tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280166803170989522024-03-13T08:11:50.982+08:00WOW!!A blog providing words of wisdom anywhere heard or seen.Given to motivate others including myself and hopefully to impact one or many lifes or maybe those who just don't know the right questions to ask but are eager to know more.So,enjoy reading it and may it be an inspiration to your lives throught the one and only word of God.
Based on:
Daily devotion book"Starting your day right"by Joyce Meyer
Sermons from guest speakers,Rev Ricky Ho and Rev Buell Abraham of Trinity Methodist Church PJ.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger913125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-77426478173090953502012-10-29T14:45:00.001+08:002012-10-29T14:45:08.866+08:00Mark 10:46-52<br /><hr />
<b>Mark 10:46-52</b>: <br /><h3>
<span class="text Mark-10-46" id="en-NIV-24635">Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight</span></h3>
<span class="text Mark-10-46"><sup class="versenum">46 </sup>Then
they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large
crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son
of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging.</span> <span class="text Mark-10-47" id="en-NIV-24636"><sup class="versenum">47 </sup>When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-10-48" id="en-NIV-24637"><sup class="versenum">48 </sup>Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-10-49" id="en-NIV-24638"><sup class="versenum">49 </sup>Jesus stopped and said, <span class="woj">“Call him.”</span></span><br />
<span class="text Mark-10-49">So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.”</span> <span class="text Mark-10-50" id="en-NIV-24639"><sup class="versenum">50 </sup>Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-10-51" id="en-NIV-24640"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">51 </sup>“What do you want me to do for you?”</span> Jesus asked him.</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-10-51">The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-10-52" id="en-NIV-24641"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">52 </sup>“Go,”</span> said Jesus, <span class="woj">“your faith has healed you.”</span> Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.</span><br />
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*Healing-related to Jesus Christ<br />*Jesus give back restored live to each person he encounters<br />*<b style="color: #134f5c;">reminds us that we can turn to Jesus when we need</b><br />*restoration for live and for our soul<br />*<b><span style="color: purple;">sometimes restoration for live sometimes distract us</span></b><br />*<b><span style="color: #38761d;">restoration for our soul is sometimes so refreshing that we can be blessed</span></b><br />*he responded to the cry of the insignificant blind man<br />*faith of blind man who was crying his heart out<br />*Jesus said beautiful words that would restore our soul<br />*he said or gave implication that he was the messiah<br />*chapter 10 was the last time he did his miracle before going to Jerusalem<br />*we should find our place in the story<br />*<b><span style="color: #660000;">there might be a moment we want to show compassion which would.bless each others life</span></b><br />*<b><span style="color: #0c343d;">or we might be in the life of a blind man who have eyes physically.but are blind because they are not at peace</span></b><br />*blessing of sight crowds them and leads them astray<br />*<b>mark 10:51-52</b>: "what
do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said,
"Rabbi, I want to see." "Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you."
immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.<br /><b><span style="color: #274e13;">*contentment if we trust him</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">*God's timing is what matters </span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">*get rid of the distraction then we will have peace</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">*the cry of the human heart,ask the right question but don't want the right answer</span></b><br />*our prayer is caught in a web of <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">i want</span></b><br />*we can sometimes not be contented<br />*we want because we look at others<br />Understands that language of woundedness only<br /><b><span style="color: #38761d;">*only we alone can make that genuine cry spending some time with God</span></b><br />*that is what will finally answer our question<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">*we must see what we want</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">*thats the way we can celebrate our salvation</span></b></span><br /><b><span style="color: magenta;">*distraction cannot separate us from the love of God (romans 8)</span></b><br />*makes it easier for us to be at peace<br /><b><span style="color: #783f04;">*show give and receive love</span></b><br /><span style="color: #20124d;">*all of us phase all works of life but showing love gives us meaning in life to see the Lord's beautiful face</span><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-2530570223661349902012-10-29T14:30:00.004+08:002012-10-29T14:30:49.130+08:00The Pearl of Great Price*aging is a natural process,enjoy life while u are at the present age<br /><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">*wisdom cannot come just like that but through experience</span></b><br />*how do we go respecting seniors?<br />*what would that one thing be that would make u come back to church?<br />*in church,we want something to be placed in our system <br />*<b>John 3:16</b>: For
God so love the world that He gave his own begotten son that whoever
believes in him should not perish but have eternal life<br /><b><span style="color: #783f04;">*God offers salvation as a free gift that is worth no value</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #20124d;">*all u can do is to accept it as God love token for a sinner</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #274e13;">*some things are too priceless to be bought on earth </span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-28137053464995831872012-10-29T14:22:00.005+08:002012-10-29T14:27:36.042+08:00Fostering Christian Fellowship 2*are u a disciple of Jesus Christ?<br />
*Christ mandate for the church:Go and make disciples<br />
*Christ will for individual believers-become disciples<br />
it is not enough to just merely serve in church,attend church and pay your tithes<br />
*a disciple of Christ commits to an obedient relationship with Jesus Christ and become like him<br />
*Jesus never once withdrew his love from us although we were disobedient<br />
*<b>John 15:16</b>- you did not choose me but i chose u to bear fruit that would last<br />
*lessons from jesus example<br />
*disciples were called <span style="font-size: x-large;">by</span> jesus<br />
*disciples were called <span style="font-size: x-large;">to</span> jesus<br />
*both types of disciples have different approach<br />
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*<b>John 15:5: </b><span class="text John-15-5" id="en-NIV-26705"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.</span></span><br />
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*a choice we have to make<br />
*our relationship with Jesus continues<br />
*we should therefore commune him with prayer and develop that personal relationship with him in devotion<br />
*we have the privilege of directly communicating with God but we often neglect that privilege<br />
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<b>*1.daily devotion:reading His word and communing with Him</b></div>
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<b>*2. attached to members of the body of Christ</b></div>
*small groups in church is<br />
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-for making disciples</div>
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-for spiritual growth</div>
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-for growing into Christ-likeness</div>
*<b>John 15:12: </b><span class="text John-15-12" id="en-NIV-26712"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.</span></span><br />
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*small groups-a place to manifest love<br />
*willing to open and be channels of grace and love to one another<br />
*where is the church when we are hurt?<br />
*small group is also a place <br />
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<b>-to be nurtured</b></div>
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<b>-to expand our horizons</b></div>
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<b>-to be relevant</b></div>
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<b>-to discover the call to serve</b></div>
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<b>-to discover our spiritual gifts</b></div>
*down the ages, small groups have been used to equip disciples<br />
eg:12disciples<br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-11524246090203127592012-10-29T14:22:00.002+08:002012-10-29T14:22:29.323+08:00Fostering Christian Fellowship 1*intention of baptism is to have fellowship with the church<br />*we should do more than going to church,by serving and bonding<br />*pray,disciple,correct one another<br />*he wants us to be holy<br />*we learn by engaging with people<br />*v13 - bearing and forgiving one another<br />
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<b>Galatians 4:19</b>: <span class="text Gal-4-19" id="en-NIV-29151"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,</span><br />
<br />*we want to see Christ fall in all of us<br />*<b><span style="color: blue;">we need to work hard and be forgiving just like the grace of God</span></b><br />*there was a place in Christ's heart for her<br />*<span style="color: #274e13;">when we want to repent,God forgives us</span><br />*we need help from other people to deal with our sin<br />*v15<br />*some people's life is full of fear,some with joy but we should put our feelings above what were going through on God<br />*<b style="color: #b45f06;">we should keep our eyes in Jesus during good or bad times</b><br />*<b>Isaiah 33:16</b>- <span class="text Isa-33-16" id="en-NIV-18296">they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-33-16">whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-33-16">Their bread will be supplied,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-33-16">and water will not fail them.-</span></span>Gods providence for our lives<br />
