Holiness is not the way to Jesus--. Jesus is the way to holiness. To be lifted up--, go down (on your knees). Satan can't bring you down any further than your knees. He who kneels before God can stand before anyone! To be almost saved-- is to be totally lost-- Keep your head and your heart pointed in the right direction and you wont have to worry about your feet. God allows "U Turns"! We're too blessed to be depressed. We use our tongues to praise our Lord and Father, but then we curse people (with the same tongue), whom God made like Himself. If you're a Christian, earth is the only hell you'll ever know! If you're not a Christian, earth is the only heaven you'll ever know. Don't put a question mark where God puts a period. Jesus built us a bridge, with 2 boards and 3 nails. Don't be God's weakest link! Count your blessings! Recounts are OK--- If you cheat on the test, don't thank the Lord for the "A". Count your blessings, not your problems. Money is a great servant but a terrible master! You can't walk with God and hold hands with Satan at the same time. God needs our availability more than our ability. Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around--, Faith looks up! Rapture-- the only way to fly! Things that are not eternal are already out of date. Firefighters rescue, only Jesus saves. Jesus is returning...resistance is futile Can't follow the stars? Follow the One who made them. If you think you are perfect-- Try walking on water. ...it is not our culture to sin, it is our nature to sin; and only GOD will change that nature. Give your troubles to God--- He never slumbers nor sleeps anyway. WARNING! In case of rapture, this car will be unmanned. My boss is a Jewish carpenter. Say YES to Jesus and saying NO to drugs will be easy. Conscience is God's built-in warning system. If you don't like the way you were born, try being born again. Everyone you meet today is on heaven's most wanted list. God promised a safe landing, not smooth sailing. Get Right or get Left! I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light. When it comes time to die--- make sure all you have to do is die. TODAY IS A GIFT FROM GOD. THAT'S WHY IT IS CALLED "THE PRESENT" If you're ready to die--- you're ready to live! f you can't be an "Onward Christian Soldier", at least don't pass the ammunition to the enemy. God without man is still God. Man without God is nothing. The key to Heaven was hung on a nail. God gave everyone patience... Wise people use it. The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. When all else fails, trust God ! A person who hungers for money will starve to death spiritually! Need some color in your life? Give JESUS the paintbrush............... Don't have anything to be thankful for? Check your pulse! Plan ahead-- it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. Trust says Jesus can-- Faith says Jesus will! GOD MAY SAY "WAIT" BUT HE NEVER SAYS "WORRY" God won't be looking for your medals, degrees or diplomas--, He'll be looking for your scars. It's hard to stumble when you're on your knees. The 'Promised Land' is always on the other side of the wilderness. Read the Bible --- It Will Scare the Hell Out of You! Man's way leads to a hopeless end! God's way leads to an endless hope! In the sentence of life the devil may be a comma, but NEVER let him be the Period. If you can't Sleep, don't count sheep. Talk to the Shepherd. Worry is the darkroom in which "negatives" are developed. If God is your Co-pilot---- Swap seats! Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. God's delays are not God's denials. Do your best and let Jesus do the rest. Fear knocked. Faith answered. No one was there. No day is dark in the Son. God loves you whether you like it or not Been taken for Granted? Imagine how God feels. Lost and found inside. One birthday isn't enough--- BE BORN AGAIN! Smoking won't send you to hell, it'll just make you smell like you've been there. God answers prayer--- not advice. Expect great things from God! Attempt great things for God! Failure isn't falling down-- it's staying down. Fear him who is able to destroy the body and the soul! Fall seven times--- stand up eight! Christians are like coals of a fire. Together they glow--- apart they grow cold--- For every sin the devil has an excuse. God never closes a door without opening a window. We're called to stand out! Not blend in! Is your life running on empty? Free fillups here every Sunday! The Will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you. The cross is God's way of making a plus sign out of a minus. There is no right way to do a wrong thing. You love Jesus only as much as you the person you love the least. Having a sharp tongue may cut your own throat. Truth is ! Lies have to be invented. The vitamin good for friendship is "B1" Men who have never failed are men who have never tried. Want to make God laugh? Just tell him your plans. In the dark? Follow the Son. If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itself. Download your worries, get on-line with God! You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage him. The Devil has a "plot" but God has a "plan". It does not matter what happens to us but what happens in us. Many books can inform, but only the Bible can transform. T G I F - Today God Is First BIBLE: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. The best Christmas gift ever was wrapped in a manger! Same owner for 2000 years. When you are the zero, He is the One. You are not too bad to come in. You are not too good to stay out. At the heart of sin is the letter "I". We set the sail; God makes the wind. Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. When God says "no", it's because He has something better in store for you. Never run faster than your guardian angel can fly! God loves us not because of who we are but because of who He is. Jesus-- Final Answer! Busyness is not necessarily Godliness. GET RICH QUICK! COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

fast facts

About 50 Bibles are sold every minute.

