Funny Friday Quote: Not done yet?

Funny Friday Quote:  Not Done Yet (Jana Jones)
“During the day  I take a few moments to unwind by reading the Bible.  After seeing me do this for several years, my four-year-old daughter became concerned:  “Aren’t you ever going to get finished reading that book?”
Bible verse of the day:  Psalm 8:1 (NKJV)
“O LORD, our Lord, how excellent [...]

So much love

Story of the day:  So much love
     My brother was born 3 months early.  His premature body, weighing only 2 pounds,  couldn’t even hold up the clothes that fit a baby doll.  His little body fit so perfectly into the palm of my father’s hand.  My brother was greeted by the warmth of my parent’s touch as they sat with him day in and day out.  The [...]

If you fall, get back up

Story of the day:  If you fall, get back up
     It can become really easy,  once we have fallen or make a mistake,  to not want to get up and dust ourselves off.  A story is told about a former third-base star for the U.S. women’s Olympic softball team, named Dani Tyler, who had once hit [...]

Walking with God into the unknown

Story of the day:  Walking with God into the unknown
     Jeff and I have been asked for the past few days if we have heard anything about our move.  To a question that I still have no answers for, I am left telling you this story.  About 1 month ago, we had spoken to the gentleman that is in [...]

God is in hot pursuit

Story and Quote of the day:  John Piper
“There is a kind of eagerness about the beneficence of God.  He does not wait for us to come to Him.  He seeks us out, because it is His good pleasure to do us good.  God is not waiting for us, He is pursuing us.  That, in fact, [...]

Funny Friday Quote: Pick three hymns

Funny Friday Quote:  Pick three hymns
The Sunday before Christmas, a pastor told his congregation that the church needed some extra money. He asked the people to consider donating a little more than usual into the offering plate. He said that whoever gave the most would be able to pick out three hymns.
After the offering plates [...]

Unpleasant words about you…what to do?

Story of the day:  Unpleasant words about you…what to do?
     It can be difficult to shrug off things that have been said about you, and even more so when they insult God.  What if the people that inflict this type of injury on you happens to be your closest friend or family member?   When you hear [...]

Souls Longing

Story of the day:  Souls Longing
     I have heard it said,  ”that my soul longs or yearns for something.”  Billy Graham talks about these words, written by the Psalmist, and how they ”sound strange to most people today:  “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.”  In an age preoccupied with the things of this world, God seems [...]

Been hit broadside

Story of the day:  Been hit broadside
     Cindy Hess Kasper speaks about her Uncle Lester, who lives in Florida.  “He was discouraged by the lack of fruit on his grapefruit tree.  Someone told him he needed to whack the trunk of the tree a few times with a board.
     Apparently, there is some truth to [...]

Be on Guard

Story of the day:  Be on Guard
“In thirty years of marriage James Dobson of Focus on the Family says he never considered committing adultery.  But in Focus on the Family magazine he recalls one time when Satan tried his best to lure him into that trap:
     Shirley and I had been married just a few [...]