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You can also use the keyboard to change the font size in your web browser or emails. Hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the + key for larger text or the - key for smaller text! ================ >-->HOT Off The 'Shangy' Press :) This flaming hot new page is from our friend M.r.T. It is one that with give you your aww quota for the day along with plenty of warm smiles. Be sure to check this and the nature video out here... _.-..'''''. _.---.__`._. `-. ___..-' `o> `-. .-``` <) ) .' `._.-.`-._.' / / `-' | ' / | . ' .' \ \ \ .'| ' / -..__.| / | | /| | \ '\ / \ | \ | | | | | \ / . | | / \ | | | \ \ | | | | | \ | `. | | | | | \ / `' | /_ `. /' \ `---/_ `. `.\.' `.\.' LGB `.\.' Rescued Moose http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/rescuedmoose.html --- ...So awesome! Glad they were able to help! Thank You M.r.T! Our Next hot new page is from our friend LouiseAu. It too is sure to spike your aww meter and give you plenty of smiles for your day. Be sure to check it out along with its video here too... .::::. __...::O::::: ,''''::::::' :: `':'':..::: : :::::::: : :::::::::: : :::::::::: : :::::::::: : :::::::::: : ::::::::::: : :::: :::::: : :::: :::::: : ::: .:::::: : ::: ::::::: : :: ::::::: : : ::::::' .: ::::::: l42 ,;;::'.::::::: Lala The Penguin http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/lalapenguin.html --- ...So adorably cute! Thanks LouiseAu! =========================================================== >-->From Heartwarmers: Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes. -- Lawana Blackwell .-------. !_______! (((`\\\ ))) (((_o___o_))) ((! !)' !_______! l l unknown >UNEXPECTED SPOTLIGHT Several years ago, I worked as a nurse manager for a satellite office of a local hospital. It was a job that I really enjoyed because there was a lot of diversity -- filling in for staff, meeting with physicians to help promote programs for their patients, ordering new equipment, and general day to day problem solving. I was a jack of all trades, as most nurses are. However, I was soon to have one extra job on my agenda that particular day, which was above and beyond any nurses's imagination. The day started out like any other. When I got to the office there was the usual routine of assuring that the doctors' schedules had been posted and that there was sufficient staff to work with each one. Our medical clinic shared space with the oncology outpatients from our hospital and there was sometimes a squeeze for exam rooms. On this particular day, I was faced with more than exam room issues. I noticed some unusual paraphernalia in the halls that resembled television cameras. As I was walking through this maze of equipment, I was stopped by the oncology nurse manager who said she had an urgent request. After settling the patient I was attending to, I went back to see what she wanted. She informed me that the hospital was filming a public service commercial to let everyone know about our outstanding oncology program. They decided that it would be easier if they shot the commercial at the clinic, rather than the hospital. I said, "Well, I guess we will do our best to work around this and still be able to promote patient safety." Besides, we did have an unusually light schedule that day. Then she told me that the nurse who was originally slated to be part of the production had backed out at the last minute. She asked me if I would be kind enough to STAR as the nurse in the commercial. I don't quite remember my initial reaction, but I must have been dumbfounded! I was in our church drama group, but filming a commercial for national television was beyond my acting ability. I was quickly assured by the director of this production that my lines would be very few, and that unlike my live drama performances, we could easily do retakes. Duty called! How could I say no? I suddenly realized what I had done. What did I look like today? Had I known I was being filmed I would have had my hair done or worn my best uniform. Oh well, I guess they would just get the real me. After my initial shock subsided, I was introduced to a lovely lady who was a cancer survivor -- the real star of the show. We were told our lines, and introduced to the lights, cameras, and action. It was quite an exciting experience and an honor once the ball got rolling. As the normal work hours started to wind down, a few more members of the staff were recruited for scenes that required hallway activity. It was a long day for just a 60-seond commercial, but during the down time I was able to engage in conversation with this patient and her family. They were a tremendously fun group. It wasn't long before the commercial started to appear on television. It was great fun when I ran into a friend, who said she had been getting ready for work when she heard a