TWO DONKEY RIDES – – – AND THEN . . .

July 8, 2020 By Leave a Comment

A few days before He was born, Jesus rode in to town on a donkey.
1-small town
2-unacclaimed
3-noticed by few
4-humble circumstances, simple path
5-limited exclusive announcement by angels to a handful of uneducated shepherds, and by a star to a handful of highly educated astronomers
6-low profile for thirty years

A few days before He died, Jesus rode in to town on a donkey.
1-major city
2-widely acclaimed
3-noticed by everyone
4-honor carpeted path
5-unconstrained praise by children
6-high profile for a few days

One day Jesus will ride in to town on a white horse.
1-all cities and everywhere in between
2-acclaimed by all (some thrilled, some terrified)
3-noticed by everyone, ready or not
4-everything cleared in His path
5-angel trumpet for the whole world to hear
6-permanent, undisputed reign by
THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE, FOREVER ! ! !

Are you ready?
Better get ready, today!
Talk to Jesus.

Filed Under: Faith Based, Inspirational, Time

“LAY UP TREASURES . . .”

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“LAY UP TREASURES . . .”
WHERE TO STASH THE STUFF?

“Lay up treasures in heaven.”—–Jesus
You can’t lay it up in heaven, and keep control of it on earth.

That makes it pretty simple, black and white, where you decide to put your money.
The clear words of Jesus are at odds with much of the prevailing financial advice designed to be compatible with modern American money management.

Filed Under: Faith Based, Financial, Political---Cultural

WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT . . .

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WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT WITH OUR MONEY, AS LONG AS OUR HEART IS RIGHT BEFORE GOD.

Really?
And what says that our heart is right before God?
OUR MONEY DOES!

So we can’t do whatever we want with our money, even if we say our heart is right before God.
Everyone speaking on the story of Jesus telling the rich, young leader to sell everything, give it to the poor, and follow Him—everyone, even Billy Graham, is compelled to give a disclaimer.
“Jesus didn’t want his money; He wanted his heart.”
The problem with saying that is something else Jesus said to everyone, “Where your money is, there your heart will be also.”
So God can’t have my heart without having my money.

A man decided to go to a pastor to unload his troubles, because his life was falling apart.
When he called to make the appointment, the pastor told him to bring his checkbook.
The man got angry that this pastor was charging for counseling.
The pastor assured him that he was not.
When they met, the pastor used the man’s checkbook to reveal where his heart was, and where his priorities and problems were.

Filed Under: Educational, Faith Based, Financial, Inspirational

FAKE FRIENDS

July 8, 2020 By Leave a Comment

Fake Friends are all over on facebook.
Fake Friends are a trademark of facebook.
Fake Friends is synonymous with facebook.
Fake Friends come from facebook.
Fake Friends are brought to you compliments of facebook.
Fake Friends put you at risk on facebook.
Fake Friends set dangerous traps on facebook.
Fake Friends dilute real friends on facebook.
Fake Friends hide on facebook.
Fake Friends waste time on facebook.
Fake Friends lurk on facebook.
Fake Friends are not real on facebook.
Fake Friends don’t “stick closer than a brother” on facebook.
Fake Friends spoil old-fashioned, sensitive, real-life budding love (“I think he likes me”) on facebook.
Fake Friends are just numbers on facebook.
Fake Friends can’t touch on facebook.
Fake Friends keep others from being real on facebook.
Fake Friends don’t care on facebook.
Fake Friends create more fake friends on facebook.
Fake Friends condition everyone to be less real on facebook.
Fake Friends hurt real friends on facebook.
Fake Friends exact a high price for revealing authenticity on facebook.
Fake Friends generate massive numbers of sheeple* on facebook.
Fake Friends only care about the size of their ‘following’ on facebook.

*sheeple—people conditioned to ‘follow’ other sheeple because they are ‘following’ sheeple who are ‘following’ somebody with lots and lots of sheeple ‘following’ them, with the posted numbers to prove it, so they have to get on board with ‘following.’
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You might get the hint that I have a facetious bent toward disfavor of facebook.
I believe sincerely that facebook does a lot of harm, conditioning people to not be real, to diminish in-person relationships talking face-to-face, and to depend unwittingly on those controlling facebook to control major portions of their lives.

Filed Under: Educational, Political---Cultural