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(Isa 55:1)

TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010


Question for the day:
When was the last time God told you “No”?




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 continue to pray for the residents from Keryx #2 at TRRP in Tuscola, MI and Straits Correctional Facility as they continue to digest the message that God brought them over this past weekend.

Also, please pray for the preparation of hearts for those whom God has chosen to attend Keryx #17 at Pugsley Correctional Facility this coming weekend. May the Lord’s ministers bring Jesus’ Message with clarity, power, boldness and effectiveness. May each who has been chosen to receive that Word do so with joy, May the Word endure forever in their hearts.

*For more information about Keryx, please visit http://keryx.org/ .



Please pray for Mike Brommer as he spreads the Lord’s Seed and witnesses to His glory while on the road today. Please pray also that the Lord will lead him to Kingdom-profitable loads to carry, and that He grants Mike safe passage today.

Mike Brommer is asking for the Lord’s guidance regarding their finances.



Michael – prayers for his long road to recovery and for treatment of the addictions that he is suffering from

Randi March – for Alan, that the Holy Spirit will counsel him with some major life decisions

Anonymous – my Grandpa Edward

Sirrine Family – Tom Petts – having a lung biopsy, Tracy Sirrine – hip injury

Joe Booth – that the disks in my back will heal and there will be no more back pain

Bonnie Brock – prayers for the Johnson family, they lost their 19 year old son

Fort Family – son and daughter-in-law as they seek employment, that they would hear God’s voice as He directs their search

Anonymous – pray that God would lead my life rather than my sins

Hull Family – Laurie will have CT scan results on Tuesday for lung condition

Strong Family – our son Tj and his wife Megan as they need the Lord for healing and peace in their marriage, Megan and physical healing

Bonnie Bell – Mike Gieryk – facing open heart surgery

Anonymous – losing weight

Breedlove Family – kids to make wise choices as the school year ends

Brewster Family – my mom as she went through her stem cell, Karen and Rob as they deal with Karen’s cancer

Gay Family – Linda Alexander

Zawisze Family – Melissa’s dad, Jim – cancer is entering his bones and causing fractures

Anonymous – my son and his internship in NC

Kramer Family – Good funds from our garage sale so that we can raise money for Relay for Life

Carol Haut – My brother Dan, throat cancer

Bornheimer Family – that each of us could hear God’s voice as he leads us

Holt Family – my brothers Tim and Tom, that they would return to following God

Jenni Czachowrski – Thank God for helping me with my anxiety! The safe return of Chris Earls from Iraq after his one year tour. That I may be a Godly example for my friends that are new to God.

Susan Parsons – Mike and Susan Booth

Carol Greyerbiehl – for all of our troops and their families, especially those deployed. For my beautiful grandson, Trayce and his parents, that they raise him with the Lord each day.

Anonymous – my son’s depression

Patti Loree – My family with their transition of our kids to their other parent, my ability to juggle going to school with teaching in the next few weeks

Gorney Family – Our family growth in the Lord. My healing of all hurts hidden within, that we may be blessed with love and forgiveness


My Brother-in-law, Mike Thelen is in a hospital it Anchorage Alaska. An infection in his bowel burst while he was bear hunting in Alaska. He’s lucky he’s not dead. He is in ICU and on a vent. He is septic but on antibiotics. If he doesn’t die he may not be able to come home for weeks. His wife, mother and two of his brothers just flew out there to be with him. He is mostly unconscious and not responsive. They did surgery on the bowel and removed part of it. He will be on a colostomy bag. He is 44 and married to Lynn ’s sister. He has three children; Taylor 16, Sydney 14 and Noah 10.
Could you pray for Mike and his wife Sheryl and there family. This all just happened this past weekend! Thank-you! --Rolland Bellefeuille




ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY
May 18, 2010

Controlling a Complaining Spirit
Glynnis Whitwer

"Now the people complained about their hardships
in the hearing of the LORD,
and when he heard them his anger was aroused.
Then fire from the LORD burned among them and
consumed some of the outskirts of the camp."
Numbers 11:11 (NIV)



Devotion:
As we were getting ready to leave for vacation, one of my children asked for a new video game to play on the drive. Knowing all of our available funds were ear-marked for the trip, I told my child "no" and explained in a compassionate and clear reason why I would not be spending money on a video game prior to a vacation. I explained how much fun we would have and how much this fun would cost. Which, as I was sure he understood, did not leave money for buying video games.

