Oh, yes, yes, yes!!! What’s so hard about that??? If for no other reason than that GOD IS SO GOOD!!!!!
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Sep26
On My Own !
Everything in God’s timing…enjoy what’s He’s given at the time…delight in Him and He will give you the desires of your heart! Amen!!
Living on my own like a jester or clown,
Making everyone happy even when I frown.
Giving them joy and place to resent,
Even when I’m lonely with sorrowful event.
I make myself fool for happiness of others,
To make them at ease but no one really bothers.
I look down with sorrow and no one to share beside,
Always on my own with tears that are dried.
Lost on faith to have someone,
Gaining my strength to travel all alone.
I looked up to me and a thought just sway,
How did I forget? that I was born this way!
With so much of strength and confidence inside,
Why was I sad? if no one’s by my side.
All by my self I have journeyed this far,
I have the potential that can heal my scars.
Living on my own has taught many things,
Made me stronger than rocks…
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Sep26
Finding … “HIM”!
Beautiful. powerful poem!!
From the shade skies of thoughts, through the dark clouds of worry!
Through the mountains of uncertainty, From the sea of panic and scurry.
We journey everyday through all the turfs, and run for finding peace,
We go to seek peace in temples and churches, we never look inside us with ease.
We know many people for how they are!, But we fail to know a person closest to us.
He’s like eyelids that protects the eyes, the only one to led us from all this fuss.
We search for him almost everywhere,in the shaded skies and deep in seas,
But wen we fail to find him and come back, we find him inside us resting in peace.
What to we do wen we are disturbed??
> We either go into silent place and resent OR
> We turn to God..
Have we ever tried to find answers ourselves…
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Sep26
Are You Washed By The Water!?!
John 3:5
“Jesus answered,
‘Very truly I tell you,
no one can enter the kingdom of God
unless they are born of water and the Spirit.'”
The story behind the song:
-Bear Rinehart-
Needtobreathe
“It’s a song about my dad.
He’s a pastor.
He just uh, he went through –
if you know anything about how preachers are,
they just…
You know,
there’s a lot of stuff that gets said in the church.
There was some stuff that got said at our church
that actually turned out to not be true
when it all came out, or whatever.
I just thought it was a cool thing
that my dad kept his integrity throughout that whole situation.
Yeah, and we put sort of a gospel feel to it.
There’s a gospel choir on the record that we recorded.
And yeah. It’s one of my favorites too.”
Even when the rain falls
Even when the flood starts rising
Even when the storm comes
I am washed by the water
Daddy was a preacher
She was his wife
Just tryin’ to make the world a little better
You know, shine a light
People started talking
Trying to hear their own voice
Those people tried to accuse my father
Said he made the wrong choice
Though it might be painful
You know that time will always tell
Those people have long since gone
My father never failed
Even when the rain falls
Even when the flood starts rising
Even when the storm comes
I am washed by the water
Even if the Earth crumbles under my feet
Even if the ones I love turn around and crucify me
I won’t never ever let you down
Won’t fall, won’t fall, won’t fall
as long as you’re around me
Even when the rain falls
Even when the flood starts rising
Even when the storm comes
I am washed by the water
Hebrews 10:22
“…let us draw near to God
with a sincere heart
and with the full assurance that faith brings,
having our hearts sprinkled
to cleanse us from a guilty conscience
and having our bodies washed with pure water.”
Ephesians 5:25-26
“…just as Christ loved the Church
and gave Himself up for Her
to make Her Holy,
cleansing Her
by the washing with water
through the Word,”
John 13:5-11
“After that, He poured water into a basin
and began to wash His disciples’ feet,
drying them with the towel that was wrapped around Him.
He came to Simon Peter,
who said to Him,
‘Lord, are you going to wash my feet?’
Jesus replied,
‘You do not realize now what I am doing,
but later you will understand.’
‘No,’ said Peter, ‘You shall never wash my feet.’
Jesus answered, ‘Unless I wash you,
you have no part with Me.’
‘Then, Lord,’
Simon Peter replied,
‘not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!’
Jesus answered,
‘Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet;
their whole body is clean.
