Timeless Truth

If you bring a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, you must offer an animal that has no physical defects of any kind. Leviticus 22:21 NLT

Thoughtful Wisdom

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.”  –   Jerome

“Let none presume to wear an undeserved dignity.  O that estates, degrees, and offices were not derived corruptly, and that clear honour were purchased by the merit of the wearer!”  – Shakespeare

“This I pray . . . that you may approve things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.”  – Philippians 1:9,10

“Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.”  – Pythagoras

“There are seven deadly virtues:  respectability, childishness, mental timidity, dullness, sentimentality, censoriousness, depression of spirit.”  – Dorothy Sayers

“What the world calls virtue, without Christ, is a name and a dream. The foundation of all human excellence must be laid deep in the blood of the Redeemer’s cross and in the power of His resurrection.”  – Frederick Robertson

Treasured Gifts

* Time to honor our Sovereign

* Treasure to praise our Shepherd

* Talent to worship our Savior

Today’s Affirmation

I will surrender my life to God as a freewill offering — my voice in song, my heart in prayer, my hands in helpfulness, my feet in Kingdom enterprise, my mind in careful thinking, and my spirit in trusting confidence.

Pastor (ret) Johnny R. Almond