[Faith-talk] Fwd: Why go to church....

[Ericka]

Thought most of you would appreciate this. It's Christian oriented but I think you will appreciate it too Abdullah.

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

 from my iPhone

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> From: WILLIAM BETHKE <wlbjcb at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: March 9, 2016 at 9:00:26 PM CST
> To: "carlhpfeiffer at gmail.com" <carlhpfeiffer at gmail.com>, David Lindorff <drlindorff at charter.net>, Lex Liberatore <lliberatore at lakeedge.org>, "W.j. Molis" <wmolis2 at yahoo.com>, Pat McGuire <patmc1118 at aol.com>, Craig Aswegan <dr.oz at charter.net>, Ericka Short <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>, Jessie Gwynne <jessiegwynne at gmail.com>, "Patmc1118 at aol.com" <Patmc1118 at aol.com>, Ralph & Karen Holmes <riholmes at charter.net>
> Subject: Fw: Why go to church....
> Reply-To: WILLIAM BETHKE <wlbjcb at sbcglobal.net>
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> Subject: Why go to church....
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> If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this!
> If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it.
> If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!
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> A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.
> He wrote: "I've gone for 30 years now, and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons, but for the life of me, 
> I can't remember a single one of them.  So, I think I'm wasting my time, the preachers and priests are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all".
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> This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column. Much to the delight of the editor, it went on for weeks until someone
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> "I've been married for 30 years now.  In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot 
> recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this: They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. 
> If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be
> spiritually dead today!"
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> When you are DOWN to nothing, God is UP to something!
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> Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible & receives the impossible!
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> Thank God for our physical and our spiritual nourishment!
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> IF YOU CANNOT SEE GOD IN ALL .... YOU CANNOT SEE GOD AT ALL !
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> B. I. B. L. E. simply means: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth!
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> When you are about to forward this to others, the devil will discourage you.
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> So go on! Forward this to people who are DEAR to you and TRUST GOD.
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