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Friday, December 11, 2009
How to Make Your Bible Come Alive December 6th 2009 Psalm 119
(page 4) Practice it. Psalm 119:1-5 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. 4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
If you want to learn more about the Word of God, then obey the part you know.
Luke 8:18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
Proclaim it. Psalm 119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
Psalm 119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Psalm 119:46 will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Psalm 119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
The more of the Word of God you give away, the more of it will stick with you.
The knowledge you have will become transformational.
It will be a source of victory. Psalm 119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
It will be a source of growth. Psalm 119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
It will be a source of joy. Psalm 119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalm 119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
It will be a source of power. Psalm 119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart
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How to Make Your Bible Come Alive
December 6th 2009
Psalm 119
If we do not know, love, understand, practice and obey the Word of God, we will not be victorious Christians.
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:
Each verse in Psalm 119 deals with the Word of God, to help us to know and understand His Word.
It is a timeless book.
Psalm 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psalm 119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
Psalm 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
1 Peter 1:23 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
It is a truthful book.
Psalm 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Psalm 119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
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Psalm 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
1 Corinthians 14:37If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
The word "inspiration" "theopneustos", "God breathed".
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
It is a treasured book.
Psalm 119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Psalm 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalm 119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
The Bible is a living book.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. – The word "quick" means "alive".
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
How do we assimilate the Word of God?
Pray over it. Psalm 119:12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
Our eyes will be opened. Psalm 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Luke 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Our hearts will be stirred. Luke 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Psalm 119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Our minds will be enlightened. Psalm 119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Ponder it. Psalm 119:15 will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Psalm 119:147-148 prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
When reading the Bible, remember that it contains many different forms of speech: see poetry as poetry, prophecy as prophecy, precept as precept, promise as promise, and proverb as proverb. The Bible is to be interpreted both figuratively and literally. When you read symbolism in the Bible, find out what the symbol stands for and then literally apply it. Ask these questions when studying the Bible:
Is there a promise to claim?
Is there a lesson to learn?
Is there a blessing to enjoy?
Is there a command to obey?
Is there a sin to avoid?
Is there a new thought to carry with me?
When studying the Scriptures: read it through, think it clear, write it down, pray it in, live it out, and pass it on.
Preserve it. Psalm 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Psalm 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Memorize the Scriptures. Memory comes with concentration, motivation, and use.
RUDYARD KIPLING'S NOVEL "Kim" is the story of an Irish orphan boy brought up in India. To train him for the Secret Service the British army sent him to the home of Lurgan Sahib, a mysterious character skilled in the art of hypnosis. Lurgan put Kim in a trance, gave him an earthen jar and ordered him to throw it on the floor. The jar broke into fifty pieces. 'Look at it,' whispered Lurgan, 'it shall come to life again, piece by piece.' Kim could not turn his head. The jar, smashed before his eyes, seemed to be coming together. 'Look, it's coming to shape,' Lurgan purred. As Kim shook himself, trying to resist the hypnotic spell, his mind took refuge in a truth that he knew ... the multiplication table. 'It's coming into shape,' Lurgan repeated. 'Two times three is six,' Kim said to himself, 'and three times three is nine, and four times three is twelve.' Kim clung desperately to the repetition of what was true. The shadow outline of the jar cleared like a mist lifting. 'Look, it's coming into shape.' 'No, it is smashed,' Kim gasped, free from the spell that had almost engulfed his mind.
See how Kim saved himself? He clung to the truths which he knew were true-a simple multiplication table. No matter what illusions threatened to swamp his mind, these things were true and sound; nothing could change them. That is what the Psalmist did, and that is what we must do when our minds are confused and our lives are shattered by suffering and evil, and everything about us seems to challenge all that we have ever believed. We can know and cling to the eternal word of truth. The word will stand by us and give our lives a cohesion and a meaning which no pain and suffering can ever destroy.
C.S. LEWIS WRITES: 'There are many rival directions for living, as the pagan cultures all round us show. The word however is truth and in it we find the real, correct, and stable well-grounded direction for living.'
Psalm 119 is one of the most interesting of all the Psalms. It is by far the longest Psalm, consisting of 176 verses. God is mentioned in every verse. The Psalm is presented in the form of an acrostic. It consists of 22 stanzas, each consisting of 8 verses, and each emphasizing in order, a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Each verse in each stanza begins with the letter of the of the alphabet to which the stanza is related.
For example, the stanza before us, verses 49-56, is related to the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which is Zain. Each of the 8 verses in this stanza begin with the letter Zain. No wonder this Psalm has been called, "The Alphabet of Divine Love."
No one knows for sure who wrote this Psalm, yet it obvious that it was written during a time of suffering. The Psalmist mentions his suffering in 66 verses of the Psalm. In our text, in verse 55, he speaks of his suffering as being in the night. The writer of this Psalm in going through one of those "night seasons" of the Christian life. It is a time of darkness in his life. The primary theme of the Psalm is God's Word which is referred to in 173 of its 176 verses. The Psalmist uses eight synonyms for the Word of God:
· Commandment occurs 22 times.
· Judgments - 19 times.
· Law - 25 times.
· Precepts - 21 times.
· Saying - 19 times.
· Statutes - 22 times.
· Testimonies - 9 times.
· Way - 13 times.
· Word - 24 times.
Mike Yaconelli wrote in The Wittenburg Door: "I live in a small, rural community. There are lots of cattle ranches around here, and, every once in a while, a cow wanders off and gets lost ... Ask a rancher how a cow gets lost, and chances are he will reply, 'Well, the cow starts nibbling on that one, and then it nibbles on a tuft of green grass and starts nibbling on that one, and then it nibbles on a tuft of grass right next to a hole in the fence. It then sees another tuft of green grass on the other side of the fence, so it nibbles on that one and then goes on to the next tuft. The next thing you know, the cow has nibbled itself into being lost.'" Christians can nibble themselves away from the fold moving from a tuft of activity here to a tuft of interesting doctrine over there, never noticing how far they have strayed from the truth
The word must be put into practice ... like using an instruction manual. When we have experienced the reality of God's presence, truth, and power in difficult circumstances, we will never forget it. We may read it, learn it, repeat it, and think we have it, and yet it may slip out of our minds; but if it has once given us life or renewed that life, there is no fear of its failing from our recollection. Experience teaches, and teaches effectively. How wonderful to have the word written on our heart with the pen of experience. It allows us to take risks that otherwise might be impossible for us to do. When we see the reality with which we can trust God we are much more confident. 'Consider carefully what you hear...With the measure you use, it will be measured to you-and even more.' (MARK 4:24)
The more you use the word the more powerful it becomes as a life force. The word of God must be second nature to us and it will impact our lives with eternal consequences. The written word will continue to touch lives. It has tremendous power.
