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                              ::In this issue::
                                       Updates
                      How can I be born again?
                           Inspirational Story
                                    Brain Test
                                Lost Now Found
                                You wanna web?
                                      Humor Me
                             Having a bad day?
                              Verse of the Week
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                                   ::Updates::
  Well, I have an urgent prayer request for you
 and I will fill you in on how we got here.
We moved to a new server!  Http://cir.gcsnet.net
 is the new address!  It offers faster speeds,
more room to grow & more!  Unfortunatly it seems
 to be down right now :(  So, please pray for
us! I think that it can be nothing less than
 a satanic attack, but don't worry, his days
are numbered!!

 Thanks, hopefully(and prayerfully) the next
time we'll be talking about all the new stuff
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Also, check out http://generationgod.net because
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                ::How can I be 'born again'?::
  A lot of times people say bornagain Christians
  this, bornagain Christians that, but what 
  does that really mean?  Someone 

once said, 
  "Saying you're a Christian because you goto
  church is like saying you're a Big Mac because
  you goto McDonalds." Forgive me, I dont remember
  who said that, but it's true. So what is bornain
  and are you? Well, Jesus talked to Nicodemus
  about the exact same thing in John 3.
  (You can read John 3 online at:
  http://cgi.tripod.com/AJCorp/cgi-bin/cbible/newcbible.pl?bc=3&bv=1&ec=4&ev=2&book=John 

)

 Jesus said:
 oYou can't enter heaven if you're not bornagain(3:3)
 oFlesh is Flesh, Spirit is Spirit(3:6)
 oHe who believes shall not perish(3:16)
 oHe who doesn't believe is condemed(3:18)

  Verse three states plainly that eternal life
  is given only to those who are born again.
  Nicodemus, in his limited human knowledge,
  asks Jesus, "How can a man be born when he is
  old?"
  Jesus said that unless one is born of the spirit
  he can't enter the kingdom of GOD, that is,
  heaven. He also said that what is born of
  the flesh is flesh, that which is born of 
  the Spirit is Spirit. 

  

What does this mean? It means that when you
  were born, you inherited a sinful nature,
  the Bible calls this the flesh. But when
  you accepted Christ as your savior, He gave you
  a new nature, you are of the Spirit, His Spirit.
  This literally changes our lives, and Jesus
  said that this is the rebirth. As long as you
  keep your attention on Him, live your life for
  Him, and just make Him your king you won't 
  have the nature you were 

born with. Instead,
  you'll be of Him.  For this you'll be hated
  by all people(Luke 21:17), but it doesn't
  matter, you'll be pleasing the only one who
  counts, God Himself. I've talked alot about
  being bornagain, but how do you become bornagain?
  It's simple, really. Just ask Jesus to make
  you "born of the Spirit.":

      "Lord Jesus, I admit I am a sinner. I need forgiveness. 
    I am 


sorry for my sins and I don't want to sin against You 
  anymore. I believe 


You are the Son of God and You died on 
the cross for MY sins. I also believe 


that you rose from the dead 
so that I, too, may have victory over the grave. 


Please forgive me 
now Lord and cleanse me. Come into my heart and give 


me a new 
life. Thank You, Jesus, for shedding your blood for me and for 


hearing 
                  and answering my prayer. Amen" 

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                       ::Inspirational Story::
                              ::A.S.A.P.::

Ever wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.?

Generally we think of it in terms of even more
hurray and stress in our lives.
Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a
different manner, we will begin to find a new
way to deal with those rough days along
the way.

There's work to do, deadlines to meet;
You've got no time to spare,
But as you hurry and scurry-
ASAP - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER

In the midst of family chaos,
"Quality time" is rare.
Do your best; let GOD do the rest-
ASAP - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER

It may seem like your worries
Are more than you can bear.
Slow down and take a breather-
ASAP - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER

GOD knows how stressful life is;
He wants to ease our cares,
And He'll respond
A.S.A.P. - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER
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                                ::Brain test::

Try this simple calculation to test your 
 brain. Don't use a calculator.

  Take 1000 and add 40 to it.

  Now add another 1000.

  Now add 30.

  Now add another 1000.

  Now add 20.

  Now add another 1000.

  Now add 10.

  What is the total? 





      Did you get 5000?





      Well, the correct answer is actually 4100. 
 Don't believe it? Check 
with your calculator!

      If you got the correct answer the first time, 
 then good for you! 
If you got 5000, don't worry. 
  You're normal!
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                            ::Lost Now Found::
                         Total souls saved: 14
No more :(  But God is moving!

