WHERE'S YOUR BIBLE?

Ever wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible
like we treat our cell phone?

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?

What if we flipped through it several times a day?

What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?

What if we used it to receive messages from the text?

What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?

What if we gave it to Kids as gifts?

What if we used it when we traveled?

What if we used it in case of emergency?

This is something to make you go....hmm...where is
my Bible?

Oh, and one more thing.

Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry about our
Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid
the bill.

Makes you stop and think 'where are my priorities?
And no dropped calls!

When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you!

COMPASSION

Is God's mercy in your life evident to others?

All praise to the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ. He is the source of every mercy
and the God who comforts us. He comforts us
in all our troubles so that we can comfort
others. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 NLT

Since God chose you to be the holy people
whom he loves, you must clothe yourselves
with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility,
gentleness, and patience.
Colossians 3:12 NLT

(from God's Daily Promise)

Clothed in mercy

It happened during the darkest days
of Europe's history. Hitler was sweeping
across the land promoting his contempt for
Jews and his plan to exterminate them from
the planet. Many countries were easily
conned by his propaganda.

But Denmark had a king that wasn't so
easily taken in. He received Hitler's edict
concerning the armbands that Jews would
be required to wear.… So he went out on
the balcony of his palace and began reading
the edict line by line.…Then when finished,
he tucked the note away and reached into
his pocket, pulling out a small yellow armband.
The king slipped it onto his coat sleeve. Over
the weeks to come, thousands of Danes
found ways to acquire these yellow armbands
and wore them whenever they went out in
public, just as the Jews were forced to do.
As a result, Hitler's men found themselves
in a constant struggle to separate the Jews
from the non-Jews in Denmark.… Compassion
is a trait within us that is very near the heart
of God.

Story retold by Frank M. Martin in Embracing
Eternity (Tyndale House), p 85

ONE NICE E-MAIL

This is one of the nicest e-mails I have
seen and is so true:

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel
was showing me around. We walked side-by-
side inside a large workroom filled with angels.
My angel guide stopped in front of the first
section and said, ' This is the Receiving Section.
Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are
received. I looked around in this area, and it
was terribly busy with so many angels sorting
out petitions written on voluminous paper
sheets and scraps from people all over the
world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until
we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, "This is the
Packaging and Delivery Section. Here,
the graces and blessings the people asked
for are processed and delivered to the living
persons who asked for them." I noticed again
how busy it was there. There were many angels
working hard at that station, since so many
blessings had been requested and were being
packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor
we stopped at the door of a very small station.
To my great surprise, only one angel was seated
there, idly doing nothing. "This is the
Acknowledgment Section, my angel friend
quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed."
How is it that there is no work going on here? ' I asked.
"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people
receive the blessings that they asked for, very
few send back acknowledgments"

"How does one acknowledge God's blessings? " I asked..
"Simple," the angel answered. Just say,
"Thank you, Lord. "

"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.

"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your
back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are
richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in
the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish,
you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. "
"And if you get this on your own computer, you are
part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity."
"If you woke up this morning with more health than
illness .. You are more blessed than the many who
will not even survive this day. "
"If you have never experienced the fear in battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture,
or the pangs of starvation ... You are ahead of 700
million people in the world."
"If you can attend a church without the fear of
harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied
by, and more blessed than, three billion people in
the world."
"If your parents are still alive and still married ..
you are very rare."
"If you can hold your head up and smile, you are
not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt
and despair......."

Ok, what now? How can I start?

If you can read this message, you just received a
double blessing in that someone was thinking of
you as very special and you are more blessed than
over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you
care to, pass this along to remind everyone else how
blessed we all are

ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.

"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share
this message and for giving me so many wonderful
people with whom to share it. "


If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that
you have been blessed with, how can you not
send it on ??? ? I thank God for everything, especially
all my family and friends

(thanks Bob)

ONLY ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME

Two moons on 27th August 2010

27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for.............

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night
sky starting August. It will look as large as
the full moon to the naked eye. This will
culminate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes
within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure to
watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will
look like the earth has 2 moons.

The next time Mars may come this close
is in 2287.

Share this with your friends as NO ONE
ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.

HOW MARVELOUS IS GOD'S HANDIWORK!!

