Posted on 11/09/2006 6:49:58 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum
God bless you with overcoming strength for the times you are walking through, dear polly, because Jesus LIVES, amen.
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Don't have time to format, but wanted to share the following Love devotion with you all:
Love Is Kind
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Love acts benevolently, makes itself useful, is easy, good, gracious, kind.
Lord of Love, forgive the many times I have not demonstrated Your kindness to others. Thank You for Your many kindnesses to me. Help me today to share.
Be kind and compassionate one to another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32
~Sarah Hornsby, "Love Is..."
Our Merciful Master,
We Offer our Praise to our Glorious, Living God. Marvellous are You in Your Works and Your Ways; Supremely Awesome in Your Attributes and Grace. Holy and Blessed and Praiseworthy is Your Name! Glory and Honor Abide with Thee; Your Justice and Mercy we Adore, Savior-King. Majestic and Righteous are You, Glorious One; We Worship You, Father, Spirit, and Son.
Pour out Special Blessings, Dear Lord, upon Every Soul You Gather Before Your Throne. Shield Thy Children with Grace, and Keep us Safe in Thy Saving Love. All Glory, Honor and Praise to You, O Loving Lord, our Wonderful Shepherd-King. Shower Jim and Free Republic with Every Blessing, as we Pray through Your Saving Grace, amen.
Here is a word that I think is timely for many.
May you all be encouraged as you remember that Jesus leads us in Triumph.....
Day by Day by Grace
Bob Hoekstra
April 23
Triumphant Living Even in Difficult Situations
When I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ. (2Co_2:12-14)
Triumphant living is one of the characteristics that God wants to develop in us by the work of His grace. Even when we are in difficult situations, the Lord wants us to learn to walk in the victory that is available to us in Christ.
The Apostle Paul encountered a very difficult situation in Troas, as he traveled on one of his missionary journeys: “When I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit.” As Paul arrived in Troas, it was apparent that the Lord had granted an open door to preach the gospel. Nevertheless, Paul was distressed within his heart. The reason for the turmoil within was the absence of a key ministry partner. “I did not find Titus my brother.” In some situations, ministry cannot be conducted properly, if all of the strategic parts of the body of Christ are not fully engaged. So, Paul left that city, leaving Troas for another time. “Taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia.”
Circumstantially, this looked like a defeat. Yet, Paul had a more profound perspective than what the eyes of man could see or what the mind of man could conceive. “Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ.” Paul gave thanks to the Lord for a truth that was greater than the obviously difficult situation that he had just experienced.
Whenever we allow the Lord to be the one leading our lives, He “always leads us in triumph in Christ.” Paul was rejoicing in the fact that he was yielded to Christ as His Lord, his leader. Thus, he knew that the Lord was leading Him in triumph, because when Jesus is counted upon to lead us, He “always leads” us triumphantly.
Christ leads us in triumph; we do not win it for ourselves. This triumph is a spiritual victory that belongs to us by being in Christ. “Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ.” Jesus won the victory at His death, burial, and resurrection. Now, He wants us to look to Him to lead us in that victory day by day.
Dear Jesus, my victorious Lord, how often I attempt to be the one who directs my life. I confess that when I lead, victory is not the result. Lord, help me to count on You to lead me in Your triumph, even in the difficult situations that I frequently encounter. In Your triumphant name, I pray, Amen.
http://ingeb.org/spiritua/iheardan.html
I heard an old, old story,
How a Savior came from glory,
How He gave His life on Calvary
To save a wretch like me;
I heard about His groaning,
Of His precious blood’s atoning,
Then I repented of my sins;
And won the victory.
Chorus:
O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him,
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.
I heard about His healing,
Of His cleansing power revealing.
How He made the lame to walk again
And caused the blind to see;
And then I cried, “Dear Jesus,
Come and heal my broken spirit,”
And somehow Jesus came and brought
To me the victory.
Chorus:
I heard about a mansion
He has built for me in glory.
And I heard about the streets of gold
Beyond the crystal sea;
About the angels singing,
And the old redemption story,
And some sweet day I’ll sing up there
The song of victory.
“I am also thinking about starting a thread to pray for JR and Free Republic, that they can be a tool for standing against the forces that want to destroy us. If you’d like to join me in that thread, please let me know, and pass the word to anyone you think might be interested to let me know.”
