Page 1 of Joseph Jagde's writing

1. Prayer Anywhere and Psalm 102 102 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. (posted by Joseph 2 days 19 hours ago.)

2. The Demonstration and Psalm 123 Psalm 123 reads as follows from the New Living translation of the Bible 1 I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven. 2 We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy, (posted by Joseph 39 days 20 hours ago.)

3. The Enlargement and Psalm 4 Psalm 4 reads as follows from the King James Version of the Bible: 1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye... (posted by Joseph 40 days 16 hours ago.)

4. The Bridge of Praise and Psalm 50 Psalm 50 reads as follows in the NIV version of the Bible, key citations will also include the New American Bible: A psalm of Asaph. 1 The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to whe (posted by Joseph 49 days 15 hours ago.)

5. The Best Guidance Ever and Psalm 32 Psalm 32 reads as follows from the NIV version of the Bible: 1 Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the one whose sin the LORD does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit. ... (posted by Joseph 57 days 19 hours ago.)

6. The Inheritance and Psalm 37 1 Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; 2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. 4... (posted by Joseph 60 days 18 hours ago.)

7. Lasting Favor and psalm 30 Psalm 30 reads as follows from the New King James Version of the Bible: 1 I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my foes rejoice over me. 2 O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. 3 O LORD, You... (posted by Joseph 163 days 17 hours ago.)

8. Prayer and the Hope of Generosity The place of prayer is the place you want to be if you are in deep trouble. Even with being in this good place, there can still be the matter of feeling stuck and finding out which way to proceed. In a given prayer session, it might seem like... (posted by Joseph 310 days 9 hours ago.)

9. Praying About Finances In Hard Times The financial news still seems to contain peaks and valleys will lots of valleys maybe still on the horizon. Worldwide, the high stakes poker game finance has gotten out of control, with extensive use of derivative type products that net great... (posted by Joseph 322 days 22 hours ago.)

10. Pray Your Way Through the Financial Crises Prayer encompasses many of our present day earthly concerns and a big concern for many at times becomes financial as strains and strands of difficulty appear in that both personal and public arena. Generally, there are a lot of headlines in... (posted by Joseph 332 days 21 hours ago.)

11. Examining the Too Big To Fail Argument Governments around the world are supporting and propping up giant financial institutions as too big to fail. The argument goes, that there is a domino effect to the toppling of any one of these dominant financial companies and there is a lot of... (posted by Joseph 3 years 107 days ago.)

12. Toxic Assets or Toxic Jargon? In the media, there is almost a constant referred to soured investments held by major financial concerns as toxic assets. It is as if they were tainted with some chemical poisons. Yet there are financial instruments that were packaged in various... (posted by Joseph 3 years 110 days ago.)

13. As Citi Teeters, What Will Happen Next? As the economic news continues to be fairly dire, there can be an open ended discussion as to what is happening and what is triggering the events as they unfold. It is pretty clear that major financial staples of the economy are in deep... (posted by Joseph 3 years 132 days ago.)

14. Steroids loom large in Bigger, Stronger, Faster This is a poignant outstanding film from Chris Bell that has a focus on the steroid issues and some of the broader implications around that. This film is taking more of a pro and con position that does dig deep on the issue. The footage itself... (posted by Joseph 3 years 337 days ago.)

15. It's a matter of the Lord's favor There is a lot to be said for being humble and going with things as they are, for not being always self seeking and to keep the focus towards altruistic causes. In the process of prayer, this might lead us away from not outright asking for God's... (posted by Joseph 4 years 53 days ago.)

16. A review of the movie Definitely Maybe The movie starts out in present day, with opening scenes where Will Hayes, played by Ryan Reynolds, is walking around in happy scenes in sunny days in the big city, but we don't quite know where to place him yet. At this point, the movie goes... (posted by Joseph 4 years 90 days ago.)

17. A report from Saturdays Prime Time Shootout Here is a report from Saturday's Prime Time shootout. I observed the last 7 games and in this particular day there were 5 players who have appeared on lists as first team All American. Samardo Samuels, Tyreke Evans, Greg Monroe, Brandon Jennings... (posted by Joseph 4 years 105 days ago.)

18. Praying With Psalm 138 Central to this psalm is the closeness of the Lord. Psalm 138 reads as follows from the New Oxford Annotated Bible: I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart, Before the gods I sing your praise, I bow down toward your holy... (posted by Joseph 4 years 332 days ago.)

19. A review of the movie Once This is a movie from Dublin, Ireland which is a music film. The movie teams up two real life songwriters and singers , Glen Hansard who is from Ireland and a guitarist and vocalist and Marketa Irglova who is a songwriter, vocalist and pianist.... (posted by Joseph 4 years 349 days ago.)

20. Kevin Jones leads the way in the Nike IS8 spring semifinals I was on hand for the IS8 semifinals on Saturday June 2 for this late spring tournament. The story of the afternoon was the mesmerizing performance of Kevin Jones for his high school team of Mount Vernon in a hard earning victory in a seesaw... (posted by Joseph 4 years 350 days ago.)

21. The future looks bright at the 2007 Jordan Classic The Jordan classic consists of two games, the first being a regional All Star game featuring New York City verses the Suburban All Stars and the National All Star Game. Between both games, about 30 of the top 100 high school players in the country... (posted by Joseph 5 years 28 days ago.)

22. The Big Apple Invitational strkes California gold with Jeremy Tyler I was at the NYC Big Apple Invitational Monday, January 15th, Martin Luther Kings day, and had close up seats at Hunter College where there was a chance to observe some top national prospects in high school basketball. The first game I observed... (posted by Joseph 5 years 37 days ago.)

23. Jio Fontan steals the show at Conshohocken I traveled to Conshohocken PA this past Monday April 9 th , for the annual Donfrio classic which continues into next week. The first game featured Positive Image against Main Street. The game started off as a battle right away with Main Street... (posted by Joseph 5 years 46 days ago.)

24. Praying with Psalm 23 Psalm 23 might be the most famous of psalms and the most recited at services. In the New Oxford Annotated version it reads as follows: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me... (posted by Joseph 5 years 58 days ago.)

25. A Review of Stomp the Yard On several levels this was a fantastic film. The movie started out with a long scene of break dancing contest with rather surreal overtones and ended this rather lengthy opening scene with a tragic shooting over the earnings of the winners of the... (posted by Joseph 5 years 98 days ago.)