This are bulletin stuffers or minute lessons by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
Permission granted to freely use.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
Did you realize the person that needs your love the most probably deserves it the least? Forgiveness is a gift from God, that we can share with others... LOVE NEVER FAILS...
What kind of church would my church be if every member were just like me? You are a model, your life walks the runway and people are watching you. You are a mentor, coach and teacher and you are teaching lessons to some people? Have you looked at your lesson plans? Are you teaching wisely. You are a motivator... you must get off the couch. Have you read more Bible than watching movies? Like it or not you serve in these 3 roles... others are watching you, your best sermons are not words, but deeds and actions. Model, mentor, motivator...
Seems we hear a lot about revival, to move toward real revival we must have personal revival. You can not have corporate revival without personal revival? Were we closer to God two years ago than today? Did you used to give more? Lord, revive us again.
Perception can be perceived as reality, real or not.
Did you know that good comes.out of bad...???.Sometimes what appears to be a terrible thing, may be the best thing...? In 1964 a restaurant owner in Buffalo, New York ordered many chickens to cook. When the chicken got to the restaurant the whole order was nothing but chicken wings. Teressa Bellissimo was in despair with all those wings. She and her husband tried several things, they ended up frying the wings with barbecue and hot sause... The named the hot wings Buffalo wings, what was a bad mistake turned into a very profitable business. Maybe we should trust the unseen hand of God to turn our mistakes into good things?
I know the holiday season is upon us, and I know some of us are concerned about maintaining a healthy weight... I have developed a good plan of drastically reducing your weigh... Only place one foot on the scales... Keep the other foot firmly on the floor, this should reduce you weight by about 1/3... Remember keep one foot firmly on the floor and place the other foot on the scales. I would like to hear if this works for you or not.
I write to inform you, it is official, I tell the truth, I am married to the oldest woman I have ever been married to... This woman is a grandmother... Happy birthday Linda...
You ever forget today is a gift from God? Does heaviness cause us to loose our focus on what is important? There is a person in hospice that would trade places with you... Today is God's gift... What you do with it is your gift back to him... ??? Invest wisely, if you messed up yesterday, learn and press forward. Our walk is not by emotions... But by FAITH---
Does chronic come into play? How about confidence... Could it feel like beating your head against steal plated concrete? Could it be the lack of praise or applause... Maybe forgetting the eternal ... Think about the lady that came to spent all and RATHER GREW WORSE...
1:25 am, searching for a pondering on defining FRUSTRATION beyond the dictionary? To put forth your best effort and to find it is not enough... To come up short of the goal... To not to be able to fix your problem after great effort... To angrily fail to be successful... To fall into the trap of always staying the same... To compare yourself to elevated trophies? Help me define frustration... Or tell me how to beat that giant?
Sign: SPEAK KIND WORDS & ENJOY THE ECHOES ////// IGNORANCE IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN EDUCATION
Life is short, death is sure, sin is the cause, the cross is the cure.
I know the holiday season is upon us, and I know some of us are concerned about maintaining a healthy weight... I have developed a good plan of drastically reducing your weigh... Only place one foot on the scales... Keep the other foot firmly on the floor, this should reduce you weight by about 1/3... Remember keep one foot firmly on the floor and place the other foot on the scales. I would like to hear if this works for you or not.
I read a story about this eagle that was grand and beautiful. He could fly to lofty heights and dive to even greater speeds. He was almost invincible? A hunter studied the eagle's habits and prepared himself for the hunt. The man was very patient. One day he had the opportunity to get a good shot at the mighty eagle. The arrow buried in the eagles chest. --- As the noble eagle lay dying he looked at the end of the arrow's shaft to realize the feathers glued to the tip of the shaft was his own. His feathers guided the arrow that snuffed out his life. How sad he thought? Did you know your enemy has no effective weapon to harm you with unless you give him the ammunition to hurt you?
Forgive someone today, and SET YOURSELF FREE.... Metal bars vs mental bars...? FORGIVE...
Few realize the insanity of sameness? If you do what you've always done, you will always get what you've always got. Change is necessary if you want a different outcome. It is insane to think you can keep doing what you have always done and expect a new results? Change your words, your attitudes, your actions, your reactions and you will change the world.
To the world you may be just someone ----.but to somebody you may just be the world.
