HIS WORK IS SEEN EVERYWHERE

The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. {Psa 19:1}

Each evening as the sun sets, Almighty God announces the close of yet another day. He does so in magnificent splendor; painting the evening sky with mighty brush strokes of color and texture, mixing clouds with gold and silver light spread over the pastel blue of Heavens gateway.

Each morning, this mighty and incredible artistry of His invisible power is made visible to our eyes again, announcing the beginning of a new day. A fresh start. A day filled with His promise, His love, His might. {Gen 1:5 --God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.}.

From the beginning of time this gift and evidence of His power has never been duplicated. Each painting is dynamic, ever changing, never repeating, always fresh and renewing. In THIS we see ample evidence of God!

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. {Rom 1:20} The man who shouts "There is no God" is an Anathema and is cursed in the presence of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Pray for that man.

The Spirit of our Lord is invisible and His works remain a deep mystery to the flesh, and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness." { Act 14:17}

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. (42) So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body. {1Co 15:41-42}

Look up into the heavens tonight. As different from one to another the stars reveal His majesty that has been gifted to each one of us. We are as individual, one from another, as the stars differ in the sky. Only God can grant this miracle. He does so leaving visible evidence that we might see and that we might believe. DO you have insight? Do you believe?

"Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. {Dan 12:3}

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HIS WORK IS SEEN EVERYWHERE

The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. {Psa 19:1}

Each evening as the sun sets, Almighty God announces the close of yet another day. He does so in magnificent splendor; painting the evening sky with mighty brush strokes of color and texture, mixing clouds with gold and silver light spread over the pastel blue of Heavens gateway.

Each morning, this mighty and incredible artistry of His invisible power is made visible to our eyes again, announcing the beginning of a new day. A fresh start. A day filled with His promise, His love, His might. {Gen 1:5 --God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.}.

From the beginning of time this gift and evidence of His power has never been duplicated. Each painting is dynamic, ever changing, never repeating, always fresh and renewing. In THIS we see ample evidence of God!

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. {Rom 1:20} The man who shouts "There is no God" is an Anathema and is cursed in the presence of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Pray for that man.

The Spirit of our Lord is invisible and His works remain a deep mystery to the flesh, and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness." { Act 14:17}

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. (42) So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body. {1Co 15:41-42}

Look up into the heavens tonight. As different from one to another the stars reveal His majesty that has been gifted to each one of us. We are as individual, one from another, as the stars differ in the sky. Only God can grant this miracle. He does so leaving visible evidence that we might see and that we might believe. DO you have insight? Do you believe?

"Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. {Dan 12:3}

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TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. {Luk 9:23} -- by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; {2Co 6:8} -- indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. {2Ti 3:12}

Did you ever hear someone say, "Well, being stuck in this dead-end job must be my cross to bear, woe is me!" Jesus did not intend His words to be a license to a Pity-Party. What does it mean when we are asked to pick up our cross and follow Jesus?

As Christ carried His cross through the streets leading up to Golgotha, it was Roman law that the person to be executed must carry, on his own back, the very instrument that would soon support his lifeless remains. It was a form of extreme humiliation. Jesus died for us. When we figuratively pick up our cross to follow, we are stating in a bold manner that we are {literally} willing to die for Him.

"He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. {Joh 12:25} -- If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. (15) Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; (16) but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name. { 1Pe 4:14-16}

We were never, ever promised that our Christian lives would be a cake walk. That it would be without turbulence and trouble.

For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, {Php 1:29}, -- for the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; (15) and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. { 2Co 5:14-15}

If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us. {2Ti 2:12}

Be willing to carry your cross all the way to Golgotha for Jesus. He carried His for you!

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TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. {Luk 9:23} -- by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; {2Co 6:8} -- indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. {2Ti 3:12}

Did you ever hear someone say, "Well, being stuck in this dead-end job must be my cross to bear, woe is me!" Jesus did not intend His words to be a license to a Pity-Party. What does it mean when we are asked to pick up our cross and follow Jesus?

As Christ carried His cross through the streets leading up to Golgotha, it was Roman law that the person to be executed must carry, on his own back, the very instrument that would soon support his lifeless remains. It was a form of extreme humiliation. Jesus died for us. When we figuratively pick up our cross to follow, we are stating in a bold manner that we are {literally} willing to die for Him.

