July 19
The "haves" and the "have nots" can be traced back to the "dids" and the "did nots."
The most popular six items for barbecuing account for two-thirds of all foods prepared on the grill. Steak, chicken and burgers are the top three choices, accounting for 47 percent. One of the fastest-growing foods grilled is potatoes, which doubled in popularity since 1996.
TOP SIX FOODS PREPARED ON THE GRILL
Steak 19 percent
Chicken 15 percent
Burgers 13 percent
Hot Dogs 8 percent
Pork Chops 6 percent
Potatoes 6 percent
As with many funerals, it was a cloudy, rainy day. The deceased was a little old lady who had devoted her entire married life to fussing over and correcting her poor husband. Everything he did - she complained about. When the graveside service had no more than terminated, there was a tremendous burst of thunder accompanied by a distant lightning bolt. The little old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, "Well, she's arrived."
"God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage."
"In prayer, God hears more than words. He listens to your heart."
** Christian literature, to be accepted and approved by evangelical leaders of our times, must follow very closely the same train of thought, a kind of "party line" from which it is scarcely safe to depart. A half-century of this in America has made us smug and content. We imitate each other with slavish devotion. Our most strenuous efforts are put forth to try to say the same thing that everyone around us is saying--and yet to find an excuse for saying it, some little safe variation on the approved theme or, if no more, at least a new illustration. -- A. W. Tozer in The Pursuit of God
F ... False
E ... Evidence
A ... Appearing
R ... Real
HOW TO SAY, "I LOVE YOU"
English ................................ I love you
Spanish ............................... Te Amo
French................................. Je T'aime
German................................ Ich Liebe Dich
Japanese.............................. Ai Shite Imasu
Italian................................... Ti Amo
Chinese................................ Wo Ai Ni
Swedish............................... Jag Alskar Dig
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." - Unknown
"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything that comes along their way." - Author Unknown
"Reading makes a broad man, but writing makes an exact man." - Francis Bacon
"It's not by doing the things we like, but by liking the things we do that we can discover life's blessings." - Goethe
"Your life is not a coincidence. It's a reflection of you!" - Author Unknown
Compassion and Motive
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!"
In this day when we are suppose to have so many devices to save time, I've never seen so many hurried and restless people! If the computer, the laptop, the cellular phone, and all of these other technological wonders are suppose to save us time, why do we have so little time for the things that matter?
It seems that with all we've accomplished, about all we have really added is speed and noise. We get there faster, but we don't know where we are going. And when we get there, we're out of breath.
I read one time about a man who swallowed an egg whole. He was afraid to move because he was afraid it would break. But he was afraid to sit still because he was afraid it would hatch. There are a lot of people like that today--so frenetic, so pressured they don't know which way to go. And the place where the pressure and restless often hit home is in the home.
One man challenged another to an all-day wood chopping contest. The challenger worked very hard, stopping only for a brief lunch break. The other man had a leisurely lunch and took several breaks during the day. At the end of the day, the challenger was surprised and annoyed to find that the other fellow had chopped substantially more wood than he had. "I don't get it," he said. "Every time I checked, you were taking a rest, yet you chopped more wood than I did."
"But you didn't notice," said the winning woodsman, "that I was sharpening my ax when I sat down to rest." Traditional
It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
A story is told about some African workers who were hired to carry heavy equipment on their backs to a remote outpost. It was a place that couldn't be reached any other way but on foot. After several days of difficult travel, the workers refused to pick up their packs and go any further. They sat by the side of the trail ignoring the shouts of the leader of the expedition. Finally the leader asked why they wouldn't go on. One of the workers replied, "Sir, we are waiting for our souls to catch up with our bodies."
According to a Greek legend, in ancient Athens a man noticed the great storyteller Aesop playing childish games with some little boys. He laughed and jeered at Aesop, asking him why he wasted his time in such frivolous activity.
Aesop responded by picking up a bow, loosening its string, and placing it on the ground. Then he said to the critical Athenian, "Now, answer the riddle, if you can. Tell us what the unstrung bows implies."
The man looked at it for several moments but had no idea what point Aesop was trying to make. Aesop explained, "If you keep a bow always bent, it will break eventually; but if you let it go slack, it will be more fit for use when you want it."
People are also like that. That's why we all need to take time to rest. Start by setting aside a special time to relax physically and renew yourself emotionally and spiritually. You will be at your best for the Lord if you have taken time to loosen the bow.
"All Word and no Spirit you dry up, all Spirit and no Word you blow up, the right amount of Word and the right amount of Spirit you grow up". Allistair Begg
If You Don’t …..
1. If you don’t have a Bible, get one.
If you’ve got a Bible, read it.
If you read the Bible, believe it.
