In this season Christ means everything.

Christ was not born on the 25th of December and history shows that the celebration of Christmas has its roots in pagan practices. In the Old testament God cursed Israel for adopting pagan feast days: "Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it" (Malachi 2:3, American Standard Bible). The Bible never reveals to us the day Christs was born, and not once do we see the apostles of Christ celebrating Jesus' birth. Yet Christmas is one of the most popular 'Christian' holidays today. Nonetheless I choose to celebrate this 'holiday' and I will explain why.

Just a few days ago before I had the idea of ever making this post I felt something I had never felt before during this season. Its the feeling of emptiness that comes after all the gifts have been unwrapped and hours, days, weeks have passed by. Pagan holiday or not most people who are not in the faith will forget about Christ or put him on the back burner. The gifts we give don't last. As I write this post I now understand what the Holy Spirit might have been trying to get me to understand all along. The greatest gift a man can give another is the knowledge and understanding that Christ is real, still living, loves us, and wants us to surrender ourselves to him. What more potent, lasting, and permanent gift can I give than igniting the spark that could lead my fellow family member or friend to finding God? What gift is more valuable than eternal life with our father? Celebrating the birth of Jesus will mean nothing if we don't celebrate his gift to us. Christmas means nothing, Christ means everything.

I pray that no matter what happens from this moment on that I continue to follow my King so that one day after this life is over I will forever give thanks and worship him the way it was always meant to be.

Source: Christmas?

HOW 'BOUT EM COWBOYS!!!!!!

LETS GO COWBOYS ALLLLL DAY!!!!! The Dallas Cowboys beat the best team in the NFl, the previously undefeated New Orleans Saints. Great offense, great defense, great special teams in all 4 quarters by the boys. Now lets finish of the season by blowing out Washington and Philadelphia. Way to go Dallas!

O Praise him

Lol, I promise this will be my last 'lazy' post. I will attempt to make my next 4 posts music free. Even before ever being saved I've been a big music fan, and what better way is there to express gratitude and love for my God. O praise him by (you guessed it) DCB.

Intoxicating by David Crowder band.

Fan-made video for the DCB song Intoxicating. I like it.

You make everything glorious- David Crowder band

Grant Turismo 5 & Merc SLS AMG

Random post of the week.

How he loves us- John Mark Mcmillan

I had always loved this song but never knew the back stoy behind it. John Mark was the writer and singer of this song, which would later be covered by the very talented David crowder band. The very first line 'He(God) is jealous for me' (Deutoronomy 4:24) refers to God being jealous of the love we give material possessions among other things, but do not give him. I pray to always keep God 1st.

Minister Facey talks to an athiest

Funny stuff, dropping a lot of truth though.

Check out P4CM.com in links section.

In love again

It's been a while since I've been in the word and in line with what God intends for me as a believer and his child. I had allowed myself to stray from my Christian walk and started to do my own thing, again. Not because I was bored or had lost my faith, no. God is almost always on my mind even while I am being disobedient. The trouble started when I refused to pray for what was on my heart for fear that he would not answer and it would in turn erode my faith. Instead of patiently waiting on God, I felt it best not to put 'pressure' on him. Ha.

This song 'Always' funny enough put into words how I feel about Christ. I'm in love again is a perfect way to sum up the way I'm feeling at this time. Every breath and every second I get to live on this earth is really a second chance for me to ask for God's forgiveness and get back to my walk with Christ. I know that everything happens in God's time not mine. Trying to rush the issue when I might not be ready for the answer may not be what I need. So for now I will continue with what I did when I first accepted Christ - reading the Bible and taking time out of my day to pray. I really do yearn to have the Holy Spirit with me again, it's a wonderful place to be.

***Switchfoots Hello Hurricane CD is out right now. I bought it off itunes and its an excellent work. My favorite tracks: yet, always, hello hurricane, the sound, Sing it out.

LETS GO COWBOYS!!!

Congratulations to the Cowboys for schooling the Philadelphia Eagles for the division lead and after a miserable loss to them at the end of last season. Cowboys beat the birds. Cowboys win. Dallas is FINALLY back in contention for a 2009 Playoff run.

Roy played a GREAT game tonight and if he can keep clicking with Romo the Cowboys will be really hard to beat.

Mess of me, by Switchfoot

Album set to release NOVEMBER 10 2009.

Cowboys win, but still no coach.

I'll be honest I didn't have too much faith in the Cowboys to win todays game against the Falcons. Cowboys win 37-21. I think what this game proves is that Romo is a better quarterback when he's allowed to move in the pocket, WR Miles Austin might just be the answer on offense, and RB Choice should be a starter. The defense played well enough as always but the penalties are just murdering this team. In both the Bronco game and the Giants game the Cowboys lost because of their lack of discipline. Too many dropped balls and way too many penalties. It all goes back to coaching. The Cowboys under a guy like Tomlin, Belichick, or maybe even Chidress are a Super Bowl team easily. No one can argue that point. They have the talent but not the Coach who will make it his job to fix the technique, timing, or quarterback-receiver chemistry problems the Cowboys have been having. I would love to be excited for this team but I know our chances of making it deep into the playoffs (if we make it at all) are slim to none.

Oh yeah and Cowboys WR Miles Austin is a beast, and the Vikings are still contenders regardless of their loss today.

