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A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Proverbs 16:9

Our "way" in life is a broad term, governed by principles relative to lifestyle, stewardship, and decision-making.

But these are general things.

Life itself comes down to steps. That is where the Lord comes in, directing step-by-step in our daily experience. Thank the Lord He even overrules our own heart's devisings.

We make our imperfect plans and it is then that the Lord opens and closes doors, creates and nullifies opportunities.

We are able to see the hand of God in our lives on a regular basis--a most faith-strengthening experience!
--Craig Funston

GOOD MORNING ALL 11.23 AM in Holland

PAT thank you for the devotional this morning very good
also the little poem yes it is true it is better for us to lay a hand in the Hand of our Lord just as a child that is doing with us.
And the Hymn in Christ There Is No East Or West was yesterday a great succes i love also that hymn very much.

MARYLIN i also must take care others i make a trip over my own feet. My son Marcel say always you there is coming a time then you make a fall over a very little stone and i think he has right.

SONJA can you do your hair so by yourself?


JANET i am happy that Darrel is coming safe home.

CHRIS AND MARGIT i wish you a safe and a very nice trip. But i keep you booth in my prayers but i shall miss your writings.

LARRY and a view others have say i must in wraps but it is true. I have been to the doctor this morning
and now i have a bandage on my right foot. The next monday i must coming back and i may not a lot walk on that foot. It is my right foot so now i have had my booth feet. From my left foot is the nail away and now my right foot but i say it is a great wonder that i not have something broken till
this moment.

REVELATION 14 : 7
Worship Him who made the Heaven,
the earth, the sea and the springs of water.

                        ENDLESS LOVE

                 Mountains, valleys, land and sea -
                 all this God shares with you and me;
                      yet all creation's glorious best
                 could never measure how we're blessed
                 by one great gift beyond compare -
                 our Creator's endless love and care.

Love and prayerfully for you all
Ria   
                                   

                 

      HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH

            AND A BIG HUG
                                        

                                                   

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May 3   

Preaching: Starving at the Father's Table

So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon,
son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes,
Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs."
--John 21:15

There is today no lack of Bible teachers to set forth correctly the
principles of the doctrines of Christ, but too many of these seem
satisfied to teach the fundamentals of the faith year after year,
strangely unaware that there is in their ministry no manifest
Presence, nor anything unusual in their personal lives. They
minister constantly to believers who feel within their breasts a
longing which their teaching simply does not satisfy.

I trust I speak in charity, but the lack in our pulpits is real.
Milton's terrible sentence applies to our day as accurately as it
did to his: "The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed." It is a
solemn thing, and no small scandal in the Kingdom, to see God's
children starving while actually seated at the Father's table.   
The Pursuit of God, 8.

"Lord, I trust I'm not being critical, but it seems to me that
there are more and more churches where people are starving at
the Father's table. I sense the lack in our pulpits of which Tozer
speaks, and pray that You might bring a refreshing. Amen."

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Thank you for your well-wishes for our much needed vacation.
We venture out with much anticipation to have God's favour for all our travel, our interactions with both family and friends and all the picture taking that we'll do along the way, pictures to the Glory of God, after all, that's our ministry.

We hope for a leisurely trip, after a few days in Eugene we'll be driving along the coast at our own pace, taking pictures where the Lord will lead us. 
We trust to just have a wonderful time with friends in Eugene and along the way to California and family in California.  While in Eugene, Oregon we also plan to visit my church, at least for a couple of visits.
Please keep our trip in prayer, we'll be doing a lot of driving and the flights are long.

Thank you all, God bless you.

Margit and Chris too.

     

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR...
Ruth

and may I also add here any that we'll miss while we are gone...HAPPY BIRTHDAY ONE AND ALL.

ENJOY THE CELEBRATION
Margit and Chris

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Pat thank you for encouraging me to come back to this forum

"I do not know where I'm going but well do I know my guide"

I feel that I really ....need to get to know my guide ... Makes me realise that....... I don't spend enough time in God's word, I feel Christ's presents in my life but don't put as much time in to seeking Him as I should.

I seem to forget that God is a mighty friend by my side...

I enjoyed this devotional this morning...

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Have a wonderful Birthday Ruth

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Hi everyone.  This will be short this morning but will try to get back here later today.  I have to leave in a few minutes to coach the class at the SeniorNet computer learning center.  This is week 4 of 8 weeks and we are teaching the use of the Quicken Financial software.

Happy Birthday, Ruth.

After church yesterday I had been invited to meet with the Deacons for their monthly meeting.  They feed me a nice lunch, which they have each month as they meet right after church.  I then talked with them about our church webpage for maybe 20 minutes and was able to leave and not sit through the meeting.

My sister called me to ask for help.  She is swollen up and hurting really bad; no idea why.  So I will be in town for a while, take her to the doctor, run errands, etc.  No time to read posts, but will when I get home.

A smile or two for you!

Things Mom Would Never Say
1. "How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?"

2. "Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too"

3. "Just leave all the lights on ... it makes the house look more cheery"

4. "Let me smell that shirt -- Yeah, it's good for another week"

5. "Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I'll be glad to feed and walk him every day"

6. "Well, if Timmy's mom says it's OK, that's good enough for me."

7. "The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It's not like I'm running a prison around here."

8. "I don't have a tissue with me ... just use your sleeve"

9. "Don't bother wearing a jacket - the wind-chill is bound to improve"

Good Morning to everyone. It is getting late and I have to work on my first PSP lesson before I go to work. Wm's was cancelled this morning, so I have time before I have toleave to try to accomplish something.

I will comne back in this afternoon and try to say something to each of you. I have posted some more photos from Al, in flowers and in his other thread.

