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Name: Tony
Location: Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Birthday: 6/5/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: Jesus Christ, Anything involving a disc, video games, socializing, eating and last but definately not least SLEEPING.
Expertise: I don't really think that I have any type of expertise, I guess I'm pretty good at sticking my foot in my mouth...
Occupation: Student
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  tone08tone
MSN: tonywelter@hotmail.com
Member Since:
5/9/2005
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| It just kinda hit me, how much I will be missing everyone this summer. Last night we had softball and I had a great time. The best time however, was afterword at Emily's where there were tons of people that came just to hang out. Its nice to have friends that know how important it is to me to see them before I go away. I just want you all to know (especailly all of you who weren't at Emily's last night) that I love and appreciate you all for just being my friend. The fact that you are willing to get to know me and spend some of your life with me has made me appreciate you more and more. Once I get my cell for the summer I will post it and just let you all know whats goin on. Love ya'll
Tony
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| Anyone else feel that there should be a "currently doing homework" option on xanga...just a thought.
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| God is I N D E P E N D A N T, and looking at my life I realize that I need to be fully dependant upon Christ, in order to have abundant life in Him. Without Christ there I have no chance of really having abundant life. Am I living a life glorifying to our creator? The purpose for our creation is to bring glory to Him.
How can late assignments and sporadic prayer and quiet times show God any sort of love or glorify Him in any way? I have done nothing to glorify his name this week and have been lazy, sinful, and pretty much a jerk to all of those around me. My desire is to step back and realize why I am here, what has God put me here to do? Am I accomplishing these things? Am I serving his purpose of bringing glory to Him?
Have I put enjoyment, my leisure, and my desires before the things that i am supposed to do, the things that God has called me to do, the places he has called me to serve? As a leader on my floor am I displaying servant leadership as Christ did? Am I the humble servant that Christ was in Mark 1 when he heals the leper, or am i the person who chooses to follow Christ, but finds other things more important, like the man who asked if he could bury his father before following Christ. Would I, back in the days of Christ's ministry be one who would follow and serve with Christ, or would I have been too busy to be a follower?
Where do you see yourself?
I have noticed my life as a Christian lacking in severely important areas. My focus has been on self. Who are you going to run to when things get bleak, when the enemy surrounds you? Are you going to be able to leap into your fathers arms, or will you have no one in the corner with you because you have done nothing but serve yourself?
Let me know if there is anything that I can do to help you in any of these areas, wether it be praying or just listening to you if you have to vent out something. Don't allow yourself to interfere with you're identity of a creation created to bring glory to God.
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| Hospitality is something that I have really come to respect. If you think about it, at least I have since taking a spiritual gifts assessment, hospitality is a spiritual gift. That being said, some people have it and some don't. This weekend was a great example of hospitality shared by a staff member here at Moody. This man invited my entire floor over (50 people) and was willing to cook for us and have us over to hang out play some sports and just generally relax from our busy and hectic schedules here at Moody. Something that also strikes a note is the fact that some people slap others in the face by not allowing them to use their spiritual gift. We have 50 guys on our floor, the event was mentioned at least a week and a half prior to the event and we had 5 show up. This amazing man opened up his home and his life in order to bring us in and just allow us to chill and we only brought 5 men. He had brats, hot dogs, and burgers made for at least 20 guys and we only brought 5.
I think that this is definately something that we don't think about enough in the body of Christ. Wen people are inviting people over for a get together, have the common curtousey to let them know ahead of time that you will or will not be able to attend. We had 15 guys on the list of people who were interested in going to his house so I told him that that was how many we were bringing and for one reason or another we end up with 5. I guess I'm done ranting, but people think about others, you konw the second part of the greatest commandment in Matthew 22 love your neighbor as yourself. Show some respect people.
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| Spring break is right around the corner, not only is it time for me to relax and catch up with friends and family, it will be time for me to do some homework that i have been putting off for a while. If you guys could be praying for me I would be greatly appreciative. Most of you will read this on 3/9 when you get the email, but today 3/8 this evening, there will be an elder meeting at ankeny free church in Iowa. During this meeting they will be deciding whether or not I will be interning at their church. This is a graduation requrement, and as of right now it is the only place that have applied to for an internship so I would really like to see me get this internship.
Not only do i really want to get this internship, I really have a desire to work with the kids in the youth group at the church. Emily's sister Rebecca said that the youth pastor at the church is an amazing man and i can learn a lot from him, not to mention get to build some really great relationships at this church with the youth there. So I guess I have a couple of prayer requests, that one, I get the internship, two, that I will learn a lot this summer working under another youth pastor, and three that God will work in the lives of the students that I will be working with.
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