Journeyman's Posts - All About GOD2024-03-19T03:24:19Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeisterhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/61773548?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.allaboutgod.net/profiles/blog/feed?user=yym8yjkcslan&xn_auth=noMatthew 4: 15-17 ESVtag:www.allaboutgod.net,2020-05-25:1383940:BlogPost:17923632020-05-25T17:01:28.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,<br />
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—<br />
16 the people dwelling in darkness<br />
have seen a great light,<br />
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,<br />
on them a light has dawned.”<br />
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17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”<br />
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Don't let your hearts be troubled in these fear filled times. You have seen a great light in Jesus the Christ. Trust in him and what he has…
15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,<br />
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—<br />
16 the people dwelling in darkness<br />
have seen a great light,<br />
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,<br />
on them a light has dawned.”<br />
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17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”<br />
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Don't let your hearts be troubled in these fear filled times. You have seen a great light in Jesus the Christ. Trust in him and what he has done for those who believe in him. First for the Jew and then for the Gentile his time is coming when he will return for his children.God loves you. He is a loving Father.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2018-11-25:1383940:BlogPost:17680892018-11-25T15:00:00.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p><span>But </span><b>God</b><span> demonstrates his own love for </span><b>us</b><span> in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for </span><b>us</b><span>. </span><span>Romans 5:8</span></p>
<div class="bible-item-title-wrap col-sm-3"><a class="bible-item-title" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John+4:7&version=NIV">1 John 4:7</a></div>
<div class="bible-item-text col-sm-9">[<span> </span><i><b>God</b>’s Love and Ours</i><span> </span>] Dear friends,…</div>
<p><span>But </span><b>God</b><span> demonstrates his own love for </span><b>us</b><span> in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for </span><b>us</b><span>. </span><span>Romans 5:8</span></p>
<div class="bible-item-title-wrap col-sm-3"><a class="bible-item-title" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John+4:7&version=NIV">1 John 4:7</a></div>
<div class="bible-item-text col-sm-9">[<span> </span><i><b>God</b>’s Love and Ours</i><span> </span>] Dear friends, let<span> </span><b>us </b>love one another, for love comes from<span> </span><b>God</b>. Everyone who<span> </span><b>loves</b><span> </span>has been born of<span> </span><b>God</b><span> </span>and knows<span> </span><b>God, because God is Love.</b></div>
<div class="bible-item-text col-sm-9"><div class="bible-item-title-wrap col-sm-3"><a class="bible-item-title" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John+4:21&version=NIV">1 John 4:21</a></div>
<div class="bible-item-text col-sm-9">And he has given<span> </span><b>us</b><span> </span>this command: Anyone who<span> </span><b>loves</b><span> </span><b>God</b><span> </span>must also love their brother and sister.</div>
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<div class="bible-item-text col-sm-9">There is a chance that this is not the first time you have tried to come close to God and follow with him on your journey. Perhaps you have said, " Why God why?" So you find yourself here seeking, searching for answers. God is here. He is everywhere and his Love is perfect love. A Good Father loves his children. God created us and his Love is "agape", perfect love. God answers prayers and I know this because I'm here after over many years of coming here day after day seeking him and trying to do his purpose he continues to hold me close and love me. Even though I know in my heart I've not always been who he needed me to be. He never gives up. Be patient with yourselves. He hears you and has placed a desire in your heart to know him. </div>
<div class="bible-item-text col-sm-9">Wherever this web site goes from here is in God's hands. I'm honored to be able to say he is my Father and he answered my prayer to make a difference.</div>
<div class="bible-item-text col-sm-9">Your Brother in Christ,</div>
<div class="bible-item-text col-sm-9">Journeyman </div>
</div>What does God want you to do? What is his will? Be steadfast in your faith.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2018-09-24:1383940:BlogPost:17615132018-09-24T15:38:23.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<h1 class="passage-display"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="passage-display-bcv">Philippians 4:8</span> <span class="passage-display-version">New International Version (NIV)</span></span></h1>
