Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Fills and Reveals

Doing the will of God is hard on the flesh but not doing it is hard on the heart. The will of God is to love and the will of the flesh is selfishness. People that put themselves first are selfish and will suffer an unfulfilled heart. But people that choose to love first will have to suffer the crucifixion of self. So there will be suffering. It can’t be avoided but the type of suffering can be chosen. Suffer in the flesh or suffer in the spirit.

It’s not comfortable or desirable to the flesh to put God and others first, but it is right. And if you don’t do what’s right then you won’t feel right. Not that you don’t need to take care of yourself because you do. But if yourself is the only one you’re taking care of, then you’re not really taking care of yourself, but self serving to the destruction of self. Because selfishness is never satisfied, it’s like leeches within, sucking the life out of the heart leaving it in atrophy unfulfilled.

But when love is revealed it fills and fulfills. God’s love to you and through you is perfected in you. And sometimes it hurts the flesh to love but it heals the heart. Love flows in, the love flows out it’s the life blood of life and what it’s all about.

The commandment is love,
Simply what’s right,
God’s gift from above,
A yoke easy and light.

True love revealed,
Fills and fulfills,
Broken heart heals,
Fills and reveals.

Matt 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
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1 John 5:3-4
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
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Matt 22:37-40
37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
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Rom 13:8
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
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Rom 8:4-5
4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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Eph 5:1-2
5 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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Gal 5:22-25
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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Eph 3:14-21
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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1 John 4:12
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Eye of the Storm

I feel Overwhelmed,
Within and Without,
And so I Cry Out!
to the Almighty about –
What’s Without,
and Something Changes,
Within.

For I Know,
That there is Someone,
In Me,
Greater than me.

When I am Weak,
He is Strong,
When I Can’t,
He Can.
&
What’s impossible for me,
Is possible with God.

I’m in God!
He’s in me,
And He said that He,
Will never leave,
Or forsake me.

And I Know He is True,
And so I know that - I CAN DO,
All things - through Christ
Who Strengthens me!


Ps 56:9
9 When I cry out to You,
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because God is for me.
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Ps 56:9
9 The very day I call for help, the tide of battle turns. My enemies flee! This one thing I know: God is for me!
TLB

Heb 5:7
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
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James 5:16b
The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].
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Psalm 143
1 Hear my prayer, O Lord,
Give ear to my supplications!
In Your faithfulness answer me,
And in Your righteousness.
2 Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no one living is righteous.

3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in darkness,
Like those who have long been dead.
4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.

5 I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your works;
I muse on the work of Your hands.
6 I spread out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You like a thirsty land.
Selah

7 Answer me speedily, O Lord;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
Lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
In You I take shelter.
10 Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.

11 Revive me, O Lord, for Your name's sake!
For Your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 In Your mercy cut off my enemies,
And destroy all those who afflict my soul;
For I am Your servant.
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1 John 4:4
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
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2 Cor 12:8-10
8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Heb 4:16
16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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Eph 3:20
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
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Matt 19:26
26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
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Luke 18:27
27 But He said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."
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Mark 9:23
23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
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John 15:1-8
15 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
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Heb 13:5-6
5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not,[I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down ( relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] [Josh 1:5.]

6 So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me? [Ps 27:1; 118:6.]
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Rev 19:11a
11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True,
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Jer 10:10a
10 But the Lord is the true God;
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
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John 8:31-32
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
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Phil 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

I CAN! CHANT

There’s so much stuff that I could do!
So how do I know what I should do?
I’ll pray everyday and be bold to obey,
And that’s how I’ll do what He would do.

“The noble man makes noble plans,
and by noble deeds he stands.” (Isa 32:8NIV)

With God I CAN! I won’t say, “I can’t.” (Mk 10:27)
I’ll sing it, shout it, - make a chant!

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!” (Php 4:13)
That’s what I say, that’s how I’ll be.

“With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.”
Ps 60:12 NIV

Here’s a simple system to get you through,
To help you do what you should do –
Pray everyday and be bold to obey!
Itemize – Prioritize – Strategize - and Exercise!

