Friday

“According to His great mercy,

He has given us a new birth into a living hope

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”

~1 Peter 1:3, HCSB~

 

Please continue to pray for  Eddie Muse and his family as they care for him at home in Kentwood.  Your prayers will be appreciated.

Mr. Frankie Gehringer is progressing with his walking.  Continue to pray for him a while longer.

Roger Pittman continues to improve.  Keep him and his family in your prayers.

Ferrin Hendry is home, but it will certainly be fine with her family if you continue to pray for her.

Please pray for all those facing potential and actual flooding of their home and other property.  All that rain is going to make it way to the Gulf eventually.

Continue to pray for our military serving around the world.  Thank God for all who have volunteered to serve to protect freedom.

Remember those who will be graduating from high school or college and facing the job market or continuing their education.

 

THE TROUBLE WITH BRAGGING

A North Carolina farmer was talking to a Texas rancher.  The Texas rancher was bragging that his spread was soooooo big, that he got in his pick-up in the morning and didn’t reach the end of his spread until nightfall.

The North Carolina farmer replied, “Yup, I had me a pick-up like that once.”

That’s the trouble with bragging — no one seems to appreciate it as much as we do!  But how will everyone know how important we are unless we tell them?  So we tend to focus on ourselves — we talk about what we have accomplished, we talk about who we know, we talk about what we have just bought.

Can I offer a suggestion?  Just for today, forget about yourself and focus on someone else.  Take an interest in what someone else has accomplished, or better yet, take an interest in a problem that someone else is experiencing.

“Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.  Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.  Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2:3-5).

But, if you do this, won’t others fail to realize just how important you are?  Perhaps.  But, more likely, they’ll recognize true greatness in your humility.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

 

Remember to focus on someone else today.  You’ll have a great day!

Anna Lee