Have a Blessed Christmas!

“Silent Night”

WHY DO I HATE RELIGION – MARK DRISCOLL

Why do I hate religion – Pastor Mark Driscoll explains the differences between religion and redemption

THE PINEAPPLE STORY

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“A pineapple garden, a group of natives, a missionary who fought hard & long for something that God eventually called him to release…. Join Otto Koning as he shares about dealing with surrendering rights and conquering anger in a Dutch New Guinea village.”

It is not only full of adventure and wisdom, but also… funny. I really recommend you to watch it. This story is split in 6 parts, each 10 min long.

Part 1 of 6

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Part 2 of 6

A PRAYER… AND A PRAYER… :)

This is a joke I’ve heard some time ago. It’s not just a joke, but there is a deeper meaning beyond its humor:

Two men were praying in a church, staying on their kneels, shoulder to shoulder. They were: a rich man and a poor man.

The rich man says: Lord, help me make this deal with the freighter… Help me win that auction…

The poor man: Lord, help me to buy some bread for my children…

The rich man: Lord, help me make that deal…

The poor man: Lord, help me to go home with some money today, not as I did last days…

The rich man, irritated, to the poor man: You, can’t you see God is busy with me?

The poor man, still addressing to God: Lord, help me feed my children…

The rich man, annoyed, opens his wallet and gives a $100 bill to the poor man: You, take these money and let God see about my problem!

A NEW VIRUS!

 

PAUL WASHER – A GREAT SERMON!

The next youtube / you tube file is a Shockingly Powerful & Biblical message preached to about 5,000 youth in a day when youth are appealed to through shallow and worldly means.

At one point in this sermon the 5,000 Youth are clapping and yelling BUT THEN the preacher makes a comment that CHANGES THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE TO WHERE YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP… As you can imagine, the preacher was never invited back.

We believe the whole sermon will be a blessing  to many souls. For more info about Paul Washer go to http://www.heartcrymissionary.com/ – this is the presentation on youtube

The sermon is from Matthew 7.13-27:

¹³“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

¹⁴But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

¹⁵“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

¹⁶By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

¹⁷Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

¹⁸A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

¹⁹Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

²⁰Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

²¹“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

²²Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’

²⁴“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

²³Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

 

²⁵The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

²⁶But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

²⁷The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

You tube video:

A PRAYER

 

Lord, help me to tell the truth in the presence of the powerful,

And not to tell lies to gain the favour of the weak.

If you grant me good fortune, may I still be happy.

If you grant me strength, keep me of sound mind.

If you grant me success, keep me humble.

If you humble me, help me to accept it with dignity.

Help me always to see the other side of the coin.

Save me from blaming other people because they think differently from me.

Teach me to love others as myself,

And to judge myself as I judge others.

If I succeed, save me from pride.

If I fail, save me from despair.

Rather remind me that the experience of failure comes before success.

Teach me that to forgive is the greatest thing that those who are strong can do,.

And that revenge is the primitive reaction of the weak.

If you take my good fortune away, leave me with hope.

If you take my success away, leave me with the strength to rise above defeat.

If I fail others, give me the courage to admit it.

If others fail me, give me the courage to forgive.

Lord, if I forget you, do not you forget me.

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From: http://overcomingviolence.org/fileadmin/dov/files/idpp/prayers_for_peace_2006.pdf

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There is a wonderful romanian powerpoint with this prayer on Youtube. I can’t find the english version, so I load here another youtube file, A PRAYER singing by Celine Dion and Josh Groban: