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STORY OF ELIJAH
The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the altar, put wood upon it, cut the steer in pieces, and laid it upon the altar. And then, Elijah commanded the people of God to fill four barrels of water and pour it over the altar. He had them do this four times.
“Now,” said the teacher, “can anyone in the class tell me why the Lord would have Elijah pour water over the steer on the altar?”
A little girl in the back of the room started waving her hand, “I know! I know!” she said, “To make the gravy!” Read More
Aug 29 2008
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY".
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A dear friend sent this to me…..
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THINK ON THESE ‘SMILE-Y’ THINGS
Something cool that Xerox is doing…..
If you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com you can pick out a
thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a
soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can’t pick out who
gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.
How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send
one!!! This is a great site. Please send a card. It is FREE and
it only takes a few minutes of your time.
Let us NOT get caught up in the negative perception that the
Media portrays our Armed Services. No matter where they are, they
are there so we as individuals don’t have to be,
They Volunteered to Protect US with their Lives!
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Jul 26 2008
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY".
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“How do you account for your remarkable accomplishment in life?” Queen Victoria of England asked Helen Keller. “How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind and deaf, you were able to accomplish so much?”
Ms. Keller’s answer is a tribute to her dedicated teacher. “If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.”
According to speaker Zig Ziglar, “Little Annie” Sullivan, as she was called when she was young, was no stranger to hardship. She was almost sightless herself (due to a childhood fever) and was, at one time, diagnosed as hopelessly “insane” by her caregivers. She was locked in the basement of a mental institution outside of Boston. On occasion, Little Annie would violently attack anyone who came near. Most of the time she generally ignored everyone in her presence.
An elderly nurse believed there was hope, however, and she made it her mission to show love to the child. Every day she visited Little Annie. For the most part, the child did not acknowledge the nurse’s presence, but she still continued to visit. The kindly woman left cookies for her and spoke words of love and encouragement. She believed Little Annie could recover, if only she were shown love.
Eventually, doctors noticed a change in the girl. Where they once witnessed anger and hostility, they now noted an emerging gentleness and love. They moved her upstairs where she continued to improve. Then the day finally came when this seemingly “hopeless” child was released.
Anne Sullivan grew into a young woman with a desire to help others as she, herself, was helped by the kindly nurse. It was she who saw the great potential in Helen Keller. She loved her, disciplined her, played with her, pushed her and worked with her until the flickering candle that was her life became a beacon of light to the world. Anne Sullivan worked wonders in Helen’s life; but it was a loving nurse who first believed in Little Annie and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a compassionate teacher.
“If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.” But if it had not been for a kind and dedicated nurse, the name of Anne Sullivan would have remained unknown. And so it goes. Just how far back does the chain of redemption extend? And how far forward will it lead?
Those you have sought to reach, whether they be in your family or elsewhere, are part of a chain of love that can extend through the generations. Your influence on their lives, whether or not you see results, is immeasurable. Your legacy of dedicated kindness and caring can transform lost and hopeless lives for years to come.
You can never overestimate the power of your love. It is a fire that, once lit, may burn forever.
– Steve Goodier
www.lifesupportsystem.com
Jul 21 2008
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How God Loves You
Jan Coates with Rebekah Montgomery
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“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37).
Love God? What does that mean?
God is love? What does that mean?
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Love? What does that mean?
For many of us, before we accepted Christ, love of any kind brought hurt and rejection. We created a shield to protect our hearts from pain, establishing rules to keep love and hurt at a distance.
But God designed us to thirst from the depths of our hearts for His love—a love that can’t be lost or diminished by our performance or non-performance. The Psalmist’s describes this: “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for the living God” (Psalm 42:1-2).
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How Can I Love God?
Loving God through prayer is His gift that excludes no one. God delights in the gift of prayer, beckoning you to come near to Him, the One who created you to love.
God desires intimacy with you. He wants to speak to you and hear from you. Prayer is two-way communication between God and you.
You can pray using the Word of God. Praying Scripture allows you to get through painful moments and into the presence of God.
Open your Bible and pray by reading: “Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge” (Psalm 16:1). Or, “I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken” (Psalm 16:8).
Praise and worship is another part of prayer. It allows you to enunciate your love of the Lord. True praise and worship acknowledges God, declaring Him your all in all.
The Bible encourages us to praise and worship God in all that we do, reminding us that our praise and worship today is a dress rehearsal for eternity in the Kingdom of God.
Treasure God’s gift of prayer with praise and worship as a way to love Him.
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God’s Love Reaching You
“For the word of God is living and active” (Hebrews 4:12A).
God’s love can touch your heart and change your life as He speaks to you through the words in your Bible. Don’t be surprised when God stirs you to read your Bible. What’s happening? God is saying, “Come, child. Be embraced by my love.”
As you focus on God’s Word, you may receive new understanding of Scripture. Sometimes a verse will seem to leap from the page and your mind will hear God saying, “Pay attention! I’m talking to you… and loving you.
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God’s Embrace with Human Arms
“When two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I’ll be there.” (Matthew 18:20-The Message)
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Jul 16 2008
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Every Saturday morning at 10:30, the Pastor and his eleven year old son
would go out into their town and hand out Gospel Tracts.
This particular Saturday, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to
go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside, as well
as pouring down rain. The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest
clothes and said, ‘OK, dad, I’m ready.’
His Pastor dad asked, ‘Ready for what?’
‘Dad, it’s time we gather our tracts together and go out.’
Dad responds, ‘Son, it’s very cold outside and it’s pouring down rain.’
The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, ‘But Dad, aren’t people
still going to Hell, even though it’s raining?’
Dad answers, ‘Son, I am not going out in this weather.’
Despondently, the boy asks, ‘Dad, can I go? Please?’
His father hesitated for a moment then said, ‘Son, you can go. Here are
the tracts, be careful son.’
‘Thanks Dad!’
And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This eleven year old
boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing
everybody he met in the street a Gospel Tract.
After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wet
and down to his VERY LAST TRACT. He stopped on a corner and looked for
someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted.
Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk
to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody
answered.
He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but
still no answer.
Finally, this eleven year old trooper turned to leave, but something
stopped him.
Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the
door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front
porch!
He rang again and this time the door slowly opened.
Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady. She softly
asked, ‘What can I do for you, son?’ With radiant eyes and a smile that
lit up her world, this little boy said,
‘Ma’am, I’m sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that
*JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU* and I came to give you my very last Gospel
Tract which will tell you all about JESUS and His great LOVE.’
With that, he handed her his last tract and turned to leave.
She called to him as he departed. ‘Thank you, son! And God Bless You!’
Well, Sunday morning in church Pastor Dad was in the pulpit.
As the service began, he asked, ‘Does anybody have testimony or want to
say anything?’
Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her
feet.
As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from her face,
‘No one in this church knows me. I’ve never been here before.
You see, before yesterday I was not a Christian. My husband passed on
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Jul 10 2008