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BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY
"In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us."-- Titus 2:7-8
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. — 1 Peter 2:24
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. — Ephesians 4:15
HEARTLIGHT DAILY VERSE, PRAYER & THOUGHT
(From VerseOfTheDay.com)
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. — Ephesians 4:2-3
Thought: Effort, sweat, and dedication seem to have become the profanity of western Christianity. To our age of grace-abusers, the Holy Spirit reaches out with his truth and reminds us that relationships on earth, even those in Jesus' Church, are going to require a lot of effort, gritty love, personal sacrifice, and rigorous determination. If we read Jesus' prayer for unity in John 17, how could we not make every effort to keep his Body unified and our relationship with his people loving and patient? Since our salvation was purchased at the cost of Jesus' sweat and blood, how can we balk when our best efforts are required to preserve the unity of his family?
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, forgive my impatience with others and lack of forgiveness for them. Stir your Spirit within me to curb my tongue, soften my heart, and extend more of an effort to others who need your blessing. Please use me to be a peacemaker in your Kingdom, O Lord. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
The Thoughts and Prayers for Today's Verse are written by Phil Ware. You can email questions or comments to .
“BIRTHDAYVERSE” OF THE DAY
The chapter and verse corresponds to the month and the day!
Philippians 4:13 NIV = I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
TODAY ISWEDNESDAY –APRIL 13, 2016
(NOTE: Some holidays may be duplicated due to various calendars reporting conflicting dates)
WEIRD, WACKY, STRANGE, ZANY, ODD, BIZARRE, QUIRKY, UNUSUAL HOLIDAYS!
THERE ARE ONLY255SHOPPING DAYSUNTIL CHRISTMAS.
Today is BLAME SOMEONE ELSE DAY. ***MARLAR: I had something funny to say about this, but my cat jumped onto the computer keyboard and deleted it all – at which point I forgot what I’d written. Stupid cat.
Today is BUTCH CASSIDY’S BIRTHDAY. ***MARLAR: I loved him in “The Partridge Family.” Or was Butch the one in the “Hardy Boys?”
TODAY IS ALSO. . .
National Bookmobile Day
Scrabble Day
Thomas Jefferson Day
Undiagnosed Children’s Awareness Day
COMING UP NEXT
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
Celebrate Teen Literature Day
Children With Alopecia Day
Dictionary Day (***I’m currently reading the dictionary, so please – no spoilers. I’d rather be surprised to see how the book ends!)
International Moment of Laughter Day
National Dolphin Day
National Pecan Day
Pan American Day
Pathologists’ Assistant Day
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
Get To Know Your Customers Day
Income Tax Pay Day
Jackie Robinson Day
McDonald’s Day
Rubber Eraser Day
Take a Wild Guess Day
That Sucks Day
World Art Day
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
Auctioneers Day
Husband Appreciation Day
National Health Care Decisions Day
National Orchid Day
National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day
Record Store Day
Save The Elephant Day
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
Bat Appreciation Day
Blah! Blah! Blah! Day
Ellis Island Family History Day
Ford Mustang Day
International Haiku Poetry Day
Nothing Like a Dame Day
MONDAY, APRIL 18
Adult Autism Day
Boston Marathon
National Columnists’ Day
National Golf Day
National Lineman Appreciation Day
National Stress Awareness Day
Pet Owners Independence Day
World Amateur Radio Day
TUESDAY, APRIL 19
Bicycle Day
Education and Sharing Day
John Parker Day
National Garlic Day
National Hanging Out Day
Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day
National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20
Chinese Language Day
International Cli-Fi Day
National Cheddar Fries Day
National Pot Smokers Day
ON THIS DAY
1742: The first performance of Handel's "Messiah" took place in Dublin, Ireland.
1743: Thomas Jefferson was born. Jefferson invented the swivel chair, the folding bed, and Chicken-a-la-King. He introduced the waffle to America, wrote the Declaration of Independence, and played the fiddle. He also was president of the U.S. ***MARLAR: But nobody's perfect.
1796: The first elephant arrived in America. Everybody thought it was a giant possum at first. ***MARLAR: Imagine coming across that as roadkill!
1851: Frank W. Woolworth was born. Woolworth turned a little five-and-dime store into a fortune. ***MARLAR: We still have five-and-dime stores today, actually. They're called gumball machines.
1860: The Pony Express made its first mail delivery. ***MARLAR: It was still slow back then… the mail carrier picked up the mail in 300 B.C.
1899: Alfred Butts was born. While unemployed during the Depression, he invented a crossword-puzzle game called Scrabble. Twenty years later, in 1952, Macy’s became interested and a manufacturer offered Butts three cents a game for the rights to mass produce Scrabble. He took it.
