We must be always making choices in this world. We cannot take up everything that lies in our path–and we ought to choose the best things. Even among ‘right things’ there is room for choice, for some right things are better than others.
Only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better. Luke 10:42
Paul prayed that his friends “may be able to discern what is best.” Philippians 1:10.
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The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms!“ Deuteronomy 33:27
There are some choice thoughts in the figure of “God’s embracing arm.”
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Helen Keller once said: “The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it.”
Perspective plays a role in how we view our current physical, emotional, spiritual, and attitudinal situations. Is the sum total a barrier or an opportunity? Like a kaleidoscope, we can tweak the patterns of what we see, what we feel, how we respond via our perspective.
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When I was lost and so alone,
my heart felt such despair.
I searched to find a touch from God,
Or just a friend to care.
Yet fear had built a wall of stone
Around my trembling soul,
And kept me from the path of hope
where God could make me whole.
I searched at church to try to find
Acceptance, love and hope,
But there I found folks just like me,
Deep pain with masks to cope.
One day I found in cyberspace
A haven safe and kind,
Where I could be just who I am
And share what’s on my mind.
I grew by steps and then by bounds,
God’s love became so real.
Becoming free by sharing pain,
My heart began to heal.
So thank you friends at CIR
For daring to reach out.
For caring and for sharing what
The Gospel’s all about.
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You may be caught in an endless cycle of addiction, whether it be sex, drugs, alcohol, porn, relationships, food, whatever. Your heart is in the right place and you desperately want freedom from the bondage and slavery which is addiction. But the miracle has not happened. No matter how hard you try or how often or earnestly you call out to God the results are the same.
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True religion will manifest itself in every phase of life. We sit down in the quiet and read our Bible–and get our lesson. We know it now–but we have not as yet got it into our life–which is the thing we must really do.
Knowing that we should love our enemies, is not the ultimate thing–actually loving our enemies is.
Knowing that we should be patient, is not all–we are to practice the lesson of patience, until it has become a habit in our life.
Many know the cardinal duties of Christian life–who yet have not learned to live them. It is living them, however, that is true religion.
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Test what you know about the Ten Commandments:
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The following is dedicated to all of you who have worried in the past, to all of you who are presently worrying, and to those of you who will possibly be worrying in the future.
Everyone worries about something on a daily basis. No matter how small the problem may appear, constant worry can drain our lives of joy day after day. And there is not one of us who doesn’t desire to replace it with peace of mind. The question is, “How do we find serenity and integrate it into our lives?”
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And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I, be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come.
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“Prepare to meet your God…” Amos 4:12
The recent movie “Bucket List” was a smash hit at theaters, and not surprisingly so. The storyline was about two men who discover they have little time left to live, so they draw up lists of what they want to accomplish before they “kick the bucket.” The theme is appealing because nearly everyone has such a bucket list, though most despair of ever checking off anything on the list, let alone covering the entire thing.
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