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Comment by ALCEDES JONES on March 1, 2012 at 11:01am

FOOD FOR THOUGHTS ,AND CHIS THIS IS RIGHT ALONG WITH YOUR DISCUSSION ON US BEING BLESSED

Miracles All Around You TODAY’S SCRIPTURE “Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world” (Isaiah 12:5, NIV) TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria One time, I read about this medical doctor. He was in his late 80’s, but he still went to the office every day. He loved to operate. His friends and family tried to get him to retire, but he just wouldn’t do it. He had invented a procedure that he had performed over 10,000 times. He was asked in an interview if he ever got tired of doing it, if it ever got old. He said, “No. The reason why is because I act like every operation is my very first one.” He was saying, “I don’t let it become so common that I lose the awe.” What has God done in your life? What can you be thankful for? Do you have your health? Do you have someone to love? There are miracles all around us. Don’t lose the amazement of what God has done in your own life. Don’t spend life waiting for the next “big” thing. Instead, thank God for the glorious things He’s done in your life. Thank Him for loving You. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of your faith! A PRAYER FOR TODAY Father, thank You for the miracle of life. Thank You for the air that I breathe. Thank You for every promise found in Your Word. You are good, and You have done glorious things! Let everything I do bring glory as a testimony to how great You are in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Comment by ALCEDES JONES on February 29, 2012 at 11:41am

ALL GLORY GOES TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER THROUGH HIS PRECIOUS SON JESUS THE CHRIST, LOVE  YOU MY BELOVED SISTER

Comment by ALCEDES JONES on February 29, 2012 at 7:07am

food for thoughts much love to you all

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		Printer version   James 5:15-16 (15) And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. (16) Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. New International Version   Change Bible versions God never intended prayer to change His purpose or move Him to come to fresh ideas. He has ordained that we be saved through the means of preaching the gospel, but prayer is also a means of salvation. We have seen that it is His will that we pray; it fits into the design of His purpose. Prayer is therefore not a vain exercise but a means by which God exercises His decrees. When we pray for things God has already decreed, things happen! These prayers are not meaningless. Elijah was a man close to God, and he knew God's will, but that certainly did not prevent him from asking God in prayer for rain (I Kings 18:41-46). Therefore, even though we know His will and that He knows our need, He requires we ask for it. Does not Jesus command us to do this regarding end-time events? "Watch . . . and pray always," He says in Luke 21:36. Prayer keeps our minds focused on what is important to God's purpose. Perhaps we need to change our views about prayer. Frequently, the prevailing idea of many is that we come to God and ask Him for something we want, expecting Him to give it if we have enough faith. But this is actually degrading to God! This popular belief reduces God to a servant--our servant, like a genie in a bottle--performing our pleasures and granting our desires. No, prayer is worshipfully coming to Him, humbly acknowledging His sovereign authority and loving wisdom, telling Him our need, committing our way to Him, and then patiently allowing Him to deal with our request as it seems best to Him. This does not mean we should not confidently present our needs to God as we see them, but then we should leave it with Him to deal with in His time and manner. Remember, He already knows what He wants to accomplish and when. Doing this works to make our will subject to His. No prayer is pleasing to Him unless the attitude motivating it is "not [m]y will, but Yours, be done" (Luke 22:42). When God grants blessings on praying people, it is not because of their prayers, as if they motivated Him to act, but He acts for His own name's sake and His sovereign will. He intensely desires that His thoughts become ours because we reflect His image this way. If we think like God, we will act like Him, which is the purpose of conversion. Much of the communication of His thoughts to ours takes place in prayer. God answers every faithful prayer, but not always in the way or when we think best. Often His answer is the opposite of what we feel to be best, but if we have really left it with God, then at least we know it is indeed His answer. The story of the resurrection of Lazarus in John 11 illustrates this well. Interestingly, Mary and Martha never directly ask Jesus to heal Lazarus, though they clearly suggest it in calling Him to come. God in the flesh, however, responds in a way totally different from what they anticipated. Nonetheless, their approach is still a good example of the proper attitude in presenting a need to God. They do not even go into much detail in expressing their need--just simple trust that He could and would do the right thing. John W. Ritenbaugh Excerpted from: The Sovereignty of God: Part Nine

Comment by a servant (Chris) on February 29, 2012 at 5:52am

To All

I must apologize for not being on as much as I should have been.  Not that it would of stopped anyone from leaving, but to share His Love as I should be doing everyday.  Char is hurt but not far.  My money is on the fact that she will be reading much of all this.  Choco Praise God for your Love for it is clear.  Marty and Elaine the same can be said of your Love.  I have been both attacked and accused of attacking, both hurt deeply.  Both can be traced back to the enemy.  As we have decided to follow Jesus, we are to count it all Joy, no matter what happens, why is that?  Like Love the enemy cannot fight against Joy.  It can only try to convince us not to have either one.  It cannot take them away from us, we give them both up if we chose.  Char is and will always be a Sister to us, we Love her and Mike, and the rest of her people.  She has had many things attack her, we will All continue to lift her up!  We are Family and we do not give up on Family, just as you three are doing.  We will and are not letting her go!  She may need some time, but we all do for time to time.  I am so proud to know and see HIS LOVE working in you all.  Again forgive my absence, I have never been far, just had a few dragons and monsters that had to be dealt with.  But, Lord willing I am back.  

