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  October 25 - Get Rid of the Frogs

"When shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses?"
(Exodus 8:9)

Have you ever wrestled with one of those problems that stubbornly refuses to go away? It seems to be immune to all solutions. You swat at the thing in every conceivable way, but instead of being eliminated, it expands and multiplies until it's wildly out of control.

An Egyptian pharaoh faced just that kind of problem, the Bible tells us, thousands of years ago. He was in a hot dispute with God over the future of the Israelites, and as a result of that dispute, he woke up one morning to find his country swarming with frogs. Slimy, smelly, hopping-all-over-the-place frogs.

It was a serious problem. I'm not talking about a frog or two in the front yard. I mean frogs were everywhere--in their beds, on their tables. Big old frogs in the ovens. Little bitty frogs in the bread dough and the drinking water. Frogs. Frogs in your hair. Frogs in places you wouldn't even want to think about!

Then God made a move. He sent His man Moses in to Pharaoh to ask, "When shall I entreat the Lord to get these frogs out of here?"

Do you know what Pharaoh said?

"Tomorrow." Can you imagine that? He could have said, "Right now! Today!" But instead he decided he'd spend one more night among the frogs.

You say, "That's the stupidest thing I ever heard. Why in the world would he do it tomorrow?" I don't know. Probably for the same reason you want to wait until tomorrow to get saved or healed or prosperous.

Here's what I want you to notice. When Moses asked Pharaoh that question and he answered, "Tomorrow," Moses said, "All right. So that you know there's a God in heaven, BE IT DONE UNTO YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR WORDS."

Let me ask you this: How long are you willing to let that persisting problem harass you? When are you going to get rid of the frogs in your life? Do you realize they'll stay around as long as you'll let them? They'll be there until you finally make a quality decision to go with the Word of God and get them out.

Why don't you do it today?

Scripture Study: Exodus 8:1-13 

WoW...here in Texas it's 10:30pm and it's already a new day in England!  Well, since you all were praying for me, I just wanted to share with you all that I got a letter in the mail today - the Unemployment benefits that I'd been denied and was contesting - I won the appeal.  The other party still has 14 days to refute it, but I believe it will stand.  I have a photo shoot in the morning EARLY - 7am!  So I'd better hit the hay!...Have a great day! Shalom.

Oh...and great devo, Janet!...I also wanted to share with you that the Lord was gracious to me and I won several ribbons at the local Yamboree for my photos!  Shalom.

It's Zeebers' birthday today!

Let's all wish her a Happy Birthday and let her know we miss her!

Thanks for the devotional, Janet.  I have spent the past few days dealing with my own computer frog.  It crashed!  I had to use the original system disks, do a complete restore of the system, all the updates, reloading, etc., then do the XP SP2 again.  Then figure out all the things that I had changed from the factory version, load new programs, etc.  Finally have it working okay, except this print seems small on my message.  Is there a way to enlarge it here.....have the text enlarged on my machine???

It is 11:30 in the evening and this has been a busy day, with the Sears Stove getting a yearly check, cats, bird, dinner for the kids, etc.  So am totally out of the loop, as have not read all the posts for the past while.  See some new pictures, very nice Pat, Etta Sue, etc. 

Amanda and I went to Victoria on Sat. to see the Eqyptian Exhibit at the museum.  Only they had such a large crowd of people coming that we could not get tickets at the door....along with a zillion other folks, some who were not terribley gracious.  It is ending this week, so bought a DVD telling about the film that was on at the IMAX....have not viewed it as yet.  Sort of a strange thing....you mentioning Eqypt in the devotional.

Misty lost her collar today....so will have to go shop for a new one, including another budgie bell.  Cat bells are so small, we want to be able to hear her outside....also helps protect the birds. 

This print is really hard on my eyes.  Do let me know what to do about enlarging it on this site.  Seems to me I knew that before and it has gone the way of much of my data.

Here is a little smile, see there is a new spot for such, will put it here anyway. 

Once when the power went off at the elementary school, the cook couldn't serve a hot meal in the cafeteria.  She had to feed the children something, so at the last minute she whipped up great stacks of peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches.

