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A member of my church named Wes sent this to me and recommended that we play it every Sunday before the sermon. Not a bad idea.
My friends Ben and Nancy shared this quote from Nancy Guthrie's book "Holding on to Hope." In it she recounts losing her baby to a rare genetic disorder: "The day after we buried Hope, my husband said to me, 'You know, I think we expected our faith to make this hurt less, but it doesn't. Our faith gave us an incredible amount of strength and encouragement while we had Hope, and we are comforted by the knowledge that she is in heaven. Our faith keeps us from being swallowed by despair. But I don't think it makes our loss hurt any less.'"
My friend Lucy shared this quote on prayer by E.M. Bounds to encourage me regarding the passing of my mother. Mom truly was a woman of prayer this truth blessed me: "The [woman] who has done the most and the best praying is the most immortal, because prayers do not die. Perhaps the lips that uttered them closed in death, or the heart that felt them may have ceased to beat, but the prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them. Prayers outlive the lives of those who uttered them-outlive a generation, outlive an age, outlive a world."
My publisher has very kindly given me permission to post another free, downloadable chapter from Dug Down Deep. But I'd love to get your help deciding which chapter to use. Here's the table of contents. Just leave a comment telling me which one you'd choose. Thanks!
Mark Batterson writes, "Numbers are a dangerous thing. They help us measure things, but measuring in the spiritual realm isn't always a healthy or holy thing. In one sense, we count people because people count. I get that. But there is a great danger when it comes to churches. Numbers tend to produce pride or jealousy. And both of those things will eat you alive spiritually." His summary: "Be careful how you count. And if it results in pride or jealousy, stop counting. The Lord will not share his glory!" Read more.
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I love it.
I love this!! Thank you, Josh! lol
That is hilarious. I love it.
Ooh, too good!
Uh...that was NOT funny. Is nothing unworthy of humor these days? What if someone recently had a death in their family? This is just the sort of over the top "humor" the world uses that is both stupid and crass. I am quite surprised that many Christians seem to think it clever and funny. where is our discernment and maturity anyway?
Sorry you feel that way. I don't think the clip is mocking funerals. In my opinion it's pointing out how insensitive people can be with their use of cell-phones. The humor is that we all wish this kind of instant justice visited those who so crassly use and abuse cell-phone technology. I respect your right to an opinion, but please don't assign motives to those of us who find it humorous.
I don't think the clip was mocking funerals in particular either, Josh. Nor do I think that Julie was assigning a wrong motive to anyone. But I would tend to agree with her:
The world takes that which is enormously serious and turns it into foolishness and a joke. The example in this video exemplifies the characteristic of those people under the wrath of God for being "without natural affection" (Rom 1:31). Let us not then become like them who "have pleasure in them that do them" (v 32).
Oh that our great God may lead us all to feed on the infinite comforts of the Holy Spirit in preference to husks--that we may live all the more to the praise of the glory of His grace!
With sincere affection,
David
Right before prayer this past Sunday, "Life is A Highway" By Rascal Flatts started playing right behind me. I buried my head in my hands in embarassment.
Right before prayer this past Sunday, "Life is A Highway" By Rascal Flatts was heard from a cell phone right behind me. I buried my head in my hands in embarassment.
Julie needs to lighten up. Don't take life too seriously. I mean life's too short to be cranky. Live and Laugh!
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