Many people have risked their lives to own a copy of the word that we take so much for granted. In the 1930's Stalin ordered a purge of all Bibles and all believers. In Stavropol, Russia this order was carried out with a vengeance. Thousands of Bibles were confiscated and multitudes of believers were sent to - prison camps - where most died for being enemies of the state. Last year a team of Christians were working in the city. When they had difficulty getting Bibles shipped from Moscow, someone mentioned the existence of a warehouse outside of town where these confiscated Bibles had been stored since Stalin's day.
After much prayer by the team, one member finally got up the courage to go to the warehouse and ask the officials if the Bibles were still there. Sure enough, they were. Then the officials said the Bibles could be distributed to the people of Stavropol. The next day the team returned with a truck and several Russian people to help load the Bibles. One helper was a young man-a skeptical, hostile, agnostic student, who had come only for the day's wages. As they were loading Bibles, one team member noticed that the young man had disappeared. Eventually they found him in a corner of the warehouse, weeping.
He had slipped away, hoping to quietly take a Bible for himself. What he found shook him to the core. The inside page of the Bible he picked up had the handwritten signature of his own grandmother. It had been her personal Bible! Out of the thousands of Bibles still left in that warehouse, he stole the one belonging to his grandmother - a woman persecuted for her faith all her life.
The word has eternal consequences. Just as the grandmother was transformed through the word, so was the grandson. Transformation is possible for all of us and will continue as the Holy Spirit speaks to us.
Martin Luther wrote 60,000 pages yet hoped "all my books would disappear and the Holy Scriptures alone be read." "The Bible is alive, it speaks to me, it has feet, it runs to me; it has hands it lays hold of me." "A simple layman armed with Scripture is to be believed above a pope or cardinal without it."
Plato. . . compares men who have never tried to face the truth to prisoners in a deep underground cavern, who have been so chained. . . that they cannot turn their heads. In front of them is the rocky wall of their prisonhouse. Behind them and above them is a causeway, on which fires are burning, and along this causeway pass wayfarers singing and conversing and bearing burdens, whose shadows are thrown by the firelight on the cavern wall, and whose voices are reflected back from it. The imprisoned denizens of the dark cave, seeing only these flickering shadows, take them for substance and realities; and hearing only these vague echoes, take them for songs and voices.
Imprisoned in self-chosen darkness, steeped in emptinesses, how few among living men even care for that wisdom which consists in seeing the things that are, and seeing them as they arel Let a man but once catch a glimpse of the true light and he learns utterly to despise the dim rushlight of this world's tinseled stage. Let one ray out of eternity shine down upon him, and for him the world and the things of the world shrivel into insignificance.
Matthew 17 Beholding His Glory
After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.
2 He was transformed in front of them, and His face shone like the sun. Even His clothes became as white as the light.
3 Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.
4 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it's good for us to be here! If You want, I will make three tabernacles here: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
5 While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said: This is My beloved Son. I take delight in Him. Listen to Him!
6 When the disciples heard it, they fell facedown and were terrified.
7 Then Jesus came up, touched them, and said, "Get up; don't be afraid."
8 When they looked up they saw no one except Him—Jesus alone.
9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Don't tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."
The purpose of the transfiguration was to reveal to the disciples the glory of Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, a voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory: This is My beloved Son. I take delight in Him!18 And we heard this voice when it came from heaven while we were with Him on the holy mountain. 19 So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed.
Peter had just confessed Jesus as the Christ the son of the living God, and He had promised to reveal His glory to the disciples.
Matthew 16: 27For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will reward each according to what he has done. 28 • I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."
Here was a foreshadowing of the Glory of the Son when He would come in Glory in His kingdom. . The word translated "kingdom" can be translated "royal majesty" or "kingly splendor". One scholar (William Hendriksen) translates it "His royal dignity". It seems obvious that He was referring to Peter, James, and John and what they saw on the Mount of Transfiguration. Jesus was not referring to the actual establishment of his kingdom; He was referring to the royal splendor and glory of the King. He was referring to what they would see that is recorded in 17:2. What they saw was a foretaste of His glory that will be seen when He bodily returns and establishes His kingdom.
Luke 9: 26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and that of the Father and the holy angels. 27 I tell you the truth: there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God." 28 About eight days after these words, He took along Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 As He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became dazzling white. 30 Suddenly, two men were talking with Him—Moses and Elijah. 31 They appeared in glory and were speaking of His death, which He was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.
When they looked up they saw no one except Him—Jesus alone.
Hebrews 12:2 keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of God's throne.
John declared John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- Be Assured By His Glory
2 Peter 1: 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; 19 So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed.
Transfigured – "metamorphoomai"
Philippians 2:68 (NASB) " 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality
with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant,
and being
made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by
becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."
John 17:5 (NKJV) "And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was."
John 17:24 (NKJV) "Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world."
Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord:
Late in time, behold Him come, Offspring of the virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
Hail the incarnate Deity!
Charles Wesley
Hebrews 1:3 (NKJV) "who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high."
". Look again at verse two and see the brightness and the light (read verse 2). Some have compared this to when Moses face glowed after He had been on the mountain with God.
Exodus 34:(NKJV) " 29 Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses' hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. 30 So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him."
Moses was reflecting the glory of God, but Jesus was radiating the glory of God. The source of the light on Moses was outside of him. The source of the light from Jesus was inside Him. This "transfiguration" was a tremendous display of His deity to His inner-circle of disciples. In the coming days when the Son of God would be crucified and buried, they would need this experience to fall back on to affirm that He was indeed God in flesh.
