Spiritual Thoughts

  I f Christ is not risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is risen, nothing else matters. ~ Jaroslav Pelikan BUT  now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam al die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:20-22

  When you arise in the morning,  think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. ~ Marcus Aurelius   A faithful man will abound with blessings. ~ Proverbs 28:20

  I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with worry, BUT through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. ~ Agatha Christie   T hese things I have spoken to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, BUT take courage,    I have overcome the world. ~ John 16:33

  T he entire plan for the future has its key in the resurrection. ~ Unknown   A nd from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood - and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to his God and Father - to him be the glory and dominion, forever and every. Amen. ~ Revelation 1:5-6

  Friday Tale - Fragile: Handle with Care   T here was a man named Jose Estrada who drove to a popular trail where he liked to jog. Unknown to him, while Estrada was running, another man on the same trail collapsed and died of a heart attack. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital where authorities found a car key in his pocket, but no identification. Assuming they'd find the name of the man in his automobile registration papers, they brought the key back to a parking lot near the jogging trail and tried it in the doors of every General Motors vehicle until they found a match.     Now, here's where the story gets strange. The key opened the door of Estrada's pickup truck. They found his papers and notified his wife of his untimely death. They asked her to come to the hospital and identify the body of her husband.     And here is where the story gets stranger still. Mrs. Estrada saw the body on the table with a tube snaking from...

Here is a test to find out whether your mission    on earth is finished:           If you are alive, It is not.  -Richard Bach  B ut I do not account my life of any value,   nor as precious to myself, if only     I may finish my course, and the ministry        that I received from the Lord Jesus Christ,         to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. -Acts 20:24 

Y ou can't truly celebrate Independence Day           if you remain a slave to your desires . . -Mardy Grothe S o you also must consider yourselves dead to sin    and alive to God in Christ Jesus.      Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,        to make you obey its passions. - Romans 6:11-12 (ESV)