As one little boy filled his plate, he said, "It's about time.  At last...a home cooked meal!"


Don't suppose my absence was noticed, but I'm back anyway!



Pleasant dreams and God Bless.

Liz

Strangest thing.  The text is a nice size on my message.....real small while I am printing it before posting.  Help, Nards, Larry, anyone.  This is something new......

Good morning from sunny England...skies are pink.  Does that mean half a shepherd's warning I wonder 

Janet.  Perfect...thank-you so much.

                             C.P. Type

What is happening on C.P.  2 days ago I wrote Pat that the print was lovely and big.  Now it is tiny again.  I can't read it ver well either...very tiring on the eyes.

Hi Pinkie.  So glad you got work to do.  I thank God re the unemployment decision.  He will hold it for you....it's in His victorious right hand.

Liz. Hello. I can just read your message.

Carol and Les are on the plane now bound for the French/Swiss border, for 2 weeks with their son and his wife. She is in touch with a local church over there re attending service on Sunday.  It is English Speaking.  This week they have an English Pastor visiting.

God bless all of you.
have a wonderful day.

Jenny.

                                      GOEDEMORGEN

              RIA IS BACK I HOPE YOU ALL ARE A LITTLE BIT HAPPY

JANET thank you for the great devotional very good

I have a long time not been have had such a troubles with my eyes have now been to the hospital i have cataract but the specialist say no operation in this time but he say i have told that my eyes always are so watery and painly he say yes you have chronic retinitus there i have
now eyedrops for. I must put each day 3x 2 drops in each eye and then close my eyes 5 minutes. And now my eyes are no more so watery my seeing is also a little bit better.

I also have been very depressed have get medicines from the doctor must take two
one tablet in the morning and one for the night.
But i take only for the night when i take in the morning then i am the hole day sleepy and that i don't like.
i don't no or you that ever have had i have sometimes ask God where are and He was so far away. But now i can say  The Lord is my Shepherd and God loves me.

I have sorrows about my father he is again fallen on his broken hip now his hip is bruised
On this moment he may not have therapie. He can not walk on this moment.
He is also depressed.
We are afraid that he never can go back to his own home. It is so sad.
And he don't like it there.

I have a lot work now every day i am going to him i am doing his wash must sometimes to his home a little bit do. So i don't no or i can come every day but i come so often as i can.

I have seen there is now also a new Forum  "A Time to Smile" but i say also this forum the new every morning is now a forum where you sometimes can smile my lovely English can making you smile 

Psalm 91:14-15
"Because He loves me," says the Lord,
"I will rescue Him; I will be with him in
trouble, I will deliver Him and honor Him.



                                             RENEW MY HOPE

                                    Your presence gladdens my heart, Lord;
                                         Your promises renew my hope,
                                  Never have You delayed Your deliverance
                                      beyond the right time, the best time,
                                               to display Your power.

Love you all
Ria



                                 


                                     

 



Thank you! Thank You ! and Thank you again!  I wish that I could tell all that has been happening in my life. Some of it not so good but most of it WONDERFUL with the
exception of my weary PC.....Thanks so much Pat for remembering my birthday!
God has been so good to me. I was blessed to be able to attend the Women Of
Faith conference in St Paul MN this past weekend and believe me, if any of you ladies
have ever attended, you know what I mean!

I had no idea that my spirit and my soul were so thirsty for MORE of our Lord!
You go along believing that you have it halfway together and there you have it WHAM!
right in the kisser, where God tells you to draw closer to Him and He makes it evident
that you have been running on fumes.

Imagine 18,000 women ( brothers you can imagine this too!) all lifting holy hands and
sharing and laughing and praying and praising and laying our lives open before our Lord!
The theme for this year is Irrepressable Hope!  Marilyn Meberg, Thelma Wells, Patsy Clairmont,
Luci Swindoll and Sheila Walsh delivered such funny, wonderful, powerful and personal messages. The praise team along with Babbie Mason were wondeful to the ear and I came back after two days, with a new sense of where God wants me to be and what He wants
me to keep my mind on and how its gonna all work out, no matter what it looks like!

GOD IS IN CONTROL!  What an awesome realization! We cannot carry it all! I have been refreshed, rekindled, renewed, reassured, and re-focused! If I could bottle the essence of the conference and share it with you all, I surely would. As it stands, I can only share how my heart has been filled and filled again with new energy and hope that cannot be pressed or pushed down!  Can you tell that I enjoyed myself? LOL

Thanks again for the birthday wishes!  I am trying to figure out my computer. It is old and
someone is coming this weekend to try and give IT a refreshment or two!

Love In Christ, Zee

Janet - the devotional this morning brought me back to a conversation I had with a co-worker just yesterday. A much faster, better way to do things (and even cheaper, too!) has been set up for him, and he has put it off and put it off. However, the old way stopped working for him yesterday, so today he will be moving to the new system. That's been a "frog" in his life for almost a year and a half that he didn't have to try to live with.

What a wondrous blessing to see Liz, Pinkie, and Ria join us this morning.

Each of you was really missed.

Ria, I have had cataract surgery on both my eyes, so I understand how dim the print can get, etc. Thank goodness you've found medications to help your eyes and the bad feelings you've endured. It is truly wonderful how modern medications can help us find a level again. Best wishes for your father's situation.

Pinky, I once contested and won an unemployment situation. In my instance, even though I typed 130 wpm, took shorthand at 300 wpm, and handled all other office machines in a professional manner, this small firm CEO said I did not have the skills to be his secretary. The secretary preceding me and the one after me later charged him for sexual harrassment. I think he didn't like me because I am overweight.

Liz, you have really been missed. Thanks for such a lovely post.

Zeebers, I hope your birthday is wonderful. I would love to attend just such a conference. My soul feels weary right now. In fact, I'm taking a 2 day vacation to be with my children the first part of next week. And, my fond dream is that when all go to their respective places of work and school on Monday, I can just sit alone in their quiet home and soak in the peace and quiet.

Larry, I'm praying for you.

Y'all have a good day.

Ruth Ann

I, too, note the change in type size. However, I've had so many problems with my eyes through the last 10 years that I've learned to go into the VIEW section of my menu and choose the LARGEST text setting if I have problems at a particular site.

Then, if I need to readjust my VIEW later on, I can do so without problems. To me, it's wonderful the programmers built in such nice features to make our lives flow so much easier.

Hope this little tip helps.

Ruth Ann

good morning all... just stoping by with not much time... we won our academic bowl yesterday and are sitting first in our district... anyways i'll ttyl gotta get to school
Sarah

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It's so good to see you, both.


Text Size:
Actually, there's been no change in the text size except for when I uploaded the wrong file and it was there for only 24 hours and it was a little larger.  What's showing now is what was showing before the other night when I was uploading that "Watch This Space" graphic.

then the "wrong file" was super....

Welcome Gwen!!!

Hello to Ria and Zeebers

Soni:  The hairdo is darling

Janet:  I will tell Don that you sent him a hug.  I am a great admirer of how you handle your life and give great testimonies.  

Etta Sue:  Loved your rose hello with sparkling diamonds.  

Pat:  Great that you finally got to your super concert.  

Jenny:  So good to hear that you sister is coming for a visit.  Ten years is too long!

Pinkie:  Super Duper!  So glad that you have your unemployment benefits.  

Just for everyone's information - the movie "The Four Chaplains" sacrifice at sea is going to be on the Hallmark channel - Wednesday, November 10th.  I read the book and it is an astouding true story - I marked my calendar and will try to remind everyone just before it is on.  

Don is fixing breakfast this morning - such a nice treat now that he has retired.  I must clean the kitchen florr and will do this in small steps just like Jane stacked her wood    Getting out the scrub brush and so forth, this is not my favorite thing to do.  

Carol

Quote from: Jenny on October 26, 2004, 09:46:41 AM


then the "wrong file" was super....

I'm so sorry, Jenny.  ;o(

Have you gone on your browser (MSIE) up to View/Text Size and enlarge your font?  I have mine at Medium.

Good Morning to one and all. Janet what a wonderful devotional this morning. How often do we put off until tomooorw getting those frogs out of our lives.

Ria  So good to see you posting this morning.


Liz sorry you missed seeing the exhibit, that is somethign  would love to see in person, I have seen it on National Geographic but it just isn't the same.

Pat I am still working on getting those plugins into the right place so that  ALL of them will work. I am working with my moderator But I am almost 2 weeks behind in my lessons.

Welcome to
Christian Photographers Gwen

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Good morning from beautiful Ontario Canada

Janet great devotional.

Pat I like your new you.

Ria:  Hang in there with all of your problems. Take care of your eyes and say hello to your dad.

So many others to say hello to as well. But now I must head out the door to do some errands.

Ruth

WAAAHHH!!!  I lost my whole, lovely, long post!!

RIA!!  It's wonderful to have you back here on CP!!  I have missed you!  But I know things have been tough for you, with your dad's problems and your eyes bothering you.  Glad you got medicine for your eyes, that should make your life easier.  (((hugs)))

Liz, too bad you couldn't see the exhibit.  I surely would enjoy seeing that, too.  And YES WE DID miss you.  But I understand that we all have lives, and sometimes things just get complicated.  Good to have you back!  I usually use the BOLD feature to make my posts easier for others to read, maybe that would help.

Ruth Ann, I so enjoyed our conversation last night!  You sound as lovely and gracious on the phone as you do in print!    I hope you have a wonderful little break away from work, and just MARINATE in the love of God.  (((hugs)))

I have a baby on my lap, think I'd better post this before I lose it, too!  She is getting grabby!  Back later.............

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Oops...forgot to give a welcome back to Ria!     

Alright, folks!

You can mark your own quiz...  Here are the answers:

The Apostle Paul

Question 1.) The Apostle Paul was born in what city?

     Tarsus
     

      See: Acts 21:39


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Question 2.) Paul was a citizen of:

      Rome
       

      See: Acts 21:39


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Question 3.) Paul (Saul) was present for the stoning of what early disciple of Christ?

     Stephen
   

      See: Acts 7:58


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Question 4.) What road was Paul traveling on when Jesus appeared to him?

       The Damascus Road.

      See: Acts 9:3-5


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Question 5.) What happened to Paul after Jesus finished speaking to him?

      He was completely blind
     

      See: Acts 9:8-9


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Question 6.) Paul was sent to preach to:

       The Gentiles
       

      See: Acts 13:46


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Question 7.) Who did the people at Lystra think Paul and Barnabas were?

     Jupiter and Mercurius.

      See: Acts 14:11-12


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Question 8.) Why were Paul and Silas thrown in a Philippian prison?

     For casting out an evil spirit.

      See: Acts 16:16-23


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Question 9.) In what city did Paul speak on the Areopagus, or "Mars Hill"?

       Athens
       

      See: Acts 17:16,19


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Question 10.) Who fell out of a window when Paul was preaching?

       Eutychus.

      See: Acts 20:9


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Question 11.) On what island was Paul shipwrecked on his voyage to Rome?

      Malta.

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I finally got the little one to sleep, so will finish my post!  My goodness!  Every time she looks at me, she cries, as if to say "YOU'RE not my Grandma!"  And I'm not, she is my sister's only grandchild, and she usually stays with her grandma.  Noticing strangers these days, I guess.  Her name is Autumn, and she will be one year old on Thanksgiving Day.

Carol, I'm sure you are happy to be able to do some of your work, but don't ovedo it!  That ankle still needs lots of TLC for a while.  Good for Don, cooking for you!  Darrel does most of the cooking around here, and I like it!

Marilyn, you are keeping busy without working, aren't you?  Some of us are just that way, don't know how to "do nothing."  But I guess we like being busy!

Happy Birthday, Jeebers!! I'm so happy you got to go to Women of Faith, and would have loved to be there with you.  We all need those times of refreshing, for sure!  It's really nice to see your smiling face back here on CP.  

Hello there, Ruth!  Have a great day!

Jenny, always good to see you, too.

Sarah, how are all your lives going?  You're a busy girl, with school, sports, youth group and EMTs.  Keep your eyes on the goal!  Love you.

Soni, you blasted through here so fast you made my head spin!!!  Slow down once in a while, will you?  We might want to talk to you!    I know you have a busy life, too.

