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A Foretaste of Heaven at the Wheel of Fortune!
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Yes, I actually got a turn at the Wheel of Fortune, and YES, I even won and got to the final round! My winnings included for me a wonderful 50th birthday and at the same time, for me and my wife, a Silver Wedding Anniversary gift/trip to St. Martin this year! Yay! And, YES, I even won a staggering amount of money! In fact we are still staggered at how un-far the winnings were able to go in paying down our debts, and how quickly our debt-monster devoured it looking, unfortunately, for more! hahaha! And yes, I went to win as much money and as many prizes as I could because that, after all, is what going on that show is all about! Can I get an “Amen!” Chuch?! Heehee….
So, we’re no longer under the “burden” of the staggering financial wealth I received, and our backs are less stressed now, and we have a few less people beggin us for some…heehaw 🙂 Plus, believe it or not, for me, winning the money was not the absolute best part of the story! Would you believe the thing I’ve been most thrilled about regarding my experience on the show was the amazing way it brought me and family and friends, and even strangers, together in love and friendliness (starting with the fantastically awesome, Wheel of Fortune staff!)?! Thanks to our modern communication methods and especially the Internet and Television I had a truly people-unifying experience in all of this! Shewowsa! Seriously!
I have friends who told family and friends about the show and they all met up in houses together and cheered me on multi-generationally and multi-racially! I can’t count how many who told me they felt like they were winning when I was winning and losing when I was losing! Talk about unity! Haha! I’ve traveled to different states and had people recognize me from the show and greet me warmly and even want my autograph and business card and, of course, a “selfie” taken with me as proof to others that they met me! We all actually shook hands, hugged, and blessed each other! Ha!
I believe that in my experience with Wheel of Fortune, God, Father, Son and Spirit gave me and others (maybe you!) a tiny but true foretaste of what our future promised in Christ looks and acts like! A future that promises the full unity and reconciliation of humanity as it is in Christ! That stupendous news gets even better when we recognize that God is so gracious and present NOW, even in our blindness and darkness, we don’t have to wait for the fullness to arrive before we get a foretaste! We get to taste the reality of Jesus and live in HOPE NOW – Wow!!! Check it:
Eph 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
In Jesus Christ we are promised that as family, friends and neighbors, we will be brought together around an awesome Relational Event while sharing in the love and life of God, Father, Son and Spirit! And I haven’t even mentioned the food or wine yet (oops, now I have! Ha!) My Wheel of Fortune experience sounds a little like everybody getting along in Jesus doesn’t it? I think so too! You can check out my show here and get glad, sad and mad with me: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39v27m 🙂
Thank you, Wheel of Fortune, for participating in God’s having us all together in love and friendliness! 🙂
– tjbrassell
P.S. And now I’m able to share this experience with all of you, many of whom I don’t know, and who didn’t know about my experience till now, and you get to share in it too! Perhaps this is stirring up how, at the very least, what you and I deeply long and hope for is actually going to come true – the reconciliation of all people! After all, God’s Good News is stated as having been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, so I know you want it too! Colossians 1:23! Hmpf! 🙂
Taste And See That The Lord Is Good!
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In this Gospel Message, Pastor Richard Andrews of  New Life Fellowship of Baltimore, Proclaims the GOOD NEWS of The God Revealed in Jesus Christ with a  message entitled “Taste And See That The Lord Is Good!” and asks the question “Are we ready to take that exhortation we find in Psalms 34 and make it something we LIVE BY, LIVE THROUGH and LIVE WITH?”
In this message we learn what trials REALLY represent and hear that:
- Our foolishness does NOT determine God’s actions towards us! There is no circumstance we can go through that is too big or complicated that can change who God is!
- No matter the circumstance, God invites us to open up our mouths and have an experience with him. God invites us to experience HIS presence.
- Our trials help us to taste and see God’s goodness. They make God REAL. The more we TASTE, the more we SEE, the more we TRUST!
Listen and be comforted knowing that God loves us too much not to let us experience HIM, and because of that there WILL be points of pain and trials.
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Men And Women TOGETHER – Imaging God FOREVER!
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 In this Gospel Message entitled “Men And Women TOGETHER – Imaging God FOREVER!”, Pastor Timothy Brassell of  New Life Fellowship of Baltimore, Proclaims the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ who has taken up our humanity in Himself, sharing with us HIS life of union and communion with His Father through the Holy Spirit. He shows through the scriptures that all barriers between men and women and the dividing wall of hostility between all humanity has been destroyed, and our humanity renewed and healed, in Jesus Christ!
Hear in this message:
- That Jesus Christ is the first image of God of man and woman together and is not just an after-thought. As women and men, we were always meant to be conformed to Jesus Christ’s image and what He made of our humanity in Himself. We understand that HE is the Reality, and Adam and Eve (and us!) are only the shadow of Him in this first phase of our humanity!
- That because Jesus is the Image of God, it is best to think of men and women, male and female, as created in the Image of The Image of God!
- That ONLY FEMALE AND MALE TOGETHER show GOD toward creation and how ONLY TOGETHER do we show creation back to God in the fitting response Jesus shares with us. This doesn’t always mean marriage between men and women, but it always means gender partnership and complementing each other!
- The Good News of what ISÂ superior about being female and male, and what is not! Learn how we ARE equal and how we are not! Understand our participation and roles as Kings and Queens of creation!
- About The Great Grace that has been lavished on us as male and female in the person of Jesus Christ , and the Great and Loving Judgment against our broken humanity that compels us to reconsider and take part with Jesus as Life actually is!
You are encouraged to Participate with Christ, and in His shared humility, learning to admit your faults and receiving the forgiveness that leads to ACTUAL & REAL reconciliation and peace between human persons, plus LOTS MORE GOSPEL INSIGHT!