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THIS WEEK’S GRAPHICS
Don’t forget! Those of you in the U.S. will find SIX graphics on a patriotic theme. They will be up one more week as we prepare for Independence Day here in America. Also, there are two graphics based on the hymn “Grace Greater Than Our Sin.” The graphics are free for use in your non-profit organization’s publications, and can be downloaded at www.timothyreport.com
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Welcome to THE TIMOTHY REPORT for June 28, 2004
“To assist, encourage, enable and equip”
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JULY 4 THROUGH HISTORY
A few of the events that have occurred on the Fourth of July throughout the USA’s history:
--1754: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity, PA, to the French and Indians.
--1804: Author Nathaniel Hawthorne is born in Salem, MA.
--1826: John Adams, second U.S. president, and Thomas Jefferson, third president, die, fifty years to the day after the approval of the Declaration of Independence, which they both had a hand in drafting. Composer Stephen Foster is born in White Springs, FL.
--1831: James Monroe, fifth president, dies.
--1848: Texans vote for annexation to the USA.
--1866: Fire destroys half of Portland, ME.
--1872: Calvin Coolidge, 30th president, is born in Plymouth Notch, VT.
--1876: Flagstaff, AZ, is named for a lumberjack stunt. M.S. Harsha patents barbed wire.
--1889: French present Statue of Liberty to USA.
--1895: The song "America the Beautiful" was first published
--1900: Jazz musician Louis Armstrong is born in New Orleans.
--1918: Thirteen stripes become official on U.S. flag.
--1919: Jack Dempsey KO’s Jess Willard for heavyweight title.
--1934: Scientist Marie Curie dies.
--1946: President Harry Truman declares the Philippines independent.
(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
June 28, 2004)
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GOD IS
God is Lord Almighty, Omnipotent King, Lion of Judah, Rock of Ages, Prince of Peace, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Provider, Protector, Paternal Leader, Ruling Lord and Reigning King of all the universe.
He is Father, Helper, Guardian and God. He is the First and Last, the Beginning and the End. He is the keeper of Creation and the Creator of all He keeps. The Architect of the universe and the Manager of all times.
He always was, is, and will be: Unmoved, Unchanged, Undefeated, and never Undone. He was bruised and brought healing. He was pierced and eased pain. He was persecuted and brought freedom. He was dead and brought life. He is risen and brings power. He reigns and brings Peace.
The world can't understand him, the armies can't defeat Him, the schools can't explain Him, and the leaders can't ignore Him. Herod couldn't kill Him, the Pharisees couldn't confuse Him, the people couldn't hold Him! Nero couldn't crush Him. Hitler couldn't silence Him, the New Age can't replace Him and Donahue can't explain Him away!
He is light, love, longevity, and Lord. He is goodness, kindness, gentleness, and God. He is Holy, Righteous, mighty, powerful, and pure. His ways are right, His word is eternal, His will is unchanging, and His mind is on me! His is my redeemer, He is my saviour, He is my guide, He is my peace, He is my Joy, He is my comfort, He is my Lord and He rules my life.
I serve Him because His bond is love, His burden is light, and His goal for me is abundant life. I follow Him because He is the wisdom of the wise, the power of the powerful, the ancient of days, the ruler of rulers, the leader of leaders, the overseer of the overcomers, and the sovereign Lord of all that was, is and is to come.
And if that seems impressive to you, try this for size. His goal is a relationship with ME! He will never leave me, forsake me, mislead me, forget me, overlook me, and never cancel my appointment in His appointment book!
When I fall, He lifts me up. When I fail, He forgives me. When I am weak, He is strong. When I am lost, He is The Way. When I am afraid, He is my courage. When I stumble, He steadies me. When I am hurt, He heals me. When I am broken, He mends me. When I am blind, He leads me. When I am hungry, He feeds me. When I face trials, He is with me When I face persecution, He stills me. When I face problems, He comforts me. When I face loss, He provides for me. When I face Death, He carries me Home!
