GOD REALLY LOVES YOU

 

Kelly Balarie- God doesn't, some days, love you... He doesn't just love you after you brought a home-baked meal to a cancer patient. He doesn't just love you after you carried an old lady's grocery bags to her car. He doesn't just love you when you had a beautiful, candle-lit moment with God and then kept worship songs on during the day. He loves you. He loves you on your good days. He loves you on your bad days. He loves you when you are at your best. He loves you at your worst. "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39) Your mess-ups are never bigger than God's love. Your conception of how bad you are doing is never greater than the price Jesus paid. In fact, the price Jesus paid actually paid for grace, for you. Grace is the highway back on track with God; not only that, but His unmerited favor, like wind behind your back, goes with you. Don't discount yourself.   Don't compare yourself to others.     Don't deny that God still wants you.       Don't believe that His grace is broken on account of you. It is not. The devil is a liar. You are all right with God, thanks to Jesus. God gave you Jesus' rightness, so that you could always come back on the road of righteousness and obedience, with ease. “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” – 2 Corinthians 5:21 ​ Oh, isn't the grace of our Lord Jesus so amazing?! If you feel off track, repent of sin, receive His grace and hop back on the highway of holiness. If you feel left behind by God, humble yourself, release mistruth and run back into His arms. If you feel unwanted, ditch the sob story and receive the fact that the Holy Spirit chose to make His dwelling place in you (1 Cor. 6:19) God wants you, God wants you, God wants you. Period. Exclamation point! God's grace is enough to make you right in God's sight even when you feel horribly and terribly unlovable. Glory to God! Praise to the Lamb! Jesus died with arms wide open. Always waiting for your grand return! Let's pray-    Father, we know that You love us on our good days, bad days, when we're at our best and at our worst. You love us! Thank You for giving us Your Son, Jesus, to be the One who opens His arms to us in Your stead, welcoming us home through faith in His Salvation, made on Calvary! We're waiting in expectation for His return, to welcome us home with You for eternity!  We pray in Jesus' name, Amen!   My weekly advice from the book, "We All Married IDIOTS, by Elaine W. Miller: (p. 69) "Marriage is not a short journey. It takes sustained energy and effort. What do you do when drained of all strength and you feel your grasp slipping? How do you continue when all desire to hold on is gone, and giving up seems like a more pleasant option? You keep going day by day." Heb. 12:1b . . . let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."   #117 Testimony- Andrew Murry    "The believing disciple learns to look upon Christ on the throne, Christ the Omnipotent, as his life. He studies that life in its infinite perfection and purity, in its strength and glory; it is the eternal life dwelling in a glorified man.    And when he thinks of his own inner life, and longs for holiness, to live well-pleasing unto God, or for power to do the Father's work, he looks up, and, rejoicing that Christ is his life, he confidently reckons that that life will work mightily in him all he needs.      In things little and things great, in the being kept from sin from moment to moment for which he has learned to look, or in the struggle with some special difficulty or temptation, the power of Christ is the measure of his expectation. He lives a most joyous and blessed life, not because he is no longer feeble, but because, being utterly helpless, he consents and expects to have the mighty Savior work in him." (From Herald of His Calling paper, p.10, 9/10) 1636-1640 One-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted-    1636- Ps. 10:16a "The LORD is King for ever and ever." 1637- Ps. 58:11b "Verily there is a reward for the righteous." 1638- Jer. 36:7a "It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD." 1639- Is. 45:21b "There is no God else beside me; a just God and a Savior;            there is none beside me." 1640- Ps. 72:7a "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance            of peace."       #117 Hymn-  Be Thou My Vision  The information about this song,  is taken from the book by Robert J. Morgan, THEN SINGS MY SOUL   (p. 4)     Patrick [later dubbed as Saint Patrick], was about 16, when raiders descended on his little town and torched his home. When one of the pirates spotted him in the bushes, he was seized, hauled aboard ship, and taken to Ireland as a slave. There he gave his life to the Lord Jesus.    Patrick eventually escaped and returned home. His overjoyed family begged him to never leave again. But one night, in a dream reminiscent of Paul's vision of the Macedonian Man in Acts 16, Patrick saw an Irishman pleading with him to come to evangelize Ireland.    It wasn't an easy decision, but Patrick, about 30, returned to his former captors with only one book, the Latin Bible, in his hand. As he evangelized the countryside, multitudes came to listen. . . Patrick became one of the most fruitful evangelists of all time, planting about 200 churches and baptizing 100,000 converts.    His work endured, and ceveral centuries later, the Irish church was still producing hymns, prayers, sermons, and songs of worship. In the eighth century, an unknown poet wrote a prayer asking God to be his Wisdom, and his Best Thought by day or night.    In 1905, Mary Elizabeth Byrne, a scholar in Dublin, Ireland, translated this ancient Irish poem into English. Another scholar, Elenor Hull of Manchester, England, took Byrne's translation and crafted it into verses with rhyme and meter. Shortly thereafter it was set to a traditional Irish folk song, "Be Thou My Vision." It is one of our oldest and most moving hymns.  Some encouraging words- "Let God guide you daily among the many ways in which He will bring Wisdom to you. He wants to use impressions and other gentle forms of guidance to lead you joyfully and in perfect rest of heart, as you realize more and more the wonder of His intimate and personal love for you."  (Taken from a testimony of Wesley L. Duewel) Church Notes:       Psalm 51              King David admitted his sin was against a Holy God, and asked for mercy. Everything in life gets dirty and needs cleansing.  We're by nature children of wrath. Christians still have flesh to deal with. Sin does get the upper hand at times. God delights in truth. King David asks to be washed from his sin. He wanted to have joy again, and to have his sin blotted out! He asked to not be a castaway. Jesus' blood cleanses us! The Holy Spirit will not leave us but will teach us how to please God. Our sacrifice is a broken and contrite heart for our daily cleansing. Jesus can create a clean life of living. Upcoming posts: 12/27th-  GUARDING OUR THOUGHTS- Nancy Gavilanes 1/3rd-     A TOWER GARDEN- Mary Southerland 10th-      JESUS AS A FRIEND- Karen Girl Friday Jean's blog (Click to see snippets of the 7 recent posts) Pages   Prayer for salvation For God Seekers- Healing Thoughts and Prayers  Samples of Jean's crafts   The North Country Christian Fellowship Center Churches, located in the St. Lawrence county of NY, broadcast their Sunday services at 10 or 10:15 You can view past services too. Sermon listing:https://www.cfconline.org/sermon-library

