Thought for today - 11/30/2014

VERSE TO PONDER
"The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song."
- Psalm 28:7

Thought for today - 11/29/2014

CONSIDER
"The founders of the world's religions say, 'Do! Do! Do!' but Christ says, 'Done! It is finished!'"
- Steve Kumar

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Thought for today - 11/28/2014

TODAY
Each day is a storehouse given you
Fresh every morn from God's hand;
Do you stop to think of this
When at its door you stand?
Twenty-four empty, waiting hours,
All ready for you to fill with
Worthwhile thoughts and worthwhile deeds
And service, if you will.

You're given a chance to store
Away treasures of love and joy,
And satisfaction of work well done
That time cannot destroy.
So put your best into all your day
With eyes opened wide to see, and
Eager hands stretched out to grasp
Each opportunity.
- Unknown Author

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Thought for today - 11/27/2014

THIS ADVENTURE

"Healing is surely to come. It may be the healing of my body. I expect so with all my heart. Or it may be the healing of my weary spirit, which has not always been peaceful in the run and the muck, the thistles and the sweats of this worldly existence. This last rest I do also expect with all my heart. I won't be surprised to hear the voice of the Lord at the end of things physical. I believe in both. It is not reasonable. Even to myself I cannot make these pieces fit. A paradox.

"Nonetheless! In spite of the paradox this must pose, I repeat what I've written before: I am completely at peace with this drama. This adventure.

"Even the seeming of my body's loss -- that swift invasion of allergenic symptoms caused by the chemicals last week -- hasn't stolen from me the blessings of my adventure. God does not cause human misery, nor does he desire the death of any person on earth. But he can and does participate in the complexities of human life. He takes, therefore, advantage of our weaknesses to love our spirits and to prop up our weary bones."

-Walter Wangerin Jr., Letters From the Land of Cancer

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Thought for today - 11/26/2014

CONSIDER
“After Calvary, God has the right to be trusted; to be believed that He means what He says; and that His love is dependable.”
- A. J. Gossip (1873-1954), In the Secret Place of the Most High, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947

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Thought for today - 11/25/2014

VERSE TO PONDER
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus."
- Philippians 2:3-5

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Thought for today - 11/24/2014

CONSIDER
"I want to keep my soul fertile for changes, so things keep getting born in me, so things keep dying when it's time for them to die. I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago, because a mind was made to figure things out, not read the same page recurrently."
- Donald Miller, Through Painted Deserts

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Thought for today - 11/23/2014

"If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing."
- 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

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Thought for today - 11/22/2014

ON PRAYER
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."
- Philippians 4:6

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Thought for today - 11/21/2014

VERSE TO PONDER
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will."
- Romans 12:2

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YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED

You are invited to join us tomorrow night @ 10:00PM central for our 1st POTLUCK!!! Where everybody brings something to the table.

Bring God's words of encouragement, edification, love and joy.

Those that read and study God's Word on a daily basis should be full of "dishes" to share.

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Thought for today - 11/20/2014

CONSIDER
"Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward things we are."
- Edwin Chapin

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Thought for today - 11/19/2014

CONSIDER"
Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once."
- William Ward

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Thought for today - 11/18/2014

VERSE TO PONDER
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."
- Galatians 5:22-23

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Thought for today - 11/17/2014

TRUE FOCUS
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight."
- Proverbs 3:5

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Thought for today - 11/15/2014

"Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the Lord, your God,
[who] is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love,
and relents from punishing."
- Joel 2:12-13

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Thought for today - 11/14/2014

ON PRAYER
"Guide me, O Lord, in all the changes and varieties of the world, that in all things that shall happen I may have an evenness and tranquillity of spirit; that my soul may be wholly resigned to thy divinest will and pleasure, never murmuring at thy gentle chastisements and fatherly correction, never waxing proud and insolent though I feel a torrent of comforts and prosperous successes."
-Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667), Holy Living [1650], in The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D., v. III, London: Longman, Brown, Green

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Thought for today - 11/13/2014

VERSE TO PONDER
"The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."
- Numbers 6:24-26

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Thought for today - 11/12/2014

CONSIDER
"The only real life is one lived close to God. This does not happen by itself; you must make an effort to make this happen, and this effort will bring you joy."
- Leo Tolstoy

Thought for today - 11/11/2014

CONSIDER
"When we think about laying down a life for another we usually think in terms of a singular event. But it is possible for us to lay down our lives over the course of a lifetime, minute by minute and day by day. And it is the work of the Spirit to empower us as we seek to lose ourselves in acts of loving kindness and sacrificial living."

