smile upon me

I can remember now as if it were yesterday

The teen years when the foundations were being set….we cried a lot as we sang these lines…mostly at baptismal meetings…..this came back to me today….once again I need to re-inspect the foundation…..are there any cracks…..NO !!!

 

Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and follow Thee.
Destitute, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall be.
Perish every fond ambition, all I've sought or hoped or known.
Yet how rich is my condition! God and Heaven are still mine own.

 

Let the world despise and leave me, they have left my Savior, too.
Human hearts and looks deceive me; Thou art not, like them, untrue.
And while Thou shalt smile upon me, God of wisdom, love and might,
Foes may hate and friends disown me, show Thy face and all is bright.

 

Man may trouble and distress me, 'twill but drive me to Thy breast.
Life with trials hard may press me; heaven will bring me sweeter rest.
Oh, 'tis not in grief to harm me while Thy love is left to me;
Oh, 'twere not in joy to charm me, were that joy unmixed with Thee.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/i/jimcross.htm

 

 

I will follow Thee, my Saviour,

Thou didst shed Thy blood for me;

And though all men should forsake Thee;

By Thy grace I'll follow Thee.

 

without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

http://bible.cc/1_timothy/3-16.htm

In His Time

GOD'S WORD ® Translation

Isaiah 59 >> 4 No one calls for justice,

and no one pleads his case truthfully.

People trust pointless arguments and speak lies.

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

 

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Ecclesiastes 3:11
"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time:"

 

In His time, in His time,
He makes all thing beautiful in His time.
Lord, my life to You I bring,
May each song I have to sing,
Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time.

 

In Your time, in Your time,
You make all thing beautiful in Your time.
Lord, my life to You I bring,
May each song I have to sing,
Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time.

 

http://my.homewithgod.com/heavenlymidis2/histime.html

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Please pray for Tim Larson.  He had been vomiting all night and Angie took him to the hospital this morning.  They took and x-ray and found that he has a blockage in his stomach.  In order to know exactly what the blockage is, they have to take a CAT scan.  However, because of Tim's vomiting, he can not keep the medicine he has to take in order to have the CAT scan.  Pray the doctors will be able to get him to stop vomiting; pray he will be able to take the medicine so that he can have the CAT scan today.  Pray for good results from the CAT scan.

 

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Jamaican Champs: Cradle for Sprinters

http://www.facebook.com/l/4cb70;www.cariblifecentral.com

 

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ANGELS WATCHING

 

A slip, a scary splash, then a scream.

It took just seconds for a two-year-old

girl to fall 20 feet into New York's East River waters.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93542?fp=1

http://tv.yahoo.com

holy thursday

Yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin;
Each victory will help you some other to win;
Fight manfully onward, dark passions subdue,
Look ever to Jesus, He'll carry you through.

Refrain

 

Ask the Savior to help you,
Comfort, strengthen and keep you;
He is willing to aid you,
He will carry you through.

 

Shun evil companions, bad language disdain,
God's Name hold in reverence, nor take it in vain;
Be thoughtful and earnest, kindhearted and true,
Look ever to Jesus, He'll carry you through.

Refrain

 

To him that o'ercometh, God giveth a crown;
Through faith we shall conquer, though often cast down;
He Who is our Savior our strength will renew;
Look ever to Jesus, He'll carry you through.

 

HEAR IT HERE

here comes the sun

The sun is the most powerful force in our solar system. 

And, it is also potentially the most deadly.  Recently,

there has been growing excitement that the next

"solar maximum" could render power grids,

the Internet and telecommunications networks

inoperable, and could even destroy modern

civilization as we know it. - By Wyatt Ciesielka

 

THE BEATLES vs THE BIBLE

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right ....REALLY !!  ???

we are not so sure now !!!

 

WARNING

Matthew 24:43 "But be sure of this,

that if the head of the house had known

at what time of the night the thief was coming,

he would have been on the alert and would

not have allowed his house to be broken into. 

 

Leviticus 26:19 warns that if the nations do not turn

back to God in heartfelt repentance, then, at the end

of this age, He will afflict the earth. Revelation 16:8-9

specifically reveals that during the Day of the Lord,

the fourth bowl judgment will bring unbearable

scorching heat and "fire" from the sun that will

sear the land and "scorch men with fire"!

