tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783982340612222052024-03-19T13:44:41.366-05:00His Grace Is Always AmazingA blog of faith and inspiration! Notes from my journey of life-and the faithfulness of God!Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-9151059134120033972014-09-20T15:30:00.003-05:002014-09-20T15:31:16.642-05:00<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Chaucer; font-size: 14.0pt;">“PASTOR”…..A MOST HOLY AND SACRED
CALL FROM GOD<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“And
He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some
pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for
the edifying unity of the body of Christ,
till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to be a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed
to and fro by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful
plotting, but speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him
who is the head—Christ—from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by
what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every
part does it’s share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in
love” Ephesians 4:11—16 (NKJV)</span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">*PASTOR—(The
original meaning of the word was shepherd, and in this sense it is sometimes
used in the Bible. The Eastern shepherd
must both protect and feed his sheep—so
there is a derived meaning of spiritual leader, minister, one given charge of a
church of Christ, to care for spiritual interests of the people and feed their
souls with spiritual food. This meaning
also is found in the Bible) *<b>this
notation is taken from Cruden’s Complete Concordance.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“The
LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 (NKJV)</span></b></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This is a
tribute to my Pastor Dr. Thomas Batts, his wife Lynda who is our Choir Director,
Musical’s Coordinator and our Women’s Ministries leader and Todd their son who
is our Worship Leader and also works tirelessly with our growing Youth Group. Also Included in our Pastoral Staff is our
Youth Ministries Pastor, Rev. C.J. Fussell. Brother Fussell has such a burning
and compelling desire that each youth accept Jesus Christ as their personal
Savior at an early age.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I could
never begin to list all of the wonderful and individual things that Dr. Batts
and his precious wife Lynda, their son Todd and C.J. Fussell have brought to our
congregation. Each one has God given ministries,
that work together to make our church a complete WHOLE in Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am
speaking for each member of Welcome Assembly of God, as I invite you to be in
attendance tomorrow, September 21, 2014.
Our Sunday School begins at 9:30 (csdt) and our Morning Worship will
begin at 10:30 (csdt). Immediately after
the Morning Worship service, we will share a meal together, so bring your
favorite veggies, casseroles, pies, cakes and all things good to eat The entrée’ will be provided by the Church.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">WE LOVE YOU Dr.
Batts, Precious (Lynda), Todd and C.J. We
all pray that God will let you continue to be our Pastor’s until Jesus Christ
calls us home in the rapture of His Church.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">With love
and blessings, Gloria<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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Copyright 2014 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-85120256714616312492014-06-09T11:17:00.002-05:002014-06-09T11:17:39.993-05:00SEEING THE FACE OF JESUS<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">After praying this morning, I found myself just
meditating and thinking on Jesus, how real He is to me, how much I love Him,
trying to count His blessings to me. I
finally gave up because there are so many blessings that He gives that we do
not even know about. He keeps us safe
and secure in His care; His eyes are always on His children.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I think of Jesus as a perfect specimen of a young man,
one without any physical or mental flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I try to picture that wonderful face. In my mind I
could see His chin, a strong chin, and one that was set, and deliberate about being
faithful to do His Father’s business.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">His teeth, beautiful and white against his sun tanned
skin, He was a carpenter, so I believe He spent the biggest part of His time
out of doors, making things as His earthly father before Him had taught Him. So
I believe He had a strong suntanned face and arms.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">His lips, I always see Him smiling, or saying, “I love
you, I forgive you.”<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">His nose, a strong, straight nose , the nose of a
king, because He is The King of kings.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Then I see His eyes, and it almost stops my
heart. His eyes so full of love for ALL mankind. So full of mercy, mercy like no other has
ever had or ever will have.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Then my mind goes to the Jesus that gave His ALL for
me and all mankind. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A man that
after much prayer and agony over what lay ahead, said, <span style="color: #c00000;">“Not
My Will but Thy Will be done</span> <span style="color: #c00000;">Father.” </span>He had been given peace from God and
He was willing to give His ALL, because it was the only way to pay once and for
all, for the sins and transgressions of all mankind.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He faced a mocking court and was accused of false charges, but He submitted to the verdict
of the court.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He was beaten and marred as no other man. With a torn, beaten, bloody body, a cruel,
brutal crown of thorns tearing His head and scalp into shreds as He was mocked
by the crowds. His Mind and His Spirit
were completely One with His Father God.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">As he walked to Calvary, and was nailed to the cross,
I still see His eyes of love and mercy, I hear Him say, <span style="color: #c00000;">“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”</span> I hear Him say, <span style="color: #c00000;">“It
is finished. Father into thy hands I commit my Spirit.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #c00000;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please commit your life to Jesus Christ who died for
anyone that will accept Him as their Lord and Savior.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Blessings Gloria,</span></b></div>
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Copyright 2014 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-64181923785825849492014-05-31T06:57:00.001-05:002014-05-31T06:57:21.630-05:00GOD WILL GIVE YOU PEACE<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000;">“</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every
way. The Lord be with you all.” </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 12.0pt;">II Thessalonians 3:16 NKJV<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">God will give us
the peace that passes ALL understanding; if we will allow Him to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When we’re willing to
live in and by the All Powerful Peace of God, we can have His Peace. We give
aside our ways of trying to figure out things.
How to make 2 + 2 = 4; how to make all the loose ends come together.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is no peace in
constantly trying to “one-up” God on how to make life’s problems and situations
work. There is no joy, no peace, no
constant relying on God as our Source. If anything, we are actually relying on
ourselves and only using God as our “standby”.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">God sees us as we go
to and fro trying to “make a way”, trying to “pull it all together.” We become so consumed with the problem we
forget that this is completely against God’s will for our lives. We can never solve our problems the way God
wants, because only He knows our future.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">His Word says to us</span></b><b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 12.0pt;">, “Come to me all you who labor and are
heavy laden and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28-30 NKJV<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">This means we are to STOP trying to be the God of our
life. Just be His child and let Him be
God. And let Him be IN CONTROL.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The equation has to be in the correct order. His is God, we are His child. We depend on Him. He is Almighty. He depends on NO-ONE. HE IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We hurt and injure His Holy Spirit when we try putting
ourselves in His Place. The Holy Spirit
is constantly hovering over us just trying to get us to STOP trying to be the
problem solver, and just let Him have control of everything; and I do mean
EVERYTHING!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Nothing is too large or too small and insignificant for
Him! This is the way and the ONLY way
that the God-man relationship can and will work. He is God, we are His
children. Oh! What peace we forfeit when
we do not “let go and let God” be completely in charge of our lives. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The only thing that God does want us to do is have a
constant praise on our lips and a prayer in our hearts, because no matter what
is going on in our life, we can trust God to be the Captain at the helm of our
life boat. He will steer us through the
storm and into calm waters</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Blessings
Gloria<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">© Copyrite 2014
all rights reserved Gloria Powell<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br />Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-4674673175389453602014-04-08T04:18:00.000-05:002014-04-08T04:18:00.674-05:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><u><span style="font-family: Boulder; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: magenta;">ALWAYS ABIDE IN
HIM, WHO LOVED YOU FROM THE BEGINNING</span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Therefore let that abide in
you which you heard from the beginning.
If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide
in the Son and in the Father. And this
is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.” 1 John 2:24 NKJV<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">Oh, Lord I realize that I am guilty of wanting to
abide with you only in the circumstances I choose for me, instead of being
comfortable to abide with you in Your Choice of circumstances for me.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">Jesus was always willing to abide with and in You in
the circumstances You chose for Him.
That is why there was always an unbroken abiding between The Father and
The Son.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">When I was saved by the Atonement for my sins by Jesus
Christ giving His life on the cross in my place for my sins; I have to begin
the act and life style of abiding in You.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">There are so many hindrances that seem to get in the
way of praying and reading The Word of God.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">I have to discipline my mind and my body to be persistent
to abide with You through and in the middle of any circumstance that is going
on at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">In circumstances where we are uncomfortable when we
are not in our comfort zone of our own choosing. I must give these things over to Him, and
determine to abide with Him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">As we grow in our faith in Him and learn to trust Him
in any circumstance; abiding with and in Him becomes so much a part of us, His
nature becomes our nature.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">Determine to abide in Jesus wherever we are and we
will find that Jesus will always lead and guide us through every situation.
