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At work the other day I noticed two men talking, they had big smiles on, one patting the others shoulder. It was a nice sight to see. I don't know if I just don't notice little suttle things like that all year or if it comes out more at Christmas time. It sure is great. As a Christian I do find increased prayer time and more frequent reminders of the Lord's presence around me this time of year. As a Canadian, the tradition, the lights, the trees, secular people singing songs praising God. It is the "most wonderful time of the year". If you have people around you that you love tell them how you feel and maybe Christmas time would be a great time to spread that love to your neighbors, shut-ins, the lonely, soldiers far away. Use the lights, the songs, the "spirit of Christmas" to spread Christ's love this year. Merry Christmas!! And "God bless us EVERYONE!" John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and onl...

Political correctness irritates me and lack of faith or conviction among the people of our nation saddens me, but what fills me with fear is the question I ask myself. How can a nation that has no convictions or faith worth dying for stay strong and stave off an enemy who's beliefs , they feel, are worth dying for? My parents generation made it clear to us, I thought, that freedom is worth dying for. However when I listen to people of my generation , they seem to believe in peace at all cost. With the increase in our country of radical religious and political groups, who don't share our forefather's beliefs in freedom of speech and freedom of religion this passiveness is disturbing. Many of these groups feel,and have proven thoughout the world, that what they believe in is, in there view, worth giving up there lives for where as the politically correct, secular, peace at all cost society that much of Canada has become does not believe in anything. They have no conv...

Genesis 39:6-12 (New International Version) " So he left in Joseph's care everything he had; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Come to bed with me!" But he refused. "With me in charge," he told her, "my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her. One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside. She caught him by his cloak and said, "Come to bed with me!" But he left h...

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I thought I'd share this David Jerimiah devotional with you. It's a cute story with a built in truth about our children's innocence and our adult fears. Thank Goodness for Protection Fear not, for I am with you. Isaiah 43:5 Recommended Reading Isaiah 43:1-5 http://www.turningpointonline.org/site/R?i=Wv6jkkySXkMavY4ogPj-ZA.. Last summer, a Canadian family celebrated their son's third birthday with a camping trip to a popular park in British Columbia. One day during their stay, the boy's parents thought he was playing with other children. When they realized he was missing, a frantic search ensued. According to the subsequent report of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the boy had ridden his toy truck into a swiftly-flowing river. The river swept the boy, still on the truck, downstream for nearly eight miles. It was a two-hour trip; and the boy, when he was discovered, seemed to have enjoyed himself. He rode his truck down the river like a raft. "He w...

I'm really exposing myself on this topic. I don't expect anyone to agree with me , but I am being honest and sincere. This is how I feel about movies. 1-Real social interaction- When you have family and friends over isn't it nice to visit,listen and talk to each other or play games and interact, making memories along the way as opposed to watching a screen for hours and saying "Shh, Shh" every time someone tries to converse with you? 2- Movies are my right eye a) sex- Over the years of raising young children many times people have said "It's a great movie, but don't let your kids watch it"....My kids? my kids? What about me? Is it really a good thing for me to watch Hollywood's beautiful and sexy stars enticing the audience the way only Hollywood knows how to do it? (They do it very well, I might add) Matthew 5:28-29 (New International Version) But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adu...

I always read Dr.David Jerimiah's daily devotionals, they're very good, thought provoking, encouraging and full of rock solid truth. He always closes them with a great quote. Being brought to faith and spending years learning about and worshiping Jesus in modern, contemporary churchs I've always enjoyed modern worship songs and never knew many traditional hymms exept "Amazing Grace". Sometimes I'd read a quote from David Jerimiah's devotional and be blown away by how someone could say something so deep and true in so few words. I'd be so excited about the quote that I would go to my friend at work and tell him this " Hey I read this great quote in my devotional this morning it goes 'Every problem is a oppurtunity to trust, every situation is an oppurtunity to obey' isn't that great!" He'd say, "yeah Thom, we sing those words in church thats a beautiful hymn".Cool, A couple weeks later I'm telling him about ...