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Archive for December, 2010

Church signs make us slide our foot to the brake pedal for a few sec­onds or pause on the side­walk for a sec­ond look.

I give thanks to those who have shared the signs they see. I am going to have to start to carry a cam­era with me. Many of the lit­tle churches around Lake­view Arkansas put up some brake hit­ting, dou­ble take signs.

“Honk if you love Jesus,” “Txt while you drive if you want to meet him.”

Relax God has it Under Control

Souled out to Jesus

Each day is a gift
Have you thanked the Giver today.

A hug: The ideal gift. One size fits all!

Come in and pray today… Beat the Christ­mas rush!

Exer­cise Your Faith
Walk with God

God Lis­tens

How Would You Feel if We Cel­e­brated Your Birth­day With­out You?

Mary wrapped the first Christ­mas present for you… isn’t it time you accepted it?

Who fol­lowed Jesus at His birth? Wise men.

When life gets to hard to stand…KNEEL

Jesus Loves You
but we are his favorites

1 cross
+ 3 nails
= forgiven

BIBLE : Basic Instruc­tions Before Leav­ing Earth

Brush up on your bible: It pre­vents Truth decay.

YOU are the only Bible some peo­ple may ever read

Jesus died for our sins.
Way to go Jesus!

God Help Us All

Jesus loves the HELL out of you!

Go to church, don’t wait for the hearse to take you

3 Nails 1 Cross 4 Given

Every Bunny is loved by Jesus

God Loves You..Whether You Like It or Not.

God said “Let there be”…
and it hap­pened. – Gen­e­sis 1 [show]Gen­e­sis 1 The Cre­ation of the World [1:1]In the begin­ning, God cre­ated the heav­ens and the earth. [2]The earth was with­out form and void, and dark­ness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hov­er­ing over the face of the waters. [3]And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. [4]And God saw that the light was good. And God sep­a­rated the light from the dark­ness. [5]God called the light Day, and the dark­ness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morn­ing, the first day. [6]And God said, “Let there be an expanse(1) in the midst of the waters, and let it sep­a­rate the waters from the waters.” [7]And God made(2) the expanse and sep­a­rated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. [8]And God called the expanse Heaven.(3) And there was evening and there was morn­ing, the sec­ond day. [9]And God said, “Let the waters under the heav­ens be gath­ered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. [10]God called the dry land Earth,(4) and the waters that were gath­ered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. [11]And God said, “Let the earth sprout veg­e­ta­tion, plants(5) yield­ing seed, and fruit trees bear­ing fruit in which is their seed, each accord­ing to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. [12]The earth brought forth veg­e­ta­tion, plants yield­ing seed accord­ing to their own kinds, and trees bear­ing fruit in which is their seed, each accord­ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good. [13]And there was evening and there was morn­ing, the third day. [14]And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heav­ens to sep­a­rate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,(6) and for days and years, [15]and let them be lights in the expanse of the heav­ens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. [16]And God made the two great lights – the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night – and the stars. [17]And God set them in the expanse of the heav­ens to give light on the earth, [18]to rule over the day and over the night, and to sep­a­rate the light from the dark­ness. And God saw that it was good. [19]And there was evening and there was morn­ing, the fourth day. [20]And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of liv­ing crea­tures, and let birds(7) fly above the earth across the expanse of the heav­ens.” [21]So God cre­ated the great sea crea­tures and every liv­ing crea­ture that moves, with which the waters swarm, accord­ing to their kinds, and every winged bird accord­ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good. [22]And God blessed them, say­ing, “Be fruit­ful and mul­ti­ply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds mul­ti­ply on the earth.” [23]And there was evening and there was morn­ing, the fifth day. [24]And God said, “Let the earth bring forth liv­ing crea­tures accord­ing to their kinds – live­stock and creep­ing things and beasts of the earth accord­ing to their kinds.” And it was so. [25]And God made the beasts of the earth accord­ing to their kinds and the live­stock accord­ing to their kinds, and every­thing that creeps on the ground accord­ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good. [26]Then God said, “Let us make man(8) in our image, after our like­ness. And let them have domin­ion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heav­ens and over the live­stock and over all the earth and over every creep­ing thing that creeps on the earth.“ [27]So God cre­ated man in his own image, in the image of God he cre­ated him; male and female he cre­ated them. [28]And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruit­ful and mul­ti­ply and fill the earth and sub­due it and have domin­ion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heav­ens and over every liv­ing thing that moves on the earth.” [29]And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yield­ing seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. [30]And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heav­ens and to every­thing that creeps on the earth, every­thing that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. [31]And God saw every­thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morn­ing, the sixth day. (ESV) Foot­notes 1. [1:6] Or ‘a canopy’; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2. [1:7] Or ‘fash­ioned’; also verse 16 3. [1:8] Or ‘Sky’; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4. [1:10] Or ‘Land’; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 5. [1:11] Or ‘small plants’; also verses 12, 29 6. [1:14] Or ‘appointed times’ 7. [1:20] Or ‘fly­ing things’; see Leviti­cus 11:19 – 20 8. [1:26] The Hebrew word for ‘man’ (‘adam’) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name ‘Adam’

