June 2007 Archives

1.____suffers long 2.___is kind 3. ___does not envy 4. ___ does not parade itself. 5.___is not puffed up.

6.___does not behave rudely. 7___does not seek its own.  8.___is not provoked. 9.___ thinks no evil;

10. ___does not rejoice in iiniquity. 11. ___but rejoices in the truth. 12.___ bears all things. 13. ___believes all

     things. 14. ___hopes all things. 15.___endures all things. l6. ___never fails.

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1. Whatever things are true;

2.Whatever things are noble,

3. Whatever things are just,

 4.Whatever things are pure,

 5.Whatever things are lovely,

6. Whatever things are of good report,

   " ...if there is any virture and  if there is anything praisworthy- meditate on these things." (Paul the apostle)

   "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always vote the candid promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy collapses over loose fisical policy, always followed by a dictatorship.

   "The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence:from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from great courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency;

from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence; from dependence back again to bondage"

   "Benevolence never developed a man or nation. We do not want benevolent government, we want

a free and just government." (Woodrow Wilson) (Contributed by J.G. Whisnand) economist & story teller.

1. The second comming of our Lord- Titus 2:l3

2. The resurrection of the dead- Acts 24:1

3. Stand before the judgment seat of Christ to give account for how we lived in life- 2 Cor. 5:10

4. Hear Jesus say,"Well done, good and faithful servant..." Matt.25:21

5. To be among those who have done His commandments and enter into that eternal city. Rev.22:14

7. This hope gives real meaning to the fact that our labor in the Lord is not in vain- 1 Cor:15:58

8. Let us rejoice always in the Lord and utilize His Grace to the fulles Phil.4:4

1. Our response to the call of the gospel to a new life. 

    a. This new life we find only in Christ.

    b. We go to the example of Christians in the first century and become Christians just as they did.

    c. Doing exactly what they did, will cause the Lord to add us to the same church that these were.

        Acts 2:47

 2. In Christ we are a new creation with old things of the past forgiven and we walk in newness of life.

 3. In Christ there is rest from a sin ridden life and a renewed mind to enable us to enjoy this new life.

 4. What a great joy can be ours to be led by the Holy Spirit and the Holy Word of God.

 5. Being a Christian is a very personal matter between the individual and God. "It is no longer I who live, but 

     Christ lives in me."  (Paul the apostle)         

The following appears on the back side of my uncle's business card. Kenneth Bozeman was  a auctioneer

for many years on the south plains of Texas. This is the title- LIQUOR- It contains the followinng:

"Has drained more blood, hung more crepe, sold more homes, plunged more people into bsnkruptcy, armed more villians, slain more children, snapped more wedding bands, defiled more innocense, blinded more eyes, dethroned more reason, wrecked more manhood, dishonored more womenhood, broken more hearts, blasted more lives, driven more to suicide, and dug more graves than any other poisoned scourge that ever swept its death-dealing waves across the world."

Now, we are dealing with the use of other mind destroying drugs. "Be not deceived God is not mocked, whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap". (Paul the apostle)  God give us men of courage!