Sunday, June 30, 2013

GOD'S BLESSING




"But I will bless the person
who puts his trust in me.
He is like a tree growing
near a stream
and sending out roots to the water.
It is not afraid when hot weather comes,
because its leaves stay green;
it has no worries when there is not rain;
it keeps on bearing fruit."
(Jeremiah 17:7,8 GNT)

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Friday, June 28, 2013

MORE, MORE, GIVE ME MORE


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One day on my way home I stopped by the Clifty general store
for some rabbit or chicken feed.  (Well, feed for some critters or other.)
While there I met a man with his pickup backed up, picking up a load
of feed.

He told me someone had given him three or four horses.  Neat, cool,
great, can't beat that.  (Would you like a deal like that?)  But he found out 
you have to feed them.  He was willing to sell them cheap.  I could have
gotten a horse real cheap that day.

The only thing that kept me from getting a cheap horse that day was;
I did not have time to run home and build a barn.
Nor buy the pasture next door and fence it.
Or knew a veterinarian I could pay to help take care of it.
Or wanted to buy the feed for it too.

"If you love money, you will never be satisfied;
if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want.
It is useless.  The richer you are, the more mouths you
 have to feed.   All you gain is the knowledge that you
 are rich."
(Ecclesiastes 5:10,ll TEV)


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God helped me buy a small patch of woods for a retreat, get away,
or personal space - whatever you want to call it.  Of course I wanted
more.  In fact sometimes I have envied all the land the neighbor had.
As near as I can tell from public records, he has about twenty nine 
times as much land as I do.  And to boot, it looked to me like he
inherited it. 

Would I trade places with him?  He is an invalid and about the 
only time he gets out of the house is to go see the doctor.  However,
he does get the joy of paying taxes on all that land.

In his book,  Victory in the Valleys of Life, 
Charles L. Allen said:

"Someone wrote these words:

For those who seek the answer
in houses, lands and rings,
Will someday find their empty lives
Just as empty filled with things.

One can be successful in accumulating things
and still find nothing in life really worth living for."

p. 16,17



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There was a time in my life when I wanted to have rental properties. 
(I did, once.)

My son-in-law is a man of much greater wealth than my self.
He is not like me, content with hand-me-downs.  He goes for the 
good stuff.

My son-in-law owns rental properties in Florida, Pennsylvania and perhaps
still in upper New York or Maine.

But I have noticed something.  Just the expenses of holding on to
these investments, with out loosing them, would bankrupt me.

"Workers may or may not have enough to eat,
but at least they can get a good night's sleep.
The rich, however, have so much that they 
stay awake worrying."
(Ecclesiastes 5:12 TEV)



Down to my size.
I own more than one motorcycle.
But I can only ride one at a time.

BUT,
I do have the joy of:
Buying license for them.
Paying taxes on them.
Buying tires for them.
Lubing chains on them.
Changing oil and filters on them.
Trying to keep the batteries up on all them.
etc,
etc,
etc.


"Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined
with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world,
so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food 
and clothing, we will be content with these.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation
and are trapped by many senseless and harmful
desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 
 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, 
and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered 
away from the faith and pierced themselves with
 many pains."
(1 Timothy 6:8-10 NRSV)



Sunday, June 23, 2013

CORRECTION



"My child, when the LORDD corrects you,
pay close attention and take it as a warning.
The LORD corrects those he loves, 
as parents correct a child of whom they are proud."
(Proverbs 3:11 GNT) 

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

TODAY'S PROMISE





"Listen, my dear friends!
God chose the poor people of this world
to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom
which he promised to those who love him."
(James 2:5 GNT)


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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;
they are as genuine as silver refined
seven times in the furnace."
(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.
2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.
3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.
(William Gurnall)

Sunday, June 16, 2013

SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE




"To have knowledge, 
you must first have reverence for the LORD,
Stupid people have no respect for wisdom
and refuse to learn."
(Proverbs 1:7 GNT)

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Friday, June 14, 2013

THE TALE OF TWO CELL PHONES





Once upon a time two cell phones were on a shelf side by side.
One was brand new.  Never used.  Never even turned on once.
The other was old, used and abused.  It had experienced many a
phone call.  It had been very useful and appreciated by it's owner.

The new unused, not even once, cell phone decided it was smarter
than the old used one.   After all, the old cell phone talked about 
sending and receiving messages.  Unseen messages at that.  It also
mentioned things like radio frequencies, radio waves or signals,
UHF band and such foolishness.

Now the new cell phone knew that was an utter absurdity.  After 
all, it had been in existence for several months now.  And in all 
that time it had never, even once, seen one of those radio signals.
It had not felt, tasted, weighed or measured one of these so call
radio frequencies.  What foolishness.

"The fool says in his heart,
'There is no God."
(Psalms 14:1 RSV)




Wednesday, June 12, 2013

TODAY'S PROMISE






"The LORD gives strength to his people
and blesses them with peace."
(Psalms 29:11 TEV)


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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;
they are as genuine as silver refined
seven times in the furnace."
(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.
2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.
3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.
(William Gurnall)

Monday, June 10, 2013

TRUE FREEDOM FROM WORRY




"But I will bless the person who puts his trust in me.
He is like a tree growing near a stream
and sending out roots to the water.
It is not afraid when hot weather comes,
because its leaves stay green;
it has no worries when there is no rain;
it keeps on beasring fruit."
(Jeremiah 17:7,8 GNT)

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

TODAY'S PROMISE




"The LORD says,
'Come, everyone who is thirsty - 
here is water!
Come, you that have no money -
buy grain and eat!
Come Buy wine and milk -
it will cost you nothing!
Why spend money on what does not satisfy?
Why spend your wages and still be hungry?
Listen to me and do what I say,
and you will enjoy the best food of all.'"
(Isaiah 55:1,2 GNV)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;
they are as genuine as silver refined
seven times in the furnace."
(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.
2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.
3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.
(William Gurnall)

Sunday, June 2, 2013

GOD IS WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU




"The LORD said,
I was ready to answer my people's prayers,
but they did not pray.
I was ready for them to find me,
but they did not even try.
The nation did not pray to me,
even though I was always ready to answer,
'Here I am; I will help you.'
I have always been ready to welcome my people,
who stubbornly do what is wrong and go 
their own way."
(Isaiah 65:1,2 GNT)

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