Just about to JUMP IN WITH JESUS as I read some of the 'WORD!' Doing my best to read a compilation of books periodically throughout the year. I am not a typical reader, who reads until a book is finished - I usually read and take notes for Illus's and Ideas for Messages! Right now I am re-reading a couple of my favorites...The Pursuit Of Holiness (Bridges) & Too Busy Not To Pray (Hybel) - and starting another Lucado project...Facing Your Giants - getting some GREAT STUFF for a Series we're gonna do at the Church of Celebration in March called SOUL STEALERS (we're gonna launch a new ministry - CELEBRATE RECOVERY). Gonna start a Leadershp Study with my Pastoral Team in the next week...Today Matters (Maxwell).
Excited about the weekend - HOT DATE with Ginger on Saturday! Looks like it will be her favorite...On The Border accompanied with a movie...National Treasure! SNAPSHOT FOR SUNDAY...
Randy Alcorn writes (Money/Possessions & Eternity)… “Materialism can never be corrected by high-sounding courses in ethics or the campaign speeches of politicians calling on us to restore the moral fiber of our nation. Moral fiber must come from somewhere. It must be cultivated in our education institutions, beginning with the home. Moral fiber cannot simply be grabbed out of the sky in the midst of a moral vacuum. Materialism can only be corrected by a different view of God. This in turn can only come from a belief in and study of the Scriptures, which tell us about God, and which alone give us the context to truly understand the critical God-related subjects of man, money, and possessions. -- If God is not the LORD over EVERYTHING you own, then He is not your Lord! No one can enthrone the true God unless you dethrone your other gods!"
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