FROM THE WORD OF GOD

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

—Romans 6:23

FROM THE WORD OF GOD

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

—Proverbs 3:5-6

PRAY ANYWHERE, ANY TIME

Prayer is an essential part of our Christian life. It isn't enough to get out of bed in the morning quickly bow our heads and repeat a few sentences, Instead we need to sit aside specific time to be a lone with God each day. And let prayer saturate our lives. praying anywhere anytime the Holy Spirit gives us unction . 1 Thessalonians 5: 15-16

TALKING TO THE DEAD

In our little community of  Laurel Co. Ky. life was a bit unusual in today's standards.

We walked to school everyday,can you believe that?

The neighbor kids would come by when it was school time and we head out.

Picking up more as we went along.

And as you might imagine a bunch of kids at our age, our conversations were varied.

 kidding each other about a boy or girl friend got a lot of attention or  sometimes,more on the unknown side we might talk about an Indian grave yard we walked by.

There was a legend about the Indian grave yard that said they were sacred grounds and you weren't suppose to go near them.

Being kids the curiosity of such a thing  was strong. 

The legend had it if you were brave enough to visit such a yard, you could actually  talk to Indians buried there.

That created  an even stronger curiosity for us.

So finally our curiosity's got the best of us, and we drew straws to see who would go first to the grave yard.

The, legend had it that you were suppose to kneel down once you were in the grave yard and put your ear to the ground near a grave and say."Hey Mr. Indian what are you doing down there?

" and supposedly  the Indian would say "Nothing, Nothing at all." after we all had our turn, we were  convinced the legend had it right. The Indians did say "Nothing, Nothing at all." back to us.

Our curiosity was finally settled.

After that we returned back  to our usual  kidding one  other about  our boy friend and girl friends. And other subject only a bunch of kids can come up with.

Coleman Schell

FROM THE WORD OF GOD

The Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

—1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

FROM THE WORD OF GOD

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

—1 Peter 5:6-7

A BIG BED FOR A BIG MAN

The Bible describes many individuals as giants, and it also mentions several giant people groups.

The third chapter of Deuteronomy contains an interesting account of the victory of the Israelites over Sihon, the king of the Amorites, and Og, the king of Bashan. who were Brothers.

 It is here that we learn an intriguing detail about King Og.

The Bible says Og's bedstead was an iron bedstead. 

Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width.

According to our standard in measurements today, that would be 13.5 feet long and 6 feet wide. (Deuteronomy 3:11).

To put this in some kind of perspective, if stood up on end, the height of this bed would have been exactly twice as tall as a person who is 6 foot 9 inches tall.

Og must have been a pretty big man to require such a bed.

Our size doesn't matter to Jesus.

You may not be very tall right now -- and you may never be very tall, but you can be a giant in God's eyes if you will follow Jesus.

Jesus only wants us to be willing to follow Him and stand tall for Him, size doesn't matter .