we don't know

Confidence has been recovering fitfully since

hitting a historic low of 25.3 in February 2009.

Many economists believe it will remain well below

healthy levels for at least another year or two.

 

The Consumer Confidence Index figures released

Tuesday were much worse than analysts had expected

and showed that Americans are morose about the job

market and their economic prospects.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100223/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy

 

 

Hypocrisy…it is turning out that genuine

Hypocrites are very hard to find. The

true hypocrite may be an endangered specie.

Here is the problem: whenever I determine

that you are a hypocrite it means that I know

1. what you are doing
2. why you are doing it

this may seem simple but it is very tricky business.

Think about it….what do you really know for sure?

 

The truth is, most of the time

WE ARE "IN THE DARK"

 

We run into problems when we start to blame other

People for our lack of knowledge. If you check it out

A lot of the time the people we blame really DON'T KNOW

Either….most people fake it because they say knowledge is power.

 

So what are some of the things we claim to know?

1. the past
2. the future
3. the present

 

Personally, for me the biggest challenge is the present.

My boss likes to come in the office and his greeting is

Usually "WHAT'S GOIN' ON ?!"

 

…..don't you always hate the kid in your class who always

puts his hand up to answer the teachers question?

….this idiot put's his hand up even before

the teacher is done asking…

..MORON !!!!

 

…so anyway if you think you can quickly figure out

What's going on in any given situation, you are sadly

Mistaken…..this is why we have lawyers and doctors,

Mechanical engineers and other such….these guys take

A while to "figure it out" and in a lot of cases they

Get so immersed in the problem that they start to

Become the problem !...that's a whole nother story !!

 

So, this is how we got into this mess….

CURIOSITY….this chick got told that if she ate the

FORBIDDEN FRUIT….she would KNOW…

What's goin on !!!...she would be able to tell what

Was good and what was evil…..many people today

Still believe the lie that we humans have the ability

To KNOW what's going on….the truth is, it is very

Hard if not impossible.

 

People trying to cope with this problem are in two groups:

1. the gamblers
2. the believers

 

I am a believer.

 

I know not why God's wondrous grace
To me He hath made known,
Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
Redeemed me for His own.

Refrain

But I know Whom I have believèd,
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I've committed
Unto Him against that day.

I know not how this saving faith
To me He did impart,
Nor how believing in His Word
Wrought peace within my heart.

Refrain

I know not how the Spirit moves,
Convincing us of sin,
Revealing Jesus through the Word,
Creating faith in Him.

Refrain

I know not what of good or ill
May be reserved for me,
Of weary ways or golden days,
Before His face I see.

Refrain

I know not when my Lord may come,
At night or noonday fair,
Nor if I walk the vale with Him,
Or meet Him in the air.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/k/ikwihb.htm

 

King James Bible << 1 John 5:14 >>
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

 

Matthew 7:7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

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John 14:13 "Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

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1 John 2:28 Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.

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1 John 3:21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

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1 John 3:22 and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. (NASB ©1995)

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1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. (NASB ©1995)

 

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

<< 1 John 5:13 >>