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2010
2009
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Prayer Before Starting Work
My Heavenly Father, as I enter this work place,
I bring Your presence with me.
May I speak Your peace, Your grace, Your mercy,
And Your perfect order in this office.
I acknowledge Your power over all
that will be
Spoken, thought, decided, and done within these
walls.
Lord, I thank You for the gifts You have blessed me with.
I commit to using them responsibly in Your honor.
Give me a fresh supply of strength to do my job.
Anoint my projects, ideas, and energy,
So that even my smallest accomplishments may bring glory.
Lord, when I am confused, guide me.
When I am weary, energize me.
When I am burned out, infuse me with the light of the Holy Spirit.
May the work that I do and the way I do it bring
Faith, joy, and a smile to all that I come in contact with today.
And oh Lord,
When I leave this place, give me traveling mercy.
Bless my family and home to be in order as I left it.
Lord, I thank you for everything You’ve done,
Everything You’re doing, and everything You’re going
to do.
In the Name of Jesus I pray, with
much love and Thanksgiving.
Amen.
Scripture
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Kids talk to God...
- Dear God, please put another holiday between
Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now. Amanda
- Dear God, thank you for the baby brother but what I asked
for was a puppy. I never asked for anything before. You can
look it
up.
Joyce
- Dear Mr. God, I wish you would not make it so easy for people
to come apart. I had to have 3 stitches and a shot. Janet
- Dear
God, if we come back as somebody else, please don't let me
be Jennifer Horton - because I hate her.
Denise
- God, I read the bible. What does begat mean? Nobody
will tell me.
Love, Alison
- Dear God, how did you know you were God? Who told
you? Charlene
- Dear God, is it true my father
won't get in Heaven if he uses his golf words in the house? Anita
- Dear
God, I bet it's very hard for you to love all of everybody
in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and
I
can never do it. Nan
- Dear God, did you really
mean, Do Unto Others As They Do Unto You? If you did then,
I'm going to get even with my brother. Darla
- Dear
God, I like the story about Chanukah the best of all of them.
You really made up some good ones. I like walking on water,
too. Glenn
- Dear God, my Grandpa says you were
around when he was a little boy. How far back do you go? Love, Dennis
- Dear God, do you draw the lines around the countries? If
you don't, who does? Nan
- Dear God, it's O. K. that
you made different religions but don't you get mixed up sometimes? Arnold
- Dear God, did you mean for giraffes to look like that or
was it an accident?
Norma
- Dear God, in bible times, did they really talk that fancy? Jennifer
- Dear God, what does it mean you are a jealous God? I thought
you had everything you wanted. Jane
- Dear God, how come you did all those miracles in the old
days and don't do any now? Seymour
- Dear God, please send Dennis Clark to a different summer
camp this year. Peter
- Dear God, maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other
so much if they each had their own rooms. It works out OK with
me
and my brother. Larry
- Dear God, I keep waiting for spring, but it never did come
yet. What's up? Don't forget.
- Dear God, you don't have to worry
about me. I always look both ways before I cross the street. Dean
- Dear God, my brother told me about how you are born but it
just doesn't sound right. What do you say? Marsha
- Dear God, if you watch in Church on Sunday I will show you
my new shoes. Liz
- Dear God, is Reverend Coe a friend
of yours, or do you just know him through the business? Donny
- Dear God, in Sunday School they told us what you do for
a job. Who does it when you are on vacation? Jane
- Dear God, in school we read that Thomas Edison made light,
but in Sunday School they said you did it first. Did he steal your
idea? Sincerely, Donna
- Dear God, I do not think anybody could be a better God than
you. Well, I just want you to know that. I am not just saying
that because you are already God. Charles
- Dear God, it is great the way you always get the stars in
the right place. Why can't you do that with the moon? Jeff
- Dear God, I am doing the best I can. Really. Frank
- Dear God, I didn't think orange went with purple until I
saw the sunset you made on Tuesday night. That was really cool. Carol
Here's a list of those wonderful "God Speaks" billboards.
Enjoy...
- Tell the kids I love them.
God
- Let's meet at my house Sunday before the game.
God
- C'mon over and bring the kids.
God
- What part of "Thou Shalt Not..." didn't you understand?
God
- We need to talk.
God
- Keep using my name in vain, I'll make rush hour longer.
God
- Loved the wedding, invite me to the marriage.
God
- That "Love Thy Neighbor" thing...
I meant it.
God
- I love you and you and you and you and...
God
- Will the road you're on get you to my place?
God
- Follow me.
God
- Big bang theory, you've got to be kidding.
God
- My way is the highway.
God
- Need directions?
God
- You think it's hot here?
God
- Have you read my #1 best seller? There will be a test.
God
- Do you have any idea where you're going?
God
- (And everyone's favorite...!) Don't make me come
down there.
God
Six-year old Angie, and her four-year old brother, Joel, were
sitting together in church. Joel giggled, sang and talked out loud.
Finally, his big sister had had enough. "You're not supposed
to talk out loud in church." "Why? Who's going to stop
me?"
Joel asked. Angie pointed to the back of the church and said, "See
those two men standing by the door? They're hushers."
Christian One Liners
- Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited-until you try
to sit in their pews.
- Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers.
- It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one.
- The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but mosquitoes
come close.
- When you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there.
- People are funny, they want the front of the bus, the middle
of the road, and the back of the church.
- Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front
door forever.
- Quit griping about your church; if it was perfect, you couldn't
belong.
- The phrase that is guaranteed to wake up an audience: "And
in conclusion."
- If the church wants a better preacher, it only needs to pray
for the one it has.
- God Himself does not propose to judge a man until he is dead.
So why should you?
- I don't know why some people change churches;
what difference does it make which one you stay home from?
- A lot of church members who are singing "Standing on the Promises" are
just sitting on the premises.
- We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges.
- Be ye fishers of men. You catch them - He'll clean them.
- Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.
- Don't put a question mark where God put a period.
- Don't wait for 6 strong men to take you to church.
- Forbidden fruits create many jams.
- God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
- God grades on the cross, not the curve.
- God loves everyone, but probably prefers "fruits of the spirit" over "religious
nuts!"
- God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.
- If God is your Co-pilot - swap seats!
- The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind
us.
- The Will of God will never take you to where the Grace
of God will not protect you.
- We don't change the message, the message changes us.
- You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to
discourage him.
- The best mathematical equation I have ever seen:
1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given.
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