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The Merry Heart (Everything is “Author Unknown” unless otherwise noted)

YOU ARE A BAD COOK IF…

The leftover crumbs make a great replacement for kitty litter.

Those annoying pest control companies keep pestering you, wanting to buy and patent your recipe for candy Christmas cookies.

You forget and leave a gallon of your homemade ice cream on the porch overnight during a record busting heat- and the next afternoon, not only is it still solid, but it tastes better.

The EPA requires that all your garbage cans be marked with large bright red ‘biohazard’ symbols.

You use the smoke alarm as a cooking timer.

You consider it a culinary success if the pop-tart stays in one piece.

Your dog goes to the neighbors’ to eat.

Your family buys Alka Seltzer and Kaopectate in bulk.

When you barbecue, two of your kids hold water guns and the third stands ready by the phone with 911 on speed-dial.

Your family automatically heads for the dinner table every time they hear a fire truck siren.

Your microwave display reads “TILT!”

Your two best recipes are meatloaf and apple pie, but your dinner guests can’t tell which is which.

You’ve used three boxes of scouring pads and a bottle of Drano and a crowbar, and that macaroni and cheese still won’t let go of the pan.

You make tuna noodle surprise and the surprise is that it glows in the dark and melts the silverware.

The last time you tried to make toast the kitchen caught on fire

Your apple pie bubbled over and ate the enamel off the bottom of the oven.

You make tuna noodle broccoli surprise for your family and the surprise is that it glows in the dark!

Your homemade bread can be used as a door stop.

Your family prays AFTER they eat!

– As seen in Inspiration Plus

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Very Wise Words of Wisdom – Author Unknown

Do not contradict people, even if you are sure you are right.

Do not be inquisitive about the affairs of even your most intimate friend.

Do not underrate anything because you do not possess it.

Do not believe all the evil you hear.

Do not repeat gossip, even if it does interest a crowd.

Do not jeer at anybody’s religious belief.

Learn to hide your aches and pains under a pleasant smile; few care whether you have earache, headache, or rheumatism.

Learn to attend to your own business–a very important point.

Do not try to be anything else but a gentleman or lady; and that means one who has consideration for the whole world, and all races.”

-As seen in Cup O’ Cheer

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“I Am Making Everything New!”

The old order of things will pass away, and the righteous will inherit a new heaven and earth where God will dwell with His people forever and ever. In part 16 of Revelation: The End of the Beginning, Pastor Dan Cox reads from Revelation 21:1 – 22:5.

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Final Judgment

Following the millennial kingdom, the true nature of sinful humanity will be seen once again, the wicked dead will be judged for their works and all that are opposed to God will be thrown into the lake of fire. In part 15 of Revelation: The End of the Beginning, Pastor Dan Cox reads from Revelation 20:7-15.

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Letter from the Pastor: Continuing with our Vision Renewal, the Bus Barn Blessing

This Letter from the Pastor was included in this year’s Annual Report.  Pastor Dan Cox discusses our Vision Renewal project and how the destruction of the Bus Barn has been a blessing to the church.

May 1, 2011

Several years ago, we began a concerted effort to renew our vision for Wonder Lake Bible Church.  This “Vision Renewal” project has continued to be a major focus of our time, energy, prayers and resources.  What are the elements of “Vision Renewal”?  You’ll recall there are four major thrusts.  First is to revitalize our ministries.  How can we make ourselves ready for the Holy Spirit to breathe fresh life into our ministries including our worship service, Sunday School, Awana, Men’s, Women’s and Youth ministry?  Second, refresh our facility.  How can we freshen up our facility and enhance its appeal for visitors?  Third, refocus our outreach.  How can we more effectively communicate the good news of hope in Christ to the lost in Wonder Lake?  Fourth, recommit ourselves to Christlike character and behavior.  How can we more faithfully carry out God’s designs for our lives, our families, our church and the community through Christlike attitudes, words and action?

It has been said that the Lord works in mysterious ways.  He certainly did so in meeting a great financial need for our church this past year.  We were facing a couple of expensive projects which could not be delayed much longer: a new roof and the basement drainage problem.  Also, the bus barn needed major repairs to the doors, and had holes in the walls and roof.  It also desperately needed a fresh coat of paint.  However, with one fell swoop, the Lord provided for all of those matters.  The great blizzard of 2011 deposited a heavy load of snow on the bus barn roof, and it all came crashing down one Sunday afternoon.  What seemed like disaster quickly turned into a great blessing in disguise.  With the proceeds from our insurance on the bus barn, we will be able to replace the barn with a new, smaller garage, and pay for much of the cost of the new roof and the basement drainage project.  I never saw that coming… Praise the Lord!

Here is praise to our sovereign God who works in mysterious ways and provides for us in manners we never would have imagined!  Let us continue to trust Him… not only for WLBC, but for our own lives and families.  May Jesus Christ be honored and glorified in you as you seek Him and walk by faith with Him through good times and bad.  He is faithful!

I love you all, and continue to pray that the God of peace will “sanctify you through and through.  May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it” (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24).

In Christ’s love,

Pastor Dan

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