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EXPRESSIONS
 

Updated , Mon, June 12, 2006 at 8:11 am EST

 

BEST OF

AUG 04 - JULY 05

 

NEWS


Special three year   anniversary 9-11 edition

 

Blasi on Board Brings Brightness!

 

President Bush's inaugural address focuses on freedom, friendship, and faith!

 

Pop singer Michael Jackson acquitted of all 10 counts!

 

SGB ELECTIONS:

 

'Driven', 'Proven' and 'Results Matter' slates sweep SGB election!
 

Endorsing the fabulous five for Student Government Board (SGB) elections on Nov 17!

 

Election 2004:

 

MORAL PUSH 4 BUSH WORKED!

Kerry for a weaker America: Running for president, they call him Kerry!

 

PSelect-cision 2004 asks: "What are issues that are most important to you that you are basing your vote on and why?"

 

PSelect-cision 2004 asks 40 students, "Which presidential candidate will best lead this country and why?"

 

Kerry for DRAFT which Bush is against!

 

Trial advocate Edwards could not defend Kerry against charges!

 

Who cares for the the 2nd victim!

 

Republicans are the political party for African-Americans and people of different ethnicities!


Answering, "Voting for neither candidate of a major political party is going to bring us closer to God."

 

Impressions

 

Carnegie Library corrupts the morals of a minor!

 

SGB and Rainbow Alliance’s view of homosexuality is not held by all!

 

Juveniles escape of death penalty could influence abortion decisions.

 

FDA should continue to ban gay sperm and ignore editorials opposing them!

 

Expressions

 

Archives of Daily Devotionals Delivers Dosage!

 

Christian groups seek to provide haven for incoming students!

 

Boston Red Sox ace Curt Schilling knows all about spiritual strikeouts!

 

Vote for the perfect candidate 24-7!

 

Hotpressions

 

The Pitt News editorial, 'Troop casualties undercounted by 17,000'  makes it sound like......

 

Rebuttal to Daniel Masny's Feb 03,05 Pitt News column

 

Sports

 

Pitt  2004 Cheerleading and Dance Team surrounded Schenley Quad with their Squad!

 

Pitt Cheerleaders and Dance team try to cheer up Panther fans!

 

"Golf’s New 'Sultan of Swat' Victorious Again"

There’s a New 'Berg' in the ‘Burgh.'

 

Three Panther fans weather the floods at 6:30 a.m.


Steelers Open Season with Home Victory

Pitt's Track and Field could go the distance!

 

Pittsburgh Steelers come back with rookie and backup players!

 

Deja Vu for the Steelers

 

Entertainment

 

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

 

Feature

 

"Top 25 reasons given for why students think the original candy cane was made with red and white stripes and was in the shape of a candy cane?"

 

Top 14 answers to "Love is....."

 

My Kiss of a Lifetime hopes to be special!

 

Top 14 responses to 'A Loving friend is........'
In celebration of Valentine's Day, the top 50-26 responses to 'Love is....'

 

In celebration of Valentine's Day, the top 25-1 responses to 'Love is....'

 

Top 5 responses given by students to, "What is the most important lesson your mom taught you?"

 

Acrostic Poem for Mother's Day!

 

Greek Life

 

Greek communities can communicate charity and care!

 

Kappa Kappa Gamma sister Jessica shows her Pitt spirit with her friends!

 

Newest sisters of Delta Zeta sorority enjoy a meal at Schenley Cafe after their initiation!

 

Student Government Board member Liz Blasi enjoys a meal at Schenley Cafe with her Chi Omega sisters!

 

Food

 

PGSIS 2005 Taste with Haste Cereal Poem

 

PGSIS Class of 2005 Favorite Cereal Survey Results

 

Education


Human Resource Management Final Exam Sample Questions II
 

Human Resource Management Final Exam 45 Sample Questions

 

“Health Enters As Lord 's Truth Heals!" (H.E.A.L.T.H)

By Ramesh C.Reddy
Pittsburgh Standard


Monday, June 12, 2006

Editors note: This devotional is taken from the archives of Gospel of Mark, chapter 6.

Quiet Times (Psalm 12, Proverbs 12, Mark  6:13)

“They went out and preached that people should repent. They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.” (Mark 6:13)

Observations:

I asked myself what the disciples did.

  1. They went out and preached that people should repent.

  2. They drove out many demons.

  3. They anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

 Interpretation:

I asked myself the significance of what the disciples did.