<br />*thanking God for whatever there is for us<br />*remembrance of Christ sacrifice for us<br />*<b><span style="color: #073763;">we leave with God's presence with us </span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-73169698444850022612012-10-29T13:43:00.001+08:002012-10-29T14:29:43.920+08:00Building Authentic Relationships*<b>Acts 20:7</b>: <br />
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<span class="text Acts-20-7" id="en-NIV-27634">Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas</span></h3>
<span class="text Acts-20-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.</span><br />
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*<b><span style="color: #783f04;">where do we position God in times of trouble or joy?</span></b><br />
*God is our point man in all situations to open the way for us<br />
*<b style="color: #45818e;">when God is good,we must show our goodness towards each other</b><br />
*<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">discipleship is relational with God and people</span></b><br />
*people are helpful to our growing and learning<br />
*<b>2 peter 1:3-5,10</b>: <br />
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<span class="text 2Pet-1-3" id="en-NIV-30483">Confirming One’s Calling and Election</span></h3>
<span class="text 2Pet-1-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.</span> <span class="text 2Pet-1-4" id="en-NIV-30484"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.</span><br />
<span class="text 2Pet-1-5" id="en-NIV-30485"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">*mutual encouragement,love and grace to keep our flame alive and growing</span></b><br />
*<b><span style="color: #38761d;">signs of authentic relationship through disciplining,bonding and serving-expressed in praying and remembering one another</span></b><br />
*<b style="color: magenta;">doing well in christian life does not mean we will not stumble</b><br />
*<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">we must have the support and encouragement from people in the same community</span></b><br />
*bonding with one another in good and bad times<br />
*how do we know if we have authentic bonds and relationship?<br />
*<b>Acts 12:12</b>-<span class="text Acts-12-12" id="en-NIV-27350"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.</span><span class="text Acts-12-12" id="en-NIV-27350">- </span>evidence for authentic relationship<br />
*we are here for one another<br />
*<b>Acts 20:13,36-38</b>-<br />
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<span class="text Acts-20-13" id="en-NIV-27640">Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders</span></h3>
<span class="text Acts-20-13"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>We
went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to
take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going
there on foot.</span><br />
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<span class="text Acts-20-36" id="en-NIV-27663"><sup class="versenum">36 </sup>When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.</span> <span class="text Acts-20-37" id="en-NIV-27664"><sup class="versenum">37 </sup>They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.</span> <span class="text Acts-20-38" id="en-NIV-27665"><sup class="versenum">38 </sup>What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.-</span><span class="text Acts-20-13"></span>speaks about disciplining, bonding,serving<br />
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*who can we be for each other?<br />
*in bonding,there is loving,praying and serving </div>
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-78632367994678724812012-10-29T13:26:00.000+08:002012-10-29T13:26:08.422+08:00Bonding, Discipling, Serving*<b>Matthew 10:1-2</b>: <br />
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<span class="text Matt-10-1" id="en-NIV-23419">Jesus Sends Out the Twelve</span></h3>
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<span class="text Matt-10-1"><span class="chapternum">10 </span>Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.</span></div>
<span class="text Matt-10-2" id="en-NIV-23420"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>These
are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called
Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother
John;</span><br />
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*<b>John 13</b>: <br />
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<span class="text John-13-1" id="en-NIV-26632">Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet</span></h3>
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<span class="text John-13-1"><span class="chapternum">13 </span>It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.</span></div>
<span class="text John-13-2" id="en-NIV-26633"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.</span> <span class="text John-13-3" id="en-NIV-26634"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;</span> <span class="text John-13-4" id="en-NIV-26635"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.</span> <span class="text John-13-5" id="en-NIV-26636"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.</span><br />
<span class="text John-13-6" id="en-NIV-26637"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”</span><br />
<span class="text John-13-7" id="en-NIV-26638"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Jesus replied, <span class="woj">“You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-13-8" id="en-NIV-26639"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”</span><br />
<span class="text John-13-8">Jesus answered, <span class="woj">“Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-13-9" id="en-NIV-26640"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”</span><br />
<span class="text John-13-10" id="en-NIV-26641"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>Jesus answered, <span class="woj">“Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.”</span></span> <span class="text John-13-11" id="en-NIV-26642"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.</span><br />
<span class="text John-13-12" id="en-NIV-26643"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. <span class="woj">“Do you understand what I have done for you?”</span> he asked them.</span> <span class="text John-13-13" id="en-NIV-26644"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.</span></span> <span class="text John-13-14" id="en-NIV-26645"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.</span></span> <span class="text John-13-15" id="en-NIV-26646"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.</span></span> <span class="text John-13-16" id="en-NIV-26647"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.</span></span> <span class="text John-13-17" id="en-NIV-26648"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.</span></span><br />
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<span class="text John-13-18" id="en-NIV-26649">Jesus Predicts His Betrayal</span></h3>
<span class="text John-13-18"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>“I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned<sup> </sup>against me.’</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-13-19" id="en-NIV-26650"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>“I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am.</span></span> <span class="text John-13-20" id="en-NIV-26651"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-13-21" id="en-NIV-26652"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, <span class="woj">“Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-13-22" id="en-NIV-26653"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant.</span> <span class="text John-13-23" id="en-NIV-26654"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him.</span> <span class="text John-13-24" id="en-NIV-26655"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”</span><br />
<span class="text John-13-25" id="en-NIV-26656"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”</span><br />
<span class="text John-13-26" id="en-NIV-26657"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>Jesus answered, <span class="woj">“It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.”</span> Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.</span> <span class="text John-13-27" id="en-NIV-26658"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.</span><br />
<span class="text John-13-27">So Jesus told him, <span class="woj">“What you are about to do, do quickly.”</span></span> <span class="text John-13-28" id="en-NIV-26659"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup>But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him.</span> <span class="text John-13-29" id="en-NIV-26660"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup>Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor.</span> <span class="text John-13-30" id="en-NIV-26661"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup>As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.</span><br />
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<span class="text John-13-31" id="en-NIV-26662">Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial</span></h3>
<span class="text John-13-31"><sup class="versenum">31 </sup>When he was gone, Jesus said, <span class="woj">“Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him.</span></span> <span class="text John-13-32" id="en-NIV-26663"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">32 </sup>If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-13-33" id="en-NIV-26664"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">33 </sup>“My
children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for
me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going,
you cannot come.</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-13-34" id="en-NIV-26665"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">34 </sup>“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.</span></span> <span class="text John-13-35" id="en-NIV-26666"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">35 </sup>By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-13-36" id="en-NIV-26667"><sup class="versenum">36 </sup>Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?”</span><br />
<span class="text John-13-36">Jesus replied, <span class="woj">“Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.”</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-13-37" id="en-NIV-26668"><sup class="versenum">37 </sup>Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”</span><br />
<span class="text John-13-38" id="en-NIV-26669"><sup class="versenum">38 </sup>Then Jesus answered, <span class="woj">“Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!</span></span><br />
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*what is bonding?<br />*moments of bonding was comforting to him before the sacrifice on the cross<br />*when comfort is needed there are people for you<br />*significance of bonding with each other<br />*taking a step of bonding a little further by disciplining <br />*he described how disciplining was about by washing his disciple's feet-a job of a servant and act of humility<br />*<b><span style="color: #274e13;">he thought his disciples servant hood and to serve with humility</span></b><br />*<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">"as i have loved you,you must love one another"</span></b><br />*disciplining is to learn as much as we can about God<br />*but besides that disciplining is about positioning God in times of temptation<br />*is He real in your life?<br />*there
is such thing as a point blank-must be positioned strategically his
soldiers in war to win the battle(it is the same with us)<br />*<b><span style="color: #741b47;">we must decide between truth and falsehood-faith in God or idols</span></b><br />*some people maybe saved if they have the right people to guide them<br />
<br />*<b>Micah 6:8</b>: <span class="text Mic-6-8" id="en-NIV-22657">He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Mic-6-8">And what does the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> require of you?</span></span><br /><span class="text Mic-6-8">To act justly and to love mercy</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Mic-6-8">and to walk humbly with your God.</span></span><br />
<br />*in moments of decision making,positioning God to what is good with just and mercy<br />*<b><span style="color: #0c343d;">"in changing times,we learn from unchanging principles"</span></b><br />*the advantage of being counseled and pointing to the truth<br />*though we might not see with their own eyes,they sense it in their hearts-the importance of bonding and serving<br />*<b style="color: #351c75;">the one thing Jesus taught more than anything else was prayer from all forms of bond-ages</b><br />
<br />*<b>Mark1:23</b>: <span class="text Mark-1-23" id="en-NIV-24239"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out,</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-1-23" id="en-NIV-24239"> </span><br />*at the start of ministry,Jesus prayed<br />*<b>Mark 2</b>-restoration of paralyzed man(he with God<br />*do not collect grudges because there is power in prayer that can forgive<br />*<b>Matthew 5</b>:<br />
<h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-1" id="en-NIV-23236">Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount</span></h3>
<div class="chapter-1">
<span class="text Matt-5-1"><span class="chapternum">5 </span>Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,</span> <span class="text Matt-5-2" id="en-NIV-23237"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>and he began to teach them.</span></div>
<h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-2">The Beatitudes</span></h3>
<div class="first-line-none">
<span class="text Matt-5-2">He said:</span></div>
<div class="poetry top-05">
<div class="line">
<span class="text Matt-5-3" id="en-NIV-23238"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>“Blessed are the poor in spirit,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-5-3"><span class="woj">for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</span></span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-5-4" id="en-NIV-23239"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Blessed are those who mourn,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-5-4"><span class="woj">for they will be comforted.</span></span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-5-5" id="en-NIV-23240"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Blessed are the meek,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-5-5"><span class="woj">for they will inherit the earth.</span></span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-5-6" id="en-NIV-23241"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-5-6"><span class="woj">for they will be filled.</span></span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-5-7" id="en-NIV-23242"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Blessed are the merciful,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-5-7"><span class="woj">for they will be shown mercy.</span></span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-5-8" id="en-NIV-23243"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>Blessed are the pure in heart,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-5-8"><span class="woj">for they will see God.</span></span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-5-9" id="en-NIV-23244"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>Blessed are the peacemakers,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-5-9"><span class="woj">for they will be called children of God.</span></span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-5-10" id="en-NIV-23245"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-5-10"><span class="woj">for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="top-05">
<span class="text Matt-5-11" id="en-NIV-23246"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-12" id="en-NIV-23247"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.</span></span></div>
<h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-13" id="en-NIV-23248">Salt and Light</span></h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-13"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>“You
are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can
it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be
thrown out and trampled underfoot.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Matt-5-14" id="en-NIV-23249"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-15" id="en-NIV-23250"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>Neither
do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on
its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-16" id="en-NIV-23251"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.</span></span><br />
<h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-17" id="en-NIV-23252">The Fulfillment of the Law</span></h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-17"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-18" id="en-NIV-23253"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>For
truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest
letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from
the Law until everything is accomplished.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-19" id="en-NIV-23254"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands
and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of
heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-20" id="en-NIV-23255"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>For
I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the
Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the
kingdom of heaven.</span></span><br />
<h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-21" id="en-NIV-23256">Murder</span></h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-21"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-22" id="en-NIV-23257"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Matt-5-23" id="en-NIV-23258"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you,</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-24" id="en-NIV-23259"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Matt-5-25" id="en-NIV-23260"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>“Settle
matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it
while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you
over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and
you may be thrown into prison.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-26" id="en-NIV-23261"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.</span></span><br />
<h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-27" id="en-NIV-23262">Adultery</span></h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-27"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-28" id="en-NIV-23263"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup>But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-29" id="en-NIV-23264"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup>If your right eye causes you to stumble,
gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part
of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-30" id="en-NIV-23265"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup>And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.</span></span><br />
<h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-31" id="en-NIV-23266">Divorce</span></h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-31"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">31 </sup>“It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’</span></span><span class="text Matt-5-32" id="en-NIV-23267"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">32 </sup>But
I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual
immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a
divorced woman commits adultery.</span></span><br />
