Thursday, November 8, 2007
COAL BASKET BIBLE STORY
The story is told of an old man who lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading from his old worn-out Bible. His grandson, who wanted to be just like him, tried to imitate him in any way he could.
One day the grandson asked, "Papa, I try to read the Bible just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Bible do?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and said, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring back a basket of water." The boy did as he was told, even though all the water leaked out before he could get back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "You will have to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again.
This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was "impossible to carry water in a basket," and he went to get a bucket instead. The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You can do this. You're just not trying hard enough," and he went out the door to watch the boy try again.
At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out before he got far at all. The boy scooped the water and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said, "See Papa, it's useless!" "So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "Look at the basket." The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket looked different. Instead of a dirty old coal basket, it was clean. "Son, that's what happens when you read the Bible. You might not understand or remember everything you read, but, it will change you from the inside out.
That is the work of God in our lives. To change us from the inside out and to slowly transform us into the image of His son. Take time to read a portion of God's word each day. For God so loved the world that He sent His Only Begotten Son for you and me. Praise God daily! GOD BLESS...
integrity
INTEGRETITY
We read in the Bible about great name of god by name Job, he was known for his integrity.” There was name….whose name was J ob, he was perfect and upright, and that feared god and shunned evil”. [Job 1:1]
Chronologically the book of Job was first written out of 66 books of the bible. That is why we don’t get any mention of Moses, Abraham, David and other important people of Bible.
We also, as we Christians and true children of God we must keep our life with integrity. In this translation of the Bible, which is directly from greek language and not from English, these words are very emphatically written.
We must learn to say two words, YES and NO frequently. Yes to God saying “YES LORD” no to satan “NO STAN”. Everyday we face situations where we have to make a choice. Choice for good and choice for bad. This choice helps us to grow in the Lord, move forward, move high and move deep in our spiritual life.
God has given us conscience. Everyone of us Christians and non- Christians . our conscience is like a police man, like a traffic signal showing red or green, right or wrong, good or bad. We have to choose the right thing and learn to please God. We should never try to please people or world or Satan. St.Paul said ,”for do I please men or God? For if do I seek to please men? For if I yet please men, I should not be the servant of god”. [Gal 1:10]
We have to keep on integrity in our house. Never speak a lie with your spouse or children? They must know that you are a person of integrity. The same thing with a neighbour , should not deceive them or pluck their fruit which are hanging in your compound.
In your office you should keep your conscience clean .should not take bribe. Bribe brings curse , defeat sickness in your life and family life. Small things like, note books, ball pens, white papers, rubber bands etc, you should not bring home. Once in a way we go to hotel as a family , after food I used to take a lot of tooth picks. Yes they are kept there for our use. But we are not supposed to take a lot of them, one or two only. I repented and stopped doing that.
In all the areas of our life we must keep our conscience clean. The Bible says thos who don’t keep their conscience clean are like a ship wrecked in the mid sea. “holdind faith, and a good conscience, which some having put away made ship wreck” .[1Tim 1:19]
The blessing of god is most important to us in this world. God cannot bless a man living in sin and not keeping his conscience clean, what we think in our mind we must speak outside, what we speak with our mouth we must do and practice. Pharases were saying a lot of good things but they are not practicing. The Lord condemned them and said owe unto you pharases. St.paul said , they that hear the law are not righteous but they that do according to the lord. Even in small small matters keep your conscience clean. Learn to say sorry immediately both to god and man. Keep short accounts.
May the lord strengthen you and help you to lead a life with integrity.
We read in the Bible about great name of god by name Job, he was known for his integrity.” There was name….whose name was J ob, he was perfect and upright, and that feared god and shunned evil”. [Job 1:1]
Chronologically the book of Job was first written out of 66 books of the bible. That is why we don’t get any mention of Moses, Abraham, David and other important people of Bible.
We also, as we Christians and true children of God we must keep our life with integrity. In this translation of the Bible, which is directly from greek language and not from English, these words are very emphatically written.
We must learn to say two words, YES and NO frequently. Yes to God saying “YES LORD” no to satan “NO STAN”. Everyday we face situations where we have to make a choice. Choice for good and choice for bad. This choice helps us to grow in the Lord, move forward, move high and move deep in our spiritual life.
God has given us conscience. Everyone of us Christians and non- Christians . our conscience is like a police man, like a traffic signal showing red or green, right or wrong, good or bad. We have to choose the right thing and learn to please God. We should never try to please people or world or Satan. St.Paul said ,”for do I please men or God? For if do I seek to please men? For if I yet please men, I should not be the servant of god”. [Gal 1:10]
We have to keep on integrity in our house. Never speak a lie with your spouse or children? They must know that you are a person of integrity. The same thing with a neighbour , should not deceive them or pluck their fruit which are hanging in your compound.
In your office you should keep your conscience clean .should not take bribe. Bribe brings curse , defeat sickness in your life and family life. Small things like, note books, ball pens, white papers, rubber bands etc, you should not bring home. Once in a way we go to hotel as a family , after food I used to take a lot of tooth picks. Yes they are kept there for our use. But we are not supposed to take a lot of them, one or two only. I repented and stopped doing that.
In all the areas of our life we must keep our conscience clean. The Bible says thos who don’t keep their conscience clean are like a ship wrecked in the mid sea. “holdind faith, and a good conscience, which some having put away made ship wreck” .[1Tim 1:19]
The blessing of god is most important to us in this world. God cannot bless a man living in sin and not keeping his conscience clean, what we think in our mind we must speak outside, what we speak with our mouth we must do and practice. Pharases were saying a lot of good things but they are not practicing. The Lord condemned them and said owe unto you pharases. St.paul said , they that hear the law are not righteous but they that do according to the lord. Even in small small matters keep your conscience clean. Learn to say sorry immediately both to god and man. Keep short accounts.
May the lord strengthen you and help you to lead a life with integrity.
life fading
Too many cries and too many lights off fading in my life.
Depressions squeezing my heart day by day so tight.
I miss all those things I use to have.
Im feeling im someone I don’t know what im into.
No eyes could say I love you, no voice could say I want you, no heart like to touch, everything is so far.
World making me to turn my face down but im raising my soul to god.
So many troubles hunting me down and surrounded me with dark shadows.the pain is too hard than burning of the skin where my memories are in bloom and my heart is in gloom.
So much is there to see in this world, most of them were so bitter than poison.
Im totally sinked, drowned and fell a part from closest things, I can see empty faces and the hallow earth.
Its like im crying in the middle of the road…..crying “oh god show your mercy”.
Then god gave his holy hand and raised me from this death where his blessings showered over me like a rain.
IN THE SHADOW OF GOD WE ARE LIVING
IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD WE ARE SPEAKING
IN THE GLORY OF GOD WE ARE STANDING
IN THE WORD OF GOD WE ARE WALKING
IN THE GRACE OF GOD WE ARE LEADING
IN THE LANP OF GOD WE ARE SHINING
IN THE JOY OF GOD WE ARE PRAISING
IN THE HOLINESS OF GOD WE ARE SINGING
IN THE COMMANDS OF THE GOD WE ARE OBEYING
IN THE BRIGHTNESS OF GOD WE ARE BREATHING
IN THE SKY OF GOD DOVES FLYING
IN THE WATER OF GOD FISHES SWIMMING
IN THE LAND OF GOD TREES GROWING
IN THE FORESTS OF GOD ANIMALS LIVING
HE IS THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THERE IS NO END IN HIS LOVE.
Depressions squeezing my heart day by day so tight.
I miss all those things I use to have.
Im feeling im someone I don’t know what im into.
No eyes could say I love you, no voice could say I want you, no heart like to touch, everything is so far.
World making me to turn my face down but im raising my soul to god.
So many troubles hunting me down and surrounded me with dark shadows.the pain is too hard than burning of the skin where my memories are in bloom and my heart is in gloom.
So much is there to see in this world, most of them were so bitter than poison.
Im totally sinked, drowned and fell a part from closest things, I can see empty faces and the hallow earth.
Its like im crying in the middle of the road…..crying “oh god show your mercy”.
Then god gave his holy hand and raised me from this death where his blessings showered over me like a rain.
IN THE SHADOW OF GOD WE ARE LIVING
IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD WE ARE SPEAKING
IN THE GLORY OF GOD WE ARE STANDING
IN THE WORD OF GOD WE ARE WALKING
IN THE GRACE OF GOD WE ARE LEADING
IN THE LANP OF GOD WE ARE SHINING
IN THE JOY OF GOD WE ARE PRAISING
IN THE HOLINESS OF GOD WE ARE SINGING
IN THE COMMANDS OF THE GOD WE ARE OBEYING
IN THE BRIGHTNESS OF GOD WE ARE BREATHING
IN THE SKY OF GOD DOVES FLYING
IN THE WATER OF GOD FISHES SWIMMING
IN THE LAND OF GOD TREES GROWING
IN THE FORESTS OF GOD ANIMALS LIVING
HE IS THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THERE IS NO END IN HIS LOVE.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
REAL MAN - miracle!!!!!!!
My dear ones in Christ:
Please send the following to all your friends including Muslims.
A Muslim man in Egypt killed his wife and then buried her withtheirinfant baby and 8-year old daughter. The girls were buried alive!
He then reported to the police that an uncle killed the kids.15days later, another family member died.When they went to bury him, they found the 2 little girls under thesand - ALIVE !
The country is outraged over the incident, and the man will beexecuted.
The older girl was asked how she had survived.A man wearing shiny white clothes, with bleeding wounds in his hands,came every day to feed us.He woke up my mom so she could nurse my sister,' shesaid.She was interviewed on Egyptian national TV, by a veiled Muslim womannews anchor.She said on public TV, 'This was none other than Jesus,because nobody else does things like this!'