The eye doctor's office just called and said they saw Mom this morning, and the doctor wants to talk to me and my sister at 5:00.  Sounds ominous.......Mom has macular degeneration and also glaucoma, her sight has been getting more and more dim.  She keeps saying it's the TV, but we know it isn't.  She just got a new one, bright, clear picture, and she still can't see it.

I'd better go before I bore you all to ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.............

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                                     WELCOME TO CP GWEN

                                            RIA

Janet ~ Thanks so much for the devotion this morning.  Yes, we do have 'frogs' in our lives that we need to get rid of so that we can devote our time to God.  

Larry ~ My thoughts and prayers are with you today as you visit your oncologist.  I am praying that good news is coming your way.

Ria ~ Wow!!!!!  I am so happy you are back with us.  I know you have had problems and concerns with your father and your eyes.  I am so happy that the doctor has prescribed medication to ease the watering of your eyes and therefore, you can see better.  My heart smiled while reading your post.

Zeebers ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ZEEBERS!!!!  I love hearing Babbie Mason.  She gave a concert at my church last year.  What a lovely treat!!!  She has a voice of an angel.

Jenny ~ I did 'mow' my leaves again yesterday.  But my deck is covered with leaves.  I need to sweep them up but I also need to bag them up.  I have enough leaves in the rocks around my house.  I need to invest in a powerful leaf blower, I believe!!!!!

My computer is full of wedding pictures.  (about 70 so far) I want to run them through my PSP.  My DIL and her SIL doesn't do that.  Perhaps I can enhance some of them and sharped some of them.  The newlyweds are in Hawaii right now.  How lucky!!!!  

I started late this morning and I am still late in doing things today.  I did get to visit Ivalou this morning.  Her grandson, Parker, spent the night last night and will tonight.  Her g-granddaughter is going to stay next Friday night by herself.  Also this weekend her daughter and family from Ohio are coming and I am going with all of them to the RCA Dome in Indy to watch High School Band competition all day and evening.  That will be fun!!!!!!!!

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"The force of love, like the force of gravity, is hard to see but easy to feel."

Quote from: Ruth Ann Bice on October 26, 2004, 07:41:29 AM
I, too, note the change in type size. However, I've had so many problems with my eyes through the last 10 years that I've learned to go into the VIEW section of my menu and choose the LARGEST text setting if I have problems at a particular site.Then, if I need to readjust my VIEW later on, I can do so without problems. To me, it's wonderful the programmers built in such nice features to make our lives flow so much easier.Ruth Ann

Here's a little trick that my son taught me:  hold down on the "Ctrl" button, and scroll with your mouse.  You can alter the size of the type up or down in this manner.

October 26   

Failure and Success: Crowds at Any Price

O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the
profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely
called knowledge-by professing it some have strayed concerning the
faith.... 
--1 Timothy 6:20-21

The crowds-at-any-price mania has taken a firm grip on American
Christianity and is the motivating power back of a shockingly high
percentage of all religious activity. Men and churches compete for
the attention of the paying multitudes who are brought in by means
of any currently popular gadget or gimmick ostensibly to have
their souls saved, but, if the truth were told, often for reasons
not so praiseworthy as this....

Our constant effort should be to reach as many persons as possible
with the Christian message, and for that reason numbers are
critically important. But our first responsibility is not to make
converts but to uphold the honor of God in a world given over to
the glory of fallen man. No matter how many persons we touch with
the gospel we have failed unless, along with the message of
invitation, we have boldly declared the exceeding sinfulness of man
and the transcendent holiness of the Most High God. They who
degrade or compromise the truth in order to reach larger numbers,
dishonor God and deeply injure the souls of men.

The temptation to modify the teachings of Christ with the hope that
larger numbers may "accept" Him is cruelly strong in this day of
speed, size, noise, and crowds. But if we know what is good for us,
we'll resist it with every power at our command.  The Size of the
Soul, 117-119.

"Lord, deliver me from this temptation. Give me a deep, unshakable
commitment 'to uphold the honor of God in a world given over to
the glory of fallen men'--whether I achieve crowds and success or
not. Amen."

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