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Matthew Palfenier  

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Lead Me to the Cross

Journal Entry: Mon Jul 7, 2008, 8:35 PM
Savior I come
Quiet my soul remember
Redemptions hill
Where Your blood was spilled
For my ransom
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as lost

Lead me to the cross
Where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
Lead me, lead me to the cross

You were as I
Tempted and trialled; human
The word became flesh
Bore my sin and death
Now you're risen
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as lost

To your heart
To your heart
Lead me to your heart
Lead me to your heart

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Currently, I am still unable to fully articulate what is happening in me... God is talking to me, but I'm not sure exactly what it is about. I'm doing my best to listen, but I'm needing to be patient, listen closely, and get some distractions out of my eye and ear gates... Being honest, I'm a little frustrated, but for reasons I don't quite understand. Even so, God is faithful, and I will wait for whatever it is I'm waiting for...

  • Mood: Speechless
  • Listening to: Nothing
  • Reading: The Bible, Good to Great, A More Exellent Way
  • Watching: Nothing
  • Playing: Nothing
  • Eating: Nothing
  • Drinking: Water

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 21
  • Current Residence: Jenison, Michigan
  • Interests: God, Ministry, Praying, Art, Singing, Contortion, Running
  • Favourite movie: The Passion, Cirque Du Soleil's - Quidam and Varekai
  • Favourite band or musician: Jars of Clay, Lifehouse, Rebecca St. James, By the Tree, 33 Miles, Matthew West, and many more!
  • Favourite genre of music: Anything... but rap... XP
  • Favourite artist: God
  • Operating System: MacBook Pro and Mac G5 OS X Panther
  • Skin of choice: The kind I am in (even when I don't feel like it).
  • Favourite game: Final Fantasy Series, Silent Hill Series, Metal Gear Solid Series
  • Favourite gaming platform: PS2
  • Favourite cartoon character: Kovu (Lion king 2)
  • Personal Quote: God will supply all you need... faith is the key.
  • Tools of the Trade: Anything that is glorifying to God!

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Devious Comments

~nakkitta:iconnakkitta: 10 hours 56 minutes ago
:heart: you are most welcome!

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Love: Is Not A Special Way Of Feeling

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~Howlerwolfe:iconHowlerwolfe: 23 hours 6 minutes ago
:glomp:

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Don't be discouraged, have Faith! God is ALIVE! ~ I'm going to live for the Father every day! ~ God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ~ I love my Daddy!
=drewyboy:icondrewyboy: 23 hours 20 minutes ago
I like your work, really natural and interesting stuff :)

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My gallery [link]
~Excalibur908:iconExcalibur908: 1 day 9 hours ago
No prob bud, but yeah, i gotta hide the comment just because i dont like people advertising on my page.

Good luck with your photography and Godspeed.

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If I Had my own World,I'd Build you an Empire- Angels and Airwaves
~Howlerwolfe:iconHowlerwolfe: 4 days 8 hours ago
Well there you go! XD Happy 4th!!!

God Bless!

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Don't be discouraged, have Faith! God is ALIVE! ~ I'm going to live for the Father every day! ~ God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ~ I love my Daddy!
=ANewCreation:iconANewCreation: 4 days 23 hours ago
:glomp: Thanks for the watch brother...looking foward to see more of your work! :w00t:

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"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
2 Corinthians 5:17
~Howlerwolfe:iconHowlerwolfe: 5 days 11 hours ago
I'm glad. I hope that was enough for you. I've not had a ton of practice articulating this kind of thing to others, though I've had it explained to me many times. But I'm glad that your getting what you need and I'm thankful that God is leading you. Keep on listening, cause God will keep on talking!

Take care and God Bless!

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Don't be discouraged, have Faith! God is ALIVE! ~ I'm going to live for the Father every day! ~ God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ~ I love my Daddy!
~Howlerwolfe:iconHowlerwolfe: 5 days 11 hours ago Mood: Love
Oh yeah! It's great! And Jesus gets all the glory for loving us enough to do that!!! Thanks Jesus!

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Don't be discouraged, have Faith! God is ALIVE! ~ I'm going to live for the Father every day! ~ God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ~ I love my Daddy!
=ANewCreation:iconANewCreation: 5 days 12 hours ago
Thanks for the :+fav: on "Glory Flows From The Cross...
I am so glad you like it! :w00t:

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"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
2 Corinthians 5:17
~tsukinaitocha01:icontsukinaitocha01: 5 days 12 hours ago Mood: Happy Tears
Thanks, I feel healing in my heart thanks to you and of course God!

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People who are most precious to me, are those who save me from the dark pit of loneliness... my beloved friends and of course, God.
=thetopcrusader:iconthetopcrusader: 5 days 18 hours ago
Same to you! :hug:

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J.B. Lewis

My gallery: [link]

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)
~Howlerwolfe:iconHowlerwolfe: 5 days 18 hours ago
Oh yeah! Your photography is beautiful!

God Bless!

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Don't be discouraged, have Faith! God is ALIVE! ~ I'm going to live for the Father every day! ~ God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ~ I love my Daddy!
=thetopcrusader:iconthetopcrusader: 5 days 19 hours ago
Thank you so much for the :+devwatch:!

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J.B. Lewis

My gallery: [link]

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)
~Howlerwolfe:iconHowlerwolfe: 5 days 20 hours ago
Your welcome!

