Cartoonology Devotional 07-23-09

Share on Facebook Cartoonology Devotional 07-23-09 E. Larry Ross Cartoonology. There is great theology in cartoons and comics. Everyone likes to win, but for most of us losing is more common. For this reason, I have a concern for kids in sports. There is too much emphasis on winning and not enough on having fun and just doing your best. Let’s take some of the pressure off of kids and make the game what it is – a game. I believe that it is just as important for kids to learn how to lose, as it is to learn how to win. There is too much poor sportsmanship. Participation and sportsmanship should be the main emphases. Maybe this is one reason we have so many selfish people in our churches today who fight so much, or won’t “play the game” if they can’t get their way, and who will walk away from their God-given responsibilities at the drop of a hat. Most of life requires some form of compromise in order to survive. Now, I am not talking about compromising on biblical theology or principles. We can usually agree on these very well, anyway. It is the color of the carpet or the choice of music styles, etc. that usually get the best of us. If we have a servant’s heart, we can always find a win/win solution to these things. There are really no losers when love and loyalty remain the theme. Philippians 2:4 (NKJV) 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. 07-23-09 Click on the link here to see all previous Cartoonology Devotionals. To receive this daily devotional by e-mail, send a message to edrynn@verizon.net and ask for it. Pastor Ross sends out the devotional every day, Monday through Saturday. These devotionals are free for the using. Share them with others. I only ask that you let people know where you got them. If you would like to contribute to our church's ministry, however, make your check payable to New Life Community Baptist Church and mail it to 1560 Oakwood Street, Bedford VA 24523. Thanks and God bless.

Cartoonology Devotional 07-25-09

Share on Facebook Cartoonology Devotional 07-25-09 E. Larry Ross Cartoonology. There is great theology in cartoons and comics. My 9-year-old grandson was recently visiting some caverns with his family. He was given a quarter to toss into the wishing well. When asked what he wished for he responded, “World peace”. I am not superstitious, but I was proud of his answer. I probably would have wished for a pony or bicycle at that age. I am reminded of the story in John chapter 5, where Jesus encountered a man with an infirmity lying beside the pool by the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem. He was waiting for the water to stir so that he could be healed. The notion of the day was that the first person to get in would get his wish. Folks believed an angel of God stirred the water, but most likely, it was a natural force that caused the phenomenon. At any rate, it was all based on chance or luck. Jesus asked him if he wanted to be well. The man answered that there was no one to help him into the pool. Then, Jesus healed the man and told him to get up, take his bed and walk. And, so he did! Getting what we want or need is not based on wishing, chance or luck. It is based on asking God in faith according to His will, and prayer is never wasted. 1 John 5:14 (NKJV) 14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 07-25-09 Click on the link here to see all previous Cartoonology Devotionals. To receive this daily devotional by e-mail, send a message to edrynn@verizon.net and ask for it. Pastor Ross sends out the devotional every day, Monday through Saturday. These devotionals are free for the using. Share them with others. I only ask that you let people know where you got them. If you would like to contribute to our church's ministry, however, make your check payable to New Life Community Baptist Church and mail it to 1560 Oakwood Street, Bedford VA 24523. Thanks and God bless.

Cartoonology Devotional 07-24-09

Share on Facebook Cartoonology Devotional 07-24-09 E Larry Ross Cartoonology. There is great theology in cartoons and comics. There is an old story about a mule that stood between two stacks of hay. He could not decide which stack to eat from. This went on until he starved to death. The point of the story is that indecision can be costly. On the other hand stupid, snappy decisions can get you into trouble, too. Two men in Kentucky decided to pull the front off a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck. Instead of pulling the front panel off the machine, though, they pulled the bumper off their truck. Scared, they left the scene and drove home: With the chain still attached to the machine. With their bumper still attached to the chain. With their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper. Every day we are faced with decisions of various degrees of importance. When it comes to moral and spiritual decisions, proper decisiveness is of the utmost importance. We don’t want to be like Barbara Mandrel who sang the lyrics about loving another woman’s husband, “If loving you is wrong, I don’t want to be right”. Joshua 24:15 (NKJV) 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." 07-24-09 Click on the link here to see all previous Cartoonology Devotionals. To receive this daily devotional by e-mail, send a message to edrynn@verizon.net and ask for it. Pastor Ross sends out the devotional every day, Monday through Saturday. These devotionals are free for the using. Share them with others. I only ask that you let people know where you got them. If you would like to contribute to our church's ministry, however, make your check payable to New Life Community Baptist Church and mail it to 1560 Oakwood Street, Bedford VA 24523. Thanks and God bless.