"Serve the Lord with gladness..." Psalm 100:2"
Just who do you think you are? Don't you remember what you did? Why would anyone want to listen to you? You big hypocrites! Ever heard those whispered in your ear by an unseen accuser? Satan loves to whisper them to us. We love to replay past faults and failures and invent excuses to avoid present opportunity. It has been said that if God needs perfect people to do His work, then nothing would ever be done. Look back in scripture and you will see that he used prostitutes, murderers, quitters, traitors, adulterers, liars and thieves to accomplish His plans. Now, if he used them, what makes you think you are so bad that He can not use you? In fact I find in my study of scripture that He uses people who are painfully aware of their shortcomings and know they need God's forgiveness and strength to do His work. He can't use those who think they are perfect and all powerful. It is only when imperfect people go ahead and serve the Lord that He blesses our feeble efforts and we then know that He did it, and not us. And that my friend is what humility is all about.
Thought for the week: The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
-- Daniel Webster
Funny for the week: An Indian Walks Into A Cafe-
An Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand, and in the other a rope pulling a male buffalo. He says to the waiter: ''Want coffee.'' The waiter ''Sure, Chief. Coming right up.'' He gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee. The Indian drinks the coffee down in one gulp, turns and blasts the buffalo with the shotgun, casing parts of the animal to splatter everywhere and then just walks out. The next morning the Indian returns. He has his shotgun in one hand, pulling another male buffalo with the other. He walks up to the counter and says to the waiter ''Want coffee.'' The waiter says ''Whoa, Tonto! We're still cleaning up your mess from yesterday. What was all that about, anyway?'' The Indian smiles and proudly says ....''Training for position in United States Congress: Come in, drink coffee, shoot the bull, leave mess for others to clean up, disappear for rest of day.''
How true..how true…………..Chaplain Barnes
Last week’s answer: What was another name for Bethlehem? Ephrath (Gen. 35:29)
This week’s question: What relative was Lot to Abraham?
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