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What Means Most To Us?

Read: 2 Timothy 3:1-5 The Lord comes…to convict all who are ungodly…of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him. -Jude 14-15 How influential is music on the young people in our society? They buy millions of recordings annually. And screaming fans jam-pack concerts by well-known artists. So, whether we like it […]

New Year

Today’s Verse for Friday, January 1, 1999 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! –2 Corinthians 5:17 THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… We all like “do-overs” or second chances. God does much better than that! He allows us to become new again. Being the “God […]

Healing

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 771 (Brief) (Another response to CLM 750 Why Are Some Not Healed? from Laurie Lalko) On the subject of why some are not healed, I think there are some more pertinent points we should consider. First, God is not like some great ATM machine in the sky: pray and get good things. […]

Judgment Day

From: Pete <> Newsgroups: uk.religion.christian Subject: Re: Poem search Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 22:25:29 +0000 In article <>, Kim Tame <> writes >There is a poem, I think it is called The Long Silence, about a group of >people on judgment day, who decide to sentence God to a human life – >If anyone […]

An Angel To Watch Over You

Oooo Some people ( ) come into our lives ) / and quickly go.. (_/ oooO ( ) Some people \ ( become friends \_) and stay a while… leaving beautiful Oooo footprints on our ( ) hearts… ) / (_/ oooO ( ) and we are never \ ( quite the same \_) because […]

Symptoms Of Inner Peace

Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that people everywhere could come down with it in epidemic proportions. This could pose a serious threat to what has, up to now, been a fairly stable condition of […]

Nothing But The Truth

Read: Proverbs 19:1-9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies will not escape. -Proverbs 19:5 A 12-year-old boy was a key witness in a lawsuit. One of the lawyers, after intense questioning, asked, “Your father told you what to say, didn’t he?” “Yes,” answered the boy. “Now tell us,” pursued […]

The Ultimate Real Estate

Read: Revelation 21:9-27 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. -Rev. 21:23 The university of Colorado’s Fiske Planetarium needed money, so its director dreamed up a comical fundraiser. He printed brochures that offered 1,000-acre lots on the planet Mars […]

Healing, Or Curing…

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 769 (Brief) Healing, or Curing? My thought on CLM 744: Healing is God’s Work >> A footnote: I haven’t heard of any instance where God chose to replace a missing limb (lost in an accident for example). Nor do I know of any ‘instant’ healing of deep emotional trauma. God heals, sometimes, […]

Faith

NEIL ANDERSON DAILY DEVOTIONAL from Freedom in Christ Ministries January 13 Believe In God Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). The life of Wilma Rudolph, the great Olympic sprinter, […]