Community Chat

[gloriajean]

Hello my friends! Today is Sammy's 9th birthday and he celebrated it by just doing whatever he wanted to do!!! When we let him out this afternoon, kinda forgetting about him, and when I looked for him, here in the front lawn, he was soaking in the sun and enjoying it!! He took a nap with me, and he's enjoying not having Ollie around! Two whole weeks having Ollie was a lot! Sammy likes being the only dog for us and all the affection!! Such a sweetie and he still plays the piano! So being that today's his birthday, I just wanted to talk about him tonight. He surely is a blessing to us from God.

God wants us happy right now and continually points us in that direction

even when we look the other way. Lord, grant that nothing will turn me

away from doing Your will.

Scripture for the day:

"You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of
joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore." ~Psalm 16:11

Meditation for the day:

We can hold our lives in trust for God. We can think deeply on what
that means. Nothing is too much to expect from such a life. We can
begin to see how dedicated a life in trust for God can be. In such a
life miracles can happen. When we are faithful, we find that God has
many good things in store for us. God can be the Lord of our lives,
controller of our days, of our present and our future. We can try to
act as God guides and leave all results to God. We need not hold
back, but can go all out for God and the better life God promises. We
can make good our trust.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may hold my life in trust for God. I pray that I may no
longer consider my life as all my own.

Where to look when:

• Afraid <ul> <li> Psalm 34:4
• Matthew 10:28
• 2 Timothy 1:7
• Hebrews 13:5,6

</li>

<ul> <li>Anxious <ul> <li> Psalm 46

Matthew 6:19-34

Philippians 4:6

1 Peter 5:6,7

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Backsliding <ul> <li> Psalm 51

1 John 1:4-9

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Bereaved <ul> <li> Matthew 5:4

2 Corinthians 1:3,4

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Bitter - Critical <ul> <li> 1 Corinthians 13

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Conscious of sin <ul> <li> Proverbs 28:13

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Defeated <ul> <li> Romans 8:31-39

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Depressed <ul> <li> Psalm 34

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Disaster threatens <ul> <li> Psalm 91

Psalm 118:5,6

Luke 8:22-25

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Discouraged <ul> <li> Psalm 23

Psalm 42:6-11

Psalm 55:22

Matthew 5:11,12

2 Corinthians 4:8-18

Philippians 4:4-7

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Doubting <ul> <li> Matthew 8:26

Hebrews 11

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Facing crisis <ul> <li> Psalm 121

Matthew 6:25-34

Hebrews 11

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Faith fails <ul> <li> Psalm 42:5

Hebrews 11

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Friends fail <ul> <li> Psalm 41:9-13

Luke 17:3,4

Romans 12:14,17,19,21

2 Timothy 4:16-18

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Leaving home <ul> <li> Psalm 121

Matthew 10:16-20

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Lonely <ul> <li> Psalm 23

Hebrews 13:5,6

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Needing God's protection <ul> <li> Psalm 27:1-3

Psalm 91

Philippians 4:19

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Needing guidance <ul> <li> Psalm 32:8

Proverbs 3:5,6

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Needing peace <ul> <li> John 14:1-4

John 16:33

Romans 5:1-5

Philippians 4:6,7

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Needing rules for life <ul> <li> Romans 12

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Overcome <ul> <li> Psalm 6

Romans 8:31-39

1 John 1:4-9

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Prayerful <ul> <li> Psalm 4

Psalm 42

Luke 11:1-13

John 17

1 John 5:14,15

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Protected <ul> <li> Psalm 18:1-3

Psalm 34:7

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Sick - In pain <ul> <li> Psalm 38

Matthew 26:39

Romans 5:3-5

2 Corinthians 12:9,10

1 Peter 4:12,13,19

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Sorrowful <ul> <li> Psalm 51

Matthew 5:4

John 14

2 Corinthians 1:3,4

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Tempted <ul> <li> Psalm 1

Psalm 139:23,24

Matthew 26:41

1 Corinthians 10:12-14

Philippians 4:8

James 4:7

2 Peter 2:9,3:17

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Thankful <ul> <li> Psalm 100

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Hebrews 13:15

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Traveling <ul> <li> Psalm 121

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Trouble, in <ul> <li> Psalm 16+31

John 14:1-4

Hebrews 7:25

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Weary <ul> <li> Psalm 90

Matthew 11:28-30

1 Corinthians 15:58

Galatians 6:9,10

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>Worried <ul> <li> Matthew 6:19-34

1 Peter 5:6,7

</ul> </li> </ul> </li>

<ul> <li>

What is more powerful than God,<br /> More evil than the Devil,<br /> The poor have it,<br /> The rich lack it, and<br /> If you eat it you will die?<br /> <br /> Think about it, and then scroll down for the answer.<br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> ><br /> >

Answer: Nothing<br />

Nothing is more powerful than God.<br /> Nothing is more evil than the Devil.<br /> The poor have nothing.<br /> The rich lack nothing.<br /> If you eat nothing, you will die.

</ul> </li> </ul>

My child,

Give up! Give up those hurts of the past. It's time to move on. satan loves to have you live in the past because that renders you ineffective to live in the present-in the now.

Tell Me, child. What is it that has happened to you? Who hurt you? What mistakes have you made that you regret? Did what happen to you change the fact that Jesus loves you, and He died on the cross for you so you could live in heaven with Him for all eternity?

Can anything or anyone ever change that fact? You know that nothing can ever nullify what Jesus did for you on the cross. If that's true, and it is, then nothing else matters, does it?

There is nothing that can happen to you, nothing anyone can do to you that can ever change the fact that My Son, Jesus, loves you and died on the cross for you so you gain heaven for all eternity. No one can ever take that away from you. No One!

Hold on to that thought. Put things in their proper perspective. When you do that, you'll see that being loved unconditionally, attaining salvation and the right to go to heaven is your ultimate goal. Everything else pales in comparison to that.

Even physical death cannot take heaven away from you, for then the real you-your spirit-just changes abodes. Physical death for Christians is moving from living in the temple of the Holy Spirit, your body, to living in heaven.

I know, My child, I know. Your mind is often filled with hurtful things that happen to you. Sometimes you even say to people "You don't know how much it hurt Me when such and such happened." Well, I ask you again, does what happen to you in the past change the fact that Jesus loves you and died for you, and now you can spend eternity with Him in heaven? I don't have to wait for your answer, because I know immediately your mind said, "No!"

Then, child, nothing else matters! Compared to eternity, all problems are nothing. Loving Me, being in My family, gaining the right to live in heaven for eternity-that's what's important in life. If you lose that, you've lost it all. Don't hold grudges. forgive! Nothing you can gain on earth can make up for that loss, and nothing can happen to you on earth that can take that away from you- Nothing!

Love,

God

BEYOND DEATH
Author Unknown
June 17, 2009


A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was leaving the room after
paying a visit, and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what
lies on the other side."

Very quietly the doctor said, "I don't know."

"You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the
other side?"

The doctor was holding the handle of the door, on the other side of
which came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the
door a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show
of gladness.

Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did you notice that dog? He
had never been in this room before. He did not know what was inside.
He knew nothing except that his master was here, and when the door
opened he sprang in without fear.

I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one
thing: I know my Master is there, and that is enough. And when the
door opens, I shall pass through with no fear, but with gladness.