PIE
P - Pray –Talk and listen, read and write.
I - Itemize – Write it down! - a list admonitions and hints.
Prioritize – Put first things first.
Strategize – Make a script and schedule to succeed.
E - Exercise – Action! - ACT it out, Do it!

©2012 by Pat Turner

Friday, January 27, 2012

PIE to PLAY

“All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts…”
Shakespeare

Eat PIE everyday to Act in the Play.

PIE! But what is PIE, and why should I, give it a try?

PIE is the protocol for peace and prosperity. It is the way - to fulfill – God’s Will.

And…

God’s Will is GOOD!
So fulfill it you should.
As His Will is fulfilled,
Your joy is revealed!
So pray everyday,
And be bold to obey!

PIE stands for PRAY, ITEMIZE and EXERCISE. It’s easy to see but hard to apply, and takes dedication to DO and not just to “try.”

P.I.E.
P - Pray and fellowship with God everyday!
I - Itemize - Write down the plan, and make it plain.
E - Exercise - Put the plan in motion.

This is a circular formula that repeats itself every day.

1. Pray
2. Plan
3. Perform

PRAY

To pray is fellowship and communicate with God! It involves TALKING and LISTENING. But how is it done? You can simply talk to God in your own words, you can talk to Him 'in your heart', you can offer praise and worship or pray 'in the spirit'. A simple way to LISTEN is to READ and WRITE. Read His Word and write down what God is saying to you. As you talk and listen and read and write it’s good to JOURNAL so you can articulate the communication into something your mind can understand. You 'tune in' and put your hand to what comes out. It may be a saying, image, scripture, or inspiration that comes alive in your heart.

ITEMIZE - PLAN

The old use of the word "item" refers to an admonition or hint, or a bit of news or information. As you pray you get items for your “to do” list. This is more of an art more than a since because the communication is usually not direct. You have to "Get the Hint!" As you pray the Lord impresses things on your heart. You seem to get a desire to do something. Or you may sense apprehension or warnings about certain situations that you need to change or avoid. So you make a LIST of the hints, admonitions and information. The list is your SCRIPT for the day. Now how will we act it out? You need to P.S. it. Which stands for PRIORITIZE and STRATEGIZE. You need to put first things first and this again involves prayer as you get THE PLAN prioritized for the day. Then once the script is written and organized it's time for you to ACT.

EXERCISE – PERFORM “ACTION!”

To exercise is to plan into action, to perform it. And that is how you fulfill God's will. The actual exercise requires diligence, dedication and discipline. It’s not enough to just know but you also must DO. And not only do but also keep on DOING day by day. For that is the way to walk in the Way!

PRAY EVERYDAY AND BE BOLD TO OBEY!

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Jer 33:3
'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
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Heb 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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WRITE IT DOWN
Hab 2:2
Then the Lord answered me and said:

"Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
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DO IT!
James 1:22-25
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Give to Joy, Keep to Weep

It’s tempting to withhold in times of trouble but lack of outgo leads to lack of income. Not that we should try to give beyond our means but we need to be diligent to keep our hearts right and be willing to do what we can to help others. “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” (Prov 4:23) In other words, a generous heart leads to a wealthy life and a stingy heart to a stagnant life. You always be blessed in being a blessing, but if you only help yourself then all you’ll get is what you’ve already got. What you sow you’ll also reap, give to joy, keep to weep. “And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”(Acts 20:35) When you yield to the temptation not to sow, the field goes fallow and crops don’t grow, the heart gets cold, the outlook dim, for without giving the future’s grim. Because you we’re created to give of what you’ve got, and even if - it’s not a lot, the heart’s fulfilled when you share, and show someone else - that you care. And the more fulfilled the more to give, this is the life you were made to live!

Prov 11:24-25
24 There is one who scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.
25 The generous soul will be made rich,
And he who waters will also be watered himself.
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Prov 11:24-25
24 One man gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
25 A generous man will prosper;
he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
NIV

Luke 6:37-38
37 "Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."
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Luke 6:37-38
37 "Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults — unless, of course, you want the same treatment. Don't condemn those who are down; that hardness can boomerang. Be easy on people; you'll find life a lot easier. 38 Give away your life; you'll find life given back, but not merely given back — given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity."
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Gal 6:7-10
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Setting the Scene or In-Between?