Looking at what the disciples did brought to my mind two types of health: Spiritual health and physical health.

It is very significant that the disciples focused foremost on the spiritual health of humanity. This is evident by their preaching of repentance in people’s lives. In each of the six towns, I believe the people’s spiritual health was foremost on their minds when Jesus sent them out as missionaries. The disciples emphasized that people need to turn away from their sin and to God. They were there to preach the Kingdom of God.

Their emphasis on caring for people’s spiritual health is also evident in them driving out many demons. I recall when Jesus called His disciples, sent them two-by-two, He also gave them authority specifically over evil spirits. Jesus knew they would encounter people with evil spirits that were affecting those people’s spiritual health. The disciples did drive out many demons.

However, after addressing people’s spiritual health, they did not stop there. They were not just sent to help people with their spiritual well being but also their physical health and emotional/mental well being. This is evident by their willingness to anoint people with oil and heal them.

Interestingly, caring for a person’s physical health, etc was secondary over caring for people’s spiritual health. This showed me how important Jesus sees a person’s spiritual health to be. Jesus wants people’s spiritual health to be in good condition but does not want His disciples to forget about their physical, emotional, and mental health too.

Many times people being healed of their physical infirmities improve their spiritual health too! It is because they are healed they are more open to listen to those who bring healing even if they are talking about spiritual matters. The bottom line is how much Jesus cares for the world’s spiritual health than anything. Also, a person who is spiritually healed by the Lord is able to overcome many health ailments which are caused by unforgiving spirit, guilt, addictions, etc.

Implications:

Being infected with a virus that is so deadly gave me no way out. It even started to affect my physical well-being. It was eating me on the inside. No earthly doctors who care for the physical health of people could heal me of this disease. There have been days it caused havoc in my life. I could have died with this virus still inside of me. I needed a transfusion badly that will wipe out the virus. I could receive the transfusion but a price had to be paid for that transfusion.

Usually, doctors charge us to heal us physically. But, in my case no amount of money could restore my health and my days were ticking away until one day death would come.

I was told of a doctor who specialized in helping people overcome this deadly infection of a disease but that doctor alone had the antidote and was not giving it out until I sought him. I did not want this disease to completely take over me and was desperate for an antidote.

That doctor had the antidote inside of him and it was the same color as my blood. For me to receive it meant, he would have to give up all his blood in the transfusion, so the deadly virus can be wiped away being covered by his blood in the transfusion. This would allow the corrupted blood of mine because of the infection, to be covered over by the doctor’s cleansing blood that washes away the deadly virus inside of me.

The price was too much to pay but the doctor was willing to pay it.

Am I that valuable and important that a doctor was willing to go through a transfusion that would have given him so much excruciating pain?

In a blood transfusion, a doctor is involved; a donor is involved; the person accepting the transfusion, an Intravenous Needle, a tube, a bed, and the blood are used.

Not in this case though because an intravenous-needle and tube would not have accomplished the mission.

Instead, three nails and a hammer were used! Being on the bed would not accomplish the mission. Instead, the doctor had to be on the cross. Now, the transfusion was ready to begin as the blood flowed because of the three nails pounded into the body to suck out all the blood from the donor so the one who accepts the blood can receive the transfusion and completely be healed.

After what the doctor went through for me and provided the antidote, how could I refuse the transfusion and continue to live with this deadly disease! I did accept the transfusion offered to by the doctor.

To this day, I am covered by the blood of the doctor that wiped away the deadly virus inside of me. His blood cleanses me of this deadly virus as I turn to him and receive what he has done for me. Because of the sacrifice of the doctor, I was given new life.

I am talking about Jesus Christ being my Great Physician. He went to the cross to give me the antidote for my deadly infectious virus known as sin. His cleansing precious pure blood shed on the cross became my antidote to wash away and wipe away this deadly virus from my body. Jesus took the initiative to be my Great Physician and heal me. Jesus did not force me to accept the antidote but how could I refuse after what Jesus went through for me. Jesus went to the cross and went through excruciating pain so I could be in good spiritual health when I turn to Him. I have friend. You can too friend!

I ask you now dear friend, how is your spiritual health.

Dear friend, Jesus wants to be your Great Physician and cares for your spiritual health so much. You may think you do not need his help but we all do friend! This virus did not just infect me. It is so contagious that it infected the entire human race. Yes, friend the entire human race. It became an epidemic of the nations. But, when Jesus became the sacrificial Lamb, it was to provide the antidote to all who wanted to get a transfusion of change from this deadly infection. Jesus loves you so much that He shed His blood for you, taking the pain on the cross so His cleansing blood can flow to bring healing.

