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Our writer today was a friend of the famous Heartwarmers author, Joe Edwards. ________________ \ __ / __ \_____()_____/ / ) '============` / / #---\ /---# / / (# @\| |/@ #) / / \ (_) / / / |\ '---` /| / / _______/ \\_____// \____/ o_| / \ / \ / / o_| / | o| / o_| \ / | _____ | / / \ \ / | |===| o| / /\ \ \ | | \@/ | / / \ \ \ | |___________o|__/----) \ \/ | ' || --) \ | |___________________|| --) \ / | o| '''' | \__/ | | | >THEY FORGOT ONE THING... by Mary L. Motley About 30 years ago the only law enforcement in Miller, Missouri, was Marshall Shorty Johnson. He arrived in town from parts unknown when he was about 65 years old. He was about 5' 8", a slow moving, grey haired man. He lived in a small house one block from Main Street that he rented from a "widow lady." I think it had once been a one car garage. Shorty mowed lawns and ran errands for the local elderly ladies. There were plenty of widows who needed help. He could be found every afternoon, taking a nap, his chin on his chest, sitting in a metal lawn chair near the cash register in the one and only grocery store, Avon's. Shorty did not own a car but paroled on his riding lawn mower. It was rumored that he only carried one bullet. That was OK because there's very little crime in Miller, except for the time two robbers held up the Miller Bank located on Main Street in broad daylight. Marshall Shorty was walking into the bank as they were running out. While plotting their crime the thieves forgot one important thing -- they forgot to buy gas for their get-away car. The day of the great bank heist Gary and I were visiting my parents in Everton, a nearby small town with a population of about 400. News travels fast in small towns. Someone called my mom a few minutes after the robbery with the news. Mother was told the robbers were headed in our direction towards Springfield, the closest large town. Everyone stood in their yards waiting to see them go by. The only thing we saw was local farmers driving slowly by in their pick up trucks. Gary, being an AP reporter, and I drove to Miller to get details. When we got there we were told the robbers had run out of gas just a few miles out of town. They jumped out of their car and were hiding in the nearby woods. Various law enforcement agencies were hunting for them. I always liked to see all the action, so Gary and I drove out to the site of the hunt. It was dark by the time we got there. Gary got out of the car, locked his door, told me to stay in the car, and keep my door locked. I sat there alone in the darkness. About ten minutes later I heard someone walking in the gravel, getting closer to me all the time. It was so dark I couldn't see them! Someone reached their hand into the car and unlocked the door. It was Gary! He had forgotten to roll up his window. He scared me half to death. The bank robbers were captured the next morning walking on the highway hitching a ride. They were soaking wet, tired, hungry. They had spent the night before hiding in the woods in pouring down rain. They made one more mistake. They had hitched a ride with a highway patrolman. He was glad to give them a ride to jail. -- Mary L. Motley __________________________________________________ Mary is a great-grandmother from Louisville, Kentucky, and was a friend of the late Joe Edwards, a popular Heartwarmers writer. She is the author of a previously published story, Joe Cat, and says she "writes memoirs for my children and their children so they'll know how life was in the 'old days.'" =========================================================== _ _|_|_ ,|_| |_|_ || | | |_| || | | | | || | | | | _|| | | | | ||)\ ^ ^ ^ | || | | || | | || | | \\ | \\ / ejm )\ ( / \ \ / \ \ \ \ Lately, I had a fleeting question and with child like innocence, I posed it to God and I asked Him if He was ever tempted. My immediate response back was 'No.' Now many of you may not know this about our Father, but He is always available to you. Any time, day or night, any where, you may ask Him a question and He'll answer you right away. If you don't get an immediate answer, then you aren't meant to know right now. See this teaching for more information on this... First Thought http://www.absolutebiblestudy.com/Basics/FIRST_THOUGHT.htm Often, God elaborates wisdom to us using others to help get His message across. Sure enough, the next day, in comes this from our friends at Daily Encounter... >-->From Daily Encounter: >Temptation “When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin,when it is full-grown, gives birth to death."1 --- ...'own evil desire' - well, that answered it for sure! No way God has 'evil desire' - HaHa! Temptation is something humanity has struggled with since the beginning. Satan uses temptation to try and lure the Christian away from God. He tries to use our own desires against us. For this reason, God’s word reminds us to “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."2 God knows our weaknesses, which is why he gave us his holy spirit to live within us, and thanks to the power of the