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BIBLE MEDITATION:
1 Corinthians 6:20 - "For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Matthew 26:28 says, "For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."

The word "testament" is from the Greek word diatheke, which means covenant. Christ has purchased us with His blood. We have entered into a covenant with Him. The church is the bride, He is the bridegroom. We are betrothed to Him in a covenant bought with His blood. Samuel J. Stone wrote these powerful words in the hymn "The Church's One Foundation" — "From heaven He came and sought her to be His holy bride; With His own blood He bought her, and for her life He died."

ACTION POINT:
Let this powerful truth sink deeply into your heart today. Meditate on what it means that Jesus came and sought you, then bought you with His blood.

Jeanne:  Thank you for devotions - I love that song. 

Heavy rain this morning but we did make first service and I sure wish it wasn't so early but it is worth it once we arrive. 

Oldest son reports five moose in his cabin's backyard yesterday.  They are huge. 

Larry:  I will have to check out that book.  I finished "New York" by Rutherford and it is just amazing of the history of greed in our country that comes in cycles.  As for cooking, just do the simple things and you will do fine.  Nothing is easier than a roast in the oven and several meals from it.  There is a cookbook that has a title of 3 ingredients or is it five?  If all else fails, baked potatoes with toppings is always a full meal. 

Hi everyone, I am just here to let you know that I am now home. We got here a little after 1:30. I have put everything away, dirty clothes in the hamper, food in the fridge and cupboards clothes where they belong. It seems we left the sunshine  to come home to overcast and high fog.

Grubby came running as soon as we pulled in the driveway. He wanted in the house to eat and eat some more. Fritzy has been acting like a crazy Cat, running and leaping  up and over the rocking chair and running all around.

I have the graduation photos on the laptop and I am going to   moved them to  my external hard drive so I can crop  and edit them on this machine. There are also photos still in my camera.

Grubby just ran in here and jumped in my lap. He sure missed his Mama.

Kass wanted to go swimming so off we went.  I am so glad we live near water.  We met up with some of her friends, and they had fun till they spied a beaver swimming, fishing close to them!  He kept disappearing under water, so they all came in.... I am sure he is more afraid of them than they were of him.

As we drove home we saw a pretty cat walking across the road.  This is the second time we have seen her.  Yes it is her as our orange male "Milo" was tracking her.  Just before she got to the ditch I stopped.  Just inches away from Milo there was a porcupine crossing the road.  I have had more than my fill or those creatures.  When he went into the ditch on the other side of the road, Kass got out and picked up Milo.

It was an interesting trip!  Have a good night everyone!

Hi everyone.  This is going to be a very hot day and a pretty full one for me.  After coffee I need to stop at Sam's Club and pick up a couple of things.  Then I have to drive over to Atlanta for a doctor's appointment with my cancer doctor.  I hope to make it back in time for me men's luncheon at 1 pm.  We are trying a new seafood place today, which is something different for our group.  I hope it is good.

Jane, I am so happy for you and to know that you won't have to struggle so to live day to day.  I had just read something this morning about all things in God's time and this was a wonderful example. 

Nita, glad your son was able to help you.  I used to be able to call on my son when I needed some help but since he has moved away that is not possible.  Sure glad none of your relatives got caught in that Arkansas flooding.  I was glad to see yesterday that they had accounted for more of those they thought were lost and only one more death.

Jeanne, thanks for the fine devotional for the week and the hymn. 

Carol, I just finished reading "The Imperial Crusie" and it was an eye-opener regarding how rough-shod Teddy Roosevelt tried to control Asia and hid what he was doing from Congress and the people.  I am glad I read the book. 

Marilyn, our pets do miss us when we are gone. 

Judy, glad you didn't have an encounter with the porcupine.  I have never soon one of those outside a zoo.

Time to get my day started with coffee.  Hope you all can stay cool today.

Wonderful Sunday.  The message was great.  I love my little church and all the laughter and seriousness.  We had a visitor in our Sunday School class.  I think she must have been from England with her English accent.  So refreshing. 

Then 4 of us went to King Chef for lunch.  Wonderful Chinese restaurant. 

And I did it.  I mowed when I got home.  I was so tired when I got done that I took a nap. 

Later as I was watching TV and crocheting, it started raining, storming, satellite TV went out.  Glad I mowed when I did.

Now I am heading out the door to get the car maintenance done. 

We have a storm brewing today.  For once I am hoping it doesn't stop with us.  Hope it blows its self south or east.  Our garden is fine, and I have outside work to get done.

Kass is in her last week of school and 4 exams.  She is stressed, but knows the work and will do fine. 

I am off and running be back later.

This week's promise: The whole earth will hear
God uses us

We are Christ's ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you.

