January 6, 2012
Prayer House News!
Jim Roemer had a couple more internet sites to use while reading/studying your four chapters each week.
http://www.biblegateway.com/
You can choose a huge amount of versions.
You can also create as many parallel versions across you page as you like. (very cool)
Best of all, you can take off the cheater glasses and pick your font size.
On the bottom of the page just jump to next chapter.
For free commentaries:
http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/
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If you have a membership series of CD’s your booklets will need to be filled out and turned in at our membership class on January 11th.
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Diane McGahan’s wake will be tonight at Proko Funeral Home from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. The funeral will be at our church at noon on Saturday.
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Devotional!
Psalms 119:162 I rejoice in your promise
like one who finds great spoil.
David was both a ruler and a warrior. He knew the thrill of collecting the spoil after the battle. Few things could compare to walking through the camp of the defeated to gather up for themselves anything they wanted. However, David knew the true treasures of life were not in the spoil of the enemy but in the promises of God.
Often we are so earthly-minded that we are no heavenly good. I once had an opportunity to be in the same town that was hosting an international triathlon event. The contestants swim for 2 1/2 miles, then they bicycle for 110 miles, and finally they run for 26 miles. They do all this in one day. I learned how one contestant has a regular routine of exercising eight hours every day for this. It is possible in these situations for their body to become their god.
In 1 Timothy 4:8 we read, “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” There is nothing wrong with physical fitness. However, it only benefits this life. Godliness on the other hand, benefits not only this life, but also eternity. Physical fitness allows us to gain some of the treasures of this life, but that is all.
The promises of God effect eternity, while the spoils from battle only effect this life. The only time eternal truths truly cause us to rejoice is when we see more than just this life. “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God” (Col. 3:1). What kind of relationship with God would we need to be able to say that God’s promises mean as much to us as attaining those things that benefit this life only? We would need a relationship like David’s.
Taken from “The Heart of the King”
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Medication: A Merry Heart
Two Hearts
A man has a heart attack and is brought to the hospital ER.
The doctor tells him that he will not live unless he has a
heart transplant right away. Another doctor runs into the
room and says, "You're in luck -- two hearts just became
available, so you will get to choose which one you want. One
belongs to an attorney and the other to a social worker."
The man quickly responds, "The attorney's."
The doctor says, "Wait! Don't you want to know a little
about them before you make your decision?"
The man says, "I already know enough. We all know that
social workers are bleeding hearts and the attorney probably
never used his. So I'll take the attorney's heart!"
Prayer House News!
Jim Roemer had a couple more internet sites to use while reading/studying your four chapters each week.
http://www.biblegateway.com/
You can choose a huge amount of versions.
You can also create as many parallel versions across you page as you like. (very cool)
Best of all, you can take off the cheater glasses and pick your font size.
On the bottom of the page just jump to next chapter.
For free commentaries:
http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/
-----------------------------------------------------------
If you have a membership series of CD’s your booklets will need to be filled out and turned in at our membership class on January 11th.
------------------------------------------------------------
Diane McGahan’s wake will be tonight at Proko Funeral Home from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. The funeral will be at our church at noon on Saturday.
==================================
Devotional!
Psalms 119:162 I rejoice in your promise
like one who finds great spoil.
David was both a ruler and a warrior. He knew the thrill of collecting the spoil after the battle. Few things could compare to walking through the camp of the defeated to gather up for themselves anything they wanted. However, David knew the true treasures of life were not in the spoil of the enemy but in the promises of God.
Often we are so earthly-minded that we are no heavenly good. I once had an opportunity to be in the same town that was hosting an international triathlon event. The contestants swim for 2 1/2 miles, then they bicycle for 110 miles, and finally they run for 26 miles. They do all this in one day. I learned how one contestant has a regular routine of exercising eight hours every day for this. It is possible in these situations for their body to become their god.
In 1 Timothy 4:8 we read, “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” There is nothing wrong with physical fitness. However, it only benefits this life. Godliness on the other hand, benefits not only this life, but also eternity. Physical fitness allows us to gain some of the treasures of this life, but that is all.
The promises of God effect eternity, while the spoils from battle only effect this life. The only time eternal truths truly cause us to rejoice is when we see more than just this life. “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God” (Col. 3:1). What kind of relationship with God would we need to be able to say that God’s promises mean as much to us as attaining those things that benefit this life only? We would need a relationship like David’s.
Taken from “The Heart of the King”
=====================================
Medication: A Merry Heart
Two Hearts
A man has a heart attack and is brought to the hospital ER.
The doctor tells him that he will not live unless he has a
heart transplant right away. Another doctor runs into the
room and says, "You're in luck -- two hearts just became
available, so you will get to choose which one you want. One
belongs to an attorney and the other to a social worker."
The man quickly responds, "The attorney's."
The doctor says, "Wait! Don't you want to know a little
about them before you make your decision?"
The man says, "I already know enough. We all know that
social workers are bleeding hearts and the attorney probably
never used his. So I'll take the attorney's heart!"
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