Just because the solution is simple doesn’t mean the application is easy. It takes diligence, dedication and discipline to DO, and not only to do but to keep on doing, what you know you need to do. There are all kinds of distractions and other attractions that will try to draw you off course or decay your day with delay. And it’s like driving too close to the edge of the road and if you allow yourself to be dazed, you’ll end up in a ditch.

But what shall you do? You first need to know the course and then you need to stay the course, but the second always more strenuous. Because anyone can start a race but satisfaction is for those who finish. How often have you found yourself distracted and ended up disappointed because you didn’t do what you set out to do? Not because you couldn’t, but because you wouldn’t, or did not - make yourself. And if you don’t - make yourself, then what or who is making you? Is your life just a smorgasbord of everything not ignored? Are you a product of your environment, setting your own scene, or somewhere in the middle, just in-between? And if you’re in-between, is it because of poor routine?

So - if you want to go, beyond the status-quo, be diligent to DO, what you know. Avoid distraction, stay on course, and live your life without remorse.

James 1:22-25
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
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Heb 6:11-12
11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Heb 6:11-12
11 And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. 12 Don't drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them.
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Heb 10:36
36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
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Phil 3:12-14
12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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Col 1:11
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
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Eph 3:16
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
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2 Cor 12:9-10
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Joel 3:10
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'"
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Eph 6:10-11
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Monday, January 23, 2012

What is Frontier Fellowship?

Description:

Helping people:
To love and live,
To know they’re forgiven,
And to forgive.
To have peace,
To know true joy -
And family and fellowship,
That they enjoy.

No matter how you look or what you do,
We’re here to love and help you through.

Mission:

To Help People.

How? By giving what we’ve got. Namely - faith, hope and love.

Why? Because they’re millions ways to help people and help people help people. Everyone has Gifts to give! And the Gifts - are inspired, empowered and expressed - through faith, hope and love.

Faith is the foundation and driving force of your dreams,
for you must believe, before you can achieve.
And not only faith in the dream -
but faith in the Giver of the dream.
You could say,
“Trusting in the One who is Greater Than,
empowers me to be who I really am.”
Trusting in Him gives you peace,
from binding fear doth release.

Hope is what you see when you believe -
the image, expectation and inspiration,
of what could be, of what should be, and what shall be -
when you are free to bring it into being.

Love is the primary and Divine Gift, that everyone is given - to give.
To know you’re loved and to love is fulfillment in life.
It’s the expression of your most precious possession.
For you were made to love.

So we will help people and help people help people. We will help by giving what we’ve got. And what we’ve got is faith, hope and love. It comes from above, flows from within, is perfected when it is given, then begins again.

I Cor 13, I Jn 3:1NIV, Mt 10:8b, I Jn 4:12, Rom 15:13, 1 Pe 4:10-11, Acts 20:35

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1 Cor 13
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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1 John 3:1
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
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Matt 10:8
“…Freely you have received, freely give.”
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1 John 4:12
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
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Rom 15:13
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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1 Peter 4:10-11
10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Acts 20:35
And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
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Friday, January 20, 2012

YOU SHALL PREVAIL!

When things are challenging what can you do?
Take the challenge and press on through.
Don’t give up don’t give in, but call on God and receive His grace to win.
Don’t worry about how long it takes, or how many times you fail.
Refuse to quit – AND YOU SHALL PREVAIL!

Luke 22:31-32
31 And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren."
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James 1:2-4
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

Heb 6:11-12
11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Phil 3:12-14
12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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Phil 3:12-14
12 I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. 13 Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward — to Jesus. 14 I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.
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1 Cor 9:26-27
26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
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1 Tim 6:12
12 Fight the good fight of faith! …
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1 John 5:4-5
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.
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2 Tim 4:7
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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2 Cor 12:8-10
8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Heb 4:16
16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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Phil 4:13
13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].
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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Eph 3:16
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
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Eph 6:10
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
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2 Cor 2:14
14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ…
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1 Cor 15:57-58
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
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Rom 8:31-38
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:

"For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
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Ps 63:7
7 Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Awesome!

