Happiness is something we create in our mind
Its not somethingyou search for and so seldom find
Its just waking up and beginning the day by counting blessings and kneeling to pray
It gives up thoughts that breed discontent.
And excepting what comes as "Heaven sent."
It's giving up wishing for we have not
And making the best of whatever we've got.
It's knowing that the future is secure for us
And pursing our tasks without fret or fuss
For it's by completeing what God gives us to do
That we find contentment and happiness too.
"I have learned, in whatever state I am, there with to be content."
Philippians 4:11
IT'S STRANGE ISN'T IT ? by Phil Greer
1. Isn't it strange how a $20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount
when you donate it to the church, but such a small amount when
you go shopping?
2. Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church,
and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?
3. Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying,
But you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?
4. Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of
the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel
or Zane Grey book?
5. Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or
games, but they do whatever is possible to sit in the last row of the
Church ?
6. Isn't it strange how we need to know about a event for Church 2-3
weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we
can adjust it for other events at the last minute?
7. Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share
it with others, but how easy it is to learn, understand,extend and
repeat Gossip?
8. Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and
and newspapers say,but we question the words of the Bible?
9. Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in Heaven, but they
don't want to believe, do or say anything to get there?
FORGET and REMEMBER
Forget each kindness that you do, As soon as you have done it:
Forget the praise that falls on you, The moment you have won it;
Forget the slander that you hear, Before you can repeat it;
Forget each slight, each sprite, each sneer, Whenever you may meet it.
Remember every kindness done, To you, what'er its measure;
Remember praise by others won, And pass it on with pleasure.
Remember every promise made, And keep it to the letter;
Remember those who lend you aid, And be a greatful debtor.
"DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU."
Doing God’s Will
By Ron Boatwright
How do we make sure that we are among the few who are saved and not among the many who are lost (Matthew 7:13-14)? Jesus says in Matthew 7:21-23, "Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? And then will I declare to them, I never knew you, depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness". If we believe and call Jesus, "Lord, Lord", we are still lost if we have not done God’s will.
On Judgment Day many will be pleading with Jesus, calling him Lord, Lord, and reminding him of the many wonderful works that they had done in His name, but He will say unto them, "I never knew you, depart from Me you who practice lawlessness". Why? Why? They had not done the will of the Father in heaven. The worst thing that will ever be said to an individual is when the Lord on Judgment Day says to the majority of people, "Depart from Me, I never knew you". There will be no appeal to this decision. We have to get it right the first time.
These people in the above scripture seemed to be honest, but they were honestly mistaken as the majority of people are today. Apparently they were good people, because they had "done many wonderful works". But they had not done the will of the Father, which is in heaven. No single condition, that God imposes, can be ignored. God has no non-essential commands. When we fail to obey a command of God, we have just broken it. We must obey God by doing what God says to do, when God says to do it, how God says to do it, and for the reason God says to do it. Nothing is more important than pleasing God by doing His will so that we can go to Heaven. God’s will is found right in our Bibles.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
Each person has five ages at any one time.
Chronologial: How many years?
Physical: How old does one look
and feel?
Mental: How much does one
know?
Emotional: How mature is one's
behavior?
Spiritual: How deep is ones
knowledge and practice of
Christian principles?
"Every one that useth milk is unshilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
Hebrews 5:13-14
H B O To most people, the above letters mean something entirely different from what is meant by them here.
H-means Hear the word of the Lord. This is the begining of obedience Romans 10:17
B-means Believe the word of the Lord. This is essential if we intend to be pleasing to our Creator. Hebrews 11:6
O-means Obey the word of the Lord. There is no substitute for obedience
1 Samuel 15:22; John 14:15
In New Testament times , sinners heard, believed, and obeyed the Gospel. This was pleasing to God then, It is now also . Hear, believe, and obey is God's simple plan for saving men.
Acts 2:38; 3:19; 22:16
