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											<description><![CDATA[While listening to (I Stand Amazed-How Marvelous) With Chris Tomlin, I’m looking at all the 
people on my Shout Life page and become so moved as to what an awesome group of Warriors 
that you are!!! You are people who have stood by my side & others for more things and more 
instances than I really can remember.  
You are truly a Warrior(s)!!!  A Warrior to fight the good fight =)  Warriors/friend you are 
victorious!!!  We are victorious, we are winning!!!  Reverence:  Eph.  6:10-18… “...be alert and 
always keep on praying for all the saints.”
satin would like us to think we are not winning or victorious!!!  Wow!!!  What a tail a trillion miles 
long. I can’t wait till he get his final whooping”  LOL, but true!!! Reverence:  Rev. 20:1 …
Yes we are winning no matter how you feel today!!! Reverence: 1 John 5:4,5 “…everyone born of 
God overcomes the world =)…” Look on my page and yours at all the Warriors still standing with 
smiles, & swords drawn, and you/they are not knocked down to stay!!! Reverence:  2 Cor.4:9 “…we 
are knocked down, but Not destroyed…” What I (possibly you or a friend) have been seeing is a 
facade!!!  Camouflage of the real thing!!!  Don’t you ever believe it that you are loosing!!!  We will 
continue to need each other, and we can only truly understand this in that “perfect,” place in 
Him!!!
I am so glad, blessed to know you my friends/warriors!!!  Thank for all your encouragement 
everyday, every time we speak.  satin sometimes whispers in my ear why are you still on SL…  bla 
bla bla bla…  I believe we are all friends by divine reason!!!  God has a plan!!! Yes He does!!!  Do 
you remember your Grandma quilting or Grandfather planting, etc. it all takes time for the Master 
Piece!!!  Clay pots rushed will not last!!!  But one made by skillful hands will be a Master Piece and 
endure the fire!!! 
Briefly:  I’ve been knocked down… I will not be shaken!!!  In short about me, I’m making two 
dollars an hour less than I was in 1980.  For this I have felt forgotten LOL (poor baby =).  But I use 
to be a Superintendent for a company in Chicago… we have once again made contact and it is in 
the works that I will be going back to that company – starting out on the bottom again, but triple 
the money with the benefits.  
My tryouts with Heartlands worship team – I tried out and the first tryout led to another of which 
due to full day of training seminars at work I couldn’t make it.  And haven’t been rescheduled but 
it is in the process.  For that I have felt deprived, feeling little he is winning/getting in the way, 
etc.  Why worry, this is God molding, woo-hoo, keep-molding God!!! So much is born out of pain 
and after it has been tested by the fire… who knows what God has in store for you/us!!!   I can 
wait =).  In that process a for to long hurting church my family and I use to be a part of…  They 
now have a new wonderful new pastor.  I went to visit friend there yesterday that works in the 
office, brought some coffee and enjoyed our visit. The pastor came to talk to me we ended up in 
his office. Long story short, he began to ask me how would I run, and who would I use as they 
contemporize the worship service as a part of a blended service …  all in God’s leading.  Wow, 
now I’m to stay in communication giving him ideas musically via email/phone etc.  Wow, the 
potter IS under control.  
I’ve always wanted to go back into the studio and record original music.  A couple months ago my 
son got a call about my music and ask if we would come out to Chicago and record on a Christian 
compilation CD.  I felt I was tired of going on promptings I felt from God but only want to move on 
God moving.   Nothing happened in these two months.  I finally made a call two days ago and ask 
if they were serious =).  They called me back yesterday and would like to get stated possibly in a 
couple weeks.  These two songs will be free to record, mastered and everything in a top notch 
studio.  Wow, little he is NOT defeating us!!!  The potter is at work!!!  Who am I to say hurry up to 
the potter?  Be patience =) Also if I want to complete a whole CD I could come back at a latter 
date and get discounts due to going through with this.  
Yip I have been walking in the valley and scared at times what’s in that shadows.  But even 
though I walk through it I have all you Warriors/friends with drawn swords right here with me like 
I with you!!!  Besides weren’t we taught by our parents not to be afraid of shadows, LOL, they are 
only shadows =)  
We are His people and we were never meant to stand-alone.
We are not loosing!!!  We are getting stronger when holding His hand!!!  Thanks for being here, 
standing for Him and being my friend/others and partner in the battle that brings Joy to the weak 
and broken hearted!!!  
I Love you through the wonderful power and strength of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ!!! 
I implore you never stand-alone and always go to the source of your strength – Jesus Christ!!! 
 I/You/We can do all things through HIM who strengthens me/us =) Reverence:  Phil. 4:13 

