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Morning Devotional...


I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free.
Exodus 21:5

So spoke the Hebrew servant on the day of his release.

Absolutely nothing hindered him from going out free.  But because of his love for master, wife, and children, he chose to stay, and suffer, and serve forever.

What a picture of our Lord Jesus Christ.

At the end of His ministry, having lived a spotless, sinless life to the glory of God, He could have gone out free, no claim upon Him.

But His love for His God, and His Bride, compelled Him to voluntarily go to Calvary, there to suffer and to receive the marks that identify Him as the One who loved us and gove Himself for us.
--W. H. Burnett

Pat Im praying for the little girl-How sad...let us know what you hear.
Just thought i'd come in and say good night to everyone.
Hugs
Rachelle

Well once, just once, I think I'll be the first on here from the West Coast!  It's only 5:05 here, and we're getting ready to head out to go up to Oregon today.  If you think of it, pray both for us and for the people up there - that our Lord would move them, and grow them, and make them more like Him.

Pat ~ I will certainly pray for the little girl from Hamilton.  To think how her father must feel.  He needs God's loving arms around him along with the rest of the family.

Marilyn ~ Don't steal the tubes.  Use them all you want!!!  I didn't create them so they are already stolen, I guess.

Jerry and I are ready for church.  He is reading his morning devotions.  I read them earlier.  Today is my day to work the lights...the next time it will be in the Santuary where there are a lot more lights to work.  Then Jerry and I are having lunch at church and then we will attend a study.  Dennis and Julie are suppose to come and work some more on the landscaping.  It is coming along smilingly!!!

It is dark and gloomy....looks like rain any minute!!!

God Bless All on God's Day.

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"Things to do Today:
    1. Get up

    2. Survive

    3. Go to bed"

Hey, guys and gals!  I wish you all the very best for today.  I'm looking forward to the day and hope that everyone just has a great day.

Nard

Hi everyone.  Just read all the postings from yesterday and those here today.  Pat, sure hope the little girl will be OK.  These accidents happen so quickly and unexpectedly.

Rachelle, sure glad you didn't have an auto accident and also that your toe wasn't broken. 

Etta Sue, it sounds like you and Jerry have a very busy day ahead.  Your yard project sounds neat.

Good morning Nard, hope your little one finally got the needed sleep.

Al, know that the folks will grow from hearing the proclamation of God's word in your preaching today.  Hope you all will have had a lovely trip up to Oregon as well.

Shawnee, good to see you posting and was sorry you had to reschedule your MRI. 

Janet, surprised to read that Abby likes Broccoli as know that children often don't like that vegetable.  I like it raw but really don't care much for it cooked unless it has lots of cheese on it.
Glad Darrell and Mark made it hope before the storm.

Marilyn, know you are saddened to see your son and family in the moving process.  Hope you get good neighbors.

Chris, do hope you will be feeling better today.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.  Pat and I will be heading out to Sunday School shortly and then church.  We are welcoming new members today.  This evening the youth are having a dessert auction to raise money for their mission trip to Puerto Rico in a few weeks.  We are not attending but will make a donation.

Good Sunday to all!

We attended the service last night and learned some new music - I don't know, it takes me time to adjust to new songs at church  :)  Our teens, along with a few adults do a mission work in Nicaragua every other year and one in Mexico yearly.  We belong to a real outreach church and last night Pastor told everyone to to get up and get out there and work for the Lord - it was great.  He was just trying to pry loose some who have the capabilities but are not so involved.  This is not the largest congregation in town but it certainly is the one with the largest number of volunteers involved in so much good work.

Pat S:  Sorry to hear of the little girl's lawnmower accident and pray for healing. 

Larry:  Enjoy your Sunday! 

Carol

Good Morning< Here I am ready for church. i came in earlier and couldn't post, the browser froze up when i was ready to post.

Well the kids have just about got everything  over tothe new place. Just a few things left like potted plants and the stuff in the yard. However they have until the end of this month to get it all done and cleaned.

