A GREAT Friend, tells you about Jesus, and prays with you to receive Him as LORD and SAVIOR! A Superb Friend walks in when everyone else is giving up on you...The BEST friend is the one who is there when you call...but doesn't care who called who last.
Maggie Potapshyn is that friend to me!!! LOVE YOU MAGGIE! Thanks for sharing Jesus with Me...and sharing your life with Me!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
A Good Friend
Monday, April 18, 2011
Where there is no vision,
the people perish. Proverbs 29:
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A FOCUSED LIFE
Overall life vision
1. Spiritually (prayer time, fasting days, Bible study, etc.)
2. Relationally (family, friends, etc.)
3. Vocation (marketplace calling, etc.)
4. Ministry (in the church, outside the church, etc.)
5. Economically (spending, giving, saving, investing, etc.)
6. Physically (exercise, health, diet, etc.)
7. Rest (recreation, vacation, play, entertainment, sports, etc.)
C. Action plan – for each long and short-term goal in each area of your life.
D. Schedule – for each action plan, i.e., focuses us to prioritize. This is where our life vision most easily is derailed and lost.
The Lord says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ willshine on you." 15 See then that you walk wisely, not as fools but as wise, 16redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise,but understand what the will of the Lord is. (Ephesians 5:14–17)
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The Yoke of Meekness:
The Way To Greater Grace and Favor from M. Bickle
“Meekness is the magnet that attracts God’s favor.”
The only character trait that Jesus declared about Himself was that He was meek or lowly in heart - Jesus promised that we would find spiritual rest as we learn of meekness from Him.
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart [meek or humble], and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." (Mt. 11:28-30)
Learn from Me: The most significant issue in being a disciple of Jesus is to learn meekness from Him. Meekness and its greatness is within reach of all who pursue it. We are to regularly ask Jesus to teach us about meekness by giving us insight into the specifics of walking it out and then to release the inspiration to walk it out with joy.
Heavy laden: This is manifest in different ways including emotional pain (mistreated or overlooked) and the weariness of striving with others instead of serving them.
Rest: The Lord desires to spiritually heal, refresh, and tenderize our hearts.
Easy yoke and light burden: This speaks of the ability to enjoy our fellowship with God and receive grace to obey Him even when outward circumstances are not easy or light.
Most of our pride is unperceived.
It is not obvious to us. Most people are socially sophisticated enough to avoid blatant strutting and to politely honor social etiquette and protocols.
The enemy tempts us with pride that subtly lies hidden in our attitudes ...
It is expressed in having a condescending attitude that has an inordinate confidence that is not rooted in truth.
It seeks to teach others instead of being quick to be taught.
It is defensive instead of quick to acknowledge its need, lack and error.
The measure of our anger is the measure of our unperceived pride.
Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. (1 Cor. 8:1)
Friday, March 4, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
snow = Life
Ok I know by now most of us, save the snowboarding enthusiasts, are feeling like there has been enough snow, and we are longing for the sweet springtime to appear.
It's coming. We know this. It will flutter...come and go a few times...then suddenly, everything will be green... the lillies of the valley, tulips and Daffodils , and new life will be abundant, and we'll sit outside and go to parks and all too soon, we'll be fanning ourselves, beneath the summer sun.
Our spiritual walk follows a similar pattern...long winters, brutal, harsh realities, beat us down, steal our comfort, bleakness where it seems we are in a whiteout...where is the end, the comfort, the promise?
It's coming. We know this. It will flutter, come and go a few times....and then He will return to us...the Lily of the Valley, will appear in all His Glory, to renew us , new beginnings, new life, new mercies, a new pattern slightly different from the last time...and finally we will be basking in the Glory of the Lord, fanning our faith under the presence of the SON....and receving His promise of Life once more.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Rules for civility #6
"Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others stand, speak not when you should hold your peace, walk not on when others stop"
Where to begin? Ok, so rude to fall asleep when someone is talking to you.
I knew that guys were suppose to stand when a lady entered the room (how many young men do you know that know this) but apparently, it's a respect thing toward anyone- So do you struggle when you are at a group event and a small group of people stand and applaud...but you don't think it was worthy of a standing "O" ...YET there is that point where more people stand and you feel, "hey, man I'd better stand or I might look...what? rude or disenchanted?
or worse, like I don't get it...
yikes, so you stand up!
If I could only learn one thing,I'd opt to keep quiet when I ought.
I would look so wise.
Pr 30:11 "A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back."
I continue to work on this one...
Sorry George, sometimes I have to keep on walking when others stop.
For I have decided to follow JESUS!
also at certain times while at Home Depot :)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
rules of civility #4
"In the presence of others sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet" (George Washington's Rules for civility & Decent Behavior)
I bet ole George had an interesting story that went with this one...
I skipped 2 & 3 because they talked about touching or exposing body parts inappropriately....so just don't do that, ok.
Drumming fingers usually means boredom....I get it.
How does one drum with their feet????? Would that not be dancing while seated? I have been guilty of that, sorry.
Now about the humming...what are your thoughts?
We hum when we are happy. That's a good thing, isn't it?
or...we hum when we are up to somthing...(at least I do)
My Mom hums a bit when she is thinking somthing over...
and my late mother in law used to hum, right after she criticized me.
Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
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