A Few Of FR's Finest....Every Day....Weekend...01-03,04-04...Week in Review

Mama_Bear

[The Mayor]

If God is for us, who can be against us? —Romans 8:31

The One who died to save you will never be against you.

[The Mayor]

January 4, 2004

Always For Us

Read: Ruth 1

If God is for us, who can be against us? —Romans 8:31

Bible In One Year: Genesis 10-12; Matthew 4

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Naomi, her husband, and their two sons left Israel and moved to Moab because of a famine (Ruth 1:1-2). One son married Ruth, the other married Orpah. Eventually Naomi's husband and sons died (vv.3,5), so she decided to return to Israel. But she felt that her daughters-in-law would be better off staying in Moab (vv.6-13). She tried to dissuade them from going with her by saying, "No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me!" (v.13).

Was Naomi right in her thinking about God? Perhaps the family had displayed a lack of faith by moving to pagan Moab, but God certainly was not against her. He proved this by wonderfully providing for her and Ruth after they returned to Israel. (Read the rest of the book—it's short.)

You may be unemployed, terminally ill, have a disabled child, or care for a loved one with Alzheimer's. God hasn't promised to keep us from such problems. But He has proven that He is always "for us" as Christians by what He did through Jesus (Romans 5:8-9). Nothing, not even death, can separate us from His love (8:35-39).

The Lord is never "against us," not even when He chastens us (Hebrews 12:5-6). He is always for us! —Herb Vander Lugt

Our God is always there for us—
Receiving every prayer,
Delighting in our words of praise,
Responding with His care. —Sper

The One who died to save you will never be against you.

[Pippin]

GOOD MORNING (((MEEKIE)))!

GO! RAVENS!!!

[Pippin]

GOOD MORNING (((TM)))!

THE RAVENS WILL TAKE THE SUPERBOWL THIS YEAR! HEH! HEH! HEH!

[Calpernia]

Hey Pips! You are here on a Sunday??

Morning to all! Off to take Amanda for Cheerleading Pictures. Happy Sunday!

[Pippin]

Yep! Only for a few minutes then I have to get off this computer as I have a 30 minute time limit on it!

Darn!

Oh, well! It's better than nothing! :O)

[LadyX]

~ ~ ~ A Blssed Sunday to One and All ~ ~ ~

May you find peace and strength through knowing
your Heavenly Father loves you and has a plan for your life!
The devourer seeks to separate you from Him through
deceit and lies and discouragment,
often all the more strongly in direct proportion to your closeness to God.

Hold fast to your beliefs, and reap the rewards of a close relationship
with the God who loves you, and who freely gives His grace...

Rejoice, and rest in Him!

[MeekOneGOP]

Howdy !

GO! RAVENS!!!

Rut-roh, Pippin.

Anderson gives Titans leg up over Ravens, 20-17 ...

NFL career scoring leader Gary Anderson kicked a 46-yard field goal with 29 seconds left after a limping Steve McNair validated his stature as the NFL co-MVP by throwing for 159 yards and a touchdown, leading the Titans to a 20-17 victory Saturday in a first-round playoff game.

Guess we can fly south for the rest of the winter.
Yeah, I guess so. I hear Dallas is nice this time of year ! ...

[MeekOneGOP]

Dykes for Dean

[LadyX]

You realize I positively hate to have to say this, Meekie, but The CAROLINA Panthers whipped soundly your puny Dallas Cowboys ...:))

( kinda stomped them into the dust, they did..:))

[dansangel]

A Blessed Sunday back at ya both, (((((LadyX))))) and (((((Rus)))))

[LadyX]

Wishing you two at least 300 of these wonderful Atlantic sunrises in 2004:

[MeekOneGOP]

No doubt about it !

[dansangel]

Thank you ((((Lady)))))

Took advantage of some beautiful Atlantic sunrises when we stayed on St. Simons Island this past October. I prayed each time the sun came up, thanking God for the beautiful gift that He gave us each morning.

[Libertina]

Good morning from Puget Sound -
cold as an Eskimo bar here!

Cozy? Warm? LOL So cold here that I'm on my way back out to carry water from the house to the horse. AND remove the snowballs from his feet that are making him a few inches taller overnight! ;) After that relaxation I'm going to make myself a cup of coffee. (But I have to admit the Lord has made a beautiful day - even if it IS crunchy! ;) A joyous Sunday to FR's Finest!

[lonestar]

Get your kleenex and check this out.

http://wandascountryhomeinspirational.com/mywindow/index.html

[lonestar]

I wish! LOL!

[Aquamarine]

Good Sunday afternoon to all!
We're having a warmer than usual winter day here, in the 60's. Heard there's a cold front moving in soon so plan to enjoy this day while it lasts.

Have finally recovered from the Holiday's which really took it's toll on me this time around.
Looking forward to seeing what everyone brings to the Finest this year!

[MeekOneGOP]

Wow ! Snow in the Puget Sound. We used to live on the other side of the Cascades, near Spokane, Wash. We usually got more snow than my aunt and and uncle in Seattle did.

Keep warm ! And watch out for those slick streets. Lots of hills around the Seattle area.

I think our cool front is moving through now. It was 70 degrees early this morning and now it's ...

48 degrees. Going down to around 28 tonight and then 26 tomorrow night ...

[Libertina]

My dad's brother just had a heart attack so I had to drive him to SeaTac last night where he could get a flight to Montana. My mom went with me and we both had white knuckles by the time we got home. I've never seen so many accidents on one stretch of freeway. So many that cops weren't even at them all yet. Cars from earlier accidents were just sitting in ditches waiting to be picked up. Today we ae NOT going out. :)