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Morning Devotional...
God's Solutions To Our Problems
Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life (Romans 6:22, NLT).
Dear friends:
Previous messages in this series have summarized the overwhelming evidence of the biblical roots of America and how God has been the source of our nation's blessings, which are absolutely unprecedented in all of history.
Then I explained some of the things that went wrong in the past 50 years, causing this nation to turn from God, making us vulnerable to His chastening, and even in danger of losing our country.
The question is obvious: How can our nation turn back to God?
The answer is not in the world, not in the government, nor in the media. It is simply in God's people -- the church -- who must repent, seek God's face, and meet God's conditions recorded in 2 Chronicles 7:14: "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land" (NLT).
If God's people do what God requires, He will take care of everything else, "forgive their sin and heal their land." It is a promise.
In a nutshell, we need a great spiritual revival in America. What is revival? It is not just scheduled annual meetings with a sign out in front of the church. Charles Finney, revered as the father of modern revival, called revival a "renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one's will to God in deep humility."
For revival, the first requirement is for God's people to "humble themselves." In my opinion, there is no other Christian discipline but fasting with prayer that fully meets the conditions of this marvelous promise from God.
By faith we humble ourselves, fast and pray for God's intervention and answers, and by faith we receive. Faith with fasting and prayer move the hand of God.
Another requirement of 2 Chronicles 7:14 is to "turn from their wicked ways." To turn means to repent. God's people must turn from, or repent of, living, thinking, speaking and acting like the world.
Yours for helping to fulfill the Great Commission
each year until our Lord returns,
Bill Bright
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Good Morning (it is still evening here, though)
thank you Janet, this is a great devotional. Finding the still, quiet place to really fast and pray. It seems in a busy lifestyle, fasting and prayer are hurried all too often. I think it is a discipline that is lost on the fast paced generation of today.
Repenting.....turning from our wicked ways....LORD help us....the church seems to sugar coat the wickedness.....right in the congregation....at times in the pulpit. Lord send a repentant spirit to take hold of this generation's christians.....We all need to fall on our faces to turn from wickedness.....our wickedness....eeek, hard to say about myself!.
In this month...this time of year when halloween brings out all the evil movies and such...it serves to remind us to do some serious praying for our world. Turn from the wickedness and embrace the Holy of Holies.
Thanks again, you gave me something to think about. I guess that was the idea, right?
Hey JOY!! You're the firstest! :thumbsup:
I just checked out your photos of your place. Really nice. I can only imagine what it must be to live there all the time rather than just on vacation or passing through to someplace else. God is so good ... all the time!
Janet~as Joy already commented: Great devotional for today. Thanks for keeping us on our toes --- er, I mean knees. :-\
I'll be back later ... Y'all have a great day in the Lord.
Good morning everyone. The third person to post. Someone has got up early or stayed up late :lol:
Thank you Janet for the devotional. It is easy to blame the moral decline in our society upon society, but someone once wrote that the moral state of a nation is only a reflection of the moral state of the church within the nation. I'm not sure if that is absolutely correct, but certainly the bible does say that 'Judgement begins in the house of God.' Thanks again for the devotional and the challenges that it is bringing.
I have the flu this morning, so I am sorry for the shortness of the message. I will come back later to read all of the posts.
Have a great day.
Anthony.
Hi everyone. I am once again reading and writing from the technical college while my daughter attends her math class. I don't mind driving her here but it means I have to miss out on most of my morning coffee time at the Cafe. We were there for about 30 minutes before we had to leave to get here.
We have another truly beautiful weather day. It is bright and cool and this sweatshirt feels very good this morning.
Nothing much on my schedule today. Janet, I had to chuckle when you mentioned that Pat and I had a busy schedule. We are both at a point in our lives, healthwise, where we have to pace ourselves and thus try to limit, if possible, our activities to one or two things a day. You are the one that has such a frentic schedule.
We also had a wonderful church service on Sunday (don't think I wrote about this yesterday--if I did just mark it off to a senior moment!) The young children, basically 3 through elementary school age, did everything in the service except preach. Our minister then preached a sermon related to Jesus telling his disciples to let the little children come unto him. This was a combined service so our church was full. Following that we had a church-wide picnic that was held in our fellowship hall and there was a very large turnout. It was also nice that we were able to get home around 1 pm for a change. This was the third week in a row I had had a meal at the church following the Sunday worship service. We enjoyed the fellowship and the food was good.
