December 6
Don´t tell God how Big your storm is. Tell the storm how Big your God is!
The U.S. deficit set a record this year: $1.4 trillion. We’re teenagers when it comes to money. We want China to drop us off at the mall with a credit card and come back at 8 o’clock.
The dollar continues to fall. A lot of countries aren't even accepting dollars anymore. I don’t want to say that Geithner is not doing a good job, but today God asked for his name to be taken off the dollar.
Billy Graham, who has often played the 20th century role of John the Baptizer, had these comments about the disease running rampant in our world: "We're suffering from only one disease in the world. Our basic problem is not a race problem. Our basic problem is not a poverty problem. Our basic problem is not a war problem. Our basic problem is a heart problem. We need to get the heart changed, the heart transformed."
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero - 55 BC
Competitive Britons send nativity costs soaring: LONDON (Reuters) – Gone are the days of shepherds in tea towels and tinsel-clad angels. Britain's competitive parents are forking out on luxury pashmina shawls and velour dressing gowns to make their child the star of the annual nativity play.
The rise in so-called "manger chic" has seen parents spend up to 150 pounds ($250) on arctic fur throws for children cast as sheep and ivory bridesmaid dresses for angels, according to department stores group Debenhams.
"The amount of money that some parents want to spend on their child's nativity play appearance would enable Baby Jesus to leave the stable and check into a five star hotel," said spokesman Ed Watson.
"Plastic" Red Kettles
This year, the Salvation Army will again be testing kettles that take debit and credit cards. The growth of so-called "plastic kettles" comes as fewer shoppers are carrying cash. Last year, Dallas and Colorado Springs tested the credit machines, and this year they will be tested in 30 cities. In Colorado Springs, fundraising last year went up $64,000 from the year before — an 11 percent increase. About $5,000 of the increase was from credit or debit cards at the kettles.
AVOID parking tickets by leaving your windshield wipers turned to 'fast wipe' whenever you leave your car parked illegally.
Live simply that others may simply live.
MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING "The mass of the earths atmosphere is 5 quadrillion metric tons. Let`s put that into perspective: That`s5,000,000,000,000,000,00 0 TONS of water vapor and gas. That might as well be infinity as far as man is concerned. Of that amount only 0.038% is CO2 which you can call ZERO POINT ZERO. Getting the picture here? Why this man made global warming hoax EVER got legs is something I`ll never understand in a? billion years, or make that 5 quadrillion years."
A hat was passed around a church congregation to take up an offering for the visiting preacher. Presently it was returned to him: embarrassingly empty.
Slowly the parson inverted the hat and shook it meaningfully. Then raising his eyes heavenward, he exclaimed, "I thank you, Lord, that I got my hat back from this congregation."
"The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ." - Alexander Maclaren
George Frideric Handel literally locked himself in a room in his London home for 24 straight days while writing his incomparable oratorio, Messiah. That was his all-consuming objective. When the great musician emerged after more than three weeks of scarcely eating or sleeping, the entire work was done.
I love that story . . . and not just because the inspiring arias and choruses of Messiah are among my favorite pieces of Christmas music. I’m in awe of Handel’s dedication to finishing the task at hand. It became his magnificent obsession.
"My children will not remember the words of wisdom I've passed along over the years, nor will yours remember the good advice you've given. However, etched in their minds and planted in their hearts is a permanent picture of who you are and how you've lived before them." - Dorothy Kelley
A new survey by Rasmussen Reports shows that 69 percent of Americans prefer "Merry Christmas" to "Happy Holidays." -
It seems fitting that our Savior was born in a messy place, a barn, with stinky animals all around. At the very beginning of the story, we understand how much he humbled himself. God became man. He became man and hung out with sinners. He ate with them and the “church leaders” scoffed. “What’s he doing?” they asked. Then they killed him so his blood could save the “dirty” and “damned.” It’s not the healthy who need a doctor. It’s the sick. Be like Jesus. Spend time with sinners. Bring them the good news.
Junk emails are still clogging up Inboxes, with spam accounting for 89.73 per cent of all email traffic, new figures claim.
JOY 11
TOY DISCLAIMERS
Warning: This fad will disappear in 6 weeks.
Caution: Care Bears do not actually care very much.
Warning: This toy produces substantially less childish glee in real life than it does in the TV commercial.
No beanies or babies harmed in the manufacture of this product.
Some dismemberment may occur.
In case of breakage, scream until Dad buys a replacement.
Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously.
Use as an actual terrorist device not recommended.
Do not attempt to combine your Ultra Mega Warrior with your cat to make Ultra Mega Cat Warrior.
Some assimilation required. Resistance is futile.
Personal wealth is distributed so unevenly across the world that the richest two per cent of adults own more than 50 per cent of the world’s assets while the poorest half hold only 1 per cent of wealth.
