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Morning Devotional...


And so we went toward Rome.  And from thence, when the brethren heard of us. . . when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
Acts 28:14-15

To travel a few miles out of Rome to meet Paul was a relatively simple thing to do.

Nonetheless, it did require effort and time on the part of "the brethren." We are assured, however, that their sacrifice was not in vain, for Paul "thanked God, and took courage."

It is possible for each of us to encourage one another in the ways of the Lord, even by simple actions.

What can you do today?
--G. Hall

Pat.............

What can I do?  Wellllll, for starters I can lead a neighbor lady to this site.  It's a beginning, huh?  Now, since I'm about as old as dirt and can't remember how to dial-up Christian Photographers with the http, can you give it to me and I'll forward it to Karla.  I guess a www might do it, but I don't want her to get discouraged by not getting in the first time.  Thanks Pat.

Thanks, PAT, for the devotional and song today.  I really like that song.  We used to sing it a lot in the church where I grew up.  I haven't heard it for a few years.

MARILYN~I fully understand your response to the movie "The Passion Of The Christ"  There just are no words that can express what is in your heart after such an experience.  I have read many, many hundreds of words by folks who have seen it or not, and still none can really say it like it is.  That's my response as well ... silent contemplation.  And awe.  And a deep, deep love for my wonderful Lord and Saviour.  I just want to be alone with Him and not say a word ... just love Him.  

I will be getting my hair all bootiful today (Friday) and then a group of us will be singing at the Nursing Home in the afternoon.  This is always a good thing.  

See y'all later ... take care.  

Just a quick post before bed.  I am getting ready to head to bed, and watch Touched By An Angel before I drop off to sleep.

Tonight was a very good night at work.  After a really tough night last night, it was nice to get 5 sales tonight.  I have to ask all of you to do me a really big favor.  When a telemarketer calls your home, please don't just say your not interested and hang up.  Have a listen to what the person has to say.  If you are truely not interested, then tell them that you have a friend who is a telemarketer, and as difficult as you understand the job may be, you are just not interested at this time.  It is just so frustrating to the person who is just trying to do a job, to get hung up on, before what they have to say is said.  I came home in tears last night ecause of all the hang ups.....and I dreamed about people hanging up on me while I slept.  Sorry....just a little tidbit from the heart of a telemarketer.....

Anyway, as I said I had a better night tonight at work.  Jon and I did some roleplaying last night, and he gave me some really good ideas, that actually worked tonight.  

Thank you Aunt Pat for your faithfullness in posting the devotions every night.  I know I don't say thank you quite enough, but I don't know that my nights before bed would be quite the same if I was not able to come home and be able to read them.  It is a really wonderful way to finish off my days....the stressful ones, and the not so stressful ones.

Love to all, I will try to post before I leave for work tomorrow, however tomorrow promises to be a very busy day.  So if you don't hear from me tomorrow, you will certainly hear from me tomorrow night.

Heather

7.50 a.m.U.K.

Thank-you all for being my "Encouragers" and thank you Pat for this devotional., also for the lovely hymn which must be a favourite of mine.

We should always remember to say "thank-you"...be like the 1 grateful leper that returned to thank Jesus for his healing.  Nine went on their way and didn't bother...(10 Lepers...Luke 17:11-19)

My little doggie disturbed my rest last night again and I did pop in at 3 a.m....Thanks Marilyn for your reprimand...ha ha,    I did go back to bed. Sunday dog is certainly having problems poor old dear.

Ria.   Hallo....see you later dear.  Hope you slept well  

Heather.   I know about telemarketing. I sold advertising space on a newspaper when I was younger for a few years.  We were Thomson trained..."the cream"....very hard work but the money was amazing.  Of course we were continually stressed having to meet targets.  I worked with a great crowd of people and my best friend Verna, who married our boss is still in  touch, though they do not live in Birmingham but in Winchester now. She and Graham are originally from Yorkshire.and Yorkshire folk are renowned for their warmth.  

Enough for now.

See you all later.
TheLord Bless.

Jenny

Hi All...

