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Leadership Learned from Rocky

I must confess, I am a big Rocky fan!
Not as in rocky road ice cream but Rocky Balboa, the boxer played in the ‘Rocky’ movies by Sylvester Stallone.
rockyThe writers of this champion-birthing series crafted Rocky’s journey to make us love him and deeply relate to the personal ups and downs of an undeniable leader in his boxing world.
I was caught up and inspired again by “Creed”, the 7th movie in the ‘Rocky’ series where Sylvester Stallone (Rocky) finds himself training his former rival and friend, Apollo Creed’s son as a young boxer.

In the movie, Rocky is old and out of shape. He is looked on fondly by many as once a great fighter and leader but not anymore.
What he doesn’t realize, at the time, is that though a leader’s body may age, their heart does not. (more…)

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Bring Forth To Rule

God’s working is best seen and appreciated in the revelatory Light He is, and in being sovereign sends forth upon the earth when and as He wills! God Made:   as “asah” signifies what God made; He appointed to stand and be well able; to grow, advance, and even busy itself by being apt; unusually qualified; to continue becoming as made to. The rhetorical question Balaam asked prophetically; “has He said and shall He not do it or spoken and shall He not make it good”; speaks to how absolute the spiritually dynamic paradigm of ordered change He established in Creation is. 1st Bring Forth:     in Genesis 1:11 it is the word “dasha'” (daw-shaw'); God said it was to take root; to sprout; to spring forth suddenly from. It still does that; one minute a tree is bare; next morning…

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God Made

He literally altered the entire situation of the anomalies seen in the earth and being formless, void and full of the darkness that was upon the face of the deep! As God spoke and thus "made" or "asah'd"; He literally called those things that be not as though they were; and what? And it was so! Even though things didn’t look good in Genesis 1:2 yet just because God is; and was that very present help; it was all good! God Made:  appears for the first time in Genesis 1:7 as “asah” and points to the powerful, extremely intricate, detailed working God always brings to bear in all things He says and does. God Made:   is also in John 1:1-5 “ginomai” (ghin'-om-ahee); revealing Jesus as the same Light without which nothing was made. It signifies He generates; He causes a…

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Raven Writings…

Welcome to Raven Writings, a collection of concepts, definitions and short teachings from the many years of Dr. Apostle Aikens ministry.  These "nuggets" of truth and revelation will change you as it speaks of in 2 Corinthians 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 Spirt of the Lord. Glory!

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Wooed by His Glory

Wooed by His Glory

As I walked the first time in the park behind my new home, a home God provided miraculously; the glory of His creative power encompassed me. With its high lush trees shaded the path, and green grass and hedging surround the edge that connected to my back yard.  This little hideaway boasts its beauty with two wooden bridges covering a stream that waters this area as did the river Pishon in Havilah. I started walking for exercise, but it turned into so much more. In this place, I felt more like a part of His creative work there than any other place I had experienced. It was in this time and place that I was wooed by His glorious creative power that He spoke to me in a way I will never forget. As I was walking and in awe…

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God Alone is the Creator!

Created:   is “bara`” (baw-raw') as used here refers to a working that is clearly God. It signifies God absolutely created; as He alone is highly qualified to. Created:   as “bara’” also signifies whatever God has spoken or said He does; and all purposed, produced, ordered change; He makes it to just be good! It implies God’s creative acts signify He is the sole proprietor who founded; fully possessed; is the originator, and maker; fabricating all in heaven and Earth. Thus, truly God alone is; The Creator! We’ll see beyond a shadow of a doubt; whatever God says He surely does; and this is made very clear in the Creation story historically beginning. Genesis 1:1 Verse two reveals an enigma of dire straits for the world God already created; left it dark and void; long before He established the…

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Mom's Well-Crafted Life

Mom PicMonkey CollageA Well-Crafted Life always ends in loss for those that you love. When your days on this earth are over, your Well-Crafted Life comes alive in the hearts and minds of those that are dealing with the grief of missing you.
Grief in us is often cradled by the legacy that our loved one has left.
Recently, the one that birthed in me the desire to live a well-crafted life went home to be with the Lord.  My Mom!
She crafted her life up until the very end and her last breath.  She was amazing in how she loved and lived in her life.  But in her last days, she was still demonstrating the keys to a Well-Crafted Life.

6 Keys to A Well-Crafted Life

Sacrifice – AWCL (a well-crafted life) will be full of sacrifice, but not the kind that makes everyone uncomfortable but just the opposite.  All of mom’s life, including her last days, was lived as a sacrifice for those she loved and those that loved her.  Her sacrifice was so warm and inviting that it made you want to be around her and share in whatever time she had left. (more…)

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Through the Years: A Look Back

At this time of year, pull out your pictures and let them take you on a journey of fun, family, friends, tears and laughter.  Pictures can minister to us in ways that words cannot. I remember... My Shirley Temple doll I got at Christmas. The love of a husband that enjoyed Christmas (still miss ya, Honey). A daughter that was and still is the meaning of JOY year round. A GREAT friend that loves your family as much as they love you! Family that knows how to have fun, give love and laugh! Holding the hand of my Mom never gets old even when we do! A Dad and Grandfather that can be as silly as any child! A make a gift from God's gift to me because He loves me. My two pillars of encouragement. Sister & Daughter I…

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