From: R & S Scarcella & Family [inbox@webpastor.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 January 2001 1:03 PM
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Subject: Webpastor Weekly Hits! 2001 Vol.1 No.4

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Dear NetFamily,
Hot Town! Summer in the City. Sue and
Rocco ain't looking so pretty... not in
this heat! 41 deg Celsius (over 100 deg F)
yesterday, probably today and same again
expect tomorrow. Anybody in the Northern
Hemisphere want a few spare degrees?

READING FROM THE WORD OF GOD
Against you, you only, have I sinned and
done what is evil in your sight, so that
you are proved right when you speak and
justified when you judge.
Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from
the time my mother conceived me.
Surely you desire truth in the inner parts;
you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Psalm 51:4-7 (NIV)

A pastor once had the painful task of
talking to a lady whose husband had been
having an affair. The couple had reconciled
a number of times, but the husband kept
returning to the “other woman”. On one
occasion, this lady mentioned the word
“divorce” and the husband looked at her
blankly, saying that he did not want a
divorce; could he not have his mistress AND
his wife?
You can imagine the lady’s reply to that:
"Are you crazy? Do you think I would put up
with that?"
In the Scriptures, David was caught out in a
similar situation. His sin with Bathsheba was
a sin against his wife and Bathsheba’s husband,
yes, but God did not deal with it on that level.
He confronted David on the fact that David wanted
to be God’s man, but also do things as he saw fit.
He wanted his “mistress” on the side. David’s
mistress, however, was not simply Bathsheba. "She"
was David’s own will. It is the same situation as
in the Fall. Adam, too, wanted his mistress on the
side. He wanted paradise, but not under the
authority of God. Sadly, it is much the same today.
As the modern-day proverb says: "Everyone wants to
serve God, but only in an advisory capacity".

TESTIMONY: I DID IT "MY WAY" AND FAILED.
Ron writes:
"I tried to do things my way. It didn't work.
Believing that God would accept me if I was moral,
I became a very moral but a very lost person.
I got into astral projection, meditation and talking
with spirits. I later went along stealing a motor home
and robbing an electronics store in an attempt to join
up with another cult in California. We were caught in
Iowa and it was then that I realized just how "lost"
I was. I gave my life to God and He gave His peace to
me as He promised in Philippians 4:6,7. "...make your
requests known to God and you will experience His great
peace..." I am out of jail now and am studying for the
ministry."

PRAYER POINTS
*Thank God that He is so just, so uncompromising
that He does not let us get away with what we
want, but instead does what is best for us.
*Pray for all of us as we struggle with the
implications of God's refusal to let us have
the mistress of our own will on the side.
*Praise God for new lives in the Kingdom. Pray
that the Holy Spirit will start revival,
beginning with ourselves.
*Pray for renewed loyalty, obedience and commitment
to faithful service amongst Christ's Church in a
market driven world.
*Pray for the new President of the United States and
his colleagues, that they will lead their country in
righteousness and justice.
*Thank God for His overruling: Amelia D's ears are
fine!
*Keep those who are in physical and spiritual pain
in your prayers.

HAHAHA CORNER
***A not-so-bright guy wanted to go ice fishing.
He'd seen many books on the subject, and finally,
after getting all the necessary "tools" together,
he made for the nearest frozen lake.  After
positioning his comfy footstool, he started to
make a circular cut in the ice.
Suddenly ---from the sky--- a voice boomed,
"THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE!"
Startled, the man moved further down the ice,
poured a hot drink of cappuccino, began to cut
yet another hole. Again, from the heavens, the
voice bellowed, "THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE!"
The guy, now quite worried, moved way down to the
opposite end of the ice, sat up his stool, and
tried again to cut his hole.
The voice came once more:
"THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE!"
He stopped, looked skyward, and said, " Is that
you LORD?"
The voice replied, "No, I'm the Ice-Arena Manager!" '
---Anon.

***Stingy Lawyer

Trying to disprove the saying "You can't take it with
you," a stingy old lawyer, diagnosed with a terminal
illness, finally figured out how to take at least some
of his fortune with him when he died.
He instructed his wife to go to the bank and withdraw
enough money to fill two pillowcases.
He then told her to take the bags of money to the attic
and leave them directly above his bed.
When he passed away, he planned to reach out and grab
the bags on his way to heaven.
Several weeks after the funeral, his wife, up in the
attic cleaning, came upon the two forgotten pillow cases
stuffed with cash.
"Oh, that old fool!" she exclaimed. "I knew I should have
put the money in the basement."
--submitted by Pat C

***And here is one very cynical belated Christmas
joke from Jennie Graham (50 % of the editorial staff
denies any sympathy with the contents LOLOL)
According to the Alaska Department of Fish and
Game, while both male and female reindeer grow
antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop
their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually
late November to mid December.  Female reindeer
retain their antlers till after they give birth in
the spring.
Therefore, according to every historical rendition
depicting Santa's reindeer, every single one of
them, from Rudolf to Blitzen........had to be a girl.
We should've known.  Only women would be able to drag a
fat man in a red velvet suit all around the world in one
night, and not get lost.
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No, someone is not prejudiced: they are
opinionally-challenged!
LOL! Until next week!
Blessings!
Rocco and Sue
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