Ruth Ann, your weight loss has been very good. I think Papa John and I have in common regaining some weight we had lost previously. Guess I just like to eat too much.
This computer doesn't facilitate referring to previous postings so will not try to make very many individual comments today.
Hope everyone has a good day.
Quote from: Rainbow on October 18, 2005, 05:55:54 AM
Thank you Janet for the devotional. It is easy to blame to moral decline in our society upon society, but someone once wrote that the moral state of a nation is only a reflection of the moral state of the church within the nation. I'm not sure if that is absolutely correct, but certainly the bible does say that 'Judgement begins in the house of God.' Thanks again for the devotional and the challenges that it is bringing.
A very interesting point, and one that I wholeheartedly agree with. In this area, our churches are so steeped in tradition and ritual, sometimes I think they have forgotten they are supposed to hvae a relationship. Now, please hear my heart, tradition and ritual aren't necessarily a bad thing, but when you do them
just because that's the way great-grandmommy did them, and Jesus is nowhere in the equation, things start to break down. We start feeling that we are "okay" because we have gone to church for so long.
If everyone who claims to be a Christian had an "alive" relationship with Christ in front of the world, I think opinions of us would be alot different.
We didn't get to go to VA/KY because of transmission problems, so we are taking little day vacations this week. Yesterday it was a little zoo near here and putt-putt, and today it is Pigeon Forge and Cades Cove for sightseeing and shopping (and putt putt). Travis likes miniature golf almost as much as he likes real golf. :)
Gotta go finish clearing off some memory sticks. Back tonight, maybe.
Good Morning. Janet I will have to agree with those who have previously written that you have posted a devotional that really hits us between the eyes. I think I have been confessing this nations sins for the last 5 years and asking God to heal our land. Thank you Jesus for people like Janet who signs petitions and for websites like American Family Association for sending out those petitions. I too sign petitions.
This afternoon when I go to Versal's place it will be doing the house cleaning, it doesn't take long and is not hard her place is as small as mine. Tomorrow I am taking her to town to buy a dress for her Grandson's wedding and gifts for her twin great grands birthday.
Yesterday she blessed me with a $20. gift. God is so good. The ladies at WM's blessed me with a bag full of food, and I put back all that I did not need, they gave me way too much and I didn't want to take more than I need.
Sorry to hear that you are fluish today Anthony I am praying for you right now.
Larry have you heard anything yet about your daughter getting her drivers liscense back?
Joy It is so good to see you posting here last night. I will go to the gallery and see you photos as soon as I get this posted. I still pray for Bry too.
Pat I forgot to mention your photo I am happy that you changed it and put one of the real you insted of the kitty.
I woke up in the early morning hours with a headach, I haven't had a bad one like this is sometime, I got up about 5:30 and took a pain pill and turned on the heat to warm the house. I pray that it will go away before I go to work I do not like to take more than one of the pain pills during the day when I have to work and drive my car. Sometimes they make me feel slightly slow.
Be back Later going to the gallery now.
Just popped in to reply to some of the messages from last night and this morning.
Marilyn, it's good to hear you had some sleep last night eventually. It's strange to hear about warm weather as our cold winter seems to be knocking at the door now, but generally speaking we are doing well considering it is October.
I just you have been praying for me. Thanks for that. I am feeling much better at the moment. I will be praying for your headache as soon as I finish here.
Larry, I'm glad you can get a cleaner to help you out a little. It is surprising just how much work needs to be done in a house isn't it? Larry I am presently with a mechanic who is absolutely excellent. I have never known anyone who is so conscientious. It makes such a difference.
Pat, I've never seen a Racoon. It must have been a bit frightening to hear a crash like that. When we hear a crash, we know it's only the neighbours throwing things at each other (and that's no joke either). I hope you get some better nights sleep as the week goes by.
Janet, sorry to hear you are not feeling well, but it is a delight to read of your possitive attitude. It's good to hear about the good preaching you have been listening to from Dr Wang too. I trust all goes smoothly during the coming appointment. It was interesting to hear about your Spanish learning. I would like to learn Spanish too and it is very similar to Italian I believe.
Etta Sue, mincemeat pie is a bit too rich for me, but if I have a small amount of it I love it. It seems like many of us aren't getting much sleep lately. Perhaps we ought to make it a matter of serious prayer. I'm glad you enjoyed the services though.
JudyB it's good to see you posting. I don't know who Kassie is, but sounds like your daughter. I hope she gets better speedily.
Ruth Ann, it's good to hear about the weight loss. I think it's more than a matter of what we look like. The heart has a lot of pressure as the weight goes up. I hope you continue with it.
Papa John, I am sorry about the lack of sleep, it really seems a bit of a problem with many on the forum. At least when we can't sleep we can use the time to contemplate the goodness of God.
Joy, I haven't met you before. God bless you and thank you for being a praying person. It is so important to pray at all times and in all circumstances.
Sue, not another bad night's sleep :o I hope it's not down to mincemeat pie. I hope you get a better night tonight.
Hi Jane, it's good to see you posting.
Karmat, I'm sorry to hear about your car playing you up. Hope you can get it sorted out soon. It is an interesting thought about the relation between the church's spiritual condition and the nation's. I wonder what other people think? Good to see you posting though.
See y'all later.
Anthony.
Thank you, Janet, for the devotional. It's sometimes helpful to realize that the passage in 2 Chron. is addressed to Israel, not any modern nation. Today's Israel is the Church, so the message is addressed specifically to those of us in our Lord's Church, and the message calls for repentance, humbling of ourselves, etc. The promise, then, is that if we will do those things then God will bless. It's a call for the Church of our day to repent! God grant it.
Al, just missed you posting. Great thoughts and thanks for the encouragement. It is easy to forget that there is a promise of blessing after humbling and repentance. We can look negatively at these things some times. Thanks for the thoughts.
Anthony.
Yes, Al, I agree.........it says "if MY people..." and His people are the church. And I have been reading in Jeremiah lately; and the similarities between ancient Israel and today's church are striking. I hope all of you will express your opinions as well.
Anthony, sorry you aren't feeling so chipper today. Get better quick!
I slept better last night, so am feeling better today. We took Beth with us to exercise, but Kristi says she doesn't know how much help she can give her, as the message doesn't seem to get from Beth's brain to her legs/feet. She turns one foot in really badly, stretching the ankle muscles, tendons, etc. But she can help her regain some upper body strength anyway.
It is that time of year again~~~time for flu shots. So we are going to get ours today.
I have more to say, but Darrel wants to go soon, and I need to change out of my exercise clothes before I go anywhere, so..........I shall return! :)
Last Thursday night at the Mary Kay make over I was asked which of my relationships was the most important to me, My answer " my relationship with Jesus Christ" the reply to that was "I like that answer." I didn't even have to think twice or have any other relationship in my mind.
That said. Not everyone in church is a "Real" christian. They may call themselves Christian but the things of the world are more important to them than their relationship with Jesus Christ. God just doesn't come first for them. As I sort through the stuff to downsize, I come across things that used to mean much to me now they have no meaning at all so those things are being given away. Possessions were idols for me at one time, not any more.
If more of God's children would humble themselves and confess the sins of their respective nations, they would be surprised at the amount of sins they can actually name. I think even our condoning of certain things our society is a sin on our part. Do you look the other way? I do at times.
We may not be able to actually "DO" anything about those things, but we can sure use our computers to write letters to our congressmen, senators and even the president, we can sign petitions and use that way to take action against the sins of our nations.
OK I will get off my soapbox here.
Good morning, friends,
Imagine! I'm here in the daytime!
The test was over quickly and she has prescribed a medication that will help the valve between stomach and esophagus to close better. Yet another Rx to fill. At least this one wasn't too expensive.
I'm sleepy, so will rest awhile. Maybre more later.
Ruth Ann
Quote from: Joy on October 18, 2005, 12:23:19 AM
Repenting.....turning from our wicked ways....LORD help us....the church seems to sugar coat the wickedness.....right in the congregation....at times in the pulpit. Lord send a repentant spirit to take hold of this generation's christians.....We all need to fall on our faces to turn from wickedness.....our wickedness....eeek, hard to say about myself!.
Joy, this is so true! Repentance seems to have been forgotten in so many churches today and in so many Christian's lives. We MUST repent of our sins to truly be born again. Oh that we might all recognize this fact.
Quote from: Rainbow on October 18, 2005, 05:55:54 AM
Good morning everyone. The third person to post. Someone has
I have the flu this morning, so I am sorry for the shortness of the message. I will come back later to read all of the posts.
Have a great day.
Anthony.
Oh, Anthony, I'm so sorry! I had a bout of it a couple of weeks ago and it just didn't seem to want to leave me!
Get well quickly my friend.
Anthony, sorry to here you have the flu, I hope you get well quickly.
Well, I have a ton to get done today so I must be off, but I will come back later if I get a chance. Have a great day everyone.
God Bless,
Teresa Dawn
Hello to the rest of you today. It's already after noon and my lunch is in the microwave warming up (at least it won't burn in there! :uglystupid: ) I have to go to the bank as well and pay my Avon bill. Hope I have enough in the account to do that. C:-)
I'll be back. I also want to get into our Gallery and see anything new that's been posted and put my comments in.
I think that it's encouraging to see comments under the photos. You all know that I'm sure.
Talk to you later!
Teresa Dawn, you posted while I was composing!
How are you today? Can you post a link to that other forum where you and Smokey the Dog are members? I lost my link.
Also, Teresa Dawn, did you know that Anthony is in England? I forget what part of England you came from originally.
Such wonderful words in this old hymn...
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Colossians 1:13
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Author: William T. Sleeper, 1819-1904
Musician: George C. Stebbings, 1846-1945
Out of my bondage, sorrow, and night,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of my sickness, into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of earth's sorrows into Thy balm,
Out of life's storms and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of unrest and arrogant pride,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy blessed will to abide,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of myself to dwell in Thy love,
Out of despair into raptures above,
Upward for aye on wings like a dove,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy throne,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
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Not much going on today here. Bright and sunny but a little chilly. My furnace likes that. The electric likes that. I like that!!
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Photo found in our CP Gallery today...
When others seek bread for life,
seek the bread of life
by Hal
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(Click on the image and please leave a comment in Hal's gallery.)
Here's a topic in our forums that maybe you've missed? It's really good.
CLICK HERE (http://tinyurl.com/7c239)
Quote from: Rainbow on October 18, 2005, 10:36:55 AM
Joy, I haven't met you before. God bless you and thank you for being a praying person. It is so important to pray at all times and in all circumstances.
Hi Jane, it's good to see you posting.
Hey Anthony! I have to brag a bit here -- Joy is my daughter. (Also, she is Bryan's mother, if you have read any of the posts regarding him and his experience in Iraq, and beyond, with the US Army) She and her husband John live in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. She and her sister Dot and I had a really nice vacation/reunion trip this past July. I am most appreciative of "my girls"
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Would you like to do a crossword on David?
David the Shepherd Boy and King of Israel (http://crosswords.christiansunite.com/David.shtml)
Jane, thanks for introducing me to your daughter and I do remember the posts regarding Joy's son Bryan. What a terrible place Iraq seems to be. I can't even imagine the trials the soldiers must be going through.
I have seen a photograph, I think, of you with your daughters, but I can't remember where I saw it now. Will go back to the relevant thread and see if I can find it. I thought it was you with your sisters at first, until I read to post underneath :cool:
God bless you all anyway.
Anthony.
I'm back for a little while. We got our flu shots, ate at the Sr. Center, went to sign some papers, picked up prescriptions, etc, etc. Then I came home and got Beth and took her for her flu shot. The girl told me to just bring her paper and insurance card in and she would come out to the car and give the shot. That saved me loading and unloading the wheelchair; and I really appreciated it.
Pretty soon I will go to Pat's and put her color on her hair and she will give me a haircut! Love these deals! :)
Now I have a question to pose for you, and I would appreciate your opinions.
When we were on our way home from S. Dakota, we had arrived in North Platte, Nebraska and ate supper at Applebees. We were nearly the last ones seated, thus the last ones to come out of the restaurant. When we stepped outdoors, there was a young woman, probably in her mid-20s, sitting on a bench strumming a guitar and singing. She had a bag at her feet, no shoes, no jacket (it was chilly) and seemed oblivious to all around her. Before I could pray and ask what to do, we were boarding the bus to leave. As we left, someone from the restaurant came out, said something to her, and she picked up her guitar and bag and went inside. The comments I heard from fellow travelers were like this: She's stoned! She's strung out! She's crazy! What does she think she is, a hippie?
My instinct was to go over, put an arm around her and ask if she needed something, but there was no time. I know the people I was with would not have understood my actions (some of them, anyway) but that was my instinct to do.
What do you think? As Christians, how should we respond to such a person? It has been weeks ago now, and I'm still pondering the situation.
See you later!
Janet, it's a realy toughy Janet. In the city where I live it wouldn't be safe to go to someone and ask them anything. There are so many young men and women who have ulterior motives when looking as though they need help. I can think of an incident a few weeks ago when one of the men was asked for money. The police noticed and told my friend about the young woman - they knew her well. I think though, that you cannot tar all people with the same brush. It will be interesting to see what the others have to say.
Anthony.
Thanks, Anthony. ;) (The photos are in the gallery)
Janet~I would have the same instinct as you. It is truly a shame, as Anthony says, to have to "be careful" of people who appear to be in dire straits. Probably I would have offered to buy her a meal at that restaurant -- at least she would be inside where it would be warmer. The people in the restaurant seemed to have that impression. (Or was she just a "plant" and since the place was closing they had her come inside? hmmmm) One needs to always be aware of the leading of Holy Spirit and allow Jesus to move through us.
:thumbsup: I am sorry that I have not been around much & yes ETTA I know I owe you E MAIL ( lots ) so I am sorry that I have been very busy with all sorts of things.
But I am here to share some good news with you & that is that we will be closing in on our OLD HOUSE sometime next week so I am asking that you keep it all in prayer !!
Well a good friend sent me this web site so take a look this & I really think that you will like it too !!
I'll be back later to share with you when we do close so take care everyone & I send you all lots of love & prayers too !!
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/enter.cfm (http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/enter.cfm) :thumbsup:
I keep getting an error when I try to post saying that I have allready posted this message so I can't post it again, even though the message doesn't show up and then I loose what I have typed. Anyone know what the problem is? :-\ It only comes when I use quick reply.Quote from: Pat on October 18, 2005, 12:42:54 PM
Teresa Dawn, you posted while I was composing!
How are you today? Can you post a link to that other forum where you and Smokey the Dog are members? I lost my link.
Also, Teresa Dawn, did you know that Anthony is in England? I forget what part of England you came from originally.
I am doing well, just finished cleaning the bathrooms and having a nice relaxing bath :) In a minute I am going to go next door to have a pizza dinner with my nana ;) (I like vegetarian pizza best).
I did find out yesterday that Anthony is in England :) That is really neat. I am not actually from England but I have been there and my family is from there. And they are scattered, but mostly they were from London and have sort of spread out now. I had family in Aylesbury until a couple of months ago when they moved to Canada (July) and also I have a lot of family in Surrey. I have family in Wales as well, in Abergavenny.
Here is the link to the forum that Smokey and I are a part of, Christian's Corner.
http://www.christianscorner.com/fellowship/
They were having a bit of problems the other day with getting into the board and posting, but I think it is all fixed up now, or at least I am not having any problems, but I am unsure if it was everyone or just a few ppl having problems as I wasn't online on that board when Ash sent me the email about the problems lol.
Anthony, I sent you a PM in response to yours last night, but that silly error message came up again so I am unsure if you received it or not :( If you didn't get it please let me know so I can retype it. If you did: Great! lol
Oh and TBear, you posted while I was posting, so just wanted to say hi :) Haven't talked to you for a bit, great to see you again :) Hope you are keeping well!
Anyways, I've gotta go next door now, so I will talk to you all later.
God Bless,
Teresa Dawn
Anthony, I didn't sleep all that well last night, but I didn't have to work today, so was able to rest in between getting some chores done.