1 Corinthians 5:20 NLT


Storms over Romania

In the summer of 1990, following the overthrow of the communist regime in Romania, a number of Romanian church leaders invited me to return to the country for a preaching mission in four cities. I will long remember the first night in Timisoara. I was preaching the gospel in a stadium that had been built to promote and proclaim communism. When I gave the invitation following the message, I thought my translator, Peter, had misinterpreted what I had said and dismissed the crowd. It seemed as though everyone got up to leave. I then realized the people were not leaving, they were responding to the invitation to accept Christ!

After several nights of rich harvests, we began meetings in the city of Medias. As I was preaching, a storm approached the stadium. The wind began to blow, and I could see a huge black cloud approaching. I knelt on the platform and prayed, "Lord God, there are people in this stadium who have never heard the gospel. They may never have another opportunity. I ask that You stay the storm and allow us to continue."

Several American businessmen in our ministry team were sitting in the top rows of the stadium that evening. They later reported that as the storm approached, it literally divided and went around the stadium. In the path of the storm, houses were destroyed, trees were uprooted, and power lines were downed. But in the stadium, we continued the service, and hundreds of people gave their lives to Christ that night. To God be all the glory!
Steve Wingfield in Live the Adventure

Hello, friends.  We got home from our family reunion last night.  Today I am doing laundry and other chores, and getting ready to pack for Cozumel.

We had a great time reconnecting with family, seeing a new generation of great neices and nephews, and getting to know some of the relatives better.  We didn't have a great turnout, but I told my sister who was hosting us that if it is important to them, they will come, and if not, nothing we can do will persuade them to come.  So we just enjoyed the time together.  We had a lovely church service, sharing what God has done in our lives this past year and expressing our gratitude to Him for the blessings we have received.  It gave me insight into some of them, expecially the men who usually don't talk about things like this.

The flooding in Arkansas is really tragic.  So many problems all over the world, and it will continue to get ever more so until Jesus returns.  They had lots of rain up in north central Kansas where we were, and in Hugoton they got 1 1/2 to 2", but we didn't get even a drop, 27 miles away.    We were really hoping we had gotten rain.

Jane, it is wonderful that you will have an easier life now.  It sounds as if that was Tom's intention for you.  You are truly blessed.

Larry, I hope you get a good report from your doctor and don't wear yourself out with all you need to do today.

I got a call this morning to judge at the Wichita County fair in Leoti in July!  I'm pleased.

Good morning from sunny Coos Bay.  It's so pretty this morning, and only a slight wind.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEANNE!!!!     Thank you for the devotional.  Such a reminder of our purchase, the Price, and our standing as His. 

Thanks for the birthday greetings.  Beautiful graphic, Marilyn. 

And my wishes for a wonderful birthday for Ruth V, too! 

Just before I came to get on the computer the sun was shining and it was 80 degrees.  Within 5 minutes the sun disappeared and the skies opened up - as if a bucket was suddenly dumped out, and the temperature dropped 10 degrees.  Lasted about 2 minutes and now it's getting brighter again. 

Jeanne, you seem to have progressed in your age.  Do you think you ought to have done that?  For most of us, it seems to do nothing but age us when we do it.  My suggestion is simply to quit doing it.
But, as long as you've gone and done it,
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, AND WE CELEBRATE THE MARKER OF WHEN YOU CAME!

Thank you Al.  I think. 

LOL Yup Jeanne you are doing better than I am in reading that!!!

Happy Birthday, Jeanne and Ruth V.!!  And many more!

Al how is Marbeth, I have had her in my thoughts & prayers,  and thought I better say something.

Marilyn - Marbeth is supposed to be discharged this coming Thursday.

Hi, there, friends. Surely hope our birthday celebrations have gone well. And, that everyone with "creaky bones n groans" is feeling better. There were 2 celebrations here in the middle Tennessee area this weekend, and as a result, at least one heat-related death. Today's "feels like" temp is approx. 99 degrees. 

I'm listening to a nice a capella concert on public tv as y'all talk with me.

I'm enjoying their music so much I think I may ask for one of their CDs for an upcoming birthday.

It's good to have Jane back home and much relieved about her economic$ and also to hear how much the kitties at Marilyn's home are enjoying her return.

Y'all have a wonderful rest of the day.

Ruth Ann

I never did get my hair washed, I'll do that tomorrow. I have the Chicken and Brown rice casserole in the oven and the covers off the dog beds in the dryer.

The dogs were so happy to see me and couldn't wait to get out and into the car, they cried all the way home. they brought out Happy first and he hates slick floors so that was hard for him.

I loved on him some before I put him in the car and went back in to get Bebe, she practically drug me out the door. Between them they drank about a gallon of water as soon as the got in the house.

