The Englishman and Jock were suspicious of Paddy’s claims. Then, when you’ve had enough drinks, they’ll take you upstairs and see that you gets laid, all on the house!” “Ah, dat’s nothin’,” said Paddy, “back home in my favourite pub, the moment you set foot in the place, they’ll buy you a drink, then another, all the drinks you like, actually. “Well,” said another English chap, “At my local in Kent, the barman will buy you your third drink after you buy the first two.” When you buy four drinks, he’ll buy the fifth drink.” In Glasgow, there’s a wee bunny place where the landlord goes out of his way for the locals. “This is a wee nice bar,” say’s Jock but I still prefer the pubs back home. Paddy the Irish Man, who was actually from Dublin’s Northside and his workmate on the building site, Jock from Glasgow were sitting in a bar in London’s Docklands having a few pints after work. But today the lad who plants the trees called in sick.” The hole digger wiped his brow and sighed, “Well, I suppose it probably looks odd because we’re normally a three-person team. So he asked the hole digger, “I’m impressed by the effort you two are putting into your work, but I don’t get it – why do you dig a hole, only to have your partner follow behind and fill it up again?” They worked up one side of the street, then down the other, then moved on to the next street, working furiously all day without rest, one man digging a hole, the other filling it in again.Īn onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn’t understand what they were doing. One would dig a hole and the other would follow behind him and fill the hole in. Two Paddies were working for the city public works department. Murphy, “It was all the bloody skipping that killed him!”
“I’m very sorry to hear that,” says the doctor, “I thought if he took those tablets he would be alright.” “Oh he died of a heart attack,” says Mrs. Two weeks later the doctor is walking down the street, and he sees the patient’s wife. “No,” replies the doctor, “take one on the Monday, skip the Tuesday, take one on the Wednesday, skip the Thursday and go on like that.” So the doctor gives the man the tablets and the patient asks, “Do I have to take them every day?” Pray that God would help you build up your spiritual muscles not to be seen by others, but to serve Him more effectively.An Irishman goes to the doctor, who after examining him says “You have some problems with your heart, but if you take these tablets, I think it will be okay.” So instead of building your spiritual muscles for show, do it to prepare yourself to advance God’s agenda and make an even greater impact for His Kingdom! Church, Bible study, and ministry are meant to strengthen our ability to serve Christ. Their spiritual life is little more than a display designed to get “oohs” and “aahs” from others.īut the truth is that spiritual growth does have a purpose. They faithfully attend every Sunday, will often read their Bibles during the week, and get involved in ministry for the main reason of displaying their ‘spiritual muscles’ to others in order to impress. Sadly, many churchgoers today are a lot like that. He didn’t have any answer except that he built his muscles in order to display them to others. Unsatisfied with the response, Merv asked again, “What I’m asking is… what do you use those muscles for?” The bodybuilder sat with a confused look on his face. During the interview, Merv asked him, “Why do you develop those particular muscles?” The bodybuilder simply stepped forward and flexed his well-defined muscles as “oohs” and “aahs” emanated from the crowd. Years ago, Merv Griffin had a bodybuilder on his show. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.” - Matthew 6:1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.