Friday, June 24, 2005
Another Job Part 2
6One day when the angels came to report to GOD, Satan, who was the Designated Accuser, came along with them. 7GOD singled out Satan and said, "What have you been up to?" Satan answered GOD, "Going here and there, checking things out on earth." 8GOD said to Satan, "Have you noticed my friend Job?...
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Thursday, June 23, 2005
Another Job
Job was a man who lived in Uz. He was honest inside and out, a man of his word, who was totally devoted to God and hated evil with a passion. 2He had seven sons and three daughters. 3He was also very wealthy--seven thousand head of sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, five...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
God's will.
Sometimes it seems hard to discern God's will. Most of the time it is doing the next right thing. Right now, I am busy again. I have to get Jimmy to all the things he is doing to get his life on track when he gets out of work release. I also have to do the same for Kelly. It is harder doing for her...
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Sunday, June 19, 2005
Diet Chocolate Soda
There is such a thing, Shasta makes it. Is it good? Well almost. The problem is that the diet sweetener tastes bitter. If you are really thirsty you can drink it. So much of what is accepted as real in Christianity is really fake. Christian television is the worst. TBN has the most horrid looking...
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Friday, June 17, 2005
Adventures with God
Although some of the bumps in the road are of my own making--being too concerned about what others think, most of them are put there by God. I don't believe that God makes people sick. I don't even know that he allows it. He made the world and gave up some of his sovereignty when gave dominion over...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Integrity is Hard
I want everyone to love me. I want to make everyone feel good. But I can't and I don't. Some just don't like me. Integrity to me is a like a little girl whose parents beat her and shut her up, but she finds it possible to giggle. No matter how hard they try, the spark of individuality is still in...
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Monday, June 13, 2005
Where is God in all of this?
Today, I heard someone (actually the mother of the graduate) tell how her daugher had an oral presentation for school. She flunked the first time and had to do it over again, even though most people thought she did a good job. The second time, one of the judges was the principal of the school which...
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Saturday, June 11, 2005
All chiefs no Indians
Too often in Christian organizations, everyone wants to be in leadership. There is an abundance of adult Sunday School teachers and a shortage of children's teachers. Forget this rat race. There are areas of work with adults that is not crowded. Jail ministry usually always needs volunteers. No...
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
Perfection--What does it mean?
Perfection has several different meanings in the New Testament. My favorite meaning is that found in the passage, Matthew 5. Jesus says in the sermon on the mount, "be perfect as I am perfect." Jesus then explained that God gave both sunshine and rain on the evil and the good." We should be like him...
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Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Victim?
There is in Christianity one victim. He is our sacrifice, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was a willing victim but an innocent one. There is a saying, there are no victims only volunteers. This is the way that the privileged look down on those who have been wounded by their circumstances. On...
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