A NEW HEART IN CHRIST

    

  Amy Boucher Pye- Brock and Dennis were childhood friends, but as they grew up, Brock showed little interest in Dennis' faith in Jesus. Dennis loved his friend and prayed for him because he knew the path he was going down was dark and depressing.

   In praying for Brock, Dennis adapted the words of the prophet Ezekiel: "Please God, remove from Brock a heart of stone and give him a heart of flesh" (see Ezekiel 11:19) He longed that Brock would walk in God's way so he would flourish.

   Ten years later, Dennis was still praying faithfully. Then he received a call from Brock: "I just gave my life to Jesus!" Dennis rejoiced, tears brimming, to hear his friend exclaim that he'd finally come to the end of himself and trusted God with his life.

   In his prayers, Dennis focused on God's promises to His people through Ezekiel. Although they'd turned from God with detestable practices, He said He would change their hearts: "I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh" (v. 20).

   No matter how far we've turned from God, He delights to give us warm and loving hearts. We need only to turn to Him with faith and repentance as we trust in Jesus to save us from our sins.

Our prayer: "Loving God, thank You for releasing me from my sin and shame." 
In Jesus' name we pray! Amen.

My weekly advice from the book, "We All Married IDIOTS, by Elaine W. Miller:

(p.75) "God is aware of what we need, what His Kingdom needs, and how He will orchestrate it all out for our good and His glory. We must learn to settle down, trust Him, be content, and let God work."

#115 Quote by- William Culbertson

   "Thy word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee" (Ps. 119:11)

  "The Word of God has great power in itself. Used effectively, it brings victory to the child of God. As a matter of fact, lodged in the heart of the believer, in it Our Lord said to His disciples, 'Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you' (John 15:3). The apostle Paul, led of the Holy Spirit, spoke of the church as having been 'cleansed . . . by the washing of water with the word' (Eph. 5:26). 

    If there is in our hearts any aspiration for holiness — If, implanted by the Holy Spirit, there is a deep desire for Christlikeness — then we can be absolutely sure that the Holy Spirit will lead us to make much of the Word of God. No one who has at his disposal the blessed Book of God and who neglects that Book can be a strong, holy Christian. 

   Surely it must have been this conviction which caused D. L. Moody to inscribe in the front of his Bible, "This Book will keep me from sin, or sin will keep me from this Book."

1626-1630 One-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted- 
 

1626- Jer. 43:8a "Then came the word of the LORD."

