Brown's Daily Word 10-19-07

Good Morning,
Praise the Lord for this Friday. Praise the Lord for the coming Sunday, when we can all gather in the house of the Lord to worship and to praise His name.
Here is a true story about a man who said that one particular event cured him of being obnoxious in a restaurant. He had ordered a steak well done. But when they brought it to him, he cut into it and it was rare. The blood was running out of it. He waved at the waitress and said, “Come here, come here.” She came and he said, “This steak is too rare.” So she took it to be cooked some more. When she brought it back he cut into it again, but they had overcooked it. Again he waved for the waitress, “Come here. Look, it’s almost burnt to a crisp.”
So she took the steak, went to the kitchen and got him another one. He started cutting it and then waving once again for the waitress, he complained, “It’s too tough. I can’t eat it. Take it back.” So she took it back and brought him yet another one. With the waitress standing there, he cut into that steak and it was just right this time.
Then he cut into his baked potato and it had a black spot in it. Turning to the waitress, he said, “Look at this potato. It’s a bad potato!” The waitress, who evidently had just about had it at this point, picked up the potato and said, “Bad potato, bad, bad, bad!” (spanking it as she did). Then she put the potato back down on his plate and said, “If you have any more trouble with that potato, just let me know.” And she walked off. He said that was the last time he ever complained in a restaurant.
Somebody once said that there are only three ways to make a basic, fundamental change in another person’s attitude: deep psychotherapy, deep religious conversion, or brain surgery. TAKE YOUR CHOICE! I prefer conversion to Christ. II Cor. 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, He is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
In order to enter the kingdom of heaven every person must first go down. They must recognize how bankrupt they are before God. We all need to be humble and, especially, to be humble before the Lord. I Pet. 5:5-6 “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 6 "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.”
Charles Wesley (brother of John) wrote:
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,
Look upon a little child;
Pity my simplicity,
Suffer me to come to Thee.
Lamb of God, I look to Thee;
Thou shalt my Example be;
Thou art gentle, meek, and mild;
Thou wast once a little child.

Jesus was meek and mild, but He was not always mild! Certainly He was not mild when He cleansed the temple of the moneychangers. Furthermore, meekness is not necessarily weakness. Jesus was meek but He was not weak! He was strong when He cleansed the temple. He was strong when he told the Pharisees who had caught the woman in adultery, “Let him who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.” He was strong when He rebuked Satan with, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written….”
In the original language, the word “meek” is used in bridling a horse, or taming a wild animal. The word “meek” is a picture of “power under control.” So, when we talk about a meek person, we’re talking about one whose life is under the control of Jesus Christ.. Jesus the Christ is in control of his or her life.

Did Jesus mean that if we allowed Him full reign in our lives that we would have everything this world has to offer? No, I don’t think so. I think perhaps the idea is that while we are on earth we will enjoy our lives more when Jesus is in control. And that makes a whole lot of sense. The way of Jesus is always best. He came to give us life and give it more abundantly.

I think thejoyful people in the world and those who enjoy life the most are those who allow Christ to lead them in life. As the song says, “When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word, what a glory He sheds on our way!”

Remember - The Continental Singers will be in concert this Sunday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m. at our church - the Union Center United Methodist Church at 128 Maple Drive, Endicott. Please come and show your support for this anointed group of talented musicians.
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In Christ ,
Brown
"The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day
rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in
shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other
point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life come
flowing in." - C. S. Lewis




A woman was weed-eating her yard and

accidentally cut off the tail of her cat

which was hiding in the grass.

She rushed her cat, along with the tail over

to WALMART!



Why WALMART???





WALMART is the largest retailer in the world!!! Submitted by brother J.B.