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Morning Devotional...



Lo, I am with you alway....
Matthew 28:20

What encouragement and comfort as we face the unknown path of a New Year.

Notice, the Lord does not promise to deliver us from the trial, but He has promised to be with us in it.

Daniel's friends were not delivered from the fiery furnace, but when the king looked in he saw, not three men in the furnace, but a fourth, "like unto the Son of God."

The sweet psalmist of Israel wrote, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." Why? "For Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me."

As we cross the threshold of another year, may it be with renewed confidence in the never-failing promise of His presence.
--Wm. Burnett

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO...

Pat Scott, Lee Kirkwood, Nita, Jane Walker

I see you online!

HAP,  HAP,   HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE
Melaura is giggling because Pat said Happy New Year to herself !Heheheheh.  Sorry Aunt Pat.!

I had a phone call from a cousin in Holland.  It was nice he called but, I think he was three sheets to the wind.  Too bad he doesn't know our Lord. He doesn't need the spirits, just the Spirit

I downloaded a program to read through the Bible in a year.  I have tried this many times but I study by cross referencing and find it hard to just read the Word. I will try again.

We had a freeky thing happen about 15 minutes ago.  Melaura went to the window to look out and there was a car parked behind shrubbery and a man standing looking at the house.  Unusual as we are so far in the boonies.  The nearest house is 10 minutes walk away.  I am staying up to keep a watch out and will have the phone handy.  Don't think this was "First Footing" Pat.

Well Night all and Happy New Year to all.

Judy

Oh, be careful, Judy!


Yes, I thought about saying Happy New Year to myself after it was posted but I thought, "Oh no one will notice!"

Thanks Melaura for noticing!

HAHAHA

Aren't we humans funny?  We say "HAPPY NEW YEAR" but don't know what the new year will bring.  I just wrote a short communication to Chris and said something similar.  I wonder if we Christians should adapt a new saying?  Perhaps........Praise the Lord, Sing out with joy, Thanks to Jesus, Preach the Word, Look-up, Perhaps this year, Homeward bound, or whatever.  Maybe, Happy New Year Jesus.  But then, we are burdened with the knowledge that our loved ones might be lost forever.  I say this because my oldest daughter and son are not believers.  This is is a very sad thing for me because I was not a Christian in their formative years and did not bring them up in a Christian home.  They are not the only ones I pray for, as other members of my family, two brothers, and five of my seven grandchildren are also non believers.  My prayer?  I pray the Lord will open their closed eyes and ears that they might see and hear His call.  I can't stand the thought of their eternity as it now stands.

It is truly refreshing to daily read your uplifted voices for our Lord.

I still think Janet's a nut.

Nice to hear from you Lee.  Yes, PRAISE THE LORD, LEE!

Yes, Mieka's post was sad.  It was also a strong reminder to us all that we are truly blessed to have been born in freedom with the gifts that go with it.  Mieka's sadness brought to mind a hidden, and very deep meaning of hope we all have.   Although we have many of the things Mieka longs for, we too are living with our own hope.  The joy of our hope is that though we may have been blessed, or not blessed, with things, we too have hope.  Our hope is in our Lord Jesus Christ, and "neither eye has seen, nor mind conceived" as to what our loving Lord has waiting for us in His heaven.  So like Mieka, we long to be with our Father also.  He is our Hope.

Pat..........

Your devotional is exactly why I frefuse to fly in planes.

"Lo(w) I will always be with you."

Judy..........

Don't wait. Call the police

2004 is almost here. And I'm still awake.  Way to go....Nita

Judy, that would frighten me.  I agree with Lee..I would call the police even if it's just to report that someone was there. If he's innocent, let him explain to the police.

Happy New Year everyone......to those who are still waiting, and to those who arrived ahead of the rest.  God bless!

usually I say " Have a Blessed New Year"  I personally feel that is more appropriate than the traditional Happy New Year.  Even during trying times we are blessed because that is WHO He is.  We are blessed in all that He has done for us.  Soooooooo

HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR EVERYONE! ! ! ! !

The police will have a patrol drive by frequently tonight and for the next couple of nights.

I am off to bed.

Night all
JudyB

Lee......

QuotePat..........

Your devotional is exactly why I frefuse to fly in planes.

I must be really tired.  What did the devotional have to do with flying??  I have read it a couple of times!

