Tuesday, November 18, 2008
CHRISTMAS IDEAS
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO GET PARKER FOR HIS CHRISTMAS!!! ANY IDEAS FOR A TWO YEAR OLD BOY???
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN
I GOT THESE FROM THE BLOG BRING THE RAIN!!!
The other day I came across a verse that God used to prompt me to write this post. If you are a mom (or have someone else you want to pray for specifically), I hope you will join me as I do this for the next 7 days. It struck me that I need reminders during the day to be praying over my girls, and I decided to choose 7 events in a day that would remind me to do so. Then, I chose verses that had to do with that time of the day (for example: as my kids are getting dressed in the morning) and then I put them on notecards.
Here are the events and verses I chose:
1. When they wake up: "Let the morning bring (child's name) word of your unfailing love, for she has put her trust in You. Show (her/him) the way (she/he) should go, for to you (he/she) lifts up her soul." (Adapted from Psalm 143:8)
2. When they are getting dressed: "Therefore, as God's chosen child, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Lord, help (him/her) bear with others and forgive whatever grievances (he/she) has against others. Help (him/her) forgive as the Lord forgave (him/her). And over all these virtues, help (him/her) put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." (Adapted from Colossians 3:12-14)
3. While they are eating: "Teach (child's name) the secret of being content in any and every situation whether well-fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. Teach (him/her) that (he/she) can do everything through him who gives (him/her) strength." (Adapted from Philippians 4:12-13)
4. When they go out of the house: "(Name of child), do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-His good, pleasing and perfect will." (Adapted from Romans 12:2)
5. While they are taking a bath: Lord, give (name of child) clean hands and a pure heart, and let (him/her) not lift (his/her) soul to an idol or swear by what is false. Let (him/her) receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God (his/her) Savior. Let (him/her) be part of the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. (Adapted from Psalm 24:4-6)
6. When they are going to bed: "The Lord Your God is with you; he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, be will rejoice over you with singing." (Zephaniah 3:17)
7. While they are sleeping: "I pray that (name of child) will do everything without complaining or arguing, so that he/she may become blameless and pure, a child of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which he/she shines like a star in the universe as he/she holds out the word of life-in order that he/she may boast on the day of Christ that he/she did not run or labor for nothing." (Adapted from Philippians 2:14-16)
I feel like God has been reminding me more and more lately that I need to live my life in prayer. For my children, husband, family, friends, country, those in need, etc., etc. As a mother, it has been so pivotal for my children to hear me praying out loud over them, and I want to commit to do this every day (seven times a day!) for the next week. If you care to join me, just copy these verses onto index cards (or, if you came here from Jessica's blog, feel free to print them on pretty scrapbook paper and embellish your little heart out....:))
Let me know if you decide to join me, and please keep me posted (either by comments or emails) if God reveals anything to you/your children this week.
Have a great (and prayer-filled!) week. And may God bless you and your babies richly.
Angie
The other day I came across a verse that God used to prompt me to write this post. If you are a mom (or have someone else you want to pray for specifically), I hope you will join me as I do this for the next 7 days. It struck me that I need reminders during the day to be praying over my girls, and I decided to choose 7 events in a day that would remind me to do so. Then, I chose verses that had to do with that time of the day (for example: as my kids are getting dressed in the morning) and then I put them on notecards.
Here are the events and verses I chose:
1. When they wake up: "Let the morning bring (child's name) word of your unfailing love, for she has put her trust in You. Show (her/him) the way (she/he) should go, for to you (he/she) lifts up her soul." (Adapted from Psalm 143:8)
2. When they are getting dressed: "Therefore, as God's chosen child, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Lord, help (him/her) bear with others and forgive whatever grievances (he/she) has against others. Help (him/her) forgive as the Lord forgave (him/her). And over all these virtues, help (him/her) put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." (Adapted from Colossians 3:12-14)
3. While they are eating: "Teach (child's name) the secret of being content in any and every situation whether well-fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. Teach (him/her) that (he/she) can do everything through him who gives (him/her) strength." (Adapted from Philippians 4:12-13)
4. When they go out of the house: "(Name of child), do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-His good, pleasing and perfect will." (Adapted from Romans 12:2)
5. While they are taking a bath: Lord, give (name of child) clean hands and a pure heart, and let (him/her) not lift (his/her) soul to an idol or swear by what is false. Let (him/her) receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God (his/her) Savior. Let (him/her) be part of the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. (Adapted from Psalm 24:4-6)
6. When they are going to bed: "The Lord Your God is with you; he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, be will rejoice over you with singing." (Zephaniah 3:17)
7. While they are sleeping: "I pray that (name of child) will do everything without complaining or arguing, so that he/she may become blameless and pure, a child of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which he/she shines like a star in the universe as he/she holds out the word of life-in order that he/she may boast on the day of Christ that he/she did not run or labor for nothing." (Adapted from Philippians 2:14-16)
I feel like God has been reminding me more and more lately that I need to live my life in prayer. For my children, husband, family, friends, country, those in need, etc., etc. As a mother, it has been so pivotal for my children to hear me praying out loud over them, and I want to commit to do this every day (seven times a day!) for the next week. If you care to join me, just copy these verses onto index cards (or, if you came here from Jessica's blog, feel free to print them on pretty scrapbook paper and embellish your little heart out....:))
Let me know if you decide to join me, and please keep me posted (either by comments or emails) if God reveals anything to you/your children this week.
Have a great (and prayer-filled!) week. And may God bless you and your babies richly.
Angie
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
A MESSAGE FROM DAVID JEREMIAH
Lord of the Future
Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious.
1 Peter 2:7
Recommended Reading
1 Peter 2:4-10
Yesterday was Election Day in the United States, and perhaps today you're feeling troubled if one of your candidates lost or if some ballot initiative that you supported failed. Sometimes we worry even when our candidates win. The political consultant, Robert Strauss, was a Washington insider who advised presidents from Lyndon Johnson to the first George Bush. He once said: "Everybody in government is like a bunch of ants on a log, floating down a river. Each one thinks he is guiding the log, but it's really just going with the flow."
The truth is—the Lord holds sovereign sway over the currents of history. These are troubling times, but we have a powerful and precious Savior. It's enough for us to leave the future in His hands, being fully persuaded that He has the power to keep what we have committed unto Him against that day.
Let's pray for our leaders, intercede for our nation and world, and trust the Jesus Christ as Lord of the future.
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
Corrie ten Boom
Read-Thru-the-Bible
Romans 1:1 - 3:31
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Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious.
1 Peter 2:7
Recommended Reading
1 Peter 2:4-10
Yesterday was Election Day in the United States, and perhaps today you're feeling troubled if one of your candidates lost or if some ballot initiative that you supported failed. Sometimes we worry even when our candidates win. The political consultant, Robert Strauss, was a Washington insider who advised presidents from Lyndon Johnson to the first George Bush. He once said: "Everybody in government is like a bunch of ants on a log, floating down a river. Each one thinks he is guiding the log, but it's really just going with the flow."
The truth is—the Lord holds sovereign sway over the currents of history. These are troubling times, but we have a powerful and precious Savior. It's enough for us to leave the future in His hands, being fully persuaded that He has the power to keep what we have committed unto Him against that day.
Let's pray for our leaders, intercede for our nation and world, and trust the Jesus Christ as Lord of the future.
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
Corrie ten Boom
Read-Thru-the-Bible
Romans 1:1 - 3:31
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
THE BIG VOTING DAY!
A message from Charles Stanley--
I was very dismayed when recently a member of my Church said to
me with great resignation that she was afraid Obama will take the
presidency. These words came from someone that in the past has been a
great prayer warrior. What is happening was my question??? Why are we
Christians settling for the loss of our Christian heritage, not issuing
a battle cry and falling to our knees and taking our country back? We
allow ourselves to be stripped of the right to pray at school functions
and in school, we have the Ten Commandments removed from government
places and are told we cannot pray publicly or proclaim Christian
principles, all the while providing public prayer places for Muslims. We
allow Muslim mosques to operate in America funded by Saudi Arabia , and
proclaim anti-American, anti-Christian threats and terrorism.
What in the world is going on and why are we being so apathetic?
Why aren't we praying? Our God is an Almighty God who is waiting
patiently for us to raise our voices to heaven to stop the tide of the
anti-Christian actions in our world today. Now we have a charismatic,
albeit inexperienced, candidate for president that does not respect our
flag and refuses to wear one on his lapel except when it becomes
politically expedient, and whose own wife and pastor that he loves
profess to have strong anti-white feelings, and we sit back and say 'it
is a given, we can do nothing???' There has never been a time in 2000
years that we can do nothing, never a time that we must sit back and
allow the evil in men's and women's hearts to take over our world! We
should be afraid, very afraid because our apathy is leading us to
perdition.
It is time for all Christian Americans to raise the battle cry
and take our nation back! Maybe McCain on his own cannot defeat Obama,
but our God can and He will if we take to our knees in prayer and raise
a mighty cry to the heavens to 'Save us O Lord'. We have God's
promises
in 2 Chronicles 7:14, 'If my people who are called by my name will
humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their
land.' We have the power to change the course of this election and to
keep a man as suspect as Barak Obama from leading our country to who
knows where with his message of 'change'; a change which I fear will be
away from our Christian ideals, and away from Christ, and further away
from one nation under God to one nation under Allah.
We are great at passing stories and pictures around the internet
but where are our prayers and prayer warriors praying to stop this tide
of Barak Obama? God parted the Red Sea, Jesus was raised from the dead,
and we can bring our country back to its Christian roots and stop the
undermining of our country by Muslims. We can stop our country from
being 'under Allah' but we must begin to pray, to pray as our country
and our lives depended on it because they do.
