Saturday, November 2, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Prayer request from my pastor Vince
Gentleman please pray for a fellow law enforcement brother Charlie Kirkpatrick from Lewis County Sheriff's Department. He and his wife Carrie have a 20 day old little girl whose name is Oakley. She is in critical condition at the Pittsburgh Children's Hospital. I spoke with him this afternoon and assured him that we would be praying for his little girl. The need right now is that her kidneys would begin to function which would buy them some more time to work with her. Thank you for your prayers
Well Done
God I am tired. I am
ready to go home. I want to go. Life is hard.
It’s painful. It hurts. Death.
Destruction. People hurting
people. Lack of love or even kindness
makes daily living challenging.
Matthew 6:9-13
Our Father which art
in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth,
as it is in heaven.11 Give us this day our daily bread.12 And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen
But I have to press on because when I come to the end of my
life I want to be like Paul and be able to say:
2 Timothy 4:7-8
7 I have fought a
good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth
there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also
that love his appearing.
I don’t want to get to Heaven and hear God say, “Well you
started out pretty good but what happened?
Your life was wasted with regrets, what ”ifs”, and “poor me” stories. I want to live my life with everything He has
to offer. I want to look for ways to do
for others. I want to listen and
obey! Do I do enough? No! Do
I read the Bible enough? No! Do I volunteer? Not enough!
Can I do more? Yes! Can I do it in my own strength? No!
Ephesians 6:10-17
10 Finally, my
brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.11 Put on the
whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil.12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.13 Wherefore take unto you
the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and
having done all, to stand.14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with
truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;15 And your feet shod
with the preparation of the gospel of peace;16 Above all, taking the shield of
faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God.
Stand firm! That’s what
we need to fight the evil we see every single day! Bad things happening to good people are the
way the devil gets his foothold in your life.
We have to keep our faith and hold tight to Gods promises and know this:
Philippians 4:13
13 I can do all
things through Christ which strengtheneth me
Whatever we do, we do it in Christ. His spirit dwells within us. I often wonder why He picked me to do
anything for Him. I am so inadequate. I have many faults. First of all I’m lazy and I talk too
much! I procrastinate! Danny always told me not to volunteer because
I would start something but never finish it…and he was right! But the good thing about this is we aren’t
doing anything. If we live in Christ, He
lives in us, and we can do anything He wants us to do through Him.
John 15:5
Apart from me you can
do nothing.
If we listen to Him, let Him guide us, our life will be so
fulfilling. All that feeling of pain,
helplessness and hopelessness will fade away; and it will be replaced with a
feeling of gratitude and an over whelming desire to do more in his name. You will want more Him and less you! We will become content to matter what our
circumstance, whether we are on the top of the mountain or down in the valley.
2 Corinthians 12:9
9 And he said unto
me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in
weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the
power of Christ may rest upon me.
When we ask his guidance for everything in our life He so
gladly responds. We just have to be
still-listen-and then DO! Do in His
strength not our own!
Galatians 2:20
It is no longer I who
live, but Christ lives in me
And when I get to Heaven I am going to anxiously wait to
hear Him say
Matthew 25:21
"His master
replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a
few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your
master's happiness!'
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Easy as ABC
This week has been like many others for me. God talks and I listen…then I usually
write. But this week He talked…I
listened…but I didn’t write. I know what
He is telling me and I get it, but I wasn’t quite sure what I was supposed to
do with it. So I did nothing. Well, as you can guess, it was the wrong
thing to do! I have been getting this
same verse over and over and over! At
one point I actually said, “OK God! I
get it. I know this and I do it…but apparently
He wants me to share what I already know!
John 1:1
In the beginning was
the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.
That, we all know! It’s pretty straight forward. But here is where things start to get tricky.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by
me.
This is the verse that I have seen constantly this
week. And I know that is the only way I
am going to Heaven. I already have my ticket;
I asked for it, Jesus paid for it. There
is nothing we-us-me-I-you-can do to get there.
Jesus died on the cross for our sins and it’s so simple- our part! Ask him into our hearts and have faith.
Romans 10:17
So then faith cometh
by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
John 3:16
God loved us so much
that He gave His only so that by believing in Him we could have everlasting
life
There are a lot of good people in the world! They do all the right things; give to charity,
help the homeless, take in kids from shelters, and some may even go to church,
but without Christ in your heart-and He is just waiting to be invited in-you
are still going to Hell!
