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Morning Devotional...


Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.  1 Peter 1:11


The Roman god, Janus, gave us the name for this month--January. His image was a head with two faces looking in opposite directions, suggesting the uncertainties of time.

As Christians, we too look in two directions but with no uncertainty.

In the past, we see the work of Christ completed perfectly and, with certainty, we look ahead and anticipate that the future glory will be just as accurate.
--E. Fesche

GOOD MORNING IN HOLLAND IT IS 11.05AM

PAT thank you for the good devotional this morning i hope your computer is working better then yesterday.

SONJA thank you for the very good hymn yesterday "O HOW I LOVE JESUS".

Also this month my husband must a
lot talk about his job. They have on this moment no work for him but he have an contract till he is retired.
On 15 january he knows more they say that but first is was 15 decembre but nothing. We wait.

Also this night bad 4x wake up
that is not a good beginning of this year.

But first we are going shopping but it is cold.

2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be to God
for His indescribable gift!

LIFE IS A GIFT

Life is a gift-
and i celebrate it!
The future is Yours, Lord-
and i welcome it!

I wish you all a Blessed day
Bye love RIA

GRANDMAENT TO CP

    RIA

:)A Big Welcome to GRANDMAENT

There are so many blessings here..some to take with you each day and share with others...some that you will give each day to share with us.

I pray that all of you will have a blessed day.  I just love starting off a new year,  a new day.  

love from  kathy

Sing to the LORD a new song. Sing aloud to
God our strength; make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.  Raise a song and strike the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the lute.  He has put a new song in my mouth --praise to our God; many will see it and fear; and will trust in the LORD. (taken from Daily Light)

HI FOLKS,
have just talked to James on IM
have updated prayer request on the prayer page.

Good morning Pat, Ria, Lee and Kathy!

Kathy, how are you doing today?  What are your plans?

Ria, your welcome!  I know what your going through with this cold weather.  It is windy and cold here.  brrrr...  Great poems you posted.  Have fun shopping today.

Pat, glad you had a fun time.  I can't wait to see pictures and the lovely stories that go along with them.

Lee, hahahahahhahaaa....football?  What happens if your team is losing? hehehe...have a good day!


I am going to get school ready for Monday morning.
Take a few pictures.
Post a few pictures.
Send a few pictures to friends and family.
And pretty much what I normally do, newspapers, dance, cook, laundry, swimming and what ever else I forgot.
Have a good day, peeps!
Soni

Good morning Chris and Margit!

Welcome Grandmaemt (Irene)[/size] [/color]
Tell us about yourself.....

Soni:  Your 'puter artwork is Shock and Awe!  Love your stories about potty training - I had to stay with the grands to help them really learn potty training as their parents just couldn't get it completed - Grandma had to step in and put them in "Potty Boot Camp"  -

Everyone, have a wonderful and healthy day - a day of closeness to your loved ones.  I want to pick out a new daily Bible study that I can take when we travel - so, it has to be lightweight - any ideas?

Carol

hahahahaaa...Carol, "Potty Boot Camp"  This is so funny.  I think that is what I will call it.  

Not sure about the study book.  Maybe head to the Christian book store and see what they have.  I really like the Precious Bible Promises book by Coral Ridge Ministries.  It's not really a devotional though.  Good luck in your search.  

Have a good day!
Soni

Hi, Sonja, congratulations on the wee bairn,
how long before she uses the toilet roll? hahaaaaaa
All the floor covered in tissue!

Thanks Soni!  I will check it out later.  Have a good day - where is that charmer Mullet?  

Carol

Carol,, you might try "Streams in the Desert" by Mrs Cowman.
Margit uses this,
I use  "Every Day With Jesus."

Thanks Chris!  I know what you mean about the toilet paper...hahhaha...what is it with that stuff and children?  

Mullet is still sleeping.   Should I splash cold water on him? heheheeee...I better be quiet because he will be reading this later.  I love you, Mullet.  You rock, son!  

Carol, the devotional that Chris mentions is really a good one.  I've not been using it lately as my book (which was my father's and mother's) is packed away and I must get it out.  But on the net you can get Mrs. Cowman's devotionals every day on the Back to the Bible site.

Here's today's...



Streams in the Desert
Climb Upward
by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman


"And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the. winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst"
(Ezek. 41:7).


We ought not to rest content in the mists of the valley when the summit of Tabor awaits us. How pure are the dews of the hills, how fresh is the mountain air, how rich the fare of the dwellers aloft, whose windows look into the New Jerusalem!

