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Go to... http://www.webpastor.com/free-mail.htm *************************************************** Dear NetFriends, Sue's mum once had a work colleague whose response to "Good Morning" was always, "Is it?". How did your day begin? Did God make a difference in it? We pray so. READING FROM THE WORD OF GOD May all the kings of the earth praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth. May they sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great. Psalm 138:4-5 We in the western world like to think of ourselves as individualists, that we govern our own lives irrespective of the governments above us. The Bible, however, teaches us that the rulers of the nations have great impact upon their peoples. They can promote justice or their own egos, give freedom or limit it. So it is in our interests to pray for them, that they might indeed praise the Lord and sing of his ways. The effect they can have can be "glorious". INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT Carrot, Egg or Coffee Bean? A certain daughter complained to her father about her life and how things have been so hard for her. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that just as one problem was solved another arose. Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen, filled three pots with water and placed the fire on high. Soon the three pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the other he placed eggs, and the last he placedground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word. The daughter wondered what he was trying to do. In half an hour he walked over to the oven and turned down the fire. He pulled the carrots out and placed them in the bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in the bowl. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.Turning to her he asked. "Darling what do you see?" She replied,"Carrots, eggs, and coffee." He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, heasked her to sip the coffee. Her face frowned from the strength of the coffee. Humbly, she asked,"What does it mean, Father?" He explained. Each of them faced the same adversity, a pot of boiling water. However each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. But after going through boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg was fragile. A thin outer shell protected a liquid center. But after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The coffee beans are unique however. After they were in the boiling water, it became stronger and richer."Which are you?" he asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door,how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean? Are you the carrot that seems hard, but with the smallest amount of pain, adversity, heat you wilt and become soft with no strength. Are you the egg, which starts off with a malleable heart? A fluid spirit. But after a death, a breakup, a divorce, a layoff you became hardened and stiff. Your shell looks the same, but you are so bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and heart, internally. Or are you like the coffee bean? The bean does not get its peak flavor and robust until it reaches boiling point. When the water gets the hottest, it just tastes better. When things are their worst, you get better. When people talk the most, your praises increase. When the hour is the darkest, trials are there greatest, your worship elevates to another level. See II Corinthians 4:8-9 --submitted by Rose T PRAYER POINTS --Thank God if our governments are acting justly and in a godly fashion. Pray for them if they are not. --Praise God that He is the Just Ruler, and that he is an impartial judge. Thank God that He sent Jesus to pay for our sins. --Pray for the country of Macedonia, close to civil war. --Pray for the families of the 60 children murdered by an arsonist in a Kenya boarding school. --Keep Indonesia in your prayers: the present areas of trouble are Aceh, Kalimantan(Borneo),the Maluku Islands, Timor and East Java. --Little Amelia D is coming home from in hospital. She has responded well to treatment and further tests have given her the "all clear". Praise God! --Rose T's brother in law, Brett L, sustained serious head injuries when a truck he was working on fell on him He has undergone brain surgery. Pray for his wife and two small children. --Praise God for the half a dozen boys who gave their lives over to Jesus at the juvenile prison last Friday night, and pray that they continue to walk in His ways. --This Week's Prayer Calendar: --April 1st Christ to bring forth God's peace among the peoples.Micah 4:3;Matt.12:21;1 Peter 3:10-12 --April 2nd For Christ's Lordship to be exalted in difficult times.Haggai 2:7-9;Matt.24:7,8,14;2 Tim.1:9-10 --April 3rd For Christ's followers to be at peace with all people.Jeremiah 29:7;Luke 6:27-28;Romans 12:14-18 --April 4th For Christ to be honoured by the ending of wars. Psalm 46:8-10; Luke 20:18;Ephesians 2:14 --April 5th For Christ to gather the nations in worship. Psalm 102:18-22; Mark 11:17;Revelation 5:9-10 --April 6th For Christ to instruct the nations in God's way by His Spirit.Isaiah 2:2-3;John 8:2;Colossians 1:19-20 --April 7th For Christ's Lordship to be seen and welcomed by the nations.Zechariah 9:9-10; John 12:19; Romans 15:12 HAHAHA CORNER ***Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards. One day they were together when one looked at the other and said,"Now don't get mad at me... I know we've been friends for a long time... but I just can't think of your name! " Her friend just stared at her. Finally she said, "How soon do you need to know?" --submitted by Pat C ***CHILDREN -You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 telling them to sit down and be quiet. -There is only one pretty child in the world and every mother has it.(Chinese Proverb.) -Children are natural mimics, who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. -Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. -We child-proofed our home 3 years ago and they're still getting in! ---submitted by Phil Matthews. ***DAFFYNITIONS ~ Advertising: The science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it ~ Allege: A rocky platform on a mountain ~ Autobiography: A history of cars ~ Avoidable: What a bullfighter tries to do ~ Backward: Patient rooms at the rear of a hospital ~ Baloney: Where some hemlines fall ~ Belong: To take your time ~ Budget: A method for going broke methodically ~ Bureaucracy: a method of turning energy into solid waste ~ Carpet: A dog that enjoys riding in an automobile ~ Coffee: Break fluid ~ Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage ~ Condescend: A prisoner escaping down the wall using a rope ~ Consciousness: that annoying time between naps ~ Counterfeiters: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets ~ Democracy: Four wolves and a lamb voting on lunch ~ Diplomacy: The art of letting other people have your own way ~ Document: Repeating what your doctor told you in your own words ~ Earthquake: A topographical error ~ Eclipse: What a gardener does to your hedge ~ Eyedropper: A clumsy ophthalmologist ~ Fairy Tale: A horror story to prepare children for the newspapers ~ Falsehood: Someone who pretends to be a gangster ~ Feast: An eat wave ~ Flattery: Phony express ~ Grateful: What it takes to build a good fire ~ Hanging: A suspended sentence ~ Heroes: What a guy in a boat does ~ Hunger: What the posse did to the lady rustler ~ Hypothesis: What a boy says to his father on the telephone --submitted by Paul D ================================================= -Ciao!: Food for thought until we meet again! Cya next week! Rocco & Sue. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++