A survey released on Tuesday shows that middle-income countries with high growth rates still have a long way to go before they have a hope of catching up with the levels of prosperity of the richest.
Adults with more than $2,200 of assets were in the top half of the global wealth league table, while those with more than $61,000 were in the top 10 per cent, according to the data from the World Institute fpr Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-Wider).
To belong to the top 1 per cent of the world’s wealthiest adults you would need more than $500,000, something that 37m adults have achieved.
So much of the world’s wealth is concentrated in few hands that if all the world’s wealth was distributed evenly, each person would have $20,500 of assets to use.
Almost 90 per cent of the world’s wealth is held in North America, Europe and high-income Asian and Pacific countries, such as Japan and Australia.
While North America has 6 per cent of the world’s adult population, it accounts for 34 per cent of household wealth.
The concentration of wealth in different countries varies considerably, with the top 10 per cent in the US holding 70 per cent of the country’s wealth, compared with 61 per cent in France, 56 per cent in the UK, 44 per cent in Germany and 39 per cent in Japan.
One Sunday evening, I overheard my five-year-old daughter, Julie, practicing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," a song she'd been rehearsing that morning in church for next week's Christmas program. It was all I could do to suppress my laughter when, in place of "with angelic host proclaim," Julie sang, "with the jelly toast proclaim."
"Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments." -- Rose Kennedy
"My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline." -- John Irving
The vigor or your spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Savior:
Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
Had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
Feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us.
In a survey, 71 percent of Christians admitted that their "understanding of faith was fundamentally shaped by childhood religious experiences." Yet, only 48 percent see it as their responsibility as Christians to share their faith with children. At the same time, 71 percent said they like seeing a child understand how the Bible relates to daily life and 69 percent said they want to be part of a child's spiritual development.
"Young people view more than 20,000 ads per year on television alone and increasingly are being exposed to advertising on the Internet, in magazines and in schools. "These ads influence kids to demand poor food choices, and to think drinking is cool, sex is a recreational activity and anorexia is fashionable."
Americans in Deep Debt For the first time in history, most Americans owe more than they make in a year, according to research conducted by the Center for American Progress. The increase has occurred steadily over the last ten years, and now most families owe 129 percent of their after-tax income. It has also been found that 97.5 percent of Americans are no longer able to retire at a normal age due to lack of means.
"Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect." -- Leonardo da Vinci
The U.S. deficit set a record this year: $1.4 trillion. We’re teenagers when it comes to money. We want China to drop us off at the mall with a credit card and come back at 8 o’clock.
The dollar continues to fall. A lot of countries aren't even accepting dollars anymore. I don’t want to say that Geithner is not doing a good job, but today God asked for his name to be taken off the dollar.
Billy Graham, who has often played the 20th century role of John the Baptizer, had these comments about the disease running rampant in our world: "We're suffering from only one disease in the world. Our basic problem is not a race problem. Our basic problem is not a poverty problem. Our basic problem is not a war problem. Our basic problem is a heart problem. We need to get the heart changed, the heart transformed."
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero - 55 BC
Competitive Britons send nativity costs soaring: LONDON (Reuters) – Gone are the days of shepherds in tea towels and tinsel-clad angels. Britain's competitive parents are forking out on luxury pashmina shawls and velour dressing gowns to make their child the star of the annual nativity play.
The rise in so-called "manger chic" has seen parents spend up to 150 pounds ($250) on arctic fur throws for children cast as sheep and ivory bridesmaid dresses for angels, according to department stores group Debenhams.
"The amount of money that some parents want to spend on their child's nativity play appearance would enable Baby Jesus to leave the stable and check into a five star hotel," said spokesman Ed Watson.
"Plastic" Red Kettles
This year, the Salvation Army will again be testing kettles that take debit and credit cards. The growth of so-called "plastic kettles" comes as fewer shoppers are carrying cash. Last year, Dallas and Colorado Springs tested the credit machines, and this year they will be tested in 30 cities. In Colorado Springs, fundraising last year went up $64,000 from the year before — an 11 percent increase. About $5,000 of the increase was from credit or debit cards at the kettles.
AVOID parking tickets by leaving your windshield wipers turned to 'fast wipe' whenever you leave your car parked illegally.
Live simply that others may simply live.
MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING "The mass of the earths atmosphere is 5 quadrillion metric tons. Let`s put that into perspective: That`s5,000,000,000,000,000,00 0 TONS of water vapor and gas. That might as well be infinity as far as man is concerned. Of that amount only 0.038% is CO2 which you can call ZERO POINT ZERO. Getting the picture here? Why this man made global warming hoax EVER got legs is something I`ll never understand in a? billion years, or make that 5 quadrillion years."
