As I read through past posts, I want to apologize for my absence and last post on this group. Thankfully you understood what I meant but I guess I didn't see in when I posted it. I am glad to be back and grateful to those that were a bit concerned. Glad there are people who care. Great place.
I know I haven't been very talkative lately, but I feel that I should point out something in Saintman's chat. Do I believe that our time is getting short. Duh. It's been getting shorter since Jesus ascended to Heaven. Will it be soon. Would not surprise me one bit. But I would be careful with putting a relative date out there. The Bible does say that no man knoweth the time of the return. -Jappel's Paraphrase Version. So I would be careful of putting a year out there. Even though there are usually 365 days in it. That's just my two pence on this. Have been reading the through the past several chats and it seems to be a very deep and interesting subject. :)
You should be able join now. This group is for those in the class. If you were to join and not be in the class, you won’t really understand what’s goin on.
Happy New Year Everyone! Praise to Hod for another year in which to live our lives. He has given the time, now we must use it for his honor and glory. Have a great year! God Bless!
A Sunday school teacher was giving her class the assignment for the next week.
"Next Sunday," she said, "we are going to talk about liars, and in preparation for our lesson I want you all to read the Seventeenth Chapter of Mark."
The following week, at the beginning of the class meeting, the teacher said, "Now then, all of you who have prepared for the lesson by reading the Seventeenth Chapter of Mark, please step to the front of the room."
About half the class rose and came forward.
"The rest of you may leave," said the teacher. "These students are the ones I want to talk to. There is no Seventeenth Chapter in the Book of Mark."
I know this isn’t really a joke, but it’s something to think about.
One day, a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked. "Oh yeah," said the son. "So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden, and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden, and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard, and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on, and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us; they have friends to protect them." The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are."
That’s a good one treeswallow. Doglover, a lot of these are ones I’ve heard over my many years (that made me sound a lot older than I am) found on the internet, and such. A good site for clean jokes is GCFL.net. I’ve gotten a few from it.
I would definitely agree with both Peter and Carla. One thing you should think about was when the last time you were filled with the Spirit. You have definitely answered that question well.