Every decision we make is not critical nor is every mistake fatal.
Lord, help me keep things in perspective and avoid the panic such
thinking creates.
Scripture for the day:
"Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest." ~Matthew 11:28
Meditation for the day:
"Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest." For rest from the cares of life, we can
turn to God each day in prayer and communion. Real relaxation and
serenity come from a deep sense of the fundamental goodness of the
universe. God's everlasting arms are underneath all and can support
us. We can commune with God, not so much for petitions to be granted
as for the rest that comes from our relying on God's will and God's
purposes for our lives. We can be sure of God's strength available to
us, and conscious of God's
support. We can wait quietly until that true rest from God fills our
being.
Prayer for the day:
I pray that I may be conscious of God's support today. I pray that I
may rest safe and sure therein.
PHYSICAL HEALING PRAYER
" Jesus, you are the wounded healer, heal me through your wounds. You are
the God, the Ultimate, who alone can heal me. You are my Divine medicine. O!
Lord! Just say one word, and I shall be healed. Jesus, forgive all my sins
and iniquities through your bloodshed. Have mercy on all my ancestors. O!
Jesus! Send your Holy Spirit upon me and liberate me from all bondage.
Jesus, my only Savior, deliver me from all my sins and sickness. Mother
Mary, mother of good health, I cry out to you for your prayers for the mercy
of your Son to heal me right now! Thank you Mother Mary, Thank you Jesus,
Thank you Abba Father, and Thank you Holy Spirit. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!"
Lord, our God, may your Son reign in our minds
so that we may think as He would have us think.
May He rule our hearts
so that we may love as He would have us love.
May He direct our whole behaviour
that it may be more like His.
Lord, for what we have, we are so grateful.
Help us especially to be sensitive and generous towards others.
And finally, may we really want your Kingdom to come.
Amen.
In the Mood
Do you ever avoid what must be done because you're just not in the mood? How
many opportunities and possibilities are never fulfilled because you were
not in the mood when it was time for action?
Whose mood is it, anyway? It's yours, and you have the option of adjusting
your mood to serve your purposes. There are times when the best things in
life will not wait until your mood happens to be right. There are times when
it is in your best interest to put yourself in the mood for what must be
done.
If you're not in the mood to do some particular task, there's a quick and
easy way to put yourself in the mood. Simply visualize, clearly, richly and
in full detail, how great it will feel to already have the job done.
The more you don't feel like doing it, the more you will want to have it
done. Focus intensely on the benefits of having it done and that will put
you in the mood to go ahead and get it done.
Your feelings have a powerful influence on you. So focus them in a positive,
productive direction and let them push you forward.
~ Ralph Marston ~
Let it Go!
Let it go (by T. D. Jakes, 2004)
There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you
this, when people can walk away from you: let them walk!
I do not want you to try to talk another person into staying with you,
loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying
attached to you. I mean hang up the phone. Your destiny is never tied to
anybody that left.
The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest
that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have
continued with us. [1 John 2:19]
People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not
joined to you, you can't make them stay. Let them go.
It doesn't mean that they are bad, it just means that their part in the
story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is
over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know
when it's dead. You've got to know when it's over.
Let me tell you something; I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth
spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye.
It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God
means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I
don't need it. Stop begging people to stay. Let them go!!
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never
intended for your life, then you need to... LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to past hurts and pains... LET IT GO!!!
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth... LET
IT GO!!!
If someone has angered you... LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge... LET IT GO!!!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction... LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents...
LET IT GO!!!
If you have a bad attitude... LET IT GO!!!
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better... LET IT GO!!!
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in
Him... LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship... LET IT
GO!!!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves...
LET IT GO!!!
If you're feeling depressed and stressed .... LET IT GO!!!
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself
and God is saying "take your hands off of it"... LET IT GO!!!
- - -
Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new
thing. Forgiveness is the solution.
- - -
2 Timothy 4:14 - Alexander the metalworker did me great harm; the Lord will
reward him according to what he has done.
GLIMPSES THROUGH LIFE'S WINDOWS
Author Unknown
"The Changed Cross" is a poem that tells of a weary woman who taught
that the cross she must bear surely was heavier than those of other
people, so she wished she could choose another person's instead. When
she went to sleep, she dreamed she was taken to a place where there
were many different crosses from which to choose. There were various
shapes and sizes, but the
most beautiful one was covered with jewels and gold. "This I could
wear with comfort," she said. So she picked it up, but her weak body
staggered beneath its weight. The jewels and gold were beautiful, yet
they were much too heavy for her to carry.