Well, its time for bed, but just stopped by to say goodnight and good morning to some.
I didn't really have much done to my hair lol pat, it is the same in my picture just thinned out and trimmed.
However my daughter Courtney got a new hair style-from long hair to short.
I wanted to say my 2 cents worth on the Passion of Christ!! We saw this on Monday with our Pastors and I can say that the Lord really showered me with the depth of HIS Love for me!!! You know that He loves you-but until you see this-You really know that HE Loves You and the Depth of that Love for You! And, as I told my Pastor He would of done it just for one of us-That is the depth of His Love. I won't say anymore of what the Lord showed me because there are those that haven't seen it yet. But, I did have to share that part.
Hugs and Good night..
Rachelle

GOOD MORNING ALL 10.48 in Holland

PAT thank you for the devotional this
morning and also for the very nice hymn
"Take My Live, and Let it be" also a famous song in Holland.

LARRY i think my son is not going out home the coming years. He always say i have time.
Maybe i go never married .I say Marcel that have more man or woman say and they are married. But he has
friends they are also thinking so. But on this moment i love it to have him home.

LIZ my prayers are for ALL and also for you the coming time.

SONJA  great girl is Lila Mae you can be proud on here.

Hi my dear Jenny what are you doing in the night.
Marylin thank you that you have give here a reprimand
but i also have been wake up this night and take a look on CP but i write not in the night because then i am sleepy and then i make more mistakes then about the day in English.AT 2.00Am i was wake up i also need a reprimand from Marylin. hahaha

    A  SONG OF PRAISE

    My God, accept my heart this day,
       and make it always thine,
     that I from thee no more may stray,
       no more from thee decline.

 2  Before the cross of Him who died
         behold, I prostate fall;
     Let every sin be crucified,
        and Christ be all in all.

 3   Anoint me with thy heavenly grace,
        and seal me for thine own;
       that i may see Thy glorious face,
           and worship near thy throne.

  4    Let every thought and work and word
            to Thee be ever given;
         then life shall be thy service ,Lord,
            and death the gate of Heaven.

  5     All glory to the Fahter be,
           all glory to the Son,
          all glory, Holy Ghost, to thee,
              while endless ages run.

                             MATTHEW  BRIDGES (1800-1894)

LOVE AND PRAYERS FOR YOU ALL
LOVE RIA

Good Morning to all!

The devotional is inspiring and I will try to be an "encourager" today to all I see.  The hymn is one of my favorites.  

God's blessings to all today.

love, kathy

Morning everyone.

Bad news here in the Soni house.  Mike's brother past away last night in his sleep from a massive heart attack.  He was 55 years old.   But we all know he is with the Lord today.

Click Here to Help Pray for the Family

Troy will be swimming part of the day today at the USS state meet.

I am going to go get dressed and ready to go.
later
Soni

QuoteTonight was a very good night at work.  After a really tough night last night, it was nice to get 5 sales tonight.  I have to ask all of you to do me a really big favor.  When a telemarketer calls your home, please don't just say your not interested and hang up.  Have a listen to what the person has to say.  If you are truely not interested, then tell them that you have a friend who is a telemarketer, and as difficult as you understand the job may be, you are just not interested at this time.  It is just so frustrating to the person who is just trying to do a job, to get hung up on, before what they have to say is said.  I came home in tears last night ecause of all the hang ups.....and I dreamed about people hanging up on me while I slept.  Sorry....just a little tidbit from the heart of a telemarketer.....

Yikes! Your not one of those!   I shut my phones off because of these folks calling me 15 times a day or more.  My family couldn't eat a dinner at the table without a call or 2 from these people. And then if that wasn't enough, If I told them no, they would call me right back and hang up. GRRRRRRR....

Sorry, but if I wanted to buy something, I would go to the store.  

Okay, Heather, the next time I get a call, I'll pretend it is you.    I do try to be nice, and I usually do listen to all of it, unless I am in a hurry.  (How do you know we are walking out the door???)  I've done some "cold calling" for our website service and my Mary Kay, and it definitely isn't fun.  Hang in there.  We have caller ID, and telemarketers usually come up as "Unavailable" or some wild number.  I don't answer, most of the time.

