Tiger Story
Monday, January 31, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
So It Begins.
A group of about 15 of us joined together tonight at my church to begin the awesome transition on gettin' in better shape. It was great. I'm sore in my legs but it was awesome! I'm glad to be making life changes and with a great group of people. I thought about posting before and after pictures but I'll refrain from making anyone sick, ha ha.
I'll tell you that today I started at 216.8, I'll keep you updated daily or whenever I make some much needed changes. So keep me in your prayers! Thanks ya'll.
One Love
Pastor T
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Life Changes.
Tomorrow we begin the process of becoming more like Him and being the church he has designed us to be. I think this is so vital. As a church planter I think I see church a little differently and will do crazier stuff to make the point or make the message stay longer. I think it's important for us to be what Christ has called us to do. I've got some exciting things coming up.
Tomorrow we kick off our "Biggest Loser / Biggest Praiser" Competition.
Sunday we have our Stewardship Campaign Banquet.
We announce some new things and ideas this Sunday. I'm excited.
Then Atlanta in a few more months we will have our 2nd church plant. Wooohoooo.
I'm feeling a little better. Thanks for all your prayers.
Pastor T
Tomorrow we kick off our "Biggest Loser / Biggest Praiser" Competition.
Sunday we have our Stewardship Campaign Banquet.
We announce some new things and ideas this Sunday. I'm excited.
Then Atlanta in a few more months we will have our 2nd church plant. Wooohoooo.
I'm feeling a little better. Thanks for all your prayers.
Pastor T
Monday, January 24, 2011
"You Hold My Every Moment!"
Still a little under the weather. But this made me so happy. I listened to the words, "You HOLD my EVERY moment!" Nothing has caught him by surprise. I'm so blessed today! You are awesome FATHER!
Be Blessed! Have a great week!
Pastor T
Be Blessed! Have a great week!
Pastor T
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Sick.
I think I run myself so much that sometimes God allows me to get sick cause He knows that's the only time I'll settle down and just be still. I have officially been in bed all day today. I hate it because it's SATURDAY and tomorrow is SUNDAY and I need to preach. It'll be a very exciting time tomorrow for us. I have a few surprises up my sleeve. Ha. I'll blog and catch up tomorrow or when I get to feelin' better. Thanks for the prayers!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Fond or Love.
Sorry for the time out. I've been at the Church of God prayer conference and boy was it awesome. Very interesting to see God move and speak with just a clear voice. The speaker was just dead on with what he spoke on. He talked about Peter and his love for Christ after they were fishing (all night). He mentioned a a word "Fond" and I just kept thinking that's how so many of us have been. We've been fond of Christ and I think it's time that we step it up. He spoke so great and I had the honor of having my youth pastor with me.
We went to eat last night and I told him, whatever we gotta do - LET'S see the church EXPLODE. So I'm determined to continue to allow God to break and mold me. There's a harvest to reach. I'm not FOND of CHRIST - I'm passionately in love with him.
What's your heart temp?
One Love,
PT
We went to eat last night and I told him, whatever we gotta do - LET'S see the church EXPLODE. So I'm determined to continue to allow God to break and mold me. There's a harvest to reach. I'm not FOND of CHRIST - I'm passionately in love with him.
What's your heart temp?
One Love,
PT
Monday, January 17, 2011
Great Weekend.
I had the day off. Had a great time at the church. We completely are bringing ANOTHER facelift to that place. I love doing creative things and keeping people on the edge of their seats. I think that's what God anointed me to do, at least I'd like to think so.
We're gearing up for the Teen Club being launched in April as well as a church plant getting ready to take place in Atlanta. Both have me super excited about what God is going to do. Just an exciting time. It's hard to sleep at night as we prepare for all that God has for us!
We decided to have a biggest loser competition in the Florida church so we are calling it the Biggest! Praiser. I thought that was genius. My kid, Joel came up with that. So we start that next week. It's a six-week competition so I'm very excited. I got a new book and everything. It's ten dollars to enter and the winner takes all. So game on! Ha. I'm a big competitor so we shall see.