Muslims believe Isa (Jesus) would do this, but the wounds mean Hereally was crucified, and it's clear also that He is alive! But, it'salso clear that the child could not make up a story like this, andthere is no way these children could have survived without a truemiracle.Muslim leaders are going to have a hard time to figureout what to do with this, and the popularity of the Passion moviedoesn't help!With Egypt at the centre of the media and education in theMiddle East, you can be sure this story will spread.
Christ is still turning the world upside down!
Please let this story be shared. The Lord says,I will bless the person who puts his trust in me.' Jeremiah 17:7
Please let this story be shared. ............
Jesus cares for you
Please send the following to all your friends including Muslims.
A Muslim man in Egypt killed his wife and then buried her withtheirinfant baby and 8-year old daughter. The girls were buried alive!
He then reported to the police that an uncle killed the kids.15days later, another family member died.When they went to bury him, they found the 2 little girls under thesand - ALIVE !
The country is outraged over the incident, and the man will beexecuted.
The older girl was asked how she had survived.A man wearing shiny white clothes, with bleeding wounds in his hands,came every day to feed us.He woke up my mom so she could nurse my sister,' shesaid.She was interviewed on Egyptian national TV, by a veiled Muslim womannews anchor.She said on public TV, 'This was none other than Jesus,because nobody else does things like this!'
Muslims believe Isa (Jesus) would do this, but the wounds mean Hereally was crucified, and it's clear also that He is alive! But, it'salso clear that the child could not make up a story like this, andthere is no way these children could have survived without a truemiracle.Muslim leaders are going to have a hard time to figureout what to do with this, and the popularity of the Passion moviedoesn't help!With Egypt at the centre of the media and education in theMiddle East, you can be sure this story will spread.
Christ is still turning the world upside down!
Please let this story be shared. The Lord says,I will bless the person who puts his trust in me.' Jeremiah 17:7
Please let this story be shared. ............
Jesus cares for you
Saturday, September 1, 2007
MY TESTIMONY
I suffered a lot from my childhood,where i have no one who can care about me.i felt very lonely, depressed, felt lik agony.jesus had changed my life .he gave me hope to live and the hope is jesus.a lot of experiences with him.i was something lik 12yrs then,im sleeping and in the middle of the night my grandma felt sick and she have to be admitted to hospital.but im troubling with eyes to open becoz im feeling sleepy.auto also came to take her.i just in my sleep i asked god "jesus, plz send the auto back and cure my grand ma,i believe in u.amen"thats it and morning i got up from sleep what i saw was my granny in the bed. i felt dump for words.i cant believe my eyes that jesus heard my sleeping prayer.that is my 1st experience.all day i said that to everyone but nobody believed me that time becoz im child n im hindu then.there are many wonders since then hapened to me till this day,im nothinh without jesus in my life.now im doing my degree final year.it is all by jesus mercy and love ,now i came this far.my family too believe in jesus now.
One day I thought to do fasting on Friday,so I prepared that day to do fasting.morning I got up and did my prayers and I went to class. my madam likes me a lot and she does a lot of pujas(hindus),that day she just kept on praising me and I forgot about my fasting,as she offered me to have drink, I had it.when I had one sip ,then “ I realised wht iam doing”.i might be taling with my madam, but my eyes are rolling with tears.i felt not forgiving myself for what I’ve done.then I just came back to home and straightly,I went to my room locked it,kneeled down nd weeping,pleading,crying,asking forgiveness to GOD.1hour passed,I couldn’t stop crying still,then in my prayers,I felt shivering,and I had vision that is,”it is like strong ,hugh,very long pillar and it is covered with a white robe, that was very brighter.i couldn’t see the face,that is jesus I realised. Then im at his feet ,crying and he put his hands on me and took me in his arms and said,”im here with you,I never leave you”.thats it,I never can forget that moment. He Is real and so wonderful.there can be no one who can hug us as he can,no one can touch us as he can, no one can love us as he can.
Dear friends,believe in him.he will never leave you.he loves us so much.keep faith.depend upon him.
One day I thought to do fasting on Friday,so I prepared that day to do fasting.morning I got up and did my prayers and I went to class. my madam likes me a lot and she does a lot of pujas(hindus),that day she just kept on praising me and I forgot about my fasting,as she offered me to have drink, I had it.when I had one sip ,then “ I realised wht iam doing”.i might be taling with my madam, but my eyes are rolling with tears.i felt not forgiving myself for what I’ve done.then I just came back to home and straightly,I went to my room locked it,kneeled down nd weeping,pleading,crying,asking forgiveness to GOD.1hour passed,I couldn’t stop crying still,then in my prayers,I felt shivering,and I had vision that is,”it is like strong ,hugh,very long pillar and it is covered with a white robe, that was very brighter.i couldn’t see the face,that is jesus I realised. Then im at his feet ,crying and he put his hands on me and took me in his arms and said,”im here with you,I never leave you”.thats it,I never can forget that moment. He Is real and so wonderful.there can be no one who can hug us as he can,no one can touch us as he can, no one can love us as he can.
Dear friends,believe in him.he will never leave you.he loves us so much.keep faith.depend upon him.
WHY WOMEN ARE WEEPING?
THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE BOOK WRITTEN BY ZAC POONEM
Does your weeping arise from worldly sorrow? Go through this check-list and see : Were you brought up as a spoilt child by indulgent parents, because of which you are now easily irritated and unable to cope with small inconveniences and delays? Is that why you weep? Don’t blame your parents. Deal with your irritability at the egg stage itself, before it hatches and becomes a deadly serpent that will hurt both yourself and others. Ask God to help you overcome the hang-ups of your upbringing. Do you love material things, clothes, music, jewelry, etc., so much that if you don’t get them, you become unhappy and start weeping? Do you start a tirade against your parents or your husband for not getting you such things? Confess your worldly attitude to the Lord and ask Him to deliver you from it. Do you weep because you or your husband or your child didn’t get a job or a promotion or a college-admission? God knows what is best for your family and He is in control of all your circumstances. So give thanks to Him in all situations. Have people hurt you deliberately in some way? Do you find it difficult now to forgive them? Are you weeping in anger and hatred? Do you feel like speaking evil of such people to others? If so, you are being vengeful. Take such matters to the Lord and ask Him to help you forgive all concerned. Release them all from your mind and forgive them. Then you can greet them with a sincere smile, when you meet them. Are you weeping because you suffered some financial loss, through being cheated or treated unjustly? God can use your loss to free you from the love of money and make you more like Jesus. So praise the Lord even for financial loss. All such losses can be replaced by our Lord, Who is the Giver of all good gifts. He is the Judge who will one day deal with all the wrongdoers of the world. So it is best to leave such matters in His Hands. If you keep thinking of those who cheated you, you will only make yourself miserable. A good question that you can ask yourself in such situations is: “Is this going to matter fifty years from now?” Are you weeping because of problems with your husband, that you cannot tell anyone about? Satan is out to destroy marriages. Reject all thoughts of jealousy. God planned marriage to be a beautiful thing. So cultivate your marriage as you would a garden. Water the garden constantly and pull out the weeds of discord and suspicion that the enemy sows there. Sow godly seeds of love and forgiveness in the garden instead. Are you weeping because you are pregnant again? Perhaps you did not want any more children and you are disappointed to discover that you are pregnant again. Remember that every child is a gift of God. The very thought of rejecting a child is like killing it. Accept every child God gives you, in Jesus Name. You may find that the child you didn’t want, brings you greater joy than all your other children. Later on, you can “plan” your family. Are you weeping because you have discovered that crying gets you attention, and enables you to get what you want from your husband or your parents - if you cry sufficiently? Ask the Lord to deliver you from such selfishness. Are you weeping because things are not working out as you want them to? Are you upset because God has not answered your prayers? Such an attitude comes out of a sense of self-importance. Ask the Lord to give you His patience.
Are you preserving the memory of your worldly sorrows (as ‘Egyptian mummies’ are preserved) for others to give you their comfort and their sympathy? Whenever you are tempted to remember unhappy events of the past, ask the Lord to help you reject such thoughts immediately. If you keep doing that regularly, you will find over a period of time, that you forget such episodes altogether. And your soul will be healed. Your past is like a decomposed corpse that needs to be buried permanently. When you do that, you will find yourself liberated, and begin to experience a little bit of heaven here on earth. Thus you will make the world a better place for yourself and for those around you. Live your life as God wants you to. Repent of your selfishness, and surrender your all to the Lord Jesus. You may feel at times that you have come to the limit of your endurance. But you will discover later that you were only over-reacting and that God’s grace was sufficient to see you through. God will never allow you to be tried beyond your ability.Many saintly women have suffered much for the Lord. In the 16th century in France, Madam Guyon was imprisoned for her faith, for a long time in a cold prison cell. But she wrote books from that prison-cell that ring with a spirit of triumph, and that bless people even today, because she remained devoted to her Lord.God wants us women to be tough. He wants us to help others who are struggling and not end up with nervous breakdowns ourselves. His power is available to us at all times and He can make us strong. So let us trust Him, and we will find that our worst times can become our best times with the Lord’s help. Give your life and your future completely into the Lord’s hands and He will help you through your most difficult times. There may be even greater trials in the coming days, but you will overcome them all. He will enable you to overcome the giants in your temperament and give you the power to live a life that pleases Him. Thus, you will become a blessing to many.
