july 23
The "haves" and the "have nots" can be traced back to the "dids" and the "did nots."
In 1960, expert testimony concerning time management was presented to a Senate subcommittee. The experts said that because of advances in technology, within twenty years or so, people would be radically cutting back on how many hours a week they worked, or how many weeks a year they worked, or else they would have to start retiring sooner. The great challenge, according to the experts of the sixties, was what people in our decade would do with all their free time. I'm sure all of you are struggling right now with all the free time you have, right?
Jesus renewed people with the power of his compassion. I like the ancient legend about the monk who found a precious stone, a precious jewel. A short time later, the monk met a traveler, who said he was hungry and asked the monk if he would share some of his provisions. When the monk opened his bag, the traveler saw the precious stone and, on an impulse, asked the monk if he could have it. Amazingly, the monk gave the traveler the stone.
The traveler departed quickly, overjoyed with his new possession. However, a few days later, he came back, searching for the monk. He returned the stone to the monk and made a request: "Please give me something more valuable, more precious than this stone. Please give me that which enabled you to give me this precious stone!"
When Christ calls us by his grace we ought to think of what he can make us. It is "Follow me, and I will make you." It is not "Follow me, because of what you are already." It is not "Follow me, because you may make something of yourselves," but "Follow me, because of what I will make you."
"It's amazing to think of how long this [conflict] has been going on," Chandler said. "One of my thoughts has been that I came to see the land where Jesus came, and while here, I also experienced part of the reason He had to come."
"There is a lot of irony in this country -- God's promised land so full of hatred, tension and war [yet] signs everywhere saying 'Peace be with you' in a place that is far from being defined as peaceful."
Q. What Does The U.S. Postal Service And Kinney's Shoes Have In Common?
A. They Both Have 50,000 Loafers!
Q. What Do People Who Live Near The YMCA Have In Common With Gomer Pyle?
A. They're Gym Neighbors.
You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and to shut up.
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful then your own.
There are a lot of folks who can't understand how we came to have an oil
shortage here in America. Well, there's a very simple answer. Nobody bothered to check the oil. We just didn't know we were getting low. The reason for that is purely
geographical. All our oil is in Alaska, Texas, California, and Oklahoma.
All our dipsticks are in Washington, DC.
Cell Phone vs. Bible
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones?
What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?
What if we gave it to kids as gifts?
What if we used it as we traveled?
What if we used it in case of an emergency?
What if we upgraded it to get the latest version?
This is something to make you go...hmmm...where is my Bible?
Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't ever have to worry about our bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill!
According to Ron Willingham's book Hey, I'm the Customer, people make 11 decisions about us in the first seven seconds of contact.
Siblings between the ages of 3 to 7 engage in some kind of conflict 3.5 times an hour. Siblings between the ages of 2 to 4 have 6.3 conflicts an hour, or more than one in every 10 minutes. - Source: Laurie Kramer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
"A vacation is when you pack a car with seven suitcases, three small children, a mother-in-law, two dogs and say, ̃It's good to get away from it all.'"
New Popularity of the girl's name Naveah (heaven spelled backward)
The cost of producing one penny will come to around 1.23 cents, and the cost of making a nickel will be 5.73 cents.
** If the church were to lose its hierarchy, its clergy, its vast collection of buildings, its stores of learning amassed over the centuries, even the text of its sacred books, and had to face the world with nothing but the living presence of the Risen Jesus and its mission to proclaim the Good News to all nations and people, it would be no less a church than the church of Peter and Paul was. Perhaps it might be more of a church than it is now. -- Father John McKenzie
"Perhaps the most dominant force in the average life is possessions. Life becomes a scramble for gain instead of a mission for God. We are so busy making a living that
we forget to make a life." -- A.P. Gouthey
"Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you." -- Warren Buffett
In 1960, expert testimony concerning time management was presented to a Senate subcommittee. The experts said that because of advances in technology, within twenty years or so, people would be radically cutting back on how many hours a week they worked, or how many weeks a year they worked, or else they would have to start retiring sooner. The great challenge, according to the experts of the sixties, was what people in our decade would do with all their free time. I'm sure all of you are struggling right now with all the free time you have, right?
Jesus renewed people with the power of his compassion. I like the ancient legend about the monk who found a precious stone, a precious jewel. A short time later, the monk met a traveler, who said he was hungry and asked the monk if he would share some of his provisions. When the monk opened his bag, the traveler saw the precious stone and, on an impulse, asked the monk if he could have it. Amazingly, the monk gave the traveler the stone.
The traveler departed quickly, overjoyed with his new possession. However, a few days later, he came back, searching for the monk. He returned the stone to the monk and made a request: "Please give me something more valuable, more precious than this stone. Please give me that which enabled you to give me this precious stone!"
When Christ calls us by his grace we ought to think of what he can make us. It is "Follow me, and I will make you." It is not "Follow me, because of what you are already." It is not "Follow me, because you may make something of yourselves," but "Follow me, because of what I will make you."
"It's amazing to think of how long this [conflict] has been going on," Chandler said. "One of my thoughts has been that I came to see the land where Jesus came, and while here, I also experienced part of the reason He had to come."
"There is a lot of irony in this country -- God's promised land so full of hatred, tension and war [yet] signs everywhere saying 'Peace be with you' in a place that is far from being defined as peaceful."
Q. What Does The U.S. Postal Service And Kinney's Shoes Have In Common?
A. They Both Have 50,000 Loafers!
Q. What Do People Who Live Near The YMCA Have In Common With Gomer Pyle?
A. They're Gym Neighbors.
You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and to shut up.
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful then your own.
There are a lot of folks who can't understand how we came to have an oil
shortage here in America. Well, there's a very simple answer. Nobody bothered to check the oil. We just didn't know we were getting low. The reason for that is purely
geographical. All our oil is in Alaska, Texas, California, and Oklahoma.
All our dipsticks are in Washington, DC.
Cell Phone vs. Bible
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones?
What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?
What if we gave it to kids as gifts?
What if we used it as we traveled?
What if we used it in case of an emergency?
What if we upgraded it to get the latest version?
This is something to make you go...hmmm...where is my Bible?
Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't ever have to worry about our bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill!
According to Ron Willingham's book Hey, I'm the Customer, people make 11 decisions about us in the first seven seconds of contact.
Siblings between the ages of 3 to 7 engage in some kind of conflict 3.5 times an hour. Siblings between the ages of 2 to 4 have 6.3 conflicts an hour, or more than one in every 10 minutes. - Source: Laurie Kramer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
"A vacation is when you pack a car with seven suitcases, three small children, a mother-in-law, two dogs and say, ̃It's good to get away from it all.'"
New Popularity of the girl's name Naveah (heaven spelled backward)
The cost of producing one penny will come to around 1.23 cents, and the cost of making a nickel will be 5.73 cents.
** If the church were to lose its hierarchy, its clergy, its vast collection of buildings, its stores of learning amassed over the centuries, even the text of its sacred books, and had to face the world with nothing but the living presence of the Risen Jesus and its mission to proclaim the Good News to all nations and people, it would be no less a church than the church of Peter and Paul was. Perhaps it might be more of a church than it is now. -- Father John McKenzie
"Perhaps the most dominant force in the average life is possessions. Life becomes a scramble for gain instead of a mission for God. We are so busy making a living that
we forget to make a life." -- A.P. Gouthey
"Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you." -- Warren Buffett
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