Remember the Book of Revelation shows us THAT IN THE END WE WIN, PRAISE THE
LORD.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">I DO NOT KNOW THE DEFINITE DAY OR HOUR HE IS COMING
BACK BUT I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT HE IS COMING BACK FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND
ARE LOOKING FOR HIM,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"> Love and Blessings Gloria<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Copyright 2014 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-85615732767131214532014-03-22T23:24:00.005-05:002014-03-22T23:24:53.650-05:00'WE LOVE HIM. BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US" (KJV)<div align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;">During
my devotion time today, I was just sitting quietly thinking about how much God
loved me before I even gave Him a thought. Oh, I believed there was a God and
His Son is Jesus Christ, I mean you can’t be born in the Bible Belt, grow up
and not be aware of God. I am talking about a PERSONAL GOD, A MY OWN
PERSONAL GOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND HIS SON JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">A deep down.
life changing, mind changing whole way of thinking changing. relationship with
GOD.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Have
you ever just took the time to be quiet and think on all the ways that God
loves us? Ways that sometimes does not even seem important and we really
never give them the thoughtfulness and thankfulness they deserve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Before
the foundation of the world was laid, God chose the <b>WORD</b> which would become His only begotten Son, Jesus<b><i><u>, (Immaneul,
God With Us)</u></i></b>. born of a virgin as a human baby, grow up, <b><u>live a sinless Earthly life</u></b>
be betrayed and beaten and be sacrificed on the cross where He shed every
drop of His Precious Blood to pay the sin debt for each of us that would
accept His sacrifice for us and give our lives forever to Him, to serve
Him and to proclaim Him as <b><span style="color: #660033;">KING of KINGS and LORD of LORDS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This
was<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><u><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">our debt</span></u></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>that
the perfect Son of God did not owe, and also<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><u><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">our debt that there</span></u></b><u><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> <b>was no way we could ever
pay.</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></u> But God
did not have to persuade His Son to do this for us. Jesus FREELY,
LOVINGLY AND IN PERFECT OBEDIENCE, TO HIS FATHER DID THIS<strong><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> FOR EACH OF US</span></i></strong>.
There is no way we can ever pay for even <strong><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">ONE DROP OF BLOOD that
Jesus shed for our sins.<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Precious
reader if you do not have that special life changing relationship with God the
Father, God the Son Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit, just stop right now and
accept with all you heart, your mind your intellect and all of your being the
forgiveness of your past sins and become new in the Lord Jesus and from this
moment on live each moment for Him. He is coming soon and very soon for a
people that are looking for Him, are you one of these, Oh, how I hope you are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">God’s
Blessings and His Love to you, My Love Also, Gloria<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;">(C) </span>Copyright 2014 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-24630544313856874412014-01-08T10:21:00.000-06:002014-01-08T10:21:08.804-06:00New Years Promise from the WORD of GOD<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><span style="color: red;"><b>“For I know the plans I have for you ,” declares the LORD, “ plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV</b></span></i></blockquote>
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<b>Jeremiah 29:11 has
been my verse in God’s WORD to start the New Year for many years.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>The very first time I
read this verse It captured my spirit and dropped into my heart just what and
who God REALLY is to me.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Even though our
earthly father’s love us with all their hearts, they cannot always keep every
promise they make to us because they are earthly. But <i><u>GOD ALMIGHTY CANNOT AND WILL NEVER FAIL US.</u></i><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></div>
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<b>This verse helped me
to see and believe that God would NEVER deliberately let me down, or forget
what He had promised me. He would never deliberately
hurt or disappoint me.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>His plans for us are
not to harm us, but to give us a hope and a future. I also love the way the KJV version reads;</b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">“</span><i><span style="color: red;">For I know the thoughts that I think toward
you, saith the LORD, thought of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected
end.”</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></blockquote>
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<b>God, from the very
beginning of time knew when we would be born into this world and He already had
a plan for us.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>No, the verse does
not promise me a life on easy street or that I would never have any problems or
obstacles to overcome. But He did
promise in this verse that his plan was to spiritually and physically prosper me out of the problems and
to give me a future and a hope beyond any trouble or trial I may face in this
life.</b></div>
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<b> The ultimate promise from God is
that when this earthly life is over, if we have made our self secure in the
blood of His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, we will live with HIM forever with
out end. </b></div>
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<b>Dear Reader there is no better
promise to us in this world than this.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>I do wish you a Happy
New Year with all my heart, may this be the best year you have ever experienced
in God, and who knows, He may come for us in 2014.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Blessings, Gloria<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>I do not know exactly when HE is Coming, <u>but I DO KNOW that HE IS COMING</u>!!</b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<i>Shout out praises to the LORD, all the
earth! Worship the LORD with joy! Enter
His presence with joyful singing! Acknowledge that the LORD is God.” Psalm 100:1-3 ( The NET Bible)</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There are so
many, many things that can be written about CHRISTMAS. I have been praying and studying for a post
for December about Christmas. I felt
like my mind was just rolling with ideas about what to write.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
morning I started into Shug’s den to ask him what his favorite Christmas Carole
is, and It Hit Me, like a vision in my mind, I heard <i><u><span style="background: yellow; color: #632423; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">“Joy t</span><span style="background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #632423;">o</span><span style="color: #632423; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"> <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">th</span></span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">e World the Lord Is Come</span>.”!!
</span></u></i></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(I
do not remember who wrote the song as many times as I have sung it.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Until the birth
of the Messiah the whole world was
wondering around in spiritual darkness and most of them did not even realize
their situation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those
living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. For to us a child is born to us a son is
given, and the government will be on his shoulders And he will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the
increase of his government and peace there will be no end.” Isaiah 9:2,6,7 <span style="background-color: white;"> (NIV </span></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bible)</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Precious reader
this Baby boy, born of a virgin girl, grew up, lived a SINLESS LIFE, and in
Father Gods time, willingly spilled every drop of His blood by the use of a
tortuous whipping by the prison guards. On
the cross a spear was used to pierce His side, He was nailed in His Hands and in
His Feet, to the cross where He willingly gave up His life and died on that
cross. This was the most horrible shameful death; used for the most foulest of criminal’s. Jesus who had not a <i><u>single sin</u></i> in His life ever spoke one word of anger or hate.
Why? Why? Because He LOVED mankind enough to endure the
shame of the cross to make a way for us to be reconciled to a Holy God, His
Father.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The story does
not end with His death of love for us.
In three days HE AROSE from death to life. If anyone will accept His sacrifice He so
willingly gave for all mankind on the cross and let His blood cover our black
sins. He will wash us white as
snow. When He comes in the clouds for
His children please make plans to be one of them; to go to live with Him for
all eternity.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I do hope you
have a blessed and wonderful Christmas. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Please remember
that Jesus IS the ONLY REASON for this
SEASON.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>Copyright 2013 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.</b>Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-4395969010288292162013-11-22T17:23:00.000-06:002013-11-22T17:23:27.661-06:00WE MUST HAVE THE CORRECT INSTRUCTION MANUAL<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Study to show thy self approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.” 2
Timothy 2:15</span></b></blockquote>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I was prayed and asking the Holy Spirit for this post
and I love to read from different versions of the Bible, the KJV is my “go to”
version, but I love all the versions.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I was looking in one of my bookcases and I saw a book
entitled “The Instruction Manual for Welding.”
It was a very old book so I guess it is one of my husband’s books, he
used to do a lot of welding for himself on the farm. It was funny to me, “I said “yes, I do need
an instruction Manual, but I don’t think this book will do me any good for my
post.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The verse above from 2 Timothy 2:15, jumped right in
my spirit, to show ourselves worthy and unashamed before God is to STUDY the
WORD OF GOD. Not only study the Word of God, but to KNOW the word of God, to
digest it’s words in our spirit man, where nothing or no one can ever remove
them from us.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">If we study and read every version of the WORD, but
yet do not rightly divide the words, (rightly understand the meaning of the
words), we have accomplished nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To rightly divide the WORD, I must read, study, and
study some more, that is where the different versions of the Bible are so
helpful to me. I also must look up the
verses in a concordance, in Bible commentaries and other study helps I need to pray
until I can see and understand what the Holy Spirit is trying to impart into my
spirit about what these words I have read, really do mean.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I have read so many scriptures time after time and
gotten a different golden nugget of wisdom from them time after time, that does
not mean the Word is not the same it just means that there is an unending
supply of strength for us in every verse. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A verse of scripture can give us comfort when we read
it and later we can read it again and we will notice something from the same
verse that we never realized before and the very same verse will uplift and
comfort us for the need for that moment.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">My precious readers, read and study the WORD, in these
times we live it is the only thing that can carry us through until Jesus comes
to take His Bride home.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Blessings in Jesus Name, Love Gloria<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 12.0pt;">“</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">I will praise the name of God with a song,
and will magnify him with thanksgiving.” Psalm 69:30 (KJV)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In November we take
the time to be thankful for all our blessings, (i.e.) family, children,
grandchildren, friends, church, jobs, wonderful spouses, and the list goes on
and on.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If we took a tablet
and pencil and just started jotting down all the blessings we are so thankful
for, then as we wrote, it would begin to come into our hearts and minds all the
blessings that we take for granted. Blessings
we sometimes forget to be thankful for.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The greatest blessing
we have to be thankful for is that before time began, God planned for His Son
The Word, to come into this world; born of a virgin; be named Jesus, grow up and willingly give
His life and shed every drop of His Precious Holy Blood on the cross at Calvary to redeem mankind of their
sins. If Jesus had not been willing
there would have never been a way that we could ever live in Heaven with God
forever and eternally.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How, do you ask can a
person such as I, live with God in heaven eternally? The answer; the same way I
am going to, by accepting Jesus into your heart, ask Him to forgive every sin
you have ever committed and let His Precious Blood wash your sins away, though
your sins were black as coal when Jesus’ blood washes them, they become as
white as the whitest wool.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">“For God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. John
3:16 (NIV)</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I pray that you will
not let this Thanksgiving go by without accepting Jesus as your personal Savior
and The Lord of your life.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The fact that Jesus
Christ is my personal Savior is my greatest thing I have to be thankful
for. Please accept Him as your Personal
Savior and say with me,”Jesus you are my greatest blessing. I am thankful for you more than anything else
in the world AMEN.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My precious readers
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Blessings Gloria.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night;
and God said,”ask! What shall I give you?”