Does your weeping arise from worldly sorrow? Go through this check-list and see : Were you brought up as a spoilt child by indulgent parents, because of which you are now easily irritated and unable to cope with small inconveniences and delays? Is that why you weep? Don’t blame your parents. Deal with your irritability at the egg stage itself, before it hatches and becomes a deadly serpent that will hurt both yourself and others. Ask God to help you overcome the hang-ups of your upbringing. Do you love material things, clothes, music, jewelry, etc., so much that if you don’t get them, you become unhappy and start weeping? Do you start a tirade against your parents or your husband for not getting you such things? Confess your worldly attitude to the Lord and ask Him to deliver you from it. Do you weep because you or your husband or your child didn’t get a job or a promotion or a college-admission? God knows what is best for your family and He is in control of all your circumstances. So give thanks to Him in all situations. Have people hurt you deliberately in some way? Do you find it difficult now to forgive them? Are you weeping in anger and hatred? Do you feel like speaking evil of such people to others? If so, you are being vengeful. Take such matters to the Lord and ask Him to help you forgive all concerned. Release them all from your mind and forgive them. Then you can greet them with a sincere smile, when you meet them. Are you weeping because you suffered some financial loss, through being cheated or treated unjustly? God can use your loss to free you from the love of money and make you more like Jesus. So praise the Lord even for financial loss. All such losses can be replaced by our Lord, Who is the Giver of all good gifts. He is the Judge who will one day deal with all the wrongdoers of the world. So it is best to leave such matters in His Hands. If you keep thinking of those who cheated you, you will only make yourself miserable. A good question that you can ask yourself in such situations is: “Is this going to matter fifty years from now?” Are you weeping because of problems with your husband, that you cannot tell anyone about? Satan is out to destroy marriages. Reject all thoughts of jealousy. God planned marriage to be a beautiful thing. So cultivate your marriage as you would a garden. Water the garden constantly and pull out the weeds of discord and suspicion that the enemy sows there. Sow godly seeds of love and forgiveness in the garden instead. Are you weeping because you are pregnant again? Perhaps you did not want any more children and you are disappointed to discover that you are pregnant again. Remember that every child is a gift of God. The very thought of rejecting a child is like killing it. Accept every child God gives you, in Jesus Name. You may find that the child you didn’t want, brings you greater joy than all your other children. Later on, you can “plan” your family. Are you weeping because you have discovered that crying gets you attention, and enables you to get what you want from your husband or your parents - if you cry sufficiently? Ask the Lord to deliver you from such selfishness. Are you weeping because things are not working out as you want them to? Are you upset because God has not answered your prayers? Such an attitude comes out of a sense of self-importance. Ask the Lord to give you His patience.
Are you preserving the memory of your worldly sorrows (as ‘Egyptian mummies’ are preserved) for others to give you their comfort and their sympathy? Whenever you are tempted to remember unhappy events of the past, ask the Lord to help you reject such thoughts immediately. If you keep doing that regularly, you will find over a period of time, that you forget such episodes altogether. And your soul will be healed. Your past is like a decomposed corpse that needs to be buried permanently. When you do that, you will find yourself liberated, and begin to experience a little bit of heaven here on earth. Thus you will make the world a better place for yourself and for those around you. Live your life as God wants you to. Repent of your selfishness, and surrender your all to the Lord Jesus. You may feel at times that you have come to the limit of your endurance. But you will discover later that you were only over-reacting and that God’s grace was sufficient to see you through. God will never allow you to be tried beyond your ability.Many saintly women have suffered much for the Lord. In the 16th century in France, Madam Guyon was imprisoned for her faith, for a long time in a cold prison cell. But she wrote books from that prison-cell that ring with a spirit of triumph, and that bless people even today, because she remained devoted to her Lord.God wants us women to be tough. He wants us to help others who are struggling and not end up with nervous breakdowns ourselves. His power is available to us at all times and He can make us strong. So let us trust Him, and we will find that our worst times can become our best times with the Lord’s help. Give your life and your future completely into the Lord’s hands and He will help you through your most difficult times. There may be even greater trials in the coming days, but you will overcome them all. He will enable you to overcome the giants in your temperament and give you the power to live a life that pleases Him. Thus, you will become a blessing to many.
The MISSION of his People If you are a christian read this!!
Christ’s Mission
Brothers and sisters,Jesus wanted to teach us to live by love for it his fathers will he wanted to show in the Gospel that we should love our brothers and our sisters. That we should seek out helping everyone for we are all His creation. I would ask you brothers and sisters to quit being concerned with your own success and your own status in life. Reach out to people for Christ plant the seed of love in their life and water it with your friendship and share the message of the Gospel with them and watch the Lord do the growth. Its not about money its not about status its not about you its about us all. Living together loving and sharing that the least among us are equal that they share and are excepted as the rest and that the most do not boast of what they have for dont you know that that is self seeking and arrogance with pride and the Lord says in his word he doesnt even know such people. Instead humble yourselves to do his work and to love your family, friends, and even your enemies pray for them that the Lord will show compassion on them and help them in their life. Its time to give up this money idea and self. The bible says:2 Timothy 3:1-51. but realize this that in the last days difficult times will come.2. for men will be lovers of self lovers of money boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents ungrateful unholy 3. unloving irreconcilable malicious gossips without self control brutal, haters of good4. treacherous reckles conceited lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God 5. holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power and avoid such men as theseThis is prophecy written 1600 years ago or more saying that these very times would be like this. Open your eyes people and open your hearts and do something for someone. Slow down and look at your world that God has given us and know that he gave his son that we could know God once again. Repent of your sins and ask jesus into your heart find a bible based church and start walking and be baptized in the Holy spirit. Learn the Lords love it is a power he will give you to reshape your mind and your heart and the direction your soul is going. Help where you can feed people who need food go out of your way to find places to help with this. Donate clothes to organizations that help clothe the naked or adopt some families and go and buy their children clothes for school. Let people know that you care listen to them and learn the ways of our Lord so you can give them advice. A Disciple in which we are all to be means a (learner) you study and learn his ways that we can duplicate them in our life in all things we do and he gives us the holy spirit which purges that bad nature out of us as we pray to God to help us and as we seek him in all things. HELP HELP HELP everyone get involved where are your heartsJohn8: 31-3231. Jesus therefore was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, If you abide in My word then you are truly disciples of Mine32. and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free 33. They answered Him We are Abrahams offspring and have never yet been enslaved to anyone how is it that you asy You shall become free ??34 Jeus answered them, Truly truly I say to you everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. 35. and the slave does not remain in the house forever the son does remain forever36. If therefore the Son shall make you free you shall be free indeed.This freedom is freedom from yourselves people from the snares of the devil and the lies he has put in this world. You dont need a bigger house or more you you need love and you need to show love you only have this one Life then its even Eternal Life in the presence of the Lord, Or eternal seperations in Hell where there will be continual weeping an knashing of teeth. This is the truth people and this is soon. Share with people you remember when the world loved not so long ago and you talked to your neigbors and cared about what was going on with them and you shared their burdens and became friends with them. Go see if your neigbors need any help show Christ's love. The Father is the only one who can truly Judge so quit Judging and love show love in all things.remember this Its says in the Scripture:Luke8:2121 but Jesus answered and said to them My mother and My brother are these who hear the word of God and do it Matthew 6: 19-2119. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and whre thieves break in and steal. 20. but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in or steal21. FOR WHRE YOUR TREASURE IS , THERE WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO.
Your brother in ChristDarwin(Gods servant)
The MISSION of his People If you are a christian read this!!
Christ’s Mission
Brothers and sisters,Jesus wanted to teach us to live by love for it his fathers will he wanted to show in the Gospel that we should love our brothers and our sisters. That we should seek out helping everyone for we are all His creation. I would ask you brothers and sisters to quit being concerned with your own success and your own status in life. Reach out to people for Christ plant the seed of love in their life and water it with your friendship and share the message of the Gospel with them and watch the Lord do the growth. Its not about money its not about status its not about you its about us all. Living together loving and sharing that the least among us are equal that they share and are excepted as the rest and that the most do not boast of what they have for dont you know that that is self seeking and arrogance with pride and the Lord says in his word he doesnt even know such people. Instead humble yourselves to do his work and to love your family, friends, and even your enemies pray for them that the Lord will show compassion on them and help them in their life. Its time to give up this money idea and self. The bible says:2 Timothy 3:1-51. but realize this that in the last days difficult times will come.2. for men will be lovers of self lovers of money boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents ungrateful unholy 3. unloving irreconcilable malicious gossips without self control brutal, haters of good4. treacherous reckles conceited lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God 5. holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power and avoid such men as theseThis is prophecy written 1600 years ago or more saying that these very times would be like this. Open your eyes people and open your hearts and do something for someone. Slow down and look at your world that God has given us and know that he gave his son that we could know God once again. Repent of your sins and ask jesus into your heart find a bible based church and start walking and be baptized in the Holy spirit. Learn the Lords love it is a power he will give you to reshape your mind and your heart and the direction your soul is going. Help where you can feed people who need food go out of your way to find places to help with this. Donate clothes to organizations that help clothe the naked or adopt some families and go and buy their children clothes for school. Let people know that you care listen to them and learn the ways of our Lord so you can give them advice. A Disciple in which we are all to be means a (learner) you study and learn his ways that we can duplicate them in our life in all things we do and he gives us the holy spirit which purges that bad nature out of us as we pray to God to help us and as we seek him in all things. HELP HELP HELP everyone get involved where are your heartsJohn8: 31-3231. Jesus therefore was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, If you abide in My word then you are truly disciples of Mine32. and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free 33. They answered Him We are Abrahams offspring and have never yet been enslaved to anyone how is it that you asy You shall become free ??34 Jeus answered them, Truly truly I say to you everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. 35. and the slave does not remain in the house forever the son does remain forever36. If therefore the Son shall make you free you shall be free indeed.This freedom is freedom from yourselves people from the snares of the devil and the lies he has put in this world. You dont need a bigger house or more you you need love and you need to show love you only have this one Life then its even Eternal Life in the presence of the Lord, Or eternal seperations in Hell where there will be continual weeping an knashing of teeth. This is the truth people and this is soon. Share with people you remember when the world loved not so long ago and you talked to your neigbors and cared about what was going on with them and you shared their burdens and became friends with them. Go see if your neigbors need any help show Christ's love. The Father is the only one who can truly Judge so quit Judging and love show love in all things.remember this Its says in the Scripture:Luke8:2121 but Jesus answered and said to them My mother and My brother are these who hear the word of God and do it Matthew 6: 19-2119. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and whre thieves break in and steal. 20. but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in or steal21. FOR WHRE YOUR TREASURE IS , THERE WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO.
