Eternity...Know that You Know
Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:52 AM
A man had a friend who was opening up a new business. He wanted to do something nice for him, so he sent his friend some flowers. Later that afternoon, the friend called and said, “I really appreciate your jester. It was so kind, but I’m a little confused about the card. The man asked what the card said and his friend told him, “Rest in peace.” He apologized and assured his friend that was not what it was supposed to say. The man called the florist where he had ordered the flowers and he let them have it. The florist said, “Look man, it could have been worse. “ The man asked, “How?” “Somewhere in the cemetery someone has a card that says, “Good luck in your new location.”Make sure you send the right card, at the right time, to the right place. If there is such a thing as luck (and I don’t believe in luck) when you die your luck runs out.
When you die, your love has run out.
You will never have a chance to tell someone…you love them.
You’ll never have the chance to…call them.
You’ll never have the chance to … hug them.
The Point is:
Love while you can…before one of you leaves, but more importantly, before you die accept Jesus and know that you know where you will spend eternity.
See You Sunday!
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( 3.1 / 8 )Being Content
Thursday, July 29, 2010, 10:53 AM
There was a man who got dissatisfied with his farm and he decided he wanted to go on to bigger and better things. He decided to put it on the market. He gave it to a real estate salesman and the real estate salesman called him up and said, "I want to read to you the advertisement that I am going to put in the paper." the man said, "alright, I want to hear it.
The salesman said, "beautiful farm for sale - 250 acres of rolling hills, fertile valleys, and quiet streams, the climate is excelled all year round. There is fertile land for any crops, a beautiful two-story house, three barns in excellent condition and wonderful, loving, caring neighbors"
After he finished the farmer said, "read that back to me one more time." when he did the farmer said, "I have been looking for a place like that all of my life. Take it off the market."
It is a wise man who realizes that contentment makes a poor man rich, but discontent will make a rich man poor. Not only should you be satisfied with what you have. You ought to be satisfied with who you have.
Hebrews 13:5 says, “Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,"
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( 3.3 / 6 )Life's Suprises
Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 09:26 AM
1 John 5:13 “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.”Life is full of surprises. Things happen that we never expect to have happen. People’s lives are sometimes changed by the events of the day or even a single minute. Are you prepared for life’s surprises?
In 1936 Ralph Neves, a famous jockey, was riding his horse in a race at Bay Meadows. The horse tripped as he entered the stretch and threw Ralph headfirst into the rail. The track doctor rushed to his side, but he was too late. He could find no pulse; Ralph was dead. The ambulance came anyway and rushed Ralph Neves to the hospital. After several attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead and covered with a sheet. The people at the racetrack were in shock. Ralph’s wife had been called to meet with the president of the racetrack. The jockeys were taking a collection for the widow. Then, to everyone’s complete surprise, Ralph Neves came walking into the clubhouse. The jockeys screamed, his wife fainted, and Ralph told his story. He said, “I knew I didn’t feel dead, even if I was sore all over.” He spoke out to the doctor through the draped sheet, so they rushed him on a gurney into a room. Ralph thought that was a waste, so he put on his clothes, rode to the track in a cab, and rode the horse, Instigator, in the seventh race that same day.
Salvation is not a surprise. You can know you are saved.
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( 3 / 5 )Take up your cross and be a disciple
Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 08:55 AM
There was a Nazarene preacher who stuttered all the time named Buddy Robinson. Buddy Robinson never went to New York. But one time he got to go and he saw all the bright lights, he saw Broadway, he saw the Great White Way, he saw all the of Time Square. And after he saw it all, he got down on his knees up there on the street and he said, God I thank you. I have seen all that New York City has to offer, all the sinful sites. And I thank you that I didn't want a one of them! Because you see when you are sold out to Jesus you know all the devil has to offer but because self is dead, you don't want a one of them.
The method of cross bearing is to develop disciple habits. Paul said in Colossians 3:9, "you have put off the old self with its habits and have put on the new self which God is continually renewing in His own image to bring you to a full knowledge of Himself."
It is a continual, daily experience when God is continually renewing your each day. It doesn't happen one time at an altar. It is a continual process. God is renewing you moment by moment, day by day. That is what it means to take up your cross and be a disciple.
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( 2.8 / 6 )A Clean Heart
Monday, July 26, 2010, 11:54 AM
America's greatness has not been because of technological advancement or medical discovery. America's greatness is not because of powerful and influential leaders, nor is it because of great presidents, even though we have had a few. I thank God for the memory of President Ronald Reagan--a godly man, with a godly vision. He inspired America to greatness. Former President Bush is a man who is not ashamed to come out and simply say, "I am a Christian--born again, with Jesus in my heart."QUOTES:
George Washington said, "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."
Here's an interesting bit of information: In 1836, the State of North Carolina said in their Constitution, "No person who shall deny the being of God, or the truth of the Christian religion, shall be capable of holding any office or place of trust or profit."
Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence, and it was ratified and signed by representatives of the 13 original colonies at the meeting of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. These patriots and proud Americans, in this document, recognized that God, our Creator, is the One who has given us life, liberty, and the opportunity to pursue happiness. God works in the hearts of men.
Psalm 139:23, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts"
Our nation and its greatness is because of men and women who had a heart for God.
QUOTE:
John Quincy Adams said, "The highest glory of the American revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.”
John Quincy Adams knew what we know, and that is, that God blesses a nation: Psalm 33:12 "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD." And, on the other hand, let me add; God curses a nation who turns away form Him: Psalm 9:17, "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."
Paul wrote in Titus 3:5, that salvation is "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost." (KJV)
The reason America is losing her greatness is because the majority of her citizens no longer understand nor practice the Christian faith. Most have forgotten what made this country great. It is a relationship with God through Christ.
QUOTE: President Thomas Jefferson wrote, "The reason that Christianity is the best friend of Government is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart."
Rev. Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask Your forgiveness and to seek Your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good," but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We confess:
We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it Pluralism.
We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent to direct us to the center of your will. I ask it in the Name of Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In six short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer. Rev. Wright had it "right" when he said, "Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free."
That's exactly what people need. That's why David said in Psalm 51:10, "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me." If we ever expect to see God, then we must have a clean heart. Matthew 5:8, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."
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