Hello prayer chain warriors, A gal that I used to work with sent this e-mail to everyone at my work and I would like to ask that everyone would be praying for this family. God Bless, Julia.
Hi everyone. Late last night I received some very sad news…..my roommate Deborah was in a horrible car accident this weekend that claimed the life of her daughter Persephannie. Her 2-yr old son Alix was ejected from the car and both he and Deb suffer from injuries. They were released from the hospital yesterday. Please keep her and her family in your prayers. If anyone has any information on fund raising or charities for families in need, please let me know 619-254-8082. Deb is having a real hard time gathering the money for Persephannie’s funeral. L I would like to help her in anyway that I can, I can’t even imagine what she is going through!! Pass this on to anyone that you feel can help in this time of need!! Thank you everyone, love you, take care.
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Where do you draw the line on if it’s okay date or not to date? To be set up or not to be set up on a date? I personally don’t think it’s wrong per say to have single friends gather and if there is a spark, then “go, God!,” but if not, so be it. Too many singles dwell and persue meaningless relationships because they are lonely. They aren’t in it for the long haul. I think too many people want to “fix it” or “help out” instead of giving the reigns to God. It’s a trust issue in many cases. Ask yourself “do I trust God?”, “would I be okay if God chose for me to be single till my dying day?”, “would I compromise if I found a guy or gal that didn’t measure up, but fulfilled my loneliness right now?”
Relationships can take our full, undivided attention off of God. When a person is single, they are able to fully focus 100 percent on God. There is no checking in with your husband, wife or boyfriend or girlfriend when you are single. The Bible even says that it is better to be single. So why do we want to force it? I think loneliness is a battle that needs to be conquered in order to be content with the portion that God has blessed us with. We don’t deserve anything, so when God does bless us with our husband or wife, we can be 100 percent sure it is a gift from God and we will appreciate that person even more.
I was single for 3 years before I met Luke. I wasn’t looking for a husband, but I was praying to God that in his timing He would bring that man to me if that was his will. God is faithful because He knew that was an honest desire I held in my heart. I did however learn the hard way…I caved about a year before I met Luke. I went out with this guy that I knew was my complete opposite. He was the aggressive/assertive type, was conceded and opinionated and with all that said, somehow I thought that he would treat me with respect. Plus, he used to lead a bible study & went to church from time to time, so how bad could he be? I guess sometimes there is some truth when people say opposites attract. Keep in mind that I had previously promised God that I would wait for the man he deemed worthy of me, but I chose to go on this date anyways.
How stupid was I. I can’t even go into all the details, but pretty much I was assaulted, I was verbally abused, he asks me to iron his shirt and he manipulated situations so that we found ourselves alone during our date so that he could try to make the moves on me…yeah, not so godly. I was confused and abused. I know this is an extreme example, but it really showed me that God is in control and His will, will be fulfilled, not my story that I was trying to put into place.
It reminds me of Jonah…I was the prophet that decided that I didn’t want to follow God anymore. I wanted to try it my way and I drowned because of it. God didn’t leave my side by any means, but there were consequences to my actions. I got slapped on the butt & I corrected my mistake quickly.
Grace: favor or kindness shown without regard to the worth or merit of the one who recieves it and in spite of what that person deserves.
Grace is one of the key attributes of God. The Lord God is “merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abounding in goodness and truth” ( Ex. 34:6). Therefore, grace is almost always associated with mercy, love, compassion, and patience as the source of help and with deliverance from distress. In the Old Testament, the supreme example of grace was the redemption of the Hebrew people from Egypt and their establishment in the Promised Land. This did not happen because of any merit on Israel’s part, but in spite of their unrighteousness (Duet. 9:5-6). Although the grace of God is always free and undeserved, it must not be taken for granted. Grace is only enjoyed within the Covenant- the gift is given by God, and the gift is received by man through repentance and faith ( Amos 5:15). Grace is to be humbly sought through the prayer of faith ( Mal 1:9)…the only way of salvation for any person is “through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ” ( Acts 15:11). The grace of God revealed Jesus Christ is applied to human beings for their salvation by the Holy Spirit, who is called “the Spirit of grace” ( Heb. 10:29). The Spirit is the One who binds Christ to His people so that they recieve forgiveness, adoption to sonship, and newness of life, as well as every spiritual gift of grace ( Eph. 4-7).
- Illustrated Dictionary of the Bible
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