And Solomon said, “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my
father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in
uprightness of heart with You. You have
continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on
his throne, as it is this day. Now O
LORD my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I
am a little child, I do not know how to go out or come in. And Your servant is in the midst of your people
whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or
counted. <i><u>Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your
people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of
Yours?”<o:p></o:p></u></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><i><u><br /></u></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">The speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this
thing, Then God said to him; “Because
you have asked this thing and have not asked long life for yourself nor have
asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have
asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, behold I have done
according to your words, see, I have given you a wise and understand heart, so
that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you
arise after you. And I have also given you
what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be
anyone like you among the kings all your days.
So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as
your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Then Solomon awoke: and indeed it had been a dream. And he
came to Jerusalem and stood before the Ark of the covenant of the LORD, offered
up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his
servants. I Kings 3:5-14 NKJV<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b>The Bible states
in <span style="color: red;">2 Samuel 12-24 NIV, “ Bathsheba gave birth to a son
and King David and Bathsheba named him Solomon (peaceable). The Lord loved him;
and because the LORD loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name
him Jedidiah.” </span> Jedidiah means –Loved by the LORD. Since David means “beloved,” father and son
were bound together by similar names.. God had told King David that this
son would be born and that he would build the temple of God and He kept His
promise.</b></div>
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<b> I am sure that as a child growing up King David and the Prophet Nathan
gave Solomon wise and Godly counsel.
This teaching formed Solomon’s beliefs in God, his attitudes about
living Godly, and formed his personal
need for Godly knowledge.</b></div>
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<b> Most king’s sons would grow up thinking (look
at me, my father is king, I know it all, my every wish is everyone’s
command.) <i><u>But not Solomon.</u></i> When
God asked him what he wanted from God, his answer was, “More than anything he
wanted an understanding heart, and wisdom to rule this great Nation.”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Before the death of
King David he named his son, Prince Solomon as the one that would succeed him
to the throne, even though Solomon was not David’s eldest son, Prince Adonijah
was the oldest son of David, but God knew that he would not be a wise or fair king
to the Nation of Israel. King David knew this also, so he chose Prince Solomon
to succeed him to the throne. </b></div>
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<b>King
Solomon felt as a child before the LORD and before the Nation he was to rule.
He was meek and mild enough to know that <span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">there was no way without CONTINUAL, DAILY great and mighty Wisdom from God that he could not do this formidable
task every day of his life.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>We may never have the
responsibility to lead a nation of people, but in everyday life there are many
opportunities that we need the Wisdom of God to make decisions; (i.e.), our Walk with God, our marriages, our
children, work, every decision we make
should be based on the perfect Wisdom of God for us. <span style="color: #c00000;">“But
if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and
without reproach, and it will be given to him.
But he must ask in faith without any doubting.” James 1:5,6a,NASB<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b>God always wants each
of us to remember that we can do nothing to advance His Kingdom, without Him, and His
Wisdom; but with Him, we can do everything that He leads us to do.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Precious Readers with
God as our SOURCE, we are unstoppable, Love Gloria<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Through the years I have heard the statement many
times, “God does not call the equipped, He equips the called”.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Has God asked you to do something special for His
Kingdom, and your first reaction was “HUH”, who you talking to God, surely not
me.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I must admit that this is usually my first reaction, “Please Jesus not me I
can’t even talk without stuttering or showering everyone around me with spit.”
I mean what are you thinking?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">But when God really calls you for a special task, YOU
or I are the one He wants to do the job.
Not alone, but in His steps and in His strength.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For God to use us we must have a very deep spiritual
root system that comes by prayer, devouring the Word and by praising Him for What He is and Who He is.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I really believe that even though when God asks
something of us and it usually makes our knees shake, in our spiritual man we
want Him to use us, we want Him to trust us enough to know that even though we
may be a little scared, I think that every Child of God prepares each day to be
used by God in some special way.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">When we accept Jesus as the Lord and Savior of our
lives, deep down we want to do something special for the Kingdom of God. There is a gnawing in our belly where theRiver of Living Water flows to just be a God Man or God Woman.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I can do everything God asks me to with the
help of Christ who gives me the strength and power.” Philippians 4:13 (TLB)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">When God calls us, we begin immediately to prepare,
begin to diligently study the Word, pray more, fast and have our spiritual ears
open to His voice for His direction in the way we should begin, and go step by step until God says, "Well done faithful child of Mine."<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Apostle Paul depended on the power of Christ at
work in his life., “I can----through Christ was Paul’s motto, and it can be our
motto also. We need only to release God’s power in our lives by faith.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Dear Readers, I pray God’s special blessings on you. Love Gloria<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i>Copyright 2013 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.</i></b>Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-86077039249265035342013-09-20T18:36:00.000-05:002013-09-20T18:36:39.134-05:00APPRECIATE THE PASTOR WHO DILIGENTLY LABORS AMONG YOU<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: red;">“But we request of you, brethren that you appreciate those
who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the LORD and give
you instruction and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their
work.” I Thessalonians 5:12, 13 (NASB)</span></b></div>
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We are to respect our pastor and his family for the
countless value they are to the church and also to the community.</div>
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The flock is to know their pastor well enough to have an
intimate appreciation of the many hours and sacrifice’s he makes to pastor and
to spiritually nurture each of his sheep.
No one but God knows how many hours our pastor studies the WORD and
prays for his flock. There are many
nights he is awakened in the wee hours of the morning with a heavy burden on
his heart to pray and intercede for a church member or a member of the
community.</div>
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His work in God’s chosen vineyard for him and his family is
continually laboring and working sometimes to the point of exhaustion; he is
“on call 24/7”. He stands before his
flock to lead them in the way of righteousness, and instructing them in the
truths of God’s WORD.</div>
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The pastor’s calling is from the Throne Room of God, and
there is no backing out if the going gets tough. That is why the prayer warriors of each
church are to hold their pastor and his family on their priority list of
prayer. Satan is always out to try to
make a pastor slip and fall, because the world is always watching and looking
for something to use against the church.
Please never, never let a day go by that you do not pray and intercede
for your pastor and his family. Just as
Aaron and Hur held up the hands of Moses in a great battle against the enemy,
so that a great victory would be won, we must hold our pastor’s hands up through prayer and
fasting. He cannot do it alone but must have all his sheep holding him up to God
for strength and guidance.</div>
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In addition to knowing our pastor well and to remember to
pray for him and his wife and family daily.