holy spirit, we can have victory over the temptations we face. When Jesus was tempted by Satan in the wilderness, after fasting for days and forty nights, Satan tried to use Jesus’ hunger against him first. Satan, like a roaring lion, will always prey on the weak and many times attacks when we are in our own wilderness. This could be in times of loneliness, depression, or exhaustion to name a few. However, each time Jesus is tempted, he uses the Word of God to fight the temptation. The same Spirit that was in Jesus is the same Spirit who dwells in each of us who has accepted Christ as our Savior. Our flesh is too weak to stand against temptation alone, but praise be to God for his holy spirit who dwells within us. When we are filled with God’s Spirit and claim the victory we have in Him, we too can stand against the tempter. Remember, too, that being tempted is not a sin. It becomes a sin the moment you seize it and act upon it. At that moment, you are turning your back on God to fulfill your own desires. This is what ultimately leads to death, which is separation from God. However, as children of God, we have a choice. We do not have to give in to temptation. With the holy spirit within us, we, like Jesus, can say “Away from me, Satan!"3 You are never alone, nor are you facing temptation alone. Jesus promised to be with us and in him we can overcome the temptations that come our way. Suggested prayer: “Dear God, I thank you for your holy spirit that lives in me. I ask that you help me study and obey your Word, so that I can be ready to resist temptation like you did. Thank you that I am never alone because you are with me, and with any temptation, you will provide the way out. You are my strength and protector. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. In Jesus Christ’s name, amen." James 1:13-15 (NIV). Matthew 26:41 (NIV). Matthew 4:10. --- _ _|_|_ ,|_| |_|_ || | | |_| || | | | | || | | | | _|| | | | | ||)\ ^ ^ ^ | || | | || | | || | | \\ | \\ / ejm )\ ( / \ \ / \ \ \ \ ...Before I realized that God was always available to me if I needed an answer to something, I would get all frustrated. I totally believe the Word Of God so I was not understanding how God could be so much better than my earthly parents if he wasn't available to me at any given time. I mean, at that time, I could pick up the phone and talk with my mom about anything I wanted to and ask her anything that I needed to ask her. Why couldn't I do that with God? I remembered what Jesus had taught here... Matt.7: [11] If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? And how my teacher in the Word taught me that God is a lot better than any earthly parent towards us His children. So, I complained to God about how's come I was not able to talk with Him as easily as my mom? So, the problem must not be God. God is perfect and His word is true so the problem must be with me. So I asked God in the name of Jesus Christ that I could hear Him better. Because it seemed to me that a lot of my prayers were simply a one way conversation. I needed to be able to hear from Him as well as talk to Him. Like I could my mom. After that, I got more and more bold with Father and actually would ask Him more questions. It totally amazed me how awesome our Father is that with all the millions of children that He has alive in the flesh, at any given time, that little old me can get His attention and He be there for me lickety-split with an answer to my question in my mind. I got the impression that like an earthly parent, He enjoyed answering my questions. It wasn't too long afterward that I found the 'First Thought' teaching that spelled it out for me. Yes, God is good and He is so very awesome! He had it all set up to be as good for us as any earthly parent by making assess to Him easier than picking up the phone or running to our mom or dad. We just have to get quiet and think - 'Father?' and He'll answer us each and every time we expect Him to. Isn't God our Father awesome? :) See also this great teaching... , , /////| ///// | ///// | |~~~| | | |===| |/| | B |/| | | I | | | | B | | | | L | / | E | / |===|/ jgs '---' It’s a Two-Way Street http://www.absolutebiblestudy.com/Basics/It's_a_Two-Way_Street.htm =========================================================== >-->From Archives InspiredBuffalo: __ /_/\/\ \_\ / /_/ \ \_\/\ \ \_\/ unknown Just when I am disheartened, just when cares oppressed, Just when my way is darkest, just when I am distressed, Then is my Savior near me, He knows my every care; Jesus will never leave me; He helps my burden to bear. --J. Bruce Evans -<>- ((" ") <)) <\(> '\| |\ ________/|______| \_________ kOs >Jealousy Oh siren of spiteful darkness, how easily you wreak misery within all whom you touch Suppose someone you love causes you to become jealous Have you ever wondered why you allow this beast into your life and thereby into your lover's life What are you really afraid of or do you even care to face the truth Oh there'll be plenty of those whom you know who will encourage you to turn your back on reason while avoiding any encouragement