It is still 2003 here on the coast of Oregon... I am enjoying all your friendship and happy posts for the year ahead.  This is the 4th anniversary of my daughter Jean's death.  I am feeling a bit reflective, and oh so confident in my Savior's control.  His arms of Love are around me, holdong me close to His heart.  I love Him more now than ever before, if that is possible.

I am eagerly anticipating the New Year with my Lord and Savior in complete control of my life and destiny.  

Y'all have a wonderful, peaceful, God blessed new year!  I love y'all and hope to be around to interact with each and every one of y'all as the year 2004 unfolds.

Love in Him,

I would like to wish everyone a Blessed New Year.

Thank you Pat for the devotional.  How very apt for today.

I didn't get the posts from yesterday read, so will have to spend some time later today reading them and catching up.

I am finally off to bed for a few hours rest and then tomorrow a full day of relaxation as the statutory holiday means no work for me!

Good Night Everyone!

Quote from: Lee Kirkwood on January 01, 2004, 02:10:18 AM
Yes, Mieka's post was sad.  It was also a strong reminder to us all that we are truly blessed to have been born in freedom with the gifts that go with it.  Mieka's sadness brought to mind a hidden, and very deep meaning of hope we all have.   Although we have many of the things Mieka longs for, we too are living with our own hope.  The joy of our hope is that though we may have been blessed, or not blessed, with things, we too have hope.  Our hope is in our Lord Jesus Christ, and "neither eye has seen, nor mind conceived" as to what our loving Lord has waiting for us in His heaven.  So like Mieka, we long to be with our Father also.  He is our Hope.

I thank you SO much Mr Lee. I wish you well for the new year.

I love you all  

and I love you God.

I couldn't sleep.  

I just thought I'd try once more to get into SeniorNet but this silly computer won't let me.  The pages just won't load.  I will try to get someone to look at the computer next week after the holidays.

Hello to you all who are still up or just getting up.

I can't believe that it's 2004!!!

Good night again.

A good night Ms Pat. I love you.

Hi PAT! Sorry you couldn't sleep ... what a way to start the New Year!
 I am praying for a most blessed new year for all here...and our loved ones.

A happy and blessed New Year to all my brothers and sisters in Christ.

I want to take this opportunity to say 'thank you' all for your fellowship and love since I joined CP. This website is special and I believe honoured by God. It is a 'city set upon a hill' and 'a light in a dark place.'

I pray that you will each enjoy an abundance of grace in your souls and that our Beloved Saviour Redeemer would become more and more precious to us all with each passing minute.

May His banner of love be over us today and always.

Happy New Year.

Your brother in Christ

Iain

Pat - A wonderful devotional to start the year. May you continue to serve your Lord in your own unique style and manner on this website.

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There are many things that I dislike about this time of year. While for many it is a time of joy and celebration for others is holds nothing but heartache and pain. I suppose that my own emotions today are somewhere in between.

As I look back, I do so not only on 2003 but on all the other years of my life.  It is difficult not to think of parents, loved ones and friends who partnered us along life's pathway for a while only to be taken from us. I am so thankful for all the good memories that I have, memories which no man can take from me.

I cannot dwell on my past. I stand at the dawn of yet another year in my sojourn. What will 2004 hold for me? Do I look through 'rose tinted' glasses or with foreboding? Do I see much fruit or am I to come face to face with more giants?

I need a reality check and I must go to the place where resolutions are scorned and repentance brings joy in the presence of angels. I take my soul to the place where truth met with mercy, where righteousness and peace kissed mutually. It is the place where chaos turns to order, where fear is cast out and where I am accepted 'just as I am.'

I have grown fond of this place over the years. There have been days when I confess that I have not felt 'the need' to go. There have been mornings when I am simply carrying on from where I dwelt through the night watches.

There is not a day when I do not visit this place. I am a spiritual being and I need energising and this is the place where my spiritual batteries are charged.

Repentance is the order of the day, not only for my sins in 2003 but for the sins already committed in 2004! I am filthy and I need cleansing and I know of no other place to go than to the foot of the Cross.

It is here that I behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. It is here, having made confession of my sins and shortcomings that I am washed in the fountain opened for sin and uncleanness.

I do not make myself clean, God does. I do not wash away my sins, the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son does. I do not presume that my sins are forgiven, I simply believe it!

I do what God tells me to do and soon I am aware that my filthy garments have been changed for robes of righteousness. Robes given to me by God Himself. All His children are clothed alike, not one better than the other.  

What I have done is chosen life.

