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Thank You from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today I want to talk about the importance of being thankful. Jesus lived on Earth as our example, and He was so thankful and full of praise. No matter what you have been through, there are still some things that you can be thankful about. An imp... -
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Psalms 32:8 NIVRecently when the Lord was ready to start something new in our life, He started closing out the old. Of course we panicked, tried giving more, praying more, fasting more, serving ...
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Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water. James 3:10 WEBHot, ti...
Shock Treatment
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All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby. Hebrews 12:11 WEB
While at school, I learned to read and write, add and subtract, and much more. However, many times it was after school that the learning really began for me. Dad would tell us: 'That electric fence will shock you, so stay away from it' but what did he know. After all, I was now six years old.
One day while trying to step over that electric fence, I found that he was right! Actions speak louder than words, and this time I remembered it well. Now I fully understood that his words were meant to protect me from unnecessary pain. For those of you who have never grabbed an electric fence, it is something that you will remember a long, long time. Some things, we just need to learn the hard way, then we understand.
Many times the Lord will give us a little warning, and if we persist, He will let us go on our way. His word is there to protect us, but He will not force us to obey it. If you want to avoid the shocks, burns, and the scratches, be quick to listen.
Even when we just go ahead and do something totally stupid, He is there to pick us back up in His loving arms without even an: 'I told you so' when we come to our senses. He is a loving Father who only wants the best for us, now if we would only listen.
Prayer: Heavenly Father I thank You for Your mercy on my life, for I am still breathing today. Help me to recognize when You are speaking to me, and give me the grace to be obedient, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.> You can subscribe to our daily devotional here <
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Obedience is better than sacrifice.
Amen!! Amen!! Amen!!
Amen!
Amen,I love and worship you.
Amen!! Let everything I do be pleasing to You my Abba Father!!
Heavenly Father, help me listen to Your command that I'l be save following You. Amen.
Rarely a day passes that I don't forward or post your wonderful words of truth and grace. BTW, your site works so very well, in the fact of the 'mechanics' of moving between sites, articles, etc. You are such a huge blessing, a wonderful teacher, a devoted pastor. The love, grace and humility of yourself and your most worthy spouse are truly 'straight from the Heart of God.'..blessings eternally...
Yes Lord, thank you and give me the grace to be odedient!
Amen !
Prayer: Heavenly Father I thank You for Your mercy on my life, for I am still breathing today. Help me to recognize when You are speaking to me, and give me the grace to be obedient, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen. <3
Thank you Pastor Dion for todays devorion. I know aout the fence myself when at a party at a farm whe I was younger. We was told not to touch it. I was close to it and it just rained really hard I was slipping I grabed it and OUCH it was shocking. :-)
Thank you Pastor Dion!
Amen. Praise God! Thanks Pastor Todd! Heavenly Father I thank You for Your mercy on my life, for I am still breathing today. Help me to recognize when You are speaking to me, and give me the grace to be obedient, in the Name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
Amen