Christmas party pictures

Thank you Nalani for the great pictures!

Where's the line to see Jesus?

Beautiful! Thanks to InaJo and Glaydene for this link!

HOMECOMING!!!

Brian Wilhelm is Marty and Nancy's son-in-law, returning from Afghanistan. He and daughter Sheri are at the very beginning of the video and again later on.

Children Go Where I Send Thee

This will bring great memories and a smile to your face!

Thanksgiving

I frequently sat down to my meat with thankfulness, and admired the hand of God's providence, which had thus spread my table in the wilderness. I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side; and to consider what I enjoyed rather than what I wanted; and this gave me sometimes such secret comforts that I cannot express them; and which I take notice of here, to put those discontented people in mind of it who cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them, because they see and covet something that he has not given them. All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

from Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (1719)

The most important financial lessons I have learned.

I have been in the financial industry for about 50 years and have picked up a thing or two along the way. I would like to share with you, the one or two most imortant things I have learned.

There is no charge, but I promise that the implementation of concepts will guarantee financial success. If your are interested, there are two things you must do.

1. Please write at the top of a legal pad..."Grant Deed"'

Then, below, enter line by line, listing all of your possessions...everything...Then below, enter all of your children and grandchildren's names.

2. When you have done this, send an email to me at scg0920@gmail.com for an analysis (I don't need to see your list).

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STEVE GREENE
713-820-2300
    Prov.3: 5,6

RISK 101. A Back to the Basics Primer

by Steve Greene

Like you, I’ve lived through many of the “ups and downs’ and went through the tests and trials that comes with living life on this earth. I have been in the financial business for about 50 years and have learned a thing or two along the way.. The most important financial lesson I ever learned (as well as spiritual), is the simple understanding that God owns all of the earth and all that is within it.

The implications of this are huge and the results of committing this to your heart and acting upon the precepts will result in a fuller and richer life….more that anyone could imagine. The simple, but true, fact here is that everything you have listed on your Grant Deed is not owned by you, but by God who created us all.

I do not intend to “preach” here, and I have one question to ask. When you invest heavily in something, don’t you do research first? Wouldn’t it be great to have an instruction manual to guide you through the risks? Isn’t living here on earth the riskiest investment you’ll ever make? Your Instruction Manual, the Bible, is readily available to you. The instructions are all there…all you’ll ever need. If you “don’t get it”, don’t blame it on the Author.

You responded to a question to learn about the most important financial solution out there.

It is as follows: 

1. As stated above, you and I own nothing. We have been given a portion and have been entrusted to take care of this portion while we walk the earth. How well we handle our portion results in the size of future portions (see Matthew 25: 14-30).

2. The best basic investment principle is the law of sowing and reaping. If you don’t understand and/or practice this, you are going nowhere, financially.  Example: You may really, really want to harvest a potato crop, but you plant seeds of corn. You and I know that, no matter how hard you work at it, dream, scheme, pray, plot, plan, you’ll wind up with corn. Seems foolish doesn’t it…yet this is how most people deal with their finances (as well as other areas of their lives).

                        3. Want this guaranteed in writing? Read Malachi 3: 8-12.

The concepts stated above are simple, yet hard to execute. It takes commitment and tenacity, but more importantly, it requires understanding your choices and making a decision. Remember, the situation you are in today (good or bad) is due to the choices you have made in all of your yesterdays, and tomorrow’s situation rests with the choices you make today.

Some experiences in life

Click HERE to read Steve's document.

Diana will be adding her perspective soon.
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STEVE GREENE
713-820-2300
    Prov.3: 5,6

They fought for you!

Thanks to Glaydene for sharing.

Reminder: Cell phone DO NOT CALL list

All cell phone numbers have been or will be released to telemarketing companies.

To prevent unwanted calls, dial the following number from your cell phone:    888-382-1222

You can also register online:   https://www.donotcall.gov/

 

On My Father's Side

Thanks to Cathy Merriman for sharing this!

Deputy Ron

This is a likeness of our Cowboy Deputy who was cheering for the wrong team last Sunday. If he seems to be about 6 shots shy of a six-shooter (say that real fast, Ron) then we'll just have to encourage him to become a real Texan! 

Paraprosdokian sentences

A "paraprosdokian" is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect.

• Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
  
• I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
  
• The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.
  
• If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
  
• We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.
  
• Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.
  

Thanks to http://patriotpost.us/ .

In God We Trust

Capstone Fish Fry

Capstone Fish Fry

Capstone event

Don’t forget!!!

The Capstone Fish Fry—with the Lonestar Bluegrass Band—is
Friday, September 17 at 6:30 PM in the Gym.

Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased in class.

More Encouraging Words website

The Encouragers website has been updated and moved to http://moreencouragingwords.blogspot.com/! The most noticeable change is the use of “tabs” to access the Encouragers Directory, Want-Ads, Party pictures, and the “About” section. 

You will be receiving an email explaining how to post messages directly to the website. 

Please call with any question or problems.

Cliff