We can stop all these atrocities against God's commands that
have taken root in our country through something as simple as sincere
prayer, a call to God to deliver us, to forgive us our sins of apathy
and to protect us from the evil that is upon us.
Okay prayer warriors, here is your challenge, start those prayer
chains. Get the spiritual power working on our behalf and stop Barak
Obama the proper way, by calling on our God to save us from the
deception that charismatic preaching is using to lead us on the wrong
path. Stop those who would take God out of our country and our
government. Raise up good men to lead us and protect us. George Bush is
being buffeted because he has fought a holy war against the evils that
attack us .... and we should not be surprised because a prophet is not
honored in his own country. But we should not rest on our laurels and
allow ourselves to be taken further off the path of Christianity and to
have God removed from our presence in our schools, courts, government
and
businesses. Invite God into the fray. Ask that His power rest
upon us and give us the victory. Ask him to raise up a mighty army to
defend us and to protect our country as he did in days of old. Let us be
victorious beginning NOW. The battle is His but we must call on Him
without ceasing and unite our voices and hearts in prayer and fasting.
Please pass this around to all people of prayer that you know
and maybe, just maybe, a more eloquent person of prayer will write
something better and more inspiring and
even the rocks will shout that Jesus is Lord and our Mighty God
is with us and bringing the victory for us and ultimately for Him. AMEN!
________________________________
I was very dismayed when recently a member of my Church said to
me with great resignation that she was afraid Obama will take the
presidency. These words came from someone that in the past has been a
great prayer warrior. What is happening was my question??? Why are we
Christians settling for the loss of our Christian heritage, not issuing
a battle cry and falling to our knees and taking our country back? We
allow ourselves to be stripped of the right to pray at school functions
and in school, we have the Ten Commandments removed from government
places and are told we cannot pray publicly or proclaim Christian
principles, all the while providing public prayer places for Muslims. We
allow Muslim mosques to operate in America funded by Saudi Arabia , and
proclaim anti-American, anti-Christian threats and terrorism.
What in the world is going on and why are we being so apathetic?
Why aren't we praying? Our God is an Almighty God who is waiting
patiently for us to raise our voices to heaven to stop the tide of the
anti-Christian actions in our world today. Now we have a charismatic,
albeit inexperienced, candidate for president that does not respect our
flag and refuses to wear one on his lapel except when it becomes
politically expedient, and whose own wife and pastor that he loves
profess to have strong anti-white feelings, and we sit back and say 'it
is a given, we can do nothing???' There has never been a time in 2000
years that we can do nothing, never a time that we must sit back and
allow the evil in men's and women's hearts to take over our world! We
should be afraid, very afraid because our apathy is leading us to
perdition.
It is time for all Christian Americans to raise the battle cry
and take our nation back! Maybe McCain on his own cannot defeat Obama,
but our God can and He will if we take to our knees in prayer and raise
a mighty cry to the heavens to 'Save us O Lord'. We have God's
promises
in 2 Chronicles 7:14, 'If my people who are called by my name will
humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their
land.' We have the power to change the course of this election and to
keep a man as suspect as Barak Obama from leading our country to who
knows where with his message of 'change'; a change which I fear will be
away from our Christian ideals, and away from Christ, and further away
from one nation under God to one nation under Allah.
We are great at passing stories and pictures around the internet
but where are our prayers and prayer warriors praying to stop this tide
of Barak Obama? God parted the Red Sea, Jesus was raised from the dead,
and we can bring our country back to its Christian roots and stop the
undermining of our country by Muslims. We can stop our country from
being 'under Allah' but we must begin to pray, to pray as our country
and our lives depended on it because they do.
We can stop all these atrocities against God's commands that
have taken root in our country through something as simple as sincere
prayer, a call to God to deliver us, to forgive us our sins of apathy
and to protect us from the evil that is upon us.
Okay prayer warriors, here is your challenge, start those prayer
chains. Get the spiritual power working on our behalf and stop Barak
Obama the proper way, by calling on our God to save us from the
deception that charismatic preaching is using to lead us on the wrong
path. Stop those who would take God out of our country and our
government. Raise up good men to lead us and protect us. George Bush is
being buffeted because he has fought a holy war against the evils that
attack us .... and we should not be surprised because a prophet is not
honored in his own country. But we should not rest on our laurels and
allow ourselves to be taken further off the path of Christianity and to
have God removed from our presence in our schools, courts, government
and
businesses. Invite God into the fray. Ask that His power rest
upon us and give us the victory. Ask him to raise up a mighty army to
defend us and to protect our country as he did in days of old. Let us be
victorious beginning NOW. The battle is His but we must call on Him
without ceasing and unite our voices and hearts in prayer and fasting.
Please pass this around to all people of prayer that you know
and maybe, just maybe, a more eloquent person of prayer will write
something better and more inspiring and
even the rocks will shout that Jesus is Lord and our Mighty God
is with us and bringing the victory for us and ultimately for Him. AMEN!
________________________________
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