Shawnee How nice it is to see your family and meet you face to face so to speak. Please keep on coming in and besure to let us know about your MRI. As I stated yesterday. My DIL has MS and she leads a normal life.

WEll I have to go clean up after the dogs in the back yard before I go to church. Gilbert said he was going to try to get it weed whacked  today if he has the time. He does these things while I am at church.

TTYL

Good morning, friends,

I wish you a blessed day with the Lord.

My dizziness has returned, so I'll be resting most of the day.

Love to each of you,
Ruth Ann

Quote from: Ruth Ann Bice on May 16, 2004, 11:20:19 AM

My dizziness has returned, so I'll be resting most of the day.

Sorry to hear that, Ruth Ann. :-(  I will keep you in my prayers.

Pat, that is very sad to hear.  She is in my prayers as well.   

Chandraya and I bought some flowers yesterday and we are going to do some planting today.  She is a little gardener.

Hope you all have a fun day.
Soni

Good Sunday Morning to everyone who graces this place with their presence (seen or unseen  ::))

I have been away for a few days.  I was invited to accompany some other ladies to Portland for Thursday and Friday and they got me back home about 4 o'clock Saturday. 

I managed to read all the forums and messages that I had missed while gone, so now I have caught up with y'all!  :P   I see there have been several new members sign on but, rather than post a greeting to each one, I will just say a general (but heart felt)
to each and every one of you--that includes all of my other friends who have been here all along!  I guess we didn't get an official fancy welcome cuz we have been here from the beginning?   ;)

Our little church has been closed (May 2) and I still have not felt led to any other, so I will again be staying home to worship, pray and enjoy God's presence RIGHT HERE!  I brought home some new(er) worship cds, so I will add them to my collection and have a greater group to rotate.  I love listening to good worship music!   :D

It is nine o'clock here in the Pacific northwest so I guess I better look alive and get something accomplished sometime today!

I'll be back ....  Jane

Hello!  I decided to visit the Assembly of God church here today.  I was a member there years ago.  They have recently gotten a new pastor, and he really preaches the Word.  I love to go where the Word is proclaimed and I am challenged to be a doer and not a hearer only.  I think Darrel and I will be going back there.  I feel we should find a church home here in our town rather than driving to Hugoton each Sunday.  We will pray and do as God leads.

Yes, Larry, Abby LOVES broccoli!  A bit unusual, isn't it?  One of her very favorite things is wilted lettuce salad---she can really chow down on that!  She wanted to do some painting, so we did that, plus visiting great grandma and Aunt Jeanie, and having a picnic at her favorite park and letting her play for a while there.  Busy day!

Pat, I will also pray for the little girl.  Like Etta Sue, I was concerned for her dad, too, as it must be so awful for him! 

I guess I need to go look for something for lunch now.  Talk to you later.

I've decided to send out a monthly information letter if possible and sent the first one today.  I've had some bad email addresses but not many.

I've also heard from one member who was so happy to get it as they had lost their login name and could never come back to the site and now they can.  So that was worth it.

Thanks so much for praying for this wee unknown named little girl.  I've heard no more news but if she was airlifted to Hamilton, she's passed two large hospitals on the way and so that is a sign of very serious injuries.  Yes, the poor father.  I will listen to the news later and see if there is anything on this.  Elora is so close to Guelph.


Janet, what did you find for lunch?  Did you enjoy it?


Jane, I'm so sorry about your little church.  That's so sad when that happens.


I can see the next photos we see from our Soni... Chandraya planting flowers in the garden!  Won't they be so cute? ;)


Ruth Ann, I'm so sorry about your dizziness.  I've had that so badly that I clung (is that a word?) to the bed so hard thinking I was going to fall out.  Please get well soon.


Hi Marilyn and Carol...   (By the way, Carol, your email address was one that was returned as being undeliverable.  Could you check your address for me?  Thanks!)


A "Dessert Auction"....yummy, doesn't that sound just awesome?  Larry, what did you bid on?