  Have you accepted Christ as your Savior?
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                            ::You wanna web?::
                                  (_2nd_in_4_)

    We discussed in the first part of this series 
how to get yourself started 
with a web site. 
 Now we need to move into how to make your web site
worth visiting. Unfortunately telling you how to 
use a specific program 
to make the site is beyond the 
scope of this article. However, if you desire 
to
learn HTML or learn how to use programs that 
create the HTML for you using 
a
template type interface, go online and search 
"How to...." or "tutorial" 
and
you will get more information than you could shake 
a stick at. For now 
we will go over the basic steps to 
creating an interesting site and the 
three main classifications 
of web sites and how it affects your design 
focus.

    There are three types of sites on the internet. 
All sites (for the 
most part) fall under these categories:

-Commercial Sites- Sites designed to make money online.
-Information Sites- Sites designed to provide information 
on specific topics.
-Personal Sites- Sites designed to form a multimedia bio 
of the webmaster.

Many sites can fall under more than one category, 
but for the point of 
this article we will focus on 
each group individually.

*Tip* The ultimate goal in site creation is to 
create a website that will 
entice visitors to revisit your site.

-Commercial sites are designed to sell a product or 
service. They focus 
their navigation and content around 
their sales. Commercial sites (at least 
the effective ones) 
are very simple to navigate through and can contain
daily updated content, or can contain content that has 
never been updated. 
They are not in the business to inform you, 
and they know that if you come 
back to their site again it will 
be because of the item or service they 
are
selling, not because you found their company history 
informative and interesting. 
If you are creating a website around 
sales, the bottom line is
to make it look professional, streamline it so that it 
is easy to navigate, 
and avoid slow load times for the pages.

*Tip* Be sure to include a physical address on the site 
as well as a phone 
number. It is not necessary to 
provide this information, however, in order 
to assure the
 consumer that they can trust your site, they must feel
confident that you are an established physical presence 
and not someone 
who will take their money and flee to 
Mexico, or Jersey or something like 
that.
(This tip is for commercial sites only.)

-Information sites are designed to inform you about a 
certain topic (that 
was a no brainer aye?). If you are 
creating a site that's sole purpose 
is to
inform your visitors, then you only need to keep one 
word in mind...CONTENT. 
You must try to update your site 
as often as possible if you desire your 
visitors to return. 
Don't fool yourself for a second, once your material 
is
read by a visitor don't expect them to come back 
everyday just to reread 
your information for the billionth 
time. Try to get something new up every 
week. If that is 
too much try every two weeks, or every month. Overall 
you
should try to develop a pattern that your visitors will 
recognize. You 
can also fill in your inactive days by 
using a free content generator like 
the one offered from 
http://moreover.com that dynamically generates news 
headlines
daily (and sometimes more frequently) so that your visitors 
can check out 
news related to your topic of interest. 
Tools like the C Bible found at 
your own Christian Internet
 Resources http://cir.gcsnet.net/ are also great ways
to get your visitors to come back to your site. 
Overall make your site 
fresh and easy to navigate. Let 
your main page reflect what you have on 
your site. If I go to 
a main page and am not informed of the wealth of 
information the
site posses, I will probably move on.

*Tip* Make your site easy to navigate and make it 
transparent. In other 
words, use your navigation to 
show your visitor what you have on your site.
Make a list, don't get fancy, save the creative 
touch for your logo...don't 
mess with the navigation.

-Personal sites are designed to let a person say
 "Hello world I am here!" Most webmasters start out creating 
a site like 
this. There are no rules to
the creation of these types of sites, seeing 
that for the most part your 
visitors are family members 
and friends that see your site once and never 
return again (unless you beg). 
These sites are a wonderful way to get familiar 
with 
creating webpages and are usually the most painful sites to
look at. My first site was so  painful to look at 
that it made people nauseas, 
literally. It had a 
water background, bright colored text and more animations 

than a twelve hour Scooby Doo marathon. 
I thought it was beautiful!

The following design tips apply to every level of 
site. These may not be 
cast in stone, but will 
ensure a pleasant surfing experience if followed.

1) If your background makes your pupils bleed 
   choose a more soothing 
color.
   If you wouldn't put it on your walls at home maybe 
   it shouldn't be 
on your site.

2) Use dark colored text with light colored 
   backgrounds and vice versa.

3) For goodness sakes try to keep three or fewer 
   animations per page, 
stress fewer.

4) Try to design your site to fit in a screen 
   resolution of 640X480 
or 800X600 seeing that most 
   people keep their computer monitors to those 
resolution, 
   and if they keep them set higher your still good to go.

5) Keep the time that it takes to load your page under 30 
   seconds, and 
I don't mean 30 seconds on a cable modem! 
   Remember that the majority 
of surfers still sail along at 
   a speedy 28.8!

6) For graphics use JPG format for photos and GIF format 
   for web graphics 
and logos. (There are times that this 
   may not be best, but overall it 
is a good rule of thumb.)

