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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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[TheConservativeParty]

Good night Friends!
💫⭐️🌟✨

[luvie]

It sure was a great rally. I had chills when they broke out in The Star Spangled Banner! Nite, Kitty...and everyone.

[luvie]

Josh Groban~You Raise Me Up

Aron Wright~Surrender

Providence~Amazing Grace

Casting Crowns~Thrive

Glen Campbell~The Savior I Sing Of Today

Passion~In Christ Alone

Newsboys~We Believe

God Bless You All...

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Sunday,
October 23, 2022

True Change

Read: Ephesians 4:17–24

You were taught . . . to put on the new self. Ephesians 4:22–24

Raised in a turbulent home in South London, Claud started selling marijuana at fifteen and heroin when he was twenty-five. Needing a cover for his activities, he became a mentor to young people. Soon he became intrigued by his manager, a believer in Jesus, and wanted to know more. After attending a course exploring the Christian faith, he “dared” Christ to come into his life. “I felt such a welcoming presence,” he said. “People saw a change in me instantly. I was the happiest drug dealer in the world!”

Jesus didn’t stop there. When Claud weighed up a bag of cocaine the next day, he thought, This is madness. I’m poisoning people! He realized he must stop selling drugs and get a job. With the help of the Holy Spirit, he turned off his phones and never went back.

This kind of change is what the apostle Paul referenced when he wrote to the church at Ephesus. Calling the people not to live separated from God, he urged them to “put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires” and instead to “put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:22, 24). The verb form Paul used implies that we’re to put on the new self regularly.

As with Claud, the Holy Spirit delights to help us to live out of our new selves and become more like Jesus. — Amy Boucher Pye

What examples can you bring to mind of how God changes people, including you? How do these stories build your faith in Him, even when change seems impossible?

Loving God, thank You that You don’t give up on people. Show me how I can become more like You.

Bible in a year: Jeremiah 1–2; 1 Timothy 3

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Monday,
October 24, 2022

Fleeing from Turkeys

Read: 1 Samuel 17:32, 40–50

David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 1 Samuel 17:48

Two wild turkeys stood in the country lane ahead. How close could I get? I wondered. I slowed my jog to a walk, then stopped. It worked. The turkeys walked toward me . . . and kept coming. In seconds, their heads were bobbing at my waist, then behind me. How sharp were those beaks? I ran away. They waddled after me before giving up the chase. 

How quickly the tables had turned! The hunted had become the hunter when the turkeys seized the initiative. Foolishly, I had wondered if they were too dumb to be scared. I wasn’t about to be carelessly wounded by a bird, so I fled. From turkeys.

David didn’t seem dangerous, so Goliath taunted him to come near. “ ‘Come here,’ he said, ‘and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!’ ” (1 Samuel 17:44). David flipped the script when he seized the initiative. He ran toward Goliath, not because he was foolish but because he had confidence in God. He shouted, “This very day . . . the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel” (v. 46). Goliath was puzzled by this aggressive boy. What’s going on? he must have thought. Then it hit him. Right between the eyes.

It’s natural for small animals to run from people and shepherds to avoid giants. It’s natural for us to hide from our problems. Why settle for natural? Is there a God in Israel? Then, in His power, run toward the fight. — Mike Wittmer

What problem or person are you avoiding? How might you express confidence in God?

Father, whenever I’m afraid, remind me that Your Spirit is in me. Help me run in Your strength.

Bible in a year: Jeremiah 3–5; 1 Timothy 4

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy Monday Madness!

Have a great day!
🌞

[luvie]

Happy Monday Madness!

[left that other site]

Happy Monday Madness!

Every Day Is Madness With An Aussie Cattle Dog!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[pollywog]

That was a excellent read... I’m just getting around to some of these posts later tonight but enjoying them just the same.
Thanks Mayor

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Tuesday,
October 25, 2022

Trusting God’s Foresight

Read: Matthew 2:1–2, 7–12

They returned to their country by another route. Matthew 2:12

While driving us to an unfamiliar location, my husband noticed that the GPS directions suddenly seemed wrong. After entering a reliable four-lane highway, we were advised to exit and travel along a one-lane “frontage” road running parallel to us. “I’ll just trust it,” Dan said, despite seeing no delays. After about ten miles, however, the traffic on the highway next to us slowed to a near standstill. The trouble? Major construction. And the frontage road? With little traffic, it provided a clear path to our destination. “I couldn’t see ahead,” Dan said, “but the GPS could.” Or, as we agreed, “just like God can.”

Knowing what was ahead, God in a dream gave a similar change in directions to the wise men who’d come from the east to worship Jesus, “born king of the Jews” (Matthew 2:2). King Herod, disturbed by the news of a “rival” king, lied to the magi, sending them to Bethlehem, saying: “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him” (v. 8). Warned in a dream “not to go back to Herod,” however, “they returned to their country by another route” (v. 12).

God will guide our steps too. As we travel life’s highways, we can trust that He sees ahead and remain confident that “he will make [our] paths straight” as we submit to His directions (Proverbs 3:6). — Patricia Raybon

When has God presented you with a change in your life’s direction? As you trusted Him, what was the outcome?

I can’t see the road ahead, God, as You can. Please give me discernment to know when a change in direction is coming from You.

Bible in a year: Jeremiah 6–8; 1 Timothy 5

[luvie]

Bet that’s right. LOL!

[luvie]

Grateful To You Lord!
Happy GratiTuesday!

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy Rainy Tuesday!
Our recent summery temps are gone today, replaced by 50 and rainy.
All the oak trees are russet colored and dropping leaves quickly.
Saw the horse today and she is growing a nice winter coat.
Horsie knows winter is near.

🐴

[luvie]

I wish it was a rainy day here, but it is cool and beautiful and 64 degrees at the present. I know that sounds pretty warm to you who live up north, but it feels wonderful to us after our “summer of hell”. LOL!

Glad you got to visit horsey today and that he is getting ready for the winter.

[left that other site]

Happy Gratituesday!

I Am Grateful For Familiar, Comfortable, Old Sneakers.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[left that other site]

Tippy is getting a thick Winter Coat too...I hope it isn’t indicative of a harsh winter ahead...

[TheConservativeParty]

Yesterday was almost hot here, for fall, around 80. Today, reality is back.

[luvie]

Awwww.....what a cuddlebug.

[TheConservativeParty]

Good Night FRiends!

A little good news to share, we are trying to adopt a 4 month old black lab puppy from the rescue we got Moose at a few years ago. We are still approved as adopters, but since we moved, will need to do the home visit again. Who knows, maybe a little fuzzy friend will join us soon.

🥰

[luvie]

Awwww....I hope you get your pup! What a wonderful thing to do.