Let's remember Al Moak in prayer as he's ministering up in  Oregon today.   


Love your little graphics, Etta Sue!

If you fall, don't give up, get up!

I Love the saying Pat.



It is a  beautiful sunny day not to hot and not to cold.

Ruth

Hi Everyone..
How is everyone today-Im doing pretty good-Lindsey is feeling better so I am glad about that.
Today, I have to go and get some groceries for the week. and, then I have some computer stuff I have to take care of, grading and laundry.
Not much else going on around here-My husband is working day shift this week-so, it will be nice to have him home in the evenings.
May the Lord Bless all of you.
Rachelle

Pat, we are not attending the Dessert Auction this evening as Pat isn't feeling well.  In fact, she didn't feel up to going to church with me this morning.  Just the fibromyalgia cycling again.  She has been through this many times.  I did leave a small check with the leaders of the auction so we can help out with the youth trip.  They have many items to auction so it will be a long evening.

Afternoon all. Pat I will pray for that little girl as well.
Rachelle: Glad to hear Lindsey is better.
My day is pretty much going to be laid back today. We may go out in a bit but we are just enjoying our family today.
We have yet to find a church here in Kansas which is hard because I was raised in the A/G church but Jason is very conservative so that doesn't work for our marriage. LOL. Some churches in the area aren't very kid friendly and having five children I really need a church that is.
We really need a church that has an evening service and growing up we had one that had a Wednesday night, Sunday morning, and Sunday night service but I'm finding in the midwest that is very rare.
So just pray the Lord would lead us where he would have us to go. For now we have been teaching the kids at home about Jesus and his word and giving them verses to learn.
Anyway, Kiefer woke up this moring extra early 6 am. He was ready to play and came in our room and woke both Jason and I up. It was socute. He has one of the biggest smiles with those dimples. LOL.
He made me smile and every day reminds me of God's grace and love.
Well I better get off here and get some house work done. I have to get some groceries today too.
Have a blessed Sunday.
Oh and Pat you did a beautiful job on the newsletter. I loved it!

Hugs,
Shawnee

Thank you Pat for that great devotional.   Yes we all need to realize what Jesus did for us 2000 years ago.

I want to have a flowering tree planted.   Right now there are different shades of flowering crab apple trees in bloom.   They are so beautiful.   I have to decide whether I want white, light pink, darker pink or even a dark maroon colour.   So hard to decide.   I think the flowering almond trees are beautiful too, but they do not grow very big.

Pastor Charles Price is starting lessons from 1 Samuel.   He is so interesting and today was talking about how the priests back in Samuel's day just were involved with rituals and became corrupt.  He explained how the rituals should point to the person of Christ and if it just becomes a ritual and nothing more.  If you get The Peoples Church on TV on a Sunday morning or afternoon, you will hear this sermon.

By the way the grand total for our missionary conference was $1,743.000!    This money will go to support over 500 missionaries around the world.   Praise God.

I will check in later today.

Love Ruthie

Hi Ruth!

I paged and paged and paged you again last night and Buzzed you over and over.

Guess you were napping.  Then you came and slammed the door shut!  LOL

Did you read yesterday's New Every Morning?  I don't think you posted!

That's a terrific sum raised for Missions!

How many men in white apparel were present when Jesus ascended from the disciples into heaven?

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Pat, I thought the only person in white apparel was Jesus.  That would be 1.    Am I right?

Ruthie

This morning our last hymn was the one above.  I had never heard this chorus before and found it very memorable.  So decided I should find it and share it with you all.  There is a brief introduction and then the praise verses begin.

Ruthie, just plant a tree of each color and then you won't have to make a decision about the color1 :D

Pat I am going for Three in white. Jesus, Elijah and Moses.

Gilbert was doing the back yard as I left for church, For those who are Pentecostal the gifts of the spirit were moving in full form this morning.  That is the first time in the 6 years I have been saved that I have seen it like I did today. Hallelujah.


TTYL

Pat, I, too, enjoyed your newsletter, and you did a great job on it.

