May 3
Psalm 23
The Lord is my Shepherd ----- that's a Relationship!
I shall not want ----- that's Supply!
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ----that's Rest!
He leadeth me beside the still waters -----that's Refreshment!
He restoreth my soul ----- that's Healing!
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness --that's Guidance !
For His name sake ----- that's Purpose!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death--that's Testing!
I will fear no evil ----- that's Protection!
For Thou art with me ----- that's Faithfulness!
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me -----that's Discipline!
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies------that's Hope!
Thou annointest my head with oil ----- that's Consecration!
My cup runneth over ----- that's Abundance!
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life----that's Blessing!
And I will dwell in the house of t he Lord -----that's Security!
Forever ----- that's Eternity!
The shepherd is responsible for the sheep; not the sheep for the shepherd. The worst of it is, that we sometimes think we are both the shepherd and the sheep, and that we have to both guide and follow. Happy are we when we realize that he is responsible, that he goes before and goodness and mercy shall follow. --Streams in the Desert
God controls the wind, but we adjust the sails.
When I tried to propose marriage to my girlfriend the other night, she told me to log onto eBay and put my bid in.
In a Peanuts' cartoon, Lucy and Linus are staring out the window. The rain is pouring down, and Lucy says, "Boy, look at it rain! What if it floods the whole world?"
Linus answers, "It will never do that. In the ninth chapter of Genesis, God promised Noah that would never happen again, and the sign of the promise is the rainbow."
Lucy is looking directly at him as he is speaking. She turns back toward the window, smiles big and says, "You have taken a great load off my mind." To which Linus responds, "Sound theology has a way of doing that."
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
It is a fact of Christian experience that life is a series of troughs and peaks. In his efforts to get permanent possession of a soul, God relies on the troughs more than the peaks. And some of his special favorites have gone through longer and deeper troughs than anyone else. -- Peter Marshall
Golfer to Caddy. What do I need to shoot to finish this golf tournament in the lead?
Caddy. All the other players.
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me!"
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.
It is more important than the past, the education, the money,
than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other
people think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.
It will make or break a company... a church... a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding
the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people
will act in a certain way.
We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have,
and that is our attitude.
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and
90% of how I react to it.
And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.
-Charles Swindoll
TOP 10 SIGNS YOUR FAVORITE TEAM IS IN FOR ANOTHER LOSING SEASON
10. The team has lowered ticket prices for the fifth year in a row.
9. The franchise's biggest corporate sponsor is Girl Scout Troop #122.
8. The team bus is a 1996 Chevy minivan.
7. The manager is spotted in the dugout during a game reading the "Help Wanted" ads.
6. The umpires decide to give your guys four strikes per at-bat.
5. The players' favorite song is "Take Me Out OF the Ballgame."
4. Vegas bookies refuse to give odds on the team going to the World Series on the basis that if anyone won, it would bankrupt the planet.
3. The concession stands sell crow.
2. The highest paid player on the team is a multithousandaire.
AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOUR FAVORITE TEAM IS IN FOR ANOTHER LOSING SEASON?
1. Your local paper puts game coverage in the obituary section.
• Americans Spending Less
A new Gallup Poll, which was conducted April 20-21 of this year, reveals how Americans are reacting to the recent economic downturn. The results were based on interviews with 1,051 adults.
* Fifty-three percent have been spending less in recent months. Of that number, 21 percent said that this new pattern of spending is only temporary, and the rest saw it as a permanent change.
* Thirty percent are spending the same amount of money.
* Seventeen percent have been spending more money in recent months.
Study Shows Religious Shift
The results of a new survey released this week show that half of American adults have changed religious affiliation at least once during their lives.
The study, "Faith in Flux," which was conducted by Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, is a follow-up to the "U.S. Religious Landscape Survey" that was based on research in 2007 and then released in 2008. Between Oct. 3 and Nov. 7 of last year, 2,800 people, who were among the 35,000 who were originally surveyed in 2007, were re-contacted.
The results also reveal that:
* Most people who change their childhood faith do so before age 24.
* Fifteen percent of Americans who were raised Protestant are now affiliated with a different Protestant denomination.
* Nine percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are no longer affiliated with the Catholic faith. Five percent are now Protestant and four percent are not affiliated with any church.