(Not just an “I lay me down to sleep, oh yeah, Lord remember my pastor,
I’m sure he had to do a little something or other today for the church.) But to
earnestly, wholeheartedly, shed some Holy Ghost felt tears for the heavy burden
he carries for each of his sheep. A true
pastor feels responsible for the welfare and well being and the salvation of
each one of us.</div>
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We are to esteem our pastor highly as a true servant, called
by God. Congregations are to think
rightly and lovingly of their pastors. Not because of their charm or
personality or preciousness, but because of the fact that they work for the
Chief Shepherd as His special shepherd to his flock of sheep that God has
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This Pastor Appreciation post is dedicated to <b><i><u>my
Pastor, Dr. Thomas Batts and his wife</u></i></b> <b><i><u>Lynda, and their son Todd, who are Pastor’s of Welcome
Assembly of God Church in</u></i></b> <b><i><u>Dellwood, FL</u></i></b> (just down the
road from Two Egg, FL.)</div>
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We are having Pastor Appreciation Day service this Sunday,
September 22, with a lunch after the am service. If you live close please come
and share the lovely service and the lunch after, come and bring lots of your
favorite foods to share.</div>
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Love and Blessings Gloria (one of my Pastor’s fat happy
sheep)</div>
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Copyright 2013 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-47577025947902561372013-09-11T11:46:00.000-05:002013-09-11T11:46:06.824-05:00GOD WANTS ALL MANKIND TO PRAISE HIM<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">“Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth
Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing, Know that
the LORD Himself is God, It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves. We are His people and the sheep of His
pasture. Enter His gates with
thanksgiving and His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him, bless His name, For the LORD is good, His loving kindness
is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations.” Psalm 100 (NIV)</span></b></blockquote>
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<b>This well known psalm
declares the universal nature of God’s Kingship. Most of the psalm is a call to worship Him
and to praise Him, and thank Him for His goodness and lovingkindness to us.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>The psalmist asks us to
come before Him with joyful singing, because we know that the Lord himself is
God. It is He and only He that has made us, we did not have anything to do with
it. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>We are His people and
the sheep of His pasture. This indicates that not only are His chosen people,
(the Jewish Nation), but we who have been washed in the Cleansing Blood of His
Son Jesus Christ are also counted among His sheep; and; we can feed freelyand with His Blessings in His pasture. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>He is our God, Jesus
Christ has freely shed His Blood for our sins and that joy should never
ever, leave us. Yes, there are trials in this daily living, but
these trials will pass; but we should <u>choose</u> to let the joy of the LORD
overwhelm us and be aware of our NEED to thank and praise Him continually.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>The psalmist asks us to
enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise, I think that
indicates that we should be spiritually ready to enter into His gates and into
His courts with praise, and thanksgiving;
meaning that when we enter the parking lot of the church we should be
prayed up and ready to praise. We should come into His House with a thanksgiving
praise on our lips and a thanksgiving song in our hearts, in other words we
should be ready to praise Him. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Yes we come to His house
to worship in singing and in hearing the WORD from our Pastor, but we should
also come to bless those at church who are down and out spiritually and need a
word from God, that is why we should pray continually to be a spiritual
blessing to our church, not to just go and get a blessing, BUT TO BE A
BLESSING.! Let us ask the Holy Spirit to
open our spiritual eyes to see the needs of others, we do not have to know
their need, we just have to be aware of the need to pray for them, and to ask
Gods’ blessings on their lives and their needs.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>God is the source and
perfect example of His lovingkindness,
and His faithfulness in keeping His promises. to us.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Blessings on you my dear
Readers,<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Love Gloria</b></div>
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(c) Gloria B.Powell. All rights reserved.</div>
Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-58341361520743029262013-07-22T17:49:00.004-05:002013-07-22T17:57:49.977-05:00GOD WILL MOVE YOUR MOUNTAIN<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;">“….Do not sorrow, for the Joy
of the LORD is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Does God even care when we
cry in the middle of the night? </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We
question, “Does God even care”? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is no mountain to high, no valley too
deep, in our lives that God does not care about, and can remove.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In our humanness, we want God
to move our mountains with just one fell swoop of His Mighty Hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">But God is All Knowing, and
He knows because of the busyness of our lives because of packed-full daily
schedules that time alone with God for prayer and Bible reading too many times
so very sadly gets pushed aside. Maybe
if we do pray and read we do it in such a hurry it just does not give proper
honor to God. Most of the time we don’t even remember what we prayed or read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Our faith becomes weak in
these slack times and the ONLY way to grow in faith in God is DAILY personal
conversation and reading His Word. So
when we are spiritually weak the everyday little obstacles become mountains
looming larger and larger and the mountain is all we can see. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We pray Lord I can’t stand
this, “please remove it from my path”. But Jesus who was NEVER slack in His
conversation with His Heavenly Father or in reading the Word (The Torah). He
gave us the perfect example of prayer even when we have not been as faithful as
we should in following His examples for a successful life in God. In fact this prayer is the perfect prayer for
all times and I pray that you are not like me and you do not sometimes get “too
busy” to take enough time to pray and read His Word.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We must always follow the
example of Jesus on the night He was arrested to be crucified for our sins on
the cross. He went into the Garden of Gethsemane
to pray to His Father., <b>"</b></span><b style="font-size: 16px;">Father if I must drink this cup. Thy Will </b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Be Done, Not
My Will, But Thine.”</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">No matter how big the
mountain, if we pray for Gods’ perfect will in every circumstance in our lives
and really submit our heart, mind, spirit and pray earnestly for a godly
attitude and submit everything in our
being to God, He will renew our resolve for <b>His Perfect will</b>, <i><u>in every
situation</u></i>, and we will be content with His will. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">When we get our mind and spirit back to where
they should be, <b><u>completely spiritually in tune with the Holy Spirit, we will find
that the mountain after all, was mostly just a molehill.</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Dear Reader until next
time,.. Gloria<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div>
Copyright 2013 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-81162503170166991532013-06-24T10:25:00.003-05:002013-06-24T10:25:41.075-05:00IS GOD OBLIGATED TO US?<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">IS
GOD OBLIGATED TO US?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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I have heard sermons preached and statements made that if
Gods’ people will do so and so. that God is <b><u><span style="color: #3c4c20; font-size: 14.0pt;">obligated</span></u></b><span style="color: #3c4c20; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span>to bless that person with so and
so. Namely perfect health, monetary prosperity, worldly gain and the list goes
on, and on.</div>
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DEAR READER GOD IS
NOT OBLIGATED TO ANYTHING OR ANYONE, <b><u><span style="color: #632423; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">GOD IS ABSOLUTELY SOVERIGN</span></u></b><span style="color: #632423; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God does not give us His complete
love, mercy, grace and unmerited favor because He is OBLIGATED TO DO SO. HE
GIVES IT TO US <b>BECAUSE OF HIS NEVERENDING
LOVE FOR US. We are HIS and He gave His
ALL, His Son, Jesus Christ to die on the cruel cross and shed every drop of His
Precious Blood, </b><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">to pay our sin debt that He did not
owe, and that we would never be able to pay.<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></u></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt;">John 3:16, “For God so loved the world
that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><u>God loves us and
His most earnest desire for us is to spend eternity with Him, not to be lost
and spend eternity in hell with the evil one and his demons</u></b>”<u><o:p></o:p></u></div>
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We give our tithes and offerings to our church in obedience
to His Word. We pray for healing of the
sick and those in desperate need because the love of God dwells within us. We
pray and read His WORD to draw closer to Him and have daily communication with
Him, because He is our best and most personal friend.</div>
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Every time a seemingly impossible need is met by God we are
amazed and awed at such an Overwhelming, Caring and Loving God. He knows every need in our lives and He loves
us enough to meet that need. Sometimes He meets the need in the way we ask, and
if the way we ask is not His Will for us because our way is not always the best
way, God answers the need in His Way. We see only the now, but God sees down
the road around every corner and into the eternal. God knows each and every one of us personally;
He even knows our thoughts, motives and even every hair on our head.</div>
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<b>God’s desire is for
us to surrender our lives to Him, not for what we can get from Him on this
earth, but because He loves and cares for us so much He wants for us a life
secure in Him, and He wants us to spend our eternity with Him in the home He is
preparing in heaven for those who love
Him with all their hearts. This is the only way to have </b><b><span style="color: #4a442a; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;">that peace over every situation that arises in each of our lives, the peace
which that passes all understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>I love you dear
reader, Love Gloria<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Copyright 2011 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-78081326688953679192013-05-31T16:41:00.001-05:002013-05-31T16:41:21.299-05:00THE PRAYER THAT NEVER FAILS<b><i><span style="color: #c00000;">“Now it came to pass, as He was praying in
a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord,
teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” So He said to them, “ When ye pray, say: “Our
Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come. <u>Your will be
done on earth as it is in heaven</u></span></i><u><span style="color: #c00000;">.”