Only God knows the exact timing of end-time events

(Mark 13:32), but could conditions be aligning to fulfill

these ancient prophecies?  Could the next solar

maximum cause massive, international utility and

communications disruption, and set the stage for

both the scorching heat that preludes the Day of

the Lord and then the heat and solar fire

that accompanies the fourth bowl judgment?

 

READ THIS - Here comes the sun

think about it....

arguing with God !?
not a good idea....but...
if he said to you on the day
'go away, I never knew you'

just out of curiosity.....

what would you say?

yielded ! - flattery and flattering

FLATTERY - over speaking

with intent to mis-lead

 

we raised our own chickens.

I very much enjoyed the job of taking

care. I fed them, gave them water...

even cleaning the coops was not a problem!

 

getting the eggs...I could endure the pecking

even the scratches; the noise? no bother at all !

 

I loved eating chicken

chicken soup...awesome !

fried...baked...anyway, always a treat.

 

So what's the problem?

 

I could not kill the chickens.

breaking the neck then waiting for all

the fluttering to stop...not a pleasant task

AT ALL....so I would invariably leave the scene

returning later to find out.....

 

is the chicken dead?

 

then came the plucking and cleaning.

you get the picture....

 

between the time

of my conversion and the present

there is a whole lot of fluttering

going on.

 

Lord Jesus, let nothing unholy remain,

Apply Thine own blood and extract ev'ry stain;

To get this blest cleansing, I all things forego—

Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

 

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/h/i/whiterts.htm

 

The Mentor who models

Understanding the difference between Greek thinking and Hebrew thinking.

 

Greeks tended to categorize things intellectually. One example is the human personality. Man is a whole, not divided into parts, body soul, and spirit, although all three exist. These are not separate entities, but integrated parts of a whole. Heb 4:12 says that the Word can divide soul from spirit etc.

 

I've found that the Word can deliver us when our emotions get so tangled up with our spirits that we cannot really worship, because we are so hurt by other people.

 

Until the Word sets us free to forgive, we are bound in our spirits by the hurts in our emotions. A friend of mine has not come to worship for the last 2 weeks because he says he is so depressed he cannot leave his house. He says it's so bad he doesn't mind if he dies anytime. I told him only the devil talks about death. I quoted Jesus, "I am come that they might have life and more abundantly." He is in such bondage.

 

Years ago I walked around with quite a list of people who had hurt me and kept calling their names before God and saying, "Lord, I forgive...... Eventually, I was set free to work with a brother who had really hurt me very deeply.

 

One last thing on Grk/Heb thinking. When the Bible says "Faith comes by hearing," it does not mean 'listening', but obeying. When our children disobey an order, we say 'You are hard-of-hearing' we really mean, you did not obey. When the Word to Israel was, "Hear, O Isreal, the Lord our God is One Lord" it meant they should obey the command to have no other gods since the heathen had many gods. It was more than listening.

 

Also, when the Word tells us to believe God, it meant obeying. That's Hebrew thinking. Greeks kept belief and faith in their heads; hebrews carried it into action. Abraham believed God. He moved to the mountain with Isaac to sacrifice him. He obeyed God.

By CRM

The Game

OUTLINE

 

 

1. PLAYING THE DEALT HAND

 

I can only use what I have

 

 

2. YOU CANNOT PLAY THE OPPONENTS HAND

 

To covet or be jealous or to envy even wishful thinking can only hurt me

 

 

3. PLAY ONLY WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN

 

Timing is everything, play 'to the whistle'

 

 

4. NEVER FORCE YOUR OPPONENTS HAND

 

            A game does not have to be a fight

 

 

5. ACCEPT THE CARDS YOU ARE DEALT

 

            Regret is a waste of energy

 

 

6. PLAY OUT YOUR HAND

 

            Finish the course, keep the faith

 

 

7. WIN GRACIOUSLY EVEN WHEN THE OPPONENT IS WINNING

 

            Graceful is about me, gracious is about others…don't be selfish.

 

 

O Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end;
Be Thou forever near me, my Master and my Friend;
I shall not fear the battle if Thou art by my side,
Nor wander from the pathway if Thou wilt be my Guide.

 

O let me feel Thee near me! The world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear;
My foes are ever near me, around me and within;
But Jesus, draw Thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin.

 

O let me hear Thee speaking in accents clear and still,
Above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self will.
O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control;
O speak, and make me listen, Thou Guardian of my soul.

