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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Super Sunday - May 29, 2011

Great is the Lord by Michael W. Smith

I Chronicles 29:11
"Thine, O Lord, is the geatness and the power
and the glory and the victory and the majesty
for all that is in heaven and on the earth is thine,
Thine is the kingdom, O LORD and thou
art exalted as head above all."

Psalm 95:3
"For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods."

Ephesians 5:20: "giving thanks always for all things to

God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Super Sunday - May 22, 2011

Lyrics by David Sapp

John 7:37-38
37 "..If anyone thirsts, let him come
to Me and drink."
38 "He who believes in Me, as the
Scripture has said, out of his heart
will flow rivers of living water."

Ephesians 5:20: "giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Sunday, May 15, 2011

A woman's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her mother. When the minister arrived, he found the woman lying in bed with her head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside her bed. The minister assumed that the woman had been informed of his visit... 'I guess you were expecting me, he said. 'No, who are you?' said the mother.

The minister told her his name and then remarked, 'I saw the empty chair and I figured you knew I was going to show up..' 'Oh yeah, the chair,' said the bedridden woman. 'Would you mind closing the door?' Puzzled, the minister shut the door. 'I have never told anyone this, not even my daughter,' said the woman. 'But all of my life I have never known how to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it went right over my head...' I abandoned any attempt at prayer,' the old woman continued, ' until one day four years ago, my best friend said to me, ' Prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus. Here is what I suggest.. 'Sit down in a chair; place an empty chair in front of you, and in faith see Jesus on the chair. It's not spooky because he promised, 'I will be with you always'.. 'Then just speak to him in the same way you're doing with me right now...' 'So, I tried it and I've liked it so much that I do it a couple of hours every day. I'm careful though. If my daughter saw me talking to an empty chair, she'd either have a nervous breakdown or send me off to the funny farm.' The minister was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old woman to continue on the journey. Then he prayed with her, anointed her with oil, and returned to the church. Two nights later the daughter called to tell the minister that her mama had died that afternoon. Did she die in peace?' he asked. Yes, when I left the house about two o'clock, she called me over to her bedside, told me she loved me and kissed me on the cheek. When I got back from the store an hour later, I found her . But there was something strange about her death. Apparently, just before Mom died, she leaned over and rested her head on the chair beside the bed. What do you make of that?' The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said,
'I wish we could all go like that.'

Honor thy MOTHER and FATHER
and care for them as if they were
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
for he is the one we will asnwer to at the end,
Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive.
I asked God for water, He gave me an ocean.*
I asked God for a flower, He gave me a garden.*
I asked God for a friend, He gave me all of YOU...
If God brings you to it,
He will bring you through it.
Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.

Phillipians 4:6-7
6"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by
prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let
your requests be made known to God;"
7"and the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus."

Ephesians 5:20: "giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Today is SUPER "SON" Sunday! at Peggy's aMazing Grace... Mazes, Messes, Miracles. It's simple, just share a scene, song or scripture (any combination) and keep it simple! Then visit the others that have linked up anytime during the week after being STILL on Sunday and worshiping the Son. The point is to do this and leave Sunday for God. You do not have to put the button or mention SUPER SUNDAY, but it does make it easier to find you. (Be sure to turn my Playlist off which is located on the left sidebar.)

My mother was a very unique person. I'm so glad to have been blessed with her as she took me to church and taught me about Jesus. Of course we did have some differences but I loved her very much. When I was growing up I always saved my money to buy her presents on special days. I've told this many times I'm sure but I use to hear her pray every morning before she went to work and when she was ready she would start singing (or try, like me she could not carry a tune) Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine. I always compared her to Paul. At 89 in 1994 she had run her race and finished her course and went home to be with Jesus. She was my Dad's Bible, as he could not read, and I'm sure she had an impact on him becoming a Christian. The Lord showed me three times that my Dad was ready to go and he left in 1989 at the age of 83.

I remember the poem below when I was growing up. Hope you enjoy it and have a Happy Mother's Day and enjoy your time with Jesus today.

M - O - T - H - E - R

"M" is for the million things she gave me,

"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell
"MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.
Howard Johnson (c. 1915)

In the event you've never heard this poem
sung I found the following video, (it also has some verses I have never heard).
Hope you enjoy it.