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Merry Christmas And Season Greetings

clipped from noblesseoblige.org 12.24.07 Merry Christmas! Posted in Art, Blogging, Christmas at 1:00 pm by Thanos This is beautiful and you must watch it ! Carol of the Bells - Computer Controlled Christmas Lights from Richard Holdman on Vimeo. Permalink

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

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The Real Light of Christmas

An open letter to those I love about the real hope of Christmas

One of the favorite traditions of the Christmas season is to illuminate the night with lights. Before we even turn the calendar to December, neighborhoods and businesses, homes and churches all burst in patterns of red, green, and white. Who doesn’t enjoy decorating the Christmas tree, then turning out all the other lights in the room to enjoy the twinkling lights? Even the flame of a single candle burns brightly against the backdrop of darkness.

This tradition is well suited to the real celebration of the season. The Bible says that when Jesus Christ was born, the light came into the world (John 3:19) In fact, more than 200 times throughout the Bible, God is described as light. Figuratively and literally, whenever God appears, light appears. It happened in the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, and all the way at the end of time when the book of Revelation tells us that in hell there will only be darkness and in heaven there will only be light.

When we celebrate Christmas, we remember the day in history when Jesus stepped from heaven to earth, bringing with Him the light that drives out the darkness in our hearts. This is amazing news! The person who wanted you to read this didn’t want you to be left in the dark about the greatest offer you could ever be given—the gift of life and light. The Bible says, “In [Christ] was life, and the life was the light of men” (John 1:4).

You may be wondering, what does this have to do with me? Or, what does it mean to have the light of life? Those are the right questions to ask. There are many ways to describe the gift that God wants to give you, but let’s start here. Ask yourself, “What should I do with the light of the world?”

JESUS SAID, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. WHOEVER FOLLOWS ME WILL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.” JOHN 8:12

The Light helps you find your way.

Have you ever been in some pitch-black place when you couldn’t even see your hand in front of your face? That’s what life is like without Jesus. Every person who turns to Jesus Christ sincerely by faith, He helps find their way out of the darkness. But you can’t fully appreciate the light until you feel the weight of the darkness.

* If you’ve ever felt lost, alone, and trapped—searching but not finding, Jesus Christ is the light.
* If you’ve ever felt cruelly crushed under the wrongs done in this fallen world, Jesus Christ is the light.
* If you’ve ever felt perplexed by an issue or circumstance that you can’t figure out, Jesus Christ is the light.

Maybe that describes you. If you understand what this means and desperately want to know the way out, you first have to admit that you’re in darkness. You don’t understand the purpose of life. Apart from Jesus Christ you’re not prepared to die, and apart from the forgiveness of your sin that can only be found in Him, you’re not prepared to live. Without Jesus we are all lost, alone, and in darkness— without hope because we’re without God. But it all can change right now.

Your friend who gave you this can attest to the fact that before they turned to Jesus, nothing made sense. They couldn’t sort out anything in this mixed up world. But since they received Jesus as their Savior, they understand what’s going on. Although life still isn’t perfect, they realize the destructiveness of sin and understand what God’s love and provision can and will do in their lives. Suddenly Christmas is so much more than a stale exchange of gifts and some silly guy in a red suit. At Christmas we celebrate Jesus Christ the light of the world and the forgiveness of sin that can only be found in Him.

The Light exposes your heart.

It doesn’t matter what you read in the paper, there’s no darkness so deep that it can not be overcome by light. Think back to that pitch-black place—now light a candle. Suddenly darkness is chased away. But it begins by facing the hard reality of who you are: a person in need of God’s grace.

* When you come to the light, all that is devious and sour in you is exposed.
* When you come to the light, everything that is dirty and shameful in you is exposed.
* When you come to the light, all that is dark and sinful in you is exposed.

The darkness of your heart can’t be denied anymore; it can’t be hidden or pushed away. But you can’t experience what the light of Jesus Christ offers you until you first let it expose who you really are.