Your brother in ChristDarwin(Gods servant)
WHAT IS PORN POWER?
WHAT IS PORN POWER?
Recently a young man made a shocking confession. For quite sometime he had been hooked to the INTERNET on his computer. Every day he would browse around websites that presented hard-core pornography. Eventually, he became so bound to this abominable addiction that it stopped him from even going to college. All he could think of almost all 24 hours was immorality. Any time he looked at a woman, it was with extreme lust. He had such a strong sensual drive that he could not look at his godly mother as a loving, caring mother but as a stuff to satisfy his lustful desires. He was ashamed to confess that sometimes at night, without his knowledge, his body would roll towards his mother’s bed! Thank God, he managed to somehow struggle and came back to his bed every time that happened.
When he made this confession, some saints prayed with him for a number of days; he himself cried to God earnestly day and night, and finally he was completely set free.
Why does pornography have such strength? It is because it operates much like a drug. It has a strong drive, which is so strong that it can take over the reason of the mind; the person wants more and more of this pleasure, until finally it leads to destruction.
Ted Bundy grew up in a godly Christian home with loving parents who didn’t smoke or gamble; and they all regularly attended church. But when he was 12 or 13, he saw pornographic magazines, and this got hold of him. He kept wanting something stronger and stronger, and finally, not being able to satisfy the addiction, he killed someone foe the pleasure. He felt awful after that, but the drive was so strong that he soon did it again and again, and finally became a serial killer. The day before he was executed, he said, in an interview, that he wanted his testimony to be a warning of the dangers of pornography—of how it could turn a child with such good upbringing into a horrible killer. Ted said that every violent criminal he had met in prison, without exception, had been motivated by pornography.
The images of pornographic materials are cut in, and engraved in your heart and mind, bringing torments in your spirit, soul and body. The Holy Spirit wants to write His laws in our heart and mind, to enable us to do them. “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you…And I will put My spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them”(Ezek 36:26,27). Similarly, Satan’s unclean spirit wants to write and draw images of unclean things in our hearts and minds—to make us do (enact) them.
Many young people (some old people too) do not realize that porn power (the power of pornography) is a devastating power coming from the very pit of hell. After viewing or reading pornographic materials, people fantasize about it—which leads to serious immoral activities. Every fantasy becomes another link in the chain encircling the soul. Eventually such a person has difficulty interacting with others without being dominated by impure thoughts and desires. As seen in the life of that young man, you lose all your normal moral feelings towards even your own sister, mother or daughter. See what the Word of the God says about such people. “Who being past feeling has given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness” (Eph4:19). Therefore porn addiction is your normal emotions or feelings being replaced by lust in every part of your spirit, soul and body. Finally you find yourself a mental wreck, corrupt to the core.
Most internet users believe that unless they go looking for porn, it will not find them. What they do not realize is, that pornographers are aggressively implementing new strategies to market and push pornography to innocent internet users, without their consent and often even without their knowledge. If the user is spiritually unguarded he becomes a new customer to the diabolic recruiters and slowly, a slave to porn power. So if, as an unwitting customer, you are thrust into the visual import of a porn display, immediately get off the website (that has suddenly appeared on your monitor), bind that thought from corrupting your mind and bring the residual imagination left in the mind, captive to the obedience of Jesus Christ (II Cor 10:5).
“The light of the body is the eye….but if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness” (Matt 6:22, 23). This shows that, in one sense, if your eyes are corrupt, you are corrupt; if your life is full of darkness. This also means that if you are not careful, your eyes can be the gates of hell leading you deep down to the pit of hell. Samson’s life is a warning to this frightening truth. “Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her” “But the Philistines took him down to Gaza” (Judg 16:1, 21). To the very place where he had given room to the lust of the eyes (Gaza) he was brought down bound, with his eyes put out. This gives warning to all—if you give room to the lust of the eyes, one day you will be bound by the devil and your spiritual eyes will be put out. The eyes are connected to the heart and mind (thoughts) (prov 15:30). When the eyes are defiled, the heart and mind are also defiled.
Jesus said, “Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” (Matt 5:28). This is a serious warning to all those who feast their eyes on porn. If one look of lust on just one woman for one second is adultery in the sight of God, when you deliberately and continuously look for several minutes at women/men in their most abominable form of appearance, behaving in the worst immoral way, you have committed adultery many thousands of times, yes, many millions of times.
St. Peter says about such people—“Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin” (II pet 2:14). One shocking truth is that every time a person commits a sin of immorality, a demon (unclean spirit) attacks him or enters him. For example, he man of Gadara who obviously was immoral man (wearing on clothes and sleeping in the tombs), had a legion or 6000 demons in him (Mk 5:1-9). Therefore those who watch porn frequently may have millions of demons or unclean spirits attacking them or possessing them.
What will happen to such people at the time of their death? All the demons that attack them will simultaneously torment them in the worst possible way. “O death, where is thy sitting?... The sitting of death is sin” (I Cor 15; 55, 56). This shows that every sin that a man commits will turn into a sting at the time of death, and torment him. And that torment will continue all eternity unless he repents and renounces all his sins while on earth.
Dear reader, have you ever given room to pornography through the Internet, videos, DVD’s, cell phones, magazines, books, etc? Perhaps you have not realized that porn power has been attacking you from the pit of hell. Your mind may be already corrupted, and at times your sleep may be disturbed with frequent nightmares. There may be many other disturbing and devastating things happening in your life. Satan has gained a deep foothold and has built a stronghold in your consult a matured servant of God and shares your problems without hiding anything. Also take time to repent from the depths of your heart and renounce every sin you have committed so far. Jesus cannot only wash you with His blood but also command purity of heart and mind.
Jesus suffered greatly that we might have pure thoughts. To whip Jesus (for our healing) a group of soldiers were used, but to beat the crown of thorns into His head with a rod—for our purity of mind (chastisement of our peace) both Matthew’s and Mark’s Gospels mention that the whole band of soldiers (all the soldiers under the centurion—at least a 100) were called. Imagine the soldiers of the governor—his personal bodyguards, the best soldiers in the region—all taking turns to beat Jesus’ head with the crown of thorns on it. All those soldiers were called for this most painful punishment of Christ—for all of our wrong thoughts, for the sins of our minds.
Remove any pornographic material from your heart and home, and replace them with God’s word. Let your mind be habitually occupied with such activities as Bible study, missionary work, the singing of “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,” and other things that contribute something noble to the mind and character.
Today, from the bottom of your heart, make a covenant as Job did: “I made a covenant with mine eyes” (Job 31: 3). This promise can be fulfilled in your life: “You that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind…yet now hath He reconciled…to present (your minds) holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight” (col 1:21, 22).
Food for thought:
Our battle is won, but is yet to be fought.
Recently a young man made a shocking confession. For quite sometime he had been hooked to the INTERNET on his computer. Every day he would browse around websites that presented hard-core pornography. Eventually, he became so bound to this abominable addiction that it stopped him from even going to college. All he could think of almost all 24 hours was immorality. Any time he looked at a woman, it was with extreme lust. He had such a strong sensual drive that he could not look at his godly mother as a loving, caring mother but as a stuff to satisfy his lustful desires. He was ashamed to confess that sometimes at night, without his knowledge, his body would roll towards his mother’s bed! Thank God, he managed to somehow struggle and came back to his bed every time that happened.
When he made this confession, some saints prayed with him for a number of days; he himself cried to God earnestly day and night, and finally he was completely set free.
Why does pornography have such strength? It is because it operates much like a drug. It has a strong drive, which is so strong that it can take over the reason of the mind; the person wants more and more of this pleasure, until finally it leads to destruction.
Ted Bundy grew up in a godly Christian home with loving parents who didn’t smoke or gamble; and they all regularly attended church. But when he was 12 or 13, he saw pornographic magazines, and this got hold of him. He kept wanting something stronger and stronger, and finally, not being able to satisfy the addiction, he killed someone foe the pleasure. He felt awful after that, but the drive was so strong that he soon did it again and again, and finally became a serial killer. The day before he was executed, he said, in an interview, that he wanted his testimony to be a warning of the dangers of pornography—of how it could turn a child with such good upbringing into a horrible killer. Ted said that every violent criminal he had met in prison, without exception, had been motivated by pornography.
The images of pornographic materials are cut in, and engraved in your heart and mind, bringing torments in your spirit, soul and body. The Holy Spirit wants to write His laws in our heart and mind, to enable us to do them. “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you…And I will put My spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them”(Ezek 36:26,27). Similarly, Satan’s unclean spirit wants to write and draw images of unclean things in our hearts and minds—to make us do (enact) them.
Many young people (some old people too) do not realize that porn power (the power of pornography) is a devastating power coming from the very pit of hell. After viewing or reading pornographic materials, people fantasize about it—which leads to serious immoral activities. Every fantasy becomes another link in the chain encircling the soul. Eventually such a person has difficulty interacting with others without being dominated by impure thoughts and desires. As seen in the life of that young man, you lose all your normal moral feelings towards even your own sister, mother or daughter. See what the Word of the God says about such people. “Who being past feeling has given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness” (Eph4:19). Therefore porn addiction is your normal emotions or feelings being replaced by lust in every part of your spirit, soul and body. Finally you find yourself a mental wreck, corrupt to the core.
