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	<itunes:summary>Victor Marx is founder and President of “All Things Possible,” a national faith-based organization. He has been working with troubled youth for two decades. His presentations as a speaker nationwide both inspire and motivate listeners. He provides a unique and effective approach for character development and behavior modification by helping youth excel to become Champions in Life.

Victor is a master of martial arts, a former U.S. Marine, and he has trained over 30 world and national martial art champions. Because of his own troubled youth, he has the heart to help kids of all ages succeed in life by overcoming the negative influences that would seek to destroy them.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Hey Gunny!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I started to let my hair grow just before I officially separated from the Corps. I knew that I was pushing regulations, and kept the length hidden under my cover (cap) and tucked behind my ears for inspections, but I didn’t think anybody would make a big deal about it because my time was short. [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://victormarx.com/hey-gunny/">Hey Gunny!</a> appeared first on <a href="http://victormarx.com">Victor Marx - ATP Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;I started to let my hair grow just before I officially separated from the Corps. I knew that I was pushing regulations, and kept the length hidden under my cover (cap) and tucked behind my ears for inspections, but I didn’t think anybody would make a big deal about it because my time was short. Then, for the first time in my life, I was wrong. (Well, maybe the second time!)</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;My final day as an active duty Marine came on December 26, 1986. I spit- shined my boots, pressed my uniform and went to the administration building to sign out.   There I was, standing at the counter to sign my final paperwork and pick up my separation pay, moments away from completing my service and commitment. As I took my cover off a gunnery sergeant from in back of the room passing through saw me and barked at me. “Hey Marine! That’s not a regulation haircut.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“I know,” I said respectfully, “but I’m getting out right now.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“No, you’re not! Not until you get a regulation haircut.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;I couldn’t believe what I saw as his audacity to nit-pick my hair! Everything else about me was squared away, but he zoned in on my hair!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“Hey Gunny,” I repeated with a tense smile, “I’m right here to sign my papers to get out.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“Not with that hair, Marine.” And he dug into his position.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;I could feel the rage against this man building inside of me. One of my buddies grabbed me, took me outside saying, “Kennedy, it ain’t worth it.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/12.-Me-and-my-attitude1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2100" alt="12. Me and my attitude" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/12.-Me-and-my-attitude1.jpg" width="448" height="306" /></a></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“I’m gonna break this guy in half!” I spat.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“I told you it ain’t worth it. Just go get a little trim.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;Reluctantly, I went to the PX barbershop, still angry about being hassled by the gunnery sergeant. Driving to the barber, I offered a “bullet prayer” to God but strangely enough I noticed that God was beginning to soften my heart. By the time I sat in the barber’s chair I actually had a peace that could only come from God.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“I’m getting out today and they won’t let me go until I get a haircut,” I explained.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“Okay,” the barber said. “So you only want it trimmed a little.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“No. Give me a full regulation Marine Corps haircut,” I insisted.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“All right.; if that’s the way you want it.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;The barber did his thing, and then  I went back  to the gunnery sergeant to do mine.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;I went straight back to the administration building, walked past the front counter and proceeded to walk back to the desk of the gunnery sergeant who gave me grief about my hair. The tension in the room grew with each advancing step I made toward him. Everyone must have thought that “Thumper” was going to blow and the loose cannon was ready to explode!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;When I stood in front of his desk I was completely squared away. I put my fists on his desk, leaned forward, and he leaned back.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“Is this regulation haircut satisfactory, Gunnery Sergeant?”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“It looks good, Marine,” he mumbled.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“Let me tell you something,” I said. “Before I would’ve jumped up and busted you in half for making me get a haircut. But now I’m gonna tell you that I love you, man.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;The guy just stared at me. He was obviously surprised.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;I continued, “I love you because of the love Jesus Christ has shown me. You were right, and now I can leave the Corps like I should.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;He didn’t know how to respond. Stumbling he said, “Uh, that’s nice. That’s great. Okay.”</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;I picked up my papers and left as a civilian for the first time in three years. The Marines had been good for me and I was in a better place than ever before. Semper Fidelis. Always faithful. But even better, I was learning to be faithful to God. Because He had been so faithful to me.&#8221;</span></strong></em></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">- Excerpt from <em>The Victor Marx Story: With God All Things Are Possible</em></span></strong></p>