We are all born with a sinful, dark heart. That doesn’t change until we first recognize how desperately we need God and how we have broken His law and are under His just condemnation (Romans 3:23). When you choose to come to Jesus, the light, the first thing that happens is that the light exposes your heart.

Many, many people tragically refuse to accept that truth about themselves. Jesus moves toward them to show them their heart and how much they need Him, but they push Him away.: No thanks, I’ll be fine—and they go back to their dark thinking. You have to let Him shine His light into all the darkness that is there if you want to receive all that He’s offered you.

But won’t I feel shame? Won’t I be condemned? More good questions. Let God answer them directly from His Word:

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT IN ORDER THAT THE WORLD MIGHT BE SAVED THROUGH HIM. WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM IS NOT CONDEMNED, BUT WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY SON OF GOD. [19] AND THIS IS THE JUDGMENT: THE LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD, AND PEOPLE LOVED THE DARKNESS RATHER THAN THE LIGHT BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. FOR EVERYONE WHO DOES WICKED THINGS HATES THE LIGHT AND DOES NOT COME TO THE LIGHT, LEST HIS DEEDS SHOULD BE EXPOSED. BUT WHOEVER DOES WHAT IS TRUE COMES TO THE LIGHT, SO THAT IT MAY BE CLEARLY SEEN THAT HIS DEEDS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT IN GOD. JOHN 3:16-21

The Light dispels the darkness.

Now for the good news. When you expose your heart to the light and you see what you really need, the light of Jesus Christ chases away that darkness that is in your heart.

There is no darkness in any human being that the gospel can’t get to. You may have read this far thinking: Sure, this is all good news for some people, but you don’t know what I’ve done.
There’s no place where you have been where Jesus’ light can not go. There’s no sin that you have fallen into that the light can not overwhelm with grace. No sin is so dark that the light of Christ can not penetrate its depths.

What qualifies Jesus for this transaction? As God’s Son, He took on all your sin—and the sin of the world—when He died on the cross in your place. His blood covered the darkness of sin; He paid the complete price. He deserved none of it but He took all of it. The greatest injustice of all would be to continue to live in the darkness. Jesus suffered and died to set you free.

Sin offers only suffering, sadness, shame, and slavery. But Jesus, the light, brings hope, healing, forgiveness, life, and love. Your friend has found this to be true in their life, and they desperately want you to know about this gift from God. Your can receive it, too.

Here are the steps again: Find your way to Him. Let Him expose your heart. Let Him dispel the darkness in you. “SO JESUS SAID TO THEM, "THE LIGHT IS AMONG YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. WALK WHILE YOU HAVE THE LIGHT, LEST DARKNESS OVERTAKE YOU. THE ONE WHO WALKS IN THE DARKNESS DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS GOING. [36] WHILE YOU HAVE THE
LIGHT, BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT, THAT YOU MAY BECOME SONS OF LIGHT.” John 12:35-36a

It’s your choice. Make today the day that you are saved from the darkness of sin. Don’t put it off. By faith, tell Him:

GOD—I SEE MYSELF FOR WHO I AM—A SINNER IN NEED OF GRACE. YOUR LIGHT HAS SHONE INTO MY LIFE AND EXPOSED MY HEART, PITCH-BLACK WITHOUT YOU. BUT I TURN TO YOU RIGHT NOW IN FAITH. I CHOOSE TO LEAVE THE DARKNESS BEHIND AND RECEIVE YOUR LIGHT OF LIFE AND ALL THAT THIS MEANS. MY LIFE WILL NEVER BE DOMINATED BY DARKNESS AGAIN BECAUSE I TRUST WHAT YOU’VE SAID IN YOUR WORD: IF I BELIEVE IN YOUR NAME, YOU WILL GIVE ME THE RIGHT TO BECOME YOUR CHILD. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR SON DIED IN MY PLACE ON THE CROSS AND TOOK MY PUNISHMENT FOR SIN. I RECEIVE HIS LIFE NOW IN EXCHANGE FOR MY REPENTANCE. IN CHRIST, I RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE. AMEN.