to be understanding Is this how you would also counsel one of your friends who has been given a similar opportunity to learn and rise above this instinctual and damaging emotion Have you ever considered that you and your friend may be doing nothing but validating and justifying an emotion which always brings grief and sadness If you and the one you love don't have absolute trust in each other, then why are you together in the first place Or, are you one of those persons who believes that jealousy is a sign of true love and actually enjoys it when your own lover is jealous when you're doing something that does not involve them Perhaps you or your lover actually do certain things intentionally in order to cause the other one to become jealous as a sign of love Just because you have the power and ability to inflict pain and fear in someone you love, does that mean that you are compelled to do it And if so, what does that tell you about yourself and your spirituality What is it in our temperament that is drawn to self righteous rage while still expecting a far kinder and gentler audience for our own transgressions, no matter what they may be If you truly love someone, do you not want what's best for them Did you not tell the person you love that so long as you morally could you would do anything within your power to try to help them to be happy Or is your definition of unconditional love and a healthy relationship: "I'll love you unconditionally so long as you adhere to certain conditions" And, if sometimes they want to be with someone other than you, why does that threaten you and cause you to lash out with anger Would you not pray for understanding in similar circumstances and would that not assist you to become who you want to be The very next time you're motivated to become jealous, why don't you sit down and write down the reasons why before you succumb again to this primeval monster and prove that you're not worthy of your own ideals You'll discover that fear is at the foundation of your jealousy And if you don't understand that fear is your own problem, then perhaps you're not prepared to be involved with anyone other than as a property to be controlled and dictated to Is that how you wish to be viewed and treated Do you desire to cripple the person you love and deny them that which they desire all for the sake of your own ego and perverted idea of love Or are you finally able to steer your ship away from these troubled waters dennis j hopkins --- ...See this teaching for better insight... , , /////| ///// | ///// | |~~~| | | |===| |/| | B |/| | | I | | | | B | | | | L | / | E | / |===|/ jgs '---' HAPPY for ... or … JEALOUS of http://www.absolutebiblestudy.com/Basics/HAPPY_for_or_JEALOUS_of.htm -<>- . | . \ | / `. \ ' / .' `. .-*""*-. .' "*-._ /.*" "*.\ _.-*" : ; ____ """"': .. ; _.-*" \ `.__.' / "*-._ .' `-.__.-' `. bug .' / . \ `. / | \ ' | ` >Someone is Watching Over Us ~by Nena Smothers-cook How many of you have seen the movie, "Almost an Angel" with Hogan? He's the Aussie dude, good actor...it was an enjoyable film. The best part is when the sister to the handicapped person picks up the remote control Hogan had used to light up the cross on the church, and there were NO batteries in it! I thought about this film a lot, reflecting back on how many times I really know someone is watching over me! And that we are not just born just to die! So went to bed later and the next morning when I got up, I went into the kitchen to make java..well, I kept hearing this noise and then realized it was my old oven fan on, going like crazy. Well, now you have to realize this. I broke the string on it that turns it on several years ago and in breaking the string, I broke it far enough up inside that I could not get to it to turn it off. My middle son Jary showed up later and he went up into the attic and somehow got it turned off. I later asked and he said there was a switch up there. The other thing you must realize is, I do not particularly enjoy heights or climbing ladders, much less being in airplanes. However, I knew I had to do something to get this fan off. If Jary said there was a switch up there, there must be so I was going to have to go get the ladder, situate it on the deck so I could climb up to the window, open it and climb in to find the switch. The first attempt, I just shakily climbed up the ladder, barefoot, so by some chance I would not slip and fall...got the door opened, peered in and first thing I saw was what a mess the insulation is up there after the 20 years we put it in there. Jary and I do check the attic usually every fall, but this really caught my eye. I also, in glancing around, noticed that the bat dung was piling up by the chimney. We do have a bat colony in the attic [which never bother us]...I looked around best I could, still on the ladder, and was not really into venturing any further, so shut the door and climbed back down. Thought about this for a couple hours and knew something had to be done, however, as if the fan continued to go, it would burn up or burn up this array of well decayed insulation