<h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-33" id="en-NIV-23268">Oaths</span></h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-33"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">33 </sup>“Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-34" id="en-NIV-23269"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">34 </sup>But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-35" id="en-NIV-23270"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">35 </sup>or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-36" id="en-NIV-23271"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">36 </sup>And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-37" id="en-NIV-23272"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">37 </sup>All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.</span></span><br />
<h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-38" id="en-NIV-23273">Eye for Eye</span></h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-38"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">38 </sup>“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-39" id="en-NIV-23274"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">39 </sup>But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-40" id="en-NIV-23275"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">40 </sup>And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-41" id="en-NIV-23276"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">41 </sup>If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-42" id="en-NIV-23277"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">42 </sup>Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.</span></span><br />
<h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-43" id="en-NIV-23278">Love for Enemies</span></h3>
<span class="text Matt-5-43"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">43 </sup>“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor<sup> </sup>and hate your enemy.’</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-44" id="en-NIV-23279"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">44 </sup>But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-45" id="en-NIV-23280"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">45 </sup>that you may be children
of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the
good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-46" id="en-NIV-23281"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">46 </sup>If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-47" id="en-NIV-23282"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">47 </sup>And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?</span></span> <span class="text Matt-5-48" id="en-NIV-23283"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">48 </sup>Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.</span></span><br />
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*power of prayer is setting God in control<br />*prayer is partnership with God<br />*the power of prayer comes from God to us<br />*God is at work in our church as much as any other church<br />*sometimes we dont talk or share answered prayers but this is hindering the work of God<br />*whatever is bound and release on earth is bound and release in heaven<br />*exercising power of prayer<br />*we should discipling,bonding and serving in our families,not only in church-through dynamics of small group and prayer<br />*<b>Mark 3</b>: <br />
<h3>
<span class="text Mark-3-1" id="en-NIV-24290">Jesus Heals on the Sabbath</span></h3>
<div class="chapter-1">
<span class="text Mark-3-1"><span class="chapternum">3 </span>Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-2" id="en-NIV-24291"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-3" id="en-NIV-24292"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, <span class="woj">“Stand up in front of everyone.”</span></span></div>
<span class="text Mark-3-4" id="en-NIV-24293"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Then Jesus asked them, <span class="woj">“Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?”</span> But they remained silent.</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-3-5" id="en-NIV-24294"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, <span class="woj">“Stretch out your hand.”</span> He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-6" id="en-NIV-24295"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.</span><br />
<h3>
<span class="text Mark-3-7" id="en-NIV-24296">Crowds Follow Jesus</span></h3>
<span class="text Mark-3-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-8" id="en-NIV-24297"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>When
they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea,
Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and
Sidon.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-9" id="en-NIV-24298"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-10" id="en-NIV-24299"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-11" id="en-NIV-24300"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”</span> <span class="text Mark-3-12" id="en-NIV-24301"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.</span><br />
<h3>
<span class="text Mark-3-13" id="en-NIV-24302">Jesus Appoints the Twelve</span></h3>
<span class="text Mark-3-13"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-14" id="en-NIV-24303"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>He appointed twelve<sup> </sup>that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach</span> <span class="text Mark-3-15" id="en-NIV-24304"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>and to have authority to drive out demons.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-16" id="en-NIV-24305"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),</span> <span class="text Mark-3-17" id="en-NIV-24306"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”),</span> <span class="text Mark-3-18" id="en-NIV-24307"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot</span> <span class="text Mark-3-19" id="en-NIV-24308"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.</span><br />
<h3>
<span class="text Mark-3-20" id="en-NIV-24309">Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law</span></h3>
<span class="text Mark-3-20"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-21" id="en-NIV-24310"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>When his family<sup> </sup>heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-3-22" id="en-NIV-24311"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-3-23" id="en-NIV-24312"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: <span class="woj">“How can Satan drive out Satan?</span></span> <span class="text Mark-3-24" id="en-NIV-24313"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.</span></span> <span class="text Mark-3-25" id="en-NIV-24314"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.</span></span> <span class="text Mark-3-26" id="en-NIV-24315"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come.</span></span> <span class="text Mark-3-27" id="en-NIV-24316"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house.</span></span> <span class="text Mark-3-28" id="en-NIV-24317"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup>Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter,</span></span> <span class="text Mark-3-29" id="en-NIV-24318"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup>but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”</span></span><br />
<span class="text Mark-3-30" id="en-NIV-24319"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup>He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-3-31" id="en-NIV-24320"><sup class="versenum">31 </sup>Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.</span> <span class="text Mark-3-32" id="en-NIV-24321"><sup class="versenum">32 </sup>A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-3-33" id="en-NIV-24322"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">33 </sup>“Who are my mother and my brothers?”</span> he asked.</span><br />
<span class="text Mark-3-34" id="en-NIV-24323"><sup class="versenum">34 </sup>Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, <span class="woj">“Here are my mother and my brothers!</span></span> <span class="text Mark-3-35" id="en-NIV-24324"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">35 </sup>Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”</span></span><br />
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*<b>Acts 5:42</b>: <span class="text Acts-5-42" id="en-NIV-27102"><sup class="versenum">42 </sup>Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.</span><br />
<span class="text Acts-5-42" id="en-NIV-27102"> </span><br /><b><i style="color: red;">self thoughts</i></b><br />*we
don't need to go all out to preach the gospel,just merely showing an
example is enough to show our Christ-likeness just like how God disciple
his disciples by just showing servant hood of washing their feet felt
the relief even before the restoration)<br />*let us not burden our remembrance <br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-88542570978099401152012-10-29T13:13:00.003+08:002012-10-29T13:13:38.474+08:00Covet<b>Deuteronomy 5:21</b>: <span class="text Deut-5-21" id="en-NIV-5075"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>“You
shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on
your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or
donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”</span><br />
<span class="text Deut-5-21" id="en-NIV-5075"> </span><br />*its the hardest commandment because it deals with the heart<br />*<span style="color: #674ea7;">we often wish we could be better and more talented</span><br />*what does the commandment prohibit<br />*"covet""hamat"-a lusting after belongings and posessions of our neighbour<br />*provokes jealousy and greed<br />*we can see it<br />*we just wanna have more and more and there is no stopping<br />
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*<b>Matthew 15:19</b>: <span class="text Matt-15-19" id="en-NIV-23653"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Matt-15-19" id="en-NIV-23653"><span class="woj"> </span></span><br />*<b>Matthew 6:21</b>: <span class="text Matt-6-21" id="en-NIV-23304"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Matt-6-21" id="en-NIV-23304"><span class="woj"> </span></span><br />*<b>James 4:1-2b</b>: <br />
<h3>
<span class="text Jas-4-1" id="en-NIV-30339">Submit Yourselves to God</span></h3>
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<span class="text Jas-4-1"><span class="chapternum">4 </span>What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?</span> <span class="text Jas-4-2" id="en-NIV-30340"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.</span></div>
