New Every Morning~October 7

[Al Moak]

He is your Life! [/color]

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Morning Devotional...[/b]

Luke 22:14-22 

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What about The Lord's Supper?[/b]

When we partake of the Lord's Supper, and the bread is offered to us, it is the symbol of our Lord's broken body.  We need to see in that symbol that He offers to us His own victorious life lived in the flesh, a life in which He always did His Father's will. He wants us to take that symbol of His own perfectly righteous life, now broken and distributed to each of us.

So also with the cup. He's offering us that which symbolizes His shed blood - His life given for our forgiveness. As we receive it, therefore, we are receiving a symbol of His forgiveness, and by taking it we're telling Him we need that forgiveness - and we actually receive that fargiveness by faith!   

So  we see in the symbolism that we can have His life in ourselves, His faith in our hearts - and we  also have His forgiveness whenever we fail to have that faith. We can have that absolute faith that He had in the face of awful temptations from the world, fhe flesh, and the Devil. We can have it because we have HIM - because He can supply it by His Spirit within us. Do you want to trust Him, to have HIS trust in yourself?   He offers it to you.  As you partake of these symbols, you're telling Him you're willing to receive it.  Not only that, but He's offering to forgive you all your failures - all the times you haven't kept your eyes on your heavenly Father.

Next time you participate in that ordinance, take advantage of what He offers you.  Confess real sins.  Ask Him for real grace to live for Him.  In fact, do it now in anticipation!

Break Thou the bread of life, Dear Lord to me,
As Thou didst break the loaves beside the sea;
Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord,
My spirit pants for Thee, O living Word.[/b]


~Al Moak~

[Nita]

Here I am tonight for tomorrow.  Life in the fast lane, eh?

Wonderful posts to read today.  I'm feeling tired tonight, but wanted to come in and say hi.

Blessings,  Nita

[jerryc]

i'm not first on the post list, You guys get up early !... but i'm a lot closer to the top..
if it matters.....any way...sorry I have not been here for a while....the funeral and all
sisterin law Pats mom neeeds a lot of Prayer yet....she is having suicidal thoughs....please help
us pray she find Jesus before she does something rash.....she needs something to hold on too....
We know who that is don't we.....also I have now finishied putting up Patricks tribute site...
it can be reached from my site and then click on "Goodbye Pat" link...i think he would have liked it...
we are trying to get back to normal now in our home.....but its not easy with all that has gone on....do you know my wife has lost 10 people in her family in the month of September....she hates to see it come....and glad its gone....me I walk under ladders..for fun...and she always says the trouble comes in three' thing too....I believe MANY good things happen on even good (or bad) old friday the 13th !....my wife will not leave the house on those dates.....what do you guys think about all that stuff like that.....I just figure the Lord made everyday...and we can make what we like of it by our attitude.....by the way did you read psalm 33 yet.....that one just says it all to me....and i get great comfort from all it says.....my sickness....no more all healed....Thanks for your prayers...but i hated to see flu shots are in short supply now....guesss will just have to use more prayers this year......I wrote a new song....no recording of it yet ...but soon....want to se the lyrics...
ok......i got to thinking about just what Christianity is and computers and this one came to me...

(I GOT A ) USER FRIENDLY JEUS


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I GOT A USER FRIENDLY JESUS,SO HE'S ALRIGHT WITH ME..
..                                                                           G7
I'VE GOT A USER FRIENDLY JESUS....SO DON'T YOU WORRRY BOUT ME


C                                                                                    F                        C
I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT, CAUSE I GOT JESUS BY MY SIDE
                                                                                                         G7
NA I REALLY DON'T THINK. TOO MUCH.ABOUT HIM, BEING CRUCIFIDYD
C                                                                                 F                             C
THE MAN AT THE MEETIN ..HE TOLD ME, JUST THE OTHER DAY .
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JUST SAY I'M THANKFUL JESUS, AND LIFE'S GONNA GO MY WAY


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SO I'M THANK HIM EVERYDAY, FOR ALL  HES GIVEN ME
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AND I'LL LEND YA ANOTHER HUNDRED LORD, IF YOU'LL GIVE IT RIGHT BACK TO ME
C                                                                    F                              C
IT AIN'T LIKE I'M SELFISH LORD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
F                                   C                                 G7
I JUST HATE BEIN BUSTED, SO YA GOTTA GIVE IT BACK
C7
AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE INTERST LORD