Most internet users believe that unless they go looking for porn, it will not find them. What they do not realize is, that pornographers are aggressively implementing new strategies to market and push pornography to innocent internet users, without their consent and often even without their knowledge. If the user is spiritually unguarded he becomes a new customer to the diabolic recruiters and slowly, a slave to porn power. So if, as an unwitting customer, you are thrust into the visual import of a porn display, immediately get off the website (that has suddenly appeared on your monitor), bind that thought from corrupting your mind and bring the residual imagination left in the mind, captive to the obedience of Jesus Christ (II Cor 10:5).
“The light of the body is the eye….but if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness” (Matt 6:22, 23). This shows that, in one sense, if your eyes are corrupt, you are corrupt; if your life is full of darkness. This also means that if you are not careful, your eyes can be the gates of hell leading you deep down to the pit of hell. Samson’s life is a warning to this frightening truth. “Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her” “But the Philistines took him down to Gaza” (Judg 16:1, 21). To the very place where he had given room to the lust of the eyes (Gaza) he was brought down bound, with his eyes put out. This gives warning to all—if you give room to the lust of the eyes, one day you will be bound by the devil and your spiritual eyes will be put out. The eyes are connected to the heart and mind (thoughts) (prov 15:30). When the eyes are defiled, the heart and mind are also defiled.
Jesus said, “Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” (Matt 5:28). This is a serious warning to all those who feast their eyes on porn. If one look of lust on just one woman for one second is adultery in the sight of God, when you deliberately and continuously look for several minutes at women/men in their most abominable form of appearance, behaving in the worst immoral way, you have committed adultery many thousands of times, yes, many millions of times.
St. Peter says about such people—“Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin” (II pet 2:14). One shocking truth is that every time a person commits a sin of immorality, a demon (unclean spirit) attacks him or enters him. For example, he man of Gadara who obviously was immoral man (wearing on clothes and sleeping in the tombs), had a legion or 6000 demons in him (Mk 5:1-9). Therefore those who watch porn frequently may have millions of demons or unclean spirits attacking them or possessing them.
What will happen to such people at the time of their death? All the demons that attack them will simultaneously torment them in the worst possible way. “O death, where is thy sitting?... The sitting of death is sin” (I Cor 15; 55, 56). This shows that every sin that a man commits will turn into a sting at the time of death, and torment him. And that torment will continue all eternity unless he repents and renounces all his sins while on earth.
Dear reader, have you ever given room to pornography through the Internet, videos, DVD’s, cell phones, magazines, books, etc? Perhaps you have not realized that porn power has been attacking you from the pit of hell. Your mind may be already corrupted, and at times your sleep may be disturbed with frequent nightmares. There may be many other disturbing and devastating things happening in your life. Satan has gained a deep foothold and has built a stronghold in your consult a matured servant of God and shares your problems without hiding anything. Also take time to repent from the depths of your heart and renounce every sin you have committed so far. Jesus cannot only wash you with His blood but also command purity of heart and mind.
Jesus suffered greatly that we might have pure thoughts. To whip Jesus (for our healing) a group of soldiers were used, but to beat the crown of thorns into His head with a rod—for our purity of mind (chastisement of our peace) both Matthew’s and Mark’s Gospels mention that the whole band of soldiers (all the soldiers under the centurion—at least a 100) were called. Imagine the soldiers of the governor—his personal bodyguards, the best soldiers in the region—all taking turns to beat Jesus’ head with the crown of thorns on it. All those soldiers were called for this most painful punishment of Christ—for all of our wrong thoughts, for the sins of our minds.
Remove any pornographic material from your heart and home, and replace them with God’s word. Let your mind be habitually occupied with such activities as Bible study, missionary work, the singing of “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,” and other things that contribute something noble to the mind and character.
Today, from the bottom of your heart, make a covenant as Job did: “I made a covenant with mine eyes” (Job 31: 3). This promise can be fulfilled in your life: “You that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind…yet now hath He reconciled…to present (your minds) holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight” (col 1:21, 22).
Food for thought:
Our battle is won, but is yet to be fought.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
my friend eva's testimony
my testimony
"Unworthy-rescued from death" name : disobedientplace : darkness of sini was born and brought up in a Christian family ,right from my mother's womb i was listening to GOD's WORD but never tried to obey it.im very privileged to have a godly mother but i hated her the most because i thought that she never understood me...she always said NO for the things that i asked her but i never thought that when she said NO its for my good. actually its not "my mother trying to understand me" but "its me who never tried to understand her."infact my brother when he was 1yr and 9 months old he didn't have blood at all in his body even the doc's gave up but my mother trusted GOD for his healing. he was healed and now he just turned 19 and is very much normal.so,we are taught to pray for everything instead of going to doc's.when i was in my mommy’s womb my dad took her to many doc's to get me aborted, he didn’t wanted a girl child .but my mommy refused (because according to the BIBLE it is murder) and then due to many family problems they got separated...and I’ve never seen my dad up until now.inspite of all these things i was disobedient right from the beginning. I used to steal money from my mom's bag to buy candies. telling lies, fighting with my brother for no reason,hypocritical,using bad words, lustful thoughts, mind full of negative thoughts, watching stuff on TV which I know I shouldn't watch, completely out of control. in me you can find the maximum bad qualities a person could ever possess in his/her life ...i was like that.i had been to many prayer meetings right from my childhood. in one of the meetings GOD's SPIRIT convicted me and then i started confessing my sins to my mom, teachers(for copying in the exams),to bro (for fighting)...but i left all that and started going back again into my sinful life.i had a good friend at school ,we both used to sing together ...so like that we became thick friends...but my mom used to tell me not to move too close to her. but i never listened to my mom.last year on march 31 she passed away.i was broken...I went mad for a month. then i started sharing with our family friend ,a brother ,he really comforted me when I was depressed about my friend's' death...(I thought I got someone to share) but after 2 months even that brother passed away. I became hopeless since then. I developed suicidal thoughts and I even tried to attempt, standing near the rail tracks and all.one day as I was coming home from college. With lot of burden i prayed and asked the LORD to speak to me...HE did speak to me through Ecc 7:16 ,17-”be not righteous over much;neither make yourself over wise:why should you destroy yourself? 17.be not over much wicked,neither be foolish:why should you die before your time”. I was really touched and was shaken for a couple of minutes.then one of my friends taught me to chat over the internet then I made a "christian boy friend" (my mom used to tell me that I shouldn’t talk too much/close to the opposite gender) but I didn’t listen to her. I went that close that I even shared the deeper things of mine...its like I gave myself to him...I never saw him until today but I accepted his proposal...and I went to the peak where I thought that he's the one GOD has made for me.mother sent me to a student camp in chennai...where i heard the word of GOD which made me realize where i was in my spiritual level.( as a matter of fact i was no where..i was lost)in one of the messages a lady (Dr.lilly Joe) said, "in order to have a good relationship with GOD you need to cut down all unnecessary relations" those words pricked me and brought the real conviction in me and i left that relation with great difficulty not all alone but with GOD .i brought the maximum shame to the LORD as well as to my mother.again i started confessing and repenting for my sins deeply (to mother,brother,to my lecturers,friends,school and others whom I’ve hurt).And I also had a passion for listening and collecting pop and rock music but GOD helped me burn all of them with zero regrets. I earnestly asked the Lord to speak to me regarding forgiveness of my sins then on 0ct 29 GOD spoke to me through LUke 5:20- “And when he saw their faith, HE said unto him, Man your sins have forgiven you” but then i always longed for father's love....my prayer went like this..."DEAR LORD i ACCEPT YOU AS MY FATHER BUT DO YOU ACCEPT me AS YOUR DAUGHTER?"then the lord replied me through LUke 8:48 –“and he said unto her,Daughter your faith has made you whole go in peace. ever since my life has never been the same.everything was new.GOD gave me many promises and is still giving me and HE's using me. now people see me as a different person.im learning to be obedient,and to accept rebuke,to be patient,loving,helping,i was made all new by my dady JESUS.BEFORE i was ashamed to talk about GOD but NOW I can boldly say that im much more delighted to be HIS witness. And now my name: daughter of the most highPlace :heart filled with HIS LOVESo dear sis/bro,i ask you to pray that i should remain faithful to the LORD till my last breath and to serve HIM humbly.I thank GOD for you. GOD BLESS... love,eva sam .
"Unworthy-rescued from death" name : disobedientplace : darkness of sini was born and brought up in a Christian family ,right from my mother's womb i was listening to GOD's WORD but never tried to obey it.im very privileged to have a godly mother but i hated her the most because i thought that she never understood me...she always said NO for the things that i asked her but i never thought that when she said NO its for my good. actually its not "my mother trying to understand me" but "its me who never tried to understand her."infact my brother when he was 1yr and 9 months old he didn't have blood at all in his body even the doc's gave up but my mother trusted GOD for his healing. he was healed and now he just turned 19 and is very much normal.so,we are taught to pray for everything instead of going to doc's.when i was in my mommy’s womb my dad took her to many doc's to get me aborted, he didn’t wanted a girl child .but my mommy refused (because according to the BIBLE it is murder) and then due to many family problems they got separated...and I’ve never seen my dad up until now.inspite of all these things i was disobedient right from the beginning. I used to steal money from my mom's bag to buy candies. telling lies, fighting with my brother for no reason,hypocritical,using bad words, lustful thoughts, mind full of negative thoughts, watching stuff on TV which I know I shouldn't watch, completely out of control. in me you can find the maximum bad qualities a person could ever possess in his/her life ...i was like that.i had been to many prayer meetings right from my childhood. in one of the meetings GOD's SPIRIT convicted me and then i started confessing my sins to my mom, teachers(for copying in the exams),to bro (for fighting)...but i left all that and started going back again into my sinful life.i had a good friend at school ,we both used to sing together ...so like that we became thick friends...but my mom used to tell me not to move too close to her. but i never listened to my mom.last year on march 31 she passed away.i was broken...I went mad for a month. then i started sharing with our family friend ,a brother ,he really comforted me when I was depressed about my friend's' death...(I thought I got someone to share) but after 2 months even that brother passed away. I became hopeless since then. I developed suicidal thoughts and I even tried to attempt, standing near the rail tracks and all.one day as I was coming home from college. With lot of burden i prayed and asked the LORD to speak to me...HE did speak to me through Ecc 7:16 ,17-”be not righteous over much;neither make yourself over wise:why should you destroy yourself? 17.be not over much wicked,neither be foolish:why should you die before your time”. I was really touched and was shaken for a couple of minutes.then one of my friends taught me to chat over the internet then I made a "christian boy friend" (my mom used to tell me that I shouldn’t talk too much/close to the opposite gender) but I didn’t listen to her. I went that close that I even shared the deeper things of mine...its like I gave myself to him...I never saw him until today but I accepted his proposal...and I went to the peak where I thought that he's the one GOD has made for me.mother sent me to a student camp in chennai...where i heard the word of GOD which made me realize where i was in my spiritual level.( as a matter of fact i was no where..i was lost)in one of the messages a lady (Dr.lilly Joe) said, "in order to have a good relationship with GOD you need to cut down all unnecessary relations" those words pricked me and brought the real conviction in me and i left that relation with great difficulty not all alone but with GOD .i brought the maximum shame to the LORD as well as to my mother.again i started confessing and repenting for my sins deeply (to mother,brother,to my lecturers,friends,school and others whom I’ve hurt).And I also had a passion for listening and collecting pop and rock music but GOD helped me burn all of them with zero regrets. I earnestly asked the Lord to speak to me regarding forgiveness of my sins then on 0ct 29 GOD spoke to me through LUke 5:20- “And when he saw their faith, HE said unto him, Man your sins have forgiven you” but then i always longed for father's love....my prayer went like this..."DEAR LORD i ACCEPT YOU AS MY FATHER BUT DO YOU ACCEPT me AS YOUR DAUGHTER?"then the lord replied me through LUke 8:48 –“and he said unto her,Daughter your faith has made you whole go in peace. ever since my life has never been the same.everything was new.GOD gave me many promises and is still giving me and HE's using me. now people see me as a different person.im learning to be obedient,and to accept rebuke,to be patient,loving,helping,i was made all new by my dady JESUS.BEFORE i was ashamed to talk about GOD but NOW I can boldly say that im much more delighted to be HIS witness. And now my name: daughter of the most highPlace :heart filled with HIS LOVESo dear sis/bro,i ask you to pray that i should remain faithful to the LORD till my last breath and to serve HIM humbly.I thank GOD for you. GOD BLESS... love,eva sam .
Passing Heaven's Road Test
Passing Heaven's Road Test
A trucker earns his wings when he helps an elderly couple in the freezing rain. By Joan Wester Anderson
It's tempting to ask angels to take care of all of our problems. But, in many cases, people are meant to be "earth angels," too. Bill Garvey knows this very well for he is a "giver." After 9/11, he and his family (and some helpers) carved an enormous pumpkin they had grown and put it into a pickup truck. Bill drove the pumpkin from Michigan to Ground Zero just to bolster the spirits of the workers there and make them smile. Not too long ago, Bill was driving in freezing rain down US-80, about two hours from his home. He had been away for two days, and he couldn't wait to see his wife and children and sleep in his own bed. "I was daydreaming as I listened to the truck drivers on the CB radio talking back and forth," Bill remembers. "My ears perked up as I heard one of them say that, just ahead, there was a little old man and woman standing behind their car with the hood up. Someone needed to get them help or they were going to get hit, maybe even killed."
'What should I do when my prayers aren't answered?'
Almost immediately, Bill saw the elderly couple as he drove over a hill. They reminded him of his parents. "I remember thinking to myself, 'OK God, this is a test, right?'" He grabbed the CB radio and announced he would take care of the situation. As he pulled up behind the man and woman and put on his flashers, he could hear the truckers thanking him for taking the time to help. It gave him a warm feeling in the midst of a freezing day. "As I opened my driver's door, the wind from a passing truck almost ripped the door from its hinges." He asked the shivering couple if he could help them, and he also explained that he was a mechanic. They were ecstatic. "We've been here for over two hours," the gentleman said. "One trucker told us he would call for help--and it wouldn't take long for someone to come--but that was over an hour ago." "We were so cold, but we were afraid to sit in the car in case no one saw us," the woman added, her cheeks red from the cold. "But, when it started to rain, we took turns." Bill was appalled. They should never have gone through such an ordeal! He checked their car and saw that one of the fan belts had come apart, and it needed a pulley. "I can fix your car, but I don't have the part," Bill told them. "Come back to my truck and get warm." Bill pushed the maps off his front seat and helped the couple into his truck. He turned the heater to "high." "It felt so good knowing that at least I could give them warmth." He carefully pulled back onto the turnpike and headed for the next toll station. The couple were on their way to Michigan for an old friend's funeral, they explained. Bill offered to give them a ride all the way, but they declined. "You've done enough already," the man said. "And please stop before the tollbooth so you won't have to pay twice. Just drop us off here." "You've been through enough," Bill told them. "I'm not leaving until we have things arranged." He paid the toll, then parked and escorted them into the toll station. There was no store nearby where Bill could buy the needed part, but soon a mechanic had been contacted and was on his way. The couple accompanied Bill out to his truck and stood there as he got in and opened a window to say goodbye. "The old man walked up to the door and reached through my window, putting his hand on mine. He asked me, 'Son, are you a religious man?' Bill recalled. "I told him that I believed in God, but admitted I didn't go to church as much as I should." "Well," said the gentleman, "a moment before you came, my wife and I had asked God to send us an angel." He looked deeply into Bill's eyes. "And He did. Son, today you are an angel." Bill has never forgotten that encounter. "I will never forget the love I felt from the owners of a car I could not fix...."There's no doubt he passed the test.
A trucker earns his wings when he helps an elderly couple in the freezing rain. By Joan Wester Anderson
It's tempting to ask angels to take care of all of our problems. But, in many cases, people are meant to be "earth angels," too. Bill Garvey knows this very well for he is a "giver." After 9/11, he and his family (and some helpers) carved an enormous pumpkin they had grown and put it into a pickup truck. Bill drove the pumpkin from Michigan to Ground Zero just to bolster the spirits of the workers there and make them smile. Not too long ago, Bill was driving in freezing rain down US-80, about two hours from his home. He had been away for two days, and he couldn't wait to see his wife and children and sleep in his own bed. "I was daydreaming as I listened to the truck drivers on the CB radio talking back and forth," Bill remembers. "My ears perked up as I heard one of them say that, just ahead, there was a little old man and woman standing behind their car with the hood up. Someone needed to get them help or they were going to get hit, maybe even killed."
'What should I do when my prayers aren't answered?'
Almost immediately, Bill saw the elderly couple as he drove over a hill. They reminded him of his parents. "I remember thinking to myself, 'OK God, this is a test, right?'" He grabbed the CB radio and announced he would take care of the situation. As he pulled up behind the man and woman and put on his flashers, he could hear the truckers thanking him for taking the time to help. It gave him a warm feeling in the midst of a freezing day. "As I opened my driver's door, the wind from a passing truck almost ripped the door from its hinges." He asked the shivering couple if he could help them, and he also explained that he was a mechanic. They were ecstatic. "We've been here for over two hours," the gentleman said. "One trucker told us he would call for help--and it wouldn't take long for someone to come--but that was over an hour ago." "We were so cold, but we were afraid to sit in the car in case no one saw us," the woman added, her cheeks red from the cold. "But, when it started to rain, we took turns." Bill was appalled. They should never have gone through such an ordeal! He checked their car and saw that one of the fan belts had come apart, and it needed a pulley. "I can fix your car, but I don't have the part," Bill told them. "Come back to my truck and get warm." Bill pushed the maps off his front seat and helped the couple into his truck. He turned the heater to "high." "It felt so good knowing that at least I could give them warmth." He carefully pulled back onto the turnpike and headed for the next toll station. The couple were on their way to Michigan for an old friend's funeral, they explained. Bill offered to give them a ride all the way, but they declined. "You've done enough already," the man said. "And please stop before the tollbooth so you won't have to pay twice. Just drop us off here." "You've been through enough," Bill told them. "I'm not leaving until we have things arranged." He paid the toll, then parked and escorted them into the toll station. There was no store nearby where Bill could buy the needed part, but soon a mechanic had been contacted and was on his way. The couple accompanied Bill out to his truck and stood there as he got in and opened a window to say goodbye. "The old man walked up to the door and reached through my window, putting his hand on mine. He asked me, 'Son, are you a religious man?' Bill recalled. "I told him that I believed in God, but admitted I didn't go to church as much as I should." "Well," said the gentleman, "a moment before you came, my wife and I had asked God to send us an angel." He looked deeply into Bill's eyes. "And He did. Son, today you are an angel." Bill has never forgotten that encounter. "I will never forget the love I felt from the owners of a car I could not fix...."There's no doubt he passed the test.
TRUE STORY
THIS IS A TRUE STORYThere once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..."I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there, son?" "Just some old birds," came the reply.
"What are you gonna do with them?" I asked.
"Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. "I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good time" "But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?"
"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."
The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds, son?"
"Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!"
"How much?" the pastor asked again.
The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"
The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.
The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.
Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story. ramya 8:25 pm(3½ hours ago) One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.
Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"
"And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly. "How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked
"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!"
"How much?" He asked again.
Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your life."
Jesus said, "DONE!"
Then He paid the price.
The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the pulpit.
"What are you gonna do with them?" I asked.
"Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. "I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good time" "But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?"
"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."
The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds, son?"
"Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!"
"How much?" the pastor asked again.
The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"
The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.
The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.
Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story. ramya 8:25 pm(3½ hours ago) One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.
Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"
"And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly. "How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked
"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!"
"How much?" He asked again.
Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your life."
Jesus said, "DONE!"
Then He paid the price.
The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the pulpit.
Isaac Isudas Trajker
My Personal Testimony
G reetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I was Born in 1980 in a Christian Family but for 19 years, I did not know Christ. In the Month of January 23 1997, a Gospel Camp was arranged by Evangelical Union and I had opportunity to hear Lord's Servant Mr. Ervin Lal whose testimony touched my heart, he asked one question – "Are you belong to Christ or are you belong to someone else?"
Same night I was not able to sleep and decided to give my life to Christ. And I was assured that without accepting Jesus Christ as personal Savior, we cannot reach heaven. I could understand that Christ has shaded His blood for my sins. I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior and became a true Christian. Lord assured me to grant strength as per His promise given in Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me."
On 05-05-1999 I was privileged to listen to the Gods servant Rev. Emmanuel Christie. He talked to us about a character of a blind person in the Bible. As I could learn that the person was blind from the birth and Jesus gave him a vision. I too realize my being blind spiritually and confessed my state of mind to Jesus, and I pray God to keep me spiritually healed all my life. Please pray for my faith.
G reetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I was Born in 1980 in a Christian Family but for 19 years, I did not know Christ. In the Month of January 23 1997, a Gospel Camp was arranged by Evangelical Union and I had opportunity to hear Lord's Servant Mr. Ervin Lal whose testimony touched my heart, he asked one question – "Are you belong to Christ or are you belong to someone else?"
Same night I was not able to sleep and decided to give my life to Christ. And I was assured that without accepting Jesus Christ as personal Savior, we cannot reach heaven. I could understand that Christ has shaded His blood for my sins. I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior and became a true Christian. Lord assured me to grant strength as per His promise given in Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me."
On 05-05-1999 I was privileged to listen to the Gods servant Rev. Emmanuel Christie. He talked to us about a character of a blind person in the Bible. As I could learn that the person was blind from the birth and Jesus gave him a vision. I too realize my being blind spiritually and confessed my state of mind to Jesus, and I pray God to keep me spiritually healed all my life. Please pray for my faith.
testimony by RAMYA my friend
A LOVE STORYOne day, I woke early in the morning to watch the sunrise.Ah the beauty of God's creation is beyond description.As I watched, I praised God for His beautiful work.As I sat there, I felt the Lord's presence with me.
He asked me,
"Do you love me?" I answered, "Of course, God!You are my Lord and Savior!"Then He asked, "If you were physically handicapped, would youstill love me?"I was perplexed.I looked down upon my arms, legs and the restof my body and wondered how many things I wouldn't; be able todo, the things that I took for granted. And I answered,"It would be tough Lord, but I would still love You."
Then the Lord said,
"If you were blind, would you still love my creation?"How could I love something! without being able to see it?Then I thought of all the blind people in the world and how many ofthem still loved God and His creation.
So I answered, "It's hard to think of it, but I would still loveyou." The Lord then asked me,"If you were deaf, would you still listen to my word?"
How could I listen to anything being deaf?Then I understood.Listening to God's Word is not merely using our ears, but our hearts.Ianswered, "It would be tough, but I would still listen to Your word."
The Lord then asked,
"If you were mute, would you still praise My Name?"How could I praise without a voice?Then it occurred to me: God wants us to sing from our very heart andsoul. ramya 9:08 pm(2½ hours ago) It never matters what we sound like. And praising God is not alwayswith a song, but when we are persecuted, we give God praise with ourwords of thanks.
So I answered,"Though I could not physically ! sing, I would still praise Your Name."
And the Lord asked,
"Do you really love Me?"With courage and a strongconviction, I answered boldly," Yes Lord!I love You because You are the one and true God!"I thought I had answered well, but...God asked,
"THEN WHY DO YOU SIN?"
I answered, "Because I am only human.I am not perfect."
"THEN WHY IN TIMES OF PEACE DO YOU STRAY THE FURTHEST?WHY ONLY IN TIMES OF TROUBLE DO YOU PRAY THE EARNEST?"
No answers.Only tears. ramya 9:08 pm(2½ hours ago) The Lord continued:
"Why only sing at fellowships and retreats?Why seek Me only in times of worship?Why ask things so selfishly?Why ask things so unfaithfully?"The tears continued to roll down my cheeks."Why are you ashamed of Me?Why are you not spreading the good news?Why in times of persecution, you cry to others when I offer My shoulderto cry on?Why make excuses when I give you opport! unities to serve in My Name?"
I tried to answer, but there was no answer to give.
"You are blessed with life.I made you not to throw this gift away.I have blessed you with talents to serve Me, but you continue to turn away.I have revealed My Word to you, but you do not gain in knowledge.I have spoken to you but your ears were closed.I have shown My blessings to you, but your eyes were turned away.I have sent you servants, but you sat idly by as they were pushed away.I have heard your prayers and I have answered them all."
"DO YOU TRULY LOVE ME ?"
I could not answer. How could I? I was embarrassed beyond belief.
I had no excuse.What could I say to this?When my heart had cried out and the tears had flowed, I said,"Please forgive me Lord.I am unworthy to be Your child."The Lord answered, "That is My Grace, My Child." I asked,"Then why do you continue to forgive me? Why do You love me so?"
The Lord answered,
" Because you are My Creation.You are my Child.I will neverabandon you.
When you cry, I will have compassion and cry with you.When you shout with joy, I will laugh with you.When you are down, I will encourage you.When you fall, I will raise you up.When you are tired, I will carry you.I will be with you till the end of days, and I will love youforever."
Never had I cried so hard before. How could I have been so cold?How could I have hurt God as I had done?I asked God,"How much do You love me?"The Lord stretched out His arms, and I saw His nail-pierced hands.I boweddown at the feet of Christ, my Savior.And for the first time, I truly prayed.
He asked me,
"Do you love me?" I answered, "Of course, God!You are my Lord and Savior!"Then He asked, "If you were physically handicapped, would youstill love me?"I was perplexed.I looked down upon my arms, legs and the restof my body and wondered how many things I wouldn't; be able todo, the things that I took for granted. And I answered,"It would be tough Lord, but I would still love You."
Then the Lord said,
"If you were blind, would you still love my creation?"How could I love something! without being able to see it?Then I thought of all the blind people in the world and how many ofthem still loved God and His creation.
So I answered, "It's hard to think of it, but I would still loveyou." The Lord then asked me,"If you were deaf, would you still listen to my word?"
How could I listen to anything being deaf?Then I understood.Listening to God's Word is not merely using our ears, but our hearts.Ianswered, "It would be tough, but I would still listen to Your word."
The Lord then asked,
"If you were mute, would you still praise My Name?"How could I praise without a voice?Then it occurred to me: God wants us to sing from our very heart andsoul. ramya 9:08 pm(2½ hours ago) It never matters what we sound like. And praising God is not alwayswith a song, but when we are persecuted, we give God praise with ourwords of thanks.
So I answered,"Though I could not physically ! sing, I would still praise Your Name."
And the Lord asked,
"Do you really love Me?"With courage and a strongconviction, I answered boldly," Yes Lord!I love You because You are the one and true God!"I thought I had answered well, but...God asked,
"THEN WHY DO YOU SIN?"
I answered, "Because I am only human.I am not perfect."
"THEN WHY IN TIMES OF PEACE DO YOU STRAY THE FURTHEST?WHY ONLY IN TIMES OF TROUBLE DO YOU PRAY THE EARNEST?"
No answers.Only tears. ramya 9:08 pm(2½ hours ago) The Lord continued:
"Why only sing at fellowships and retreats?Why seek Me only in times of worship?Why ask things so selfishly?Why ask things so unfaithfully?"The tears continued to roll down my cheeks."Why are you ashamed of Me?Why are you not spreading the good news?Why in times of persecution, you cry to others when I offer My shoulderto cry on?Why make excuses when I give you opport! unities to serve in My Name?"
I tried to answer, but there was no answer to give.
"You are blessed with life.I made you not to throw this gift away.I have blessed you with talents to serve Me, but you continue to turn away.I have revealed My Word to you, but you do not gain in knowledge.I have spoken to you but your ears were closed.I have shown My blessings to you, but your eyes were turned away.I have sent you servants, but you sat idly by as they were pushed away.I have heard your prayers and I have answered them all."
"DO YOU TRULY LOVE ME ?"
I could not answer. How could I? I was embarrassed beyond belief.
I had no excuse.What could I say to this?When my heart had cried out and the tears had flowed, I said,"Please forgive me Lord.I am unworthy to be Your child."The Lord answered, "That is My Grace, My Child." I asked,"Then why do you continue to forgive me? Why do You love me so?"
The Lord answered,
" Because you are My Creation.You are my Child.I will neverabandon you.
When you cry, I will have compassion and cry with you.When you shout with joy, I will laugh with you.When you are down, I will encourage you.When you fall, I will raise you up.When you are tired, I will carry you.I will be with you till the end of days, and I will love youforever."
Never had I cried so hard before. How could I have been so cold?How could I have hurt God as I had done?I asked God,"How much do You love me?"The Lord stretched out His arms, and I saw His nail-pierced hands.I boweddown at the feet of Christ, my Savior.And for the first time, I truly prayed.
HUSBAND & WIFE
BLESSED are the husband and wife who continue to be affectionate and considerate, loving after the wedding bells have ceased ringing.
BLESSED are the husband and wife who are as polite and courteous to one another as they are to their friends.
BLESSED are they who have a sense of humor, for this attribute will be a handy shock absorber.
BLESSED are they who love their mates more than any other person in the world and who joyfully fulfill their marriage vows of lifetime of fidelity and mutual helpfulness to one another.
BLESSED are they who attain parenthood, for children are a heritage of the Lord.