A hat was passed around a church congregation to take up an offering for the visiting preacher. Presently it was returned to him: embarrassingly empty.
Slowly the parson inverted the hat and shook it meaningfully. Then raising his eyes heavenward, he exclaimed, "I thank you, Lord, that I got my hat back from this congregation."
"The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ." - Alexander Maclaren
George Frideric Handel literally locked himself in a room in his London home for 24 straight days while writing his incomparable oratorio, Messiah. That was his all-consuming objective. When the great musician emerged after more than three weeks of scarcely eating or sleeping, the entire work was done.
I love that story . . . and not just because the inspiring arias and choruses of Messiah are among my favorite pieces of Christmas music. I’m in awe of Handel’s dedication to finishing the task at hand. It became his magnificent obsession.
"My children will not remember the words of wisdom I've passed along over the years, nor will yours remember the good advice you've given. However, etched in their minds and planted in their hearts is a permanent picture of who you are and how you've lived before them." - Dorothy Kelley
A new survey by Rasmussen Reports shows that 69 percent of Americans prefer "Merry Christmas" to "Happy Holidays." -
It seems fitting that our Savior was born in a messy place, a barn, with stinky animals all around. At the very beginning of the story, we understand how much he humbled himself. God became man. He became man and hung out with sinners. He ate with them and the “church leaders” scoffed. “What’s he doing?” they asked. Then they killed him so his blood could save the “dirty” and “damned.” It’s not the healthy who need a doctor. It’s the sick. Be like Jesus. Spend time with sinners. Bring them the good news.
Junk emails are still clogging up Inboxes, with spam accounting for 89.73 per cent of all email traffic, new figures claim.
JOY 11
TOY DISCLAIMERS
Warning: This fad will disappear in 6 weeks.
Caution: Care Bears do not actually care very much.
Warning: This toy produces substantially less childish glee in real life than it does in the TV commercial.
No beanies or babies harmed in the manufacture of this product.
Some dismemberment may occur.
In case of breakage, scream until Dad buys a replacement.
Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously.
Use as an actual terrorist device not recommended.
Do not attempt to combine your Ultra Mega Warrior with your cat to make Ultra Mega Cat Warrior.
Some assimilation required. Resistance is futile.
Personal wealth is distributed so unevenly across the world that the richest two per cent of adults own more than 50 per cent of the world’s assets while the poorest half hold only 1 per cent of wealth.
A survey released on Tuesday shows that middle-income countries with high growth rates still have a long way to go before they have a hope of catching up with the levels of prosperity of the richest.
Adults with more than $2,200 of assets were in the top half of the global wealth league table, while those with more than $61,000 were in the top 10 per cent, according to the data from the World Institute fpr Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-Wider).
To belong to the top 1 per cent of the world’s wealthiest adults you would need more than $500,000, something that 37m adults have achieved.
So much of the world’s wealth is concentrated in few hands that if all the world’s wealth was distributed evenly, each person would have $20,500 of assets to use.
Almost 90 per cent of the world’s wealth is held in North America, Europe and high-income Asian and Pacific countries, such as Japan and Australia.
While North America has 6 per cent of the world’s adult population, it accounts for 34 per cent of household wealth.
The concentration of wealth in different countries varies considerably, with the top 10 per cent in the US holding 70 per cent of the country’s wealth, compared with 61 per cent in France, 56 per cent in the UK, 44 per cent in Germany and 39 per cent in Japan.
One Sunday evening, I overheard my five-year-old daughter, Julie, practicing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," a song she'd been rehearsing that morning in church for next week's Christmas program. It was all I could do to suppress my laughter when, in place of "with angelic host proclaim," Julie sang, "with the jelly toast proclaim."
"Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments." -- Rose Kennedy
"My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline." -- John Irving
The vigor or your spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Savior:
Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
Had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
Feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us.
In a survey, 71 percent of Christians admitted that their "understanding of faith was fundamentally shaped by childhood religious experiences." Yet, only 48 percent see it as their responsibility as Christians to share their faith with children. At the same time, 71 percent said they like seeing a child understand how the Bible relates to daily life and 69 percent said they want to be part of a child's spiritual development.
"Young people view more than 20,000 ads per year on television alone and increasingly are being exposed to advertising on the Internet, in magazines and in schools. "These ads influence kids to demand poor food choices, and to think drinking is cool, sex is a recreational activity and anorexia is fashionable."
Americans in Deep Debt For the first time in history, most Americans owe more than they make in a year, according to research conducted by the Center for American Progress. The increase has occurred steadily over the last ten years, and now most families owe 129 percent of their after-tax income. It has also been found that 97.5 percent of Americans are no longer able to retire at a normal age due to lack of means.
"Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect." -- Leonardo da Vinci
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