Have an awesome day and be blessed in every way!

Deut 7:21-22
21 You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.
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Deut 10:17
17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.
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Deut 10:21
21 He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
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Neh 1:5
5 And I said: "I pray, Lord God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments,
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Neh 9:32
32 "Now therefore, our God,
The great, the mighty, and awesome God,
Who keeps covenant and mercy:
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Job 37:22
22 He comes from the north as golden splendor;
With God is awesome majesty.
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Ps 47:2
2 For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great King over all the earth.
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Ps 65:5
5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us,
O God of our salvation,
You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
And of the far-off seas;
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Ps 66:5
5 Come and see the works of God;
He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.
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Ps 99:1-3
99 The Lord reigns;
Let the peoples tremble!
He dwells between the cherubim;
Let the earth be moved!
2 The Lord is great in Zion,
And He is high above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name —
He is holy.
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Ps 111:1-6
1 Praise the Lord!

I will praise the Lord with my whole heart,
In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

2 The works of the Lord are great,
Studied by all who have pleasure in them.
3 His work is honorable and glorious,
And His righteousness endures forever.
4 He has made His wonderful works to be remembered;
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
5 He has given food to those who fear Him;
He will ever be mindful of His covenant.
6 He has declared to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the heritage of the nations.
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Ps 111:7-9
7 The works of His hands are verity and justice;
All His precepts are sure.
8 They stand fast forever and ever,
And are done in truth and uprightness.
9 He has sent redemption to His people;
He has commanded His covenant forever:
Holy and awesome is His name.
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Ps 145:5-7
5 I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And on Your wondrous works.
6 Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
7 They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.
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Jer 20:11
1 But the Lord is with me as a mighty, awesome One.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail.
They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper.
Their everlasting confusion will never be forgotten.
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Jer 20:11
11 But God, a most fierce warrior, is at my side.
Those who are after me will be sent sprawling —
Slapstick buffoons falling all over themselves,
a spectacle of humiliation no one will ever forget.
(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

Dan 9:4-5
And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,
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Joel 2:28-32
28 "And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

30 "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
32 And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.
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Ex 34:10-11
10 And He said: "Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord. For it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Words of Life - Seeds of Love

What can I offer to help you?
Unconditional love, words kind and true,
A hand in battle, a hand in pain,
By poem, by psalm, or song refrain.

2 Sam 22:1
1 David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said:
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2 Sam 22
1 Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he said:

"The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation,
My stronghold and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.

5 "When the waves of death surrounded me,
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
6 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
7 In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried out to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry entered His ears.

8 "Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken,
Because He was angry.
9 Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With darkness under His feet.
11 He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
And He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness canopies around Him,
Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
13 From the brightness before Him
Coals of fire were kindled.

14 "The Lord thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
15 He sent out arrows and scattered them;
Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them.
16 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
The foundations of the world were uncovered,
At the rebuke of the Lord,
At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

17 "He sent from above, He took me,
He drew me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me;
For they were too strong for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my support.
20 He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He delighted in me.

21 "The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all His judgments were before me;
And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 I was also blameless before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in His eyes.

26 "With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
27 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
28 You will save the humble people;
But Your eyes are on the haughty, that You may bring them down.

29 "For You are my lamp, O Lord;
The Lord shall enlighten my darkness.
30 For by You I can run against a troop;
By my God I can leap over a wall.
31 As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.

32 "For who is God, except the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?
33 God is my strength and power,
And He makes my way perfect.
34 He makes my feet like the feet of deer,
And sets me on my high places.
35 He teaches my hands to make war,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36 "You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your gentleness has made me great.
37 You enlarged my path under me;
So my feet did not slip.

38 "I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
39 And I have destroyed them and wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen under my feet.
40 For You have armed me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose against me.
41 You have also given me the necks of my enemies,
So that I destroyed those who hated me.
42 They looked, but there was none to save;
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
43 Then I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth;
I trod them like dirt in the streets,
And I spread them out.

