Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale - Unfold a Rose    A  young man was walking with an older, more seasoned man in their church in the garden one day and feeling a bit insecure about what God had for him to do, so he was inquiring for guidance from the older man.      The older man walked up to a rosebush and handed the young man a rosebud and told him to open it without tearing off any petals. The young man looked in disbelief at the older man and was trying to figure out what a rosebud could possibly have to do with his wanting to know the WILL OF GOD for his life and for his ministry.       Because of his high respect for the older man, he proceeded to TRY to unfold the rose, while keeping every petal intact. It wasn't long before he realized how impossible it was to do so. Noticing the younger man's inability to unfold the rosebud while keeping it intact, the older man began to recite the following poem...   UNFOLDING THE ROSE It is only a...

W e ought to be living as if  Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon. ~ Adrian Rogers   N ow to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. ~ Jude 24-25

I f Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he did not rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said. The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching, BUT whether or not he rose from the dead. ~ Tim Keller   F or if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless, you are still in your sins. IF we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied. BUT now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are asleep. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:16-20

  S ometimes life touches one person with a bouquet and another with a thorn bush, BUT the first may find a wasp in the flowers, and the second may discover roses among the thorns. ~ Unknown   T hey strengthened the disciples, encouraging them to continue in he faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the Kingdom of God." ~ Acts 14:22

I would rather have one rose and a kind word          from a friend while I'm here than              a whole truck load when I'm gone. Unknown Be kind to one another, tenderhearted,   forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32