Author: shbcadmin

If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance. Another chance to what? LIVE! In living, we have another chance to laugh, to love, to make a difference in someone’s life, to visit a friend, to climb a mountain. Make it count! You woke up breathing, so go for it!!

“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid.” I believe in saying those words before it’s too late. My favorite words to speak and hear are “I love you”. Just because we said something in 1999 doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to be repeated. Maybe we need to make it a habit to say “I love you” at least once a day…to a child, to a spouse, to the person who went above and beyond, to a friend who’s always there for us! Look around, open your mouth and just say it! No doubt, we’ll be glad we did!

  When the Spirit speaks…are you listening? Oh yes…I heard; “Get in the Word.”…loud and clear! Did I obey? Just like so many of the people in the biblical times…I whined…gave all kinds of excuses such as: “I don’t have time”…with all the “rules and regulations” to keep up with at work. “After all Lord, I go to church every Sunday that I’m not working, I read the one verse from my devotion book almost daily, I pray to and from work for my patients, families and co-workers.” “Oh Lord…what to do…when no longer able to meet the demands of my job?” Well, finally placing my future in your hands…that act of “submission”…we so struggle with! Little did I know…he had a second calling for my life! Now 13 ½ yrs. a stroke survivor…He has given me plenty of “time” to study His Word. As I read in Psalm 119:71; “it was good for me to be afflicted”… with this stroke. No God did not cause the stroke…he brought me through it!!! Satan, the deceiver, will lie…causing one to become “self-deceived”…I have been there…that’s why it is SO IMPORTANT that we “get in God’s Word”…to learn His Truths! Attend a…

Giving is an action word. It takes action on our part to fulfill the giving of something to another. It can be giving of our time to help a friend in need, money to a charity, clothes to someone that’s without. God can ask of us to give of something that might a little hard to give up…but remember God blesses the cheerful giver. (Sara Buchanan)

  Have you ever put things up for a special occasion…things like a beautiful handmade quilt, fine china, clothes that seem too nice to wear…or maybe an heirloom that was passed down to you? Oh my! You don’t have to save anything for a special occasion. Life is the special occasion! That’s right! God said,”THIS is the day that I have created. I want you to have joy and rejoice in it!’ So break out the china, take the quilt out of the closet and put on that outfit you rarely wear! Today is a day to celebrate!

You should only go to church two times in life…when you feel like it and when you don’t. Christians don’t go by what they “feel”, they go by what they “know” to be true from the Word of God. God is looking for a people who will gather together and praise and worship Him as well as love and encourage each other. It’s in the atmosphere of lifting up the name of Jesus and loving the brethren that unity prevails. It’s in that place that His presence is realized.