This is a cover for an Aerosmith song. “I don’t want to miss a thing!” Well, I don’t want to miss it if it involves love. There are lots of things in life I HAVE been exposed to that I would like to have passed up. But I don’t want to leave this song on the table. Enjoy!!

In this scene the Skit Guys portray a powerful conversation between Jesus and Peter which shows us the amazing Grace of God.

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My name is Claire Culwell, and I am an abortion survivor.

She was never supposed to make it out of the womb, but today, Melissa is happy and healthy, having survived her own abortion.

Who are the women who obtain abortions in the United States? Why do they decide to end a pregnancy? What are their social and economic circumstances? This video was created by the Guttmacher Institute, a leading research and policy organization on sexual and reproductive health.

This is a shocking video of the current statistics of abortion in the U.S. – Pledge to wear black on Fridays at http://www.abortionblackout.com to mourn the lives lost to abortion.

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were better than which, so think of this video as a compilation of great performances.

Starting tonight!  American Idol

People have called this story “I believe in Tim Tebow,” “Tim Tebow’s True Gift,” or “my take on Tim Tebow.”

Hear what Rick Reilly has to say about Tim Tebow’s philanthropy, spelled L O V E!

More love here.

If you have no time to to listen to Rick Reilly, here are some of the out takes from one of his columns.  He has done research on Tim Tebow–specifically his life style.  From this we see what really motivates Tebow.

I’ve come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football field, which is still three parts Dr. Jekyll and two parts Mr. Hyde.

No, I’ve come to believe in Tim Tebow for what he does off a football field, which is represent the best parts of us, the parts I want to be and so rarely am.

Who among us is this selfless?

Every week, Tebow picks out someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or who is injured. He flies these people and their families to the Broncos game, rents them a car, puts them up in a nice hotel, buys them dinner (usually at a Dave & Buster’s), gets them and their families pregame passes, visits with them just before kickoff (!), gets them 30-yard-line tickets down low, visits with them after the game (sometimes for an hour), has them walk him to his car, and sends them off with a basket of gifts.

Home or road, win or lose, hero or goat.

Remember last week, when the world was pulling its hair out in the hour after Tebow had

stunned the Pittsburgh Steelers with an 80-yard OT touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas in the playoffs? And Twitter was exploding with 9,420 tweets about Tebow per second? When an ESPN poll was naming him the most popular athlete in America?

Tebow was spending that hour talking to 16-year-old Bailey Knaub about her 73 surgeries so far and what TV shows she likes.

Knaub’s response:

“It was the best day of my life,” she emailed. “It was a bright star among very gloomy and difficult days. Tim Tebow gave me the greatest gift I could ever imagine. He gave me the strength for the future. I know now that I can face any obstacle placed in front of me. Tim taught me to never give up because at the end of the day, today might seem bleak but it can’t rain forever and tomorrow is a new day, with new promises.”

I read that email to Tebow and he was honestly floored.

“Why me? Why should I inspire her?” he said. “I just don’t feel, I don’t know, adequate. Really, hearing her story inspires me.”

Isn’t this a distraction to Tebow?

“Just the opposite,” Tebow says. “It’s by far the best thing I do to get myself ready. Here you

are, about to play a game that the world says is the most important thing in the world. Win and they praise you. Lose and they crush you. And here I have a chance to talk to the coolest, most courageous people. It puts it all into perspective. The game doesn’t really matter. I mean, I’ll give 100 percent of my heart to win it, but in the end, the thing I most want to do is not win championships or make a lot of money, it’s to invest in people’s lives, to make a difference.”

The “real” one-knee Tebow stance:

Tim Tebow’s favorite verse is John 3:16–One commentator pointed out: “After the Broncos’ recent electrifying playoff win against the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime, John 3:16 was reportedly the most popular search term on the Internet. Remarkably, during the game Tebow passed for precisely 316 yards and averaged 31.6 yards per completed pass. The television viewing audience for the last 15 minutes of the game was 31.6 percent.”     “You have got to be kidding!”  someone said.

Thank God Tebow is using his foundation to give people hope and purpose.  May we all take  lessons from a man who has found his purpose in life.

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Why do men go to fantasy in their minds?

Then he reasons that ‘I don’t want to feel bad about myself.   Guess what’s waiting for him to create this world where he doesn’t have to feel bad about himself and he can feel like a man again? It’s fantasy.

When men recognize that they don’t have the emotional maturity and character to do relationships right they resort to fantasy because it feels better.

This whole equation about why do men turn to fantasy goes back to their need to be loved and validated.  Love and validation produces the internal security and maturity in a person which helps them stand in the midst of harsh realities that demand more of them.

Whether we admit it or not we men want to be loved and validated.  I believe men need to get that validation from God and not from women.  Men who are married try to get their validation from their wives and that just doesn’t work.  We men need to understand our validation comes from God and we need to seek it from Him until we have a good understanding of how and why He validates us as followers of Jesus.

Next, Luck makes some great points about how evil is used to keep us immature.

Men need to learn how to not act selfishly in relationship. Isn’t it interesting that Satan’s solution when the pressure is on, and a man is not managing conflict well, is to make him be selfish and pursue fantasy and self-gratification which keeps him immature?

It enslaves men to emotional immaturity. You can’t love fantasy, especially sexual fantasy, and pursue personal maturity at the same time because it’s immature behavior.”

Luck finally gets around to my point about getting our validation from God:

That’s why the love of God is so important to a man. It’s a father loving a son and the love from a father to a son that makes him feel validated, accepted and secure.. God’s love creates inner security. Inner security leads to inner maturity. Inner maturity is required to deal with reality in a grownup way.

If you are involved in sexual fantasy, first seek God about deliverance and then seek out a friend with whom you can share your desires to rise above.  That’s what the body of Christ is for to lend support when we need it to continuously grow in Him.

Click here to hear Luck’s fantasy.

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