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Morning Devotional

John 16:27. "For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God."

The word "if" is only a two-letter word, but a more important word doesn't exist in the English language.  The grammarians tell us that it expresses condition - if this, then that.  In our Lord's words before us, if you love Him and if you believe He came forth from God, then  God Himself loves you.  Jesus our Lord, the Man Christ Jesus, is telling us that the almighty Lord God of the universe, in a very particular way, LOVES YOU if you love the Son!  Can it truly be?  Does the holy Creator of all take a special interest in ME?  If the conditional statement is satisfied, then it is indeed true - that unimagineable, wonderful, incomparable possibility is actually TRUE for me!

Oh dear one!  Oh you who read and understand these words - be SURE you satisfy the conditions!!!

Al Moak

I will post this in our prayer folder, but - please remember to pray for all our brothers/sisters, others in New Orleans, which is being devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Al, I'm praying.  I've been watching the news all day.  It doesn't look good at all.   There will be lots of devastation, as you said.

I too have been praying for those in our southern states. Not just Louisana but also in Mississippi and Alabama and the Florida panhandle.

Be back in a few.

I'm also praying.  Like Marilyn, for everyone in its path, but especially for NO as it seems to be faring the worst.

Gotta go.  Taking the kids to storytime, then to work for me.   Maybe just for a few more months -- I hope. 

I hope each of you haas a remarkable, tremendously, awesome, God-filled, Jesus-blessed day.

love ya
karmat

Hi everyone.  This is indeed a bleak day for America as this terrible storm comes on land.  I think some of these reporters are out of their mind to be out in the elements.  

I have to have a test done back at the hospital in downtown Atlanta this afternoon.  It is a non-invasive test but needed before I have the Implantable device put in.  This evening Pat and I have been invited to go with our friends to the First Baptist church for an indoor picnic with bluegrass music that is being sponsored for their senior ministry.  We are looking forward to it.

Liz, glad to hear your efforts were successful and also that your granddaughter will be able to take a couple of classes.  It looks like she has a major talent.

Thanks for the morning devotional.
I am hanging on to
"and immediately all the doors were opened
and everyone's chains were loosed."
I have been struggling with a health condition
for some time.
Just yesterday my boyfriends mom said she has been
prying for me and that she is going to believe with me that
God will set me free. This was very humbling.
So I need to believe as well. This verse this morning is giving me another
promise to take hold of.
Thanks a ton!
Geri-Jean

Also, I really love this hymn by Charles Wesley.

Thank you Al the the devotional.

Well, Well the sun is shining right now, can't say how long it will be out though.

I didn't know what to fix for my breakfast so I am having some Top Ramen noodles.

Tonight I will be in Blue Lake babysitting my g-kids.


Ok I can't think of anything to say so Good Morning to everyone. and I will be back later on today.

TTYL

Good Monday morning.

I never got in here yesterday.  It seems like it was never convenient.  We did have a wonderful day of worship though.

We moved into our new Bible School addition.  New Bible classes were started and it was an exciting day.  Our Sunday School attendance was over 900 and we had over 1,200 in attendance for worship.  Last night we had a report on our Summer camps.  We had two weeks of camp, one for the younger ones and another for the older group.

Yes, we are praying for the people in New Orleans and that coastal area being hit by Katrina as I am writing.  It looks like New Orleans may not have been hit as directly as they feared it would.  It is a very dangerous hurricane though and we don't know yet how bad it will be.

Just as God was often a shelter from the storm for Israel in Old Testament times so he is for us today.

Isaiah  4:5-6
5   Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over all the glory will be a canopy.
6   It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.  (NIV)

Papa John          <)))><<   

Good Morning Everyone!

I've been rivited to my TV watching the hurricane news and praying for these folks.    I have some errands to run today and a meeting to attend tonight so I'll be scarce on here.

Have fun with the Shoutbox, folks!  It's seen at the top of every page and that's neat!  Just don't post while you're in the middle of posting a message in here or you'll lose it! 

Great to see you Papa John!  Sounds like a new addition in your church building.  Lovely!  I appreciate your scripture verses today too.


Glad the sun is shining for you, Marilyn.  Have fun with the grandkids!  I love it when mine are here. 


Geri-Jean, thanks for sharing about your health problem.  We'll pray along with your boyfriend's mother too!  God bless you.


Larry, I'll be thinking of you this afternoon as you drive to Atlanta.  Glad it's not invasive.  Sounds like a nice evening you'll be having tonight too.   I agree about the reporters.  I sure wouldn't be in their place in that horrendous weather.


Thanks so much, Al for the devotional today.  It's meant a lot to my heart.

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Jesus our Lord, the Man Christ Jesus, is telling us that the almighty Lord God of the universe, in a very particular way, LOVES YOU if you love the Son!  Can it truly be?  Does the holy Creator of all take a special interest in ME?  If the conditional statement is satisfied, then it is indeed true - that unimagineable, wonderful, incomparable possibility is actually TRUE for me!

Yes, continuing to pray for our friends in the southern states.  What a time they are having!

Well, I must go and do my errands.

I'll be back though.

HereI am again before I go to work there was no Tai Chi class today so I came back home for an hour. I too have been glued to the TV watch the news of Katrina switching from channel to channel. I only have basic cable on the TV so I only get the basic channels.

The fog is back again. Oh well it was nice while it lasted.

TTYL

hello everyone
Have a bit of time between classes so i thought i would post and say hi... i have a lot more free time which i like  but also a lot more work to do... homework, house work... work work... and what not well i need to go read hope all is well ttyl
Sarah

Quote from: karmat on August 29, 2005, 10:09:18 AM
I'm also praying.  Like Marilyn, for everyone in its path, but especially for NO as it seems to be faring the worst.

Gotta go.  Taking the kids to storytime, then to work for me.   Maybe just for a few more months -- I hope. 

I hope each of you haas a remarkable, tremendously, awesome, God-filled, Jesus-blessed day.

love ya
karmat

Karma, you quitting work?

Hi Sarah.  It's so nice to see you checking in from school.  Study hard!

I thought of this hymn as I read Sarah's post.  The words helped me as I went through studies...

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An enjoyable but wet weekend at the trailer.  Had a branch from a dead tree fall on the roof of the car and luckily no damage was done.  Now must get busy and do some housework and bill-paying.

It looks like I am the only one that hasn't been watching the hurricane in New Orleans.  Remember I have TiVo so I didn't watch it last evening.  I very seldom turn on the TV in the morning.  But I have CNN on right now.  Terrible.  Looking at the windows blown out of the high rise. 

Today I go to the dentist to get my permanent crown.  Ivalou is going with me and we will do some shopping. 

Pat -- I wish.  Maybe in a few months, when I get my Mary Kay business up and running stronger.

Hi Sue...   That was a close call with the tree!  Glad there was no damage.

Well, Karma, guess you just have to do what you have to do!  Quit work or do Mary Kay!  I'm about to maybe give up Avon.

Love your little graphics, Etta Sue!  Keep them up!  Yes it's been pretty bad for the folks in those states affected by this hurricane.  Wow!  What a lot of water.

Here in SA me and Mari are also praying for the folks in New Orleans.

Is there anyone of our members living in that area?

Thanks for the devotional.

Good Afternoon from Southern Ontario.  We have sun and cloud but it is very still and just a few minutes ago we had a small shower now the sun is back out.

It has been a very lazy day so far but I have not been sleeping well so that will explain it all.
Now I will go and finish a sewing project along with the other daily jobs that have not been done.

Pat:  How long have you been selling Avon?

Karma:  How long have you been selling Mary Kay?  It is my preferred line of skin care

Sarah:  With all the studying it is a wonder you have time to check in. Keep up the good work.

Papa John:  I look forward to your daily entries.


Ruth   

Hello Franz in SA!!  And welcome to Christian Photographers!  I don't know if we have other members in your area or not, perhaps Pat can answer that for you.

I was away all day yesterday, well, away from the house, not away very far---first Sunday school and church, then the art show all afternoon, then church again, and I was really tired when I got home.

Our art show was well attended, and some had good sales.  I won "People's Choice" on my painting of the Nativity!    So that pleased me.  (There is a photo of it in Creations with a Brush, if you haven't seen it.)

By popular demand, the show is being left up until Sept. 16.  A couple of the artists had other shows coming up soon, so they took their things out, which left more space for the rest of us to fill.  This morning was spent moving and re-hanging my paintings.  I had already gone and had a workout, and I think that qualified as another one!  But it looks much nicer, and my paintings can be seen to much better advantage in the new arrangement.

Beth, sorry I wasn't in yesterday to wish you a Happy Birthday, but you know I was thinking of you.  John, thanks for coming in and giving us updates!

JudyMc, I think only Beth or John can answer your question about wedding bells!

Hi Sarah!  Good to see you popping in and posting!

Oh, how I hope to have my own computer again soon!

I think that's about all I have to say today.  I'm also praying for our Southern neighbors in Katrina's way.