familiar voice coming from her television. She couldn't believe who she saw when she looked at the screen. Or when my sister told me that my niece from California phoned her and said she saw a nurse on a commercial that looked and sounded just like her aunt. No, I never received fame or fortune, but did have an experience I will never forget. You just never know what may suddenly happen to you during an otherwise ordinary day. -- Annettee Budzban ___________________________________________ Annettee is a mother and grandmother and lives in Wildwood, Illinois. She is a former registered nurse and has started a writing ministry called, Writings From The Heart. She sends short devotions to friends and others. Her first book, Life Changing Inspirations, was just published and can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591291348/heart =========================================================== >-->From ChristianDasilyLife: \ \ ` / / ' \ ` \ ` ' / / ` ' \ . * * * * * . / ` \ ` * * * * * * * * * / \ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ' \ ` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ / \ ` * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ' / ` @ @ @ @ * '@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ \ * * * * * * * * * * * * * ' ` @ @ @ @ @ Come @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ / * * * ** sit under the * * * * * * * * \ ` @ @ @ @ @ rainbow @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ' * * * * * * * * * * * * * / ` @ @ @ @ @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ . * * * * * * * * * * * * *. \ @ @ @ @ @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >Homosexuals Lash Out at Rainbow Mural in London, Claim “The Rainbow is Ours” A London art group painted a rainbow on a bridge as a “symbol of hope” during COVID. But nothing could have prepared them for the hateful wrath they were about to experience. It wasn’t long before homosexual activists lashed out – and that was just the beginning… Read The Full Article Here: https://tinyurl.com/y9o4hxm4 --- , , /////| ///// | ///// | |~~~| | | |===| |/| | B |/| | | I | | | | B | | | | L | / | E | / |===|/ jgs '---' ...Amazing, but not surprising... It seems that like the old saying, "give the devil an inch and he'll take a mile." again rings true with the left. The more we 'turn the other cheek' or give in to their wants and their desires the more we are actually giving in to allowing evil to dominate and rule our lives instead of God. The left wants to take the good things away that God has given to us and make it their own. That way they can feel OK about living their life the way they want to instead of the way God wants them to. In other words, they want to hide the fact to everyone that they are sinning and going against God Almighty. Think about it. God gives us love and encourages us to love our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ and our neighbors as ourselves. What does the left give us? They want to take over real love and confuse it by advocating for a promiscuous life style by giving out condoms and abortions for all who want it - Including our young grade school children. God gave us marriage between a man and a woman who love each other. The left wants marriage between any who want it but penalizes low income people for being married by reducing their joint income. Making people not get married and often leaving many poor children without two parents in the home. God encourages married men and a women to multiply and have children for a strong and loving family unity. The children will have a male and female as their role models while growing up. The married couple will have children and grandchildren to aide them in their later elder years. The left wants gay and lesbian or transgender people to be allowed to adopt and raise children with themselves as their role models while growing up. Thus encouraging the next generation will approve of the 'gay is OK' thinking and be more likely to choose alternative (against God) lifestyles for themselves. The left fights for all alternative lifestyles and morals so that all laws and old (godly) ways of doing things will be bent their way. They simply want to replace God in our daily lives with the devil's ways. That was how the entire cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Old Testament wound up full of evil and only had one godly family in them. And it is why God totally destroyed and annihilated those two cities once he had gotten that good family out safe. Now they want to totally take over the rainbow for themselves. Just something else of God's they want to make their own. It is all about being 'progressive' and having 'real change' - you know. You can see why there is such a spiritual battle going on now with the left (the devil) and those against the left - Pres. Trump and all of us, his supporters! Don't give into them or let them deceive you into going against God and our Lord Jesus Christ! , , /////| ///// | ///// | |~~~| | | |===| |/| | B |/| | | I | | | | B | | | | L | / | E | / |===|/ jgs '---' See these teachings... Without Natural Affection http://www.absolutebiblestudy.com/Advanced/WITHOUT_NATURAL_AFFECTION.htm A Renewal of the Mind http://focusongod.com/Eph05.htm Dealing With The Adversary http://www.absolutebiblestudy.com/Adversary/Adversary.htm =========================================================== >-->From Our Friend LouiseAu :) (Politics) , /\ , / '-' '-' \ | POLICE | \ .