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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Gentle One
What Follows is a cinquain written in response to THE SECRET KEEPER’S WRITING PROMPT #14
The prompt words are
GENTLE | WANDER | TEASE | GAME | FORM |
Gentle One
By JE Lillie
Wander.
Tease my soul, Ghost.
Spend Your essence gaming
With my form. Touch my heart. Just be
Gentle.
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The Road Through Romans: Constantly
We have been working our way through the first Chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans. If you have missed any of our discussions thus far you can find them on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE.
The verses we will be dealing with today are Romans 1:9,10
God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 10 in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.
I want to spend a bit of time talking about Paul’s prayer life today.
Paul tells the Romans that he constantly remembers them in prayer. The word constantly is the word adialeiptōs which means Paul is praying for the Roman church incessantly.
The idea of incessant prayer is a familiar one in Paul’s life. Paul was a mighty apostle of the church. He was a prolific writer, an effective communicator, an able administrator and a wonderful pastor; But above all Paul was an outstanding PRAY-ER.
Listen to these words from some of his other letters:
“We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1Thess. 1:2,3
Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe 1:Thess. 2:13
We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Col. 1:3
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. Eph. 1:15-17
Paul’s desire, though, was not just to be a powerful prayer warrior in his own right. He expected that every Christian would be like him. His command to the churches was that, like him they should, 17 Pray without ceasing. 1 Thess. 5:17
If Paul in his day needed to be a man who prayed without ceasing, how much more do we the Christians upon whom the end of the age has come need to be men and women of unceasing prayer?
What must you eliminate from your life so that you can spend more time in prayer?
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Cee’s Black & White:Starts With B Or W
So Cee has asked us to find Black & White Photos that begin with B OR W.
Click the underlined link to see lots of B&W’s starting with B&W!
Here are mine:
Barking at the Beach
A Big Black Bird
Babes With Balloons
Wedding
Wedding Kiss or Besa me Mucho!
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The Daily Post: OOPS!
The Daily post has challenged us to show some of our OOPS PICTURES.
Check them out by clicking the underlined link.
Truthfully I am an abysmal photographer. Most of my pictures are epic fails. But I am given to flights of fancy and a certain love for impressionism; so I just take that to a photographic level.
Here are two of my “failures”
“A Dublin Bird Days ‘No!'”
“Puppy On the Beach”
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The Road Through Romans: From the Inside Out
We have been discussing the Book of Romans over the last several weeks and we have made it to verse 9 of chapter 1.
God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you.
Paul makes a statement. He says he lives for God in his Spirit and out of that flows the work of preaching the gospel of God’s Son. Paul’s Christian work flows from the passion of his heart for God.
Somewhere along the line many of us have lost the truth that Christianity starts on the inside and works its way out.
We blame so much of our behavior on others. “If my sister didn’t do this then I wouldn’t do that.”
“If my father was nicer I wouldn’t be like this.”
” If my husband weren’t such a jerk I’d…”
But Jesus said, “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” Luke 6:45
It is what is in our own hearts that makes us good or evil not what is going on outside of them. We may not be able to control the world or the people in it but with Christ’s help we can control our responses.
What do you need to let God change on the inside so that you can live more for Christ on the outside?
If you have missed any of our discussions through Romans they can be found on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE.
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The Road Through Romans: The Noise We Make
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world Romans 1:8
Being a Christian should be a noisy business. It is not a life to be hidden under or bushel. Our love and good works should be seen by all, not for our glory but for His.
Does anything hold you back from making some noise with your faith?
If you have missed any of our discussion through Romans, they can be found on: THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE.
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A Photo A Week Challenge: Extended Family
Well it has been a while since I have been to a family reunion. I guess I think of my church as my extended family. I am related to lots of folks in the church where I work and to all of them by like-minded faith.
Here is my extended church family at a recent missions dinner.
It was a great night. Teen Challenge came from Brockton and served the dinner and ministered to us in testimony and song.
Hey while you are at it check out other extended family photos at A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE!
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Friday Fictioneers: My Father’s Secret
Welcome to Friday Fictioneers the place where more than hundred authors come to share less than a hundred words regarding a photo posted by our hostess Rochelle. Check out all the stories HERE.
My own story is posted below the photo:
photo by Luther Siler
My Father’s Secret
by JE Lillie
My father looked like any other man. He acted big like any other man. Drank beer, smoked and cussed like any other man.
He often said, “The day’ll come Buddy when you have to stand on your own. I won’t be around to save you.”
The invasion came. They called themselves them the Purrex. Humanoid cats.
They found my father. Sawed him in half with some laser sword. That was when he transformed into his true form, his bird form.
The stress of it all brought my own wings out. They carried me to the mountains. Now Purrex are hunting me!
Okay a little weird this week. Maybe I have been watching too much ScyFy.
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One Word Photo Challenge: Armadillos Float!
This week the one word we have to depict is ARMADILLO.
Hey now! I live in Massachusetts the closest armadillo to me is…well really far away! I was sure I wouldn’t be able to come up with anything and then I spent some time looking through the characteristics of armadillos.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ARMADILLOS DO NOT SWIM? THEY FLOAT!!!
JUST LIKE THESE FOLKS…
AND IF YOU TAKE ONE LETTER OUT OF ARMADILLO AND SPIN SOME OF THE LETTERS AROUND IT BECOMES AMARILLO WHICH EVERYONE KNOWS IS THE ARMADILLOS FAVORITE COLOR, YELLOW! 🙂
In my own backyard
Yellow at Keukenhof
Spring Begins Soon
Okay if that is too much of a stretch for you can check out better armadillo photos by clicking the underlined link at the top of the page. 😉
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