Janet, I'm not sure what I would have done, as many around here who look like they might need something have more than I do.
I did have a productive day overall, I was able to get a few cleaning chores accomplished, got a few resumes sent out. I have made my shopping list for tomorrow after work, and have done a little on the computer too. This evening, I think I will try to get the laundry finished up and get some crocheting done.
Night everyone
Again I have been busy since I got home from work. I brought home Versal's laundry and have done that. I got outside and cut down some dead vines that were hanging over my side fence and cut down some other plants that were so tall they were falling over, they will grow back next season. Then I peeled some apples and made an Apple Pie.
I copied a recipe for the pie crust from a cook book at Fay's that said it was "Easy Pie Dough." I can't believe that I actually was able to roll it out pretty round and that I didn't have to patch it. it stayed together. I am learning all it takes is practice.
I sure did work up a sweat. So now I am headed for the shower before I fix my supper. Well I guess I'd better wait until the pie is done, it only has about 20 minutes left.
Great to see all y-all folks here today.
TYL
Janet - I certainly would have felt just as you did. The one problem we often run into with people like that, though, is that as soon as you speak to them they immediately sense that they can get something from you. But I really think we just have to trust the Lord and show them His love anyway. After all, hopefully at least, we do it as unto Him - and I know He appreciates it!
Janet, what a great question and discussion topic.
Here in Guelph, I'd feel like doing what you felt like but in downtown Toronto, I'd not be able to do the same thing. It's just a different kind of city. Of course in the smaller centres, I wouldn't hesitate to try to help out. I'm leary of offering money though if I can offer a meal so that the money isn't spent on drugs or whatever.
I'm sure that if we were trying to help as Christians, the Lord Jesus would take care of us.
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Words and music by Alfred B. Smith and John Peterson
"I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys."
Solomon 2:1
There's a Beautiful Rose ever blooming,
In the Garden of God's Love for me;
It has filled all the world with it's fragrance,
It will last for eternity.
Chorus
Rose of Sharon now blooming I see,
Blessed Jesus, who died on the tree;
With my whole heart I sing "Hallelujah!"
Rose of Sharon, so precious to me.
Precious Savior, I'll always adore Thee,
For with Thee no one else can compare;
By Thy Love so divine, I'm enraptured,
Thou are fairer than all of the fair.
Chorus
Rose of Sharon now blooming I see,
Blessed Jesus, who died on the tree;
With my whole heart I sing "Hallelujah!"
Rose of Sharon, so precious to me.
Are you lost in your sins ~ tired of living?
Is your heart filled with bitterness, too?
Come to Jesus, the sweet Rose of Sharon,
He has the power to make you anew.
Chorus
Rose of Sharon now blooming I see,
Blessed Jesus, who died on the tree;
With my whole heart I sing "Hallelujah!"
Rose of Sharon, so precious to me.
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I had never in my life given money to someone standing with a sign asking for help. But a couple of weeks ago as soon as I saw the man I pulled over and gave him $5. It must have been God because I certainly didn't want to give him the $5. and that is the smallest I had.
I have been blessed so many times I really want to bless them but something always stops me. That's why I think it was a God thing.
Oh I did give someone so change to use the public phone.
TTYL
I know the bible teaches us to give to the poor, but I must say I struggle at times when I see the poor sitting on the side of street spending any money they have on drugs, alchohal and cigarettes. I like to give money, but I do it through organizations who help the needy in other countries where they don't have job opportunites and they aren't on drugs. Although I am pretty sure the bible doesn't say to be selective in the poor we help. It is upon us to give, and not to judge. Although, I usually do not keep cash anyway, and use my interact lol. There are not a lot of homeless in my neighbourhood, but if I go to downtown Vancouver in the evening there are many many there.
Yes, I find too that the interact really leaves ME penniless in my purse. So often there are cadets, etc. at the doors of the supermarkets and I just don't have the cash to donate to them so I try to get something when I pay for my groceries so that they'll get something on my way out. LOL
Hi there, I agree that we are not supposed to be selective in giving, but sometimes it just don't feel right to give money to some of them. I sometimes buy them food and somehow that feels better, because then they don't have money to spend on drugs and alcohol.
Good discussion today!
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