OUTLAW

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Just 21 Riding in to Coffeyville

Away from Marshall Heck

To beat anything Jesse James ever did

We Grabbed three fat bankers at the first

When the Shots came ringing out!

Daltons came riding in

And the defenders

Mowed them Down

Running out the back with the money in hand

I made it to my sorrel

I Felt a burning in my hip, as I bent to pick up Bob

Old Man Seaman blasted me out of the Saddle

When all was quiet there was 23 new holes in my suit

They wanted to hang old Em, but Doc Wells bravely Said no

Dalton Came riding in

The Defender Mowed Him Down

Judgement came and the sentence

Was life without Parole in Leavenworth

Defender Came riding in,

And Dalton raised to New Life

They handed me a pair of Scissors, learned to be a man of  the cloth

Found my knees in my four walls

And a New life, that set me free from the bars.

14 years Later and a shoulder that never healed

I was headed back to Kingfisher to see my lover and mother

Defender Came riding in,

And Dalton raised to

New Life

The beginnings were small a night clerk a tailor shop

There were talks on the hard trail I had ridden, they were even written down

I bought some property and my nightmare came alive in Hollywood

To me ” said Dalton, “the word ‘outlaw’ is a living coal of fire The past to me is a tragedy shrouded in bitter memories I was young and foolish, and association with men of adventurous proclivities eventually resulted in imprisonment And how many men can conceive what it means to languish in prison? But I learned much in my lonely cell I have learned to hope in a divinity, that a surplus of energy and determination will conquer every weakness. Emmitt Dalton The Washington Post, April 19, 1908: Aug. 27, 1936: Emmett is baptized at the Angelus Temple, Los Angeles.    Defender by Roger Miller

Scripture

Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”[c] And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”

38 There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.

39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[d]”

43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”  Luke 23:32-43 NIV

Song

Son of Eli Crow by Barry Ward

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MmlrOpcoAc

Sentence Prayer

Almighty God, I am justly being punished for my sins.  I am trusting your justice is satisfied in the Death of Jesus on the cross that you may justify my forgiveness.  Holy Spirit seal me forever in your redemptive love.  Amen!

HEAVEN!

Snippet

Two versions of heaven I once heard from a Benedictine Nun  in one, heaven is full of people you love, and in the other, heaven is where you love everyone who is there. Kathleen Norris Dakota Pg  115

Scripture

Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. 8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, Genesis 25:7-9

Song

When I Get Where I'm Going By Brad Paisley

(feat. Dolly Parton)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYHT-TF4KO4

When I get where I'm going

On the far side of the sky

The first thing that I'm gonna do

Is spread my wings and fly

I'm gonna land beside a lion

And run my fingers through his mane

Or I might find out what it's like

To ride a drop of rain

[Chorus]

Yeah when I get where I'm going

There'll be only happy tears

I will shed the sins and struggles

I have carried all these years

And I'll leave my heart wide open

I will love and have no fear

Yeah when I get where I'm going

Don't cry for me down here

I'm gonna walk with my grand daddy

And he'll match me step for step

And I'll tell him how I missed him

Every minute since he left

Then I'll hug his neck

[Repeat chorus]

So much pain and so much darkness

In this world we stumble through

All these questions I can't answer

So much work to do

But when I get where I'm going

And I see my maker's face

I'll stand forever in the light

Of his amazing grace

Yeah when I get where I'm going

There'll be only happy tears

Hallelujah

I will love and have no fear

When I get where I'm going

Yeah when I get where I'm going

Sentence Prayer

God of all consolation. 

In your unending love and mercy you turn

The darkness of death

Into the dawn of new life.

Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ

By dying for us conquered death.

And by rising again, restored life.

May we not be afraid of death, but desire to be with Christ,

And after our life on earth.                                                                                                                  to be with those we love,

Where every tear is wiped away and all things are made new.

We ask this through Jesus Christ.  Amen  (A New Zealand Prayer Book Pg. 823)

ZOMBIE

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“There are no real winners in war “ General Fred Franks (Into the storm Tom Clancy)

Scripture

I call on the Lord in my distress,
    and he answers me.
² Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips
    and from deceitful tongues.

³ What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
⁴ He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

⁵ Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!
⁶ Too long have I lived

    among those who hate peace.
⁷ I am for peace;
    but when I speak, they are for war. Psalms 120

Song

Zombie By Cranberries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts

Another head hangs lowly,

Child is slowly taken.

