Time For God

[DreamyHawaii]

>Read only if you have time for God
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>Let me tell you, make sure you read all the way to the bottom. I almost
>deleted this email but I was blessed when I got to the end.
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>Subject: READ ONLY IF YOU HAVE TIME FOR God
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>God, when I received this e-mail, I thought...
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>I don't have time for this... And, this is really inappropriate during
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>Then, I realized that this kind of thinking is... Exactly, what has
>caused lot of the problems in our world today.
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>We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning...
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>Maybe, Sunday night...
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>And, the unlikely event of a midweek service.
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>We do like to have Him around during sickness...
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>And, of course, at funerals.
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>However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play...
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>Because... That's the part of our lives we think... We can, and should,
>handle on our own.
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>May God forgive me for ever thinking...
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>That... there is a time or place where...
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>HE is not to be FIRST in my life.
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>We should always have time to remember all HE has done for us.
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>If, You aren't ashamed to do this...
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>Please follow the directions.
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>Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before
>my Father."
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>Not ashamed?
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>Pass this on ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT!!
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>Yes, I do Love God.
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>HE is my source of existence and Savior.
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>He keeps me functioning each and every day Without Him, I will be
>nothing. But, with Christ, HE strengthens me. (Phil 4:13)
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>This is the simplest test.
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>If You Love God... And, are not ashamed of all the marvelous things HE
>has done for you...
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>Send this to ten people and the person who sent it to you!
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>I don't think I know 10 people who would admit they love Jesus. Do You
>love Him?
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>THE POEM
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>I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do. I had to hurry
>and get to work For bills would soon be due. So I knelt and said a
>hurried prayer,
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>And jumped up off my knees.
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>My Christian duty was now done
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>My soul could rest at ease.
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>All day long I had no time
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>To spread a word of cheer. No time to speak of Christ to friends,
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>They'd laugh at me I'd fear.
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>No time, no time, too much to do,
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>That was my constant cry,
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>No time to give to souls in need
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>But at last the time, the time to die.
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>I went before the Lord, I came, I stood with downcast eyes. For in his
>hands God held a book; It was the book of life.
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>God looked into his book and said
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>"Your name I cannot find.
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>I once was going to write it down...
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>But never found the time"
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>Now do you have the time to pass it on?
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>Make sure that you scroll through to the end.
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>Easy vs. Hard
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>Why is it so hard to tell the truth but Yet so easy to tell a lie?
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>Why are we so sleepy in church but Right when the sermon is over we
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>Why is it so hard to talk about God but yet so easy to talk about nasty
>stuff?
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>Why is it so boring to look at a Christian magazine, but yet so easy to
>look at a nasty one?
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>Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e-mail, but yet we forward all of
>the nasty ones?
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>Why are the churches getting smaller but yet the bars and dance clubs
>are getting larger?
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>Do you give up? Think about it . Are you going to forward this, or
>delete it?
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>Just remember-God is watching you. Prayer Wheel-Let's see the devil stop
>this one!
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>Here's what the wheel is all about. When you receive this, say a prayer
>for the person that sent it to you....
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>That's all you have to do....
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>There is nothing attached....
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>This is so powerful....
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>Do not stop the wheel, please....
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>Of all the free gifts we may receive, Prayer is the very best one....
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>There are no costs, but wonderful rewards.. GOD BLESS!
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>May God keep you and bless you. If this doesn't give you chills, nothing
>will...this message is very true. Hope you are all as blessed as I was
>from this story. I wonder how many people will delete this without
>reading it because of the title on it?
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>There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England
>town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty,
>bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and,
>as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..."I was walking through
>town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this
>bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds,
>shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What you
>got there, son?" "Just some old birds," came the reply.
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>"What are you gonna do with them?" I asked
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>"Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. "I'm gonna tease 'em
>and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real
>good time." "But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What
>will you do?"
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>"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy "They like birds. I'll take
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>The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those
>birds, son?"
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>"Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain
>old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!"
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>"How much?" the pastor asked again.
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>The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"
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>The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He
>placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.
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>The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the
>alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot. Setting the cage down,
>he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds
>out, setting them free.
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>Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the
>pastor began to tell this story.
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>One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come
>from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I
>just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used
>bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
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>"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.
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>Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to
>marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to
>drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and
>bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"
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>"And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked. "Oh,
>I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly. "How much do you want for them?"
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>"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take
>them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill
>you. You don't want those people!!"
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>"How much?" He asked again.
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>Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your
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>Jesus said, "DONE!"
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>Then He paid the price.
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>The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the
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>Notes: Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then
>wonder why the world's going to hell.
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>Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow
>Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God).
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>Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they
>spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the
>Lord, people think twice about sharing?
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>Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not
>send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they
>believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them.
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>Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think
>of me than what God thinks of me.
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>I pray, for everyone who sends this to their entire address book, they
>will be blessed by God in a way special for them.
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>And send it back to the person who sent it, to let them know that indeed
>it was sent out to many more.
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[pek1]

DreamyHawaii,

I noticed no one else posted yet, so, as a new person on the forums who is a Bible-believing Christian, I concur with you.

However, I find it hard sometimes to attend church. I've been in the ministry as a lay person for 18 years and retired in 2000, due to my nerves not being able to take it anymore. It is no wonder why the bars are more full. It is no wonder at all. I don't go to bars, but as far as drinking alcohol, I can take it or leave it. What I can't stand when I attend church is the "new" music that's out. It sounds absolutely ghastly, especially with how many "worship leaders" are on the stage??? I find few, very few songs actually minister to me or make me want to hear them again. Everything from Daysong, I think that's the scab outfit out of Australia and whoever else...yuk! I was told by one pastor that if I didn't like the music, find another church. Last I heard about him, the family that gave the most money to his church left it, so the pastor folded the church and moved back to California. Incidentally, I worked with him and his wife at the school bus company. His wife was nice, he had a chip on his shoulder.

Feel free to email me sometime...

 

[The*Empress]

why not ask other people or your friends who their pastors are, and
ask them how they like their pastors... and then join them.

 

[The*Empress]

Dreamy, that is a spam...
and plus that is how people get virus... they
passed along to everyone.

 

[Angel]

I'm going to copy this and send it out to everyone on my address book because GOD does come FIRST!

Thank you for sharing this!

 

[pek1]

why not ask other people or your friends who their pastors are, and
ask them how they like their pastors... and then join them.

I'm new in town, here for college, know no one. I attend one that the pastor's sermon is printed out (transcript), which is really nice, as no one does this, but it's the music sometimes that I can't stand.

 

[darkflare83]

hmm you know what? this poem of yours are very impressive i m an chrisitian myself i agree with the letter saying aint it funny that people said they want to follow god but never did even if they know the consquences could be sickness death pain and sorrow but interesting thing is they didnt come from god they came from satan satan is king of pain sorrow and death god is god of love peace joy sure god do give some people an "spanking" tell me one father that never does that that s because he loves us all like an father does he feels pain when we sin imagine how does it feel to see yo ur own children to do drugs murder drink even lie god feels that thousandfold for his love for us are pretty much infinite it never ends we all should have to true to ourselves and god i mean is it worth it? to drink and party for years 20 years of pleasure but results in eternal in lake of fire is it worth it? dont think about the now think of the consquences of our own actions hmm man i gotta make my own post hope to se eya all on that post heheheheh