Archive for March, 2009

25
Mar

I love FREE

   Posted by: BearyAnn   in Encouraging Words, Paws to Think About It

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I am sucker for the word “FREE”.  I hate to admit it, but I have been enticed into many purchases because of the word FREE.

Buy one, get one FREE.  I didn’t need the first one, but now I can get two!!  My biggest temptation comes when the offer includes a teddy bear.  I have so many teddy bears that many are still packed from our last move 3 years ago. I have no place for them. But they are teddy bears and many were offered as free with purchase or by signing up, or whatever “FREE’” idea was popular at the time.

My favorite FREE offer comes from God. The gift of salvation. “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”  (John 1:12 NIV)

God’s FREE gift is offered to all. But not all will accept the gift. They will respond “I don’t need that”, “I can do this on my own” “I can get to heaven just being good”.  None of this is true. Nothing you can do on your own is good enough. We are all sinners. God is God. He is perfect. He cannot abide sin and the sinful nature. So He has offered a way, a gift, to allow us to spend eternity with Him. That gift is Jesus Christ, His only Son, whom He sent as a sacrifice for my sin and for yours. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV)

But God will not force you to accept Him. You must invite Him in. Will you?

Click here to go to the Billy Graham website and view “How to Become a Christian”.

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15
Mar

Host your own Knitting Bible Study

   Posted by: BearyAnn   in TeddyBear Thoughts

In the spring of 2007 I approached my church’s women’s ministry leaders with an idea of a Knitting Bible Study.  I had written some lessons and practiced on a couple of women in my home. They were thrilled with the teaching.  I wanted to try it at the church. 

They were excited at the idea and the first Knitting Bible Study was held  in the fall.  We are now completing the 2nd year of the Knitting Bible Study, growing from 4 women the first few meetings to as many as 18 last month. 

The relaxed setting of comfortable chairs and sofas in the coffee shop provide a welcoming atmosphere.  The lessons are read and discussed. Many women have commented on how they find the discussion more enjoyable with the knitting needles (or crochet hooks) in their hands.  The lessons are an incorporation of knitting terms or ideas and scripture.

If you’d be interested in a FREE sample lesson and would like to sign up for the Knit In Prayer Newsletter, click here.  (you can always opt out if you find it does not meet your needs or desires)

Click here for more details

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