Challenge Of The Week: Time

What are going to do that is amazingly worth while today? I mean in the course of this next week what will you do that you are proud of? What will you do that will glorify God and impress others around you by God’s greatness? Will you make the most of every second you have [...]

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Alone On A Desert Island…

Psa 119:71  It was good for me to be afflicted so that I could learn Your statutes. I came across this and thought it was worth passing along. The only survivor of a shipwreck washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the [...]

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Is This Guy You Homeboy?

I was reading the book of Revelation this morning. I am at the end of my yearly Bible reading plan. I came to one of favorite pictures of Jesus in all of Scripture found in Revelation 1:12-18.  Give is a read. Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on [...]

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Bad Attitudes

According to the dictionary, the word “attitude” means “an internal position or feeling with regard to people or circumstances.”  Other words often used as synonyms are: “disposition, feelings, mood, opinion, sentiment, temper, tone, perspective, frame of mind, outlook, view, or morale.”  I hate bad attitudes. However, I know that at times I be can blind [...]

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Ultimate Santa Championships!

  I happened across this story and was pretty amused. GALLIVARE, Sweden, Nov. 30 (UPI) — A Hong Kong man was named the world’s top Santa in a Swedish competition that included reindeer races, porridge eating and chimney climbing events. Jim Cheng of Hong Kong bested eight competitors from diverse locations including South Africa and [...]

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Be Real…

Today is Black Friday; tons of money will be spent. I encourage you all to don’t go deep in to debt, but I even more strongly encourage you not try what this lady did. A Georgia woman’s outrageous attempt at fraud has landed her in jail under charges of forgery. 35-year-old Alice Pike attempted to [...]

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Sin of Ungratefulness…

Thankfulness to God is a recognition that God, in His goodness and faithfulness, has provided for us and cared for us, both physically and spiritually.  It is a recognition that we are totally dependent upon Him; that all that we are and have comes from God. Jerry Bridges, The Practice of Godliness NavPress, 1996, p. [...]

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The ABC’s Of Thanksgiving…

“Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song” (Ps. 95:1-2). “Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (Ps. 103:2). Do you need help being thankful? [...]

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Down The Toilet…

Hope everyone is doing well. I quit the blogging back in September to have more time for church and family. Since then the family is great. Rebecca is a very busy mother of two boys. Cason is growing bigger and smarter everyday. Baby Luke is a neat kid who is fitting into the Howle home [...]

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Tough Times, Tight Pants

Came across this article on people turning to food in times of stress. The poor economy is forcing many Americans to tighten their financial belts, and experts say for many people the hard times also mean tighter clothing as they turn to fatty and sugary comfort foods to ease daily stress. Clinical psychologist and emotional [...]

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