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Hope: For I Am A Sinner

Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. If you, Yahweh, kept a record of sins,Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared. I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning. Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant  [Read more at Jody's Devotionals]

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First, Read the manual; then

I was at Hankins UMC this morning and will be there again next week.  (Location of Hankins – the church is just after the intersection of NY 94 and NY 97)  The service starts at 10:15 and you are welcome to attend.  The Scriptures for this Sunday, the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany, 24 January 2010 were Nehemiah 8: 1 – 3, 5 – 6, 8 – 10; 1 Corinthians 12: 12 – 31; and Luke 4: 14 –  [Read more at Thoughts from the Heart on the Left]

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10 Strategies for Making the Most of Every Day

We start each day with hope. At least I do and most positive people I know do the same. There is an occasional "dreaded" day, but it is the exception and is usually combated by positive self-talk and prayer. The rule is that we begin our mornings expecting to exploit our effectiveness and embrace our opportunities. Our "to-do" lists are full and our hearts are ready to meet our challenges until something happens. We don't finish our first task in the time we have allotted. We are  [Read more at The Dream Factory]

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A Flair for the Dramatic

God stepped out on stage

And every member

of the orchestra

knew it was He.

He took the baton in hand

And breathed forth

UPBEAT.

Down came the baton

DOWNBEAT.

And the pattern was given

With every eye upon Him.

The strings

The Dream Factory]

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Out On The Route

     For the most part I like my job. I go in to work at 7:30 am. I usually case up mail for about two hours, then the rest of the day I am out on the street delivering mail. I personally enjoy being outside and moving around throughout the day.

     I actually remember when I was younger having not had my license very long, thinking, "I'd like to have a job that I can just drive around all day." I guess I was thinking more along the lines of being a truck driver like  [Read more at Greg's Fishing Hole]

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Salvation: My Story … Your Story

There are some great stories in the Bible of God’s saving grace. From Noah and his family’s lift from the flood to the many that Jesus pronounced free of their sins; free of their disease, God has come into the lives of His children to save them.

Each of us has a story to tell. The story is never small if it involves God. Jesus said we were to be His “witnesses”. A “witness” testifies to an event or has personal knowledge of an event or person. Some stories read like the  [Read more at Jody's Devotionals]

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Well... I Annoyed the Right, So Now It's Time to Annoy the Left

I have received several emails from some politically conservative readers of my blog upset that I posted a video last night of former Clinton aid, Lanny Davis, in which I basically agreed with his view that health care must be bipartisan. The essential message of the emails was, "What do you mean bipartisan! We now have them on the ropes! We can stop everything in its tracks! This is no time for compromise!" To make things worse, a few of the emailers were appalled that I would post an interview from  [Read more at Allan R. Bevere]

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Salvation: Sharing

- Henry Neufeld

1Again he began to teach beside the sea, and a substantial crowd gathered around him, so that he got into a boat that was in the sea, and all the people were on the land by the sea. 2And he taught them in many parables, and here’s what he said as he taught them: . . .  — Mark 4:1-2

In churches today one of the key problems people have in sharing their faith is getting an opening to talk about it.  Jesus didn’t seem to have that problem.  He would appear and people  [Read more at Jody's Devotionals]

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Did Independents Perpetrate a Massacre in Massachusetts?

Yesterday's election of a Republican Senator in Massachusetts to the seat held for many years by the late Ted Kennedy has been referred to as "the shot heard round the country," and as a "kick-mass" election. Was last night's upset a massacre in Massachusetts? Hardly... but what happened last night should be an obvious warning that both Democrats and Republicans need to heed, though they probably won't.
The 2009 election that thrust Barack Obama into the presidency and gave greater majorities to the  [Read more at Allan R. Bevere]

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What is a church? Is it a building or the people inside it?

We all know the song about the church and the people which make up the church and we remember the nursery rhyme, “here is the church, here is the steeple, open the doors and see all the people.”

Over the years, though, this idea of what a church is and what a church is supposed to be has changed.

The church did not start out as a building on the main street of some village in Israel, Syria, Turkey or Greece. It began as a movement and became known as “The Way” and it began  [Read more at Thoughts from the Heart on the Left]

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