Month: December 2012

  • T&M 12-26-12 NEED

    But Yahvah commendeth his love toward us, that while we were yet sinners Messiah died for us. Ro 5:8

    If our need had been INFORMATION, Yahvah would have sent us an EDUCATOR.

    If our need had been TECHNOLOGY, Yahvah would have sent us a SCIENTIST.

    If our need had been MONEY, Yahvah would have sent us an ECONOMIST.

    If our need had been PLEASURE, Yahvah would have sent us an ENTERTAINER.

    But our greatest need was FORGIVENESS, so Yahvah sent us a SAVIOUR.

    PRAYER: FATHER, WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU DID NOT SEND WHAT WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE. YOU SENT US A SAVIOUR TO DIE FOR THE SINS OF THIS WORLD, AND THAT WE MAY HAVE A WAY OF ESCAPE AND COME AND EXCEPT YOU AS SAVIOUR OF OUR LIVES. THANK YOU. Bro. Doc

      

  • JOKES

    Medical Chart Notes

    1. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

    2. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

    3. On the second day, the knee was better, and then on the third day it disappeared.

    4. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

    5. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

    6. Discharge status: Alive, but without my permission.

    7. Healthy-appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

    8. The patient refused autopsy.

    9. The patient has no previous history of suicides.

    10. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.

    11. Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40-pound weight gain in the last three days.

    12. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

    13. Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.

    14. She is numb from her toes down.

    15. While in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent home.

     

    More Medical Chart Notes

    16. The skin was moist and dry.

    17. Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.

    18. Patient was alert and unresponsive.

    19. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until she got a divorce.

    20. Rectal examination revealed a normal-size thyroid.

    21. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

    22. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

    23. The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stockbroker instead.

    24. Skin: somewhat pale but present.

    25. The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.

    26. Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. ____, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree.

    27. Large brown stool ambulating in the hall.

    28. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was hot in bed last night.

    29. Patient was found in bed with her power mower.

     

    Three Old Men

    Three elderly gentlemen were talking about what their grandchildren would be saying about them fifty years from now.

    "I would like my grandchildren to say, 'He was successful in business'," declared the first man.

    "Fifty years from now," said the second, "I want them to say, 'He was a loyal family man'."

    Turning to the third gent, the first gent asked, "So what do you want them to say about you in fifty years?"

    "Me?" the third man replied. "I want them all to say, "He certainly looks good for his age'!"

     

    A Feat of Strength

    The strong young man at the construction site was bragging that he could outdo anyone in a feat of strength. He made a special case of making fun of one of the older workmen.

    After several minutes, the older worker had had enough. "Why don't you put your money where your mouth is?" he said. "I will bet a week's wages that I can haul something in a wheelbarrow over to that building that you won't be able to wheel back."

    "You're on, old man," the young guy replied.

    The old man reached out and grabbed the wheelbarrow by the handles. Then he turned to the young man and said, "Alright. Get in."

  • HOLINESS

    The general meaning of Holiness is being Holy, i.e. being pure, sanctified, consecrated person, set apart for Yahvah's use. Holiness is purity of heart and mind, freedom from defilement and contamination. It is separation from sin and all uncleanness. We must practice Holiness because the word says, "Follow peace with all men, and Holiness, without which no man shall see Yahvah." Heb 12:14. In Lev 11:44, "For I am Yahvah your Eternal: Ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy..." We must sanctify i.e. set apart or separate ourselves from all uncleanness to be holy. Holiness is separation and purity entwined in the sense that holiness is separation from sin and separation unto Yahvah. 1Jn 3:3, "And every man thant hath this hop in him purifieth himself even as he is pure."

    Paul says in Eph 5:25-26 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Messiah also loved your wives, even as Messiah also loved the Assembly, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word;" Verse 27, "That he might present it to himself a glorious Assembly, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy without blemish." The body of the Messiah, The Assembly of Yahvah, is the collective body of believers made up of those individuals who have been called out and added unto the body as Yahvah has seen fit. If the Assembly is to be without spot and wrinkle then as individuals we must be likewise because the Assembly is that body of believers who have repented, been baptized, and are walking in a newness of life.

