Believe It

Add to the stupid criminals list:

Yesterday, fifteen-year old girl a couple counties over made a meeting arrangement to sell marijuana.  Customers, two young men, stole her drugs and absconded with same.

She called the police on them.

Comfortably Well-to-do

It'd take a mere six- or seven hundred people kicking in a hundred nine bucks apiece to ensure my financial peace.  But do go ahead and enroll in the FPU classes-- Ol' Dave needs the money.

Why old people

waste food.

Grocery shopping.

Milk, 1/2 gallon = $2.39

Milk,    1 gallon = $!.99

You can't make this stuff up. 

Not Easy At All

Bob (attempting to write a paragraph): What's the word for people you don't know?  It won't come to me.

Mrs. W:  Strangers?

Bob:  That's it!  That'll work  (continues writing)


Increasingly the story of my life.

Too Easy

HRC's new book What Happened? was recently released.  In two words

She lost.

Just saved you eighteen bucks.

Ain't it Funny?

While we were eating lunch a few moments ago, Narvel Felts came on the background music singing, "Ain't it funny how time slips away?"

I listened for awhile, turned to Mrs. W and said, "Looking back at age 83, it ain't so darn funny.  Where did it go?"

The tear still dampens the side of my nose.

The Church is Jesus' Hot Mamma

Snippet from Johnnie Blair's message, Sunday morning.

https://www.facebook.com/trinityweschurch/videos/1633612520004257/

Barney Miller

Wojciehowicz reads description of the missing horse:  Brown eyes, brown hair, about six foot three, weighs 1200 pounds.

(Twinkle in his eye)   How about we don't tell them its a horse, Barn?

Barney: We better tell them; they might find someone.

Oh, man.  I loved that show.  Always cracks me up.


(Catch it Sunday nites on antenna tv.)

 

Forward Thinking

Philippians 3:12 - 4:1.  Paul continues his admonition to the church at Philippi.

Religious practices will not save.  Only through faith are we saved.

God changes lives.

Christ offers transforming power to develop the image of God within you.

Don't look back.

Remember Lot's wife. (Luke 17:32)

 

God delivered the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt.

Yet they moaned, Let us return to Egypt.

 They were in bondage to their bondage.

PRESS ON TO THE THINGS BEFORE YOU.

DON'T LOOK BACK.

The Prize:  Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Seek His face; become what He wants you to be. 

Leave the things of the world behind and run to Me. --Jesus

Our citizenship is in Heaven.

Don't forget who you are in Christ Jesus.

Don't forget whose you are.

DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS WHEN GOD IS OFFERING HIS BEST!

Pastor's declaration over us:

You will stop listening to the voices of the world.

You will listen to the Voice of the One that matters,

The One who needs you; 

He who gave Himself for you.

Pastor Johnnie Blair

Sunday morning 

Flesh or Faith

Continuing our reading in the letter of Paul to the Philippian Church, 3:1-11

Old Testament righteousness is based on the individual's ability to keep the Law.

Heard of "The Ten Commandments"?  The first four keep the people in right standing with God; the next six are directed to keeping one in right standing with people.  But the religious leaders expanded on the commandments, building rule upon rule that had to be followed in order not to break the commandments.  This ultimately resulted in 613 commandments.  Who can live without breaking one or some of those?  Paul, apparently, for he tells us that "all these he kept from his youth up."  His point?  He was more religious than all who might read this.

Jesus boiled the entire law down to two commandments, namely, Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul; and Love your neighbor as yourself.

No matter how good one is at keeping rules it does not make him holy.

Confidence in the flesh will always be one of man's greatest temptations.

Pastor asserted that he was more religious than most of us.  He illustrated this by his testimony to his upbringing, the thousands of hours he had spent in church as a child, even the fact that as a home-schooled lad his primary textbook was the Bible.  But ultimately

Religion is empty calories that will leave you empty.

Confidence in the flesh will always end in condemnation
But
Faith in Christ will always result in GRACE.

Pastor continued, "I know Christ is enough!"

God is interested in the HEART, not in our ability to keep a set of rules.

RELIGION VS. FAITH

Religion is about the Law,

Faith is about the Heart.

Religion fosters Fear

Faith fosters HOPE.

Perfect Love casts out all fear.

Religion builds barriers

Faith breaks down Walls.

Religion eats away at community

Faith edifies the Body!

Religion creates legalistic lists

Faith brings about true righteousness!

Religion always leaves you empty

Faith will make you FULL!

Faith in Jesus Christ is all that is required.

He is risen from the dead

who died to bring you life!

Pastor Johnnie Blair

Sunday morning