Thursday, March 30, 2006

Seeing Past the LIES!

YOU SAY

GOD SAYS

BIBLE VERSES

You say: "It's impossible"

God says: All things are possible

(Luke 18:27)

You say: "I'm too tired"

God says: I will give you rest

(Matthew 11:28-30)

You say: "Nobody really loves me"

God says: I love you

(John 3:16 & John 3:34 )

You say: "I can't go on"

God says: My grace is sufficient

(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

You say: "I can't figure things out"

God says: I will direct your steps

(Proverbs 3:5-6)

You say: "I can't do it"

God says: You can do all things

(Philippians 4:13)

You say: "I'm not able"

God says: I am able

(II Corinthians 9:8)

You say: "It's not worth it"

God says: It will be worth it

(Roman 8:28 )

You say: "I can't forgive myself"

God says: I Forgive you

(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

You say: "I can't manage"

God says: I will supply all your needs

(Philippians 4:19)

You say: "I'm afraid"

God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear

(II Timothy 1:7)

You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated"

God says: Cast all your cares on ME

(I Peter 5:7)

You say: "I don't have enough faith"

God says: I've given everyone a measure of faith

(Romans 12:3)

You say: "I'm not smart enough"

God says: I give you wisdom

(I Corinthians 1:30)

You say: "I feel all alone"

God says: I will never leave you or forsake you

(Hebrews 13:5)

PASS THIS ON.

THINK


"But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment."
(Matthew 12:36)

I just heard a wonderful sermon on the radio. It talked about some of the words that come out of our mouth. The preacher used the following acronym to help screen what we should be saying:

THINK

Is what we say:

T - true
H - helpful
I - inspiring
N - necessary
K - kind?

If not, than we should shut up! We have been given two ears and one mouth and therefore we should do twice as much listening to talking.

"Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak..."
James 1:19

Friday, March 24, 2006

Satan's Plan

Satan has a few tactics. Here is five of them:

1. Doubt - Make you question God's Word and goodness.

2. Discouragement - Make you look at your problems rather than God.

3. Diversion - Make the wrong seem more attractive so that you will want them more that the right things.

4. Defeat - Make you feel like a failure so that you don't even try.

5. Delay - Make you put off doing something so that it never gets done.

I got these notes from a friends Bible! I can't tell you how much I stuggle with four of them!

Monday, March 13, 2006

You Know Whey you are South Asian When...

When you tell your parents you got 98%, and they ask you what
>>happened to the other two percent.
>>* There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them.
>>* You make tea in a saucepan.
>>* You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it.
>>* You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes.
>>* You have a 'Singer Brother' sewing machine at home.
>>* Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't
>>talk to her for ten years.
>>* You call an older person you've never met before "uncle".
>>* You hide everything from your parents.
>>* Your mother does everything for you if you are male.
>>* You do all the housework and cooking if you are female.
>>* Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
>>* Everyone is a family friend.
>>* Everyone always called you for help on homework.
>>* You study law, medicine or engineering at university.
>>* You were thick so you studied computer science or business instead.
>>* You know no one who has studied music.
>>* You went to a university as far away from home as possible.
>>* You still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished.
>>* Your best friend got married at the age of 18.
>>* You like the meat well done.
>>* You eat onions with everything.
>>* You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
>>* You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
>>* You say you hate Indian films/songs but secretly watch/hear them
>>* You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex,
>>especially if there is an acquaintance within a 250 miles radius.
>>* You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".
>>* You secure your baggage with a rope.
>>* You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport
>>and you
see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to
>>pick you up.
>>* You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage
>>which is just 80 lbs. overweight.
>>* You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a
>>member of the royal family.
>>* You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how
>>he had to walk miles barefoot just to
get to school.
>>* Your Dad drives a Nissan.
>>* You're rich so he drives a Mercedes.
>>* You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you
>>go
>>* When you were little you always wondered why your English friends
>>waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it
>>first thing in the morning
>>* To your English friends, oil is used
purely for cooking and not
>>as a grooming aid
>>
>>* Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work
>>with just stop when trying to read their names
>>* You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku
>>* Your parents call all your friends "Beta" (son/daughter)
>>* Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds
>>* Your parents drink 3 cups of tea
a day
>>* Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.
>>* At least once a week your mom says, "I want to go to
>>India/Pakistan/Bangladesh"
>>* No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming
>>over for a visit.
>>* Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not
>>going to be a doctor/ engineer.
>>* You're parent's always say while
shopping abroad, "It's cheaper
>>in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh"
>>
>>And finally........You know you're Asian when.....................
>>
>>You forward this message to all your Asian friends!

