I wanted to wait until Dec 5 but this piece from an American Pastor by the name of James MacDonald is very much worth breaking the wait. Enjoy and may it inspire you!
God Loves You
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? . . . Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? - Romans 8:31-35
It took me a long time to learn that God wants to bless our lives. I always pictured Him as somewhat reluctant to pour out His blessing. As in, "Okay, I guess you can have a little more." But I was so wrong. God wants to lavish all the fullness of heaven on us. He doesn't promise that everything will always be perfect or that He won't sometimes allow difficulty, but He does promise to be the Giver of good gifts to His children. He did absolutely everything He could to find us, to reach us, and to forgive us. Why? Because He loves us, as the following verses tell us.
John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son."
Romans 5:8 says, "God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
First John 4:8 says, "God is love."
Romans 8:31-32 says, "If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all."
If you've ever wondered if God cares about you, look at what He did for you in His Son, Jesus Christ. God "did not spare his own Son." Question: Did not spare Him what?
Because God loves you, He did not spare His Son the humiliation of becoming a man. Jesus, the Second Person of the Trinity, Creator of the universe, became a human being. Imagine the downgrade.
Because God loves you, He did not spare His Son the degradation of His atoning work. The mocking, the torture, the crown of thorns were all laid on the precious Son of God because your heavenly Father loves you.
And because God loves you, He did not spare His Son crucifixion. Jesus became "obedient to the point of death," Philippians 2:8 says, "even death on a cross the most humiliating, torturous way for a person to die. But why did God not spare His own Son?
Because He loves you. He gave the best for the worst. He gave the highest for the lowest. He did the most for the least. That is God's message of love to you and me!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Estimate Your Brain's Age
The game instruction is in Japanese, so read below!
http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html
1. Click 'START'
2. Wait as the screen counts down - 3, 2, 1
3. Memorize the numbers' positions on the screen
4. Click the circles in order from the smallest to the biggest number
5. At the end of game, it will calculate your brain's age...neat ! ! !
Monday, October 13, 2008
A Little Humor With A Good Moral
The Pastor's Ass
The pastor entered his donkey in a race
and it won.
The pastor was so pleased with the donkey
that he entered it in the race again,
and it won again.
The local paper read:
The Bishop was so upset with this kind of
Publicity that he ordered the Pastor not to
enter the donkey in another race.
The next day, the local paper headline Read:
This was too much for the bishop, so he Ordered
the pastor to get Rid Of the donkey.
The pastor decided to give it to a nun in a
Nearby convent.
The local paper, hearing of the news, posted
The following headline the next day:
The bishop fainted.
He informed the nun that she would have to
Get rid of the donkey, so she sold it
to a farmer for $10.
The next day the paper read:
This was too much for the bishop, so he
Ordered the nun to buy back the Donkey
and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.
The next day the headlines read:
The bishop was buried the next day.
The moral of the story is ....
Being Concerned about public opinion
can bring you much grief and misery
& even shorten your Life.
So be yourself and enjoy life.
Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and
You'll be a lot happier and live longer!
The pastor entered his donkey in a race
and it won.
The pastor was so pleased with the donkey
that he entered it in the race again,
and it won again.
The local paper read:
PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT.
The Bishop was so upset with this kind of
Publicity that he ordered the Pastor not to
enter the donkey in another race.
The next day, the local paper headline Read:
BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS.
This was too much for the bishop, so he Ordered
the pastor to get Rid Of the donkey.
The pastor decided to give it to a nun in a
Nearby convent.
The local paper, hearing of the news, posted
The following headline the next day:
NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.
The bishop fainted.
He informed the nun that she would have to
Get rid of the donkey, so she sold it
to a farmer for $10.
The next day the paper read:
NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.
This was too much for the bishop, so he
Ordered the nun to buy back the Donkey
and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.
The next day the headlines read:
NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.
The bishop was buried the next day.
The moral of the story is ....
Being Concerned about public opinion
can bring you much grief and misery
& even shorten your Life.
So be yourself and enjoy life.
Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and
You'll be a lot happier and live longer!
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