Brief Points

     Bulletin Briefs
     Sentence Sermons via the Beulah Bulletin
     Hymns for the "Sorta Committed"
     Who am I?  by Bryan Gibson 
 
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Bulletin Briefs
 

• The very worst thing that one man can do to another is to convince him that he is saved when, in reality, he is not.
• Television is an invention whereby you can be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn’t have in your house.—David Frost.
• Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.—Colton
• The only thing a lazy mind will jump at is a conclusion.
• Some well-fed bodies contain under-nourished souls.
• If at first you don't succeed, you are probably normal.
• To train children at home, it is necessary for both parents and children to spend some time there.
• An enemy of God is never a friend to man.
• The ability to speak many languages is valuable, but ability to keep your mouth shut at the proper time in one language is priceless.
• The Lord sometimes takes us into troubled waters—not to drown us, but to cleanse us.
• Help stamp out pollution—clean up your speech.
• Nobody on his deathbed ever said, “I wish I’d spent more time at the office.”—Peter Lynch.
• A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.”—French Proverb
• You cannot repent too soon because you do not know how soon it may be too late.—Sir Thomas Fuller (1608–1661)
• We can prove our faith by our commitment to it, and in no other way. Any belief that does not command the one who holds it is not real belief; it is a pseudo belief only.—A. W. Tozer
• You cannot be a crown-wearer without first being a cross-bearer.
• Some people have too much to live on, and too little to live for.
• Instead of praying for lighter loads, Christians should pray for greater strength.
• People are not honored for what they receive, but for what they give.
• It is better to think a good thought about a bad man, than to think an evil thought about a good man.
• Death is that final separation from all we have worked for, all that we have built up, all that is near and dear to us. It is too bad that dying is the last thing we do. Because it could teach us so much about living.—Robert M. Herhold
• He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance. -- Jean Jacques Rousseau

Sentence Sermons
via the Beulah Bulletin

• It is never the right time to do the wrong thing.
• A soft answer can break a hard heart.
• The dictionary is the only place you can find success before work.
• He who has the most trouble usually has been busy making it.
• Your character is what God knows you to be.
• Our reputation is what men think you are.
• What you laugh at tells plainer than words what you are.
• The person who stays out of church because there are too many hypocrites in it is doing the right thing: one more would not help the situation.
• Nobody raises his own reputation by lowering others.
• You can see Jesus Christ better with your knees bent.
• It should be easy to make an honest living—there is so little competition.
• It is the preacher’s job to preach and the audience’s job to listen—try not to finish before he does.
• A loose tongue often gets its owner into a tight place.
• Beware of your spiritual condition when the most pleasing part of the service is the closing song and dismissal prayer.
• You can tell something about the kind of boy a girl is trying to catch by looking at the lure she is using.
• If you expect nothing from your children, don’t be surprised when you get it.
• Does the obligation to “honor your father and mother” end if it becomes a burden?
• We often hear of someone making a fashion “statement.” Parents, have you considered the kind of statement your children are making by their fashions?
• Chains of habits are usually too small to be felt until they become too strong to be easily broken.
• “What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?”
• Many people have too much to live on and too little to live for.
• Our daughters should dress to be chaste, not to be chased.
• The following might explain why some people never seem to change. A little boy was overheard praying: “Lord, if you can’t make me a better boy, don’t worry about it. I’m having a real good time like I am.”
• Jesus is Lord of all or He is not Lord at all.

Hymns for the "Sorta Committed"

• I Surrender Some
• It Is Fairly Well With My Soul
• Fill My Spoon, O Lord
• Oh, How I Like Jesus
• He Is Quite a Bit to Me
• I Like to Tell the Story
• Take My Life and Let Me Be
• Where He Leads Me, I'll Consider Following
• Just as I Pretend to Be
• Onward Christian Reserves
• When the Saints Go Sneaking In
• Sit Down, Sit Down for Jesus
• My Hope is Built On Somewhat Less

What Am I?
by Bryan Gibson

• I can give you faith and then help your faith to grow (Romans 10:17; John 4:41; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; Colossians 2:7)
• I can discern the thoughts and intents of your heart (Hebrews 4:12).
• I can reprove you and correct you (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
• I can convict you of sin (John 16:8; Titus 1:9; James 2:9; Nehemiah 9:1-3).
• I can sanctify you, or set you apart from the world (John 17:17).
• I can convert you, give you life, purify your soul, save your soul, set you free (Psalms 19:7; 119:50; Deuteronomy 8:1-3; James 1:21; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; John 8:31-32).
• I can bring grief to your heart, but I can also bring joy (Nehemiah 8:1-12; Romans 15:13; Acts 13:48; Psalms 119:14, 111).
• I can terrify you, but I can also comfort you (Psalms 119:50, 120; Romans 15:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:18).
• I can revive you, strengthen you, and uphold you (Psalms 119:25, 28, 116).
• I can give you the strength and courage to overcome the most severe obstacles (Revelation 12:11; 20:4; Matthew 7:24-27).
• I can give you understanding; I can make you among the wisest people in the world (Psalms 119:97-100; 19:7).
• I can enlighten your eyes, give you light for your path (Psalms 19:8; 119:105
• I can cleanse your way, keep you from sin, deliver you from temptation (Psalms 119:9-11, 133; 1 John 2:14; Proverbs 13:14).
• I can preserve you, keep you, promote you, and bring you honor and a crown of glory (Proverbs 4:1-13).
• I can set your heart on fire (Luke 24:27-32; Jeremiah 20:9).
• I can bring you hope and peace (Romans 15:13; Psalms 119:165).
• I can equip you for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

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