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A Life Changing Question

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Yesterday I received a email from a friend that was forwarded from prayerandprophesy.wordpress.com. It was titled, The Question that Changed My Life, by David Ryser. I want to quote from the article; “Christianity started as a fellowship; moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; it moved to Europe and became a culture’ it came to America and became an enterprise.”

Like the young student in the class, I respond with the statement that the church was to be the living body of Christ and Americans have turned it into a business and therefore, a prostitute. It has long been my complaint that The Church in America has created a “Big Business” attitude towards church membership, book sales and bean counting. But this is nothing new. In the Middle Ages, the Church of Rome and later, he Church of England also made a practice of Salvation by the Dollar. I grew up when TV evangelism was still new but Radio Evangelism was long going and the like of Rev. Ike and Beebe Patton where selling salvation like candy. And even before them, there were tent revivals that conned people out of millions of dollars with fake healings and promises of prosperity.

Many of us came to Christ because we recognized that we were sinners and unworthy of anything good. we came to believe that Jesus redeemed us and gave us worth. But somewhere along the way we started to expect Christ to become our servant rather than being the faithful spouse of Redemption. We sold ourselves out for the pleasures of the World and brought sin back into the house of the Lord, our souls. This may be the reason you are starved for the understanding of God. The Lord told Amos, “I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread or water but of hearing the words of the LORD.” There is a true lack of the Love of Christ in our lives, as a people of God and as a nation of Truth.

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C.H. Spurgeon on Readiness

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I have been rereading sermons by Spurgeon (because a friend of mine finally returned one of my books) and I keep finding nuggets of wisdom that have shaped my life in the past and renew my faith in mighty ways.

This is another one that blessed me. “And even when that faith is given, the right preparation is to serve God always with thoughtfulness and care – not to go blundering on anyhow, hit or miss, as some do. It is a terribly sad thing to pretend to serve God without thought, without watchfulness, without care, for God is not such a one that we rush into his presence whenever we like, without premeditation, solemnity, or reverence. Every holy duty ought to be thought over carefully. Every prayer, every almsgiving, every attempt to serve God, should be done with due consideration and with holy anxiety to do it in the right manner, at the right time, and in the right spirit.”

Strong words to live by. Enter into Christian efforts by these three things: 1) Feel your need of God. 2) Cry unto God for help. 3) Accept God’s plan for you. In every way, make every effort to be a pleasing sacrifice of your life for the Sacrifice of Jesus.

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Quote from C.H. Spurgeon on Prayer

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Are you willing to take it as God pleases to sent it, and to say, “Lord, if spiritual growth implies trial, if it signifies a long sickness of body, if it means deep depression of soul, if it entails the loss of property, if it involves the taking away of my dearest friends, yet I make no reserve, but include in the prayer all that is needful to the good end. When I say sanctify me wholly, spirit, soul and body, I leave the process to thy discretion.”

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September Quotes

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Sep. 17
No man can avoid what he’s meant to do at the moment he’s meant to do it. –Marcus Aurelius

Sep. 15
So whenever you speak, or whatever you do, remember that you WILL be judged by the LAW OF LOVE, the law that set you free. For there will no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to other. James 2:12-13

“I just had a good cry for God has done so much for us. –My thoughts and my heart are full of gratitude.” –Mother Teresa

We need only to practice stillness (when in prayer), with our mind turned Godward, to experience such a calm, such a peace, such a joy, that we recognize it is God’s presence, and wait eagerly for Him to speak. Frances Foulks Effectual Prayer

Sep. 6
I am very happy for the good God has given me one big grace – I have surrendered completely – I am at His disposal. -Mother Teresa

He gives justice to the orphans and widows. He shows love to the foreigner living among you and gives them food and clothing. You too, must show love to the foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners….” Deuteronomy 10:18,19

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Unknown Quote

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This quote I got from a catalog that My wife received in the mail. I have no Idea who wrote it but I must share it with you.