Christianity is the world's most widespread religion (1,7 billion Christians).

The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.

The Slavonic Orthodox Church has twice as many adherents as the Baptist Church.

The 12 disciples were not were not allowed to carry food, money, or extra clothing.

Delilah was given a few thousand pieces of silver to deceive Samson into revealing the secret of his strength. (NKJV) Judges 16:4-5: "And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, 'Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may over power him....and every one of us will give you 1100 pieces of silver.' "

Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible, and lions 55 times, but domestic cats are not mentioned at all.

The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.

The oldest almost-complete manuscript of the Bible still existing is the Codex Vaticanus, dating from the first half of the 4th century, now held in the Vatican library.

The word "Christian" appears only three times in the Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.

Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not contain the word "God."

There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.

The 66 books of the Bible is divided into 1,189 chapters consisting of 31,173 verses. The Old Testament has 929 chapters, the New Testament 260. (King James version)

The King James Old Testament consist of 592,439 words consisting of 2,728,100 letters and the New Testament 181,253 words consisting of 838,380 letter (total 3,566,480 letters).

The longest line in the Bible is Esther 8:9 - 89 words, 425 letters.

The longest word in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz: Isaiah 8:1.

The shortest verse in the NIV Bible is John 11:35: "Jesus wept."

The longest book chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, the shortest is Psalm 117.

There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after it.

Psalm 118 verse 8 is in the center of the Bible: "It is better to trust in the Lord than put confidence in man."

Obadiah, with 21 verses consisting of 602 words, is the shortest book in the Old Testament, and the third shortest in the Bible.

II John has the fewest number of verses of any book in the Bible - it is the shortest book in the Bible.

III John has the fewest number of words of any book in the Bible.

Job is the oldest book written in the Bible - it was written by an unknown Israelite around 1500 BC.

Malachi, written about 400 BC, is the youngest book in the Old Testament.

James, written around 45 AD, is the oldest book in the New Testament.

Revelation, written about 95 AD, is the youngest book in the New Testament.

The verse in the exact middle of the Bible is Psalm 117:8. There are 594 chapters before Psalm 117 and 594 chapters after Psalm 117.

St Paul wrote 14 (of the 27) books of the New Testament.

The covering for the tabernacle was made out of ram skins and sea cow hides: Exodus 36:19.

Nowhere in the Bible does it say there were three wise men - Matthew 2:1 only says: "Magi from the east came to Jerusalem" and later they present three gifts. More

The word "Lord" appears 1855 times in the Bible.

The word "God" appears in every book except Esther and Song of Solomon.

The word "grandmother" appears in the Bible only once: 2 Timothy 1:5.

The word "eternity" is mentioned only once: Isaiah 57:15.

Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.

In Old Testament times the Mediterranean Sea was called the Great Sea.

There are 7 different Jeremiahs in the Bible: 1 Chronicles 5:24; 12:4, 10, 13; 2 Kings 23:30; Jeremiah 1:1; 35:3.

The raven is the first bird mention in the Bible. It appears in Genesis 8:7, when it is sent out from the ark by Noah to see if the flood waters have abated. The second bird was a dove, in verse 8.

Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.

A chariot imported from Egypt cost around 600 shekels of silver (1 Kings 10:29). That would be about $77,000. One shekel was 4 days wages.

The word "trinity" is not mentioned in the Bible.

Methuselah is the oldest man on record: 969 years old (Genesis 5:27).

The 10 plagues of Egypt:
1. Water turns to blood
2. Frogs
3. Lice and fleas
4. Flies
5. Cattle die of diseases
6. Boils and sores
7. Hail
8. Locusts
9. Darkness
10. Death of first-born

The 7 last plagues (Revelation 16):
1. Sores
2. Sea turns to blood
3. Rivers turn to blood
4. People schorched by heat of the sun
5. Darkness
6. River Euphrates dries up
7. Earthquake

The 7 Fathers of the Church:
St Athanasius, St Gregory of Nazianzus, St John Chrysostom, St John of Damascus, St Basil of Caesarea, St Gregory of Nyssa, St Cyril of Alexandria.

During the 6th Century, it was customary to congratulate people who sneezed because it was thought that they were expelling evil from their bodies. During the great plague of Europe, the Pope passed a law to say "God bless you" to one who sneezed.

The last word in the Bible is AMEN.

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