John 1:14 (NKJV) "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."
Where did they behold His glory? On that mountain! As awesome as that experience was, think what it will be like when He comes again.
Matthew 16:27a (NKJV) "For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father…"
Matthew 25:31 (NKJV) "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory."
The Presence of Moses and Elijah (17:34) The Old Testament was often called "The Law and the Prophets" Moses represented the law and Elijah was probably the most prominent of the prophets. The testimony here is that all the law and the prophets point to Jesus. He is the fulfillment of the law and the prophesies. These two Old Testament characters also gave evidence to these three disciples that Jesus was who He said He was. They were there to honor Jesus, not as equals. From Luke's account, we learn what Moses and Elijah were talking to Jesus about. Luke 9:31 (NKJV) "who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem."
The word translated "decease" is the word "Exodus". They were not just admiring His glory; they were talking to Him about His death on the cross that was coming. Just as the Moses led Exodus in the Old Testament led those in bondage out of Egypt into the promised land, Jesus' death and resurrection would free many captives taking them to freedom from sin and ultimately to heaven.
This bright cloud was called by the Jews the Shekinah glory cloud. Throughout the Old Testament, it symbolized God's manifest presence with his people. The Queen of England has several residences, but the royal standard flies over the place where she is in residence. This Shekinah cloud was almost like the royal standard that showed where God's manifest presence was abiding. This cloud was first mentioned in Exodus when it appeared in order to lead the Israelites in their Exodus from Egypt (Exodus 13:21-22). It was probably this cloud that descended on Mt. Sinai when God was giving Moses the law. When the tabernacle was finished, it was this cloud that filled it so that even Moses could not go in. It was likely this same cloud that filled the temple at the dedication by Solomon (1 Kings 8:10). It is possibly this cloud that would come to envelop Jesus as He ascended to heaven after His resurrection (Acts 1:9). In verse 6 we find that the disciples were terrified by this visible manifestation of the presence of God. This is the common response in Scripture to being in the very presence of God.
The Prophesy about Elijah (17:1013)
Malachi 4:(NKJV) " 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 6 And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse."
I want to close by focusing on the last two words that God spoke from the cloud on the mountain in verse 5, "Hear Him!" The way that we hear Him today is through what He has already said in the Bible. It may not be accompanied by the Shekinah cloud or the appearance of Moses and Elijah, but it is just as much God speaking as it was on that mountain. In fact in some ways, what we have is better.
2 Peter 1:19 (ESV) "And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts."
"I do not know any truth in the Bible that is more relevant for believers in our day, since we live in an age when people appeal to their experience as the only sure measure of anything, not realizing that our experiences can be wrong or misleading. We hear people justifying all types of unbiblical teaching or behaviour, by words such as, 'God told me this is all right' or 'I feel at peace with what I'm doing'. But here is Peter – a prominent apostle of the Lord, a man who had a visual experience of Christ's transfiguration as well as having heard an audible word of God from heaven, experiences confirmed as true by the other apostles who were with him at the time – speaking of God's revelation in the Bible as being 'more certain' even than his exceptional experience. He does it to remind us that we must evaluate our experiences by the Bible's teaching, rather than the other way around."
James Montgomery Boice
Lk.9:32 tells us that as Jesus prayed, "Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep." They almost slept through the Transfiguration! I used to worry if someone nodded off while I preached but then I realized that the disciples went to sleep on Jesus, Moses and Elijah!
2. Be Transformed by His Grace
2 Cor 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
JOH 5:22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. (NIV)
1JO 4:15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. (NIV)
Hear Him
A.Let Him Cut Across Your Agenda
MAT 17:4 Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters - one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." (NIV)
B.Let Him Dictate Your Priorities
The divine inflexible holiness. There was a gifted young artist who in wartime was billeted as a soldier in a hut in France with a score of other men. Some of them had placarded on the walls of their hut pictures of a coarse and offensive kind. The young artist was a Christian, and he hated it. He was in a dilemma. He knew that mere protesting would achieve nothing. But one night, when the hut was quiet and his companions asleep, he got out a candle and a pencil and a bit of paper about the size of a postcard, and began to draw the head of Jesus Christ. He had sometimes tried to paint a picture of Christ before, and always he knew he had failed. But now he tried again. When it was finished, he put it on the wall above his own bed. He wondered what the others would say in the morning when they saw it. Morning came, and they saw it. Nothing was said at all. But within a week every other picture had somehow vanished from the walls, and only that face of Christ remained. The other things just could not live beside it. It is thus that in Jesus the divine holiness confronts us. There is nothing so cleansing and strengthening, so sure a defence in the day of danger, as one steady look at the face of Jesus. There are some things that just cannot happen when He is there. Jesus, Master, I have seen Thy face, and I know I have seen the holiness of God.
And if it is thus that the divine holiness encounters us, is the same not also true of the divine mercy? We sometimes find it difficult to believe God can forgive us, so deeply are we implicated in the sinfulness of humanity, so mixed with earth our most celestial motives. How can forgiving love get through? If indeed it could have been that Jesus were here today, if this could have been not a church in Edinburgh but the beach at Capernaum and we could have heard Him saying, as He said of old, 'I love you and am your Friend for ever—rise up and follow' Me'; if we could have climbed Calvary and heard Him cry 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do'—do you not think that would have changed our thoughts of God? Well, He is here, and He is saying it; and can you doubt the heart of God when you are looking at the face of Jesus?
C.Let Him Become The Focus Of Your Worship
A.Praise The Lord For His Grace
JOH 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
B.Praise The Lord For His Love
C.T.Studd : "If Jesus Christ be God, and He died for me, then no sacrifice is too great for me to make for Him."
C.Praise The Lord With Your Life
ROM 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices..


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On view August 22, 2010 through February 13, 2011 in Chilton Gallery I, African Masks will be accompanied by an all-new smARTphone tour highlighting 19 masks in the exhibition and a visit behind-the-scenes. Visitors will be encouraged to view 10 additional masks in the Museums Arts of Africa galleries on the third level; they are among the 150 objects from the collection th at are currently on view at the DMA.
