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Don't Let Feelings Fool You

                 Following God is easier when we are led by His Spirit rather than by our   emotions.   It is God's greatest desire that, as believers, you and I progressively   learn how to be led by His Spirit. However, there is a powerful enemy that   stands in the way: our emotions. Satan is the most powerful enemy we face   externally, but internally, it's our emotions that give us some of the   biggest problems.   Emotions are strong, complex internal responses that result in bodily   changes. They are sometimes helpful and at other times hurtful. They come   in positives and negatives. They are not evil, but they also are not holy.   Emotions can make you laugh one hour and cry the next. Not wanting them   doesn't stop them from coming, and wanting them doesn't make them come.   They are apt to quit on us when we need them most and flare up when we   wis...

Recall Notice

  The Maker of all human beings (GOD) is recalling all units manufactured,   regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and   central component of the heart.   This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units code named   Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all   subsequent units.   This defect has been identified as "Subsequential Internal Non-morality,"   more commonly known as S.I.N., as it is primarily expressed.   Some of the symptoms include:         1. Loss of direction         2. Foul vocal emissions         3. Amnesia of origin         4. Lack of peace and joy         5. Selfish or violent behavior         6. Depression or confusion         7. Fearfulness         8. Idolatry     ...

BE HAPPY

if you want to be happy do the following: ·          Bury your negative past and refuse dress the grave.This is because the past can no longer be corrected. ·          Make the most of the present.this is one way to shut the devil out of your territory.any idle time you have, satan takes advantage of it to remind you of issues you can do nothing about. ·          Constantly see a brighter future ahead. ·          Finally, keep celebrating the future that you see.The proof that you can see tomorrow in your present is that you are celebrating it.therefore rejoice and be glad. it is well

Not Just Another Mother

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A few months ago when I was picking up the children at school, another mother I knew well rushed up to me.  Emily was fuming with indignation. "Do you know what you and I are?" she demanded. Before I could answer, and I didn't really have one handy, she blurted out the reason for her question. It seemed she had just returned from renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's office.  Asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation, Emily had hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. "What I mean is," explained the recorder, "Do you have a job, or are you just a .....?" "Of course I have a job," snapped Emily. "I'm a mother." "We don't list 'mother' as an occupation... 'housewife' covers it," said the recorder emphatically. I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself in the same situation, this time at our own Town Hall. The Clerk was obvious...

Don't Quit

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        When things go wrong as they sometimes will,          when the road you're trudging seems all uphill.          When the funds are low, and the debts are high,          and you want to smile, but you have to sigh,          When care is pressing you down a bit,          Rest if you must, but don't you quit.          Life is odd with its twists and turns,          as everyone of us sometime learns and many          a failure turns about,          when he might have won had he stuck it out,          so don't give up though the pace seems slow,          you may succeed with another blow.          Success is failure turned inside out,     ...

IF I WERE GOD

  The story is told of ten-year-old Johnny, who rushes home from school one day. He invades the fridge and is scooping out some cherry vanilla ice cream when his mother enters the kitchen.      She says, "Put that away, Johnny. You can't have ice cream now.  It's too close to supper time.  Go outside and play."      Johnny whimpers and says, "There's no one to play with."      Trying to pacify him, she says, "OK.  I'll play with you.  What do you want to play?"      He says, "I wanna play Mommy and Daddy."      To appease him, she says, "Fine,  I'll play.  What do I do?"      Johnny says, "You go in the living room and sit down."      Mom goes into the living room.  Johnny, feeling a bit bold, swaggers down the hall and opens the utility closet.  He dons his father's old fishing hat and overcoat.  He goes into the li...

Celebrating the Mercies of God

  We can all thank God for His mercies. Let’s thank Him that we aren’t in   hell right now and that He did not “give us up” to our sinfulness and our   stubbornness (Rom. 1–2).   Let’s thank Him that we are still alive and for the thousands of other   mercies that God has granted to us along the way. The Bible says, “The   Lord’s loving kindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never   fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness” (Lam. 3:22–   23).   Because of His mercies, you should gratefully and gladly present your   entire body to the Lord. Present your eyes and what you look at to Him: “I   will set no worthless thing before my eyes” (Ps. 101:3). Don’t look at   “worthless things” on TV, in movies, in books and magazines, or in   pornography. Present your ears and what you hear through music, radio and   video. Present your mouth and your words: “Let no unwholesome word ...

Failure to Yield

  "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for   you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." - James   1:2-3   Do you remember when we used to have those yellow triangle yield signs at   intersections? Have you seen one lately? Unlikely. The traffic police had   to make them all into four-way stops. Why? Because we stink at yielding.   Each person drives up to the corner and thinks, "Clearly it's my right to   go and clearly he needs to yield." So we have an epidemic of traffic   crashes because no one wants to yield.   More important than a crazy traffic sign, how good are you at yielding to   God? Do you think, "Clearly, my way is better. If I go that way, that will   take my life in a direction that isn't in my plan so I'm going to run the   sign." Ever stop to think, "What if that way signals God’s plan of taking   my life in a different direction?"...

An Inconvenient Driveway

  As you probably heard, between 40 and 50 inches of snow fell in the   Washington, D.C., area in early February. The record snowfall brought the   entire mid-Atlantic region to a halt —  paralyzing the government, this   time for snow.   A Washington Post online headline captured it: “Senate climate change   hearings canceled because of storm.”   The people most inconvenienced by the blizzards weren’t the residents of   this region, or the senators — it was the proponents of man-made global   warming. Scientists and activists insisted that people on this side of the   Atlantic ignore the evidence in their driveways and, instead, trust their   computer models.   Not only did they tell us that this winter’s weather didn’t disprove their   global warming data, they told us that the record snows were caused by   global warming. Really!   Of course, 10 years ago, they told us that, on account o...

Faith to Faith

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  Jesus is the beginning and the ending. He is the Almighty. When He told us   that in the Book of Revelation, He wasn't just giving us a general piece   of information about Himself. He was giving us a powerful truth we can   apply now, today!   Let me show you how. He said He is the beginning. So no matter what   challenge or situation you may be facing right now, you need to start with   Him. John 1:1 says Jesus is the Word. That means, if you're going to start   with Jesus, you're going to start with the Word. Don't do anything until   you find out what the Word has to say about it.   Then, stay on the Word. As Colossians 1:23 says, "Continue in the faith   grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel,   which ye have heard."   Continue in the faith. The only way the devil can defeat you is to   pressure you into throwing away the Word. Everything he does, every  ...