<p><span class="text Phil-4-8" id="en-NIV-29451" style="font-size: 14pt;"><sup class="versenum"><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-2165308835384">8 </span></sup><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-2165308835384">Finally, brothers and sisters,…</span></span></p>
<h1 class="passage-display"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="passage-display-bcv">Philippians 4:8</span> <span class="passage-display-version">New International Version (NIV)</span></span></h1>
<p><span id="en-NIV-29451" class="text Phil-4-8" style="font-size: 14pt;"><sup class="versenum"><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-2165308835384">8 </span></sup><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-2165308835384">Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is <strong>true</strong>, whatever is <strong>noble</strong>, whatever is <strong>right</strong>, whatever is <strong>pure</strong>, whatever is <strong>lovely</strong>, whatever is <strong>admirable</strong>—if anything is <strong>excellent</strong> or <strong>praiseworthy</strong>—think about such things.</span></span></p>
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<p><span class="text Phil-4-8" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-2165308835384"><span id="en-NIV-29531" class="text Col-3-13"></span></span></span></p>
<h3><span id="en-CSB-29512" class="text Col-3-12">Colossians 3: 12-13 Christain Standard Bible</span></h3>
<h3><span id="en-CSB-29512" class="text Col-3-12">The Christian Life</span></h3>
<p class="first-line-none"><span class="text Col-3-12"><sup class="versenum">1<span style="font-size: 14pt;">2 </span></sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved,<strong>put on <em>compassion</em>, <em>kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience</em>,</strong> </span></span><span id="en-CSB-29513" class="text Col-3-13" style="font-size: 14pt;"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>bearing with one another and <strong><em>forgiving</em></strong> one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><strong>forgiven</strong></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong> you</strong>, so you are also to <strong>forgive</strong>.</span></p>A call to persevere in Faithtag:www.allaboutgod.net,2018-09-24:1383940:BlogPost:17615102018-09-24T15:07:42.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<h3><span class="text Heb-10-19" id="en-NIV-30153">A Call to Persevere in Faith</span></h3>
<p><span class="text Heb-10-19"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidenceto enter the Most Holy Place<span> </span>by the blood of Jesus,</span><span> </span><span class="text Heb-10-20" id="en-NIV-30154"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>by a new and living way<span> </span>opened for us through the curtain,<span> </span>that is, his…</span></p>
<h3><span id="en-NIV-30153" class="text Heb-10-19">A Call to Persevere in Faith</span></h3>
<p><span class="text Heb-10-19"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidenceto enter the Most Holy Place<span> </span>by the blood of Jesus,</span><span> </span><span id="en-NIV-30154" class="text Heb-10-20"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>by a new and living way<span> </span>opened for us through the curtain,<span> </span>that is, his body,</span><span> </span><span id="en-NIV-30155" class="text Heb-10-21"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>and since we have a great priest<span> </span>over the house of God,</span><span> </span><span id="en-NIV-30156" class="text Heb-10-22"><sup class="versenum"><span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-3400930296542">22 </span></span></sup><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-3400930296542">let us draw near to God</span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-3400930296542"><span> </span>with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,</span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-3400930296542"><span> </span>having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience</span><span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-3400930296542">and having our bodies washed with pure water.</span></span></span><span> </span><span id="en-NIV-30157" class="text Heb-10-23"><sup class="versenum"><span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-742661730897">23 </span></span></sup><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-742661730897">Let us hold unswervingly to the hope</span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-742661730897"><span> </span>we profess,</span><span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-742661730897"> for he who promised is faithful.</span></span></span><span> </span><span id="en-NIV-30158" class="text Heb-10-24"><sup class="versenum"><span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-9057168903378">24 </span></span></sup><span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-9057168903378">And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,</span></span></span><span> </span><span id="en-NIV-30159" class="text Heb-10-25"><sup class="versenum"><span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-2748816245454">25 </span></span></sup><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-2748816245454">not giving up meeting together,</span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-2748816245454"><span> </span>as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another</span><span><span class="verse-highlight verse-highlight-blue selection-2748816245454">—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.