</span></u><i><span style="color: #c00000;"> Luke 11:1-2 NKJV</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000;"><br /></span></i></b></div>
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This is known as “The Lords’ prayer, but Jesus’ disciples’
had watched and heard Him pray. They
knew that He prayed constantly and fervently and they wanted the same kind of
relationship with God that Jesus had. They
wanted to know how to pray to God the Father, just as they saw and heard Jesus
pray to the Father.<br />
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How many times have we said the Lord’s Prayer and used the word’s
“Thy will be done on earth as in heaven”, and not given them really a second
thought of what <b><u><span style="color: #4f6228; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">we REALLY are
saying</span></u></b>? When we say “Thy
will be done,” we are saying God I give this situation entirely to you. I will
accept your decision on how best to take care of it. I now leave it entirely up
to you, I will pray constantly for your will to be done and I am convinced that
the way you answer will be the best. You
are eternal, all knowing and all powerful; God, you know the beginning from the
end only YOU know the best answer to this need. I am leaving the answer
entirely up to you, not my will but Yours be done in this matter. <br />
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Dear Reader this is not playing around with God this is
complete trust in God to make the best decision for the problem, and to bring
honor and glory to His Name, and to cover us completely with His love and His Mercy
for us.<br />
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The Bible tells us to “pray without ceasing”, not just when
there is an emergency or crisis, praying without ceasing is to be in a constant
communication with God, keeping in mind that His greatest desire is for us to
be his children, obedient to His Word and live our lives completely <b>committed to His Will for our lives.</b></div>
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If Gods’ Will is not what we personally wanted, or prayed
for, the spiritual part of us will automatically seek to be at peace with Gods’
answer, but the earthly, fleshly part of us will be sad, sometimes mad, angry
and so very confused.<br />
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Dear friends God
knows this and He wants us to climb up in His Lap and ask Him to hold us while
we cry. If we listen we can hear Him gently speak to us as we Hear His Precious
Holy Spirit say to us, “My child I love you, go ahead and cry it is okay, My
child when you hurt, I hurt also, just keep trusting me and I will help you get
to the place in your love and faith in my Love for you, that you will be able
to go on with life until you can be at peace with my answer for this problem.<br />
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Love God with all your heart, mind and being, He will NEVER
LEAVE OR FORSAKE US, BUT WILL GO WITH US TO THE END.<br />
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Love Gloria </div>
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Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-51802787235273272412013-05-02T09:55:00.000-05:002013-05-02T09:56:40.813-05:00GOD IS ALWAYS ON HIS TIME<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">For
the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not
prove false. Though it linger, wait for
it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
See he is puffed up; his desires are not upright – but the righteous
will live by his faith.” Habukkuk 2:3-4 (NIV)</span></b></div>
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<b>Has the Holy Spirit
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<b>If you are like me,
when this happens, we get ready, for we want it to happen NOW, not down the
road we are so consumed with the message that has entrusted to us that we
literally are about to burst open, and we think that God just cannot go one
more minute without making it come to pass.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>When God entrusts us
with a message from Him, do not let the enemy steal it from you, even though he
may tell you over and over that you did not hear from God, but you know in your
heart and mind, that you did. If you have
doubt, remember that when God gives us
something from Him <u><span style="color: #595959; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">IT WILL ALWAYS</span></u><span style="color: #595959; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"> <i><u>LINE UP WITH HIS WORD, AND WILL ALWAYS
GLORIFY HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON JESUS CHRIST.<o:p></o:p></u></i></span></b></div>
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<b>But, precious reader, remember there is NO time
frame with God. When He gives us a
prophetic vision, it is for a certain time, and He usually does not tell us the
when or where of it. BUT when He entrusts
us with a special message or vision, He expects us to be faithful to write it
down, and be faithful to remember that our timing is not His. We are to keep
praying and studying His Word to keep the message from Him fresh until <u>His </u>appointed
time. While we live on this earth we
will live in minute to minute time, but when He takes us to live with Him
eternally then we will never know anything about time again, everything will be
eternal, no more counting time.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Verse 4 says, the
ungodly people in this world are puffed up with themselves and will not listen
to a word from God, they go about their way saying, “Look what hard work and
sweat has accomplished for me no one has helped me, I owe no one anything.” But
dear reader, where do they think they got the strength and the sweat to do the
hard work? Yes you are right they got it
from God. God is so merciful with people
He gives them so many chances to live for Him every day He is patient and kind
to them, but there will come a day of judgment and there will be no more
chances for the ungodly to change their ways and live for God.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>But take heart and
keep believing and keep praying, because the last of the verse four says, “but
the righteous shall live by his faith.”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Love, Gloria</b></div>
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Copyright 2011 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-39722793018213668252013-04-19T22:16:00.000-05:002013-04-24T15:00:55.635-05:00I-AM-WHO-I-AM <b> <span style="color: purple;"> "Then Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the people of Israel and I tell them, The God of your fathers sent me to you'; and they ask me, "What is his name? What do I tell them."</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"> God said to Moses. I-AM-WHO-I-AM. Tell the people of Israel,'I-AM sent me to you.' " </span></b><br />
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<b>I was in a grocery store several years ago and on their P.A. system they were playing a trivia radio show, and one of the D-Jays made the remark that the most complete sentence in the whole world consists of just two words and those two words are," I AM."</b><br />
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<b>I had often wondered just why God would say His Name is I-AM.</b><br />
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<b>I prayed and asked God, "Why did you tell Moses that your name is I-AM?"</b><br />
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<b>The other night God woke me up out of a sound sleep, I guess that is the only time He can get to me when I am quiet, and give me His Word.</b><br />
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<b>The Holy Spirit began just pouring thoughts into my mind, it was like He had lifted the top off my head and just began pouring it into my brain.</b><br />
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<b>Just think, I-AM, IS ALL SUFFICIENT, ALL KNOWING, ALWAYS PRESENT EVERYWHERE AT ONCE, THERE IS NO DEFICIENCY IN GOD, NO LACKING IN GOD, NO BLEMISH IN GOD, NOTHING IS BEYOND HIS DOING, NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR GOD TO FIX OR TO ACCOMPLISH.</b><br />
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<b> NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION, <u>ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, IS TOO HARD OR TOO MUCH FOR GOD, HE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE I-AM. NOTHING CATCHES HIM BY SURPRISE OR IS HE EVER UNAWARE OF THE NEEDS OF HIS CHILDREN.</u></b><br />
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<b>Not only was God The I-AM of the Old Testament, He is also the I-AM of the New Testament and He can and will be my and your I-AM, in fact He Wants To Be my and your I-AM today and for eternity.</b><br />
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<b>How you ever asked yourself,"Can God be my I-AM? I am so glad you wanted to know. Dear Precious readers, before the world was formed God has a plan for you and me to know Him as our I-AM. That plan is Jesus Christ, Gods' only begotten Son. Before the foundation of the world was laid Jesus Christ was the chief corner stone.</b><br />
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<b>"Jesus said unto them, </b><b style="color: #cc0000;">"Have you never read in the Scriptures:'The stone which he builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORDS' doing. and it is marvelous in our eyes." (Matthew 21:42 JKJV) </b><b> </b><b>This was Jesus telling the people that He is the Chief Corner Stone of the world and the people rejected Him.</b><br />
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<b>But in John 3:16 the Word of God tells us how God made a way before the world was formed for all people in every nation, every race, creed and tongue, every one, me and you also "praise the Lord.)</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">"For God so loved the world that HE gave His only begotten Son , that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16 NKJV) </span> GOD loved us so much that He prepared a way for us to live forever with Him, by sending His only Son Jesus Christ to be born from a virgin girl as a baby on this earth, grow up and give His life and every drop of blood in His body to cover our sins. By accepting that blood to cover our sins and repenting to Him of our sins and living each day with the goal of pleasing Him and telling others of the saving grace of Jesus Christ we can and will live with Him forever.</b><br />
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<b>Ephesians 2:19-22, (NKJV) "Now therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building being fitted together, grows in to a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you are are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit."</b><br />
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<b>Precious readers please allow THE I-AM-THAT-I-AM, BE YOUR I-AM-THAT-I-AM, after all that is really the most important thing you can or will ever do.</b><br />
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<b>I love you, Love Gloria</b><br />
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Copyright 2011 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-14546607625226774392012-04-19T09:28:00.076-05:002012-04-19T10:11:25.136-05:00JESUS IS COMING SOON!!! PLEASE BE READY!!!<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>"Jesus said the her, "I am (Myself) the Resurrection and the Life. Whosoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in and relies on) Me, Although he may die yet he shall live." John 3:16 Amplified</strong></span> <br />
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<span style="color: black;"><strong>When we accept Jesus into our hearts by faith because of His Supreme Sacrifice for everyone by His freely giving His life and shedding His blood as an innocent Lamb on the cross, we also accept the eternal life that our faith in Him brings to us.</strong></span><br />
