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Dino: Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:19 PM
A SURPRISE VISIT AT CHRISTMAS There is much debate about the time of year that Jesus was born. All I can say about that is that one Christmas nearly forty years ago He came on the 25 of December. My wife Elaine & I were missionaries among a group of Indians in the tropical rain forest called “Chimanes”. Because they lived in a remote area and living conditions were difficult our five children in order to get an education had to be hundreds of miles away at a boarding school most of the year. |
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Dino: Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:18 PM
HANDS ON DISCIPLESHIP Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee saw two brothers Peter and Andrew casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen, then He said to them “follow Me and I will make you fishers of men.” Jesus called them to become disciples. He would teach them how to win souls as they followed Him and learned hands on how to witness to the lost. A professional fisherman would teach a novicehow to catch fish by teaching him where to go for fish. What thebest hours are for fishing, what bait to use for certain kinds of fish, |
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Dino: Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:16 PM
STANDING INTHE GAP As Imeditated on God’s Word a verse in Ezekiel 22:30 stood outin my mind. The context was about Israel’s wicked leaders whopresented false visions and divined lies lulling to sleep a nationthat was in danger of God’s wrath because of their rebellion |
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Dino: Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:14 PM
BODY PARTS Paul,inspired by the Holy Spirit, gives us an important teaching aboutthe church he calls the body of Christ in 1Corinthians 12:12-30. Heexplains how we should each fit into the church and function |
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Dino: Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:13 PM
A MEMORIALFOR BEVERLY Some years backBeverly passed away and went to be with her Savior. She was a very quiet,shy person. I knew Beverly because she was my wife’s cousin andbecause for a number of years we attended the same church at SalkumWashington. |
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Dino: Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:10 PM
HEAVENLY WISDOM VS. EARTHLY WISDOM David,in the well known Psalms 23 talks about the Shepherd using Boththe rod and the staff in verse 4. The Shepherd loves the sheep andknows when to use the rod and when to use the staff. Because Davidknew that God loved him he said that they both comforted him. Therod was used to chastise with when the sheep strayed away from thefold. The staff had a hook on the end that the shepherd used to |
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Dino: Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:09 PM
CHOOSING THE GOODPART Luke10: 38-42 Nowit happened as(Jesus and His disciples)went on their way through a certain village called Bethany thata certain womannamed Martha welcomed Him into her house. And Marthahad a sister called Mary that sat at Jesus’ feet and heard Hisword. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she |
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Dino: Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:08 PM
A FALSE VISION The prophet Jeremiahwarned about prophets who spoke a vision from their own heartsand not from the mouth of the Lord. Beware of spiritual hocuspocus from those who seem to have had a vision from the Lord when Hehas not spoken. Someone said “If fire doesn’t |
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Dino: Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:04 PM
HARD QUESTIONS WITH SIMPLE ANSWERS There are some things written in the Bible that we may not find theanswers to until after the rapture. However, there are some questions thatskeptic’s often ask that do have a simple answer to. One of them is where did Cainget his wife? The answer is simple, he married one of his sisters. Adam andEve started the first family on the earth. Cain was the first born and inGenesis 5:4, after Adam begot Seth the days of Adam was eight hundred years and |
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Dino: Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:01 PM
SCRATCHING WHERE IT ITCHES Years ago I was ask by our Mission leaders to pastor a church inthe town of San Borja Bolivia. I was living among a group ofIndians but we didn’t have the work well established yet & thechurch in town was fragmented because the Missionaries whowere pastoring the church had gone to the USA on furlough. |
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