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Daily Devotion 251

Posted on Monday, September 8, 2008 at 04:05 by Sister Lori - 0 Comments - Link

September 8

Prayer

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Isaiah 65:24

Prayer is communication between God and man. Being able to call on God is the greatest privilege any person can have. The Apostle Paul tells us in Galatians 4:6 that God has sent His Spirit into our hearts so now we may cry, “Abba, Father.” That is a truly profound expression of God’s grace toward us!

Prayer offered in faith is our most powerful resource, because Jesus Himself has said, “Ask, and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Then He goes on to say, “For everyone that asketh, receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.” If we continue to ask, seek, and knock, we shall be heard.

As Christians we need to recognize our needs. Jesus also said that the Father knows what things we have need of before we ask Him. We may ask, “Why do I need to pray if He already knows my needs?” God wants us to be specific about our needs to see if we are in tune with Him.

In Luke 11, one of the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, so He taught them the Lord’s Prayer. He also gave them a parable. He spoke of a person going to his friend at midnight and asking for three loaves of bread. The friend said, “Don’t trouble me now, we are all in bed.” But because of his urgent persistence, the friend rose and gave him as many loaves as he needed. The petitioner knew his friend had what he needed, so he kept on asking. God has what we need, so let us call upon Him in truth

(Psalm 145:18).

Marvin Gingerich, Meadville, PA

Pray without ceasing.

Bible Reading: Luke 11:1–13

One Year Bible Reading Plan:

1 Corinthians 15:33–58

Proverbs 11, 12

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I can't Imagine !!

Posted on Monday, September 8, 2008 at 01:13 by Country Cabin Living - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

This is my husband and I .He is such a sweetie to me !!! So Glad to go through life with him by my side . If the shoe fits ,wear it !! That is not always the case . The shoe can fit perfectly fine, but life in the past can try to ruin it (for me being married before to a jerk). Give it sometime ,keep your faith and keep walking in Gods path he will lead the way . I can't imagine life without him . Shaune

Swimming with the wolf

Posted on 2008-Sep-8 at 12:57 by m j - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Warning do not swim with the wolf he thinks people are swim toys. When he jumped in he did this to me:

Here is some of a wet wolf:

Arthur wolf in his run, muddy:

We let him in the pool because it need salt to run and clean it.

God Bless, mj

Jesus calms the storm

Posted on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 11:32 by Country Cabin Living - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

"The disciples went and woke him ,saying "Master ,"Master ,we're going to drown !" . He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters ; The storm subsided , and all was calm . "Where is your Faith ?" he asked one of his disciples . Luke 8:24&25

He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the waves ,"Quiet ! Be Still !" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm . He said to his disciples , " Why are you so afraid ? Do you still have no Faith ?" "They were terrified and asked each other ,"who is this ? Even the wind and waves obey him !" Mark 4: 39-41

Jesus astounds his Apostles during a sudden squall on the sea of Galilee . I'm sure every preacher around will be preaching on these bible verses . God can truly Calm Storms . I believe he had to clam Gustau ,because it was looking like a cat 5 . Thought to possible be "Mother Of All Storms " ,which would have been worse than Katrina in 2005 .

Our country is so blessed to have all the Weather Experts and Tecnology that is saving Lives during these terrible and deadly Hurricanes . Not to many years ago this information wasn't available. People were not aware of these storms and hurricanes til it was to late and knocking on the back doors . Some folks watched the sky and the behavior of their animals for a weather sign .

Squall as in the verses : A sudden ,violent burst of wind ,often accompanied by wind or snow .

I believe it could have been a small hurricane ,the "Squall" back then . It seems much the same except the hurricane's have hail instead of snow . According to all the experts the storms will get worse and come more often . Are we entering the "End Times", as the bible has said ? Is God really testing our "Faith" ? And testing the so called "Christian People" ? Not something to think about ,but something to know for sure !!! Blessing ,Shaune

Not much

Posted on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 06:18 by sheryl - 0 Comments - Link

It has been a while since I have posted. Almost a month. Things have just been really busy and I haven`t been on here much.
We are back to school. I think we are finally back into the swing of things. The kids are moving pretty quick in their workbooks. But then again, everything it just review.   We did Wolfpen Woods this past week and it was great. You step back into time, what Kentucke might have been like when Daniel Boone and other frontiermans first came here.    They have different station set up for the kids to go around and learn things from that time. This was our second year going and we will be going back next year to.
My mom and stepdad are moved down here now. They are living in our camper. They are hoping to have the house done before Thanksgiving.   My papaw came down to my house yesterday and went over to see what they are doing to his house. He is homesick and ready to come home.   I am ready for him to come home too.   I miss seeing him everyday. My mom went up to sit with him while my aunt and uncle go to church. I made him chocolate gravy and biscuits and mom was going to take it up to him.   I am going to walk up there in a min. See if he liked it.
It has been a hard last week for us all. Sept. 4 was two years since my mamaw past away. We all miss her so much.   My papaw really misses her.
We did manage to go camping for a week. It was nice to get away.   We have decided to sell some of our animals. Hannah has really bad allergeries to them. Dr. said the best thing was to keep her away from them.   Her nose and thoat was almost closed shut.   The dr. said she had some of the worst allergries, she had seen.   She also has asthma.   I do have some one buying all my goats except the boer.   I gave 10 of the meat birds to Sam`s aunt. I just haven`t had the time to butcher them.   I did keep the 8 that was suppose to go to the fair. I am going to butcher them this week. I sold the 5 golden comet pullets I had to a guy dh works with. We also want to do a lot of camping. We sold our 5th wheel and bought a pull-behind. The animals really tie you down.    I think we are going to keep the bannies and the quinea`s. My mom can feed them while were are camping.
Well I am going to go. I thought I had more to post about but just can`t remember it. Oh well.

