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Welcome to THE TIMOTHY REPORT for March 1, 2004
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(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
March 1, 2004)
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TEN QUESTIONS
….to ask about “The Passion of the Christ.” This is a great article by Donald Whitney. He is the author of “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life” (NavPress), among others. This article is a good resource to help us deal with questions. You’ll also find other good articles at Don’s website. The article is also available as a bulletin insert download.

http://www.spiritualdisciplines.org/passion.html

(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
March 1, 2004)
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THROWING OUR LIVES AWAY
The world spins so quickly around us. Life's pace couldn't be faster. We run the rat race trying to achieve worldly success only to finish the race empty and alone. Lord, help us to learn now, before we throw half of our lives away, that you truly are the only thing thing that matters.
--Jody McBrayer

(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
March 1, 2004)
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MORE ON THE CRUCIFIXION
Last week, I included a link to the article by C. Truman Davis, M.D., on what happens to a human body when it is crucified. Here is another one, written by Cahleen Shrier, Ph. D, and adapted by Tally Flint. It was published in “In Focus,” the newsletter of Azuza Pacific University.

http://www.apu.edu/infocus/2002/03/crucifixion/

(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
March 1, 2004)
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HE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH
Harry Emerson Fosdick was one of the greatest American preachers of this century. He described his preaching as counseling on a large scale. Few people knew that as a young seminary student he reached the breaking point after working one summer in a New York Bowery mission. He went home and was overcome by deep depression. One day he stood in the bathroom with a straight razor to his throat. He thought about taking his own life. And then -- and then he heard his father in the other room calling his name, "Harry! Harry!" It called him back. He never forgot it. It was like the voice of God calling him.

So I want to remind you today that in those times when you are in the wilderness, trying to find your way through, and when temptation comes and offers you the wrong answer, the wrong choice -- the wrong use of power, the way to popularity, the wrong kind of partnership -- then you remember that God has called your name: "This is my beloved son, my beloved daughter, in whom I am well pleased." And, you remember that because God has called your name He will see you through.
--Thomas A. Pilgrim, The Man From Galilee, CSS Publishing Company.

(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
March 1, 2004)
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HIS LOVE OVERCAME EVERYTHING
William Cowper (1731-1800) was no older than six when he watched his mother die. His father, unable to care for him, sent the boy away to a boarding school. The youngest and smallest boy there, young William became the subject of a good bit of bullying and persecution. He was beaten and ridiculed until he despaired for his very life.
As young Cowper grew a bit older, two failed love relationships left him brokenhearted. He tried several times to take his own life, including an overdose of opium as well as hanging and an attempt to fall upon the blade of his own knife—which broke beneath him. As a matter of fact, each time he attempted suicide, he was spared by some strange twist of fate. Not that it seemed to matter; he was a miserable, empty individual who saw no more purpose for living. Mental illness grew until he was shut away in an asylum. And it was there, in the lowest and most miserable of all places for that time period, that the Lord finally caught up with William Cowper.
It happened on the day when Cowper was being visited by a relative who opened a Bible and shared Romans 3:25. The relative patiently began explaining the meaning of these mysterious ideas of propitiation, faith, and blood. Jesus, through His own suffering and persecution, had come to redeem everything dark, everything miserable in this world. He, too, had been despised and rejected by men. But His love overcame everything. It reached down even now across the ages, through the expanses, down to the depths of a mental asylum and into this tortured soul.
It was, Cowper would later explain, the first time the eyes of his soul had beheld a ray of hope. Jesus cared for him. Jesus had covered all the transgressions of his life and blotted them out with His own blood. Surely it was Jesus who had broken the blade of the knife, who had kept him from hanging, who on one evening used a fog to keep him from finding a river and throwing himself into it. With a heart full of joy, William Cowper became a follower of Christ that day. Even before he was released from the asylum, the happy young man took pen in hand and composed these words:
There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins,
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
William Cowper had found the right river for immersing himself, and misery gave way to melody. The depths of his suffering, once no more than emptiness, were now miraculously transformed to wisdom, poetry, and majestic strains of music. Great hymns poured out of his former pain. God had restrained him from taking his own life and then turned all his suffering into something that could touch the world. In response, Cowper wrote, “God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform.”
--David Jeremiah

(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
March 1, 2004)
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PERSONAL CROSSROADS
Perhaps you are at a personal crossroads. Some Christians wonder what God wants them to do with their lives. Others contemplate a change of career, or the pursuit of a new educational opportunity, or the possibility of marriage, or a change of ministry within the church. Still others wrestle with deep spiritual questions, wondering who Jesus Christ is or if the Bible is really true.
The thing to do at such times is to recognize that you are standing at the crossroads. Two roads stretch before you. You can go in only one of two directions. Either you can keep going the way you have been going, or you can go down a different road altogether. Your destiny depends upon which road you take.
--Philip Graham Ryken

(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
March 1, 2004)
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FULFILLMENT
In his book Facing Loneliness, J. Oswald Sanders writes, "The round of pleasure or the amassing of wealth are but vain attempts to escape from the persistent ache. The millionaire is usually a lonely man and the comedian is often more unhappy than his audience."

Sanders goes on to emphasize that being successful often fails to produce satisfaction. Then he refers to Henry Martyn, a distinguished scholar, as an example of what he is talking about. Martyn, a Cambridge University student, was honored at only 20 years of age for his achievements in mathematics. In fact, he was given the highest recognition possible in that field. And yet he felt an emptiness inside. He said that instead of finding fulfillment in his achievements, he had "only grasped a shadow."

After evaluating his life's goals, Martyn sailed to India as a missionary at the age of 24. When he arrived, he prayed, "Lord, let me burn out for You." In the next 7 years that preceded his death, he translated the New Testament into three difficult
Eastern languages. These notable achievements were certainly not passing "shadows."
--Our Daily Bread, January 21, 1994

(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
March 1, 2004)
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I THOUGHT YOUR WIFE’S NAME WAS SUSAN
In the kitchen the wife was busy while in the living room the husband was holding a quiet conversation with his neighbor.

“I thought your wife’s name was Susan,” said the neighbor. “Why do you call her Peggy?”

“Oh,” exclaimed the husband. “Peggy is a little pet name I have for her.” He dropped his voice almost to a whisper. “You see, Peggy is short for Pegasus. Pegasus was an immortal steed, and an immortal steed is an everlasting nag.”

Then in a louder voice, “Yes, Peggy, I’m coming right away!”

(The Timothy Report, Swan Lake Communications, www.timothyreport.com
March 1, 2004)
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