| April 2006 |
| Contents |
| Devotions |
| Memory Verses |
| Quotes for Thought |
| Bible Quiz |
| Poem |
| Humor |
| Words for Thought |
| Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away. Luke 21:33 |
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9th Anniversary
Go into all the world & preach the good news to all creation. Mark 16:15(NIV)
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Quotes for Thought |
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"Church attendance is a vital to a disciple
as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood
to a sick man." D.L. Moody |
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"The blood of
Christ stands not simply for the sting of sin on God but the scourge of
God on sin, not simply for God's sorrow over sin, but for God's wrath
on sin." P.T. Forsyth |
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"Of all tear, they are best that are made by the
blood of Christ, and of all joy, that
is the sweetest that is mixed with mourning over Christ. Oh! it is a
godly thing to be on our knees with Christ in our arms before God. I
hope to know something of these things." John Bunyan |
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"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Acts 2:38 |
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Special thanks for this month:
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Redeemed By His Blood
1 PETER 1:18-19 NKJ
18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things,
like silver or gold . . .
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot.
Some Christians shy away from talking about blood -- but not
the Bible. In fact, the Bible presents blood as an integral and
honored part of Christian teaching.
Blood represents life, and Jesus freely gave His life to redeem
you.
COLOSSIANS 1:13-14 NKJ
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and
translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins.
The blood of Jesus -- representing the giving of His life --
was the payment for your freedom. You should give bold
testimony to the power of the precious Blood of Jesus. It is
what has set you free!
Sin opens the door for the devil. But Jesus' Blood cleanses us
from all sin and closes the door of opportunity to the devil.
1 JOHN 1:9 NKJ
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jesus' Blood enables us to stand before God as if sin had never
existed. We have no other plea for entrance into God's presence
but the precious Blood of the Lamb.
HEBREWS 10:19 NKJ
19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by
the blood of Jesus,
The blood of Jesus represents all that God accomplished for you
in His great redemption.
We should display the token of Jesus' Blood over the boundaries
of our lives -- anywhere the devil might have an opening -- by
releasing our faith in the sufficiency of that precious Blood
through words.
SAY THIS: I am set free by the Blood of Jesus Christ.
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through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us.
(Ephesians 1:7-8 NRSV) Have you ever spilled something really messy on your clothes? Maybe something like ketchup, or chocolate milk, or mustard, or pizza? Or maybe you've gotten your clothes all muddy and stained with grass stains. When you get your clothes all messed up like that, it's really hard to get them clean again. You might need to use a special stain remover to get really yucky stains out of clothes. I bet you use some really powerful cleaner to get really messy stuff out of your clothes. But what do we use to get really yucky stuff like sin out of our hearts? When our hearts and lives are sinful, we need something really powerful to get them out! Well, that's what Jesus came to earth for. Jesus never committed a sin in His whole life. However, he did forgave us of our sins. And He died so that our sins wouldn't keep us out of Heaven. No, April foolin' either! Dear God, thank you for Jesus who is my savior. No foolin'. Amen. Ron Newhouse - Daily Devotions |
Special Thanks to A Bible Devotion & Daily Devotions for this 2 devotions
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POEM
The Easter Gift
He was beaten, He was bloodied, He was ridiculed and shamed,
He was driven through the streets before a crowd that jeered his name.
He was made to carry the instrument of His death upon his back,
In a state of sheer exhaustion, while His body in pain was racked.
His feet were heavy as He moved toward a fate He knew too well.
Tears blurred His vision, Yet His love continued to swell.
When he finally laid down His burden, nails were driven through His
hands and feet,
The pain taking away his breath, as He suffered sin’s defeat.
And though he committed no crime, He willingly paid, for abominations of
unspeakable sin,
Taking on an appearance so vile, that His Father turned His back upon
him.
“My God, My God, Why hast thou forsaken me?” He cried out in anguish and
shame.
And the angels cried too as they looked upon His face, their tears
falling as torrents of rain.
But the thing that amazes me most, is that through it all He still felt
love,
Even when His Father forsook him from above.
Instead of cursing us for our weakness, our sin and failures that He
knew,
He uttered instead, “Forgive them Father, for they know not what they
do.”
©2005 Cynthia C. LaMorte
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Humor
| Church Signs 1 |
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1) Free
Trip to heaven. Details Inside!
2) Try our Sundays. They are better than Baskin-Robbins.
3) Searching for a new look? Have your faith lifted here!
4) An ad for a Church has a picture of two hands holding
stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed and a
headline that reads, "For fast, fast, fast relief, take two tablets.
5) When the restaurant next to the Church put out a big
sign that said, "Open Sundays," the church reciprocated with its own
message: "We are open on Sundays, too."
6) Have trouble sleeping? We have sermons -- come hear
one!
7) Come in and pray today. Beat the Christmas rush!
8) Sign broken. Message inside this Sunday.
9) Come work for the Lord. The work is hard, the hours
are long and the pay is low. But the retirement benefits are out of
this world.
10) If you're headed in the wrong direction, God allows
U-turns
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| Church Signs 2 |
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1) The best vitamin for a Christian is B1
2) Under same management for over 2000 years
3) Try Jesus. If you don't like Him, the devil will always take you back
4) Soul food served here
5) You can give without loving but you cannot love without giving
6) Never give the devil a ride. He will always want to drive
7) Reputation is what people think about you. Character is what people know you are
8) Don't give up. Moses was once a basket case!
9) Come early for a good Back seat
10) Seven days without prayer makes one weak
11) No Jesus - no peace, Know Jesus - know peace!
12) Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due
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Words for Thought
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God Bless!
Gerald Klingelhoefer
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Memory
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I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the
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. . . every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord. —Philippians 2:11 |
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. Mark 12:30 (NIV) |
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