And the violence caused such silence,

Who are we mistaken?

But you see, it's not me, it's not my family.

In your head, in your head they are fighting,

With their tanks and their bombs,

And their bombs and their guns.

In your head, in your head, they are crying...

In your head, in your head,

Zombie, zombie, zombie,

Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,

In your head,

Zombie, zombie, zombie?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, dou, dou, dou, dou, dou...

Another mother's breakin',

Heart is taking over.

When the vi'lence causes silence,

We must be mistaken.

It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen.

In your head, in your head they're still fighting,

With their tanks and their bombs,

And their bombs and their guns.

In your head, in your head, they are dying...

In your head, in your head,

Zombie, zombie, zombie,

Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,

In your head,

Zombie, zombie, zombie?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, oh, oh,

Oh, oh, oh, oh, hey, oh, ya, ya-a...

Sentence Prayer

Lord, we pray for the power to be gentle; the strength to be forgiving; the patience to be understanding; and the endurance to accept the consequences of holding to what we believe to be right.

May we put our trust in the power of good to overcome evil and the power of love to overcome hatred.

We pray for the vision to see and the faith to believe in a world emancipated from violence, a new world where fear shall no longer lead men to commit injustice, nor selfishness make them bring suffering to others.

Help us to devote our whole life and thought and energy to the task of making peace, praying always for the inspiration and the power to fulfill the destiny for which we and all men were created. Amen

(http://www.catholic.org/clife/prayers/prayer.php?p=1506)

SPRING BREAK ON THE GREY REEF

SICK

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The reason I am attracted to the light of scriptures is because there is another side to me that is dark.  The reason I am interested in men of peace is because I am not like them and would like to be.  I’m not someone in real life who turns the other cheek.  Bono to Liam Mackey (Walk On the spiritual journey of U2 pg 55)

Scripture

For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped[d] from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A dog returns to his own vomit,”[e] and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.” 2 Peter 2:18-22

Song

Sick by Skillet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIDHFNu54RI

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it!

When everything you do

Don't seem to matter.

You try but it's not use

Your world is getting blacker.

When every time you fail

Has no answer.

Every empty promise made

His own reminder.

No one can make this better

Take control, it's now or never!

Are you sick of it?

Raise your hands,

Get rid of it!

While there's a fighting chance.

Are you over it?

Bored to death?

Have you had enough regret?

Take a stand, raise your hands...

If you're sick of it!

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it!

If you're sick of it!

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it!

Every single day

I chase my own tail

Like the bad inside of me

Has gotta get, gotta get, get away

I'm running out of time

For me to break this.

I'm tired of feeling like

I'm never gonna make it.

No one can make this better

Take control, it's now or never!

Are you sick of it?

Raise your hands,

Get rid of it!

While there's a fighting chance.

Are you over it?

Bored to death?

Have you had enough regret?

Take a stand, raise your hands...

If you're sick of it!

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it!

If you're sick of it!

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it!

I'm tired of it

I'm over it

I'm bored to death

Gotta face this

I'm sick of it!

Raise your hands

If you're sick

If you're sick of it

Raise your hands

If you're sick

If you're sick of it

Sick of it!

Raise your hands,

Get rid of it!

While there's a fighting chance.

Are you over it?

Bored to death?

Have you had enough regret?

Take a stand, raise your hands...

Are you sick of it?

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it!

Get rid of it!

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it!

Are you over it?

Bored to death?

Have you had enough regret?

Take a stand, raise your hands...

Are you sick of it?

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it

Are you sick of it?

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it

Are you sick of it?

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it

If you're sick of it

If you're sick

If you're sick

If you're sick of it

Sentence Prayer

No pre-written prayer this morning,  instead take a moment to confess a sin or sins you are sick of and then accept God’s forgiveness with a thankful heart.  

HOPE THEN

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An 8-year-old boy is among three killed in the Boston Marathon Explosions. At least 144 were injured, one as young as 3-year-old. That's what we know from Boston at this point, and as each devastating detail and heartbreaking image is released, our souls and spirits are crushed a little bit more. (http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/154168/boston_marathon_explosion_reaction_7)

What every act of terror fails to understand is that Hope rises from the ashes. 