laying around, possible catch fire. Seems I am always calling Jary to the rescue as he's the main one of the boys that comes to help me and do work around here even unasked. So finally decided to call him. It had been so long, he could not remember where the switch was or if there was one. He said I would just have to go look, and I say, yeah right! He's aware of my fear of heights, etc...and really does not make fun...but I knew he was right, and told him, I would just force myself to do this. So thought about it a couple more hrs and each time I went into the kitchen, I knew I had to do something to get this fan off. So finally, outside I go again, this time I also took a bucket and shovel to get the bat dung I saw piled up...and up the ladder I go, encouraging myself all the way. Set the bucket in first, then climbed in. This time I wore shoes and long pants as I had no idea what I might step on and did not want insulation on my bare skin. I well remember when we put the insulation up there, most of us itched like crazy for days. I found the fan, open on the top, no cover on it, an old sleeping bag next to it and some pieces of wood and insulation piled up all around it. It looked like a real fire hazard to me. There was another pull string that should have turned off the fan...like the one that use to be below the fan in the kitchen that I had broke years ago. I pulled and pulled on it to get the fan to turn off. It would not turn off. So I began to be fairly frustrated about this and grabbed the bucket and made my way over to the chimney. I did not see any of my little bat friends and began to scoop up the bat dung into the bucket. It was all dried up, like maybe my bats were not there anymore. But I got it all, which filled up my bucket and I was satisfied with that task done. I looked around at what needed to be done up there. Insulation had fallen down in places and I knew it needed to be tacked back up and just basically a good clean up needed to be done up there. However, I was not really into doing it by myself but I knew it would be on my list of priorities and I certainly would have to ask my sons to help get it cleaned up and a bit reorganized next time they come to the ranch. I made my way back to the window, set the bucket down, got myself out back on the ladder first, then grabbed the bucket, got the window shut without falling off, and climbed down. I am sure this is about 12-15' from the window to the deck. The rest of the day, in the back of my mind, I am thinking about this fan churring furiously and frustrated it would not turn off. I even thought, perhaps I could turn the power off, then unscrew the cable to the fan and disconnect it, but opted out on that as I am no electrician and was not into getting myself electrified in the attic! I decided to catch a movie on tv, "Joan of Arc" on was and I had been wanting to see it for some time. So I am sitting and watching this film, which I never realized before, that she was only 19yrs old when they burned her at a stake in 1431 for "here say"...she had proclaimed she was a "Messenger of God" sent to free France from English control and see that Louis VII was anointed the new King of France. She did in fact began her military career at 13 yrs old and conquered many English strongholds which eventually France won freedom from English control. Her army totally loved and were devoted to her. Then suddenly the power in the house flickered and goes out, it was like only for an instance, though, very strange! This is the middle of the afternoon, no rain, no thunderstorms, no threat of impeading storm, and then the power comes back on. First thing, that popped in my mind, I wonder if that fan is now turned off? With the power back on so quickly and I got up to investigate the fan situation and went into the kitchen to listen to see if the fan was on. My old icebox was on and making its normally high racket so I had to listen closely, but I really did not hear the fan churring! I was not totally sure but I really knew my problem had truly been solved by divine intervention. I went back to finish watching the movie, which, by the way Joan of Arc [Jehanne Darc] or the Maiden of Orleans as she called herself, was cannonized 500 years later by the Pope, after she also had been retried and declared "innocent". I eventually decided to stroll back into the kitchen when the icebox was finally done with its racket and there was no fan churring! For some reason, someone watching over me saw fit to use a quick power outage to turn off that fan. It was almost as mysterious as why the fan came on in the first place earlier. There is no plausible reason for it to have just turned itself on, except, I obviously was suppose to check out the attic and that was a way to tell me. Now if any of you have any doubts whatsoever that "someone up there is watching over you"...I pray this story disspells that doubt. 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'| . .|##|'.:| pils | ||||| : .'::|:.'#| |#| |#| |#| | |##|'::| | ||||| .| .'.:|::.'' '#| |#| |#| . : ' |##|'.:| {`\:|||| : .'::|:_.:. . '#| |#| | .