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WHEN YOU PRAY - Subscribe
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Do you experienced God's presence when you pray? Scripture: Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!… I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. Philippians 4:4,12 NLT Arise, O God, and scatter your enemies. Let those who hate God run for their lives. Drive them off like smoke blown by the wind. Melt them like wax in fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God. But let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God's presence. Let hem be filled with joy. Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the Lord—rejoice in his presence. Psalm 68:1-4 NLT Reflection: Often times many of us approach prayer with a great deal of reluctance. We often feel that we are to busy to talk with God. It is almost like we are fitting God into our busy schedule. Many people approach God when they are in need, and then it seems like a one way conversation. I really love and admire King David's attitude of joy when he approached God in prayer. David knew what a privilege it was to talk to Almighty God. David was actually astonished by the power of God, and he was filled with joy, Why? because he was allowed to enter in the presence of God. How do you approach prayer? Do you ever consider it a privilege to be talking with almighty God. Do you ever feel that inward joy of talking with God. You know what? I not only feel it a privilege to be talking with God and to feel real joy in my spirit, I AM JUST SO THANKFUL THAT HE CARES ABOUT ME AND HE IS THERE FOR ME! Prayer: Almighty God I am so honored to enter into Your presence and Lord I thank You for listening to me. Amen |
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DEAD LETTER OFFICE 5/09/2011 01:43 - Subscribe
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PLEASE, READ THIS BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES!! We don't know who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the US postal service. Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The day after she passed away my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so, and she dictated these words: Dear God, Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.I hope you will play with her. She likes to swim and play with balls. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her you will know that she is my dog. I really miss her. Love, Meredith We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had. Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies.' Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note: Dear Meredith, Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help and I recognized her right away.Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by. Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you. I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much. By the way, I'm easy to find. I AM WHEREVER THERE IS LOVE. Love, God |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 5/12/2011 04:28 - Subscribe
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Scripture: 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:14-17) Reflection: It is the 400th birthday of the King James translation of the Holy Scriptures. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! AND THANK YOU! My favorite verses in the Bible have very special meaning through the King James translation. 16. "For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not parish but have everlasting life. 17. God send not His Son to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved"! (John 3:16,17). "It has been claimed that these contemporaries- William Shakespear and the Bibles forty-seven translators-- influenced the development of modern English and its linguistic beauty and form more than any other source." "It is wise to follow the words of St. Augustine, 'TAKE UP AND READ'. AMEN |
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FROM ALL OVER 5/16/2011 04:19 - Subscribe
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Scripture: 29 People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. Luke 13:29 (Today's New International Version) Reflection: Now wait a minute, this can't be right. You all take a break for a minute, I'll be right back, I've got to check my Bible about this verse because this Just Can't Be Right! Well I'm back and sure enough I copied this verse correctly. I guess I might be taking my place in heaven next to a Muslim. Now wouldn't that be the ultimate joke on me. I might be in heaven with a Muslim. And here all this time I was told to hate them because they hate me and want to see me dead. If this is not the case, "What am I going to do?" Well this is what I have decided to do about Muslims. I am going to educate myself about Muslims and their faith. That won't be hard I have the Internet. I'm going to "respect" and "engage" my Muslim neighbors. I'm going to seek to have a relationship with Muslims and talk with them about their faith. I'm going to be honest with my Muslim neighbors and learn to trust them. My ultimate goal is to share my life and faith with my Muslim brothers and sisters as they share with me. The outcome, of all this, is to love one another. I can't do this if I hate and fear them. WOULD JESUS WANT ANYTHING LESS? I THINK NOT! Quote: "I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death....If I look up to the heavens, I think it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again." Anne Frank Diarist, Holocaust Victim (1929-1945) Prayer: Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred . . . let me sow love Where there is injury . . . pardon Where there is doubt . . . faith Where there is despair . . . hope Where there is darkness . . . light Where there is sadness . . . joy O, Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled . . . as to console To be understood . . . as to understand, To be loved . . . as to love For it is in giving . . . that we receive, It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned, It is in dying . . . that we are born to eternal life. Saint Francis of Assisi |
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TEACH THE TRUTH 5/20/2011 04:32 - Subscribe
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(from God's Daley Promise) Scripture: Make them pure and holy by teaching them your words of truth. John 17:17 NLT Reflection: Truth is unchanging "Hey, Mom, guess what we learned in school today?" Victor took off his raincoat and dropped it on the floor inside the back door. "Did you know that people used to think the world was flat?" Victor said. "Did they?" Mom said, dropping her mouth in an expression of shock. "If it's not flat, what shape is it?" "It's round," Victor said. "You know that." "You're right," Mom admitted. They sat down in a chair next to a freestanding globe in the corner of the front room. "But all those years people thought the world was flat, was it flat or was it round?" Victor thought for a moment before answering firmly, "Round." Mom nodded, "That's right, Victor. You see what people thought didn't change what was true, did it? Let me ask you one more question, Victor. Some people say the Word of God isn't true. What do you think about that?" Victor pondered his mom's question for a long minute before answering. "What they think doesn't matter, does it, Mommy?" Victor answered. "You're right, Victor," Mom said. "BECAUSE TRUTH DOESN'T CHANGE" Adapted from The One Year® Book of Josh MacDowell's Family Devotions by Bob Hostetler, Tyndale House Publishers (1997), p 122. |