What can we pray for YOU about 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
Chicago, IL to
Additional prayer request:
Also, please pray for Mike's back. It's been getting worse and worse, and this morning when we took the kids out, he couldn't stand up long enough. He was kneeling down on one knee, and then he went over and was bent over leaning on a lamp post anchor (they're huge in truck stops). I drove 550 miles last night, and he hasn't made, I bet 200 all day long-keeps stopping to lay down. Please ask Bob to pray about it, too. If it's not any better tomorrow, I'm going to insist that he goes to the doctor.......Please put this on the prayer list. There's nothing worse than being hurt hundreds of miles from home, because it seems you just get comfortable.
We're just north of
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR PASTOR BOB ALLMANN
Treatment Location:
CARE-TEL
ROOM 108
Phone:
989-667-9800 x610
Bob was in a car accident Thurs. 4-9-09 at about 6pm in
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
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.
FREE FOOD
(Isa 55:1)
Today in God’s Word
MONDAY, JULY 13, 2009
Please join your brothers and sisters
studying and praying with us today…
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY
July 13, 2009
SHINE
“Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens,
and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.”
Daniel 12:3 (NIV)
Devotion:
“If I only knew God’s will for my life, I could plan my future.”
Have you ever made that statement?
I think we all do some time in our lives. I know I do.
I have heard teens say so as they peer into the future. I’ve known young adults who say so while choosing a career. I’ve had this discussion with friends when they realized a little time management allows for a few extra hours in each week. Other mothers and I have wondered the same when we became empty nesters. I know those about to retire search for “God’s plan for this phase of my life.”
So what is God’s plan for our lives? If you are like me, you want particulars. Only I am not sure God always gives us the step-by-step instructions we desire.
I remember a time in my life when I asked God to give me direction. I asked that He tell me where to move. My husband and I had a choice, but had to give an answer quickly. “Tonight,” my husband said, “I have to respond to the offer this evening.” He suggested I spend the day in prayer and give him the verdict by dinnertime.
I sat down at my dining room table to pray. I explained to God what He already knew: “We have these opportunities. Do we go here or there?”
Silence.
“We want to go where You lead us. Where would that be?”
Silence.
“We want to honor You.”
Silence.
“Do You know that we have to give an answer today? I’m waiting to hear from You.” I sat as still as possible, trying to be patient.
God never told me where to go that day, but He did remind me that His plan for each one of us is universal and at the same time unique.
As I considered my two alternatives, my mind traveled back in time to the many moves my husband and I had made. Wherever we had lived, God had laid out unique opportunities for us to serve Him and each chance to minister appeared under one universal command, “Let your light shine. Love one another.”
He had never specifically told us to start a bus ministry, serve as youth leaders, host a neighborhood Bible study, or mentor teens in a youth home.
I began to realize that God was not going to tell me where to move. He had a message for me. I remember it to this day, twenty-two years later.
“It really doesn’t matter where you are. You are in me and I am in you. Wherever you live, wherever you go, wherever you work, you will find people who need
Remember, wherever You go, I am with you. Wherever you go take me with you and let your light shine.”
As I said, God never told me where we should move. We made our choice to take God with us asking Him to use our lives to bring His Light into others’ lives.
Ever wonder what God’s will is for your life? Simple … shine!
Dear Lord, Your Word clearly details Your plan for my life. Forgive me for wanting all the specific details before I step out to reflect Your glory. I want to spend my days shining as a light in the darkness, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Application Steps:
Take an inventory of your actions and attitude. How can you arrange your life to reflect God’s glory, shining so others might find their way to the Father?
Reflections:
Do I use the excuse that “God has not told me His will for my life” to keep me from serving Him and others?
Have I taken time to understand my spiritual giftedness to better understand God’s will for my life?
Am I well enough acquainted with God’s Word so I can confidently live a life that is pleasing to God?
Power Verses:
Matthew 5:16, “In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” (NIV)
Philippians 2:14-16, “…go out into the world… Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God. Carry the light-giving Message into the night…” (MSG)
…and…
Can Christianity Survive in a Pluralistic World?
Monday, July 13, 2009
Christianity makes some pretty exclusive claims.
But exclusivity is out of fashion in today's world.
Woodrow Kroll tackles this problem with help from John's Gospel...
Series: John: Answers to Life's Questions (Week 6 of 8)
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http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/Back_to_the_Bible/
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