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*the heart of the matter is the matter of the heart<br />*this commandment tells us to introspect ourselves<br />*<b>Jeremiah 17:19</b>: <br />
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<span class="text Jer-17-19" id="en-NIV-19377">Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy</span></h3>
<span class="text Jer-17-19"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>This is what the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> said to me: “Go and stand at the Gate of the People, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; stand also at all the other gates of Jerusalem.</span><br />
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<sup>*</sup>foundations for covetousness<br />*the get what i have not got will bring me happiness<br />*the idea that things and persons can bring happiness<br />*<b><span style="color: #990000;">the idea that self has to be pleased and satisfied</span></b><br />*God shaped vacuum can only be filled with by God<br />*this commandments brings us back to the 1st and 2nd commandment<br />*this big cells needs to be satisfied but we know its not true<br />*what breeds covetousness?<br />
-our environment<br />
-the advertisement<br />
-the multimedia<br />
-the modern financial facilities<br />*some of the company we keep<br />*discontented heart<br />*demanding spouse<br />*were good enough if we have this certain body shape,hair style,sports car<br />*we should be aware to be each others watch dog<br />*consequences about our covetousness<br />*story bout Judas and king David coveting Beersheba says so much about the consequences<br />*we must learn to be contented<br />
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*<b>Phillippians 4:10-13</b>: <br />
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<span class="text Phil-4-10" id="en-NIV-29453">Thanks for Their Gifts</span></h3>
<span class="text Phil-4-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.</span> <span class="text Phil-4-11" id="en-NIV-29454"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.</span> <span class="text Phil-4-12" id="en-NIV-29455"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>I
know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I
have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation,
whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.</span> <span class="text Phil-4-13" id="en-NIV-29456"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>I can do all this through him who gives me strength.</span><br />
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*even ministers can be so calm outside but their heart of covetousness is always there<br />*10 commandments is there for us and our<br />*it works very subtly among us<br /><span style="color: #a64d79;">*focus on relationships not things</span><br />*"love people,use things"<br /><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">*life is meaningful because we have a relationship with God</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #274e13;">*we trust God to be the all wise God and will give us what we need so that God can use us</span></b><br />*God will provide<br /><b><span style="color: #783f04;">*choose to be a giver and give more and more</span></b><br />*evaluate our priorities<br /><b style="color: #274e13;">*"our want is not our need"</b><br />*cultivate the discipline of fasting <br />*covetousness in the end destroys us <br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-28147335421009499592012-09-11T15:46:00.003+08:002012-10-29T12:48:58.105+08:00Buddies!<b><sup>1 Corinthians 12:12-29, v 18: </sup></b><br />
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<span class="text 1Cor-12-12" id="en-NIV-28647">Unity and Diversity in the Body</span></h3>
<span class="text 1Cor-12-12"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-13" id="en-NIV-28648"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-14" id="en-NIV-28649"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.</span><br />
<span class="text 1Cor-12-15" id="en-NIV-28650"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>Now
if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to
the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-16" id="en-NIV-28651"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>And
if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the
body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-17" id="en-NIV-28652"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>If
the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the
whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-18" id="en-NIV-28653"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-19" id="en-NIV-28654"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>If they were all one part, where would the body be?</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-20" id="en-NIV-28655"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>As it is, there are many parts, but one body.</span><br />
<span class="text 1Cor-12-21" id="en-NIV-28656"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-22" id="en-NIV-28657"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-23" id="en-NIV-28658"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>and
the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor.
And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-24" id="en-NIV-28659"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>while
our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the
body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-25" id="en-NIV-28660"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-26" id="en-NIV-28661"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.</span><br />
<span class="text 1Cor-12-27" id="en-NIV-28662"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-28" id="en-NIV-28663"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup>And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-12-29" id="en-NIV-28664"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup>Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?</span><br />
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<b><sup>*God wants to see us fulfill the greatest potential in him</sup></b></div>
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<b><sup>*We need each other as brothers and sisters in Christ</sup></b></div>
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<b><sup>*Our relationship with God and each other is really important</sup></b></div>
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<b><sup>Eccesiastes 4:9-12 </sup></b><span class="text Eccl-4-9" id="en-NIV-17391">Two are better than one,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-4-9">because they have a good return for their labor:</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-4-10" id="en-NIV-17392"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>If either of them falls down,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-4-10">one can help the other up.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-4-10">But pity anyone who falls</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-4-10">and has no one to help them up.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-4-11" id="en-NIV-17393"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-4-11">But how can one keep warm alone?</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-4-12" id="en-NIV-17394"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>Though one may be overpowered,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-4-12">two can defend themselves.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-4-12">A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.</span><br />
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<b><sup>Mark 6:7: </sup></b><span class="text Mark-6-7" id="en-NIV-24415"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.</span><br />
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<sup>*We should serve God is pairs</sup><br />
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<b><sup> *We will be easily discouraged if alone but with a team, we can encourage each other</sup></b></div>
<b><sup style="color: #351c75;">*We should have the initiative and intentional heart in knowing each other and building ourselves up </sup><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-54651063188143292272012-09-11T15:33:00.004+08:002012-09-11T15:33:46.864+08:00Count your blessings<u><b>We would be a people of Gratitude</b></u><br />
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<i>4 aspects why people are meant to worship God</i><br />
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1. Gratitude towards his healing grace</div>
<b>Isaiah 53</b>: <span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Isa-53-1" id="en-NIV-18713">Who has believed our message</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-1">and to whom has the arm of the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> been revealed?</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-2" id="en-NIV-18714"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>He grew up before him like a tender shoot,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-2">and like a root out of dry ground.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-2">He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-2">nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-3" id="en-NIV-18715"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>He was despised and rejected by mankind,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-3">a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-3">Like one from whom people hide their faces</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-3">he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.</span></span> <br />
