We continue our work here in Apache Junction, Arizona and God continues to be faithful. Still experiencing small crowds in worship service on Sunday morning, but we trust that God will give the increase and we trust that those attending are being encouraged and challenged.
My sermon this week is on laughter. I think during the stressful time of the season we need a little laughter.
THE HEALING POWER OF LAUGHTER
Norman Cousins tells of being hospitalized with a rare, crippling disease. When he was diagnosed as incurable, Cousins checked out of the hospital. Aware of the harmful effects that negative emotions can have on the body, Cousins reasoned the reverse was true. So he borrowed a movie projector and prescribed his own treatment, consisting of Marx Brothers films and old "Candid Camera" reruns.
It didn’t take long for him to discover that 10 minutes of laughter provided two hours of pain free sleep. Amazingly, his debilitating disease was eventually reversed. After the account of his victory appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Cousins received more than 3000 letters from appreciative physicians throughout the world.
"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." ~ Kahlil Gibran
A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. Proverbs 15:13 (ASV)
LaVon and I love you and 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
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