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Faith by Debbie Wallis
“People of Israel, what does the Lord your God want from you? The Lord wants you to respect and follow Him, to love and serve Him with all your heart and soul, and to obey His laws and teachings that I am giving you today. Do this, and all will go well for you,” Deuteronomy 10:12. We have had one tragedy after the other surrounding violence. The floods have bought out the best and worst in people. Yet, God remains the same. He set laws into motion in the beginning of time. He is a just God. His Word is complete and He gives good instructions. He leaves nothing out. He tells us how to treat Him, how to be a friend, a brother and sister, a child, a parent, a wife and a husband, a boss and an employee, a church a family, and a community. His laws were given to show us where our hearts are according to His standard…His heart. The scripture tells us what God wants from us. The commands God gives you are because he loves you and they are for your good. The Lord tells us Himself that to fear Him and to keep His commandments will keep us AND our children well. “I wish they would always worship Me with fear and trembling and be this willing to obey Me. Then they and their children would always enjoy a successful life,” Deuteronomy 5:29.
Monday, June 1, 2015 It’s written to keep His commands because God will judge everything we have ever done according to them (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14) and that if we love Him we will keep His commands, (John 14:15).
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Bob and Peggy Richardson Memorial Scholarship
The Book of Proverbs is written from the point of view of wisdom. Wisdom hates pride, arrogance, and deceit, lies, twisted speech. “If you respect the Lord, you will hate evil. I hate pride and conceit and deceitful lies,” Proverbs 8:13. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,” Psalms Quinton Harris Caleb Hough Lexi Fuller 111:10. The fear of the Lord will keep you from sin (Proverbs 16:6) Submitted by Mary Martha Stewart scholarship. Lexi was an active because the fear of the Lord is to athlete at Tom Bean High School, The Bob and Peggy Richardson hate evil. playing volleyball, running track Memorial Scholarship was created and powerlifting. In addition, she Reverence Him, He is Lord and He by their family to honor their legacy: participated in FFA, Peer lives filled with love, kindness, will be your judge. Respect Him, Assistance and Leadership (PALS) generosity, prayer and a commitment He saved you by grace, healed on and was named to the A/B honor to God's Word and faith in Jesus the cross, set you free from your roll all four years. She was active bondages and remembers your sins Christ. This scholarship is intended in giving back to her community to benefit young people desiring to no more. He alone gives you and is committed to making good live that same kind of life and make eternal life. His laws are for your benefit. He created you; He gives an impact on their world for Christ. choices and to passionately pursue her goals. Lexi plans to attend you an inheritance of power and dominion, and righteousness. The In its inaugural year, a number of Texas State University and she has Lord gives you a position on this a firm grasp on the assurance of qualified and compelling earth of being a representative of applications were submitted. We are God’s unconditional love for her His love and saving grace. The fear pleased to announce that the through Psalms 27:10. of the Lord is respect for who He following deserving students are the is. He is God and He sent His 2015 winners of the Bob and Peggy Caleb Hough, winner of a $250 perfect Son to die for our imperfect Richardson Memorial Scholarship: scholarship, ranked 8th in his class nature. We fear Him because he is at Howe High School, will attend consistent in His ways. He is the Quinton Harris, Howe High School, Grayson County College as he God that is the same yesterday, prepares to become a camp today and tomorrow. He will never will receive a scholarship in the director. He plans to study amount of $500. Quinton has been die and He was never born. He is Information Technologies as a active in National Honor Society, the Great I am. You will only major and Biblical Studies as a understand that Truth through Him. Student Council, Great Days of minor. His personal experience Service, FFA and Varsity baseball, I pray you will have an attending and working at Christian golf, football and basketball. He uncontrollable desire to know Him camps over the years has affirmed plans to attend Texas A & M through His word, The Bible, University and major in Bio Medical this call on his life to full-time speaking to you and your circumstances. Say this prayer and Engineering. When asked about ministry. Caleb was active in he will answer, “God I want to someone who had impacted his life, National Honor Society, served as know who You are.” he pointed to Peggy Richardson, for Senior Class Vice President, whom this scholarship is named. He participated in Band for four years, Do you love others as he loves spoke of her frequent and kind words was active in his church and you? Are His commandments played football and baseball. Caleb of encouragement, her constant worthy of your attention? He is a smile, her positive outlook on life no points to the book of Job in the good and perfect Father. He is fair matter what the circumstances and Bible as having a strong influence to all His children. He judges by the example that she set for him and in his life as an example of a man the law, loves with mercy and saves exhibiting extraordinarily strong for others as a shining light in this us by His grace. Check out your faith through unbelievable tragedy. world. Quinton holds fast to the fear factor and begin wisdom and Scripture knowledge of the Lord of Lords, Congratulations to the worthy King of Kings, and Creator of every 2 Corinthians 12:9, “My grace is winners of this year’s Bob and sufficient for you, for my power is living thing. Peggy Richardson Memorial made perfect in weakness” as he lives each day to the fullest, gives his Scholarship! Bob and Peggy If you don’t have a Bible [please best towards every obstacle he faces Richardson were residents of contact me at sfadebbie@yahoo.com and I will and works to conquer each day with Howe from 2000-2013 and provide you with one. an optimistic point of view, trusting “Peggy’s” Community Clothes closet (free clothes for those who that the Lord’s will be done. need them) in Howe is named after Lexi Fuller is the recipient of a $250 her.