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OF COURSE I AM SAVED, WHAT KIIND OF CRAZY QUESTION IS THAT
G7                                                                                C
I AIN'T MISSED A SUNDAY SERMON,AND I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT
F                                                                       C
JESUS DIED TO SAVE ME...FROM THE POVERTY I  FEAR
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.OH LORD HELP GET THAT CADIILLAC, I BEEN PRAYIN FOR ALL YEAR
F                                                    C                             G7
(I GOTTA HAVE ANOTHER CADILIAC OR,   JESUS, I'M OUTA HERE,..END BYE-BYE)
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BREAK -_ =


JESUS IS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME, WHENEVER TIMES GET TOUGH
SO I KEEP ON GIVIN AND HE KEEPS ME LIVIN, SO I CAN ENJOY ALL MY STUFF
HOUSES, CARS, THANK YA LORD , I COULD USE A  COUPLE MORE
I'M SO HAPPY I GOT MY JESUS, HES BETTER THAN THE GUCCCIS STORE

chorus and second ending


and of course you probably know you can hear my other ones (and this one soon)
from the links on my site ..see ya at

http://www.ourchurch.com/member/b/bottles4jesus

well gotta run now  ...Yahweh's blessings to you all brothers and sisters.....and love from

                                                                                                       jerryc .......

[Jenny]

thank-you dear Pastor Al.

Oh the Blessed Peace and joy that Our Lord brings with the Holy Communion.

"He was known to them in the breaking of the bread"

Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face;
Here would I touch and handle things unseen.
Here grasp with firmer hand the eternal grace,
And all my weariness upon Thee lean.

Here would I feed upon the bread of God;
Here drink with the Thee the royal wine of heaven;
Here would I lay aside each earthly load,
Here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven.

I have no help but Thine; nor do I need
Another arm save Thine to lean upon;
It is enough, my Lord, enough indeed;
My strength is in Thy might, Thy might alone.

Thus from the Prayer Book for Women and Girls , given at my Anglican Confirmation 3rd July 1964

[Jenny]

Jerry.
My mother used to say she didnt like 13 as her mother died on the 13th.  I said "oh Mum, 13 is a wonderful number, you were born on  the 13th."

For many years I would not wear green, then when I became Born Again I gave up "childish things" and now I love the colour green and wear it often. It is a colour associated with life.

God Bless.

[Larry Hanna]

Hi everyone from an overcast and rather cool Georgia.  It is suppose to warm up into the 70s before the day is over.  I didn't get up and go walking this morning and Pat and I may go to one of the big malls (she hasn't been to it before) to walk.  Think it is about a mile around the corridors as it is a big place.

Beth, glad to see you posting.  It sounds like you all had a very busy day yesterday.

Papa John, thinking of you this morning.  Know you will be glad that the test is over.

JerryC, hope things will calm down for you all.  Thanks for sharing your new song.

Al, that was a fine devotional.  I looked to see if we had "Break Thou the Bread of Life" in our hymn file but we do not.

Jenny, green is one of my favorite colors.  I also like blue.  Thanks for sharing that prayer.

Hi Nita, hope you are feeling more rested today.  Also good to see Pinkie, Janet, Sue,  and Sonja posting after I posted yesterday.

Judy, so sorry you are having more pain in your arm and certainly hope you won't have to have more surgery.

Have a few projects I want to work on today so guess I had better get busy. 

[Larry Hanna]

I'll Walk with God
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He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the
LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with thy God?
Micah 6:8


Words by Paul Francis Webster
Music by Nicholas Brodszky


I'll Walk with God from this day on.
His helping hand I'll lean upon.
This is my prayer, my humble plea,
May the Lord be ever with me.
There is no death, tho' eyes grow dim.
There is no fear when I'm near to Him.
I'll lean on Him forever
And He'll forsake me never.

He will not fail me
As long as my faith is strong,
Whatever road I may walk along.

I'll Walk with God, I'll take His hand.
I'll talk with God, He'll understand.
I'll pray to Him, each day to Him
And He'll hear the words that I say.

His hand will guide my throne and rod
And I'll never walk alone
While I walk with God.

[Marilyn]

Good Morning: ad news about the flu vaccine. My Dr.told me  they were supposed to get it the 18th, I am one of those who needs to take it because of my job withthe elders, and because of my asthma.

Not much new here. Al and Marbeth came for a visit yeterday to return 4 pint jars. h Yes Al I am telling on you again. Do you know that Brother Al already finished 4 pints of Blackberry jam? I never did get to make some for myself and ithink the berries are all gone. I haven't got to look.

Have to go have blood tests this morning, time for the Cholesdterol tests again to see if it is still down, since I quite the Lipitor 6 months ago and started taking 2,000 mgs of Flushless Niacin instead.

TTYL

[Pat]

Good Morning Everyone...