(https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jamie-The-Very-Worst-Missionary/156114744455731)

Scripture

The wolf will romp with the lamb,

    the leopard sleep with the kid.

Calf and lion will eat from the same trough,

    and a little child will tend them.

Cow and bear will graze the same pasture,

    their calves and cubs grow up together,

    and the lion eat straw like the ox.

The nursing child will crawl over rattlesnake dens,

    the toddler stick his hand down the hole of a serpent.

Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill

    on my holy mountain.

The whole earth will be brimming with knowing God-Alive,

    a living knowledge of God ocean-deep, ocean-wide. Isaiah 11:6-9 Message

Song

Hope by TWISTA (f/ Faith Evans)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZUzAy3ynrI

[Verse 1 (Twista)]

I wish the way I was living could stop, serving rocks,

Knowing the cops is hot when I'm on the block, And I

Wish my brother woulda made bail,

So I won't have to travel 6 hours to see him in jail, And I

Wish that my grandmother wasn't sick,

Or that we would just come up on some stacks and hit a lick, And I (I wish)

Wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer,

When the streets get the upper hand on us and we lose a brother, And I

Wish I could go deep in a zone,

And lift the spirits of the world with the words with in this song, And I (I wish)

Wish I could teach a soul to fly,

Take away the pain out cha hands and help you hold them hi, And I

Wish my hommie Butch was still alive

And on the day of his death we had never took that ride, And I (I wish)

Wish God could protect us from the wrong

So that all the solders that were sent over seas come home

We will never break, though they devastate, we shall motivate,

And we gotta pray, all we got is faith.

Instead of thinking about who gonna die to day,

The Lord is gonna help you feel better, so you ain't gotta cry today.

Sit at the light so long,

And then we gotta move straight forward, cuz we fight so strong,

So when right go wrong,

Just say a little prayer, get ya money man, life go on!!!

Let's HOPE!

Chorus (Faith Evans)]

Cuz I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,

Take this music and use it

Let it take you away,

And be hopeful (hopeful) and he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay.

cause we hopeful

[Verse 2 (Twista)]

I wish that you could show some love,

Instead of hatin so much when you see some other people commin up (I wish)

I wish I could teach the world to sing,

Watch the music and have 'em trippin of the joy I bring, (sh###)

I wish that we could hold hands,

Listen instead of dissin lessons from a grown man, And I (I wish)

Wish the families that lack, but got love, get some stacks

Brand new shack and a lack that's on dubs, And I

Wish we could keep achieving wonders,

See the vision of the world through the eyes of Stevie Wonder, (you feel me) (I wish)

And I hope all the kids eat,

And don't nobody in my family see six feet, (ya dig)

I hope them mothers stain' strong,

You can make it whether you wit him or your mans gone, And I (I wish)

Wish I could give every celly some commissary,

And the po po bring the heat on them priest like they did R. Kelly, And I

Wish that DOC could scream again

And bullets could reverse so Pac and Biggie breath again, (shit) (I wish)

Then one day they could speak again,

I wish that we only saw good news every time we look at CNN,

I wish that we could never get the blues,

Wish I could bring back the people that died, Eddy too

I wish that we could walk a path, stay doin the right thing

Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game,

Let's HOPE

[Chorus (Faith Evans)]

Cuz I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,

Take this music and use it

Let it take you away,

And be hopeful (hopeful) and he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay.

cause we hopeful

[Verse 3 (Twista)]

Wish the earth wasn't so apocalyptic,

I try to spread my message to the world the best way I can give it,

We can make it always so optimistic,

If you don't listen gotta live my life the best way I can live it,

I pray for justice when we go to court,

Wish it was all good so the country never even went to war

Why can't we kick it and just get em on,

And in the famous words of Mr. King "Why can't we all just get along",

Or we can find a better way to shop and please, And I

Hope we find a better way to cop a keys, And I

Wish everybody would just stop and freeze,

And ask way are we fulfillin these downfalls and prophecies,

You can be wrong if it's you doubting,

With the faith of a mustard seed you can move mountains,

And only the heavenly father and ease the hurt,

Just let it go and keep prayin on your knees in church!!

