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Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me; LORD, be my helper!"

Psalms 30:10
NKJV

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God's Word

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.>> LORD, You have been favorable to Your land; You have brought back the captivity of Jacob. You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin. Selah You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger. Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease. Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You?
Show us Your mercy, LORD, And grant us Your salvation. I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly. Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed. Truth shall spring out of the earth, And righteousness shall look down from heaven. Yes, the LORD will give what is good; And our land will yield its increase. Righteousness will go before Him, And shall make His footsteps our pathway

Psalms 85:1-13
NIV

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Video: Faith Hope & Love 2010...

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Want to get involved in YOUR area of the city?

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God's Word

A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

Proverbs 21:14
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God's Word

Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Proverbs 27:4
NIV

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God's Word

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.



2 Timothy 1:7
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FHL Luncheon: A Lifestyle of Unconditional Love At Bonefish Grill

Inspire Your Generation! February eZine Vol.5, No.1

March 24, 2010 join FHL for:

Luncheon Info: FHL Luncheon: A Lifestyle of Unconditional Love At Bonefish Grill

When: Wed., March 24, 11am to 1pm $25/person Register here

Location: at 4501 East 82nd Street, Indianapolis - (317) 863-3474

To Reserve a seat or a table of 8, please visit www.fhlinternational.org or call 317-578-3370 or email us at info@fhlinternational.org or Register here

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FHL Week 2010 Kick Off

FHL International kicks off FHL Week 2010 planning meeting for the city of Indianapolis and outlying areas! Watch: FHL Video

FHL WeekLeader's Training at

Location:FHL office 8383 Craig Street, Ste.335, Indianapolis, IN 46250
If you do not know Jesus Christ in a personal way, please email us at info@fhlinternational.org or call us at 317-578-3370 we will be more than happy to introduce you to the most wonderful man who ever lived on this earth.

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God's Word

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.


Habakkuk 2:14
NIV

posted by Anonymous @ 8:48 AM 0 comments

MyROCC Church Embraces Carmel, Technology

article by Jonathan Haag, 'AtCarmel'



Over the past twenty years, River Oaks Community Church (ROCC) has provided an intimate setting for people from Carmel and beyond to gather as a community and worship. I recently had the opportunity to talk to Dominic Francese, Pastor of ROCC, about the mission and future of this particular body of believers.

Pastor Francese tells me that ROCC’s mission in relation to Carmel is to “provide followers of Jesus Christ an intimate setting for worshiping and serving God, in a way which a small church is especially well suited.” Part of this mission includes building a, “strong sense of small group community and strong friendships.”

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Here's a sample video from the 'Officer Do-Good' Series...



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Watch more Officer Do-Good videos at YouTube/MyROCCtv

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God's Word

Meanwhile his disciples urged him, "Rabbi,eat something." But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about." Then his disciples said to each other, "Could someone have brought him food?" "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor."

John 4:31-38
NIV

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God's Word

Do you not know, brothers-- for I am speaking to men who know the law-- that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man.

Romans 7:1-3
NIV

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God's Word

Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,

Proverbs 2:12
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God's Word

A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered. Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

Proverbs 17:27-28
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God's Word

A scoundrel plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.


Proverbs 16:27
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God's Word

Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?


Proverbs 27:4
NIV

posted by Anonymous @ 7:51 AM 0 comments

God's Word

This, then, is how you should pray: "'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.


Matthew 6:9-13
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posted by Anonymous @ 7:53 AM 0 comments

God's Word

"In my Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also."



John 4:2
NIV

posted by Anonymous @ 8:02 AM 0 comments

God's Word

This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."

Jeremiah 17:5-10
NIV

posted by Anonymous @ 8:59 AM 0 comments

Barna Research: How the Faith of African-Americans has Changed

From the earliest days of America’s history, a deep-rooted spirituality has been one of the hallmarks of the black population in the country. A new study released by The Barna Group underscores that the passage of time has not diminished the importance of faith in the lives of African-Americans. The study examined the religious beliefs and behaviors of the black population, today and in comparison to 15 years ago, as well as comparing the faith of blacks to that of the U.S. population as a whole.

