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Morning Devotional...


For in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succor them that are tempted.
Hebrews 2:18


Only one who has actually experienced a certain trial can truly empathize with another who goes through the same tribulation.

This passage teaches us that this principle applies fully to our Lord Jesus. Because our merciful High Priest in heaven bore all our sorrows, He is able and willing to give sufficient grace and help in every time of need.

Whenever we are in need, He is a Comforter indeed.
--E. MacLelland


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9.30 a.m. England.


Gosh I am first this morning! Probably by default as the site is upside down. It says November at the top and December underneath..........Oh well, the Lord knows. P'raps Pat was falling asleep!  About time!

Foggy, wet and miserable here in Birmingham but my heart feels warm as I think of you all.

Pat Thanks again for the devotional.  Yes we don't understand all of one anothers problems but I do pray that He will give us the "sympathising ear".  As brothers and sisters in Christ we must try to reach out with arms wide open to those in need, just as Pat reminded us yesterday our Lord opens His arms to us, and "beginning with the household of the faith". Each of us has different needs, some are full of grief, some are sad and lonely and others are just desperate for a hug or some kind of recognition., longing for forgiveness and the "newness of life" which Jesus offered us at our beginning with Him and which seems to elude us as memories of past mistakes flood in.

Dear Ones, let us all this day show Christ's mercy to one another and to all who come this way.  Jesus died for us all, He didn't say."not you,you make too many mistakes, I don't want you".  Remember this:-

"But God who is rich in mercy , for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved).

But now in Christ Jesus you who  sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

He came and preached peace to you which were afar off and to them that were nigh.

In whom ye are builded together for the habitation of God through the Spirit"        

Ephesians 2:4,13,17,22.


are we builded together as a family in Christ?

I love you all.
Jenny X

                       
                                               

Morning Pat - A lovely devotional. I hope that you all had a wonderful Lord's Day.

Sonya - A belated Birthday hug for you sis. LOL

Folks if you are thinking of buying a small gift for soemone this Christmas and you are not sure what to get, then try this :-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1854245546/qid=1070273099/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/202-8256089-6851801

It is truly an amzing story and it makes you want to tell the world about Jesus!! I highly recommend it.

LOL

Your brother in Christ

Iain

GOOD MORNING  11.10AM

Pat thank you very much for your devotional this morning.
But what a silent this morning other i must sometimes
write on page 2.
Where is everybody?

This night we have had rain but now it a little bit foggy i am hoping that the sun is coming

I have had a bad night my husband was so snoring he use a spray and i put somethings in my ears. We are so hoping that this week is coming an end on all the problems around his work.
He is also very stressfull that is also a reason that he so is snoring and now he has sometimes problems with his stomach he has gastric juice. Now he use sometimes a medicine and when everything is normal he never more use medicines for his stomach.


Boots i also have the book from Oswald
Chambers.  MY UTMOST for HIS HIGHEST.

What a wonderful God!
No matter how much you falter and stumble in your praying, He hears you.
His heart of infinite love responds to the needs and emotions of your own inarticulate heart.
So keep on praying!
                                Vernon Grounds

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
Unuttered or expressed,
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.
                                       Montgomery

I wish you all a BLESSED DAY
BYE FOR NOW
LOVE RIA

IAIN thank you for the very nice webpage they you have put on NEM he is beautiful
We are the first after Pat.
GOD BLESS YOU IAIN
RIA



Also Good morning Jenny how are you doing i am happy to see you
It is only Europe after Pat this morning
Love RIA

Good Morning to all!
I feel like a stranger as I have not been on NEM in a long while. I have been lurking in the prayer area whenever I go online.  

We have had a COLD weekend...into the upper 20's.  I hope today it will be warmer.  Right now it is 30.

May each of you have a blessed day in the LORD.

I love you all.  kathy

Good morning all!


Travis got me up this morning at dark-early (hahaha), so here I am now.  He's playing with his microphone, serenading me!

I hope all of you have a wonderful day.  I have to go to work today, but if it is slow, I will try to "get in."

Help me make this Your Day, oh Lord.  Amen

The sun isn't  quite up yet but I can see magenta color in the east and that is the promise of daybreak.  

Good wishes and prayers for Sonja today.

Carol

hey ya'll first day back to school   oh well soon it will be christmas and new years and i'll get about 2 1/2 weeks out!   we have basketball games until then and this week is homecomming week. we have a game tomorrow and a game  friday (which is homecomming) it will be fun. one of my friends is comming in! well i need to go get my eyes in (contacts) and get ready to go before it gets to late! ttyl
Sarah

Good morning/afternoon everyone! God is good!

To help me remember verses from the bible, I thought I would add my little part to the devotion.  
Luke 10:25-37
The Parable of the Good Samaritan

25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[1] ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[2] "
28"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two silver coins[3] and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
36"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
37The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him."
Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."

Thank you, Iain!  (((hug))) to you too, brother!

Jenny, Ria, Kathy, I am thinking of you today.  (((hug)))

Pat, how are you doing today?  Take any pictures recently?

HI Karma, Sara! Hope you both have a good day at school.

HI Carol! Thank you!  

I have a busy day with school today and cleaning up the weekend mess.  I will be back later to read the post.  

