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"We should keep the Gospel simple, not mystic, and be careful
to speak to the present need. There is a danger of belaboring the Scripture instead of just delivering it. "Heaven and earth
will pass away, but my words will never pass away."
"Long after man has had his say, the Word of God will still be standing.
In view of this, we ought to spend more time with it."
"The Word of God has been proofread in Heaven, and its promises
are ready for everyone on earth. Read and believe. He will not go back on His Word."
"Take His Word to heart. It points
the way to the abundant life and eternal life."
"A person should not only study the Bible for what they can get out of
it, but for what it can get out of them."
"The Bible is a map to peace, happiness, and Heaven. Follow it and you will
have a safe journey. Wander from it and you are in trouble. Discover God in His Word."
"...read God's Word. If we only
knew the benefits of the Bible, nothing could keep us from it. "Your Word is truth."
(All of the above taken from The Golden
Treasury of Bible Wisdom)
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"...ye
might have life through His name." (John 20:31)
"Is life worth living?" To scores of people life has ceased to be worth
living. To all of you I have good news. God did not create you to be a defeated, discouraged, frustrated, wandering soul,
seeking in vain for peace of heart and peace of mind. He has bigger plans for you. He has a larger orb and a greater life
for you. The answer to your problem, however great, it as near as your Bible, as simple as first-grade arithmetic, and as
real as your heartbeat. Upon the authority of God's Word, I tell you that Christ is the answer to every baffling perplexity
which plagues mankind. In Him is found the cure for care, a balm for bereavement, a healing for our hurts, and a sufficiency
for our insufficiency."
"Teach me, Lord, as today I read Your Word, that the life You would have me live is one of joy
and fulfillment."
(Taken from Day By Day With Billy Graham)
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"God is present everywhere and always,
so He can be worshiped at any time,
in any place. The key is to worship
Him with sincerity and honesty. John
4:23-24
highlights the importance of
genuine worship.
'But the time is coming and is already
here when true worshipers
will worship
the Father in spirit and in truth. The
Father is looking for anyone who will
worship Him that way.
For God is Spirit,
so those who worship Him must worship in
spirit and in truth.'
(New Living Translation)
Worship
draws our eyes off of ourselves,
and focuses our hearts on God. He alone
is holy and awesome - He deserves our
praise
and worship. Hebrews 12:28 reveals
that our worship pleases God.
'Since we are receiving a kingdom that
cannot
be destroyed, let us be thankful
and please God by worshiping Him with
holy fear and awe.'"
(New Living Translation)
(Taken From Living Water For Those Who Thirst)
:-) :-) :-) :-)
"Did you know it is against the law to let a monkey smoke
a cigarette in Indiana? It is also against the law in Pennsylvania for a man to put an ice cream cone in his hip pocket."
(Taken from Healing Through Humor
by Charles & Frances Hunter)
:-) :-) :-) :-)
"I cdnuolt blvelee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal
pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in
a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs
is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas
tghuhot sipeling was ipmorantt!"
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"Blessed are those who have not
seen and
yet have believed."
(John 20:29) (New International Version)
"How important it is for God to keep us
focused
on things that are unseen, for we
are so easily snared by the things we can
see! If Peter was ever going to walk on
the water, he had to walk, but if he was
going to swim to Jesus, he had to swim.
He could not do both. If a bird
is going
to fly, it must stay away from fences and
trees, trusting the buoyancy of its wings.
And if it tries
to stay within easy reach
of the ground, it will never fly very well.
God had to bring Abraham to the end of his
own
strength and let him see that with his
own body he could do nothing. He had to
consider his own body 'as good as dead'
(Heb. 11:12) and then trust God to do all
the work. When he looked away from himself
and trusted only God, he
became 'fully pur-
suaded that God had power to do what He had
promised'. (Rom. 4:21).
This is what God is teaching
us, and He has
to keep results that are encouraging away
from us until we learn to trust Him without
them. Then
He loves to make His Word as
real to us in actuality as it is in our faith."
(A. B. Simpson - Streams In The Desert)
"I do not ask that He must
prove
His Word is true to me,
And that before I can believe
He first must let me see.
It is enough for me
to know
It's true because He says it's so;
On His unchanging Word I'll stand
And trust till I can understand."
(E. M. Winter - Streams In The Desert)
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ALWAYS CHECK YOUR MAIL
Ruth went to her mail box
and there was only one letter. She picked it up and looked at it before opening; but then she looked at the envelope again.
There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address. She read the letter:
Dear Ruth:
I'm going to be in
your neighborhood Saturday afternoon and I'd like to stop by for a visit.
Love Always,
Jesus
Her hands were shaking as she placed the letter on the
table.. 'Why would the Lord want to visit me? I'm nobody special. I don't have anything to offer.'
With that thought,
Ruth remembered her empty kitchen cabinets.
'Oh my goodness, I really don't have anything to offer. I'll have to run down
to the store and buy something for dinner.'
She reached for her purse and counted out its contents. Five dollars
and forty cents. 'Well, I can get some bread and cold cuts, at least.'
She threw on her coat and hurried out the door.
A
loaf of French bread, a half-pound of sliced turkey, and a carton of milk... leaving Ruth with a grand total of twelve
cents to last her until Monday..
