Archive for March, 2008

Acts, Chapter 4.

Persecution.  Have you faced any?  Do you think persecution still exists? 
Acts, chapter four, shows Peter and John as they face the courts over the healing of the lame man in chapter three.  Actually, it wasn’t the healing that got them in trouble with the court, it was the credit given to Jesus.  The court did [...]

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Weather Report.

Just a warning….the four year old gave us a weather report this morning.  According to him, all the leaves are going to fall off the trees today, especially in Dallas.

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*Urgent Prayer Needed*

Please pray for Josh Davis and his family.  He was involved in a wreck while on vacation and needs a miracle today.  He is Susan’s (Faithwalk) son-in-law.  You can read more about it here. 

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Acts, Chapter 3.

“Peter and John went to pray.
They met a lame man on the way.
He asked for alms and held out his palms,
and this is what Peter did say.
Silver and gold have I none,
but such as I have, give I thee.
In the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
He went walking and leaping and praising [...]

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Resurrection Cookies.

Here we are arriving on the eve of the celebration of the most significant day in history, and I’m realizing that I haven’t even spent time preparing the boys for it!  The six year old has forgotten what Easter is all about, as we found out yesterday.  {{{shame, shame….shaking my head and a big “duh” [...]

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Bad News/Good News.

1)  Bad News - He’s running 101 fever now
2)  Good News – He’s tolerating it withOUT SEIZING!!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

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The Cough Became The Croup.

Well, let me just say that the cough syrup didn’t work.
We’ve just returned from a(nother) trip to the emergency room.  Brett decided to scare us for the “umpteenth” time in his four year life.  His cough got progressively worse throughout the day and by the late afternoon, he began retracting in his rib cage.  There [...]

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A Cure for Coffin.

A man was walking home alone late one foggy night, when behind him he hears:
BUMP… BUMP… BUMP…
Walking faster, he looks back and through the fog he makes out the image of an upright casket banging its way down the middle of the street toward him.  
BUMP… BUMP…BUMP…
Terrified, the man begins to run toward his [...]

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Laughing 12.

(From the six year old)
“Look Mom!  I can sing Oprah!!”
(Me…..pretty puzzled…”Oprah”?)
(Him…with vibrato)  “La, la, la, la, laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa“ 

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Acts, Chapter 2.

Verse 1
“When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.”  Acts 2:1
There’s several things that jump out at me about this verse:  1)  The “Day of Pentecost”, 2) the words “fully come”, and 3) that they were all with “one accord”.
What was the “Day of Pentecost”?  From [...]

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