What­ever you do to the least of my broth­ers you do unto me.

Jesus paid the price. You get to keep the change

Faith is the postage stamp on our prayers.

Faith makes things pos­si­ble, not easy.

P.I.N.
Pray It Now

Santa is not real. Jesus Is.

It’s Never to late to turn your life around.

Church…a rela­tion­ship not a rule book.

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.

We are all pen­cils in the hand of God. – Mother Teresa

Faith is NOT a rea­son to Hate.

Peace is not the absence of trou­ble, it is the pres­ence of God

What on earth are you doing for Heav­ens sake

7 days with­out prayer makes 1 weak

Be friends with Jesus, use Faith book, the Bible

Down in the mouth? It’s time for a faith lift

ETERNITY: smok­ing, or non-​smoking?

Get rich quick. Count your blessings!

God Answers Knee-​Mail

If you dont know Jesus you are the biggest loser

Is Your Life Run­ning On Empty? Free Fillups Here Every Sunday!

Jesus did the only extreme world makeover, the flood

Jesus died for Myspace in heaven

Jesus is my B.F.F. who’s yours

Jesus was the first Under­cover Boss

Life: the ball’s in your court After death: it’s God’s turn

Lost? Use GPS — God’s Plan of Salvation

May all your days have Son Shine

Need a new life? God accepts trade-​ins

T.G.I.F. — Thank God I’m Forgiven

The best vit­a­min for a Chris­t­ian is B1.

The Ten Com­mand­ments Are Not Mul­ti­ple Choice

Wal-​Mart might save you money but, Church saves your soul

We Are Not Dairy Queen…But We Have Great Sundays

What’s miss­ing in CH_​_​CH?

With­out the Bread of Life, you are toast!

Jesus is God’s Valen­tine to you

No God, No Peace. Know God, Know Peace.

God sent us the gift of His Son wrapped in swad­dling clothes.

Don’t tell God how big your prob­lems are. Tell your prob­lems how big your GOD is!

God is Like
BAYER ASPIRIN
He works miracles

God Is like
A FORD
He’s got a bet­ter idea..

God is like,
COKE
He’s the real thing

God is like
HALLMARK CARDS
He cares enough to send HIS very best

God is like
TIDE
He gets the stains out oth­ers leave behind

God is like
GENERAL ELECTRIC
He brings good things to life.

God is like
WAL-​MART
He has everything

God is like
ALKA-​SELTZER
Try, Him, you’ll like him

God is like
SCOTCH TAPE
You can’t see Him, but you know He’s there.

God is like
DELTA
He’s ready when you are.

God is like
ALLSTATE
You’re in good hands with Him.

God is like
DIAL SOAP
Aren’t you glad you have Him? Don’t you wish every­body did?

God is like
THE U.S. POST OFFICE
Nei­ther rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor ice will keep Him from
His appointed destination.

God is like
CHEVROLET
the heart beat of America

God is like
Maxwell House
Good to the very last drop

God is like
BOUNTY
He is the quicker picker upper…Can han­dle the tough jobs.
And He won’t fall apart on you.

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The great mys­tery is not unan­swered prayer:
It IS unfin­ished prayer

Have you thanked God today?

Don’t con­fuse God’s patience with HIS final response

Been Taken for Granted?
Imag­ine how God feels

God is Warm

Jesus: Gate­way to the supernatural

Down in the mouth?
It’s time for a faith lift.

Ques­tion­ing God?
He made the brain cells you think with

Need a new life?
God accepts trade-​ins.

Death: the end of excuses
the begin­ning of eternity

When God saw you…
It was love at first sight

Sin: It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Life– Your only chance
Eter­nity – pay­back time

Falling down does not make you a fail­ure
stay­ing down does
look Up to God

A free soci­ety is one where it is safe to be unpopular

Get Involved…the world is run by those who show up

God put you on this planet for a pur­pose. Find It!

When did help­ing the poor become a sin?

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a cul­ture.
Just get peo­ple to stop read­ing them.
Have you opened your Bible lately?

The Earth does not belong to us
We belong to the earth

We can’t cure the world of sor­rows
but we can choose to live in Joy.

Make God smile again.
Accept HIS forgiveness

God Cares

Turn the despair of being alone
into the won­der of being alone with God.

Judg­ment day: Oops! No more choices.

The Bible is the Break­fast of Cham­pi­ons
What did you have for breakfast

Feel­ing Down? Look up!

Jesus died with out­stretched arms for you to run into them.

Is faith impor­tant? You’d bet­ter believe it!

No bunny loves you like Jesus

Let the Light of the World Shine upon You.

Jesus is knock­ing on the door of your heart

In an ever-​changing world, Jesus is the Certainty

Jesus is alive:
Liv­ing proof you can’t keep a God man down

Does it hurt when peo­ple do not trust you?
Imag­ine how God feels

Peo­ple ignore God and then blame Him for the chaos that results

Jesus: Beaten so that You could be Unbeatable

You can Fool Your­self.
You can never fool God.

Society’s rejects have a spe­cial place in God’s heart

Have you made God smile today?

If it does not lead to Jesus,
It does not lead to God

It’s not how you start it, it’s how you fin­ish that counts

God makes it, we mess it

God is Big­ger than any church

Want to hear God laugh?
Tell Him your plans

You can no more out­grow you need for God
than you can out­grow your need for oxygen

Life: the time God gives to you to deter­mine how you spend eternity

Peo­ple dis­ap­point. God doesn’t

What you are is God’s gift to you,
What you make of your­self is your gift to God.

Let Go, Let God!

In God We Still Trust

When the Power of Love is
Greater than the Love of Power
the World will know Peace.

Life is not about wait­ing for the storm to pass.
It is about learn­ing to dance in the rain.

Not Per­fect…
Just Forgiven

Going to church doesn’t make you a Chris­t­ian
any more than stand­ing in a garage makes you a car.

Peach the Gospel at all times
and only when nec­es­sary use words

Prayer: Don’t give God instructions,

Just report for duty!

God promises a Safe Land­ing,
not a calm passage.

The Ten com­mand­ments
are not mul­ti­ple choice.

Heaven
Reser­va­tions Required

The Chris­t­ian Right is often Nei­ther.

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There are many lit­tle churches in the area. Some of them post the most fun signs.
What makes a sign fun? To me it is a sign that allows me to smile and then has me think­ing.
Near Mon­key Run a church this week has posted:

The Bible Works
Best when OPEN

What fol­lows are more fun signs.
Some we are using in Lake­view AR

Free Trip to Heaven
Details Inside

Jesus Believes in You.

Don’t give up
Moses was once
a bas­ket case

Life is Frag­ile
Han­dle with Prayer

God’s Delays are
Not God’s denials

Do the Math
Count your Blessings

Beware of the High cost
Of Low Living

Vis­i­tors Wel­come
Mem­bers expected

The Per­fect Church
For Peo­ple Who Aren’t

Unlock the Mys­ter­ies of God.
Jesus is the key.

He who kneels Before God
can stand Before anyone

Read the Bible
It will scare the Hell out of you

Hurt­ing?
No one under­stands like Jesus

Hatred is NOT a fam­ily value

Who would Jesus bomb?

Jesus did not heal for profit

God Bless All Nations

… and what dif­fer­ence do YOU make?