Day Springs Devo's

A line in a popular hymn states, “As He whispers in my ear, I am His and He is mine.” What are the things God is whispering to you today? His voice will speak the best words you will ever hear. Quiet your heart. Hear Him saying to you, “Come to Me. Draw close to Me. Come closer still. Let Me comfort you with My mercies… encompass you with My grace… assure you with My presence… embrace you with My love.” God has so many tender things to whisper to you. Each day He invites you to come close, to draw near, and to listen.

Friday, March 03, 2006

Athiests

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem

science has with God, the Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and.....

PROF: So you believe in God?

STUDENT : Absolutely, sir.

PROF: Is God good?

STUDENT : Sure.

PROF: Is God all-powerful?

STUDENT : Yes.

PROF: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.

Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm? (Student is silent.)

PROF: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God

good?

STUDENT : Yes.

PROF : Is Satan good?

STUDENT : No.

PROF : Where does Satan come from?

STUDENT : From...God...

PROF : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world? STUDENT : Yes. PROF : Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct? STUDENT : Yes. PROF : So who created evil? (Student does not answer.) PROF : Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible

things exist in the world, don't they?

STUDENT : Yes, sir.

PROF: So, who created them?

(Student has no answer.)

PROF: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the

world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God? STUDENT : No, sir.

PROF: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

STUDENT : No, sir.

PROF: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you

ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

STUDENT : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

PROF: Yet you still believe in Him?

STUDENT : Yes.

PROF: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says

your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

STUDENT : Nothing. I only have my faith.

PROF: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

STUDENT : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

PROF: Yes.

STUDENT : And is there such a thing as cold?

PROF: Yes.

STUDENT : No sir. There isn't.

(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.) STUDENT : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega

heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat,

but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We

cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it. (There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.) STUDENT : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness? PROF : Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness? STUDENT : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You

can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you

have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't

it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make

darkness darker, wouldn't you?

PROF: So what is the point you are making, young man?

STUDENT : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

PROF: Flawed? Can you explain how?

STUDENT : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is

life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You

are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can

measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and

magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.To view

death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death

cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just

the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor.Do you teach your students that

they evolved from a monkey?

PROF: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of

course, I do.

STUDENT: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir? (The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the

argument is going.)

STUDENT : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work

and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not

teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The

class is in uproar.)

STUDENT : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's

brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter.)

STUDENT : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain,

felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable

protocol, science says that you have no brain,sir. With all due respect,

sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face

unfathomable.)

PROF: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

STUDENT : That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH. That is all

that keeps things moving & alive.

NOTE : I believe you have enjoyed the conversation...and if so...you'll

probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same...won't you?....

this is a true story, and the student was noneother than...

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Stingless Death!

~DEATH~
WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO EXPLAIN IT ! ! ! ! !
A sick man turned to his doctor,
as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said,
"Doctor, I am afraid to die.
Tell me what lies on the other side."

Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."

"You don't know ?
You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?"

The doctor was holding the handle of the door;
on the other side came a sound of scratching and whining,
and as he opened the door,
a dog sprang into the room
and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.

Turning to the patient, the doctor said,
"Did you notice my dog?
He's never been in this room before.
He didn't know what was inside.
He knew nothing except that his master was here,
and when the door opened, he sprang in without fear.
I know little of what is on the other side of death,
but I do know one thing...
I know my Master is there and that is enough.