DYSMAS CONDUIT
FREE FOOD
(Isa 55:1)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010
Question for the day: Do you have any “harmless” activities that distract you from what you are called to do?
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
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 from
Please continue to pray for Billy Hamburg. He had another surgery and two more tumors were discovered. Discussion is forthcoming concerning bladder removal. Please pray for the Lord’s Hand to help him overcome his anxiety as well as the cancer.
Ruth Swarthout: husband has lung cancer, Harriet breast cancer, Flo has throat cancer. Bob, Jim, James, Earl, Ric and Dennis all have cancer. Tammy has problems with her pregnancy (5 months along)
Al/Ann Gay: Linda Alexander as she goes off chemo for a continued recovery
Marsha Stamas: all kids going back to college and school that they keep strong faith in God.
Gabrielle
Diane Melton: my health and healing
Wendy Kall: praises! My father was here with us this morning.
Jill/Charlie Breedlove: my brother, Bob Smith will be having a biopsy Feb 3. He lives in
Deb Sandow: healing for Nancy and Tony, salvation. Exams for high school students, that they glorify God in their lives.
Tracey/Mike Young: health and recovery for Carolyn Young in hospital with blood clots in lungs and pneumonia and a speedy diagnosis from lab tests.
Dean/Mary Brewster: Karen & Rob Ulmer – Karen has cancer.
Terry/Carleen
Cathy/Glen Jacobs: Heather & Guy Krakowski death of baby boy Charlie. Melissa, Jill, Carol, Sandra and Cindy cancer. Neighbors Ralph & Jennie have health concerns. And our children and their families.
Kurt/Jayne Heringhausen: prayer for thanks for Julie, our daughter returned home safely from her trip to
CONFIDENTIAL: great grandmother is in the hospital preparing for her new life in heaven
Deb Hassen: me and my family.
David Toner: Keegan’s open heart surgery 1/18 at U of M
CONFIDENTIAL: son’s abstinence from alcohol and daughter-in-law’s anxiety.
Neal/Heather Gorney: Our marriage and its growth in God’s will. Pray for Neal to find his place with the Lord and believe and practice his ways. Believing his wife and kids. Building a home and family.
CONFIDENTIAL: our fellow man for safety and protection and guidance.
ANONOMIOUS: Vicki Freer who is undergoing Chemo for her breast cancer. Jill Collison’s family as they process his death.
Joe Booth: that my voice will be restored to normal and no surgery will be needed.
CONFIDENTIAL: people to find the Lord.
Dylan Sirrine: Zach to get closer to God.
Ben Young: Grandpa Dombrowski
CONFIDENTIAL: continued healing
Ben Chutes is leaving for a ministry assignment in
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY
January 12, 2010
At a Crossroads
T. Suzanne Eller
"'Who are you, lord?' Saul asked.
And the voice replied, ‘I am Jesus,
the one you are persecuting!
Now get up and go into the city,
and you will be told what you must do.'"
Acts 9:5-6 (NLT)
Devotion:
As I strove to put aside anything that might stand between me and God's best, the gentle nudge of the Holy Spirit showed me something that could possibly hold me back from excellence. No big sin. No hidden motives. And yet it mattered to God.
Did it matter to me? And what would I do about it? I spent time in the prayer room that night and I left with an understanding of what steps to take.
When I returned home, I quickly realized that the battle was bigger than I thought. God had shown me that I had allowed something "harmless" to claim my time and attention, to distract me from what He was calling me to do.
It wasn't about trying to be a super Christian, but a discovery process. What did God have for me?
In Acts 9, Saul was on his own mission, bustling towards
This was Saul's personal crossroad. Would he stay on the same old path, or would he stop and allow God to take control? It wasn't easy, but Saul gave over the reins of his life to God and the rest is history. Where would Saul have ended up if he had ignored the voice of God?
He was a prominent man, a Roman citizen. A man feared by many. He could have stayed on that road and enjoyed the power and prestige. Instead Saul emerged with brand new direction that led him toward his destiny. He uncovered new paths. He discovered exactly who and what God knew he could be all along.
Perhaps you've felt that holy discontent lately. Maybe you are at your own crossroads.
What helped me the most was to ask the same question Saul did: "Who are you, lord?"
I looked at my time. I looked at my dreams. I looked at my relationship with the God who loves and knows me best. What had become lord in my life?
When I answered that question, I found renewed direction. I'm so grateful for a God that will stop me right where I am and show me the way.
Dear Father, thank You for loving us enough to stop us right where we are. I am grateful that You know us. You know what we can do, and You know our weaknesses. Thank You for leading us to an abundant and full existence through You, in Jesus' Name, amen.
Application Steps:
If you feel the same nudge from God's Spirit did, stop and:
Ask: Ask for clarity.
Anticipate: When God speaks to us it is not to condemn, but to motivate. What does God see that you do not?
Act: Turn in the direction God is leading you.
Reflections:
According to Miriam Webster, a crossroads is a crucial point, especially where a decision must be made.
"Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free. No one can hinder him." - A.W. Tozer
"The beautiful thing about this adventure called faith is that we can count on Him never to lead us astray." - Charles Swindoll
Power Verses:
Acts 9:19b-21, "Saul stayed with the believers in
…and…
Taking a trip on the Bible Bus
[3] Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
[4] In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. [5] And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
[6] because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."
[7] Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? [8] If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. [9] Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! [10] Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. [11] No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
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