|##|'::: `-{_/'|_ |_.-'/}_/'-._ '#| :. |##:'.:| `'{._('}_)-' `-}_}(-._ . . | ' '` .'::| `-' `-.} /-._ . : .'.'_:-'\ `-}_}(-._ | . _.-')_(-' `-/_)`-.:.-{ \{-' `-{_'_)-'' ^ >Political Correctness Oxymoron "In the temple courts he [Jesus] found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, 'Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!'" One thing is for sure: Jesus was never politically correct. He always stood for what was right and for truth--never for that which was expedient, popular or expected. As Mark Batterson said, "He wasn't afraid of offending Pharisees; touching lepers; washing feet; defending prostitutes; or befriending tax collectors." In many ways, political correctness is destroying us! It allows a secular and often godless society to squeeze us into its mold. Besides "political correctness" is an oxymoron if ever there was one. There's nothing correct about it. It's really political expediency in order to get one's own way, to get votes, to be a crowd pleaser, to avoid criticism, or for whatever other manipulative false motive. Furthermore, if we in the West don't wake up and smell the "gunpowder" of radical Islam which is out to destroy us, our insane political correctness WILL destroy us. Had Jesus been politically correct, we would still be lost in our sins without hope and without eternal life. You may recall how William Wilberforce fought the battle for twenty years to end the slave trade in Great Britain. He was hated. He was threatened. He was despised. He was ridiculed, but he knew what was right and he fought for this and for the truth until he won and saw the then wretched slave trade in England stopped. Wilberforce was not politically correct either. As a result he helped change his world. We who claim to be believers in God and followers of Jesus Christ also need to abandon this political correct nonsense that is an integral part of today's post modern society for whom "tolerance, not truth, is absolute." Only truth is eternal. In the long run it will win. Always. Suggested prayer: "Dear God, please deliver me from the sin of being politically correct for all the wrong motives. Give me the courage and help me always in all ways to stand for and battle for truth and that which is right in your eyes. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus Christ's name, amen." 1. 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More than 25 million Christians chose not to vote in the last presidential election. We can do better. Because our faith votes. Whether we cast a ballot or not. "By staying silent, believers are allowing non-believers to decide who will run our government and create our public policies.” https://www.ourchurchvotes.org/ Franklin Graham warns Biden-Harris ticket ‘should be a great concern to all Christians’. The evangelical leader's comments come as a Democratic group slams the Biden-Harris ticket's stance Evangelist Franklin Graham, a prominent evangelical supporter of President Trump, is calling on Christians to take note of one issue presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris both adamantly support. https://tinyurl.com/y5kaopgc Initiative seeks to increase evangelical vote in November: 'Churches alone can make all the difference' '2020 is also about the Supreme Court' https://tinyurl.com/y4m3l4rv -<>- >From TruthOrTradition: Ethical Reflections: Being Truthful – The First Rung of Christian Ethics https://tinyurl.com/y6exov5x Ethical Reflections: Ethics & Logic https://tinyurl.com/yxstpnqd Reflections in a Mirror https://tinyurl.com/y4a7eqh2 -<>- >From Christian Life Daily: Video: How God Transformed a Psychopathic Atheist into a Christian Apologist https://tinyurl.com/yycm4xfq Beirut’s Christian Quarter Destroyed by Blast, and There’s Evidence It Wasn’t an Accident https://tinyurl.com/y2ymy9nm Stunning Spiritual Revival at Huntington Beach Impacts 50,000 During COVID https://tinyurl.com/yye4oqsf This Virginia Photographer’s Latest Move https://tinyurl.com/y4ljdd73 Malawi’s New Christian President Brings Hope to a Nation Plagued by Tribal Corruption https://tinyurl.com/y2f5eqc6 -<>- >In The News: My HealtheVet: Doctor via Video | Rx Meds and COVID | Advanced Accounts: Upgrade https://tinyurl.com/y5cagrse VA News: New App for VA Rx Refills, Help for Veteran Owned Businesses, Employers Hiring Veterans in Your State https://tinyurl.com/y4u972az DailyTrumpReport: Jesus Shines: Hundreds Gather For Outdoor Worship In Portland! https://tinyurl.com/yy257osd Using Wisdom - Florida Sheriff Bans Wearing Masks https://welovetrump.com/2020/08/13/florida-sheriff-bans-wearing-masks/ Travelers to This Country Will Be Forced to Wear a Tracking Device to Enforce Quarantine https://tinyurl.com/yy89b2uj Welcome to the “New Normal” – A World Full of Really Stupid Rules https://tinyurl.com/y69l8cxo New Trump Video Hits “Slow Joe” and “Phony Kamala” https://tinyurl.com/y27qydhe Phony Kamala on 18-24 Year Olds: “They are stupid. 