The GOOD BOOK Company wrote: > Dear John, > > I hope this e-newsletter finds you well. Please pass it along to those you > think might enjoy it. They can subscribe or see past issues at > http://www.halcyon.com/gbc/newsletters.html > > May God richly bless you, > > Russ Hansen > The GOOD BOOK Company > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.halcyon.com/gbc/ > ____________________________________________________ > ____________________________________________________ > > <>< FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE ><> > > *PRAYING HANDS (an easy formula for prayer) > *HOOKED ON PHONICS WORKED FOR ME (humor) > *BIBLE READING PLAN FOR JULY > *THE PRAYING HANDS > *MOSES AND HE BURNING BUSH > ____________________________________________________ > > PRAYING HANDS > 1. Your thumb is nearest to you. So begin your prayers by praying > for those closest to you. They are the easiest to ones to remember. To > pray for our loved ones is, C. S. Lewis once said, a "sweet duty." > 2. The next finger is the pointing finger. Pray for those who teach, > instruct and heal. This includes teachers, doctors, and ministers. They > need support and wisdom for pointing others in the right direction. Keep > them in your prayers. > 3. The next finger is the tallest finger. It reminds us of our > leaders. Pray for the president, leaders in business and industry, and > administrators. These people shape our nation and guide public opinion. > They need God's guidance. > 4. The fourth finger is our ring finger. Surprising to many is the > fact that this is our weakest finger; as any piano teacher will testify. > It should remind us to pray for those who are weak, in trouble or in pain. > They need your prayers day and night. You cannot pray too much for them.. > 5. And lastly comes our little finger, the smallest finger of all. > Which is where we should place ourselves in relation to God and others. > As the Bible says, "The least shall be the greatest among you." Your > pinkie should remind you to pray for yourself. By the time you have prayed > for the other four > groups, your own needs will be put into proper perspective and you will be > able to pray for yourself more effectively.. > ______________________________________________ > > HOOKED ON PHONICS WORKED FOR ME (humor) - (Kevin, you'll enjoy this one. - > Russ) > > Eye halve a spelling chequer > It came with my pea sea > It plainly marques four my revue > Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. > > Eye strike a key and type a word > And weight four it two say > Weather eye am wrong oar write > It shows me strait a weigh. > > As soon as a mist ache is maid > It nose bee fore two long > And eye can put the error rite > Its rare lea ever wrong. > > Eye have run this poem threw it > I am shore your pleased two no > Its letter perfect awl the weigh > My chequer tolled me sew. > ______________________________________________ > > BIBLE READING PLAN FOR JULY > The Bible Reading Plan for Growing Christians for the month of July > can now be found at http://www.olywa.net/mmccahan/gbbiblereadjul.html > I like what Henry H. Halley of the infamous Halley's BIBLE HANDBOOK > has to say about Bible reading. "The most important thing in this book is > this simple suggestion: that each church have a congregational plan of > Bible reading and that the pastor's sermon be from the part of the Bible > read the past week thus connecting the pastor's preaching with the people's > Bible reading. This suggestion, if followed, would, beyond any doubt > whatever, produce a re-vitalized church: provided the pastor himself > thoroughly believes in the Bible as God's Word, and puts his heart into the > effort." > Even if your church isn't doing something like this, find at least one > other friend to keep yourself accountable to in regards to getting into > God's Word on a regular basis. "I have hidden your word in my heart that I > might not sin against you." - Psalm 119:11 > ______________________________________________ > > THE PRAYING HANDS > Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, > lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep > food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a > goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade > and any other paying chore he could find in the neighborhood. > Despite their seemingly hopeless condition, two of Albrecht Durer the > Elder's children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for > art, but they knew full well that their father would never be > financially able to send either of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy. > After many long discussions at night in their crowded bed, the two > boys finally worked out a pact. They would toss a coin. The loser would go > down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support > his brother while he attended the academy. Then, when that brother who won > the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other > brother at the academy, either with sales of his artwork or, if necessary, > also by laboring in the mines. > They tossed a coin on a Sunday morning after church. Albrecht Durer > won the toss and went off to Nuremberg. > Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four > years, financed his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an > immediate sensation. Albrecht's etchings, his woodcuts, and his oils > were far better than those of most of his professors, and by the time he > graduated, he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his commissioned > works. > When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a > festive dinner on their lawn to celebrate Albrecht's triumphant homecoming. > After a long and memorable meal, punctuated with music > and laughter, Albrecht rose from his honored position at the head of the > table to drink a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice > that had enabled Albrecht to fulfill his ambition. His > closing words were, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is > your turn. Now you can go to Nuremberg to pursue your dream, and I will > take care of you." > All heads turned in eager expectation to the far end of the table > where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, shaking his lowered > head from side to side while he sobbed and repeated, over and over, "No > ...no ...no ...no." > Finally, Albert rose and wiped the tears from his cheeks. He glanced > down the long table at the faces he loved, and then, holding his hands > close to his right cheek, he said softly, "No, brother. I > cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too late for me. Look ... look what four > years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have > been smashed at least once, and lately I have been > suffering from arthritis so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold > a glass to return your toast, much less make delicate lines on parchment or > canvas with a pen or a brush. No, brother ... for me it is too late." > More than 450 years have passed. By now, Albrecht Durer's hundreds of > masterful portraits, pen and silver-point sketches, watercolors, charcoals, > woodcuts, and copper engravings hang in every great museum in the world, > but the odds are great that you, like most people, are familiar with only > one of Albrecht Durer's works. More than merely being familiar with it, you > very well may have a reproduction hanging in your home or office. > One day, to pay homage to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, > Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother's abused hands with palms > together and thin fingers stretched skyward. He called his > powerful drawing simply "Hands," but the entire world almost immediately > opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed his tribute of > love "The Praying Hands." > The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, take a second > look. Let it be your reminder, if you still need one, that no one - no one > - - ever makes it alone! > - author unknown, submitted by reader and friend Carol Kirkeide > ______________________________________________ > > MOSES AND THE BURNING BUSH > Artist Arnold Friberg has just released a number of limited editions > and artist's proofs of "Moses and the Burning Bush." Mr. Friberg was > selected by Cecil B. DeMille to do research and paint biblical images that > then became the visual foundation for the making of the epic motion > picture, The Ten Commandments. Take a look at "Moses and the Burning Bush" > as well as other inspirational Friberg masterpieces at > http://www.halcyon.com/gbc/fribergmasterpieces.html > ____________________________________________________ > ____________________________________________________ _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