BY FAITH WE

Scripture

Hebrews 13:2-21 (New Century Version)

2 Remember to welcome strangers, because
some who have done this have welcomed angels
without knowing it. 3 Remember those who are
in prison as if you were in prison with them.
Remember those who are suffering as if you
were suffering with them.
4 Marriage should be honored by everyone,
and husband and wife should keep their
marriage pure. God will judge as guilty those
who take part in sexual sins. 5 Keep your lives
free from the love of money, and be satisfied with
what you have. God has said,
"I will never leave you;
I will never abandon you." — Deuteronomy 31:6
6 So we can be sure when we say,
"I will not be afraid, because the Lord is my helper.
People can't do anything to me." — Psalm 118:6

7 Remember your leaders who taught God's
message to you. Remember how they lived and
died, and copy their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is
the same yesterday, today, and forever.
9 Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you
into the wrong way. Your hearts should be
strengthened by God's grace, not by obeying rules
about foods, which do not help those who obey them.
10 We have a sacrifice, but the priests who serve in
the Holy Tent cannot eat from it.11 The high priest
carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place
where he offers this blood for sins. But the bodies
of the animals are burned outside the camp.
12 So Jesus also suffered outside the city to make
his people holy with his own blood.13 So let us go
to Jesus outside the camp, holding on as he did
when we are abused.
14 Here on earth we do not have a city that lasts
forever, but we are looking for the city that we will
have in the future.15 So through Jesus let us always
offer to God our sacrifice of praise, coming from lips
that speak his name.16 Do not forget to do good to
others, and share with them, because such
sacrifices please God.
17 Obey your leaders and act under their authority.
They are watching over you, because they are
responsible for your souls. Obey them so that they
will do this work with joy, not sadness. It will not
help you to make their work hard.
18 Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear
conscience, because we always want to do the
right thing.19 I especially beg you to pray so that
God will send me back to you soon.
20-21 I pray that the God of peace will give you
every good thing you need so you can do what
he wants. God raised from the dead our Lord Jesus,
the Great Shepherd of the sheep, because of the
blood of his death. His blood began the eternal
agreement that God made with his people. I pray
that God will do in us what pleases him, through
Jesus Christ, and to him be glory forever and ever.
Amen.

Reflection:

By Faith:

We are providing hospitality to strangers and angels.
(13:2)
We are being sexually faithful to our marriage
(13:4)
We are no longer jealous of other people's possessions
(13:5)
We know that Jesus will never leave us or forget us.
(13: 5)
We do not fear other people.
(13:6)
We are citizens of heaven.
(13:14)
We praise our God continuously
(13:15)
We submit to true spiritual authority.
(13:17)
We believe that Jesus is our great spiritual Shepherd.
(13: 20-21)
We believe God is perfecting us to do His will.
(13: 20-21)

AS BELIEVERS IN CHRIST THIS WE DO BY FAITH

I'M TIRED OF "EVANGELICALS"

Scripture:

18"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
19to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
(Luke 4:18-19) NIV

Reflection:

Luke tells us in chapter 4, that the very
first thing that Jesus did when He walked
into the temple was to ask for the scroll and
He read, His mission statement to free the
oppressed. This is obviously major element
in the teachings of Jesus Christ to His
followers. The total gospel is clearly
saturated with freeing the oppressed and
dealing with the poor.
We as Christians, as supposed followers
of Jesus Christ, have neglected this very
important element of the gospel message.
I am so very tired of evangelical Christians
who seem to proclaim, "that as long as we
go to heaven when we die, we have really
accomplished something." The clear
message of many evangelical Christians
is, "saving people from eternal damnation
is what the gospel is all about".
They are so definitely wrong!
Jesus Christ taught and lived radically
differently.
"WE MUST TREAT PEOPLE NOW,
TODAY, WHILE ALIVE, FROM OPPRESSION,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND FROM POVERTY.
THIS MUST BE OUR PRIORITY!!!! THIS MUST
BE OUR MISSION!!!
There are about 1.3 billion people living, right now,
on a dollar a day. This, Christians, is not
necessary, and is not right. It is not just, it is
not humane, and it certainly is not what Jesus had
in mind when He read His mission statement.
Christ want's us to remove poverty from the planet.
THIS SHOULD BE THE GOAL OF EVERY
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN!!!

AMEN!!!

REMEMBER IN YOUR STRUGGLES

Scripture:

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and against
the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12 NIV

Reflection:

I don't know where you are at in your life. But
I do know that you are probably having struggles.
As sure as there is God and good in the world
and in our lives, there is also the devil and evil
in the world and in our lives.
Please remember this will you:
God is exponentially greater than the devil.
Satan is only a finite, created being; God is the
infinite, uncreated, multiple "omni" being. And
His power living in us enables us to stand against
the enemy.
As Christians, when we step into the destiny
God has prepared for us we can be assured that:

1. SPIRITUAL ATTACKS WILL COME AND,
2 GOD WILL PROVIDE EVERYTHING WE
NEED TO BE VICTORIOUS.

REMEMBER YOU HAVE VICTORY BECAUSE
OF GOD.
YOUR A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!