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		<title>Ol&#8217; Thumper was now a Christian; a Bible Thumper!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I had come a long way in my relationship with Christ but I still I had a long way to go. I enjoyed listening to Raul Ries, pastor of Calvary Chapel Diamond Bar, California on the radio. But my respect for him grew tremendously when I found out that he was a former Marine and [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://victormarx.com/ol-thumper-was-now-a-christian-a-bible-thumper/">Ol&#8217; Thumper was now a Christian; a Bible Thumper!</a> appeared first on <a href="http://victormarx.com">Victor Marx - ATP Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;I had come a long way in my relationship with Christ but I still I had a long way to go. I enjoyed listening to Raul Ries, pastor of Calvary Chapel Diamond Bar, California on the radio. But my respect for him grew tremendously when I found out that he was a former Marine and Vietnam Veteran. What’s more, he was involved in martial arts. Now this was the kind of pastor I could follow! I bought some of Raul’s tapes and began listening to them. I really liked his style of teaching God’s Word.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;One night I was at a club with my friends when I heard a familiar voice inside me. “What are you doing here? This is not where you belong.” I immediately put down my drink, walked out and I never returned. Never. God’s gentle voice was starting to become more powerful than the voices of the world, and that made me feel pretty good. The word quickly got around that ol’ Thumper was now a Christian, a “Bible Thumper.” I even got the opportunity to lead a fellow Marine to Jesus. All of a sudden I had a purpose in life. I realized God could use me to have a major and eternal impact in other people’s lives…  Not long after that I was reading the Bible and I asked the Lord how He wanted me to spend the rest of my life. I told him that any sign from Him would be greatly appreciated. I’m not sure what I expected … maybe a telephone call from God? Or a billboard along the freeway saying, “Victor: sell everything and move to the jungles of Africa.” I don’t know. I suppose He speaks to people in all different ways. Thankfully my request did not go unanswered.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;Shortly before I left the Marines I found out about Calvary Chapel in Vista, California. I liked spending my free time there. I’d just walk in the door with a big smile on my face and ask them if they needed a little help around the place.  A secretary or associate pastor would greet me cordially. “Victor, we’re so glad to see you. We need the toilets scrubbed. After that, can you pick up trash in the parking lot?”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;My reply was always the same. “I’m on it.”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;There was no job I wouldn’t do because I knew it was for the Lord. I also attended every worship service that fit into my schedule. This lifestyle was a long ways away from the parties and club scene I’d left a short while back. I may as well have been living in a different galaxy. I was like a frog that had been slowly dying on dry, concrete streets, and finally tumbled into the froggy pond. It felt like I was coming home to do that one thing for which I had been created. I was discovering my purpose and mission in life and it sure felt good.&#8221;</span></em></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">- Excerpt from <em>The Victor Marx Story: With God All Things Are Possible</em></span></p>
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<h4><span style="color: #000000;">Stronger Convictions</span></h4>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.”</em> &#8211; Ephesians 1:13</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I’m basically shy. So when I was asked by an interviewer if my boldness for my faith was hereditary, I thought a moment and said, “I’m bold because I’m convinced what I say about Jesus is the truth!”</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Maybe you and I don’t need more courage. Maybe we need stronger convictions. When you feel deeply about something, you’re compelled to open your mouth and speak up.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">In John 15:27, Jesus said to His disciples, “You also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.” When Peter and John said boldly, “Salvation is found in no one else” except in Jesus, the authorities could hardly believe their ears. They realized Peter and John were unschooled ordinary men, and were astonished. They took note that these men had been with Jesus. (Acts 4:12-13).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Fill your heart with Jesus. Then let His words come out on your lips!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">- Anne Graham Lotz, <em>Fixing Your Eyes on Jesus</em></span></p>
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		<title>He who is in you</title>