7) Make sure if Jesus stumbled on to your site He would love it! ;0)

  Next time we will get into free tools and resources to use on your site.
Until then have fun and
praise the Lord with your every action and intention!

CWC Christian Web Coalition - http://www.jcworks.com/cwc.htm
JCWorks Ministry                    - http://www.jcworks.com
Jay Downes

Jay not only wrote that article, he maintains
 serveral Christian websites! His newest is
the Christian Web Coaltion:
 http://www.jcworks.com/cwc.htm

Also, if you decide not to screw with designing
 your own site then check out his design servce.

We also have partnered with JCWorks to provide
 60% off non-profit Christian webdesign!
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                                  ::Humor Me::
                                  ::Gas Guys::

Two gas company servicemen, a senior training 
 supervisor and a young trainee, 
were out 
 checking meters in a suburban neighborhood.

 They parked their truck at one end of the alley and worked 
 their way 
to the other end. At the last house an older woman 
 was looking out her 
kitchen window watching the two men as 
 they checked her gas meter.

 Finishing the meter check, the senior supervisor challenged 
 his younger 
coworker to a foot race down the alley and back to 
 the truck to prove 
that an older guy could outrun a younger 
 one. 

 As they came running 
up to the truck, they realized the lady 
 from that last house was huffing 
and puffing right behind 
 them.

 They stopped and asked her what was wrong.

 Gasping for breath, she replied, "When I see two gas men 
 running as hard 
as you two were, I figure I'd better run too!"

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                         ::Having a bad day?::

Next time you think you're having a bad day recall:

1.  The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon
 Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000.  At a special ceremony,
 two of the most expensively saved animals were released back into the
 wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers.  A minute later
 they were both eaten by a killer whale.

2. A psychology student in New York rented out her
 spare room to a carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study
 his reactions. After weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her
 repeatedly with an ax leaving her mentally retarded.

3.  In 1992, Frank Perkins of Los Angeles made an
 attempt on the world flagpole-sitting record.  Suffering from the flu
 he came down eight hours short of the 400 day record, his
 sponsor had gone bust, his girlfriend had left him and his phone
 and electricity had been cut off.

4. A woman came home to find her husband in the
 kitchen, shaking frantically with what looked like a wire running
 from his
 waist towards the electric kettle.  Intending to jolt him
 away from the deadly current she whacked him with a handy plank of
 wood by the back door, breaking his  arm in two places.  Till that
 moment he had been happily listening to his Walkman.

5. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the
 cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn.  Suddenly
 the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence
 and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

 And the capper.......

6. Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a
 letter bomb.  It came back with "return to sender"
 stamped on it.  Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown 
to bits.

 Here's hoping your day is better than any of these.

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                         ::Verse of the Week::
 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to 
  sing praises to your name, 

O Most High;
   -Psalm 92:1[NKJV]

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                         ::Spontaneous Praise::
                             Watching over you
                              Watching over me
                     Watching over every thing
                             Watching over you
                              Watching over me
                   Watching over every sparrow
              Watching over every little thing
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                              ::Jesus Christ::
  Do you know Jesus Christ as your personal 
  savior?  Do feel like something 


is missing
  in your life?  Do you feel like there is 
  no point to life, you have 


nothing to live
  for?  Are you worried about your future?
  You don't have to read horoscopes, or call
  a psychic hotline to be comforted of your 
  future.  Instead, GOD loves 


you.  And He 
  wants only the best for you.  He knows 
  you inside and 


out, even if you don't know
  Him.  He loves you unconditionally, no strings
  are attached to His love.  He loves you so
  much that He died for you.  He did it so 
  that you and I could spend 


all eternity
  with Him. Do you have Him as your savior?
  He didn't say that we would have all the 
  luxuries of this world, He 


did say that He 
  would provide for us, if only we seek Him.
  Do you have this wonderful gift called 
  Salvation?  If you don't, it's 


easy to get,
  just ask Him you want it.  Commit your life 
  to Him, and He will greatly 


reward you.
      Will you pray?

"Lord Jesus, I admit I am a sinner. I need forgiveness. 
    I am sorry 


for my sins and I don't want to sin against You 
  anymore. I believe You 


are the Son of God and You died on 
the cross for MY sins. I also believe 


that you rose from the dead 
so that I, too, may have victory over the grave. 


Please forgive me 
now Lord and cleanse me. Come into my heart and give 


me a new 
life. Thank You, Jesus, for shedding your blood for me and for 
                         

hearing
                   and answering my prayer. Amen" 

  If you've just prayed 


that, you are a Child
  of GOD.  Think about that!  A child of the
  Creator of the Universe.  It's a humbling
  experience.  If you have anything you 
  want to know about your new life 


with Christ,
  or if you're still not sure about all this,
  please do not hesitate to email me,
                        AJBourg@gmail.cjb.net

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