1627- Is. 41:1b "Let the people renew their strength."

1628- Is. 17:13b "God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee."

1629- Song of Solomon 1:4c "The upright love thee."

1630- Ps. 144:15b "Happy are those people, whose God is the LORD."

 #115 Hymn- He Leadeth Me

The information about this song,  is taken from the book by Robert J. Morgan, THEN SINGS MY SOUL   (p. 145)

    Dr. Joseph H. Gilmore, son of a Governor of New Hampshire, gave this account of writing his famous hymn, "He Leadeth Me." "I was supplying for a couple of Sundays the pulpit of the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia. At the midweek service, on the 26th of March, 1862 I set out to give the people an exposition of the Twenty-third Psalm, which I had given before on three or four occasions, but this time I did not get further than the words "He Leadeth Me.' those words took hold of me as they had never done before, and I saw in them a significance . . . of which I had never dreamed.

   It was the darkest hour of the Civil War.  . . I relized that God's leadership is the one significant fact in human experience, that it makes no difference how we are led, or whither we are led, so long as we are sure God is leading us.

   

   At the close of the meeting, Deacon Watson, kept on talking about the thought I had emphasized; and then and there, on a blank page of the brief from which I had intended to speak I penciled the hymn, talking and writing at the same time, then handed it to my wife and thought no more about it.

  She sent it to the Watchman and Reflector, a paper published in Boston, where it was first printed. I did not know until 1865 that my hymn had been set to music by William B Bradbure. I went to Rochester to preach as a candidate before the Second Baptist Church. Going into their chapel . . . I picked up a hymnal to see what they were singing, and opened it at my own hymn, "He Leadeth Me."

Encouraging words- by John Wesley

   "The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness. 'We have not because we ask not.' Oh, how meek and gentle, how lowly in heart, how full of love both to God and to man, might you have been at this day, if you had only asked! If you had continued instant in prayer! Ask, that you may thoroughly experience and perfectly practice the whole of that religion which our Lord has so beautifully described in the Sermon on the Mount." 

Church Notes: 

         Stand and be Counted!

The 30 men of David, came broken to him in the cave.

The Lord says to us, "Come as you are!"

We need to admit our brokenness to the Lord, for He is near!

In Jesus, we'll find rest and our purpose in life.

God sees the way we take. The trials are to test and strengthen us.

We sharpen one another, too!

We're refined and become like Jesus - we can reflect Him!

As people are added to our churches, the Kingdom is built.

What are we living for? What is our vision?

Are we ready to stand up and be counted?

Are we praying for the lost souls around us?

Let's listen to the Lord's directiions!

Upcoming posts:

12/13- THE GOSPEL ALPHABET- Ruth Graham

20th-   GOD REALLY LOVES YOU- Kelly Balarie

27th-    GUARDING OUR THOUGHTS- Nancy Gavilanes

WOW!

 

Arthur Jackson- "WOW was the response of our team members who toured a retreat center — purchased at great cost by a person with a vision for the refreshment and encouragement of people serving in ministry.

   We were amazed by double-decker, queen-sized bunks and bedroom suites with king-sized beds. The exquisitely equipped kitchen and dining area also generated wide-eyed delight.

 

   And, just when you thought that you'd seen it all, there were more surprises — including a full-sized, indoor basketball court. Every "wow" was warranted.

   The Queen of Sheba  had a similar "wow" response when she visited King Solomon in ancient Jerusalem. When she "saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built . . . she was overwhelmed" (1 Kings 10:4-5).

   Centuries later, another royal son of David — Jesus appeared, and He amazed people in other ways. Everywhere He went, people recognized the wonder of His wisdom and works (Luke 4:36), and He urged them to see that "someone greater than Solomon" had stepped onto the scene (11:31 NLT).

   The stunning ministry of Jesus grants forgiveness of sins — purchased at great cost, His death. He welcomes anyone who will, to come to Him. And those who do will experience His beauty and grace and will sing His praises now and throughout eternity. Wow!

Let's pray-  

   "Oh, God, awaken and stur us all to hunger for the blessed life You have for those who pant after you and press on after You! Help us discard that which comes between our soul and Your presence, Your nearness, Your fullness." (Lois J. Stucky)

My weekly advice from the book, "We All Married IDIOTS, by Elaine W. Miller:

(p. 54) "Even the best marriage partner flubs up. Everyone makes mistakes. The Bible says so. It is written in James 3:2 (NLT) 'All of us make a lot of mistakes. . .' Who makes mistakes? We all do, How many mistakes do we make? A lot! Does that include you? Absolutely. And me too!"