JESUS HAS FAITH EVEN IN ME

Scripture:

14As he walked along, he saw Levi
son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax
collector's booth. "Follow me," Jesus
told him, and Levi got up and followed him.

15While Jesus was having dinner
at Levi's house, many tax collectors
and "sinners" were eating with him
and his disciples, for there were many
who followed him. 16When the teachers
of the law who were Pharisees saw him
eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors,
they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat
with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

17On hearing this, Jesus said to them,
"It is not the healthy who need a doctor,
but the sick. I have not come to call the
righteous, but sinners."
Mark 2:14-17 (New International Version)

Reflection:

Boy what an account for us to read. It speaks directly
to each one of us.
Here we see Christ having contact with a person who
was considered to be the lowest of lows, a tax collector.
Can you even imagine the "King of Kings" associating
with such an individual.
What does that tell you and I when the one we choose to
follow in our life, the one who is our mentor, the one who
gave us life, chooses to connect with the lowly?
It tells us that Jesus Christ does not worry about what we
have done in the past, that all is forgiven. He just wants
us to follow Him. Levi (Matthew) became one of His
apostles. He had a very sad and sinful past. He robbed
from others, he cheated others. But Jesus wanted him
anyway, because Christ had faith in him.
Matthew went on to tell many people about this man
called Jesus who had such faith in him, Matthew the
lowest of low.
IF JESUS CHRIST CAN HAVE FAITH IN MATTHEW,
HE CAN HAVE FAITH IN YOU!
CHRIST LOVES YOU MY FRIENDS, JUST FOLLOW
HIM.

THE SILENT SERMON

This is very up lifiting! It blessed me.
I am sure you, to will be blessed.

A member of a certain church, who previously
had been attending services regularly, stopped
going. After a few weeks, the pastor decided
to visit him.

It was a chilly evening. The pastor found the
man at home alone, sitting before a blazing
fire. Guessing the reason for his pastor's visit,
the man welcomed him, led him to comfortable
chair near the fireplace and waited.

The pastor made himself at home but said
nothing. In the grave silence, he contemplated
the dance of the flames around the burning logs.
After some minutes, the pastor took the fire
tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning
ember and placed it to one side of the hearth
all alone then he sat back in his chair, still silent.

The host watched all this in quiet contemplation.
As the one lone ember's flame flickered and
diminished, there was a momentary glow and
its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and dead.

Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting.
The pastor glanced at his watch and realized it was time
to leave. He slowly stood up, picked up the cold, dead
ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire.
Immediately it began to glow, once more with the light
and warmth of the burning coals around it.

As the pastor reached the door to leave, his host said
with a tear running down his cheek, 'Thank you so
much for your visit and especially for the firey sermon.
I will be back in church next Sunday'.

We live in a world today, which tries to say to much
with too little. Consequently, few listen. Sometimes
the best sermons are the ones left unspoken.

The Lord is my Shepherd---------that's a Relationship!
I shall not want---------that's Supply!
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures---that's Rest
He leadeth me beside the still waters----that's Refreshment!
He restoreth my soul----------that's Healing!
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness---that's Guidance!
For His name sake--------that's Purpose!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death---that's Testing!
I will fear no evil---------that's Protection!
For Thou are with me--------that's Faithfulness!
Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me--------that's Discipline!
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies----That's Hope!
Thou annointest my head with oil-------that's Consecration!
My cup runneth over-------that's Abundance!
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life---that's Blessing!
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord-----that's Security!
Forever----------that's Eternity!

FACE IT, GOD IS CRAZY ABOUT YOU!

MEN ALWAYS REMEMBER

Three Men on a Hike

Three men were hiking through a forest
when they came upon a large raging,
violent river. Needing to get to the
other side, The first man prayed:

'God, please give me the strength to
cross the river.'

Poof! .. God gave him big arms and strong legs
And he was able to swim
Across in about 2 hours, having almost drowned twice.

After witnessing that, the second man prayed:
'God, please give me
Strength and the tools to cross the river'

Poof! .. God gave him a rowboat and strong arms
And strong legs and he
Was able to row across in about an hour
After almost capsizing once.

Seeing what happened to the first two men,
The third man prayed:
'God,please give me the strength,
The tools and the intelligence
To cross the river'

Poof! .. He was turned into a woman.
She checked the map,
Hiked one Hundred yards up stream
And walked across the bridge.

'If at first you don't succeed, do it the way your wife told you!'

AMEN