http://bigchurch.com/blog/spiritfilled052/?pid=f3104 "Safe Harbor" - it is a nautical term by the way and I just happen to be an ex-Navy girl ;) - "is a place to come to when you've been damaged or beaten by the storms of life - it's a place of rest, refuge, and restoration - for a time - to receive healing or repair damages, and rest - in the Father's arms - no camping out here indefinitely - it will soon be time to get back out there and be about the Father's business. Yes, you can minister broken but how much more and better can you serve if you are restored and whole?" "What a blessing was that stillness as He brought them safely into harbor." Psalms 107:30 NLT http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_144177.html?pid=f3104 Twinkies and Root BeerA little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of Root Beer and he started his journey.Whe Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:04:07 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_144177.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_144134.html?pid=f3104 "Never answer your critics. Your critics won't listen to your answer. And your friends don't care what the critics say anyhow." Billy Graham Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:14:54 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_144134.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143968.html?pid=f3104 "I am a new creature in Christ:old things have passed away; behold all things are become new."2 Cor 5:17 (Marilyn's first person translation)Become - to grow to be, to come to be (Doubleday Dictionary Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:11:43 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143968.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143838.html?pid=f3104 "And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like Him and reflect His glory even more."2 Cor 3:18 (NLT)As we allow the Holy Spirit to work in us - we become more like the Lo Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:50:43 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143838.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143805.html?pid=f3104 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me ALL the days of my life."Psalm 23:6 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:57:08 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143805.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143649.html?pid=f3104 Abide - to continue, last or endure, to continue in place, stay, dwell, reside, to look for, wait for. (Doubleday Dictionary)The word 'abide' is written over 120 times in the KJV of the Bible - hmmmmm Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:28:01 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143649.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143592.html?pid=f3104 Judas Asparagus Through the eyes of a child. Children's Bible in a Nutshell. In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lo Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:41:57 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143592.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143539.html?pid=f3104 Angels Explained By Children:I only know the names of two angels, Hark and Harold.-Gregory, 5Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:48:44 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143539.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143454.html?pid=f3104 Praises . . . Jun 24, 2006 3:44 pm315 Views Psalm 100 (NLT) says: "Shout with joy to the Lord, O earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before Him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:20:58 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143454.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143453.html?pid=f3104 Praises ... Jun 27, 2006 5:08 pm333 Views Did you know that praise is a spiritual weapon against the enemy? Did you know the devil gets mad when he hears you praising God - especially when you are in Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:16:39 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143453.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143452.html?pid=f3104 Are You Listening? Jun 12, 2006 4:11 pm380 Views 3-12-04, 2:45 pmListen to the soundsof a bird brightly singingor the lapping of watergently against the shoreHow tenderly you should listento the sound Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:12:53 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143452.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143450.html?pid=f3104 Really ... Jun 3, 2006 1:47 pm449 Views I just want to share something with you all - it just occured to me when I was petting my beautiful kitty Whisper a little while ago. She just loves to play a p Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:07:18 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143450.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143449.html?pid=f3104 But joy . . . May 22, 2006 5:55 pm511 Views Recently the Lord gave me Psalm 30:5 – it says “Weeping may endure for the night – but joy comesthings or even people - it’s dependant on you being a child Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:00:11 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143449.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143448.html?pid=f3104 Sorrow . . . Grace May 3, 2006 11:44 pmMood: 111, 609 Views "Who drinketh deep of sorrow; drinks deepest too of grace." Anon Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:58:28 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143448.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143447.html?pid=f3104 Grace May 14, 2006 7:49 pmMood: 49, 641 Views More from David Jeremiah's book "Captured by Grace - No One is Beyond the Reach of a Loving God":Page 171: "Grace changes people as nothing else can do. I Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:55:48 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143447.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143446.html?pid=f3104 About characterApr 23, 2006 8:48 amMood: 19, 668 Views I'm not sure who wrote this but I think it's good:"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:53:30 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143446.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143445.html?pid=f3104 "Opening Our Hearts"Apr 19, 2006 3:11 pmMood: 86, 563 Views These 2 paragraphs are from a book called "Captivating" by John and Stasi Eldridge from a sub-chapter called "Opening Our Hearts to the Roma Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:51:36 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143445.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143444.html?pid=f3104 I just want to know what it feels like to be a blog hog today - so thought I would copy cat her and repost a bunch of old blogs - enjoy - HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:49:45 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143444.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143218.html?pid=f3104 "For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT) Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:47:48 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143218.html?pid=f3104 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143176.html?pid=f3104 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BB HOPE IT'S THE BESTEST OF THE BESTAND MERRY CHRISTMAS TOO!! Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:06:40 -0800 http://bigchurch.com/blog/4513/post_143176.html?pid=f3104