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Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might…
(Ecclesiastes 9:10 New KJV)
With good will doing service, as to the Lord… (Ephesians 6:7 KJV)

“If God tells you to do something, do it.”
That is a quote from our assistant pastor, Bob, in his sermon on Sunday morning, September 8th. I heard the words, but had no idea at the moment of how they might apply to me on a personal level. It would not be until later in the day that I came to understand. And it happened in the least likely of ways.

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Music: Where does it come from? It comes from God. Music heals our minds and brings us peace and tranquility. Music drives away depression. GOD gave music to man and woman to make each other happy, to love, for joy, to celebrate, to ease the pain and sorrow. Music is GOD’s gift to us. Let’s thank God for music as we listen to it. What a perfect gift. Thank you GOD. Thank you Lord Jesus.

~ Ya Tafari(Yacob Tafari Makuannen)

Bahamian Recording Artist and Minister of Jesus Christ

Sometimes the sound is hushed and peaceful, wafting softly like a “still small voice”. [I Kings 19:12] At other times it approaches like the thunderous storm over Mount Sinai. [Exodus 20:18]

The language might be different and the tone of it may vary, but it is given as a gift to all from God. It arrives as an amalgamation of pitches and notes. Its frequencies are measured in cycles-per-second and its volume determined by decibels.

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by Jeff Ferris

One day, a prison warden was walking the corridors of his penitentiary. As he passed each cell block, the occupants inside boldly declared their innocence and demanded to be released.

Row after row, cell after cell, “I am innocent”, they all shouted.

At last, the warden came upon an inmate who was curled up on his bed, weeping. When the warden inquired as to what was wrong, the man confessed his crimes and blurted his sins. Through tears of grief, the prisoner expressed his anguish and sorrow for his countless offenses. “Are you telling me that you are truly guilty of the crimes for which you have been convicted?” asked the warden.
“Yes, sir, I am”, the man sobbed.

Immediately, the warden initiated the man’s release. “I don’t want him here corrupting all these innocent men”, he said. Though I believe it is simply a modern-day parable and nothing more, I remember hearing this story many years ago. It stayed with me ever since.
(I have written it as best as my recollection has allowed).

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