 

O Jesus, Thou hast promised to all who follow Thee
That where Thou art in glory there shall Thy servant be.
And Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end;
O give me grace to follow, my Master and my Friend.

 

O let me see Thy footprints, and in them plant mine own;
My hope to follow duly is in Thy strength alone.
O guide me, call me, draw me, uphold me to the end;
And then in Heaven receive me, my Savior and my Friend.

 

"I have promised to obey Your words." Psalm 119:57

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/j/ojihprom.htm

 

 

 

O Lord, Lover of men, who forgives us our sins; Cleanse us of all that is base or selfish, and make us to be in all things thy servants, and the messengers of thy love. Amen.

 

    Grant, O Lord, that we may meet all difficulties and temptations with a steadfast heart, in the strength of thy indwelling spirit. Amen.

 

    Shield us, O God, from the darkness of soul which seeth thee not, and from the loneliness of heart which heareth not thy voice, and through life and in the valley of the shadow of death, forsake us not; for thy Name's sake. Amen.

 

http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1928/S&S_Prayers.htm

 

Prayers

IN THE MORNING

    Into thy hands, O God, I commend myself this day. Let thy presence be with me even to its close, that at night I may again give thanks unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

    Grant, O Lord, that I may not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto my life's end. Amen.

 

    Defend, O Lord, this thy Child with thy heavenly grace; that I may continue thine for ever; and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and more, until I come unto thy everlasting kingdom. Amen.

 

AT NIGHT

    The God of peace himself sanctify me wholly, and may my spirit and soul and body be preserved entire without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

    Abide with us, O Lord, this night, and with all the sick and sorrowful, the forsaken and weary, to strengthen and to cheer, and to give rest. Amen.

 

    Thine is the day, O Lord, and thine the night; Grant that the sun of righteousness may abide in our hearts, to drive away the darkness of evil thoughts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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rescue the perishing, care for the dying....

...snatch them in pity

form Sin and the grave

weep o'er the erring ones

lift up the fallen

tell them of Jesus the

Mighty to save....Jesus is merciful

JESUS WILL SAVE.

 

March: In like a lion and out like a lamb
Chuck Norris won't have it, so he's saying goodbye at the end of this month. You'll no longer be getting Chuck's weekly e-letter sent to your inbox. However you can still read it on HumanEvents.com every Tuesday. Stay on the look out for our new daily e-letter coming in April!

 

LEADERSHIP

 

Moral Uncertainty leads to moral confusion.

Political failure is due to lack of Moral Authority

 

Jeremiah 5:17 "They will devour your harvest and your food; They will devour your sons and your daughters; They will devour your flocks and your herds; They will devour your vines and your fig trees; They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust.

 

The case is closed

 

We had

Political capital

Political Will

Intellectual capacity, firepower

 

But no Moral Authority.

 

"He that hath clean hands and a pure heart

Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity

Nor sworn deceitfully"

 

The only question is whether or not

there is blood on our hands….

Innocent blood !!

 

How did we come to have blood on our hands?

 

Our ambition was good.

We were dreaming the big dream…

And now the nightmare….

 

Judgment first at the house of God

2 Corinthians 4:8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;

---

2 Corinthians 4:9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

 

And if the righteous are scarcely saved

Where will the ungodly stand.

 

"So the ungodly will not stand in the judgment

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous

God knows the way of the righteous

The way of the ungodly

Shall perish"

 

Amos 4:9 "I smote you with scorching wind and mildew; And the caterpillar was devouring Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD.

 

 

It was not worth it…..

Gaining the whole world….

Loosing the soul.

 

If one of these little ones is made to harm

It were better that concrete shoes be used

On the offending ones.

 

 

 

<< Habakkuk 3 >> GOD'S WORD ® Translation

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1 A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk; according to shigionoth.

2 LORD, I have heard the report about you. LORD, I fear your work. In the course of the years, renew it. In the course of the years, reveal it. In all this chaos, remember to be merciful.

3 God comes from Teman. The Holy One comes from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covers the heavens. His praise fills the earth.

4 His brightness is like the sunlight. Rays of light stream from his hand. That is where his power is hidden.

5 Diseases go ahead of him. Plagues follow after him.

6 He stands and shakes the earth. He casts a glance and startles the nations. The oldest mountains break apart. The ancient hills sink. The ancient paths belong to him.

7 I see trouble in the tents of Cushan. I see trembling in the tents of Midian.

8 The LORD is not angry with the rivers, is he? If you are angry with the rivers, if you are furious with the sea, why do you ride your horses, your chariots of salvation?