"He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. {Joh 12:25} -- If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. (15) Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; (16) but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name. { 1Pe 4:14-16}

We were never, ever promised that our Christian lives would be a cake walk. That it would be without turbulence and trouble.

For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, {Php 1:29}, -- for the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; (15) and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. { 2Co 5:14-15}

If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us. {2Ti 2:12}

Be willing to carry your cross all the way to Golgotha for Jesus. He carried His for you!

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ECCLESIASTES, those events under heaven

Ecc 3:1-22 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven— (2) A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. (3) A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up. (4) A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance. (5) A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing. (6) A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away. (7) A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak. (8) A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.

(9) What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? (10) I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. (11) He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. (12) I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one's lifetime; (13) moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God. (14) I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.

(15) That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by. (16) Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. (17) I said to myself, "God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a time for every matter and for every deed is there. (18) I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts." (19) For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. (20) All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. (21) Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? (22) I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?

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ECCLESIASTES, those events under heaven

Ecc 3:1-22 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven— (2) A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. (3) A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up. (4) A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance. (5) A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing. (6) A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away. (7) A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak. (8) A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.

(9) What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? (10) I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. (11) He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. (12) I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one's lifetime; (13) moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God. (14) I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.

(15) That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by. (16) Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. (17) I said to myself, "God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a time for every matter and for every deed is there. (18) I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts." (19) For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. (20) All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. (21) Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? (22) I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?

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PRAYER

Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord My Soul To Take, Amen.

This simple child's prayer is etched in the minds of millions and millions of God's creation. This and the so called Lord's Prayer found in Matthew 6: 9-13, are recited and recalled thousands of times each and every day around the globe. Grown men who have fallen away from the Lord or certain patients in Memory Care Facilities can be brought to tears hearing or speaking these timeless tools of worship.

We believe that the first mention of prayer in our Bible can be found in Genesis 4:26 where we read: To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

What is prayer and Why is it so important?

Right beside God's gift to us through the Breath of Life is where we should place the value and importance of Prayer. For believers, prayer is a gift, a privilege, a blessing of having direct unfettered access to the Creator, the Author of all things, past, present and future. Prayer is the direct connection between your soul's voice and God's ear. The LORD has heard my supplication, The LORD receives my prayer. { Psa 6:9} God grants the believer audience instantly regardless of the hour, weather, situation or location. The power of prayer is almost to great to contemplate while in the flesh.

Those who do not believe have no use for prayer; The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him. All his thoughts are, "There is no God." { Psa 10:4} --This is a sad statement and reflection on the majority of those living today.

The most common types of prayers are prayers of petition; Cries for personal help or intervention for themselves, and prayers of intercession; praying for intervention or benefit for others, or on their behalf. Here is an example of a prayer of intercession mixed with a short benediction at the end:

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, (15) from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, (16) that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, (17) so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, (18) may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, (19) and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. (20) Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, (21) to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. {Eph 3:14-21}

IN First Samuel, a powerful prayer of petition is pleaded by Hanna to be granted the favor of childbirth, lifting up words of great respect, worship and awe to her Lord:

Then Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD, My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. (2) "There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God. (3) "Boast no more so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed. (4) "The bows of the mighty are shattered, But the feeble gird on strength. (5) "Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease to hunger. Even the barren gives birth to seven, But she who has many children languishes. (6) "The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. (7) "The LORD makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts. (8) "He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor; For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He set the world on them. (9) "He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail. (10) "Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered; Against them He will thunder in the heavens, The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; And He will give strength to His king, And will exalt the horn of His anointed." {1Sa 2:1-10}

There is yet another type of prayer. Thanksgiving!

God answers prayers. O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. { Psa 30:2}

When you pray, pray from your heart, pray from the deepest most secret part of your very soul. Pray with a deep reverence expected as from a created being (you) to your Creator (Our Lord God). Cherish and protect this wondrous gift that Almighty God has granted to His child. Thank Him often for being the powerful and merciful Father of all who believe, Amen.

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