PRAYER

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"As for the 'prayer of faith' it is a simple thing.

It is talking to God as you would talk to your

own earthly father, with implicit trust in His love

for you and unfaltering confidence in His personal

concern for your welfare.  It is knowing in your

heart what you say with your lips."

Emily Gardiner Neal

in

God Can Heal You Now

p. 191

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Dear friends, let us love one another,
because love comes from God.
Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.
Whoever does not love does not know God,
for God is love.  And God showed his love
for us by sending his only Son into the world,
so that we might have life through him.
This is what love is: it is not that we loved God,
but that he loved us and sent his Son to be
the means by which our sins are forgiven.

Dear Friends, if this is how God loved us,
then we should love one another.
No one has ever seen God,
but if we love one another, God lives 
in union with us, and his love is made
perfect in us."
(1 John 4:7-12 TEV)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

A SURE HOPE

"I said, 

'I have worked, 

but how hopeless it is!

I have used up my strength,

but have accomplished nothing.'

Yet I can trust the LORD

to defend my cause;

he will reward me for what I do."

(Isaiah 49:4 TEV)

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WHAT REALLY COUNTS

All my life I have wanted to be an expert at something.

Almost anything.  But I never made it.

After a long life (A few months shy of four score years.)

I realized that no mortals are experts at anything.

Some are only better guessers than others.

The only true expert at anything is God himself.

I was not endowed with a lot of strength.

Just sufficient for my task.  The gym might

have been a help.  But that just looks like paying

out good money to work up a sweat, and does

not put any bread on the table.

Riches are fickle and fleeting.

If you watch the news over a period of time

you will notice that riches do not satisfy, 

at least for very long.

So what does count????

God said,

"The wise should not boast of their wisdom,

nor the strong of their strength,

nor the rich of their wealth.

If any want to boast, 

they should boast that they know and understand me,

because my love is constant,

and I do what is just and right.

These are the things that please me."

(Jeremiah 9:23,24 TEV)

Consequently,

with God's help I want to spend the remainder of

my days becoming better acquainted with God.

That is what really counts.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"I gave them the same glory you gave me,

so that they may be one,

just as you and I are one;

I in them and you in me,

so that they may be completely one,

in order that the world may know that

you sent me and that you love them

as you love me."

(John 17:22,23 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

LED ASTRAY

"You felt sure of yourself in your evil;
you thought that no one could see you.
Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray,
and you said to yourself,
'I am God - there is no one else like me.;

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WHAT A HANDSOME BRUTE

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"What a handsome brute."

Personally, I don't think so.

I do not include a profile picture of myself on;

Blogger, Facebook on in Squidoo lenes. 

The reason is very simple.

I am not all that proud of myself.  Or another

way, I not happy with my looks.  I am not 

as good looking as you are.

So, I use something else; a sunrise, my wife's

cat, or a tractor.  They all look better than I

do.

I do not go to school reunions, office parties 

or other functions where people stand around

bragging on their life's accomplishments.

Because,

I don't have any to brag about.

But God let me see something.

In Isaiah 53, which is a prophecy of Christ's coming,

we read in Today's English Version;

"He had no dignity or beauty to make 

us take notice of him.

There was nothing attractive about him,

nothing that would draw us to him.

We despised him and rejected him;

he endured suffering and pain.

No one would even look at him -

we ignored him as if he were nothing."

(Isaiah 53:2,3 TEV)

Can you imagine that.

The very creator.  The one who created

the universe and you and me.  When he

came to earth to die for us -

he chose to be the most common of men.

to be a nothing.

FOR YOU AND ME.

Just perhaps, we "nothings" 

are more God like that those who seem

to have it all.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"And we ourselves know and believe

the love which God has for us.

God is love, and those who live in love

 live in union with God and God lives in 

union with them.  Love is made perfect

in us in order that we may have courage

on the Judgment Day; and we will

have it because our life in this world

is the same as Christ's.  There is no fear

in love; perfect love drives out all fear.

So then, love has not been made perfect

in anyone who is afraid, because fear

has to do with punishment.

We love because God first loved us."

(1 John 4:16-19 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

PROTECTION IN TROUBLE

"The LORD saves the righteous
and protects them in times of trouble.
He helps them and rescues them;
he saves them from the wicked,
because they go to him for protection."
(Psalms 37:39-40 TEV)

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TODAY'S PROMISE

"But the Lord is faithful,

and he will strengthen you

and keep you safe from the Evil One.

And the Lord gives us confidence in you,

and we are sure that you are doing and

will continue to do what we tell you.

May the Lord lead you into a greater

understanding of God's love

and the endurance that is given by Christ."

(2 Thessalonians 3:3-5 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

LONG LIFE AND HAPPINESS

"Would you like to enjoy life?
Do you want long life and happiness?
Then keep from speaking evil
and from telling lies.
Turn away from evil and do good;
strive for peace with all your heart."
(Psalms 34:12 -14 TEV)

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