If you believe the Bible, live it.
If you live it, share it.
The most popular six items for barbecuing account for two-thirds of all foods prepared on the grill. Steak, chicken and burgers are the top three choices, accounting for 47 percent. One of the fastest-growing foods grilled is potatoes, which doubled in popularity since 1996.
TOP SIX FOODS PREPARED ON THE GRILL
Steak 19 percent
Chicken 15 percent
Burgers 13 percent
Hot Dogs 8 percent
Pork Chops 6 percent
Potatoes 6 percent
As with many funerals, it was a cloudy, rainy day. The deceased was a little old lady who had devoted her entire married life to fussing over and correcting her poor husband. Everything he did - she complained about. When the graveside service had no more than terminated, there was a tremendous burst of thunder accompanied by a distant lightning bolt. The little old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, "Well, she's arrived."
"God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage."
"In prayer, God hears more than words. He listens to your heart."
** Christian literature, to be accepted and approved by evangelical leaders of our times, must follow very closely the same train of thought, a kind of "party line" from which it is scarcely safe to depart. A half-century of this in America has made us smug and content. We imitate each other with slavish devotion. Our most strenuous efforts are put forth to try to say the same thing that everyone around us is saying--and yet to find an excuse for saying it, some little safe variation on the approved theme or, if no more, at least a new illustration. -- A. W. Tozer in The Pursuit of God
F ... False
E ... Evidence
A ... Appearing
R ... Real
HOW TO SAY, "I LOVE YOU"
English ................................ I love you
Spanish ............................... Te Amo
French................................. Je T'aime
German................................ Ich Liebe Dich
Japanese.............................. Ai Shite Imasu
Italian................................... Ti Amo
Chinese................................ Wo Ai Ni
Swedish............................... Jag Alskar Dig
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." - Unknown
"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything that comes along their way." - Author Unknown
"Reading makes a broad man, but writing makes an exact man." - Francis Bacon
"It's not by doing the things we like, but by liking the things we do that we can discover life's blessings." - Goethe
"Your life is not a coincidence. It's a reflection of you!" - Author Unknown
Compassion and Motive
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!"
In this day when we are suppose to have so many devices to save time, I've never seen so many hurried and restless people! If the computer, the laptop, the cellular phone, and all of these other technological wonders are suppose to save us time, why do we have so little time for the things that matter?
It seems that with all we've accomplished, about all we have really added is speed and noise. We get there faster, but we don't know where we are going. And when we get there, we're out of breath.
I read one time about a man who swallowed an egg whole. He was afraid to move because he was afraid it would break. But he was afraid to sit still because he was afraid it would hatch. There are a lot of people like that today--so frenetic, so pressured they don't know which way to go. And the place where the pressure and restless often hit home is in the home.
One man challenged another to an all-day wood chopping contest. The challenger worked very hard, stopping only for a brief lunch break. The other man had a leisurely lunch and took several breaks during the day. At the end of the day, the challenger was surprised and annoyed to find that the other fellow had chopped substantially more wood than he had. "I don't get it," he said. "Every time I checked, you were taking a rest, yet you chopped more wood than I did."
"But you didn't notice," said the winning woodsman, "that I was sharpening my ax when I sat down to rest." Traditional
It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
A story is told about some African workers who were hired to carry heavy equipment on their backs to a remote outpost. It was a place that couldn't be reached any other way but on foot. After several days of difficult travel, the workers refused to pick up their packs and go any further. They sat by the side of the trail ignoring the shouts of the leader of the expedition. Finally the leader asked why they wouldn't go on. One of the workers replied, "Sir, we are waiting for our souls to catch up with our bodies."
According to a Greek legend, in ancient Athens a man noticed the great storyteller Aesop playing childish games with some little boys. He laughed and jeered at Aesop, asking him why he wasted his time in such frivolous activity.
Aesop responded by picking up a bow, loosening its string, and placing it on the ground. Then he said to the critical Athenian, "Now, answer the riddle, if you can. Tell us what the unstrung bows implies."
The man looked at it for several moments but had no idea what point Aesop was trying to make. Aesop explained, "If you keep a bow always bent, it will break eventually; but if you let it go slack, it will be more fit for use when you want it."
People are also like that. That's why we all need to take time to rest. Start by setting aside a special time to relax physically and renew yourself emotionally and spiritually. You will be at your best for the Lord if you have taken time to loosen the bow.
"All Word and no Spirit you dry up, all Spirit and no Word you blow up, the right amount of Word and the right amount of Spirit you grow up". Allistair Begg
If You Don’t …..
1. If you don’t have a Bible, get one.
If you’ve got a Bible, read it.
If you read the Bible, believe it.
If you believe the Bible, live it.
If you live it, share it.
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