THOUGHT AND SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK
Too many people are spending money they don’t have for
things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew
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OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES
Grandma visited her son and his family while Grandpa went
on a two-week mission trip. When 3-year-old Bobby asked
where his Grandpa was, Grandma explained that he had
gone to the
Grandma overheard Bobby tell his friend, “Grandpa went to
the Philistines to tell them about God.”
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BUMPS
Have you experienced frustration, loneliness, depression and
disappointment? These and more are “bumps” in our life’s
path. You can climb on these bumps if you use God’s Word.
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CAN YOU UNFOLD A ROSEBUD?
A new minister was walking with an older, more
seasoned minister in the garden one day. Feeling a bit
insecure about what God had for him to do, he asked
the older preacher for some advice. The older preacher
walked up to a rosebush, handed the young preacher a
rosebud, and told him to open it without tearing off any
petals. The young preacher looked in disbelief at the
older preacher and tried to figure out what a rosebud
could possibly have to do with his wanting to know the
will of God for his life and ministry. But because of his
great respect for the older preacher, he proceeded to try
to unfold the rose, while keeping every petal intact. It
wasn’t long before he realized how impossible this was
to do. Noticing the younger preacher’s inability to
unfold the rosebud without tearing it, the older
preacher began to recite the following poem: “It is only
a tiny rosebud, A flower of God’s design; But I cannot
unfold the petals, With these clumsy hands of mine. The
secret of unfolding flowers, Is not known to such as I.
God opens this flower so easily, But in my hands they die.
If I cannot unfold a rosebud, This flower of God’s design,
Then how can I have the wisdom, To unfold this life of
mine? So I’ll trust in God for leading, Each moment of
my day. I will look to God for guidance, In each step of
the way. The path that lies before me, Only my Lord
knows. I’ll trust God to unfold the moments, Just as He
unfolds the rose.”
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Eloquent silence often is better than eloquent speech.