Posted on 06/01/2012 4:02:29 AM PDT by JustAmy
Thank you so much! {{{hugs back!}}}
While working with third- and fourth-graders at our churchs Vacation Bible School, I decided to give all 25 of the children a gift on the last day. But I told them that in order to receive it, they would each have to tell me how a person can get to heaven.
It was interesting to hear what these 9- and 10-year-olds said. Many were clear that salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ, but some were not yet equipped to explain the gospel. You have to be good and go to Sunday school, said one. Another asked tentatively, You have to pray to God? Still another: If you are nice to your friends and obey your mom and dad.
As I gently tried to direct the thinking of each child to the central element of salvationfaith in Jesus who died to pay for our sins and then rose againI thought that these kids represented so many others in our world who dont yet understand the gospel.
How about you? Are your ideas about salvation based on biblical truth? Think about the importance of what Jesus did for you. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31). There is so much more at stake than getting a free gift for answering a question.
Read: Romans 3:21-28
Boo! Good to see YOU! :)
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Boo yooooouself!
Gosh....you never change......beautiful as ever!
My kind of woman. : )
((((((( Luvbo )))))))
Awww...you are sweet! You have been missed...a BUNCH! :)
(((((Louiebo))))))
I am so thankful for the good rain we had all through the night.
I'm So Glad your Back is Feeling Better, Dear Meg!
We had a Good Rain here, also, and I'm So Thankful! The Cars that Travel on our Country Road had been Stirring Up a Lot of Dirt,
But the Rain Cleaned and Refreshed the Air.
I Love your Sweet Graphic #178.
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Awwww.......thank you. That is the sweetest graphic ever, Kitty! I luv Chihuahuas, but I guess you know that. ;-)
Are parents trying too hard to make their kids happy? And is that having the opposite effect? These questions introduce an interview with Lori Gottlieb, author of an article on the subject of unhappy young adults. Her conclusion: Yes. Parents who refuse to let their children experience failure or sadness give them a false view of the world and do not prepare them for the harsh realities of adult life. Theyre left feeling empty and anxious.
Some Christians expect that the Lord will be the kind of parent who protects them from all sorrow and disappointment. But thats not the kind of Father He is. He lovingly allows His children to go through suffering (Isa. 43:2; 1 Thess. 3:3).
When we start with the mistaken belief that its an easy life that will make us truly happy, we become weary trying to live out our faulty belief. But when we face the truth that life is difficult, we can invest our lives in the pursuit of a good and godly life instead. That kind of life strengthens us for the times when life is difficult.
Gods goal is to make us holy, not just happy (1 Thess. 3:13). And when we are holy, we are more likely to be truly happy and content.
Read: 1 Thessalonians 3
Inspirational thoughts, Rus! Thank you.
As beautiful as the rose is......it still has thorns.
Sorry to hear Jaycee is under the weather. Prayers up.
They will not fix a thing.
My MRI reads C3-7 nearly bone on bone...needs more investigation. T 11-1 bone spurs, T12 annul tear and herinated. L2 Annul tear. L-3-5 bulged with bone spurs, L 4 & 5 are nearly sitting on each other, with a Compression fracture...and they say my back is NOT THAT bad. Go to glorified PT ...’pain management’, when that has ALREADY FAILED just as the NERVE blocks did.
Spent last Sat in the ER too, medicine reaction...see the Gastro for a upper GI on the 20th. Just had to have the pharmacy stop a drug for cholesterol ZETIA that hits ALL 5 of my auto immunes for COMMON side effects. I LOATH doctors who DO NOT READ info they ask you to provide.
And if you are old your health care is RATIONED, and fewer and fewer docs will take you.
the koolaide gop drinkers still want the RINO romney, who is only going to tweak 0’care, not repeal it, he is a gun grabber, bail out king, and nearly bankrupted Mass with Romneycare. NO THANKS I don’t drink koolaid either gop or demwits.
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