DYSMAS CONDUIT
FREE FOOD
(Isa 55:1)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Question for the day: How can one best assist another who is in grieving?
What can we pray with 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
Today’s Chapter in God’s Word
1 THESSALONIANS 2
Listen at
http://www.audiotreasure.com/webindex.htm
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 them to Kingdom-profitable loads to carry, and that He grants them safe passage today.
THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR PASTOR BOB ALLMANN
Please remain in prayer concerning his continued healing and that he is upheld by the Spirit, becoming physically strong as he returns to serving the Lord… what he loves to do!
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.
UPDATE:
After more testing, the doctors have found that, despite the number of tumors found in and around the bladder, that the cancer has NOT spread to any surrounding muscle tissue or organs. They are looking at completely removing the bladder and replacing it with a piece of intestine. WE PRAISE GOD AND GIVE HIM THE GLORY FOR THIS; WE ALSO PRAY THAT BILLY WILL RECOGNIZE THIS AS GOD WORKING IN HIS LIFE!!!!!!!!!
My sister Gabrielle Klein has been missing since Thursday evening around 7p.m. She has not responded to text, phone calls, and did not show up for work Friday. She did not tell anybody where she was going, or that she would be gone for any length of time. We think it is possible she may not be alone. Famiy is unsettled, very concerned......Prayers Needed. Thank You, ==Gina Bornheimer
Please pray for Justin Johnson my friend’s son, who was shot in the Ft Hood massacre. He has a bullet lodged in his chest, they were not able to operate but need to, as his lungs are filling up and he can’t breathe. He is a Christian and so is his whole family.
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY
November 16, 2009
Being the Stillness
Bonnie Grove
"Then they sat down on the ground with him
for seven days and seven nights
with no one speaking a word to him,
for they saw that his pain was very great."
Job 2:13 (NASB)
Devotion:
I have sought comfort in the book of Job many times in my life. After I buried my infant son, I asked, "Why?" God reminded me that when Job asked the same question His answer was, "Who?"
While laying on a hospital bed knowing for certain I would lose the twins I had carried only a few precious months, God reminded me how in the midst of Job's suffering, God came. And in the whirlwind He answered. Not right away, not in Job's time, but in God's time - the perfect time when Job's heart could take in the words of healing.
In the years following those dark events, I trained in theology, counseling and psychology. I was on a quest to understand my brokenness, and that of others. I'm still on that quest, though my formal training is behind me.
One evening, I was in conversation with a man who was going through a divorce and was in obvious pain. He spoke of his daughter, and how his hopes for the future had been destroyed. When he finished speaking I sat in silence, knowing I had no great words to offer. Spent from telling his story, he too sat quietly.
Our silence stretched into minutes. Then, the man began to cry. I sat with him, keeping his tears company, and still said nothing. More minutes passed, and the man said, "That's the first time I've cried since this whole mess started." Then he said something surprising: "You've helped me so much. Thank you."
The silence had changed something for him. From my perspective, the silence was a result of my limitations as a counselor - I was empty handed. But it became clear to me there was something powerful at work. I remembered how Job's friends sat in silence with him for seven days and nights. With that in mind, I began to pay close attention to silence. I found that by being quiet, I could better understand my thoughts, fears, hopes, and desires. And in my long silences I was able to sense God's presence and hear His voice. When I sat with the man going through a divorce I listened to him without interruption. Then, by saying nothing, I helped him listen to what God had to say to him.
There are astounding lessons to be learned from the act of listening. I have learned that listening is an act of love. It is not passive; it is intentional, engaging with the heart and mind of another person. To listen you must turn off all outside distractions; say "no" to the world rushing by you. A sacred act of deliberate silence and meaningful pause, listening helps people clear a space in their life, heart, and mind in order to simply "be." Our listening is an important gift. I am learning to make it my first response. Through listening I want to provide the stillness God speaks into.
Dear Lord, bring me into a deeper silence before You, that I may hear Your voice, and in hearing, believe, and in believing, listen to the heart of others. When people hurt Lord, let me first offer them my listening, not my advice. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Application Steps:
Practice stillness in your prayer life. Sit quietly; offer the sacrifice of love by listening long to what the Lord has to say to you today.
Practice stillness in your relationships. Begin to pay attention to the silences around you and offer yourself to a friend through the act of listening.
Reflections:
Do you believe God will meet you in your silence?
Can you recall a time when you listened as an act of love to a friend or family member?
Power Verses:
Habakkuk 2:20, "But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him." (NASB)
Psalm 46:10-11, "Be still and know that I am God….The LORD Almighty is with us." (NIV)
…and…
TURNING POINT
Dr. David Jeremiah
How Can I Help My Family? - Part 2
Monday, November 16, 2009
Parenting resources are endless these days.
Books, magazines, websites, chat rooms - we're guaranteed to find the answers to our most difficult questions.
Unfortunately, many of us try the world's approach
and end up making the situation even worse.
So, where can we find the strategies for effective parenting?
How can we really help our families?
Dr. David Jeremiah reminds us that God created families,
and He gave us instructions throughout His Word on how to make them work.
Series: God, I Need Some Answers
VIEW OR LISTEN AT
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/Turning_Point/
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