Acronyms
What is an acronym?
The dictionary defines an acronym
asa word formed from the initial letters of a group of words; for example,
UNESCO for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
Acronyms are a good method for memorising things:-
You may
remember learning some at school. For example, how to spell necessary! Remember
this -
Never Eat Cheese, Eat Salmon Sandwiches And Remain Young- Take the
initial letters and that's how to remember how to spell necessary!
Every
Good Boy Deserves Food/Favours - that how to remember EGBDF, the lines of a
music stave.
The spaces are remembered - FACE.
God Equals Life Not
Death - that's how to remember the first 5 books of the Old testament - Genesis,
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
You Get Biggest Breaks Potting
Black - that's how to remember the order in which the coloured balls should be
potted in snooker.
Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain - helps us
remember the order of colours in a rainbow - red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
indigo and violet.
She Makes Harry Eat Onions - for remembering the Great
Lakes.
Acronyms are helpful to the Christian too
Gospel =
ForG/God so loved the world that He gave His O/Only Begotten S/Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not P/perish but have E/everlasting L/life.
Here's another for Gospel =
God's Only Son Paid Every Liability.
Faith = - Fully assured I Trust Him
- Forsaking All I Take Him
- Finding Another I Tell Him
The Bible tells us in Romans 10:17 - So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
Faith is SO important.
...by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.(EPHesians 2:8)
You cannot please God with faith. The Word says...without faith it is impossible to please Him...(Hebrews 11:6
The Word commands us...we walk by faith, not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7)
The Word says...fight the good fight of faith...(1 Timothy 6:12)
Are you like Abraham mentioned in Romans 4:20 - He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith giving glory to God.
Grace= God's Riches At
Christ's Expense.
Come = Christ Offers Me Everything.
Come and reason - Is 1 Come and rest Come
and rejoice
Bible = Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.
Ask = Ask Seek Knock!