I have given Al his own page on my website because I have a lot of room to spare., But I have password protected it. If you want to see it ask Al for the password.

TTYL

Hello, all you wild and crazy people.  It's somewhat dreary around Western North Carolina today, but it's not a bad day.  Just a little cooler and rainier than it has been.

Trav has been slightly sickly over the weekend, probably the same crud Karma and I had, but I think he's getting better. 

Gonna run for now - I hope all of you have a great day.

Nard

Good morning all!

Church was great yesterday.  Our Senior Pastor and wife is in Florida on vacation.  Our Minister of Adult Education...also the minister in our Small Group...preached yesterday.  A very heartfelt message. 

Jerry and I went out for breakfast and then to another home improvement store...prices are cheaper there so this will be where I get my landscaping supplies. 

Tony and Charlene came in the afternoon and brought his 4-wheeler and sprayer.  He sprayed my yard for weeds.....those pesky dandelions mostly!  They are so pretty but pesky!  It seems there are a lot of yards in this area that are full of dandelions!!  We had a great time visiting with Tony and Charlene...I am so proud of both of these kids....haha...43 and 44 years old!

It is cool in Indiana...only 49°.  I want to clean my deck but no way today!!!  Too cold to be spraying cold water.

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"If at first you don't succeed, see if the loser gets anything."

A very, HAPPY, HAPPY Birthday to Ruth.

I am singing that to you now !!!

Wish you well.

Hi to newcomers who came by while I was away.

Nice to see some of the old faces from before.

I miss Kathy--how is she doing??

Also, where's Lee?

I must go around and play "catch up" --maybe I will see them there.

Before I go, I love your hair do , Sonja.

You look like one of my favorites --Jane Seymour--from the
move "Somewhere in Time"  Just like the picture ---
Lovely face with a lovelier soul.

Take care all, and remember

Love in Christ,

Joyce

Hello Everyone!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH
Things have been pretty busy around here-with school and now that our theme park is opened the kids want to go there alot lol. Last weekend we redid our flower bed in the front yard. It looks really nice now. Now I have the garden bug and want to plant more lol. My husband wants to put me in a room and put blinders on my eyes lol.
(just kidding).
Everyone is doing well here..
Well, need to go and get the kiddo's going with school.
Hugs
Rachelle

The above hymn is new to me but I really like it, both for the words and the music.  Hope you all enjoy it.

How about a few more of the "Christian One LIners"?

QuoteQuit griping about your church; if it was perfect, you couldn't belong.

The phrase that is guaranteed to wake up an audience: "And in conclusion..."

If the church wants a better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has.

God himself does not propose to judge a man until he is dead.  So why should you?

Here's a website I would like to share with you.

www.InspiringWord.net/movies/beatitudes.htm

Hope you get it okay.

Have to go home now and cook --rainy day so I will be making
"comfort food" --meat loaf.

Take care

Love in Christ,

Joyce

Blessings all and Happy Birthday Ruth....

Hayley, dear Sister
All the day long, whatever happens, praise God for it!
Be it good or seeming "bad", praise the Lord for allowing it into to your life, then will come your greatest joy and peace!
Oh that we all would learn to trust Him like this.

"giving thanks, always, for all things."
Ephesians ch 5 v 20

Romans ch v 28.

     

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!   I LOVE YOU!

Nice to see everyone today.  We haven't got much done today.  This morning we went out for awhile to take some things to the cleaners and to get the oil changed in the car.

I have started a new book, THE HORNET'S NEST by Jimmy Carter.  It is a novel of the American Revolution and I believe the only novel written by a former American President.

I am disturbed today by the horrible pictures of cruel mistreatment some Americans have evidently been guilty of in dealing with Iraqi prisoners of war.  This doesn't represent normal behavior of Americans but it brings shame upon our forces even though just a few are guilty.

Eph 3:16-21
16   I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
17   so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
18   may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
19   and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
20   Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
21   to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.  (NIV)



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And good evening, all! 

Good thing I got a good night's sleep last night.  I expected to work about three hours today but ten minutes before I was expecting to leave I got a call from the girl I work with.  She's subject to migraines and had a real slam-banger and asked would I stay all day and cover for her.  So my three hours turned into eight and a half.   

Larry, that's a wonderful hymn.  Those are a couple of my favorite verses in the Bible.  If we could all claim them, we'd be better off.

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Jesus Christ is the Answer,
I need to search no more,
For when by grace He called to me,
I opened wide the door.
No longer must I fear the Temptor,
Nor face this life alone:
My Savior is here to stay,
Till the day He brings me home,
The day He brings me home.

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I am disturbed today by the horrible pictures of cruel mistreatment some Americans have evidently been guilty of in dealing with Iraqi prisoners of war.  This doesn't represent normal behavior of Americans but it brings shame upon our forces even though just a few are guilty.


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Yes, Papa John, I certainly agree with you.  It's so sad to see reports such as this.

Thanks to everyone for the wonderful Birthday Greetings. here on CP and also the private e-mails.

I had a Happy Birthday Greeting left on our answering machine, along with the phone calls.

Sue and Bruce had dinner with us Sunday Evening so you can tell that it has been a wonderful time.


Ruth

Yes, it is sad, and yes, it was only a very few people who did those things.  But the liberal media are having a heyday with it, and twisting it into all sorts of unrecognizable things to try to put the blame on President Bush.  I pray they will NOT succeed.

I don't know what is wrong with my sister.  They did blood and urine tests, hope they get to the root of her problems.  She is 7 years younger than me, but gets around like she is 20 years older.  She said she is so weak she can't pick up her grandbaby; she's afraid she will drop her.  Sad.