I have chosen Jesus to be my Saviour, my Friend, my Guide and my Companion for today. He called me as He will call many today to repentance. He saved me by dying on the cross for me. He feely offered me salvation and He freely offered me hope and life. He offers you the same today.

I have my plans for today as I am sure that you have. They may turn out as expected or they may not. You see I have committed my way today to my Lord. I have learned that His way is always best.

Today He holds the reins of my life and that is the way I want things to remain. Should I take control again then pain and sorry will not be far away.

Today is the start of a new spiritual adventure. It's called the rest of my life. I know not how long it will last but I am thankful that my Guide knows the way that I take.

He does all things well and hitherto He has helped me. An eternity with my Beloved beckons however while breath remains I am happy to surrender my all to Him.

This morning He gave me a choice. I chose life and I pray that you would as well. Leave behind the years that the locusts have eaten and come, follow Jesus. May you enjoy a blessed New Year. May you enjoy Jesus.

We have a message that should not be kept to ourselves, make someone's day special and tell them the Good News. Tell them to choose life. Tell them to choose Jesus.

'The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.'

Deuteronomy Chapter 30 verses 6 – 10.

GOOD MORNING  NEW YEAR  11.25AM in Holland

I WISH AGAIN ALL MY FRIENDS FROM CP
A HAPPY AND A BLESSED NEW YEAR 2004

I have had a bad beginning of this new year a sleepless night now i am sleepy but my father is coming.

Now it is very silent outsite and cold-2*C and no sun.

JUDGES 18:6
GO IN PEACE.
YOUR JOURNEY HAS THE LORD'S APPROVAL.


     THIS NEW YEAR

Lord, let me welcome the challenge
of this new year,
with hope in my heart
and faith in Your goodness.
Let me look forward to each day on the way
as a many-splendored gift from You.

   This is today my pray i hope it may be also yours.


BYE LOVE RIA

PAT thank you for the devotional this morning it is sad that you have had a sleepless night
but i also.

IAIN thank you also for your devotional
very good brother
I also have chosen for Jesus HE IS MY DEAREST FRIEND
TO HIM CAN WE GO EVERY HOUR DAY AND NIGHT IN OUR PRAYERS.

Bye love Ria

Pat, Iain and Ria

Thank-you all for the promises which I will hold as my own for the coming year..."Lo I am with you always" and Deut 30:6-10 and Judges 18:6.


Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ

Late last night, just before we entered the New Year, a crisis arose within my family.  I will not share the circumstances here only to say that I immediately gave it to the Lord. I felt His peace and He told me to "Stand Still"....Idid, I prayed and received His peace.  I slept so well.

This morning I felt to phone the person concerned and I was given these words by the Lord:-

"Don't be paralysed by this mighty army! For the battle is not yours but God's.
Take your places; stand quietly and see the incredible rescue operation God will perform for you.Don't be afraid or discouraged" 2 Chr 20:15-17

I want to share with you all as I know some have unsolved problems within their own or their loved ones' lives.  I urge you in this New Year to "Stand Still" more often...not to run.As we get older we learn the wisdom in "standing still."    

              Let Go and Let God 2004

Love you,
Jenny

Jenny - Greetings my dear sis.

You have shown in one post the true nature of living by faith. Some preachers try for decades to preach without success on what you have preached to us in a few lines.

May the rest of this year follow the good start you have made leaning upon Jesus.

Ria, I will be praying that you will be given songs to sing in the night and that you will find rest for your soul as you lay your head upon your pillow. Enjoy the day with your father.

Like Judy I wish everyone a Blessed New Year with trusting our God for everything.  It is a feeling of peace as Jenny says to be able to just turn our problems over to Him and rest in His assurance that He knows and cares and answers in His time.  He is truly our best friend!

I have been lifted up spiritually by this site and all of you brothers & sisters in Christ.  It is a welcome site to come to anytime...in fact I come here first when I get on-line.

Ria, I hope your day improves and that you may be able to take a nap after lunch/dinner. I have tried to e-mail you but it comes back to me.  Maybe I have the wrong address.

Pat, you, too, need to catch a nap today.  I had a stomach virus and went to bed last night at 8:30...it was a long night

Marilyn, just 11 more days before your surgery.  I am praying for you.

God Bless all of you.  
love, kathy

Good Morning, I too have been unable to sleep. First of all the rain has been pouring all night long and there is one place on my house by my bedroom window that sounds liuke a loud drip, drop, drip ,drop , when the rain is heavy. Then after I turned off the tV I could hear the bass part of someones music thumping. At midnight the booms from the firecracers and wheatever, caused my Happydog to get all freaked out. Not all in that order.

