Chrystie Whayne

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And excerpt from the Master Key to Riches, from Napolean Hill states, "that there are two ways of relating one's self to life.  One is playing the horse while life rides.  The other is that of becoming the rider while life plays horse.  The choice as to whether one becomes the horse or rider, is the privilege of every person, but this is certain:  if one does not choose to become the rider of life, he is sure to be forced to become the horse.  Life either rides or is ridden.  It never stands still." 

Those of us who are Christians know that either way, whether we are the horse or the rider, we will be okay as long as Jesus holds the reigns.  Psalms 32:8 and part A of 32:9, "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way in which thou shalt go:  I will guide thee with mine own eye.  Be ye not as the horse, or the mule, which hath no understanding."  The thinking here is, LET GOD GUIDE!

It's Just a Thought!

Gem number 127 of George M. Lamsa's Gems of Wisdom reads, he who is aware of what he lacks acquires more wisdom; but he who thinks he knows everything has no room for improvement.

The Word in Psalms 39:4, "LORD, make me know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. " First  Corinthians 8:1-2, "Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifies.  And any man think that he knoweth anything, knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know."  Now First John 5:13, "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life..." 

Unless you know Jesus, and what He did for you, what do you really know?  It's just a thought!

How many times have you dealt with persons who perhaps are on the bottom rung of the ladder to success as the world sees it?  These persons in their dealings with you will make decisions as if they are the owners of the company or at least the Chief Executive Officer.  Their actions are designed to show power asserting themselves to exalt themselves.  We all know that these persons have limited responsibility and virtually no power.

Matthew 28:18, "And Jesus came and spoke unto them saying, 'All power is given unto Me in Heaven and in Earth'".  The whole of Psalms 48 defines who has the power and who is to be exalted.  So before you let your anger get the better of you, while dealing with those who have such little power, remember to whom the ultimate power is invested; because these persons in reality have just enough power to anger you, when you let them.  It's just a thought.

There are 3 types of people; those who make things
happen, those who watch things happen, and those who
wonder...what happened.  Which one are you, it's just
a thought.

What's in a word.  We have heard that they have the power to heal or hurt.  Making someone smile, therefore, changing the countenance because of our words is rewarding.  In 1903 at the age of 35, W. E. Du Bois became one of the best known African Americans in the nation.  The vehicle which carried him to this lofty position was written word.  His, "The Soul of Black Folk" had been published two months after his 35th birthday. 

In St John 1:1 according to God's Word, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. "    St John 1:14, "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us."  Now I John 1:2 states, "For the Life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested unto us.  What's in a word?  If that word is Jesus, there is Salvation.  It's just a thought.

As we celebrate our 92nd church anniversary today, DON'T
GET IT TWISTED for we it is God's grace that we are saved through faith - nothing else!"

This is the beginning of a new day.
God has given us this day to use as we will.
We can waste it or use it for good.

What we do today is very important because we are exchanging a day of our lives for it.

When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving something in its place we have traded for it.

So we want this day to be a day of gain, not loss....
Good, not evil.......
Success, not failure......

In order that we shall never forget the price Jesus paid for this day.
 

The Williams Brothers sing a song which admonishes people to "sweep around your own front door, before you try to sweep around mine."  The WORD says, in Luke 6:41, "Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" (KJV) And likewise, a similar phrase has been uttered in Matthew 7:3, "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" (KJV) 

Removing a spec from someone else's eye is difficult when there is a board in yours.  In my grandmother's day, we heard "tend to your own business before taking care of your neighbors." 

How about taking care of what's yours and leaving mine alone.  It's just a thought.