Our extraordinary African art collection is a particular point of strength and pride for the Museum, and with African Masks: The Art of Disguise, we take an in-depth look at the collection and present an innovative new way of looking at it, said Bonnie Pitman, The Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art. Through the use of the smARTphone tour, which includes cultural information, videos and behind-the-scenes interviews, along with more information about the works of art, this exhibition offers the visitor a dynamic experience.
Connoisseurs of African art and tourists collect masks, preferably carved wooden ones. Africans consider the entire masqueradethe object that conceals the head and the costume th at covers the bodyto be the mask. The person within this ensemble is also part of the mask! This exhibition celebr at es the art of both the sculptor and the costume maker, said Roslyn A. Walker, Senior Cur at or of the The Arts of Africa, the Americas , and the Pacific and The Margaret McDermott Cur at or of African Art at the Dallas Museum of Art and the exhibition cur at or. The African masquerade is a multimedia interactive experience that involves not only the sculptor but also the costume makers, dancers, musicians, spirits and audience.
African Masks is divided into four sections and includes these highlighted works of art:
Masquerades are multimedia events that often include not one but several masked dancers embodying various spirits. On display for the first time is Chihongo face mask from the Democr at ic Republic of the Congo and Angola: Chokwe peoples, made of wood, basketry, fiber, fe at hers, tukula, kaolin and iron; and Egungun costume from the Republic of Benin (former Dahomey): Yoruba peoples, made of cloth, appliqué, wood, cowrie shells, glass beads, animal claw or beak, sequins, animal fur and animal hide, and vinyl.
Human Disguises, including Four-face helmet mask (ñgontang) from Gabon : Fang peoples, made of wood and paint; and Forehead mask (mbuya type) from the Democr at ic Republic of the Congo : Central Pende peoples, made of wood, pigment and raffia fiber
Composite Disguises, fe at uring a W at er spirit helmet mask (Obukele) from Nigeria , Delta area: Abua peoples, made of wood, pigment and paint; and Mask (kifwebe) from the Democr at ic Republic of the Congo : Songye peoples, made of paint, fiber, cane and gut
Animal Disguises, including Mask (gye) from the Côte d'Ivoire : Guro peoples, made of wood, paint and sheet metal; and Elephant mask (mbap mteng) from Cameroon : village of Banjoun (?), Bamileke peoples, made of palm-leaf fiber textile, cotton textile, glass beads and palm-leaf ribs
Two other masks th at have never been on display before include Face mask (gle or ga),Dan peoples, Côte dIvoire or Liberia, made of wood, fiber and pigment; and Helmet mask (Lipiko), Makonde peoples, Tanzania, made of wood, beeswax, human hair and pigment
Visitors will be able to explore and experience the exhibition with moving footage sound, and a smARTphone tour fe at uring Dr. Walker, Exhibition Designer Alan Knezevich, art collectors and performers, as well as a mask and animal connection fe at uring animals from the Dallas Zoo. The tour can be accessed by visitors on Wi-Fienabled smartphones and media players at DallasMuseumofArt.mobi.
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Gadaffi claims that his bedouin mother, who travelled between encampments with the family's herds of camels, goats and rams, took the step because she wanted him to "understand the complexities of western society . . . rather than to leave him for ever with the soul of a shepherd".
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BOSTON — State Sen. Scott Brown is no longer the only Republican in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.
Fellow Republican Jack E. Robinson filed 11,120 certified signatures with the Secretary of State's office Thursday, well over the 10,000 required.
Robinson will join Brown on the Dec. 8 primary ballot.
Robinson has become something of a perennial candidate. He first ran against Kennedy in 2000 and lost. He lost a campaign for secretary of state in 2002 and the U.S. House in 2006.
The Duxbury resident is an attorney who founded his own cell phone company.
Four Democrats are also in the race: Attorney General Martha Coakley, U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, City Year co-founder Alan Khazei and Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca.
Meanwhile, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may have worked with Pagliuca, but he's supporting fellow Republican Brown in the race to succeed Kennedy.
The 2008 GOP presidential contender was headlining a fundraiser Friday night in Brown's hometown of Wrentham.
Pagliuca is co-owner of the Boston Celtics. He and Romney made millions together during their time together at Bain Capital. Pagliuca has donated to Romney and Republican causes in the past, but he cites Democratic donations and says he's a "true progressive."
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By and large, the Southwest Washington Soccer Association (SWSA), like most soccer leagues, follows the standard FIFA Laws of the Game. On top of that, SWSA also has a number of league specific rules that differ from the official FIFA set. It is the captain's responsibility to ensure that all of their players are aware of both FIFA's rules, as well as the SWSA changes and exceptions.
Coed: A team may have no more than 6 players of either gender on the field. This rule holds regardless of the total number of players on the field or the players' positions. This requirement may be changed or adapted at the discretion of both captains and with consultation of the referee.
Slide Tackling: Slide tackles are not allowed. A caution (yellow card) will be given for the first offense, ejection (red card) for a second offense. The rule applies to all players, including the goalkeeper. A player may slide, although not if it in any way endangers other players. This safety determination is at the referee's discretion.
Uniforms: Players on a team must wear color-matched shirts that are acceptable to both the referee and the opposing team. The 'home' team, as shown on the schedule, has the responsibility to change in the case of a uniform conflict.
Game Start: Per FIFA, a team is required to have a minimum of seven players to field a team. SWSA provides a grace period of up to 15-minutes for a team to have enough players to start. However, at the referee's discretion, the game clock may start at the scheduled game time.
Substitutions: SWSA allows unlimited substitutions, including sub-on-the-fly, where players do not need to alert the referee or wait for a dead ball situation in order to make substitutions. Substituted players are also allowed to sub back onto the field, unlike FIFA regulations. It is expected that players will sub out where possible at or near the center line. It is against both FIFA and SWSA regulations for a player to sub off at one part of the field and another to sub on and immediately affect play. Whether or not a substitution was made that adversely affected the play or not is at the referee's discretion, though since our referee's don't need to be alerted to substitutions, the burden of fair play is on the teams.
Age Requirements: SWSA currently has three basic divisions, which each have their own age requirements. A player is considered to be of age provided their birthday occurs within the calendar year in which the game is taking place. This means that a person who turns 30 on December 31st is eligible to play in our Over 30 division for the entire year leading up to that day. This does not apply to underage players.
