http://bigchurch.com/blog/racefan4/index.html?site=bc&pid=f3104 [B][COLOR blue][SIZE 5]A Work of Biographical Proportion[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][I][SIZE 5]-In Progress[/SIZE][/I] http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_159297.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= I have to admit, I was shocked to read the results of this survey, from professed Christians. It appears to me that the Bible is no longer considered the source for all truth. What has happened to us? Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:11:10 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_159297.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_159270.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= Have you ever listened to yourself pray? Often, our prayers are more self-centered than we realize. Last night Alan and I came to God on our knees for the sole purpose of thanking Him for our many ble Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:16:18 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_159270.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_159239.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= "So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, will give You thanks forever."Psalm 79:13Erma Bombeck once wrote about the subject of thankfulness, saying that when she forgot to be thankful among canc Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:19:40 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_159239.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_159129.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= My devotional for today, just thought it worthy of sharing.A Spanish father and son had a falling out, and the son ran away. The father set off to find him, and after months of looking to no avail, he Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:13:38 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_159129.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_159021.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= I was just reading in Psalms and came across this. Something in my spirit leaped in amazement and thanksgiving. Isn't it comforting to know that Someone knows us, everything about us, even our unmutte Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:14:04 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_159021.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158912.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= I know, I know, the title seems silly, but this is a serious post, really! lolYesterday, it was time to change the toilet tissue roll. I went to my vanity to search for a new roll, but could not find Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:28:20 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158912.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158877.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= Most of us have heard the old addage about unforgiveness: "Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping your enemy will die." In other words, resentment doesn't hurt the offender—it hurts the one Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:49:37 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158877.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158805.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= I came across this little tidbit and thought it was worthy of sharing. Some years ago, a church gave out little round buttons to be pinned to one's shirt. They displayed only one word: TUIT. When a Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:37:32 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158805.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158780.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= Now that I have your attention, I have just one question to ask. Why are people ALWAYS drawn to the negative blog titles full of strife and contention? This is an experiment in human nature, to see ju Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:06:23 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158780.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158760.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= My wonderful BigChurch family,Thank you for all of your prayers and warm wishes, thank you for reading the things I write, day in and day out, thank you for offering me encouragement, love, and laught Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:03:41 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158760.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158724.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= God is so awesome about preparing us for what He has called us to do. Being in business for over 20 years, I've always dealt strictly with for-profit corporations. But, in the year 2000, God sent me a Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:20:01 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158724.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158701.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= This was my devotional today and God spoke to me through it. He said it's OK to grieve over the sorrows in our life, but not to leave that door open too long, because the enemy will come slithering in Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:55:53 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158701.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158673.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= Saying "Goodbye" to loved ones, for an extended period of time, has to be the hardest thing for a person to do. We seem to take for granted sometimes, having our loved ones present in our lives, on a Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:36:40 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158673.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158618.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= Focus-any center of activity or attention; to fix or settle on one thing; to concentrate."So my dear Christian friends, companions in following this call to the heights, take a good hard look at Jesus Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:51:44 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158618.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158564.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= Alan's hard at work painting the house. When I went out to check on his progress, he was working on the side that faces the road and this is what I found:I love my wife + JesusAm I a blessed woman or Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:16:07 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158564.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158560.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= This happened near to where I live, and I for one will not be shopping at Home Depot anytime soon. I hope you'll join me in giving Lowe's your patronage.OKEECHOBEE, FL -- In one week, Trevor Keezer ha Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:09:44 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158560.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158525.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= After reading all the posts you wrote yesterday, I sensed you were offended at someone. I hope it wasn't me for the blog I wrote about not walking the talk. It wasn't directed at anyone in particular, Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:30:59 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158525.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158434.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= JESUS SAID"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."Matthew 5:16Everything we say and do in life becomes evidence of who we truly are. W Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:44:22 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158434.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158388.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= I know that many will scoff and laugh at this post, after all it's only been 1 month. Most will think it's silly to celebrate such a short time together, but for me, it's our first milestone. One mont Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:18:22 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158388.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158355.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m= But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men."Acts 5:29There are limitations of earthly laws and governments, and man's law must be subservient to the law Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:30:13 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/8932/post_158355.html?site=bc&pid=f3104&m=