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The Barna study compared current statistics for African-American faith with that measured 15 years ago and found substantial change during that period.

Six of seven measures of belief had changed significantly. Blacks today are more likely than they were in the early 1990s to believe that the principles taught in the Bible are totally accurate; to say that their religious faith is very important in their life; to have a biblically orthodox understanding of the nature of God; and to be born again. They are also less likely to strongly affirm that Satan is symbolic, not real; and to contend that a good person can earn his/her way into Heaven.

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[full article at Barna.org]

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Busted. Saints Prevail in Super Bowl

posted by IndyChristian @ 6:46 AM 0 comments

It's Super Bowl Sunday

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God's Word

O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me.

Psalms 30:2
NKJV

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God's Word

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs !:7
NIV

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God's Word

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.

1 Corinthians 12:7-11
NIV

posted by Anonymous @ 7:38 AM 0 comments

God's Word

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge-- then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."


Psalms 91:1-16
NIV

posted by Anonymous @ 9:08 AM 0 comments

God's Word

The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."


Mark 12:29-31
NIV

posted by Anonymous @ 7:49 AM 0 comments

Praying For President Obama

by Neil Cox, Editor, IndyChristian.com

A friend of mine sent a chain-email about the ways to pray for President Obama. How do YOU pray for him? Here's my reply...



Indeed I'll pray for President Obama... notably that he rules with justice & mercy... and that he's successful in bringing about 'change'... especially for those who need it most.

I'm praying that he'll use his every opportunity to defend the most defenseless in our land -- children not yet born and relying solely on the whims of their mother to keep them alive. I'll pray that he models godly wisdom, acknowledging primarily the God in whom we live and breathe and have our being... and that under Barack's watch, every American will have an optimal chance to know Him and have reconciling peace and redemption thru His Son.

As President Obama has any opportunity to name justices to the Supreme Court of our land, I'm praying that he'll do so with our children in mind... to spare them an early death... and who will grant access once again to an education with our historic godly values for them. And name justices who will once again level the playing field among ALL strongly held beliefs... 'religious' or 'secular'... in the quest for human flourishment -- that is, that 'religious' values need not be checked at the public door, but rather, have an equal opportunity to be heard, seen and discussed in the public square and the public educational institutions. To do otherwise is to limit free speech, short-changing our children and grandchildren. And especially in the age of our growing government sector.

I'll pray that he not laden our children and grandchildren with yet more national debt. I pray that he'll be the first to tell the nation's dirty-little-secret that any president can get by for 4 years if they have a money-printing-press. I pray that he'll shut down its excessive use, and that he balance the national budget just like all the rest of us have to.

I pray that he'll bless those who are freely blessing our communities with their nonprofit services, including churches, ministries, heath-care units, food pantries, jobs-ministries, charter schools, housing, etc.... May he encourage even more such organizations to form, thru tax incentives and reduced government paperwork requirements. And not handicap the most effective ones -- the religious nonprofits -- by barring them from an equal footing as they compete for grants and other regulated activities.

I pray that he'll be an advocate for families -- the families that God designed with a purpose. And I pray that President Obama will do everything possible to help families stay together, and be impactful in their neighborhoods.

And I'll pray that he treat the alien with the same compassion that God commands him (and us) to do. I pray that Barack will initiate practical reform of our immigration system -- that he will immediately fingerprint and allow people who will swear allegiance to the values of our country... into the U.S. to work and pay taxes and to thrive here with their families intact... the dream of our fathers. And allow those who accumulate 5 years of working & paying taxes... to qualify for citizenship and the benefits thereof.

Lastly, I'll pray that he frees us from a portion of the enslavement of working for the government without pay January thru May.

In short, I'll pray that President Obama acts in accordance with the 'Christian faith' that Candidate Obama said he had.

posted by IndyChristian @ 6:17 AM 0 comments

God's Word

A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.


Psalms 121:1-8
NIV

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