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Something to Help You Laugh

The Power of the Word

A woman went into her kitchen to find a burglar loaded down with a bunch of stuff he was stealing from her kitchen. Not having any kind of weapon to scare him off, she raised her hand and said "Acts 2:38," and proceeded to quote scripture. The burglar froze in place and didn't move. The woman called 911, the police arrived and were amazed to find the burglar still frozen where he stood. "What did you say to him that kept him from moving?" they asked the woman. She told them that she had simply said Acts 2:38 and quoted scripture. The police chuckled and escorted the burglar out to the patrol car. "Why did the woman's quoting scripture scare you so much?" they asked. "Scripture?" said the burglar, "I thought she said she had an ax and two 38's!"

Something You Should Know

Joni Named to NRB Hall of Fame

Joni Eareckson Tada, president of Joni and Friends, was named to the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame last week in Nashville, TN. "I know of no better testimony of how Christ's strength is made perfect through weakness than the life of Joni Eareckson Tada," said NRB President and CEO Frank Wright. "Joni has stared suffering in the face and seen the face of Christ. It is our honor and privilege to induct her into NRB's Hall of Fame.” For more detail go to ChristianPost.com.

Something Interesting

Is Your Website Welcoming?

In a recent blog, Paul Steinbrueck suggests there are nine ways for your Website to show love for your visitors. For example, his first point is to “Make it about them. Instead of promoting your agenda, write your copy so it tells your visitors how you can help them.” “When you show love to your website visitors, they love you back. They interact with you, they buy your products or services and they come back to your site,” writes Steinbrueck. To read “9 Ways to show LOVE to your website visitors,” go to OurChurch.com. Paul Steinbrueck is co-founder and CEO of OurChurch.com, and elder at Cypress Meadows Community Church in Clearwater, FL.

Something to Help You Grow

The Wilderness Experience

With the beginning of Lent last week, we are reminded not only of the importance of self-denial, repentance and service, but of the time when Jesus himself was tested in the wilderness. In “Lessons From the Wilderness,” Jo Saxton reminds us that Satan attacked the very identity of Jesus with temptations of appetite, approval and ambition, and he continues to attack all of us in similar ways today. Saxton asks, “When you look at your life whose are you? Do you see the Father's hand on your appetites, your desire for approval, and your ambition? Or do they control and shape your life?” To read the full article go to Catalystspace.com.

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