And you are clean,
though not every one of you.‘
For He knew who was going to betray Him,
and that was why He said not every one was clean.”
Isaiah 12:2-3
“‘…Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,
is my strength and my defense;
He has become my salvation.’
With joy you will draw water
from the wells of salvation.”
John 4:14
“…but whoever drinks the water I give them
will never thirst.
Indeed, the water I give them
will become in them
a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
John 7:38-39
“‘Whoever believes in Me,
as Scripture has said,
rivers of living water
will flow from within them.’
By this He meant the Spirit,
whom those who believed in Him were later to receive.
Up to that time the Spirit had not been given,
since Jesus had not yet been glorified.”
Revelation 22:1-2
“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life,
as clear as crystal,
flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
down the middle of the great street of the city.
On each side of the river stood the Tree Of Life,
bearing twelve crops of fruit,
yielding its fruit every month.
And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.”
Revelation 22:17
” The Spirit and the bride say,
‘Come!’
And let the one who hears say,
‘Come!’
Let the one who is thirsty come;
and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.”
Amen!
Sep26
Random Acts of Kindness
Love this!! I teach school…I can relate!! Ha!
Sep26
Loving God?
Don’t leave anything out…preach the Full Gospel…obey Jesus’ words!!!
Sep25
Opposites Attract!
I received this e-mail awhile ago:
“Ladies this e-mail will answer all your questions…
Men Are Different!
They think differently…
Talk differently…
Are interested…
Or not interested…
In different things!
The sooner we realize it the better off we’ll be…
And the easier it will be to get along…
Why Men Are Seldom Depressed!
Men are just happier people:
Their last name stays put…
The garage is all theirs…
Wedding plans take care of themselves…
Chocolate is just another snack…
They can be President…
Car mechanics tell them the truth…
Same work, more pay…
Wrinkles add character…
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100…
New shoes don’t cut, blister, or mangle your feet…
One mood all the time…
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat…
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase…
They can open all their own jars…
They get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness…
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough…
They are unable to see wrinkles in their clothes..
They don’t need to put on a new face every day…
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades…
They only have to shave their face and neck…
They can play with toys all their life.
One wallet and one pair of shoes! One color for all seasons…
They can ‘do’ their nails with a pocket knife…
They have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache…
They can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24th in 25 minutes…
No wonder men are happier!! Ha!
Nicknames:
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah…
If Mike, Dave, and John go out for lunch, they will affectionately call each other Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman…
Eating Out:
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it’s only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller, and none will actually admit they want change back…
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators…
Money:
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs…
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn’t need, but it’s on sale…
Bathrooms:
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel…
The average number of items in the typical woman’s bathroom is 337…A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items…
Arguments: A woman has the last word in any argument…
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument…
Future:
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband…
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife…
Marriage:
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t…
A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, but she does…
Dressing Up:
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash,
answer the phone, or go get the mail…
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals…
Natural:
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed…
Women somehow deteriorate during the night…
Offspring:
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments, romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears, hopes, and dreams…
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house…
Though For The Day:
A married man should forget his mistakes. There’s no use in two people remembering the same thing!”
P.S. Read about relationships:
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray, Ph.D.
Laughing Your Way To A Happy Marriage by Pastor Mark Gungor
Men and Women
Most can’t agree:
On what a “lazy” Sunday afternoon looks like…
What “straighten up the house” entails…
How long “working on the car” takes…
Or what, “I’ll be ready in five minutes!” really means…
Just the other day…
I was listening as my husband spoke on the phone to his good friend, Dave…
“Oh, No!!! What did you do, Davie???
Your new puppy? Big mess? While you were out playing golf? And she was at church?
And the volume in your house is on ‘MUTE!!!?!’
Oh, No! Georgie can’t help you with this one, Buddy!!!
Why??? Because no matter what you say or do…you’re wrong!!!
So, just say you’re sorry and be done with it!!
I’m telling you, Friend…
It’s a grey area!! With women!”
So, by now I’m laughing, because I can’t hear Davie’s end of the conversation…
But I have an answer, nonetheless!