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<span class="text Isa-53-4" id="en-NIV-18716"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Surely he took up our pain</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-4">and bore our suffering,</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-4">yet we considered him punished by God,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-4">stricken by him, and afflicted.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-5" id="en-NIV-18717"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>But he was pierced for our transgressions,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-5">he was crushed for our iniquities;</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-5">the punishment that brought us peace was on him,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-5">and by his wounds we are healed.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-6" id="en-NIV-18718"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>We all, like sheep, have gone astray,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-6">each of us has turned to our own way;</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-6">and the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> has laid on him</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-6">the iniquity of us all.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Isa-53-7" id="en-NIV-18719"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>He was oppressed and afflicted,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-7">yet he did not open his mouth;</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-7">he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-7">and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-7">so he did not open his mouth.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-8" id="en-NIV-18720"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>By oppression<sup> </sup>and judgment he was taken away.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-8">Yet who of his generation protested?</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-8">For he was cut off from the land of the living;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-8">for the transgression of my people he was punished.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-9" id="en-NIV-18721"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>He was assigned a grave with the wicked,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-9">and with the rich in his death,</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-9">though he had done no violence,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-9">nor was any deceit in his mouth.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Isa-53-10" id="en-NIV-18722"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>Yet it was the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-10">and though the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> makes his life an offering for sin,</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-10">he will see his offspring and prolong his days,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-10">and the will of the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> will prosper in his hand.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-11" id="en-NIV-18723"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>After he has suffered,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-11">he will see the light of life and be satisfied;</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-11">by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-11">and he will bear their iniquities.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-12" id="en-NIV-18724"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-12">and he will divide the spoils with the strong,</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-12">because he poured out his life unto death,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-12">and was numbered with the transgressors.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-53-12">For he bore the sin of many,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-53-12">and made intercession for the transgressors.</span></span></div>
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<b>Psalm 34:18: </b><span class="text Ps-34-18" id="en-NIV-14407">The <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is close to the brokenhearted</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-34-18">and saves those who are crushed in spirit.</span></span><br />
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*We might feel anger with the problems but God is there to set you free<br />
*God gives us a new hope<br />
*He molds us to be someone beautiful and bold<br />
*God's healing grace does tremendous things in our lives<br />
*Nothing is too impossible for God to do and heal us<br />
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<b>2. Gratitude towards his wondrous power and infinite wisdom (v4-6)</b></div>
*He knows us all by name<br />
*We are not here by accident<br />
<b>Psalms 139:13-16: </b><br />
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<span class="text Ps-139-13" id="en-NIV-16253"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>For you created my inmost being;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-13">you knit me together in my mother’s womb.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-14" id="en-NIV-16254"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-14">your works are wonderful,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-14">I know that full well.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-15" id="en-NIV-16255"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>My frame was not hidden from you</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-15">when I was made in the secret place,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-15">when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-16" id="en-NIV-16256"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>Your eyes saw my unformed body;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-16">all the days ordained for me were written in your book</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-16">before one of them came to be.</span></span></div>
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<b>Hebrews 4:13: </b><span class="text Heb-4-13" id="en-NIV-30028"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.</span><br />
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<b>Matthew 19:26: </b><span class="text Matt-19-26" id="en-NIV-23789"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>Jesus looked at them and said, <span class="woj">“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”</span></span><br />
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*He will come and help you<br />
*We have experienced him<br />
*Keep a humble heart<br />
*God is a circumstance for our heart<br />
*We can be in the great commission for God's ministry<br />
*Our heart must firstly be with the Lord<br />
*God will use anyone who is willing<br />
*We look at the heart and God will look at that and use you much more<br />
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<b>3. Gratitude towards His wonderful provision (v7-9) </b></div>
<b>Psalm 37:25: </b><span class="text Ps-37-25" id="en-NIV-14476">I was young and now I am old,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-37-25">yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-37-25">or their children begging bread.</span></span><br />
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<b>Phillippians 4:19</b>: <span class="text Phil-4-19" id="en-NIV-29462"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.</span><br />
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*There is always sufficiency<br />
*Always rely on the Lord and He will provide<br />
*If we come before Him with our request with sincerity, He will bring down his presents to us<br />
*Everything is well provided for<br />
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<b>4. Gratitude for security and safety (v10-14)</b></div>
*God looks after us so well! with the finest of wheat<br />
<b>Psalms 33:20: </b><span class="text Ps-33-20" id="en-NIV-14387">We wait in hope for the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-33-20">he is our help and our shield.</span></span><br />
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<b>Psalms 46:1: </b><span class="text Ps-46-1">God is our refuge and strength,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-46-1">an ever-present help in trouble.</span></span><br />
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*We wants to be in control<br />
*There are things we can't<br />
<b>Jeremiah 17:7-8: </b><span class="text Jer-17-7" id="en-NIV-19365">“But blessed is the one who trusts in the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Jer-17-7">whose confidence is in him.</span></span><br /><span class="text Jer-17-8" id="en-NIV-19366"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>They will be like a tree planted by the water</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Jer-17-8">that sends out its roots by the stream.</span></span><br /><span class="text Jer-17-8">It does not fear when heat comes;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Jer-17-8">its leaves are always green.</span></span><br /><span class="text Jer-17-8">It has no worries in a year of drought</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Jer-17-8">and never fails to bear fruit.”</span></span><br />
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*God always have our best interest at heart<br />
<b>Psalms 91: </b><span class="text Ps-91-1">Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-1">will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-91-2" id="en-NIV-15398"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>I will say of the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, “He is my refuge and my fortress,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-2">my God, in whom I trust.”</span></span> <br />
