You Otter Praise Him!

This photo speaks volumes, doesn't it? It reminds me of Jesus' words:

Then as he rode along, people spread out their coats on the roadway. And as he approached the city, where the road slopes down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples shouted praises to God for all the marvelous things that they had seen him do.

“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” they cried. “There is peace in Heaven and glory on high!”

There were some Pharisees in the crowd who said to Jesus, “Master, restrain your disciples!”

To which he replied, “I tell you that if they kept quiet, the very stones in the road would burst out cheering!”

Luke 19:38-40 Phillips New Testament

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Hide His Word in Your Heart

We went to a small church in a tiny town when I was a child. We did not have a worship leader or children's pastor. A nice older man named Mr. Cochran drove 20 miles from Atlanta on Sunday afternoons to teach the Bible verses set to music. During the worship service on Sunday evenings, we would get to sit in the choir loft and sing songs like this one:
Altogether lovely, He is altogether lovely
And the fairest of ten thousand
This wonderful friend divine.
He gave Himself to save me
Now He lives in Heaven to keep me
Altogether lovely
Is this wonderful Jesus of mine.

Bless those of you who are teaching your children to Hide God's Word in their hearts when they are young, and it will be better than buried treasure as they grow older!

In Psalm 92:1-2
"It is good to praise the LORD
and make music to your name, O Most High,
to proclaim your love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night..."

To Tickle Your Funnybone

Because of a shortage of maids, the minister and his wife advertised for a manservant. The next morning a nicely dressed young man came to the front door of the parsonage.

"Can you start the breakfast by seven A.M.?" asked the minister.

"I guess so," answered the man.

"Can you polish all the silver, wash all the dishes, do the laundry, take care of the lawn, wash windows, iron clothes and keep the house neat and tidy?"

"Say, preacher," said the young fellow, "I came here to see about getting married but if it's going to be as much work as all that, you can count me out right now."

Jesus Is Our Peace

Back in the early 90's, when the kids were still at home, our neighbors invited us over to hear a video produced by Integrity Music called "Rejoice Africa". It became a tool for inviting many neighbors for "pitch-in" suppers at their house on Friday nights. Several people gave their hearts to the Lord during those times.

This song was one of my favorites!

Addicted?

A woman walks into her doctor's office and says, "Doctor, I think I'm addicted to Blogger."

The doctor says, "Excuse me? I'm not following you."

Whatever!

I watched a movie recently where the character quoted the Bible where it says, "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so."

I always took that to mean that I should not hesitate to say that Jesus redeemed me from all my sins. (I'm not perfect - just forgiven!)

However the character took it to mean: Whenever I feel threatened, say, "SO????"
Because I belong to the Lord, He will take care of whatever concerns me.

I have to admit, I wondered if that was sacriligious. Then today I read a short post by Francis Frangipane along the same lines! Check it out at http://www.frangipane.org/

On My Knees