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Question for the day: How much do you worry about what other people think of you?

WE’RE PRAYING FOR YOU TODAY…
Good morning,

This is just a reminder that every day, while we are studying God’s Word to add to our website, someone from our ministry, Dysmas Conduit, is holding you up before the Lord in prayer. May He greatly bless you today as you pursue His will and He is glorified through you.

God’s blessings, our love,
George & Sidney Granger


CURRENT PRAYER REQUESTS:

Please pray for Mike and Sandy Brommer as they spread the Lord’s Seed and witness to His glory while on the road today. Please pray also that the Lord will lead him to Kingdom-profitable loads to carry, and that He grants them safe passage from upstate NY to Houston, TX.

PLEASE PRAY FOR PASTOR BOB ALLMANN
http://stmarysofmichigan.org/
Treatment Location:CARE-TEL
6700 WESTSIDE SAGINAW ROAD
ROOM 108
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN
Phone:
989-667-9800 x610

Bob was in a car accident Thurs. 4-9-09 at about 6pm in Midland. Someone ran a stop light at about 50 mph and hit him in the driver side door and flipped his Cutlass on its roof. He was hanging upside down by his seatbelt. The jaws of life had to be used to remove him. He was taken to Midland Hospital and then transported to St. Mary's. He has about 6 broken ribs on his right side, collapsed lung, broken pelvis and broken wings on his vertebrae.

Since that time, God has done wondrous things in Bob’s life, and has him known as the Miracle Man because of the way he has mended. Bob was transported to Covenant Select Hospital, and most recently to CARE-TEL. Something tells me that Bob won’t be there long… He may just get on his motorcycle and scoot out to his daughter’s wedding in Colorado. God is AWESOME!

Updates:
Wednesday, July 01, 3:22 PM - Wendi:
I have just received word that Pop has been moved (and actually arrived) to:

CARE-TEL
6700 WESTSIDE SAGINAW ROAD
ROOM 108
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN

I will add the phone # once I know he is all set in his room and what his schedule will be for therapy. He was not accepted at Midland Rehab or Covenant Rehab because he was doing too well! Imagine that!!! This Care-Tel is a short term rehab facility and I was told they have occupational, physical and speech therapy. They said he will be busy there. I am going up tomorrow for a visit and check everything out. Another step in the right direction! PRAISE GOD! HE LOVES YOU & SO DO WE! --Wendi


Please continue to pray for Billy Hamburg, whose doctors found 5 tumors in his bladder. He had surgery June 29th and the biopsy results showed a cancerous condition. He will be undergoing chemo & radiation treatments and will need the Lord’s Hand to overcome his anxiety as well as the cancer.

1. Take time to thank God for the blessings that God has bestowed upon the USA!

2. Pray for our American military young men and ladies that are serving our Country around the world. They are protecting our Freedoms as well as fighting the enemy abroad so that we don't fight them here.

3. Pray for those in authority. We might not like all that is happening in Washington DC and Lansing, but we are still commanded to pray for our leaders.

4. Pray for revival to start! We can still claim II Chronicles 7:14, which says, "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." God's promises are still true!

Please enjoy your July 4th Holiday and be careful wherever you may be over the Holiday weekend.


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(Isa 55:1)

Today in God’s Word

FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2009
Please join your brothers and sisters
studying and praying with us today…

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY
July 3, 2009

Sweet Smell of PineSol
T. Suzanne Eller

Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me,
and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
Matthew 19:14 (NIV)


Devotion:

I admit it. I’m the world’s worst when it comes to preserving photos. I have boxes of photos stacked in various cubbyholes. I tried to organize the pictures once. I divided them and placed them in large envelopes. My next step was to put them in albums. They are still in the envelopes—stacked in a box.

Melissa, Ryan, and Leslie are now in their 20’s and newly married. The chances of me ever getting these precious memories organized are slim to none, but I’m realizing something powerful. Memories aren’t limited to pictures.

Remember when, Mom…? is a common phrase in my house now. We have become the hub, a privilege once reserved for my husband’s parents. At holidays and special weekends, they drive up, unload luggage and pile into the guest rooms. We laugh and reminisce a lot around the table. Remember when we went on treasure hunts in the pasture? Remember when you jumped on the bed and popped Ryan up in the air so high it scared you? Remember that yellow Slip N’ Slide?

I do remember. But I also remember a young mom who worried that her house wasn’t spotless when an unexpected guest showed up. I remember the angst of trying to do everything and the fatigue when my day ended before my chores did.

But there were days that I threw caution to the wind and jumped on the bed, even though it might make others frown. I grabbed a shovel and gave the kids plastic buckets and we looked for old bottles and trinkets at the abandoned homestead nearby. We mixed Dawn dishwashing liquid and water and I laughed out loud as the kids flew like greased lightening across the yellow slippery slide. Some of those memories were captured in that pre-digital age, but most were not, but they are etched on the heart of my young adult children.

They reminisce about what we did together. They don’t reminisce about the smell of PineSol. Whether my house was perfect or how it compared to others’ isn’t even on their radar. It makes me wonder why I worried about it. Is it good to have order and structure? Sure. But don’t allow the pressure to be the perfect mom keep you from the beauty of simply playing with your children. The unmade bed will still be there, but I promise that a child will grow quickly and leave the nest.

Take a moment today and look past the clutter and the to-do list and play like a child again. It might not be a picture-perfect moment, but it will be a memory.

Dear Lord, time passes so fast. Slow me down, God. Let me enjoy the smallest pleasures around me. Let me play with my child instead of knocking down a to-do list. Let me laugh with my teen instead of fussing at him. Thank You for the sweet memories of today, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.


Application Steps
Carve out time today to play. Turn off the TV. Put down the schedule. It doesn’t have to be an event. Just play.

Are you better suited to a schedule? Mark a day for play. Protect it. Give it the importance it is due.



Reflections
Is life too busy? What is one nonessential task or activity that you can eliminate?

Does play seem foreign to you? Jump on the bed. I know. It’s crazy, but do it anyway. Break the seriousness cycle.

Will we really care that much about what others might say?


Power Verses
2 Samuel 6:14, “David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might...” (NIV)



…and…


Be Careful What You Read [or Watch]
Friday, July 03, 2009
What you fill your mind with when you read or watch on TV
can help or hurt you in the battle with sin.
Learn to "watch and pray" with today's Back to the Bible...
Series: Winning the Day Spiritually

VIEW OR LISTEN AT
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/Back_to_the_Bible/

GDLC Message: http://www.gdlc.org/worship/sermons.aspx