44 "You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people;
You have kept me as the head of the nations.
A people I have not known shall serve me.
45 The foreigners submit to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
46 The foreigners fade away,
And come frightened from their hideouts.

47 "The Lord lives!
Blessed be my Rock!
Let God be exalted,
The Rock of my salvation!
48 It is God who avenges me,
And subdues the peoples under me;
49 He delivers me from my enemies.
You also lift me up above those who rise against me;
You have delivered me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles,
And sing praises to Your name.

51 He is the tower of salvation to His king,
And shows mercy to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forevermore."
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Psalm 107
1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
3 And gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way;
They found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And He led them forth by the right way,
That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.
8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For He satisfies the longing soul,
And fills the hungry soul with goodness.

10 Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Bound in affliction and irons —
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And despised the counsel of the Most High,
12 Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
16 For He has broken the gates of bronze,
And cut the bars of iron in two.

17 Fools, because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.
19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
20 He sent His word and healed them,
And delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
22 Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And declare His works with rejoicing.

23 Those who go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters,
24 They see the works of the Lord,
And His wonders in the deep.
25 For He commands and raises the stormy wind,
Which lifts up the waves of the sea.
26 They mount up to the heavens,
They go down again to the depths;
Their soul melts because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits' end.
28 Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.
29 He calms the storm,
So that its waves are still.
30 Then they are glad because they are quiet;
So He guides them to their desired haven.
31 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people,
And praise Him in the company of the elders.

33 He turns rivers into a wilderness,
And the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness,
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35 He turns a wilderness into pools of water,
And dry land into watersprings.
36 There He makes the hungry dwell,
That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,
37 And sow fields and plant vineyards,
That they may yield a fruitful harvest.
38 He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
And He does not let their cattle decrease.

39 When they are diminished and brought low
Through oppression, affliction and sorrow,
40 He pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
41 Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,
And makes their families like a flock.
42 The righteous see it and rejoice,
And all iniquity stops its mouth.

43 Whoever is wise will observe these things,
And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
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Isa 54:9-17 NIV - 55:1-3NIV
9 "To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

11 "O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
I will build you with stones of turquoise,
your foundations with sapphires.
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your sons will be taught by the Lord,
and great will be your children's peace.
14 In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.
15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender to you.

16 "See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc;
17 no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,"
declares the Lord. … NIV

1 "Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you —
The sure mercies of David.
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John 8:31-32
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
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1 John 2:24
24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.
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John 15:1-17
15 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

9 "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.

11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.
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1 John 3:16-19
16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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1 John 3:13-17
13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
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1 John 3:24
24 Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
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John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
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1 John 4:12-16
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
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1 John 2:6
6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
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Eph 5:1-2
1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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1 John 3:1
3 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
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Rom 13:8-10
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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James 2:8
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well;
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Gal 6:7
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Need a Hand

Day by day, help me through,
I call on You, what shall I do?
Many things, I don’t understand,
But I will trust, and take Your hand.

Lead me forth, to what’s in store,
For You’ve been down, this road before,
And made the Way, prepared the plan,
For You are God, and I am man.

Isa 41:10-13
10 Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'

11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them and not find them —
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
13 For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Fester or Forgive?

When you’ve been wounded and are hurting the natural tendency is to begin to hate and retaliate. But that’s exactly the opposite of what you need to do to heal.

Ill will makes you feel ill,
Unforgiveness festers, infects, and rejects,
Pride produces pus, and amplifies to abscess,
Bites of spite feed fetid fancies,
Bitter bile consumes compassion,
Noxious imagination nourishes indignation,
Leaving you isolated, imprisoned and self impaled.

And you want to yell because it hurts like hell,
But what can you do, who can you tell?

To free yourself you must give,
And forgive if you want to live.
For what you need is love not hate,
To sow and reap – it’s not too late.
By humility you can be restored,
Peace of mind – be your reward,
Broken heart made whole again,
The power dwells within,
~ Begin.

Prov 29:23
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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Matt 6:9-15
9 In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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Matt 18:21-35
21 Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"

22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 25 But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. 26 The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, 'Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' 27 Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

28 "But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!' 29 So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' 30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. 31 So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done. 32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?' 34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.