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<strong>If we die before His return for His redeemed people, those that died in faith believing that they will live eternally with God in Heaven will hear the trumpet sound on the day of His returning to gather up</strong> <strong>His redeemed souls.</strong><br />
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<strong>The dead in Christ will rise first then those which are still alive on this earth will join them in the air to live forever with our Savior. Just imagine He has been preparing a home for His redeemed for over 2000 years now, the Bible tells us that we can never comprehend with our human minds what our heavenly home will be like.</strong><br />
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<strong>Dear precious reader, please stay in the Word of God as much as you can. The "day of the Lord" is very, very near. I know that we have heard all our lives that the coming of the Lord is near. It is nearer now than it has ever been. Please stay in the Word, stay in prayer. Keep your lives in sync with Jesus and know at all times that all is right between you and God. Listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit in your mind and heart He will never lead you astray, but will keep you close to God.You can know that you are ready to hear the trumpet sound that will take His redeemed home to be with Him forever, eternally without end.</strong><br />
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<strong>Precious reader if we do not heed the calling of the Holy Spirit drawing us to accept Jesus as our personal savior and we miss hearing the trumpet sound as Jesus calls His redeemed home to Himself, those that are left upon this earth will experience the most tragic and terrible time that has ever been upon this earth.</strong><br />
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<strong>God, who has been so loving and patient with us will remove His mercy and a time of seven years of tribulation will cover this earth. Please do not take the chance of missing out on hearing the trumpet sound, signaling the Lords' return to take His believers home. Nothing, NO NOTHING, is worth missing His coming for His believers and having to live through the seven awful, terrible years of the time of tribulation.</strong><br />
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<strong>Please, right now, bow your head and repent of your sins and wrong doing and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord. It is so simple to become a child of God (1) Admit that you are a sinner, (2) Believe that Jesus died on the cross just for you to forgive you of your sins, (3) Confess your sins to Jesus and ask Him to forgive you of every sin, Not only will He forgive you of everything you have ever done that you thought was too terrible to be forgiven of, but he will wash you as white as snow, you are now a NEW creature in Jesus Christ. Tell someone, "I am a new creature in Jesus Christ". I have given up my old ways Jesus has put a new nature in me. Find a good Bible believing Church and start attending. Read the Word diligently and pray every chance you get, each time you think you have made a mistake and do not be afraid that you will sin and not know it, the Holy Spirit will gently nudge you and tell you not to do that. And if we do sin all we have to do is ask for Jesus' forgiveness and GO on from there a new creature. God has forgotten your past do not let satan remind you of it ever again, it is gone it has been covered by the <span style="color: #660000;">PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS</span>.</strong><br />
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Copyright 2011 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-42401249096179044492012-03-12T11:22:00.001-05:002012-03-12T11:26:55.538-05:00JESUS AND ME ALONE, AND IN COMPLETE UNITY<span style="color: red;"><strong>"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you: Before you were born I sanctified you; and I ordained you a prophet to the nations."Jeremiah 1:5 NIV</strong></span>. (Every time we give a penny or whatever to missions, every time we pray for Missionaries over the world, be are helping be a prophet to the Nations. We are to show Jesus in our daily living so all will know we belong to Jesus Christ. <span style="color: magenta;"><strong>Remember there are many people from many Nations living in our own vicinity, show them JESUS!</strong></span><br />
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This morning in my prayer chair, I felt such an awesome presence of God, and I said, "Oh God speak to my spirit, let me be quiet and concentrate on what You have to say to me."<br />
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In my spirit I heard Jesus say to me, "Oh my child I have known you before you were created in your mother's womb, and I gave you an early sense of my presence when you were just a child."<br />
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"Even though you did not follow me closely through your teen years you always had a "knowing" that I was there. I have kept you from many dangers and harm even when you did not walk hand in hand with me,"<br />
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""I was so filled with Joy and Love for you when at age 24 you turned your heart and life completely over to me, as you let my blood wash away all your sins and mistakes."<br />
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" I have been with you and your husband and children through life's good times, and I have given you the faith and courage to walk, to walk with Me through the hard times. But remember everything in this life good or bad can not ever compare to the joys laid up in Heaven, for you and everyone that accepts me as their Personal Savior."<br />
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"I am coming soon so be like the Apostle Paul and say with Him, <span style="color: red;"><strong>"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Heretofore there there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord the Righteous Judge shall give me at that day: and not to me only but unto all of them also that love his appearing." 2 Timothy 4:7-8 KJV</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Precious reader I hope that you also have a special prayer chair that you get alone with God every day and just ask Him to speak to your spirit, and just commune with in the unity of a quiet spirit of love and togetherness. </span><span style="color: magenta;"><strong>REMEMBER, HE IS YOUR DEAREST FRIEND FOREVER!!</strong></span><br />
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I Love You, Love Gloria<br />
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Copyright 2011 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-63996799479369156222012-02-27T17:59:00.000-06:002012-02-27T17:59:36.649-06:00ALONE WITH GOD -- LETTING GOD SPEAK IN OUR SILENT WORSHIP<span style="color: red;"><strong>"Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionally and cares about you watchfully". I Peter 5:7 Amplified</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>"Cast your burden on the LORD [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you: He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved, (made to slip, fall, or fail). Psalm 55:22 Amplified</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">As I read my devotion this morning, the title was "Spirit Sounds, from God Calling, published by Barbour". The house was empty so I just sat there in my "prayer chair", and was silent just wanting to hear nothing but the Holy Spirit speak to my spirit.</span><br />
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I had been going through some difficult days and God knew that I needed to be silent in His presence and let His precious Holy Spirit renew my mind, my heart and most importantly my worship to Him. I can never enter the presence of God without a praise to Him. Even though I was silent, my spirit was praising Him. It was though I was one with the Trinity [God the Father, Jesus the Savior, and the Holy Spirit of God].<br />
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I do not know how long I silently sat in His Presence, but I could feel my mind and my body relaxing and becoming one with God. It felt like I was being completely renewed both physically, mentally and most of all spiritually, all anxiety was gone.<br />
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In a few moments I felt the Holy Spirit speak to my mind to hold out my hands, palms down and to empty everything in my life that was dragging me down, every problem, <span style="color: purple;"><strong>EVERYTHING</strong></span> in my life that did not uplift Jesus, to let it go let it all fall from my hands and let Him take them. I obeyed His instructions and I literally felt the weights of life's trials fall out of my hands as I let go of them. In a few moments I heard in my spirit to turn my palms up to receive what God had for me for this moment, this day, in His Word the Bible, Jesus speaks to us in <span style="color: red;"><strong>Matthew 6:34, Amplified,</strong></span> <span style="color: red;"><strong>"Do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble". </strong></span><span style="color: black;">Precious readers we have no promise of a tomorrow, we must leave that to our Father God who knows <span style="color: purple;"><strong>ALL</strong></span>. Then I felt the Holy Spirit speak to my spirit. "Now lift your hands into the air and praise Me out loud, what a glorious time of praise I enjoyed with God. How renewed and refreshed I was and my mind and body and spirit was in tune once again with God. I felt a complete renewal in my walk with God. Please get alone with God often, just be silent and let His Holy Spirit speak to your spirit, He really enjoys being alone with you as much as you will enjoy it.</span><br />
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Precious readers, we must take time regularly to be "silent" in God's presence and let Him do all the talking. When we do this by being silent in His presence, He can truly speak to us and renew us, our minds, our bodies and our spirit so that in our daily walk with Him, His thoughts will be our thoughts and His wishes for us will be our wishes for ourselves, and we can be "His Hands" on this earth to reach out to others in need and lead them to Christ Jesus; after all that is our immediate and ultimate task in this world is to show others Jesus through our lives.<br />
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Time is short. Jesus is coming soon for those who have accepted His provision for us that He prov ided to all mankind by freely giving His life and shedding His precious blood on the cross 2000 years ago. <span style="color: red;"><strong>"For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life". John 3:16 Amplified </strong></span><span style="color: black;">When we accept Jesus as our Savior, and let His precious Blood cover all of our sins and wickedness, and <span style="color: purple;"><strong>His Blood</strong> </span><strong><span style="color: purple;">will cover all our sins and wickness, they will be covered by His Blood and</span> <span style="color: purple;">forgotten by God.</span> </strong>Then we leave the past behind and go forward from that moment on to live our lives for Jesus Christ and read and study His Word (the Bible), we must immediately find a Bible believing church and get involved with others that their lives have been made new by the Blood of Jesus, and dear friend that is everyone that is a Christian. A Christian is our name after we have accepted the provision that Jesus made for us to become a new creature in Him. We are new like a new born baby and as we read and study His Word, talk (pray) to Him every day all during the day, you will grow in your walk in God and you will build up your faith in Him and you will lead others to this saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and His gift of eternal life to everyone that accepts Him as their personal Savior. You may say I don't know how to talk to God. Just talk to Him like you would your best friend and He is the <strong><span style="color: purple;">BEST FRIEND</span></strong> you will ever have. Grow closer to Him each day, witness to your friends and if they will not believe you or if they ridicule you for believing in Jesus, just pray for them each day and by your living a completely new life, you will show them that you are sincere and life in Jesus is real. Get involved with new friends that believe in Jesus and ask them questions, join a good sound Bible discussion group. Sunday School is the best group there is and be consistant in your new walk in God.</span><br />