--. / | ( 19 ) | \ '--' / '--. .--' jgs \/ I’m for PLM!!! (Police Lives Matter) 41 shot in NYC this weekend, 72 in Chicago, 24 in Atlanta. But it’s ok...no police officers were involved in the shootings. How can any Police Officer, Firefighter or EMT vote for a Democrat? Blacks, stop killing your own! It’s not the Police or White Supremacists. It’s YOU! Find God instead of hate! 60 million cases of H1N1 back in 2009. Where was the shutdown & masks & social distancing? Oh yeah, we weren’t trying to unseat a President that year. God chooses the color of your skin. You choose the content of your character. Again, why are there no biohazard bins for masks & gloves if this virus is so contagious & deadly?? "Dear white people, you do not have to pity black people because we're not victims. The left wants you to believe that we can't think for ourselves - We can, & that's why we walked off the Democrat plantation and didn't look back! Vote Trump 2020!!" - Diamond & Silk Schiff & other Dems threatening to leave if Trump wins again. YAY!!!!! I don't know Does that include Whoopi, Rosie, Barbra, Cher & Snoop Dogg? (I hope, I hope!!!) --- ...TeeHee! Thanks LouiseAu! I do love Diamond and Silk! https://www.diamondandsilk.com/ Of course, this is probably considered a racist hate filled white supremacist letter. I really am not caring a rats Arse any more. I think they (the left) have used this to shut down opposing thoughts far too long. I am numb to their way of demeaning diversified (their too often used word) thinking. This is how nuts people are and how PICKY! I posted on fb some photo talking about it being OK to be caucasian. Well, a friend immediately corrected me because white people aren't caucasian so I was wrong to use that word for them. So I, loving information, looked it up (the old 'look it up dear' sounding off in my wittle brain)... Cau·ca·sian /kô?k?ZH?n/ 1. a white person; a person of European origin. "the man is described as being a 50-year-old Caucasian with a full head of graying hair" 2. a person from the Caucasus. "the Caucasians of Southern Russia" So, in his wittle brain, he was saying I cannot refer to white people as caucasian because he was saying only meaning #2 was correct. Crazy world we now live in. Making my logical brain spin! I think we need to take our world back from all the crazies! JUST SAY NO WAY. And go about our normal God loving ways! ========================================================== >-->From Archives InspiredBuffalo: _____ / \/_ //\__(\_\ |\ ^ ^ | .//_O \O_ \ \_ (_) / \ \_/ / __/\ /\__ / \ \ / / \ / \/\/\/ \ / | . | \ / | . | \ JRO >The World is Mine Today, upon a bus, I saw a very beautiful woman. And wished I were as beautiful. When suddenly she rose to leave, I saw her hobble down the aisle. She had one leg and wore a crutch. But as she passed, she passed a smile. Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I have two legs; the world is mine. I stopped to buy some candy. The lad who sold it had such charm. I talked with him, he seemed so glad. If I were late, it'd do no harm. And as I left, he said to me, "I thank you, you've been so kind. It's nice to talk with folks like you. You see," he said, "I'm blind." Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I have two eyes; the world is mine. Later while walking down the street, I saw a child I knew. He stood and watched the others play, but he did not know what to do. I stopped a moment and then I said, "Why don't you join them dear?" He looked ahead without a word. I forgot, he couldn't hear. Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I have two ears; the world is mine. With feet to take me where I'd go. With eyes to see the sunset's glow. With ears to hear what I'd know. Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I've been blessed indeed, the world is mine. If this poem makes you feel thankful, just forward it to your friends. After all, it's just a simple reminder that we have so much to be thankful for! -<>- ,--. ,--. ( O ) ( O ) `--' \ `--' \ _ >-. / /| `-.