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Home Email About Us Services Articles Bulletin From God's Word Area Events Announcements Calendar Prayer Requests Plan of Salvation Audio Sermon Library Photographs	Give Us What We Want March 17 , 2002 We know it is destructive to a child for parents to always give them what they want. They might choose a poor diet, erratic sleeping schedules, poor study habits, excessive freedom, and unlimited allowance if they had their choice. This lack of discipline has hampered or destroyed many children throughout this country. It is destructive for our government to give the American citizens everything they want. The lack of fiscal discipline will bankrupt Social Security if changes are not made. The neglect of restraint in government spending has skyrocketed taxes. Citizens are made government parasites when they are given all they want. However, God does not give us everything we want. It would not be good for us. What we want is not necessarily what we need. God’s love for us motivates Him to discipline us for our own good. We might know what we want, but God knows what we need. "He disciplines us for our good ... All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness" (Hebrews 12:10-11) – Doug Post
	Beatitudes for Married Couples Blessed are the husband and wife who continue to be affectionate, considerate, and loving through all the days of their life together. Blessed are the husband and wife who are as polite and courteous to one another as they are to their friends. Blessed are the husband and wife who have a sense of humor, for this will be a handy shock absorber. Blessed are they who love each other more than any other person in the world, and who joyfully fulfill their marriage vow of a lifetime of fidelity as husband and wife. Blessed are they who thank God for their blessings, and who set aside some time each day for the reading of the Bible and prayer. Blessed are they who never speak harshly to each other and who make their home a place of mutual encouragement and love. Blessed are the husband and wife who can work out their problems without interference from relatives. Blessed are the husband and wife who dedicate their lives and their home to the advancement of Christ and His kingdom. (Gloster Street Messenger)
	Palindrome In studying this week I came across a interesting word, "palindrome." A palindrome is a word, number, or sentence that is the same whether written forward or backward. Examples: Hannah, Eve, dad, rotor. Sin is like a palindrome in that regardless of which language it is written, it still comes out the same. Sin is failure – moral failure! *The New Testament Greek term for sin is HAMARTIA. Literally, it means,* *"to miss the mark." One of the purposes of God's law is to define sin. The* Bible, therefore, describes what sin is, "...Sin that it might be shown to be sin... sin became death to me, that it might be exposed in its heinous character" (Rom.7:7-13). Sin is always the same. It is "transgression" of God's law (1 Jn.3:4). "All unrighteousness is sin" (1 Jn.5:17). Sin separates us from God (Isa.59:1-2). Let us strive to be better while we trust in the blood that cleanses us from all Sin (1 Jn.1:7). – Doug
	Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done, and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody even got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. (Author Unknown)