35 "So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses."
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John 20:21-23
21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
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1 Peter 4:7-9
7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins."
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Matt 14:14
14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.
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Luke 4:18-19
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
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Eph 5:1-2
5 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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Friday, January 13, 2012

Don’t Quit Now!

If you’re goin through it, at least you’re goin through it, just keep on goin, YOU CAN DO IT!

Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
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2 Tim 4:17-18
17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!
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1 Peter 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
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Dan 6:16-23
16 So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, "Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you." 17 Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.

18 Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no musicians were brought before him. Also his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried out with a lamenting voice to Daniel. The king spoke, saying to Daniel, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?"

21 Then Daniel said to the king,"O king, live forever! 22 My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you."

23 Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

It’ll Be Okay

You can overcome it will be okay, for I AM with you always and I AM the Way.

1 John 5:4-5
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. NKJV

Ps 91:14-16
14 "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation."
NKJV

“I AM with you always”
Matt 28:20

“I AM the Way”
Jn 14:6

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

SATISFIED?

I don’t care about mammon, I will pursue my passion! Because it’s better to be poor on the outside and rich the inside, than rich outside and poor inside. Not that you can’t have both, but you’ll never be fulfilled if you get things outside in. You may be able to be filled from the outside but you can only be fulfilled from the inside. All the outside stuff is just stuffing. And you can stuff a scarecrow with the all the most sumptuous stuffing, but it’s still just a statue on a stick.

But life, true life and love come from within. Living things grow from the inside out. It begins within and ends without. The correct order of things is inside out. Love within – love without. Peace within – peace without. And it’s the same for everything that really matters. Love, hope, peace and patience - joy, goodness, kindness and faithfulness, just to mention a few, all come from within, “for out of the heart flow the issues of life.”

Eccl 5:8-6:7
8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.

9 Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field.

10 He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver;
Nor he who loves abundance, with increase.
This also is vanity.

11 When goods increase,
They increase who eat them;
So what profit have the owners
Except to see them with their eyes?

12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet,
Whether he eats little or much;
But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.

13 There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun:
Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.
14 But those riches perish through misfortune;
When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.
15 As he came from his mother's womb, naked shall he return,
To go as he came;
And he shall take nothing from his labor
Which he may carry away in his hand.

16 And this also is a severe evil —
Just exactly as he came, so shall he go.
And what profit has he who has labored for the wind?
17 All his days he also eats in darkness,
And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.

18 Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage. 19 As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor — this is the gift of God. 20 For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.

1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.

3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he — 4 for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness. 5 Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man, 6 even if he lives a thousand years twice — but has not seen goodness. Do not all go to one place?

7 All the labor of man is for his mouth,
And yet the soul is not satisfied.

Eccl 1:8
All things are full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
NKJV

Eccl 4:4-8
4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

5 The fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.
6 Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:

8 There is one alone, without companion:
He has neither son nor brother.
Yet there is no end to all his labors,
Nor is his eye satisfied with riches.
But he never asks,
"For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?"
This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.
NKJV

Prov 27:20
20 Hell and Destruction are never full;
So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
NKJV

Prov 30:15-16
15 The leech has two daughters —
Give and Give!

There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four never say, "Enough!":
16 The grave,
The barren womb,
The earth that is not satisfied with water —
And the fire never says, "Enough!"
NKJV

Isa 55:1-3
55 "Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you —
The sure mercies of David.
NKJV

Jer 31:14
14 I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,
And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord."
NKJV

Ps 17:15
15 As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness;
I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.
NKJV

Ps 22:26
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!
NKJV

Ps 36:7-9
7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
8 They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
9 For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.
NKJV

Ps 37:16-19
16 A little that a righteous man has
Is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the Lord upholds the righteous.

18 The Lord knows the days of the upright,
And their inheritance shall be forever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
NKJV

Ps 63:3-5
3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.
4 Thus I will bless You while I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
NKJV

Ps 65:4-5
4 Blessed is the man You choose,
And cause to approach You,
That he may dwell in Your courts.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Of Your holy temple.

