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BLESSINGS

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  BLESSINGS God controls your life…not you. Things happen for a reason. Thank God for your blessings.                 NEGATIVE HAPPENINGS bring POSITIVE BLESSINGS You can’t have that second piece of pie.                       You lose another pound. The I-Pad costs more than you have.                            You help a friend in need with a gift. Puppy love turns into disaster.                                       God is saving you for someone special. Your kitty gets run over.                                                 You discover how to handle grief. A storm prevents you from biking.                                   You & your family play a fun game                                                                                                 of Monopoly. You lose your job.                                                            You find one you like better. You break your leg.                                                          Look for y

WE ARE COMPLACENT

  WE ARE COMPLACENT Webster’s            com·​pla·​cent   | \ kəm-ˈplā-sᵊnt  \ Definition of  complacent 1 :  marked by self -satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies    The key words are: 1.        SELF    We have become a “live for self” society. God gave us free will and we use it to please ourselves. 2.        UNAWARNESS    Children these days are unaware that Jesus’ sacrifice was to wipe away our sins.   Have you read the Bible? It contains truth, history, and God’s loving will for every one of us. 3.        DANGERS       The danger is that our children will grow up ignorant of God’s power and gifts of love to them, especially salvation from the grace of God. Children’s books are complacent about Jesus.   They tell children to be kind , curious , and obedient ; but they do not tell the real reasons… kindness because Jesus was perfect and we are to emulate Him... curious because children’s curiosity should be gu