Acts 16:31
And they said,
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
It’s so easy, and trust me, there are so many benefits; the
greatest being able to live with Jesus eternally. The love and joy you experience while here on
earth is so good and when you have Jesus in your heart you always have a best
friend. He is never too busy, never over
commits himself, always knows just what to say and never judges you! No matter how dark your path He is always
there to go with you lighting the way.
My path has been very dark and scary.
Often times I couldn’t see to put one foot in front of the other, that’s
how dark it was. But Praise God I had a
glow stick that when bent it glowed even more!
That light was Jesus! And He can
shine for you too!
John 8:12
Then spoke Jesus again
unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not
walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
After receiving that verse numerous times this week and just
kind of “ignoring” it, God started putting the story of Jonah upon me. Not just once but several times. So this morning I just asked Him, “God, what
am I running from, what am I not doing that you want me to do?” That’s when I
got that verse one more time and I finally got it! So I implore you, if you are reading this and
don’t know Jesus, this is for you! He
cares enough for you to burden my heart so much that I write these bible verses
so that you know He cares for you! Don’t
wait until it’s too late! Ask him into
your heart today!
Ask…Believe…Confess…
Easy as ABC!
Blessings
I have dwelled on my problems all week to the point they are
making me physically sick. It’s so easy
for me to tell others they need to turn over their problems to Jesus and let
him handle them but when it comes to me taking my own advice…I don’t. I remember my Mom telling me, when I was old
enough to understand about the Holy Spirit, that when she prayed about
something she could tell what the answer was according to her spirit. Well my spirit has been “uneasy”. That’s the term she used. I just don’t know what to do with an uneasy
spirit! I can hear my Heavenly Father
saying “Come and cast all your cares at my feet and find your rest in ME! Under my mercy come and wait until we are
standing face to face! You’re beautiful
to me! I will hide you in the shadow of
my strength.”
Psalm 36:7
God your love is so precious;
you protect people in the shadow of your wings.
Nehemiah 8:10
The joy of the Lord
is your strength.
He is such a loving God!
How can we not go to Him? It
matters not to Him what we are. Only
that we love Him and include Him in our life.
He wants to be with our every breath, every tear, and every step we
take.
Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we
also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with
patience that race that is set before us.
When we make bad choices He wants us to know He will
forgive, forget and move on. He even
helps us up! We learn from our
mistakes. We aren’t perfect, but we are
made in His image so there is always hope for us. Hope in Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 5:57
But thanks be to God
which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Corrie ten Boom said: “This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person
He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can
see”
He knows what it’s all about; our struggles, our fears, our
failures. “Wait upon the Lord” is one of
the hardest things I have ever done, but while I am waiting; I am growing,
learning, listening and yes-hearing.
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and
strength-always ready to help in times of trouble.
He does help me!
I can’t imagine life without Him in it. How do people that don’t have Him to lean on
get out of bed every morning? If you are
reading this and don’t know Jesus I would really like to know how you do
it. Our life after death is going to be
one of two things; heaven or hell! How
is that a hard decision? People can be
scared “to Jesus” by all of the horrific facts of what Hell is going to be
like. But the treasure of Jesus is so
great and you don’t have to wait til you die to enjoy Him and all of His
goodness! We have that showered upon us
every day. All we have to do is lift our
head and speak from our heart. We pour
out our troubles to Him and He gets right on it because He wants to give us the
desires of our heart.
Psalm 37:4
Take delight in the
Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
All we have to do is ASK!
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach
the throne of grace with confidence so that we may receive mercy and grace to
help us in our time of need.
I have the luxury of great friends who are eager to help me,
listen to me, cry with me, laugh with me and most importantly, pray with me! No matter what I need they are there!
Galatians 6:2
Bear one another’s
burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
I was reminded to count my blessings, even name them one by
one! Sometimes I forget until I start
looking for them! So if you haven’t
counted your blessings lately do that today!
Take a minute out of your day to just say thanks and get lost in worship
with your creator! You won’t be
disappointed!
Job 37:23
He is excellent in
power.
Ephesians 6:10
Finally be strong in
the Lord and in His mighty power.
Psalm 18:46
The Lord liveth and
blessed be my rock and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Philippians 3:14
I press toward the
mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
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