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(Isa 55:1)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Question for the day:

Have you ever asked the darkest “Why?” question?

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 Lauren Gibbons:

Please pray for my oldest grandson's grandpa, Papa Bud. He was diagnosed with peritoneal mesotheleoma (cancer of the lining of the peritoneum which surrounds abdominal organs) last spring. He's been undergoing chemo but it's not working. He's planning to undergo a fairly new very invasive operation in April. They scrape the cancer cells and fill the lining with a warm chemo treatment directly in the infected area. The doctor has done 80 surgeries. Not sure the success rate, and of course there are certain risks, but with God on Bud's side, I'm trusting that he will be healed and a walking testimony for Jesus. He needs prayer for salvation/healing. Thanks so much for extending your faith along with me and the rest of the family.

Dear Prayer Warriors,

i want to tell you how grateful i am for all of the prayers that have been lifted for me. i have had my raditaion treatments and my first chemo treatment also. i have been feeling very well, with a few hard hours and days in between. I know that it is through the grace of God and your prayers that i come out of the hard times. there were times when the pain was so intense the pain meds did not touch it at all. it was only God that brought me through it again. i have been feeling very well. and it bothers me even sometimes becuase i feel like i should be at work. i know though that my "job" is getting well and doing everything i can to get well. it is hard for me, i am the organizer in our household and am the one to keep everyone on track with school, work, schedules, etc. my family and friends have been here and supporting and caring for me and i am so thankful that they were able to be here so quickly. it has been such a comfort to me in the deepest part of my soul. and the prayers from my Messiah Faith Family and all the prayer chains all across the country. i will be having 6 more treatments with my chemo schedule. please pray for the following chemos to go well, and that my blood cell counts stay high. i am thankful that i am well and i am so thankful for all the prayers. my heart just overflows. and i thank God every day. and I also pray everyday that God will just pour out in abundance His blessings on all of those who are praying for me. Genesis 12:3 " I will bless those who bless you." and also i tell everyone about the miracle that God is bringing about in my life. The healing in my body and the healing in our whole family. Psalm 118:17 "I shall not die, I shall live, and I will declare the works of the Lord." with love in Christ, Carolyn Young

Good Morning, Church!

Pastor Greg Finke

Psalm 62:8, "Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge."

Uncertainty is hard, but God is good.

Uncertainty can quickly fill our hearts with the unwelcome emotions of anxiety, fear and eventually anger. What do we do when our hearts are so full of that crud that we have precious little room left for things like peace and joy and confidence?

Last Sunday we set up an illustration to answer that question. You can watch a brief video segment of it by clicking here.

Imagine a tall drinking glass representing our lives. Now imagine a pitcher full of brown liquid representing anxiety and fear and anger. How quickly that brown liquid can fill us to the top!

What do we do with all that crud? The Psalmist tells us. Pour out your hearts to the Lord. Imagine the tall drinking glass being poured out of all the brown liquid. We do that by telling the Lord, "I am anxious. I am afraid. I am angry at what this uncertainty is doing to me and my family." Pour all that out to the Lord. Every drop.

Now hear the good news of Philippians 4:6-7, "Do not be anxious about anything [pour out your hearts to God], but in everything present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

You have poured out the brown liquid of anxiety to the Lord. Now imagine a pitcher full of cool clear water being poured into your glass instead. It keeps filling you and filling you until you are full to the top with peace and joy and confidence in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 62:8, "Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge."

What uncertainty threatens to fill your glass with brown liquid today? Take some time to pour it back out to the Lord. And receive what He is already giving you... His peace, His joy, His own Spirit.

Let's pray...

Pastor Greg

YOU TUBE SONG FOR TODAY

Why?

Rascal Flatts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd-2EkA4LgI

It must a been a place so dark, couldn't feel the light
Reachin' for you through that stormy cloud
Now here we are gathered in our little home town
This can't be the way you meant to draw a crowd

Oh why that's what I keep askin'
Was there anything I could have said or done
Oh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul, god only knows
What went wrong and why you'd leave the stage in the middle of a song
Mmmmmmm

Now in my mind I keep you frozen as a seventeen year old
Rounding third to score the winning run
You always played with passion no matter what the game
When you took the stage you shined just like the sun

Oh why that's what I keep askin'
Was there anything I could have said or done
Oh I had no clue you were masking the troubled soul, oh god only knows
What went wrong and why you'd leave the stage in the middle of a song
Yeah yeah yeah

Now the oak trees are swayin' in the early autumn breeze
The golden sun is shining on my face
The tangled thoughts I hear a mockingbird sing
This old world really ain't that bad a place

Oh why there's no comprehending
And who am I to try to judge or explain
Oh but I do have one burning question
Who told you life wasn't worth the fight
They were wrong
They lied
And now you're gone
And we cried

Cause It's not like you to walk away in the middle of a song

Your beautiful song
Your absolutely beautiful song