Working Our Faith Out

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Comment by Hamm on April 25, 2012 at 5:32am

Amen William, I am in total agreement. God bless.

God Bless Alcedes great words.

May we all continue to carry, help and support each other in this group, on AAG, our families & friends, our neigbours and all life temporal and spiritual. (Hope that doesn't sound to corny?) 

Comment by William Adams (rockabillie) on April 25, 2012 at 5:00am

Hi guys, This was passed on to me the other week and I thought how meaningful it was.

There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbours.

"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbours when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.

"Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbours grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbours grow good corn."

He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbour’s corn also improves.

So it is with our lives. Those who choose to live in peace must help their neighbours to live in peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.

The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbours grow good corn.

Comment by ALCEDES JONES on April 25, 2012 at 4:07am

Amen in Jesus mighty name and yes all GLORY GOES TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER ,O Heavenly Father ,we come to your throne of Grace in agreement with the prayers of both of my brothers here for your words tell us that where two or three gather in your name you are there with us and your words also tell us that we must worship you in spirit and truth so all though we are miles about we connect through the spirit to praise you and honor you and give you all the glory ,and we thank you O Heavenly Father for your Love Grace and Mercy ,and we thank you for the faithfulness of everyone in this group as we pray for each other and encourage one and to give you the Glory in the things in our life in Jesus mighty name and powerful blood we thank you ,for we know it is you who had placed the love that we share in this group in the hearts of all of us and we thank you and pray that we will continue to give you the glory in all that we do Amen.Chris and Hamm I thank you both and may the light of Jesus continue to shine through the both of you  

Comment by Hamm on April 25, 2012 at 3:25am

Amen Chris.

What brilliat pray.

I also stand with my dear friends Alcedes & Chris as well as all at AAG in the Glory of your light Jesus Christ and in the ultimate wisdom you have,the continues love you provide. Continue you shine on these caring wonderful people, who celerbrate in you, have faith in you at all times through all circumstances they praise your name. I know you will honour this Lord and already provided. Thanks Amen.

Keep Shining brothers, keep stepping forward, only standstill to take rest and contemplation. You have great faith and strength God bless you both.

Comment by a servant (Chris) on April 24, 2012 at 9:37pm

Father in Jesus Name we come and stand with our Brother Alcedes.  WE know Lord You set up authority.  We stand with our Brother, Hamm, {both Marties}, Liz, Ana and Dan, Arnette and myself and All the others here.  We stand with You Brother.  We lift up your success in Jesus Name.  Your Faithfulness in Praying for others.  Your encouraging words for all the others.  Father we stand with our Brother, and we offer All Praise and Worship to You Our Lord.  We come against the enemy in Jesus Name, who even as I have been working on this has been working against me in doing this.  So Brother Alcedes congratulations, and to God be all the Glory.  We all Love you and yours Brother, and we support you in our Prayers and Thanksgiving.  Hallelujah to His name be Praised.  And, Your Blessings overflow in Jesus Name 

,but THROUGH EVERY STAND STILL I still continue to praise and give him the GLORY and wait till he take me forward another step or two ,just got my PA. home improvement Contractor registration confirmation on yesterday ,today I picked up my Certificate of Liability Insurance in the four Township that LORD'S WILLING I WILL START MY CONCRETE CLUB 

Comment by ALCEDES JONES on April 24, 2012 at 6:10pm

Today's Bible Verse:

1 Peter 1:6-7
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (ESV)

Today's Inspiring Thought: Tested by Fire

Just as a hammer and high heat are used to forge instruments of iron, God uses trials to develop genuine faith and strength of character in us.

"Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt comes from the darkest storm." --Charles Caleb Colton

Comment by ALCEDES JONES on April 24, 2012 at 6:00pm

Hamm ,my beloved brother you are welcome and believe me my brother my soul is being comforting and uplifting also for right about now I'm still in that one step forward and a lot of steps standing still ,but THROUGH EVERY STAND STILL I still continue to praise and give him the GLORY and wait till he take me forward another step or two ,just got my PA. home improvement Contractor registration confirmation on yesterday ,today I picked up my Certificate of Liability Insurance in the four Township that LORD'S WILLING I WILL START MY CONCRETE CLUB IN so please continue to pray for me as I'm praying for every one ,still has not worked in seven days but thank the Lord my wife job is going strong ,it usually be me working this time of the year and her job be in the slow stage but our Heavenly Father know and see all things so we just continue to give him the praise glory and the honor and he always give us the things that we need ,I thank him daily because what I thought would be up and in full swing down it is coming together later but being I know his words, ALL GLORY GOES TO HIM AND I THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE IS DOING AND HOW HE IS DOING IT IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME,MUCH LOVE TO THE WHOLE FAMILY HERE.     

Comment by Hamm on April 24, 2012 at 6:46am

Thanks again Chris and Acledes, your words are uplifting and comforting to the soul.

God bless you both and I pray that you both keep shining and that we all know that God is shining on you both. Love you both my friends.

Comment by a servant (Chris) on April 23, 2012 at 8:34pm

What a Blessing it is to know what no matter our difficulty, " God is as deep, and long, and high, as our little world of circumstances."  He is Big Enough to handle  no matter the situations we find ourselves in.  Life can be made up of all kinds of  things.  Many times we see them as difficulties, as was said He sees them as opportunities.  This can be determined  by our heart, by our Trust in the Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit.  As we put forth our Faith, into these trials or difficulties we can understand why they are seen as opportunities.  For when we put forth our Faith, with the mindset; the desire to bring Glory to Our Lord, then the possibilities far outweigh the negative outcomes against what difficulties can give birth to.  As we strive to bring Glory to Jesus, the Victories are ours to cherish.  Lord Bless

Comment by ALCEDES JONES on April 21, 2012 at 6:37pm

FOOD FOR THOUGHTS 

Days of Heaven Upon Earth 
Rev. A. B. Simpson

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 "I will be with Him in trouble" (Ps. xci. 15).

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"I will be with Him in trouble" (Psalm 91:15).

The question often comes, "Why didn't He help me sooner!" It is not His order. He must first adjust you to the situation and cause you to learn your lesson from it. His promise is, "I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him." He must be with you in the trouble first until you grow quiet. Then He will take you out of it. This will not come till you have stopped being restless and fretful about it and become calm and trustful. Then He will say, "It is enough."

God uses trouble to teach His children precious lessons. They are intended to educate us. When their good work is done a glorious recompense will come to us through them. There is a sweet joy and opportunity in them. He does not regard them as difficulties but as opportunities. They have come to give God a greater interest in you, and to show how He can deliver you from them. We cannot have a mercy worth praising God for without difficulty. God is as deep, and long, and high, as our little world of circumstances.

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