tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80670654090955033782024-03-05T14:11:29.442-08:00The Daily EncouragerThe Daily Encouragerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909595903009350237noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067065409095503378.post-50539562735885727112009-05-04T20:43:00.000-07:002009-05-04T21:08:48.734-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RrJMue3sfi1C29ADoIu1au1kGVvhBNdBMYhoou2RMqizriXMYmsOEZhMDa_7XYfqpzjhbQwt5wrpdOKrZH0Fk8d2LlL_OPWT4TJ68DaEH584LVjqaQO8dctKJM0qIn6-MaEoUiQqdBQ/s1600-h/4-11-09+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332180886892984178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RrJMue3sfi1C29ADoIu1au1kGVvhBNdBMYhoou2RMqizriXMYmsOEZhMDa_7XYfqpzjhbQwt5wrpdOKrZH0Fk8d2LlL_OPWT4TJ68DaEH584LVjqaQO8dctKJM0qIn6-MaEoUiQqdBQ/s320/4-11-09+013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Two of my four amazing kids! Many times I am overwhelmed that God would allow me to be a part of their lives - that He brought about the events that brought Linda & I together to begin with. Then I am sobered by the awesome responsibility that I have as a Dad - that the way I live my life will largely determine the way my children will veiw life and God. </div><div> </div><div>To say they are a gift from God is putting it mildly! </div><div> </div><div>Lord, help me to show love, support and encouragement to them in order that they may become the man/woman of God that you have planned for them to be. You say that You knew us before the beginning of time - that You have a plan for our life. Your plan is to prosper us and not to harm us, to give us a bright hope and future. I look forward with anticipation to what you have in mind for our children. Oh, that they may know You and form a relationship with You early on. May they look to You for their strength and wisdom for life. May they early have a heart for the hurting & lost, longing to be used by You, The Giver of Life. </div>The Daily Encouragerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909595903009350237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067065409095503378.post-88529625995933113452009-01-21T03:29:00.000-08:002009-01-21T03:32:27.353-08:00THE STANDYou stood before creation<br />Forever within Your hand<br />You spoke all life into motion<br />My soul now to stand<br /><br />You stood before my failure<br />And carried the cross for my shame<br />My sin weighed upon Your shoulders<br />My soul now to stand<br /><br />So what can I say<br />And what could I do<br />But offer this heart O God<br />Completely to You<br /><br />So I’ll walk upon salvation<br />Your Spirit alive in me<br />This life to declare Your promise<br />My soul now to stand<br /><br />So I’ll stand<br />With arms high and heart abandoned<br />In awe of the One who gave it all<br /><br />I’ll stand<br />My soul Lord to You surrendered<br />All I am is YoursThe Daily Encouragerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909595903009350237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067065409095503378.post-86176890282011354662009-01-19T02:55:00.000-08:002009-01-19T03:26:49.034-08:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc6600;">" Obstacles are meant to strengthen, not defeat. We experience hard times when we start forgetting to appreciate what we have. No matter what challenges you endure, know that it is only to have you remember what you are made of and the power you have to make a difference." Copyright © 2008 Kathlin L. Panteah</span>The Daily Encouragerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909595903009350237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067065409095503378.post-69678010752477509912009-01-17T05:21:00.000-08:002009-01-17T06:20:31.038-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#663366;"><em>...."Two thirds of the people in the land will be cut off and die," says the L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span>. "But one-third will be left in the land. I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure. I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The L<span style="font-size:85%;">ORD</span> is our God.'" Zechariah 13:9b</em></span><br /><span style="color:#663366;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="color:#663366;"><em>It is easy to say, "Thank You, Lord for saving me.... It is easy to call Him Saviour.... The burning question is - Do I call Him 'Lord'?.... Is He truly my 'Lord'? Can I cut something out of my life that tends to replace His Lordship in my heart?</em></span><br /><span style="color:#663366;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="color:#663366;"><em>Am I willing to go through the fire to be refined like silver and purified like gold? What does that mean for me - does slow business and little income play a part in that? How am I responding to it? Am I willing to take every negative situation and make it a learning and growing experience?</em></span><br /><span style="color:#663366;"><em></em></span><br /><em><span style="color:#663366;">Lord, help me to reach out to others in need and encourage & challenge them to draw closer to you.</span></em> </span>The Daily Encouragerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909595903009350237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067065409095503378.post-92164884124195754042009-01-15T03:24:00.000-08:002009-01-15T03:37:55.138-08:00<span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>E. M. Forester</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Your key to freedom lies in your power to control your thoughts.</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. - Ben Sweetland</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Reflective thinking turns experience into insight.