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Jacob lived seventeen years in the land of Egypt, so that the span of Jacob’s life came to one hundred and forty-seven years. And when the time approached for Israel to die, he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, “Do me this favor, place your hand under my thigh as a pledge of…

A minister parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city because he was short of time and couldn’t find a space with a meter. So he put a note under the windshield wiper that read: “I have circled the block 10 times. If I don’t park here, I’ll miss my appointment. FORGIVE…

11. Feeling nervous, shaky, overwhelmed? Don’t attempt to make a gingerbread house. I volunteered to make 17 last year, and it nearly had me in the hospital again. Plus: Instead, try these Holiday Party Recipes.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. –Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

John 5:30-47 30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who testifies on…

[30] I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. [31] If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. [32] There is another that beareth witness…

“I am a husband whose wife has 3rd stage kidney disease.” –from Beliefnet member CandyCorn2 Add your prayers now

Shame is an iron fence against sin. –Orchot Tzaddikim Reprinted from ‘A Treasury of Jewish Quotations.’ edited by Joseph L. Baron. Jason Aronson Inc.

10. “God” spelled backward is “dog,” which might have something to do with the Son of God being born in an animal stable. Plus: A baby to soothe your spirit this season. Enter a caption for this photo!

How many times do we miss God’s blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? –Unknown

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