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		<title>Trust and Obey&#8230; the only way</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p> My first Watermelon Cut on a person: Paul Claudio displaying trust in his Sensei! How much more do we need to trust and obey our Lord and our Savior with every aspect of our lives!   &#8220;&#8230;I might have thought I was scoring a few good points with God by doing my religious duty. But [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://victormarx.com/trust-and-obey-the-only-way/">Trust and Obey&#8230; the only way</a> appeared first on <a href="http://victormarx.com">Victor Marx - ATP Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"> <em><a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/28.-Resized-My-first-ever-watermelon-cut-on-a-person-Mr.-Paul-Claudio-I-think-it-went-okay.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2071" alt="28. Resized My first ever watermelon cut on a person, Mr. Paul Claudio (I think it went okay!)" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/28.-Resized-My-first-ever-watermelon-cut-on-a-person-Mr.-Paul-Claudio-I-think-it-went-okay.jpg" width="317" height="348" /></a><strong>My first Watermelon Cut on a person: Paul Claudio displaying trust in his Sensei! </strong></em><em><strong>How much more do we need to trust and obey our Lord and our Savior with every aspect of our lives!</strong></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;&#8230;I might have thought I was scoring a few good points with God by doing my religious duty. But is that what God wants? What does He require of us? How do we please Him? Simply stated, He wants us to cherish Him and His Words (the Bible) more than anything that the world has to offer. How do we do that? We proclaim with our mouth that He is our God, and we prove our love for Him by seeking to obey Him. He also asks us to make a public proclamation of our faith by being baptized.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;This is not about looking religious and earning enough points to get on God’s good side. It is about having a faithful relationship with a God who loves you so much that He sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross to pay the penalty that you and I deserve.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;No, you do not “earn your way to heaven” by your good works. Nobody is good enough. Salvation is a free gift from God! We begin by accepting God’s free gift of salvation, and then our good works follow as an expression of love and thanksgiving to God</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;Have you accepted His free gift of salvation? It’s as simple as saying, “Yes God. I surrender my life completely into your hands. I choose to love and obey you more than anything. Forgive my sins and give me a new start. Thank you Father. You are my only God.”</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000000;">“If you declare that Jesus is Lord and believe that God brought him back to life, you will be saved.”</span></em> &#8211; Romans 10:9</p>
<p>– Excerpt from <em>The Victor Marx Story: With God All Things Are Possible</em></p>
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<h5><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The Proof of Obedience</strong></span></h5>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;And hereby do we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.&#8221; (1 John 2:3)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Jesus once said, &#8220;Why call you me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?&#8221; (Luke 6:46). Poignant question. A familiar complaint of those who despise Christian teaching is that &#8220;Christians&#8221; don&#8217;t act like Christians! It is a sad commentary on the condition of the Lord&#8217;s family when the ungodly are more aware of the expected behavior of God&#8217;s people than the Christians are.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Of course, the issue is not unique to the New Testament times. Israel&#8217;s historical saga is replete with seasons of rebellion and repentance—so much so that the psalmist prayed:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">That the generation to come. . . .might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God. (Psalm 78:6-8)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">The emphasis by John in his first epistle, however, is not on the reasons for willful disobedience, but on the results of willing obedience:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">* Walking in the &#8220;light&#8221; ensures fellowship (1 John 1:7).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">* Constant and willing obedience produces an effective prayer life (1 John 3:22).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">* A lifestyle of obedience brings an awareness of the Holy Spirit&#8217;s indwelling (1 John 3:24).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">* Loving God produces obedience, which in turn brings joy in that obedience (1 John 5:3).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Our deeds show whom we serve (1 John 3:7). Our righteous deeds prove whom we serve(Matthew 7:16-20). </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">&#8211;Henry M. Morris, III in Days of Praise June 17, 2013 -  Institute in Creation Research</span></p>
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		<title>Tribute to my Dad&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Tribute from a son to his dad Murrieta, California, February 14, 2013: It’s a funny thing sitting here, actually fully immersed in the moment that I have rehearsed in my head many, many times. The moment I find out my dad has gone Home. I got the call at exactly 1:41 am on February 14th, [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://victormarx.com/tribute-to-my-dad/">Tribute to my Dad&#8230;</a> appeared first on <a href="http://victormarx.com">Victor Marx - ATP Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">Murrieta, California, February 14, 2013: It’s a funny thing sitting here, actually fully immersed in the moment that I have rehearsed in my head many, many times. The moment I find out my dad has gone Home. I got the call at exactly 1:41 am on February 14th, 2013.  I was not asleep but actually wide awake, visiting with my wife after a wonderful evening dinner and an earlier call from my dad&#8217;s sweet wife of 15 years who called me from his phone at 6:38 pm on the evening of the 13th.  