I like your approach to telemarketing Karma.  I think all of us have our patience tried by this.  But I am aware, having been in sales in the past, that the salesperson doesn't want to spend useless time with those who will never buy what they're selling.  So it's helpful to them when their contact hangs up fairly quickly.  Remember that, Heather - you can actually  be thankful when someone hangs up quickly - saves time to talk to more interested folks.  I'm always coureous to the caller - I say, "Thanks, but no thanks."  But I don't waste their time.

We went to see the "Passion" yesterday with Marilyn.  I think the most important response I could have would be to take some special time to think the scenes we saw through - to realize anew that He did that for me, and to worship Him and pray for grace to be more His and less my own henceforth.  I do see that His physical suffering was beyond words.  But I want also to see that His rejection by His Father was even worse than that!  And, again, I need to take it personally - I need to dedicate and rededicate my every waking moment to Him Who loved me so!

Hi everyone.  Another overcast but warm day here in the south.  I went to the gym about 6:15 this morning so I would have my walking done before going to coffee at the senior center at 7:30.  We had 14-15 men at the coffee and had a good time visiting.

Heather, I feel for you and don't think I could be successful doing telemarketing.  I should think it would be better to have people who are not interested let you know early so that you don't waste your time as your next  call could be a sale.  We have some opt out lists here in the USA and they have definitely helped reduce the number of calls we are getting.  I do hope you have continued success as obviously there is a market or we wouldn't have telemarketers.  (Al, I see we have similar thoughts.)

Sonja, so sorry to hear of the death of Mike's brother.  That is certainly a young age.  Has he had heart problems in the past?  I will be praying for Mike and all of his family as this is a tough time for any family.

I don't have a lot on my schedule today so will be able to tackle a few things in a leisurely manner.  Hope everyone has a good day.

3.20 p.m.

Soni.  I am so sorry for Mark's family and for your dear Mike. I am praying for you all.

Jenny

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I am still very subdued  since seeing the movie yesterday. I keep seeing The suffering of my Lord. Even during my prayer time that is all I could think about and wipe away the tears.

I will be going to my chiropractor this morning for an adjustment, then on the Fay's to prepare her dinner and supper.

I have to make a Dr. appt. for the results of my tests and because I have had a couple of dizzy spells turning over in bed this week. I hope that doesn't start again like it was before.

So I must  get to the prayer folder and the get myself ready.

TTYL

Oh, Soni!  I am so sorry to hear about Mike's brother.  I will be prayihg for all of you.

Heather, we are on the nationwide "Do NOT call" list.  We had many bad experiences with telemarketers, many were just downright rude.  So not having them call is a big relief.  But I do wish you success.  Maybe if you pray over the list before you start calling, it will help.

Today Beth and I are going to the library to pick up some good Christian books to read while in Texas next week.  Darrel is feeling really bad again---seems to be a cold now---and coughing.  He was already so sore from the hiccups that coughing really hurts.  I surely hope he is feeling a lot better by Sunday, wouldn't want him to start off on a trip like that sick.

The water in the pool was 84* this morning! Boy, did that ever feel good!

    OLDIESMANN TO CP


                   RIA

Dear Sonja my prayers are for the wife and son
from Mark Mike's brother but also for you and the rest of the family.
RIA

Soni and Mike ~ So sorry to hear of your BIL and brother.  It is comforting to know he is walking the streets of gold as I am typing.

Telemarketers?  Well, I will say that I am a lot more tolerant than I used to be but I also will not pick up the phone if it is 'unavailable or a strange number'.  They can leave a message if they want.  I am also on the 'Do Not Call' list and it is rare that I get a telemarketer call.  Anyway...is there people that order or pay for items that they do not initiate the call?  I would never do that.  Send me stuff in the mail.  Don't invade my time.  

I used to ask them to give me THEIR number so I could call them back when I am not busy.  I never got a number to call them back...

I am ready to leave for the Women's retreat.  I need to eat and then wait on Ivalou.  It is will be fun.  I have been on this retreat with these ladies several times.  They are great ladies.

