A PLEA ON BEHALF OF JESUS

Did you know that Jesus gets lonely at Christmas?

In the busyness of the season, we often become so inundated with Christmas activity that we often overlook spending time with the One whose birth we are celebrating!

So instead of reading David's editorial this week, let us both make more time for Jesus?

But I still have 10 functions to attend and 20 presents to buy...

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FROM THE WORD

"“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”" (Matthew 11:28-30)

"For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account." (Hebrews 4:8-13)

"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything." (1 John 3:16-20)

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DAVID'S DOODLINGS

GOD'S REST
20. God’s rest is a gift, but resting in God a way of life. (March 2001)

21. God’s rest is learned, not earned. (March 2001)

22. God’s rest is free, not earned. Rest in God is also free, but learned. (March 2001)

23. Gods rest is freely given, but rest in God must be freely learned. (March 2001)

24. A believer receives God’s rest, but a disciple rests in God. (March 2001)

309. Man seeks to strive for God. God wants us to rest in Him. Couldn't be easier, couldn't be harder!

310. God's rest is to be sought not only in death, but firstly in life!

311. Lord, teach me not to strive!

312. At work we seek rest. In God we strive to work. Something is wrong here!

313. Resting in God seems too easy to be religious. It is! And it isn't!

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FROM YOU - TO ME - TO YOU

Bro. David,
Regarding the dreamer, the doer and the godly, I identify with two of these fellows. I'll let you guess which ones.
Thanks for the reminder.
God Bless,
Bro. Spooner


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TUESDAY TEACHINGS

THIS WEEK: A REVELATION OF……. THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER: Part 1 of 3

I have heard and read the Parable of the Sower many times, absorbed the explanation Jesus gave His Disciples, and listened to many sermons explaining the explanation. But one day, as I was again reading this parable, the Holy Spirit gave me a further revelation. It changed the emphasis of, and transformed my understanding about, what was, and is for these days, the underlying and key meaning of this ‘story’. My wife tells me that I had been taught it a long time ago, but I had forgotten! So it was brought back to mind! Of course, being a male, my memory is far shorter than hers!

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LAUGHING AT OURSELVES

***Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused***

*** "Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others." ***

325. CHICKEN DINNER
After a community worship service, a farmer invited the local pastors, reverend, and priest back to the farm for dinner. At the meal, each clergy was served a whole young chicken. As the three returned to their cars, a rooster was seen strutting about, chest puffed out and held high. "He sure seems full of himself," commented the pastor. "He has good cause to be proud," answered the farmer. "He just had three of his children go into the ministry."

324. THE CONTEST
Between moments of dispensing wisdom, it seems that historical religious leaders had also learned software programming. One day, a great contest was held to test their skills. After days and days of fierce competition, only two leaders remained for the last day's event: Jesus and Mohammed.

The judge described the software application required for the final test, and gave the signal to start writing code. The two contestants feverishly typed away on their keyboards. Routines, classes, applets and applications flew by on their screens at incredible speeds. Windows, dialogs, and other intricate graphics began forming on their monitors. The clock showed that the contest would soon be finished.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightening flashed and the power went out. After a moment, it came back on - just in time for the clock to announce that the last competition was over. The judge asked the two contestants to reveal their finished software. Mohammed angrily said that he'd lost it all in the power outage. The judge turned to the other competitor.

Jesus smiled, clicked a mouse, and a dazzling application appeared on his screen.
After just a few moments, the judge was clearly impressed and declared Jesus the victor. When asked why the decision was made, the judge pointed out the unique characteristic that set the winner apart from all the other leaders: Jesus saves.

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FACTS FOR FUN

LAST WEEKS QUESTION: What were early swimsuits made out of?

ANSWER: How about swimming in a wool swimsuit that, when wet, could weigh twenty pounds(9kg)! It's true! That is what the first "streamlined" swimsuits of the early 1900s were really like.

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: How old are coral reefs?

Answer Next Week.

738. CATS RULE
Catgut actually comes from sheep and horses. (Cats only produce condescension.)

739. THAT HAT
Panama hats come from Ecuador. (Are wearers wearing twin hats or suffering from mistaken identity?)

740. TOO LONG TO REMEMBER
The Hundred Year War actually lasted 116 years! From 1337 to 1453. (Must have become ‘warisome’!)

A WORD PUZZLE FOR YOU
Make another word from this word using all the letters.

SPEARER

Answer at the end of A David Musing

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KNOWING YOUR ROOTS AND DESTINY

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DO YOU KNOW?

Q. What do they call pastors in Germany?

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QUICK LAUGHS FOR A BUSY CHRISTMAS!

RELIEF!
There's a banging on old Joe's country shack in the middle of the night. He gets up, rubs his eyes, opens the door: It is the Grim Reaper grinning and pointing at him.

"You come with me!"

"Oh," old Joe says, "am I glad to see you. I thought it was the IRS."

NO RESPECT
"I tell ya, I get no respect from anyone! I bought a cemetery plot. The salesman said, 'There goes the neighborhood!'" - Rodney Dangerfield

GARDENING RULE
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

LIFE'S WISDOM
There are three ways to get things done:

1) do it yourself
2) hire someone to do it
3) forbid your kids to do it

A WOMEN'S AGE
Little Johnny asked his grandma how old she was. Grandma answered, "39 and holding."

Johnny thought for a moment, and then said, "And how old would you be if you let go?"

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BIBLE BITS

The shortest book in the New Testament is 3 John, with only 294 words in 14 verses. 2John has 1 less verse but 4 more words!

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WHEN BAD THINGS ARE GOOD

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A DAVID MUSING

Helped shift two families into different homes on Saturday. Not as hard as it sounds, as a big team from our church proved the truth of the saying, "many hands make light work." The interesting thing though was, on Sunday morning, I was not stiff and sore, as I would normally have expected. For I have spent increased time on the 'rowing machine' lately. While the rowing machine gets you nowhere, other than on a computer generated digital readout, it does help exercise some of the muscles that punching computer keyboards doesn't.

Reminded me of a spiritual application too. In God too, in the end, you get out what you put in! Spend genuine time with the Lord during the week and the Sunday Service will come alive. If not, a 'spiritual hangover' is the likely result! Christmas is, in our country, a traditional 'hangover season'! But we are not of the world! Or are we?

So until next week...

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU BLESS GOD.

His servant and yours

David Tait

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