5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us,
O God of our salvation,
You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
And of the far-off seas;
NKJV

John 10:10
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
NKJV

John 10:10
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
AMP

Rom 5:5
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
NKJV

Rom 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
NKJV

Prov 4:23
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
NKJV

Matt 6:19-21
19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
NKJV

1 Sam 16:7
7 But the Lord said to Samuel,"Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
NKJV

2 Cor 4:16-18
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
NKJV

Monday, January 9, 2012

BLOOD

You may have “Freedom” but who paid for it, and what keeps the wicked from coming and wrenching it from you?

“The life of the flesh is in the blood.” Lev 17:11

Our freedom has been bought by blood and is preserved by the same. Many have poured out their lives for liberty. But One of them through death, defeated death, and rose again to enforce the freedom for which He fights. Not only to give freedom to the living and but also to those who die, that they too may live again.

Died for liberty,
Free from death,
Blood was shed,
Blood gives me Breath.

“And He said to them, "This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.”
Jesus - Mark 14:24

Matt 20:28
28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
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Heb 2:14-16
14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
NKJV

Ezek 37:5-6
5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 6 I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord."'"
NKJV

1 Cor 15:42-57
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed — 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

55 "O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?"

56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
NKJV

Friday, January 6, 2012

TRUE?

I come to the conclusion that they’re a million shows that we could do if we would do. But I’m not interested in running around in circles. It may entertain for a moment like playin ring around the rosie, but then - “we all fall down.” So we need not waste our time and energy doing everything we could do but learn to become disciplined and do what we should do.

So what should we do? We need to develop our sound - through blood, sweat and tears that will connect with people’s hearts and endure through the years. We don’t need a gimmick or try “something new.” We need to stay true to ourselves, and thus so to you.

We need to do what we have the passion to do, because if we don’t love it ourselves… - then why should you?

We’re getting ready to enter challenging days as many opportunities arise, but some just may be - a trap in disguise. Let it not be our demise, but let us arise, and do what we do, without compromise.

Music’s an art, expression of heart!
Not a means to an end or a place on the chart.
Immortal’s the sound, in which passion abounds,
To the ends of the world, without bound to astound.

© 2011 by Pat Turner

“But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.” Rom 10:18

Thursday, January 5, 2012

People Are AWESOME!

People are awesome! What would we do without them? Probably start talking to a ball called Wilson.

No one’s the same but we can still love everyone. We don’t have to like what they do, but we can love them for who they are. The planet is filled with people of all different physiques and philosophy’s so we might as well learn to enjoy em. (…some you will have to ignore to enjoy)

In spite of religion or non-religion main pleasure in life comes from lovin and being loved by people. So that’s probably why we’re temped to hate so often. After all “they” can be ignorant and annoying, some more that others depending upon your perspective. But then again what would we do without em?

Everybody relates to somebody so it’s good to find our own peeps. and hang with them. But just because we are as we are doesn’t mean we need to judge those who aren’t. Thank God for variety! Right?

So what I’ve learned is to keep my eyes on what and whom I enjoy. There are so many good people in my life to be thankful for! So why would I want to focus and be forlorn or fierce about what I consider wrong?

I’m lookin for what’s right not what’s wrong, so I find in people all day long!

“Seek and you will find.” Mt 7:7

James 2:8-9
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well;
NKJV

Rom 13:8-10
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
NKJV

1 John 3:18
18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
NKJV

1 John 4:7-9
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
NKJV

1 John 4:20-21
20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
NKJV

Acts 10:38-39
38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
NKJV

Rom 12:21
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
NKJV

Gen 1:26-28

26 Then God said,"Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
NKJV

Gen 1:26-28
26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
NKJV

Ps 139:14
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
NKJV

Isa 43:7
7 Everyone who is called by My name,
Whom I have created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him."
NKJV

Eph 2:10
10 For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
NLT

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

You can’t EARN IT. But you can HAVE IT!

Thank God Almighty that I have faith and hope, for without these I couldn’t cope.
Some say this, and others that, but for me - loving God is where it’s at.
Not just “Believing” in, but “Abiding” in, is to know True Love, again and again.
Then truly loved I can truly live, and what I’ve received - freely give.