Al and Marilyn, glad you saw the movie.  Yes, words can't explain how you feel inside.  But He knows.

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"Faith makes the uplook good, the outlook bright, and the inlook favorable, and the future glorious."

A GREAT BIG WELCOME TO OLDIESMANN!!  

I just read your intorduction and see that you are 21 1/2 years old-------good!  We love to have young people on here.  Do come and post and tell us what you're up to.    We hope CP will be a blessing in your life.

Etta Sue, I hope you have a wonderful time at the retreat!


Do more than you are paid to do.  There are never any traffic jams on the extra mile.

5.40p.m. U.K.

         

           Welcome Oldiesmann


Ria..Ha Ha..so now Marilyn must reprimand you also!!!

I am off to get some tea now...feel a bit hungry as I managed to mow a bit of the lawn.  It is getting sooooo long. I have a small electric mower, that makes things easier.

See you all later..
In His timing.

Jenny.

YES JENNY i also need a reprimand but i write not in the night to afraid for mistakes they can i make about the day enough hahahahaha

MARYLIN i hope and pray that the results from your check ups are good.

I wish you a nice afternoon but in Holland it is now 6.51PM  the beginning of our evening no Jenny
you also must wait one hour. because in Holland it is one hour later then in ENGLAND

BYE LOVE RIA  

Hello Ria I see you are online. I went to my chiropractor already and came home as it is too early togo to work. I made my Dr. appt. for wednesday afternoon. I donot have an ear infection it is Benign paroximal vertigo. It goes away and there is nothing they can do for it.  Whatever it is that balances in the ear for equilibrium , ( a little ball in one of the ear tubes) is stuck and causes the dizziness.

Swimming shots of Troy

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ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE BODY OF CHRIST IS ALSO FAITH IN ACTION.


March 5    

Pastoral Ministry: Faith Must Be Demonstrated

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so
easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is
set before us.  
--Hebrews 12:1

The lesson that comes to us through the many dramatic
illustrations of faith in Hebrews 11 brings us back to my earlier
statement: Faith in God is to be demonstrated, not defined. Just
as God's church demonstrates Christian love,  this demonstration
of godly, humble faith is God's ideal for His church.

It is not enough for preachers in their pulpits to try to define
love. The love that God has promised must be demonstrated in the
lives of the believers in the pews. It must be practiced as well
by the man who occupies the pulpit.

We should put the matter of faith in that same category. God
wants His people, including the ministers, to demonstrate all
of the outworking of faith in their daily lives and practices.  
Jesus, Author of Our Faith, 8.

"Lord, the pattern set forth in Hebrews 11 seems so
unattainable! Strengthen me by Your Spirit to be able to
demonstrate this type of unshakable faith. Amen."

As to telemarketing, I have been harassed by telemarketers, and will continue to say "I'm sorry I am not interested."  

We have had a busy day, John has had blood tests and have taken Mother to a doctor and is having all kinds of blood tests done too.  She asked the Doctor if he would keep her and he will.  That is an answer to prayers.

John  is leaving shortly for Pat's to spend the night.  He has training courses to teach in Kitchener.

I am trying to get some de - cluttering done today now that I am home so Cheerio for now
Love JudyB

Pat, thank you for the good devotional this morning.  Paul was encouraged when the brethren came out to meet them.  When we face difficulties there is nothing like the encouragement we can get from each other.  Incidentally, this is the only place in the King James translation  of the New Testament the word "courage" is found.

Acts 28:15  And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. (KJV)

Sonja, I am so sorry about Mike's brother.  So often death comes suddenly.  We lost my dad with a heart attack when I was 18 and he was 53.  I know the family needs prayers and we in CP will remember them in prayer.

Janet, 84 degrees is good, 88 is better.  We are looking forward to our Florida trip which we make a week from tomorrow.  I will be able to swim every day in the private pool.  It is heated and I control how warm the water is and I like it WARM.

We have had a lot of rain today and it is still raining tonight.  We are having flash flood warnings in our county and in neighboring counties.  

I hope you all have a good night's sleep and a good day tomorrow.



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