1926: Antonino Rocca, who would become one of professional wrestling’s earliest stars, was born in Treviso, Italy, weighing in at birth at 18-pounds 1-ounce. Moments after he was born, Mrs. Rocca delivered his 9-pound twin sister.
1958: Van Cliburn of Kilgore, Texas, took top honors at the Soviet Union's Tchaikovsky International Piano Contest in Moscow. He was the first American to win the award.
1964: Sidney Poitier became the first black performer in a leading role to win an Academy Award for his work in "Lillies of the Field."
1965: King of the Road Roger Miller won five Grammies, a record that stood until 1984 when Michael Jackson took eight. In 1999 Carlos Santana also won eight.
1965: 16-year-old Lawrence Wallace Bradford Jr. was appointed by New York Republican Jacob Javits to be the first African-American page of the U.S. Senate.
1969: An Australian Siamese cat named Blue Danielle had 13 kittens. It's no longer a record, but it deserves honorable mention.
1980: The Broadway musical "Grease" closed after 3,883 performances. (audio clip)
1991: Burglars torched the safe at a Sydney, Australia, travel agent’s office and burned up $72-thousand in cash.
1992: A new soft drink, Crystal Pepsi, was introduced in Dallas, Denver, and Providence.
1996: 26-year-old Eric Strickland won a million dollars in Dallas by running ten straight racks without missing a shot in a nine-ball billiards tournament. He had made one other perfect run when he was 11 years old.
1998: A Swiss couple was arrested for shepherding while intoxicated after they brought five sheep on a public bus into downtown Zurich.
1998: Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep, gave natural birth to a healthy baby lamb.
2001: A woman in Stalybridge, England, decided she'd had enough. After the 5th repairman in 15 months could not repair her dishwasher, she locked the doors and refused to let him leave her house. The repairman phoned his boss and the company agreed to give her a new machine.
2006: Kevin Holder was arrested again after a brief chase in Lincoln, Nebraska. He had burglary tools in his possession. It was Kevin's 226th arrest, including criminal mischief, marijuana possession, assault, resisting arrest, and cocaine possession. He served three prison terms for felonies. His rap sheet was 43 pages long.
TODAY IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY
655: Martin, pope from 649 to 655, dies in banishment. History remembers him as the last pope venerated as a martyr.
1059: Pope Nicholas II decreed that future popes could be elected by cardinals only.
1534: Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England, refuses to take the oath to the English succession. One year later, Henry VIII indicted him for treason and had him beheaded.
1598: The Edict of Nantes was promulgated by France's King Henry IV (of Navarre), granting his Huguenot (Protestant) subjects a large measure of religious freedom. (The Edict remained in effect for 87 years.)
1829: In the Emancipation Act, the English Parliament grants freedom of religion to Roman Catholics. Within three weeks, the first Catholic was elected to Parliament.
1853: Loyola College in Baltimore was chartered under Roman Catholic auspices.
1939: Delegates from independent Baptist churches in Shafter, Oildale, Lamont and Taft organized the first association of Southern Baptists in California.
1948: At the Antioch Baptist Church of Portland, representatives of 15 local congregations organized the Baptist General Convention of Oregon-Washington, the first organization of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.
1986: Pope John Paul II visits a Jewish synagogue in Rome, marking the first such visit by a pope in recorded history.
HOLLYWOOD, SPORTS AND CELEBRITY FIGURE BIRTHDAYS
- actor (“Silver Spoons,” “NYPD Blue”, “Scrubs”, “24”) Rick Schroder is 46 (audio clip)
- actress/comedian (The Perfect Man, Christmas with the Kranks, “The Caroline Rhea Show,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) Caroline Rhea 52 (audio clip)
- actress (“Miami Vice,” “One Life To Live”, “Damages”) Saundra Santiago 59 (audio clip)
- actor (Hellboy, The Magnificent Seven, TV’s “Beauty & The Beast” series, “Sons of Anarchy”) Ron Perlman 66
- actor (Wally on “Leave It To Beaver”) Tony Dow 71 (audio clip #1, audio clip #2)
- actor (The Cooler, The Firm, Goodfellas, Dick Tracy, and TV’s “Law & Order”) Paul Sorvino 77
BEE-BOP BIRTHDAYS
(Music Artist Birthdays From SongFacts.com)
1906 : Bud Freeman
1934 : Horace Kay (The Tams)
1936 : Tim Field (The Springfields)
1940 : Lester Chambers (The Chambers brothers)
1942 : Bill Conti
1943 : Eve Graham (The New Seekers)
1944 : Brian Pendleton (The Pretty Things)
1944 : Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Hot Tuna)
1945 : Lowell George (Little Feat)
1946 : Al Green
1946 : Roy Loney (The Flamin' Groovies)
1951 : Max Weinberg (E Street Band)
1951 : Peabo Bryson
1954 : Jimmy Destri (Blondie)
1955 : Louis Johnson (The Brothers Johnson)
1957 : Wayne Lewis (Atlantic Starr)
1962 : Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1966 : Marc Ford (The Black Crowes)
1972 : Aaron Lewis (Staind)
1975 : Lou Bega
SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
Why do my eyes hurt when looking at the computer too long while at work? I’m using my eyes all day anyway, right?