With Love, Gloria<br />
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Copyright 2011 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-13203297417088844472011-12-05T11:49:00.001-06:002011-12-05T12:07:51.272-06:00ASK, SEEK, KNOCK, AND KEEP ON, UNTIL YOU GET YOUR ANSWER<span style="color: red;"><strong><em>"Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.. For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking [the door] will be opened." Matthew 7:7,8 Amplified</em></strong> <strong><em>Version</em></strong></span><br />
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In 2001 my daughter had a special hand made necklace made for me at her favorite jewelers. She and the jeweler worked together to get just the right design. It is a beautiful delicate creation, I loved it at once.While she and I were admiring the necklace she noticed a small piece that the jeweler had neglected to attach properly. She asked me to put the necklace in a safe container and when she returned home she would take it back to the jeweler and have it repaired. So I put it away in a safe place.<br />
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When she started to go back home I forgot to give her the necklace and when she arrived at home she called me and ask me to find the necklace and send it to her certified and insured.<br />
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Well, I could not find the piece of jewelry anywhere I looked I was broken hearted and she said, "mama just keep on looking I am sure you will find it."<br />
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Dear readers that was ten years ago, over the years I would go into a drawer where I keep stuff, you know the stuff you keep just because, and I would always notice a small porcelain box, I would wonder what if anything was in the box but I never took time to open the box to look inside.<br />
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Last week I was looking for something in the drawer and again I saw the small porcelain box, I picked up the box and shook it and heard a sound, I wondered what could be inside, so, I opened the box....low and behold there was my necklace that had been lost for ten years. <strong><em>" If only",</em></strong> I think that is one of the most repeated statements of regret in our lives. If only, I had opened the box ten years ago when I first noticed it I could have had my necklace fixed and been enjoying it these many years.<br />
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Immediately the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart with these thoughts, "Just as you looked and looked for the necklace, and it was right there all this time safe in your stuff drawer, you ask and ask for my will and way in situations in your life. <strong><u>The answer is always in my Word and your prayers to Me.</u></strong> <br />
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We read the Word, maybe one or two chapters, and pray for a few minutes and if the answer does not come immediately we get discouraged. <strong><u>The secret, No there is no secret to what God can and will do, </u></strong> the answer is do not do as I did with the little porcelain box just wonder what is in it and put it aside, but to open the box, look into its contents.<br />
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When the Holy Spirit prompts us to read the Word and pray, He does not mean for five or ten minutes, He means <span style="color: purple;"><strong><em><u>TO READ THE WORD AND PRAY UNTIL THE ANSWER COMES FROM THE VERY THRONE OF GOD TO US.</u></em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">Dear precious readers, we must <strong><em><u>make </u></em></strong>the time each day to read His Word, and to speak with Him in prayer, not just "now I lay me down to sleep prayer", but fervent Prayer, the kind of prayer that brings us His answers that we need. I do not mean just randomly read the Word, but with a purpose and a made up mind to devour His Word. They are our instructions to live in this day and time, to make His Word such a part of our vocabulary and life that we become as prophets of old, declaring His love for us and also the wrath that is to come during the time of tribulation. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">His Word to us declares His Unlimited Love for us. A love so powerful that He freely gave His life on the cross to die for our sins and to make provision through His shed blood on that cross, that if we just believe in Him as our Savior, He will apply His Blood to our sins and make them white as snow. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><strong>If you have never accepted Jesus as your Personal Savior just stop now and pray this prayer, "Dear Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner, please cover all my sins with the blood you shed for me on the cross, and make my life new and white as snow. I believe you are the Son of God, I now accept you as my Personal Savior, I will live each day exclusively for you, I will read your Word and Pray every day, thank you for saving me and making me one of your children." Amen</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Now that you have accepted Him as your Personal Savior, find a Bible believing Church and start attending regularly, we must have fellowship with other Christians they will pray for you and help you to get your "feet on the ground" and to grow as Christian.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">When we accept Him as our Savior, we no longer live for ourselves, but we live exclusively for Him and for what He wants us to do for His Honor and Glory. Dear Reader do not think of this as a hard task He has promised in His Word that when we let Him put His yoke on us and become in yoke with Him, He has promised "that His yoke is easy and His burden is light." being in yoke with Jesus is the only way we can live in this present world and be at complete peace and be completely happy. </span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><br />
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I love you and pray for you daily. I hope for you a full life in God and His abundant blessings, <br />
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Copyright 2011 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-5310102152159941382011-10-28T13:29:00.000-05:002011-10-28T13:29:53.553-05:00LET GOD HAVE HIS WAY IN OUR LIFE<em><b><span style="color: red;">"I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency]. Philippians 4:13 Amplified Version</span></b></em><br />
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My dear readers as a child of God are you sick and tired of being sick and tired of letting satan buffet you around We read God's Word and pray, and then we still succumb to satan's tactics as by letting him get us into a pity party of all the things we see in our lives that we cannot just wave a magic wand and correct.<strong> Our biggest flaw in our walk with Jesus Christ is that we want Him to correct our problems and do it now. We want Him to pour a cup of water on the problem stick it in the microwave and in 3-5 minutes viola' the problem is gone. </strong>So we begin to ask ourselves do I really have the faith to let God be my Strong Mighty Tower, can I really run to Him and hide in the cleft of the Rock He has prepared for His children?<br />
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<strong>God spoke to my spirit by His Holy Spirit this morning and asked me, "My child do you really really trust me in ALL things, the most impossible things in your life? Things that are not the "norm" to turn</strong> <strong>around.</strong> I stopped a moment and I felt the almighty power of the Glory of God fill my whole being and I wanted to just let go and let God. I prayed LORD I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN, HEAL ANY DISEASE, YOU CAN HEAL SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN HEALED BEFORE. YOU CAN CAST DOWN ANY BARRIER, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU. NOW LORD HELP MY UNBELIEF!<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>The Holy Spirit loved and renewed me and showed me that I do not have the answers, but that I know the one that has <strong>all</strong> the answers. God will deliver in His time and according to His Will for me. <em><b><u>BUT</u></b></em> that I must <strong>TRUST HIM, TRUST HIM, TRUST HIM</strong>. I must tell Him everything, my desires, my needs, confess my failures, even though He already knows them all, He wants us to be completely honest with Him, this is the only way He can work in our life.Then trust Him to bring about what I want Him to change in my life. He reminded me, that first I must be willing to let Him <strong><u>CHANGE ME INTO WHAT HE</u></strong> <strong><u>WANTS ME TO BE</u></strong>. I must be so strong in His Word, I must not only read His Word, but I must devour it, I must digest it into my spirit. I must be in constant communication with Him in prayer. I will turn over my whole life for Him to remold into the child <strong><u>HE KNOWS I CAN BE AND THAT HE WANTS ME TO BE.</u></strong> <br />
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<o:p> </o:p>Sometimes the problems in life are a cause of something that we are not willing to let go of, but <strong><u>GOD MUST CONTROL OUR MIND, OUR BODY AND OUR THOUGHTS AND MOST OF ALL OUR SPIRIT.</u></strong><br />
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<o:p> </o:p>Dear reader we must always be aware that even though we do not see into the Spirit World of God it is all around us all the time.<strong><i><span style="color: red;">"When the servant of the man of God rose early and went out, behold an army with horses and chariots (the enemy) were around the city. Elisha's servant said to him, Alas my master! What shall we do? [Elisha] answered, <u>Fear not: for those with us are more than</u></span></i></strong><em><span style="color: red;"> </span></em><strong><i><u><span style="color: red;">those with them. (Their enemies).</span></u><span style="color: red;"> Then Elisha prayed, Lord, I pray you open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the young man's eyes, and he saw and behold, the mountain was</span></i></strong><span style="color: red;"> <strong><i>full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha." 2 Kings 6:15,16,17 KJV.</i></strong></span><em><span style="color: black;"> </span></em>We must know without a shadow of a doubt that God has His Guardian Angels and His Warrior Angels around you and me all the time. We must always know that we are protected we need to always ask God to let us feel his Angels that are protecting us and to love God even more because He provides this for each of His Children. Thank God for the care He provides for each of us every single second. Even though we do not always see it, always be proud and thank Him for His protection. Let His Love surround you and take hold of your mind and be willing to let God work out our problems in His Time, remember His Time does not always go along with our time, but if we let Him do the work by Himself He will work it out JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME. <span style="color: black;">WE MUST NEVER TRY TO HELP HIM (This has been hard for me to learn and I have made many a problem worse, just because I wanted to help God just a little bit, it never has and it never will work). OUR TRIUNE GOD IS SOVEREIGN. GOD, HIS SON JESUS, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT ARE</span> CAPABLE OF HANDLING PROBLEMS AND SITUATIONS <em><b><u>ALONE</u></b></em>, ALL WE NEED TO DO IS TRUST AND BELIEVE THAT HE IS WORKING IN OUR LIVES TO SEE THE PROBLEMS RESOLVED, <em><b><u><span style="color: purple;">AND WHEN THEY ARE RESOLVED WE BECOME AS HE WOULD HAVE US TO BE A TRUE LIVING TESTIMONY OF A TRUE AND TRIED AND VICTORIOUS CHILD OF GOD.</span></u></b></em><br />
