Spiritual Thoughts

J esus Christ didn't commit the gospel to an advertising agency; he commissioned disciples. And he didn't command them to put up signs and pass out tracts; he said that they would be his witnesses. ~ Joe Bayly   G od has chosen you to know His will and see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth. You will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard. ~ Acts 22:14-15

  F aith - it is not a leap into  the dark.... rather, it is a  step into the light. ~ Unknown   F or I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone   who believes, to the Jew first,  and also to the Gentile. ~ Romans 1:16

  Friday Tale - 12 Days of Christmas?   T here is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? So I did some research.     From 1558 until 1829, Christians in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a song for young Sunday School students. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to believers.     Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality, which the children could remember.   -The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.   -Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments.   -Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love (1 Corinthians 13).   -The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke &...

T he gospel spreads as a seed,   not a potted plant. ~ Unknown J esus said another parable to them, "The Kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, BUT when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants....". ~ Matthew 13:32-32

O nly those who will risk going to far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T.S. Eliot  W hy are we in danger every hour? For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. WOE to me if I do not preach the gospel!  ~ 1 Corinthians 9:16 with 15:30