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1/01/2021 | The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy

Posted on 01/01/2021 6:43:29 AM PST by JustAmy

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[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[Silentgypsy]

Wow! There aren’t enough words to describe the gorgeousness!

[luvie]

Thank you so much.

[The Mayor]

June 26

Walking with Others

Bible in a Year:

• Job 5–7
• Acts 8:1–25

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another.

Romans 13:8

Billy, a loving and loyal dog, became an internet star in 2020. His owner, Russell, had broken his ankle and was using crutches to walk. Soon the dog also began to hobble when walking with his owner. Concerned, Russell took Billy to the vet, who said there was nothing wrong with him! He ran freely when he was by himself. It turned out that the dog faked a limp when he walked with his owner. That’s what you call trying to truly identify with someone’s pain!

Coming alongside others is forefront in the apostle Paul’s instructions to the church in Rome. He summed up the last five of the Ten Commandments in this way: “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Romans 13:9). We can see the importance of walking with others in verse 8 as well: “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another.”

Author Jenny Albers advises: “When someone is broken, don’t try to fix them. (You can’t.) When someone is hurting, don’t attempt to take away their pain. (You can’t.) Instead, love them by walking beside them in the hurt. (You can.) Because sometimes what people need is simply to know they aren’t alone.”

Because Jesus, our Savior, walks alongside us through all our hurt and pain, we know what it means to walk with others.

Reflect & Pray

Who needs you to come alongside them this week? In what way might God want you to do that?

Open my eyes, God, to the needs of people around me. Help me to be a loving friend. Reflect & Pray

Who needs you to come alongside them this week? In what way might God want you to do that?

Open my eyes, God, to the needs of people around me. Help me to be a loving friend.

[luvie]

Hillsong~Mountain

Glad~Awesome God

Jim Brickman~How Great Thou Art

Life Church Worship~I Give It All

M Souders~We Gather Together

MercyMe~Greater

Passion~In Christ Alone

Providence~Farther Along

Steve Green~Broken And Spilled Out

Have a blessed Sunday, everyone
God Be With Our Troops and Keep Them Safe

[GailA]

There is No Other Fountain Walt Mills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrgTALenHx8

There should be 4 verses, but this is the best I hear. Hearing Aids distort the music.

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Monday,
June 27, 2022

God’s Provision

Read: 2 Kings 4:1–7

Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” 2 Kings 4:2

Three-year-old Buddy and his mom went to church each week to help unload groceries from the food ministry truck. When Buddy overheard his mom telling his grandmother that the delivery truck broke down, he said, “Oh, no. How will they do food ministry?” His mom explained that the church would have to raise money to buy a new truck. Buddy smiled. “I have money,” he said, leaving the room. He returned with a plastic jar decorated with colorful stickers and filled with coins, which amounted to a little over $38. Though Buddy didn’t have much, God combined his sacrificial offering with gifts from others to provide a new refrigerated truck, so that the church could continue serving their community.

A small amount offered generously is always more than enough when placed in God’s hands. In 2 Kings 4, a poor widow asked the prophet Elisha for financial assistance. He told her to take inventory of her own resources, reach out to her neighbors for help, then follow his instructions (vv. 1–4). In a miraculous display of provision, God used the widow’s small amount of oil to fill all the jars she collected from her neighbors (vv. 5–6). Elisha told her, “Sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left” (v. 7).

When we focus on what we don’t have, we risk missing out on watching God do great things with what we do have. — Xochitl Dixon

When has God multiplied your resources in a miraculous way? When has He used you to combine your resources with the gifts of others to meet a bigger need in your community?

Faithful Provider, please help me to be mindful and grateful as I faithfully manage and share all You’ve given me.

Bible in a year: Job 8–10; Acts 8:26–40

[luvie]

Hey! I'm tryin' to help here!
Happy Monday Madness!

[left that other site]

Surf's Up!

