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Posted on 06/30/2011 10:09:07 PM PDT by JustAmy
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Thank you so much, Meg!! It’s nice to be back!! Tomorrow ought to prove to be a challenge with it being Sunday and the trial’s closing statements starting here at 5:30 A.M.!!
AW!! Same to you!!
Public opinion can help answer certain questions, but not the one question that will determine your eternity: Who do you say that Jesus is? If you agree with Scripture, and place your trust in Christ, you will have eternal life.”
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It is evidenced by a changed life for all to notice that come in contact with us and by Revelation 20:12-15 KJV
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Revelation 20:12-15
King James Version (KJV)
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12.And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13.And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14.And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15.And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
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do notice verse 12 ... says according to their works, this is not mentioned in Churches today, or in passing .
Spend time reading the Bible. That is where life is ...
The Bridge Builder
This poem speaks of each generation’s responsibilities to its successors.
An old man, going a lone highway,
Came, at the evening, cold and gray,
To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,
Through which was flowing a sullen tide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim;
The sullen stream had no fears for him;
But he turned, when safe on the other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.
“Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim, near,
“You are wasting strength with building here;
Your journey will end with the ending day;
You never again must pass this way;
You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide-
Why build you the bridge at the eventide?”
The builder lifted his old gray head:
“Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said,
“There followeth after me today
A youth, whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm, that has been naught to me,
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.”
Will Allen Dromgoole
I'll bet a LOT of alarm clocks will go off early tomorrow!
The Lord willing I will be back later.
All of Colossians chapter 3 is a section we might want to read daily for awhile ... until is has become a part of our thinking.
Thank you very much for the delight of this devotion, Mayor.
I hope it wasn't too bad, Dubya - and that this patriotic weekend will be a joyous and healthy one for you!
I hope everyone gets their Sunday posts ready today! LOL
I record it all and erase as the day goes along..in case I miss anything.
The opening tapes should be available here as the day moves along
http://www.wftv.com/caseyanthony/index.html
Closing Argument Order from da judge
http://www.wftv.com/pdf/28421879/detail.html
Without Love We Are Nothing
June 1, 2011 - There is something Jesus said that I want you to think about. Jesus said to those who followed Him:
“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
by Billy Graham
As we see a war-torn world—a world that is sick, pained, confused and bewildered—we believe that this is the hour for the church to speak out. This is the hour for the church to show forth the love and grace of God! This is the hour for the world to hear Christ saying through the church, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).
There is something Jesus said that I want you to think about. Jesus said to those who followed Him: “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35).
That verse of Scripture is tremendously important at this hour in American history. In another part of the Bible we find the same thing stated by John: “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:7-10).
The Bible declares that we who follow Jesus Christ should be just as much in love with each other as God was in love with us when He sent His Son to die on the cross. I want you to see what it means to love as God loves, because the Bible says, “God is love” (1 John 4:16).
The basic attribute of God is holiness, but love is another basic attribute of God. It is a part of God’s nature to love, and all who know Jesus Christ as Savior also have this supernatural love instilled within their hearts by the Holy Spirit. The greatest demonstration of the fact that we are Christians is that we love one another.
In 1 Corinthians 13, we have first a description of a man who does not possess love. The Apostle Paul says, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal” (1 Corinthians 13:1).
In other words, suppose I could speak with the oratory of a William Jennings Bryan. Suppose I could speak with cryptic language like Churchill. Suppose I could speak with the power of Roosevelt, in which he used to sway an entire nation. Suppose I could sing opera like Enrico Caruso. Suppose I had a thousand tongues that could speak a thousand languages at the same time. The Bible says all that is nothing, and I am nothing, unless I have this divine, supernatural love that God gives.
The apostle goes on to write, “Though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge … but have not love, I am nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:2). I could be a man of tremendous knowledge; I could understand all the mysteries and all of history, and be able to put all the patterns together. I could know the Bible from one end to the other; memorize thousands of verses of Scripture. I could be a great Bible teacher; I could even be a preacher from the pulpit—and have not love. I know people in this country who are conservative in their theology—people who would die contending for the inspiration of the Bible—and yet there is so little love. I might know the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, but if I had not love, it would mean absolutely nothing in the sight of God.
I might be a man of great faith. The Bible says that I might have faith so that I could move mountains, but if I have not love, it is nothing. Suppose I could stand here today and say to that mountain, “Move into the sea,” and it would move! You would say, “Well, Billy Graham is certainly a man of tremendous faith to pray a mountain into the sea.” The Bible says that is absolutely nothing unless my faith is tempered with love.I could be a man of great charity. The Bible says, “though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor … it profits me nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:3) unless I have this divine love that God gives. I could give everything I have to charity, but if the motive were not divine love, it means nothing in the sight of almighty God.
Here in this country we give billions of dollars away, but sometimes I wonder if our motive is not selfish. We are always asking the other nations and the other people, “What return is America going to get?” The motive of all giving and all charity should be love.I could also be a man of consuming zeal. Paul continues, “though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:3). Suppose I were like many Korean pastors during the Korean War. Seventeen hundred Korean pastors paid with their blood for their faith in Jesus Christ. Suppose I died at a stake or was shot for my faith in Jesus Christ. You would say, “Billy Graham is a man of consuming zeal. He died as a martyr.” God says it is nothing, unless I am filled with the love of God.
