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		<title>Renewing Your Spirit (Meditation Upon God)</title>
		<link>http://pastorron7.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/renewing-your-spirit-meditation-upon-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Mark 6:31 Jesus told people who were so busy with life that they didn&#8217;t have time to eat that they needed to get away&#8230; with Him&#8230; to a quiet place.
Ps 63:5 My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, 6 when I remember you upon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorron7.wordpress.com&blog=3762311&post=7409&subd=pastorron7&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Blind Eye And A Deaf Ear!</title>
		<link>http://pastorron7.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-blind-eye-and-a-deaf-ear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Do not quench the Spirit&#8230;&#8221; (1 Thessalonians 5:19)
It is amazing how insensitive some can be at church&#8230; to their pastor and others&#8230; when The Word is about to be proclaimed and enter into worship!  At one church I served the Chairman of Deacons came to me five minutes before it was time for the morning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorron7.wordpress.com&blog=3762311&post=7384&subd=pastorron7&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calvinism Understood (Simeon And Wesley)</title>
		<link>http://pastorron7.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/calvinism-understood-simeon-and-wesley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a conversation between Charles Simeon and John Wesley as recalled by Charles Simeon.  Mr. Simeon asks Mr. Wesley a few questions&#8230;
Sir, I understand that you are called an Arminian; and I have been sometimes called a Calvinist; and therefore I suppose we are to draw daggers. But before I consent to begin the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorron7.wordpress.com&blog=3762311&post=7376&subd=pastorron7&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Overused Words&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pastorron7.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/overused-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had a discussion with a friend over the proper use of the word &#8220;awesome.&#8221;  He contended it should only be used in reference to God as it carries the idea with it of worship.  I suggested that possibly there were levels of meaning, such as&#8230; awesome (Little &#8220;a&#8221;), Awesome (Capital &#8220;A&#8221;), and AWESOME [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorron7.wordpress.com&blog=3762311&post=7361&subd=pastorron7&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Over Six Hours In A Car</title>
		<link>http://pastorron7.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/over-six-hours-in-a-car/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Missions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pam (My wife) and I traveled to Asheville, NC for our 25th anniversary.  It was a six hour and forty minute drive (Thanks to road work outside Asheville).  That is a long time for some&#8230; but it was a joy to be with my wife.
One of the things we did&#8230; which only preachers and their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorron7.wordpress.com&blog=3762311&post=7367&subd=pastorron7&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Week Break&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pastorron7.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/one-week-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sweet wife and I have been married 25 years this November 10th.  We are going to take a little trip to celebrate (Even though it&#8217;s October, my son&#8217;s basketball begins in November) so I may or may not be posting this week.
If you&#8217;d like some fodder for spiritual encouragement and reflection I suggest the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorron7.wordpress.com&blog=3762311&post=7354&subd=pastorron7&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Up Early&#8230; And Prayer</title>
		<link>http://pastorron7.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/up-early-and-prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this moment it is 2:57 AM&#8230; I am wide awake&#8230; and writing my blog for today.
Dr. T.W. Hunt once said in a message I heard&#8230; &#8220;When I awake early in the morning, I take that as God&#8217;s call to pray.&#8221;  I wish I was that spiritual, but I&#8217;m not.  Or at least I&#8217;m not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorron7.wordpress.com&blog=3762311&post=7351&subd=pastorron7&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Satan&#8217;s #1 Lie (That We Believe)&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pastorron7.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/satans-1-lie-that-we-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Satan&#8217;s number one lie is about God.  He says (With a sneer), &#8220;God doesn&#8217;t love you!&#8221;
He said it to Adam and Eve in the garden about God and the fruit.  &#8220;God is keeping you down!  You won&#8217;t die!  God just doesn&#8217;t want you to be like Him.  THAT&#8217;S why He said don&#8217;t eat the fruit.&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorron7.wordpress.com&blog=3762311&post=7343&subd=pastorron7&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Will&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pastorron7.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/gods-will/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[God&#8217;s will is more something He DOES than a direction we discern or a decision we make.
Want to know God&#8217;s will?  You are standing in it!
Living life under the providence of God is like riding a raft down a river.  The river moves you along.  When it speeds up, so do you.  When you hit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorron7.wordpress.com&blog=3762311&post=7335&subd=pastorron7&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections On My Son&#8217;s Letter</title>
		<link>http://pastorron7.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/reflections-on-my-sons-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you didn&#8217;t read my son Trey&#8217;s letter to his future wife&#8230; click here.  Then read my thoughts about his letter if you&#8217;d like&#8230;
Yes&#8230; I am thankful to God that my son has that kind of passion at this point in his life.  I am prayerful that his sentiment expressed in the letter also is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorron7.wordpress.com&blog=3762311&post=7326&subd=pastorron7&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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