ROADSIDE BAPTIST MISSION CHURCH

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 6:21 and Luke 12:34

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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 Philippines to tell the people about Jesus. Later,

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.