Breakfast Recipe #13

A new day today is not just God's gift to us. We are God's gift to each new day, with the love we can give and the service we can offer to others.

Breakfast Recipe #12

Keep on inspiring people through the quality of your life... Always stay as a blessing to others and God will bless you more than what you deserve...

Breakfast Recipe #11

Care...


is the sweetest essence in the world.


If someone says "take care" it means you live in that person's heart.




Take care... :)

Breakfast Recipe #10

Most of the things we desire are expensive, but the TRUTH is...


The things that really satisfy us are FREE...


Laughter...
Family...
True Friends...
and most of all...
GOD's love!!!

Breakfast Recipe #9

May the Lord Jesus put His hands on your eyes, for then you shall begin to look not at what is not seen but at what is not seen. May He open your eyes that are concerned not with the present but with what is yet to come, may He unseal your heart's vision, that you may gaze on God in the Spirit, through the same Lord Jesus Christ, whose glory and power will endure throughout the unending ages Amen...

Breakfast Recipe #8

God's love is a candle in the dark. No matter how gloomy our life may be,just one little touch of HIS love is enough to bring warmth & light...

Breakfast Recipe #7

Though god allowed us to see troubles, many bitter, He promised He will restore comfort and turn around our lives once again then, our hearts, and out tongues will start to sing praises and ode to our King.

Breakfast Recipe #6

If you have a chance to seize a moment that you know will be memorable, grab it.
Always think that NEXT TIME may never come...

Breakfast Recipe #5

May God in His infinite abundance,
... Take care of all your material needs,
... Touch your life with joy and contentment,
... Bless your heart with love and faith,
... Comfort your soul with inner peace. 

Breakfast Recipe #4

The wisest and happiest people on earth are those who have a hard time recalling their worries and an easy time remembering their blessings.

The Greatest Advice - Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life

To make yourself happy, pursue your passions & be the best of what you can be. Simplify your life.
Take away the clutter.
Get rid of destructive elements: abusive friends, nasty habits, and dangerous liaisons.
Don’t abandon your responsibilities but don’t overdose on duty.

Don’t date because you are desperate.
Don’t marry because you are miserable.
Don’t have kids because you think your genes are superior.
Don’t philander because you think you are irresistible.

Don’t associate with people you can’t trust.
Don’t cheat. Don’t lie.
Don’t pretend.
Don’t dictate because you are smarter.
Don’t demand because you are stronger.

Don’t sleep around because you think you are old enough & know better. Don’t hurt your kids because loving them is harder.
Don’t sell yourself, your family, or your ideals.
Don’t stagnate!
Don’t regress.
Don’t live in the past.
Time can’t bring anything or anyone back.
Don’t put your life on hold for possibly Mr. Right.
Don’t throw your life away on absolutely Mr. Wrong because your biological clock is ticking.

Learn a new skill. Find a new friend.
Start a new career.

Sometimes, there is no race to be won, only a price to be paid for some of life’s more hasty decisions.

To terminate your loneliness, reach out to the homeless.

To feed your nurturing instincts, care for the needy.

To fulfill your parenting fantasies, get a puppy.

Don’t bring another life into this world for all the wrong reasons.

Don’t live life recklessly without thought and feeling for your family.
Be true to yourself.
Don’t commit when you are not ready.
Don’t keep others waiting needlessly.

Go on that trip. Don’t postpone it.

Say those words.
Don’t let the moment pass.

Do what you have to, even at society’s scorn.
Write poetry.
Love Deeply.
Walk barefoot.
Dance with wild abandon.
Cry at the movies.
Take care of yourself. Don’t wait for someone to take care of you.
You light up your life.
You drive yourself to your destination.
No one completes you - except YOU.
It isn’t true that life does not get easier with age.
It only gets more challenging.
Don’t be afraid. 
Don’t lose your capacity to love.
Pursue your passions.
Live your dreams.
Don’t lose faith in God.
Don’t grow old. Just grow YOU!
When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you’ll never get back.
Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give to someone is your time.
Relationships take time and effort, and the best way to spell love is
T-I-M-E because the essence of love is not what we think or do or provide
for others, but how much we give of ourselves.

God is good all the time!

