Are We Getting Too Big For Our “Britches

Is pride overtaking us? Why can’t we except Jesus for who He is? Why can’t we accept God’s Word for what it says? Why do we have to understand everything? Why do we try to change things we don’t understand so we can understand better? Are we so blinded by our prideful hearts that we can’t humble ourselves? Do we think we are smarter than God? Do we think we will get away with this? Adam and Eve didn’t. They could not hide from God in the Beginning. What makes us think we can hide from God near the end? WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE?

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Gift of Intercession

Interceding for others is truly an honor. But for some reason, I became even more aware of this privilege at our weekly church service at Christ Church Int’l. this week. I saw just how much of an honor and privilege it truly is to intercede and pray for others.

I was introduced to prayer, at a very young age by my mother. When I went to my grandmother’s house in Oklahoma at the age of three, she would have me hold her hands between my small hands and pray before she would eat her meals. Without my prayer, she would not eat. At the time she was dying of cancer.

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Oreo cookies- funnies

Psychologists have discovered that the manner in which people eat Oreo cookies provides great insight into their personalities. Choose which method best describes your favorite method of eating:

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1. The whole thing all at once.
2. One bite at a time
3. Slow and methodical nibbles examining the results of each bite afterwards.
4. In little feverous nibbles.
5. Dunked in some liquid (milk, coffee…).

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Praying Pretzels

Have any of you made these? Thought it might be good idea with the football playoffs and Super Bowl XLII coming up? Also ,a great idea for snacks for our church gatherings . Children as well as adults love them.

Pretzels were first made by monks who gave them as rewards to children who had learned their prayers. The special twisted shape looks like the folded arms of a child praying. The word pretzel means reward.

Praying Pretzels
Ingredients:
• 2 loaves (16oz) frozen whole wheat bread dough, thawed
• 1 egg white
• 1 tsp water
• Coarse salt, optional

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FATE FOR ’08

I awoke this morning to a brand New Year and thought to ask the Lord for something relevant to think, to say, to do, to write, to strive for; something profound, something NEW for 2008 to lubricate the ensuing, abrasive tides of the worldly pull. Something to fill the leaking out of the revelry and the warm, glittering glow of the just-passed Christmas season. The reality of frost and snow, the doldrums of a l-o-n-g Wintry season tried to assert itself over my thoughts, even as the strains of the last Christmas carol fades from the scene.

“Give me something, Lord,” I prayed, asking for His thoughts, for something from Holy Spirit to contemplate for a quickly waning anticipation. “What could I write, what could I say for this New Year?”
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Tumble-Dryers and Tumbleweeds

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32

The Apostle Paul writes to the church @ Ephesus reminding them, encouraging and instructing them to keep in their minds just how much Christ Jesus had forgiven each one. Then Paul says, ‘now you forgive one another in just the same way Christ Jesus has forgiven you. Without need of coaching, be kind to one another and compassionate to one another.’

Yet, it seems, many times we are forgiven much and we may even remember that. We are forgiven by the blood of the sacrificial lamb, Jesus Christ, and we even remember that. We are given instructions on how to ‘wash and dry’ our behavior after our forgiveness.

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