The next cross she noticed was quite lovely, with beautiful flowers
entwined around its sculptured form. Surely this was the one for her.
She lifted it, but beneath the flowers were large thorns that pierced
and tore her skin.
Finally she came to a plain cross without jewels or any carvings and
with only a few words of love inscribed on it. When she picked it up,
it proved to be better than all the rest, and the easiest to carry.
And as she looked at it, she noticed it was bathed in a radiance that
fell from heaven.
Then she recognized it as her own old cross. She had found it once
again, and it was the best of all, and the lightest for her.
You see, God knows best what cross we need to bear, and we never know
how heavy someone else's cross may be. We envy someone who is rich,
with a cross of gold adorned with jewels, but we do not know how heavy
it is. We looked at someone whose life seems so easy and who carries a
cross covered with flowers. Yet if we could actually test all the
crosses we think are lighter than ours, we would never find one better
suited for us than our own.
I Need A Hug Lord
I need a hug Lord please hold me tight,
it would give me added assurance everything’s all right.
Now I know I’m standing on faith and I understand;
You are in control and hold me in your hand.
I know in my heart that I haven’t a spirit of fear
and that when I have a need you are always there.
My faith doesn’t depend on me getting this embrace;
the faith you’ve provided is strongly in place.
An embrace is something of which I’ve had far too few,
having no others wouldn’t matter if I had one from you.
I know that you love me I feel it deep in my heart,
I haven’t doubted once since our relationship had it’s start.
I know every single one of my needs has been met,
not even one time have you ever disappointed me yet.
But Father ever since the beginning when you created man,
an occasional embrace was part of your plan.
Now the people in my life don’t believe in embracing you see,
so just this one time won’t you please hug me?
I promise I won’t be a bother I won’t pester You any more,
just this once may I have a hug from the one I adore?
I need a hug Lord just hold me tight,
I know it’ll be enough to give me a lifetime of delight!
Barbara Philbrook
Message of 25. September 2014
"Dear children! Also today I call you to also be like the stars, which by
their light give light and beauty to others so they may rejoice. Little
children, also you be the radiance, beauty, joy and peace – and especially
prayer – for all those who are far from my love and the love of my Son
Jesus. Little children, witness your faith and prayer in joy, in the joy of
faith that is in your hearts; and pray for peace, which is a precious gift
from God. Thank you for having responded to my call."
DON'T WE ALL?
I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. I had just come from
the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work. Coming my way
from across the parking lot was what society would consider a bum. From the
looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money. There
are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just
don't want to be bothered. This was one of those "don't want to be bothered
times."
"I hope he doesn't ask me for any money," I thought.
He didn't.
He came and sat on the curb in front of the bus stop but he didn't look like
he could have enough money to even ride the bus.
After a few minutes he spoke.
"That's a very pretty car," he said.
He was ragged but he had an air of dignity around him. His scraggly blond
beard keep more than his face warm.
I said, "thanks," and continued wiping off my car.
He sat there quietly as I worked. The expected plea for money never came.
As the silence between us widened something inside said, "ask him if he
needs any help." I was sure that he would say "yes" but I held true to the
inner voice.
"Do you need any help?" I asked.
He answered in three simple but profound words that I shall never forget. We
often look for wisdom in great men and women. We expect it from those of
higher learning and accomplishments. I expected nothing but an outstretched
grimy hand. He spoke the three words that shook me.
"Don't we all?" he said.
I was feeling high and mighty, successful and important, above a bum in the
street, until those three words hit me like a twelve gauge shotgun.
Don't we all?
I needed help. Maybe not for bus fare or a place to sleep, but I needed
help. I reached in my wallet and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but
enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the day. Those three little words
still ring true. No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have
accomplished, you need help too. No matter how little you have, no matter
how loaded you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep,
you can give help. Even if it's just a compliment, you can give that.
You never know when you may see someone that appears to have it all. They
are waiting on you to give them what they don't have. A different
perspective on life, a glimpse at something beautiful, a respite from daily
chaos, that only you through a torn world can see.
Maybe the man was just a homeless stranger wandering the streets. Maybe he
was more than that. Maybe he was sent by a power that is great and wise, to
minister to a soul too comfortable in themselves.
Maybe God looked down, called an Angel, dressed him like a bum, then said,
"go minister to that man cleaning the car, that man needs help."
Don't we all?
-- Author Unknown
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