“Swallow you’re pride…
Say you’re sorry…
Put your ‘puppy tail’ between your legs…
And beg for forgiveness!!”
My husband conveys my message and says…
“Doesn’t matter if she said you could go…
Clean up the mess!!”
See???
Opposites!!!
Thank God they attract!
But both men and women can agree on our love for Jesus!!
And how we need His love for us!
Don’t you find that amazing???
In our household…
I’m not a morning person…He is!
I do the paperwork…He can’t!
He’s super observant…I’m not!
I’m a clean-up-as-you-go cook…He’s messy and doesn’t care!
He’s trained to handle a crisis…I melt down!
But…
It’s okay, because…
Jesus and I are opposites, too!
And Opposites Attract!!!
Yipee!!
I’m weak…He’s strong!
I’m human…He’s divine!
I’m selfish…He’s selfless!
He’s sinless!
He’s love!!
He’s Holy!
God’s the Creator!
God’s perfect!
God never changes!
God never fails!
Lord, I Can’t Get Over You!
Men and women are opposites…
And they disagree on many things…
But somehow in Jesus…
We all find what we need!
We all seem to agree!!
Men and women from all walks of life…
Every country…
People who can’t agree on politics…
Or the economy…
Or even on which of our major world problems to try solve first…
Can agree that we adore the love of our Savior for us!
It’s amazing!
We can meet someone totally different from us…
And still just know that they possess the love of Jesus…
That They Have His Heart!
Psalm 8:4
“What is mankind that You are mindful of them,
human beings that You care for them?“
You love like no other…
Not anything that I do…
You forgive me…
I choose to stay here with You!
Hold me…
Closer…
Can’t lose this moment…
You’re love has covered me!
And now I can’t get over You!
I just can’t get over You
Arms of my Father…
Grace can be found…
Lay my fears down…
Not the same anymore…
Changed from the inside out..
Heart is beating…
Can’t get over the way…
Your love stays the same…
All the time…
You stay the same…
My song remains…
Oh, Lord…
Nothing I can’t do…
Except get over You!
I’ll never get over You!!
Amen!
Sep22
Jesus, You’re My BFF! My Best Friend…Forever!!
James 2:23
“And the scripture was fulfilled that says,
‘Abraham believed God,
and it was credited to him as righteousness,‘
and he was called God’s friend.”
John 15:14
“You are my friends
if you do what I command.”
John 15:15
“I no longer call you servants,
because a servant does not know his master’s business.
Instead, I have called you friends,
for everything that I learned from My Father
I have made known to you.”
This song is a Kids Church favorite!!!!!
Have you heard of the one called Savior?
Have you heard of His perfect love?
Have you heard of the One in Heaven?
Have you heard how He gave His Son?
‘Cause I found this Love!
I believe in the Son!
Show me Your way!
I believe in the One called Savior!
I believe He’s the Risen One!
I believe I’ll live forever!
I believe that my King will come!
‘Cause I found this Love!
I believe in the Son!
Show me Your way!
Jesus!
You are my best friend!
And you will always be!
And nothing will ever change that!
Nothing will ever change that!!
Proverbs 18:24
“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
John 15:13
“Greater love has no one than this:
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
Hebrews 13:5
“…God has said,
‘Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.’”
Have you heard???
Have you found???
Do you believe???
Have you met my best friend???
Jesus!
Forever!
Nothing will ever change that!
Amen!
Sep19
Need A Revelation? Sing A New Song!
Worthy is the, Lamb who was slain
Holy, Holy, is He
Sing a new song, to Him who sits on
Heaven’s mercy seat
Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of Kings
You are my everything
And I will adore You
Clothed in rainbows, of living color
Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor, strength and glory and power be
to You the only wise King
Filled with wonder, awestruck wonder
At the mention of Your Name
Jesus Your Name is power
Breath, and living water
Such a marvelous mystery
2 Corinthians 5:21
“God made Him
who had no sin
to be sin for us,
so that in Him
we might become
the righteousness of God.”
Revelation 4:8
“Each of the four living creatures
had six wings
and was covered with eyes all around,
even under his wings.
