Presented to Nipawin Corps on January 20, 2008
and to Tisdale Corps on January 27, 2008
By Captain Michael Ramsay
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One day at the McDonald farm there is a rumbling in the air; something is a foot. In the chicken coop – something isn’t just quite right. The old farmer walks all around the chicken wire fence. It seems to be in tact. The barbed wire along the perimeter looks undisturbed. Everything looks fine as he locks up the hens for the night. But inside the henhouse on the top rung, something is stirring…it is Henrietta the Poultry Hen.
Now, as soon as Farmer McDonald closes the door to the coop, Henrietta, the Hen, speaks up: “It’s time.” Quickly Henrietta, Polly, Mick, - and all the chickens on the top rung - run to the southeast corner of the coop. They peck and they peck the ground in the corner like never before. Last night they had almost made it. Tonight would be the night. Finally – breakthrough! Henrietta and the other Chickens are free. They are free from the farmer’s coop. They are free from the barbed wire and the chicken wire; they are free from the tedious ritual and routine. They are free!
They spend the next morning roaming around the yard, exploring the whole farm. They eat what they want, when then want. They can be near or wander far away: they talk. They talk and they talk some more; it’s a hen’s life. They spend that whole day walking around eating what and when they want and really enjoying the full freedom from the yard. At the end of the day, they perch on a branch of tree across the road from the farm and cuddle up the night. It is good.
They have a nice rest but in the morning when they wake up, they notice something...
read more: http://sheepspeaks.blogspot.com/2008/01/galatians-319-25-dont-be-mcchicken.html
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Dr Was (Daily Rations with a Smile) Mar 12th
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Click to read today's rations (scriptures): Deuteronomy 19-21 and Galatians 3
___Tigger's favourite verse:
Click to read today's rations (scriptures): Deuteronomy 19-21 and Galatians 3
___Tigger's favourite verse:
'by his stripes we are healed'
Dr Was (Daily Rations with a Smile) Mar 11th
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Click to read today's rations (scriptures): Deuteronomy 16-18 and Psalm 38 and Galatians 2
Click to read today's rations (scriptures): Deuteronomy 16-18 and Psalm 38 and Galatians 2
Dr Was (Daily Rations with a Smile) Mar 10th
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Click to read today's rations (scriptures): Deuteronomy 13-15 and Galatians 1
The Lamb breaks the 3rd Seal.
Click to read today's rations (scriptures): Deuteronomy 13-15 and Galatians 1
The Lamb breaks the 3rd Seal.
Dead or Alive: what do you believe? (Mark 16)
Presented to Nipawin and Tisdale Corps on March 23, 2008 (Resurrection Sunday)by Captain Michael Ramsay
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Christ has Risen (He has Risen Indeed).
So this is it. This is the most important day in the Christian calendar. This is the day we celebrate the risen Christ. This is exciting indeed. This is how Jesus defeated sin and death by dying and rising again on the third day. Today is the celebration. Today is exciting. Do you know what these are? (My daughters’ medals) They are medals, right? These are medals that my daughters were awarded this year in soccer and skating.[1]
Rebecca did a really good job her first year in skating. Sarah-Grace’s soccer team was in two tournaments this year. In the first one her team won bronze. In the second one her team won silver: they played really well and we were all so proud. You should have heard some of the dads cheering. It was a lot of fun; we celebrated. Everyone is looking forward to the next tournament when we can go for gold.
This is what Easter (Resurrection Day) is all about.[2] It is all about celebrating the victory of Jesus through the death and resurrection and more than that: it appears, in Mark Chapter 16, that they were celebrating an unexpected victory[3] – a come from behind win if you will.
read more: http://sheepspeaks.blogspot.com/2008/03/mark-161-8-dead-or-alive-what-do-you.html
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Christ has Risen (He has Risen Indeed).
So this is it. This is the most important day in the Christian calendar. This is the day we celebrate the risen Christ. This is exciting indeed. This is how Jesus defeated sin and death by dying and rising again on the third day. Today is the celebration. Today is exciting. Do you know what these are? (My daughters’ medals) They are medals, right? These are medals that my daughters were awarded this year in soccer and skating.[1]
Rebecca did a really good job her first year in skating. Sarah-Grace’s soccer team was in two tournaments this year. In the first one her team won bronze. In the second one her team won silver: they played really well and we were all so proud. You should have heard some of the dads cheering. It was a lot of fun; we celebrated. Everyone is looking forward to the next tournament when we can go for gold.
This is what Easter (Resurrection Day) is all about.[2] It is all about celebrating the victory of Jesus through the death and resurrection and more than that: it appears, in Mark Chapter 16, that they were celebrating an unexpected victory[3] – a come from behind win if you will.
read more: http://sheepspeaks.blogspot.com/2008/03/mark-161-8-dead-or-alive-what-do-you.html
Dr Was (Daily Rations with a Smile) Mar 9th
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Click to read today's rations (scriptures): Deuteronomy 10-12 and Mark 16
Click to read today's rations (scriptures): Deuteronomy 10-12 and Mark 16
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
DR Was (Daily Rations with a Smile) Mar 7th
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Click to read today's rations (scriptures): Deuteronomy 5-6 and Psalm 43 and Mark 14
"repent and sin no more..."
Click to read today's rations (scriptures): Deuteronomy 5-6 and Psalm 43 and Mark 14
"repent and sin no more..."
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Hope for a Happy New Year! (Mark 13:32-37)
Presented to each the Nipawin and Tisdale Corps 30 November 2008 by Captain Michael Ramsay
Happy New Year! Does anyone know why I would wish you a happy New Year today? Today is the beginning of Advent. In traditional liturgical churches, advent is the beginning of the church year where we celebrate the first coming of Christ and celebrate the hope that is in his anticipated return. Now often at New Year there are all kinds of year-end quizzes; so I thought that I would put a little tongue-in-cheek quiz together for us based on our text today.
What do these dates have in common: 8:00 AM October 19, 1533; April 5, 1534; March 21 and October 22, 1844; Sept. 10, 1979; Dec. 31, 1981; Sept 11 -13, 1988; March 31, 1991; October 20, 1997; December 12, 2012?
A: They are various people’s predictions for the end of world date.
What do these people have in common: Nero, the Pope, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prince Charles, the US President (elect), David Hasselhoff?[1]
A. They were/ are various people’s predictions for the arch-anti-Christ.
Now this next question is a good one. It is a riddle –you’ll have to pay attention. Someone has figured out a way to ‘out’ the beast of Revelation and solve the riddle of ‘666’ – let’s see together of we can solve the riddle and figure out who is the beast of John’s Apocalypse?
Given that 666 is the number of the Beast, First we must break that number down into its component parts in such away that when we add them back together, they will total 666.
I’ll give you this part (if you click here: http://sheepspeaks.blogspot.com/2008/11/mark-1332-37-hope-for-happy-new-year.html)
Happy New Year! Does anyone know why I would wish you a happy New Year today? Today is the beginning of Advent. In traditional liturgical churches, advent is the beginning of the church year where we celebrate the first coming of Christ and celebrate the hope that is in his anticipated return. Now often at New Year there are all kinds of year-end quizzes; so I thought that I would put a little tongue-in-cheek quiz together for us based on our text today.
What do these dates have in common: 8:00 AM October 19, 1533; April 5, 1534; March 21 and October 22, 1844; Sept. 10, 1979; Dec. 31, 1981; Sept 11 -13, 1988; March 31, 1991; October 20, 1997; December 12, 2012?
A: They are various people’s predictions for the end of world date.
What do these people have in common: Nero, the Pope, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prince Charles, the US President (elect), David Hasselhoff?[1]
A. They were/ are various people’s predictions for the arch-anti-Christ.
Now this next question is a good one. It is a riddle –you’ll have to pay attention. Someone has figured out a way to ‘out’ the beast of Revelation and solve the riddle of ‘666’ – let’s see together of we can solve the riddle and figure out who is the beast of John’s Apocalypse?
Given that 666 is the number of the Beast, First we must break that number down into its component parts in such away that when we add them back together, they will total 666.
I’ll give you this part (if you click here: http://sheepspeaks.blogspot.com/2008/11/mark-1332-37-hope-for-happy-new-year.html)
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