We also started the READ the BIBLE in a YEAR. We begin that next week or many of us have already started. It's encouraging. I plan on doing a daily devotional and launch a churcheveryday.cc website where people can go and see the uploads daily. Very excited about that. I want it to be short, sweet, and to the point. So that should be fun.
We've got a lot going and I'm super excited. Stay tuned.
Remember, Get out of the land of UZ and move into the LAND of Satisfaction. REmember if God brought you to it He'll get you through it! Have a great night!
One Love
Pastor T
We're gearing up for the Teen Club being launched in April as well as a church plant getting ready to take place in Atlanta. Both have me super excited about what God is going to do. Just an exciting time. It's hard to sleep at night as we prepare for all that God has for us!
We decided to have a biggest loser competition in the Florida church so we are calling it the Biggest! Praiser. I thought that was genius. My kid, Joel came up with that. So we start that next week. It's a six-week competition so I'm very excited. I got a new book and everything. It's ten dollars to enter and the winner takes all. So game on! Ha. I'm a big competitor so we shall see.
We also started the READ the BIBLE in a YEAR. We begin that next week or many of us have already started. It's encouraging. I plan on doing a daily devotional and launch a churcheveryday.cc website where people can go and see the uploads daily. Very excited about that. I want it to be short, sweet, and to the point. So that should be fun.
We've got a lot going and I'm super excited. Stay tuned.
Remember, Get out of the land of UZ and move into the LAND of Satisfaction. REmember if God brought you to it He'll get you through it! Have a great night!
One Love
Pastor T
Saturday, January 15, 2011
It Is On!
Today begins the day where I plan for my life - to become a more healthier me. I've decided to make this upcoming week about me, and who I want to be. Creating a bucket-list, maintaining a better me, and providing support for those around me. I think it's our time to get it together. I'm going to change our Sunday nights to times where we bring a positive atmosphere together and encourage one another to attempt the impossible and eat better, striving to become the better person God has called us to do.
My diet begins Monday. Not even a diet, my life change begins Monday where I seek God, Better Health, And A Better Body....& I will see results. Join me on my journey.
My diet begins Monday. Not even a diet, my life change begins Monday where I seek God, Better Health, And A Better Body....& I will see results. Join me on my journey.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Inspired.
Tonight.
The Landlord I'm guessing hit the wrong amount in our account and put to take out 1,500 more. So things bounced like crazy. So I got upset cause there wasn't enough money in to cover. I mean cause that's not a whole lot, is it? LoL.
I got a parking ticket for parking too long. Ha.
Had just a lot of stuff go wrong today.
Craziness.
But I was inspired. I'm inspired when I read stuff by Dreamers. Like MLK Jr. and others who lead the way, no matter how bad my day gets it can get worse and it can get better. I'm inspired to dream and love again and BIGGER and DEEPER! I think about all the dreamers went through and all those that dream around me go through and I think I could be in so much worser shape. BUT GLORY to GOD I'm a dreamer and big things are happening. If you have a dream or vision don't STOP until you GET it! Keep the dream alive.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
LOVE,
Pastor T
The Landlord I'm guessing hit the wrong amount in our account and put to take out 1,500 more. So things bounced like crazy. So I got upset cause there wasn't enough money in to cover. I mean cause that's not a whole lot, is it? LoL.
I got a parking ticket for parking too long. Ha.
Had just a lot of stuff go wrong today.
Craziness.
But I was inspired. I'm inspired when I read stuff by Dreamers. Like MLK Jr. and others who lead the way, no matter how bad my day gets it can get worse and it can get better. I'm inspired to dream and love again and BIGGER and DEEPER! I think about all the dreamers went through and all those that dream around me go through and I think I could be in so much worser shape. BUT GLORY to GOD I'm a dreamer and big things are happening. If you have a dream or vision don't STOP until you GET it! Keep the dream alive.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
LOVE,
Pastor T
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Sometimes....