It's so nice to come in here and read all of your messages.  I won't reply to individual ones but just wanted to let you know that I got home last evening and felt better then than I do now but it's just the swelling in my eye that's bothering me so it will pass.

I won't be going out though.  I have a nice "shiner"!  HAHAHA!

Thanks so much, Al, for the wonderful devotion today.  What a blessing it was to me.

Lovely hymn, Larry!

Talk to you later.

[nards656]

Hello, all!

nard

[Janet]

Pat, I think we need a photo of your "shiner!"    Glad the procedure went well and you will be able to look at the world through both eyes again.  (((hugs)))

They are showing a baby giraffe on TV, it is 4 days old and over 6 ft. tall already, so cute!  Our puppies are growing so fast, and they are cute, too.

Beth just called to say the lady from Home Health is coming out, and she wants me to be there, so I will come back later to finish my post.

[Jenny]

Al....Really!!!....... Hope you enjoyed it.  Every last bit.  and I thought Marilyn was saving some for me.

Pat.  Hello dear.  I hope that eye will improve...pronto...

Larry.  Hello......still thinking of you over here ...that hymn is very helpful to me right now.  Thanks.

Janet and Beth Love and prayers.

Nards...last but not least.  Hi there.

I have been out for a ride but had to give up and get home ...it is freezing outside...brr...brr...Wintery Birmingham (the U.K. version  )

See you all later.
Jenny.

[pinkie]

Have to go have blood tests this morning, time for the Cholesdterol tests again to see if it is still down, since I quite the Lipitor 6 months ago and started taking 2,000 mgs of Flushless Niacin instead.

Marilyn...let me know how that is working for you...I would much rather take the Niacin than the Lipitor.  

[Pat]

Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face
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Text: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889
Music: Edward Dearle

Bo­nar wrote this hymn at his bro­ther’s re­quest.  Its first
pub­lic ap­pear­ance was in Oc­to­ber 1855 in Ho­ratius Bonar’s
church.  La­ter that same year, St. An­drew’s Free Church
in Green­ock, Scotl­and, is­sued it in pamph­let form.


Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face;
here would I touch and handle things unseen;
here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace,
and all my weariness upon thee lean.


This is the hour of banquet and of song;
this is the heavenly table spread for me;
here let me feast, and feasting, still prolong
the hallowed hour of fellowship with thee.


Here would I feed upon the bread of God,
here drink with thee the royal wine of heaven;
here would I lay aside each earthly load,
here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven.


Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear;
the feast, though not the love, is past and gone.
The bread and wine remove; but thou art here,
nearer than ever, still my shield and sun.


Feast after feast thus comes and passes by;
yet, passing, points to the glad feast above,
giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy,
the Lamb's great bridal feast of bliss and love.

[Etta Sue]

Papa John ~ I remember that awful stuff....but it is better than years back.  I am praying for a great report!!!

Judy Mc ~ No secret on how I remember when posting.  I flip back and forth between NEM and notepad when I post a long post like yesterday.  Then I do the HTML codes after copying and pasting to the 'reply' window.  When I first did this, it was hard....now it is second hand.

Pinkie ~ Oh, yes!  It scared me when Ali got out.  I live way out in the country and she could run for miles if she so pleased.  But, thank God, she did turn back.  Now Inky?  I think she would like being outside.  I can only imagine what all she would find.  I carry her outside and she is so busy looking at the birds, the leaves, anything that moves!!!!  She misses nothing!

Al ~ Thanks for the lovely devotion.  We must always take communion seriously.  Truly, after seeing 'The Passion of the Christ', I will always 'see' in my mind what HE did for me.  Oh, I know.  I have read what he did many times but 'seeing' on film really impacted my thoughts!

jerryc ~ My maternal grandmother was born January, Friday the 13th, 1876.  My parents were married January, Friday the 13th, 1933.  It wasn't on Friday but my parents were in an auto accident on their 53rd wedding anniversay on January 13th.  Dad was killed instantly.  Mom was in the hospital 57 days before returning home.  Mom and Dad always celebrated their anniversary as well as every Friday the 13th.  When the first Friday the 13th rolled around after Dad's death, us kids wondered what Mom would say or do.  Well, we all went out to eat to celebrate Friday the 13th.  Why?  Because Mom said she had many more happy memories of Friday the 13th than she had bad memories.  Dad passed away in 1987 and Mom passed away in 2001.  God bless my parents for leaving us kids great memories.

Pat ~ I think the same as Janet.  We need a photo of your shiner!!!!

