will just stop and ask God, "What's going on!! What am I doing or not doing that makes me like a magnet for everything bad that can happen?" The Word gives a full list of possible causes and none are listed as; "It's someone else's fault, blame them." or "You're just a poor little darlin."


Now, here is a Champions way of thinking; For us, this is just another opportunity to show us, as well as others, our faith in God and bring Him Glory!


Trouble is a magnet that God is using to draw out the wisdom, the discipline, the creativity, the determination to win, the fighting Spirit, the singlemindedness, the very best of God working by His Spirit.


YEA!!!!! Bring it on!!!! We've already faced the bear, the Lion, and so many Goliaths we can't even count. This is just another triumph about to happen. OH, Praise God for His trust in us to come through every storm with a a smile that has never ceased!


"Come on, Benji. Get real."


Hey, I am. I lived on the losers side for thirty-two years, but Christ translated me over to His side. You got it, I sure am a cocky King's kid. Come on over, the weather is fine. Sure storms hit, but when The Lord is truly your Lord, what can Satan do without God's OK? If we will give God the Glory and thank Him in every situation you can be sure that promotion is just ahead.


Here is a bonus, people in high places will see you as a very stable and in control person, not flaky.. . They will want to help you, seek your counsel and just bless you any way that they can. The world is going crazy, but here you are with your shoulders straight, head up and talking like you have some sense and know where you're going. The world is looking for someone that has some stability. You have been chosen. Now, will you choose...?


Lotsa Jesus' kind of love!

Benji

Old? What's that?

Old...what is it?



Is it the same as 'Antiquated'?.. (Old fashioned/ outdated)



How about 'Obsolete'?... (that which has fallen into disuse)



'Old ' is anyone's opinion. Some folks think , "I've had my day I 've been used up. I'm outdated, can't get around good anymore. In fact I think I will just sit down on the curb of life and watch the parade go by."



Hey! You may sit there and watch it but we who have the Ancient of Days inside of us, we ARE the parade that 'old folks' are watching.



We are the ones who have joy in our hearts and a little hip-hop in our 'git-along.' We are the ones who laugh at ourselves when we squat down and can't get out of it.



We are the ones who know that 'everything is going to come out in the wash' as they used to say. Now that we know the Lord of The Word, we say, "He is going to turn everything into good...let's go ahead and praise Him in the middle of the storm."



Or your may have a more spiritually mature definition for the word 'old'; mature in judgement, wise, able to give good advice, an 'Elder'. One who IS able to lead due to a lifetime of experience, having REALIZED THAT THE GOD WHOM THEY DID NOT KNOW, WAS ACTUALLY WATCHING OVER THEM, DELIVERING THEM, KEEPING THEM TO AN 'OLD' BUT FRUITFUL AGE.



Warts, wrinkles, slowness of gait all speak of the goodness of God, that He saw our worth and determined that the world still needed what we have to give.



Wow! This is good stuff, isn't it? If you think so, show it! And to all of you ladies that keep your face glued to the mirror, looking for signs of 'old age', if you live long enough, ugly is going to happen in the physical, but I guarantee you, if you let the love of Jesus shine through you, you will have a twinkle in your eyes that no mascasra can duplicate, a smile that no wrinkle cream can take away, a loving touch that will last forever...



You will have that unexplainable magnetism that people will be drawn to and they will never see you as, old, antiquated or obsolete.



That's it!



Love,



Benji