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Don't be discouraged, have Faith! God is ALIVE! ~ I'm going to live for the Father every day! ~ God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ~ I love my Daddy!
~iRooke:iconiRooke: 6 days 2 hours ago
Thanks for the fav!
~Howlerwolfe:iconHowlerwolfe: Jul 1, 2008, 2:35:28 PM
For starters, if you have never read Romans chapters 6, 7, and 8 do so cause it is an amazing insight on what it truly means to be dead to sin and living through Christ.

From my personal experience, I can say that to remove any one habitual sin takes a lot of work. I guarantee if you have gone before God, with a broken and contrite heart, confessed with your mouth, apologized, and accepted God's promise that he will forgive, he already has taken your sin as far as the east is from the west... and it's gone. But, the problem we face as humans is that our minds consistently bring the sin nature back into our lives. Even the Apostle Paul struggled with this in Romans 7:14-25. So first in verses 24b-25 he poses the main question and gives the answer: "Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!" So okay, I know this, you know this... but it keeps coming back... This is actually a cool question cause we talked about this on Sunday (could have been just for you ^_^), and we discussed 2 big things: God always shows up when you call on him, BUT it takes more than just God showing up... WE have to MEET him.

What do I mean? Well, we have to regain control of our thinking. In Romans 12:2 the Bible says: "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the RENEWING OF YOUR MIND. ..." This is a huge key! You are going to have to (with the Lords help) reteach your behavior patterns and learn how to control your thinking. But here is some cool stuff I have learned; based on recent study, there is a 60 second time gap when you can actively control and deal with any one thought enters your mind... Meaning if you do not like the thought, say your temptation, you have 60 seconds to actively say, "No. I don't like this thought, in the name of Jesus be rid of you," or at least do something different to change your train of though and have the thought leave. If the thought dwells longer than that time period, it sticks with you and won't go away... much harder to deal with. Your mind will catch that thought and continue to build on it, driving you potentially crazy (you know what I mean). I do this all of the time. Whither it be when I am being tempted to look at porn or something depraved, or go eat something I know won't be good for me... (there are many extremes where this comes into play in my life) I instantly take the thinking captive. They say it takes about 20 days to make a habit... so if you can start taking your thought life captive for at least that long, taking thoughts captive will become much easier, and will continue to get easier as time goes on.

I'm not sure what it is you are struggling with, but I can say, "I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me" ~ Philippians 4:13, and "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of SELF-DISCIPLINE." ~ 2 Timothy 1:7.

Keep praying about it, giving it up to him. Cause in our own power we can not do it... we fail. You know that... Get into the word and start memorizing some scriptures that pertain to what ever it is your struggling with... (On my computer I have written with a sharpie, "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." ~ Proverbs 4:23) This helps me from time to time if I am thinking of looking at porn or something and if I see it... Bam! Instant reminder! And if you can, again depending on what it is, find someone who will be a safeguard for you. A person you can call or contact easily if you are having trouble with something... Accountability is always a good thing.

I know that is probably not very well written, but it is the best I could do in the time I have... If you want to Note me separately, I may be able to get more specific with you as to what you can even more specifically do to help. Um, hang in there and feel free to message me if you have any more questions.

God is faithful and he will show you how to beat this! Hang in there!

1 Corinthians 10:13 ~ "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."

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Don't be discouraged, have Faith! God is ALIVE! ~ I'm going to live for the Father every day! ~ God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ~ I love my Daddy!
~tsukinaitocha01:icontsukinaitocha01: Jul 1, 2008, 10:32:57 AM Mood: Shame
Hey I have a question about something... well your a christian with more experience and my folks don't really like to listen. There's a constant act of sin I have been praying to God to forgive me and to take this horrible thing out of me, so now when I finally feel secure it comes back to haunt me and It's constant I pray for a change so what do I do?

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People who are most precious to me, are those who save me from the dark pit of loneliness... my beloved friends and of course, God.
~Howlerwolfe:iconHowlerwolfe: Jun 30, 2008, 1:57:59 PM
:glomp:

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Don't be discouraged, have Faith! God is ALIVE! ~ I'm going to live for the Father every day! ~ God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ~ I love my Daddy!
~Theojon74:iconTheojon74: Jun 29, 2008, 1:47:08 PM
Awesome....great shots....good to know a brother in Christ is here too.

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God be with you.
~Howlerwolfe:iconHowlerwolfe: Jun 28, 2008, 6:40:59 AM
Welcome!

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Don't be discouraged, have Faith! God is ALIVE! ~ I'm going to live for the Father every day! ~ God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ~ I love my Daddy!
~SoliloquyOfaStranger:iconSoliloquyOfaStranger: Jun 28, 2008, 12:50:23 AM Mood: Joy
thanks for the fav on "God is Love"!!

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"My life is like a canvas

And on most days I do my best

To fill it in with my mess"

~Howlerwolfe:iconHowlerwolfe: Jun 27, 2008, 9:37:44 PM
Any time. ^_^ :glomp:

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Don't be discouraged, have Faith! God is ALIVE! ~ I'm going to live for the Father every day! ~ God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ~ I love my Daddy!
=houstonaxl:iconhoustonaxl: Jun 27, 2008, 9:19:13 PM Mood: Joy
Thanks for the :+fav: on Zechariah 4:6

God Bless You!

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~SkiztheWolf:iconSkiztheWolf: Jun 26, 2008, 7:03:52 PM
Wow! Congrats! ^-^ Happy birthday! :D

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I am a Jesus freak and proud of it!
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DJ and Rebecca are my heros! :noes:
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"I just refuse to call him Private Donut!"