Today's Scripture Passage: Ecclesiates 9:11 & Deuteronomy 31:6
11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Today's Scripture Message:
In this day when things seem to be going horribly wrong, be of courage and know you are not alone. In our faults and in our attempts at perfection know there is only one perfect being and that is God, our quest for improvement will have its highs and lows so if you fall, get up and try again. If all in your path is one obstacle after another, courageously move forward breaking through, hurdling over, racing around until each is concurred. As you battle on, you have the strength of a legion of angels sent before you to guard your way and as you faithfully press on, those footsteps next to yours are our Father’s reassuring you, he is there on your behalf, reach out take His hand and know victory is yours.
Prayer for the day:
Father, as I move forward, doing all I can to follow your direction, seeing some success and some failures, help me to continue to reach out to you to lift me when I feel as if I cannot stand; To celebrate with me when I have succeeded; To guide me when I am unsure. I know all that occurs around me is not for me to control, more than for me to understand and enlist the direction of your word and proceed in faith knowing your will shall be done. Today I request your loving arms as comfort, protection and love as I rejuvenate in your security renewing my strength to continue on, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thought for the day:
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow”
~Mary Ann Radmacher
Goal for the Day:
Tis a lesson you should heed, try, try again. (Thomas H Palmer's Teacher's Manual (1840))
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Pastor Dickow’s Fast from Wrong Thinking
Revolution Day 3:
Today we are fasting from the thought that says, "I wonder if prosperity will ever come my way." This mindset is preventing true success from flowing through our lives. When we wait for it to come to us, we miss the point of what it really is.
Let’s change it today:
1. You already ‘got it’. Prosperity is not something we find; it is something we ARE. Genesis 39:2--The Lord was with Joseph, so he became a SUCCESSFUL and PROSPEROUS man. Notice, prosperity was not something he HAD; it was something HE WAS.
2. WE HAVE A BETTER COVENANT! (Hebrews 8:6) In Joseph’s case, God was WITH him. For us, God is also IN us. 1 Corinthians 3:16 says, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”
3. Say what God says about you. Declare NOW that you are a prosperous and successful man or woman. Proverbs 18:21...LIFE is in the power of your tongue.
4. You have a treasure in you. (2 Corinthians 4:6) We have this treasure in earthen vessels. Don’t doubt the treasure in you. WISDOM, GREATNESS & SUCCESS ARE ALREADY IN YOU. The kingdom of God is in you. Rom.14:17.
5. Discover the secret of serving! Jesus said, “The greatest among you is the servant of all” (Matthew 23:11). When you believe in the greatness God put in you, you will want to help others succeed; and the river of success & blessing will flow through you.
6. You will not fail. Failure can only come when we try to find prosperity “out there.” It is in us. God put it there.
THINK IT & SAY IT:
I don’t need to wait for success to come my way. I am a prosperous and successful person, because God is with me AND in me. Wherever I go, I bring success. To prosper is not something I do, it's something I am. I say what God says about me. Regardless of my circumstances, success is in me. I have a treasure inside of me. That treasure makes me secure and confident so that I can freely and gladly serve others and become a river of success and prosperity to flow through, in Jesus’ Name.
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Daily Lenten Reflection from St. Michael of Old Town
Friday after Ash Wednesday
March 11, 2011
“Do you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD? This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; Clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own.” (Isaiah 58: 5b-7)
I began reading the passages for this Lenten meditation the day after Thanksgiving. How ironic is it that they should all be about “fasting”? It provoked the notion in me to contemplate what the true meaning of fasting is. Giving up something implies denying oneself which somehow makes “me” the focal point of the exercise. The Isaiah passage suggests it goes well beyond “me.”
I have Lenten memories of fasting where “giving up” something was the only thing I could focus on. Not only was it difficult to do but I felt depressed and put upon which would reinforce my idea of Lent as a time of physical and emotional imprisonment. I didn't look forward to it. That changed when I was evacuated out of Kuwait for 6 months while my husband and I were posted there with the Embassy early in our marriage. The first Iran/Iraq war began and only essential personnel were allowed to stay in the country. I had to leave him and take safe haven in Germany at the American Consulate in Frankfurt. Mark and I decided that Germany would be the best place because we had just done a tour there and it was closer than the US allowing me to get back to Kuwait quicker once the danger was over. That Lent felt very different to me. I felt scared and distressed which drew me to church and a closer identity with the passion of the season. In order to survive, I had to say “no” to these feelings and go outside of myself to focus on others. Saying no to myself and making room for others gave me a sense of freedom, a closeness to Jesus that I had not experienced before.
Connecting to the true meaning of fasting as Isaiah suggests is to think of fasting as “making room” for Jesus and acting as Jesus did and would. This concept truly joins the seasons of Advent and Lent. Bringing joy to the world by saying no to ourselves and sharing with those less fortunate (even if it is just our good humor) is a way of fasting or making room to allow Jesus to be present among us.
Today, bring joy to the world. Let your heart prepare Him room…fast.
Today, bring joy to the world. Let your heart prepare Him room…fast.
Jeanne Sanna
Let my fasting be a gift of self to others, Lord, not focused on me, but on them. May my sacrifice be joined with yours on Calvary as I strive to bring joy and care to those around me. Amen.
Happy 69th Day of the New Year
Daily Affirmation: “Something GREAT Is Going to Happen To and Through Me Today!!!
LIVE ON PURPOSE!!! LET’S GO!!!
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