Posted on 08/08/2004 8:30:41 PM PDT by The Mayor
Read: James 1:21-27
Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only. —James 1:22
Bible In One Year: Psalms 77-78; Romans 10
A church member told his pastor that he was going to the Holy Land. He said that it was his intention to visit Mount Sinai. "In fact," he told the minister, "I plan to climb to the top of that mountain, and read the Ten Commandments aloud when I get there."
Thinking this would please the pastor, he was surprised to hear, "You know, I can think of something even better than that." The man responded, "You can, Pastor? And what might that be?"
He replied rather bluntly, "Instead of traveling thousands of miles to read the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, why not stay right here at home and keep them?"
God wants us to read His Word, of course. But more important, He wants us to obey it. So, as we open the Bible each day, we should pray not only for illumination to understand it but also for a willingness to obey it. Hearing and doing must go hand-in-hand (James 1:22).
When Saul heard Jesus speaking to him on the road to Damascus, he asked, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" (Acts 9:6). That's a good question for us to ask whenever we read the Bible or hear it read.
Let's be "doers of the Word." —Richard De Haan
Military Monday Bump!!
Have a fabulous week everyone!
Thanks MoJo2001, you too!
Welcome Home 501st
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1187574/posts
God Bless our military!
I just now saw the pledge graphic....it's beautiful too!
Thank you, Thank you !!
The Pledge is Billies!
I thought it looked like her work. Very nice!
ping
Beautiful graphics to start the week.
I'm so far behind on pings, I'll never get caught up. Spent the last 2 hours catching up on the Swifties.
Salute to these Men of Honor!
Good Military Monday morning to all..God bless armed forces and all who wait at home for their return..
..AMERICA...HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
Have a great week everybody.
Good Military Monday, Mayor!
I missed 'seeing' you all this past weekend. Hubby was on call so had to keep offline 'cause of my antiquated one line dial-up.
I spent this morning catching up on the Finest's weekend thread while drinking my first cup of coffee.
I had to giggle at the exchange between Texasgirl and LadyX. Roaring bionic women! Hahaha
Seriously, I hope you are getting better and better, Texgal, and I'm praying for your swift recovery.
LadyMaggie, wasn't this past weekend's weather wonderful? We, too, had all our windows open letting in the fresh air. They are still open this morning but it's supposed to get a bit hot by this afternoon so I'll sadly close my windows and turn on the a.c. :-( I do so love to hear the birds and duck calls from open screened doors overlooking the lake. But it will soon be Autumn when cooler temps and low humidity will stay awhile.
Everyone, i hope you all have a great Military Monday. Thanks, Mayor, for yet another very good tribute to our military. Love all ya'll! ((( Hugs all around )))
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!
Howdy!
http://www.link4u.com/kissedmyson.htm
Brought this over from Amys thread..
THIS IS FABULOUS!!! It was written by an 8-year-old, Danny Dutton of
Chula Vista, CA, for his third-grade homework assignment. The assignment
was to explain God. Wonder if any of us could do as well?
EXPLAINING GOD
One of God's main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones
that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth. He
doesn't make grown-ups, just babies. I think because they are smaller and
easier to make. That ways He doesn't have to take up His valuable time
teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that to mothers and
fathers.
God's second most important job is listening to prayers. An awful lot of
this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things, pray at times
besides bedtime. God doesn't have time to listen to the radio or TV.
Because of this, God sees everything and hears everything and is everywhere
which keeps Him pretty busy. So you shouldn't go wasting His time by going
over your Mom and Dad's head asking for some thing they said you couldn't
have.
Atheists are people who don't believe in God. I don't think there are any
in Chula Vista. At least there aren't any who come to our church. Jesus is
God's Son. He used to do all the hard work like walking on water and
performing miracles and people finally got tired of Him preaching to them
and they crucified Him. But He was good and kind, like His Father and He
told His Father that they didn't know what they were doing and to forgive
them and God said "O.K.."
His Dad (God) appreciated everything that He had done and all His hard work
on earth so He told Him He didn't have to go out on the road anymore. He
could stay in Heaven. So He did. And now He helps His Dad out by listening
to prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take care of and
which ones He can take care of Himself without having to bother God. Like a
secretary, only more important. You can pray anytime you want and they are
sure to help you because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty
all the time. You should always go to church on Sunday because it makes God
happy, and if there's somebody you want to make happy, it's God. Don't skip
church to do something you think will be more fun like going to the beach.
This is wrong. And besides the sun doesn't come out at the beach until noon
anyway.
If you don't believe in God, besides being an atheist, you will be very
lonely, because your parents can't go everywhere with you, like to camp, but
God can. It is good to know He is around when you're scared in the dark or
when you can't swim and you get thrown into real deep water by big kids.
But... you shouldn't just always think of what God can do for you. I figure
God put me here to help him, and He can take me back anytime he pleases.
And... that's why I believe in God.
Keep these thoughts with you throughout the coming years!
1.If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
2.If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
3.He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning.
4.Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen.
5.He could live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.
6.What about the Christmas gift He sent you in Bethlehem; not to mention
that Friday at Calvary. Face it, He's crazy about you.
God answers knee-mail.
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