I am Second: Colt and Sam

WOW! To see these two quarterbacks (University of Texas' Colt McCoy, and Oklahoma Sooners own Sam Bradford) opening up about Christ is truly inspiring. I haven't been as steadfast as I should be in my walk with Christ but seeing things like this really make me proud to know that no matter how far I stray I could never lose my faith and love for my heavenly father. Go Longhorns!

Solution by Hillsong

The NFL season is heating up, the basketball season is just getting started, I'm getting ready to run my first 5K, and the Cowboys are killing us in Dallas. I haven't blogged for a while but (hopefully) I'm back.

Solution by Hillsong is a great song by a great band. I have yet to buy an album from them, but I will sometime soon.

BEAT THE PACKERS!!! (2nd Half) 3 of 3

Storybook start to the second half!!!!! DID I SAY FAVRE WAS AWESOME, DID I? WELL THEN I SHOULD HAVE!!! He’s 39 years old (40 next week) and playing better than half his age. Aaron Rodgers, Favre’s protégé and replacement, has played very well for the Packs, and continued his attack on the Vikings defense in the second half, but sadly for cheesehead nation the Vike defense is too strong. HA! Score: 14-28, Vikings lead (of course).

It’s the third quarter and you know Adrian Peterson is set to break off a couple big plays soon, but for now he is shut down and this only hurts the Viking offense. The Viking defense are another story. They force the Packers to kick and the special teams take the ball to midfield. Even though Peterson is taken out of the equation for the offense again Favre stays solid, unfortunately he is not able to keep the chains moving. The Packs get the ball and they do nothing but fail on every possession. DE #69 Jared Allen does not let down, sacking Rodgers in the end zone. It’s a safety with 7.21 minutes remaining. 7 sacks on aaron Rodgers, with 4 hits from #69 Jared Allen. Unbelievable defense. I actually felt bad for the Packers for a few long seconds. Even the Vikings punt kicking was perfect, and mind you both teams are undefeated so the packers aren’t exactly a weak team.

The Vikings allow the Packs to score because Brad Childress is cool like that. LOL. We can’t have Packers fans crying in the Viking stands now can we? Just Kidding. I don’t think Coach Childress’s 3rd down play (to have Favre throw a deep ball instead of running the time down with a run) with 3:12 or so left was such a bad idea. If the ball were caught the play would have been perfect timing. But I’ll tell you there’s 2 minutes left and the game is still close. Score: 20, 30 Vikings lead. And just now Jared Allen has yet ANOTHER sack. The packers settle for a field goal making the score: 23, 30. There’s 55 seconds left and only a touchdown difference. Sidney Rice on the special teams makes another great play and grabs the side kick like he did previously in the game. The game ends with the Vikings running down the clock. The master schools the student. Mister miyagi putting the wax on the packers. Great game, perfect ending. THE VIKINGS BEAT THE PACKERS.

BEAT THE PACKERS!!! (Half-time) 2 of 3

COMMENTARY WAS DONE LIVE (and play by play) DURING GAME. It was a great way to start the game for Favre and Peterson (scoring a touchdown a few minutes into the first quarter) unfortunately it is followed quickly by a touchdown from QB Rodgers to WR Bailey. Having Peterson carry the team is always a no fail game plan for the Vikings and allowed Favre to make the quick and easy decisions passing the ball, because the last thing we want to see is #4 throwing an interception. What I have noticed though is once the run is taken away from the Vikings the focus is on Favre to play smart, and since he hasn't been with the team for long his mechanics with the other players is not perfect quite yet.

The Vikings INTERCEPTION made up for the freak 4th down play by the Packers WR Jennings just previous, and Favre takes advantage with his excellent throw for his second touchdown. Having a healthy DE Jared Allen doesn’t hurt either (with his third down Rodgers sack). A giant comeback blow is thrown when RB Peterson is stripped of the ball standing up which ends in a Vikings touchdown. Score: 14-14. Favre shows us some more Favre magic and Peterson finishes the job with a touchdown run. Sorry Rodgers no miracle touchdowns for you. Final score before halftime Greenbay 7, Vikings 14.

Now lets see the Vikings push the lead to a 21-7 romp and stay undefeated. The Vikings will be receiving the kick-off in the second half so lets see what happens. Great game by the way, a definite legendary game, my only regret is not recording it.

BEAT THE PACKERS!!! (Pre-game) 1 of 3

LETS GO VIKINGS, lets go favre! The Live game is playing right now on ESPN Monday night football between the Greenbay Packers and Minnesota Vikings! Its been a long time coming lets see if Favre can beat the team which essentially fired him in the Packers. I will be making a post during halftime, and then one more after the game.

Hello Hurricane trailer

Give glory to God- Dwayne Tryumf

Ha, here's yet another dwayne tryumf video. You should get used to it, since I'll probably be posting quite a few of his music :). I picked up his 'Mark of the Peace' EP album a few weeks ago and all 6 songs on it were great. This particular song did not make it to the EP but a full album is set to release (hopefully)on October 4th 2009 according to his youtube page. Since he is a UK artist the only way of buying the album would be via itunes or amazon. All the production on the CD I do have is top notch, rivaling the best the secular music industry has to offer. I would definetely encourage others who may be interested in urban music and have the heart to abandon secular rap to consider picking up a tryumf album. Consider this positive peer pressure.

Don't waste your life- Lecrae

Awesome. Great song and video by one of my favorite christian rappers. I loved the ending too.