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I think it’s always good to claim scripture in your life.
Thought I’d share several verses I’m claiming today and this work.

The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’ – Acts 17:24 – 28 (NASB)

And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this? – Esther 4:14b

Also, I’m claiming this song by Wayne Watson:

For Such a Time as This
Now, all I have is now
To be faithful
To be holy
And to shine
Lighting up the darkness
Right now, I really have no choice
But to voice the truth to the nations
A generation looking for God

For such a time as this
I was placed upon the earth
To hear the voice of God
And do His will
Whatever it is
For such a time as this
For now and all the days He gives
I am here, I am here
And I am His
For such a time as this

You – Do you ever wonder why
Seems like the grass is always greener
Under everybody else’s sky
But right here, right here for this time and place
You can live a mirror of His mercy
A forgiven image of grace

Can’t change what’s happened till now
But we can change what will be
By living in holiness
That the world will see Jesus

In less than 72 we’ll embark on our world wind CWF trips.
And when I say world wind – I do mean world wind ;-).
We’ll leave Thursday morning at 4 a.m. for Branson, Missouri where we’ll have a show that night. We’ll leave early the next morning to drive another eight hours to Iowa, where we’ll have a show on Friday and Saturday night.
After Saturday’s show we’ll pack up the ring and hit the road again to return to Dallas by Sunday afternoon.
Rob’s preaching Sunday night in view of a call for an associate pastoral position.
Then Tuesday afternoon Rob and I head to DFW Airport to fly to Jos, Nigeria with a group of 13 other fired up folks from Lakepoint Church in Rockwall.
There are still some concerns and needs that I won’t go into here, but pray that God will remain sovereign and take care of our needs in ways that can only bring Him glory.
Also pray for the hearts of those we come in contact with between now and our return to DFW on Thursday, Oct. 12.
To God be the Glory!

5. You’re bringing your own toilet paper for two weeks
4. You pack special “extra duty” insect repellent (illegal in 24 states)
3. Packing a bag of Doritos for the missionaries is almost as important as packing medical supplies
2. You’ve been told to bring multiple bottles of hand sanitizer
1. Your group is bringing toilet seats

Dallas Mavericks owner and former Broadcast.com founder Mark Cuban has written on his personal blog that he expects to see the end of YouTube sometime soon.
He is a smart man.

What is it about youtube.com that has made it so successful so quickly? Is it the amazing quality of user generated content? Is it a broadband fueled obsession with watching short videos?
No & No.
Youtube’s rapid ascension to the top of the traffic ranks can be attributed to two and only two reasons:
1. Free Hosting from any 3rd Party site
Hey, why pay for bandwidth for a video if you dont have to ? A blog, a myspace page, an email, any website. Just throw in some html in Youtube.com foots the bill for bandwidth. Sure you are limited by size of file, but so what. Just chop it up into parts 1 through N. Its fast, easy and free.
Come to our website and use our video hosting services, we can party like its 1999 all over again !
2. Copyrighted music and video.
I dont have a count, but i bet Daniel Powters’ Bad Day is attached to some video snippet of every sporting event ever played , with links sent to fans of every losing team. PIrates season, You had a Bad Day. Spurs vs Mavs. Mavs vs Suns, Mavs vs Heat , Yankees vs Red Sox, etc, etc, etc. Bad Day, Bad Day , Bad Day. If Daniel had a nickel for every time his song was used in a YouTube sports video, he would be a much richer man.

This is going to be fun! Unfair Park reports on the irony that the DMN wanted to cut their staff to spend more money on digital offerings, yet most of the people who left are now online thanks to blogs.

Anyone starting to notice the irony yet? Smells a little like…uh…bacon. By which I mean, for months Belo management has been insisting its buyouts at The Dallas Morning News were all about “empower[ing] reporters and photographers to employ methods in new media and digital journalism to communicate stories,” as editor Bob Mong put it in a press release last month. That’s why the paper lopped off 111 of its own limbs last week–to get ready for the future that was passing it by, to save money it was gonna spend out in the digital ether when the time came. So it allowed to walk out the door pretty much all of the newspaper’s arts staff; guess they weren’t ready for the brave new tomorrow, right?
Well, turns out pretty much everyone who left the fourth floor has already resurfaced–yup, on the good ol’ Interweb, which, last I heard, was gonna belong entirely to Robert Decherd.

Best quote from Robert “Fingers of Fury” Wilonsky’s post:

It’s a promo for Uncle Barky, which, I guarantee you, will be the most-visited-and-viewed local blog by the end of October. Or this afternoon.

Former DMN television critic Ed Barkley has a new blog.
One of his first posts gives you a rundown of the buyouts at DMN and why he took one.
I’m looking forward to the read.