We teach our children about the world and the Bible. We teach them that the world is bad (1 Jn. 2:15). And we teach them that the Bible is good (Pr. 16:20). That is true, but our children are rarely taught (guided) as to how the two intersect with each other. The result is that they will either be seduced by the world or they will be cocooned from the world. Both are useless to Jesus. The desired biblical mindset is when Christians reject the influence of the world (see it for the deceptive garbage that it is), but desire to love and influence those trapped the world.
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#1 · October 12, 2004, 6:28 pm

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

We would ask you to please keep Niki in your prayers.Niki has had some further set backs and really needs our prayers. Please keep the family in prayer also.
Thank You.
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God Is Near Me
 
 
One thing can always cheer me,
When I'm feeling sad and low;
When I tire of daily trials,
That I have to undergo;
When those who should seem closest,
Seem like people I don't even know,
One thing can always cheer me,
I know that God is near me.
One thing can always cheer me
When I don't understand;
How pain and sadness in our lives,
Can get so out of hand;
When the best human efforts,
Doesn't meet the days demands,
One thing can always cheer me,
I know that God is near me.
One thing can always cheer me,
More than anything I've known;
And show me I will never
Have to struggle on my own.
For no matter what might ever happen,
I know I will never be alone,
The thing that always cheers me
Is just knowing God is near me.
 
 
Can You See God
  
                                                                                                   
A small boy once approached his slightly older sister with a question about God. "Susie, can anybody ever really see God?" he asked.
 
Busy with other things, Susie curtly replied: "No, of course
not silly. God is so far up in heaven that nobody can see him."
 
Time passed, but his question still lingered so he approached his mom: "Mom, can anybody ever really see God?" "No, not really," she gently said. "God is a spirit and he dwells in our hearts, but we can never really see Him."
 
Somewhat satisfied but still wondering, the youngster went on his way. Not long afterwards, his saintly old grandfather took the little boy on a fishing trip.
 
They were having a great time together. The sun was beginning to set with unusual splendor and the grandfather stared silently at the exquisite beauty unfolding before them.
 
On seeing the face of his grandfather reflecting such deep
peace and contentment, the little boy thought for a moment and finally spoke hesitatingly:
 
 "Granddad, I--I-- wasn't going to ask anybody else, but I wonder if you can tell me the answer to something I've been wondering about a long time. Can anybody--can anybody ever really see God?".
 
The old man did not even turn his head. A long moment slipped by before he finally answered. "Son," he quietly said. "It's getting so I can't see anything else."
 
 
Have a Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara
 
 

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