Sunday's Coming

Good Morning,

We are in Tulsa, Oklahoma, having a good time with family.

In my reading this morning was this: by "Word for You Today"

“Look for the best in each other.” 1 Thess 5:15

V. J. Smith writes: “I don’t remember the date I met Marty. Like a lot of people…the line I was in wasn’t moving as quickly as I wanted and I glanced towards the cashier…an affable-looking man in his seventies. I thought, ‘Well, he’s an old guy and it probably takes him longer’…For the next few minutes I watched him. He greeted every customer with the usual ‘How’s it going?’ Then he did something different—he actually listened. 

You don’t give much thought to the question. I could say, ‘I just found out I’ve six months to live,’ and someone would reply, ‘Have a great day!’ 

The old cashier walked round to the customers, extended his hand, looked them in the eye and said, ‘I want to thank you for shopping here today. Have a great day.’ The looks on their faces were priceless. There were smiles and sheepish grins. All had been touched by this simple gesture…Some walked away, paused…and looked back…they couldn’t quite comprehend what had just happened…I wanted to take him home and feed him cookies!…I’d been in that store a hundred times and never walked away feeling like that.”

A marriage counselor asked a couple to list each others good qualities. The husband listed twelve. His wife couldn’t think of any! The Bible says, “Look for the best in each other, and always do your best to bring it out.”

That’s hard to do when you’re looking for perfection and focusing on the other person’s shortcomings. The Bible says, “Love…keeps no record of wrongs” (1Co 13:4-5 NIV).

In other words, look for the best in them!

How are you doing in this today?

LaVon and I are truly thankful to God for each of you. Thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by investing yourself in many ways as partners with us: by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the living water with the world through the RV ministry.

Have a great day, love you, pass it on.Don

Sunday's Coming

Good Morning,

Today is our last day here in Norman.  We will leave tomorrow for Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In my reading this morning was this:


The Treasure Waiting to Be Opened
  by Adrian Rogers

“I rejoice at Thy word, as one that finds great spoil.” - Psalm 119:162

Have you ever found a dollar bill on the sidewalk? Did you leave it there? You probably picked it up, maybe asked people around you if it was theirs, and if it wasn’t, maybe you rejoiced a little, hmm?

Now, what happens with your Bible? You see it sitting on your desk and say, “Oh, the Bible is a wonderful book filled with good things for my life.” But what good is it going to do to just say nice things about the Bible? A dime and a gold Krugerrand are both of the same value when they are corroding on the ocean floor.

The promises in God’s Word are of no value, unless you dig down deep and appropriate them into your life.

My prayer for you today and every day is that you read your Bible.


LaVon and I are truly thankful to God for each of you. Thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by investing yourself in many ways as partners with us: by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the living water with the world through the RV ministry.

Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don

Sunday's Coming

Good Morning,

We are in Norman, Oklahoma. Happy Fourth of July!

I read the following today and wanted to share. From the Sower:

FREE FROM FEAR

The word “freedom” carries with it the idea of being free from any restraints or not being bound by any regulations, rules or requirements. Many long to live a life with no obligations,
no opposition or no oppression.Yet all of life is wrapped with boundaries of one nature or
another. Highways are divided by traffic lanes, stop signs,caution signs, turning lanes and many other constraints. Every athletic contest or sporting event has specific lines, certain types
of equipment or clothing and regulations to control the activities of the participants. Even something as simple as boiling water has specific criteria.
Rarely, if ever, do we pause to consider all of life’s limits. We take for granted the ability to move about at will, make independent choices and manage our own affairs. But does moving and choosing
and managing make us free? Not really. They still involve constraints in the final analysis. Where, then, do we find freedom?
Paul said, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” God, through Christ, offers us the priceless gift of living each day free from destroying ourselves and free for being who He wants us to be and doing what He has created us to do. But we must allow His Spirit to direct us along the path He has laid out for us. We can only be free if we have accepted the forgiveness of God through Christ.

Prayer: Lord, may we not fool ourselves into thinking we are free if we are enslaved by sin and have not been forgiven. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Scripture for Today: 2 Corinthians 3:17 - Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

LaVon and I are truly thankful to God for each of you. Thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by investing yourself in many ways as partners with us: by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the living water with the world through the RV ministry.


Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don