What a brilliant life this man lived—this mythical man the Bible describes. He was a man of eloquence, knowledge, power, charity, zeal, but the Bible says he was absolutely nothing without love.
What a powerful thing love must be! How much stock God puts in love.
You say, “Well, Billy, what do you mean by love? What is a demonstration of love?” We have it demonstrated in 1 Corinthians 13. This might cut some of us to the heart. It is going to probe down deep, because one thing that the church of Christ in America lacks is the demonstration of love, and Jesus said, “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35).
This love that the Bible is talking about in 1 Corinthians 13 “suffers long” (verse 5). In other words, it is patient. It is kind. It “does not envy.” There is no jealousy in this divine love that God gives. It “does not parade itself.” It is “not puffed up,” gives itself no airs. It is a love that demands humility. It never pushes itself to the top, never tries to promote itself, never tries to advertise itself. It is always in the background, truly humble. The thing that we need in the church today is genuine, old-fashioned humility.
Then, again in 1 Corinthians 13:5, the Bible says love “does not behave rudely.” It is always courteous and gracious at every turn. It “seeks not its own,” is never selfish. God looks after you, and you are to look after others, the Bible says. It is not easily provoked—not touchy or irritable. If people have to handle you with kid gloves, have to watch out what they say to you, you don’t know anything about this love that God is talking about.
Love “thinks no evil” (1 Corinthians 13:5). It never holds a grudge—never has malice. It rejoices not in iniquity, but in the truth (1 Corinthians 13:6). It is never glad when another falls. I know so many Christians today who, when they hear that another Christian has fallen, say, “Isn’t that too bad?” but they don’t mean it! They are happy that the other Christian has fallen because that places them just a little higher on the ladder of estimation in other people’s eyes.
Then the Bible says that this love “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Corinthians 13:7). It is slow to expose the evils and faults in others. It is eager to believe the best, and it is always hopeful and optimistic concerning the future. The Bible teaches that love is greater than faith and hope (1 Corinthians 13:13). Love is the greatest thing in all the world.
I will never forget when singer and composer Redd Harper came to Christ in Hollywood. He said that to him the most amazing and thrilling thing after he came to Christ was this fact: “I found that I loved everybody, no matter what race or color or creed they might be. I just wanted to go hug the whole world.”
When radio broadcaster Stuart Hamblen came to Christ, he said the same thing: “I fell in love with the whole world. There were certain people who had different racial characteristics from myself that I did not like before I was converted, but after I gave my heart to Christ, I fell in love with every one of them.”
Only this divine love that God gives will make us love others, and before we have revival in America we must have that kind of love among God’s people.
However, the greatest demonstration of love was God sending His own Son to die for you. You did not deserve to have Him die for you. You are a sinner!
The Bible says that you know nothing about this love if you are outside of Christ. It is impossible for you to have this divine love, because it is a gift of God only to those who love Christ.
But—God loves you! It makes no difference how deep in the mire of sin and transgression you have gone. God loves you today! He proved it by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for you on the cross.
At this moment you can receive Christ into your heart. God will give you this supernatural love until you love the whole world. That is the solution to the international problems that we face at this hour. It is the solution to your personal problems—to let Christ come in. When Christ comes in, love comes in and love shines forth.
Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, New King James Version.
You can know this amazing love that the Bible talks about.
The Bible says that when we put our faith in Christ, God pours His love into our hearts. God forgives our sins and gives us eternal life. You need to admit that you are a sinner and receive Him by faith as your Lord and Savior. You can begin a relationship with God by praying a simple prayer like this:
“O God, I am a sinner. I’m sorry for my sin. Forgive me. I want to turn from my sin. I receive Jesus Christ as my Savior; I confess Him as my Lord. From now on I want to follow Him. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”
I am sure you have already put yours together, Meg! Can you give us a 'hint' about the topic, pretty please? ;-D
As you should be! Congratulations!
It is such an amazing feat. Did you do anything other than watch what you eat? Any pointers for anyone? :)
Zion natl park..streams in the desert Utah bird TYs
I am ready.
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I just watch what I eat and how much. I don’t eat any bread except wheat. I eat a McChicken most days at McDonald’s. I get a fork & knife with and cut the Chicken up and eat it that way, I also eat a honey mustard with it. The bread I take home to the chickens.
As of now 1 McChicken and not even all of it is about all I eat, its all I want. I am going to Walmart in a while and get a carton of no sugar added ice cream. Good luck to all who want to lose weight.
On diets I did best on the Adkins and learned a lot while I was doing it.
And thank you I never knew that I could do it.My wife is out shopping now trying to find some pants to fit me. They have been really hard to find in my sizes.
~A Wonderful Caturday To All~
Just a lot of work to do. I am or we are fixing up 3 houses to rent or sell and its hot. One house we just took over yesterday had 10 cats in it. My son was able to get 7 of them out. Can’t catch the others yet. We leave food and water for them. I don’t know what the heat will do to them.
DITTO,DITTO,DITTO, Meg! Thank you!
1,182 posted on Saturday, July 02, 2011 1:06:09 PM by tiapam
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There..brought it over..LOL I do this from time to time..The mods know me..
You’re welcome.
Amazing weight loss! Congratulations.
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