Food for Thoughts
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This is Friday June 20th, 2008
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Quotes for the Day:
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
Laurence Sterne
1713-1768, British Author
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Marcus T. Cicero
c. 106-43 BC, Great Roman Orator, Politician
Men are respectable only as they respect.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
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Today’s Thoughts
(Message from Jesus) You ask why--why the battles, why the trials? That's easy. It's a simple answer: I wanted you to understand! I wanted you to be able to feel the infirmities of those that you work with, those that you serve. I wanted you to be able to feel the pain, to be able to be touched by their infirmities so that you could understand!
I have also grown you up. You have grown! You have become a new creature! Many old things have passed away and many things have become new, because you did battle! You battled, and now you're being made strong. You battled, and now you understand. You cried, and you understand what it means to cry, to hurt, to feel lonely, to feel pain. This is why I've brought you through this.
These are the reasons for your trials and for your pain. Now you've got a foundation that's strong, so continue to build on that foundation by feeding on My Spirit and My Word. Let Me break you and make you the person that I've wanted you to be all along. Don't worry or fear. Have faith in My love. Have faith in My breakings. Have faith in the trials. Because when they've done their work, you'll be as fine gold--gold that is pure and gives help, gold that can do great and mighty things! Gold is a special and precious thing. Be thankful for those trials. Be thankful for those hard times, because now you're able to appreciate the joy and the beauty of My salvation, the joy and beauty of My Spirit! Now you're able to appreciate and understand what it means to be happy, the contrast of sadness and joy, of hate and love. Now you understand. This is why, My child, this is why.
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(A Prayer to Jesus) Thank You for another fresh start today. The most important thing I want to do with this day is share it with You. Before I do anything else, I want to sit right here, at Your feet, and listen to what You have to tell me today. If You want to tell me anything, here I am, Lord. You have my undivided attention. If You have any direction, counsel, guidance, words of wisdom--or maybe even some practical tips that could help me to make it through this day--or any of Your sweet Words of love, here I am. I'm listening.
This is my favorite part of each brand-new day, this time in the morning when I can put aside the cares of life to listen to You and find the strength I need to make it through the day. Thank You for this time. I couldn't make it through the day without it. Just knowing I can wake up and sit here and listen to Your soothing voice is my strength.
Thank You for this blessing. Thank You for this treasured place--my quiet, holy, trusting place, right here at Your feet--where I can give You my full attention. And that's not all; You give me Your full attention as well. Thank You, precious Jesus, for whispering Your directions for the day in my ear. I love You, Jesus! Thank You for this brand-new day.
I am listing below the prayer requests that are ongoing. That is, we are still praying for these people and their needs while we wait for the Lord’s answers.
1. Please pray for Nick and his wife Sue. Sue is 7 weeks pregnant and has been told that there is a 90% chance her baby is seriously brain damaged. They are waiting for some test results. They already have 2 children and one is a Downe`s baby.
2. Please also pray for Cora who has been suffering from breast cancer for 5 years . She now has a lump in her neck and it was found to be malignant.”
Tony
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