Cartoonology Devotional 07-21-09

Share on Facebook Cartoonology Devotional 07-21-09 E. Larry Ross Cartoonology. There is great theology in cartoons and comics. The divorce rate in America is right at 50%. The rate is much higher if you take into consideration those who live together before marriage and then break up. According to a recent study 70% of couples live together before marriage, and that alone puts them at greater risk of divorce after marriage. One study revealed that people who cohabitate have a 80% higher rate of divorce. Preventing divorce makes a lot of sense when you consider the costs involved. Those costs are not only financial but also emotional and physical. The financial cost can be staggering and run into thousands of dollars. It would make more sense to spend a few thousand to save the marriage. Neither cohabitation nor divorce is unpardonable sin. God will forgive such sins, but they are sins the Lord seems to give special attention to. Marriage was created and ordained by God. The marriage between a man and a woman is to mirror the marriage between God and His people and Jesus and His church. In order for that to be a reality, a marriage relationship needs to be pure and in order for it to be pure, the relationship needs to start off that way before marriage. If this is not your case, take heart. God can give you a clean, new start through Jesus Christ. Malachi 2:16 (NLT) 16 “For I hate divorce!” says the Lord, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.” 07-21-09 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 07-20-09

Share on Facebook Cartoonology Devotional 07-20-09 E. Larry Ross Cartoonology. There is great theology in cartoons and comics. A Pennsylvania toddler played the game of hide-and-seek so well that the family had to call police and firefighters to help find her. Two-year-old Natalie Jasmer was playing with her siblings in their Pymatuning Township home. When the family couldn’t find her, parents Dennis and Michelle Jasmer called authorities. Emergency crews and friends frantically searched the neighborhood for about an hour. The family's dog, Copper, finally sniffed her out. She had fallen asleep in a drawer underneath the family's washing machine. The Apostle Paul once spoke to the god-seeking pagans of Athens about one of the altars at which they worshipped. It had inscribed on it, “To The Unknown God”. The purpose of such an altar was to make sure no god was overlooked. Paul immediately seized the opportunity to identify this “Unknown God”, and he preached to them Jesus. In so many words, Paul told them your search for the one true God is over. Paul affirmed their quest for God. He explained how that He had created all men with an intrinsic desire to seek after Him and that seeking after God is His purpose for mankind. He also told them they did not need to search far and wide. He is not asleep, but he is right under our noses, so to speak. Acts 17:27-28a (NKJV) 27 so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and have our being. 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.