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    Verse of the Day
    Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
    Mark 11:24
     
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    So true, now days.
     
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    Life is like an apple, juicy to the core.
    If you give it all you’ve got, you’ll always yearn for more.
    Even though you meet a worm, every now and then.
    There’s sure to be another friend just around the bend.
    So, optimistic you must be, to make life really bright.
    So pick yourself an apple and take a nice big juicy bite.

    Today a peacock, tomorrow a feather duster.

    A philosopher, being asked whether life is worth living, responded, “That depends on the liver.”

    In an underdeveloped country, don’t drink the water. In a developed country, don’t breath the air.

    Fear is the pain before the wound.
     
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    Verse of the Day
    Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
    Psalm 55:22 NIV
     
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    You can’t postpone the inevitable forever.

    Be very careful and you will save many men from the sin of robbing you.

    Did you ever stop to think that if it weren’t for the birds, we’d have millions of loose feathers all over the place.

    Big whirls have little whirls
    That feed on their velocity
    And little whirls have lesser whirls
    And so on, to viscosity.

    It’s better to have beer in a joint than water on the brain.
     
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    No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties.

    Bob Hope
     
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    Verse of the Day
    When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
    James 4:3 NIV
     
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    Verse of the Day
    For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
    Habakkuk 2:14 NIV
     
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    Maybe if your ship doesn’t come in, you should swim out to meet it.

    Trust in God, but tie your horse.

    Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right. Henry Ford.

    Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

    Sometimes it seems people hear best what we don’t say.

    Optimists and pessimists both contribute to society. Optimists invents the airplanes while pessimists invents the parachutes.

    When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you’re going after Moby duck, be sure to take along some tartar sauce.
     
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    Verse of the Day
    Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.
    Micah 7:18 NIV
     
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    I'm sharing these with my Sunday School class.
     
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    The spotlight
    By Pastor Matt Ewart
    John the Baptist had the important job of clearing the way for Jesus. To drive home the importance of repentance, he regularly made use of something called Baptism (thus his name). People flocked to see this unusual yet authoritative prophet who defied mainstream teaching methods.

    But one day someone stole his popularity. Someone else set up shop down the river in a better location and began to employ his trademark Baptism techniques.

    That someone was Jesus.

    John’s disciples got quite upset that the crowds were now going to Jesus, so they alerted John to this troubling news. Here’s how John responded: “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven” (John 3:27).

    Translation: God gave John time in the spotlight, and it served a good purpose. Now God was giving that spotlight to Jesus for an even better purpose.

    While it was tough for him to lose popularity, John recognized that God’s plan required him to take second place. Jesus had to become greater. John had to become lesser.

    You naturally want to react like John’s disciples did. You want to protest when God decides to take the spotlight away from you. But remember that it’s always a good thing when God shines the spotlight on himself. No matter how popular or unpopular you become in the world, what really matters is that Jesus forgave you to make you God’s child.

    Let him adjust the spotlight to testify best to that truth.
     
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    When you lose God, it is not God that is lost.

    Did you hear about the poetic birdwatcher who took a tern for the verse?

    One of the most useless moves in history was one of General Custer’s men getting a haircut the day before the Battle of Little Big Horn.

    An Alaskan American Express Card ad says you should never leave Nome without it.

    If it’s free, it’s advice; if you pay for it, it’s counseling; if you can use either, it’s a miracle.

    The secret of longevity is to not do anything to shorten your life.

    I've often wondered. Can fat people go skinny dipping?
     
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    I've often wondered. Can fat people go skinny dipping?[/QUOTE]
    Nope, we go chunky Dunkin..
     
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    Verse of the Day
    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
    1 John 1:9 NIV
     
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    Written by a good friend of mine...

    Thank God --- Written by DeeDee Cooper
    I awoke this morning
    Thanked God for my day
    For the blessings He gives me
    For the price that He paid.
    When you truly have
    The Lord in your heart
    His presence is there
    And has been from the start...
    He’ll never forsake you
    Asks not much in reply
    Wants for you to remember
    The reason He died.
    He died on the cross
    Asks not much in return
    He took up the cross
    And His crown made of thorns;
    He is very alive
    in our hearts And our minds
    His love is forever
    A one of a kind...
    So as you get up tomorrow
    Thank God for your day
    Ask for His forgiveness
    And in your heart He will stay.
     
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    Do cemetery workers ever work the graveyard shift?

    Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites?

    Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice?”

    If you are cross-eyed and dyslexic, can you read all right?

    Too many newspapers dispose of their garbage by printing it.

    As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.

    The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
     
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    Verse of the Day
    Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.”
    Isaiah 12:2 NIV
     
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    God put me on Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind I may live forever.

    Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

    Whenever you begin to think about exercise, lie down until the thought goes away.

    I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart.

    The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight. That’s because by then your body and your fat have become very good friends.

    Sometimes I think I understand things, but then I usually regain consciousness.

    Taxation WITH representation isn’t so good neither.
     
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