She was alarmed and concerned as he had a pretty rough afternoon between 3:00 and 6:00. Apparently he had blacked out but seemed okay outside of some odd behavior.  She told me he then, for the first time in their 15 years of marriage, said he was going to bed around 6:30 pm. He was struggling with a bout of old anxiety, his lifetime foe and surely his thorn in the flesh. He said he always looked at this challenge as a person and real enemy and instead of being defeated he used it to make him a prayer warrior and that, I can say, he surely was. Kathy helped his pain-riddled body to bed, tucked him in nice and comfy and put on the only radio station he listed to: Christian Bible teaching and worship. He was able to settle in and drift to sleep after wrestling with his CPAP machine.  Then our Heavenly Father granted my dad his request to come take him home in his sleep. His wife would find him already gone. She tried to resuscitate him but God&#8217;s will had already been done.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Scan054-August-13-2004.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2063" style="width: 263px; height: 196px;" alt="Scan054, August 13, 2004" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Scan054-August-13-2004.jpg" width="258" height="187" /></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I have always wondered how I would react or respond to my Dad&#8217;s death. I can write that I feel a sense of gratitude toward the Lord and that His name is worthy to be praised; that Heaven is more real to me now then it was a few hours ago; that the truth is like I heard Greg Laurie say live yesterday on the radio with Pastor Chuck, that our days are numbered which I really, really got it in a new way. That we do not have to fear or worry about death but only live fully knowing when our service to the Lord is complete on this earth, that He will bring us, usher us, grant us the most magnificent Homecoming and grand entrance. A Homecoming that instantly relieves us of all pain, suffering, torment, worry, insecurity, fear, replaced with a permanent peace, comfort, and love that have all been fulfilled by our living Hope Jesus and His death on the Cross and resurrection.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Victor-and-Dad-God-restores-what-the-locusts-steal-Joel-2-25.-Never-too-late-to-be-a-dad.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059" alt="Victor and Dad God restores what the locusts steal (Joel 2 25). Never too late to be a dad!" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Victor-and-Dad-God-restores-what-the-locusts-steal-Joel-2-25.-Never-too-late-to-be-a-dad.jpg" width="295" height="235" /></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I lay here typing thinking what is he seeing right now; my dad&#8217;s new eyes are able to fully and completely look upon the Throne of God and embrace his Savior, the One who delivered him from a life of sin, and now has transformed his corruption into incorruption. My eyes fill with tears trying to type, my jaws tightening a bit knowing full well my dad has fallen on his knees and is overwhelmed by the Lord&#8217;s Love, amazing Love. Looking up he is being greeted and jumped on by the hundreds of those whom he had boldly proclaimed his faith to in person and I&#8217;m sure the thousands indirectly through prayers and our film that have gone before him.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">“Oh death,” I say, “Where is your sting? Your brief appearance at my father&#8217;s bed was the last perception of sin he would be bothered with but for a moment; and you, Satan, did not win by the death of a saint, a warrior.  No! You lost because his race has been run, his battles all fought, and he got the last word &#8211; YES LORD!! as he heard Jesus say, ‘Welcome Home, good and faithful servant, enter into your rest!’”</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Thank you, dad, for bringing me to know the love of our Heavenly Father by rejecting passivity, accepting responsibility, warring for me to come to salvation on June 22nd, 1986. Thank you for allowing me to change my last name back to yours and carry on our family name and legacy; for being my best man in my wedding; for teaching me and training me in Keichu-Do which you created; for helping me become a man; for always being there for me with an instant prayer and those amazing healing prayers of peace that NEVER once failed to comfort me in my greatest times of struggle; for your laughter and love for the Lord.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Laughing-with-my-Dad.jpeg"><img alt="Laughing with my Dad" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Laughing-with-my-Dad.jpeg" width="287" height="235" /></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Kathy said your Bible was open to Jeremiah 11 &amp; 12. Oh, how you loved the Scriptures and also how you prayed with her every night for 15 years before bed.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I love ya’ daddy and I do already miss the thought of calling or seeing you but I am motivated and empowered to continue running my race and fighting for the Lord&#8217;s Kingdom for souls as my father before me.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Thank you for being a faithful follower of Christ, a faithful husband, and the best dad an adult son could have asked for!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Your little boy, who ain’t so little, your son,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">Question: How can I be a better father? I&#8217;m afraid my own father wasn&#8217;t a very good model for me to follow, but I&#8217;m not sure I know how to do it any better. I love my two boys very much, and I want to be a good example for them to follow, especially as I think about Father&#8217;s Day. — R.K. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Answer from Billy Graham: I commend you for wanting to be a good father; almost nothing else in life is more important for you. May we not only honor our own fathers on this Father&#8217;s Day, but may those of us who are fathers rededicate ourselves to this God-given responsibility.