From: R & S Scarcella & Family [inbox@webpastor.com] Sent: Friday, 8 September 2000 1:25 AM To: Susan Scarcella Subject: CoGS Weekly Hits! 2000 Vol 9. No.2 =================================================== YOUR CoGS WEEKLY HITS! - FREE NETMAGAZINE =================================================== distributed by Rev. Rocco & Mrs. Susan Scarcella from Church of the Good Shepherd Bossley Park NSW Australia WEBSITE: www.webpastor.com ITEMS, JOKES ETC TO: hits@webpastor.com SUBSCRIBE: subscribe@webpastor.com UNSUBSCRIBE: unsubscribe@webpastor.com (Please write "no hits" in the subject frame) WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?: Go to... http://www.christianity.net.au HELP BLIMBINGSARI ORPHANAGE?: Go to... http://www.webpastor.com/miss&supp.htm *************************************************** Dear Netsters, We are counting down the days to the start of the Olympics here in Sydney. The flame is getting closer to its final destination. Every day we watch it pass from hand to hand, and the excitement increases as it does so. What about the flame of Christ's message? Are we as excited to pass that one? Especially as the Day of His return draws near. READING FROM THE WORD OF GOD "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." Thomas said to him, "Lord we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:1-6 (NIV) After all the time they had spent with Jesus, the disciples still had a lot to learn. Even after Jesus promised to prepare heaven for them, Thomas still asked how to get there. Jesus gave his famous answer: "I am the Way...". Now, if you are still not sure, if you still feel as Thomas did, then note that Jesus did not say he was "A" way. He pronounced an absolute: He is THE way. Nor did He say that He was one of many truths. He was uncompromising. He is THE truth. Do we like the sound of that? In the year 2000, it is not politically correct to say that one religion is right and another wrong. The world likes to hear "What you believe is nice, and what I believe is nice." Jesus will buy none of that. He shouts it across the centuries: "No one comes to the Father except through me." Do you believe it? Then shout it to the world. TESTIMONY Six years ago, I borrowed several thousand pounds from a good friend and could not repay on the due date. I could not secure a loan from any other source. As the day got nearer, I'd get up in the middle of the night full of worries as to how I was going to resolve the problem. At a ... service, I approached a counselor for advice. After listening to me, she said, "Gregory, when you leave this building, I want you to put your problem at the foot of the Cross and not take it home with you." I did, and slept like a baby that night. Later, I received an envelope from Singapore. In it was exactly what I needed plus interest from my father's estate which had just been settled." Gregory. PRAYER POINTS ***Thank the Lord that He is an uncompromising God: we do not have to worry about relative truths, because He IS the truth. ***Thank the Lord that He fulfils all His promises, and that we know that Jesus has prepared a place for His people, and that He will return to take them there. ***Pray for the people of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia who are still under contant attack from fanatics. Pray also for the families of the UN workers massacred in West Timor. Pray that there will be an end to this, that the Indonesian government will step in. ***Keep little Amelia D in your prayers as her family waits to see if the hole in her heart closes. ***Pray for Pastor Moses Kumari in India, as he reaches out in a difficult place. ***Pray for the safety of competitors and spectators in the Sydney Olympics, that there will be no terrorism. Pray also for the outreaches that are going on around the city of Sydney over the next two months. WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN? A group of professional people posed this question to a group of four-through eight-year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: "Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way." "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth." "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My mommy and daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss." "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." "When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you're scared they won't love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more." "There are two kinds of love Our love. God's love. But God makes both kinds of them." AND FINALLY "People forget. God could have said magic words to make the nails fall off the cross, but He didn't." --submitted by Pat Croisant HAHAHA CORNER ACTUAL STUPID LAWS 1.In Ottumwa, Iowa, "It is unlawful for any male person, within the corporate limits of the (city), to wink at any female person with whom he is unacquainted." 2. In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time. 3. In Carmel, N.Y., a man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match. 4. In Gary, Ind., persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic. 5. In St. Louis, it's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket. 6. In Michigan, a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission. 7. In Baltimore, it's illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits. It's also illegal to take a lion to the movies. 8. In Los Angeles, a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap. (And just for the preachers!): 9.In Nicholas County, W. Va., no member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or humorous stories from the pulpit during a church service. --Anon. **Attracted to his work The artist tried to concentrate on his work, but the attraction he felt forhis model finally became irresistible. He threw down his palette, took her in his arms and kissed her. She pushed him away. "Maybe your other models let you kiss them," she said. "I've never tried to kiss a model before," he swore. "Really?" she said, softening, "How many models have there been?" "Four," he replied, "A jug, two apples, and a vase." --submitted by Pat C **Two men, sentenced to die in the electric chair on the same day, were led down to the room in which they would meet their maker. The warden, turning to the first man, solemnly asked, "Son, do you have a last request?" The man replied, "Yes sir, I do. I love dance music. Could you please play the Macarena for me one last time?" "Certainly," replied the warden. He turned to the other man and asked, "Well, what about you, son? What is your final request?" "Please," said the condemned man, "kill me first." --Anon. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Now here's a thought. Write to us and tell what you believe to be the WORST song ever written, one that would make you plead to "go first". Until next week. Rocco and Sue. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++