#114 Quote from- E. Stanley Jones

   "Among the many ways in which God will guide you will be good and helpful impressions that He brings to you. He wants to use impressions and other gentle forms of guidance to lead you joyfully and in perfect rest of heart as you realize more and more the wonder of His intimate personal love for you."

1617-1621 One-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted- 
 

1617- Ps. 75:1b "Thy name is near thy wondrous works declare."

1618- Pro. 28:18a "Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved."

1619  Ecc. 9:11b- "The race is not to the swift."

1620- Is. 46:11b "I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed

          [planned] it. I will also do it."

1621- Luke 17:1a "It is impossible but that offenses will come."

 #114 Hymn-  Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee

 

"When Bernard (c. 1090-1153) , a sickly youth in Dijon, France, was unable to fulfill military service, he became a monk. So successful was he that he eventually founded the famous monastery in nearby Clairvaux. In time almost 170 other monasteries sprang from Bernard's leadership. 

   Several well-known hymns are attributed to St. Bernard: "Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee, " O Sacred Head Now Wounded," and a lesser-known hymn entitled "Open Wide are Thine Hands."

 Some encouraging words-

   "What is needed in a technological age is contagion of the fire of the Holy Spirit that will make the church again a Pentecostal fellowship; and this kind of church can turn the world upside down." (p. 250 of The Struggle of Prayer by Donald G. Bloesch) 

Church Notes: 

                 David and Bethsheba        

There's a fight of right and wrong in all of us.

Sin takes the joy out of our relationship with God.

Our sin is against God and effects others.

1) Sin takes our eyes off our calling, and we stop doing what God's directed. 

    We drift from our mission if we don't do what He directs.

2) Sin takes what's not ours 

    Sin is never satisfied; it becomes our drive for things we don't have.

    It controls our minds.

3) Sin  makes someone pay the price of our decisions.

    The cost may be respect, friendship and courage.

    Children are affected by what we do; there may be a generational

    curse placed on the bloodline.

   Christ is well able to stop the curse and to heal! As sin takes

our peace, Jesus is willing to restore our peace when we lay down our 

lives to Him, and begin honoring Him. 

Jesus gave His all for us, He wants us to give our all to Him!

Upcoming posts:

12/6-  A NEW HEART IN CHRIST- Amy Soucher Pye

13th- THE GOSPEL ALPHABET- Ruth Graham

20th- GOD REALLY LOVES YOU- Kelly Balarie

Jean's blog (Click to see snippets of the 7 recent posts)

Pages  

Prayer for salvation

For God Seekers- Healing Thoughts and Prayers 

Samples of Jean's crafts

 

The North Country Christian Fellowship Center Churches,

located in the St. Lawrence county of NY,

broadcast their Sunday services at 10 or 10:15

You can view past services too.

Sermon listing:https://www.cfconline.org/sermon-library 

WHAT YOUR FATHER WANTS

 

   Mike Wittmer- "Steve grabbed his chainsaw and headed out to the woods. That's when he heard five-year-old August. 'Wait for me, Dad! I want to come!'

   Grabbing his toy chainsaw, work gloves, and earmuffs, August followed Steve out the door. Steve set out a couple of logs for him a safe distance away. After ten minutes, August was worn out. Cutting logs with a fake chainsaw is hard work! But he was happy to 'help' his dad, and his dad was delighted to spend time with his son.  Father and son with chainsaw

   Isn't this how it is with our heavenly Father? We suppose we're helping. 'Wait for me, Dad! I need to get my chainsaw!' But our chainsaw is the least important thing about us. We're not helping as much as we think. God cares far more about the first part, 'Wait for me, Dad!' He doesn't need our output.

   If you love his Son, Jesus, God has adopted you into His family and given you His Spirit. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. (Romans 8:15).

   You're not a servant who earns his place by hard work. You're a child who's loved by your Father, no matter what. 'See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!' (1 John 3:1)

   Our heavenly Father is delighted when we serve Him. But He doesn't need us. He simply wants us."

Let's pray-

   Father, we try to help You with our problems, but the truth is, we're not accomplishing much. Our letting You organize and control everything is what makes things work together for our good and Your glory! As You have lavished on us the adoption of sonship, may we remember that Your desire is that we trust You to guide everything.

We pray in the name of Jesus for Your will to be done! Amen.

