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Subject: Re: [Hancock County List] Re: FW: Time for God
Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 00:39:44 +0000
This is so inappropriate for a genealoogy list.
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From: "Sharon Bronner" <>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William (Bill) H. Ream, Jr."
> To:
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 5:32 PM
> Subject: [Hancock County List] Re: FW: Time for God
>
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> > Subject: FW: Time for God
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stovall, Kim [mailto:]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:23 AM
> > To: Katherine Parker; ; Newsome, Valerie
> > Subject: RE: Time for God
> >
> >
> > Read only if you have time for God
> > Let me tell you, make sure you read all the way to the bottom. I
> almost deleted this email but I was blessed when I got to the end.
> >
> > God, when I received this e-mail, I thought...
> >
> >
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> >
> > I don't have time for this... And, this is really inappropriate
> during work.
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> > Then, I realized that this kind of thinking is... Exactly, what has
> caused lot of the problems in our world today.
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> > We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning...
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> > Maybe, Sunday night...
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> > And, the unlikely event of a midweek service.
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> > We do like to have Him around during sickness...
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> > And, of course, at funerals.
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> > However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play...
> >
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> > Because.. That's the part of our lives we think... We can, and
> should, handle on our own.
> >
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> > May God forgive me for ever thinking...
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> > That... there is a time or place where..
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> > HE is not to be FIRST in my life.
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> > We should always have time to remember all HE has done for us.
> >
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> > If, You aren't ashamed to do this...
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> > Please follow the directions.
> >
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> > Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you
> before my Father."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Not ashamed?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Pass this on ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes, I do Love God.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > HE is my source of existence and Savior.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I will be
> nothing. But, with Christ, HE strengthens me. (Phil 4:13)
> > This is the simplest test.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If You Love God... And, are not ashamed of all the marvelous things
> HE has done for you...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Send this to ten people and the person who sent it to you!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't think I know 10 people who would admit they love Jesus. Do
> You love Him?
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> >
> > THE POEM
> >
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> >
> >
> > I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do. I had to
> hurry and get to work For bills would soon be due. So I knelt and said a
> hurried prayer,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > And jumped up off my knees.
> >
> >
> >
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> > My Christian duty was now done
> >
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> >
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> > My soul could rest at ease.
> >
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> > All day long I had no time
> >
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> > To spread a word of cheer. No time to speak of Christ to friends,
> >
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> > They'd laugh at me I'd fear.
> >
> >
> >
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> > No time, no time, too much to do,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > That was my constant cry,
> >
> >
> >
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> > No time to give to souls in need
> >
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> > But at last the time, the time to die.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I went before the Lord, I came, I stood with downcast eyes. For in
> his hands God held a book; It was the book of life.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > God looked into his book and said
> >
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> >
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> > "Your name I cannot find.
> >
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> > I once was going to write it down...
> >
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> >
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> > But never found the time"
> >
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> > Now do you have the time to pass it on?
> >
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> > Make sure that you scroll through to the end.
> >
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> > Easy vs. Hard
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> > Why is it so hard to tell the truth but Yet so easy to tell a lie?
> >
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> >
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> > Why are we so sleepy in church but Right when the sermon is over we
> suddenly wake up?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Why is it so hard to talk about God but yet so easy to talk about
> nasty stuff?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Why is it so boring to look at a Christian magazine, but yet so easy
> to look at a nasty one?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e- ma il, but yet we forward all
> of the nasty ones?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Why are the churches getting smaller but yet the bars and dance
> clubs are getting larger?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Do you give up? Think about it . Are you going to forward this, or
> delete it?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Just remember-God is watching you. Prayer Wheel-Let's see the devil
> stop this one!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Here's what the wheel is all about. When you receive this, say a
> prayer for the person that sent it to you....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > That's all you have to do....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > There is nothing attached....
> >
> >
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> > This is so powerful....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Do not stop the wheel, please....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Of all the free gifts we may receive, Prayer is the very best
> one....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > There are no costs, but wonderful rewards... GOD BLESS!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > May God keep you and bless you. If this doesn't give you chills,
> nothing will...this message is very true. Hope you are all as blessed as I
> was from this story. I wonder how many people will delete this without
> reading it because of the title on it?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New
> England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a
> rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised
> and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..."I was walking
> through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this
> bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering
> with cold and fright. I st opped the lad and asked, "What you got there,
> son?" "Just some old birds," came the reply.
> >
> >
> >
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> > "What are you gonna do with them?" I asked.
> >
> >
> >
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> > "Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. "I'm gonna tease
> 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real
> good time." "But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will
> you do?"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll
> take 'em to them."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those
> birds, son?"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just
> plain old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!"
> >
> >
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> > "How much?" the pastor asked again.
> >
> >
> >
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> > The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"
> >
> >
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> > The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He
> placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of
> the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot Setting the cage down, he
> opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out,
> setting them free.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the
> pastor began to tell this story.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just
> come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I
> just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I
> knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to
> marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink
> and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and
> kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked.
> "Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly. "How much do you want for them?"
> Jesus asked
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll
> take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill
> you. You don't want those people!!"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "How much?" He asked again.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your
> life."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jesus said, "DONE!"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Then He paid the price.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from
> the pulpit.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Notes: Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and
> then wonder why the world's going to hell.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still
> follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and
> they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the
> Lord, people think twice about sharing?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not
> send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they
> believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people
> think of me than what God thinks of me.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I pray, for everyone who sends this to their entire address book,
> they will be blessed by God in a way special for them.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > And send it back to the person who sent it, to let them know that
> indeed it was sent out to many more.
> >
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