April 4
As you leave the fellowship, recall that there is
Life after death.
Love your neighbor and your self —
Exclaiming often that the source of life is God who
Loves all Creation!
Utilize your talents to make the world an “Easter place,”
Integrating “resurrection newness” into your thinking and your decisions.
Align yourself with the living Christ who invites you and me to spiritual adventure.
"A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror."
ALL I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE I LEARNED FROM THE EASTER BUNNY
Don't put all of your eggs in one basket
Walk softly and carry a big carrot
Everyone needs a friend who is all ears
There's no such thing as too much candy
All work and no play can make you a basket case
A cute little tail attracts a lot of attention
Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day
Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits !
Some body parts should be floppy
Keep your paws off other people's jellybeans
Good things come in small sugarcoated packages
The grass is always greener in someone else's basket
An Easter bonnet can tame even the wildest hare
To show your true colors you have to come out of your shell
The best things in life are still sweet and gooey !!!
Eat Those Chocolate Easter Eggs A new study has been released — just in time for those chocolate Easter eggs — with evidence that chocolate not only tastes good, but is also good for you. Substances in cocoa known as flavonols — which appear to increase levels of nitric oxide — may have a variety of health benefits, especially for the heart. Dark chocolate has more of these flavanols, which lower blood pressure and reduce the risk for blood clots, which can cause heart attacks and strokes. Those who ate about 7.5 grams of chocolate per day had a reduced risk of the above mentioned health problems compared with those who ate an average of 1.7 grams per day. However, researchers cautioned that people would have to cut back on other kinds of snacks to offset the calories from the chocolate and avoid gaining weight. [WashingtonPost.com]
A new survey released by The Barna Group reveals that one out of every three adults (33%) is classified as unchurched--meaning they have not attended a religious service of any type during the past six months.
An estimated 73 million adults are presently unchurched. When teens and children are added, the total swells to roughly 100 million Americans.
Imagine that God and Satan have been playing a cosmic chess game with the fate of mankind at stake. Satan appeared to have the upper hand ... that is, until God made a surprising move -- He put Christ on the cross, declaring, "Checkmate."
• Millions of Chocolate Easter Bunnies Sold About 90 million chocolate bunnies are produced for Easter. Solid chocolate bunnies are favored by 42 percent with hollow chocolate bunnies coming in second with 21 percent. If you enjoy marshmallow-filled bunnies, you are among 10 percent of the chocolate bunny eaters.
THE FOG WILL LIFT Today I am one day nearer home than before. One day nearer the dawning when the fog will lift, mysteries clear, and all question marks straighten up into exclamation points! --Vance Havner
IT MAY BE TIME TO GET STARTED Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in
hopes that a cow will back up to them. --Curtis Grant in "Nation's Business"
SIT QUIETLY IN HIS PRESENCE To sit in the oval office in the presence of the President of the United States is a great honor, even if one says not a word. How much greater to sit quietly in the presence of the King of Kings. --Bill Patterson
HOW ENDURING THE LEAST WORD GOD HAS SPOKEN The empire of Caesar is gone; the legions of Rome are smoldering in the dust; the avalanches that Napoleon hurled upon Europe have melted away; the prince of the Pharaohs is fallen; the pyramids they raised to be their tombs are sinking every day in the desert sands; Tyre is a rock for bleaching fisherman's nets; Sidon has scarcely left a wreck behind; but the Word of God still survives. All things that threatened to extinguish it have only aided it; and it proves every day how transient is the noblest monument that men can build, how enduring is the least word that God has spoken. --Albert Baird Cummins
**Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its springs deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy. He had joy, singing its music within, even under the shadow of the cross. --Samuel Dickey Gordon (1859-1936)
**Easter can be described in many ways, but joy is one adjective that is it full of. Understand this: the Stoic bears, the Epicurean seeks to enjoy, the Buddhist and Hindu stand apart disillusioned, the Muslim submits, but only the Christian exults in joy. And that is the message of Easter!
"Worry looks around, sorry looks back, Faith looks up."