Add me please, Lady.
Will do. I am considering how to open it now...pray for the right words/inspiration/quotes or whatever come to me!
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That is the Very Truth: Veritas Fidelis! Amen, and thanks to you.
You are in Christ and led. The words will come, and at the precisely right time. Be patient to wait for that. (;
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I think I’m there!
1Ti 2:3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
1Ti 2:4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1Ti 2:6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/e/wearwfmg.htm
Weary of wandering from my God,
And now made willing to return
I hear and bow me to the rod
For thee, not without hope, I mourn:
I have an Advocate above
A Friend before the throne of love.
O Jesus, full of truth and grace
More full of grace than I of sin
Yet once again I seek Thy face:
Open Thine arms and take me in
And freely my backslidings heal
And love the faithless sinner still.
Thou know’st the way to bring me back
My fallen spirit to restore
O for Thy truth and mercy’s sake,
Forgive, and bid me sin no more:
The ruins of my soul repair
And make my heart a house of prayer.
The stone to flesh again convert,
The veil of sin again remove;
Sprinkle Thy blood upon my heart,
And melt it by Thy dying love;
This rebel heart by love subdue,
And make it soft, and make it new.
Give to mine eyes refreshing tears,
And kindle my relentings now;
Fill my whole soul with filial fears,
To Thy sweet yoke my spirit bow;
Bend by Thy grace, O bend or break,
The iron sinew in my neck!
Ah! give me, Lord, the tender heart
That trembles at the approach of sin;
A godly fear of sin impart,
Implant, and root it deep within,
That I may dread Thy gracious power,
And never dare to offend Thee more.
—Charles Wesley, 1749
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Best prayer I can think of today:
Lord, forgive us our weaknesses.
Lord, open our hearts,
Lord, hear our prayers, spoken and unspoken.
Lord, have mercy.
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THE MEDIATOR
From The Valley of Vision, a Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
O God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
We hope in thy Word.
There we see thee, not on a fearful throne of judgment,
But on a throne of grace
waiting to be gracious and exalted in mercy.
There we hear thee saying,
not ‘Depart ye cursed’,
but ‘Look unto me and be ye saved for I am God and there is none else.’
They that know thy Name put their trust in thee.....
All that were ever saved were saved by thee,
and will through eternity exclaim,
‘Not unto us, but unto thy name give glory for thy mercy and truth’s sake.’
Thou hast chosen to transact all thy concerns
with us through a Mediator
in whom all fullness dwells
and who is exalted to be Prince and Saviour.
To him we look, on him we depend,
through him we are justified.
Isa 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isa 45:24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Php 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Php 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
AMEN
Thro’ the shining gate,
Where the angels wait,
When the saints are marching in,
The redeemed shall come,
And be crowned at home,
When the saints are marching in.
When the saints are marching in,
When the saints are marching in,
Joyful songs of salvation thro’ the sky shall ring,
When the saints are marching in.
Parted friends shall meet,
On the golden street,
When the saints are marching in,
Spotless robes shall wear,
Victor’s palms shall bear,
When the saints are marching in.
When the saints are marching in,
When the saints are marching in,
Joyful songs of salvation thro’ the sky shall ring,
When the saints are marching in.
Ev’ry tongue and race
Shall extol God’s grace,
When the saints are marching in,
And the blood-washed throng
Shall repeat the song,
When the saints are marching in.
When the saints are marching in,
When the saints are marching in,
Joyful songs of salvation thro’ the sky shall ring,
When the saints are marching in.
“To the Lamb once slain,
But Who lives again,”
When the saints are marching in,
We shall offer praise
Thro’ eternal days,
When the saints are marching in.
When the saints are marching in,
When the saints are marching in,
Joyful songs of salvation thro’ the sky shall ring,
When the saints are marching in.
Oh, what a Joyful Day that will be, Shepherd-Lord! We Shall Sing to You Forever, O God, to our Savior Who Died for us. Glory, and Praises, and Honor, and Power, with Forever-Thanksgiving, we will Worship our King! Let Every Voice of Every King's Lamb Offer Sweet Praise to our Ever-Worthy One!
We Love You, Abba-Father, as we Pray in Your Son's Dear Name, amen.
Jer 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
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