When you don't have much to do or say, praise is always something that sets you free. Praise is something that pushes you just a little more. Praise is something that when nothing else can set the atmosphere that does. Praise is what I do. Praise is what we do. Here's a great chapter of praise in the Bible. Today or Tomorrow praise your way through!
God makes salvation
its walls and ramparts.
2 Open the gates
that the righteous nation may enter,
the nation that keeps faith.
3 You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
4 Trust in the LORD forever,
for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.
5 He humbles those who dwell on high,
he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground
and casts it down to the dust.
6 Feet trample it down—
the feet of the oppressed,
the footsteps of the poor.
7 The path of the righteous is level;
you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.
8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws,[a]
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
in the morning my spirit longs for you.
When your judgments come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.
10 But when grace is shown to the wicked,
they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil
and do not regard the majesty of the LORD.
11 LORD, your hand is lifted high,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;
let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
12 LORD, you establish peace for us;
all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
13 LORD our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,
but your name alone do we honor.
14 They are now dead, they live no more;
their spirits do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;
you wiped out all memory of them.
15 You have enlarged the nation, LORD;
you have enlarged the nation.
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders of the land.
16 LORD, they came to you in their distress;
when you disciplined them,
they could barely whisper a prayer.[b]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, LORD.
18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth to wind.
We have not brought salvation to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.
19 But your dead will live, LORD;
their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust
wake up and shout for joy—
your dew is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead.
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
and shut the doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until his wrath has passed by.
21 See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;
the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
Isaiah 26 (New International Version, ©2010)
Isaiah 26
A Song of Praise
1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city;God makes salvation
its walls and ramparts.
2 Open the gates
that the righteous nation may enter,
the nation that keeps faith.
3 You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
4 Trust in the LORD forever,
for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.
5 He humbles those who dwell on high,
he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground
and casts it down to the dust.
6 Feet trample it down—
the feet of the oppressed,
the footsteps of the poor.
7 The path of the righteous is level;
you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.
8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws,[a]
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
in the morning my spirit longs for you.
When your judgments come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.
10 But when grace is shown to the wicked,
they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil
and do not regard the majesty of the LORD.
11 LORD, your hand is lifted high,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;
let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
12 LORD, you establish peace for us;
all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
13 LORD our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,
but your name alone do we honor.
14 They are now dead, they live no more;
their spirits do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;
you wiped out all memory of them.
15 You have enlarged the nation, LORD;
you have enlarged the nation.
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders of the land.
16 LORD, they came to you in their distress;
when you disciplined them,
they could barely whisper a prayer.[b]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, LORD.
18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth to wind.
We have not brought salvation to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.
19 But your dead will live, LORD;
their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust
wake up and shout for joy—
your dew is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead.
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
and shut the doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until his wrath has passed by.
21 See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;
the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Donkey Kong Country Returns.
This is the favorite game in the house with my boys and I. I love it. It's like a stress reliever but then it's not. I stress myself out and holler at the TV and everything. Not a good picture. Thankfully I love looking up cheats and though I couldn't find many I did find a world where if you jump on the squids you can keep getting coins but then again that stresses me out too because consistency is hard with the little monkey, Diddy.
No sure why I just ranted about that Game but it's awesome. Just FYI. It's for the Wii.
We had a great service tonight - Outreach. Prayer. Word. It was great. I just am very happy with things right now. Not too much to blog about and I promised not to be boring so I'm gonna sign off. Later.
Pastor T.
No sure why I just ranted about that Game but it's awesome. Just FYI. It's for the Wii.
We had a great service tonight - Outreach. Prayer. Word. It was great. I just am very happy with things right now. Not too much to blog about and I promised not to be boring so I'm gonna sign off. Later.
Pastor T.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Organize Your Life.
