PowerPoint Today - Daily Devotional with Pastor Jack Graham
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A Life That Pleases God
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.
--Proverbs 10:9
There was a man who bought a beautiful Labrador retriever and loved showing him off to the neighbors. But one day, he looked out the back door and his beautiful dog had the neighbor’s pet rabbit in his mouth. He didn’t know what to do, so he gently pried the dog’s mouth open and pulled out the rabbit. But it was too late. The rabbit was dead.
So he had a brilliant idea. He took the rabbit’s corpse into the house and he washed off all the dirt. He then got his hairdryer and dried the rabbit off and fluffed him up real nice. At dark, he climbed over his neighbor’s fence, found the rabbit cage, and gently placed the little bunny inside.
The man was relieved. That is, until the next morning when his neighbor came over and told him, “We got a real sicky in this neighborhood! Three days ago my rabbit died, so I buried him in the backyard. Somebody dug the rabbit up, cleaned him off, and put him back in his cage!”
Deceit never pays off. In fact, it just might get you into more trouble when all the facts are made known. So live honestly. Be truthful in all your dealings. When you do, you’ll have a clear conscience and be fully confident in your integrity.
BE TRUTHFUL IN YOUR DEALINGS WITH OTHERS SO YOU CAN LIVE WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE.
CURRENT RADIO SERIES Play Today's Broadcast
Going the Distance
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A Life That Pleases God
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.
--Proverbs 10:9
There was a man who bought a beautiful Labrador retriever and loved showing him off to the neighbors. But one day, he looked out the back door and his beautiful dog had the neighbor’s pet rabbit in his mouth. He didn’t know what to do, so he gently pried the dog’s mouth open and pulled out the rabbit. But it was too late. The rabbit was dead.
So he had a brilliant idea. He took the rabbit’s corpse into the house and he washed off all the dirt. He then got his hairdryer and dried the rabbit off and fluffed him up real nice. At dark, he climbed over his neighbor’s fence, found the rabbit cage, and gently placed the little bunny inside.
The man was relieved. That is, until the next morning when his neighbor came over and told him, “We got a real sicky in this neighborhood! Three days ago my rabbit died, so I buried him in the backyard. Somebody dug the rabbit up, cleaned him off, and put him back in his cage!”
Deceit never pays off. In fact, it just might get you into more trouble when all the facts are made known. So live honestly. Be truthful in all your dealings. When you do, you’ll have a clear conscience and be fully confident in your integrity.
BE TRUTHFUL IN YOUR DEALINGS WITH OTHERS SO YOU CAN LIVE WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
John 11:23–26
Though George Frederic Watts is little remembered today, at one time he was a leading painter and sculptor in England. At the Tate Gallery in London you can still see his painting “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.” The Latin phrase means “Thus passes the glory of the world.” The painting depicts a body laid out for burial. The accessories around the room show a man of wealth and accomplishment. But all that he had done and acquired was now at an end. On the wall behind the funeral bier is this slogan: “What I spent I had. What I saved I lost. What I gave I have.”
Every material thing that we posses is fleeting. It may last for decades or even centuries, but it will pass away. All of the awards and plaques and ribbons and certificates that note our accomplishments will perish. Yet too often it is the fleeting things to which we give our greatest focus. We allow the things of this world to overshadow the things of the next, keeping us from doing the things that we should.
Paul wrote, “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Colossians 3:1–2). A life spent for the eternal may be little noted by men, but it will be seen by God. And He will reward all those who faithfully serve Him with an eye on eternity.
Today's Growth Principle:
God is calling us to invest our talent, time, and resources in the things that matter for eternity.
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
John 11:23–26
Though George Frederic Watts is little remembered today, at one time he was a leading painter and sculptor in England. At the Tate Gallery in London you can still see his painting “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.” The Latin phrase means “Thus passes the glory of the world.” The painting depicts a body laid out for burial. The accessories around the room show a man of wealth and accomplishment. But all that he had done and acquired was now at an end. On the wall behind the funeral bier is this slogan: “What I spent I had. What I saved I lost. What I gave I have.”
Every material thing that we posses is fleeting. It may last for decades or even centuries, but it will pass away. All of the awards and plaques and ribbons and certificates that note our accomplishments will perish. Yet too often it is the fleeting things to which we give our greatest focus. We allow the things of this world to overshadow the things of the next, keeping us from doing the things that we should.
Paul wrote, “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Colossians 3:1–2). A life spent for the eternal may be little noted by men, but it will be seen by God. And He will reward all those who faithfully serve Him with an eye on eternity.
Today's Growth Principle:
God is calling us to invest our talent, time, and resources in the things that matter for eternity.
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