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Foot in mouth

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Train your mouth and heart until you can say the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.

“Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.” Psalm 141:3

Read more | Comments (0) | June 30th, 2009

Thank God for the Opportunity

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I am at NACDS this week, which as many of you know is a major trade show for our food, drug and mass retail industry. I always love going to build the business for my clients, see old friends, meet new ones and enjoy the excitement and energy there.

But it also always reminds me that it can be easy to get caught up in the all the hoopla and forget why we are on this earth…. to praise and glorify HIS NAME.

I thank Jesus for the opportunity to make a living and provide for my family but I also ask HIM to please help me keep my priorities on track.
My top priority

Read more | Comments (0) | June 28th, 2009

What was that you said?

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by John Fischer

My daughter has her own version of the English language and sometimes she let’s us in on it. Most of the time, we are offering up words, in hopes that real communication will not get lost in translation. What wavers in the middle is what we have come to call in our family, an Annieism. The greatest Annieisms are now legendary—the stuff family stories are made of.

My favorite one comes from her college days when she was out on a late night study break with a number of her dorm-mates. There were riddles and various pieces of trivia printed on the inside of their bottle-caps, and one had to do with the number of wharf towns on the coast of California. While the other girls were counting up coastal cities in California, Annie was confused. She was stuck on wharf towns. What was a wharf town?

Finally she could stand it no longer and blurted out in frustration: “You mean to tell me there are whole towns made up of just little people?” Of course, she didn’t stop there, she had to go on and on about all the ramifications of any number of cities designed exclusive for short little people.

Even the other girls were confused for a while until one of them figured it out. “Dwarfs, Annie… you’re thinking about dwarfs. These are wharf towns, Annie… towns along the coast.

Stories like this always interest me because they show the value of listening carefully and communicating clearly. You can’t always assume people hear what you think you said. Sometimes it’s a good idea to ask the other person what they heard you say. Most of the time that should take care of it, except with someone like Annie, well, you never know…

Read more | Comments (0) | June 23rd, 2009

Ultimate Freedom

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Read more | Comments (0) | June 22nd, 2009

Always there

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Read more | Comments (0) | June 22nd, 2009

…..but sinners

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It is the sick person who truly knows what health is.

“Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.’” Mark 2:17

Read more | Comments (0) | June 19th, 2009

Forgiveness is optional

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One of Satan’s most destructive lies is that forgiveness is optional.

“For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” Matthew 6:14-15

Read more | Comments (0) | June 18th, 2009

Fathers: Teach Your Children God’s Word

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Fathers: Teach Your Children God’s Word

by Rick Warren

“I have given them Your word” (John 17:14 NIV).

You can become a spiritual leader to your children by developing the characteristics that were evident in Jesus as He taught His disciples for three years.

He taught them that the Word of God is our foundation. It’s what we build our lives on and it’s what our children should build their lives on. God’s Word is the truth, and Jesus said, “You will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free” (John 8:32 TEV).

I want my kids to be free; I don’t want them bound up by guilt. I don’t want them bound up by worry. I don’t want my kids messed up by resentment. I don’t want them to be pressured by the expectations of others.

There’s only one way to help your kids be free: teach them the Truth that will set them free. Teach them that, when you build your life on God’s Word, then you live a life of genuine freedom. A life built on God’s Truth is filled with happiness, joy, passion, and purpose. You will spare your kids an awful lot of headaches and heartaches and heartbreaks if you teach them to rely on God’s Word as the sole authority for their lives.

God expects you to be the primary teacher of His word and that means you have to know God’s Word yourself! Like many people, you may need to catch up by getting into a Bible study. Then, teach your children to study the Bible for themselves.

Jesus said, “I gave them the message that You gave Me, and they received it; they know that it is true that I came from You, and they believe that You sent Me” (John 17:8 TEV).

Read more | Comments (0) | June 17th, 2009

Novena

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You were chosen to receive this novena..

The moment you receive it, say:

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

GOD WANTED ME TO TELL YOU, It shall be well with you this coming year.

No matter how much your enemies try this year, they will not succeed..

You have been destined to make it and you shall surely achieve all your goals this year.

For the remainder of 2009, all your agonies will be diverted and victory and prosperity will be incoming in abundance. Today God has confirmed the end of your sufferings, sorrows and pain because HE that sits on the throne has remembered you. He has taken away the hardships and given you JOY. He will never let you down.

I knocked at heaven’s door this morning, God asked me.. My child! What can I do for you? And I said,

‘Father, please protect and bless the person reading this message… ‘

This is a Novena from Mother Theresa that started in 1952.