Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Paul Harvey tells the story of a young rookie lawyer who was sitting in his new office waiting for his first client. When he heard the outer door open, he quickly tried to soun km ok c d very busy.
As the man entered the office, the young lawyer picked up the telephone and said, “Bill, I’m flying to New York on the Mitchell Brothers thing; it looks like it’s going to be a biggie. Also, we’ll need to bring Carl in from Houston on the Cimarron Case. By the way, Al Cunningham and Pete Finch want to come in with me as partners. Bill, you’ll have to excuse me, somebody just came in…”
He hung up and turned to the man who had just entered and said, “How may I help you?”
The man said, “I’m here to hook up the phone!”
We do not have to exaggerate our supposed talents or abilities to be acceptable to Jesus.
He loves us anyhow.
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8/30–Moan and groan—how many of you know people that all they do is moan and groan? People say I’m not happy with my job. They say 87% of the people go to job that they hate. We have the dubious distinction in this country that on Monday morning between 6 an 9AM the heart attack rate increases over 35%!! People going to jobs that they hate. Their hearts tell them didn’t I tell you I didn’t want to go and they attack them?I can imagine that some of y’all don’t want to go to work next Monday.
People all they do is moan and groan. I’m not making enough money, I’m unhappy with my job! So, the thing about it is this…. all some people do is moan and groan.
I heard a story about some men on a porch. A man was walking by and heard the dog howling and whining. He asked the men why the dog was whining. They said he was laying on a nail. The man asked them why the dog didn’t get off the nail. He said because it wasn’t hurting enough.
I heard someone say that God gave us Ten Commandments but if He has given an eleventh it would have been “Thou Shall Not Bellyache”
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A nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little one’s chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own heart.
Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response equal to four year old David’s comment
Gently she tucked the stethoscope into his ear and placed the disk over his heart.
“Listen, she said… what do you suppose that is? He drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of the strange tap-tap-tapping deep in his chest.
Then his face broke out in a wondrous grin and he asked,
“Is that Jesus knocking?”
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Those who are comfortable with themselves don’t criticize
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My Dad taught me two valuables lessons before he died.
One, don’t ever brag on yourself. Proverbs 27: 2 tells us “Let another lips praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger and not thine own lips.
Lesson two was not to ever make fun of anyone. To me, making fun of another is kin to criticizing. We were at a basketball game when I was about 8 or 9 years old. A player on the court had some of the biggest ears I had ever seen on a person. I blurted out, “Look at old Dumbo out there, the one with the big ears. It looks like he might fly away. My Dad was furious and I believe if there had not been so many witnesses there, I may have really been punished.
I learned not to make fun or criticize right then, that day! I learned to root for the Underdog. It takes a big man not to cheapen himself by criticizing another. I might not know how to explain class but, I know it when I see it!
My oldest Grandson was five years old when his Sister was born. He had got used to being the only child and the “center of attention.” We were looking at her through the hospital window and everyone was talking about how pretty she was. They remarked at her size and how big she was at 9 pounds and 15 ounces. My Grandson must have got tired of been overlooked, because he said loudly, “Look at me, look at me, I’m big.”
I still carry my Dad’s two lessons in my tool box. I would not want to be without them for even one day.
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Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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8/29– Can You Spare A Minute?
8/29–The moso is a bamboo plant that grows in China and the Far East. After the moso is planted, no visible growth occurs for up to five years – event under ideal conditions!
Then, unbelievably, it suddenly begins growing at the rate of nearly two and one half feet per day, reaching a full height of ninety feet within six weeks. The moso’s rapid growth is due to the miles of roots it develops during those first five years, five years of getting ready.
May it be that as we, and our students mature, Eph. 2:17 becomes true in our case, that we “may be rooted and established on the foundation.”
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All of us had more reason to sing than he, but he was the one singing!
Their thoughts were occupied, their agendas were full and he was… well, he was a blind beggar.
His song was all that he had. Though sightless, penniless hobo, he still found a song and sang it courageously. (I wondered which room in his heart that song came from.)
The blind man could be the most peaceful fellow on the streets!
Faith is the bird that sings while it is still dark.
And though I was the one with eyes, it was he who gave me a new vision.
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