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House Resolution Vote Ramadan Yea, Christmas Nay

clipped from www.townhall.com Democrats who supported a House resolution to honor Ramadan voted against a similar resolution to honor Christmas and Christianity last night. 18 Democrats voted “nay” or “present” on a resolution to “recognize the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith.” An eagle-eyed Republican House staffer points out that those same members, with one exception, voted to “recognize the commencement of Ramadan,” a Muslim religious observance in October. Nine Democrats voted against the Christmas resolution. They are: Rep. Gary Ackerman (N.Y.), Rep. Yvette Clarke (N.Y.), Rep. Diane DeGette (Colo.), Rep. Alcee Hastings (Fla.), Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.), Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.), Rep. Robert Scott (Va.), Rep. Pete Stark (Calif.) and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (Calif.).

Another nine Democrats chose to vote "present." They are: Rep. John Conyers (Mich.), Rep. Barney Frank (Mass.), Rep. Rush Holt (N.J.), Rep. Donald Payne (N.J.), Rep. Allyson Schwartz (Pa.), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), Rep. Peter Welch (Vt.) and Rep. John Yarmuth (Ky.).

Each of them supported the Ramadan resolution except for Rep. Lee, who did not vote.

Here I Am To Worship - Phillips, Craig and Dean

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The Weekly Walk from James MacDonald
I am Forgiven

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit … I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord, “and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.” Psalm 32:1,5

Can I remind you today of what God’s Word says about His forgiveness? I have prayed that as you read these Scriptures that the hope of God’s mercy will wash over your life. No matter what your relationship with God is like right now, you need His forgiveness. You need relief from the weight of guilt. You need to come to Him for the first or millionth time. Soak in what Scripture says about you and God, and what He would like to do, if you would choose:

The fact of God’s forgiveness.

Exodus 34:6, “The Lord [is] compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving kindness and truth, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin. Yet he will by no means clear the guilty.”

Psalm 86:5, “For you, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all who call upon you.”

Micah 7:18, “Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, who does not retain His anger forever but delights in unchanging love.”

The extent of God’s forgiveness.

Psalm 103:12, “As far as the east is from the west, so far he has removed our transgressions from us.”

Micah 7:19, “He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.”

The blessing of forgiveness.

Ezekiel 36:25, “I’ll give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove your heart of stone. I’ll put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you’ll be careful to observe my ordinances.”

Psalm 32:1, “How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”

When you think of the number of people on the broad road carrying their sin with them, and the few on the narrow road who find the forgiveness of their sins in God. How eternally blessed is the one whose sins are covered, who can say, I’m forgiven by God.

* Is there any sin that I need to confess to the Lord? Stop and take care of this right now.
* What confidence do I have that I will be forgiven?
* Pray any of the Scriptures above back to the Lord, and personalize with your name.


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Muppet Matrix

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Primate Percussionist?

clipped from mail.google.com Web Video of the Week: the Cadbury Gorilla This 90 second video has taken the United Kingdom by storm. Every day, over half a million viewers have logged on to see this video since it released in November of 2007. Is this really Phil Collins in a gorilla suit? Is it a gifted primate really drumming to "In the Air Tonight"? See the video and decide for yourself... hundreds of blogs have popped up discussing this imaginative advertisement.

Anyone looking for a drummer?

Crime Time: The Getaway

spotlight

clipped from www.citizenlink.org 11-1-07Merry Tossmas

funny politics

Think about it!

clipped from www.guidelines.org IS GOD REALLY TO BLAME? When British rock star Laim Gallagher's father took a hammer and struck his mother, he blamed God. “I stopped believing in God because of what happened to me,” he said, explaining that he and his mother and two brothers were forced to move into an apartment and start another life. Yes, blame God. I've never quite been able to understand why God becomes the whipping boy for all human failure instead of the refuge to whom we run when people fail us and situations develop which are hostile to us. If God mechanically dictated the conduct of people who were no more than robots without a will of their own, then the owner-operator of the universe might be held accountable. But to blame God for human failure is logic badly flawed.