__.' Krogg >"A Buried Treasure" by Bob Perks She is your neighbor. She lives in that house down the street where the grass gets a little tall in the summer. The sidewalks remain covered in snow a little longer than most of the homes in your area. During your early morning drive you'll see her outside in her housecoat and slippers sweeping the porch. Even on a warm summer day she wears a heavy sweater. Every so often you see her walking down the street with her fold-up push cart heading toward the grocery store. For the most part she is invisible to the world. She has become a part of the scenery. She goes about her daily routines asking for nothing from the world. And the world responds by doing nothing for her. The truth is she could die tomorrow and you most likely wouldn't even miss her. "They're selling that old house down the street. You know, where that old lady lived." "I saw a sign at the grocery store. They're having a tag sale. God, I bet there's some great old stuff in there. Let's make a point to go Saturday. We'll get there early for some real bargains." By the end of that Saturday, when the last piece of her life has been sold, she will be but a memory for someone. Her worth to whatever family members laid claim to her property, will be in dollars and cents. She was just passing through this life, biding her time. "How sad," you say to yourself. How sad indeed. Sad that you never got to know her. If you had taken the time to say "hello" one day you would have been blessed. Perhaps walking the down the street one early summer's eve you would have seen her sitting on the old oak rocking chair you got at a bargain price the day they auctioned off her life. That chair was hand made by her Father. He came to America with the skill of a craftsman and raised her and her seven siblings with his bare hands. Her Momma sat in that chair and breast fed every one of them. She made their clothes, baked bread everyday and tended to a large garden that they depended on for fresh vegetables. This mysterious old lady was married once for what would have been a lifetime for most of us. Her husband died years ago, but not before he paid the last payment on the home you rummaged through on Saturday. Children? They had seven kids and raised them on hand-me-downs and fresh garden vegetables. Two died at an early age, one in a car accident when he was just a teen. The others went on to college and scattered across the U.S. in search of big dollars, big homes and little respect for who gave them life and everything they had today. Except for a few photographs that they split among themselves as tokens of the "good old days" they each received their portion of the estate and went on with their lives. Some where in her possessions they found an envelope filled with cash. On it was written the words, "I couldn't spend your money." For they would send her checks to pay someone to cut the grass and shovel the sidewalk. She did it herself. She had no living relatives and very few friends to visit her. The ones still around were tucked away in nursing homes she couldn't get to visit. Yes, how sad it is that you didn't take the time to say hello. You would have met an honest to goodness Angel here on earth. I am guilty, too. You see, I wouldn't have met her either except one day while driving past her house I blew a tire and pulled by the side of the road. While struggling with the spare, she came out and offered me a fresh glass of homemade iced tea. I sat on her steps as she rocked in that chair and told me a lifetime of stories. She talked so long she apologized for she rarely got visitors. I assured her that she need not apologize at all. I was the one who was sorry that I had never stopped by sooner. "You are an angel," I told her. In her sweet, gentle voice she said, " We are each other's angels. We meet when it is time." She died the other day and I sat on her front porch and watched her life fall apart. The neighbors got some real bargains that day. But I found a treasure. -<>- ,-----. W/,-. ,-.\W ()>a a<() (.--(_)--.) ,'/.-'\_/`-.\`. ,' / `-' \ `. / \ / \ / `. ,' \ / / `-._.-' \ \ ,-`-._/| |=|o |\_.-< <,--.) |_____| |o____| )_ \ `-)| |// _ \\| )/ || |' | `| || | | | || ( )|( ) || | | | || | | | || |_.--.|.--._| || /'""| |""`\ [] `===' `===' hjw >GRANDFATHER'S TABLE A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four- year-old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table. But, the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth. His son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess." We must do something about Grandfather," said the son. "I've had enough of the spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor." So, the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There Grandfather ate alone, while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner. Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl. When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometimes he had a tear in his eye, as he sat alone. Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions, when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The four-year-old watched it all in silence. One evening, before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, "What are you making?" Just as sweetly, the boy responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mama to eat food in when I grow up." The four-year-old smiled and went back to work. The words so struck the parents that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though, no word was spoken, both knew what must be done. That evening, the husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table. For the remainder of his days, he ate every meal with the family. And, for some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled. Children are remarkably perceptive. Their eyes ever observe, their ears ever listen, and their minds ever process the messages they absorb. If they see us patiently provide a happy home atmosphere for family members, they will imitate that attitude for the rest of their lives. The wise parent realizes that every day the building blocks are being laid for the child's future -<>- ,,,,, \ e e\ C _\/ |\\, )\_) \_ / Speak To The Hand _/|/_ _// ,'\ ~ /'-,_/ \ / \_/ / / , | \_._,-" ( < _' | \ \ ', -',-~.-' _/ ) | |// | ' ' ) | | | | ._., - |.,_ // _\-' )___|__|_ '-._ b'ger /____\__\ >No double standards please, one will do fine. (personal observations on the duplicity of the left) By John Flaherty (reprinted here from 2003) If Islam is not responsible for terrorism, why are whites responsible for slavery? If a school board can prohibit the Pledge of Allegiance because someone might be offended, can I ban condom distribution? Why is it okay to kill the product of "rape or incest" but not the rapist? If we give up our SUV's, will Hollywood give up its Limousines and private jets? If you can take my 14-year-old daughter to an abortion clinic, without my consent, is it okay if I take yours to a Christian revival without your consent? If Muslim views on women are cultural, why are the views of Southern Baptists' s%xist? If opposition to employment or college enrollment based on skin color is called "discrimination" if you're a black female, why is it "affirmative action" if you're a white male? Why is it socially irresponsible to subsidize school choice but socially responsible to subsidize abortion choice? If Islam's extreme views on gays are tolerated, why are Catholic's much milder views homophobic? If negative views on Muslims are racist, why are Muslim's negative views on Jews politics? If it's a hate crime when you're targeted for being black, why is it not a hate crime when you're targeted for being white? Why is the separation of church and state "untouchable" but the right to bear arms "open to interpretation?" If a Crucifix or star of David cannot be shown in school, why are hajibs allowed? If Rosie O'Donnell won't let me own a gun, will she lend my daughter her son's bodyguard? -<>- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (// \\) __(// __ (// \\) __(// __ (// sjw /" / __ \\)" \\)_ /" / __ \\)" \\)_ /" '|-..__..-''\_''-.\__..-'' '|-..__..-''\_''-.\__..-'' '|-..__.. (\\ \_ _(\\ _/ (\\ \_ _(\\ _/ (\\ \_ "" (\\ //)"" //) "" (\\ //)"" //) "" (\\ "" "" "" "" "" "" "" >THE STORY OF THE LITTLE GRAPE STEM Once upon a time there was a little grape stem. This stem was so glad to be alive ...She drank water and minerals from the soil and grew and grew She was young and strong and could manage quite well ... All by Herself But then, the Wind was cruel, the rain was harsh, the snow was not one bit understanding, and the little grape stem suffered She drooped, weak and suffering. It would be so easy to stop trying to grow, to stop trying to live. And the grape stem was poor! The winter was long, and the stem was weary. But then the little grape stem heard a voice. It was another grape stem calling out to her ... "Here, reach out ... hang on to me." But the stem hesitated. "What would this mean?" she thought For you see, the little stem had always managed quite well, ... All by herself. But then, ever so cautiously, she reached out towards the other grape stem. "See, I can help you" it said. "Just wind your tendrils about me and I will help you lift your head." And the little stem trusted ...and suddenly she could stand straight again. The wind came ... and the rain ... and the snow, But when it came, the little grape stem was clinging to many other stems. And although the stems were swayed by the wind ... and frozen by the snow, They stood strongly united to each other. And in their untired strength ... they could smile and grow. And then, one day the little stem looked down and saw a tiny stem, swaying, frightened. And our little grape stem said, "Here, hang on ... I will help you." And the other stem reached up to our grape stem... And together all the stems grew ... Leaves budded ... flowers bloomed ... 