    As chosen of Yahvah we have been washed clean and sanctified by the word of Yahvah not fashioning ourselves according to the former lusts but as he who called us is holy, so we must be holy in all manner of life. We are to purify our souls in obeying the truth through the spirits unto unfeigned love of our brothers and sisters.

    We are born again of the incorruptible seed by the word of Yahvah. We are to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Yahvah, not being conformed to this present world, but being born anew through the transformation of our mind, that we may prove what is good, and acceptable, and perfect will of Yahvah is. Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump.

    Yahvah's will is that we be sanctified and abstain from all uncleanness. That everyone know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor. For Yahvah has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. Yahvah's holiness is not what man calls holiness today. We are living in a world and time when nothing is unholy but everything is alright if you want to do it. The Scripture still teaches the same thing it always has and sin is still sin. There is still a difference in the holy and unholy in the eyes of Yahvah. There is holiness as the world see it and then there is true holiness, the holiness as Yahvah sees it and teaches in the Scriptures.

    I believe in teaching complete holiness--as taught in the Scriptures. We do not have to guess about what is right and what is wrong because the Scripture plainly tells us these things. We are told in the Scripture that the wages of sin is death and I do not think the Heavenly Father would leave us in doubt about what sin is and we are going to quote from the Scriptures many things which are wrong, unholy, and will keep you from entering the Kingdom of Yahvah.

    2 Tim 3:2-5,7,14 "For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of Yahvah, having a form of righteousness, but denying the power thereof; from such turn away." "Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of truth." "But evil men and seducers shall become worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived."

    Study Romans 1st chapter as we will quote only part of this chapter. Yahvah reveals that these were without excuse because they knew the truth and wilfully turned from the truth and glorified not Yahvah. They turned from Yahvah after the list of their own hearts to dishonor their own bodies between themselves, and changed the truth of Yahvah for a lie. The women did exchange the natural use for that which is against nature; and likewise the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working that which is unseemly. Verse 29-32. "Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of Yahvah, insolent, proud, boasters inventors of of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful; who, knowing the judgment of Yahvah, that they who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same but have pleasure in them that do them."

    1Co 6:9-10 "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of Yahvah? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkard, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of Yahvah.

    1Tim:8-9 "I will, therefore, that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting: In like manner, also that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with braided hair or gold, or pearls, or costly array. Verse 10. "But (which becometh women professing righteousness with good works." 1 Pe 3:3-4, "Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel, but let it bre the hideen man of the heart in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of Yahvah of great price." "If a man, therefore, purge (separate) himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and fit for the Master's use, prepared unto every good work." 2 Tim 2:21 "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust of it; but he that doeth the will of Yahvah abideth forever." 1 Jn 2:15-17. James 4:4, says, "Know ye not that the friendship of the world is emnity with Yahvah? Whosoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world is the enemy of Yahvah. Do you think that the Scripture saith in vain, The Spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? Gal 5:19-21 "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousy, wrath, factions, seditions, heresies, envying, murders, drunkenness, reveling, and the likes; of which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of Yahvah.

    Now in verses 22-26 Paul tells us what the fruit of the Spirit is. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self control; against such there is no law. And they that are Messiah's have impaled the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

    If we are a child of Yahvah, then the many unholy acts and works of the flesh cannot be active in our lives. We will manifest the fruit of the Spirit if we have been born again from above.

    As a child of Yahvah I ask you, that you read these Scriptures carefully and consider what has been said in each passage of Scripture. If there are words in these passages which you don't know the meaning of, please study and learn what the meaning of those words are. These are the things which will keep you out of the kingdom.

    You see, we must be a holy people to enter the kingdom. Remember, without holiness no man shall see Yahvah.

    Bro. Doc

  • EEVOTIONAL LANCASTER BAPTIST CHURCH

     


     
     
     

    Make Room

    By Paul Chappell
     
     
     
      Monday, Dec 24, 2012

    "And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn."

