Posted on 10/09/2005 8:33:46 PM PDT by The Mayor
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T.G.I.F. at the Finest |
Every Thursday at the Finest |
October 10, 2005
Faith & Riches
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Do you want to be rich? Do you think your faith will bring you riches? What kind of riches are you looking for?
There's good news and bad news if wealth is what you want. The good news is that God's Word does promise riches to the believer. The "bad" news is that it doesn't have anything to do with money.
Here are some examples of the riches that can be ours as believers in Jesus Christ:
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Yes, God's Word promises us great richestreasures that we cannot even attempt to purchase with any amount of money. It is these riches that we must seek, enjoy, and use to glorify their sourceour heavenly Father. Dave Branon
God's Word promises riches that money cannot buy.
Good evening/morning! Our Daily Bread is one of my favorite devotionals. Thanks.
There you are! Thought this might be a little later because of some "little athletic competition" on TV! thank you for the thread Rus & the cuppa.. We discussed this riches item in a class I was at this week.. and the different mentality of "rich" as one matures as a christian. See you later Rus, all.. sweetest dreams & peaceful sleep
It's good to know you enjoy it, as many here do everyday!
Thanks for coming by.
Hi there Ma'am. I just got in a short time ago.. had a quick late dinner out w/friend who is in town for a few days. Watched the game at a sports bar while we ate..
Hi Dolly, yes running a little late tonight, just got home from a great meeting.
I've had the pleasure and honor to meet many of these heroes...
For soldiers caught in the cross hairs of World War II, the fight for life was a constant battle. There was little time for proper burials and mourning the dead.
Henry Ficken, now an 80-year-old Modesto man, saw this grim reality of war play out countless times on the island of Iwo Jima.
"When you get 1,000 or so a day dying, there was only so much that could be done," Ficken said. "We had more than 2,500 die in one day on the island. During the war, you didn't have time to do anything with the bodies after they had been killed.
"A lot of times, they were put into shallow graves. A lot of them laid around for days in that hot sun. Unless there was access to a ship that could hold the bodies, they'd have to stay where they were. It was a bad situation, but there wasn't much anyone could do."
In 1946, the year after the war ended, thousands of bodies of men killed in battles overseas were dug from shallow graves and shipped to their hometowns. In Modesto, the flag-covered coffins arrived by train at the depot on Ninth Street. And the family members of dead soldiers weren't the only ones on hand to pay their respects.
A group of war veterans got together and formed a committee to honor and show appreciation to those killed in battle.
That was how the Modesto-area Veterans Funeral Detail came into being.
"Every day when the train came in, these men would go down there together and just be present," Ficken said.
"They figured they'd meet the bodies coming back and show their appreciation. These men just decided they needed to do something."
There is a spy amongst us.. : )
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What kind of a meeting did ya go to? Did it have anything to do with the campaign? Hope it is still going well with the write-in campaign!
Nice graphic. Happy Columbus Day to you as well.
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue...
and became the first tourist in the Bahamas.
LOL!
Thanks.
Well, it took him until his third trip to realise that he had not reached Asia. On the other hand, he did return to Spain with all sorts of gifts and trinket for Ferdinand and Isabella (including a native who he "borrowed").
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