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Better Hand Than You Think.

July 31, 2011 by Fritz

Tony Campolo

“Play the hand that you are dealt. If you look at it closely, it’s a better hand than you think you were dealt.”

— Tony Campolo, “Baby Smiles and Life Truisms” – June 28, 2011

See Tony’s full article here.
See Also: “Where Are God’s Blessings” – July 11, 2010

— fritz@langgang.com

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Heaven is Like…Yeast

July 30, 2011 by Fritz

Mat 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. – Jesus (Matthew 13:33)

Parables are like grapes, small contained packages bursting with flavor when you bite. They usually have one main point so Jesus sometimes told them in bunches.

Here Jesus tells his audience the Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast. Yeast is symbolical throughout the Bible of several things, some good and some bad, but here Jesus points to one thing it is noted for — its ability to permeate.

God’s Kingdom is infectious. This may be one reason Jesus leaves most of his people within their society. Put a believer, who really loves Jesus, inside a company or a family and the Kingdom eventually touches everyone. They may not all accept Christ but they won’t be the same — either he/she has to change or they do.

— fritz@langgang.com

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The Least Important Part of Prayer

July 29, 2011 by Fritz

“But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.” — Jesus (Matthew 6:7)

“[T]he words I use are the least important part of prayer … Prayer invites me to lower defenses and present the self that no other person fully knows to a God who already knows” – Philip Yancey (Prayer, pg. 30)

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