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I Caught God Coloring The River Again Tonight!!

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I’m going to let it carry me away!!

“Anyone who believes in Me may come and drink!

For the Scriptures declare,

‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.'”

John 7:38

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Held in chains?

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The river is free!

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Covered in stains?

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The river is clean!

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Lost your way?

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The river found you!

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See the river?

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Feel the river?

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Let go of all you hold onto!

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Let it all wash away!

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Broken inside?

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The river is love!

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Thirsty and dry?

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He’s more than enough!

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Drowning in lies?

The river will save!

Dance in the river!

Stay forever!

Let go of everything…

But Jesus!!

Let Him carry you away!

Carry you away in the river!

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life,

bright as crystal,

flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb…”

Revelation 22:1

Did You Hear The One About The Aspiring Comedians?

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Stage 2 Improv

Warming up!!

Improv

Photo/Info-Courtesy of:

http://www.naplesnews.com

http://stage2improv.net/

The cast of…

Stage 2 Improv

(From left) Michael Santos, Judith Gangi Santos,

Guy Glover, Kate Ebaugh, Steven Johnson, JamieLynn Bucci, Casey Debrowski (my son!!!), Nancy Swartz and Brad Goetz.

Take My Life…Please!

Locals with a funny bone are trying their skills at Improv.

The Naples Players school ends this week…

And the big test…

With a live audience…

Starts next week!

P.S.  See web-site for dates, times, and details, if you’re in the Naples area!!

Stage 2 improv…

Is a Naples-based improvisational theatre group…

Featuring scenes, games, and songs that are created right before your very eyes!

If you liked the television show “Who’s Line Is It Anyway?”

And the improv troop, The Second City, you’ll love this!

The actors utilize information given by the audience to build the show!

Every scene and game is driven by suggestions from the audience…

Some games may even feature audience participation!

You never know what an evening will bring…

Which makes each show different from the next!!

Stage 2 Improv

Was founded in the winter of 2012…

By Judith Gangi Santos and Mike Santos…

(co-founders of the former comedy group Naples City Improv).

Here’s my son’s bio!!!

“Hi.

I’m Casey.

I like math and theater.

And improv.

I really like improv.

I like cheese too.

It’s good.

School = FGCU graduate.

I act there sometimes.

I improv there lots of times.

Work = Teaching.

Acting = Dog Sees God and Our Town.

I have a snake and a doggie.

They’re cool.

Thanks to all my friends and family for keeping me as insane as I am.”

The crazy family he speaks of…that’s us!  Ha!

Break a leg?!?!?

Why do they say that???

“Love you!”

And

“God Bless!”

Seems safer to me!!

“And so

He will make you happy

and give you something

to smile about.”

Job 8:21  CEV

The Art Of Thinking Brilliantly by Graham Cooke

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Watch…

And learn to think brilliantly…

As your God wants you to!!!

“For God,

who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,

hath shined in our hearts,

to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God

in the face of Jesus Christ”

2 Corinthians 4:6

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“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge Him,

and He shall direct thy paths.

Be not wise in thine own eyes:

fear the LORD,

and depart from evil”

Proverbs 3:5-7

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For the Lord gives wisdom;

from His mouth come knowledge and understanding

He holds success in store for the upright,

He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless

for He guards the course of the just 

and protects the way of His faithful ones.

Proverbs 2:6-8

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“With Him are wisdom and might;

To Him belong counsel and understanding.”

Job 12:13

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Soar!!!

God Of Brilliant Lights!!

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(Only we will know His Brilliance!)

“Every good and perfect gift is from above,

coming down from the Father of the Heavenly lights,

who does not change like shifting shadows.”

James 1:17

Sing it out!

Shout it loud!!

Let the sound of the saints…

Be heard everywhere!

Praise the God who has come…

To cure every broken heart!

He is Lord over all…

His reign will never end…

He’s the Light of the World…

Brighter than the brightest star.

The God of Brilliant Lights…

Is shining down over us…

Breaking through the darkness…

Covering all the earth…

His love is like an ocean…

Forever overflowing…

The God of Brilliant Lights…

Is shining over us

Sinners come to the Cross!

Lay your troubles down…

At the feet of the One…

Whose mercy will abound…

He will never turn away!!

The God of Brilliant Lights is shining over us…

He’s shining over us!!

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My Simple Everyday Prayer…

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Here’s a definition of my recent days…

Pulled in a thousand different ways…

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At a loss for words to explain…

The need to relax, and rest my brain!

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Lord, I come to You for peace…

Make all my cares, and worries cease…

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So many opportunities abound…

To share Your Love all around!

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Help me know which ones to choose…

(Please make them my passions, desires, talents, and gifts)

Not just my obligations, or “have-to’s!”

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Help me stand strong, and not spread my life too thin…

With commitments, and busyness where I can’t win…

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Help me to see that You’re in control…

When tempests come, and friends cajole!

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To trust Your Word, and Your Voice…

To find the path where I can truly rejoice!!