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Obviously I can&#8217;t say everything in a few short paragraphs—but let me say two things. First, be an example of love both to them and your wife. Tell them you love them, and show them by your affection and your actions. Spend time with them and let them know they are very important to you. Be patient with them also; it may be more efficient to do a job around the house by yourself, but let them help whenever you can.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Remember also that love sometimes has to say &#8220;no&#8221;; part of your love for your children means teaching them right and wrong. Don&#8217;t be harsh or unreasonable, however. The Bible says, &#8220;Don&#8217;t make your children angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord&#8221; (Ephesians 6:4, NLT).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Second, be an example to them of faith. God loves your children, and He gave them to you. Do they see Christ in you, and are you teaching them about His love? Make sure of your own commitment to Christ, and then make it your goal to point them to God, their Heavenly Father.</span> – <span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.billygraham.org/articlepage.asp?articleid=3806&amp;SOURCE=BY136ANL1&amp;utm_source=BGEAToday6.13.13&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=BGEATE"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">from Billy Graham’s My Answer</span></a></span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>She&#8217;s a Grand Old Flag! &#160; Charlie Daniels recites Red Skelton’s Pledge of Allegiance  Text below: &#8220;When I was a small boy in Vincennes, Indiana, I heard, I think, one of the most outstanding speeches I ever heard in my life. I think it compares with the Sermon on the Mount, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://victormarx.com/flag-day-june-14-2013/">Flag Day June 14, 2013</a> appeared first on <a href="http://victormarx.com">Victor Marx - ATP Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<h5><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoJIMNXq4OU&amp;feature=player_detailpage"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Charlie Daniels recites Red Skelton’s Pledge of Allegiance</span> </span></span></a></h5>
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<p>&#8220;When I was a small boy in Vincennes, Indiana, I heard, I think, one of the most outstanding speeches I ever heard in my life. I think it compares with the Sermon on the Mount, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and Socrates’ Speech to the Students.<br />
We had just finished reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and he [Mr. Lasswell, the Principal of Vincennes High School] called us all together, and he says, “Uh, boys and girls, I have been listening to you recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester, and it seems that it has become monotonous to you. Or, could it be, you do not understand the meaning of each word? If I may, I would like to recite the pledge, and give you a definition for each word:<br />
<strong>I</strong> &#8212; Me; an individual; a committee of one.<br />
<strong>Pledge</strong> &#8212; Dedicate all of my worldly good to give without self-pity.<br />
<strong>Allegiance</strong> &#8212; My love and my devotion.<br />
<strong>To the Flag</strong> &#8212; Our standard. “Old Glory”; a symbol of courage. And wherever she waves, there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts “Freedom is everybody&#8217;s job.”<br />
<strong>of the United</strong> &#8212; That means we have all come together.<br />
<strong>States</strong> &#8212; Individual communities that have united into 48 great states; 48 individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided by imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common cause, and that’s love of country, <strong>of America</strong>.<br />
<strong>And to the Republic</strong> &#8212; A Republic: a sovereign state in which power is invested into the representatives chosen by the people to govern; and the government is the people; and it&#8217;s from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.<br />
<strong>For which it stands</strong><br />
<strong>One Nation</strong> &#8212; Meaning &#8220;so blessed by God.&#8221;<br />
<strong>Indivisible</strong> &#8212; Incapable of being divided.<br />
<strong>With Liberty</strong> &#8212; Which is freedom; the right of power for one to live his own life without fears, threats, or any sort of retaliation.<br />
<strong>And Justice</strong> &#8212; The principle and qualities of dealing fairly with others.<br />
<strong>For All</strong> &#8212; For All. That means, boys and girls, it&#8217;s as much your country as it is mine.<br />
Now let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance:<br />
I pledge allegiance<br />
to the Flag of the United States of America,<br />
and to the Republic, for which it stands;<br />
one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.<br />