Minipop -

May I Say

clipped from www.thruthebible.org Perfectly Attuned The music of Christmas is filling the air, and multiplied church programs honor Christ’s birth. I witnessed a most touching presentation involving a deaf choir “singing” with others. “Fall on your knees, O hear the angel voices, O night divine, O night when Christ was born….” They could not hear one thing, let alone angel voices, but their faces were radiant and joyous and they had heard the Savior’s voice with that inner ear of the understanding. Later on, of course, their ears will be perfectly attuned to the wondrous sounds of heaven.... READ MORE >

Celebrating Life this Christmas!

Know that you know

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Know That You Know

"Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'" --Matthew 7:22–23 (NKJV)

This is one of the most sobering Scriptures that you will ever read. Jesus is addressing the fact that in the end, there will be multitudes of men and women expecting Him to welcome them into the kingdom, only to discover they are aren't going to get in. The reason is clearly communicated as Christ declares, "I never knew you." Imagine their horrific shock. These are religious people; they talked a lot about God and even did some impressive things under the guise of His name, but they didn't personally know Him, and only those who know Jesus will be joining Him in His heavenly kingdom.

Knowing Jesus is one of the necessary qualifications for being part of His Church. As much as it breaks my heart to say this, there are many people today who are in the church who aren't of it because they don't personally know Jesus. No amount of religious routine or sacrificial service can make someone a member of Christ's body. In fact, a person can even pastor a church that he isn't truly a part of because he doesn't know Christ.

So how can we know that we know Him? For one thing, knowing God means that from time to time you cry with Him. In times of crisis, we turn to those that we know best, and those who turn to Jesus in times of hardship and heartache truly know Him. Another indication is that you sing to Him. Praise is so precious because it connects us to Christ on a level that's uniquely intimate. Finally, knowing God means that we talk to Him on a regular basis. Something is off when a profession for Christ isn't followed by a prayer life. Each of these indicates whether someone is merely in church . . . or truly of it.

DIG - What is the main objective in the Christian life? (Hint: read Philippians 3:10.)

DISCOVER - How well do you know Jesus? Back up your answer with examples.

DISPLAY - How can you know Him better?


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The Mind's Retreat

clipped from www.ntu.edu.sg The Mind's Retreat In this place, I have put up a collection of interesting poems or passages as and when I chance upon them. I find it relaxing to read some of these witty, reflective or inspiring passages. That's why I called them The Mind's Retreat. It is a good relief for hectic city living. If you have some to contribute, please send them to me.

This link is jamb packed with inspirational material!!

meet the amazing moonwalking bird!

clipped from www.youtube.com Moonwalk Bird mix Michael Jackson

The Red-capped Manakin (Pipra mentalis) is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
The bird is probably best known for the male's unusual courting method whereby it shuffles rapidly backwards across a branch, akin to a speedy Moonwalk.

God Father horse head in space?!

More of God's amazing creation!

clipped from photo.accuweather.com The Horsehead Nebula B33 View all sizes Description: Located just off Alnitak, in the belt of Orion, this dark nebula has the appearance of a horsehead. Captured at Urban Observatory using a TMB130SS APO refractor and an SBIG ST-10XEI CCD imager. About an hour of luminance frames were combined with half an hour each of red, green, and blue data. Date Taken: 11/3/2007 Views: 62 State: ohio Country: United States

Whatever happened to Christmas?!