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<span class="text Ps-91-3" id="en-NIV-15399"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>Surely he will save you</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-3">from the fowler’s snare</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-3">and from the deadly pestilence.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-91-4" id="en-NIV-15400"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>He will cover you with his feathers,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-4">and under his wings you will find refuge;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-4">his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-91-5" id="en-NIV-15401"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>You will not fear the terror of night,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-5">nor the arrow that flies by day,</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-91-6" id="en-NIV-15402"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-6">nor the plague that destroys at midday.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-91-7" id="en-NIV-15403"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>A thousand may fall at your side,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-7">ten thousand at your right hand,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-7">but it will not come near you.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-91-8" id="en-NIV-15404"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>You will only observe with your eyes</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-8">and see the punishment of the wicked.</span></span></div>
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-34878422676213385992012-09-05T16:36:00.002+08:002012-09-05T16:36:28.264+08:00Leveraging your careerSeptember 2 2012<br />
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*Don't know what your career is?<br />
*What God wants to say<br />
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<u><b>1. What is work?</b></u></div>
Full time job-mom, dad, student<br />
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<b>*God has a plan for each of us</b></div>
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<u><b>2. It doesn't define who you are</b></u></div>
*Work is going to change<br />
*Identity of yourself is found in Christ alone<br />
*<b>Galatians 4:6-7: </b><span class="text Gal-4-6" id="en-NIV-29138">Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, <i>“Abba</i>,<sup> </sup>Father.”</span> <span class="text Gal-4-7" id="en-NIV-29139"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.</span><br />
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<b>*</b>Only sons are heirs in the past<br />
<b>*</b>But now sons and daughters can be heirs<br />
<b>*</b>We are going to fail if we put work in front of God<br />
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<u><b>3. God created us to work</b></u></div>
*God has an identity for us<br />
<b>*Genesis 2:15: </b>The <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.<br />
*This was before the fall of man<br />
<b>*</b>We have the responsibility to work<br />
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<u><b>4. It is important to find something we like and do it well</b></u></div>
<b>*2 Thessalonians 3:10-12: </b><span class="text 2Thess-3-10" id="en-NIV-29689">For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”</span> <br />
<span class="text 2Thess-3-11" id="en-NIV-29690"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.</span> <span class="text 2Thess-3-12" id="en-NIV-29691"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.</span><br />
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<b>*It is not a choice to be lazy</b></div>
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<u><b>5. Work can be difficult</b></u></div>
*It can be discouraging going through difficult times<br />
*We all like success but we have no choice but to have struggles along the way too<br />
<b>*Genesis 3:17-18: </b><span class="text Gen-3-17" id="en-NIV-73">To Adam he
said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree
about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’</span><br />
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<span class="text Gen-3-17">“Cursed is the ground because of you;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Gen-3-17">through painful toil you will eat food from it</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Gen-3-17">all the days of your life.</span></span><br /><span class="text Gen-3-18" id="en-NIV-74"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>It will produce thorns and thistles for you,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Gen-3-18">and you will eat the plants of the field.</span></span></div>
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<b>*God IS PATIENT</b><br />
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<i><b>"We are a microwave generation serving a crack-pot God" - Jentezen Franklin-</b></i></div>
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<b>*If only we'd be patient to wait for his plan for us</b></div>
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<u><b>6. Work with others can be difficult</b></u></div>
1st- home<br />
2nd-work<br />
love- command, not necessary like<br />
*We are called to show grace to the ungrace and lovable to the unlovable<br />
*<b>Philippians 2:5-6: </b><span class="text Phil-2-5" id="en-NIV-29397">In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:</span> <br />
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*It may not be in the workplace<br />
*Maybe tonight we should let our grudge and anger go because His grace is sufficient for us<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>*We should just let God take charge</b></span></div>
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<u><b>7. Work can be rewarding</b></u></div>
*Find something we like doing<br />
<b>*John 10:10: </b><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"></sup>The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.</span><br />
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*There are times we do not have a life because we hate our work<br />
*We should like what we do- tie it to the kingdom of God<br />
*We should share a abit of our faith in our workplace<br />
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<u><b>8. Work can be eternity-changing</b></u><br />
*It should not be something we do from monday to friday and shut off<br />
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<b>How can we be missionaries at our workplace?</b><br />
*We should be challenged to be Christlike at our workplace<br />
<b>*Ecclesiastes 3:11: </b><span class="text Eccl-3-11" id="en-NIV-17371">He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.</span><br />
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<b>There is something out there for each of us</b><br />
Who is it in my life that I have to work my relationship with or just let grace reveal through me?<b> </b><b> </b><b> </b> <br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-62622080571566379032012-06-25T11:22:00.001+08:002012-06-25T11:22:10.177+08:00Righteous desire<div style="color: #674ea7;"><i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">What the wicked dreads will overtake him; what the righteous desire will be granted....... </span></b></i></div><div style="color: #674ea7;"><br />
</div><i style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Proverbs 10:24 -</span></b></i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... The wicked fear the triumph of goodness, holiness, and righteousness. They fear not being in control. They fear death's overtaking them. The righteous desire the triumph of goodness, holiness, and righteousness. They offer their lives to be controlled by the Holy Spirit of God. They recognize death is an enemy, but one that has been conquered by their Savior. In times like these, isn't it comforting to know that the things that the wicked fear are really things that they can be sure of receiving!</span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-7762921834260750462012-06-23T08:44:00.001+08:002012-06-23T08:44:09.000+08:00Crooked?<div style="color: #38761d;">
<i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">The man of integrity
walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out....... </span></b></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... ''Tell the truth the first time and then you
won't have to remember what you said.'' That's a quote attributed to the
famous Speaker of the House (U.S.A. House of Representatives) Sam
Rayburn. That's basically what God's wisdom is trying to teach us in
this passage. Be a person of integrity. Then, when someone finds out
your secrets, you can feel secure knowing that you have lived for
godliness. However, a perverse and deceitful person has to constantly
worry that someone will find him out. There is no security or assurance
in crooked paths, only the certainty of getting tripped up and caught.
When the secrets of evil that have been whispered in dark places get
shouted from the rooftops, those who have lived for the Lord can be
secure, knowing that what gets shouted about them is said with the voice
of God:''Well done, good and faithful servant!''</span></b>
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-64832800896934799412012-06-22T09:04:00.001+08:002012-06-22T09:04:10.498+08:00Predestination<div style="color: #b45f06;"><i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will....... Thoughts on This Verse... God wants us as his holy children. That was his plan for us even before the world began. God paid the huge price, the sacrifice of his Son Jesus, for our adoption into his family. God's motive in doing this? His desire and delight in loving us.</span></b> </i></div><div style="color: #b45f06;"><br />
</div><i style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">- Ephesians 1:4-5 -</span></b></i><br />
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-45135186533420834592012-06-22T08:40:00.001+08:002012-06-22T08:40:15.083+08:00Peace I say<div style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace....... </span></b></i></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</div><i style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Numbers 6:24-26 -</span></b></i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... How would you like to place the mighty name of the LORD on people you love? God promised that this priestly blessing in today's Scripture enabled his name (his power and authority) to be placed on his people. What an incredible gift that we have the power to give to others with just our faithful words! Blessings are found all throughout Scripture. Why not begin looking today for ways to pronounce God's blessing on others? You can start with this one, and then add a bunch of others as you find them in Scripture.</span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-43044663928659397752012-06-20T16:49:00.001+08:002012-06-20T16:49:10.302+08:00Joy comes in the morning:D<div style="color: #b45f06;"><i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning....... </span></b></i></div><div style="color: #b45f06;"><br />