BLESSED are they who remember to thank God for their food before they partake of it, and who set apart some time each day for the reading of the Bible and for prayer.
BLESSED are those mates who never speak loudly to one another and who make their home a place where seldom is heard a discouraging word".
BLESSED are the husband and wife who faithfully attend the worship service of the church and who work together in the church for the advancement of Christ's Kingdom.
BLESSED are the husband and wife who can work out problems of adjustments without interference from relatives.
BLESSED is the couple who has a complete understanding about financial matters and who has worked out a perfect partnership with all money under the control of both.
BLESSED are the husband and wife who humbly dedicate their lives and their home to Christ and who practice the teachings of Christ in the home by being unselfish, loyal, and loving.
God Bless You !
BLESSED are the husband and wife who are as polite and courteous to one another as they are to their friends.
BLESSED are they who have a sense of humor, for this attribute will be a handy shock absorber.
BLESSED are they who love their mates more than any other person in the world and who joyfully fulfill their marriage vows of lifetime of fidelity and mutual helpfulness to one another.
BLESSED are they who attain parenthood, for children are a heritage of the Lord.
BLESSED are they who remember to thank God for their food before they partake of it, and who set apart some time each day for the reading of the Bible and for prayer.
BLESSED are those mates who never speak loudly to one another and who make their home a place where seldom is heard a discouraging word".
BLESSED are the husband and wife who faithfully attend the worship service of the church and who work together in the church for the advancement of Christ's Kingdom.
BLESSED are the husband and wife who can work out problems of adjustments without interference from relatives.
BLESSED is the couple who has a complete understanding about financial matters and who has worked out a perfect partnership with all money under the control of both.
BLESSED are the husband and wife who humbly dedicate their lives and their home to Christ and who practice the teachings of Christ in the home by being unselfish, loyal, and loving.
God Bless You !
ROCKS,PEBBLES,AND SAND
A philosophy professor stood before his class andhad some items in front of him. When the classbegan, wordlessly he picked up a very large andempty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it withrocks, rocks about 2" in diameter.He then asked the students if the jar was full? Theyagreed that it was. So the professor then picked upa box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. Heshook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolledinto the open areas between the rocks.He then asked the students again if the jar was full.They agreed it was. The professor picked up a boxof sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, thesand filled up everything else. He then asked once moreif the jar was full. The students responded with aunanimous - yes.The professor then produced two cans of beer fromunder the table and proceeded to pour their entirecontents into the jar - effectively filling the emptyspace between the sand.The students laughed."Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided,"I want you to recognize that this jar representsyour life. The rocks are the important things - yourfamily, your partner, your health, your children - thingsthat if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.The pebbles are the other things that matter likeyour job, your house, your car. The sand is everythingelse. The small stuff.""If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued"there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. Thesame goes for your life. If you spend all your timeand energy on the small stuff, you will never haveroom for the things that are important to you. Payattention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing.There will always be time to go to work, clean thehouse, give a dinner party and fix the disposal."Take care of the rocks first - the things dat realymatter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.
a good lesson
A simple story with a great truth�..There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods.He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit the target.Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner.As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duckSquare in the head, and killed it. He was shocked and grieved.In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile, only to seeHis sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.After lunch the next day Grandma said," Sally, let's wash the Dishes."But Sally said," Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen."Then she whispered to him,"Remember the duck ?"So Johnny did the dishes.Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing andGrandma said," I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper."Sally just smiled and said," Well that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help."She whispered again," Remember the duck?"So Sally Went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's,He finally couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said," Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you.I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."
Thought for the day and every day thereafter?Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done...And the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear,bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.) ....whatever it is....You need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing.....He has seen your whole life. He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven.He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness,He not only forgives you, but He forgets .It is by God's grace and mercy that we are saved
choose path
Walking through campus one day, a seminary professor came upon a custodian reading the Bible during lunch hour. The professor asked what he was reading. “Revelation,” the custodian said. “I’m sure you don’t understand what it means,” said the professor condescendingly. “Actually, I do,” he replied. “It means Jesus wins.”
In the face of life’s challenges, it’s important to remember that ultimately God always wins! And since His plans are always in the victory lane, it’s infinitely wiser to converge with His will rather than compete with it.
In the story of Ruth, God providentially set the stage for Boaz to rescue Ruth and Naomi from a life of poverty and the shame of not having an heir. Ruth could have been bitter about her status as a young widow, and Boaz might have thought that as a foreigner Ruth was not worth his time. But they recognized the hand of God in their circumstances and converged with His plan to provide for her needs. The best part is that their story doesn’t end there. Salvation for the world was yet to come through their descendants—first David and then Jesus (Matt. 1:5-16).
We can compete with God’s plan and pursue our own agenda. Or we can converge with God’s plan and join the winning side. The choice is ours. —Joe Stowell
Choose not a path that God can’t bless,For it will end in sure defeat;But choose God’s path of victoryAnd with His plans you won’t compete. —D. De Haan
In the face of life’s challenges, it’s important to remember that ultimately God always wins! And since His plans are always in the victory lane, it’s infinitely wiser to converge with His will rather than compete with it.
In the story of Ruth, God providentially set the stage for Boaz to rescue Ruth and Naomi from a life of poverty and the shame of not having an heir. Ruth could have been bitter about her status as a young widow, and Boaz might have thought that as a foreigner Ruth was not worth his time. But they recognized the hand of God in their circumstances and converged with His plan to provide for her needs. The best part is that their story doesn’t end there. Salvation for the world was yet to come through their descendants—first David and then Jesus (Matt. 1:5-16).
We can compete with God’s plan and pursue our own agenda. Or we can converge with God’s plan and join the winning side. The choice is ours. —Joe Stowell
Choose not a path that God can’t bless,For it will end in sure defeat;But choose God’s path of victoryAnd with His plans you won’t compete. —D. De Haan
beautiful story of dreams
BEAUTIFUL STORY OF DREAMS…
Sometimes we get what we need and not what we want..........
Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods.They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said,"Someday, I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold,silver and precious gems and be decorated with intricate carvings.Everyone would see my beauty."
The second tree said, "Someday, I will be a mighty ship. I will takekings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of theworld.Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull."
Finally, the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest andstraightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hilland look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and howclose to them I am reaching. I willbe the greatest tree of all time,and people will always remember me."
After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, agroupof woodsmen came upon the trees.
One came to the first tree and said,"This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell thewood to a carpenter," and he began cutting it down. The tree washappy,because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasurechest.
At the second tree, one of the other woodsman said, "This looks like astrong tree. I should be able to sell it to the shipyard." The asecondtree was happy, because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mightyship.
When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened,because it knew that, if it was cut down, its dreams would not cometrue. One of the woodsmen said,"I don't need anything special from mytree, so I'll take this one," and he cut it down.
When the first tree arrived at the carpenter's, he was made into afeedbox for animals, placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not atall what he had prayed for.
The second tree was cut and made into a small fis His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to anend. The thirdtree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark.
The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.
Then a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth, and theyplaced the baby inthe hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree.
The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but thismanger would have to do.
The tree could feel the importance of this event andknew that it hadheld the greatesttreasure of all time.
Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from thesecondtree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out onthe water, a great storm arose, and the tree didn't think it wasstrongenough to keep the men safe.
The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said "Peace," and thestorm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried theKingof Kings in its boat.
Finally, someone came and got the third tree.
It was carried through the streets, and the crowd mocked the man whowas carrying it.Finally, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to dieatthe top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that itwas strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to
Godas was possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.
The moral of this story is that, when things don't seem to be goingyourway, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trustinhim, He will give you great gifts. Each of the trees got what theywanted, just not in the way they had imagined. We don't always knowwhatGod's plans are for us.We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are alwaysbest.
Keep it moving...pass it on, so it could inspire more people.Sometimes the heart sees what the eyes can't.
HAVE A NICE DAY….
Sometimes we get what we need and not what we want..........
Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods.They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said,"Someday, I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold,silver and precious gems and be decorated with intricate carvings.Everyone would see my beauty."
The second tree said, "Someday, I will be a mighty ship. I will takekings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of theworld.Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull."
Finally, the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest andstraightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hilland look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and howclose to them I am reaching. I willbe the greatest tree of all time,and people will always remember me."
After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, agroupof woodsmen came upon the trees.
One came to the first tree and said,"This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell thewood to a carpenter," and he began cutting it down. The tree washappy,because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasurechest.
At the second tree, one of the other woodsman said, "This looks like astrong tree. I should be able to sell it to the shipyard." The asecondtree was happy, because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mightyship.
When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened,because it knew that, if it was cut down, its dreams would not cometrue. One of the woodsmen said,"I don't need anything special from mytree, so I'll take this one," and he cut it down.
When the first tree arrived at the carpenter's, he was made into afeedbox for animals, placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not atall what he had prayed for.
The second tree was cut and made into a small fis His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to anend. The thirdtree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark.
The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.
Then a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth, and theyplaced the baby inthe hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree.
The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but thismanger would have to do.
The tree could feel the importance of this event andknew that it hadheld the greatesttreasure of all time.
Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from thesecondtree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out onthe water, a great storm arose, and the tree didn't think it wasstrongenough to keep the men safe.
The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said "Peace," and thestorm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried theKingof Kings in its boat.
Finally, someone came and got the third tree.
It was carried through the streets, and the crowd mocked the man whowas carrying it.Finally, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to dieatthe top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that itwas strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to
Godas was possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.
The moral of this story is that, when things don't seem to be goingyourway, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trustinhim, He will give you great gifts. Each of the trees got what theywanted, just not in the way they had imagined. We don't always knowwhatGod's plans are for us.We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are alwaysbest.
Keep it moving...pass it on, so it could inspire more people.Sometimes the heart sees what the eyes can't.
HAVE A NICE DAY….
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