Lord help me to be
the per­son my dog thinks I am.

God is too big to
fit into one religion

We are Spir­i­tual beings
hav­ing a Phys­i­cal experience

I’m for Sep­a­ra­tion of Church and Hate

The future belongs to those who give the
next gen­er­a­tion rea­son for hope.

Sor­row looks back
Worry looks around
Faith looks up

Patience is trust­ing in God’s Timing

Feed Your Faith and Your Doubts
will starve to Death.

I am saved by Grace,
But for a Pur­pose…
To Do Good Works

Psalms Read Here

You may be in the Driver’s Seat
But God Holds the Map

Faith is a Jour­ney
Not a Destination

Jesus: power to break life con­trol­ling problems

Eter­nal Life Insur­ance
FREE! Sun­days 10 am
Are you in Good Hands.

God loves you
And I’m try­ing
Come to Church

God Bless the Whole World
No Exceptions

Jesus: God’s Interface

Jesus was a Com­mu­nity Organizer

Write your sor­rows in sand
and your Bless­ings In Stone.

Love is our Soul Purpose

The best way to get even is to for­give and forget

Wal-​Mart is not the only sav­ing place
Go to Church

True Reli­gion is the life we lead,
not the creed we profess

The Winds of Grace are always Blow­ing:
But you have to raise the sail.

God may meet you today
Where you least expect Him.

Don’t miss life’s best. Find God.

Only with Jesus can you reach your full potential.

Sun­sets … a Gift from God.

We Don’t Judge You
But God Knows

Free Cof­fee
Ever­last­ing Life
Mem­ber­ship has its privileges

God so loved the world
that he did NOT send a committee

“Try Jesus”
If You Don’t like Him,
The Devil will take you back.

Our Church is Like fudge.
Sweet with a few nuts

Sun­day Wor­ship 10 am
Happy Hour Here
Every Sunday

Does life stink?
We have a Pew for you!

Prayer
The best wire­less Connection

Pre­vent Truth Decay
Brush up on Your Bible

Stop, Drop and Roll
Does Not Work in Hell

There are some Ques­tions
That can’t be answered by Google

Prayer Wire­less Access to God
with no roam­ing fee

YOU are the rea­son
Jesus came

Two Great Truths
1. There is a God
2. You are not HIM

The most pow­er­ful Posi­tion
is on Your Knees

Warn­ing
Expo­sure to the SON
May Pre­vent Burning

Stay­ing in Bed
Shout­ing, Oh God!
Does not con­sti­tute Going to Church

God is like
All State
Your in Good Hands with HIM

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A para­ble is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule ‘bray­ing’ or what­ever mules do when they fall into wells.
After care­fully assess­ing the sit­u­a­tion, the farmer sym­pa­thized with the mule, but decided that nei­ther the mule nor the well was worth the trou­ble of sav­ing. Instead, he called his neigh­bors together and told them what had hap­pened… and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.

Ini­tially, the old mule was hys­ter­i­cal! But as the farmer and his neigh­bors con­tin­ued shov­el­ing and dirt hit his back… a thought struck the old mule. It sud­denly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back…HE SHOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! This he did, blow after blow.

Shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up. He repeated to encour­age him­self. No mat­ter how painful the blows, or dis­tress­ing the sit­u­a­tion the old mule fought “panic” and just kept right on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP!

You’re right! It was not long before the old mule, bat­tered and exhausted, stepped tri­umphantly over the wall of that well! What seemed like it would bury him, actu­ally blessed him… all because of the man­ner in which he han­dled his adversity.

THAT’S LIFE! If we face our prob­lems, and respond to them pos­i­tively, and refuse to give in to panic, bit­ter­ness, or self-​pity… THE ADVERSITIES THAT COME ALONG TO BURY US USUALLY HAVE WITHIN THEM THE POTENTIAL TO BENEFIT AND BLESS US! Remem­ber that FORGIVENESS – FAITH— PRAYER — PRAISE AND HOPE…all are excel­lent ways to ‘SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! Out of the wells in which we find ourselves!

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Do dogs go to Heaven? Hys­ter­i­cal! 
Absolutely unreal that this actu­ally happened! 

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