Voices in the storm

On my may to work today I was listening to the radio and the hosts of the show were talking about some of the podcasts they listen to.  I wondered how many podcasts were out there.  No, I didn't go look, but what I did think was, that with all the blogs, podcasts and websites, there must be hundreds of thousands of options for people to read or which to listen.

I also thought, with all the options, why do I write on my blog.  I do it in faith.  My prayer is that what I am compelled to write will help someone, somewhere.  What makes this cool is that even after I'm dead and gone, this will exist until the internet goes dark.

Timing Is Everything

I sometimes feel the speed of society with everything seemingly traveling down the instant gratification path has made me expect the same in seeking answers to my prayers.  

I am going to take life slower because, A- nobody is getting off this earth alive and a forever afterlife is beyond human conception, and B- speeding up everything makes miss some of the simple joys of life like sunsets and watching the snow fall.

Waiting is not my strong point.  Over the past few years I have been taught the power of patience and still struggle with waiting on the answers to prayers.  I listened to a Rick Warren sermon on waiting three times because I knew in my heart that I needed that reminder.

I am guilty of not remembering the prayers that were answered because I am focused on the next answer.  

When I pray for something or someone, initially it is a planted seed and continued prayers are the nurturing of that prayer until it's time for the harvest (answer).

I can't make it on my own

I'm grateful this was on my radio today....

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What we all hope for

My deliverer is coming!  My soul aches for the return of my king. It's what I desire  and what my heart seeks. Oh how I pray that the suffering of the innocent would cease. My heart aches about the injustice in this world and I know that the only peace is in my Lord and savior. I pray for those souls that have heard the good word and desire to see them in heaven. Time is shorter now than it has ever been. He is coming!  Be prepared and accept the Good News. Join me in heaven and suffer no more. 

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Sweet Freedom

No longer a prisoner to an enemy that uses deception and lies as chains.

Broken free of the darkness when the veil has been lifted.  I am placed on the path that has been awaiting.

Striding forward slowly for the vision of my savior is on in which I could linger for an eternity.

I know where this journey ends and it is with that faith that I carry on without concern.

Two types.

Type 1	Type 2
Those that work.	Those that take the credit.	Ghandi
Think they can.	Think they can't.	Henry Ford
Those that say here I am.	Those that say there you are.	Frederick Collins
Those that hold up individuals.	Those that put people down.
Those that do.	Those that criticize.
Rise and shiner.	Rise and whiner.	Susan Miller
Live with intention.	Drift.

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The Untouchables

1 John 5:18 "We know that those who are born of God do not sin, but the one who was born of God protects them, and the evil one does not touch them."

In the realm of the war over my spiritual life I am comforted that the evil one cannot touch me.  Sure, the miscreant can insert poor thoughts into my head, try to lead me astray and other foul little tricks, but those don't work.  I know, without a doubt, that the spiritual battle is real, continuous and furious.

It helps me to know how secure I am in my walk of faith.  Nothing can withstand my will because it is reinforced by the overpowering, never ending, all encompassing love of Jesus that surrounds me.

Pick up a stick and hit the devil!  As Christians we have the biggest stick available!  What great news that we have the cross where Jesus suffered and died.  It's not the power of the cross, it's the power and truth of the resurrection that gives all the love we need to win.  We win an everlasting life in a place that the words of man or the greatest imagination could ever conjure.

This the truth and shall always be the truth...God's not dead!

Evidence is Key

Certain laws of evidence hold in the establishment of any historic event. Documentation of the event in question must be made by reliable contemporary witnesses. There is more evidence that Jesus rose from the dead than there is that Julius Caesar ever lived, or that Alexander the Great died at the age of 33. It is strange that historians will accept thousands of facts for which they can produce only shreds of evidence. But in the face of the overwhelming evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, they cast a skeptical eye and hold intellectual doubts. The trouble with many people is that they do not want to believe. They are so completely prejudiced that they cannot accept the glorious fact of the resurrection of Christ on Bible testimony alone.

Daily Prayer

Lord Jesus, I know You are alive—for You live in the hearts of all those who love You! 

-from Billy Graham