<strong>Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldn&#8217;t it be a pity if someone said, &#8220;That is a prayer&#8221; &#8212; and that be eliminated from our schools, too?&#8221; &#8211; Red Skelton</strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This poem has been such a great encouragement to me, and to so many people I’ve met. I hope it blesses you as well! — Victor You Are Who You Are For A Reason by Russell Kelfer You are who you are for a reason. You’re part of an intricate plan. You’re a precious and [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://victormarx.com/you-are-who-you-are-for-a-reason/">You are who you are for a reason</a> appeared first on <a href="http://victormarx.com">Victor Marx - ATP Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<h4 style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2.-I-was-born-July-5-1965-resized.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1968" alt="2. I was born July 5, 1965 resized" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2.-I-was-born-July-5-1965-resized.jpg" width="307" height="448" /></a>You Are Who You Are For A Reason</span></strong></h4>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">by Russell Kelfer</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You are who you are for a reason. You’re part of an intricate plan.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You’re a precious and perfect unique design, called God’s special woman or man.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You look like you look for a reason. </span><span style="color: #000000;">Our God made no mistake.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">He knit you together within the womb. </span><span style="color: #000000;">You’re just what He wanted to make.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">The parents you had were the ones He chose, and no matter how you may feel,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">They were custom-designed with God’s plan in mind, and they bear the Master’s seal.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">No, that trauma you faced was not easy, </span><span style="color: #000000;">and God wept that it hurt you so;</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">But it was allowed to shape your heart s</span><span style="color: #000000;">o that into His likeness you’d grow.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You are who you are for a reason, you’ve been formed by the Master’s rod.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">You are who you are, beloved, because there is a God!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">© Russell Kelfer. Used by permission.  </span><span style="color: #000000;">See <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.dtm.org"><span style="color: #0000ff;">www.dtm.org</span></a></span> for more information.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"> Excerpt from <em>The Victor Marx Story: With God All Things Are Possible</em></span></strong></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“You saw me before I was born. </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Every day of my life was recorded in your book. </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Every moment was laid out </span></strong></em><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>before a single day had passed.” -</em> Psalm 139:16</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>“I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord. They are plans for peace and not disaster; plans to give you a future filled with hope.” –</em> Jeremiah 29:11</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/55.-Resized-This-is-my-passion-to-join-Jesus-in-setting-young-captives-free.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1970" alt="55. Resized This is my passion - to join Jesus in setting young captives free" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/55.-Resized-This-is-my-passion-to-join-Jesus-in-setting-young-captives-free.jpg" width="269" height="448" /></a></span></strong></p>
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<h5 style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>To join Jesus in setting young captives free!&#8221;</em></span></strong></h5>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>PRAISE! Here is sweet Megan that I had all y&#8217;all praying for. She, through cooperation of CC Plano, the courts, and many of you who stepped up financially and prayerfully to help rescue this precious gal from very horrible, horrible circumstances, she now is living here with an amazing Godly family, meeting friends, growing spiritually [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://victormarx.com/the-extremes-of-our-ministry/">The extremes of our ministry</a> appeared first on <a href="http://victormarx.com">Victor Marx - ATP Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">Here is sweet Megan that I had all y&#8217;all praying for. She, through cooperation of CC Plano, the courts, and many of you who stepped up financially and prayerfully to help rescue this precious gal from very horrible, horrible circumstances, she now is living here with an amazing Godly family, meeting friends, growing spiritually eating healthy, going for dental work, will be getting her GED and just found out she is being interviewed next week for a full time job!</span></p>
<p>PS: Any Orthodontists in the local area willing to help us with her dental/ortho needs please contact us through the website: victormarx.com Thanks!</p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PRAYER! </span></strong></p>
<p>I was very sad to learn that an 8th grader had died in a tragic accident that may have been death by his hand. I had just spoken at his school earlier that week but did not address the issue of suicide at that assembly; perhaps if I had it may have changed his choice. We&#8217;ll never know.</p>
<p><a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Hurting-youth-from-Suicide-post.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1945" alt="Hurting youth from Suicide post" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Hurting-youth-from-Suicide-post.jpg" width="314" height="214" /></a>He survived a car accident four years ago that claimed his other family members except for his younger sister who is now, I am sure, hurting, shocked, angry, afraid and in need of much prayer. Please lift her up to the Lord for healing and protection from the enemy.</p>
<p>Also please pray for all the school kids there who are, of course, deeply affected by this loss.</p>
<p>I personally vow to reach more kids and do more assemblies, chapels and share with greater boldness and conviction that God loves every hurting heart and wants to bring hope and healing and that Jesus is the answer to our problems not listening to the father of lies that brings darkness, desiring to see another young life ended.</p>
