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Morning Devotional...

Psalm 25



TODAY'S INSIGHT

Employee Stole From Employer

Sorrow without repentance is the kind that results in death (2 Corinthians 7:10, NLT).

Dear friends:

During one of my messages to a group of laymen, I emphasized, "We cannot get right with God until we confess our sins to Him and to others against whom we have sinned."

At the close of the sermon, a troubled young man ran up to me. "My employer is an unbeliever," he exclaimed. "I have talked to him many times about his need of Christ, but he scoffs and ridicules me. Now I realize why. I have been stealing materials from the plant where I work and what I have done is making me feel guilty and miserable. I know that I cannot have peace with God until I confess my theft of those materials and make restitution."

"That's right," I agreed. "We need to be sure that there is no unconfessed sin in our lives if we are to be effective in our Christian lives and witness."

A couple of days later, the young man joyfully approached me and announced, "I confessed my sin to God and to my employer, and when I admitted I took the materials and offered to pay for all that I had stolen, he was very moved and said, 'If Christianity makes a dishonest workman confess that he has been stealing, it's worth having!'"

That young man confessed his sin with the right motivation. It is not godly confession when celebrities write a book and describe all the steamy (and sinful) activities in their lives. They are interested in profits, not forgiveness. It is not godly confession when people describe to a psychiatrist their immoral lifestyle. They only want to feel good.

Godly repentance comes from a true sorrow about a wrong action. The Bible says, "Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret" (2 Corinthians 7:10, NIV).

In Hebrews chapter 12, verses 1 and 2, we are admonished to "let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith" (KJV).

Keeping short accounts with God by confessing our sins to Him, with a sincere heart, the moment the Holy Spirit reveals them to us, is vital to living a victorious, joyful and fruitful life for our Lord.

Yours for fulfilling the Great Commission each year until our Lord returns,

Bill Bright

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Good Irish morning everyone! Lovely devotional Janet. Hope every one is keeping well as can be expectd. We have had a little snow through the night but only a slight covering, Take care.

I posted this on last weeks thread, but thought I'd do it on this one too.

Hi all, I need some photgraphic help.  Our pastors 70th birthday is this coming weekend and we are going to have a "roast" Sunday after church.

My job is to take a picture of him and crop his head onto a picture of Charles Atlas, the body builder.  I know, sounds strange, but our preacher has been lifting weights for the past year to stay in shape, and we kid him all the time.  He does not look like a 70 year old man!   Early 50's maybe.  Yet he talks a lot about Charles Atlas, and his wife kids him all the time, calling him Buff and things like that, (we have a lot of fun together!)  Which is why I have this project to do.

Can anyone recommend a free program that will do the job?  Any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Samantha

This has been a quieter weekend.  We woke up to rain during the night, and the concern is icy roads.  The roads are really bad, and one neighbour ditched her car.  I drove her husband to help her.  It was really scarry driving.  Thankfully all busses were cancelled.  Even the township was waiting till daylight to sand the roads.

Well Back to work
God Bless JudyB

It rained here too, Judy and lots of ice!

Good Morning everyone. I went to  Calvary Chapel last evening the message was out of 2nd John. This pastor  gives his message 1 chapter at a time going verse by verse. Wonderful teaching.

Nothing else is new here. I only work 3 hours now so I get off at 11AM.

Marilyn, do you see the Shoutbox over to the left?

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No point saying goodmorning in here!

Hi Colin!  We, too, got snow last night, but not very much.  A lot of it melted, as it has been so warm here, but the ground is covered, anyway.  All moisture is appreciated!

Samantha, I am glad you moved your post to today.  I was going to do that if you didn't.  I have no advice or help to offer you, but others here are much more knowledgable, and they will help you, I'm quite sure.

We finally had our Seven for Dinner last evening after church. In our church, whoever wants to participate is put into groups of six (but we have seven) and then for three months, one couple has the others over for dinner, then the next month, the next couple, and so on.  At the end of the quarter, names are reshuffled and you are in a new group.  It's a really fun way to get acquainted better with some people you don't know well.  We have three of the girls from Youth Group in ours--they are eighth graders and a lot of fun.  Next month is their turn to host, and rather than us all going out to eat, Dutch treat (an option for the kids) they are going to cook it themselves!  They said last night they are going to make spaghetti and garlic bread. 

Darrel loves to cook, and he also loves to surprise people with foods they have never tried.  So here is our menu from last night:

Welcome to Damons' International Dinner!