Love to All

Chris 

Comment by Liz on February 28, 2012 at 9:20am

Our Relationship to God

In Matthew 22:37 Jesus said, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind."

There are various ways of showing God that we love Him. Our worship and praise can put our love into words said directly to Him. But we should also show our love.

"Now ... listen to what the Lord your God demands of you: Have reverence for the Lord and do all that he commands. Love him, serve him with all your heart, and obey all his laws" Deuteronomy 10:12 13).

"But whoever obeys his word is the one whose love for God has really been made perfect" (I John 2:5). If we want to show our love to God, we will follow the instructions He gives us in His Word.

Another way to show our love to God is by giving and sharing with others. I John 3:17-18 says, "If a rich person sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against his brother, how can he claim that he loves God? My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action."

The love that is obedient and sharing will be a satisfying and rewarding love. Jesus says in Luke 10:28 that if we love God above all else we "will live." Some people think that "real living" is wealth, power, and position. But these things in themselves will never satisfy because we were made in God's likeness and for His glory. Our spirits must be satisfied with the spiritual.

Real living is loving God. Jesus said, "Be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things" (Matthew 6:33).

Don't limit yourself to the less important things. Love God with all your heart.

My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.
- I John 3:18

Comment by Hamm on February 25, 2012 at 12:10pm

Amen to your prays Elaine.

Comment by ALCEDES JONES on February 24, 2012 at 11:23pm

I'm truly a living WITNESS TO THIS so all who is in a dry season don't give up ,keep you head up and look for your change to come in JESUS  NAME AMEN

Dig Deeper TODAY’S SCRIPTURE “So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up” (Galatians 6:9, NLT) TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria I read that back in the 1800’s some explorers were going across a huge desert and didn’t bring enough water. They started digging at different spots underneath the surface about a foot or two trying to find water. They ended up losing their lives in the desert because of a lack of water. Many years later, it was discovered that there was water right there where they had lost their lives about three feet underground. If they would have just dug down a little bit further, they would have found the water and saved their lives. The same principle is true when you’re in a dry season and not getting any good breaks, business is slow, or you’re struggling in a relationship. It’s easy to think, “This is never going to change. I’m never going to see my dreams come to pass.” No, just like those early explorers, water is there. Provision is there. You just have to dig down a little bit deeper. If you will shake off the self-pity, shake off what didn’t work out, shake off the complacency and turn up your praise, you’ll soon tap in to the blessing and provision He has prepared for you! A PRAYER FOR TODAY Father God, thank You for Your provision and blessing in my life. I know that You are making a way even when I don’t see a way. Help me to stand strong in You so that I may see the harvest of blessing You have prepared for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Comment by ALCEDES JONES on February 24, 2012 at 8:54pm

food for thoughts
Welcome to Verse of the Day!
Today's Bible Verse:
John 12:3
Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. (ESV)
Today's Inspiring Thought: Extravagant Worship
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value." --Thomas Paine

Mary loved Jesus dearly. She had recognized the true value of her Savior. Her lavish, costly gift expressed whole-hearted, intense devotion to the Lord. The fragrance of her costly perfume represented Mary's extravagant worship.

This incident is recorded in three of the gospels, and in each case the disciples complained about Mary's wastefulness. These men had not yet realized the priceless worth of Jesus their Messiah. Have you?

Comment by Hamm on February 22, 2012 at 11:44am

To my dear friends although my faith in God may not be as strong as it is for you here in this group and on AAG, I have this passage that I love and though you might like.

Hast thou not know? Hast thounot heard, that the ever lasting God, the Lord, the creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching for his understanding;

He gaveth power to the faint; and them that have no might he increaseth strength;

even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint. ISAIAH 28,29,30,31.

Comment by ALCEDES JONES on February 22, 2012 at 11:39am

A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father, thank You for loving us enough to work in our lives. Today I release the things I don’t understand into Your hands. I believe that You are working behind the scenes on our behalf. I believe that You have good things in store for our future. I choose to wait on You and trust You now and forevermore in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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