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[gloriajean]

Hello my friends! Today our blessings are that my husband's two brothers came over today and helped him create and build new stands for the Churches - smaller ones that the parishes won't have to order because he'll have them here all ready! Whenever he has a project to do, his brothers are very willing to come and help. They both are younger and retired. So they all enjoyed each other in working together! I made a big batch of navy bean soup with a ham bone with turned out fine - now we have lots of left overs from that! I kind of went by two different recipes for that. I used dry beans, kidney and navy beans, it had lots of onion, celery, carrots etc in it too, and tomato sauce. Very filling, but I still did make ham sandwiches too to go with it. I'm blessed because I got to talk to my sister, Deil,, today too. Katrin's surgery went well - thanks for the prayers. She's Lori's friend in Germany. She met her when she was here.

Good is always coming to you. No matter what is happening in your life,

you can bless it with prayer and be peaceful. Lord, You give me the courage

to face any situation confidently and victoriously.

Scripture for the day:

"Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up

and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundred-fold." And

he said, 'Let anyone with ears to hear listen!'" ~Mark 4:8-9

Meditation for the day:

God's kingdom on earth is growing slowly, like a seed in the ground.

In the growth of God's kingdom there is always progress among the few

who are out ahead of the crowd. We can keep striving for something

better and there does not need to be stagnation in our lives. Eternal

life, abundant life can be ours for the seeking. We need not misspend

time over past failures. We can count the lessons learned from

failures as rungs upon the ladder of progress. We can press onward

toward the goal.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may be willing to grow. I pray that I may keep stepping

up on the rungs of the ladder of life.

Give us

Give us your words Lord, so we may speak.

Give us your heart so we may love.

Give us your wisdom so we may understand.

Give us your mercy so we may forgive.

Give us your strength so we may persevere.

Give us your joy so we may dance!

Give us your righteousness so we may have peace.

Give us your grace so we may abound in every good work!

May the Lord give you all that you need today, in all things and at all

times to share joyfully with others!

In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Why are you angry?

Anger is about the silliest thing that we let ourselves fall into. It is

also the bitterest root in our heart. If we truly look into our heart most

of the time that anger is out of jealousy because someone else was righteous

and we fell short. Just as God asked Cain, "If you do what is right, will

you not be accepted." Cain was angry out of his own guilt. Sometimes we use

anger to make others pay for what have done or failed to do.

Gen 4:6-7

6 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do

what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but

you must master it."

* We are not thankful for what we have until we are willing to give it away

to someone that needs it more than we do.

SPECIAL BEATTUTUDES

Author Unknown

SPECIAL BEATTUTUDES for those who work with special people

BLESSED ARE YOU who take time to listen to difficult speech

FOR YOU help us know that if we persevere, we can be understood.

BLESSED ARE YOU who walk with us in public places and ignore the

stares of strangers,

FOR in your companionship, we find havens of relaxation.

BLESSED ARE YOU who never bid us "hurry up" and more blessed, you who

do not snatch our tasks from our hands to do them for us

FOR often we need time rather than help.

BLESSED ARE YOU who stand beside us as we enter new and untried

ventures,

FOR our failures will be outweighed by times when we surprise

ourselves and you.

BLESSED ARE YOU who ask for our help

FOR our greatest need is to be needed.

BLESSED ARE YOU who help us with the graciousness of Christ.

FOR oftentimes we need the help we cannot ask for.

BLESSED ARE YOU when, by all these things you assure us that the thing

that makes us individuals is not in our peculiar muscles, not in our

wounded nervous systems, nor in our difficulties in learning

BUT in the God-given self which no infirmity can confine.

REJOICE AND BE EXCEEDINGLY GLAD, and know that you give us

reassurances that could never be spoken in words,

FOR you deal with us as Christ dealt with all His children.

THE GREAT INVENTOR

By Sally I. Kennedy

October 12, 2009

We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these

worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea

and everything in them. Acts 24:15b

Has not my hand made all these things? Acts 7:50

When you were a child, did you ever wonder how the ocean didn’t slide

off the earth? How all the water didn’t spill out and eventually there

would be no more water in the oceans? What a great invention!

Sometimes even now I think of how amazing is our God about soo many

things. Like how the ocean doesn’t.

Psalm 104 majestically tells of God, the great inventor. Who but God

could design oceans teeming with unimaginable sea creatures from

microscopic algae to gigantic whales and countless colorful marine

life in between? Plus grasses and coral and sand and, well, the list

is infinite.....

Years ago, our family did a little snorkeling and some diving. Under

the sea it was eerily silent, a whole other world. ‘Beautiful’ doesn’t

even come close to describing it.

The worship song by Nicole C. Mullen (Redeemer) poses these questions:

Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning, Who told the ocean

you an only come this far? Who showed the moon where to hide 'til

evening, Whose words alone can catch a falling star? And the lyrics

answer perfectly: Well I know my Redeemer lives, I know my Redeemer

lives; All of creation testify, This life within me cries, I know my

Redeemer lives.

The Great Inventor and our Redeemer, one. One God. That is good news.

Prayer for Loving Others

Lord,

Make me an instrument of your love. May I see each circumstance in my life

as an opportunity to grow in your love. May I see my environment as a place

to grow in your love.

May I then take this love to other people.....

*When I am tempted to become impatient, help me to be patient.

*When I am tempted to become unkind, help me to be kind.

*When I am tempted to become jealous, help me to be tolerant.

*When I am tempted to become boastful or proud, help me give you the glory.

*When I am tempted to be rude or selfish, give me the gift of gentleness.

*When I am tempted to take offense, help me to let go .

*When I am tempted to become angry with someone, give me the gift of

forgiveness .

*When I am tempted to become resentful , give me your power to love.

Lord, grant that I may take no pleasure in criticizing others, but that I

may see good in them, as you do.

**When I begin to concentrate on the faults and failures of others, give me

courage to praise their accomplishments.

**Help me be loyal to those you give me to love.

**Help me to believe in them, even when they do not believe in themselves.

To expect the best from them, but accept the best they can give. May I

always defend them, as you always defend me.

All gifts and powers come from you. All will come to an end. With one

important exception, the gift of love!!! Lord, when I was a child, I thought

like a child, I acted like a child, and I reasoned like a child. Now that I

have become an adult, I release my childish ways.

Amen

Prayer for Loving Others

Lord,

Make me an instrument of your love. May I see each circumstance in my life

as an opportunity to grow in your love. May I see my environment as a place

to grow in your love.

May I then take this love to other people.....

*When I am tempted to become impatient, help me to be patient.

*When I am tempted to become unkind, help me to be kind.

*When I am tempted to become jealous, help me to be tolerant.

*When I am tempted to become boastful or proud, help me give you the glory.

*When I am tempted to be rude or selfish, give me the gift of gentleness.

*When I am tempted to take offense, help me to let go .

*When I am tempted to become angry with someone, give me the gift of

forgiveness .

*When I am tempted to become resentful , give me your power to love.

Lord, grant that I may take no pleasure in criticizing others, but that I

may see good in them, as you do.

**When I begin to concentrate on the faults and failures of others, give me

courage to praise their accomplishments.

**Help me be loyal to those you give me to love.

**Help me to believe in them, even when they do not believe in themselves.

To expect the best from them, but accept the best they can give. May I

always defend them, as you always defend me.

All gifts and powers come from you. All will come to an end. With one

important exception, the gift of love!!! Lord, when I was a child, I thought

like a child, I acted like a child, and I reasoned like a child. Now that I

have become an adult, I release my childish ways.

Amen