Superman

I can’t stand to fly

I’m not that naive

I’m just out to find

The better part of me

I’m more than a bird…i’m more than a plane

More than some pretty face beside a train

It’s not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry

Fall upon my knees

Find a way to lie

About a home I’ll never see

It may sound absurd…but don’t be naive

Even heroes have the right to bleed

I may be disturbed…but won’t you concede

Even heroes have the right to dream

It’s not easy to be me

Up, up and away…away from me

It’s all right…you can all sleep sound tonight

I’m not crazy…or anything…

I can’t stand to fly

I’m not that naive

Men weren’t meant to ride

With clouds between their knees

I’m only a man in a silly red sheet

Digging for kryptonite on this one way street

Only a man in a funny red sheet

Looking for special things inside of me

Inside of me

Inside me

Yeah, inside me

Inside of me

I’m only a man

In a funny red sheet

I’m only a man

Looking for a dream

I’m only a man

In a funny red sheet

And it’s not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm…

Its not easy to be me

Interesting Conversation

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.  He asks one of his new Christian students to stand and…..

Professor: You are a Christian, aren't you, son? 
Student :Yes, sir. 
Prof: So you believe in God? 
Student : Absolutely, sir. 
Prof: Is God good? 
Student :Sure. 
Prof: Is God all-powerful? 
Student :Yes. 
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm? 
(Student is silent.)

Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good? 
Student :Yes 
Prof: Is Satan good? 
Student : No. 
Prof: Where does Satan come from? 
Student : From…God… 
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world? 
Student : Yes. 
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct? 
Student : Yes. 
Prof: So who created evil? 
(Student does not answer.)

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?  All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they? 
Student : Yes, sir. 
Prof: So, who created them? 
(Student has no answer.)

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son…Have you ever seen God? 
Student: No, sir. 
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God? 
Student :No, sir. 
Prof:Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God?  Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter? 
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't. 
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him? 
Student : Yes. 
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son? 
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith. 
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has. 
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat? 
Prof: Yes. 
Student : And is there such a thing as cold? 
Prof: Yes. 
Student : No sir. There isn't. 
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called old.  We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold.  Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it. 
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness? 
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness? 
Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something.  You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light….But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it?  In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you? 
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man? 
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed. 
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how? 
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality.  You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God.  You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure.  Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.  Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey? 
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do. 
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir? 
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)

Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? 
(The class is in uproar.)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain? 
(The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?…..No one appears to have done so.  So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir.  With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir? 
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son. 
Student : That is it sir.. The link between man & God is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation…and if so…you'll probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same…won't you?…forward them to increase their knowledge…

26 Beautiful 1 - liners

1. Give God what's right — not what's left.
2. Man's way leads to a hopeless end — God's way leads to an endless hope.
3. A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.
4. He who kneels before God can stand before anyone.
5. In the sentence of life, the devil may be a comma–but never let him be the period.
6. Don't put a question mark where God puts a period.
7. Are you wrinkled with burden? Come to the church for a face-lift.
8. When praying, don't give God instructions - just report for duty.
9. Don't wait for six strong men to take you to church.
10. We don't change God's message — His message changes us.
11. The church is prayer-conditioned.
12. When God ordains, He sustains.
13. WARNING: Exposure to the Son may prevent burning.
14. Plan ahead — It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.
15. Most people want to serve God, but only in an advisory position.
16. Suffering from truth decay? Brush up on your Bible.
17. Exercise daily — walk with the Lord.
18. Never give the devil a ride — he will always want to drive.
19. Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it.
20. Compassion is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.
21. He who angers you controls you.
22. Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.
23. Give Satan an inch & he'll be a ruler.
24. Be ye fishers of men — you catch them & He'll clean them.
25. God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
26. Read the Bible — It will scare the hell out of you.

The Mayonnaise, Jar and 2 Cup of Coffee

When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee. 

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things–your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions—and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.  The sand is everything else—the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first—the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. ;The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked.

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

Excuse Me, Are You Jesus?

As you read this, think about what you would do!  "Excuse me, Are you Jesus?" This is really powerful and makes one think!!!!

A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago.  They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner.  In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples.  Apples flew everywhere.  Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding.

ALL, BUT ONE!!!  He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned.  He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home destination, and explain his taking a later flight.  Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor.  He was glad he did.

The 16 year old girl was totally blind!  She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time, helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her.  No one stopping, and no one to care for her plight.  The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table, and helped organize her display.  As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.  When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, "Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?" She nodded through her tears. He continued on with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly."

As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, "Mister…." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes.  She continued, "Are you Jesus?" He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered.  Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: "Are you Jesus?" 

Do people mistake you for Jesus?  That's our destiny, is it not?  To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life, and grace.

If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk, and act as He would.  Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church.  It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.  You are the apple of His eye even though we, too, have been bruised by a fall.  He stopped what He was doing and picked you and me up on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit.