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Morning Devotional...


He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit.
John 15:5

If kept in the enjoyment of the Lord's love, it flows out; you cannot help it, there is no effort.

No apple tree tries to grow apples. Do not try to be anything.

You keep yourself in the love of God, and you will be like the Son of God; you cannot help it. The atmosphere we live in will tell upon us, just as the ointment on Aaron's head went down to the skirts of his garment and diffused an odor wherever he went.

If we get near to the Lord, we shall carry away some of the savor of His presence.

We always become like the thing we are occupied with.
--W. Wolston

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Nite nite all.  Time for bed.

Have a wonderful Friday, and an awesome weekend!!!

lvoe
karmat

I add to the devotional...........


And our Lord says:

"IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL OBEY ME"

The evidence (Fruit) of our love for Jesus is our daily walk among men.

Pat
My Turkey was wonderful-I forgot to put out the salad I made though lol-guess we will have that tomorrow sometime..I made my dressing last night and put it in the fridge then, I stuffed the turkey this am..It was soooo good...My daughter Courtney said it smelled good in the house when they got home-they helped someone along the road on their way back home and the person gave Wayne 10 dollars lol-he said he would of done it otherwise but, they insisted.
Good night to all..
Rachelle

Jenny & Chris - Has England not got anything to be thankful for or have you run out of turkeys?

Marilyn - Nice new pic sis. Is Pastor Al a good chef?

Pat - Praying that you will have a pain free day today.

Ria - Do you celebrate Thanksgiving?

Rachelle - I'm drooling here!!

LOL

Professing to be a born again Christian in this day and age is an act of courage as well as grace. It is like placing our lives on a pedestal for all the world to view.

Like those at a shooting gallery, they are all there ready and waiting for the 'easy' target to come along that they may shoot it down.

The fact that we are simply sinners saved by grace makes no difference to the snipers when a foot slips here or there.

Why are my brothers and sisters in the faith to quick to judge and find fault with me? Why does it hurt me so much? It is a pain like no other! Why do some folk delight in cutting down instead of building up? Is it really that important what others think of me?

Is it my imagination or is it a fact that those who seem to shout and condemn the most are those who do the least for the Kingdom?

Thankfully our Saviour provides a shoulder to lean upon and a listening ear to our complaints and moans. He also provides the balm that heals the ulcerated pain caused by a wayward tongue.

No matter what the world may think of the Christian, or for that matter what they expect us to be, we are not supermen or superwomen!

We all have our shortcomings and failings which for many of us are there for the world to view on a daily basis.

The longer I go on in my Christian walk the greater the fear that I carry within me of letting my Saviour or His cause down. I know I fail Him on a daily basis. I am sinner and would hold my hand up to being the chief of sinners alive today.

It is a difficult path we must tread and there are many places where our feet may slip. Attractions, distractions, lust, envy, greed, need I go on? There are those who fear to make a commitment to Christ for fear of failing Him.

Is this commendable? No it's sin!

He has promised never to leave us nor forsake us. He that hath begun the good work in us shall perform it until the day of Christ. Thankfully He has a greater grip on us than we have on Him.

We cannot but speak of the things which we have seen and heard. Oh that we had that dynamic spirit each day of our lives!

We have to confess though that there have been many times when we have had the opportunity to speak good to someone and yet silence prevailed.

Other times we have spoken and wished that we had kept our mouths shut! Many a preacher has a sleepless Sabbath night thinking over what he would like to have said and what he failed to say.

Many a faithful preacher would have given up altogether had the Lord not been his help.
Amidst all these failings and faults, stumbles and slips is there any comfort for us?

The One who keeps us from falling said, 'I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. They that are whole need not a physician but they who are sick. Who is he that is without sin, let him cast the first stone. Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.'

Our comfort my friend lies in the atoning work of Jesus of Nazareth on the cross at Calvary. The One in the middle stretched forth His hands beckoning sinners like you and I to come unto Him and be saved. Are you aware today my friend of the comfort of having your sins forgiven?

Washed in the blood of the Lamb. Cleansed at the fountain He opened for sin and uncleanness. Having the sure and certain knowledge that before you lies an Eternity with the One whom you love.

There may be many a day when we cannot grasp these precious comforts.

Let us take hold of them today with both hands. I am His and He is mine. I would not have it any other way. He teaches me daily the way in which I should go.

He loves me and cares for me despite all my faults and failings. He may chasten like any good father would but He never condemns me!

Unless the Lord had been my help I cannot imagine where I would be today. In a gutter no doubt! He was my help yesterday, already He has helped me today and if I am spared to see tomorrow then I can confidently commit my way to Him.

No matter what others may think or say, I am a sinner who is looking forward to spending an Eternity with my Saviour.

LOL

Your brother in Christ

Iain

Iain...we have everything to be thankful for, praise God..
I still can't stay on here long enough so have patience folks...

Iain..look back at the last weeks posts..I am having difficulties with my puter...Serious...but I have been praising God all week that the only place I could get on  the whole web was C.P.!!!  My e -mail facility has packed up also...Manufacturer is in trouble...all things do work together for good though...God is amazing!

Love to all..
This will shut down again in a mo...
Prayerfully.
Jenny X

GOOD MORNING  11.10AM


PAT thank you for the devotional this morning and how are you how is your mouth you have been to the dentist.

I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE HAD A VERY GOOD THANKSGIVING DAY
but i also say must we not be thankfull every day till now we may live in peace we are not hungry we have everything
It is a beautiful day in Holland the sun is shining and they have promised us the hole week rain but we have not had a lot. Yesterday in the evening it was very foggy

MARILYN a lovely new photo of you


I have buy a book from Oswald Chambers  IS THAT A GOOD WRITER i have buy a one
minute devotionals. The book  is called MY UTMOST for
HIS HIGHEST. IS HE A GOOD WRITER??????

I can trust my loving Saviour
When i hear this world's alarms;
There's no safer place of refuge
Than within His mighty arms.
                                         Hess

I wish you all a BLESSED DAY
BYE LOVE
RIA :)

Iain thank you also for the good devotional.  
Iain no we have not Thanksgiving in Holland


I go walk with our dogs it is such beautiful weather.


This afternoon my husband must again talk we are hoping that this is the last time

Bye for now
Love RIA :)

Ria, I can honestly say if you only have one book besides the Bible, "My Utmost for His Highest" would be an excellent choice.  Chambers's writings are timeless.

Ria - that is an excellent book!  I highly recommend it!

Karmat i also have an English Bible NIV but i think
now i have also something others to read or to put on CP also i have sometimes Our Daily Bread. But it is difficult to get in Holland. Now we have soon Christmass now they have Books writen in English but not a lot. And of course i have a lot Christian Books in Dutch. But i use the English for CP. I don't like when i have read something in my Dutch Bible to translate in English. That is to difficult and i know i make mistakes in English but i want not make mistakes of the
words of GOD.
LOVE RIA :-*


Thank you AL
Love RIA :-*

Good morning all!  What a great day to be thankful for.  We survived the big meals.  Now to get back to some normalcy with anticipation of the big family gatherings at Christmas.  

Now I am trying to decide about decorations.  The one place I would and should put a tree is Ali's spot to watch the birdies outside.  I know last year, I was constantly putting ornaments back on the tree.  I don't have many visitors to see the inside decorations but then, Jerry's son, DIL and grandson are coming from Italy to visit this year. Sooooo......

I will have to decide....

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"Laughing helps.  It's like jogging on the inside."

Iain: I have no idea what kind of chef Brother Al is. We ate in a resturant. There are photos of all of us in the photo area and you can see for yourself that we didn't eat at home. Thank you for the devotional Ian you always have good things to say that  touch my heart and bring prayerful thoughts to my mind.

Thank you all for the compliments on my new profile photo. I haven't changed much in less than a year since the other one was posted. If I have I don't see it.

Yes Pat I forgot to ask you last night about you visit to the dentist. What did you have done this time?

Be back later.

Good Morning everyone
I'm new here at Christian Photographers, but am very thankful that I found you.

I have been an active hobby photographer for about 15 years, and just love the art.  I'll get some pics up soon for you to critique!

Blessings to you all!

Kathryn  ;D

Hey Just Kate, good to see you posting. Come on in and tell us all about yourself and your family. Looking forward to seeing your photos.

I am Marilyn, I live in Northern California, 63 and love this place.

Hi everyone.  

Ria, I think your selection of the Oswald Chambers book is a fine one.  I learned of it from Jane some months ago and purchased it and have been reading the devotionals from "My Utmost for His Highest" on a daily basis since receiving the book.  I hope you get a lot out of his writings.  Some of it is very deep and some of it hits me right in the heart.

Marilyn, I like your new photo and I saw the pictures from the luncheon yesterday and could see you all were having a great time.

We had a nice family gathering yesterday and delicious food.  I took some pictures and when I get them worked up I will post a few of them.  We are very grateful for all of the many blessings God has bestowed upon our family.

We had a call last evening from our step-grandson and we hadn't heard from him for several months as we had no way of reaching him.  He will graduate from highschool in May and has already signed up with the National Guard and will go to 26 weeks of training at Fort Knox, KY starting at the end of June.  He has been in ROTC for a couple of years in highschool and really likes it.  I feel this will be a very good thing for him.  We found out where he is working, which is at a Waffle House a little north of us, so we are going to go there and have lunch and see him.  

Pat and Iain, your devotional messages were certainly meaningful today.  Thanks.

Jenny, couldn't you get a Hotmail or Yahoo e-mail account to use?  Also, believe you said you had signed up with AOL and I know they have e-mail as a part of their service.  I can't image not having e-mail.  ::)

Rachelle, you all will have something else to eat today since you saved your salad.  You must have had plenty of other things to eat if no one missed it.  My wife has done the same thing on occasion and almost did that yesterday with a dish she had heated in the microwave.

Hope everyone has a good day.

3.50 p.m..U.K.
Hi there Marilyn...blue suits you!.....the colour I mean, I already said how glamourous you look...God is good...surely He does renew that which the locust has eaten!  Wonderful!

Well I don't know how I got in to C.P. this afternoon. I seem to have two programs running for you at the moment.. I just went for a ride in the icy cold to blow the "web"  cobwebs away...brrr, it sure is cold out there! Anyway I was able to have a little chat to a nice neighbour of mine, Robin.  That broke the day up for me.  I didn't stay out there long.  My body just can't cope with it anymore.  Well "His blessings are New every morning", tomorrow always has good things in store. We must look forward..........

My Christmas Cactus is blooming.  It looks wonderful.  Very bright pink and seasonal.  Thank-you God!

I have been thinking of dear Sonya today and Melaura.  The Lord Bless them both in their necessity.

You all seem to be enjoying the Thanksgiving celebrations.  Christmas is our high spot over here.or it was, now however it follows close on Hindu Divali and the Moslem festival celebrating the giving of the Koran  to Mohammed.  Fireworks are still going off each night round here...Oh dear!  Lord Jesus we are Your "little flock".  Thank-you that it is "the Father's good pleasure to give us the kingdom"....We cannot have the Father without the Son..who reveals Himself to us...Wonderful Jesus!

I am going to feed my two cats now. Sunday dog is fast asleep on the settee.  Then time for a cuppa and drawing the curtains on the outside world...It's getting dark and something icy and wet is falling from the sky!

I tried to download some new drivers from microsoft but Nachi worm is in the way...Have to get somone to take it out!  It sure is slowing things down...P'raps that'sGod speaking to me!

Love you all... :-*
Jenny

That sweater is really purple, I don't know why it came out blue. must be the color setting on my computer for the photos. My hair always comes out looking darker than it is too. I think that is due to so much red pigment in my hair. It always looks so dark on film.

Gotta go to work shortly. Every body have a God blessed day. Talk again when I get home.

Ria...........

Why are you having trouble receiving "Our Daily Bread"?  RBC Ministeries mail them monthly.  If for some other reason you aren't getting it, let me know and I'll go to work on it with you.

As others have said, O. Chambers is not only excellent reading, and he's on target.

Marilyn..............

Hair looks good.  You look good, and the sweater IS purple.

Marilyn you look like a film star!
well done. :)

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Here is a favourite of mine,
The Shepherd's Farewell, from Berloiz' L'Enfance Du Christ.
It is altogether lovely  :)

It is just down the page a little.

http://www.polleng.freeserve.co.uk/midi.html

Oh, Chris!

I love that music!  I don't think I've ever heard it before!  

Thanks for that link.

Jenny, it's so good to see that you're still able to post here.  That sure makes me happy.  What are your plans to get rid of the virus from your computer?


Thanks so much, Iain.   I always get such a blessing from reading your posts.  What I do is copy and paste them to my folder I have on my computer simply entitled "Iain" and then when I have some quiet time to myself, I go back and read it more carefully.  I'm collecting quite a book!  I hope that you never stop.


Ria, I love that new book of yours.  I have one of his right here beside me as well.  I enjoy any of this man's writings.  

We had a great organist at the first church that I attended years ago, and he would play it at the prelude to the Christmas eve midnight service, I just fell in love with it.
It is so haunting.

I'm going to look for a CD with it on.  I have it playing here in the background.  I think it would be nice to have it in beautiful stereo.

Yes.. you should hear it sung by a choir!
Brilliant.

Look who's online at the present!  We welcome you all!

Pull up a chair, grab a cup and enjoy a cuppa with us.  The coffee is always freshly brewed and the tea can be made almost instantly!   ;D

Larry, if you click on the link that Chris put in for that lovely song, do you see the software that is noted at the top of the page?  is that something like what you have?



http://www.polleng.freeserve.co.uk/midi.html

I was wondering if any of you has had a scripture verse mean something very special to you today.

One has for me and I'd like to share it with you all...


Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.


Do you ever find that Satan is just so alive and well that you just can't pray?

I've found that today this scripture verse has meant so very much to me.


Do you have a verse that has spoken to your heart today?

Thank you Pat for the devotional.... Just abide in Him, wonderful thought!

I tried to post last night, but my computer acted up.  Hope tonight will be better.

God Bless


Ruthie :D

Thank you Iain for your devotional.... With today's complexities, our only hope is in Christ Jesus our Lord.   We have to bring everything to Him and leave it there.


God Bless


Ruthie

Pat I know how you feel....For two days I have had these words on my heart...

"Put Thou my tears into Thy bottle: are they not in Thy book? When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies turn back; this I know; for God is for me......

In God will I praise His word: in the Lord will I praise His word.  
                                                                                             Wilt Thou not deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?"

                                                 Psalm 56:8-10,13.

He does understand Pat...............
I love you sis.

Good night dear ones,
God Bless.
Jenny X

Hope you enjoy it here at CP



God Bless


Ruthie :D

Higher than the highest heavens,
Deeper than the deepest sea,
Lord, Thy love at last hath conquered:
Grant me now my supplication,
"None of self, and all of Thee!"




I guess I remember what an old lady once said to me, "The more you mention satan, the less you mention Jesus, never give him any room in your talk."

She was a wise one, and she is now with the Lord that she loved so greatly here on earth.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/b/obshands.htm

We must be aware, but never ever give him more room than he deserves, for he is completely beaten, he only attacks the minds of Believers, trying to get them into a self -searching, defeated frame of mind.
When we only have to realise that when we are weak, we are strong!!!
For that is when we cry out to Jesus our Lord, He is not called SAVIOUR for nothing!  lol.
2nd Cor ch 12 v 9-10.

Pat you are His Beloved, chin up lass  :) ;) :D

You too Jenny, and all of us who are a bit struggling.
Yes me too. lol
We are going to lift up our heads and look on our Beloved, our Warrior King, Triumphant evermore, seated at the right Hand of our Father in Glory, how can we lose?
He has given us the victory!
We reign in Him, rejoice always, and again I say rejoice, there is power in praise.  :D

Thank you Chris....It is true Satan would have us totally defeated and upset all the time.   Well to think he tried to do a number on our wonderful Lord Jesus and Jesus said "Get behind me satan!"  

Pat, Chris is right .... Let's just give any problems to Him and then REST IN HIM.     Praise God.


God Bless  


Ruthie :D

Thanks so much, Chris!  And Ruthie.

That's so true.  Jack used to say something similar to what that lady said, Chris.

Thinking about you too, Jenny, for sharing.

Lets all sing this together, there is victory here!
:)

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/d/w/dwbeulah.htm

Safe am I within the castle of God's Word retreating.
Nothing then can reach me—'tis Beulah Land.

I'm singing!  The only thing is I had to turn off the Shepherd's Farewell, Chris!   ;)

Hahaaaaaaaa  but it's only TEMPORARY  lass, as is feeling blue!!! Hahaaaaaaaa.
Ah  that hymn did my lungs good, I guess maybe we don't sing out LOUD often  enough.

Well I'm off to sleep on His breast, night all  love ya. :)

http://www.lillyofthevalleyva.com/music-forthosetearsidied.html

6:30 p.m. here.  I fell asleep watching TV.  Woke up by the phone.  So I came in here.  Not a lot going on in here.  Everyone must be sleeping.  Maybe I ought to phone you and wake you up!!!  

Chris..........

Thanks for the music.  I loved it and called Vivian in to listen.  The whole site is her kind of music so I saved it to Favorites.

Well I am staying on with fay until the first of the year. Thank you Jesus. I will be able to save up for when I have to go to the surgery.

Chris you always find such beautiful music. How much time to you spend looking for all those links.

Thanks everyone for the nice compliments  on my new photo. You are too kind. ;D ;D (I love every one of them) ;D ;D

Trust all my American CPers' had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Winter has arrived here in Ontario, Canada! Its quite cold out there., kind of a slushy type of rain/snow all day.
The Christmas parties have started for us....I went to the first one last night...and have two more next week.  I'm praying that my husband will feel well enough to go with me...its no fun going alone.

Loved that midi Chris... there sure is lots to chose from., so I did what Lee did....put it on favourites.

Love that photo of you Marilyn.....it does show like its blue., at least on my screen.  Purple would suit you too....its my favourite color.

I'm checking out of here early tonight.....I'm way behind in laundry., I hate that when it gets piled up.

Welcome to Kathryn.....come back often!... You'll soon be "hooked" like the rest of us!

Love to all..... Judy

Another of my favourite songs Chris, thank you.  For those tears I did is one I have enjoyed since high school.

IT's snowing!  It's snowing!  It's snowing.

WooHOo!!  Travis was completely unimpressed. :-\  I, on the other hand, am thrilled.  The first snow of the year.  YEA!!!  And Nards has no reason to complain, because he doesn't have to go to work tomorrow.  He just has to keep Travis and me warm.   ;D

I've enjoyed all the readings today.  Pat, I'm still thinking of a verse that really has meant a lot to me.  There have been so many, at different times.  Give me a little bit to think on it.

Back later!!!

Just a real quick note - have to go back and see the rest of Andre Rieu in Ireland.   ;D

Just a quick hello!  I hope all of you are doing well.  It appears that winter has actually come to WNC, and I'll have to keep the old fire burning to keep from using the electric heat too much tonight.

Good night to all!

We had a delightful Thanksgiving dinner with half of our family and marred only by the fact that oldest son was too ill to come and eat with us.  We spent the afternoon today watching grandson play in two back-to-back hockey games.  

Marilyn:  You look lovely in your latest picture.  

Sonja:  Swedish Medical Center in Denver is well equiped for your medical needs also.  I have a good friend recovering from treatment for the very same thing and she is doing great.  It is good that they are right on top of this for you.  Praying for you and the family.  

Pat Scott:  I hope everything went well for you at the dental school yesterday.  There must be an end to this for you.

For those of you who mentioned never having cooked a turkey, I find it so interesting.  It is just a little more than a chicken  :D  What could be easier?  And, so much leftovers and bones for good soup.  

Carol

Aaaahhhh.  That was just a short final to his concert.  We were watching it on PBS and of course it's "pledge week" so the breaks were long...  too long to suit me.  ;D

We had really thick fog this morning and it didn't totally lift until about mid afternoon, which is quite unusual.  Since then it's been raining heavily so we'll probably have a lake in the back yard again.  Oh well, at least it's not snow.  Yet.

Tomorrow Gene and I each have an hour of bell-ringing at the Salvation Army kettle down at our supermarket, as we've been doing for quite a few years.  We're hoping for nice weather, but we can at least stand under an overhang and we're mostly out of the wind.  We've had some years when we just about froze, in spite of all kinds of layers of clothing, and others when it was so mild we hardly wanted a winter coat, and then there were the times when the icy wind and snow blew right in at us.  But it's only for an hour each so whatever comes we'll be fine.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.   Each morning I wake up and Thank the Lord for my Blessings.

Marilyn you look beautiful.

Like so many others we to have had rain and more rain and now the ground is covered with SNOW.

I will move to the kitchen with a posting to help some of you use up your leftover chicken or turkey.

Ruth

Thanks Carol and Rachelle!   Glad your friend is doing better, Carol.  :)

I got back early.  Wooohooo...let's party! ;D

We had a great time with Mike's family.  They had 40 people for dinner.  :o  

Got to go.  I will be back tomorrow.
Lots of Love
Sonja

I think it is about time for hte shuford's to go to bed!

have a good night/morning/evening all.  I'll be in tomorrow!

:-*

It's so nice to see Sonja back and wanting to party!


We've opened a new topic for Saturday!

I hope it's filled before I get up in the morning!  In other words, I plan to sleep in tomorrow!



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