- All Ages- Players must be 18 or older. Players who are 16 and older may play with a signed permission slip from their parents.
- Over 30- All Players must be 30 or older, with the exception that each team is allowed two female players aged 28 or older. This requirement may be changed or adapted at the discretion of both captains and with consultation of the referee.
- Over 40- All Players must be 40 or older, with the exception that each team is allowed two female players aged 35 or older. This requirement may be changed or adapted at the discretion of both captains and with consultation of the referee.
Blue Card: SWSA has implemented a "blue card" rule, similar to the rule that is commonly used in indoor soccer, wherein a referee may elect to send a person off the field for a period of several minutes, at the referee's discretion, before they are allowed back on. This rule can be used in addition to a yellow card, if the referee feels it necessary. The intention of this rule is for the referee to provide players with a cooling off period if a player has become too physically or verbally aggressive, or if the referee feels that they may soon become so. The player may be substituted for another player on the sideline, thus keeping the team at 11 players. The carded player will be allowed back on when the referee feels that they have calmed down and no longer represents a threat to themselves or others.


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AMA Supercross: 2012 Toronto Results
Ryan Villopoto moved one step closer to repeating as AMA Supercross Champion with his seventh win of the season at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. With his chief rivals not making the trip north of the border due to various injuries, Villopoto can clinch the 2012 championship as soon as next weekend's race at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, if they continue to be out of action.
The Monster Energy Kawasaki rider has 271 points with five rounds remaining. Mathematically speaking, Villopoto can still be caught by Red Bull KTM rider Ryan Dungey (192 points) and JGRMX Yamaha's James Stewart (177) should either of them win the remaining five rounds. Realistically however, the title is all but Villopoto's.
Dungey however has missed the last three rounds while Stewart has missed the last two. They may still yet return for Houston, though they likely won't be 100%. In their absence, Villopoto has been racking up the points. Villopoto only needs to stay healthy and continue finishing races to win the championship. That's no easy task in itself, as Villopoto demonstrated in the whoops in Toronto.
Shortly after taking over the lead from holeshot-taker Justin Brayton of Honda Muscle Milk, Villopoto had a near miss on the tricky whoops section on the third lap. Brayton was able to gain some ground but Villopoto recovered and held on to the lead, eventually finishing 9.124 seconds ahead of Brayton for the win.
Finishing third was Geico Honda rider Kevin Windham, nearly five seconds behind Brayton. Windham and Brayton, along with fourth-place finisher Davi Millsaps of JGRMX Yamaha have benefited from the absence of Dungey, Stewart and TwoTwo Motorsports Honda's Chad Reed who was injured in the Arlington round in February. With the usual title contenders out of action, Windham, Brayton and Millsaps have scored seven podium finishes in the last four races. None of them had any podium finishes prior to that.
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Talk:Key:power supply
Proposal on (multiple) plug types
I propose to use unified tagging for plug types with EV charging stations where multiple plug types per facility are not rare - plug:type=yes (eg. power_supply=yes + plug:cee_7_4=yes + plug:cee_17_blue=yes. Joosep-Georg 22:18, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
In developing countries, this tag can be used to tell if a health facility, school, etc, have electric supply or not. I would add this to the uses list.--edvac (talk) 01:14, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
I would like to add an integer value instead of just yes to tell the number of sockets if known. I took this photo and this would be plug:cee_17_red=2 + plug:cee_7_4=2. So the value yes would mean there is an unknown number of sockets of this type and an integer would tell how many if known. But I am not sure how to handle voltage and currency maybe there's need of plug:cee_7_4:voltage or a set of voltage like 400/230 here in Europe. For currency it might be interesting to differ cee_17_red in its multible sizes (16/32/63/125 ampere). Because this might be a valuable information for users if they can use/charge their device without adapter. -- Deus Figendi (talk) 09:30, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
is USB a power supply ?
I would say YES, here is why :
Bus stop in Paris now [embed an USB plug]. This can be considered as a power supply type. And then, we can add the key power supply to these amenity.
Hellopierre (talk) 11:01, 22 October 2015 (UTC)


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Focus on the gameplay instead of networking.
If you're a solo indie developer, small or large game studio, Colyseus will allow you to deliver realtime or turn-based multiplayer games in record time.
Colyseus comes with official support for these platforms.
Need a client for a different platform? Share your interest on the discussion board!
Sneak peak on basic usage. See more examples.
import * as http from "http";
import { Server, Room } from "colyseus";
// Create HTTP & WebSocket servers
const server = http.createServer();
const gameServer = new Server();
class ChatRoom extends Room {
// maximum number of clients per active session
maxClients = 4;
onInit () {
this.setState({ messages: [] });
onJoin (client) {
this.state.messages.push(`${ client.sessionId } joined.`);
onMessage (client, data) {
// Register ChatRoom as "chat"
gameServer.register("chat", ChatRoom);
const client = new Colyseus.Client("ws://localhost:2657");
const room = client.join("chat");
room.onJoin.add(() => {
console.log(`${ room.sessionId } joined!`)
room.onStateChange.add((state) => {
console.log("new state:", state)
// listen for changes on a path on the state
room.listen("messages/:index", (change) => {
console.log(change.operation); // ~> "add"
console.log(change.path.index); // ~> "1"
console.log(change.value); // ~> "Hello world!"
room.send("Hello world!");
Authoritative server. Designed to be intuitive and simple to use.
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Colyseus allows you to build turn-based games.
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Colyseus is free software, released under the permissive MIT License.
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text: On Tuesday 26th January Year 2 had a special treat when Dr Mark came in to teach the children all about forces and motion. Dr Mark did a number of experiments including exploding water, using water to fire a rocket, a showing us how you could put holes in a bottle but the water wouldn't come out. However Dr Mark made sure some of us got wet!