The eyes work harder when viewing objects up close, particularly on a computer monitor, it is the proximity of the VDT screen to the eyes that causes eyestrain, not "radiation" emitted from the screen. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, using a computer or video display terminal will not harm your eyes.
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Aaron Shustsays their family has a special tradition. He posted: Pancake Saturdays have been a tradition for as long as our kids can remember. We have them as often as we're able. Sometimes touring or soccer season demand we be flexible, but the traditions in our home add to the sense of security for our kids in an ever changing world. Little things they can look forward to. And maybe the parents too.
A bit of trivia aboutJimmy Needham;he posted: I'm a smells guy. Can't pass up a good candle. This one may be the best I've found; Smokey firewood and Amber. Jimmy clarified: This is not a candle. It's a Mandle.
Casting CrownsMark Hall: I wish the book of acts was called the book of works, so we wouldn't be so scared to DO something with all of this grace we've been given.
Kutlessmember James Mead is preparing for a new tattoo. He posted: I had a tattoo consultation appointment to go over artwork. It's been about 7 or 8 years since I've gotten anything new. I'm excited. James added: in other news, if you try to "theology" me about why tattoos are bad you're going to get blocked.
Jamie Graceis struggling with the change in seasons. She posted: I have the hardest time when it's hot outside. I don't know how to prep a cute outfit if it doesn't consist of at least 80 thousand layers.
Casting CrownsJaun Devevo says marriage vows have changed a little over the years. He posted Millennial marriage vows this week. They say: "I agree to the terms and conditions."
Jamie Graceposted this wee: tikka masala may be my new favorite food. For those of you who, like me, have no idea what tikka masala is, it's identified on line as an Indian dish of grilled chunks of chicken enveloped in a creamy spiced tomato sauce.
Natalie Grantthis week had one of those moments that make motherhood worth while. She shared on twitter...My 5 yr old just said: “Mommy, you are my treasure.”
Question of the day fromKutless:If you had one concert you could go to, past or present, who would it be and why?
Moriah Petershas found a great way to calm her nerves before her concerts. She posted: Joel takes me for a twirl and my band makes me laugh.
NEWS KICKERS
(No news on the weekends.)
NEW NEWS KICKERS…
Police were called to an accidental shooting in Pennsylvania onMonday when a 17-year-old shot himself in the leg while “adjusting” the gun he was carrying inside his sweatpants. He was treated for non-life threatening injuries. ***Although in this kid’s case, it could’ve been a headinjury and still be non-life-threatening.
Ticketmaster announced earlier this week that by the end of this month they will be selling event tickets directly through Facebook. ***You heard that right. The two websites you hate the most are now workingtogether.
Starbucks has issued an apology for a message written on one Florida customer’s grande white mocha cup, on which a barista reportedly replaced their name with “Diabetes here I come.” The customer said the joke was especially painful because he has two sisters who suffer from Type 1 diabetes. *** And he personally suffers from a lack of humor. Get over it, it’s a cup of coffee–ten minutes from now that cup will be in the trash anyway.
A guy in Malaysia was speechless when he received a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution. The man said he disconnected his late father’s phone line in January after he died and settled the $23 bill. But the phone company later sent him a bill for $218 trillion for recent telephone calls. ***Sounds like someone is trying to call his Dad in the afterlife… collect.
NEWS KICKER EVERGREENS…
In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper. ***MARLAR: Remember when they said computers would introduce a paperless society? We use more paper now than ever. So save the rain forests–destroy your computer and switch back to legal pads!
While many factors make up human self-identity, most Americans agree the primary factor that makes up their identity is family. According to a Barna report, nearly two-thirds of Americans say their family makes up “a lot” of their personal identity. ***MARLAR: So if you have a strong identity and love your life, you can look to your family for that. If you have a lousy identity and a terrible life… you can look to your family for that.
You know how people say that men are ALWAYS objectifying women? Well, they are. And women do it too. According to a study from Science Daily - from their lips, nips and hips to their toe tips, a gal will eyeball a woman as a collection of body parts nearly as readily as a man. ***MARLAR: (Sigh.) Women can be so shallow.
Trying to meet a man at the gym? If you're not having much luck, check your ears. Not for cleanliness -- for audio player ear buds. In a survey, guys say when a woman's blasting tunes into her ears they take it as a sign she doesn't want to be bothered. ***MARLAR: In other words, if you want to meet "Mr. Right", you'll want to leave "Mr. Mister" at home.
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