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Mom said I could- come back- now..yipee!
 
 
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Thank you Dayzee.hughughug
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I got THE- power!! Jesus.
 
 
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March 31, 2010
And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
Mark 12:43-44 (RSV)

Wednesday of Holy Week: The Giving Widow

In the middle of one of the grandest, most expensive structures of the day, surrounded by wealthy people who move by without seeing her, an unnamed woman expresses her devotion to God in the most practical way: She gives all she has to honor Him. Her gift is for the support of the temple, and it’s likely her few pennies won’t even pay for a worker to polish one of the temple’s sets of gold candlesticks. But that doesn’t matter; she is giving to God.

A friend of mine named George worked for many years to build up a large real estate practice with many branch offices. One day a group of investors came to him with a proposal to buy his business. They offered an incredible amount of money, and George accepted it. On the day he received the funds, he rushed to his bank to open a new checking account. He wanted the name on the account to be “God’s Account,” and the banker balked at the idea. “Who’ll sign the checks?” he asked. “Oh,” George replied, “it’s all God’s money, but He’s let me be the custodian, so I’ll write the checks on His behalf to whomever He tells me.”

George, now in his eighties, is one of the happiest people I know, despite a bout with cancer. His joy doesn’t come from earthly things, but from the commitment he made long ago to dedicate his life and his possessions to the Lord.

Lord, let me give to You out of my substance—be it much or little—with an eye for the needs all around me.


By Eric Fellman
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April 01, 2010
“If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”
John 3:14 (NAS)

Maundy Thursday: Jesus the Servant

The night of Jesus’ arrest and trial looms large in the Gospel record. It begins with the Last Supper, goes through His agony and arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, to the religious court, and then to the civil courts and sentence of death. The event that moves me most, however, is when, right after the Last Supper, with an argument among the disciples about who would be greatest still ringing in the air, Jesus takes off His outer garment, assumes a servant’s role and washes their feet. Then He gently rebukes them, telling them that they should do for one another what He has done for them.

Shortly after the end of the first Gulf War, Gen. Colin Powell was at a large gathering where he was to be honored for teaching his troops the values that had produced a successful military campaign. Also on the program was Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, then in his nineties, with whom I was traveling. With his keen eye for detail, General Powell noticed that one of Dr. Peale’s shoes had become untied. Without a word, he stepped forward, knelt down and tied the errant lace. Dr. Peale was flustered for a moment, but General Powell eased his embarrassment with a joke. One of the general’s aides leaned over to me and whispered, “Now you know why he wins battles. We’d all go through the fire for a man like that.”

Lord, help me to follow Your example and serve someone today.


By Eric Fellman
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April 02, 2010
When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
John 19:26 (NAS)

Good Friday: Mary the Mother of Jesus

We can hardly imagine what Mary is thinking and feeling today when her son—naked, beaten, bleeding and crowned with thorns—looks down from the Cross and tells His best friend to take care of her. Perhaps Jesus knows that after His Resurrection He will return to His Father, and He wants these two to have each other’s comfort and support.

A US Army officer friend of mine was stationed for a while in Pakistan. While he was there, he met a believer in Jesus, who risked his life daily to share the good news. They became friends, and one day the officer solemnly promised to care for his friend’s family should anything happen to him.

Not long after, there was a wedding at which the Pakistani’s grandfather presided. During the ceremony the elders of each family signed the marriage contract. My friend was stunned to be asked to be one of the signers. Later he discovered that by Pakistani tradition, his promise to care for his friend’s family had given him the status of an elder brother.

Through the blood Jesus sheds today on the Cross, He makes us all children of God, brothers and sisters in the family of faith, responsible for each other.

Lord Jesus, even on this day of suffering You give me an example of how I should love and care for my brothers and sisters.
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I got THE- power!! Jesus.
 
 
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April 02, 2010
When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
John 19:26 (NAS)

Good Friday: Mary the Mother of Jesus

We can hardly imagine what Mary is thinking and feeling today when her son—naked, beaten, bleeding and crowned with thorns—looks down from the Cross and tells His best friend to take care of her. Perhaps Jesus knows that after His Resurrection He will return to His Father, and He wants these two to have each other’s comfort and support.

A US Army officer friend of mine was stationed for a while in Pakistan. While he was there, he met a believer in Jesus, who risked his life daily to share the good news. They became friends, and one day the officer solemnly promised to care for his friend’s family should anything happen to him.

Not long after, there was a wedding at which the Pakistani’s grandfather presided. During the ceremony the elders of each family signed the marriage contract. My friend was stunned to be asked to be one of the signers. Later he discovered that by Pakistani tradition, his promise to care for his friend’s family had given him the status of an elder brother.

Through the blood Jesus sheds today on the Cross, He makes us all children of God, brothers and sisters in the family of faith, responsible for each other.

Lord Jesus, even on this day of suffering You give me an example of how I should love and care for my brothers and sisters.


By Eric Fellman
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