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Board and Staff
Board of Directors
- David Struthers, President
- Carol Hatala, Vice-President
- Ken Lo, Treasurer
- Lorraine Frocklage, Secretary
- Michele Bates
- Chad Murray
- Lisa Barnes
- Sean Campbell
- Jeremy Mitchell
- Cary Swanson
- Murray Knipfel
- Angela Gordon
- Karla Graff
External Volunteers
- Norma Blissett (City of Cranbrook Council Liaison)
- Katherine Hough
- Lee-Ann Crane
- James Letcher
- Marion Eunson
- Tarralin Hanson
- Graham Longpre
- Neil Cook
- Wayne Eburne
- Corinne Friesen
- Lynnette Wray, Executive Director
CFKR Grant Making Committee
- Carol Hatala (Chair)
- Michele Bates
- Murray Knipfel
- Lisa Barnes
- James Letcher
- Marion Eunson
- Tarralin Hanson
CFKR Governance Committee
- Michele Bates (Chair)
- Lorraine Frocklage
- Jeremy Mitchell
- Lisa Barnes
- Lee-Ann Crane
CFKR Finance Committee
- Ken Lo (Chair)
- Chad Murray
- Carol Hatala
- Sean Campbell
- Lisa Barnes
CFKR Fund Development & Promotions Committee
- Sean Campbell (Chair)
- Lorraine Frocklage
- Cary Swanson
- Angela Gordon
- Karla Graff
- Katherine Hough
- Graham Longpre
- Neil Cook
CFKR Nominating Committee
- Carol Hatala
- David Struthers
Fernie Community Fund Steering Committee
- Eric Johnstone (Chair)
- Patty Vadnais
- Aysha Haines
- Randal Macnair
- Jennifer Cronin
- Andrew Hayden
- David Street
Sparwood Community Fund Steering Committee
- Barb Nunes (Chair)
- Sharon Strom
- Beverly MacNaughton
- Norma McDougall
- Lynn Edwards
Elkford Community Fund Steering Committee
- Terry Vandale (Chair)
- Jessica Bohn
- Shawna Klein
- Ethel Robinson
- Thomas Skelton
President David Struthers and Executive Director Lynnette Wray are ex officio members of all committees.
Vision, Mission, Values & Goals
A safe, healthy, sustainable, and vibrant community.
The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies enhances the quality of life for area residents by:
- Attracting, developing, and managing permanent endowment funds through responsible stewardship
- Assessing and responding to existing and emerging community needs through grants to qualified donees
- Offering a means for individuals and organizations to contribute to our community both during and after their lifetime
- Provide leadership in our community, through convening around issues of community concern
- We restrict our activities to those required to fulfill our Mission
- We maintain relevance by continuously assessing and addressing the community needs
- We conduct our business openly, respectfully and ethically
- We promote inclusiveness and community harmony
- We recognize and support the efforts of volunteers and staff of the Foundation and other agencies
- We generate adequate resources, manage them effectively, and disburse them consistent with our purposes, priorities, and policies
- We strive for excellence in all aspects of our organization
- We assess and account for performance and plan for continuous improvement on an on-going basis
Areas of Granting
The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies takes a broad and inclusive view of what a community is, and provides grants to the widest possible range of organizations and initiatives in the areas of:
- Animal Welfare
- Arts, Culture and Heritage
- Education
- Environment
- Mental Health and Addictions
- Outdoor Recreation, Physical Activity, and Sports
- Programs for Seniors
- Social and Health Services
Our History
In the fall of 2000, a Kimberley resident bequeathed more than $190,000 to the Cranbrook United Way on the condition the funding worked in perpetuity to aid social causes within the Cranbrook region.
In searching for a proper investment vehicle, an opportunity was identified to raise funds locally and to receive matching grants from both the Vancouver Foundation and the Columbia Basin Trust to supplement a two-year local fund raising drive to the amount of $100,000. Over the ensuing two years members of a United Way committee worked within the community to develop interest and raise community awareness. The Cranbrook and District Community Foundation (CDCF) began to take root and initial board members came forward. On March 1, 2003, approximately 75 citizens of our community met at the Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort in Cranbrook with Barbara Oates of the Community Foundation of Canada to discuss the formation of a local Foundation.A steering committee was formed and exploration began on how to incorporate, receive status as a registered charity, and become a Community Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation is to benefit a broad cross-section of the community. It is mandated to serve Cranbrook and the surrounding area, including Fort Steele, Wardner, Jaffray, Moyie, and Wycliffe.
By 2004, the CDCF was incorporated, registered as a charity and was a member of the Community Foundations of Canada, having adopted their code of ethics to ensure open, transparent governance and the professional management of funds.
The CDCF held it's first Grants Gala and Community Kick-Off event on September 25, 2004. It was attended by Foundation members, representatives from all levels of government, and numerous community leaders and engaged citizens from Cranbrook, both within the private and public sectors.
At the event, $5,000 in LEAD funding from the Vancouver Foundation was distributed to four community projects identified through the first CDCF public grants offering:
- A "Teen Space" for the public library
- Aid to the community kitchen managed by the Cranbrook Women's Resource Society
- The Children's Festival
- New sound and lighting equipment to enable the Cranbrook Community Theatre to mount more elaborate productions.
The other highlight of the evening was the official signing of a $50,000 Deed of Gift with the F. W. Green Foundation. The revenue generated from these monies will go to support senior's projects in the community.
The Board and members of the Cranbrook and District Community Foundation look forward to many years of community support. A prominent theme of Community Foundations is, "It takes a noble person to plant a tree under whose shade will sit people one may never meet."
2017 Annual Report
2016 Annual Report
2015 Annual Report


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T-3 Energy Services
Robbins, a more diversified industrial concern, has offered T-3 shareholders 0.894 shares, plus $7.95 in cash, for each share of T-3. At current prices, that's a total consideration of around $30.56, roughly a quarter of which is in cash.
Robbins' interest in T-3 is pretty obvious. The company will better be able to compete with the likes of Colfax
T-3's motivation in selling today is less clear. This company has been a serial acquirer over the years, picking up at least nine businesses. Why flip the script now?
My first thought was that private equity giant First Reserve, which helped form the company back in 2000, might be seeking an exit. But First Reserve did so years ago through a series of public follow-on offerings. Perhaps management is looking to cash out instead?
