Devotion
New Year Vigil Ideas
From: (St.Athanasius) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Watch Night Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 10:14:38 GMT In The Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,the One God, Amen. Peace and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Dear Jean-Marc, The Orthodox periodically have all night vigil services. Here are some […]
All Things Are Lawful
NEIL ANDERSON DAILY DEVOTIONAL from Freedom in Christ Ministries Beyond The Boundary All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything (1 Corinthians 6:12). Most of us won’t often be tempted to commit obvious sins such as armed […]
The Optimist
There is a story of identical twins. One was a hope- filled optimist. “Everything is coming up roses!” he would say. The other twin was a sad and hopeless pessimist. He thought that Murphy, as in Murphy’s Law, was an optimist. The worried parents of the boys brought them to the local psychologist. He suggested […]
Poetry
February 10 Wednesday The Book To Treasure Read: Psalm 19:7-11 I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. -Job 23:12 Joseph Brodsky won the Nobel Prize for Literature and was a US Poet Laureate. He proposed that books of American poetry be placed next to Gideon Bibles in motel rooms. […]
Trees – A Christmas Story
Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. The first little tree looked up at the stars and said: “I want to hold treasure. I want to be covered with gold and filled with precious stones. I’ll be the most beautiful treasure […]
Combating Spiritual Blindness
If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him (1 John 5:14, 15). There are several specific needs which we should consider as targets for prayer in spiritual […]
Beating The System
Everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted (Luke 14:11). A small percentage of people defend against rejection by buying into the dog-eat-dog system of the world and learning to compete and scheme to get ahead of the pack. These are the movers and shakers, people who earn […]
Character Matters!
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 782 (Movies – Moderate length) This appeared in ALL ABOUT FAMILIES (Norman Bales, Editor) CHARACTER MATTERS IN LOVE TOO By Joel Mark Solliday How does one “fall in love?” Is it biological or behavioral? Is it learned behavior or learning behavior? I suppose it is both. I’m still confused. You logic lovers […]
Right Now
-somebody is very proud of you. -somebody is thinking of you. -somebody is caring about you. -somebody misses you. -somebody wants to talk to you. -somebody wants to be with you. -somebody hopes you aren’t in trouble. -somebody is thankful for the support you have provided. -somebody wants to hold your hand. -somebody hopes everything […]
Jesus: Too Great For Our Small Minds
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 784 (Brief) From Christian Quotation of the Day He was too great for his disciples. And in view of what he plainly said, is it any wonder that all who were rich and prosperous felt a horror of strange things, a swimming of their world at his teaching? Perhaps the priests and […]
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