    Luke 2:4–7

    Because of the census that had been decreed by Caesar Augustus, when Joseph and Mary reached Bethlehem, after a long and difficult journey of some eighty miles, they could not find anywhere to stay. Travel was quite demanding in Bible times, and there was nothing like the widespread system of accommodations for travelers that we take for granted today. There would have been only a few places for visitors to stay, and there was no room in the inn.

    Of course, this initial rejection was symbolic of the reaction of the world to Jesus. They did not receive Him or His message. His brothers did not believe Him until after the resurrection. The people of His hometown tried to kill Him after His first sermon in Nazareth. The Jewish leaders rejected His message and conspired to put Him to death.

    But the tragedy of the full inn can easily be repeated in our own lives as well. While we would never knowingly turn Jesus away from staying in our homes, we can allow ourselves to become so busy—often with things that are right and good—that we simply have no room in our thoughts or schedules for spending time with Him. Make time during this Christmas individually and with your family to focus on Jesus and thank Him for coming to save you.

    Today's Rooted Principle: 
    Make room in your heart and life for Jesus, not just at Christmas but throughout the year.

    Old Testament Reading
    Habakkuk 1

    CHAPTER 1

    1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

    5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. 9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. 11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

    12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

     

    CHAPTER 2

    1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

    5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. 12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

    15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

     

    CHAPTER 3

    1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

    3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. 14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.

    16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

    New Testament Reading
    Revelation 15

    CHAPTER 15

    1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

    5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

    Proverb of the Day
    Proverbs 24

    1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. 3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. 10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. 11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? 13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: 16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. 21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? 23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. 26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. 27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. 28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

    		  
           
       
     

  • MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES 12-25-12

    I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine to-night. Shelley, The Cenci, 1,3. Bro. Doc

  • T&M 12-25-12 THE WISDOM OF SPIRITUAL CHECKING

    And Yahvahosha increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with Yahvah and man. Lk 2:52

    We are accoustomed to having our progress measured in many ways. We are given test in school, evaluations at work, and physical examinations by our doctors. Yet we may never measure our spiritual or social growth. As Yahvahosha grew from an infant to a child to a youth to an adult, he "increased in stature" with Yahvah and men. The better people knew Yahvahosha, they more they trusted Him. They admired His wisdom and appreciated His compassion. Likewise, as Yahvahosha grew in His relationship with His heavenly Father, He continued to please Him.

    The Apostle Paul said that when he was a new Brother in Messiah, he behaved as a spiritual child, but as he matured in his faith, he began to act like a spiritual adult (1Co 13:11). There is nothing wrong with acting like a baby when you are an infant, but it is the obligation of every believer to strike for maturity (Heb 6:1).

    When you are a new believer, you will not always know how to relate to others in a spiritually mature way. You may battle with envy, anger, or unforgiveness. But the longer you walk with Messiah, the more you should relate to others as He does. As you are conformed to the image of Yahvahosha Messiah, your heavenly Father will become increasingly satisfied with your obedience to Him, as the Father was with His Son. It is helpful for you to measure the progress in your spiritual life from time to time. A good way to evaluate your spiritual growth is to ask mature Brethren around you if your actions reveal spiritual maturity. It is imperative that you ask Yahvah to evaluate your spiritual maturity and that you never become satisfied with less than a fully developed relationship with Yahvah.

    PRAYER: FATHER, THANK YOU FOR SPIRITUAL CHECKING, WHERE WE CAN CHECK AND SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH YOU. THANK YOU THAT YOU WILL HELP US WHEN WE CALL ON YOU. THANK YOU! HALLELUYAH! Bro. Doc

  • JOKES

    Student vs. Stock Broker

    Deciding to take a day off from his important job, a young hot-shot broker went back to visit some of his professors at his old school. Entering the school, he saw a dog attacking a small child. He quickly jumped on the dog and strangled it.

    The next day, the local paper reported the story with the headline "Valiant Student Saves Boy From Fearsome Dog."

    The broker called the editor of the paper and strongly suggested that a correction be issued, pointing out that he was no longer a student, but a successful Wall Street broker.

    The following day, the paper issued a correction, with a headline that read, "Pompous Stock Broker Kills School Mascot."