Today I organized an office at the place I work at. It's great. I posted on my Facebook that I think God anointed me to bring organization into a workplace or church and just whip it in to shape! I was thinking in all of the clutter that maybe just maybe that's what we need to do spiritually is get with a mentor or pastor and ask him/her to pray with you to help you arrange the clutter in your life.
You can breathe better and everything seems to be more exciting when things are clear! Chaos is confusion and I'm a neat freak and can't stand for things to be out of place. Organization is key to me. But enough about that before I get an urge to get up and go organize something.
The book I ordered to get my physical life and shape should be here tomorrow. Very excited about that. I think we need to get healthy again in the church. I'm gonna pioneer it. I can't talk about sin and leave out gluttony that so many of us preachers go through. I've gotta deal with it. I'll keep ya informed!
Hope everyone had a great Monday. Talk to you all tomorrow!
You can breathe better and everything seems to be more exciting when things are clear! Chaos is confusion and I'm a neat freak and can't stand for things to be out of place. Organization is key to me. But enough about that before I get an urge to get up and go organize something.
The book I ordered to get my physical life and shape should be here tomorrow. Very excited about that. I think we need to get healthy again in the church. I'm gonna pioneer it. I can't talk about sin and leave out gluttony that so many of us preachers go through. I've gotta deal with it. I'll keep ya informed!
Hope everyone had a great Monday. Talk to you all tomorrow!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Plan B! Sunday.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before or not, but I was on a sabbitcal the other week to see "VISION" and to clear my had. I'm so thankful I took that time to realize exactly what was going on and to take "Tiger" time and spend time with the Lord. Anyways, I picked up a book entitled, "Plan B!" It has literally changed my life.
I came back and made that our series for January. It's changing our church. This morning and tonight's service I have to go on record in saying that they were the best yet, preaching wise. I just preaching with such freedom and liberty, not sure why. Ha. It was just a normal typical Sunday and God slammed that place with just a sweet presence and understanding of the word that was being spoken.
It was incredible. Both services. I haven't preached twice in one day in a long time. It was a little exhausting but well worth it. The church is advancing and the Atlanta one is starting to flourish in the planning process. It's great to see people interested in getting connected.
So happy with what God is doing.
Basic word for the church and I'll close with this, "Don't base your faith on God's activity, rather base it on His Identity!"
Good Night!
Pastor T
I came back and made that our series for January. It's changing our church. This morning and tonight's service I have to go on record in saying that they were the best yet, preaching wise. I just preaching with such freedom and liberty, not sure why. Ha. It was just a normal typical Sunday and God slammed that place with just a sweet presence and understanding of the word that was being spoken.
It was incredible. Both services. I haven't preached twice in one day in a long time. It was a little exhausting but well worth it. The church is advancing and the Atlanta one is starting to flourish in the planning process. It's great to see people interested in getting connected.
So happy with what God is doing.
Basic word for the church and I'll close with this, "Don't base your faith on God's activity, rather base it on His Identity!"
Good Night!
Pastor T
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Resolution?
How many of you actually have stuck to your resolution? Come on, I can't see your hands!
See.
That's where I'm finding me today.
I was brave enough to take on my resolution before the new year and actually during the Thanksgiving Holiday I made up my mind to lose weight, I mean isn't that everyone's resolution. I find my self today after all the holiday rush - back to my same place. Weight wise. I lost ten pounds during the holiday that was also during the time where I took a sabbatical, focused, got back in the gym. But that was all away from Home. Now that I'm home I'm finding myself back to the stress eating, the fast paced lifestyle, eating late, and today after eating some fried foods and breathing hard, I have to make a decision. To lose the weight again, which I did put back on, sadly.
One - to keep eating like this because after all we only live once or Two - realize that I can't continue to live like this and one of these days I'm going to get married and have beautiful children and I don't want them adapting to my eating habits, now for those of you who know me know that I have three handsome boys that I consider my own and have watched them grow the past ten years. They've adapted to my eating habits. Not good. Two however have a stomach that can just process and I guess put out all that fat, because they are lean and skinny. Me however, I think I was skinny when I was born and that's it. Ha.