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And it promotes a kind of techno tyranny against which we all should be vigilant. https://tinyurl.com/yxlpaf45 Cancel Culture in a Small Michigan Town Forces Bed and Breakfast to Remove This https://tinyurl.com/yxfv7usy College Students Everywhere Are About to Cancel the Last Democrat You’d Ever Expect https://tinyurl.com/y2okbd64 “Sick kids and their families cowered in fear inside a Chicago Ronald McDonald House as looters smashed the front door while trying to get inside this week . . . At least 13 cops were injured in violent clashes with looters, with 100 arrests. 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Visit Melissa's Online Store You can get anything you want (except for Melissa ) at the online store http://pdhomes.net/mall/babylissa/mySTORES/ISELL4.html ========================================================== . _ .-.. ( `' ; .( ; ; .-`()'.;(_.{}:' `..'`,' / ' ;.) `-'\ / `-' X _U_ \ / | | | | / \ | ;| | ;| | ;;| |..;;;| |;;;;;| ko1 `;;;;;' `"' >An Unexpected Connection Story Editor: by PJ Rose Joyce Schowalter Wyoming, USA It was a lovely Passover Seder at our little temple in Wyoming, with centerpieces on each table sporting seasonal flowers in glass vases. After dinner, as we were helping to clean up, my friend Brian scooped up a few of the floral arrangements, and motioned for me to do likewise. Brian told me to follow him and we walked through a mild spring night to a nearby nursing home. It was quiet and dimly lit inside, with the residents apparently all snug in their beds. We carried the flowers to the nursing station, where my friend asked the nurses to distribute them as they saw fit. Never ones to pass up on a ready opportunity, we were chatting up the pretty nurses when we heard a squeaking sound behind us. Turning around, we saw -- complete with lace handkerchief in her sleeve and seemingly straight out of central casting -- a little old lady slowly wheeling herself our way. She was thin, wearing a blue dress, with stiff white hair, and tortoise-shell glasses with a beaded neck chain. Finally reaching the nurses' station, with an obvious effort she pushed down on the arms of her wheelchair until she raised herself high enough to place her face right up to one of the vases on the counter. After a deep breath, followed by a contented sigh, she slowly lowered herself back into her chair and said, "Ah, lilies. My favorite." We watched her wheel herself down the hall toward her room for a moment before turning back to the nurses. To our stunned surprise, both of the young ladies were slack jawed and bug eyed, with astonished looks on their faces. When they had regained their composure, one of them said that the woman in the wheelchair had not spoken aloud for more than a year, and was thought to have lost the ability to communicate! Who could have guessed that such a random act of kindness instigated by my friend would result in a breakthrough for someone? Indeed, a person who had been assumed by the medical staff at the nursing home to have been "shut in" for a long time? What had started as a small, kind thought by my friend made a huge difference in the life of someone who was thought to be beyond reach, as well as the lives of the other four people who witnessed a small miracle that April night. =======HeroicStories======= >-->From LaughAndLift: _ _|_|_ ,|_| |_|_ || | | |_| || | | | | || | | | | _|| | | | | ||)\ ^ ^ ^ | || | | || | | || | | \\ | \\ / ejm )\ ( / \ \ / \ \ \ \ >Worship: Offering Yourself to God (By Rick Warren) Offering yourself to God is what worship is all about. This act of personal surrender is called many things: consecration, making Jesus Lord, taking up your cross, dying to self, yielding to the Spirit. What matters is that you do it, not what you call it. God wants your life, all of it - 95 percent is not enough. Our total surrender to God is blocked by several things, including: * Our ignorance of God - not knowing what he's really like; * Our sinful nature - the desire to be God ourselves; and * Our misunderstanding of surrender and the trust that it requires. Can We Trust God? Trust is an essential ingredient to surrender. We won't surrender to God unless we trust him, but we can't trust him until we know him better. Fear keeps us from surrendering, but love casts out all fear. The more you realize how much God loves you, the easier surrender becomes. How do I know God loves me? He gives us many evidences: * God says he loves you (Psalm 145:9); * You're never out of his sight (Psalm 139:3); * He cares about every detail of your life (Matthew 10:30); * He gave you the capacity to enjoy all kinds of pleasure (1 Timothy 6:17b); * He has good plans for your life (Jeremiah 29:11); * He forgives you (Psalm 86:5); * He's patient with you (Psalm 145:8); * He sacrificed his Son for you (Romans 5:8). God loves you infinitely more than you can imagine. "Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship" (Romans 12:1 HCSB). If you want to know how much you matter to God, look at Christ with his arms outstretched on the cross saying, "I love you this much! I'd rather die than live without you." God is not a cruel slave driver or a bully who uses brute force to coerce us into submission. He doesn't try to break our will, but woos us to himself, so that we might offer it freely to him. God is a lover and a liberator, and surrendering brings freedom, not bondage. When we completely surrender ourselves to Jesus, we discover that he is not a tyrant but a savior; not a boss, but a brother; not a dictator, but a friend. -<>- "God desires to be as close to you as He was to Christ - so close that He can literally speak through you and all you need to do is translate; so close that tuning in to Him is like putting on headphones; so close that when others sense the storm and worry, you hear his voice and smile." - Max Lucado .