Life after death.
Love your neighbor and your self —
Exclaiming often that the source of life is God who
Loves all Creation!
Utilize your talents to make the world an “Easter place,”
Integrating “resurrection newness” into your thinking and your decisions.
Align yourself with the living Christ who invites you and me to spiritual adventure.
"A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror."
ALL I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE I LEARNED FROM THE EASTER BUNNY
Don't put all of your eggs in one basket
Walk softly and carry a big carrot
Everyone needs a friend who is all ears
There's no such thing as too much candy
All work and no play can make you a basket case
A cute little tail attracts a lot of attention
Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day
Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits !
Some body parts should be floppy
Keep your paws off other people's jellybeans
Good things come in small sugarcoated packages
The grass is always greener in someone else's basket
An Easter bonnet can tame even the wildest hare
To show your true colors you have to come out of your shell
The best things in life are still sweet and gooey !!!
Eat Those Chocolate Easter Eggs A new study has been released — just in time for those chocolate Easter eggs — with evidence that chocolate not only tastes good, but is also good for you. Substances in cocoa known as flavonols — which appear to increase levels of nitric oxide — may have a variety of health benefits, especially for the heart. Dark chocolate has more of these flavanols, which lower blood pressure and reduce the risk for blood clots, which can cause heart attacks and strokes. Those who ate about 7.5 grams of chocolate per day had a reduced risk of the above mentioned health problems compared with those who ate an average of 1.7 grams per day. However, researchers cautioned that people would have to cut back on other kinds of snacks to offset the calories from the chocolate and avoid gaining weight. [WashingtonPost.com]
A new survey released by The Barna Group reveals that one out of every three adults (33%) is classified as unchurched--meaning they have not attended a religious service of any type during the past six months.
An estimated 73 million adults are presently unchurched. When teens and children are added, the total swells to roughly 100 million Americans.
Imagine that God and Satan have been playing a cosmic chess game with the fate of mankind at stake. Satan appeared to have the upper hand ... that is, until God made a surprising move -- He put Christ on the cross, declaring, "Checkmate."
• Millions of Chocolate Easter Bunnies Sold About 90 million chocolate bunnies are produced for Easter. Solid chocolate bunnies are favored by 42 percent with hollow chocolate bunnies coming in second with 21 percent. If you enjoy marshmallow-filled bunnies, you are among 10 percent of the chocolate bunny eaters.
THE FOG WILL LIFT Today I am one day nearer home than before. One day nearer the dawning when the fog will lift, mysteries clear, and all question marks straighten up into exclamation points! --Vance Havner
IT MAY BE TIME TO GET STARTED Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in
hopes that a cow will back up to them. --Curtis Grant in "Nation's Business"
SIT QUIETLY IN HIS PRESENCE To sit in the oval office in the presence of the President of the United States is a great honor, even if one says not a word. How much greater to sit quietly in the presence of the King of Kings. --Bill Patterson
HOW ENDURING THE LEAST WORD GOD HAS SPOKEN The empire of Caesar is gone; the legions of Rome are smoldering in the dust; the avalanches that Napoleon hurled upon Europe have melted away; the prince of the Pharaohs is fallen; the pyramids they raised to be their tombs are sinking every day in the desert sands; Tyre is a rock for bleaching fisherman's nets; Sidon has scarcely left a wreck behind; but the Word of God still survives. All things that threatened to extinguish it have only aided it; and it proves every day how transient is the noblest monument that men can build, how enduring is the least word that God has spoken. --Albert Baird Cummins
**Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its springs deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy. He had joy, singing its music within, even under the shadow of the cross. --Samuel Dickey Gordon (1859-1936)
**Easter can be described in many ways, but joy is one adjective that is it full of. Understand this: the Stoic bears, the Epicurean seeks to enjoy, the Buddhist and Hindu stand apart disillusioned, the Muslim submits, but only the Christian exults in joy. And that is the message of Easter!
"Worry looks around, sorry looks back, Faith looks up."
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