               Menu
Costa Rican Seafood Soup
Darrel's Mushroom Chicken Breasts
Chinese Rice and Gravy
French Green Beans
Thailand Purple Sweet Potatoes
Japanese Peanuts

Beverage:  Mexican Jamaica

Dessert:  Jello Pudding Cake

I expect some of you are not familiar with some of those things either, so I will tell you what they are.  For the soup, he remembered while we were in Costa Rica, being served a bowl of seafood soup which had all kinds of seafood in it...even the shells!  It was good!  So he found a bag of mixed seafood at the Asian Market, containing, crab, octopus, clams, etc.  He made up his own recipe using that, and I must say, it was delicious!  And we were so proud of the kids, all but one ate it and liked it.  They were excited to be able to tell their friends and family about eating octopus! 

For the side dishes to the chicken, Darrel cooked rice and made gravy.  I fixed French style green beans with lemon pepper.  We had also bought some sweet potatoes at the Asian Market.  They are white skinned, but are purple--yes, dark purple! inside, and very sweet.  Everyone liked those.  I had some Japonica peanuts which I just poured into a bowl for them to try.  They have a hard spicy coating on them and are a good snack.

I made Jamaica to drink.  We were served this on our trip to Northern Mexico and the Copper Canyon.  It is brewed from the dried hibiscus flowers, is such a pretty red color, and tastes so good!  I bought a big bag of the dried flowers while we were there.  It is pronounced Hamaica--long i. 

And they liked the dessert, too.  TMI?  Oh, well, now you know everything! 

Colin, dear--I answered you right away!  But I am so long-winded that seven people posted before I finished mine!  GOOD MORNING, COLIN, FROM KANSAS!!

Good morning!!  It is Monday, again.  where does time go?   Straight to yesterday, I suppose.

Not a lot going on here. We are having some absolutely, stunningly beautiful weather.  It was gorgeous yesterday.  And very nice today as well.  We may have to spend some time outside this afternoon!

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Hi everyone.  It is another gorgeous day in Georgia but rain and perhaps storms are suppose to be on the way.  I have to drive downtown to have my pacemaker checked tomorrow and that is suppose to be when it is raining.  Maybe it will have slacked off by the time I have to leave.

After coffee this morning my friend Rod and I went walking at the Methodist Church gym.  We are going to try to do this every weekday, if possible.  I walked 25 laps in several segments and he walked a few more.  After about 5 laps I sat down and rested for a couple of laps.  It takes about 18 laps to make a mile and I have surprised myself in being able to walk that far.  We don't walk too fast, but fast enough.

After the walk I went over to his house so he could show me how to use a software program call CaptureWiz Pro.  Then I stopped at the bank and Post Office.  I knew we had a postage increase coming and thought it was March but was told it starts on May 12th.  I bought a couple of sheets of the forever stamps, which will take care of our postage needs for quite awhile.  We don't use many stamps anymore since we use electronic bill paying.

Samanta, have you tried using MS Paint (which is a part of the Windows software?  Also, there is a great free program called Irfanview that I think might solve your problems.  If those don't work for you I expect you can do a Google search and find some others programs to try that might do the trick.

Pat, Judy, and Ruth--the bad weather up your way doesn't sound good at all.  I know you all will be looking forward to spring.

Janet, that was quite a dinner you and Darrel prepared.  I am sure it was enjoyed unless you had some very picky eaters.    That for that great devotional.

Marilyn, it sounds like your grandchildren are very good swimmers.

Colin, lovely poem and like others have expressed I can't imagine being able to sit down and write something like that in such a short time.  The truth of the matter is I probably could never write it regardless of the time I had available.

Hi Jane and Al.

Quote from: Colin on March 03, 2008, 04:25:43 AM
Good Irish morning everyone! Lovely devotional Janet. Hope every one is keeping well as can be expectd. We have had a little snow through the night but only a slight covering, Take care.

Hi Colin...

We had freezing rain in our area all night and our roads are as slippery as anything.  We could still have another month of our horrible weather.

Quote from: Samantha on March 03, 2008, 08:18:27 AM
I posted this on last weeks thread, but thought I'd do it on this one too.

Hi all, I need some photgraphic help.  Our pastors 70th birthday is this coming weekend and we are going to have a "roast" Sunday after church.

My job is to take a picture of him and crop his head onto a picture of Charles Atlas, the body builder.  I know, sounds strange, but our preacher has been lifting weights for the past year to stay in shape, and we kid him all the time.  He does not look like a 70 year old man!   Early 50's maybe.  Yet he talks a lot about Charles Atlas, and his wife kids him all the time, calling him Buff and things like that, (we have a lot of fun together!)  Which is why I have this project to do.

