Timeless Truth

You will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my idea. Numbers 16:28 NIV

Thoughtful Wisdom

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”  – Henry David Thoreau

“It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.”  – Aristotle      

“There is a beauty in the name appropriated by the Saxon nations to the Deity. They called Him ‘God’ which is literally ‘The Good.’ The same word thus signifying the Deity and His most endearing quality.”  – Charles Tennyson Turner      

“I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help him. I ended up by asking him to do his work through me.”  – Hudson Taylor

Treasured Gifts

Purpose–better than my idea of prestige

Suffering for His Name’s sake–better than my idea of sinning for pleasure’s sake

Investing in lasting treasures–better than my idea of accumulating more stuff

Faith–better than my idea of fear

Service–better than my idea of selfishness

A caring heart–better than my idea of comfort

Christlikeness–better than my idea of carnality

Mission-better than my idea of materialism

Today’s Affirmation

With my mind, I will learn God’s ideas.

With my soul, I will internalize God’s ideas.

With my heart, I will value God’s ideas.

With my strength, I will activate God’s ideas.

Pastor (ret) Johnny R. Almond