LIFE SUCKS

                        This is the way your life is going

                        to be, until you put Jesus Christ

                                      in control of it.

BROKENHEARTED

TODAY'S PROMISE

"The sleep of the working man is pleasant,

whether he eats little or much:

but the full stomach of the rich man does not 

allow him to sleep."

(Ecclesiastes 5:12 NASB)

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"As the saying goes:  He who thinks of many things

thinks of nothing and accomplishes no good.  How

much more must prayer possess the heart exclusively

and completely if it is to be a good prayer."

-Martin Luther

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly,

than to divide the spoil with the proud."

(Proverbs 16:19)

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"Prayers are heard in heaven very much in

proportion to our faith.  Little faith will get

very great mercies, but greater faith still greater"

- Charles H. Spurgeon 

ANXIETY CURE

If you are a living breathing human, you have problems.

Life is filled with problems that in time can become over

bearing.  Then we become anxious and the anxiety can 

nearly kill us.

So what do we do?

Consider what "a man after God's own heart" did, David.

David was not yet king.  In fact he was fleeing for his life

and living as a refuge in a neighboring country.  He and 

his men had been off to war and returning home found their

families and possessions taken and the town burned to the

ground.

In their grief even his own men were beginning to talk

about killing David.  What would you do in a situation

like that?  What did David do?

"But David strengthened himself in the Lord his

God." (1 Samuel 30:6 NASB0  or as the KJV says'

"encouraged".   Take your choice.

God's word to us for today is:

"Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty

hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper

time, casting all your anxiety on Him,

because He cares for you."

(1 Peter 5:6,7 NASB)

Got that?

God wants us to cry on his shoulder.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"He who trusts in his riches will fall,

But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

(Proverbs 11:28 NASB)

ATTITUDE

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"I think I began learning long ago that those

who are happiest are those who do the most

for others."

-Booker T. Washington

HA HA HA HA HA

HA HA HA HA.

Pardon me.

But I have just been sitting here thinking about the

absurdity of birds being the product of evolution.

Did they start out as slime which become mud, which

become a worm or snail or who knows what.  Then

what ever that was decided it wanted to fly.  And to

fly it knew that it would need wings.  So it took a 

few million years to develop wings.

But, oh, oh.  Wings are not enough.  Now it needs feathers.

And after a few million more years it developed feathers.

Let's try again.

Oops.

No matter how hard I try, I still can't fly.

Well, walking does work.  But what is the next step to fly?

"The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."

(Psalms 14:1 NASB)   

BROKEN FOR A PUROSE

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"Cowboys" (and girls)  tell me that a horse has to

be "broken" to be any good.  I am inclined to believe

that.

The only horse I ever owned we bought for the kids.

Apparently the horse was not broken for kids or for 

me.  When I got rid of it, my hope was that it went 

to the glue factory.  I just wanted it out of here.   That

is why ultimately I went back to motorcycles.  They 

do not have a mind of their own.

But the world is full of a lot more problems than just

problem horses.  You know by now that life is full

of problems, trials and tests.  God allows these for a 

number of reasons.  They can test our faith, strengthen

our faith or change the coarse of our life etc.  But

there is at least one more purpose that God has had

to use, with myself anyway.

Just as a horse has to be broken to submit to the 

will of it's owner.  We have to be "broken" to be

obedient to God.  Not only do the Scriptures tell

us that we cannot serve both God and money.

But they teach us that we cannot serve ourself

and God.

I do not know how many times I have faced

an insurmountable problem because God was

trying to get my attention and I needed to be 

"broken" before God so that he could use me.

Consider the possibility that huge problem or

mess of problems in your life might be a loving

God trying to get your attention to keep you from

destroying yourself.

"Submit therefore to God.  Resist the devil

and he will flee from you.  Draw near to God

and He will draw near to you..."

(James 4:7,8a NASB)   

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart

And do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He will make your paths straight."

(Proverbs 3:5,6 NASB)

HOW TO BE BLESSED

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The world has never been in such a time of stress

and turmoil.  And if you think it is bad now, just

wait.  It is going to get worse, much worse.  

How do I know?  God said so.

If you do not know what the Holy Bible is teaching,

you do not even know what is going on.  But it is all 

in there.

The direction the world is going now is "scary"

and getting  "scarier".  But the beauty of it is that

God not only tells us what is happening now and

what is going to happen - but how to be ready for

it with his blessing.

Consider this verse:

"Blessed is he who reads and those who hear

the words of the prophecy, and heed the

things which are written in it; for the time

is near."

(Revelation 1:3 NAST)

This verse actually applies to what we call the

book of Revelation.  It is the only book with 

this promise.  Also it is the "scariest" book in

the Bible.  But God does truly bless those who

read it and "heed" it.

The book is full of facts and symbolism.  But

if we "heed" or "obey" what we read this book

is a real comfort because it warns us, directs us,

telling that all that is happening is under God's

control.  Plus promises us a fantastic future if

we will but submit and listen to God's word.

Again:

"Happy is the one who reads this book,

and happy are those who listen to the

words of this prophetic message and

obey what is written in this book!  For

the time is near when all these things 

will happen."

(Revelation 1:3 GNT)  

To be blessed, read it.

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"I've discovered it is not sufficient simply to try to

take time for quietness but that I must, with all diligence,

make time.  Whatever keeps me from pray, solitude,

and the Bible, however good it appears, is my enemy

if I am to be God's devoted friend and follower."

-Tommy Barnett  

YOUR RESURRECTION

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We have just finished celebrating the resurrection of 

Christ.  He not only died for us, but after three days

in the tomb he came back to life - or was resurrected -

NEVER TO DIE AGAIN.

Did you know that after you die, you too will be 

resurrected.  The Scriptures clearly teach us:

"... that there shall certainly be a resurrection

of both the righteous and the wicked."

(Acts 24:15 NASB)

They further teach us that it consists of a first and 

a second resurrection.  The first one is the resurrection

of the righteous.  These are the people who are in a

relationship with Jesus Christ.  And they will be raised

from the dead to live for ever and ever with Jesus Christ.

[The rapture and judgement are not a part of our discussion

right now.]

And the second resurrection is the one for the wicked.

But instead of living for ever with God, they will be

given an eternal death sentence away from the presence

of God in a place of eternal torment.

My point is this.

Christ's tomb is empty because he was raised to life

so that we to can be raised to life with him at our

resurrection if we have a relationship with Christ. 

I can rejoice over Christ's resurrection making possible

 my coming resurrection after this old body dies someday.