Greetings and Happy New Year!!
Many of us decide to make positive changes in our lives on New Year's Day.
We make those famous New Year's Resolutions!
Of course positive changes are always a good thing. But we don't have to wait until January 1st to make those changes. And if at some point, we get off the track we intended to be on, we don't have to wait until the following new year to get back on track.
God is always waiting for us to decide to turn our lives around and our attention to Him.
He doesn't make us wait until the beginning of the calendar year.
When we do look towards Him for a new beginning, whenever or wherever it happens, He is right there with encouragement, support and guidance!
As I look back on 2008, I am ever so grateful for God's saving grace!
I made a fresh new start in my life back in July of 2008...when I chose to welcome God back into my life. I decided to leave behind the empty life I was living...and turned instead to God's daily supply of love and joy!
I pray that those of you who don't know Jesus as your personal savior, would come to accept this wonderful gift this year! If you are not sure how, you can post a comment here to ask me and I will happy to explain it to you.
If you have already been saved, I pray you continue to renew your relationship with God daily, so it will strengthen and grow and be fruitful!
God bless you and your family!
Jennie
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
SAND AND STONE
- TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING
- THROUGH THE DESERT.
- DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY,
- THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT;
- AND ONE FRIEND
- SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE
- IN THE FACE
- THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT,
BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING,- WROTE IN THE SAND,
- TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
- SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE
- THEY KEPT ON WALKING UNTIL
- THEY FOUND AN OASIS
- WHERE THEY DECIDED
- TO TAKE A BATH
- THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN SLAPPED
GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE- AND STARTED DROWNING.
- BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
- AFTER HE RECOVERED
FROM- THE NEAR DROWNING,
- HE WROTE ON A STONE:
- 'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
- SAVED MY LIFE'
- THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED
- AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND ASKED HIM, 'AFTER I HURT YOU,
- YOU WROTE IN THE SAND
AND NOW,- YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?'
- THE FRIEND REPLIED
- 'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US
- WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND,
WHERE WINDS OF FORGIVENESS
CAN ERASE IT AWAY.- BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES
- SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,
- WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE
- WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT'
- LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS
- IN T HE SAND
- AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS
IN STONE.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Merry Christmas!!
**MERRY CHRISTMAS**
-
- MERRY CHRISTMAS....
- On the way home last night, I was listening to the radio
- when a newscaster called his little 91 year old granny to
- talk to her about the 'Holidays'. He mentioned that he
- had noticed that Christmas has become so
- 'politically correct'
- that no mention of Christmas is made by most retailers,
- we now wish people 'Happy Holidays.'
- His granny said she missed the
- Old Fashioned Christmas when everyone wished
- each other 'Merry Christmas'.
- I thought about it and agree...so this year
- I will be making a conscious effort
- to wish everyone Merry Christmas...
- my way of saying that
- I am celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
- If you agree with me, to please do the same.
- ...maybe we can
- prevent one more treasured tradition from being lost in the sea of 'Political Correctness.'
- God Bless and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
- MERRY CHRISTMAS....
-
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation
Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation
THIS MAN SURE HAS A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY!
'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our heart s today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!'
Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,' and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired. With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called 'One nation under God.'
SALVATION
Greetings!
My wish for all of my family and friends is that they would have a personal relationship with God...to accept Jesus as their personal Savior and to be assured they will spend eternity in Heaven!
If you are not sure if you have this relationship with God and the certainty of your future home in Heaven, then read the below message. Once you read it, you can choose to have this wonderful joyous new found life in Christ, just by accepting His gift!
1. God Loves You!
The Bible says, "God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life"
The problem is that . . .
2. All of us have done, said or thought things that are wrong.
This is called sin, and our sins have separated us from God.
The Bible says "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
God is perfect and holy, and our sins separate us from God forever.
The Bible says "The wages of sin is death."
The good news is that, about 2,000 years ago,
3. God sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins. Jesus is the Son of God. He lived a sinless life and then died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.
"God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us."
Jesus rose from the dead and now He lives in heaven with God His Father.
He offers us the gift of eternal life -- of living forever with Him in heaven if we accept Him as our Lord and Savior.
Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by Me."
God reaches out in love to you and wants you to be His child. "As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe on His name."
You can choose to ask Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and come in to your life as your Lord and Savior.
4. If you want to accept Christ as Savior and turn from your sins, you can ask Him to be your Savior and Lord by praying a prayer like this:
"Lord Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. Please forgive my sins and give me the gift of eternal life. I ask you in to my life and heart to be my Lord and Savior. I want to serve you always."
My wish for all of my family and friends is that they would have a personal relationship with God...to accept Jesus as their personal Savior and to be assured they will spend eternity in Heaven!
If you are not sure if you have this relationship with God and the certainty of your future home in Heaven, then read the below message. Once you read it, you can choose to have this wonderful joyous new found life in Christ, just by accepting His gift!
1. God Loves You!
The Bible says, "God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life"
The problem is that . . .
2. All of us have done, said or thought things that are wrong.
This is called sin, and our sins have separated us from God.
The Bible says "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
God is perfect and holy, and our sins separate us from God forever.
The Bible says "The wages of sin is death."
The good news is that, about 2,000 years ago,
3. God sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins. Jesus is the Son of God. He lived a sinless life and then died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.
"God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us."
Jesus rose from the dead and now He lives in heaven with God His Father.
He offers us the gift of eternal life -- of living forever with Him in heaven if we accept Him as our Lord and Savior.
Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by Me."
God reaches out in love to you and wants you to be His child. "As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe on His name."
You can choose to ask Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and come in to your life as your Lord and Savior.
4. If you want to accept Christ as Savior and turn from your sins, you can ask Him to be your Savior and Lord by praying a prayer like this:
"Lord Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. Please forgive my sins and give me the gift of eternal life. I ask you in to my life and heart to be my Lord and Savior. I want to serve you always."
Friday, November 21, 2008
Dancing With God
Greetings!
I received this beautiful message today and thought I would share.
When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word and I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing.
When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.
When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead,
Both bodies begin to flow with the music.
One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back
Or by pressing lightly in one direction or another.
It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.
The dance takes surrender, willingness, and attentiveness from one person
and gentle guidance and skill from the other.
My eyes drew back to the word Guidance.
When I saw 'G': I thought of God, followed by 'u' and 'i'. 'God, 'u' and 'i' dance.'
God, You and I dance.
As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust that I would get guidance about my life and once again, I became willing to let God lead.
My prayer for you today is that God's blessings and mercies are upon you on this day and everyday.
May you abide in God, as God abides in you.
Dance together with God,
Trusting God to lead and to guide you through each season of your life.
And I Hope You Dance!
Have a wonderful day!
God loves you!!
I received this beautiful message today and thought I would share.
When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word and I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing.
When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.
When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead,
Both bodies begin to flow with the music.
One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back
Or by pressing lightly in one direction or another.
It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.
The dance takes surrender, willingness, and attentiveness from one person
and gentle guidance and skill from the other.
My eyes drew back to the word Guidance.
When I saw 'G': I thought of God, followed by 'u' and 'i'. 'God, 'u' and 'i' dance.'
God, You and I dance.
As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust that I would get guidance about my life and once again, I became willing to let God lead.
My prayer for you today is that God's blessings and mercies are upon you on this day and everyday.
May you abide in God, as God abides in you.
Dance together with God,
Trusting God to lead and to guide you through each season of your life.
And I Hope You Dance!
Have a wonderful day!
God loves you!!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
POSITIVE THOUGHTS
Greetings friends and family!!
I found this great message at work and wanted to share it with everyone!
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends your flowers every spring,
and a new sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen.
He could live anywhere in the universe,
and He chose your heart!
What about the Christmas give He sent you in Bethlehem,
not to mention that Friday at Calvary.
Face it, He is crazy about you!
Have a wonderful day!
Jesus loves you!
I found this great message at work and wanted to share it with everyone!
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends your flowers every spring,
and a new sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen.
He could live anywhere in the universe,
and He chose your heart!
What about the Christmas give He sent you in Bethlehem,
not to mention that Friday at Calvary.
Face it, He is crazy about you!
Have a wonderful day!
Jesus loves you!
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