</span></span></span></p>Morning thoughtstag:www.allaboutgod.net,2018-04-27:1383940:BlogPost:17524042018-04-27T12:18:29.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>When I was a small boy I remember that my Dad was always the first one up and out of bed in the morning. I'm sure it had something to do with him being raised on a farm as the oldest of a rather large family. As the elder son the chores of the day where a priority for him. The morning chores came before everything else. I don't know if my Dad prayed in the morning before chores or as the work was being done. Honestly, I don't have proof that he prayed at all as a young boy. I do know that my…</p>
<p>When I was a small boy I remember that my Dad was always the first one up and out of bed in the morning. I'm sure it had something to do with him being raised on a farm as the oldest of a rather large family. As the elder son the chores of the day where a priority for him. The morning chores came before everything else. I don't know if my Dad prayed in the morning before chores or as the work was being done. Honestly, I don't have proof that he prayed at all as a young boy. I do know that my Grandma prayed. She has been gone a very long time. I never knew my Dads Mom.</p>
<p>What I do know is this, my Dad was a loving man. He was a quiet, gentle hard working man. He had great respect for my Mom and their love was a true example of a Godly marriage. He once told me to "always respect your wife". He told me in the only letter he ever wrote to me while I was in the military how proud he was to be my father. He was not a formally educated man. Being the eldest Son, the farm took priority because that was his families only source of income.</p>
<p>I loved to work with my Father around the yard. I enjoyed spending time with him even if he was just outside smoking his pipe. We would sit and talk about the small things in life. We would laugh and share the funny things in life as well. I miss him a lot. He would spend quiet times by himself and we went to Church as a family all the time. We were taken care of both physically and mentally. Loved and cared for. My Mom and Dad loved each other and respected what they both knew God had done for and with them. </p>
<p>I am now older than my Dad was when he passed away. I am born again. God is at work in me. God has placed in me a deep love for people and given me my soulmate to journey with me. I am happy to know that sometimes words don't need to be spoken to know that we are loved.</p>
<p>Father, I give thanks for the time we spend together. You have given us a peace that surpasses all understanding. I rest in your arms Abba. We are loved. May we share our thoughts with you and may you guide us with your wisdom. In the name of Jesus, Amen</p>Refresh your relationship with the Lordtag:www.allaboutgod.net,2018-03-02:1383940:BlogPost:17494692018-03-02T14:02:21.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>Brothers and Sisters in Christ, let us remember to stay close to Jesus. He is our first love,hope and source for God's great mercies. By his death God closed the gap that sin created between us and him. Renew, refresh and remember who we are with Jesus the Christ.</p>
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<p>Spiritual Fullness in Christ</p>
<p>Colossians 2: 6-8 NIV</p>
<p>6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as…</p>
<p>Brothers and Sisters in Christ, let us remember to stay close to Jesus. He is our first love,hope and source for God's great mercies. By his death God closed the gap that sin created between us and him. Renew, refresh and remember who we are with Jesus the Christ.</p>
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<p>Spiritual Fullness in Christ</p>
<p>Colossians 2: 6-8 NIV</p>
<p>6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.<br/>8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.</p>Fear of.....tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2017-11-15:1383940:BlogPost:17440802017-11-15T17:46:39.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>Fear can and will stop us in our tracks. Rightly so at times. Because fear, healthy fear can keep us alive. Fear can and will also stop us from being the people God meant us to be. Fear can come from lies that we have told ourselves or that others have told us about ourselves. Such as, "I'm just not good enough" or "Your not good enough". "I'm not smart enough"I can never help because I'm just not enough of....Whatever. </p>
<p>In my own life my own brokenness helped reinforce the lies that…</p>
<p>Fear can and will stop us in our tracks. Rightly so at times. Because fear, healthy fear can keep us alive. Fear can and will also stop us from being the people God meant us to be. Fear can come from lies that we have told ourselves or that others have told us about ourselves. Such as, "I'm just not good enough" or "Your not good enough". "I'm not smart enough"I can never help because I'm just not enough of....Whatever. </p>
