Random Thoughts for January 2012 week 3

‎"Jesus....... Jesus....... Jesus, ...... 

       there is something about that name..... 

Kings and Kingdoms shall all pass away but 

       there is something about that name." 

-----Bill Gaither 

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How does the devil destroy your heart?

Scripture:    send me your thoughts

He chips away at it. 

As a boy in Boy Scouting, I learned that to cut a log into two pieces, you do not cut straight down on the log, but you pick a spot and start chipping away at it. The devil does the same with our heart. He chips away at it by putting excuses in your mind for not doing what is commanded by God. How often do we: get mad at someone, when we should only be upset with their behavior, skip an act of kindness because of selfishness with our time, or skip the offering plate in our greed for a new toy such as a new phone. Don't let the devil chip away at your heart, his aim is perfect only if we allow it. To defeat the devil, Pray often.... everyday for the indwelling and Guidance of the Spirit.

The devil runs when we start to pray and do our Bible Study.

To have the Holy Spirit in your heart, we must pray...... and pray..... and pray.....everyday..... often.

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Thanks be to God

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BEST POEM IN THE WORLD.....
From a friend
>
> I was shocked , confused, bewildered
> As I entered Heaven's door,
> Not by the beauty of it all,
> Nor the lights or its decor.
>
> But it was the folks in Heaven
> Who made me sputter and gasp--
> The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
> The alcoholics and the trash.
>
> There stood the kid from seventh grade
> Who swiped my lunch money twice.
> Next to him was my old neighbor
> Who never said anything nice.
>
> Joe, who I always thought
> Was rotting away in hell,
> Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
> Looking incredibly well.
>
> I nudged Jesus, 'What's the deal?
> I would love to hear Your take.
> How'd all these sinners get up here?
> God must've made a mistake.
>
> 'And why is everyone so quiet,
> So somber - give me a clue.'
> 'Hush, child,' He said,
> 'they're all in shock.
> No one thought they'd be seeing you.'
>
> JUDGE NOT!!
>
> Remember...Going to church doesn't make you a
> Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.
>
> Every saint has a PAST...
> Every sinner has a FUTURE!
> Now it's your turn... Share this poem.
>
> Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil...
> It has no point!

> ******* From a friend

Thanks Be to God

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Remember-

The early bird may get the worm, but
      it is the second mouse gets the cheese.

When we are greedy, we often rush in and
do things we should not do.
... "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God",
........then seek His wisdom;
............Submit to Jesus,
..............then allow the Holy Spirit
...................guide you to better decisions.

Pray and end your prayers as Jesus did,
.... "...not my will, but thine be done."

Thanks be to God.

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Thoughts From:  Kim Toler Norris

‎* If any of You Need Wisdom, *You Should Ask God, *And it Will be Given to *You. *God is Generous* and *Won't Correct You for Asking*. *But when You Ask for Something, *You Must Have Faith and Not Doubt. *Anyone who Doubts is like an Ocean Wave Tossed around in a Storm*.James 1: 5,6 ♥ God Bless

Lonnie:        Wisdom is like humility, 

      when you think you have it.... you may have just lost it.



From Kim

♥ A Second chance is a new beginning <3 , if you learn from the First One. ♥ When you get One more Opportunity ♥ To Utilize Your Strengths; ♥ After one failure ♥ But, it will bring New Beginnings when You are doing Advanced than before. ♥ So, always have the Passion for Self Improvement ♥ .
Try to Learn New Things Everyday.

Lonnie:    When you fail, understand that it is failure only if you do not try again. When you learn from the first failure, it simply means you know more about how not to do it.

Often conclusions are what we come to when we quit thinking, do not let your conclusions come at the end of failure.

Weeds in Our Lives

Weeds in our Lives                                                  

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Thoughts come at strangest times.

Scripture:     The Parable of the Soil and the Seed
                     From Jesus, the Great Communicator 

Matthew 13: 1-24


Verse 8: "Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 
9 Let anyone with ears listen!"


The pulling of weeds in my garden is not a favorite activity, but a must for bearing good fruit.  The pile of weeds pulled one summer afternoon was likely greater than the pile of fruit I could stack by the end of the season.  The problem, I had not nourished or enriched the soil and failed to protect the plants during the last month of teaching school.  I was just too busy.

The weeding started with a traditional Japanese trowel which could hardly break the ground.  Therefore, I went to a greater power than my arm and that trowel.....  a small tiller.  It took a lot of digging and gas, gas that God created and allowed me to use.  But the weeds started to succumb to the tiller.

The weeds were tough to remove because they had established a presence in the garden by growing deep, dense roots that resisted being torn and ripped from the soil.  With the tiller, even some roots successfully thwarted the effort to be dug out.  (see the picture below)  I ran out of time, and considered an even higher power---- Round Up.  

Evil and Sin in our lives are as weeds in our gardens.

The weeds had a mesh of roots similar to the evil we allow to penetrate our lives.  When evil roots (ungodly behaviors) become established in our lives they become resistant to us ridding ourselves of that evil. The behaviors often are pleasurable and desiring but are not God’s way.  In evil becoming established, there is often nothing we can do except to call on God through the Holy Spirit to help us rid ourselves of the evil we allow to prevail in our lives.

Although I did not pray for them, I am thankful for those weeds in my garden.  I was humbled to a higher power to get purge them.

   Likewise, and best of all, it gave a reminder that we must humble ourselves before God and ask for his abundant help to rid evil and poor behaviors in our lives.

He is there,  Always Ready, to come to our rescue.
As Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 5 verses 11-23,
   Pray always, be thankful in all situations we find ourselves

In our prayers and and in our faithfulness in praising God regardless of our circumstances, we worship God.

How well are you taking care of your garden called “my life”.   How good is the soil called your life.  Do you nourish, enrich, feed, and cultivate it?  Most of all, do you take measures to rid the weeds from your life.   Prayer and Bible Study is the best place to start.  Ask the Holy Spirit to help you rid the weeds and sin from your life.

Where is your higher power? OR, are you too busy.

Let those who have ears, hear and understand.


Thanks Be to God

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Please note, Paul in the above does not tell us to be thankful for the situations we find ourselves as he uses the word "in" and not "for".  We must seek to find something, a silver lining, to be thankful in the situations we find ourselves.  It can be all about attitude in trusting God.

==========Weeds penetrating the soil========================

Crab grass:
Crab grass grows deep and does not allow anything else to grow.  It will even kill a healthy plant.  When we allow a small sin to grow in our lives without purging it, it can lead to greater sin that overpowers us.

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