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  • A prayer for men

    A prayer for men

    LORD? I know many men who need your help.

    Men without respect… or honor… or praise…

    Men without love… without fulfillment… incomplete…

    Men without purpose… without direction… without work…

    Men alone.

    It was never your intention to abandon a man to be:

    • without a wife
    • without work
    • without a friend
    • without You.

    So LORD, please help all these men who have been driven deep into the recesses of defeat.

    Lift them LORD, to YOUR purpose, YOUR complete Love and YOUR full blessing.

    Blessed is the man
    who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
    nor stands in the way of sinners,
    nor sits in the seat of scoffers – Psalm 1:1

    Blessed is the man who finds a good wife in the Lord.

    Blessed is the man whose children honor him and whose wife respects him.

    Blessed is the man near to his Christian brothers.

    Blessed is the man known of the Lord in the gates.

    Blessed is the man who can provide for others.

     

    Yet in these evil days, blessed is the man who is rejected by his beloved for the sake of our Lord.

    Blessed is the man whose wife and children reject him.

    Blessed is the man who is rejected by his friends of the world.

    Blessed is the man who is not known and cannot find work.

     

    “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! – Luke 6:22

    Dear Lord? We pray for these faithful men…

    and also their loved ones.

    In Christ’s Name…

     

  • ANGRY Children of a Loving God – Part 5

    ANGRY Children of a Loving God – Part 5

    Should ANGRY children of a loving God remain angry with anyone?

    Mathew 18:15 “If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense.

    17 If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.

    23 “Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him…

     32 Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me. 33 Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ 34 Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.

    35 “That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart.”

    Are YOU humble enough to FORGIVE the one nearest your heart who has ANGERED you most?

    • LOVE and do not hate.
    • Take your anger to God.
    • Let Him deal with your anger.
    • He will repay.
    • And He will change your heart, IF you let Him.

    This is the command of Jesus:

    “LOVE the LORD your God with ALL your heart, AND your neighbor as yourself. 

    Closing consideration for ALL ANGRY children of a loving God:

    “Christ suffered and died for our sins. Jesus IS redemption for our beloved soul from the deserved anger of our loving God.

  • Children are a Gift from the Lord

    Children are a Gift from the Lord

    Psalm: 127: ESV

    Unless the Lord builds the house,
    those who build it labor in vain.
    Unless the Lord watches over the city,
    the watchman stays awake in vain.
    2 It is in vain that you rise up early
    and go late to rest,
    eating the bread of anxious toil;
    for he gives to his beloved sleep.

    3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

    4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
    are the children of one’s youth.
    5 Blessed is the man
    who fills his quiver with them!
    He shall not be put to shame
    when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

    I noticed a nearby neighborhood gathering  as I drove to work, so familiar and filled with fond memories.  The gathering of the little ones joined by their moms at the school bus stop is a place of joy worth noting.

    At one time it way my joy to put our little one on the bus or to be waiting with neighbors as she bounded off the bus full of the joy of her school day.

    These moments must not be discounted by busy parents.

    • Has the Lord built your house?
    • Do a husband and wife not labor in vain only to miss out of the joyous and lasting moments of such blessings of our children?
    • Why would you rise early and go to bed late only to miss out on the most joyous and blessed passing moments in your children’s lives?

    Blessed are the man and the woman who take time to enjoy the Lord’s blessing – the children the Lord has given to your keeping for only a short time.