ETNA COMMUNITY CHURCH PAGE 2 (ODDS & ENDS)
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IF MY PEOPLE WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY
II Chronicles 7:14 -- Then if my people who are called by my name will
humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked
ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore
their land..
After a day of contemplation and soul searching, I have decided to
reach out to my friends and relatives and ask you to do something that
has been troubling me for a long time. Our nation is/has been on the
slippery slope for a long time. If you look around you will find
corruption, greed, moral decay, and a steady move away from the things
that made us great. The principles upon which this nation was founded
are no longer our backbone. However, we can reverse this trend. In God's
word he states, "If … my people who are called by my name will humble
themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their
land." Our land needs to be healed.
I am convinced that we must pray for our nation and its leaders and ask
for forgiveness. So I ask you to join me in this plea to our Lord.
Would you please send this to at least 25 people in your address book,
(send it to all of them). Ask them to pray EVERYDAY. (25 to only the
6th power is 244,140,62 5 people.) IMAGINE if each person reaches TEN
others...or all TWENTY FIVE!
If you do and they comply, we will lift up millions and millions of
prayers a day to our Creator. He will hear us and in faith will answer.
Let me just add a quote from Ronald Reagan – "If we ever forget that
we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." I
truly believe this is why the United States of America is in the shape
we are in today. Most people have forgotten that we are one nation under
God! Let us as Christians stand up and remind people of this.
Instead of PREparing our children and grandchildren for this secular world, let's REpair this secular world for them and grow them in God's word.
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OK FRIENDS --READ AND ACT
This probably sounds crazy, but just yesterday I was in Walmart
looking for a wastebasket. I found some made in China for $6.99. I
didn't want to pay that much so I asked the lady if they had any
others. She took me to another department and they had some at $2.50
made in USA. They are just as good. Same as a kitchen rug I needed.
I had to look, but I found some made in the USA and they were $3.00
cheaper. We are being brain washed that everything that comes from
China and Mexico is cheaper. Not so. That is also why I don't buy
cards at Hallmark anymore. They are made in China and are expensive. I buy them at
Dollar Tree .... 50 cents each and made in USA.
One Light Bulb at a Time
A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while
one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very
much, a billion of them would. With that thought in mind, read the
following, obviously written by a good American . . .
Good idea . . .. one light bulb at a time . .. ..
Check this out. I can verify this because I was in Lowe's the other
day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments ..... They were all made in China.
The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA. Start looking . . ...
In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job. So, after reading this I think this lady is on the right track .. Let's get behind her!
My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more.
My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico ... now I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything ....
This past weekend I was at Kroger . . . I needed 60W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets.
I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, "EverydayValue." I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same except for the price . . .. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA in a company in Cleveland, Ohio.
So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here ...........
So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets ... yep, you guessed it -
Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada ... The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years and at almost half the price!
My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA -the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!
If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time!
Stop buying from overseas companies!
(We should have awakened a decade ago ....)
Let's get with the program and help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the USA.
I passed this on .. .. . will you???
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