One indicator is the language in the press release, noting that "the combined company will be led by Robbins & Myers' existing management and board of directors." Another interesting fact is that T-3's Chairman and CEO has only held the position since March 2009. Perhaps this National Oilwell Varco
Idle speculation aside, the important question here is this: Are T-3 shareholders getting a fair shake? On an enterprise value-to-EBITDA basis, the deal looks pretty fair at a multiple of more than 15. Another interesting data point is that First Reserve offered its last batch of shares to the public in April 2007 at $22.74. Sure, oil prices are higher today, but given what's happened to the economy in the intervening period, I have to say this looks like a pretty decent deal for shareholders.
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Rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous is just part of the everyday life for celebrity photographer Dave Nelson.
The Blackpool-born, raised and based snapper is a regular on the red carpet at top awards nights, making friends with many of the country's most recognisable faces.
But the stars would be forgiven for thinking they'd maybe indulged in a glass of bubbly too many and were seeing double at their glitzy events.
And that's because Dave has one very distinct advantage over many of his competitors – his twin brother Darren regularly joins him on the red carpet.
Darren first got involved when Dave couldn't attend a job in the North West, as he was working in London.
Unsurprisingly, perhaps, their double act has caused the typical twin-related confusion.
"Initially the Corrie cast didn't know I was a twin," Poulton resident Dave said.
"Even now, I will meet a cast member, then send Darren to the next job and they'll ask him why he's not speaking because they think it's me.
"Darren was actually the first person to have pictures of Michelle Keegan [ex-Coronation Street actress, and girlfriend of Mark Wright] published, and she always remembers that. Jorgie Porter from Hollyoaks is the same."
With the pair of them able to cover the major awards events in tandem, they're able to ensure the best coverage of the night.
"For example, at the Inside Soap Awards in October, I was the official photographer inside, while Darren did the boards outside," Dave explained. "Then I was doing the after party and going where I wanted for the magazine itself.
"As a regular photographer on a red carpet, you turn up about an hour before and put your press card into a draw, where it gets picked out for the positions on the carpet or in the pit. You can end up in a good position or end up on ladders at the very back.
"When you know a lot of the soap stars, like we do, even if you don't get the best draw, they'll often pose for you first and make sure you've got the shot before moving on. It's eye contact that's the key, and they'll give you that first."
And they do all the North West diary coverage for OK magazine – which sees them booked as one of the main photographers for the National TV Awards (NTAs), which take place at London's O2 Arena later this month.
The relationships they've built up with the soap stars is crucial to this.
"It's very rare I go to an event and get nothing," Dave said. "TV Choice Awards made everywhere. Anything TV and soaps is always a good job as I know so many of them – I'm guaranteed the eye lines from the stars and I have contracts with the magazines.
"What was interesting at the Soap Awards this year was EastEnders had a lot of new actors, the Carter family especially with Danny Dyer, and I wasn't so aware of them all.
"But one thing I have got from that is someone asking me to photograph their wedding – which is a great honour that I'm looking forward to in the New Year.
"I'm in a privileged position, attending parties like these and I don't see anything. They've grown to trust me, and that's why an opportunity like that comes about.
"At the NTAs, OK sponsor the red carpet so I'm in prime position for those shots and then move inside to get the winners as they're announced.
"It's important to get the pictures just right – not just the good eyelines from the stars, but also featuring the branding for the magazine too."
What started out as a hobby for a young music fan and then Warbreck School pupil, who snuck his camera into gigs at the Winter Gardens, has over the years become a full-time job, allowing travel up and down the UK, as well as overseas, for festivals and concerts.
And while celebrity parties, events and awards nights may pay the regular bills, Dave's favourite jobs still tend to revolve around music.
"Music does get me over to Europe for festivals," he said, and he's attended the Cannes Film Festival in the past too.
"We don't get to know artists as much as we used to, which is one of the things which have changed.
"People have asked my favourite event. It was Live 8 in 2005 and getting to photograph Pink Floyd.
"It was really emotional and you will never get to see the original line-up again. I've shot Kylie so many times, and she still looks great. Jessie J is fantastic too.
"The last thing Michael Jackson ever did was the World Music Awards at Earls Court. As he walked off stage, he turned and threw a flag into the crowd and I got the shot.
"They say never take your eye off the artist, and that paid off on that occasion."
And he's seen the likes of Ed Sheeran and Adele rise from low-key gigs in Camden to the international stars they are now.
While missing out on a performance by a then unknown girlgroup called the Spice Girls when they played in Preston cost Dave an estimated £20,000.
"They were due to play in Blackpool, at an event organised by The Gazette the next day, so I didn't go to Preston," he said. "Then Wannabe went to number one and they didn't come to Blackpool."
He recently shot a national shoot for the Comic Relief launch in February.
Opportunities in Dave's hometown have increased in recent years – with the growth of events such as Lytham Proms and the Illuminations Switch-On Festival, as well as Strictly Come Dancing's annual trips to the resort.
Having recently turned 50, Dave's considering a change in tone to his work and has been developing his lifestyle and portraiture portfolio, and he loved shooting the official images for Blackpool's Funny Girls nightclub's Winter Show recently. I'm getting too old for festival fields and night work all the time, so this is an area I'm building up now," he said.
"I loved seeing Funny Girls, it's been years since I went along. But the production quality was so high, it was an honour to do that right here on my doorstep instead of it being in London where I have done similar jobs. The work is very seasonal; autumn is dominated by the TV awards, going into the winter, January has the NTAs and others.
"Then in late spring, there's the Radio One Big Weekend although that clashes with the National Soap Awards – but the Radio One line up was so good last year I went there and sent Darren to the soaps.
"Then it's the summer festival season. I do music gigs for the Daily Star, reviewing most of the gigs outside of London, but these days, generally, they go to the London date rather than the first night of a tour.
"More people are getting into the pits now at gigs, because of the internet and people blogs.
"People get confused between paparazzi and agency red carpet photographers. Paps are on the street, they won't attend events but are at the celeb haunts waiting outside.
"It's because I've kept away from that which has helped me do well, and knowing when to put the camera down – that's so important. I'm not looking for some salacious angle, or to shoot them staggaring out of the club door at 4am."


