3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Please pray for the families of those who have loved ones that died recently.
We are still working on the book called “God’s Gracious Gift.”
Please keep this in prayer. It is being reviewed & reread again during this time. We are also working on the book cover.
There are many things that still need to be done. We covet your prayers for this book to touch the lives of people.
Specifically pray that God will use the testimonies to strengthen those who are already Christians in their walk with God.
Pray also that those who do not know Jesus will come to realize God wants them saved, too. God helped me. He can help anyone that calls on Him.
I was almost two decades younger when this book was started & it’s been fifteen years since the work was printed the first time. I realize I was younger & I had so much more to learn about writing and about the Lord. A decision has been made to keep the work like it was originally written hoping people will appreciate the work God did in my life even though there are probably several things in it that show some forms of immaturity on my part.
God uses us even though we are imperfect. I think of how Moses asked God to send someone else because his speech wasn’t eloquent. The first time I recall a pastor talking about this story they wondered what would have happened if Moses would have just trusted God and spoke as God told him to without Moses expecting Aaron to do the talking for him. I thought about that today and decided I’ll take this step of faith. I will trust God to use this book for HIS GLORY and for the good of the people HE WANTS TO TOUCH.
Please agree in prayer asking God to do the blessing of this book.
Thanks to the people that gave their input about the caffeine information.
Quick summary of opinions after hearing from a few people about that:
http://www.chemicalnews.ca/caffeine.html
Long-term overuse of caffeine can elicit a number of psychiatric disturbances. Two such disorders recognized by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) are caffeine-induced sleep disorder and caffeine-induced anxiety disorder.
In the case of caffeine-induced sleep disorder, an individual regularly ingests high doses of caffeine sufficient to induce a significant disturbance in his or her sleep, sufficiently severe to warrant clinical attention.
In some individuals, the large amounts of caffeine can induce anxiety severe enough to necessitate clinical attention. This caffeine-induced anxiety disorder can take many forms, from generalized anxiety to panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, or even phobic symptoms. Because this condition can mimic organic mental disorders, such as panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, or even schizophrenia, a number of medical professionals believe caffeine-intoxicated people are routinely misdiagnosed and unnecessarily medicated when the treatment for caffeine-induced psychosis would simply be to withhold further caffeine. A study in the British Journal of Addiction concluded that caffeinism, although infrequently diagnosed, may afflict as many as one person in ten of the population.
********************************************Now how many people do you suppose will take this seriously?
If this means something to you let me know about it.
I told everyone I want to be certain I thank & Praise God for the most recent miracle healing He gave me.
I gave testimony in church yesterday about how God healed me & how He is continuing to heal my body after the recent accident. I sensed that He was healing me. The knowledge that a miracle was happening came to me about the same time my daughter called upon the Lord asking Him to please help her Mother.
I talked with a couple of nurses and showed the nurse in my neighborhood the miracle. She said I should give praise to God & you know I am!
Bless the Lord for His miraculous ways of helping us in times of need!
Thank-You, Lord Jesus!!!
I want to always praise your Holy name. Thank-You again & again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BA-xQ5ApxI
If this stuff is true I hope other people will view it & be warned.
After I had moments of being sad about this video I thought about two Scriptural things we should ponder when we hear about things like this.
YES, it is good to expose evil. Those who love the Lord hate evil. It is right & good to expose evil things.
NO, we do not want to continually fill our minds with ugly thoughts. Thinking pure, positive, and holy thoughts is good for us.
When you find out about evil I suggest prayer first then do what you can (if you can) to expose the evil.
Do not let your mind continue to focus on the evil tidings/things any longer than you have to. Get your mind on the Lord & on the fine good things as soon as possible. Be filled with Godly thoughts. Turn away from evil. Do good & speak forth good things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSN7u5nwnIY
be encouraged even through the tough times in the desert God is using all things for good
I wrote a book years ago. Please pray about the book that is supposed to be printed some time this year.
A Pastor’s wife I knew used to teach a lot of good things to a women’s group.
There was a little song we shared often.
The words went like so:
I bless you in the name of Jesus, Brother
I bless you in the name of Jesus, Sister
I bless you in the name of Jesus
in the name that heals & frees us
I bless you in His precious Holy name.
Repeat – using brother, sister, & so on interchangeably
Be blessed in the name of Jesus. Be free from guilt, sin, shame, depression, & all those other things that Jesus died on the cross for.