   


Janet:   About your computer being down, we have a couple of family members who seem to have computer problems from time to time and when that happens they will phone us just because they miss the contact. Another will call myself or Sue looking for phone instructions. Sue is a wonderful help in that area.


Ruth

actually i don't have as much homework and studing as what that i usually had in high school it's a tad bit easier because i don't have as strainous of a schedule as i had.... i only have 5 different classes instead of like 12 or so... it is a little easier.... lots more reading though it's insane.... oh well.. i will have to go to work here in a few...ttyl
Sarah

Nice devotional, Pastor Al.  I am listening to Pat's hymn at the moment...

I guess we are all praying for people who are in the path of Katrina.  It is interesting to note how many of the officials are asking for prayer.  Possibly God will be using this to reach  people in this terrible time.  My prayer is that both souls and lives will be saved and that people's hearts will be changed.

We had a nice downpour a few minutes ago.  I had just returned from a lovely walk and was spared getting soaked.  Weather is much cooler today and no complaints as we need the rain.

Nice to see you Sarah and also Franz.  Would love to hear more about your part of the world, Franz.  Do come and post often.  Hope all goes well in school, Sarah.  What a busy Gal!

Etta Sue, whatever is TiVo?  Is that some sort of satellite TV?

Larry, something went wrong with the course and Amanda has to be on the waiting list again.  Not quite sure what the problem was.....what a complex world we have today.  Lucky you & Pat, getting to hear Bluegrass Music.  I love the way they play religious music and it is such a wonderful sound.

Have to go and do laundry now.  Here is a little smile....maybe

An Australian ministry, announces, "Now available! Revised Gospel Hymns for today's generation of modern churchgoers. Sing old favorites without guilt, conviction or discomfort. Hundreds of your old favorites made comfortable." Some of the titles include: "Amazing Grace, How Interesting the Sound," "Praise God from Whom All Affirmations Flow" and "I Surrender Some."

Hmmm!   

Pleasant Day and God Bless.

Liz

Have not checked in in a while.  Been fishing in Lake Nippissing near Vernier.

Pat we went through your town...didn't stop in...it was about midnight when we got that far on the way home.

Everythings fine on this end.....but my chiropractor of 40 yrs just retired.  He is 85...... Now I gotta find another one as good as him.

I have been home for quite awhile but I have been busy doing laundry and making some tuna salad that I will have to put into the recipe section. Will go do that now.

TTYL

Quote from: Pat Scott on August 29, 2005, 11:42:23 AM

Good Morning Everyone!

I've been rivited to my TV watching the hurricane news and praying for these folks.    I have some errands to run today and a meeting to attend tonight so I'll be scarce on here.

Have fun with the Shoutbox, folks!  It's seen at the top of every page and that's neat!  Just don't post while you're in the middle of posting a message in here or you'll lose it! 

Great to see you Papa John!  Sounds like a new addition in your church building.  Lovely!  I appreciate your scripture verses today too.


Glad the sun is shining for you, Marilyn.  Have fun with the grandkids!  I love it when mine are here. 


Geri-Jean, thanks for sharing about your health problem.  We'll pray along with your boyfriend's mother too!  God bless you.


Larry, I'll be thinking of you this afternoon as you drive to Atlanta.  Glad it's not invasive.  Sounds like a nice evening you'll be having tonight too.   I agree about the reporters.  I sure wouldn't be in their place in that horrendous weather.


Thanks so much, Al for the devotional today.  It's meant a lot to my heart.

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Jesus our Lord, the Man Christ Jesus, is telling us that the almighty Lord God of the universe, in a very particular way, LOVES YOU if you love the Son!  Can it truly be?  Does the holy Creator of all take a special interest in ME?  If the conditional statement is satisfied, then it is indeed true - that unimagineable, wonderful, incomparable possibility is actually TRUE for me!

Yes, continuing to pray for our friends in the southern states.  What a time they are having!

Well, I must go and do my errands.

I'll be back though.

Thanks SO much Pat.
Geri-Jean(AW)

Quote from: Fast Eddie on August 29, 2005, 06:42:50 PM
Have not checked in in a while.  Been fishing in Lake Nippissing near Vernier.

Pat we went through your town...didn't stop in...it was about midnight when we got that far on the way home.

Everythings fine on this end.....but my chiropractor of 40 yrs just retired.  He is 85...... Now I gotta find another one as good as him.

My goodness!  Don't ever be afraid to call no matter the time!  I would have still been up too, Ed!

And my sister, Judy B, lives near Lake Nipissing.