March 29
FAITH With faith, there are no questions; without faith, there are no answers.
On a Continental Flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude And will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."
Heard on a Southwest Airline flight. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you wish to smoke, the smoking section on this airplane is on the wing and if You can light 'em, you can smoke 'em."
Go from the beginning of the Bible to the end, and you will see over and over again the story of men and women who had servant hearts, minds and spirits. And the world is a better place, because:
Moses didn't say, "I don't do rivers."
Noah didn't say, "I don't do arks."
Jeremiah didn't say, "I don't do weeping."
Amos didn't say, "I don't do speeches."
Rahab didn't say, "I don't do carpets."
Ruth didn't say, "I don't do mothers-in-law."
David didn't say, "I don't do giants."
Mary didn't say, "I don't do virgin births."
Mary Magdalene didn't say, "I don't do feet."
John didn't say, "I don't do deserts."
Peter didn't say, "I don't do Gentiles."
Paul didn't say, "I don't do letters."
Jesus didn't say, "I don't do crosses."
God Saw you hungry and created McDonalds, Wendys, and Dairy Queen.
He saw you thirsty and created Pepsi, Juice, Coffee and Water.
GOD saw you in the dark and created Light.
GOD saw you without a Good looking FRIEND, So He created ME
Why don't men have mid-life crises? They stay stuck in adolescence.
The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days. Robert Leighton (1611-1684)
"The thing that really kills our outreach is our lack of real conviction that when someone steps into eternity, he either goes to Heaven or Hell." - Quoted by Anne Graham Lotz
"Cross and tomb go together in the Christian Gospel. Both were occupied for a short span, both were abandoned, both were defeated." - Quoted by Mel Lawrenz,
"Until you give yourself to some great cause, you haven't really begun to fully live." -- Ray Lammie
"A ship in a harbor is safe. But that is not what ships are built for." -- John A. Shedd
"The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference." -- Elie Wiesel
"According to a comment on the John F. Kennedy library website, President Kennedy's favorite quote was based on Dante's ‘Inferno’: 'The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality.'" -- Michael Josephson
"You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile." -- Brian Tracy
"Pray for a good harvest, but keep on plowing." -- Nancy Otto
"I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories. Gradually, it dawns on us that success and failure are not polar opposites. They are parts of the same picture--the picture of a full life, where you have your ups and your downs." -- Bob Dole
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome." -- Booker T. Washington
The Danger Within Us
French author Victor Hugo has a short story titled, "93." In the midst of this tale, a ship at sea is caught in a terrific storm. Buffeted by the waves, the boat rocks to and fro, when suddenly the crew hears an awesome crashing sound below deck. They know what it is. A cannon they are carrying has broken loose and is smashing into the ship's sides with every list of the ship. Two brave sailors, at the risk of their lives, manage to go below and fasten it again, for they know that the heavy cannon on the inside of their ship is more dangerous to them than the storm on the outside. So it is with people. Problems within are often much more destructive to us than the problems without. Today, God's word would take us "below decks" to look inside ourselves concerning the whole matter of forgiveness.
Don't be fooled by the calendar.
There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.
"Depending upon the government for your future financial security is like hiring an accountant who is a compulsive gambler!" -- Denis Waitley
"The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions." -- William F. Scolavino
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." -- Vince Lombardi
"Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances." -- Bruce Barton
General Motors, once the symbol of American industrial might, is now 1/25th the size of Toyota, and smaller than Bed Bath & Bey
"Sometimes it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways." -- Proverbs 20:30 (GN)
"AIN'T" IT THE TRUTH!!!
Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA).
After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO) to see how much he could spend today.
After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY) filled it with GAS (from Saudi Arabia) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Malaysia), Joe decided to relax for a while.
He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL) poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in. AMERICA......
Recently while we were eating lunch after church one Sunday, my youngest son asked me what the highest number I had ever counted up to was.
I said I didn't know. Then I asked him how high he has counted.
"5,372," came the prompt reply.
"Oh," I said. "Why did you stop there?"
"The sermon was over."
I'M SO BROKE...
...I go to KFC and lick *other* people's fingers.
...my girlfriend and I got married for the rice.
...if I want a small fry with my meal I have to put it on layaway.
...if I wanted to rub two nickels together, I'd have to borrow one.
...at Christmas, all my wife and I exchanged were glances.
...the bank asked for their calendar back.
...someone saw me kicking a can down the street and when they asked me what I was doing, I said, "moving."
It's the Action That's Important
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result. -- Mahatma Gandhi
"Fears over tomorrow and regrets over yesterday are twin thieves that rob us of the moment."
Remember Gracie Allen, who played the scatterbrained wife in a comedy team with her husband George Burns? Once, Gracie called in a repairman to fix her electric clock. The repairman fiddled with it for a while and then said, "There's nothing wrong with the clock; you didn't have it plugged in." Gracie replied, "I don't want to waste electricity, so I only plug it in when I want to know what time it is."
That's an apt description of many of us. We save our religion for a rainy day. We go about unplugged and wonder why our lives are so devoid of power. How sad. Christian faith is not something to be plugged in when it is convenient or when it is necessary. The Christian life is lived daily. There is a cost involved.
"Fears over tomorrow and regrets over yesterday are twin thieves that rob us of the moment."
"The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been."
"Peace comes not from the absence of conflict in life but from the ability to cope with it." -- Unknown
"A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain." -- Mildred Witte Struven
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.
"The weaker the argument, the stronger the words."
"If you don't have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past." -- A.R. Bernard,
One of the great mysteries of life is how the idiot your daughter married can be the father of the smartest grandchildren in the world.
"Some people are cursed with the affliction of giving advice instead of blessed with the art of listening and accepting. If giving advice worked, there would be no problems left in the world."
