Love You <3
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
GOD
Heavenly Father, You are so good to me. Sometimes i get so wrapped up in life's stressful moments and forget to give thanks for Your many blessings. Thank You for Your love and all You give to me everyday, none of which i deserve.
LORD
Lord, sometimes i feel overwhelmed by the problems and pressures of this world. Help me to instead focus on You and the plan You have for me. I pray that You help me stand secure in my faith and proclaim myself to be a conqueror - victorious in every of life.
Love You <3
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
“I can do everything through Him who
gives me strength.”
-Philippians 4:13
He rowed alone across the Pacific
Ocean 8,990 miles but fell short of his goal 33 miles away. Peter Bird
attempted to become the first man to single-handedly row from San Francisco,
USA across the Pacific. He almost succeeded, but approaching the east coast of
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Bird encountered stormy weather and choppy
seas. He was within one nautical mile of the great reef when he had to radio
for help from Royal Australian Navy.
Though most of us wound never dare to
attempt what Peter Bird did, we have a profound admiration for someone who
would pit his life against such odds. To succeed in crossing almost 9,000 miles
of ocean and yet to fall short of the goal by a mere 33 miles is rather sad –
so close to the finish and then end in failure.
In the New Testament, some believers
were considering giving up. The pressure was too great. The antagonism was too
sharp; thus, the writer of the book of Hebrews encouraged struggling believers
to get their eyes on the Lord – not on circumstances – but to look to Jesus as
the Author and Finisher and the One who completes our faith (Hebrews 12:2).
Maybe you have come a long, long way
in your Christian walk, but you are discouraged and feel like giving up. Hang
in there, there is help coming. Peter Bird did make it to Australia, but he had
to have the assistance of the Australian Navy, and to reach your destination on
Heaven’s shore may require that you let someone else give you a hand.
God Bless Your Heart.
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THE CHEMISTRY OF LOVE
“Love is patient, love is kind. It
does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
-1 Corinthians 13:4
Dr. Karl Menninger, one of our day’s
most prominent psychiatrist, has said, “Love is the medicine for our sick old
world.” His staff was often told that love was the most powerful thing they
could give to their patients.
Scientists have been analyzing love
in the laboratory recently. They have learned that love produces changes in
body chemistry. When a male meets a female, the blood level of an amino acid,
phenylalanine, leaps to a high equaled only by devouring a pound of chocolate.
“People in the throes of love,” says researcher Cathy Lawhon, “call it magic
but human behaviorists attempt to define it scientifically. Theories of how
chemistry works range from the biochemical effects or raised phenylalanine
levels in the blood during love relationships to synchronous and harmonious
personal interaction styles.”
More than 19 centuries ago, in the
city of ancient Ephesus, a learned rabbi, turned missionary-preacher by the
name of Paul, analyzed the chemistry of love. He mentioned a variety of
ingredients which make up the real thing: patience, truthfulness, sacrifice,
service, etc.
Lets recall 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, “If
I speak with the tongues of men and of angels but do not have love, I have
become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy,
and know all mysteries, and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains but
do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to feed the
poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits
me nothing.”
God Bless Your Heart.
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RESPONSE TO TRIALS
“And we know that in all things God
works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His
purpose.”
-Romans 8:28
One of the strange things about
trials is this: when they knock at our door or sneak through the back door, we
never quit expect them. When we battle with them, we feel that nobody else has
ever faced the same intensity of testing.
The Greek word translated testing has
two meanings: (1) A trial which comes from without, and (2) A temptation or solicitation
to do wrong which comes from within.
Long ago, Paul warned against
presumptuousness – thinking that you are immune from trials. He also assured us
that when we face periods of difficulty, God will take us through. You find
those words of counsel in 1 Corinthians 10:12-13, “So if you think you are
standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall. No temptation has seized you
except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be
tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”
Throughout the New Testament, you
will find a common theme: Periods of testing come to all of God’s children. The
only question is when and what kind. Trials neither indicate that you have been
abandoned by God, or selected for an attack from Satan. Trials are the result
of living in a broken world, a world which is hostile to the values of God’s
children.
God Bless Your Heart.
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HANDICAP
“Praise the Lord, O my soul, and
forget not all His benefits.”
-Psalm 103:2
You may have read it yourself – about
18 year old Paul Whittaker who entered Oxford University where he will study
for a music degree. Whittaker though, is different from most college students.
He is totally deaf since birth, yet he has served as Church organist and
choirmaster and will absorb lectures by reading lips.
Dr.Adeline Becht is also a woman who
should never have succeeded. As she marched to the speaker’s podium to receive
her doctorate in clinical and counseling psychology, thousand of well-wishers
at the University of Oregon stood on their feet and cheered.
She had become separated from her
parents at age 14 and spent most of her youth in juvenile homes, where she was
introduced to drugs and heroin which eventually damaged her sight. To support
her drug habit, Becht turned to street crime. Eventually she kicked the drug
habit but become an alcoholic. In 1969, she was declared legally blind. All of
this is behind her now.
There are others – Helen Keller who
was deaf and blind; Thomas Edison who lost his hearing at age 12; Fanny Crosby
who was blind most of her life and became one of Christianity’s greatest
songwriters; Joni Eareckson, the paraplegic young woman whose ministry has
blessed thousands. Now, all of them could have just quit, given up, and
vegetated – but they didn’t.
The greatest handicaps are not those
that impair hearing or speech. The great handicaps are those of the spirit and
soul that keep God from working in your life. Think about it.
God Bless Your Heart.
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JAIME GABAO
Dear James,
On your own you are complete. You are
a living, breathing being. You can climb mountains and stand up to demons. You
can praise and worship God with your humble heart and you can sing and shout
and laugh and bless the people around you with your smile.
-yang.
God Bless Your Heart.
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It really drives me insane that I don’t know how people
feel about me. Like am I nice? Am I funny? Am I mean? Am I rude? Am I
obnoxious? Am I dumb? What am i?
“Whenever you give a woman, she’s
going to multiply. If you give her sperm, she’ll give you a baby. If you give
her a house, she’ll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she’ll give you
a meal. If you give her a smile, she’ll give you her heart. She multiplies and
enlarges what is given to her. So if you give her any crap, you will receive
tons of shit.”
Every long lost dream lead me to
where you are. Others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars
pointing me on my way into your loving arms. This much I know is true that God
blessed the broken road that led me straight to you.
For every woman who didn’t fight for
you, didn’t stay with you, didn’t give you the entirety of her heart, couldn’t
love you how you deserve to be loved – I will give you all of me. And I will
stay.
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