Day and night they never stop saying:
‘Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty,
who was,
and is,
and is to come.'”
Revelation 22:1-21
Eden Restored
“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life,
as clear as crystal,
flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
down the middle of the great street of the city.
On each side of the river stood the tree of life,
bearing twelve crops of fruit,
yielding its fruit every month.
And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
No longer will there be any curse.
The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city,
and his servants will serve Him.
They will see His face,
and His name will be on their foreheads.
There will be no more night.
They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun,
for the Lord God will give them light.
And they will reign for ever and ever.”
John and the Angel
“The angel said to me,
‘These words are trustworthy and true.
The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets,
sent His angel to show His servants
the things that must soon take place.’
‘Look, I am coming soon!
Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.’
I, John,
am the one who heard and saw these things.
And when I had heard and seen them,
I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel
who had been showing them to me.
But he said to me,
‘Don’t do that!
I am a fellow servant with you
and with your fellow prophets
and with all who keep the words of this scroll.
Worship God!’
Then he told me,
‘Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll,
because the time is near.
Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong;
let the vile person continue to be vile;
let the one who does right continue to do right;
and let the holy person continue to be holy.’
Epilogue: Invitation and Warning
‘Look, I am coming soon!
My reward is with Me,
and I will give to each person
according to what they have done.
I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End.
Blessed are those who wash their robes,
that they may have the right to the tree of life
and may go through the gates into the city.
Outside are the dogs,
those who practice magic arts,
the sexually immoral,
the murderers,
the idolaters
and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
I, Jesus,
have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches.
I Am the Root
and the Offspring of David,
and the bright Morning Star.”
The Spirit and the bride say,
‘Come!’
And let the one who hears say,
‘Come!’
Let the one who is thirsty come;
and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll:
If anyone adds anything to them,
God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.
And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy,
God will take away from that person
any share in the tree of life
and in the Holy City,
which are described in this scroll.
He who testifies to these things says,
‘Yes, I Am coming soon.
Amen.
Come, Lord Jesus.
The grace of the Lord Jesus
be with God’s people.
Amen.'”
Sep19
So, Give It To Me Straight!!
I want the truth, and nothing but the truth…
Do you like your news candy-coated…
Sugar-coated???
Rose-tinted???
Are you seeing through a glass darkly???
Or do you prefer the truth???
Telling me I’m a “good” person…
That God loves me…
Without telling me…
What He hates…
What displeases Him…
Is only telling me a half-truth…
There’s a Hell to avoid…
And a Heaven to help populate…
I need to know that…
How can I avoid going to Hell???
How can I get to Heaven???
The truth will set me free!
I’d rather a kid say, “I want a cookie.”
Than steal a cookie!
Honesty!!!
Believe that Jesus is the One Way…
He’s the Voice of Truth!
Forget a sugar-coated Gospel…
Give me…POW…the Truth!
Encourage me to ask God the tough questions!
“God…
What do you want from me???”
He’ll answer…
“I want your heart…
Your love…
Your time…
Your life…
Your everything!”
Telling me I have to give up too much to give that to God, is nonsense…
Telling me there’s no joy in this journey is a lie!
Telling me God is not a jealous God is ridiculous…
He wants all of me!
Telling me a Holy God doesn’t care about Holiness…
Is going to send me straight to Hell!
Whose voice are you listening to?
A voice of lies???
Or…
The Voice of Truth!
1 Corinthians 13:12 MSG
“We don’t yet see things clearly.
We’re squinting in a fog,
peering through a mist.
But it won’t be long before the weather clears
and the sun shines bright!
We’ll see it all then,
see it all as clearly
as God sees us,
knowing Him directly
just as He knows us!”
Psalm 40:11 AMP
“Withhold not Your tender mercy from me,
O Lord;
let Your loving-kindness
and Your truth
continually preserve me!”
Romans 2:6-8 NIV
“God
‘will repay each person according to what they have done.’
To those who by persistence in doing good
seek glory, honor and immortality,
He will give eternal life.
But for those who are self-seeking
and who reject the truth and follow evil,
there will be wrath and anger.”
Amen!
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