Examine Yourself....Do you take the easy way out???

Somethings To Think About.........

We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning... and maybe, Sunday night...

And, the unlikely event of a midweek service.

We do like to have Him around during sickness...

And, of course, at funerals.

However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play...

Because.. That's the part of our lives we think... We can, and should, handle on our own.

May God forgive me for ever thinking...
That... there is a time or place where..

HE is not to be FIRST in my life.

We should always have time to remember all HE has done for us.

Easy vs. Hard

Why is it to hard to tell the truth but Yet so easy to tell a lie?

Why are we so sleepy in church but Right when the sermon is over we suddenly wake up?

Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e-mail, but yet we forward all of the nasty ones?

Of all the free gifts we may receive, Prayer is the very best one....

There are no costs, but wonderful rewards... GOD BLESS!

Notes: Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell.

Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God).

Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing? Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them.

Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me.

The Brick

Read this today and don't delete it even if you are too busy!! You'll see.

THE BRICK

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down. When he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?" The young boy was apologetic. "Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop..." With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother, "he said "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. "Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy! push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: "Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!" God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.


Thought for the Day:

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring.
He sends you a sunrise every morning Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow,sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...

If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Cell Phone Vs. The Bible

Cell Phone vs. Bible
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible
like we treat our cell phones.
What if we carried it around in our
purses or pockets
What if we turned back to go get it
if we forgot it
What if we flipped through it
several times a day
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 as we traveled
What if we used it in case of
an emergency
Its just something to think about
Something to make you say hmmmmmmmmmmmmm,
and where is my Bible?

----RECEIVED IN AN EMAIL SOMETIME BACK.

What's really happening in our world today?

I RECEIVED THIS IN AN EMAIL SOME TIME BACK AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU. ENJOY AND PASS IT ON!

One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan went to visit Jesus in the Garden of Eden, and Satan came all happy and boasting. (Lk 4: 1-12; Job 1: 6-12)

"Yes, Lord, now I have everybody captive, (well nearly everybody down there). I set traps, I used the baits of temptation, I know well what each one of them can't resist. I nearly caught them all!" (I Pet 5: 8-9; Eph 6: 10-17)

"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked. and He was praying to God the Father. Satan answered "Oh, I am going to have some fun with them!" I'll make them divorce after they have married so the foundation of humanity will never be able to be established "the family" (Mt 19: 4-6; Mal 2: 16)

I will make them hate each other and abuse each other, make them fall into alcohol and drugs without control. (Rom 13: 12-14)

I will teach them to make weapons and bombs, so they kill each other "I am really going to have fun!" "And when you are tired of playing with them, what will you do?" Jesus asked. And continued praying "Oh, I will kill them all and their souls will be mine forever" "Lord by all respect, it's their decision" (I Jn 3: 8-10)

"How much do you want for all of them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, you can't want these people. They aren't anything good. Why do you want them if they neither follow you nor love you? Many hate you! I have seen many of them spitting on you, cursing you and even denying you." "What's more, they love me a lot" (Mt 24: 10-13)

"You don't want these people!!" "How much?" Jesus asked again Satan looked at him with a nasty face "All your tears and all your blood, all the pain of the entire world, all together" (Is 53: 4-10; I Pet 2: 24)

Jesus said..."DONE" "and He paid the price" (II Cor 5: 21)

How terrible it is that people don't seek for God, and then ask themselves why the world is going to hell! How terrible that we seek the newspaper everyday to read tragedies and we never seek the Bible How insensible it is how everybody wants to go to heaven, thinking they can get there without having to believe, without loving God above all things, or doing what the Bible says...the Laws of God. It is terrible how some people can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (Who as matter of fact, does fear God) (II Tim 4: 3-4; II Jn 1: 7-11)

Don't you think it's pathetic how they send each other thousands of jokes by email, so they spread like plagues. But when it's about the Lord's messages, we think about it twice before we share them; and we leave the mailboxes of our friends without this message Don't you think it is outrageous that the obscene, vulgar and crude is allowed freely to pass through the internet that even many people would desire to get into the screen. But it is forbidden to speak publicly about Jesus in the schools, places of work self-helping groups, etc... (Acts 4: 19-20)

Even after knowing what He did for us. Because the Romans didn't kill Him. It was our sin. that we may be forgiven and know Him in His glory with the Father. Doesn't it seem incredible to you how somebody can be alight on Sabbath in the Church, worshipping and thanking the Lord for His mercy, for one more day to live etc. But during the rest of the week he is an invisible Christian! (II Tim 3: 1-5; Rom 10: 9-13)

Does this seem just to you? Don't let Satan stop you sending this Mail to all your contacts on the Web, It doesn't matter if he tells you that many don't believe this Don't let him get through with his plans! Stop worrying what the others may think about you It is time to worry about what "God thinks about you" Please brother and sister, pass it on? "I already did it" May God bless you always (II Cor 13: 13)

The Greatest Man in History

The Greatest Man in History Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.

Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.

Had no medicines,yet they called Him Healer.

He had no army, yet kings feared Him.

He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.

He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.

He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.

I feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us!

A Woman and A Fork!

A Woman and a Fork

There was a young woman who had been diagnosed
with a terminal illness and had been given three
months to live. So as she was getting her things
"in order," she contacted her Pastor and had him
come to her house to discuss certain aspects of
her final wishes.

She told him which songs she wanted sung at the
service, what scriptures she would like read, and
what outfit she wanted to be buried in.

Everything was in order and the Pastor was
preparing to leave when the young woman suddenly
remembered something very important to her.

"There's one more thing," she said excitedly
"What' that?" came the Pastor's reply.
"This is very important," the young woman
continued. "I want to be buried with a fork in my
right hand."

The Pastor stood looking at the young woman, not
knowing quite what to say.

That surprises you, doesn't it?" the young woman
asked. "Well, to be honest, I'm puzzled by the
request," said the Pastor.

The young woman explained. "My grandmother once
told me this story, and from that time on I have
always tried to pass along its message to those I love and
those who are in need of encouragement.

In all my years of attending socials and
dinners, I always remember that when the
dishes of the main course were being cleared,
someone would inevitably lean over and say,
'Keep your fork.' It was my favorite part because
I knew that something better was coming...like
velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie.
Something wonderful, and with substance!'

So, I just want people to see me there in that
casket with a fork in my hand and I want them to
wonder "What's with the fork?" Then I want you to
tell them: "Keep your fork ..the best is yet to
come."

The Pastor's eyes welled up with tears of joy as
he hugged the young woman good-bye. He knew this
would be one of the last times he would see her
before her death. But he also knew that the young
woman had a better grasp of heaven than he did.
She had a better grasp of what heaven would be
like than many people twice her age, with twice
as much experience and knowledge.

She KNEW that something better was coming.
At the funeral people were walking by the young
woman's casket and they saw the cloak she
was wearing and the fork placed in her right
hand. Over and over, the Pastor heard the
question, "What's with the fork?" And over
and over he smiled

During his message, the Pastor told the people of
the conversation he had with the young woman
shortly before she died. He also told them about
the fork and about what it symbolized to her. He
told the people how he could not stop thinking
about the fork and told them that they probably
would not be able to stop thinking about it either.

He was right. So the next time you reach down for
your fork let it remind you, ever so gently, that
the best is yet to come. Friends are a very rare
jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage
you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a
word of praise, and they always want to open
their hearts to us. Show your friends how much
you care. Remember to always be there for them,
even when you need them more. For you never know
when it may be their time to "Keep your fork."

Cherish the time you have, and the memories you
share .. being friends with someone is not an
opportunity but a sweet responsibility.


And remember.........keep your fork.