Thanks my Warrior Friend – Stand Strong & Be Encouraged…
Live HIM Loud…
Bart]]></description>
										
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											<description><![CDATA[Ever feel Discouraged? Ever blame someone else for your Discouragement? Does this 
Discouragement come and go? Does this Discouragement mislead you to thinking you've failed?

Nehemiah, New International Version (NIV)
10 Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is 
so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall."
Nehemiah's people were unable to finish their task as quickly as originally planned and, as a 
result, their confidence collapsed. They were thinking, "We were stupid to think we could ever 
rebuild this wall."
Nehemiah is a great book to head to when discouraged!!! 
Like the labors rebuilding the wall we all are human and run out of energy, get distressed, 
discouraged!!! (FYI - I've been working putting in ten and a half hours a day with a number of 
other "laborers - carpenters. Building a huge retirement housing facility). So many laborers - 
Christians look at what they are going through and give up, and others see the lesson in it to be 
learned. 
At the end of our work week I saw all the debris lying around and could not imagine how we 
could accomplish any profitable task at all unless all this debris was cleaned up!!! I took it upon 
myself for the next half hour-ish to clean up the areas that we had been working. LOL, I think 
possibly the other "laborers," went to help role up tools in different areas =) I began to see how 
this was similar to our Christian life's. If you don't clean things up it's going to stop your 
progress!!! This fits in our work and spiritual lives. We can't avoid it, we need to learn to recognize 
and dispose of debris/discouragement quickly so you don't lose focus or your original task or 
ones calling is not delayed!!!
Do you have debris/rubble in your life? It could be the trivial things that waste your time and 
energy and cause you not to accomplishing what God has called you to do. In Nehemiah it says 
there was debris and rubbish scattered so much that it got in the way of re-building the wall. 
Don't get frustrated!!! Have you noticed that every time you set out to do something that the 
debris/rubbish just starts pilling up!?
Have you failed? We all are human. Let's learn from our mistakes and set new goals!!! Don't quit!!! 
Don't blame others!!! Don't complain that this is too much, or it's all impossible!!! Refocus on 
Gods intentions, your task, and start moving!!! =) Finish the race!!!
Don't fear or get discouraged. Nehemiah 4 suggests the people affected by fear and 
discouragement are those who hang with negative people... "God hasn't given us a spirit of fear, 
but of power, love, and a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7) If you're going to control the negative 
thoughts in your life, you've got to put all your trust and faith in this God who loves you and is 
concerned with every facet of your life, and (your calling), your task, and it could help to be 
extremely cautious when hanging around negative people. But remember: look up, don't blame 
others and the choice is ultimately ours!!!
Maybe you're discouraged? What you're going through - does it seem like the task is too great or 
it's too much responsibility? Maybe it's that you feel you don't deserve it, or it's the fear of 
criticism. Fear like discouragement will destroy your life if you let it. But you can choose to resist 
the discouragement by standing firmly on His word and trust and have faith that His word stands 
true in every facet of your life!!! Believe and say: God help me get my mind of me and my 
discouragement - circumstances, help me keep my eyes fixed on You!!!

GBU... &
Live HIM Loud...
Bart]]></description>
										
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