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Athiest Holiday Written by: Unknown Posted on: 09/09/2007 Category: Humor Source: http://www.hissheep.org In Florida, an atheist became incensed over the preparation for Easter and Passover holidays and decided to contact the local ACLU about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while the atheists had no holiday to celebrate. The ACLU jumped on the opportunity to once again pick up the cause of the godless and assigned their sharpest attorneys to the case. The case was brought before a wise judge who after listening to the long, passionate presentation of the ACLU lawyers, promptly banged his gavel and declared, "Case dismissed!" The lead ACLU lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? Surely the Christians have Christmas, Easter and many other observances. And the Jews--why in addition to Passover they have Yom Kippur and Hanukkah ..and yet my client and all other atheists have no such holiday!" The judge leaned forward in his chair and simply said "Obviously your client is too confused to know about, or for that matter, even celebrate the atheists' holiday!" The ACLU lawyer pompously said "We are aware of no such holiday for atheists, just when might that be, your honor?" The judge said "Well it comes every year on exactly the same date---April 1st!"
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Pastor Ben is a Bivocational Pastor. He has been at Grace Baptist Church since July 15, 1990. He is a Nurse Practitioner by trade, with a specialty in Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended Wytheville Community College, and The University of Virginia and finished the Nurse Practitioner program there in 1979. He works with Paul Morin, M.D. in Wytheville, Virginia. Bro. Ben has a passion for The Word of God. He is aware that God is working in the church and in medicine and has joined God where He is. There have been souls saved as a result of that twofold ministry.
Pastor Benny Haga
HOW TO GET THE LORD’S ATTENTION
Everyone of us has a spiritual need. Our problem is acknowledging the need and bringing it to the surface. Someone once said, “According to the weight of the burden that grieves you is the cry to God that comes from you.”
RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE A NEED. A. Bartimaeus was blind.
Someone might say, “But everything seems to be fine with me, Ben.” My response might be, “Consider this. How about if God writes on the wall all of your secret thoughts over the last 24 hours and signs your name for all to see. Every lustful, envious, selfish, malicious thought plainly exposed for all to behold. I imagine that person would quickly leave the building in shame.” The person would most likely hang their head and reply, “You’re right. I need to recognize the darkness of my heart.”
GO AFTER JESUS – ALONE! A. God alone sees the heart, the heart alone sees God.
a. Zacchaeus, alone in the sycamore tree. b. The woman with the issue of blood touching Jesus – alone B. Bartimaeus paid no attention to the onlookers and their rebuke.
a. He wasn’t going to shut up until he got the Lord’s attention. b. Many will try to silence you. c. Just cry louder
WHEN HE TURNS TOWARDS YOU, MAKE IT COUNT“What do you want me to do for you?” A. Bartimaeus had many needs.
B. Bartimaeus knew the most important area of his life was to regain his sight.
More than anything else, you need God to heal your spiritual eyes. When Jesus turns around and Heaven stands at attention, make sure you make it count. Don’t pour out to the Lord some insignificant need when the bottom line is the salvation of your soul.
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