    Handicapped Parking

    You are parked in a space clearly designated for disabled persons. Please circle the statement which best describes your handicap:

    - I don't read good.

    - I suffer from terminal laziness.

    - I have Attention Deficit Disorder. Huh?

    - My inner child was bugging me for ice cream.

    - My shoes are too expensive to walk in.

    - Wheelchair symbol? I thought it was a rocking chair!

    - My religion forbids acts of common courtesy.

    - I ignore OTHER laws, why not this one?

    - I AM disabled... by a painfully swollen ego.

    The Top 10 Things Engineering School Didn't Teach

    10. There are about 10 types of capacitors.

    9. Theory tells you how a circuit works, not why it doesn't work.

    8. Not everything works according to the specs in the databook.

    7. Anything practical you learn will be obsolete before you use it, except the complex math, which you will never use.

    6. Always try to fix the hardware with the software.

    5. Engineering is like having an 8 a.m. class and a late afternoon lab every day for the rest of your life.

    4. Overtime pay? What overtime pay?

    3. Engineers rule the world until the next revision.

    2. If you like junk food, caffeine, and all-nighters, then you should go into architecture.

    1. Dilbert is a documentary.

    What is Pi?

    Several scientists were all posed the following question: "What is pi ?"

    The engineer said: "It is approximately 3 and 1/7"

    The physicist said: "It is 3.14159"

    The mathematician thought a bit, and replied "It is equal to pi".

    A nutritionist: "Pie is a healthy and delicious dessert

  • DAILY INSPIRATION QUOTE

    Daily Inspiration

    		   December 23, 2012
    Your daily dose of Inspiration

     

    Motivational Quote of the Day…

    “An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”

    Buddha

     

    		  

     

    Love Quote of the Day…

    “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

    Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    The Ancient of Days

    By Paul Chappell
     
     
     
      Sunday, Dec 23, 2012

    "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened."

    Daniel 7:9–10

    We enjoy the novelty of gifts given at Christmas. Once the gifts are unwrapped, it is fun to learn and experience new gadgets or toys. But our greatest gift at Christmas is not the latest technological gadget. Our greatest Gift has always existed. And even though He is the Ancient of Days, the joy, renewal, and peace He gives far surpasses the happiness found in any temporal Christmas gift ever given.

    Jesus did not become God, nor was He created. He always existed, and He always was God. The full divinity of Christ is shown by Daniel who used the term “Ancient of days” to refer to both God the Father and God the Son. The Christ that much of the world pictures when they think of Christmas, if they stop to think of Him at all, is much less than the Christ the Bible describes.

    This was not just any baby who was lying in the manger at Bethlehem. This was God Himself, come to Earth to be the Saviour. It is impossible for us to fully comprehend how Jesus could be both completely God and completely human, yet we believe this vital truth because the Bible tells us that He was. Without being fully God, Jesus could not pay for the sins of the world. Without being fully man, Jesus could not die and become the sacrifice that was required. Christmas should be more than just a special time of year. It should be a time when we meditate on and rejoice in the truth of who Christ is and what He has done for us.

    Today's Rooted Principle: 
    As you celebrate the birth of Christ, remember that His coming is a powerful declaration of God’s love for you.

    Old Testament Reading
    Nahum 1

    CHAPTER 1

    1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

    2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

    9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. 12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. 15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

     

    CHAPTER 2

    1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. 2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. 5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. 6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. 7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. 8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

    11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? 12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. 13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

     

    CHAPTER 3

    1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: 4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. 6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. 7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

    8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. 12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. 14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away. 17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. 18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. 19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

    New Testament Reading
    Revelation 14

    CHAPTER 14

    1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

    6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

    13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. 14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

    Proverb of the Day
    Proverbs 23

    1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. 18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. 27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

    		  
           
       
     

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    Daily Inspiration

    		   December 22, 2012
    Your daily dose of Inspiration

     

    Motivational Quote of the Day…

    “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."

    Friedrich Nietzsche

     

    		  

     

    Love Quote of the Day…

    “We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves..”

    Henry Ward Beecher

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