June 30
This is God's Day. I read, I pray, I meditate, I fast, and at 4:47 I have a
CONVERSATION WITH GOD.
"God, are we saved by Your grace once?”
"How are you saved?"
"By your son dying on the cross.”
"Do you believe that? You are saved."
"What about people who don't know?"
"It is your job to tell them. Do you love your neighbor as yourself?"
"I hardly know my neighbor."
"I know!"
“A backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied from above.” (Proverbs 14:14)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Taking a Day for God
June 29
On Monday our men’s group facilitator said, "Take a day this week and let it be God's day. Say, ‘God this is your day, it all belongs to You.’ have no agenda. Let God control the day. Experience His grace.”
Of all the days God has been with me, finally I'm proclaiming a day for God. Tomorrow is God’s day.
"Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalm 139:23-24)
On Monday our men’s group facilitator said, "Take a day this week and let it be God's day. Say, ‘God this is your day, it all belongs to You.’ have no agenda. Let God control the day. Experience His grace.”
Of all the days God has been with me, finally I'm proclaiming a day for God. Tomorrow is God’s day.
"Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalm 139:23-24)
Friday, June 27, 2008
Julie
June 28
She fled to Florida by bus with one suitcase. Julie didn’t give her last name still fearing reprisals from her abuser.
“I needed a car and prayed specifically for a clean four-dour Camry, so I could take people to church with me. And I prefer a brown or beige one.” Gifts from God, which receives donated cars, called her. When she arrived she saw truly a gift from God waiting. It was a Camry, four-door, beige and fresh from the car wash.
“And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
(Matthew 21:22)
She fled to Florida by bus with one suitcase. Julie didn’t give her last name still fearing reprisals from her abuser.
“I needed a car and prayed specifically for a clean four-dour Camry, so I could take people to church with me. And I prefer a brown or beige one.” Gifts from God, which receives donated cars, called her. When she arrived she saw truly a gift from God waiting. It was a Camry, four-door, beige and fresh from the car wash.
“And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
(Matthew 21:22)
Thursday, June 26, 2008
In a Bad Place
June 27
“I’m in a bad place,” he said. After listening to his story Joy kneeled before him and began praying. He sat stiffly, his wife cried.
At communion in church a month later our pastor invited all. “I want you to feel welcome with a hug from the Lord himself.” Our friend, who is ina bad place, came down the isle tears streaming down his face and wrapped his arms around the elder at the communion table and bawled. He was with his God again.
“He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my steps.”
(Psalm 40:2)
“I’m in a bad place,” he said. After listening to his story Joy kneeled before him and began praying. He sat stiffly, his wife cried.
At communion in church a month later our pastor invited all. “I want you to feel welcome with a hug from the Lord himself.” Our friend, who is ina bad place, came down the isle tears streaming down his face and wrapped his arms around the elder at the communion table and bawled. He was with his God again.
“He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my steps.”
(Psalm 40:2)
Special Payday
June 26
One of my duties as a Seconbd Lieutenant while stationed in the Canal Zone was to pay the Panamanian drivers employed by the U.S. Army. I was shocked at how little money each received every two weeks. At the pay table there was a jar for contributions for some cause. Few put anything in it. One day the jar was filling up.I turned it to read. "For Red Cross flood relief for New England families." Someone had written below that; "This is where the Lieutenant is from."
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35)
One of my duties as a Seconbd Lieutenant while stationed in the Canal Zone was to pay the Panamanian drivers employed by the U.S. Army. I was shocked at how little money each received every two weeks. At the pay table there was a jar for contributions for some cause. Few put anything in it. One day the jar was filling up.I turned it to read. "For Red Cross flood relief for New England families." Someone had written below that; "This is where the Lieutenant is from."
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35)
Thursday, June 19, 2008
"Are You in Ministry?"
June 19
"I think I know you," the man at the next table stated, "are you in ministry?"
"I'm not ordained," I replied and wondered immediately why I said that. It sounded so awkward. He didn't ask me if I was a minister. He asked if I was in ministry. Aren't all believers expected to be in ministry?" I should have said yes.
"But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry." (2 Timothy 4:5)
"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us;
(2 Corinthians 5:20)
"I think I know you," the man at the next table stated, "are you in ministry?"
"I'm not ordained," I replied and wondered immediately why I said that. It sounded so awkward. He didn't ask me if I was a minister. He asked if I was in ministry. Aren't all believers expected to be in ministry?" I should have said yes.
"But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry." (2 Timothy 4:5)
"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us;
(2 Corinthians 5:20)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Maine Vacation
June 18
When I was nine my family rented a cottage on a lake in Maine. I fished every day from a dock with the boy next door. That vacation inspired me as an adult to buy a cottage on a lake in Massachusetts for my children to enjoy.
Every summer spent on that lake while the children were growing up was a special blessing. It was a dream come true for me. I thank you Lord. I really didn't then.
“I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
(John 10:10)
When I was nine my family rented a cottage on a lake in Maine. I fished every day from a dock with the boy next door. That vacation inspired me as an adult to buy a cottage on a lake in Massachusetts for my children to enjoy.
Every summer spent on that lake while the children were growing up was a special blessing. It was a dream come true for me. I thank you Lord. I really didn't then.
“I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
(John 10:10)
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