Aaron Marcelli | January 12, 2010
I have mentioned on this site before that I am someone who sees meaning and a message behind everything. Those who know me well are aware that I can become emotional over about anything. Now, I don’t blog to be a media critic or give music or tv reviews, but when something touches me, I [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 9, 2010
It was probably during my last years of high school that I came to appreciate people who encouraged me. Having been home schooled for ten years, I enrolled in a private school for my junior and senior years. I began to value real friendships, get involved in sports and extra-curricular events, and also about that [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 13, 2009
A trap a lot of churches and ministry leaders fall into is jealousy. I heard Perry Noble once say that the church and pastors are great at mourning with each other, but not very good at celebrating with each other. We can’t be happy for another church or pastor’s success because we are leery of [...]
Aaron Marcelli | October 8, 2009
I am slowly evolving into a professional football fan. I never cared too much for the sport before but now find myself on Sundays wondering how certain teams are doing in their games that day.
One NFL story I have been particularly interested in is the return of Michael Vick, who after almost two years in [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 29, 2009
It wasn’t until just last week, when I was talking to my pastor and he mentioned it, that I heard about Gary Lamb’s resignation. Gary was a church planter in Canton, Georgia who started a church in that community just five years ago. The church was purposeful in creating a casual atmosphere of grace, love, [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 25, 2009
A couple of months ago my girlfriend and I went through a pretty rough time in our relationship in which I honestly questioned if we were going to make it. As it turned out there was simply a communication problem that existed as well as some self-created issues based on past experiences and unspoken expectations.
The [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 22, 2009
An old devotional I have in my journal:
God fulfills His promises and His plans. The Old Testament prophesies must have been confusing when they spoke of Jesus being born in one city, yet to live in a different one, and be titled by yet another. This could have been taken as contradictions or confusing but [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 3, 2009
I have always been into self-denial as in depriving myself of food, television, spending, or sleep somehow I thought made me more spiritual. So anytime I’m feeling distant from God or really desire to be blessed in a certain way my mind immediately goes to what can I give up in order to impress God [...]
Aaron Marcelli | June 18, 2009
Here are some random journal entries I made about the subject of confidence.
Whatever you do, do it with confidence. Be sure of who you are and what you are doing. The moment you begin to doubt yourself you loose who you really are.
The only two things a person needs to succeed in this life are [...]
Aaron Marcelli | June 6, 2009
It was around a camp fire in Dalton, Ohio on a mid-summer Friday night that after an incredible week of church camp I felt God calling me to ministry. I don’t think I had ever experienced God speaking to me before and though it wasn’t audible, it was definite and I knew it was going [...]
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