Posted on 03/04/2005 12:06:02 AM PST by Mama_Bear
SMOOOOCH!! : )
God's blessings, K.E.T. Fine looking son you have there.
God bless our military!
Thank you for thread Mama..great as usual!
KET.. your Brian will be engulfed with prayers during his sojourn in the Mideast. FOr not only a safe & whole return but also for making a difference there & touching lives.
KET & Nan.. looking forward to our get together in Newark in a few weeks.
Good morning,.........actually, good night. I am going to bed now. TTY tomorrow.
SMOOOOOCHIES!! :-)
Are going to get to see Nan??? Give her a hug for me, and KET too.
Sweet dreams to you Mama..
Yes, Nan is coordinating the "get together".. and KET has been with her the past times we have met. They are friends in same chuch.
Dr.Deb, KET, WVNan, Mountaineer
Good morning
Good morning! Thanks for the photo, dc - a nice memory!
March 4, 2005
You may have played the game when you were a child. You interlace your fingers with someone else's and try to bend the other's hands back until one or the other cries "Mercy!" The winner is the one who gets the other person to surrender.
Sometimes we try to play "Mercy" with God when we pray. We have a request that we desperately want answered in a certain way, so we try to "bend His fingers back" and get Him to give in. When it seems we aren't winning, we try a little harder to convince Him by begging or bargaining. We may even give up grudgingly and say, "Lord, You always win! That's not fair!"
God does want honesty of heart. But occasionally in our honesty a demanding spirit comes out. Deep down we know that prayer is not meant to be a contest with God that we try to win. In our wiser moments, we make our requests known to our Lord, surrender them to Him, rely on His grace, and wait for His answers (Philippians 4:6-7). Author Hannah Whitall Smith said, "Be glad and eager to throw yourself unreservedly into His loving arms, and to hand over the reins of government to Him."
Instead of praying with grudging resignation, "Lord, You always win," surrender to Him. Say "Mercy!" -Anne Cetas
Prayer isn't a time to give orders but to report for duty!
Special prayers for you today as your son heads off to Kuwait...and beyond. {{{{big hug}}}}
Have a great weekend FReepers everywhere.
Andrew Murray wrote: "A man is no bigger than his prayer life. What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more. In that coming day when the hearts of men will be revealed, there will be some big men who will appear very small and those we thought to be small will turn out to be spiritual giants. I am speaking about breakthrough praying: the kind of praying where you know that you feel and touch and experience God on a regular basis."
Jeremiah 29: 12-13: "Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."
Prayer is the means by which we as people come into partnership with God in order to bring God's will to come to pass on earth. Prayer is declaring the will of God on earth.
Prayer is the means by which we deny and divorce ourselves from those parts of us which tend towards darkness.
Through prayer, we commit and recommit again and again the whole of ourselves to God, thus pulling ourselves away from the sinful and fallen tendencies towards fulfilling God's will and purposes.
It has been said that attendance at Sunday morning worship demonstrates the popularity of the preacher, but attendance at Wednesday night prayer meeting demonstrates the popularity of God.
Mother Teresa's modus operandi: Pray four hours a day, then go out and look for Jesus in disguise.
"Honesty is the language of our praying; will never learn how to pray until we learn how to weep." Bishop Gerald Kaufman.
"Prayer is political action. Prayer is social energy. Prayer is public good. Far more of our nation's life is shaped by prayer than is formed by legislation." Eugene Peterson, Earth and Altar.
"Prayer leads you to see new paths and to hear new melodies in the air. Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land." Henri Nouwen, With Open Hands.
Where has all Left's Power gone? Left's time's passing.
Where are all the new programs? Slash spending...NOW!!
Where has all Left's Power gone? Clinton tricked Dems, ev'ry one!!
Lib'rals will never learn!! Leftists will never learn!!
Where have all the Lib'rals gone? Left's time's passing.
Where have all the Lib'rals gone? RATS' slime must go!!
Where have all the Lib'rals gone? RATS loathe FReedom, Commie SCUM!!
Lib'rals will never learn!! Why won't Left ever learn?!
Where have all the Tyrants gone? Soddom's gassing!!
Where have all the Tyrants gone? They live in holes.
Where have all the Tyrants gone? Righteous soldiers bravely won!!
Tyrants shall always burn!! Tyrants will always burn!!
Where have all the Sosh'lists gone? Long night's passing.
Where have all the Sosh'lists gone? Left's reign is o'er!!
Where have all the Sosh'lists gone? The mass graveyards we've undug.
Why won't the Commies learn?! Tyrants will always burn!!
Where have all the Patriots gone? RightWing's FReepin'!!
Where has Ronald Reagan gone? He's Right Above!!
Where has all Left's Power gone? Devolve Power...ev'ry one!!
When will y'all ever learn? Tyrants shall always BURN!!
Mudboy Slim (06/23/2004)
Prayers for this brave hero and all who serve!
We are so fortunate to live in a great nation with men and women who are willing to defend us and preserve our freedoms!
It's_Me_K.E.T.--if your son or those with whom he serves need anything by the way of care packages or morale, FReepmail me. Our soldier support system is going strong and we're happy to help in any way we can :-)
God Bless!
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