<p><strong>Find amazing resources and Hotline numbers here:  </strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://withhopefoundation.org/know-the-facts"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">H.O.P.E. &#8220;Helping Others Prevent SUICIDE through Education&#8221;</span></a></span></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>Father&#8217;s Day Card from my Spiritual son, Joseph Hall,</strong> locked away for taking out his Nazi father at the direction of his mother.  Joseph is now a child of the King and growing <a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Joseph-Fathers-Day-Card3.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1946" style="width: 252px; height: 391px;" alt="Joseph Father's Day Card3" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Joseph-Fathers-Day-Card3.jpg" width="317" height="448" /></a>in his love for and desire to serve Jesus.  (PS his birthday is June 19.) His handwritten note inside says, <em>&#8220;Hi, How are You doing Victor? hoppefully Good. You have been like a father to me. So I decided to Gave you a fathers day card. Joseph&#8221;</em></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">ANNOUNCING FATHER&#8217;S DAY YouTube LAUNCH OF OUR FILM</span></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">THE VICTOR MARX STORY</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>That&#8217;s right! At 12:00 a.m. on Father&#8217;s Day, June 16, 2013 The Victor Marx Story will be available from that point on for viewing on YouTube via our website at <a href="http://www.victormarx.com"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">victormarx.com</span></span>  </a>The DVD is already in over 26 countries and with the availability of viewing the film on YouTube we hope to have even wider impact for the Kingdom!</strong></span></p>
<p align="center"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">*Full audio messages and &#8220;Radio Minutes&#8221; are also now on my Blog and under Podcasts at: victormarx.com</span></strong></p>
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		<title>Revenge is not sweet&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Oceanside, California was a rough town at that time. After Vietnam there were a lot of former Marines with combat post-traumatic stress disorder who were always looking for a fight.  There were also a lot of gangs who liked to prey on young and inexperienced Marines. Three gang members confronted me and a friend while [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://victormarx.com/revenge-is-not-sweet/">Revenge is not sweet&#8230;</a> appeared first on <a href="http://victormarx.com">Victor Marx - ATP Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em><a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/12.-Me-and-my-attitude.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1931" alt="12. Me and my attitude" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/12.-Me-and-my-attitude.jpg" width="448" height="306" /></a>Oceanside, California was a rough town at that time. After Vietnam there were a lot of former Marines with combat post-traumatic stress disorder who were always looking for a fight.  There were also a lot of gangs who liked to prey on young and inexperienced Marines. Three gang members confronted me and a friend while we were on liberty there.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“Give us your money!” they demanded.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“We ain’t giving you any money,” I said matter-of-factly. Then thinking quickly I added, “Do you know who you’re talking to? We’re undercover military police officers and we’re on a stakeout. We’ve got two cars following us, and I expect you boys better be moving.”</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>The gang backed off. Suddenly my fellow Marine took off running – or as they say, he “attacked to the rear.”</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“You’re lying to us,” the biggest gang member said as he boldly stepped forward.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>One of them ripped a gold chain from around my neck. Then the biggest guy found a letter to my momma that contained some money. I grabbed the letter.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“Not that,” I said. “It’s a letter to my mom.”</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>The big guy pulled back his fist to hit me and I saw that his ring had a pointed object on it. Instantly I grabbed his head and stuck my thumb into his eye. The man screamed. I then turned my attention to the other two men and began punching them.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Pop, pop, pop! Smack! Crack! Kinda like an old Batman movie.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Ultimately it was the big guy who grabbed me from behind, picked me off my feet, and threw me to the ground. The three men kept kicking me until I stopped moving. It’s a good old Southern trick: when you’re outnumbered, play ‘possum like you’re dead.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“Man, we killed him!” one of them yelled. “Let’s get out of here!”</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>They turned and ran. I waited a minute before rising. My clothes were bloody and torn. I found my fellow Marine at a gas station. He explained that he had gone to look for a weapon, although I wondered why he hadn’t helped me with the five-fingered weapons at the end of his arms. Another Marine was at the gas station so I asked him for a weapon. He went to his car and brought back a big knife. I took it and went looking for the gang who beat me up but I couldn’t find them.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>On many paydays for several months afterwards I walked the same alley looking for that gang, hoping to get revenge. I thank God that I never found them because if I did who knows what would have happened – nothing good for them, and even worse for me I’m sure.