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[gloriajean]

Hello my friends! Hope you all had a great day today!! The patio is wonderful now - all cleaned up from the winter, our plants are out there enjoying it again - and eating there is a pleasure! It was 70 degrees in there today - we still have our screens with plastic on so the wind and colder air doesn't come thru yet. It's hard to believe that Wednesday we should be getting temps in the 70's! Looking forward to that, we still have some snow yet, that should take care of it. Many blessings we enjoy every day - may God be praised and thanked as we continue to be grateful for all He gives us.

Prepare for each day by spending time in prayer with God. Lord, my faith

in You fills me with confidence as I meet the challenges that today will

bring.

Scripture for the day:

"You are dust, and to dust you shall return." ~Genesis 3:19

Meditation for the day:

The joy of true fellowship can be mine in full measure. I can revel in

the joy of real fellowship. There can come back a wonderful joy, if I

share in fellowship now. Fellowship among spiritually-minded people is

the embodiment of God's purpose for this world. To realize this can

bring me a new life-joy. If I share in the joy and travail of others, a

great blessing can be mine. I can truly live a life not of earth, but a

life of joy and oneness starting here and now.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may be helped and healed by true spiritual fellowship. I

pray that I may sense God's presence in spiritual fellowship with God's

children.

Ten Rules for Ending Resentment

by NORMAN VINCENT PEALE

FIRST: When anyone hurts you, put "spiritual iodine" on the wound at once.

That is, pray hard about it. If you do not do this it will fester.

SECOND: If resentment has hardened in your thoughts, apply grievance

drainage. That is, open your mind and let the grievance flow out.

THIRD: Do this by unburdening yourself to a trusted counselor or write a

letter to the person against whom you have the resentment. Then tear it up

and and while holding the pieces in your hand pray for the person and

forgive them.

FOURTH: Become fully aware of the harm resentment can do to you, even to

making you ill. Think of that whenever a hate thought comes.

FIFTH: Don't stop with forgiving a time or two. Do it, if necessary, seventy

times seven---490 times to be literal.

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." -Hebrews 13:8

Jesus said:

"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the

sheep." -John 10:11

"I am the door. If anyone enters in by Me, he will be saved and will go in

and out and find green pastures." -John 10:9

"I am the Bread of Life. No one coming to me will ever be hungry again.

Those believing in Me will never thirst." -John 6:35

"I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in me and I in him shall

produce a large crop of fruit." -John 15:5

"I am the resurrection and life. Anyone who believes in me, even though he

dies like anyone else, shall live again." -John 11:25

"I have come as a Light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should

not abide in darkness." -John 12:46

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."

Thank you, Jesus, for revealing Yourself in a way we all understand.

A bus driver was very friendly, polite, and helpful to every single

passenger. When asked, the bus driver said the following:

"I heard about another bus driver who was very friendly, polite, and helpful

to every single passenger. One day this bus driver received an inheritance

from one of his passengers. Forthwith I also became very friendly, polite,

and helpful to every single passenger. And now I enjoy my passengers'

happiness so much that I don't even care any more whether I will inherit

something or not..."

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Galatians 6:7 - Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. A

person will reap exactly what he plants.

You Have Prepared A Cross For Me

O my people, what have I done to you?

How have I hurt you? Answer me.

I led you out of Egypt,

From slavery I set you free;

I brought you into the land of promise,

You have prepared a cross for me.

I led you as a shepherd,

I brought you safely through the sea;

Fed you with manna in the desert,

You have prepared a cross for me.

I fought for you in battles,

I won you strength and victory;

Gave you a royal crown and sceptre,

You have prepared a cross for me.

I planted you, my vineyard,

And cared for you most tenderly;

Looked for abundant fruit, and found none,

Only the cross you made for me.

Then listen to me my pleading,

And do not turn away from me;

You are my people: will you reject me?

For you I suffer bitterly.

Meditations by Padre Pio

You must turn to God when you are assaulted by the enemy; you must hope in

Him and expect everything that is good from Him. Don't voluntarily dwell on

what the enemy presents to you. Remember that, he who flees, wins, and at

the first sign of your aversion for those people, you must stop thinking of

it and turn to God. Bend you knee before Him, and with the greatest humility

say this short prayer: "Have mercy on me a poor weakling." Then get up and,

with holy indifference, go on about your business (Letters III p 418).

Sayings of Mother Teresa

The greatest fulfillment is in doing God's will.

We do not have to do great things,

only small things with great love.

We do not have to be extraordinary in any way,

I can do what you can't do and you can do what I can't do.

Together we can do something beautiful for God.

We can be the little pencils in the hand of God .

SIXTH: Thinking about forgiving is not enough. You must come to a specific

moment when you say "With God's help I now forgive."

SEVENTH: Repeat the Lord's Prayer inserting your offender's name, "Forgive

me my trespasses as I forgive..........."

EIGHTH: Pray for the other person, asking specific blessings for them,

especially concerning matters which have previously annoyed you the most.

NINTH: Speak in a kindly and complimentary manner and as often as possible

about the person against whom you harbor antagonism.

TENTH: Make a sincere study of the personality factors which created an

unhappy relationship so that the "mistake pattern" in yourself may not

recur.

My Never Again List

Never again will I confess "I can't" ...

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13

Never again will I confess lack ...

"My God shall supply all of my needs according to His riches in glory by

Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19

Never again will I confess fear ...

"For God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power and love and

discipline." 2 Timothy 1:7

Never again will I confess doubt and lack of faith ...

"God has allotted to every man a measure of faith. If I have faith as a

mustard seed, nothing shall be impossible to me." Romans 12:3 and Matthew

17:20

Never again will I confess weakness ...

"The Lord is the strength of my life. The people who know their God will

display strength and take action." Psalm 27:1 and Daniel 11:32

Never again will I confess defeat ...

"But thanks be to God, who always leads me in His triumph in Christ."

2 Corinthians 2:14

Never again will I confess ignorance ...

"I am in Christ Jesus, who became to me wisdom from God." 1 Corinthians 1:30

Never again will I confess sickness ...

"By His wounds I am healed. He Himself took away my infirmities, and carried

away my diseases." Isaiah 53:5 and Matthew 8:17

Never again will I confess worry ...

"I cast all my cares on Him, because He cares for me." 1 Peter 5:7

Never again will I confess bondage ...

"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." 2 Corinthians 3:17

Never again will I confess condemnation ...

"There is therefore now no condemnation because I am in Christ Jesus."

Romans 8:1

Never again will I confess discontent ...

"I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."

Philippians 4:11

Never again will I confess unworthiness ...

"He made Him who knew no sin, to be sin on my behalf, that I might become

the righteousness of God in Him." 2 Corinthians 5:21

Never again will I confess confusion ...

"For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. I have received, not the

spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that I might know the

things freely given to me by God." 1 Corinthians 14:33 and 1 Corinthians

2:12

Never again will I confess persecution ...

"If God be for me, who can be against me?" Romans 8:31

Never again will I confess sin over my life ...

"As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed my

transgressions from me." Psalm 103:12

Never again will I confess insecurity ...

"When I lie down, I will not be afraid. My sleep will be sweet. For the Lord

will be my confidence, and will keep my foot from being caught." Proverbs

3:24,26

Never again will I confess failure ...

"But in all these things, I am a conqueror through Him who loved me." Romans

8:37

Never again will I confess frustration ...

"You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he

trusts in you." Isaiah 26:3

Never again will I confess fear of the future ...

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, " plans to prosper

you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah

29:11

[serenity4ever]

I just wanted to say hello, Gloria. Hope Linus is feeling better and hopefully the weather will continue to stay warm...