So at 4:30 I decided to get up and have been here reading all the posts and thinking about  al lthe blessings that our Lord gave me this past year and the changes I would like to make for the coming year in my walk with Him.

You have all been in my prayers throughout the night, as I always pray when I can't sleep, some more I have prayed for more than others.

I didn't finish reading my Bible through I am still in Hebrews. For Christmas my Pastor and his wife gave each of us a little book with a Bible reading plan for the year. Plus we will be starting the Purp[ose Driven Life.

Oh Yes Kathy you just had to remind me about my trip to the hospital, Just kidding. That is always on my mind. Thinking of  whether or not they will have Herbal tea? Will I have to eat beef? What if I just telll them I am a vegetarian? What will they feed me? Will I go on Sunday before surgery or will I go on Monday early in the morning? Are only a few of the questions I have.

Better go now for my prayer Bible time.

TTYL

Some great thoughts for our New Year.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Romans 10:13)

Today people everywhere are gathering together to celebrate the first bright moments of the New Year.

Yet, for thousands of others, this day will be the toughest 24 hours of their lives. For those people, New Year's will serve only as a dim reminder of loneliness and loss. It will simply mark the beginning of another year of failure.

What about you? What's this year really going to be like for you?

You may appear to be happy enough. You may be passing out seasonal smiles and holiday greetings just like everybody else. But inside, you may hurt. You may be disappointed. You may even feel like you can't go on.

If so, I want you to know something. All of that can change in an instant. You can start your life over today and make this New Year's Day the most joyful day of your life!

How many times have you said to yourself, "If I could just start over, I'd do it all differently"? That doesn't have to be simply an idle wish. Jesus Christ has actually made it possible. That's His Christmas present to you. He paid the price for all your sins. He paid the penalty for all your mistakes.

That's the reason He came to earth. That's the reason He was born--so you could start over!

You may look at your life and say, "But I've made some terrible mistakes. I've done some despicable things." That doesn't matter. Jesus paid the price for them all!

How can you make a new start? Romans 10:9 says that "if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." It's as easy as saying, "Jesus, I'm turning my life over to You. From this day forward I'm Yours."

What better time to turn your life around than on this first day of the New Year. Right now, wherever you are, just give your life to Jesus. Then jump up and down and holler, "Praise God, I'm starting all over!" And find out what it really means to have a Happy New Year!

Scripture Study: Romans 10:1-13

We stayed up rather late last evening, as many of you seemed to have done.
So we had a nice lie in
Margit cooked a lovely breakfast, and as she brought it through, I had the radio playing low in the background, as we took each others hand to say grace, just as our hands touched on came Mendelssohn's Wedding March!
What a stirring tune that is!
We both laughed.
Then after, I thought about the fact that we, as believers are indeed wedded to our Beloved, our Saviour.
And how wonderful it shall be when He comes for His Bride, the Church, without spot or blemish, what a day that shall be, and as we go into this new year let us be unafraid, for He goes before us ever, all is planned for us, the various joys and also trials that He has for us shall only make us more fit ( by grace alone)  for the Kingdom in which we shall reign with Him forever, take heart friends, 2004 will be full of great adventures!
Does anyone know the great song "With God's hand in mine?"
That's how we go forward, holding onto Father's Hand.

http://www.mfiles.co.uk/Downloads/mendelssohn-wedding-march.mid

Regarding that beautiful song "With God's Hand in mine."
This is the only man whom I know that has sang it, I used to have his CD, but I think I lent it out, and never got it back.

http://www.bear-family.de/tabel1/neuheit/fall2002/slim_whitman_e.htm

My Dear, dear Brother Iain.......see how your prayers for me have given me strength...

Chris and Margit I sent your New year Greeting...the water and the bridge...to my friend Carol.  She's a beautiful Christian and lives just down the road, this weather we are communicating more by e mail.
Did your ears burn?  Carol said just as the e mail with your message entered her "mail" box she was praying and there was her answer to the prayer. I thought you would like to know how the Lord uses you ...even beyond the bounds of C.P. dear bro. and sis.

KathyHope you feel much better.

Well it's pouring with rain and a dark, gloomy day but we have Jesus to keep us warm and cheerful...Yes?

I will see you all later.
Love Jenny.