wilkes

LBAMC

Posted 8:58 pm, 06/23/2010

>
>The most destructive habit....Worry
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> The greatest Joy....Giving
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> The greatest loss....Loss of self-respect
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> The most satisfying work....Helping others
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> The ugliest personality trait....Selfishness
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> The most endangered species....Dedicated leaders
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> Our greatest natural resource....Our youth
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> The greatest "shot in the arm"....Encouragement
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> The greatest problem to overcome....Fear
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> The most effective sleeping pill....Peace of mind
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> The most crippling failure disease....Excuses
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> The most powerful force in life....Love
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> The most dangerous pariah....A gossiper
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> The world's most incredible computer....The brain
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> The worst thing to be without.... Hope
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> The deadliest weapon....The tongue
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> The two most power-filled words...."I Can"
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> The greatest asset....Faith
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> The most worthless emotion....Self-pity
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> The most beautiful attire....SMILE!
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> The most prized possession....Integrity
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> The most powerful channel of communication....Prayer
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> The most contagious spirit....Enthusiasm
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> The most important thing in life....GOD
>

LBAMC

Posted 6:34 pm, 05/26/2010

Ruth went to her mail box and there was only one letter. She picked it up
and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again.

There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address. She read the
letter:


Dear Ruth:


I`m going to be in your neighborhood Saturday afternoon and I'd like to stop
by for a visit.


Love Always, Jesus


Her hands were shaking as she placed the letter on the table. "Why would the
Lord want to visit me?


I'm nobody special. I don't have anything to offer."

With that thought, Ruth remembered her empty kitchen cabinets. "Oh my
goodness, I really don't have anything to offer. I'll have to run down to
the store and buy something for dinner" She reached for her purse and
counted out its contents. Five dollars and forty cents. "Well, I can get
some bread and cold cuts, at least."


She threw on her coat and hurried out the door.


A loaf of French bread, a half-pound of sliced turkey, and a carton of
milk...leaving Ruth with grand total twelve cents to last her until Monday.


Nonetheless, she felt good as she headed home, her meager offerings tucked
under her arm.

"Hey lady, can you help us, lady?"


Ruth had been so absorbed in her dinner plans, she hadn't even noticed two
figures huddled in the alleyway. A man and a woman, both of them dressed in
little more than rags


"Look lady, I ain't got a job, ya know, and my wife and I have been living
out here on the street, and, well, now it's getting cold and we're getting
kinda hungry and, well, if you could help us. Lady, we'd really appreciate
it.! "


Ruth looked at them both.

They were dirty, they smelled bad and frankly, she was certain that they
could get some kind of work if they really wanted to.


"Sir, I'd like to help you, but I'm a poor woman myself. All I have is a few
cold cuts and some bread, and I'm having an important guest for dinner
tonight and I was planning on serving that to Him."


"Yeah, well, okay lady, I understand. Thanks anyway."


The man put his arm around the woman's shoulders, turned and headed back
into the alley.

As she watched them leave, Ruth felt a familiar twinge in her heart.


"Sir, wait!" The couple stopped and turned as she ran down the alley after
them. "Look, why don't you take this food. I'll figure out something else to
serve my guest."


She handed the man her grocery bag.

"Thank you lady. Thank you very much!"


"Yes, thank you!" It was the man's wife, and Ruth could see now that she was
shivering. "You know, I've got another coat at home. Here, why don't you
take this one." Ruth unbuttoned her jacket and slipped it over the
woman'sshoulders. Then smiling, she turned and walked back to the street..
..without her coat and with nothing to serve her guest.

"Thank you lady!

Thank you very much!"


Ruth was chilled by the time she reached her front door, and worried too.
The Lord was coming to visit and she didn't have anything to offer Him.


She fumbled through her purse for the door key. But as she did, she
noticed another envelope in her mailbox.

"That's odd. The mailman doesn't usually come twice in one day." She took
the envelope out of the box and opened it.


Dear Ruth:


It was so good to see you again. Thank you for the lovely meal. And thank
you, too, for the beautiful coat.

Love Always Jesus

The air was still cold, but even without her coat, Ruth no longer noticed.

charmedones3

Posted 05:39 am, 04/30/2010

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 3:23
"For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
John 3:16
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 6:23

Lady Hawk

Posted 05:12 am, 04/30/2010

“For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.” Habakkuk 2:14

Lady Hawk

Posted 08:47 am, 04/29/2010

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. 1 Corinthians 7:15

charmedones3

Posted 06:57 am, 04/29/2010

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read , that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said , For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together , let not man put asunder . They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away ? He saith unto them , Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you , Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery

Lady Hawk

Posted 06:50 am, 04/29/2010

“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21

Lady Hawk

Posted 05:25 am, 04/28/2010

“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Proverbs 28:13

charmedones3

Posted 07:09 am, 04/27/2010

want to help turn you from a doubting Christian to a shouting Christian! From a hope-so salvation, to a know-so salvation! And you can do that by taking a simple test I have devised from 1 John in God’s Word. First, let me say that if you have doubts, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not saved. Doubt is to your spirit, what pain is to your body. Second, when God made you, He breathed life into you and you became a living soul. You could no more cease to exist than God Himself could cease to exist. Your soul will go on endlessly and timelessly...either in heaven or ****.

The Lordship Test. Is Jesus Christ the Lord of your life? Jesus said, “Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? (Luke 6:46). Here’s a riddle I want to solve for you. On the one hand the Bible says that we know that we’re saved because we keep His commandments (See 1 John 2:3). On the other hand, the Bible teaches us that it is possible to sin (See 1 John 1:8-9). The key word is “keep”. It is the same word used years ago by sailors who navigated by the stars at night. A sailor’s goal was to keep the stars. As a child of God, His commandments are the stars by which you navigate your life. Is keeping His commandments the burning desire of your heart? It is if you’ve met the Christ of Calvary.

The Fellowship Test. Do you love your brothers and sisters in Christ? The Bible challenges us on several occasions that this is the way we will know we are in Christ (1 John 3:14, 4:20, 5:1). When you get saved, you receive the divine nature of God and the nature of God is love (1 John 4:7). You’re not saved because you love the brethren, you love the brethren because you’re saved. Love is the nature of the Christian because love is the nature of God. If we love the Lord Jesus, it follows as night follows day that we are going to love what Jesus loves.

The Relationship Test. The question is not, “Did you believe in Jesus Christ?” The question is, rather, “Are you believing Jesus right now?” If you can’t remember when you were saved, that’s okay. 1 John 5:11-12 says, “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” Can you say that at this very moment, that you have a personal relationship with Jesus right now?

You may not be able to say that if you died tonight, you would go to heaven. I want to help you do what I did as a teenage boy many years ago. I turned to the Lord when I was faced with uncertainty. I said, “God, I don’t know whether I am lost and the Holy Spirit has me under conviction, or whether I am saved and the devil is trying to make me doubt it. But one thing I know, I want to get it certain right now. You said that if I would believe you, then You would save me. With all my heart, as much in me is, once and for all, now and forever, I trust You to save me.”

Lady Hawk

Posted 05:54 am, 04/27/2010

“The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.” Psalm 145:18-19

charmedones3

Posted 10:13 pm, 04/25/2010

http://www.openmyeyeslord.n...ourney.htm

charmedones3

Posted 6:42 pm, 04/25/2010

MARRIAGE TAKES THREE

Lady Hawk

Posted 6:25 pm, 04/24/2010

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.” 1 Peter 5:8-9

Lady Hawk

Posted 05:41 am, 04/22/2010

“If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.” Psalm 130:3-4

Quackquack

Posted 04:38 am, 04/20/2010

Lady Hawk, I really enjoy reading the cute heart warming little stories. They make a person think why we love and believe in God.

