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		<title>Moving Forward</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times in your life when horrible things happen, but for some unknown reason, it&#8217;s the BEST thing that could happen to you.  Yesterday was one of those days for me.  And I can honestly say, that I am content.  I have no reason to be OTHER than a complete, and overwhelming, sense that [...]]]></description>
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<p>There are times in your life when  horrible things happen, but for some unknown reason, it&#8217;s the BEST thing that could happen to you.  <a href="http://thechurchinsider.blogspot.com/2009/10/john-suncoast-transition.html" target="_blank"><strong>Yesterday</strong></a> was one of those days for me.  And I can honestly say, that I am content.  I have no reason to be OTHER than a complete, and overwhelming, sense that God is getting me prepped for something AMAZING.</p>
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<p><strong>HERE&#8217;S WHAT I KNOW</strong></p>
<p><strong>1.  I know who I am and who I am not.</strong> I am nothing other than a person with strong gifting in music, worship arts, and leadership.</p>
<p><strong>2.  I LONG for a group of people I can invest myself into.</strong> I need to be around a group of people with a shared goal of presenting the Gospel through Worship Arts.</p>
<p><strong>3.  I am surrounded by AMAZING friends and family</strong>.  I get to spend my life on Earth with these people and THEN I get to spend eternity with them&#8230;AND Jesus!</p>
<p><strong>4.  I love my wife more than anything on this planet.</strong> She is truly God&#8217;s gift to me and we are made for each other.  She is my princess, my warrior, my spiritual helpmate, and she can kick me in the ass when I need it!</p>
<p><strong>5.  I have a SUPERNATURAL sense of anticipation</strong>.  I cannot explain it, but I feel, to my very core, that God has something coming for me.</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong><span>&#8220;We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we&#8217;re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.</span>&#8220;</strong></em><br />
<span> &#8211; Walt Disney </span></p></blockquote>
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