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Watch 10k Christians March for Jesus and Peace Last Week in Atlanta - It seems the atheist media’s number one goal is to keep our nation endlessly divided. So, when 10k Christians marched through Atlanta last week for Jesus, peace, and unity, it seemed unsurprising that news coverage of the event was practically non-existent. https://tinyurl.com/yd4lqb5x After Nearly Dying From COVID-19, Ohio Pastor Says He Will Never Be the Same https://tinyurl.com/ycaxuh92 New Laws in Virginia Will Crush the State’s Christians in Five Horrible Ways https://tinyurl.com/ybrsa6r3 -<>- >In The News: VA NEWS: Free Internet, Resources for Veteran Families, Jobs, Free Craft and Mask Kits https://tinyurl.com/y984r4xs Masks? 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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 ========================================================== >-->From Daily Encounter: __ /_/\/\ \_\ / /_/ \ \_\/\ \ \_\/ unknown >Life Purpose "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."1 I have read that Bob Russell, in his book, When God Builds a Church, tells about one occasion when he went to The Pancake Factory restaurant and noted that their luncheon special for the day was a grilled chicken sandwich with spicy Mexican sauce. He "kind of" felt that they had lost their focus. I'm sure that many businesses have lost their main focus--as have some churches which get sidetracked into doing many good things, but miss the main thing. But what concerns me today, however, is how so many Christians have lost their main focus, if in fact they ever had one. For example, I have asked hundreds of people in various classes I have taught: "How many believe that God has a purpose for your life?" Almost every hand is raised. Then I ask, "How many of you know what your God-given life-purpose is?" Here's the shocker--barely a hand is raised! If we are to be true followers of Christ our focus, first of all, needs to be on Him and to be committed to living in harmony with God’s will according to the principles found in His Word, the Bible, so that we glorify God in all that we are and do. Second, our purpose needs to include our personal and spiritual growth and maturity. Third, God's purpose for us is also in how we invest our lives in living for and serving Him. Keep in mind that we serve God by serving others--using the gifts and talents that God has given to each of us. Fourth, our purpose as Christians is also to be witnesses for Christ--not as a preacher or evangelist (although that will be true for some)--but in all that we are and do so that others seeing Jesus in us will want Him for themselves, and to share our Christian faith as the opportunity arises. It helps to clearly define your God-given life purpose--basing it on you gifts, talents, abilities and interests--by writing it down and getting it into sharp focus. Then memorize it and repeat it every day so that it is programmed into your subconscious mind. This in turn makes it a part of your deep-down belief system and helps you to live it automatically. Don't write it in generalities. Be specific. State exactly what you are going to be and do and how you are going to do it. Remember, "'Blessed' is the one who aims at nothing for he/she shall surely hit it." Suggested prayer: "Thank You God that You have a purpose for my life. Please help me to discover what it is and get the training I need to fulfill it to the best of my ability. Please help me to so live that others will see Jesus in me and, in so doing, will want Him for themselves. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus Christ's name, amen." 1. Luke 19:10 (NIV). <:))))>< _ ( \nnnn / / (` \ / `-. \/ `, ) `` BP >Following Footsteps "Be followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."1 Lee Strobel tells about a mother from Costa Mesa, California who told about the day her three-year old son was on her heels wherever she went. She was having trouble doing her routine chores. "Whenever I stopped to do something and turned back around I would trip over him," she said. "Several times I suggested fun activities to keep him occupied, but he would just smile and say, 'That's alright Mommy I'd rather be in here with you.' He continued to follow me and after the fifth trip, my patience wore thin and I asked him why he was following me constantly." "My Sunday school teacher told me to walk in Jesus' footsteps but I can't see Him so I'm walking in yours." The greatest way we can teach our children about and show our loved ones the love of Jesus is through the example of how we live, and how we model his love in our everyday life. Suggested prayer, "Dear God, please help me to so live that people, especially my children (and loved ones), will see Jesus in me and will want to follow in my footsteps and have Jesus in their life too. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus Christ's name, amen." 1. 1 Corinthians 11:1 (KJV). <:))))>< When copying or forwarding include the following: "Daily Encounter by Richard (Dick) Innes (c) 2016 ACTS International. ========================================================== >-->From TruthOrTradition: , , /////| ///// | ///// | |~~~| | | |===| |/| | B |/| | | I | | | | B | | | | L | / | E | / |===|/ jgs '---' >What’s in a Word? – Function “I don’t care what your role in the ministry is. What is your function?” The first time my friend ever asked me this, I blanked out. The mashup of “receptionist, shipping department head, and editor” – or “reshipmeditor,” if you will (though I would not) – died on my tongue. Suddenly I was in sixth grade again, frozen mute in my chair because I forgot to mentally practice saying “here” sixty-five times before the teacher called on me. It was winter of 2018 the first time I realized my function in the Body of Christ and the role I served as a Christian worker were not the same thing. By the end of that day, I had a new answer-one that utterly reset a lifelong vision, reassembled my goals and desires, and in the years that followed, opened countless doors to places I had never once dreamed I’d walk. All because I realized what my function was. Recognizing the purpose for which you were created is a powerful thing-just read the Book of Esther. Within Christianity, there tends to be a narrow view of valuable functions, an outlook which was at least partially responsible for why I didn’t recognize my function for what it was in the first quarter-century of my life. But there’s a tremendous shift happening in many Christian circles now; a recognition of called artists, musicians, writers, social workers, gardeners, farmers, school teachers, social media moguls, bakers, scientists-you name a field, God is calling His workers to sow Truth there. And a harvest is being reaped, my friends. The longer I live in my function, the more I see it firsthand. Read the rest of this article here: What’s in a Word? – Function https://www.truthortradition.com/articles/wiaw-function -<>- , , /////| ///// | ///// | |~~~| | | |===| |/| | B |/| | | I | | | | B | | | | L | / | E | / |===|/ jgs '---' >What’s in a Word? – Calling So, now you know your function. But what’s your calling? On the surface, function and calling can look awfully similar. I tend to fall back on my own experience to elucidate the difference: my function in the Body of Christ, shocking to very few who know me longer than five minutes, is writing. I’ve spent more than two decades honing this craft, but I also recognize a God-given understanding of language and communication placed within me. This is my function. My calling, on the other hand, is to write within two very specific spheres: Christian encouragement and secular fiction. So, to use some more well-known examples, someone’s function may be as an evangelist, but is their calling to inner-city kids or people of a foreign nation? Is God calling the teacher to teach Christians or teach unbelievers? Is the pastor meant to council struggling couples or recovering addicts? Isn’t that a cool distinction? Recognizing your function equips you for God’s work; understanding your calling dispatches you to carry it out. We are all looking for places where we can carry out the great commission and make disciples; some are making disciples of new believers, others are convicting old believers to start living the disciplined life. The wonderful thing is that God knows each of His children so personally; He has and He will empower you to carry out the mission He’s assigned you to. Once we understand our function, it’s time to ardently pursue God’s heart for where and how He wants us to make use of that gift! What an exciting and enthralling opportunity to be at work with our Heavenly Father! Read this full article here: What’s in a Word? – Calling https://www.truthortradition.com/articles/wiaw-calling ========================================================== >-->From LaughAndLift: "The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions." - A.W. Tozer "Every package from hell comes disguised as ecstasy." - Jim Murray , , /////| ///// | ///// | |~~~| | | |===| |/| | B |/| | | I | | | | B | | | | L | / | E | / |===|/ jgs '---' >Unsafe S%x (By Dan Gulley) Did the title of this article get your attention? America has become a s%x-saturated society. Daily we are bombarded with s%xual messages & images, and most of it is not good. The result is a culture awash in sensuality and s%xuality. But we have to take care not to throw the baby out with the bath water. A close study of Bible texts like Genesis 2:17, Proverbs 5:15-20, The Song of Solomon, Ephesians 5:25-33 and others should serve to correct any notions that s%x