Doubtful we will really grasp the meaning of testing here in this life. Abraham's son on the altar... Job's pain... Jesus' cross... God says TRUST ME CHILD, LIKE A BABY IN A CAR SEAT, TRUST ME... FAITH NEVER RULES BY THE EYE OR UNDERSTANDING... Life is a gift ... One day at a time... No guarantees, the just live by faith... Tears? Plenty of them, tears speak clearly what we can not say... Dream again... Find the purpose...
Life is the a testing ground, we learn and realize eternity's views are much different than earthly views... Suffering saints see heaven clearer.
When life gets so difficult we must realize our daily choices choose where we focus. I seen people grow in the strangest valleys, I have seen the weirdest problems teach some great lessons. We are all on a journey to somewhere. At times the hardest lessons come by faith alone. We must remember life is but a testing zone, and our emotions will play mean tricks on our faith. It is in the ditches of trouble God calls us to trust him... We may cry in lonely fear in the night, but by faith, hope and trust we Dream of a new dawning beyond our visual fields, with many tears we pray. Dawn bright...
Whether we suffer for our own choices or from those of others, despair may threaten to overwhelm us.
When all seems lost, we can cling to the Lord's faithfulness.
I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." Lamentations 3:24
Tomorrow and years down the road life's bumps will make special memories of love. We must learn to laugh and look to the bright side. Sometimes we with adult children wish we could take them back to earlier times. Enjoy life and laugh a lot.
Our journey is in the hands of God.
Few realize the insanity of sameness? If you do what you've always done, you will always get what you've always got. Change is necessary if you want a different outcome. It is insane to think you can keep doing what you have always done and expect a new results? Change your words, your attitudes, your actions, your reactions and you will change the world.
Faith time is growing time, be willing to adjust your attitudes... This too shall pass---
Do we spend more time mourning death than we do celebrating life? Make the choice to celebrate the good and bury the negative. Do not mourn my passing, make life a celebration? A willful choice? The grave is a changing closet... I think every one gone on before would suggest if you saw what I see, you would not mourn for me, you would celebrate, I am a winner. Thanksgiving.
Did you hear about the huge buck, what a beautiful deer he was... He was greatly respected by all the does. When he walked around everyone admired his rack. No one had ever seen such wonder antlers. Often he would go to the pond, the water was so still, the pond was like a mirror. He would stand at the waters edge and look at himself for hours and pridefully peer at how wonderful his antlers were.... He would hear all the other animals whisper how beautiful he was. He would stand for hours observing this horns. He quit running and exercising and become so fat and lazy. He spent much of his time mouthing how wonderful his rack was, he was an expert at bragging ... One day he gazed in the water and noticed how weak and small his legs and muscle were. But he had a huge trophy rack. One day the lion was so hungry, he chased the big, slow, heavy deer. The big buck's rack caught him in the thicket and he became an easy prey ... As the lion ate the delicious meal, he left the huge antlers as a testimony of his victory, what became a show, he was prideful over, quiet a showoff, became the trap of death. Vanity can become a death trap... Make sure you invest your time wisely... Develop the right priority value system... Do not build on shifting sand. Life is deeper than sight. Keep the main thing the main thing.
Who a preacher really is --- Is almost as important as what he preaches...
Do we ever ponder: "WHY DO WE NEED TROPHIES?" ID, EGO, SUPEREGO? I ponder how many trophies did Jesus win? His boys? There comes a day when many that are first will return to the back of line? And those in the back of the line will stand amazed? Applause is first class vanity? It can quickly change? What are requirement to join the club?
I have pondered the power of erosion undermining the foundations of our families, our society, and our churches... ARE WE REMOVING THE ANCIENT LANDMARKS?
It may be too late to sharpen your sword when the battle trumpet sounds? May be victory comes after preparation? Are you ready?
Is it possible to find glory in a cross? Suffering may be the greatest tool in God's tool box. Despised, shame, cruel, human meanness at it's worse... Some seem to think they should be exempt from suffering, God's only son asked if any way possible may this cup pass, but Father I will glory in the cross...Father just hold my hand... I will trust the journey with You. Thank you Jesus for washing feet even when you were the KING OF ALL... Few understand the lesson ...
It is so easy to believe your eyes, and think the negative situations around us will drown our dreams and hopes. It is always too soon to quit. Darkness can not smother the light, for the darker the night the greater the light. Your emotions can push you to fear, our foundations may shake, but you can never sink through a solid rock. Rest if you must, but never quit. Satan's pictures always distort faith. By faith ...
