Heart Touchers - What Time Is It

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Before we get to today's story, we wanted to let everyone know
that I will be a guest on the TV show called "The Morning Blend"
on NBC WTMJ channel 4 in Milwaukee to talk about being a father
and the new Chicken Soup for the Father and Son Soul book, of which
I have some stories in. The show airs live on Tuesday morning June 10
from 9 am to 10 am. Be praying that the words that come out of
my mouth will be exactly what God wants me to say.

You can also watch the episode on their web site at:
www.the morningblend.com

Thanks for praying!

From my family to yours,
Author Michael T. Powers

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What Time Is It?

I heard a story about a man who learned his father had just died.
The man reacted to the news in a rather unusual way. He tried to
ignore it--to pretend it didn't happen. Why? He wanted to be in a
productive, joyful season. He wanted his life during that time to be
about good things. He didn't want his time to be about loss and
sadness and grieving. Try as he might, though, he couldn't make
his plan work. He couldn't postpone his grief. He eventually had to
break down and submit to the season he was in.

King David knew what he was talking about when he told God: "My
times are in your hands" (Psalm 31:15). We don't control our times.
We have little say over the season of life we live in or how long it lasts.
David's son Solomon used every bit of his God-given wisdom when he
wrote these words in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8--

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

An essential element in using our time wisely is recognizing the
season in which God has placed us and embracing it. For example,
a person shouldn't expect life to be full of wild celebrations in a season
of mourning. On the flip side, it's a shame when people miss a season
of good times because they're too busy thinking about all the sad things in life.

If you're an unmarried person, God's Word says you should view
your present life as a season to "refrain from embracing" (having sex).
Then when you become a newlywed, it's time to enjoy your
season of "embracing."

We must all submit to the God who determines our times. Our
moments are in his hands. It's pointless to say, "I will reject God
because this is not a season of laughing or dancing or peace or
building." The only wise option is to ask God to help us live wisely
in whatever season we find ourselves--to help us make the most of
it--because soon enough it will pass, and then we'll find ourselves
in a different season.

SELF-EVALUATION

Ask yourself: What season am I in right now? Read through
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 again. Which of those times best describes
your current circumstances?

Now that you've identified your season, ask God to help you
understand how to live wisely in that time. Ask him to help you
recognize your personal season and make the most of your hours
and days for as long as your life lasts.

Taken from "Wisdom On...Time & Money," by Mark Matlock,
copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
Order the book here: http://www.youthspecialties.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=411

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Creation Q & A

Q: Is science impossible without evolution?

Some evolutionists have argued that science isn't possible without evolution. They teach that science and technology actually require the principles of molecules-to-man evolution in order to work. They claim that those who hold to a biblical creation worldview are in danger of not being able to understand science!

Critical thinkers will realize that these kinds of arguments are quite ironic because evolution is actually contrary to the principles of science. That is, if evolution were true, the concept of science would not make sense. Science actually requires a biblical creation framework in order to be possible.

Science presupposes that the universe is logical and orderly and that it obeys mathematical laws that are consistent over time and space. Even though conditions in different regions of space and eras of time are quite diverse, there is nonetheless an underlying uniformity.

Scientists are able to make predictions only because there is uniformity as a result of God's sovereign and consistent power. Scientific experimentation would be pointless without uniformity; we would get a different result every time we performed an identical experiment, destroying the very possibility of scientific knowledge.

Evolutionists are able to do science only because they are inconsistent. They accept biblical principles such as uniformity, while simultaneously denying the Bible from which those principles are derived.

Read the entire article: Evolution: The Anti-science at: http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v3/n1/evolution-anti-science

Source: AnswersInGenesis.org

Creation News

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This new addition to our web site will give you an article on the leading news
in the Creation/Evolution controversy each day.

This section also includes a rotating Question and Answer feature and a
weekly Creation Comic strip from the people at AnswersInGenesis.org.

Be sure to come back and visit each day for an informative article that will
help you keep up to date on the latest news in this controversial area!

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Thought For The Day

"Those who try to do something and fail are infinitely better
than those who try nothing and succeed."

Verse for the Day

"Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does
not do it, to him it is sin." --James 4:17

Teen's Thought For The Day

"Happiness isn't having what you want, it's wanting what you have."

Parent's Thought For The Day

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S MOTHER : "Again with the stovepipe
hat? Can't you just wear a baseball cap like the other kids?"

Coach's Thought For The Day

"If you lose self-control everything will fall. You cannot function
physically or mentally or in any other way unless your emotions
are under control."

Creation/Evolution Thought For The Day

"I believe that one day the Darwinian myth will be ranked the greatest
deceit in the history of science." -Evolutionist Dr. Soren Lovtrup,
Darwinism: The Refutation of a Myth (New York: Croom Helm, 1987), p. 422.

Writer's Thought For The Day

"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad
novel tells us the truth about its author." --Groucho Marx

Deep Thought For The Day

"Tonight's forecast: dark. Continuing dark throughout the
night and turning to widely scattered light in the morning."

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Author MICHAEL T. POWERS
Contributing Author to Chicken Soup for the Christian Teenage
Soul and 26 other inspirational books.

Over 135,000 people have listened to popular Chicken Soup
Author Michael T. Powers' free inspirational message entitled:
"Breathing Life into Others". If you aren't one of them
just visit: http://www.Heart4Teens.com and click on the link
to listen to the free streaming audio message!

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but
Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live by faith in
the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Galatians 2:20

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ALL-STAR Youth Ministry

--The Youth Church of Faith Community Church in Janesville, WI

If you are in 7-12th grade and live in the southern Wisconsin/northern
Illinois area and would like to check us out, we meet every
Sunday night from 6:30-8:00 PM at Faith Community
Church which is located at 2931 Lucerne Dr. in Janesville,
WI. (About 3 blocks south-east of Menard's.)

Currently we have students from Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, Milton,
Janesville Craig, Janesville Parker, Marshall, Franklin, Clinton,
Beloit Memorial, and Beloit Turner. E-mail me back if you have
any questions about our weekly meetings or would like to come
to any of our events that are listed below... We have way too
much fun and then, most importantly, talk about issues that
are relevant to you as a teenager.

This Week:

June 13

Pizza, God and Game Night! 7 pm to Midnight in the Youth Room!

June 15

Jr. High: "Always Daddy's Girl"

High School: No HS Youth Group due to Father's Day

Visit our youth website to see our topics for the rest of 2008!

http://www.faithcommunitychurch.net/upcoming_topics

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Teen Community Groups

6:30 - 8:00 PM Wednesday nights -- These groups are limited to
no more than ten teens and are split into Jr. High and High
School ages. This night is for those teens who want to dig
deeper than what we do on Sundays. These cell groups will also
be doing special activities with each other as the year goes on to
build community.

Jr. High age meets at the Youth Room at church. Questions, call 757-1938

High School age meets at the Powers' House at 1918 Liberty Lane. Questions, call 757-1938

This Week June 11: Risk and Grace (Rahab)

For more info on our small groups, visit: http://www.faithcommunitychurch.net/small_groups

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