LIFE TO THE LETTER

ACT with love
BE honest
COUNT blessings
DANCE
EMBRACE adventure
FIND rest
GIVE graciously
HAVE life
IMPROVISE
JOIN a good cause
KEEP promises
LAUGH
MAKE time
NEGOTIATE
OPEN doors
PRACTICE peace
RESPECT others
STAND strong
TRUST yourself
UNCOVER miracles
eXPECT change
YIELD to wisdom
ZERO in on improvment.

Author unknown (at least to me)

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Quotes for July

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It is not possible to love an unseen God while mistreating God’s visible creation. – John Woolman

July 7
Heaven is a soul finding its own perfect personality in God. -Phillips brooks

If God hath made this world so fair,
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful, beyond compare,
Will paradise be found.
–James Montgomery

We all make mistakes, but those who control their tongues can control themselves in other ways. James 3:2 NLT

If you are wise and understand God’s ways, live a life of steady goodness so that only good deeds will pour forth. -James 3:13 NLT

God wants us to be merciful with ourselves. And besides, our sorrows are not our own. He takes them on himself, into his heart. –George Bernanos (The Diary of a Country Preacher)

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Quotes for this month of June

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June 29, 2008

Remember the five fingers,

you – did -it –  for – Me (Jesus).

Remmeber – love begins at home – our comunitee – our family.

remember – works of love are works of peace.

Mother Teresa of Calcatta

June 25, 2008

Morality has been conceived up to the present in a very narrow spirit, as obedience to a law, as inner struggle between opposite laws.  As for me,  I declare that when I do good I obey no one, I fight no battle and win no victory.  The cultivated man has only to follow the delicious incline of his inner impulses.  Be beautiful and then do at each moment whatever your heart may inspire you to do.  This is the whole of morality.  -Ernest Renan

Whoever falls from God’s right hand is caught in his left. –Edwin Markham

June 23, 2008

“For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.”  -Zephaniah 3:9

Over the years I’ve noticed again and again that the Purpose that created everything that is, that was, or ever will be has a sense of obligation and it always rewards service.  Polgara the Sorceress –by David and Leigh Eddings

Christ has:  No body now to use but yours; no hands but yours; no feet but yours; Yours are the eyes through which He looks Compassion on the world; Yours are the feet which He is to go about doing good; Yours are hands which He is to bless now. – Teresa of Avila

 

June 11, 2008

Someone very wise once said, “It’s all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a bellyache?” Belgarath the Sorcerer —by David and Leigh Eddings

Having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world – Andy Rooney

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want to do and advise them to do it.  –Harry S. Truman

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you along with all malice.  And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ has forgiven you.  Ephesians 4:31-32

 

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“New” Quotes

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Every man’s life is God’s Plan. – Horace Bushnell

Be it long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for. -David Starr Jordan

We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there. -Charles F. Ketterling

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of  life, And he who is wise wins  souls.  -Proverbs 11:30

…If you obey me ( Says the Lord, the God of Israel) and do whatever I command of you, then you will be my people, and I will be your God.  Jeremiah 11:4b

May.19– Our Creator would never have made such lovely days and given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal. -Nathaniel Hawthorne

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help. -Abraham Lincoln 

“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”  And the father instantly replied, “I do believe, but help me not to doubt!” -Mark 9:23,24

 

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March Quotes

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Seven Deadly Sins according to Mohandas Gandi:
1. Wealth without work
2. Pleasure without conscience
3. Knowledge without character
4. Politics without principle
5. Commerce without morality
6. Science without humanity
7. WORSHIP WITHOUT SACRIFICE

Love wisdom as a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family. Proverbs 7:5

A Friend is one who multiplies joys, divides grief and whose honesty is invoidable.
–anon

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess. -Martin Luther

We ought to do good to others as simply and naturally as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.
-Marcus Aurelius

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Feb. Quotes

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It matters not how oft you kneel
In attitude of prayer so ture,
Unless inside, where no man see,
Your very soul is kneeling too. – Mary L. O’Hara

Love cannot be forced, cannot be coaxed and teased. it comes out of Heaven, unasked an unsought. – Pearl Buck

He loves each of us, as if there were only one of us.
-St. Augustine

I accept life unconditionally, Life holds so much – so much to be happy about always. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can be felt only if you don’t set conditions.
– Artur Rubinsein