HAVE YOU OFTEN WONDERED SBOUT YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE? DO YOU WONDER WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS OLD WORLD WHILE PASSING THROUGH?
AS I HAVE GOT OLDER AND CRIPPLED UP SO I CAN NOT GET OUT AND TEACH LIKE I USED TO; I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT MUCH AND I HAVE COME THIS CONCLUSION,
IF WE CAN SAY OR DO ANYTHING NICE TO PUT SMILES ON THE FACE OF OTHERS AND HELP THEM TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON IN A GOOD WORK, THEN WE ARE FULFILLING A GOOD PURPOSE!!
~ GERALD STAPLES
SPEAK NOT AGAINST ANYONE WHOSE BURDEN YOU HAVE NOT WEIGHED YOURSELF.
~MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY
WHATEVER OUR CALLING, REGARDLESS OF OUR FEARS AND ANXIETIES, LET US PRAY AND THEN GO AND DO. ~GORDON B HINCKLEY
THE ONLY DISABILITY IN LIFE IS A BAD ATTITUDE. ~SCOTT HAMILTON
Oh, come worship my King,
Oh, come worship my King,
and let our hearts rejoice,
and His praises joyfully sing!
Oh, come worship my King,
Oh, come worship my King,
and may He too become your King,
this One who created everything!
Oh, come worship our King,
Oh, come worship our King,
let His light shine in,
and worship the only one,
who offers remission for our sin!
Oh, come worship our King,
Oh, come worship our King,
blending our voices,
let us joyfully sing,
Glory to God our Lord of Lords,
and our King of Kings,
for shedding His blood,
and the Salvation that brings!
~ Winston Gerald Staples
It is November 11, a day we remember,
remember those in the Armed forces,
who fought, died and were wounded,
and lived a sacrificial life,
in the trenches for our freedom,
precious freedom we have today.
They showed agape love,
giving their lives for you and me.
So may we never forget,
forget them as long as we live.
Over 2000 years ago,
One Son of God gave His life,
on an old rugged ✝,
so those believing in His finished work,
giving us His agape love,
so we could have freedom,
freedom from sin and Eternal death,
receiving Eternal Life!
~Gerald Staples
THE LIGHTHOUSE
While driving in the country one night,Philippians 4:6-9
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Psalm 136:2-4
2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Judge not your brother, judge not your sister too! judge not all the things they do. Judge not your brother, judge not your sister too! Would you want them judging you? Dear brother and sister, do nothing to make them stumble or fall, remember God sent Jesus, to live, to love, to die and live again for all. Judge not your brother, judge not your sister too! Just edify them with love, the same love God gives me and you. Judge not your brother, judge not your sister too! Because they believe in Christ, they will be in Heaven too! ~ Winston Staples
Psalm 30
30 I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
7 Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.
9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.
11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Romans 10:12-13
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 8:31-39
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
JUST THINKING!
The time was midnight,
the seventeenth day of December,
when I was born in 1941;
Born to a Godly father and mother,
who already had one son.
My younger brother was born,
on a cold January morn 1944.
Our parents, loved their three sons,
quiet in manner all three;
We walked two miles or so,
to a little Baptist Church,
as often as We could go.
There we learned about Jesus,
God's only begotten Son,
and about God's Grace;
How He wants to save sinners,
those who call upon His name.
One Evening in 1958,
I heard a message that stirred my soul,
" If you died tonight,
where would you go?
A tormenting Hell or a perfect Heaven!
I decided to follow Jesus,
way back then,
and I am still following Him;
Marching with Onward Christian Soldiers,
made of young and old women and men.
I think of Him everyday,
how He died and rose again,
and how He finished His plan,
by shedding His blood on an old Rugged Cross,
on that place called Mount Calvary!
He still sets sinners free,
when they accept His Salvation plan,
and call upon His Holy name.
I pray that others,
yes, others will follow Jesus,
just like me, so they can have a home,
a beautiful home in Heaven,
painless and free.
Yes, Jesus is the only way,
He is the perfect truth and Eternal Life,
and He gives this life for Eternity!
~Winston Staples
Philippians 4:6-9
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man.
Dwight L. Moody
Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God. –Andrew Murray
There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying. –John G. Lake
When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy. –Corrie Ten Boom
Pray, and let God worry. — Martin Luther
All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Sir Winston Churchill
Psalm 150
150 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Psalm 149
149 Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.
Philippians 3:1-10
3 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
4 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
Colossians 1:27-28 KJV
121 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