9 You get your bow ready for action, for the arrows you promised. Selah You split the land with rivers.

10 The mountains look at you. They writhe in pain. Floodwaters pass by. The deep ocean roars. Its waves rise up high.

11 The sun and the moon stand still. They scatter at the light of your arrows, at the bright lightning of your spear.

12 You march through the earth with fury. You trample the nations in anger.

13 You go out to save your people, to save your anointed. You crush the leader of the wicked household, stripping him bare from head to toe. Selah

14 You pierce the leader of his gang with his own arrows. His soldiers come like a violent storm to scatter me. They are arrogant like those who secretly eat up the poor.

15 You march with your horses into the sea, into the mighty raging waters.

16 I have heard, so there's trembling within me. At the report my lips quivered. A rotten feeling has entered me. I tremble where I stand. I wait for the day of trouble to come to the people who will attack us.

17 Even if the fig tree does not bloom and the vines have no grapes, even if the olive tree fails to produce and the fields yield no food, even if the sheep pen is empty and the stalls have no cattle-

18 even then, I will be happy with the LORD. I will truly find joy in God, who saves me.

19 The LORD Almighty is my strength. He makes my feet like those of a deer. He makes me walk on the mountains. For the choir director; on stringed instruments.

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THE PRAYER

 

Breathe on me breadth of God

Till all my heart is pure

Until with Thee

I will one will

To do

And to

Endure

 

AMEN

accepting the light

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,

we have fellowship one with another,

and the blood of Jesus Christ his

Son cleanseth us from all sin.

<< 1 John 1:7 >>

If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong,

He does not ask you to put it right; He asks you to accept the light,

and He will put it right. A child of the light confesses instantly and

stands bared before God;

a child of the darkness says -

"Oh, I can explain that....- CHAMBERS

 

Titus 2:14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed,

and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds

 

What a fellowship, what a joy divine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

Refrain

 

Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms.

O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
O how bright the path grows from day to day,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

Refrain

 

What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

the time has come....

IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN...

Happy birthday mommy and daddy and Bridgette
and all you other lively "spring people" Allan
Joel, Jude and others....LOOK UP!!!

As the daytime hours grow longer, many are asking themselves, "When exactly is the first day of spring 2010?" Today my friends, is the start of the Spring Equinox (first day of spring 2010), and you can soon expect more sun, less cold, and blooming flowers ...... It's time to pull yourselves out of winter depression and wipe the dust off your bicycles, as the Vernal Equinox 2010 has officially began. - by Amy Slaight @ gather.com

LOOK AROUND

A chilling look at Israel's present and future! Examining current events that point---now---toward apocalyptic conflict, Ankerberg and DeYoung reveal Jewish leaders' plans to rebuild the temple, the threat of a burgeoning Arab population, and Iran's intention to "wipe Israel off the map."

WATCH THIS ON YOUTUBE <- CLICK THE LINK

Palm Sunday, the final Sunday before Easter Sunday, marks the beginning of Holy Week. Christian churches distribute palms on Palm Sunday to commemorate Christ's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, when palm branches were placed in His path, before His arrest and Crucifixion on Good Friday.

Palm Sunday falls on March 28, 2010.


The Christian believes the same thing as the Jew, except may not know as
much detail on why Rosh Hashanah exists in God's prophetic plan

The 1st day of the first month (Abib/Nisan) was the first day of the Jewish religious year. It would begin at the new moon of our March / April and coincides with the latter rains (Joel 2:23). Each month began with a new moon. (Num 10:10, 28:11, 1 Sam 20:5, Psa 81:3, Isa 66:23, Ezek 46:3, Amos 8:5, Col. 2:16.) The 1st day of Tishri, in the Fall, customarily begins the new civil year.

http://biblelight.net/feasts.htm

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By Scott
Today, as usual we can categorize the news in terms of biblical prophecy: 1. The world aligned against Israel: "Indonesia: Thousands attend anti-Israeli rally" 2. Russian involvement in the Middle-East: "Quartet host Russia: A new broker for Israel .... Because prophetic scriptures are found throughout the bible, it is obvious that a comprehensive, systematic approach would be useful, if not necessary, for the understanding of prophecy. A literal view of prophecy clearly ...
PROPHECY UPDATE - http://prophecyupdate.blogspot.com/

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