DYSMAS CONDUIT
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(Isa 55:1)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
Question for the day:
When was the last time someone showed you grace instead of the reaction you expected?
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.
Hi, I am asking prayers for my brother, Chris. Two weeks ago he had a heart cathe looking for blockage. They gave him a clean bill of health. He was admitted into the hospital yesterday with an infection at the sight where they went into the groin. I found out today that they now discovered a hole in the artery (which may have been punctured during the heart cathe). The infection may have spread further but they are not sure.. When they go into surgery they will find out if they need to go into another artery to repair this hole. The doctores are not giving my sister-in-law any definitive answers to questions. They are denying that the puncture might have happed during the heart cathe. So many factors of this surgery has to do with his cumodin levels and when they can perform the surgery. The surgery is scheduled for Tuesday. Thank you for your prayers. Bonny
Dore Family: me & my family, boy’s behavior
Dave/Dorothy Britton: Dave’s health issues
Nancy Vance: my daughter, Beth Harrison who has just been diagnosed with Hodgekin’s lymphoma
Al/Ann Gay: Linda Alexander
Mary Brewster: Karen Ulmer, bone cancer and Paula Press leukemia
Ryleigh Kramer: Ali Minnis’s heart surgery
Bob/Judy Bissonnette: all the Bissonnette family and our friends. All the Haitian people and our service men.
Maggerts: Carolyn Young
Corey Gillespie: Heather Gillespie, Abbie Hockemeyer, Rachel Gillespie.
Wayne/Lanette Fort: Stephen & Kate that God would provide his direction as they leave OH and return to MI and that doors to employment would open. Also for us as parents as we deal with them moving.
CONFIDENTIAL: my brother Ricky
Chuck/Lola Neal: my surgery is tomorrow (Lola)
Ben Wright: need a job, children, writing for the blessings of these.
Sharon Phillips: Gretchen Phillips having premature labor only 29 weeks on meds to stop contractions.
Moses Delu: for God’s will to be done through me.
Kurt/Jayne Heringhausen: prayers for thanks for Kurt while he was traveling for work in
Charlie/Jill Breedlove: Carolyn Young pain relief
Christine Derusha: Lori Braman hope and new job.
Jessica Adams: got a divorce in Dec and now a single mom of 3 girls. Need people to pray to keep me strong to do it all on my own… with Jesus’ help.
CONFIDENTIAL: Rachel who is sick in the hospital, pregnant with 29 week old twin boys who are in a hurry to come out. Pray for her.
Stacey Sczpanski: financial stability and our blended families
Josh/Michelle Burkhard: Josh is having outpatient surgery on Friday 2/5. Hannah is having her tonsils and adenoids out on 2/17. Please pray for our health, recovery and peace.
Linda Radek: sister has multiple health issues.
Rich/Sharon Waite: borther, Larry Sirrine surgery recovery. Our children,
Sue Merry: my father is having knee surgery on 2/8 and my daughter has just been diagnosed with cancer.
Neal/Heather Gorney: our family, marriage and parenting and our growth in following the Lord fully.
Ben Wright: job, children’s prayers and home.
Dennis/Cynthia Kreil: for our niece, Allie who is recovery from an overdose and apparently suicide attempt. Please calm her troubled spirit with the peace that can only come through Jesus Christ.
CONFIDENTIAL: Tonya is having another surgery. Carolyn who is recovering from cancer.
Marsha Bailey: my daughter, Bridgett with health issues, pray for her healing.
Kathy Mikula: Jon Elliott is struggling with alcoholism. Troy Offenbecker is having after effects of
Carl/Margaret Maggert: Greg Beck
O’Keefe Family: our missionaries in
Paul Echlin: all family.
John Bornheimer: Gina’s health and Dash’s future and well being.
Ben: my great grandma
Dylan Sirrine: my great grandpa, Kelly, because his wife died last Easter.
Brent/Mara: the sick and needy. My dad, Robert is having surgery on Monday for cancer. Pray for success and health.
Please pray for Nina Yates. (She is the sister-in-law of Dorothy Decuf) She has a brain aneurism and she is in
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY
February 9, 2010
Grace Covers
Melanie Chitwood
"Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another,
because love covers a multitude of sins."
1 Peter 4:8 (NAS)
Devotion:
Cartilage is a tissue that is found in many places in our bodies, including at the end of bones where joints form. It protects our joints from wear and tear, helps them move smoothly, and absorbs shock. When the cartilage in our knee, for example, is damaged, we feel pain.
Grace in our marriages is like the protective covering of cartilage in our joints. Couples who show each other a gracious attitude cover their marriage with understanding, protect their marriage from misunderstandings and short-tempered emotions, and help one another absorb life's jolts and shocks.
For example, the other day Scott came home late to discover that I had forgotten to turn off the hose after washing the dogs. The backyard was overflowing with water—an inconvenience and a costly mistake on my part. He could have gotten mad at me, but he didn't. His gracious attitude covered my shortcoming.
Today's key verse contains the word love rather than the word grace. That's because one aspect of love is grace. It's the part of love that is generous, forgiving, encouraging, and unconditional. It's the part of love that empowers you to fill in the gaps rather than notice what's lacking in your spouse. Grace asks, "How can I help you?" instead of growing frustrated or bitter when your spouse isn't measuring up to your standard.
Bringing criticism, judgment, and self-righteousness into your marriage is all too easy. Saying "Why didn't you…" "You should have…" or "I told you so" requires no effort. But being gracious is what we need in marriage, and that's what Christ calls us to be. We're human. We're going to disappoint one another. We're not always going to meet each other's needs.
When you are fully aware of your own weaknesses and of the ways you fall short of the glory of God, you are more likely to show your partner a gracious attitude. God's Word reminds us that "love covers." How can you cover your spouse with the love of grace today?
Dear Father, search me, O God, and know my heart (Psalm 139:23). Soften my heart and make me willing to adopt a gracious attitude toward my spouse. Where I have been unforgiving, harsh, judgmental, or bitter toward my spouse, Lord, I am sorry and ask Your forgiveness. If we need to talk about an issue, Lord, I pray our conversation will lead us both to a gracious attitude toward one another. If there's something I need to be quiet about or just to accept, give me willingness and strength. Lord, I pray that my attitude toward my spouse will reflect Your gracious love, in Jesus' Name, amen.
Application Steps:
What you can do today to show a gracious attitude toward your spouse? Some ideas:
· Let it go.
· Assume the best.
· In your quiet time, think about the different ways God has covered you with grace rather than burdened you with judgment.
· Hang around friends with gracious attitudes. Let their attitudes rub off on you.
· Be careful of keeping company with people who are constantly bashing and bad-mouthing their spouses. Their bad attitudes are likely to affect yours.
· Don't say, "I told you so."
Reflections:
What triggers in you a harsh or judgmental reaction toward your spouse rather than a gracious reaction?
How has Christ shown you grace, and how can His grace spill over in your marriage?
Power Verses:
Ephesians 4:2, "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." (NIV)
1 Peter 3:7, "You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way…" (NAS)
YOU TUBE SONG FOR TODAY
Thank You for Giving to the Lord
Ray Boltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzhFyNp3Ja8
…and…
Taking a trip on the Bible Bus
Hosea 11-14
Listen to Scripture at
http://www.audiotreasure.com/webindex.htm
Listen to Thru the Bible
Dr. J.
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/Thru_the_Bible_with_JVernon_McGee/
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