Month: November 2024

Edd Sterchi Via Bulletin Gold
 
Did you know that our English words think”
and thank” come from the same root? I believe
that brings forth an important concept. Our
thankfulness is based upon our think”fullness.
In other words, we can always give thanks if we
just give it some thought.
 
That’s what David seems to be doing in the
103rd Psalm. He begins by saying “Bless the
LORD” (v.1). That phrase in the Hebrew means
to express gratitude. He then states, “And forget
not all His benefits” (v.2). David then goes on to
list a few “benefits” of knowing the Lord, like
forgiveness and healing (v.3), protection and
blessings in life (v.4), food and revival of spirit (v.5)
on and on he goes.
 
As David thought upon the benefits that God
gives, his response was to thank Him. We should
be no different. No matter what circumstances
the world puts in our life, we can always thank
God- if we’ll just take some time to think on
Him! Think on what He has done and has
promised to do. So give it a try – think and you
will thank!
 

Via Bulletin Gold

I am the flag of the United states of America. I was
born on June 14, 1777 in Philadelphia. There the
Continental Congress adopted my stars and stripes as
the national flag.

My thirteen stripes, alternating red and white, with a
union of thirteen white stars on a field of blue
represented a new constellation, a new nation dedicated
to the personal and religious liberty of mankind. Today
fifty stars signal from my union one for each of the
fifty sovereign states in the greatest constitutional
republic the world has ever known.

My colors symbolize the patriotic ideals and spiritual
qualities of the citizens of my country.

My red stripes proclaim the fearless courage and
integrity of American men and women and the self-
sacrifice and devotion of American fathers and mothers.

My white stripes stand for liberty and equality for all.

My blue is the blue of heaven, loyalty, and faith.

I am the flag. I symbolize all that is uplifting and good
about our country.

David Bragg Via Bulletin Gold

The HOP Shops Food Marts and Truck Plazas in northern
Kentucky is a popular destination for visitors. Specifically.
their restrooms! Select locations feature a button on the
bathroom wall with a “Do Not Push This Button” sign.
Those who push it are bathed in bright colorful lights
reflected in a mirror ball with upbeat disco music playing
over the PA system. The “Home of the Famous Disco
Bathrooms,” HOP Shops boast online of their status as
“America’s Cleanest Restrooms” (hopshops.com). Their
attraction is built on the proven strategy that the best way to
get some people to do something is to order them NOT to
do something.

It is significant that the New Testament closes with a dire
warning to not twist and transfigure God’s inspired word
(Rev. 22:18-19). It is a huge “Do Not Push This Button”
sign that is ignored by many professing Christians in a
multi-denominated religious world.

Biblical Christianity is under siege in a modern world that
rejects God’s truth for human desires. This is the very thing
Paul warned about in 2 Timothy 4:3-4, For the time will
come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but
according to their own desires … they will heap up for
themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away
from the truth.” Jude recognized our need to possess,
proclaim and preserve the one, only and forever “common
salvation” (Jude 3) presented in God’s inspired word. That
is the truth God wants us to preach and practice.