YOU ARRIVE AT CHURCH ONE WEEKEND, (I PREFER WORSHIP TO THAT CLICHE' BUT WE’LL GO WITH IT FOR THE SAKE OF TRADITION) AND AS YOU’RE WORSHIPING, PRAISING, TEXTING, SLEEPING, NODDING, LOOKING AT THE CLOCK OR WHATEVER YOU DO WHEN YOU GET THERE, SUDDENLY!!! 5 MASKED MEN RUSH THROUGH THE DOOR WITH MACHETES & MACHINE GUNS WAVING. THE CONGREGATION IMMEDIATELY BECOMES STILL & SILENT AS ONE OF THE MEN HOLLERS TO THE CONGREGATION: IF ANYBODY MOVES ONE MUSCLE, IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME YOU

FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT CARPENTRY, THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN CERTAIN PIECES OF WOOD NEED SMOOTHING OUT, & FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT IN MOST INSTANCES, IT’S USUALLY FOR THE SAKE…OF APPEARANCE. IT'S TO PUT THAT FINISHING TOUCH ON THE PIECE OF WOOD YOU'VE BEEN LABORING OVER. AND THEREFORE DIFFERENT GRADES OF SANDPAPER ARE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, DEPENDING ON HOW ROUGH THE SURFACE IS THAT NEEDS TO BE SMOOTHED OUT. AND IN THE SAME WAY, I BELIEVE THAT GOD USES CERTA

FAITH & MUSCLES ARE IN MANY WAYS, LIKE IDENTICAL TWINS. IF YOU DON’T EXERCISE THEM, YOU RUN THE RISK OF LOSING BOTH. PJC!

THE BIBLE DECLARES THAT THOSE THAT HUNGER & THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS-SHALL BE FILLED. NOT MIGHT BE…NOT MAYBE…BUT SHALL BE!!! AND I DARE TO SAY THAT YOUR PASTOR’S CAPACITY TO PREACH TO YOU, INCREASES EXPONENTIALLY, WHEN YOU COME HUNGRY. BUT IF YOU COME WITH YOUR BELLY ALREADY FILLED WITH EVERY OTHER KIND OF JUNK FOOD, YOU MIGHT BE REDUCED TO NOTHING MORE THAN A BOBBLEHEAD, NODDING YOUR HEAD BACK & FORTH, BUT INCAPABLE OF RECEIVING THE SPIRITUAL FOOD, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GO

WHEN GOD SAYS: I’M GOING TO BLESS YOU!!! PEOPLE START SHOUTING!!! WHEN GOD SAYS: OBEY ME!!! PEOPLE TURN INTO PINS DROPPING. PJC!

THE CHURCH HAS OFTEN BEEN CALLED, A HOSPITAL FOR SINNERS. IT’S A PLACE WHERE SICK PEOPLE CAN GO TO GET WELL. IT’S A PLACE WHERE HEALING, RESTORATION & RECOVERY CAN BE RECEIVED FOR THE PATIENT BY JESUS, THE GREAT PHYSICIAN HIMSELF. NOW SOME OF THE PATIENTS ONLY HAVE MINOR ISSUES THAT THE DOCTOR HAS TO DEAL WITH…BUT THEY’RE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. NOW OTHER PATIENTS MAY HAVE ISSUES THAT KEEP THEM THERE OVERNITE OR A FEW DAYS MORE…BUT THEY’RE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. AND OTHERS STI

IF PEOPLE FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE WORDS THEY RELEASED EACH DAY OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS, THEY WOULD TIE THEIR TONGUES UP IN A KNOT, PUT A 24 HOUR SECURITY GUARD ON THEIR LIPS, & WOULDN’T UTTER A SOUND, UNTIL THEY WERE SURE THAT THE WORDS WHICH THEY SPOKE, WOULD BRING LIFE ONLY…& NOT DEATH. PJC! ©

GREATNESS IS NEVER DETERMINED BY HOW HIGH YOU GO, BUT HOW LOW YOU GO INSTEAD. BISHOP TD JAKES VIA PJC!

SIN WILL TAKE YOU FURTHER THAN YOU EVER WANTED TO GO. KEEP YOU LONGER THAN YOU EVER WANTED TO STAY. AND MAKE YOU PAY A HIGHER PRICE THAN YOU EVER WANTED TO PAY. RAVI ZACCHARIAS VIA PJC!

YOUR “I CAN”, WILL ALWAYS BE GREATER THAN YOUR “I.Q.” BILL WINSTON VIA PJC!