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Count Your Blessings

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This is a very good time to be living, because the "good ole days" may not have been so good after all.  Every generation has experienced it share of problems . Some people today emphasize the negative and forget the positive. One hundred years ago life expectancy was less than forty years; today we are expected to live to be over seventy-four.  Just a few years ago, polio was the fear of every mother when she sent her son or daughter to play during the hot summer months. Last year there were only eighty-six cases of polio reported in the US.  One hundred years ago men wore six-shooters, sanitation was primitive, childbirth was hazardous , and the bathroom was behind the house. Today we have more young people in college than ever before. we have more minority youth in college becoming doctors, lawyers, teachers, accountants, and ministers than ever.  As a matter of fact, we are living in a great era! It's a good time to be living, working, and raisi...

Choose Life

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I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live. (Deut. 30:19) God tells us that the choice between life and death, between a blessing or a curse is up to us! He almost pleads with His people, telling us to choose life in order that we may live. God not only gives us a choice, He goes further and tells us what choice we should make. He even shows us the benefits of making the right choice, and He let us know the consequences should we choose otherwise. In essence, God is saying, "Here's your choice, life or death, a fruitful future or one of pain. But wait! Before you choose, let Me tell you which is best. Choose life that you may live, both you and your descendants. Got it? Okay, now choose." There was this "Let's Make a Deal", on this 1970s TV game show, would-be contestants in the studio audience would dress up like squirrels...