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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010


Question for the day:
Who built the place where you will sleep tonight?




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.

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



Christine Babel Henderson - Today when I called my Mother to find out what the Dr. told her about her test. She told me they needed to take more tests. She was told everything so far is pointing towards "colon cancer". Please take a moment from your busy day and remember my Mother in prayer. I lost my Father to liver cancer in 1991, I am NOT ready to let her go!!



Pray for Noreen Humm who is having surgery Tuesday AM.



Lauren Gibbons April 27 at 11:53am
Good morning,

My oldest grandson's grandpa, Bud, is going in for an invasive surgery next Monday. He was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma (cancer in the lining surrounding the organs in the abdomen) last summer. He's undergone all the standard chemo. and radiation but this surgery is supposed to either kill you or pretty much clear it up. They inject chemo. directly into the lining.

His wife is disabled and totally depends on him. If anything happens to him she would be completely lost and probably grieve herself to death.

I have tried to talk to him about the Lord in an e-mail. His Dad was a preacher and maybe that says it all. Sometimes those kids don't feel the love and acceptance they should, so I've heard. Basically, I got no comment from him accept that he appreciates my prayers. So, I would ask for strength for me and those who love him and spiritual/physical healing for Bud.

The bad/good? part is that my only granddaughter is having what we hope is her final surgery 3 days later, next Thursday...I say good because my son and his wife are more focused on that...at least right now anyway. She is having surgery on her top palette in her mouth and adenoids removed. She has a trache (long story) in her neck to breathe but once this final surgery is performed, the idea is to be able to take that out and she should have all prior surgeries and hopefully most medical issues behind her.

I'd like to get as many people praying for Bud and Baylee Ann as possible and for God to pave the way for successful surgeries for both.

Thanks so much. God bless you, Lauren



Please continue to pray for my brother Larry Starke and his family. He is too weak for chemo, so they have sent him home. He is now waiting to go to be with our Lord. Thank you, --Jan Vedrode



Hillebrand Family – Erin as she goes through some personal challenges. Pray that she follows God and takes the right path.

DeCorte Famly – Blake DeCorte

Shaffner Family – Thank You for the blessings of this faith family!

Long Family – McKenna and Mrs K

Bornheimer Family – Healing and direction

Hays Family – Karen starting a new job

Molly Holt – that my brothers Tim and Tom would return to God

Roberts Family – our sons, Tim and Tom, that they would return to God

Carol Greyerbiehl – continued prayer for all of our troops and their families

Patti Loree – grace for each day through business chaos and just life

Breedlove Family – Those being confirmed today, that we as their church family will encourage them in their walk with Jesus.

Dore Family – quit smoking

Bill Hooper – new children of God from women’s Keryx weekend just finished

Kramer Family – Ali Minnis - heart surgery, Julie Creasman – cancer

Swarthout Family – husband with lung cancer, many more with cancer, Harriet, Flo, Bob, Dennis, James, Christie, new kidney

Sisco Family – son in law in harms way, our spiritual growth

Katie Haag – my cat Skittles

Brian Pickleman – guidance as I seek His direction in my life and my next career opportunity

Brewster Family – Paula Mann, Karen Ulmer, Dean’s shoulder

Melani Martin – My mother and father as it is my deceased brothers birthday today

Karie Prohaska – my son’s leg to get better, pray that his new doctor will fix it, no more pain

Gay Family – Linda Alexander, having a catscan on May 4th

Warren Family – Darlene, possible cancer

Kelly Hirschman – my son Brent really seems to be turning his life around, pray that he will get the position he is seeking

Gorney Family – strength and endurance in our marriage, guide and build us in worship and prayer, pray for our family growth in God’s word

Sweebe Family – Shari ’s continued healing from kidney removal

Joan McMahon – Emily Pittman

Maggerts – job for child

Lou and Jan Vedrode – Jan’s brother, Pastor Larry Starke, at home with cancer, waiting to be taken to his Father’s house

Anonymous – A healthy pregnancy

Anonymous – A new journey for a family reorganizing strength for this difficult split in the road