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Where do you want me five years from now?

What will I do to get there, and how?

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Help me fulfill Your plan for me…

No matter what obstacles I see!

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To be in Your Image I must not fret…

You have never, ever failed me yet!!

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Thank you, Lord!

I feel better already!!

Amen!

The World Is Watching You…

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It’s your life…

What ya gonna do?

Take this moment…

Lay it all on the line…

Which way ya gonna fall???

In the middle???

Between right and wrong???

Every day…

The choices you make..

Say what you are…

And who your heart beats for…

It’s an open door…

It’s your life!

Are you…

Who you always said you would be???

Notice that sinking feeling in your chest…

When you’re always waiting on someone else…

To fix you…

Tell me when did you forget???

It’s your life!

“‘Where is your faith?’

He (Jesus) asked his disciples. 

In fear…

and amazement they asked one another,

‘Who is this?

He commands even the winds and the water,

and they obey him.'”

Luke 8:25

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But you, brothers and sisters,

are not in darkness

so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

You are all children of the light and children of the day.

We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

So then, let us not be like others,

who are asleep,

but let us be awake and sober.

For those who sleep,

sleep at night,

and those who get drunk,

get drunk at night.

But since we belong to the day,

let us be sober,

putting on faith

and love

as a breastplate,

and the hope of salvation

as a helmet.

For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath

but to receive salvation

through our Lord Jesus Christ.

He died for us so that,

whether we are awake or asleep,

we may live together with Him.

Therefore encourage one another

and build each other up,

just as in fact you are doing.”

1 Thessalonians 5:4-11

I Woke Up This Morning With Freedom On My Mind…

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Freedom For My Soul…

In Jesus Christ!

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“Now the Lord is the Spirit,

and where the Spirit of the Lord is,

there is freedom.”

2 Corinthians 3:17 

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“In my anguish I cried to the LORD,

and He answered

by setting me free.”

Psalm 118:5

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“The LORD lives!

Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be God, the Rock, my Savior!

He is the God who avenges me…

who sets me free from my enemies.” 

2 Samuel 22:47-49

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“Jesus said, ‘You will know the truth,

and the truth will set you free.'”

John 8:31-32

Sunday morning April 14th, 2013…

Is a bright and shining day…

At Middle Collegiate Church in NYC…

Where soloist Tina (my sister!)…

And choir director, John… 

Deliver…

Joy

Love

And Freedom…

To the congregation.

Minister Jacqui…

  And all the members of the church…

Are on their feet…

Rocking and swaying…

To the beat of…

Freedom!

So can we all with Jesus!!

Happy Mother’s Day! Who’s Shadowing You??

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And Who Are You Shadowing??

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“Every good gift

and every perfect gift is from above,

coming down from the Father of lights

with whom there is no variation

or shadow due to change.

James 1:17

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“How precious is Your loving kindness, O God!

And the children of men take refuge

in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalm 36:7

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“Keep me as the apple of Your eye;

hide me in the shadow of Your wings.”

Psalm 17:8

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 “For You have been a strength to the poor,

a strength to the needy in his distress,

a refuge from the storm,

a shadow from the heat,

when the blast of the terrible ones

is as a storm against the wall.”

Isaiah 25:4

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“Because You are my help,

I sing in the shadow of Your wings.”

Psalm 63:7

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“As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,

so is my beloved among the young men.

With great delight I sat in his shadow,

and his fruit was sweet to my taste.”

Song of Solomon 2:3

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“He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword.

He has hidden me in the shadow of His hand.

I am like a sharp arrow in His quiver.

Isaiah 49:2

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“…Have mercy on me, my God,

have mercy on me,

for in You I take refuge.

I will take refuge in the shadow of Your wings

until the disaster has passed.”

  Psalm 57:1

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“Each one will be like a shelter from the wind

and a refuge from the storm,

like streams of water in the desert

and the shadow of a great rock

in a thirsty land.”

Isaiah 32:2

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“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”

Psalm 91:1

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Is someone walking in your shadow…?

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And…are you walking in God’s??

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God’s shadow protects us!

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Hides us..

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Shelters us from the storm…

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His wings shield us…

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He’s a shadow of defense…

He keeps us from fear…

And from being thrown and tossed…

There are blessings for all who flee for refuge to Christ!

 Enjoy the privileges of those who abide under the shadow of the Almighty!

Who are you shadowing???

Is it God???

Remember the price Jesus paid…

Rest in the shadow of the Cross!

Happy Mother’s Day…
Look around to see who’s in your shadow!!
Watching your every move!!

Hello! Welcome To Our Home!!

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Hi!  I’m The Crazy Siberian!

This my domain…

I’m in charge here!!

This year has really been quite chaotic!

This is my story and I’m sticking to it!!

 “For He will give His angels orders concerning you,

to protect you in all your ways.” 

Psalm 91:11

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Looks like they made this dining room table just for me to try to hide under!

