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November 29 Eagle on the Niagara RiverImagine a cold winter day in new England. The kind of day where the entire sky was heavy laden with gray clouds. And it was COLD. So cold that the air was almost frozen. So cold that it hurt to breathe. And imagine a block of ice floating on the Niagara River. And frozen on this block of ice is a dead animal. An Eagle spies the meal on the ice and swoops down and lands on the ice and starts to eat his meal. The eagle starts to hear the falls in the distance but he thinks nothing of it for he has done this many times before. there is no need to interrupt his meal for when the ice gets close to the falls he will just lift himself with his mighty wings and fly. So he waits and enjoys himself. The falls get closer and closer. Now the air is filled with the rising moisture of the falls and the noise is deafening. The eagle tries to fly but while he was waiting and enjoying eating his dead carcass his feet has gotten frozen in the ice. He strains with every fiber of his being, but to no avail and he plummets over the falls to his death. People are a lot like that eagle. They know that death is approaching. That they should fly to the salvation of the Lord Jesus. But they think that they have time. They say no need to hurry. I want to enjoy myself. But often the end comes before they are ready. And when they finally try to fly they have become so imbedded in their sin that they can not escape.
November 13 God created with his left hand?A grandma had her granddaughter spend the night and they had to get up early in the morning to run an errand. They lived in new England. And it was a beautiful crisp fall morning. There was a light frost. And the early morning sun was sparkling off the leaves of yellow, red, orange and gold. The grandmother was awe struck with the scene. She then witnessed to her granddaughter about the magnificence and power of God. And told her how God had created the beauty that was before them. When she was done the grand daughter said. And what is even more amazing grandma is that he did it all with his left hand. The grandma was taken aback. What do you mean by that she asked? The grand daughter said he had to use his left hand because in Sunday school last week we learned that Jesus is sitting on the right hand of God. When working with people (especially children) don't assume that they understand your terminology. Please visit my other websites:
November 06 Prophecy proves inspiration.What if I predicted that a cat would walk accross the street in front of the church? You would say that's it. That is not much of a prediction, of course a cat will walk accross the street sooner or later. But what if I predict the following: 1 A cat will walk accross the street in front of the church. 2 He will travel from the west side to the east side of the street. 3 The cat will be black with a white stripe down its nose 4 The cat's front paw will be white. 5 It will be wearing a red collar 6 The collar will have a bell on it. 7 The bell will not ring 8 The cat will stop half way accross the street. 9 And then he will lick his paw before he continues to cross the street 10 It will happen next Tuesday 11 At 2:00 in the afternoon 12 The Cat will meow as he finishes crossing the street. Now what are the chances that I would be right? It is statistically impossible that I would be right. And that was only 12 details. Now look at the Bible. The old testament has over 300 predictions about the first coming of Christ. And every one of them came true. Because predicting that many details in advance is impossible for man, the details must have been given by God. 2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Please visit my websites Thanks
November 03 How to be saved1st Know that God loves you.
2nd Know that God wants you to know that you can have eternal life
3rd Know that you are a sinner
4th Know that sin must be paid for. There is a penalty for sin.
5th Know that you cannot save yourself.
6th Know that Jesus paid for your sin on the cross
7th Repent of you sins. Repent means to Change your mind.
November 01 Dark Threads with the Silver and the GoldThere was a child playing on the kiitchen floor while his mom was embrodering. The child asked the mother what she was doing. the mother replied that she was making a beautiful picture. the child looked up from the floor to see the underside of the picture and all that he saw was the knots and the threads cris crossing everywhere. He said mom I just don't understand, it just looks like a big mess to me. The mom said to the child. when I am done I will bring you up here and then you will see what a beautiful picture that i have made.
(we do not see what God sees, It might just look like a mess to us, but someday God will bring us up to heaven and then we will see what a beautiful picture he has made of our life. Only then will we see the need for the dark threads of our life that are interwoven with the silver and the gold.) We need to keep in mind that God in on the throne and He knows what He is doing even when it looks like a mess to us.
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