Scripture of the Week
1 Corinthians 1:18-19: “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: „I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.‟”
Something to Smile About
• All my life I thought air was free…until I bought a bag of chips.
• Never laugh at your spouse’s choices….YOU are one of them.
• Oh! I offend you with my opinion? You should hear the ones I keep to myself!
• Okay, so you are 10 years old, you have a laptop, iPod, Facebook and a blackberry….When I was 10, I only had one thing to play with….it was called “OUTSIDE.”
• People write congrats because they can’t spell congrajlashins.Think About It
“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.” — Benjamin Franklin
“Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.” — Henry Ward Beecher
“There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend gives, and that a man gives himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man’s self.” — Francis Bacon
“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” — Helen Keller
“The strength of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going, and going in that way too.” — Henry Ward Beecher
“Through the dark and stormy night
Faith beholds a feeble light,
Up the blackness streaking;
Knowing God’s own time is best,
In a patient hope I rest
For the full day-breaking!”
— John Greenleaf Whittier
Tag Archives: faith
WHERE IN THE WORLD HAVE YOU BEEN?
“They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world” (John 17:16). Each week we go many places and do many things. That is normal and natural. Christians are in the world. Participation in the world … Continue reading
THE WORST SHIPWRECK
If asked what is the worst shipwreck of all times, what would you reply? There are some monumental and legendary ones: the Lusitania (1915); the Andrea Doria (1956); the Edmund Fitzgerald (1975). Perhaps you would say, “The Titanic.” While certainly … Continue reading
Faith and Affirmation
“The tongue has the power of life and death” (Proverbs 18:21). Nathaniel Hawthorn came home from his job at a custom house (a place housing the offices that process legal paper work) devastated that he had just been let go. … Continue reading
Faith Builders
Not long ago, a preacher was asked: “How do you build your faith?” Actually, the question was, “How do I learn to have more faith in my God?” For this reason, let us take a closer look at God’s Word … Continue reading
Drifting
The writer of the book of Hebrews has several warnings for us. The first is about drifting. He says, “We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away” (Hebrews 2:1). … Continue reading