Nonetheless, she felt good as she headed home, her meager offerings tucked under her
arm.
'Hey lady, can you help us,lady?'
Ruth had been so
absorbed in her dinner plans, she hadn't even noticed two figures huddled in the alleyway. A man and a woman, both of them
dressed in little more than rags.
'Look lady, I ain't got a job, you know; and my wife and I have been living out here
on the street; and well, now it's getting cold, and we're getting kinda hungry; and, well, if you could help us, Lady, we'd
really appreciate it.'
Ruth looked at them both. They were dirty; they smelled bad; and frankly, she was certain
that they could get some kind of work if they really wanted to.
'Sir, I'd like to help you, but I'm a poor woman myself.
All I have is a few cold cuts and some bread; and I'm having an important guest for dinner tonight, and I was planning on
serving that to Him.'
'Yeah, well, okay lady, I understand. Thanks anyway.'
The man put his arm around the woman's
shoulders, turned, and headed back into the alley.
As she watched them leave, Ruth felt a familiar twinge in her heart.
'Sir,
wait!'
The couple stopped and turned as she ran down the alley after them.
'Look, why don't you take this food..I'll
figure out something else to serve my guest.'
She handed the man her grocery bag.
'Thank you lady. Thank you
very much!'
'Yes, thank you!' It was the man's wife, and Ruth could see now that she was shivering.
'You know,
I've got another coat at home. Here, why don't you take this one.'
Ruth unbuttoned her jacket and slipped it over the
woman's shoulders.
Then smiling, she turned and walked back to the street...without her coat and with nothing to serve
her guest.
'Thank you lady! Thank you very much!"
Ruth was chilled by the time she reached her front door,and
worried too.
The Lord was coming to visit and she didn't have anything to offer Him.
She fumbled through her purse
for the door key.
But as she did, she noticed another envelope in her mailbox.
'That's odd.
The mailman doesn't
usually come twice in one day.'
Dear Ruth:
It was so good to see you again.
Thank
you for the lovely meal.
And thank you, too, for the beautiful coat.
Love Always,
Jesus
The air was
still cold, but even without her coat, Ruth no longer noticed.
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"O Lord, you have examined my heart and
know everything about me. You know when I sit or stand. When far away you know my every thought. You chart the path ahead
of me, and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment, you know where I am. You know what I am going to say before I even
say it. You both precede and follow me and place your hand of blessing on my head."
"This is too glorious, too wonderful
to believe! I can never be lost to your Spirit! I can never get away from my God! If I go up to heaven, you are there; if
I go down to the place of the dead, you are there. If I ride the morning winds to the farthest oceans, even there your hand
will guide me, your strength will support me. If I try to hide in the darkness, the night becomes light around me. For even
darkness cannot hide from God; to you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are both alike to you."
(Psalm
139:1-12) (The Living Bible)
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"He who deals wisely and heeds [God's] word and counsel shall find good, and whoever leans on, trusts in, and is confident
in the Lord - happy, blessed, and fortunate is he."
(Proverbs 16:20) (The Amplified Bible)
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There is much in our nature that perplexes us. Many people are disturbed as they confront the troubling riddle of their own
existence. They are bewildered by their proneness to sin and evil. They quake and tremble at the thought of their inability
to cope with their own lives. Christ can give you satisfying answers to such questions as 'Who am I?''Why was I born?' 'What
am I doing here?' 'Where am I going?' All of the great questions of life can be measured when you come by faith to Jesus Christ
and receive Him as your Lord. Let Him be your Pilot. He can take away the worry from your life."
(Taken from Day By Day
With Billy Graham)
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"It is not a difficult matter to learn
what it means to delight ourselves in the Lord. It is to live so as to please Him, to honor everything we find in His Word,
to do everything the way He would like to have it done, and for Him." (S. Maxwell Coder)
"And Satan trembles when he sees
the weakest saint upon his knees."
"The condition of an enlightened mind is a surrendered heart." (Alan Redpath)
"Thy
way, not mine, O lord,
However dark it be!
Lead me by thine own hand;
Choose thou the path for me.
Smooth
let it be or rough,
It will be still the best;
Winding or straight, it leads
Right onward to thy rest.
I dare
not choose my lot;
I would not if I might;
Choose thou for me, my God:
So shall I walk aright.
Take thou my
cup, and it
With joy or sorrow fill,
As best to thee may seem;
Choose thou my good and ill.
Choose thou for
me my friends,
My sickness or my health;
Choose thou my cares for me,
My poverty or wealth.
Not mine, not
mine the choice,
In things or great or small;
Be thou my guide, my strength,
My wisdom, and my all."
(Horatius
Bonar)
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"Faith
is the assurance of the changeless
character of God's goodness, believing He
is faithful to what He says He is."
(Taken
from Mark My Word by Reinhard Bonnke)
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Beautiful
things grow in
the hearts of special friends.
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"I
WILL CAUSE THE SHOWER TO
COME DOWN IN HIS SEASON;
THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF
BLESSING."
(Ezekiel 34:26)
(King
James Version)
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My prayer for you is that God will teach you how to simply
trust Him for all your daily needs!
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