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(Isa 55:1)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010
Question for the day: What are you the most thankful for today?
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.
Melody Coldwell (Joe's Wife) just phoned me and her niece, Rachel, who had heart surgery in December is still at the hospital in
Father God, please place Your healing hand upon Rachel, please mend and strengthen her heart and we ask that whatever caused the stroke to be healed...we ask that the damage from the stroke be minimal and please give her comfort, strength and peace during this time. We ask that the all those who are caring for Rachel be given wisdom and discernment from You through the power of the Holy Spirit. Be with her family as they are gathering in
CONFIDENTIAL: all these in
CONFIDENTIAL: my 2 brothers Tom & Tim who have turned their backs on the Lord and families.
Jim/Marsha Stamas: our son away at college.
Mark O’Keefe: pray for mercy on the people of
M. Deb Hassen: Joe & Deb Hassen and family.
Yarhmarkt Family: for others to know Jesus.
Reich Family:
CONFIDENTIAL: prayers for someone special that has a hard heart.
Kent/Lela Toner: Keegan’s surgery is God guided and heals well. His surgery is at 11:30 today. Thanks,
Maggert Family: family in need of prayer for peace and direction.
Sherry Kerns: mom, Leona Dopp hip is very painful.
Rich/Sharon Waite: my brother, Larry Sirrine, recovery from surgery.
Michelle Schaefer: my grandchildren so that may find Jesus. For the 2 unborn grandchildren so they will have a safe birth and be healthy.
Bill/Barb Patrick: Keegan Toner’s surgery Monday 1/18.
Mary Brewster: Karen Ulmer has bone cancer and kidney and family problems.
Paula Press has leukemia and Alicia needs a job.
ANNONOMOUS: Rita Klemish who recently found out she has a brain tumor. Lew Fenton whose brother passes away this week.
Ben Wright: employment and other successes, my children
Heather/Neal Gorney: forgiving and forgetting and not giving up on our marriage. Neal to open his heart and mind to the Lord. For us to grow together forever in God’s plan.
Josh/Michelle Burkhard: our family’s health as we are continuing to recover from the flu this week.
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY
January 19, 2010
Richer or Poorer?
"One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;
another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth."
Proverbs 13:7 (NIV)
Devotion:
I watched Maria as she put her arm around her young son and drew him to her side. He responded by leaning in. They were a family of little means and just walking around her house would make even the most hardened heart cry. The shack had a roof made of sharp tin with tree branches mingled in between the layers. It certainly could not keep the elements out and as I peered up and saw light peeking in I wondered how they kept dry when it rained.
The floors were made of cement in some places, dirt in others. Bricks surrounded the little house and as Eric proudly showed me the bedroom that he shared with his mother and two brothers, I smiled. I was then led into the meager kitchen that was stocked with some old pans, a bag of potatoes, some carrots and a sink that refused to release water from its spout.
There was no bathroom or laundry area except for the ragged line that hung outside with a few items of clothing on it. For all of this bareness, the children were genuinely joyful. As the boys hugged their mom, there was that sense of sweetness that happens between a child and his mother that no amount of money or material goods can replace. This family had each other and they had Jesus.
Many of the world’s people are extremely impoverished in regards to material blessings. I've decided, however, that many in the
I arrived home with a new vision of blessing. You see, the families I encountered in the homes I visited may not be blessed with material things but they consider it a privilege and gift to know Jesus. When people place highest value in Jesus, not possessions, they gain a life of hope. Hope without end. I can collect everything money can buy, but if I have no hope, I have nothing of value.
Dear God, thank You for the richness and fullness that I have in my life because You sent Your Son. Help me to keep my eyes on Jesus instead of wanting more things that will never fulfill me the way You do. I know that it is only through Christ that I can be truly wealthy, in Jesus' Name, amen.
Application Steps:
Pray Romans 15:13 for the nations: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (NIV)
Are you feeling hopeless today? Proverbs 11:25 says "He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed" (NIV). Refresh someone today with the hope of Jesus—you will in turn be refreshed with His hope.
Reflections:
What in my home is excess?
Who can I give it to that needs it more than I?
Power Verses:
2 Corinthians 8:9, "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich." (NIV)
2 Corinthians 6:10, "Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything." (NIV)
YOU TUBE SONG FOR TODAY
Give Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBpv-ZzcQD8
…and…
Taking a trip on the Bible Bus
Hebrews 13:10-25
[10] We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
[11] The high priest carries the blood of animals into the
[15] Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise--the fruit of lips that confess his name. [16] And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
[17] Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.
[18] Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. [19] I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.
[20] May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, [21] equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
[22] Brothers, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written you only a short letter.
[23] I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
[24] Greet all your leaders and all God's people. Those from
[25] Grace be with you all.
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