It takes seventy-three muscles to frown, so they tell us, but only fourteen to smile. Well, no wonder grouchy people are always so tired.
Happiness depends on happenings; joy depends on Jesus.
Joy is the flag that is flown from the castle of the heart when the King is in residence there.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Everybody basically has an empty hole inside of them that they try to fill with money, drugs, alcohol, power – and none of the material stuff works. – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr (Daniel Cher and Vicki Sheff, “Toxic Avenger,” People, July 22, 1991, 74
I used to say: “There is a God-shaped hole in me.” For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is the shape which has become more important – Salman Rushdie, Indian – English novelist.
There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of everyman, which cannot be filled by any created thing but only by God the Creator, made known through Jesus Christ. – Pascal
–Pastor Ward Clinton
One is Fighting for a tolerant accepting open holy religion and society and way of life. The other fights for an oppressive, intolerant, enslaving violent sinful religion and society.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
–Pastor Ward Clinton
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding u a $20 bill. in the room of 200 people he asked “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up.
He said, “I’m going to give this bill to one of you, but first let me do this.” He crumbled up the $20 bill. Then he asked. “What if i do this?” He dropped it onto the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. “Now who still wants it?” Still the hands went up in the air.
You see friends, a valuable lesson has been learned here. No matter what he did to the money, people still wanted it because it did not decrease it’s value. It was still worth $20.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumbled and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and circumstances that come our way. We feel at times as though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen you will never lose your value. dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are priceless to God as one whom He truly loves. He created you in His image, He loves you with an everlasting love.
The worth of our lives comes not in what we do but by who we are. You are special to God. Don’t ever forget it. God loves you and wants to have a personal relationship with you through His Son Jesus The Christ.
Count your blessings not your problems. Remember, if God brings you to it, He will bring you through it. Good will either lighten your load or strengthen your back.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
–Pastor Ward Clinton
–Pastor Ward Clinton
–Pastor Ward Clinton
–Pastor Ward Clinton
When Pastor Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate over fifteen years ago, everyone was expecting the usual politically correct generalities. But, what they heard instead was a stirring prayer, passionately calling our country to repentance and righteousness.
The response was immediate and a number of legislators walked out during the prayer. In six short weeks, the Central Christian Church (USA) had logged more than 5,000 phone calls, with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. Commentator Paul Harvey aired the prayer on the radio and received a large response.
Pastor Joe’s prayer is reprinted here as an encouragement and challenge for each of us to stand for the truth of the Gospel whenever the Lord gives us the opportunity because it is even more needed.
The Prayer:
“Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and seek Your direction and guidance. We know your Word says, ‘Woe on those who call evil good,’ but that’s exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values.
We confess that:
We ridiculed the absolute truth of your Word and called it pluralism.
We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
We have abused power and called it political savvy.
We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, O God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of Kansas, and who have been ordained by you to govern this great state. Grant them the wisdom to rule, and may their decisions direct us to the center of your will. I ask it in the name of your Son, the Living Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.” – Pastor Joe Wright
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