* Seven percent of Americans who were raised Protestant are no longer affiliated with any religion.
* Sixteen percent of Americans say they are now unaffiliated with any religion.
To read the full report, which includes analysis of why people change churches or leave the faith, go to www.pewforum.org.
In John’s Gospel the Holy Spirit records four appearances of the Lord after He arose from the dead, and those appearances banished four great enemies of the human heart—sorrow, fear, doubt, and care; for Mary was weeping (20:11), the disciples were trembling (20:19), Thomas was doubting (20:25), and the apostles were despairing (21:3). But in each case the appearance of Jesus sufficed to dismiss the enemy and fill his place with joy, courage, faith, and contentment. —Unknown
"I went to the thirtieth reunion of my preschool. I didn't want to go, because I've put on like a hundred pounds." - Wendy Liebman
"For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step." - Thomas a' Kempis
Do you feel like a million dollars? Forget it! Now you can feel like 46 million dollars!
When broken down into fluids, tissues and germ fighting our bodies are worth more than $46 million.
This price tag on the human body is based on a report from the Web site, Sound Medicine, (soundmedicine.iu.edu/archive/2003/quiz/humanWorth.html,).
The Wired study discovered that vital organs are no longer the most valuable body parts. Rather, bone marrow tops the list at $23 million, based on 1,000 grams at $23,000 per gram.
DNA will get you $9.7 million, while extracting antibodies can fetch $7.3 million. A lung is worth $116,400, a kidney, $91,400, and a heart, $57,000.
THE HIGH COST OF PROM . . . The average cost of going to prom for a couple has jumped from $300 five years ago to $800 today. The average prom dress costs $200. The average tuxedo rental is $150, and flowers cost $50. Many teenagers rent a limo, and a six-hour rental for a stretch SUV costs $840.
MORE TEENAGERS SAY NO TO JOBS . . . With more competition for academics and more involvement in extracurricular activities, many teenagers are staying out of the job market. In the past 25 years, the percentage of 16- to 19-year-olds in the workforce has fallen 25 percent. (USA Today)
The Lord is my Shepherd ----- that's a Relationship!
I shall not want ----- that's Supply!
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ----that's Rest!
He leadeth me beside the still waters -----that's Refreshment!
He restoreth my soul ----- that's Healing!
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness --that's Guidance !
For His name sake ----- that's Purpose!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death--that's Testing!
I will fear no evil ----- that's Protection!
For Thou art with me ----- that's Faithfulness!
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me -----that's Discipline!
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies------that's Hope!
Thou annointest my head with oil ----- that's Consecration!
My cup runneth over ----- that's Abundance!
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life----that's Blessing!
And I will dwell in the house of t he Lord -----that's Security!
Forever ----- that's Eternity!
The shepherd is responsible for the sheep; not the sheep for the shepherd. The worst of it is, that we sometimes think we are both the shepherd and the sheep, and that we have to both guide and follow. Happy are we when we realize that he is responsible, that he goes before and goodness and mercy shall follow. --Streams in the Desert
God controls the wind, but we adjust the sails.
When I tried to propose marriage to my girlfriend the other night, she told me to log onto eBay and put my bid in.
In a Peanuts' cartoon, Lucy and Linus are staring out the window. The rain is pouring down, and Lucy says, "Boy, look at it rain! What if it floods the whole world?"
Linus answers, "It will never do that. In the ninth chapter of Genesis, God promised Noah that would never happen again, and the sign of the promise is the rainbow."
Lucy is looking directly at him as he is speaking. She turns back toward the window, smiles big and says, "You have taken a great load off my mind." To which Linus responds, "Sound theology has a way of doing that."
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
It is a fact of Christian experience that life is a series of troughs and peaks. In his efforts to get permanent possession of a soul, God relies on the troughs more than the peaks. And some of his special favorites have gone through longer and deeper troughs than anyone else. -- Peter Marshall
Golfer to Caddy. What do I need to shoot to finish this golf tournament in the lead?
Caddy. All the other players.
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me!"
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.
It is more important than the past, the education, the money,
than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other
people think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.
It will make or break a company... a church... a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding
the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people
will act in a certain way.