At what I thought was a perfectly logical explanation, that same child, who should have been agreeing with me and trying to find ways to help make this wonderful vacation happen, actually got annoyed. With me. He said, with a very frustrated voice, that he never got anything he wanted. Accompanied with a heavy dramatic sigh, crossed arms and pout.

The tone of his voice, his negative words, and his dramatic body language, raised my eyebrows (I would have only raised one if I could). My back straightened and one hand rose to my hip. "Really?" I said in a low and deceptively calm voice. "You never get anything you want? On the day before we are leaving for an amazing trip that your father and I have worked hard to give you, you can actually say that you have nothing you want?"

Can I just tell you that an ungrateful spirit really is really hard for me to deal with? Especially when I know what is in store.

Sometimes I wonder if that must be how God feels when I grumble about what I don't get. Like when I went through infertility for three years before getting pregnant … three times … then adopting. In hindsight, God was really giving me three more years of wearing a size ten and a brain that could finish a complete thought. At that time, all I saw was emptiness.

The truth is, my child was just demonstrating a human reaction to being told "no" or "not now" by someone who knows what the future holds. Sometimes God withholds a "yes" knowing we need to be prepared to receive His goodness in His time. Other times, when we've been told "no" due to our own bad choices or those of others, God withholds a "yes" to teach us something. Or it's a permanent "no" to protect us. Whichever way, God is always working things together for the good of those who love Him.

I don't think my son ever fully understood why I said "no" to the video game. But over time, as he grew and matured, he learned to trust me more, and believe that I really loved him in spite of saying "no." Even as adults, we have trouble understanding God's ways. Sometimes we may never understand. When that happens, I choose to do a few things that help me mature as a believer. Maybe they will help you too:

• I choose to not complain to others about God.

• I am honest with God about how I feel, but I don't accuse Him of evil or being out to hurt me.

• I choose to trust Him. When the doubts start to surface, I choose again to trust Him again.

• I sing His praises. It reminds me of God's true character, which is always good.


Hearing "no" is never easy. However, as children of a loving Heavenly Father, we can learn over time to trust that He really does have something planned that we are going to love more than what we want right now. When we trust God is working behind the scenes for us, we can control a complaining spirit that threatens to steal our joy. And restore our faith in God's goodness.

Dear Lord, I know I'm often like a child when I get told "no." Help me to understand -- in my head and in my heart -- that You truly love me, and that You are planning something good. Forgive me when I doubt you and voice those doubts in a complaining way, in Jesus' Name, amen.



Application Steps:
Read Numbers 11. Write God's response to the complaining of the Israelites.


Reflections:
What does complaining to others reveal about your character at that moment?

What are some things you can do to stop the complaining cycle and start being more positive?


Power Verses:
Psalm 142:2, "I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble." (NIV)

Philippians 2:14-15, "Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe." (NIV)





YOU TUBE SONG FOR TODAY
Love the Lord
Lincoln Brewster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV7qTD_X0Rk





…and…




Back to the Bible
Woodrow Kroll and Tami Weissert


How to Connect with God

Tuesday, May 18, 2010
PLAY NOW

Many people may believe in God
but they don't know if they can connect with Him intimately.
Dr Kroll contrasts the view of God
in other religions with what the Bible teaches.
God is not silent;
He has spoken through His Word,
and He is eager for us to come to Him through Jesus Christ.
We’ll see examples of God speaking to His people,
why we have a Bible, and how we enter a relationship with God.

This message references: John 1:14



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