Devotion
Be Sure Your Sin Will Find You Out
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-207 BE SURE YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. You have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out. Numbers 32:23. This text was regularly quoted by my […]
Humility
Be clothed with humility~~~~~~~~~~~~~Col. 3:12; 1 Pe. 5:5 & 6 Be compassionate and humble~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1 Pe. 3:8 Be humble and gentle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ep. 4:2 Consider others as better~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ph. 2:3 Do not praise yourself; let others do it~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Pr. 27:2 God gives grace to the humble~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Pr. 3:34; Ja. 4:6 God guides the humble~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ps. 25:9 God humbles the prideful~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Is. 13:11; Da. […]
Where Can You Find The Riches
An African farmer had heard tales about other farmers who had made millions of dollars by discovering diamond mines. These tales so excited the farmer that he could hardly wait to sell his farm and go prospecting for diamonds himself. So he sold the farm and spent the rest of his life wandering the African […]
I Wish
“I wish I were big enough honestly to admit all my shortcomings; Brilliant enough to accept praise without it making me arrogant; Tall enough to tower above deceit; Strong enough to welcome criticism; Compassionate enough to understand human frailties; Wise enough to recognize my mistakes; Humble enough to appreciate greatness; Staunch enough to stand by […]
Keep The Fork
There was a woman who had been diagnosed with cancer and had been given 3 months to live. Her Dr. told her to start making preparations to die (something we all should be doing all of the time.) So she contacted her pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain aspects of […]
Happiness Is…
Someone once told me that happiness is a warm gun 🙂 ( that’s a beatles song in case anyone didn’t know ). John Lennon stole it from a gun ad “Happiness is a warm gun … bang bang shoot shoot.” and used “Shoot me!” in his song ‘Come Together’ (with parts stolen from Chuck Berry). […]
The U In Jesus
Before U were thought of or time had begun, God stuck U in the name of His Son. And each time U pray, U will see it is true – U cannot spell out JesUs and not include U. U are a pretty big part of His wonderful name, For U, He was born; that’s […]
25 Cents Worth Of Care
By Bill Denton “For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord, begging us with much urging for the favor of participation in the support of the saints, and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us […]
Glory From God Or Others?
From St. Symeon the New Theologian (The Discourses: X no. 4; Paulist Press pg. 165): “…if we practice every virtue and perform miracles and omit nothing either great or small from the commandment, yet desire nothing but the glory that comes from men and seek it, however slightly, by our endeavors and hasten to receive […]
Confession – And Jmm
“Chief_Sinner” wrote in message . > You need to be aware for your writing thesis that the form of > confession in the Roman Church has varied some over time and depending > on what era your writing is set in will determine whether the > confession is weekly, strict form or modern conversational armchair […]
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