Can anyone recommend a free program that will do the job?  Any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Samantha

Oh, dear, Samantha...

I have no idea of a free program.  I just use Paint Shop Pro for all my graphic work.  Hopefully someone else here will know of a free program for you. 

Sounds interesting indeed--a pastor with a "Mr. Atlas" body! 

Quote from: Colin on March 03, 2008, 10:47:23 AM
No point saying goodmorning in here!

Huh? 

Good morning, Colin!  Well, it isn't morning here or where you are so good morning, Colin, tomorrow morning!   

Janet ~ What an international meal!  I would have sampled all of it.  Even the octopus! 

I mentioned this on SrNet so I will mention it here, too!  Did y'all know that at Cracker Barrel kids of all ages can order from the 'Kids of All Ages' menu?  I got 8-10 French Fried Popcorn Shrimp, French Fries, I think another side, two biscuits or cornbread AND a drink for $4.49!!!  Just enough to eat...not too much. 

I got this in an email this morning and thought to share it with everyone.  It is a physicians account of The Crucifixion.  Graphic but really make you realize what Jesus did for us.  It's a long read but worth it.

It was bright and sunny but now the clouds are hiding the sun above.  Even raining now but the temp is nice....53°F. 

Awww never mind me Pat! Was letting off a little steam. Not that we Irish are bad tempered or anything. 

Maybe I am feeling a little stressed and I know Jeannine has not had time to come in here but I would ask you on her behalf to pray for her and Michael. He had at least three siezures inside one hour yesterday and he is now in hospital. I have not heard an update from Jeannine yet and she will probably come here and let you all know what is going on. I have gotten to know Jeannine quite well over the last year and I could not ask for a better friend. She is deserving of our support and prayers at this time. Thank you all.

I liked what you said about time Karmat.....back to yesterday...might do a poem!

Thanks for all your kind words about my poem. I thought the producer had a poem as she uses other poets work as well as mine and she said she had forgotten to ask me for one. It was panic stations let me tell you! The poem was actually written in about half an hour but I could not email it to her as her printer is not working so I had to drive to her house.

Samantha I used to be able to do that in an Adobe program I had....change heads and things but I dont think that program is in my computer now since it crashed awhile ago. Sorry I cant help you.

No shoutbox Pat.

Colin maybe by now it is good evening?

Cadets is cancelled tonight.  I will be able to get home in the daylight.  It is still raining, Pat I hope the sanders are out in your area....the salt will be washed away.

Good Devotional Janet.  We are having "dinner for 8" at our church this Friday.  We didn't sign up as we rarely are done with work in time.  John doesn't usually get off till after 8 at night.

It is a quiet day in the store, no one is venturing out into the weather, I really don't blame them.

Bye for now and God bless.

PS I like the new shout box Pat easier to read!

Good afternoon all,

Colin, bless you and thank you!

Have read all posts but short time on computer as am doing this from Michael's PICU room. He had several seizures yesterday. At the hospital he had several more separated by only a second or two before they started in again over the course of an hour and a half, they loaded so much anti seizure meds into him he is still sleeping and is on a vent to assist his breathing. They will be running some tests to find what might have triggered this, right now it's looking like low sodium in his system, but he is a sick little boy right now. Still some occasional seizure like activity. Prayers would be welcome and appreciated.

May you all have a God filled and blessed rest of the day.

Still Trusting In HIM!
Jeannine

Hi JudyB....hope you are ok. Was thinking about you last night as I was watching a programne about truckers up at Yellowknife in Canada doing an Iceroad Run. Those guys are mental....driving along on 4ft. of ice with all that weight on their loads! Maybe you can tell me more about it.

Jeannine you are welcome my friend. Take care and God bless.

Am I the only one who can't see the shout box.

You must be Marilyn!

Sorry Marilyn...

The shoutbox has been there all along.  It just needed a few "tweaks" that Oldiesmann has done and now we can use it more.

I'd check your java settings or something like that on your computer.

Jeannine, I'm so sorry to read of Michael and this latest bout.  Please know that I'm praying for him AND you at this time.

Just heard from Judy and she got home safely.  Her freezing rain has turned into snow now.

My Java is up to date and I have returned the settings to  default and I still don't see the shout box. Al do you the shout box?

The shoutbox is looking mighty fine!

Marilyn, do you see the Verse of the Day to the left?  and then under the Verse of the Day, some Links?

Took my wife (Val) to hospital today with appendicitis.  Having been in great pain for nearly 24 hours they are going to keep her under observation until tomorrow (another 10 hours) before dciding whether or not to operate. It's going to be a long night for both of us - though hers will be the less comfortable.