Nov 08.99: Light For The day - "Christian"

Christian = Christ + i + a(m) + n(othing)

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"And the disciples ... were called Christians ..."
-- Acts 11:26 

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In the third century Cyprian, the Bishop of
Carthage, wrote to his friend Donatus, 

"It is a bad world, Donatus, an incredibly bad
world. But I have discovered in the midst of
it a quiet and holy people, who have learned
a great secret. They have found a joy which
is a thousand times better than any of the
pleasures of our sinful life. They are despised
and persecuted, but they care not. They are
masters of their souls. They have overcome
the world. These people, Donatus, are
Christians ... and I am one of them." 

If you have repented of your sins and have
received Christ as Savior, then you, too, 
are one them. 

-- Billy Graham 

Prayer:
Today, LORD God, I remember al those
Christians who have gone before me and thank
You for the inspiration of their memory. 
May I never take for granted the heritage I have
in Christ Jesus.

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"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have
been born anew to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."
-- 1 Peter 1:3 (RSV)