Music: "We Are Standing On Holy Ground"
This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
..
GOD
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..When the right time came,
the time God decided on, he sent His Son...
so that He could adopt us as His very own sons...
Gal.4:4-5
...Thanks be to God for His
unspeakable gift!
II Cor. 9:15
...Jesus Christ laid down
His life for us.
I John 3:16
The Bird Cage
(A bit long, but
the end is worth the read)
There once was a man
named George Thomas,
a pastor in a small New England town.
One Easter Sunday
morning he came to the church
carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the
pulpit.
Several eyebrows were raised and, as if in response,
Pastor Thomas began to speak.
"I was walking
through town yesterday when I saw
a young boy coming toward me, swinging this bird cage.
On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds,
shivering with cold and fright.
I stopped the lad
and asked, 'What you got there son?"
"Just some old
birds," came the reply.
"What are you gonna do with
them?" I asked.
"Take 'em home and
have fun with 'em.
I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em
fight.
I'm gonna have a real good time."
"But you'll get tired of those birds
sooner or later.
What will you do then?"
"Oh, I got some cats.
They like birds.
I'll take 'em to them."
The pastor was
silent for a moment.
"How much do you want for those
birds, son?"
"Huh??!!!
Why, you don't want them birds, mister.
They're just plain old field birds.
They don't sing ..... they ain't even pretty!"
"How much?"
The
boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said,
"$10?"
The pastor reached
in his pocket and took out a ten-dollar bill.
He placed it in the boy's hand.
In a flash, the boy was gone.
The pastor picked up
the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley
where there was a tree and a grassy spot.
Setting the cage down,
he opened the door,
and by softly tapping the bars,
persuaded the birds out,
setting them free.
Well, that explained
the empty bird cage on the pulpit,
and then the pastor began to tell this story.
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One
day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation.
Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden,
and he was gloating and boasting.
"Yes sir, I just
caught the world full of people down there.
Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist.
Got 'em all!"
"What are you going to do with
them?" Jesus asked.
"Oh, I'm gonna have fun!
I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other,
how to hate and abuse each other,
how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other.
I'm really gonna have fun!"
"And what will you do
when you get done with them?' Jesus asked.
"Oh, I'll kill 'em."
"How much do you want
for them?"
"Oh, you don't want those people.
They
ain't no good.
Why, you take them
and ....
they'll just hate you ....
they'll spit on you ....
curse
you
and ....
KILLYOU
....!
You don't want those people!!"
"HOW
MUCH?"
Satan looked at Jesus and
sneered.......
"All your tears, and all your blood."
Jesus paid the price.
He picked up the
cage....
and
..... Praise God ......
!.... HE OPENED THE
DOOR
....!
~ Author Unknown
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Another.... EASTER PAGE...."THE CROSS"....with "Hallelujah Chorus" and applet
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