- Elaine Puckett, professor at Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia

Thought for today - 11/10/2014

VERSE TO PONDER
"Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear."
- Ephesians 4:29

Thought for today - 11/09/2014

PRAY WHAT IS IN YOU
"When I pray, I end up praying about things I think I should be concerned about: missionaries, world peace, and global warming. But my mind keeps wandering toward stuff I am genuinely concerned about. The way to let my talking flow into praying is this: I must pray what is in me, not what I wish were in me.

"Shel Silverstein once wrote the "Prayer of the Selfish Child": "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my toys to break, So none of the other kids can use 'em. Amen." Children come to their parents with all kinds of requests: wonderful, foolish, generous, and selfish. What matters to parents, however, is that their child comes to them. They know that they can guide the child's growth - as long as their child speaks openly with them. It is the hidden heart, not the selfish heart, that is hardest to change.

"This is 'in everything' kind of prayer. I don't wait to clean up my motives first. I don't try to sound more spiritual than I am. I don't pray what ought to be in me. I pray what's really in me. The "in everything" prayer is the most common kind in the Bible. I just try to attach one sincere rider: 'Nevertheless, not my will but yours be done.'

"As long as we have unsolved problems, unfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life."

- John Ortberg, The Me I Want To Be

PASTOR, CHURCH AND OTHER FABLES

PASTOR, CHURCH AND OTHER FABLES (PART 2) - Aired 11/07/2014 @ 10:00PM central
Continuing our series uncovering the roots of the Sunday morning routine.
Where did the "pastor" come from? Why do people "go to church?" What is a sermon anyway?
These and many other questions will be explored in this series of messages.
Don't believe the hype! Most of what is done in the name of Christianity has no biblical base.
Let's talk about it.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2014/11/08/pastor-church-and-other-fables-part-2

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Thought for today - 11/08/2014

CONSIDER
"A happy marriage is the union of two forgivers."
- Ruth Bell Graham, poet, philanthropist, and wife of evangelist Billy Graham

PASTOR, CHURCH AND OTHER FABLES (PART 2) - 11/07/2014 - 10:00PM central

PASTOR, CHURCH AND OTHER FABLES (PART 2)
Continuing our series uncovering the roots of the Sunday morning routine.
Where did the "pastor" come from? Why do people "go to church?" What is a sermon anyway?
These and many other questions will be explored in this series of messages.
Don't believe the hype! Most of what is done in the name of Christianity has no biblical base.
Let's talk about it.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2014/11/08/pastor-church-and-other-fables-part-2

Thought for today - 11/07/2014

"We love because God first loved us."
- 1 John 4:19

Thought for today - 11/06/2014

Beware of the letter 'G'! It is the end of everything!

Thought for today - 11/05/2014

VERSE TO PONDER
"The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights."
- Habakkuk 3:19

Thought for today - 11/04/2014

CONSIDER
"See in the meantime that your faith bringeth forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring forth peace."
- John Owen (1616-1683), An Exposition upon Psalm CXXX [1668], in Works of John Owen, v. VI, New York: R. Carter & Bros., 1851, p. 563

Thought for today - 11/03/2014

CONSIDER
"The church is the great lost and found department."
- Robert Short

Thought for today - 11/02/2014

VERSE TO PONDER
"Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."
- Colossians 3:13

Thought for today - 11/01/14

A PERSONAL TESTIMONY
"I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners -- of whom I am the foremost."
- 1 Timothy 1:12-15

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