Butter Side Up, Butter Side Down…

Give it to God and there is no wrong side of the bed.

Ken Knowlton's avatarartistdayapart

Isn’t it strange how we allow odd occurrences to excuse how we approach and react to our everyday circumstances?  Our toast falling butter side down, which side of the bed we get up from, how much caffeine we’ve had or how much sugar we have ingested.

Of course if we actually kept track each individual circumstance, we would recognize that the odds of that buttered piece of toast will land on the buttered side is 50%.  The same odds that flipping a genuine coin will turn up heads.  We have no control over this.  Nor can it affect the rest of our day.  The same with getting up on the wrong side of the bed.  If you got up on the wrong side this morning, then go back to bed and get up on the other side!  We constantly look for excuses to make our own personal responsibility for things less internal and…

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Help Needed

Putting this out again for anyone who might be able to help

joseph elon lillie's avatarLillie-Put

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Hello WordPress Family. I am sending this word out to all 707 WordPress followers plus my 500 Facebook Friends and 121 Twitter Followers in hopes that at least one of you can help me.

As some of you know I am in the process of publishing my first novel. It is a coming of age story and one of the characters in it is a nun who has left her order for the Protestant church. My publishing editor has given me a list of to-do’s as we begin the editing process and one of the things on this list is to interview a sister who has left her order in the Catholic church and has joined the Protestant church.

Here is how you can help. If you have walked this pathway or if you know someone who has could you possibly make the introduction with the possibility of an interview. It can be done…

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With Wings as Eagles

Catch God’s thermal.

Ken Knowlton's avatarartistdayapart

Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary. (Isaiah 40:30-31).

Did you ever notice how a young child will run, jump, and play all day long–seemingly with an endless amount of energy?  They may fall asleep in their soup at supper or while watching TV, but while at play, they never say,  “Time out, guys, I need to take a nap”

Then they turn into teenagers and you can’t get them to do anything.  They’ll sleep until it’s lunch time and then drag around all day like they’re exhausted.  I remember not too many years back when one of my nephews had gotten a job at our church that involved a shovel…

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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those that fail.

Great quote and a great place to find quotes.

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«The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those that fail.»

— Napoleon Hill


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The Dripping Beard of Aaron

We have to get this church!

Ben Nelson's avatarAnother Red Letter Day

Did you know there is a direct correlation between anointing and unity, linking your connection with the Lord and community? There is a link between how well we play with others and that wonderful opportunity to see very chain broken by the power of the Lord in your midst!

Check it out:

The Psalmist writes this:

A Song of Ascents. Of David.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

Psalm 133:1-3 ESV

In the past, reading this verse I was not focusing on the picture.

To what does He liken brothers dwelling in unity?

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For the Days You Feel Overwhelmed

This seems to be a popular topic in my life lately

lillianl17's avatarGrowing Up, God, and Being Busy

overwhelmedFeeling overwhelmed is a pretty common thing for us young adults. Trying to learn how to live out new “adult” lives, being swamped with college work, money being low, anxiety being high, living away from home for the first time- sometimes we just feel surrounded by worry or even failure.

But Christ doesn’t want us to live like that. God gave us the power to live above worry and troubles; to be in the world but not of it (Col. 3:2). Jesus came and provided a better life for us, one free from the bondage of being overwhelmed.

Now, please do not hear what I am not saying. I am not saying as Christians we should be unrealistically happy all hours of the day. I am not saying that if you feel overwhelmed you are not “Christian” enough. I am not saying nothing should bother you. What I am…

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Training for Reigning

Will you agree to enter a season of training.

debbestillandlisten's avatarDebBe Still and Listen

 

My pastor often says are you training for reigning? So are you in training? Are your spiritual ears and eyes open? You need to be on guard, for the enemy is always lurking around ready to pounce in a moment’s notice.

This is one of the scriptures the Lord keeps bringing to my mind;

Psalm 144 (NLT)

A psalm of David.

1 Praise the Lord, who is my rock.

    He trains my hands for war     

    and gives my fingers skill for battle.

2 He is my loving ally and my fortress,     

    my tower of safety, my rescuer.

He is my shield, and I take refuge in him.     

    He makes the nations[a] submit to me.

  

I don’t know about you but for me the enemy seems to be around every corner I turn. No sooner do I come…

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