Don’t you want that friend?

None of us know when we will die. I would rather die knowing this deadly infection known as sin has not taken over my life than die knowing I will die infected. There is quarantine for people infected with viruses so others are not infected. It is the same way with sin.

People who die infected with sin will be placed in quarantine forever but the difference is that quarantine room is forever heated to infinite degrees of heat. Once you are there, you can never come out that room.

Let me tell you why?

If you die infected, that infection cannot be allowed to spread to those who already received the antidote through the transfusion. So, the room you will be in will forever be sealed and there will be weeping and sorrow where the fire is never quenched. You would even wonder why the antidote was not taken when it was offered you! Nothing in this world is more important than receiving the antidote Christ prepared for you, for your transfusion of change so you do not have to enter this room known as Hell.

Once you die you will not have opportunity to receive the antidote anymore. That is why Jesus came to earth as God-incarnate to provide the antidote so people can receive it before they die. He paid with His blood for you and me UNLIKE WHAT DAN BROWN IN HIS DA VINCI CODE WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE.

God in His Holiness cannot allow sin to enter His presence and to the place where people who have been covered by the antidote are! This is because Heaven is a pure room that is endless and for only those whose infection was washed away by the blood of Jesus while they were still on earth before they died.

I have and won’t you?

What is keeping you from receiving the antidote Jesus has provided if you have not received it yet?

Are they questions about the purity of the antidote and the validity of the antidote?

One thing I can tell you is that Jesus healed me spiritually and restored by spiritual health when I came to Him but He also healed me physically of my severe asthma when I gave my life to Him. He helps me grow daily and nothing is worth more than knowing Jesus as our Lord and Personal Savior.

When we seek Him with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength everything else will fall into place whether it being a career, academics, relationships, etc.

I do not know where you are friend in your spiritual health but you can have Jesus in your life and have renewed health. No matter what you have done or where you have been, Jesus died for you. Yes, He did friend!

Now is the time of Salvation! Don’t wait for another day but give your life to Jesus now and receive the transfusion of change. He will give it you friend! He loves you so much that you are never out of His love and never out of His reach!

If something good happens to you, don’t you want to share it with others! I know I want to so I am sharing Jesus with you about His power to bring change into your life. He loves you so much and knows all your hurts that sin has caused.

This song was written years ago as I sought the Lord to let people experience the love of the Great Physician to heal them in their lives. It is called ‘Healer of the Hurts’ and was written as if Jesus were speaking to the one reading or listening with a bit of slight revision.

Healer of the Hurts
By Ramesh C. Reddy

My child, I see the hurt in your eyes.

My child, I hear the hurt in your voice.

My child I love you, I want to say.

My child, I will hold you, I want to pay

My child, your sin is too deep.

 But I want to make you leap

My child, it hurts to see you in sin and weep.

My child, into my Hands, let your sin and hurt die

My child, come to me, come to me, and see why.

For you, I hurt my hands and feet.

For you, I was bruised and beat.

For you, I took the heat

For you I absorbed sins flood.

For you, I shed my Blood

My Blood is for YOU!

My Love is for YOU!

Whatever you do

Come to me Oh child.

I am gentle and mild.

I want to be your Savior and Lord

I want to give you Heaven’s access card

Oh how much, I love You!

Oh how much, I love You!

Oh how much, I love You!

I see the pain and the hurt.

 I hear the cries on Earth

I feel the tears on the dirt.

 I want to say, you can have new Birth

I love you, I want to say.

I will hold you, I want to pay

Your hurt maybe too deep.

But I want to make you leap

It hurts me to see you weep.

My child, come to my Hands

I will make you dance!

Amen!

May you know wonderful spiritual health enters as Lord’s Truth heals! Amen!

“Health Enters As Lord’s Truth Heals!” (H.E.A.L.T.H)/”How is your spiritual health?”

Prayer:
Dear Jesus, thank you so much for caring for our spiritual health. But, you do not stop there for you also care for our physical, mental, and emotional health. Right now I want to thank you for the spiritual health you give us. You are our Great Physician and the best ‘Doctor of the Soul’. We need to learn from you Jesus. Thank you for dying for our sin and shedding your blood on the cross for us to set us free when we come to thee. Oh Lord, thank you for loving us so much and help us to help others and share the transfusion you have helped us receive so others can be helped too! Thank you for all you have done for us! You are our Humble King who gave your life for us. Thank you for coming back to life to save us. Thank you for the nails you took into your body for our sake. I nailed you there and am sorry Lord. You alone could provide my antidote for the virus and you did. Thanks again Jesus. We entrust our lives in your care and ask you to please take care of us. Thank you so much Jesus! We acknowledge you as our Lord and Personal Savior! Thank you for hearing us and answering us! In Your Name I Pray Jesus! Amen!