itself is a bad thing, to be shunned and hush-hushed all together. The Bible tells us that everything God made was good. And whether it embarrasses us to talk about it or not, s%x was neither Solomon's nor Hugh Hefner's idea. S%x is one of the good things God thought up and then instructed man about. It is problematic for our culture when the church shies away from the vital subject of human s%xuality and what God has to say about it even as the world loudly and aggressively and relentlessly preaches messages about s%x that are often deluded, deceitful, destructive and even deadly. May God help us stand up for this Bible truth as well as all others. All that having been said, the Bible does indeed differ with mankind's popular thinking about s%x. One of the most popular ideas to come down the pike since the advent of AIDS has been so-called "safe-s%x." You know the drill. No need not abstain from having s%x with practically anyone you want anytime you want to so long as you are "safe" about it. We are asked to believe we are "safe" from such things as unplanned pregnancies and unwanted babies and some really nasty and unhealthy diseases so long as we use a condom or practice some other method of "safe s%x." An avalanche of data is available that shows that "safe s%x" is sometimes not all that safe after all. In many of these United States and in other nations around the globe, the sowing of irresponsible and immoral s%x continues to yield a harvest of problems in tens of millions of lives - problems like abortion and aids; problems like divorce and family dissolution, problems that are physical, psychological, emotional and theological in nature. Safe s%x? Scripture warns that s%x cannot possibly be safe when we leave God and His Word out of the mix. Ominously, 1st Cor. 6:18 reads, "Flee s%xual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits s%xual immorality sins against his own body." The New Living Translation says, "No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does." Nor, we hastily add, the soul. The world may hate to hear it and the church may be slow to say it, but safe-s%x, outside of marriage, is not an improbability - it is an impossibility. The God who came up with the whole idea of s%x and then engineered male and female bodies to be able to engage in it said, "Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge" (Hebrews 13:4). S%x is safe - and sacred - when done God's way. S%x is never safe for the soul when we ignore God's will, no matter how careful we are. -<>- "If I obey Jesus Christ in the seemingly random circumstances of life, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God. The redemption of God will flow through me to the lives of others, because behind the deed of obedience is the reality of Almighty God." - Oswald Chambers , , /////| ///// | ///// | |~~~| | | |===| |/| | B |/| | | I | | | | B | | | | L | / | E | / |===|/ jgs '---' >Rejoicing in the Word (By Kerry S. Doyal) Dear People of Grace, You ever guilty of begrudging obedience? Like a child taking medicine: you assume it is good for you, but resent the taste and process all the same. And the one dispensing those nasty med's. With that said, see this: "I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches." - Psalm 119:14 (NIV) If you won a million bucks, would those closest to you know it? If you inherited a fine home, car and jewels, would you be thrilled? Ps. 119:14 from the ESV: "In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches." "Lord God, help me to rejoice in following Your word. May I value You and Your truth more than Olympic gold. Forgive my distrust when I resent following You in paths of righteousness. May I live more and fully for Your name's sake. In the name of the One who lived to do Your will, Jesus Christ, Amen." SUBSCRIBE INFO Want to receive a Christian inspirational item AND great clean humor in an email to you each day of the week? It's easy and FREE! Read all about Laugh & Lift at http://www.laughandlift.com ========================================================== . | . \ | / `. \ ' / .' `. .-*""*-. .' "*-._ /.*" "*.\ _.-*" : ; ____ """"': .. ; _.-*" \ `.__.' / "*-._ .' `-.__.-' `. bug .' / . \ `. / | \ ' | ` >-->GOD HAS THE ANSWERS Although you`re tired and weary Just rest the whole night through As God gives us the mornings To see all things anew. For things look so much brighter When they`re slept on a while You wake up in the morning And soon you want to smile. You look and see the sunshine The bright blue sky above You wonder why you fretted And you know God is love. With all this to surround you There`s naught but this to say And so with song you praise Him Give thanks for this new day. Yes, God has all the answers To problems big and small We only have to tell Him He`s at our beck and call. 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