Lady Hawk

Posted 04:15 am, 04/20/2010

“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Psalm 126:5-6

Lady Hawk

Posted 08:13 am, 04/19/2010

A
retired Constitutional lawyer has read the entire proposed
health care bill. Read his conclusions and pass this on as
you wish. This is stunning!

Please
take the time to read this and forward it out as you see
fit.Thanks

The
Truth About the Health Care
Bills–

Michael Connelly, Ret.
Constitutional Attorney

Well,
I have done it! I have read the entire text of proposed
House Bill 3200: The Affordable
Health Care Choices Act of 2009. I studied it with
particular emphasis from my area of expertise, constitutional law. I
was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law that were
being discussed might be unconstitutional. What I
found was far worse than what I had heard or expected.

To
begin with, much of what has been said about the law and its
implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the
media are saying. The law does provide
for rationingof
health care, particularly where senior citizens and other
classes of citizens are involved, free
health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services,
and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the
medical profession.

The
Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies
out of business, and put everyone into a government run system.
All decisions about personal health care will
ultimately be made by federal bureaucrats, and most of them will
not be health care professionals.
Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and allocations
of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled by the
government.

However,
as scary as all of that is, it just scratches the surface.
In fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has
no intention of providing affordable health care choices.
Instead it is a convenient cover for the most massive
transfer of power to the Executive
Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been
contemplated If this law or a similar one is adopted, major
portions of the Constitution
of the United States will effectively have been
destroyed.

The
first thing to go will be the masterfully crafted balance of power
between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the
U.S. Government. The Congress will be transferring to the
Obama Administration authority in a number of different areas over
the lives of the American people, and the businesses they
own.

The
irony is that the Congress doesn't have any
authority to
legislate in most of those areas to begin with! I defy
anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find
any authority granted to the members of Congress to
regulate health care.

This
legislation also provides for access, by the appointees of the
Obama administration, of all of your personal healthcare direct
violation of the specific provisions of the 4th
Amendment to the Constitution information,
your personal financial information, and the information of your
employer, physician, and hospital. All of this is a
protecting against unreasonable
searches and seizures. You can also forget about the
right to privacy.
That will have been legislated into oblivion regardless of what the 3rd and 4th
Amendments may
provide.

If
you decide not to have healthcare insurance, or if you have
private insurance that is not deemed acceptable to the Health
Choices Administrator appointed by Obama, there will be a tax
imposed on you. It is
called a tax instead of a fine because of the intent to avoid
application of the due process clause of the
5th Amendment. However , that
doesn't work because since there is nothing in the law that allows
you to contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it is definitely depriving someone of
property without the due process of law.

So,
there are three of those pesky amendments that the far left hate
so much, out the original ten in the Bill
of Rights, that are effectively nullified by this
law It
doesn't stop there though.

The
9th
Amendment that provides:
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not
be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the
people;

The
10th Amendment
states:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are preserved to the States
respectively, or to the people. Under the provisions of this
piece of Congressional handiwork neither the people nor the states
are going to have any rights or powers at all in many areas that
once were theirs to control.

I
could write many more pages about this legislation, but I think
you get the idea. This is not about health care; it is about
seizing power and limiting rights. Article 6 of the
Constitution requires
the members of both houses of Congress to "be bound by oath or
affirmation to support the Constitution." If I was a member of Congress I would
not be able to vote for this legislation or anything like it,
without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or affirmation.
If I voted for it anyway, I would hope the American people
would hold me accountable.

For
those who might doubt the nature of this threat, I suggest
they consult the
source, the US Constitution, and Bill of Rights.
There you can see exactly what we are about to have taken from
us.

Michael
Connelly
Retired
attorney,
Constitutional
Law Instructor
Carrollton , Texas

Lady Hawk

Posted 06:24 am, 04/18/2010

“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.” Hosea 10:12

Lady Hawk

Posted 07:46 am, 04/16/2010

“The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.” Psalm 25:14

charmedones3

Posted 11:18 pm, 04/15/2010

The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lightedward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile.