The Cooling Stream

The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever. (Psalm 119:160)

• Scriptures are God’s Word. All Scriptures are God breathed. All Scriptures are inspired of God. We must never take God's Word lightly. Every Christian should hold God's Word in high regard and regularly spend time reading and meditating on it in order to become more Christ-like.


• All God's Word is truth. Don't choose some scriptures to follow and some to disregard. We should hold all Scriptures with the same respect. We must believe God's Word in its entirety. We must read the whole Bible and not just dip in and read what we feel like reading.


• God's judgments are righteous. God is just; He rewards the righteous and punishes the wicked. God is fair; He judges each man's work impartially. God is love; He forgives us if we repent and believe in the righteousness of His beloved Son. Christ died for sinners, and won salvation for them!


• God’s judgments endure forever. God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-caring. God is faithful to His covenants. God is true to His Word. God is faithful even when we are faithless. It is better to serve God and let Him bless us richly. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the House of the Lord than be anywhere else.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)

• Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. There are ways of speaking to people that can honor, build up, encourage, and love them. There are also poisoned tongues that seek to attack, divide, discourage and destroy people.


• How can we escape our inclination to use words to hurt others? By recognizing that the ultimate Hearer of our words is God, who longs for us to live life at its highest and best.


• The psalmist said, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord”.


• When we seek to please God with our conversations about others, we honor Him. With His help, we can glorify Him through what we talk about.


• Forgive me, Father, for the times my speech crosses the line of that which is appropriate. Help me to understand the power of words, and give me the wisdom to use them well.


• It is better to bite our tongues than to make biting remarks.

I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, And on Your wondrous works. (Psalm 145:5)

• Creation displays God’s wondrous works.
   
• When we stop to meditate on those works, we can’t help but be awed.
   
• Our minds and spirits are moved to reflect on the character of the God who created them.
   
• Creation tells us the creative genius of our mighty God.
   
• Sometimes, in the most unexpected moments, in the out-of-the-way places, the Lord shines His glory in this world in order to reveal Himself to us.
   
• Those serendipitous moments are great opportunities to meditate on His wondrous works.
   
• Our God is good and He always does good.
   
• May the goodness of our Creator fill our lives with love and peace.

- Read a book or magazine
- Find the Bible and read it.

- Watch TV
- Rent a movie
- Listen to the radio

- Take a nap
- Jump on bed
- Jump across bed

- Play with the lights
- Play basketball with paper and wastebasket
- Impersonate people

- Call room service
- Call the front desk and ask questions
- Make prank calls with the phone

- Throw a party
- Sing and dance
- Get a massage
- Order food and eat

- Write a poem
- Draw or paint
- Play card games
- Work on a puzzle or crossword

- Study and memorize the TV guide or the phone book
- Go online or chatting
- Meditating

- Call family up and talk

- Smoke continuously

- Take a nice bath

- Greet people at the door
- Knock on people’s doors and run
- Flirt with people

- Do some workout
- Run down the hallway
- Eat in the restaurant
- Swim in the pool

- Bang on walls and scream
- Jump the staircases.
- Slide down the stairwell banister (on butt or stomach)
- Ride the elevator up and down

Just do anything and everything until everyone is bored with you!!!
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