Many saints are content to live like men in coal mines, who see not the sun. Tears mar their faces when they might anoint them with celestial oil. Satisfied I am that many a believer pines in a dungeon when he might walk on the palace roof, and view the goodly land and Lebanon. Rouse thee, O believer, from thy low condition! Cast away thy sloth, thy lethargy, thy coldness, or whatever interferes with thy chaste and pure love to Christ. Make Him the source, the center, and the circumference of all thy soul's range of delight. Rest no longer satisfied with thy dwarfish attainments. Aspire to a higher, a nobler, a fuller life. Upward to heaven! Nearer to God!
--Spurgeon


Not many of us are living at our best. We linger in the lowlands because we are afraid to climb the mountains. The steepness and ruggedness dismay us, and so we stay in the misty valleys and do not learn the mystery of the hills. We do not know what we lose in our self-indulgence, what glory awaits us if only we had courage for the mountain climb, what blessing we should find if only we would move to the uplands of God. --J. R. M

"Too low they build who build beneath the stars."

• This classic devotional is the unabridged edition of Streams in the Desert. This first edition was published in 1925 and the wording is preserved as originally written. Connotations of words may have changed over the years and are not meant to be offensive.

Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Cowman

Good Morning, Thanks Pat for the devotion today.

Ria you always post such nice things every morning, the short poems and always a little scripture.

Now I have one to share also;

"Then those who honored the Lord spoke with each other, and the Lord listened and heard them. The names of those who honored the Lord and respected him were written in his preseence in a book to be remembered." Malachi 3:16 NCV

http://www.backtothebible.org/minute/today

Chris, thank you so much for that.  It is an answer to prayer.  My husband asked me if I knew of any teen devotional studies online for this lady he knows.  I will be giving her this link.  (((hug)))

There are a few Sonja,

http://www.wolfeborobible.com/teen.html

http://www.christianfamilytreasures.com/kidsandteens.html

http://www.geocities.com/achristianhouse/
== this one is in BC Canada

http://groups.msn.com/BibleKids/

GRANDMAEMT

Good morning all!

What wonder devotions and posts.  Our small group is having a Bible study starting January 6.  I can't remember what it on right now.  Several was mentioned by Pastor Mark and I can't remember which one we are doing.  Just know that Mark hadn't done it before so it will be for him too.  

It is to get to 61° here today but cloudy and overcast.  Quite a fog when I got out of bed.  Also it has been raining.  Better than snow!!!!  

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"I always feel good about the start of a new year.  To many of us, January is the eraser God provides to wipe the slate clean."

  >:(Lost my post.........

Pat and I were talking the other day about how so many people feel lonely and stressed during the holidays and I mentioned an old poem I remembered from years ago.  She asked me to look for it, and last night I found it, so will share it here.

                    HOW TO BE HAPPY

Are you almost disgusted with life, little man?
  I'll tell you a wonderful trick
That will bring you contentment if anything can,
  Do something for somebody, quick!

Are you awfully tired with play, little girl?
  Worried, discouraged, and sick--
I'll tell you the lovliest game in the world,
  Do something for somebody, quick!

Though it rains, like the rain of a flood, little man,
  And the clouds are forbidding and thick,
You can make the sun shine in your soul, little man,
  Do something for somebody, quick!

Though the skies are like brass overhead, little girl,
  And the walks like a well-heated brick,
And our earthly affairs in a terrible whirl,
  Do domething for somebody, quick!

I had this sent to me today.  
QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."

- Maya Angelou -

What a way to start the New Year, by changing what we can and changing our attitude for the rest.  In changing things, the act of falling on our knees,  causes change to happen.

What terrific information in here today!

Lots of quotes and devotionals and links!  This is so great!  Keep it up folks!


Hello to:

Cami Cutler, Marilyn Fisher, Ria, Lee Kirkwood, Larry Hanna

Good morning to all of you; sorry I haven;'t been here; I was visiting with my mother in law, Jean; she is one of those who get so depressed with the holidays near, so I hoped I helped her. I am not sure that she knows our Lord, so I do pray for her salvation. I hope all of you had a great Happy New Year, and pray all your dreams come true in 2004!
Love in Him,
Cami

Sonja..........

I then go outside, scream at the top of my voice, fire off a couple of rounds from my 3" mag, kick my dog, lay on my back and kick my feet.  No time for depression, too busy.

BTW...........

We went to a friends for dinner last night in a moderate snow fall.  Rick lives higher in the mountains than we do, and by the time we arrived  the wind was really blowing the snow around.  By the time we left for home there was a true blizzard blowing horizontally, and it was a complete white-out.  Twenty five miles of very slow going.  It snowed all night and I have over a foot of snow to blow, shovel, and push.  I'm going to dress like I'm going to the Artic.  Have a bad cold.  The joys of living in N. Idaho.

Anyone for a cup of hot chocolate?