The truth is, it's not too late to start your resolution over or if you are keeping it - keep it up! Here's some encouragement: Ultimately - we've got the power to overcome according to what Christ told us. It's our mandate to fully take own and adapt and put in to place: Our Will Power. We can do it. I sure am gonna try. I'll keep you updated on that.
Tomorrow is Sunday - Go to church. If you're visiting my blog site for the first time, Welcome. If you don't know Christ, it's not my job to force but to introduce. Take time for you and go to church and let God speak to you. If you've been hurt by a pastor or church folks, just know we're human and we are going to make mistakes. I did when I was first in ministry and started church, I thought I knew everything. Now, I realize I don't. I've not been a perfect pastor, but now I strive to be real and transparent. It's my duty. So if you've been hurt by the church let me say I'm sorry. I know I can't take away your hurt but Christ can, give him another shot. Don't give up on Him, He hasn't on you. For those who go regularly - stop with the excuses and just get there. I promise it's life changing.
Until next time,
I'm Pastor Tiger - This is my story, and I'm stickin' to it!
God Bless!
See.
That's where I'm finding me today.
I was brave enough to take on my resolution before the new year and actually during the Thanksgiving Holiday I made up my mind to lose weight, I mean isn't that everyone's resolution. I find my self today after all the holiday rush - back to my same place. Weight wise. I lost ten pounds during the holiday that was also during the time where I took a sabbatical, focused, got back in the gym. But that was all away from Home. Now that I'm home I'm finding myself back to the stress eating, the fast paced lifestyle, eating late, and today after eating some fried foods and breathing hard, I have to make a decision. To lose the weight again, which I did put back on, sadly.
One - to keep eating like this because after all we only live once or Two - realize that I can't continue to live like this and one of these days I'm going to get married and have beautiful children and I don't want them adapting to my eating habits, now for those of you who know me know that I have three handsome boys that I consider my own and have watched them grow the past ten years. They've adapted to my eating habits. Not good. Two however have a stomach that can just process and I guess put out all that fat, because they are lean and skinny. Me however, I think I was skinny when I was born and that's it. Ha.
The truth is, it's not too late to start your resolution over or if you are keeping it - keep it up! Here's some encouragement: Ultimately - we've got the power to overcome according to what Christ told us. It's our mandate to fully take own and adapt and put in to place: Our Will Power. We can do it. I sure am gonna try. I'll keep you updated on that.
Tomorrow is Sunday - Go to church. If you're visiting my blog site for the first time, Welcome. If you don't know Christ, it's not my job to force but to introduce. Take time for you and go to church and let God speak to you. If you've been hurt by a pastor or church folks, just know we're human and we are going to make mistakes. I did when I was first in ministry and started church, I thought I knew everything. Now, I realize I don't. I've not been a perfect pastor, but now I strive to be real and transparent. It's my duty. So if you've been hurt by the church let me say I'm sorry. I know I can't take away your hurt but Christ can, give him another shot. Don't give up on Him, He hasn't on you. For those who go regularly - stop with the excuses and just get there. I promise it's life changing.
Until next time,
I'm Pastor Tiger - This is my story, and I'm stickin' to it!
God Bless!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Hello & Welcome!
Thank you for taking time to see what's in the mind of a pastor. I must let you know that I am definitely not an expertise in "pastoring." I however love what I do. I don't think I would have it any other way. There are days where I'm completely overwhelmed and days where I hit my sweet spot. Then there are those dreaded days where I don't know where I'm at. Ha. We all have those right? Come on, don't make me sound too crazy.
Enough about me. Let me tell you about this blog. It's my goal to inform and enrich you with my life findings. I hope you will be encouraged. I promise to at least write once a day and be real and transparent. Thanks again for your interest. God Bless.
Enough about me. Let me tell you about this blog. It's my goal to inform and enrich you with my life findings. I hope you will be encouraged. I promise to at least write once a day and be real and transparent. Thanks again for your interest. God Bless.
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