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PRIDE

Like a weed upon a dung-heap!

from Ocean of Grace by

(Kevin Philpot, “Wilderness Hunger and Heavenly Manna“)

“I hate pride and arrogance!” Proverbs 8:13

Our hearts are desperately proud.

If there is one sin which God hates more than
another, and more sets Himself against, it is
the sin of pride.

Like a weed upon a dung-heap, pride grows
more profusely in some soils, especially when
well fertilized by . . .
rank,
riches,
praise,
flattery,
our own ignorance,
and the ignorance of others.

We all inherit pride from our fallen ancestor
Adam, who got it from Satan, that “king over
all the children of pride.”

Those, perhaps, who think they possess the
least pride, and view themselves with wonderful
self-admiration as the humblest of mortals, may
have more pride than those who feel and confess
it. It may only be more deeply hidden in the dark
recesses of their carnal mind.

As God then sees all hearts, and knows every
movement of pride, whether we see it or not,
His purpose is to humble us!

When I look back upon my life, and see . . .
all my sins,
all my follies,
all my slips,
all my falls,
my conscience testifies of the many things
I have thought, said, and done, which . . .
grieve my soul,
make me hang my head before God,
put my mouth in the dust, and
confess my sins unto Him.

When I contrast my own exceeding
sinfulness with . . .
God’s greatness,
God’s majesty,
God’s holiness, and
God’s purity . . .
I fall down, humbly and meekly before Him,
I put my mouth in the dust,
I acknowledge I am vile.

“I am nothing but dust and ashes.” (Abraham)

“Behold, I am vile!” (Job)

“Woe to me! I am ruined!” (Isaiah)

“I am a sinful man!” (Peter)

TECHNOLOGICALLY BLESSED

Recently blessed with:

IMAC, IPHONE, LED/LCD TV , BLU-RAY PLAYER, GOOGLE CHROME CR48 NOTEBOOK, AND THEN MY FRIEND ROBERT LET ME BORROW HIS WINDOWS LAPTOP SO I CAN ONCE AGAIN RUN MY 'PC STUDY BIBLE

Not boasting: humbled and thankful to the Lord. Praying that He will be Glorified.

PUNS

Puns for Educated Minds


1. The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
He acquired his size from too much pi.

2.
I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian .

3.
She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

4.
A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.

5.
No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

6.
A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

7.
A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

8.
Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

9.
A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

10.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

11.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

12.
Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'

13.
I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

14.
A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'

15.
The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

16.
The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

17.
A backward poet writes inverse.

18.
In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count
that votes.

19.
When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

20.
If you jumped off the bridge in Paris , you'd be in Seine .

21.
A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, 'I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.'

22.
Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says 'Dam!'

23.
Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

24.
Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, 'I've lost my electron.' The other says 'Are you sure?' The first replies, 'Yes, I'm positive.'

25.
Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

26.
There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh.
No pun in ten did.

Feb 15, 2011

Ir is 5:20 AM. Watching Rick & Bubba streaming radio show on my new Chrome CR48 Notebook (free from Google....part of a Pilot program).

Studying this week's SS Lesson (2 Kings 18-19); "Got to Have Hope". King Hezekiah demonstrates faith in difficult times. The truth of this lesson is that we can have Hope if we rely on God's power always.

Praying for needs on my prayer list and rejoicing in His goodness.

Bible study here at 10am with Robert and Jerry.

Lunch

Had a great lunch today at the Bright Star, celebrating Dave Snyder's birthday.

There were eight present from our Sunday School Class: Dave & Diane Snyder, Buddy & Pat Whitfield, Jimmy and Gayle Tucker, Max & Carolyn Youngblood.

We all sang "Just a Bowl of Butterbeans"; yeah, out loud at the Bright Star.

NewBrochure (Grace Life Baptist)

Check it out!

Getting Old

I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,

new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes.

I'm half blind,

can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,

take 40 different medications that

make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.

Have bouts with dementia.

Have poor circulation;

hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.

Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.

Have lost all my friends. But, thank God,

I still have my driver's license.

CR48

Google sent me a CR48 notebook to test. It is neat.

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ANCESTORS

This is a link to a genealogy work done by by daughter Virginia:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/o/Virginia-Y-Browning/index.html

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