prayer One of our greatest obstacles to prayer is ANSWERED prayer. We assume we know how God will answer - how He will work -- that because He has answered in a specific way in the past -- He will do thus now. We must seek what God *will* do, not just on what He *has* done. If we prayer for what we think God can answer, we limit Him to our own imagination instead of being open to *whatever* HE will do or however HE will answer and lead.
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I’ve been thinking about Thanks giving and have been thanking the LORD for His timing, for His intervention, for His wise provision and for the storms I never see.
I was browsing my mails and as I was reading a few lines from a list mail from Nancy Lee DeMoss – I read a quote that was familiar to me:
My God, I have never thanked Thee for my thorn! I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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The Thanksgiving preparations are underway at our house… the different breads have been cooked and cubed and are drying in preparation for the dressing in a couple of days. I made cranberry relish (finely chopped cranberries, oranges and sugar) and it’s in the fridge melding. Yep, melding… it’s the key to most all good soups and sauces (and people, too). Next, I have put the bread ‘n butter pickles in the fridge to chill — these are the pickles I [...]
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I don’t know about this one. I mean, I know about this – and read the article and listened to the challenge and I think I ‘get’ what he’s trying to accomplish and the point he’s trying to drive home – but I’m just really wondering about the sheer lack of godly wisdom there… and I’m really wondering what it’ll be like tomorrow morning when the church meeting begins – will there be snickering, will everyone be looking around at the [...]
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So, tell me about you. And thus began a very long conversation. Have you ever asked someone that? I mean asked them and really meant to be asking the question bcz you really wanted to know — and not for information’s sake but for love – that’s all, just for love. Well, that’s how my conversation with my cousin began.
Just for love, that’s all. I loathe actions done for anything else. That’s been a character quality that has [...]
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I’ve been pretty wrapped up these past days. Our grandchildren had been with us for ten days and then this week has brought an amazing reuniting with a cousin I haven’t seen for over 40 years — I cannot even believe it though I’ve had a couple of days to consider it. For a couple of days now I haven’t been able to keep thoughts straight as I have been thinking of our long conversation – things that never get [...]
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I have a sweet friend who routinely asks me: What’s on your schedule for this week? and I usually proceed to tell her something like: Hmmm… just the usual; housekeeping, gardening, baking and schooling… and then I may tell of the significant event of the week or whatever. And, that’s pretty much how weeks go. The dailies and some event or another — always keeping in mind the time-tested reality that the week will never go how I thought it would [...]
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So,I forgot that on election night our boys had a soccer (I know, Timothy: futbol!!) game and Sam was playing and in a close and exciting match there was a bit of fancy footwork and an ensuing fall… and he came up with a broken finger. I attempted to call Wes so that he could take Sam to the ER – but Wes was with Hannah at the obedience school for her new dog (yes, that’s another long story!). Well… in [...]
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