For lunch, I went to the Sonic and ate a hamburger.  Now I am really regretting it, because my stomach is really sore and I am running to the bathroom!  I had never gotten anything bad there before, and it may not have been the cause of this.  Darrel was eating lima beans, which I heartily dislike!  Maybe I should have eaten those, anyway. :-X :(

Marilyn, that sounds like an awesome service!  Wish I had been there!

Oops, gotta run...........again!

Marilyn, I think Moses and Elijah were with Jesus at His Transformation, but not His Assension into Heaven.  I have to go along with Ruthie - I think only Jesus was in white.

Finally a day or two without threats of severe thunderstorms.  The temperature has dropped from the upper 80's and low 90's to about 75 and the humidity is minimal.  Makes a big difference.  :D

This morning our pastor asked Gene to give a short testimony during the service.  Now asking Gene to give a short testimony is like asking a politician for a short answer to a simple question.  When he gets started explaining what God has done in his life he gets really wound up.  But he did good.  Pastor asked him to speak for one or two minutes - I threatened to bring a stop watch  ;D - and he did manage to do just about that. 

Next Sunday we're giving the pastor a surprise celebration for the 30th anniversary of his ordination.  Nothing will be mentioned in the bulletin and after he opens the service with announcements and prayer requests he'll be asked to sit down and then the rest of the service will be conducted by members of the Worship Team.  There'll be a monetary gift and of course a luncheon - complete with chocolate cake for dessert.

Then the following week, which is also Memorial Day, we celebrate the Pentecost and everyone is asked to wear red.  We'll have several people reading the first few verses of Acts 2 in different languages, all at the same time.  Gene will read from his Spanish bible, I'll read my French, the pastor's wife will read in Finnish, and we have members from Russia, Germany and Latvia who may be able to attend and read as well. 

Look who's online.

How is your day going?  :D

Larry, I love that song.  We sing that most every Sunday at church.  thanks for sharing.

Soni - I love the family portrait.  Wish more of our members would post their family photos!

Marilyn - Where is Gilbert and family moving to?  I hope they will still be nearby.  Our kids are at least a 4 hour drive from us., and it gets very lonely here sometimes.  Its times like this when I wish the kids were around.

Ruth Ann:  How are you feeling today?

I'm missing Papa John and Iain....has anyone heard from Iain lately?  Seems like an awfully long time since we have heard from him.

Jeanne:  I would have LOVED to have heard Gene's testimony!

.........Judy M.

Acts 1:9-10
9   After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10   They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
(NIV)




--- Old Papa John          <:))))><<   
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Marilyn, here's why you didn't get the newsletter...  This is what I got from the one I forwarded to you that I told you I was forwarding...


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Yes Pat. I recieved that email. :-)  Great idea.

Thanks Judy Mc.  How are you feeling?  I hope your arm isn't causing to much trouble.  (((hug)))

Thanks Soni...

In what city did the ark of the covenant remain for 20 years after it was returned by the Philistines?

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2) Kirjath-jearim
3) Shiloh
4) Ramah

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Soni:

Thanks for asking...my arm is feeling some better.  Last night, Norm took the cast off for me., and I was able to wash it (my arm that is...lol)., and because it was so itchy., and driving me crazy., I put some cortisone cream on it.  Feels better now.

Norm should have been a doctor.  He put the cast on better than the doctor did!

Thank you Pat, and from all the members of C.P., for the annivesary wishes.

When Norm and I married, we were so young...19 and 21.  So many people said "it will never last".  Well, here we are, forty-six years later.  We thank the Lord and Him only for getting us through all the rough times

......Judy ;)

Such is true of all relationships - marital or not - if both allow the Lord to guide and lead, the relationship stands the test of time.

My college roommate and I were discussing that we've known each other longer than almost any others on the face of the earth. We have been friends for 46 years.

We spent the day together yesterday - she is now a double amputee, and it was so good to be able to take her out and just "do things" like the bank, the grocery, and eating out. I had awakened dizzy, but the medication helped yesterday.

Today, it's been around all day. So, I'm grateful tht my friend I were able to be together yesterday. We had planned this outing for about a month.

Y'all have a wonderful day in the Lord.

Ruth Ann

   
I got my Newsletter.  BTW, they aren't my graphics...some that I copped from an email.  But they made me smile when I looked at them and thought CPers would smile when looking at them also. 

Jane ~ So sorry to hear of your church closing.  Uh, you have relatives not far from me.  Move to Indiana and go to church with me!!!  How is that for an invite?

It has been a very long day.  We got up at 6 a.m. and got to church a little after 8 a.m.  I printed the labels for the audio cassettes and then left the rest for Jerry to do while I went up in the mezzanine to man the lights.  The praise team did a powerful job today with the music.  I don't think it was possible for anyone to stand still while singing or listening to the music.  Awesome job!  After the second service, we went into this huge room...bigger than my house, for sure.  We had lunch of pizza, chips, snack cakes and drinks.  Then the 'lesson' was called 'Introduction To Our Church Family....Class 101'.  Literally it told about Park Chapel Christian Church and our Salvation (what God has done for us), our Statements (Why we exist as a church), our Strategy (How we fulfill our purpose) and our Structure (When and where we fulfill our purpose).  I have been going to PCCC over 6 years and I learned a lot today about PCCC.  Very interesting.  Well, the 'lesson' was long...about 4 hours...so Jerry and I ate dinner out and came home.  It was 6 p.m.  A very long fulfilling day.

Julie and Dennis worked on the yard this afternoon.  They aren't done yet...maybe will be back tomorrow. 

Good Evening..
I just got through grocery shopping boy that was work lol-I took my two youngest with me, i think next time I am leaving them at home lol.
Now I need to put them all away -Its good to see so many posting..I hope you all have a wonderful evening.
Rachelle

Judy Mc, it is true that I didn't get in here yesterday.  Well, I did come in and read but didn't post.

Today we had a good day at church.  After the morning worship we had a delicious dinner in our fellowship hall.  This afternoon when we got home I took a good nap.  I got on line and was getting ready to write something and Cornelia said, "It is time to go to church."  Well again tonight we had a good evening service.

Anyway I am here now.  I did just have time to check out Pat's question.  And now Pat comes up with another question and the answer is here:

1 Sam 7:1-2
1   So the men of Kiriath Jearim came and took up the ark of the LORD. They took it to Abinadab's house on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the LORD.
2   It was a long time, twenty years in all, that the ark remained at Kiriath Jearim, and all the people of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.  (NIV)

In our Sunday School lesson this morning we looked at I Corinthians 13, which has to be one of the favorite chapters in the Bible. 

CHAPTER 13

1   Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2   And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3   And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4   Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5   does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6   does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7   bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8   Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
9   For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
10   But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11   When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12   For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13   And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
(NKJ)


--- Old Papa John          <:))))><<   
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Well Papa John has the right answer for both quizzes.   Next time I will look up the answer in the Bible and not just think about it in my head.   haha

Love Ruthie

Thank you for that lovely song Pat, "Be Glorified"   We sing it at Peoples

Tonight Pastor Charles Price was interviewing different people who were involved in "going out to the streets and witnessing and handing out sandwiches and tacts"  during the missionary conference.  There were some wonderful testimonies of how God blessed people out on the streets.

I think a lot of people will want to get into EE to be trained to talk to people now.

Time for bed.   Have a wonderful day tomorrow.

Love Ruthie

By the way,   I was thinking of getting a white flowering crab apple tree, but now I'm not too sure.   Pat was saying that sometimes they attract the bugs and worms.   Yuk!  I would have to do a lot of spraying.    I guess I should rethink this.

Love Ruthie

Pat I always check the suspect mail folder, and I have the newsletter  now. Thank you verymuch I emailed back to you.

Good night all.

Glad you got the Newsletter, Marilyn.  Did you get the original one too?

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