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Dear GOD,
Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident?   - Norma

Dear GOD,
Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don't You just keep the ones You have now? - Jane

Dear GOD,
Who draws the lines around the countries?    - Nan

Dear GOD,
I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that okay?   - Neil

Dear GOD,
What does it mean You are a Jealous God? I thought You had everything.   - Jane

Dear GOD,
Did you really mean "do unto others as they do unto you"? Because if you did, then I'm going to fix my brother!  - Darla

Dear GOD,
Please send me a pony. I never asked for anything before, You can look it up. - Bruce

Dear GOD,
I bet it is very hard for You to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it. - Nan

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My face in the mirror
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My house isn’t dirty
the cobwebs are gone.
My garden looks lovely
and so does my lawn;
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At Sunday school they were teaching how God created everything, including human beings. Little Johnny seemed especially intent when they told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs.

Later in the week his mother noticed him lying down as though he were ill, and said, Johnny what is the matter? Little Johnny responded, "I have a pain in my side. I think I'm going to have a wife."

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Brazen Altar Part 3

Written by Associate Pastor Wayne Durden

Friday, 29 May 2009 08:56

Associate Pastor Wayne Durden ‘And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing; and he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin. (Leviticus 5:5-6) Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105)

As we look today at the brazen altar, my thought goes to the book of Hebrews that simply says, we have an "altar", I'm wondering do we as God's children have an "altar"?

Scripture tells us, the brazen altar was where the children of Israel repented of their sins and were able to make atonement for them. The brazen altar was the symbol of the cross of Christ, and it was there the sinner bowed in repentance and found cleansing through the precious blood of Jesus Christ. What about repentance? To repent simply, yet profoundly means to turn around, meaning, we're going a new way, the old has died, the new has arrived, Praise God.

Please understand, it's not just about feelings, repentance is an act of our will followed by action based on God's word.

When we repent and turn to God, it produces power with God; it will produce miracle-working faith in our great God. Faith is a gift from God (Eph. 2:8). We must repent to qualify for this gift of faith, read (Hebrews 11:6).

In His Love,

Pastor Durden

Last Updated ( Friday, 29 May 2009 09:04 )