On a Continental Flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude And will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."
Heard on a Southwest Airline flight. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you wish to smoke, the smoking section on this airplane is on the wing and if You can light 'em, you can smoke 'em."
Go from the beginning of the Bible to the end, and you will see over and over again the story of men and women who had servant hearts, minds and spirits. And the world is a better place, because:
Moses didn't say, "I don't do rivers."
Noah didn't say, "I don't do arks."
Jeremiah didn't say, "I don't do weeping."
Amos didn't say, "I don't do speeches."
Rahab didn't say, "I don't do carpets."
Ruth didn't say, "I don't do mothers-in-law."
David didn't say, "I don't do giants."
Mary didn't say, "I don't do virgin births."
Mary Magdalene didn't say, "I don't do feet."
John didn't say, "I don't do deserts."
Peter didn't say, "I don't do Gentiles."
Paul didn't say, "I don't do letters."
Jesus didn't say, "I don't do crosses."
God Saw you hungry and created McDonalds, Wendys, and Dairy Queen.
He saw you thirsty and created Pepsi, Juice, Coffee and Water.
GOD saw you in the dark and created Light.
GOD saw you without a Good looking FRIEND, So He created ME
Why don't men have mid-life crises? They stay stuck in adolescence.
The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days. Robert Leighton (1611-1684)
"The thing that really kills our outreach is our lack of real conviction that when someone steps into eternity, he either goes to Heaven or Hell." - Quoted by Anne Graham Lotz
"Cross and tomb go together in the Christian Gospel. Both were occupied for a short span, both were abandoned, both were defeated." - Quoted by Mel Lawrenz,
"Until you give yourself to some great cause, you haven't really begun to fully live." -- Ray Lammie
"A ship in a harbor is safe. But that is not what ships are built for." -- John A. Shedd
"The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference." -- Elie Wiesel
"According to a comment on the John F. Kennedy library website, President Kennedy's favorite quote was based on Dante's ‘Inferno’: 'The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality.'" -- Michael Josephson
"You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile." -- Brian Tracy
"Pray for a good harvest, but keep on plowing." -- Nancy Otto
"I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories. Gradually, it dawns on us that success and failure are not polar opposites. They are parts of the same picture--the picture of a full life, where you have your ups and your downs." -- Bob Dole
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome." -- Booker T. Washington
The Danger Within Us
French author Victor Hugo has a short story titled, "93." In the midst of this tale, a ship at sea is caught in a terrific storm. Buffeted by the waves, the boat rocks to and fro, when suddenly the crew hears an awesome crashing sound below deck. They know what it is. A cannon they are carrying has broken loose and is smashing into the ship's sides with every list of the ship. Two brave sailors, at the risk of their lives, manage to go below and fasten it again, for they know that the heavy cannon on the inside of their ship is more dangerous to them than the storm on the outside. So it is with people. Problems within are often much more destructive to us than the problems without. Today, God's word would take us "below decks" to look inside ourselves concerning the whole matter of forgiveness.
Don't be fooled by the calendar.
There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.
"Depending upon the government for your future financial security is like hiring an accountant who is a compulsive gambler!" -- Denis Waitley
"The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions." -- William F. Scolavino
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." -- Vince Lombardi
"Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances." -- Bruce Barton
General Motors, once the symbol of American industrial might, is now 1/25th the size of Toyota, and smaller than Bed Bath & Bey
"Sometimes it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways." -- Proverbs 20:30 (GN)
"AIN'T" IT THE TRUTH!!!
Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA).
After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO) to see how much he could spend today.
After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY) filled it with GAS (from Saudi Arabia) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Malaysia), Joe decided to relax for a while.
He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL) poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in. AMERICA......
Recently while we were eating lunch after church one Sunday, my youngest son asked me what the highest number I had ever counted up to was.
I said I didn't know. Then I asked him how high he has counted.
"5,372," came the prompt reply.
"Oh," I said. "Why did you stop there?"
"The sermon was over."
I'M SO BROKE...
...I go to KFC and lick *other* people's fingers.
...my girlfriend and I got married for the rice.
...if I want a small fry with my meal I have to put it on layaway.
...if I wanted to rub two nickels together, I'd have to borrow one.
...at Christmas, all my wife and I exchanged were glances.
...the bank asked for their calendar back.
...someone saw me kicking a can down the street and when they asked me what I was doing, I said, "moving."
It's the Action That's Important
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result. -- Mahatma Gandhi
"Fears over tomorrow and regrets over yesterday are twin thieves that rob us of the moment."
Remember Gracie Allen, who played the scatterbrained wife in a comedy team with her husband George Burns? Once, Gracie called in a repairman to fix her electric clock. The repairman fiddled with it for a while and then said, "There's nothing wrong with the clock; you didn't have it plugged in." Gracie replied, "I don't want to waste electricity, so I only plug it in when I want to know what time it is."
That's an apt description of many of us. We save our religion for a rainy day. We go about unplugged and wonder why our lives are so devoid of power. How sad. Christian faith is not something to be plugged in when it is convenient or when it is necessary. The Christian life is lived daily. There is a cost involved.
"Fears over tomorrow and regrets over yesterday are twin thieves that rob us of the moment."
"The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been."
"Peace comes not from the absence of conflict in life but from the ability to cope with it." -- Unknown
"A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain." -- Mildred Witte Struven
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.
"The weaker the argument, the stronger the words."
"If you don't have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past." -- A.R. Bernard,
One of the great mysteries of life is how the idiot your daughter married can be the father of the smartest grandchildren in the world.
"Some people are cursed with the affliction of giving advice instead of blessed with the art of listening and accepting. If giving advice worked, there would be no problems left in the world."
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