Start You Day Off Right Series 1/30

Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

1/30– Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote:

The best solution seldom requires that someone be right and someone else be wrong.

Story:

Robert Fulghum wrote in the Kansas City Times, “Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school. 

These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody . . . When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. ” This writer has captured part of what Jesus meant when he said, “Unless you become like little children, you won’t enter the kingdom of heaven.”    

Scripture:

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

Humor:

Think I have used before:

The patient’s family gathered to hear what the specialists had to say. “Things don’t look good. The only chance is a brain transplant. This is an experimental procedure. It might work, but the bad news is that brains are very expensive, and you will have to pay the costs yourselves.”

“Well, how much does a brain cost?” asked the relatives.

“For a male brain, $500,000. For a female brain, $200,000.”

Some of the younger male relatives tried to look shocked, but the men nodded in understanding, and a few actually smirked. Then the patient’s daughter asked, 

“Why the difference in price between male brains and female brains?”

“A standard pricing practice,” said the head of the team. “Women’s brains have to be marked down because they are used.”

Look Through Dirt To Find Diamonds, Not Diamonds To Find Dirt

In South Africa diamond miners must search through thousands of tons of dirt to find one precious diamond. 

Sometimes we are  inclined to search through an entire congregation of diamonds to find a little bit of dirt. 

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Find About The Fast God Approves Of

Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
to loose the bands of wickedness,
to undo the heavy burdens,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and that ye break every yoke?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry,
and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?
when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him;
and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Start Your Day Off Right Series 1/29

Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

1/29–Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote:

Story—

Illustration:  Do you like blackberries?   Aren’t they wonderful when mixed with ice cream?   So sweet and delightful.

   What does it take to gather blackberries?     Well you have to crawl through the vines which are covered with prickly thorns.    These thorns will scratch your skin if you’re not very careful.

What can you do?    Well one good idea is to protect yourself with heavy clothing.   Another is to be extremely cautious when walking through the vines.

How can that help us in the congregation?

   Well if we have the right attitude toward our brothers, that can be compared with the protective clothing.   Being thoughtful and considerate can be compared with the cautious moving through the vines.

Remembering that our brothers intentions are good and they’re trying to work out their own salvation too, we won’t be scratched.

What do you do if you are scratched?    In the case of actual blackberries, you don’t take the thorn and keep jabbing it into your skin over and over do you.    Neither do you flee from the patch.   You want those berries.

   So, too, with our brothers and sisters.    We love their wonderful qualities and want to be near them.     So when we do get scratched (or scratch others), apply the soothing ointment of love over those wounds.

Scripture:

2 Peter 3:8

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Humor: It reminds me of the man who was sizing up God by ask”“asking, “God, how long is a million years to you?” God said, “A million years is like a second.” Then the man asked, “How much is a million dollars to you?” God said, “A million dollars is like a penny.” The man smiled and said, “Could you spare a penny?” God smiled back and said, “Sure, just wait a second.”

Examine Yourself First Before You Examine Someone Else

What About Your Pocket? 

A serviceman once wrote about a moment of comedy he had witnessed in the army. It happened during a company inspection at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. 

The inspection was being conducted by a full colonel. Everything had gone smoothly until the officer came to a certain soldier, looked him up and down and snapped, “Button that pocket, trooper!” The soldier, more than a little rattled, stammered, “Right now, sir?” “Of course, right now!” was the reply. 

Whereupon the soldier very on carefully reached out and buttoned the flap on the colonel’s shirt pocket. The officer had been quick to note the youngster’s uniform problem, but hadn’t noticed his own. 

For some reason, we seem to be the same way. The faults of others stick out like a missing tooth, while our own are often hard to spot. Small specks in other people seem major, while the planks in our own eye seem excusable (Mat_7:1-5). 

Let’s quit dwelling on the faults of others all the time. The church needs builders and workers-not a wrecking crew. Work on your own faults, then seek to help others in a spirit of gentleness.

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The Story Of Philemon, A Story Of Forgiveness

Philemon 1:17-21

If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

Start Your Day Off Right Series 1/28

Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

1/28–Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote:

1/28–Many people will panic to find a charger before their phone dies, but won’t panic to find a plan before their dream dies.

Story: 

Air Tower

Illustration:  If a pilot in an airplane disregards the instructions of the airfield tower and crashes, causing much damage and strife, do you conclude that there is no airfield tower? 

No, there are many other aircraft landing safely with instructions from that same tower. 

Do we reason the same way with the existence of a Creator? Just because there are those who are not listening to Him and causing much heartache and pain, does that prove that God does not exist?

Scripture:

Proverbs 29:18

Where there is no vision, the people perish:

but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Humor:

I may used before:

Never give up as Churchill once valiantly said.

The story is told of a spry lady who lived in a retirement home. She spotted an older and distinguished gentleman who was a new resident seated in the dining hall.

She promptly sat down in front of him and attempted to get his attention with warm smiles. She saw a husband in the making.

Growing uncomfortable he asked, “May I help you?” She shot back, “You look just like my third husband. The wave of your hair, your countenance, the look of your hands.”

Now very uncomfortable he said, “Now, ma’am, how many times did you say you have been married?”

She smiled and said, “Twice.” Never give up hope.

Can You Spare A Minute Or So 1/28?

If you can’t find five minutes, can you spare just two or three?

1/28–7/26–Before You Criticize When you are disposed to criticize a friend, Just remember, the beginning’s not the end; 

When within this urge you find, These three questions brin g to mind: Is it TRUE? Is it NEEDFUL? Is it KIND?

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