Can we put some sanity back into traditions we grew up with and stop all this paranoia?!

clipped from www.citizenlink.org City May Ban Red and Green Christmas Lights Proposed policy allows only white lights and 'secular' symbols. The city's Holiday Display Task Force soon will make recommendations to the City Council on a policy that allows only white lights and "secular" symbols such as icicles, snowflakes and unadorned greenery. Mayor Doug Hutchinson said he liked the group's suggestion for a display that would include a "balance of religious and secular items.” Hiram Sasser, director of litigation for the Liberty Legal Institute, isn't buying it. “To engage in this war on Christmas is ridiculous," he told Family News in Focus, "and I think it goes against what 90 percent of Americans believe in.” Jordan Lorence of the Alliance Defense Fund said Americans are fed up. "We cannot allow what we do as a society to be determined or dictated by a few atheists with eggshell sensibilities," he said.

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Thanksgiving

Psalm 107 (New King James Version)
New King James Version (NKJV)

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Psalm 107
Thanksgiving to the LORD for His Great Works of Deliverance
1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
3 And gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.

another fish story

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God's awesome creation!

This is amazing even though it is an artist's rendition of what we can see through the Hubble space telescope!

clipped from www.nasa.gov A growing black hole, called a quasar, can be seen at the center of a faraway galaxy in this artist's concept. Using NASA's Spitzer and Chandra Space Telescopes, astronomers discovered swarms of similar quasars hiding in dusty galaxies in the distant universe. The new-found quasars belong to a long-lost population that had been theorized to be buried inside dusty, distant galaxies, but were never actually seen. While some quasars are easy to detect because they are oriented in such a way that their X-rays point toward Earth, others are oriented with their surrounding doughnut-clouds blocking the X-rays from our point of view. In addition, dust and gas in the galaxy itself can block the X-rays.

Michael Sweet

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cool cat

doggone funny

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Funny Epitaphs

Here lies an Atheist
All dressed up
And no place to go.

On an Auctioneer:

Jedediah Goodwin
Auctioneer
Born 1828

Going!
Going!!
Gone!!!

1876

clipped from www.usroots.com On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia: Here lies Ezekial Aikle Age 102 The Good Die Young. In a London, England cemetery: Ann Mann Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid But died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767 In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery: Anna Wallace The children of Israel wanted bread And the Lord sent them manna, Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. Playing with names in a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: Here lies Johnny Yeast Pardon me For not rising. In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery: Here lays Butch, We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger, But slow on the draw. A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery: Sacred to the memory of my husband John Barnes who died January 3, 1803 His comely young widow, aged 23, has many qualifications of a good wife, and yearns to be comforted. (ed: guess they did not have personal ads then) A lawyer's epitaph in England: Sir John Strange Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange.

NASA pics

Always Amazing!

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God is faithful even when some things are beyond our comprehension.

clipped from www.walkintheword.com Choose God’s Love So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 1 John 4:16 One of the definitive messages of the Bible is that “God is love” (1 John 4:8, 16). I’ve been a pastor long enough to know that when I say that, some people pull back and look at me sideways, “Really? God is love? Well, if that’s true, then how could He have allowed . . .” - and out comes a painful story. Continue Reading    Receive via e-mail      Browse the Archives

True Love!

There is no greater love than this, that one should lay down their life for another!

clipped from rbc.org Doing Well In the book Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley recounts the World War II battle of Iwo Jima and its famous flag-raising on Mount Suribachi. Bradley’s father, John, was one of the flag-raisers. But more important, he was a Navy corpsman—a medic. In the heat of battle, facing a barrage of bullets from both sides, Bradley exposed himself to danger so he could care for the wounded and dying. This self-sacrifice showed his willingness and determination to care for others, even though it meant placing himself at great personal risk. Let the road be rough and dreary, And its end far out of sight; Foot it bravely, strong or weary; Trust in God and do the right.  —Macleod Love is at the heart of obedience.

One More Night In America

Los Lobos - One Time, One Night

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LANDSCAPES !!! To Die For !

Thanks to Ahmed86. For the experts. All the technical data is give on the site. Enjoy.

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