Son-shine on Your Shoulders

                      (Every day is a . . . )  Good Son-Day!!! Prepping for April's Quarry Confidence and Deeper Levels of Confidence - Adoration Next Sunday, we will have the honor and pleasure of celebrating the start of "Passion Week".  I think we are all familiar with the events of that week. I reference the events of that week in the article, "It's the Holy Day Season" two weeks ago. With two weeks to go until Easter, I want to highlight what Jesus was doing in the weeks prior to Passion Week. I will use an approach a homiletics (i.e., the art of preaching or teaching) approach called expository.  This approach usually uses a large section of scripture (text) rather than a single scripture and letting the text create points of the message.  Below, I have inserted the text and my supplemental comments (in red ) to highlight points.  All I am missing is Jo's character, Sister Bobo to do the tex...

 Good Son-Day Morning! Here is a throwback Josephine video from 1984.  Jo is poppin' and locking! Prelude to the State Fair Unbelievable Bennies! Last week, I noted that praise demands a sacrifice meaning you give God your heartfelt self regardless of how you feel.   Hebrews 13:15-16 “Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of my lips that openly profess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Today the focus is on what happens to us when you praise.   I call this Heavenly Bennies (i.e., benefits). Praises changes our personality.   It changes our focus from a earthly perspective to a Christ like one, otherwise known as Christian which means Christ-like.   Praise puts us in a humble mode.   Songs such as, “I Surrender All”, puts Christ at the helm of our lives.   We become more pliable and receptive to His will. He fills i...