He is everything for everybody, everywhere, every time, and in every way. He is God, He is faithful, I am His, and He is mine. My Father in heaven can whip the father of this world, and so, if you're wondering why I feel so secure, understand this: He said it, and that settles it.
God is in control, I am on His side, and that means all is well with my soul.
--Author Unknown
(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
June 28, 2004)
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(Note: the following might be a good thing to use to promote your church’s library)
GOOD BOOKS
Good books are friendly things to own.
If you are busy they will wait.
They will not call you on the phone
Or wake you if the hour is late.
They stand together row by row,
Upon the low shelf or the high.
But if you're lonesome this you know:
You have a friend or two nearby.
The fellowship of books is real.
They're never noisy when you're still.
They won't disturb you at your meal.
They'll comfort you when you are ill.
The lonesome hours they'll always share.
When slighted they will not complain.
And though for them you've ceased to care
Your constant friends they'll still remain.
Good books your faults will never see
Or tell about them round the town.
If you would have their company
You merely have to take them down.
They'll help you pass the time away,
They'll counsel give if that you need.
He has true friends for night and day
Who has a few good books to read.
--Edgar Guest
(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
June 28, 2004)
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HOPE
Here are several quotations on the subject of “hope”:
Our hope lies not in the man we put on the moon, but in the Man we put on the cross.
--Don Basham
Other men see only a hopeless end, but the Christian rejoices in an endless hope.
--Gilbert Beenken
Eternity is the divine treasure house, and hope is the window, by means of which mortals are permitted to see, as through a glass darkly, the things which God is preparing.
--William Mountford
Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes than the first four hours of a diet.
--Dan Bennett
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
--Tom Bodett, “As Far As You Can Go Without A Passport.”
What oxygen is to the lungs, so hope is to the soul.
--Emil Brunner
We need hope for living, far more than for dying. Dying is easy work, compared to living. Dying is a moment’s transition; living, a transaction of years. It is the length of the rope that puts the sag in it. Hope tightens the words and tunes up the heartstrings.
--Telegraph Messenger, quoted in “Encyclopedia of Religious Quotations.”
(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
June 28, 2004)
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THE FLAG
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
— Henry Ward Beecher
(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
June 28, 2004)
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HUMOR: DAVID AND GOLIATH
My son Josh was almost 5, and I was reading the biblical account of David and Goliath to him. I had forgotten that David not only slays the giant brute but stands on his shoulder and cuts off his head. I hesitated. “Go on, Mom,” Josh urged. Slowly, I continued reading the story as it was written. Then I looked up into a pair of very wide eyes. “That’s okay, Mom,” Josh said earnestly, “he needed it.”
--Susan Redstone, McPherson, Kansas, in “Today’s Christian,” May/June 2004, p. 7
(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
June 28, 2004)
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SEVENTEEN VERY GOOD WORDS TO ADD TO YOUR VOCABULARY
Prepare
Listen
Smile
Care
Choose
Focus
Believe
Relax
Act
Forgive
Pray
Trust
Change
Persist
Accept
Risk
Wait
(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
June 28, 2004)
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HUMOR: THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD SERMON!
(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
June 28, 2004)
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CHARACTER
God is interested in developing your character. At times He lets you proceed, but He will never let you go too far without discipline to bring you back. In your relationship with God, He may let you make a wrong decision. Then the Spirit of God causes you to recognize that it is not God's will. He guides you back to the right path. He will clarify what He wants. He will even take the circumstances of your disobedience and work that together for good (Rom. 8:28) as He corrects you and teaches you His ways.
--Henry Blackaby
(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
June 28, 2004)
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SERENITY PRAYER: ALL OF IT
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;
Taking, as you did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that you will make all things right if I surrender to your will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with you forever in the next.
--Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)
(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
June 28, 2004)
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