<p>In my own life my own brokenness helped reinforce the lies that kept me from God for many years. Because of my own brokenness the need to "prove" myself to the world was very powerful. But, when I wasn't successful all the time with that I continued to beat up on myself. Looking back I have been able to see that God was looking for me all along. Just like the Prodigal Son I needed to turn from sin and broken habits and lifestyle and give my heart and very life to God.</p>
<p>When I came here to AllAboutGod.net it was because of an invitation I received because of my seeking help with my relationship with God. I needed answers and I was "hungry" for what God was giving me. </p>
<p>My prayer is that as new people come here to find answers God will direct them in the path he has for them as he has done me. I continue to grow and I long for more time with our Lord. I continue to struggle knowing I'm not yet where I need to be but I am glad I'm not where I used to be. When we seek God with our hearts open to him, he fills us with his incredible perfect love. I do so enjoy his word in scripture which feeds me daily. Prayer is conversation with him and that is joy. </p>
<p>Be steadfast in your journey. You are a pilgrim on this path. Know that you belong to our God the almighty whose love is perfect for you. Have Hope in Jesus our perfect intercessor who gave his life that we might share in eternity. Let his sacrifice soak into your soul.</p>
<p>May God bless you and keep you close to him at all times through Jesus Christ in whose name we pray, Amen</p>
<p></p>1 John 2: 12-14 NLTtag:www.allaboutgod.net,2017-11-03:1383940:BlogPost:17436362017-11-03T16:23:46.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p><span class="font-size-5">1 John 2: 12-14 NLT</span></p>
<p><span class="text 1John-2-12" id="en-NLT-30523"><span class="versenum">12 </span>I am writing to you who are God’s children</span><br></br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 1John-2-12">because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.</span></span><br></br><span class="text 1John-2-13" id="en-NLT-30524"><span class="versenum">13 </span>I am writing to you who are mature in the…</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5">1 John 2: 12-14 NLT</span></p>
<p><span id="en-NLT-30523" class="text 1John-2-12"><span class="versenum">12 </span>I am writing to you who are God’s children</span><br/><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 1John-2-12">because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.</span></span><br/><span id="en-NLT-30524" class="text 1John-2-13"><span class="versenum">13 </span>I am writing to you who are mature in the faith</span><br/><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 1John-2-13">because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning.</span></span><br/><span class="text 1John-2-13">I am writing to you who are young in the faith</span><br/><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 1John-2-13">because you have won your battle with the evil one.</span></span><br/><span id="en-NLT-30525" class="text 1John-2-14"><span class="versenum">14 </span>I have written to you who are God’s children</span><br/><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 1John-2-14">because you know the Father.</span></span><br/><span class="text 1John-2-14">I have written to you who are mature in the faith</span><br/><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 1John-2-14">because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning.</span></span><br/><span class="text 1John-2-14">I have written to you who are young in the faith</span><br/><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 1John-2-14">because you are strong.</span></span><br/><span class="text 1John-2-14">God’s word lives in your hearts,</span><br/><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text 1John-2-14">and you have won your battle with the evil one.</span></span></p>
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<p><span class="indent-1"><span class="text 1John-2-14">Remember that the Bible is our most trusted source of information about who we are and who God is. Hold the words God has given us near to your hearts. His love is perfect. He is trustworthy. </span></span></p>
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<div class="bible-item-title-wrap col-sm-3"><a class="bible-item-title" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+19:7&version=NLT"></a>Psalm 19:7 NLT</div>
<div class="bible-item-text col-sm-9">The instructions of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> are perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> are <b>trustworthy</b>, making wise the simple.</div>An alien. A stranger in a strange land.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2017-09-09:1383940:BlogPost:17410292017-09-09T14:57:28.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>At one time I was a Gentile. A being separated from God by the Law. I was transformed by the blood, given eternal life by his resurrection from the dead. We are now one.</p>
<div class="s1"><strong><span class="heading">One in Christ</span></strong></div>
<div class="p"><span class="verse v11"><span class="label">11 </span><span class="content">Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the…</span></span></div>