You can’t do anything to earn God’s love because He has already given it to you. Like it or not He loves you, because HE choose to. Not because of what you do, or don’t do, but just because - you are you. He made you to love you and He’ll never leave you. You can receive Him or reject Him but you can’t change Him. He has always loved you and always will and that’s just the way it is.

As soon as you learn to stop trying to earn what you already have you will be free. And then understanding “free” you’ll be able to freely give what you have freely received.

People that think that they’ve have earned what they’ve got tend to try to make others earn what they’ll “give.” And then it’s not giving at all but transaction, which is action based on action. Life becomes business and people become brokers of affection fearing rejection. And all because they don’t know that they already have an abundant supply of love and acceptance.

SO KNOW that YOU ARE LOVED!
It’s the Truth -Believe it!
There’s an everlasting supply,
Will you receive it?
Because if you do, you will OVERFLOW -
And what you HAVE, you will bestow!

1 John 4:7-16
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
NKJV

1 Cor 13:1 – 14:1
1 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

2 If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing.

3 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.

4 Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
5 Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
6 Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
7 Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

8 Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. 9 We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. 10 But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

11 When I was an infant at my mother's breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.

12 We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!

13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

1 Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it — because it does. Give yourselves to the gifts God gives you. Most of all, try to proclaim his truth.
MES

Jer 31:3
3 The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying:
"Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.
NKJV

Rom 5:5-8
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
NKJV

1 John 3:1
3 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
NIV

“Freely you have received, freely give.” Matt 10:8

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

What’s Yo Thing?

What’s important, what matters most to you? Consider this - and follow through. Don’t waste you time and live in vain, futile things – to obtain. But, find “your thing” do your art, and love those you love – with all your heart.

Eccl 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might…
NKJV

Prov 4:23
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
NKJV

1 Peter 4:10
10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
NKJV

Monday, January 2, 2012

?!SACRIFICE!?

God doesn’t do deals and you can’t buy His blessing with your sacrifice. People seem to think, “If I do this, then God will do that.” They think that if they “sacrifice” something that God will see and then do something for them in return. They say things like, “God if You’ll get me outta this mess then I promise that I’ll serve You.” as if serving Him was a sacrifice. Or “’I’ll give up this or that if You’ll do thus.” But it’s stupid because it’s based in deception and unbelief. God has already done what He has done and now it’s your turn. Not to sacrifice but to obey, because He already gave His own Son as The Sacrifice. So you can’t offer sacrifice to buy the blessing because it’s already been bought. What you need to do is believe in the blessing and receive it by faith and obedience. And that’s where the sacrifice comes in, because sometimes obedience hurts. The sacrifice that you do have to suffer is that of not getting your own way all the time in order to do His will. And you don’t get to do deals with God because the real deal has already been done. The only thing you can give to Him that He really desires is yourself, not to die but to live with Him. Then living with Him leads to love and loyalty which cause you to walk in obedience and blessing. So quit it trying to give something to get something that you’ve already got. Just go and do what you know you should do.

Pray everyday and be bold to obey for this is the way - the blessing convey.

1 Sam 15:22
…"Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
NKJV

Matt 9:13
13 But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
NKJV

Hos 6:4-6
4 "O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by the words of My mouth;
And your judgments are like light that goes forth.
6 For I desire *mercy and not sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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*MERCY – Faithfulness and Loyalty

Isa 1:19-20
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword";
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
NKJV

Eph 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
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Deut 10:12
12 "And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Gal 3:13-14
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
NKJV

Deut 28:1-8
28 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:

3 "Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

4 "Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

5 "Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

6 "Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

7 "The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

8 "The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

9 "The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. 11 And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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Matt 22:34-40
34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"

37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
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Matt 22:34-40

34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"

37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
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James 2:8-13
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well; 9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

WRITE IT DOWN!

“The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory.”

“And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.” Hab 2:2KJV

To rule and reign,
Ascertain to attain,
Write it down,
Make it plain,
Train your brain,
For the campaign,
Maintain your gain,
Goals obtain!