They had to remove the oriental carpet under it recently,

Because when I was sick, I was messing up too many areas!

Sorry!!

“Fix these words of Mine in your hearts and minds;

tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Teach them to your children,

talking about them when you sit at home

and when you walk along the road,

when you lie down and when you get up.” 

Deuteronomy 11:18, 19

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Hey, you’re not perfect either!!

Yeah, that’s right!

“I will lie down and sleep in peace,

for You alone, O LORD,

make me dwell in safety.”

Psalm 4:8

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The Mom usually decorates this table for each holiday!

But, she’s working part-time this year, so…

These Easter decorations have been on this table since before March 31st!!

“By wisdom a house is built,   

and through understanding it is established;

through knowledge its rooms are filled   

with rare and beautiful treasures.

Proverbs 24:3-4

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The Boy is ready for the battle…

I will cause My people and their homes

around My Holy hill to be a blessing.

And I will send showers, showers of blessings,

which will come just when they are needed.”

Ezekiel 34:26 

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But I want you to know that…

I won the Easter-Egg-Cracking War!!

“Unless the LORD builds the house,

those who build it labor in vain.

Unless the LORD watches over the city,

the watchman stays awake in vain.”

Psalms 127:1

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They did not let me eat these!!  HUMPH!!!

“Now My eyes will be open [says the Lord] and My ears attentive

to the prayer that is made in this place.

For now I have chosen and consecrated this house

that My name may be there forever;

My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.”

2 Chronicles 7:15

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But, they do give me carrots!!

“And every day in the temple and at home

they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.”

Acts 5:42

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Everybody loves me!!

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock;

if any one hears My voice and opens the door,

I will come in to him and eat with him,

and he with Me.” 

Revelation 3:20

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I know it’s all about Jesus…He healed me when I was so sick!!

 “As for me and my house,

we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:15

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Today…May 2nd…the Mom finally put the Easter decorations away!!

And the Dad and the Boy put the carpet back in place!

All was going well until I had an accident on the Family Room carpet!  UGH!

“Let not your hearts be troubled;

believe in God, believe also in Me.

In My Father’s house are many rooms;

if it were not so,

would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

And when I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come again and will take you to Myself,

that where I am you may be also.”

John 14:1-3

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Here’s what the table looked like on Valentine’s Day!

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High,

who abides in the shadow of the Almighty,

will say to the LORD,

‘My refuge and my fortress;

my God, in whom I trust.'”

Psalms 91:1-2

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The Dad does a good job of arranging flowers, huh!?!?

For a retired cop!!  Ha!

 “Unless the Lord builds the house,

its builders labor in vain.” 

Psalm 127:1

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Valentine’s Lunch!! 

They did not invite me!!

“Do not forget to entertain strangers,

for by so doing some people have entertained angels

without knowing it.”

Hebrews 13:2

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Okay!!  Go home now…

it’s time for my peaceful afternoon nap!!

“I will lie down and sleep in peace,

for you alone, O LORD,

make me dwell in safety.”

Psalm 4:8

No one’s home is perfect…

Lord help us!!

And heal!

My Eyes Are On You, Lord!!

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I Don’t Want To Gain The Whole World…

And Lose My Soul


For whosoever will save his life shall lose it;

but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the Gospel’s,

the same shall save it.

For what shall it profit a man,

if he shall gain the whole world,

and lose his own soul?” 

Mark 8:35-36

What will you gain???

If you lose your soul? 

Have we lost our souls while gaining the whole world?

Don’t want to walk away…

Not going to let material things get in my way…

I’m trying to get somewhere…

That’s real and pure and true and eternal!

Father God…

I am clay in Your hands…

Help me to stay that way through all life’s demands…

‘Cause they chip, and they nag, and they pull at me…

And every little thing I make up my mind to be…

The road that is wide and filled with self-love…

Everything that I see draws me…

Though it’s only in You that I can truly see…

That it’s a feast for the eyes…

A low blow to purpose…

And I’m a little kid at a three-ring circus!

Who I am…

Is not what I do…

But, where’s my heart?

The first thing to prosper…

Should be the inside of me.

We’re free!!

Christ came!

Now we’re changed!

Not the same…

Even though I made a fall…

Since I got that call…

No more Saul…

Now I’m Paul.!

 I sense the tide that’s rising…

De-sensitizing me from living in light of eternity…

It’s hypnotizing me from living in light of eternity…

Lord, what we can we do?

We’re relying on you…

All eyes are on you, Lord!

 All eyes are on you, Jesus!

Don’t let me lose my soul…

This is my honesty…

Father, won’t You cover me?

Lord forgive us…

When we get consumed by the things of this world…

That fight for our love…

And our passion…

As our eyes are open wide…

And on You…

Grant us the privilege of Your world view…

And may Your kingdom be…

What wakes us up…

And lays us down!

Amen!!

Lord, I could sing of your Love forever!!

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“…keep thy soul diligently…”

Deuteronomy 4:9  KJV