How many men dies it take to hang a picture?

Posted on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 05:42 by m j - 2 Comments - Post Comment - Link

I had my daughter Kristi take this picture when we were at my sisters Tracy's house for a BBQ. She and her hubby Andy just bought their 1 st home a few weeks ago. She needed this picture hung. Tracy, mom and I laughed so hard while the men were hanging the picture. We kept saying how it would have been done faster if we girls did it. And the boys / men kept making jokes about the "stud finder" find them! Oh'boy men. It took them over 15 minutes to hand the picture with ONE nail. We love you boys, but we girls could have had it done in 3-5 minutes!

Here are the boy / men:

From left to right is my hubby Shannon, our dad and last is Tracy's husband Andy.

God Bless, mj

Sunday's Musings

Posted on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 10:29 by Page - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

This afternoon I thought I would take a photo of our sunflowers as they are already starting to keel over. Then I noticed some wild flowers from seeds that I didn't think would come up but they did. So far there is Love in the mist and red poppies - just a few but these looked awesome & so colourful. I then picked some more runner beans and I would say the last of the tomatoes as these have now had it.

Yesterday I went to the local market and picked up 13lbs of tomatoes for around $9 and tomorrow or Tuesday I will turn these into both sauce plus make Tomato & Basil soup for the freezer.

DH is making a three course meal this evening. He is making Baked Camembert with hot Ciabatta followed by fillet of beef wrapped in parma ham served with mushrooms, mashed potatoes, baby carrots, mange tout and baby corn. For dessert, a quick rich chocolate mousse. We are also having Californian Sparking Zinfandel Rose Wine - am I being spoiled or am I being spoiled - woo hoo

The overflow of tomatoes purchased are also in the pot:

I forgot that I also picked a small squash and the only two apples from one of our trees (This is a new tree so next year should hopefully be better)!

Have a wonderfull blessed SONday

Dinner at my sisters

Posted on 2008-Sep-7 at 03:19 by m j - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

This afternoon we went to my sister Tracy's house to see it and have dinner. Tracy and her husband Andy bought this house a coupleweeks ago, but have just finished painting and fixing it up. The house is cute and big, I love it. I love the color she painted it. This is her 1st time owning a house. There was only one problem . "How many men does it take to hang one picture"?

We girls were laughing so hard. We kept telling each other if we did it we would be done by now !!

From left to right is my husband Shannon, my dad Mike, my b-i-l Andy. Shhh, it took them about 15 + minutes !

Dinner was great. It was Tracy and Andy , our parents, our aunt and 2 cousins and Michelle, Gill and the babies and of course us 4. We thought that the babies would come with us because when they see us they always want to come back "home". The grand-babies cam home with us .

We had a blast and can't wait to go again.

God Bless all, mj

Daily Devotion 250

Posted on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 04:52 by Sister Lori - 1 Comments - Link

September 7

Ask and Believe

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Matthew 21:22

It was a cold, snowy night. I had my Sunday school class over for supper and an evening of fun. Now I was taking them home. At several places the road was nearly drifted shut. I was getting close to one of my student’s homes. The road kept getting worse and worse. Finally, within half a mile of my destination, I got stuck.

After trying my best to get out, I knew I would need help. My brother and two of my students hurried on to enlist the help of a four-wheel drive truck. They were soon back.

We could not find a good place in the front of the car to fasten the strap, so we decided to attach the hitch and use it to pull out the car backwards. I got the hitch out of the trunk and put it on. Slamming the trunk shut I walked forward to start the car.

I was shocked to discover that the keys were no longer in my pocket. We had recently purchased the car and had only one set of keys. After vainly searching for the keys, I concluded that I had locked them in the trunk.

I decided to pray. Almost immediately, the thought popped into my head, “Check the snow around the hitch.”

I grabbed a shovel and dug in. With the first shovel of snow, my friend exclaimed, “There they are!” Sure enough, there they lay. Soon we were out and back on our way.

What a great God we serve! He even cares about a lost set of car keys.

Jamin Yoder, Middlebury, IN

O how praying rests the weary!

Prayer will change the night to day;

So when life seems dark and dreary,

Don’t forget to pray.

—Mary Kidder (1820-1905)

Bible Reading: Matthew 7:1–12