--. .--. / ' .\ |'. ( .-. \ \ . ` /\. /`. / ) ( `.' .' '--'` (\ \.' .' ) \`. \ _/ _..--' `. \ /`'<_/ : )"'``..`-3 : :. `"'. ) / |-.'' (_.-._ | / ( .'`--..J ' |-'( |_| | : >` '. .'' : | Y | < | : > ' \ `_ : '` \ / :- ' || : / ./: | \ .'J /_ ) : | '% | a:f /.-.`). : I | / ( \ ) : .^) `-' `..-' (`"' / ===' >Leaning into Jesus (By Glynnis Whitwer) For eight years my husband Tod and I led the senior high group at church. As a young married couple, we poured our hearts and lives into those teenagers and were rewarded beyond measure. Throughout the school year we followed a similar pattern that always started the same way: building community. In the fall we welcomed a new group of kids into the group, and we knew how difficult it would be for them to make friends. At that age, kids have already begun the process of segregating into like groups. Our goal was to create one group, not five or six. So we planned a variety of games and outings to help the kids have fun together, get to know each other and eventually to trust each other enough to be honest. That trust was part of the foundation for the coming months when we would get into deeper issues of faith and life. Would they open up in front of their new friends? Or would they clam up when the tough subjects got raised? One "game" we played to create community was the "trust fall." It's a common youth group activity that involves standing with your back to someone and then allowing yourself to fall backwards into their arms. It's very scary to lean into someone else and trust they won't step back, letting you fall to the ground, or be physically unable to catch you. We knew from years of experience that even the smallest kids can do this, and it was a good exercise for the "faller" and the "catcher." In the book of John there's a passage that demonstrates when one of the disciples had this type of faith in Jesus. It was in the Upper Room, and Jesus had just washed His disciples' feet. They returned to the table and Jesus was predicting that someone would betray Him. It must have been a distressing moment to hear that announcement and John (the disciple whom Jesus loved) does what seems to come naturally: he leans into Jesus. John was already physically close to Jesus, but the passage says he got even closer: "One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, 'Ask him which one he means.' Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, 'Lord, who is it?'" (John 13:23-25 NIV) John believed Jesus wouldn't push him away or scoot over. John knew he wouldn't be embarrassed by Jesus rejecting him. John trusted Jesus enough to lean back against Him. It's scary to trust. Betrayal, theft and dishonesty abound. People whom we think will "catch" us, let us fall. When we try to get close to some, they back away, leaving us ashamed and wondering what's wrong with us. The only One who won't back away, won't let us fall, and will wrap His arms around us when we lean into Him is Jesus. What an amazing gift we have in a Savior who welcomes our presence, our questions, our concerns and our love. "Dear Lord, thank You for always being there for me. I'm sorry for those times I've turned to people instead of to You. Help me to trust You more. In Jesus' Name, Amen." SUBSCRIBE INFO Want to receive a Christian inspirational item AND great clean humor in an email to you each day of the week? 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While we’re renewed through fervent prayer Our love and substance we will share. We’ll lift and supplement all those That struggle in a life of woes. And as we implement God’s plan To love and serve our fellow man We’ll gain a spot in heavens place But knowing that it’s through his grace. Then one day when our time has come To go home to the risen Son Who sacrificed all that he was To make a place for all of us. I pray we all have served him well And saved we’ll be from times we fell Enfolded in his arms he’ll say I stood beside you all the way. © James O'Brien >Updated FUN STUFF URLS - Oh Yeah Shangy! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/urls.html FUN URLS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -->ShangyFunList AD RATES: $20 will get your a message (of up to 40 words) out to all self-subscribed readers and $5 more will give you the same message also put up for all web site readers. 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