In the Wink

Dear Alec this is just for you. I changed the title a little. I hope you enjoy
it as you and J.T. gave me the idea for writing it. Greet your mother for me.
I hope all is well with her. Mrs. O

In the suburbs of New Orleans on the Northshore sat a newly constructed two-story middle school. In its newness, it out shone the schools around it. It was one of the first two story schools constructed in the area and had a modern look at the time of a glass front entrance and to the left side of the entrance glass sections that protruded outwards in a convex fashion running up the height of the building. One could stand in the library on the second floor and survey the parking lot. Although no one usually did, unless, of course, they were waiting on their parents to check them out and they just so happened to be in the library.

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STUDY WITH SARA

Hosanna in the Highest (Matthew 21:9)
Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:“ Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
1)What does the word Hosanna mean is this scripture?
2)Why Hosanna to the Son of David?
3)Why do we use this scripture in the Christian church to celebrate Palm Sunday? Why do we call it Palm Sunday?

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QUOTE FOR OUR WEEK

Meaning of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leo Tolstoy

“The meaning of life lies in two major areas: your personal perfection and service to other people. You can serve while you are moving toward perfection, and you can move toward perfection by serving people.”

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Passage John 1:5 KJV
St. John said, “And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”

How could it be possible that darkness DID NOT COMPREHEND LIGHT?
Is this still possible today?
Would this light be a point of reference for our work?
Can or should light be COMPREHENDED?
How does this statement make you feel? Does it have an affect on you?

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Prayer for Our Day

Our soul waits for the Lord: he is our help and our shield. Psalm 35:20 NASN

Dear Father, our souls do truly wait for you. Our souls do truly magnify you. We acknowledge that You have thoughts and plans for each us today and we accept them as ours.


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We now trolley into Your thoughts and plans for our lives this day. Plans that make our day zing with joy. We find our stride and pace our steps for happiness and success. When this is our reality others around us may find their way.

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HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY

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St Patrick was quite successful at winning converts to Christianity in Ireland, as we have come to believe.

The St. Patrick’s Day custom came to America in 1737. That was the first year St. Patrick’s Day was publicly celebrated in this country, in Boston.

Today, people celebrate the day with parades, wearing of the green, and drinking beer. One reason St. Patrick’s Day might have become so popular is that it takes place just a few days before the first day of spring. One might say it has become the first green of spring.

Could this be the beginning of spring with ‘snow covered ground’ in many of the places we live! WOW, let us celebrate the beginning of spring with the green. Maybe a little green tea will do for some of us!

Faith and Obedience when Facing Death

Daniel chapter 3 clearly shows faith and obedience to our Lord. King Nebuchadnezzar was a very powerful king of Babylon. He was so powerful he built a golden statue ninety feet tall and ninety feet wide and commanded everyone to bow down to this enormous statue when they heard the musical instruments. King Nebuchadnezzar commanded his people to serve his gods. If anyone refused to obey his commands they would be thrown in the blazing furnace. Everyone obeyed King Nebuchadnezzar. With fearful hearts his people bowed downed before the statue and worshiped a false god. Three Jewish men refused to bow down to the statue. When King Nebuchadnezzar heard of this disobedience he was furious. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were bought before the King. King Nebuchadnezzar gave them one last chance to bow down.
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HELPING HANDS, HOPING HEARTS AND HOLY HEALINGS

Discovering our gift(s) and using them effectively in the Body of Christ illustrates the beauty of the hands of Jesus, ‘Helping Hands.’ This brings evangelism to the world and builds The Church. Our helping hands express Hope and Faith in God.
When one carries hope in their heart, ‘Hoping Heart’ they fulfill a portion of I Corinthians 13:13 “And now abide, faith, hope, charity (love), these three but the greatest of these is love”. Hope is as important to the heart as heart is to life. Always have a ‘Hoping Heart.’

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