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>John Maxwell</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Creative ideas reside in people's minds but are trapped by fear or rejection. Create a judgment-free environment and you'll unleash a torrent of creativity. - Alex Osborne</em></span>The Daily Encouragerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909595903009350237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067065409095503378.post-28822124191675659592009-01-14T02:28:00.000-08:002009-01-14T02:39:26.674-08:00<span style="font-family:arial;color:#666600;"><strong>You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. - Buckminster Fuller</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666600;"><strong>Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666600;"><strong> - Anonymous</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666600;"><strong>Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. - Indian Proverb</strong></span>The Daily Encouragerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909595903009350237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067065409095503378.post-79950523423966054882009-01-13T06:25:00.000-08:002009-01-13T06:31:47.552-08:00Zechariah 4:6b says, It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies.<br /><br />Lord, I want to remember this always - esp. at times when things do not move forward like I think they should and I am tempted to MOVE THEM MYSELF! Help me to rely on You, Lord, not on my own fleshly 'strength'.The Daily Encouragerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909595903009350237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067065409095503378.post-77903105585387549042009-01-12T06:54:00.000-08:002009-01-12T07:06:50.787-08:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain. Kahlil Gibran</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">What would people have to say about us if they could not refer to what we do for a living? </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">Where is my identity? In whom or what do I place my faith?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">..let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Heb. 12:1b-2a</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. Seneca</span>The Daily Encouragerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909595903009350237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067065409095503378.post-70486831761648093012009-01-11T17:21:00.000-08:002009-01-11T17:28:59.348-08:00Father's Love Letter<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My Child, You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1<br />I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2<br />I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3<br />Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31<br />For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27<br />In me you live and move and have your being.Acts 17:28<br />For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28<br />I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5<br />I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12<br />You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16<br />I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26<br />You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14<br />I knit you together in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13<br />And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6<br />I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me.John 8:41-44<br />I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. 1 John 4:16<br />And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 1 John 3:1<br />Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. 1 John 3:1<br />I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11<br />For I am the perfect father. Matthew 5:48<br />Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. James 1:17<br />For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. Matthew 6:31-33<br />My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11<br />Because I love you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3<br />My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore.Psalms 139:17-18<br />And I rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17<br />I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40<br />For you are my treasured possession. Exodus 19:5<br />I desire to establish youwith all my heart and all my soul. Jeremiah 32:41<br />And I want to show you great and marvelous things. Jeremiah 33:3<br />If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. Deuteronomy 4:29<br />Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4<br />For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13<br />I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. Ephesians 3:20<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">For I am your greatest encourager. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17</span><br />I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4<br />When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. Psalm 34:18<br />As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart. Isaiah 40:11<br />One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. Revelation 21:3-4<br />And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth.Revelation 21:3-4<br />I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus.John 17:23<br />For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. John 17:26<br />He is the exact representation of my being. Hebrews 1:3<br />He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. Romans 8:31<br />And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.2 Corinthians 5:18-19<br />Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19<br />His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. 1 John 4:10<br />I gave up everything I lovedthat I might gain your love. Romans 8:31-32<br />If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me. 1 John 2:23<br />And nothing will ever separate you from my love again.Romans 8:38-39<br />Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen.Luke 15:7<br />I have always been Father, and will always be Father.Ephesians 3:14-15<br />My question is…Will you be my child? John 1:12-13<br />I am waiting for you. Luke 15:11-32 </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Love, Your Dad Almighty God</span></div>The Daily Encouragerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909595903009350237noreply@blogger.com0