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Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

2/12–Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote: 

2/12– it takes but one positive thought When given a chance to survive and thrive and  over power an entire army of negative thoughts!

Story:

Scripture:

1 Corinthians 12:28

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

Humor:

After church on Sundays, the priest always sees parishioners in private. This Sunday, Mary came to him in tears.

“What happened?” asked the priest?

“Oh father, last evening my husband died.”

“That’s terrible! Did your husband have any last wishes?”

“Yes he did.”

“What did he say?”

“I beg of you, Mary. Put down the gun!”

Sooner or Later Everyone Runs Out of Time 

Much sooner than you can anticipate, you will be the silent guest at your own funeral. 

No doubt there will be relatives and friends present to mourn for you whom you haven’t seen in years. 

After the preacher delivers a message in your memory, you will be taken to the graveyard, given a final farewell and buried. 

The retirement that you spent your life working for will be gone forever. Remember the new car that you worried about scratching? Its new owner just wrecked it! The newlyweds bought your house and have redecorated the room that you had at last decorated to your liking. 

Your personal belongings have been sorted and some discarded. The dog is making a bed out of your favorite old coat. Other clothes of yours that no one could wear or did not want have been boxed and given to Goodwill. 

Your personal treasures that were valuable only to you-the carefully preserved flower, the lock of hair, the torn picture, the stained postcard-have been burned as trash. You attended a number of funerals in your lifetime, but for some reason you just never expected to be lying in the casket yourself. 

Sure, someday, but not that particular day. “Maybe tomorrow,” you always thought, “but not today.” You remember telling the Lord each time you thought your time was close, “Not this time, Lord. Not today. Maybe tomorrow.” 

Sooner or later, everyone runs out of time. Paul states that everyone has an appointment with death and then the judgment (Hebrews 9:27). The only time that you can decide whether or not your death will be a blessing is today while you are alive. Today is the day of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2). Today is the day to do the Lord’s work. “

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all of your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working, nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom” (Ecc 9:10). Sooner or later, everyone runs out of time but no one runs out of eternity. Doesn’t it make more sense to spend your time preparing for that which will not end, rather than squandering your time trying to hold on to that which will not last?

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There was a man who seemed stingy to everybody who knew him. 

He would be very scrupulous about how he spent even a nickel or a dime, so that he was greatly ridiculed. 

Finally it became known that he had an invalid wife and an invalid child for whom he cared, and they needed the very last penny that he could save to keep them alive. The criticism of outsiders now turned to admiration for him. 

Because we are unable to know everything about a man, we cannot possibly judge him rightly.

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2/11–Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote:

When boasting ends,  there dignity begins.

Story:

Scripture:

Proverbs 6:16-17

These six things doth the LORD hate:

yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

A proud look, a lying tongue,

and hands that shed innocent blood,

Humor:

He told his assistant that he wasn’t feeling well. He drove to a golf course in another city, so nobody would know him.

He teed off on the first hole. A huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried is an extra hundred yards and dropped it right in the hole, for a 450 yard hole in one.

An angel looked at God and said “What’d you do that for?” God smiled and said “Who’s he going to tell?”

2/10–Start Your Day Off Right Series

2/10– If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in,  you won’t understand how much bigger the world is

Story:

2/10–

Scripture:

Hebrews 10:25

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Humor:

Old man goes to church

One Sunday morning an old cowboy entered a church just before services

were to begin. Although the old man and his clothes were spotlessly clean,

he wore jeans, a denim shirt and boots that were very worn and ragged. In

his hand he carried a worn out old hat and an equally worn out Bible.r>

The church he entered was in a very upscale and exclusive part of the

city. It was the largest and most beautiful church the old cowboy had

ever seen. The people of the congregation were all dressed with

expensive clothes and accessories.

As the cowboy took a seat, the others moved away from him. No one

greeted, spoke to, or welcomed him. They were all appalled at his

appearance and did not attempt to hide it.

As the old cowboy was leaving the church, the preacher approached him

and asked the cowboy to do him a favor. “Before you come back in here

again, have a talk with God and ask him what he thinks would be

appropriate attire for worship.” The old cowboy assured the preacher he

would.

The next Sunday, he showed back up for the services wearing the same

ragged jeans, shirt, boots, and hat. Once again he was completely

shunned and ignored. The preacher approached the man and said, “I

thought I asked you to speak to God before you came back to our church.”

“I did,” replied the old cowboy.

“If you spoke to God, what did he tell you the proper attire should be

for worshiping in here?” asked the preacher.

“Well, sir, God told me that He didn’t have a clue what I should wear.

He said He’d never been in this church “

How Do You Face Death? 

An aged lady left Buffalo by boat for Cleveland to visit a daughter living there. 

Soon a dreadful storm arose and many of the passengers, fearing death, gathered for prayer. 

Only the aged lady seemed unconcerned about the tempest as she sat with her hands folded and prayed. 

After the storm had subsided, some of the passengers were eager to know the secret of her calmness. They gathered around her and asked her the reason. 

Well, my dear friends,” she replied, “it is like this. I have two daughters. One died and went home,m to heaven. The other lives in Cleveland. 

When the storm arose, I wondered which of them I might visit first, the one in Cleveland or3 the one in heaven, and I just left it to the Lord; for I would be glad to see either.”

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It is like the TV character Steve Urkel who would tear up anything and everything. Afterwards he would say ” Did I do that?” 

Seemingly he acted like he didn’t know that he had done anything wrong. He was in the dark about everything that his actions had done. He seemed innocent in any destruction he had caused.

People say hurtful things and act as if they had no idea that could be destructive to the relationship. They would act like what did I do, I only said so and so?

There is a little saying that we used to say when we were kids. It went something like sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Well, I’m here to say that words can be very hurtful. I would almost rather have the sticks and stones.

Words are like arrows shot from a bow and arrow once they leave the bow, the arrows can never return. Once you let your words proceed out of your mouth you can never grab them back.

Words are powerful especially to children who are so impressionable. We can’t wait for them to walk and talk and then we tell them to sit down and shut up!

We tell them they are dumb, clumsy and other statements of incompetence. We can program them with negative programming in the first few years of their lives that will take years of reprogramming for them to be productive in life!

Millions of children go to bed hungry tonight for lack of food and nourishment. Millions more will go to bed hungry tonight for lack of encouragement.

Words are powerful and life-changing. Words can build people up to accomplish great things, or tear them down and render them almost useless and helpless.

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A little boy living in the country had never seen a traveling circus, and one was coming to his town on Saturday. 

Saturday morning came. He asked his father for some money. His dad reached in his overalls and pulled out a dollar bill-the most money the boy had ever seen at one time. Off the little wide-eyed fellow went. 

As he approached the town, he saw people lining the streets. Peering through the line at one point, he got his first glimpse of the parade. There were animals in cages and marching bands. 

Finally, a clown was seen bringing up the rear of the parade. The little boy was so excited that when the clown passed, he reached in his pocket and handed him the precious dollar bill. Thinking he had seen the circus when he had only seen the parade, the little boy turned around and went home.

The tragedy of most of our lives isn’t that we aspire too high and fail. It’s rather that we settle for too little. We could have a greater influence, and yet, because of fear or ignorance, shame, or inertia, we take the precious dollar of our lives and settle for the parade instead of the real thing.

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