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(Isa 55:1)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010
Question for the day: What would you do today, if the world was expected to end tomorrow?
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:
From Christine Babel- Henderson
My daughter in law’s niece, Harmony, was born at full term weighing 2lbs 3oz. She was born without a spine, having water on the brain, a club foot, only one valve to her heart... the Drs. said she needed some kind of surgery done because she has no spine, if she does not have it she will be in a great deal of pain. She's in pain now. The doctor's do not understand what is keeping her alive right now. Daughter-in-law, Tonya, is not handling this very well at all. She was excited about becoming an Aunt.
Grand-daughter, Seana, does not understand why God let the mother carry the baby to full term to just to have all this wrong with her. Also, why he allowed her to be born just to take her. I talked with her for awhile about it. I am afraid I don't know any passages from the Bible to tell her. I spoke to her from my heart, trying to reassure her of faith in the Lord, and his plan for all of us. Please help me to pray for her as well.
Lord Jesus, mysterious are Your ways... impossible for us to fathom. Again today we approach your throne of grace and mercy with the question "Why?" filling our hearts and attacking our minds. But, deep within us, our spirit remains settled by Your most holy Spirit as we continue to rest in the knowledge that, through Your sovereign grace, all things continue to work for good and not evil in the lives of Your saints.
We hold this mother and child up before You, sovereign Father, and ask that You fulfill Your word, Your gracious promise, to all Your children. You know Your plans, and they are not meant to harm us. Instead they are intended to give a future and a hope. We also hold up before you Christine, Tonya and Seanna… That You might bring comfort and strength to them and reassure them that nothing bad happens that You can’t bring good from.
We know that this is but our temporary home and we ask that You take YOUR innocent infant child home to be with You, if that is Your will, quickly and peacefully -- without pain. Also, Lord Jesus, comfort and console the mother with Your peace, and allow her to feel Your love, in Jesus’ matchless Name, amen.
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.
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.
Lynda Varner and Nate Yonker will be taking a medical team to
We need to cover them in prayer.
We are looking for 3 - 5 people to pray specifically for an assigned member of the team.
There will be seven people on the team so we need 21 - 35 individuals willing to receive email updates and pray on the spot for your assigned missionary.
Please reply to this email [address] if you are willing to be placed on our prayer roster.
Include the email that you check most often in your reply.
We would like to start covering them ASAP.
Until all have heard,
Trina Krause
blindjunketac915@chartermi.net
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY
January 22, 2010
Fireworks
"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God."
1 Thessalonians 4:16a (NLT)
Devotion:
When it comes to fireworks displays I want to sit front and center. I don't want to miss even one "Pop!" or "Boom!" And I want to take in every sparkle and colorful explosion. With my eyes wide open and my heart wildly beating, I exclaim, "Bring it on!"
Not everyone shares my enthusiasm though. I've seen children bury their frightened faces in parents' protective arms, and observed their little hands fly to cover shocked ears.
I feel sorry for those not prepared to enjoy the brilliant show in the sky. I remember my first pyrotechnic display. Yes, the noise shocked me. Yes, the incredible brilliance blinded my eyes. But I had been prepared and forewarned about the sound and light show - I was ready and wanted to watch!
When I scan the crowds at fireworks displays and see the fearful eyes of those caught off-guard, I am reminded of another heavenly display that will cause great fear for those who aren't prepared.
Today's key verse describes the moment Jesus returns to earth. His split-second return bursts forth from the pages of 1 Thessalonians 5 and the book of Revelation with out-of-this-world imagery.
Jesus' return will
· Be loud.
· Be displayed in the sky.
· Involve terrified bystanders.
· Intrigue adoring crowds who are waiting for His return.
Revelation 6:15-16 describes those who are not ready for the heavenly manifestation. They will not bury their faces or cover their ears, but will run to caves and beg rocks to fall on them. Why do they plead to die? Because they are not prepared for the great and glorious return of the Lord.
There are many ways to prepare ourselves for the Lord's second coming. The first and foremost is to believe in Him as Lord of All. Romans 14:10-12 tells us that eventually, "We will all stand before God's judgment seat. It is written: 'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God'" (NIV).
Why not choose this day to call on the name of the Lord and be saved? Jesus promises, "I came that they may have life and have it abundantly" (John 10:10, ESV). That life doesn't end when we die. It carries on into eternity.
I have no idea how or when I will see Jesus face-to-face for the first time. I would be filled with excitement if I knew I'd see Him coming in the clouds. It is likely though that I will see Him the day I die and He ushers me into eternal life. My real concern though is not when I see Jesus, but how.
I want to be ready. I don't want to have an unhealthy fear of God's judgment or any desire to be covered by rocks! I want to be prepared to look into His face without shame.
Are you prepared for that day? If not, what better time for a new start than right now at the beginning of this New Year?
First John 5:12a, 13 promises, "He who has the Son has the life...These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life" (NAS).
God longs for everyone to be in relationship with Him. No one is excluded from the promise of eternal life, but "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" (Romans 10:13, NIV). He has invited each one of us to follow Him. Won't you accept His invitation and say "yes" to God?
Jesus, I don't know when I will see You face-to-face, but I ask that You prepare me for that day. Forgive me of my sins. Wash me clean. Take away my shame and fear; I don't want to miss one detail of Your beauty. Come, Lord Jesus, come. I pray in Your Name, amen.
Application Steps:
Reflect on the moment when you will first see Jesus face-to-face.
Reflections:
Am I ready to meet Jesus?
Power Verses:
Revelation 1:7, "Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him…" (NASB)
Revelation 21:10, 23, "…the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God…has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it…" (NASB)
Romans 10:9-11, "Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart a person believes…and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation. The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him…will [ever] be put to shame or be disappointed." (AMP)
YOU TUBE SONG FOR TODAY
I Believe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VtaOB_mY0s
…and…
Taking a trip on the Bible Bus
Hosea 1:1-2:1
Hosea 1:1-11 (NIV)
The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of
[2] When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, "Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the Lord." [3] So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
[4] Then the Lord said to Hosea, "Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the
[6] Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, "Call her Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer show love to the house of
[8] After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son. [9] Then the Lord said, "Call him Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I am not your God.
[10] "Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.' [11] The people of
Hosea 2:1 (NIV)
"Say of your brothers, 'My people,'
and of your sisters, 'My loved one.'
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