Happy Midsummer Monday Madness!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Tuesday,
June 28, 2022

A Friend of God’s Friends

Read: Matthew 10:1–11, 40–42

Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Matthew 10:40

Something so cordial can happen in first introductions when two persons discover that they have a friend in common. In what may be its most memorable form, a big-hearted host welcomes a guest with something like, “So nice to meet you. Any friend of Sam’s, or Samantha’s, is a friend of mine.”   

Jesus said something similar. He’d been attracting crowds by healing many. But He’d also been making enemies of local religious leaders by disagreeing with the way they were commercializing the temple and misusing their influence. In the middle of a growing conflict, He made a move to multiply the joy, cost, and wonder of His presence. He gave His disciples the ability to heal others and sent them out to announce that the kingdom of God was at hand. He assured the disciples: “Anyone who welcomes you, welcomes me” (Matthew 10:40), and, in turn, welcomes His Father who sent Him as well.

It’s hard to imagine a more life-changing offer of friendship. For anyone who would open their house, or even give a cup of cold water to one of His disciples, Jesus assured a place in the heart of God. While that moment happened a long time ago, His words remind us that in big and little acts of kindness and hospitality there are still ways of welcoming, and being welcomed, as a friend of the friends of God. — Mart DeHaan

What could you do through the Holy Spirit’s leading that might give others a chance to open their hearts to you? How could this point them to the Savior?

Father, thank You for giving us a chance to be part of the good news that has its source in You.

Bible in a year: Job 11–13; Acts 9:1–21

[luvie]

Happy GratiTuesday!

[left that other site]

Happy Gratituesday!

Happiness Is A Loving Home, A Job to Do, and an Attitude of Gratitude!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Wednesday,
June 29, 2022

Run From Sin

Read: Genesis 39:11–23

Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22

Twice this summer I suffered the scourge of poison ivy. Both times it happened, I was working on clearing away unwanted plant growth from our yard. And both times, I saw the nasty, three-leafed enemy lurking nearby. I figured I could get close to it without it affecting me. Soon enough, I realized I’d been wrong. Instead of getting nearer to my little green nemesis, I should have run the other way!

In the Old Testament story of Joseph, we see modeled the principle of running from something worse than poison ivy: sin. When he was living in the home of Egyptian official Potiphar, whose wife tried to seduce him, Joseph didn’t try to get close—he ran.

Although she falsely accused him and had him thrown in prison, Joseph remained pure throughout the episode. And as we see in Genesis 39:21, “The Lord was with him.”

God can help us flee activities and situations that could lead us away from Him—guiding us to run the other way when sin is nearby. In 2 Timothy 2:22, Paul writes, “Flee the evil desires.” And in 1 Corinthians 6:18, he says to “flee from sexual immorality.”

In God’s strength, may we choose to run from those things that could harm us. — Dave Branon

What’s your “poison ivy,” something that can infect you if you don’t run from it? What can you do to run from it?

God, You know what I’m getting too close to right now. Help me to run from it and not look back. Please give me the courage and wisdom to not let anything get between You and me.

Bible in a year: Job 14–16; Acts 9:22–43

[luvie]

Happy Warm & Fuzzy
...And Lazy
Wednesday!

[left that other site]

Happy Warm & Fuzzy Wednesday!

I Feel So Warm and Fuzzy! I Had My First Training Session Today, and I Did GREAT!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[TheConservativeParty]

Hi All! Back into the 90s here, rather warm for gardening but still making some progress at planting. Harvested my first cucumber of the year today, it was hiding, didn’t spot it earlier. Was still delish, even if a bit over ripe. Been harvesting radishes and swiss chard too. Lettuces and spinach not ready yet, seeded them late. Peppers and tomatoes forming. Going to grow more and more food every year. Can’t eat most flowers, I could try the nasturtium or pansy flowers....not likely though. 😄

[luvie]

Bravo, you gorgeous gal! Hope you got an extra treat!

[luvie]

Sound like the garden is a success! Homegrown stuff always tastes better….I think partly because of the hard work to get it to the table. :)

[TheConservativeParty]

Good Night to Amy’s Place!
🌙💫⭐️✨

[luvie]

Nighty-night! 💤🛌