<p>At one time I was a Gentile. A being separated from God by the Law. I was transformed by the blood, given eternal life by his resurrection from the dead. We are now one.</p>
<div class="s1"><strong><span class="heading">One in Christ</span></strong></div>
<div class="p"><span class="verse v11"><span class="label">11 </span><span class="content">Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— </span></span><span class="verse v12"><span class="label">12 </span><span class="content">remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. </span></span><span class="verse v13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v14"><span class="label">14 </span><span class="content">For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility </span></span><span class="verse v15"><span class="label">15 </span><span class="content">by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, </span></span><span class="verse v16"><span class="label">16 </span><span class="content">and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. </span></span><span class="verse v17"><span class="label">17 </span><span class="content">And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. </span></span><span class="verse v18"><span class="label">18 </span><span class="content">For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. </span></span><span class="verse v19"><span class="label">19 </span><span class="content">So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, </span></span><span class="verse v20"><span class="label">20 </span><span class="content">built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, </span></span><span class="verse v21"><span class="label">21 </span><span class="content">in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v22"><span class="label">22 </span><span class="content">In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. Ephesians 2: 11-22 ESV</span></span></div>Your Bible is a personal gift from God.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2017-05-24:1383940:BlogPost:17324762017-05-24T16:36:56.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>When I joined the United States Marine Corps myself and all of the recruits received in boot camp a guide which the drill instructors called our "red monster". In it was all of the information we as Marines would need to live and get by as new Marines. We had to carry the book with us at all times. We had to read it whenever we found ourselves waiting for something like a class or a training session. We were told to memorize the information because we would be tested on it and our jobs as…</p>
<p>When I joined the United States Marine Corps myself and all of the recruits received in boot camp a guide which the drill instructors called our "red monster". In it was all of the information we as Marines would need to live and get by as new Marines. We had to carry the book with us at all times. We had to read it whenever we found ourselves waiting for something like a class or a training session. We were told to memorize the information because we would be tested on it and our jobs as Marines were hinged on every word in this book. The red monster was to become very close to us.</p>
<p>The Bible is certainly not a red monster. But, it is a very personal and critical part of who we are as Christians just as the red monster was to me and my fellow Marines. I have found that God's word to me is as crucial to me as oxygen for living. The very closeness of God's teaching makes reading and studying it like breathing to me. My prayer for you is that you discover the personal closeness of God's word in his book the Bible.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/">https://www.biblegateway.com/</a></p>
<p></p>Dying to self. Thanks to GotQuestions.org for help with this. I give them all the credit.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2016-02-10:1383940:BlogPost:16781192016-02-10T15:30:55.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>Live your day for the Lord! Draw close to him regardless of circumstances. Embrace him and let go of yourself.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/dying-to-self.html" target="_blank">http://www.gotquestions.org/dying-to-self.html</a></p>
<p>Live your day for the Lord! Draw close to him regardless of circumstances. Embrace him and let go of yourself.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/dying-to-self.html" target="_blank">http://www.gotquestions.org/dying-to-self.html</a></p>Restoration- Revivaltag:www.allaboutgod.net,2015-08-18:1383940:BlogPost:16510472015-08-18T16:19:59.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p><span class="text Ps-85-4"><span class="versenum"><em><strong>Psalm 85:4-7</strong></em> <strong>NIV</strong></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span class="text Ps-85-4" id="en-NIV-15276"><span class="versenum">4 </span>Restore us again, God our Savior,</span></strong><br></br><strong><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-85-4">and put away your displeasure toward us.…</span></span></strong><br></br><strong><span class="text Ps-85-5" id="en-NIV-15277"></span></strong></p>
<p><span class="text Ps-85-4"><span class="versenum"><em><strong>Psalm 85:4-7</strong></em> <strong>NIV</strong></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span id="en-NIV-15276" class="text Ps-85-4"><span class="versenum">4 </span>Restore us again, God our Savior,</span></strong><br/><strong><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-85-4">and put away your displeasure toward us.</span></span></strong><br/><strong><span id="en-NIV-15277" class="text Ps-85-5"><span class="versenum">5 </span>Will you be angry with us forever?</span></strong><br/><strong><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-85-5">Will you prolong your anger through all generations?</span></span></strong><br/><strong><span id="en-NIV-15278" class="text Ps-85-6"><span class="versenum">6 </span>Will you not revive us again,</span></strong><br/><strong><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-85-6">that your people may rejoice in you?</span></span></strong><br/><strong><span id="en-NIV-15279" class="text Ps-85-7"><span class="versenum">7 </span>Show us your unfailing love, <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span></strong><br/><strong><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-85-7">and grant us your salvation.</span></span></strong></p>
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<p><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-85-7">Scripture is like food and water for a hungry soul. We need revival in this world. We need our God who is faithful and merciful. He loves his children and disciplines us. Pray about this today let his word sink into your heart.</span></span></p>We are one body.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2015-08-07:1383940:BlogPost:16497372015-08-07T11:08:22.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>UNITY AND MATURITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST<br></br>Ephesians 4: 1-6 NIV<br></br>4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who…</p>
<p>UNITY AND MATURITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST<br/>Ephesians 4: 1-6 NIV<br/>4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.</p>
<p>We are in this together. The Lord tells us over and over we are one body. ALL of us are important. No ONE of less importance. See also Hebrews 10:24-25</p>
<p>May the Lord our God bless you and keep you, may the Lord make his face to shine upon you. May you find peace in the comfort of knowing that you belong to him, and that he loves you for just the way you are.</p>
<p>journeyman</p>Prayerful meditation on Thessalonians instructions.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2015-08-05:1383940:BlogPost:16495652015-08-05T13:24:35.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p><strong><span class="text 1Thess-5-12"><span class="versenum">Today I am using God's word in 1Thessalonians for mindful intentional connection with our God.</span></span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span class="text 1Thess-5-12"><span class="versenum">1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 NIV</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span class="text 1Thess-5-12"><span class="versenum">12 </span>Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and…</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="text 1Thess-5-12"><span class="versenum">Today I am using God's word in 1Thessalonians for mindful intentional connection with our God.</span></span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span class="text 1Thess-5-12"><span class="versenum">1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 NIV</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span class="text 1Thess-5-12"><span class="versenum">12 </span>Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.</span> <span id="en-NIV-29635" class="text 1Thess-5-13"><span class="versenum">13 </span>Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.</span> <span id="en-NIV-29636" class="text 1Thess-5-14"><span class="versenum">14 </span>And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.</span> <span id="en-NIV-29637" class="text 1Thess-5-15"><span class="versenum">15 </span>Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.</span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-29638" class="text 1Thess-5-16"><span class="versenum">16 </span>Rejoice always,</span> <span id="en-NIV-29639" class="text 1Thess-5-17"><span class="versenum">17 </span>pray continually,</span> <span id="en-NIV-29640" class="text 1Thess-5-18"><span class="versenum">18 </span>give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.</span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-29641" class="text 1Thess-5-19"><span class="versenum">19 </span>Do not quench the Spirit.</span> <span id="en-NIV-29642" class="text 1Thess-5-20"><span class="versenum">20 </span>Do not treat prophecies with contempt</span> <span id="en-NIV-29643" class="text 1Thess-5-21"><span class="versenum">21 </span>but test them all; hold on to what is good,</span> <span id="en-NIV-29644" class="text 1Thess-5-22"><span class="versenum">22 </span>reject every kind of evil.</span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-29645" class="text 1Thess-5-23"><span class="versenum">23 </span>May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.</span> <span id="en-NIV-29646" class="text 1Thess-5-24"><span class="versenum">24 </span>The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.</span></p>
