*Good Afternoon To Amy's Place*

Wear Red On Friday To Support Our Troops

Remembering Our Fallen Officers
Prayers For Their Families And Fellow Officers

Very appropriate for today.

I thought it must have been a special message for today.

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Everything We Need and More

July 9, 2016

[God’s] divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life. 2 Peter 1:3

In a field on the English countryside, G. K. Chesterton stood up from where he had been sitting and exploded with laughter. His outburst was so sudden and so loud that the cows could not take their eyes off him.

Just minutes before, the Christian writer and apologist had been miserable. That afternoon he had been wandering the hills, sketching pictures on brown paper using colored chalks. But he was dismayed to discover he had no white chalk, which he considered to be essential to his artwork. Soon, though, he began to laugh when he realized that the ground beneath him was porous limestone—the earth’s equivalent of white chalk. He broke off a piece and resumed drawing.

Like Chesterton, who realized he “was sitting on an immense warehouse of white chalk,” believers have God’s unlimited spiritual resources within reach at all times. “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him” (2 Peter 1:3).

Maybe you feel you are lacking some important element necessary for godliness such as faith, grace, or wisdom. If you know Christ, you have everything you need and more. Through Jesus, you have access to the Father—the one who graciously provides believers with all things.

Dear Lord, forgive me for overlooking Your power and trying to live in my own strength. I can’t do it. Thank You for providing everything I need.

God has unlimited power.

INSIGHT:

Today’s passage reminds us that it is God who provides the power we need to live the Christian life (v. 3). One of the ways He does this is by giving us the Holy Spirit. The characteristics we display—the fruit of the indwelling Spirit—have strong implications for the way we live (vv. 5–9; see Gal. 5:22–23). But whose fruit is it? It is the Spirit’s. The Holy Spirit is the agent, the source, and the power that produces that fruit.

Adapted from Live Free: A Fresh Look at the Fruit of the Spirit.

That is a cool story! Thanks for your faithfulness, Mr. Mayor! :-)

Beach Glass

How do you beach?
Sorry, don’t want to get
Too personal
Just asking, to get a perspective
To put us on the same page.

Do you lay in place
drink in the rays, melt the stress?
Or maybe play – ball, Frisbee, or V-ball?

Not me. I walk, the length of the beach
Too restless to sit
Lost in my own thing
Looking for shells, people,
and beach glass.

Taking in the scene;
Hoping I remember where I left her
on my return.

Raymond A. Foss

Happy Caturday, Dogurday and Bunnyday, everyone!

Happy Summer!

Enjoy this Beautiful Day!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

*Happy Caturday *** Dogurday To Amy's Place*

Checking out collected treasures from the beach.

I Wish You A Lovely Weekend

Happy Dogurday, Caturday, and Horse and Pony Day.

Trash To Treasure***Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, California

Thank you for the lovely opening, trish.

Awwwww...so cute!

Beautiful, MEG! The shell border is such a pretty addition!

LOL! Love it, TCP!

Sea glass is so special. :)

I love looking for beach treasures!

Finally had my first horseback ride of the year today. The pony was with us in the roundpen and he rolled in the sand to his heart’s content (about 5 minutes) until he was nice and dirty. Both of them had baths Friday of course, so it was time to get all dirty. Horse was so well behaved he got extra carrots.

Have a good evening and a lovely Sunday!

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Language of Love

July 10, 2016

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. James 3:9

When my grandmother came to Mexico as a missionary, she had a hard time learning Spanish. One day she went to the market. She showed her shopping list to the girl helping her and said, “It’s in two tongues (lenguas).” But she meant to say that she had written it in two languages (idiomas). The butcher overheard them and assumed she wanted to purchase two cow tongues. My grandmother didn’t realize it until she got home. She had never cooked beef tongue before!

Mistakes are inevitable when we are learning a second language, including learning the new language of God’s love. At times our speech is contradictory because we praise the Lord but then speak badly of others. Our old sinful nature opposes our new life in Christ. What comes out of our mouths shows us how much we need God’s help.

Our old “tongue” must go away. The only way to learn the new language of love is by making Jesus the Lord of our speech. When the Holy Spirit works in us, He gives us self-control to speak words that please the Father. May we surrender every word to Him! “Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips” (Ps. 141:3).

Lord Jesus, take control of my mouth today. Forgive me for careless, thoughtless, and angry words. Let my words bless You and others.

May the words we speak point others to Jesus.

INSIGHT:

A horse, though a very powerful animal, comes under the rider’s control with a small piece of metal—a bit—in the animal’s mouth (James 3:3). By means of the reins and bridle, the rider pulls the bit, which presses against the horse’s mouth. This causes the horse to stop or move in the direction the rider dictates. In contrast, no human can tame the tongue—a very small part of the body. However, the Holy Spirit can help us control our speech as we yield to Him.

Welcome To Sunday At Amy's Place

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Psalm 91.
1. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest.
in the shadow of the Almighty..
2. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress,.
my God, in whom I trust

*Blessings To All Who Enter Here*

Another timely devotion. Amen, Rus.
I Am So Grateful To You For Our Daily Bread

Have a Blessed Sunday

Matthew 10:42

(New International Version (NIV)

42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS