His Mercy Endures Forever...

"To Him who made great lights,

For His mercy endures forever-

The sun to rule by day,

For His mercy endures forever;

The moon and stars to rule by night,

For His mercy endures forever."

-Psalm 136:7-9

How Faithful Is Our God!

"The grass withers, the flower fades,

but the word of our God stands forever."

-Isaiah 40:8

A Priceless Gift

Friendship is a priceless gift

That can't be bought or sold,

But its value is far greater

Than a mountain made of gold.

For gold is cold and lifeless,

It cannot see nor hear,

And in your times of trouble,

It is powerless to cheer.

It has no ears to listen,

No heart to understand.

It cannot bring you comfort

Or reach out a helping hand.

So when you ask God for a gift,

Be thankful that He sends,

Not diamonds, pearls, or riches,

But the love of a real, true friend.

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by Helen Steiner Rice

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there! We are truly grateful for all that you do every single day of every single year! May the desire of your hearts always be that the Lord will find you faithful.

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FIND US FAITHFUL

O may all who come behind us find us faithful;

May the fire of our devotion light their way.

May the footprints that we leave

Lead them to believe,

And the lives we live inspire them to obey.

O may all who come behind us find us faithful.

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We love you Mom and are so thankful to have you in our lives and be able to call you ours. Have a blessed Mother's Day!

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"What on earth are you doing for heaven's sake?"

-Paul Washer

Christianity...

"Christianity doesn't domesticate a man.

It makes him wild in all the right ways."

~Paul Washer

His Plan Is Perfect

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,

says the Lord,

thoughts of peace and not of evil,

to give you a future and a hope.

Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me,

and I will listen to you.

And you will seek Me and find Me,

when you search for Me with all your heart."

~Jeremiah 29:11-13

Parental Liberty in Education

"In 1925, the United States Supreme Court in the case of Pierce v. Society of Sisters overturned a direct state attack on private education in the form of a state law requiring public school education. The Supreme Court overturned the law on the basis of the parental liberty over education. The Supreme Court said:
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The act of 1922 unreasonably interferes with the liberty of parents and guardians to direct the upbringing and education of children under their control....The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the state to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only.

The child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.

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At least three basic premises are stated here.

First, the child is not the creature of the state. By implication, this means that children have an extra-statist existence. Presumably, in terms of Christian belief, the child is the creature of God.

Second, parents, acting under the authority of God as His stewards, have both liberty and a "high duty" or responsibility to educate their children properly.

Third, the state, whose power is derived from the Creator, has no authority to interfere in the parents' liberty and responsibility to educate their children. Instead, the state must allow parents to seek out alternative forms of education to include, but not be limited to, private schools and home schools."

-Written by John W. Whitehead

in Parental Liberty in Education

This was a Supreme Court decision less than a century ago! Oh, how far our country has strayed from the principles that we were founded upon.

Posted by Kelsey

Happy Valentine's Day

"Love suffers long

and is kind;

love does not envy;

love does not parade itself,

is not puffed up;

does not behave rudely,

does not seek its own,

is not provoked,

thinks no evil;

does not rejoice in iniquity,

but rejoices in the truth;

bears all things,

believes all things,

hopes all things,

endures all things.

Love never fails..."

~1 Corinthians 13:4-8a

Something to think about

In Dad's sermon today he mentioned this statement:

"Many Christians would be desperately ill if their physical health was instantly in the same state as their spiritual health."

If only we would live life applying this issue. Many people go to the doctor as soon as something comes up and try to get well as soon as possible. Why, then, do we not strive to do so in our spiritual lives as well?