We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have,
and that is our attitude.
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and
90% of how I react to it.
And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.
-Charles Swindoll
TOP 10 SIGNS YOUR FAVORITE TEAM IS IN FOR ANOTHER LOSING SEASON
10. The team has lowered ticket prices for the fifth year in a row.
9. The franchise's biggest corporate sponsor is Girl Scout Troop #122.
8. The team bus is a 1996 Chevy minivan.
7. The manager is spotted in the dugout during a game reading the "Help Wanted" ads.
6. The umpires decide to give your guys four strikes per at-bat.
5. The players' favorite song is "Take Me Out OF the Ballgame."
4. Vegas bookies refuse to give odds on the team going to the World Series on the basis that if anyone won, it would bankrupt the planet.
3. The concession stands sell crow.
2. The highest paid player on the team is a multithousandaire.
AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOUR FAVORITE TEAM IS IN FOR ANOTHER LOSING SEASON?
1. Your local paper puts game coverage in the obituary section.
• Americans Spending Less
A new Gallup Poll, which was conducted April 20-21 of this year, reveals how Americans are reacting to the recent economic downturn. The results were based on interviews with 1,051 adults.
* Fifty-three percent have been spending less in recent months. Of that number, 21 percent said that this new pattern of spending is only temporary, and the rest saw it as a permanent change.
* Thirty percent are spending the same amount of money.
* Seventeen percent have been spending more money in recent months.
Study Shows Religious Shift
The results of a new survey released this week show that half of American adults have changed religious affiliation at least once during their lives.
The study, "Faith in Flux," which was conducted by Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, is a follow-up to the "U.S. Religious Landscape Survey" that was based on research in 2007 and then released in 2008. Between Oct. 3 and Nov. 7 of last year, 2,800 people, who were among the 35,000 who were originally surveyed in 2007, were re-contacted.
The results also reveal that:
* Most people who change their childhood faith do so before age 24.
* Fifteen percent of Americans who were raised Protestant are now affiliated with a different Protestant denomination.
* Nine percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are no longer affiliated with the Catholic faith. Five percent are now Protestant and four percent are not affiliated with any church.
* Seven percent of Americans who were raised Protestant are no longer affiliated with any religion.
* Sixteen percent of Americans say they are now unaffiliated with any religion.
To read the full report, which includes analysis of why people change churches or leave the faith, go to www.pewforum.org.
In John’s Gospel the Holy Spirit records four appearances of the Lord after He arose from the dead, and those appearances banished four great enemies of the human heart—sorrow, fear, doubt, and care; for Mary was weeping (20:11), the disciples were trembling (20:19), Thomas was doubting (20:25), and the apostles were despairing (21:3). But in each case the appearance of Jesus sufficed to dismiss the enemy and fill his place with joy, courage, faith, and contentment. —Unknown
"I went to the thirtieth reunion of my preschool. I didn't want to go, because I've put on like a hundred pounds." - Wendy Liebman
"For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step." - Thomas a' Kempis
Do you feel like a million dollars? Forget it! Now you can feel like 46 million dollars!
When broken down into fluids, tissues and germ fighting our bodies are worth more than $46 million.
This price tag on the human body is based on a report from the Web site, Sound Medicine, (soundmedicine.iu.edu/archive/2003/quiz/humanWorth.html,).
The Wired study discovered that vital organs are no longer the most valuable body parts. Rather, bone marrow tops the list at $23 million, based on 1,000 grams at $23,000 per gram.
DNA will get you $9.7 million, while extracting antibodies can fetch $7.3 million. A lung is worth $116,400, a kidney, $91,400, and a heart, $57,000.
THE HIGH COST OF PROM . . . The average cost of going to prom for a couple has jumped from $300 five years ago to $800 today. The average prom dress costs $200. The average tuxedo rental is $150, and flowers cost $50. Many teenagers rent a limo, and a six-hour rental for a stretch SUV costs $840.
MORE TEENAGERS SAY NO TO JOBS . . . With more competition for academics and more involvement in extracurricular activities, many teenagers are staying out of the job market. In the past 25 years, the percentage of 16- to 19-year-olds in the workforce has fallen 25 percent. (USA Today)
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