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="color: black;">God never leads us through a trial that is not for his Honor and Glory. So, when your trial is victoriously past, you may not see the reason for the terrible turmoil of the trial that God led you through, but you will see in yourself a deeper faith, Spiritual growth and a deeper trust in God and His ability to keep you through anything.</span><br />
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<o:p> </o:p>It may be years or just a few days before you meet someone that is going through the same trial and test that God led you through and your testimony of God's keeping and leading power through the test will be of immeasurable value to them. It may be the one thing that keeps them from giving up during the trial. Always give God the Glory for His leading and saving and keeping power over you every day. Love Gloria<br />
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Copyright 2011 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-27295946738225182012011-09-21T15:56:00.001-05:002011-09-21T18:12:50.094-05:00LORD, IF I MUST CLIMB THIS MOUNTAIN, PLEASE TEACH ME TO YODEL<span style="color: red;"><strong><em>"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you as though some strange thing happened unto you. But rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His Glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy." I Peter 4:12.13 KJV</em></strong></span><br />
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I have always loved the book of Job, just imagine that God would have so much confidence in a man that He in His ALL KNOWING POWER, knew that Job would praise God even unto death. I have never asked to be tested like Job. But when God puts a mountain in my path, I pray for strength, courage, and faith to climb that mountain every step of the way.<br />
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God keeps us from many dangers and trials every day, I am not always faithful to thank Him daily for these enormous blessings, but I intend to be thankful from now on. God is always true to His word, but also knows His children so well. He knows that we must keep our spiritual bodies built up and in good health. Just as we keep our human bodies in good health. <br />
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Every trial that comes into our life either has one or two reasons:<br />
1. We neglected our spiritual life by not reading His Word every day. (Yes, you do have time to sit down a few minutes EVERY day to read His WORD and to pray.) i.e., Keep a Bible in the bathroom, on the back of the throne is a good place. I mean you are just sitting there looking down at your feet right? Leave off an episode of TV, I mean it will be on again tomorrow. I love reading the Psalms in all the versions. Pray while you are driving to and from work, or while you are running errands, or waiting in line at the store, pray for those around you, you don't have to pray out loud unless you want to, if you do hey fine with me probably with them also you may be the only one who has prayed for them that whole day. Read the WORD, I love to study with all my versions around me and read the scripture from each version. I am somewhat of a Bible junkie, I especially love the slender thin ones that you can put in your Bible and journal devotion bag and carry with you. I also love good devotion books. I love the ones that lift me up with powerful words from THE WORD. Some of my favorites are Oswald Chambers. (you must get his old one and the new revised one), The God Calling Journal by A. J. Russell, All of Sarah Young's devotional books are sooo worth buying. The devotion books by Cindy Trimm are awesome and also Max Lucado has lots and lots of wonderful faith building devotion books.<br />
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I especially love the beauty of the KJV, it is my "go-to" Bible, when the world has turned up-side down and I lay prostrate on the floor asking God to let it somehow build my faith so I can deal with the problem. I just love to read the KJV and pray until God's Holy Spirit calms my spirit and lets me know that it is in His hands and no matter if I can not make heads or tails of it, God will see me through oh, Hallelujah!! Our God is an awesome God.<br />
2. God wants to receive Honor and Glory out of our trials; and when God says "ENOUGH" and the trial is over we <span style="color: red;"><strong><em>will be as fine gold, refined in the fire. found in 1 Peter 1:7 KJV</em></strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black;">When The Holy Spirit reveals to us that this mountain we <strong><u>MUST</u></strong> climb, <strong><u>REMEMBER,</u></strong> the poem written by Margaret Fishback Powers, "Footprints". From the day we ask Jesus to be our Savior and the Lord of our lives and we let His Precious Blood cover ALL our past sins, we become a new person in Him. We then commit the rest of our lives to serving Him, if we could see into the spirit world we would see two sets of foot prints, ours, and Jesus's walking along beside us every step of the way.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The last verse of the Footprints poem asks the question, "Lord when looking back on my life with you I see two sets of footprints, until I come to the parts of my life when the most fiery trials, the most horifying times in my life occured. Then there is only one set of footprints, When I needed you the most Lord why did you leave me?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">"He whispered, "My precious child I love you and will never, leave you never, ever, and during your trials and testings, when you saw only one set of footprints it was then that I carried you." (an exerpt from Footprints)</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">When we are climbing up that mountain, take one step at a time. If you come to a place that you don't see how you can go any farther up, then stop, stand still and sing ( I really am going to practice yodeling.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong><em>When Paul and Silas were beaten with many stripes for preaching about Jesus they were thrown in jail and their feet were fastened into stocks. At the midnight hour Paul and Silas sang songs of glory and praise unto God, the jail was shaken the bands fell off all the prisoners. The jailer was going to kill himself because the prisoners were freed from their chains and stocks, but Paul cried with a loud voice , "do thyself no harm for we are all here. The jailer saw God in Paul and Sila. He asked, "Sirs what must I do to be saved?" he and his household were saved because Paul and Silas sang and gave glory to God even climbing up their mountain. Taken from Acts 16, KJV</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">My precious readers my prayer is that if you are climbing a mountain now or one is in your future, ask God for strength to climb one step at a time, sing, yodel, pray and read your Bible. Remember as it says in the Bible several times, "This too shall pass." Always be faithful, I did not say be perfect, if you stumble on a rock on the mountain, ask God to forgive you and show you where the next foothold is, rest a little while and continue on in God.. </span><br />
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He will make us perfect when we get to Heaven. Just be Faithful to Him and don't forget to yodel.<br />
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Remember God loves you and so do I, Love Gloria<br />
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Copyright 2011 Gloria B. Powell. All rights reserved.Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664409933403802813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178398234061222205.post-48060058890095453122011-08-31T09:28:00.093-05:002011-08-31T10:37:10.422-05:00A PAGE FROM MY LIFE'S MEMORIES<span style="color: red;"><strong><em>"For You are are my hope, O Lord GOD; You are my trust from my youth. By You I have been upheld from birth. You are He who took me out of my mother's womb. My praise shall be continually of you." Psalm 71:5.5,6 NKJV</em></strong></span><br />
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This morning I was watching a documentary on TV about Gene Autry, immediately it brought me back a LOT of years to my childhood. <br />
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I never had an older brother, but my first cousin Jerry was only four months younger than me, and lived just beside me. We lived on what was called a row of houses built close together. Jerry was my brother in spirit in my heart, he was also my very best friend in all the world, we played together every day.<br />
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The reason the documentary on Gene Autry was so real to me is that, every Saturday, both theaters in my home town had cowboy movies, one theater cost a dime to see the movie and the other cost a nickle, so we always chose the nickle theatre. There was always a cowboy movie most times a cop's and robber's movie and a continued serial which always ended in a cliff hanger so we couldn't wait to see if Tarzan or Nyoka the Jungle Girl or who ever was the star of the cliff hanger got saved from the certain death that they were facing when the cliff hanger ended the Saturday before, of course the next week they always got saved just to face certain death on the present Saturday. Most Saturdays we had to walk to town but what was a mile and half back then, just a good exercise.<br />
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You could go when the theater opened and stay all day if you wanted, and of course we wanted too. I mean no one had TV and all the other entertainments children have now. And now of course I am told you can only see the movie one time and then you have to leave.<br />
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If Jerry or I had an extra nickle we would buy a coke and share it, or if we only had two nickles to get in the movie, a drink of water from the fountain would suffice.<br />
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After leaving the theatre, (we were always told to be home before dark,) we would discuss every scene in the movies on the way home.<br />
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All the next week we would pretend to be the characters in the movies and sometime we would change some of the plot to suit us better, but such wonderful times we had re-playing those movies together and in our minds we would go away into pretend land and just be children and live life to the fullest. Just being Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter, Rocky Lane or even Fuzzy Q. Jones or Gabby Hayes. there were so many that I can't remember but every one took us into that wonderful world of pretend where everything is perfect and you can make things just like you want them to be, and helped us to build our imaginations of how we would have ended the movie had we been given the chance.<br />
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Most Sunday's we attended Sunday School, the church was just across the dirt road in front of our houses. and every Sunday evening at six o'clock, there was choir practice and Jerry and I knew that they always served refreshments after practice, we would attend. <u><strong>Never</strong></u> would we be told to leave, or that we were too young. The precious choir members and the choir leader just let us join in and they always invited us for refreshments, of course we gladly accepted. You never know when you help nurture a child what God will do in their lives. <span style="color: red;"><strong><em>"Who ever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me." Matthew 18:5 NKJV.</em></strong></span><br />
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Dear Readers, take a moment and go back into the pages of your life, especially your childhood and remember some of the wonderful things that maybe you have not thought about in years, believe me a trip down memory lane thinking of those you loved and still love is the best trip of all.<br />
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Written to you with all my love, Gloria<br />
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