I will make the choice to give hope, by God's help I will try to encourage and refresh people, even those that may not deserve it ... I will make the choice to bite my tongue and spread kindness... I want to redeem the time and choose hope. If I knew tonight would be my last? What would I say to my family and friends? Would I be crying over how few trophies and success sheets I have accomplished? Would I regret the hours in the nursing home? I hate it that I have not lived to the expectations others? I would love to set the world aflame with forgiveness and kindness. God make me a HOPE GIVER!!!! Try more smiles and less judgment? Is this the hill on which I want to die?
Define mixed emotions, watching your mother in law drive off the cliff in you brand new 2015 Corvette. Just joking.
God have mercy and bless the USA... FREEDOM IS NOT FREE... Thanks to all that served this nation. War leaves scars and pain long after the soldiers come home. We owe a debt to the men and women that gave, all gave some, some gave it all... GOD BLESS THE USA, THANK YOU ALL THAT HAVE GIVEN...
Did you know October 5 is the most common birthday in the USA? September 16 and May 22 tie for the least common birthday. Did you know Paul McCarthy' S birth certificate was auctioned in March 1997 for $84,146. I will sell you mine?
Most of us realize life is a journey. Much of life has to do with our daily choices. Our attitudes determine if I react to situations, or if I am in control and I control my reactions and act wisely. Life is a gift. It is a limited gift, one day will be our last. Do I choose joy? Am I critical and focus on what is wrong? Am I thankful and appreciative? Have I found real peace? Lord, teach us to number our days.
Do I expect a skunk to change into a pedigree cat? Probably not? The past can define the future? God does have a better idea!
I have been pondering--- DEATH IS A MEAN, CRUEL GUEST THAT WE HATE. Perhaps I have focused wrongly? Maybe we should celebrate life...
Celebrate every day of life? Now the date of death? Maybe I have focused to much on that one day, DEATH. As I stand at the nursery window I celebrate. But death is as much a part of life as is death. We know that first day that death is coming. Sooner? Later? You ...know I can not change how the wind blows, but I can learn how to set the sails wisely and make the best out of the winds blowing right now? I shall never understand death? We tend to blame God for death, but if we honestly survey life and death, death was not part of God's plan. Death for one that has accepted Christ Jesus is but a closet where we change? May we should focus more on how we live than about death? I have no answers, but I think?
Did you hear about the person with the long tongue that was critical and judgmental that said: I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM, but let me tell you about FATSO, they eat like a pig and gain more and more weight? They are killing self, gluttony is a sin? Fatso could not help but discussing SMOKER? Smoker has a real problem, their lungs and cough are so bad, I knew someone that died from that? Smoker could ...not see the damage they were doing but was very quick to discuss the damage good old DRUNK was doing to his liver? Drunk laughed and said let me tell you about the real problem, we know that DRUGGER sees 5 doctors and buys and begs for diet and pain pills from anyone. Drugger says: I am in pain and my doctor gives me most of my pills, I need them... Drugger says: Let me tell you about DOPER, doper smokes left handed cigarettes and is lazy and will not work. Doper refuses to see the problem and wants to talk about that person having an affair that is sinning against their body? Seems no one can see their own problem but would rather discuss the problems of others. Long tongues? Obesity? Smoke? Pills? Alcohol? Pot? Sinful sex? Are all problems that few desire to honestly say: I HAVE A PROBLEM, PLEASE JESUS HELP ME? Quit talking about others and look to yourself? !!! Holy Spirit convict us of every sin and weight that so easily
besets us...
Do you know that you could make Jesus smile today? Well, how could I do that we ask? By feeding an old person? By hugging someone that has been broken? By forgiving someone that has been mean to you? By doing some act of kindness? By teaching some young person a life experience? By helping someone up that has fallen? By turning off your television and spend few minutes listening to a real person. ...You could make Jesus smile by not playing some computer game, by not spending all you time in cyber space and touching, listening and communicating with some one that needs a friend. We seldom make Jesus smile accidentally... It is by planned, purposed action...someone needs a friend today, make Jesus smile and you will smile!!! Invest in people.
This are bulletin stuffers or minute lessons by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
Permission granted to freely use.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