Love you all,
Sonja

Just a quick "Hello" since I haven't been in here in a few days

Hi all

I was advised this is the place where i should be introducing myself.

My name is neil and i am a 21 year old student from manchester uk. i found this site via a link in sonifos portfolio so i thought i wonder if they would let me join. soo here i am. i would class my self as a christian photographer as im a christian who photographs stuff lol, although i dont attend church regularly at the moment as i havent found one that feels right for me, church of england churches seem to be focusing on old people and i feel out of place. although i have just found a church that celebrates with music which makes me feel real good and happy so maybe im fitting in somewhere after all.

its nice to meet you all and hope to talk to you all in the future,

where ever i may be il always find a place to say happy birthday to my god on the 25th of this month

Neil

As for inspiration through music

Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love

(The Black Eyed Peas)

Hi everyone.  Have been up to coffee at the cafe with my retired friends and the housekeepers are here this morning to clean the house.  My wife and her sister are going to the church to prepare the children's packets for next Sunday's services and then we are going to a good bar-b-que place for lunch and she has to take her serger in as she couldn't get it to work over the weekend.  (For those of you who may not know what a serger is it is a type of sewing machine.)  We take Pat's sister back to the airport tomorrow afternoon.  The ten days have really gone quickly.

I have a busy day planned so guess I had better get busy.  

HI Neil!  Glad to see you here!  I can't wait to see your photos and get to know you.

Quoteby Tragicharpy Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love

(The Black Eyed Peas)

I've never heard of this group.  I am going to have to look them up.  Are they a UK band?  

Tragicharpy (Neil)

Boots and those who are new on CP ~ I have a Barbara Johnson calender that has these words of wisdom that I put at the end of my first post of the day.  I wish they were my own but I certainly give Barbara Johnson all the credit!  

Larry ~ Thanks for the link to Oswald Chambers.  I put it in my favorites.

Marilyn ~ I love Ice Skating, too!  When I turned on the TV last evening, I had over 7 hours recorded on my TiVo of Ice Skating.  I hadn't realized that Kristi had had a baby!!!

Sonja ~ I love seeing your posts.  They make me feel happy as I know you are happy.  God is smiling.

It is cold here.  There is lots of sunshine but still cold.  I have no idea what today will bring!  I like those kind of days....nothing planned but busy, nevertheless.


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"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hand on--and then swing!"

Good Morning! I almost forgot to use BOLD for Sonja!    We are trying to catch up on things that piled up during our time away, so this will be a busy day.  We did go swim, needed to burn off some of those pie calories!  

Jenny and Sonja, very good Scripture posts today, thank you!  

We have to go get our dog and bring her home.  Bet she will be happy to see us again!

The most difficult part of getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

Quote from: Janet on December 01, 2003, 10:34:44 AM
I almost forgot to use BOLD for Sonja!  

Did I miss a General Directive here?? Pleeze enlighten me!

Welcome aboard, Neil.  We're pretty calm and pretty conservative around here, but we get along really well.  (Conservative based on the American definition, not sure about UK definitions???)

Nards, it is just that Sonja is having trouble with her eyes, and using bold helps her to be able to read it better.  Not a general directive, just a "neighborly gesture" for dear Sonja!  

I OFTEN misplace my keys, so I put them on a long rawhide shoelace that I wear around my neck. One day I walked into a store with the keys in my hand and the string dangling to the ground. A woman approached me and said in a kind voice, "I hate to tell you this, but you've lost your dog."  

From Readers Digest

Quote from: Janet on December 01, 2003, 10:55:02 AM
Nards, it is just that Sonja is having trouble with her eyes, and using bold helps her to be able to read it better.  Not a general directive, just a "neighborly gesture" for dear Sonja!  

Well, we definitely need to do what we can to help her out.  Obviously I've missed a few things over the past few days, so thanks for alerting me.  

QuoteBy Etta Sue"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hand on--and then swing!"

This quote made me laugh out loud.  I will try it!  

Thank you!   and (((hugs)))

Janet~Thanks for thinking of me.  I sure missed you while you were away.  It was like a piece was missing from the puzzle.  I am glad you are back.  (((hug)))
Did you get all you can eat?

Hey Nards!  I got to ask this, do you help with dishes after the thanksgiving meal or do you watch football?  

With 40 people   at Mike's folks' Thanksgiving dinner, everyone pitched in with all the chores and cooking.

The tv was on and football was playing, but not to many watched it.  They decided to play a game of real football in the gym.  I got a few pictures of the guys playing basketball but not football.

Good Morning:
Pat thank you for the devotional this morning.

It took me an hour to get on line and stay onl line this morning, I had to disable my firewall to get on. A pain in theneck for sure.

It is still raining here and I am doing laundry, I have to go outside to the shed to get to the wasaher and dryer. So I am getting rain washed myself.

Be back later I am off to look at the new photo challenges for this month.


WELCOME NEIL

Hi Sonja ~ I wish you a belated birthday.

((( WAVE )))


((( Hugs back at ya )))

SONJA, YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT A FEW PHOTOS OF THE GUYS DOING THE DISHES!!

hahahha...Chris! I did get one of Mike's brother cooking with an apron on.  Well, Chandraya took that picture. I will have to post it.