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Please God, Not Men

Monday, May 19th, 2008

“The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!”

Acts 5:4

Encouragement for Today
Ananias and Sapphira didn’t have to sell their property. They wanted to look good to others by seeming so generous. Their deception and greed were their undoing. Peter’s words here remind us that all we do is for God’s glory. If we can’t do something generous out of our own free will, we probably shouldn’t do it at all.

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Laugh a Lot!

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Laugh a lot!

Laughter is good medicine

and an important coping tool -

especially during tough times.

by: janet

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experiences

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

the more children experience,the more they learn about their world. provide new experiences when you can. go for walks and visit museums and zoos. the opportunities are limitless if you’re looking for them.

May 19, 2008

by: janet

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Trip To China

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Last, a friend of ours asked us whether we wanted to go to China with him. He was going to do a backpacking trip there, visiting some friends. He stayed there for 6 years and he made a lot of friends there during that period. Now that he’s in Malaysia, he wanted to visit them again. I straight away considered going there. I looked into the internet for some cheap China hotels. It gave me a long list of hotels to stay. And since my friend was going to Beijing as well, I looked into some cheap Beijing hotels as well. It actually lead me into peeking at the cheap Shanghai hotels too.

This website offers a last minute bookings if you decide on a last minute decision. It is available 24/7 so you can do your bookings anywhere you are, at your own convenience. Isn’t advanced technology amazing? You don’t have to go out and drive to buy your airline tickets. You can do so wherever you are. Oh wait, might as well check out some cheap Hongkong hotels.

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How Do You Pray?

Friday, May 16th, 2008

When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God: “O Sovereign Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them—you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, saying,

‘Why were the nations so angry?
Why did they waste their time with futile plans?
The kings of the earth prepared for battle;
the rulers gathered together
against the LORD
and against his Messiah.’

“In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed. But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will. And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

Acts 4:24–30

Encouragement for Today
This prayer models a way to pray. First, the believers remind themselves of who God is and what he’s done. They bring Scripture into it. This helps them see what’s happening from God’s perspective. They accurately assess the problem; they put it into the context of God’s big plan; they don’t ask that their enemies cease and desist or quit bothering them. No, they pray instead for boldness and for God to show his power so that more people will come into the kingdom. This is prayer with power!

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