I got up this morning around 6:30 a.m.  It sure looked weird outside.  Everything was a pinkish/orangish glow.  Even the reflection on my linoleum was that glow.  I looked out the bathroom window and the grass was orange.  I looked out several windows and the sky was pink!  It was simply beautiful....but I didn't take pictures.  I wasn't THAT awake!  


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"There is a destiny which makes us brothers;
none goes his way alone;
all that we send into the lives of others
comes back into our own."

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[Jenny]

Dear Pat.

Thank-you.  Thank-you.

Al will be pleased too he is an admirer of the brother of Andrew Bonar....yes Pastor?

Luv U.
Jenny. 

[Pat]

Jenny, we used to sing that many Sunday mornings at our Breaking of Bread service.  It was one of Jack's favourites.

[Pat]

GFA Pastor Kidnapped and Beaten

Please read and pray!

[Jenny]

Pat.

Are we praying for the Canadian salilors trapped in the old submarine which they just bought from U.K....which is on fire...

[Pat]

Well, I have been, Jenny.  What a tragedy.  I listened to it last evening in the car coming home from London.

Crewman Dies[/u]

[Jenny]

Seems weather conditions are hazardous there at the mo.  400 men involved in rescue operations.

Pat I haven't posted this in prayers but I am sure folks will be praying...

Gosh some red faces here as well as in Canada.  Surely the British naval authorities  should have checked them out too before we loaned them to Canada..Those poor sailors. Their families must be having a dreadful wait..

Jenny.

[Pat]

Jenny sent me another link regarding the submarine...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=320883&in_page_id=1770

[Jenny]

Here I am again. (8.30 p.m.)

Just going to close down now.  It's so cold here tonight,I've got the central heating on full pelt. Best thing is to cuddle up by the fire with my Pushkin cat....ha ha..he's sprawled out on the rug gathering strength for the journey into the deep dark allotments later on. 

Please God rescue all those dear remaining sailors alive. Amen.

Good night and God Bless.
See you all tomorrow.
Jenny.

[Pat]

Night, night Jenny!

[Papa John]

I want to thank all of you who prayed for me.  We were up early this morning and were at the hospital for the colonoscopy at 8:00.  Everything went well.  The doctor and nurses assured me I wouldn’t feel a thing.  They put me to sleep and I woke up and it was all over.  The doctor came in and he was delighted with the results.  He said everything was fine.  He showed me pictures of where the cancer had been removed last year.  There was no recurrence and no polyps.  He said to have the procedure in two years.

I have read all the posts but won’t try to comment on them.  Seems like there are so many things we need to pray for, the preacher in India, the Canadian sailors on the submarine, etc. 

1Thes 5:15-22
15   Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.
16   Be joyful always;
17   pray continually;[/b]
18   give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
19   Do not put out the Spirit's fire;
20   do not treat prophecies with contempt.
21   Test everything. Hold on to the good.
22   Avoid every kind of evil.  (NIV)

--- Papa John          
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[Pat]

Ohhh, Papa John, what wonderful news.  Thanks so much for coming in and sharing that with us.

I'm so happy about that.

[Kathy]

What a wonderful praise report, Papa John

I'm here at work getting ready to leave, but wanting to keep in touch with CP. 

I'm headed to the prayer section.  Thanks, Pat, for the post on GFA. 

[Al Moak]

Yes Jenny, I do love both of the Bonar brothers and their writings.  My very favorite hymn is by Horatius Bonar.  It's called "I hear the words of love."  So simple, so direct, so worshipful toward our Lord Jesus!

Thank You, Lord, for the good report on Papa John.  How merciful is our God!

[Pat]

Here you are, Al...

I Hear the Words of Love[/u][/size][/color]
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And, having made peace through the blood of his cross,
by him to reconcile all things unto himself;
by him, I say, whether they be things
in earth, or things in heaven.
Colossians 1:20


Author:  Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889
Musician:  French-Genevan Psalter, 1551
Adapt. William Crotch, 1775-1847


I hear the words of love,
I gaze upon the blood,
I see the mighty sacrifice,
And I have peace with God.

'Tis everlasting peace,
Sure as Jehovah's name;
'Tis stable as His steadfast throne,
Forevermore the same.

The clouds may come and go,
And storms may sweep my skyâ€"
This blood-sealed friendship changes not:
The cross is ever nigh.

My love is ofttimes low,
My joy still ebbs and flows;
But peace with Him remains the sameâ€"
No change Jehovah knows.

I change, He changes not,
The Christ can never die;
His love, not mine, the resting-place,
His truth, not mine, the tie.

[Pat]

Jerry, I'm happy that the funeral is now behind you but what a terrible number of folks your wife has lost during September!  That's hard to cope with.