My weekly advice from the book, "We All Married IDIOTS, by Elaine W. Miller:

"We think we want more and think we deserve it. Don't believe it. The people we idolize are idiotic sinners too. Their grass turns brown in the winter just like ours." (Check out Colossians 3:8-9 ) (pg. 45)


#113 Quote- Life Action

    "You don’t have to keep carrying hurts. God in Christ already did. The prison door is open. You don’t have to stay inside. Repentance isn’t God rubbing your nose in your failure. It’s God inviting you to walk in freedom. He convicts us because He loves us. He corrects us because He knows what we were made for. And He forgives us so that we can become more than we ever imagined."

1601-1606 One-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted- 
 

1601- Ecc. 3:21a "Who knoweth the spirit of man?"

1602- Ps. 88:9b "I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands 

          unto thee."

1603- Pro. 28:14a "Happy is the man that feareth (the LORD) always."

1604- Is. 28:21a "For the LORD shall rise up."

1605- Jer. 24:6a "I will set mine eyes upon them for good."

1606- Ps. 118:7a "The LORD taketh my part with them that help me."

 #113 Hymn- I Would Be True 

Howard Arnold Walter was born on 19 August 1883 in New Britain, Connecticut, United States of America. At 23 years of age, he spent a year in Japan, teaching English at Waseda University, and while there, he wrote the first three stanzas of the hymn, “I Would Be True.” He sent it to his mother in the United States of America, and she forwarded it to “Harper’s Magazine,” which published it. 

 Encouraging words-

 

"Work isn't necessarily prayer, but prayer is always work. Indeed, it is the greatest work, the highest work possible for a Christian. Yet it can have power and bring only through the intervention of the Holy Spirit into the life of the Christian." (Taken from The Struggle of Prayer, by Donald G. Bloesch.)

Church Notes: 

   Life-Changing Alteration

   Our mission for our church is to reach folks by our witness through our life together.

We're to stir ourselves up and maintain a depth of faith in God who provides!

When we murmur or complain, even against others, God hears and takes it personally.

People complained against Moses, God said it was against Him!

God supplies answers for problems, when asked. 

We're to look to the Cross of Calvary!

Upcoming posts:

11/29th-  WOW!- Arthur Jackson

12/6th-   A TOWER GARDEN- Mary Southerland

13th-      THE GOSPEL ALPHABET- Ruth Graham

Jean's blog (Click to see snippets of the 7 recent posts)

Pages  

Prayer for salvation

For God Seekers- Healing Thoughts and Prayers 

Samples of Jean's crafts

 

The North Country Christian Fellowship Center Churches,

located in the St. Lawrence county of NY,

broadcast their Sunday services at 10 or 10:15

You can view past services too.

Sermon listing:https://www.cfconline.org/sermon-library 

BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING

 

   Nancy Gavilanes- "During my years as a journalist, I enjoyed telling other people's stories, but I was trained to not share my own opinions. So years after I had felt God call me out of my journalism career, when I increasingly felt God directing me to write a blog and speak about Him, I was a little nervous about sharing my thoughts, especially about my faith. Journalist

   As I started blogging, I was afraid I'd run out of things to say. But week after week, I found encouraging words and insights to share. The more I wrote, the more ideas flowed. The same is still true now.

   I have witnessed in my own life how God has filled me with more joy and inspiration when I've poured out my gifts and talents to serve others.

   In 2 Kings, we read about a poor widow who went to the prophet Elisha for help. Her late husband's creditor wanted to seize her two sons. All she had at home was a small jar of olive oil. The prophet instructed her to collect empty jars from her neighbors and to keep pouring oil into the containers. 

   'They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring' (4:5). She kept pouring until all the jars were miraculously filled. She could pay her family's debts with the extra oil.

   God is faithful and always provides. He's blessed us with gifts and talents and resources to be a blessing to others. Let's not hide or dismiss our gifts but use them for His glory."

Let's pray-  "Father, thank You for blessing us and making us a blessing! Amen!"

My weekly advice from the book, "We All Married IDIOTS, by Elaine W. Miller:
 

"If your spouse wants to do something one way and you want to do it another, the winner is the one who concedes and lets their beloved have their way." (p. 34,35)

Prov. 17:22 "A joyful heart is good medicine, but depression drains one's strength."

#105 Testimony- Lawrence OJI [called 'Solution']

   "One of my friends, Sunny, who knew me as a junkie noticed that he had seen me for two weeks without a cigarette or the usual company of drug addicts I was used to keeping before my encounter with Jesus, he invited me to lunch in his house. Prior to this time, the likes of Sunny wouldn't want to associate with me for fear of getting into trouble with the police.