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Nothing like a beautifully balanced new moon in Libra to help us get back up and dust off from the intense full blood moon in Aries we all experienced. For many of us sudden changes came in forms of our health, career and relationships. On October 12th, a new moon rises in the sign of the scales…Libra. It reminds us that after the storm a peace and beauty will arise. Much like an intricate piece of blown glass or pottery, we too must be heated or placed into the fire to emerge new, polished, and reset. The storm is calming, the new moon is rising, the weather changing. It is all starting to create a beautiful picture if we allow our life to start unfolding organically.
Mercury has also gone direct, even though we are still in it's "shadow stages", we can finally start clearing up all the mishaps or miscommunications we had. During this last retrograde period some us we were shown aspects of our lives that really needed our attention and we can finally, honestly understand where we can began to grow.
A balanced life is a beautiful life, and Libra teaches us this. There is a time to be assertive and make those hard decisions and then is time to just BE. Fall is here, which reminds us that it is time to enjoy the fruits of our labor. For some of us, this means that our schedules will be super busy with work obligations and career advancement (especially air signs). For others, our calendars have cleared and it is time to cook a great meal for those we love, sit on the patio and just enjoy the company of those we adore. Whatever presents itself to you this new moon, just go with the tide, find the balance you need and enjoy the ride.
Let's all try to bring balance to our relationships. This may be our partnerships at work, our family, our friends, or lovers. For those that have extra time, do something kind for those that find their schedules filled to the max. If you need help, learn to ask. If you can help, learn to give. Accept that things come and go, in and out they begin to flow.
Libra is also the zodiac sign of beauty. Now is a great time to take that hike you've been saying your going to take, go to an art gallery, fix up your home, get a haircut or simply sit outside and enjoy the weather. We are constantly surrounded by beauty of all mediums if we open our hearts, eyes and mind.
*as always, this post was written by our lovely lunar contributor, Monica Lily.


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KULA Shaker erupted onto the music scene in 1996 with a batch of singles that remain among the high-points of Britpop.
Their debut album, K, was among the biggestselling albums of 1996 and the best-selling British debut since Oasis' Definitely Maybe, eventually going on to sell 850,000 copies in the UK, plus a further quarter of a million copies in America.
Blending the classic 60s sounds of Grateful Dead and The Byrds with Eastern imagery and mysticism was the key to their success.
We've not heard from them for seven years but now they're back with a new album, Strangefolk, and tour which plays Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall on Monday.
"It's not really a reunion because we've known each other since I was 15," says frontman Crispian Mills referring to bassist Alonza Bevan and drummer Paul Winterhart. "We've been playing together since we were kids so now we're in our 30s it's more like a family back together again.
"We now realise we didn't really split up, we just closed up the shop early for the day."
Talking about the end of Kula Shaker's first phase, which includes second album Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts in 1999, Crispian says it was "a weird time."
"I got stuck into a face-off with our record label, and they wouldn't let me release the music that I wanted to record.
"The main reason I left the band was that I couldn't see what album we were going to make next."
After hiring a lawyer to release him from the contract, Crispian turned his attention to writing film scripts.
He also formed another band, The Jeevas, who released two albums, but it was only ever meant as a side project and as an excuse for the songwriter to keep his hand in with music.
Meanwhile, Alonza Bevan joined ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr's band, The Healers, and Paul Winterhart did various session work for the likes of Aqualung.
Original keyboardist Jay Darlington became a touring member of Oasis - and decided to remain with them rather than rejoin Kula Shaker. His place has been taken by Harry Broadbent.
Kula Shaker play the Wulfrun Hall on Monday October 8. For tickets call 0870 3207000.


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I m using string vector my element set is L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 what i want now is to remove the whitespaces. so that my elements become L1L2L3L4L5.
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Join conservation experts from Thames 21 on Festival Beach below the Royal Festival Hall as they cast fishing nets into the Thames and demonstrate the diverse wildlife of the river.
Take part in art and craft, and sculpture workshops using found materials.
Bring a picnic and enjoy the fascinating sights and sounds of the river.
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Band Of Brothers
..is so badass.
It's also fun to watch simply to see which actors your recognise.
Best episode = Bastogne for me.
Anyone else?
It's just amazing
must have cost so much to make. I can't pick a favourite episode, but the one that is actually on D-Day is pretty intense.
so awesome
Bastogne too. Replacements is my second favourite.
Shifty Powers is the best character in any war program.
..what about Doc Roe? Wild Bill? George Luz? Malarkey? WINTERS! Too many great characters.
I hear they are making another similar mini-series based on the Pacific War, starring (among many others) the kid that was in Jurassic Park. Can't wait.
if they are
my dreams have come true. Nah. Those characters are all too out there. Shifty takes down like 3 snipers with a garand and still manages to break his legs in a car accident at the end. Wild Bill is a legend.
high ho silver!!
The enigma that is
Spiers... ftw.
Oh Spiers!
So awesome.
I love it
so so much. Whenever I see one of the actors in something else I always tell my wife - like Sergeant Malarkey being in ER now... She doesn't like it very much at all.
Best episode? Either Carentan or Why We Fight.
shifty powers cornered behind the chicken shack.
I am going throught this
on boxset form at the mo.
My favourite performance thus far was Pegg as the repressed homosexual with adoration for Schwimmer in the earliest episodes. His toughest role ever given that he didn't play himself.
Also, I preferred Dexter Fletcher in Bugsy Malone. Is he only ever in violent things? This, Lock Stock, Bugsy, Hotel babylon...
^ Lol about pegg
been watching it this week, must of watched them at least 5-6 times, my favourite episode probably is why we fight and points.
favourite characters- george luz, shifty powers, webster, speirs and lipton. best tv series ever except sopranos.
the episode
with market garden in carentan? and replacements are the best two I reckon, plus James Mcavoy gets smoked.
The whole thing is so good though.
market garden is replacements
carentan is the third episode.
You're right about
seeing James McAvoy getting the top of his head blown off. Happy days.
The one where they
free the concentration camp (vague description I know)really moved me
"Why we fight"
Very moving.
"Why we fight"
You're right, it was really moving...
A truly excellent show
And a testament to the power of television - the ability to make you care for characters by revealing them over a period of time and slowly unfolding great stories.
See also The Sopranos and The Wire