Got Life - November/December 11 New Life Temple Church Newsletter

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Got Life A newsletter about spiritual enrichment for the Body of Christ

A Monthly Newsletter Knowing The Time

What’s Going On The monthly calendar, birthdays and anniversaries, and Daniel’s Fast resource information. Page 3

Words From Our Ministries. Page 6

The Lite Side

Don’t Celebrate Your Haters, Pray for Them

However, sometime back I became rather put off by the phrase as I continued to see it constantly spewed across various social networking sites.

“I’m gonna shout right in front of my haters! You talked about me, but look at me now” Wow! Really?

I can’t help but start to laugh at how...well, childish that sounds. And I’m Then it hit me! Why do we celebrate not trying to point fingers, because I’ve people “hating” on us? It’s almost like we been guilty of being caught up in the My get this twisted kick out of people “hating Hater’s cult. on me”. Some people even use it as a But if we really think about it, means to make their wrong right. dancing in front of my haters is not the “See, everybody be hating on me. But Christ like behavior that God wants me to wait till I make it, then they gonna be display. sick! Yea!” Let me reword it to show you what we really are saying.

Nov/Dec

Church Information NLTC ministry staff, service information and statement of faith. Page 12

The Lite Side Biblical principles through humor Page 9

An address from the Senior Pastor. Page 2

How many times have we heard the phrase, or even said it, “My haters...”? Yep, I’m guilty too.

Nov/Dec ’11

“I’m going to shout right in front of all the people who have been jealous of me, and who have been backbiting and lying on me. I’m going to give them something to be jealous about, something to gossip about when I get my blessings! Nah!” Why, as a Christian, would I want my brother or sister in Christ to be jealous or continue to sin due to me being blessed? Does someone else’s jealousy towards my blessing make me happy? One day while thinking about a resent event, I realized I don’t want anyone to ever be envious or jealous of me. If they are jealous of my blessings, my calling, my anointing, my opportunities in life then they are missing out on the ones God has for them. continued on page 6

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