Newsletter Vol.2, #49—December 24, 2006

Matthew 10 ⁷And proclaim as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

Things One Can Learn From Noah

One: Don't miss the boat.

Two: Remember that we are all in the same boat.

Three: Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

Four: Stay fit. When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

Five: Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.

Six: Build your future on high ground.

Seven: For safety's sake, travel in pairs.

Eight: Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.

Nine: When you're stressed, float a while.

Ten: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

Eleven: No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.

Sentence Sermons

Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.

Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.

Learn from the mistakes of others. Trust me .... you can't live long enough to make them all yourself. I've tried!!

Troubles Bring Out Our Best or Our Beast

Recommended Gifts

Ron Adams

If you didn’t give/receive them, don’t worry, they are year-long gifts!

GIFTS TO OTHERS

(Rom.12:18) If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.

(Gal.5:14) For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word…“you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

(Matt.5:16) “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

(Rom.10:14) How then shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

(Titus 2:7) in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified.

GIFTS TO SPOUSE

(Ecc.9:9) Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun…

(Eph.5:28) … husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies.

(Pro.5:18-19) … rejoice in the wife of your youth . . . Be exhilarated always with her love.

(Eph.5:33) … love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see to it that she respect her husband.

(1 Pet.3:7) … husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way

GIFTS TO CHILDREN

(Titus 2:4) [older women] encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

(Psalm 127:3-4) … children are a gift of the Lord;

(Eph.6:4) And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

(Prov.22:15) Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

GIFTS TO PARENTS

(Eph.6:2) Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),

(Eph.6:1) Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

(Prov.4:1) Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding,

(Prov.6:20-23) My son, observe the commandment of your father, And do not forsake the teaching of your mother; Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck. When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.

GIFTS TO BRETHREN

(John 13:35) “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

(Gal.6:1-2) Brethren, even if a man is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness…Bear one another’s burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.

(1 Cor.12:25) that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

(1 Thess.5:12-13) … appreciate those who diligently labor among you … esteem them very highly in love because of their work.

(1Pe.4:8-10) … Be hospitable to one another without complaint. As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another…

(Zech.7:9-10) … ‘Dispense true justice, and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor…’”

(Phil.1:27) Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ … standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

(Phil.2:3-4) Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

(Eph.4:1-3) I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love…

(Eph.4:29) Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear.

(Phil.3:17) … observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us.

(James 5:16) … confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed.