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GOING HOME - Subscribe
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Scripture: 166 I wait for your salvation, LORD, and I follow your commands. Psalm 119:166 (New International Version) Romans 13:11 [ The Day Is Near ] And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. Reflection: Jesus came to my home the other day. He was a welcomed guest. I said to Jesus, "I know that You are my Lord and Savior. I know that you are my Creator and Father. Lord when can I come home?" He said, "My child, My son, you may come home when your done visiting here. You were created to serve God and humankind with all the love I have given you. That service is still not done. There are still those, around you, who are poor, hungry and in need. Many, around you, are sad and depressed. Many are at war within themselves and with others. I know that you need Me and you are anxious to to be with Me. But remember I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU, I AM HERE FOR YOU. This is your house, I AM YOUR HOME. Expand Our home to include and serve others, in the name of God. In His time He will call you to His House and you will truly be home." OUR FATHER IS WAITING, SERVE OTHERS, AND COME HOME! |
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THE REALITY OF GOD 6/07/2011 08:41 - Subscribe
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God is not a concept, God is not a simple truth, God is not a dream, God is not simply divine. God is a reality! If you reject the reality of God, your life is doomed. If you accept the reality of God, your life is eternal! REJECT OR ACCEPT THE CHOICE IS YOURS! |
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CREATION EXPLAINED 6/10/2011 09:23 - Subscribe
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On the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?" So God agreed...... On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span." The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?" And God agreed...... On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years." The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?" And God agreed again...... On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years." But the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?" "Okay," said God. "You asked for it." So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family.. For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone. Life has now been explained to you. There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I'm doing it as a public service. If you are looking for me I will be on the front porch. |
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ASSUMPTIONS 6/14/2011 07:42 - Subscribe
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Scripture: 2 Peter 1:20 (Today's New International Version) 20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 2 Peter 1:20 (Today's New International Version) Reflection: I have talked in the past about my up bringing within the church. Because of the example and influence of my mother, the church became a vital part of my life. Through the church I was presented with certain facts and from these facts I made assumptions, and here is where my problem begins. As a Christian and Believer of the Holy Scriptures, I become an interpreter of God's Word. There is a danger in my interpretation. That danger is reading the text to fit my assumptions, In other words instead of my assumptions being influenced by my reading, my reading is influenced by my preconceived assumptions. There are 3 things that I have learned to remember when I read God's Word. 1st= The Holy Scriptures are "God Breathed" and is perfect in every way. It is my interpretation that is not. 2nd= I read the Holy Scriptures through the power of the Holy Spirit. 3rd= Finally when we read together as a church, as a community, we are promised, by the grace of God, God's won Spirit. "When we submit together to it's truth, live in it's hope, and rest in the love of God Whose presence infuses it's pages. WITH THAT POWER, WE FIND LIFE! |
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WHAT IS A FATHER? 6/16/2011 04:53 - Subscribe
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In honor of Father's Day this coming Sunday, I am posting a piece by Paul Harvey. What Is a Father? A father is a person who is forced to endure childbirth without an anesthetic. He growls when he feels good and laughs very loud when he is scared half-to-death. A father never feels entirely worthy of the worship in a child's eyes. He is never quite the hero his daughter thinks. Never quite the man his son believes him to be. And this worries him sometimes. (So he works too hard to try to smooth the rough places in the road of those of his own who will follow him.) A father is a person who goes to war sometimes ...and would run the other way, except that war is part of an important job in his life (which is making the world better for his child than it has been for him). Fathers grow older faster than other people, because they, in other wars, have to stand at the train station and wave goodbye to the uniform that climbs on board. And, while mothers cry where it shows, fathers stand and beam ... outside ... and die inside. Fathers are men who give daughters away to other men who aren't nearly good enough, so that they can have children that are smarter than anybody's. Fathers fight dragons almost daily. They hurry away from the breakfast table off to the arena, which is sometimes called an office or a workshop. There they tackle the dragon with three heads — Weariness, Work, and Monotony. And they never quite win the fight, but they never give up. Knights in shining armor; fathers in shiny trousers. There's little difference as they march away each workday. I trust that you will be able to honor your father, either in person or as you share with others what's in your memory about your dad. I hope you dads out there will be a blessing to your families and that you will be blessed by your families. REMEMBER: By the time a man realizes that his father was usually right, he has a son who thinks he's usually wrong. |