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Does revenge ever pay off? I don’t think so. You take revenge, then the other guy (or the other guy’s family) takes revenge on you, you take revenge again, and it keeps escalating.  It’s like the Mafia, or gangs in L.A., or the Arabs and Israelis. These guys have been carrying grudges for so many generations that they probably don’t even remember what caused the fighting in the first place.</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Jesus had a new idea that is totally mind-boggling. He said that we should give love to people who hate us, and bless people who curse us. It sounds crazy, but it’s the only way to end the fighting. And here’s what I’ve learned first-hand – when you give love and bless the guy who hurts you, that feels a thousand times better than hurting him back. You ought to try it some time!</em></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. If anyone hits you on one cheek, let him hit the other one too; if someone takes your coat, let him have your shirt as well. Give to everyone who asks you for something, and when someone takes what is yours, do not ask for it back. Do for others just what you want them to do for you. If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them! … No! Love your enemies and do good to them; lend and expect nothing back. You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God. For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked.”</em> – Luke 6:27-35 (GNB)</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">- Excerpt from <em>The Victor Marx Story: With God All Things Are Possible</em></span></strong></p>
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<h4><span style="color: #000000;">Forgiving Hurts We Don’t Deserve (Part 1 &amp; 2)</span></h4>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">by Dr. Charles Stanley</span></p>
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		<title>Not my car!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>One day in church I heard the Lord’s voice saying, “Give up your car.” Is that you God? I wondered. Couldn’t be. It must be the devil. “Give up your car,” He repeated. It was God! I couldn’t deny that gentle persistent voice. Not my car! I shouted inside my head. But it was too [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://victormarx.com/not-my-car/">Not my car!</a> appeared first on <a href="http://victormarx.com">Victor Marx - ATP Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">One day in church I heard the Lord’s voice saying, “Give up your car.”<a href="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/16.-Loved-kicking-Thats-my-little-Cutlass-Supreme-the-Lord-told-me-to-leave-at-the-altar...-I-sold-it-for-1-to-a-fellow-Marine-to-transport-other-Marines-....jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1912" alt="16. Loved kicking! (That's my little Cutlass Supreme the Lord told me to leave at the altar... I sold it for $1 to a fellow Marine to transport other Marines ...)" src="http://victormarx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/16.-Loved-kicking-Thats-my-little-Cutlass-Supreme-the-Lord-told-me-to-leave-at-the-altar...-I-sold-it-for-1-to-a-fellow-Marine-to-transport-other-Marines-....jpg" width="448" height="299" /></a></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Is that you God? I wondered. Couldn’t be. It must be the devil.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">“Give up your car,” He repeated.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">It was God! I couldn’t deny that gentle persistent voice.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Not my car! I shouted inside my head. But it was too late. The Lord had spoken and I knew what must be done. I was learning to trust God because He always knew what was best.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Still this wasn’t going to be easy. You see, I had a really cool green Cutlass Supreme with mag wheels and a hot stereo system. I really loved that car. So did everyone I knew. When I was in that car I played things fast and loose. I’d pull up to Calvary Chapel with a boatload of servicemen.  Heads would turn and  people  would  say, “Here come the Marines.” We’d enter the church and the ushers would say, “The Marine Corps section is right over there!” Then we’d sit together in the same pew. Things would never be the same without my green Cutlass Supreme! But I knew what I had to do.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Just before my separation from the Corps I approached one of the Marines who attended church with me. I told him, “I’m getting out and you’re going to need transportation to church. The Lord wants me to give you my car.”</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">The guy was stunned. I sold him my beloved Cutlass Supreme for one dollar. He continued to take Marines to church, so in a way the thing I loved most about that car lived on. Giving that car away gave me a great, great feeling.</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>- Excerpt from </strong><em><strong>The Victor Marx Story: With God All Things Are Possible</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Why God Gives Us Stuff</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">By Pastor Paul Reed</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed..”</em> 1Timothy 6:17-19</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">God gives us all that we have, expecting that we will share it.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">The purpose of provision is to enhance the work of the Kingdom.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Questions:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">      Does my life have Kingdom significance?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">      Do I wisely use what God has entrusted to me?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">It has always been God’s plan to use God’s people for God’s work.</span></p>
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