They wanted outside for potty  after that. They came in and ate and went out again. They have received a lot of attention since I picked them up and Keith will be home soon.

Thank you, all, for your birthday greetings!

Jeanne Lee..... I'm very honoured to share this day with you. Happy Birthday!!

My daughter and her four children came for dinner and we had a lovely time!  She knows that I am not too fond of cake so she made a special dessert with dessert shells filled with a creamed cheese base with a variety of fruit topped with a glop of whipped cream. They were so delicious!

My son, in Toronto, called plus a few of my friends, so my day really could not have been better!

Hello to everyone in CP. I do come in often and JudyB has been encouraging me to post more..... I guess my the shyness, I had in my youth, has never really gone away!!

Hi everyone.  I really don't have time today to post more than a quick note.  First of all a belated Happy Birthday, Jeanne and Ruth V.

I have a meeting to be in charge of this morning and as soon as I get home we have to heard once again back to where I was yesterday for Pat to see an ENT doctor.  She has developed a hole in the cartilage in her nose.  The doctor she saw yesterday didn't want her to wait to see about it.  She was able to get in for an appointment at 2 pm this afternoon.  So it will be a busy day.

Hello!  We had a lovely day yesterday and have the same kind today.  I'm always thankful for beautiful weather.  Our renter is out mowing.  He lost his job a while back and we told him he can earn his rent by doing the mowing, as Darrel really doesn't feel up to doing it.

I had a chiropractic appointment this morning, then went by to visit Beth and Mom.  We got most of our scuba stuff gathered up and packed yesterday, but I need to search for Abby's log book.  She says "It's at Grandma's."  That covers a LOT of territory!

We heard yesterday that our primary doctor is leaving.  Seems his little girl (about 6 years old, only child) has been being bullied at school, and the school hasn't done anything to stop it!  This is upsetting a lot of people.  Geoff was born and raised here, went off to school and came back home to practice.  He's a great doctor, and his wife is a PA who also sees a lot of patients.  We hope something can be done to persuade them to stay.  It is so hard to get good doctors to live in small towns.   

Larry, I hope Pat gets the right treatment for her nose.  That sounds serious!  I have a deviated septum, and sometimes that causes me to get sores inside my nose, but what could have caused a hole?  I hope you don't get over-tired today.  Prayers for you both!

The big O with the big mouth is blabbering away on TV, trying to turn the oil spill crisis into a political advantage for himself.  Makes me sick.

And I'd best not say more, so.....later! 

Janet he makes me sick too. Constantly campaigning.'nuf said.

Not much to say this morning, I need to get busy and shampoo my hair, do  a small load of dark clothes in the washer, I had to  go down  the hill in back of the house to get happy away from that stump again where the raccoon hides.

He tracked that sucker  down the hill while I thought he wasn't going to  go far just to go potty, but he kept on going farther down.  I had to  come back in the house to get my tennis shoes and find a way through the brush to get down the hill. It is like trying to get through a jungle of trees and ferns. I can only thank God that it wasn't wet and slippery or I wouldn't have made down or back up for that matter.

He fooled me good. I was so out of breath and breathing so hard  after climbing back up that hill through the brush and roots, I thought I was going to pass out by the time  we got back  up to the yard.  

Marilyn, I think you, Happy, and the coon ALL had your aerobics exercise for the day.

Well, it's time to be off to see the eye doctor. Hope I can get new lenses in an already-owned frame - will be lots cheaper that way. Gotta squeeze those pennies, you know.

Much love and appreciation to all.

Ruth Ann

Power of the Spirit

But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.


Acts 1:8 NLT

I love to tell the story of unseen things above, Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love; I love to tell the story because I know 'tis true, It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.

I love to tell the story! Twill be my theme in glory—To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

I Love to Tell the Story, Arabella Catherine Hankey (1834-1911)


I Love to Tell the Story

Kate Hankey, the daughter of a prosperous London banker, grew up in a stylish London suburb. She started a Bible class for girls in her neighborhood, and then, when she was only eighteen, Hankey went to London to teach a Bible class of "factory girls." In her twenties, she started other Bible classes for factory girls.

When she was in her early thirties, Kate Hankey became seriously ill. Doctors said she needed a year of bed rest. She was forbidden to teach her Bible classes for twelve months. During her long, slow recovery, she wrote two lengthy poems. The first, at the beginning of her convalescence, later became the hymn "Tell Me the Old, Old Story." The second, written ten months later, became "I Love to Tell the Story."

After ten months she felt strong enough to leave her bed. She soon returned to her Bible classes in London and continued teaching for many years. When she became too old to teach the factory girls regularly, she started a prison ministry in London—even then she continued to tell the story of Jesus.