Anonymous – Sue Haiser, Melissa S, Carol V, the family of Tom Gilstad, for my family and friends as we face challenges

Anonymous – people at work are being eliminated, many changes are being made, people are worried and troubled

Anonymous – our financial stability, health and well being




ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY
May 4, 2010

God the Builder
Wendy Pope

"For every house is built by someone,
but God is the builder of everything."
Hebrews 3:4 (NIV)



Devotion:
Anything my nine year-old son sets his mind to, he can build. Whether he is working with Legos, K'nex, or hammer and nails, you can count on him to build a masterpiece. When he was only seven he informed me he planned to build a clubhouse from scrap wood the "worker-men" from the construction site down the road had given him.

I gave him a list of logical reasons why he could not build a clubhouse. My little guy listened, and then proceeded to tell me his logical reasons for how he could build a clubhouse. I knew in my mind I was right, but there was no convincing my "worker-man."

It turns out I was wrong. He built that clubhouse: a floor, four walls (including cut outs for doors and windows) and a roof. This was proof positive he was born to build.

There was another young man who was born to build: Jesus. Jesus' earthly father Joseph was a carpenter by trade and customary to the times, taught his son carpentry skills. I picture Jesus as a young child carrying His tools of the trade, honing His skills. He probably hammered a nail or two in places His mother preferred He not. Perhaps He built benches for their humble home. Maybe Jesus even entertained thoughts of building a clubhouse! Yes, Jesus was born to build.

Jesus was born to build, but His primary building project was not buildings, furniture, or other wood items. Jesus was born to construct the majestic splendor of a living temple of God - His church. He does this through the lives of God's children. Jesus is our builder, fashioning us to reflect the image of God.

The Greek rendering for the words "built" and "builder" in our key scripture is the same. The definition for these words is quite interesting: to furnish, equip, prepare, make ready; of one who makes ready for a person or thing; of builders, to construct, erect, with the included idea of adorning and equipping with all things necessary. Commentaries further explain the "house built" in our key verse is not a literal house, but a spiritual house.

God our Builder wants to erect, furnish, and prepare us to be ready to reflect His image. His desire is to adorn and equip us, His "living temples," with all things necessary to fulfill the purpose for which we were born. So many times we deny God access to our lives, giving Him logical reasons why we could not possibly be built into His image. He stands ready to give you reasons why you can be built into the image of God.

Are you ready to say yes to God's master plan for your life? He is the Builder of everything. He wrote the blueprint of your life before you were born. Will you let Him craft your life into the masterpiece it is meant to be?

Dear Lord, today I give You the keys to my heart, Your home. Forgive me for keeping You locked out of parts of my life. I want You to come into my heart and life to begin construction. You are the Master Builder; I give You permission to do all things necessary to craft me into the masterpiece I was meant to be, in Jesus' Name, amen.



Application Steps:
In a quiet place, read Psalm 139.


Reflections:
What ways do I reflect the image of God?

What areas of my life do not reflect the image of God?

Am I willing to allow God my Builder to do all things necessary to build me into His image?


Power Verses:
Psalm 127:1, "Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain." (NIV)

2 Corinthian 5:1, "Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands."

1 Corinthians 3:16, "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?" (NIV)






YOU TUBE SONG FOR TODAY
Summer Snow
Keith Green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O1IpPyxxXY





…and…




Back to the Bible
Woodrow Kroll and Tami Weissert


Stephen: Praying for Forgiveness
Back to the Bible with Woodrow Kroll and Tami Weissert
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
PLAY NOW

Stephen prayed a powerful prayer,
asking God to forgive those who were killing him.
Dr Kroll looks first at Stephen's ministry and how it led to his martyrdom. Then we'll examine this confident prayer which
reflects a knowledge that God has all things in His plan.
Forgiving others is important for our benefit, but also for them;
Stephen was concerned about the spiritual situation
of those who were stoning him.

This message references: Acts 6:1-7:60


http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/Back_to_the_Bible/




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