And let's HOPE

[Chorus (Faith Evans) X2]

Cuz I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,

Take this music and use it

Let it take you away,

And be hopeful (hopeful) and he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay.

cause we hopeful

Sentence Prayer

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus  You died for both those who died and those who in hate senselessly killed innocents. On this sad day, remind us that when you return every tear will be kissed away!  Remind us hope then promises every evil will be righted and love will win in the end!  All of creation is groaning from the blood of innocent victims,  may we respond with love for hate,  may we respond with mercy for violence, may we respond with justice for cruelty!  Comfort those affected with the knowledge all must die and stand before your throne and answer for the sins they have done.  All one day will bend their knee and cry; You are Lord!  And the wrongs done in this world there can be no justice for, will be put right at that moment.  Today; may we work at sharing the news Jesus is the only way, truth and life that overcomes Evil and bring hope.  Amen

HOPE NOW

Snippet

When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.” ― Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four

Scripture

And patience produces character, and character produces hope. 5 And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. He gave us his love through the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to us. When we were unable to help ourselves, at the right time, Christ died for us, although we were living against God. Romans 5:4-6 NCV

Song

Hope Now Addison Road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH6sNNJ4u8o

(VERSE 1)

If everything comes down to love

Then just what am I afraid of

When I call out Your name

Something inside awakes in my soul

How quickly I forget I'm Yours

(PRE-CHORUS)

I'm not my own

I've been carried by You

All my life

(CHORUS)

Everything rides on hope now

Everything rides on faith somehow

When the world has broken me down

Your love sets me free

(VERSE 2)

And when my life is like a storm

Rising waters all I want is the shore

You say I'll be ok

Make it through the rain

You are my shelter from the storm

(CHORUS)

Everything rides on hope now

Everything rides on faith somehow

When the world has broken me down

Your love sets me free

(PRE-CHORUS)

I am not my own

I've been carried by you all my life

(CHORUS)

Everything rides on hope now

Everything rides on faith somehow

When the world has broken me down

Your love sets me free

(CHORUS)

Everything rides on hope now

Everything rides on faith somehow

When the world has broken me down

Your love sets me free

(CHORUS 2)

You've become my hearts desires

I will sing Your praises higher

Your love sets me free

(Your love sets me free)

Your love sets me free

(You love sets me free)

Your love sets me free 

Sentence Prayer

Almighty God, help me to Love you, for no other reason than I belong to You..

Father, you have always protected those who truly believe,

Almighty, you punishes the proud as much as they have sinned.

Father, as I put my hope in You, help me to  be strong and brave. Amen  (based on Ps 31:23,24)

WHO IS HE?

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The challenge, so keenly put in the New Testament, “Who do you say that I am?” is addressed to each of us.  Who is the Jesus of your own interiority? Describe the Christ that you have personally encountered on the grounds of your own self.  Reflections for a Ragamuffin Pg 103 Brennan Manning

Scripture

We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy. 1 John 1:3,4 NLT

Song

Man of No Reputation Rich Mullins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCLs431Wqtk

It was said this man was of no reputation

Yet He could stop the rising storm

With a gesture of His hand

But He chose to use His hands to heal

Hearts of darkness, hearts of stone

Just like mine would be revealed

He was a man of no reputation

And by the wise, considered a fool

When He spoke about faith and forgiveness

In a time when the strongest arms ruled

But this man of no reputation

Loved the weak with relentless affection

And He loved all those poor in spirit just as they were

He was a man of no reputation

It was said this man brought only confusion

That He'd achieve his ends by any means

And the truth that it brings revolution

And for once they were right

The truth set us free

The hearts of the captive were his only concern

And the powerful knew their days were ending

He was a man of no reputation

And by the wise, considered a fool

When He spoke about faith and forgiveness

In a time when the strongest arms ruled

But this man of no reputation

Loved the weak with relentless affection

And He loved all those poor in spirit just as they were

He was a man of no reputation

One day soon the gates of heaven will open wide

And the Prince of Peace will come back for His bride

But for now we live on these streets

Forbidding and tough

Where push always comes to shove

And it's said love's never enough

Where a prophet in rags gives hope to a fearful world

No injustice, no heart of darkness

Will keep this voice from being heard

He was a man of no reputation

And by the wise, considered a fool

When He spoke about faith and forgiveness

In a time when the strongest arms ruled

But this man of no reputation

Loves us all with relentless affection

And He loves all those poor in spirit, come as you are

To the man of no reputation

Sentence Prayer

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus Sweetest Name on heaven and Earth Amen!