Posts from 2018 (Page 6)
Moments Wisdom – June 17, 2018
A Moments Wisdom –Why think and talk about debt, doubt, disease, disaster, discouragement, depression, decay, disorder, danger, defeat, difficulty, discord, deception, disappointment, distrust disagreement, dread, dejection, destitution, and desolation, when we could just as easily think and talk about peace, prosperity, plenty, power, pluck, persistence, purpose, promotion, possession, proficiency, progress, perseverance, prayer, and Paradise? –We choose the clothes we wear; we choose the food we eat and drink; but even more important, are the thoughts we choose to think. –Pleasure…
Sound Words, June 17, 2018
Life’s Little Lessons XVIII “I Hungered to See the Dawn” “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned” (Matt. 4:15-16). A man named Rudd told what it is like to live at the North Pole during three months of…
Sound Words, June 10, 2018
“I Was Formerly…” By Paul R. Blake “This a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief” (1Tim. 1:15). What joy it gives to the penitent believer to know that upon baptism into Christ his sins are all forgiven! From the beginning, humankind has sought to return to fellowship with God after losing that blessed Garden of Eden relationship with Him (Acts 17:26-28). Now in Jesus…
Sound Words, June 3, 2018
“I Was Formerly…” By Paul R. Blake “This a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief” (1Tim. 1:15). What joy it gives to the penitent believer to know that upon baptism into Christ his sins are all forgiven! From the beginning, humankind has sought to return to fellowship with God after losing that blessed Garden of Eden relationship with Him (Acts 17:26-28). Now in…
Sound Words, May 27, 2018
Why Doesn’t God Strike the Wicked? By Tom Sutherland Why do the wicked prosper? Why doesn’t God just zap them with fire from heaven? Why does He allow them to associate with His people? Is it right that the wicked practice evil with impunity while God is silent in heaven? The apostle Peter answers such questions in 2Peter 2:9 where he said, “The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under…
Moments Wisdom – May 20, 2018
A Moments Wisdom on Goodness –A man is only as good as what he loves. –The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. –Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who know me best, that I have always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. –Sin is anything that separates us from God. If we…
Sound Words, May 20, 2018
Put This Bulletin Down! Have you read the bulletin today? If you have not read it, I have a proposition to make. Put this bulletin down and go and spend whatever time you might have spent reading it and instead read the Bible. Then, if you still have some time for study, come back and read this bulletin. Hopefully you will find some material here that will help you even further in your study of the Bible. Why do…
Moments Wisdom – May 13, 2018
A Moments Wisdom –I only have three faults: what I say, what I do, and what I think. –If you neglect another day, you have a day more to repent of, and a day less to repent in. –Let God direct your life and you’ll always be in the right place at the right time. –Pitch the Good Book to your child while he is young, and they won’t throw the book at him when he is older. –Idol worship…