If you would like to invite Jesus Christ into your heart and make Him a daily part of your life, you can this very moment. You will never be alone. You can claim God's promises for you in the Bible and see them come true, before your eyes, in His wonderful timing. You don't have to wait for a special time to come to the Lord. You can come right now as you pray this prayer, meaning it in your heart.

Prayer:
Dear Jesus, I am a sinner Lord. I am so sorry for my sins. I confess my sins to you. I confess the wrong things I have done and messed up my own life. I need you Lord right now and in the years to come. I have gone my own way and have not found what only you can give me. You alone have the words of Eternal Life. You alone love me unconditionally for who I am. I thank you Jesus. I accept you Jesus into my heart. Thanks Jesus for coming into my heart. Thanks for forgiving me of all my sins. Thanks for giving me a new identity in you. I acknowledge you as my Lord and Personal Savior as I believe in my heart that you died and came back to life to save me now and forever. I give myself to you and ask you to be in control of my life. Thank you Jesus through the  days, we can do things together. Thanks for being my Lord and Personal Savior. Thank you Jesus you have heard my prayer and answered me. Thanks Jesus for changing me and helping me through life's storms and winds. In Your Name I Pray Jesus! Amen!

Friend you may feel something or may not feeling anything but do not go by your feelings. When you ask Jesus to come into your life, He will and does. He will take over from here as you depend on the Lord and let Him work in you and through you! This is exciting friend! May each one that came to know Jesus be filled with His Holy Spirit forever more and those that know Jesus come to know Him more and more! Amen!

Get yourself involved in a campus Bible study, fellowship, and most of all find a Bible believing church and be involved to grow in your Christian walk with the Lord. They all need to be supplements for your own precious time with the Lord in prayer and meditating on His Word. If you need a Bible, please let me know!

As the movie DaVinci Code opened across the theaters on May 19, 2006, which speaks against the church and most importantly degrades the Name of Jesus Christ, we need to make ourselves available to speak the truth to the falsity presented in the movie and the novel. If you plan to watch the movie or have read the book and have questions or your faith seems to be shaken, please email me or give me a call at 412-720-4579 so we can discuss the false claims in the book that are presented as fact even though the book itself and the movie is presented as fiction. May the Lord bless you and guide you!

If you need anyone to talk to, pray with, or study the Bible with this Spring or Summer of 2006, you can email me at reddy4hisglory2004@yahoo.com or call me at 412-720-4579. Please do not hesitate. One-one Bible studies can be so powerful to because the Holy Spirit is still in the midst.

"This is my work and I can do it only because Christ's mighty energy is at work within me." (Colossians 1:29, TLB)

Express Your View

 

SEPTEMBER 2005

MARK: CHAPTER 1

How seriously do you T.E.S.T.I.F.Y to prophecy?  (Sept 01, 05)

Who do you P.O.I.N.T to? (Sept 02.05)

"Will you take a S.T.A.N.D?" (Sept 03.05)

How is your loving P.R.A.I.S.E? (Sept 06.05)

"How do you handle T.E.M.P.T.A.T.I.O.N?" (Sept 07.05)

"Who controls your T.I.M.E?" (Sept 08, 05)

"What kind of P.R.O.F.E.S.S.I.O.N are you in?" (Sept 09, 05)

"Whose T.E.A.C.H.I.N.G.S do you listen to?" (Sept 12, 05)

"What C.A.P.T.I.V.I.T.Y are you facing today?" (Sept 15, 05)

"Where do you need H.E.A.L.I.N.G?" (Sept 19, 05)

"Where do you need an A.N.S.W.E.R?" (Sept 20, 05)

"Where do you find S.O.L.I.T.A.R.Y time with the Lord?" (Sept 21, 05)

"Where do you want to be C.L.E.A.N?" (Sept 22, 05)

"What do you actions C.A.U.S.E?" (Sept 24,05)

MARK: CHAPTER 2

"What kind of F.R.I.E.N.D are you?" (Sept 26, 05)

"Where does P.A.R.A.L.Y.S.I.S take hold of you?" (Sept 28, 05)

"What are you thinking in your M.I.N.D?" (Sept 29, 05)

"What do you represent by your A.C.T.I.O.N.S?" (Sept 30, 05)

OCTOBER 2005

"Where do you look for A.C.C.E.P.T.A.N.C.E?" (Oct 04, 05)

"Who Do You I.N.V.I.T.E?" (Oct 05,05)

When do you F.A.S.T? (Oct 24, 05)

How do you see your L.I.F.E? (Oct 25,05)

"What kind of L.E.A.D.E.R are you?" (Oct 26,05)

"What does the S.A.B.B.A.T.H mean to you?" (Oct 27,05)

MARK: CHAPTER 3

What are your N.E.E.D.S? (Oct 28, 05)

NOVEMBER 2005

What is your I.M.P.A.C.T?  (Nov 01,05)

What S.P.A.C.E  do you give yourself? (Nov 07, 05)

"What has E.V.I.L done to you?" (Nov 08, 05)

"How is your R.E.L.A.T.I.O.N.S.H.I.P with Jesus?" (Nov 14,05)

"Who will give God T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G because of you?" (Nov 25, 05) (Taken from Gospel of Luke)

"Where is your A.P.P.O.I.N.T.M.E.N.T in?" (Nov 29, 05)

DECEMBER 2005

"Where do you G.A.T.H.E.R?" (Dec 01, 05)

"How are your actions seen by your F.A.M.I.L.Y?" (Dec 02, 05)

"How do you handle S.L.A.N.D.E.R?" (Dec 03.05)

"What is your V.I.E.W of Jesus?" (Dec 28, 05)

"What are you doing with G.O.D.'S  W.I L.L?" (Dec 31,05)

JANUARY 2006

MARK: CHAPTER 4

"What do the P.A.R.A.B.L.E.S mean to you?" (Jan 04, 06)

"What kind of  F.O.O.T.B.A.L.L receiver will you be for Jesus?" (Jan 05, 06)

"How is your W.A.L.K with God?" (Jan 17, 06)

"What kind of L.A.M.P are you?" (Jan 18, 06)

"What do you C.O.N.C.E.A.L?" (Jan 25, 06)

"What do you do with what you H.E.A.R?" (Jan 26, 06)

"What do you do with the W.O.R.D of God?"(Jan 30, 06)

"What will you do with the S.E.E.D?" (Jan 31,06)

FEBRUARY 2006

"What kind of  F.O.O.T.B.A.L.L receiver will you be for Jesus?" (Feb 05, 06)

MARCH 2006

"What kind of S.T.O.R.M.S are you facing?"  (March 11, 06)

APRIL 2006

"What does P.A.S.S.O.V.E.R  C.R.O.S.S mean to you?"  (April 13, 06)

MAY 2006

"What kind of P.R.O.F.E.S.S.I.O.N are you in?" (May 01, 06)

MARK: CHAPTER 5

"Where is your T.O.R.M.E.N.T coming from?"  (May 15, 06)

"Where do you need  H.E.A.L.I.N.G?" (May 16, 06)

"What do people R.E.P.O.R.T about you?" (May 17, 06)

"Are you A.F.R.A.I.D of Jesus too?" (May 18, 06)

"Will you T.E.L.L about Jesus?" (May 19, 06)

"What do you do with your T.E.S.T.I.M.O.N.Y?" (May 20, 06)

"Will you G.A.T.H.E.R before Jesus?"  (May 22, 06)

"What place do you give P.R.A.Y.E.R in your life? "   (May 23, 06)

"Where do you feel U.N.C.L.E.A.N?" (May 24, 06)

"Where do you need F.R.E.E.D.O.M?" (May 25, 06)

"Who's T.I.M.I.N.G are you following?" (May 27, 06)

MARK: CHAPTER 6

"Where do you seek W.I.S.D.O.M, in Jesus of the Bible or Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code?" (May 29, 06)

"What is your C.A.L.L.I.N.G?" (May 30, 06)

"Where is your I.D.E.N.T.I.T.Y?" (May 31, 06)

JUNE 2006

"Do you feel A.C.C.E.P.T.E.D?" (June 01, 06)

"How is your F.A.I.T.H?" (June 03, 06)

"What do you T.E.A.C.H?" (June 05, 06)

"Where are you S.E.N.T?" (June 09, 06)

"Where are you S.T.A.Y.I.N.G?" (June 10, 06)
 

 

 


 

 
 

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