</div><i style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Psalm 30:5 -</span></b></i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... God is the God of all comfort (see 2 Cor. 1). Even when he deals harshly with our sin and rebellion, it is for our good. It will last only a short while and then it gives way to rejoicing. If you are in a time of discipline or facing the cruel consequences of sin, please don't give up. Morning will come, and on that dawn will come God's grace. It's more than worth the wait!</span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-46204632616843913622012-06-19T19:25:00.001+08:002012-06-19T19:25:26.196+08:00Crooked paths<div style="color: #c27ba0;"><i>The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out....... </i></div><div style="color: #c27ba0;"><i><br />
</i></div><i style="color: #c27ba0;">- </i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"><i style="color: #c27ba0;">Proverbs 10:9 -</i></span></b><br />
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Thoughts on This Verse... ''Tell the truth the first time and then you won't have to remember what you said.'' That's a quote attributed to the famous Speaker of the House (U.S.A. House of Representatives) Sam Rayburn. That's basically what God's wisdom is trying to teach us in this passage. Be a person of integrity. Then, when someone finds out your secrets, you can feel secure knowing that you have lived for godliness. However, a perverse and deceitful person has to constantly worry that someone will find him out. There is no security or assurance in crooked paths, only the certainty of getting tripped up and caught. When the secrets of evil that have been whispered in dark places get shouted from the rooftops, those who have lived for the Lord can be secure, knowing that what gets shouted about them is said with the voice of God:''Well done, good and faithful servant!'' <br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-25472321501690633572012-06-18T18:39:00.001+08:002012-06-18T18:39:54.648+08:00Folly not!<div style="color: #b45f06;"><i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly....... </span></b></i></div><div style="color: #b45f06;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> Thoughts on This Verse... Responding quickly to aggravation, threat, insult, or difficulty suggests strength to many folks today. However, responding hastily out of anger is foolish. This response seldom produces the desired long term effect and nearly always compounds the problems that need to be addressed. Patiently dealing with frustrating and painful situations shows understanding and is nearly always more fruitful in the long run.</span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-21363826504524382662012-06-17T13:38:00.001+08:002012-06-17T13:38:40.991+08:00Death Sting<div style="color: #674ea7;"><i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?...... </span></b></i></div><div style="color: #674ea7;"><br />
</div><i style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">1 Corinthians 15:55 -</span></b></i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... Death has the power to end life. Death has the power to separate. Death has the power to discourage and defeat us. But, we know the truth: Jesus lives! Because he lives, we know we will live with him. We believe that his victory over death is our victory. So like Jesus, we mock death and its power to destroy us. Jesus has destroyed death and brought immortality to life ... in us through the Gospel.</span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-14790445864231867372012-06-15T13:40:00.001+08:002012-06-15T13:40:29.969+08:00An apple a day keeps the doctor away:)<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> <i style="color: #bf9000;">But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law....... </i></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... When the Spirit is alive in our hearts, the character of God comes to life in us as the Spirit works to conform us ever more closely to the image and the character of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18).</span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-69341405875628764592012-06-14T16:33:00.001+08:002012-06-14T16:33:30.647+08:00No way!<div style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!...... </span></b></i></div><div style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> Thoughts on This Verse... This matching verse to Romans 6:1-2, is the great reminder that sin is no longer our master and no longer our choice. We choose to live for God with every fiber of our being and loathe the life of sin that once held us in bondage to death and defeat.</span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-60792612615188967772012-06-13T13:16:00.001+08:002012-06-13T13:16:20.634+08:00Baa..<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> <i style="color: #0b5394;">Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture....... </i></span></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Psalm 100:3 -</span></b></i></div><div style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</div><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... God made us. He made us in our mother's womb; he made us with his loving care with a purpose for life and a promise to be with us every step of the way. God cares for us, much better than even the very best shepherd cares for his sheep. So let's live as those who know our Leader, Creator, and King! Let's display his character, share his grace, extend his mercy, and offer his forgiveness. Let's show that we are his!</span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-27450971993819823622012-06-12T20:59:00.000+08:002012-06-12T20:59:21.567+08:00Stir it up in our hearts Lord!<div style="color: #e06666;">
<i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">''Who has stirred up
this king from the east, who meets victory at every step? Who, indeed,
but the LORD? He gives him victory over many nations and permits him to
trample their kings underfoot. He puts entire armies to the sword. He
scatters them in the wind with his bow. He chases them away and goes on
safely, though he is walking over unfamiliar ground. Who has done this
and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the
beginning? I, the LORD -- with the first of them and with the last -- I
am he.''...... </span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Isaiah 41:4 -</span></b><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> </span></b></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... God is the Alpha and Omega, the
Beginning and the End. This is great comfort for us. We don't have to
choose another deity in the course of our lives. We don't have to worry
about our Father's leaving us as prey for other gods. We don't have to
worry about his Word becoming obsolete or outdated. He will be with us
always.</span></b>
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-63127020887874425882012-06-11T11:13:00.001+08:002012-06-11T11:13:59.502+08:00No one<div style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">In reply Jesus declared, ''I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.''...... </span></b></i></div><div style="color: #38761d;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... ''Fast away the old year passes ...'' But we can be new and fresh and clean (cf. 2 Cor. 4:17). Kingdom people are those who have been born fresh and new through the power of the Spirit and the grace of God (cf. John 3:3-7; Titus 3:3-7; John 1:11). So as we live life, with its good things and bad, achievements and failures, successes and disappointments, let's approach each day as Kingdom people. God's mercies are new every morning and our lives can be made new every day by the Holy Spirit who lives in us. Yes, we have been born again. But each sunrise offers us the opportunity to be made new, to live in a fresh new way, as God's grace rekindles our hopes and the Holy Spirit makes us new as we trust in Jesus our Lord.</span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-21399229274777883032012-06-10T11:43:00.002+08:002012-06-10T11:43:41.195+08:00Speak up!<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> <i style="color: #a64d79;">Speak up for
those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are
destitute....... </i></span></b><br />
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<i style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Proverbs 31:8 -</span></b></i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... God's people in every era are
called to defend the rights of the weak, speak up for the
disenfranchised, and protect the lives of those who are vulnerable. This
comprehensive call is the great reminder that the blessings, rights,
wealth, and power we may have is not ours alone; it is a gift from God
to be used to bless those who have no power to speak, to defend, or to
protect themselves.</span></b>
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428016680317098952.post-74633710726975161672012-06-10T11:42:00.001+08:002012-06-10T11:42:51.645+08:00Where does my help come from?<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> <i style="color: #b45f06;">I lift up my eyes to the hills -- where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth....... </i></span></b><br />
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</div><i style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Psalm 121:1-2 -</span></b></i><b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px;">Thoughts on This Verse... Since God could speak into existence the universe, and since God knows our names and the number of the hairs on our head ... surely we know that we can go to him for our help. Let's lift up our eyes and our hearts to El Shaddai, Lord God of the Mountains, and know the Almighty sees our needs, hears our requests, and cares about our hearts.</span></b><br />
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**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0