   Seeing the transformation in my life, he felt safe to extend an invitation. So we agreed to a date and time for my visit. On the appointed day, I arrived at his house, knocked on the door and he opened to let me in.

   We were chatting while he prepared the food. I seized the opportunity to share my testimony. I told him how a guy I met in prison, Michael, prayed with me for less than twenty seconds in the name of Jesus and the urge to smoke left me.

   When food was served, I noticed that he brought out a syringe with some medication to administer an injection to himself. Out of curiosity, I asked him why the self-injection? He said, 'I am suffering from diabetes. I am on a daily prescription of insulin.'

   When I asked him for how long he was going to be using the insulin for, he said to me that there was no cure for diabetes and that he was going to be using the insulin for the rest of his life.   

   At that moment, I had a strong urge to tell him about Jesus and His healing power. It was as if the Holy Spirit said to me, 'You have been telling him what I did for you, now, I want you to tell him about me, and what I can equally do for him.'

   The moment I heard this, I stopped eating the food and asked my friend if that was what the Word of God said concerning diabetes and sicknesses. I told Him it wasn't the will of God for us to be slaves to medication as Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law as written in the book of Galatians 3:13.

   I began to minister to him with Scriptures on healing. As I kept speaking to him, he got up from his chair, went into his room, brought out all the syringes and insulin he had in the house and threw them in the trash bin.

   Then he said to me 'Solution, do you know I have never heard it like this before? I believe that I have received my healing today and I will never need to use insulin for the rest of my life', he added. I prayed with him and led him to Christ there and then in his kitchen, lunch was forgotten.

   As I write this book in 2016, my friend Sunny, who was told by the doctors that his days were numbered, is happily married with children, totally and completely free from diabetes. This is the same man that was told that he would not have children. Now to the glory of God, wherever I have gone to minister in Italy, he would bring his family to sit under my ministry. Such is the awesome power of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord is faithful. Indeed Jesus is still in the business of healing people."

 

1596-1600 One-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted- 
 

1596- Ezra. 4:22a "Take heed now that ye fail not."

1597- Is. 19:12b "Let them tell thee now, and let them know that the LORD of 

          hosts hath purposed."

1598- Lam. 1:16a "For these things I weep."

1599- Ezekiel 12:25a  'For I am the LORD, I speak and the words that I shall speak

          shall come to pass."

1600- Is. 37:30a "And this shall be a sign unto thee."

 #112 Hymn-  Safe in the Arms of Jesus

 

The information about this song is taken from the book by Robert J. Morgan, THEN SINGS MY SOUL   (pg. 165)

       Fanny Crosby, the blind hymnist and America's "Queen of Gospel Songs," quietly married Alexander Van Alsteine. A year late, the couple suffered a tragedy that shook the deepest regions of Fanny's heart. She gave birth to a child, but no one knows if it was a boy or girl. She never spoke about it except to say in her oral biography, "God gave us a tender babe, and soon the angels came down and took our infant up to God and His throne."

   Years later, on April 30, 1868, musician Howard Doanne knocked on the door of Fanny's apartment in Manhattan. He had a tune and wondered if Fanny could compose a poem to match it. He hummed the tune, and Fanny clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Why that says, 'Safe in the arms of Jesus!' She composed the poem in her mind and dictated it to Doane.

   During her lifetime, "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" was among the most widely sung of Fanny's hymns, claiming it was written for the bereaved, especially for mothers who had lost children.

   Rev. John Hall of New York's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church told Fanny that her hymn had given more peace and satisfaction to mothers who have lost their children than any other hymn. It isn't hard to understand why.

 Some encouraging words-

How to listen better:

• Become genuinely interested in other people.
• Smile.
• Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
• Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
• Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.
• Make the other person feel important—and do it sincerely.

Church Notes: 

    The Best Is Yet To Come!

Our perspective makes a big difference.

How we deal with circumstances and react to people sets the course of our life.

Looking at surroundings, we can become fearful, but to see God's perspective, can give us the opportunity to do what He wants us to.

   1) Survival mindset is how to get out of trials and troubles when they are overwhelming. God gives opportunities to trust Him to get through our troubles, not out of them. His perspective is to not be afraid. He'll give mountain-top experiences as we accomplish His perspectives. We're not to shrink back, but to use these opportunities to connect afresh with Jesus!

   2) We're conquers when we see and submit to God's perspectives.

   3) When we have heaven's perspective, we'll see how He sees things and then prosper in His way!

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