<p class="top-1"><span id="en-NIV-29647" class="text 1Thess-5-25"><span class="versenum">25 </span>Brothers and sisters, pray for us.</span> <span id="en-NIV-29648" class="text 1Thess-5-26"><span class="versenum">26 </span>Greet all God’s people with a holy kiss.</span><span id="en-NIV-29649" class="text 1Thess-5-27"><span class="versenum">27 </span>I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.</span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-29650" class="text 1Thess-5-28"><span class="versenum">28 </span>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.</span></p>
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<p><span class="text 1Thess-5-28">Sharing with love in my heart.</span></p>
<p><span class="text 1Thess-5-28">journeyman</span></p>Our hope is in the Lord always.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2014-01-07:1383940:BlogPost:15331282014-01-07T18:52:58.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Psalm 31:24</span></strong></span><br></br> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><em>Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.</em></strong></span><br></br> <br></br> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">So many we love and care for are still lost. But God has placed hope in our hearts by giving us his Holy Spirit. Be strong. Trust…</span></span></p>
<p><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Psalm 31:24</span></strong></span><br/> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><em>Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.</em></strong></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">So many we love and care for are still lost. But God has placed hope in our hearts by giving us his Holy Spirit. Be strong. Trust with all your being. For it is not us that can save but God our Father in whom all hope is found.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Why do you struggle so faithful ones?</span></span></p>
<p><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Where is your trust placed?</span></span></p>
<p><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Who do you turn too in times of need?</span></span></p>
<p><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><em>These are questions only you and God can answer together. Seek, ask, and obey his</em></strong> <em><strong>word</strong>.</em><em><br/><br/></em></span></span></p>
<p></p>No Grumblingtag:www.allaboutgod.net,2013-12-19:1383940:BlogPost:15279362013-12-19T14:20:04.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p><span class="font-size-3">Today God is showing me this passage as a reminder as to how every day should be. Today Father I seek to serve. I choose to not grumble. Guide my words dear Abba and guide my heart.</span></p>
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<div class="heading passage-class-0"><h3><span class="font-size-4">1 Peter 4:9-11</span></h3>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Today God is showing me this passage as a reminder as to how every day should be. Today Father I seek to serve. I choose to not grumble. Guide my words dear Abba and guide my heart.</span></p>
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<div class="heading passage-class-0"><h3><span class="font-size-4">1 Peter 4:9-11</span></h3>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><span id="en-NIV-30456"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.</span> <span id="en-NIV-30457"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.</span> <span id="en-NIV-30458"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></p>The word of Jesus found in John 12.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2013-10-19:1383940:BlogPost:15116302013-10-19T13:14:38.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>The word of Jesus found in John 12: 44-50 (NIV)</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="text John-12-44" id="en-NIV-26625"><sup class="versenum">44 </sup>Then <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Jesus cried out</strong></span>, <strong><span class="woj" style="color: #ff0000;">“Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.…</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>The word of Jesus found in John 12: 44-50 (NIV)</strong></span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-26625" class="text John-12-44"><sup class="versenum">44 </sup>Then <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Jesus cried out</strong></span>, <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="woj">“Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.</span></strong></span> <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span id="en-NIV-26626" class="text John-12-45"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">45 </sup>The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26627" class="text John-12-46"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">46 </sup>I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span id="en-NIV-26628" class="text John-12-47"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">47 </sup>“If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26629" class="text John-12-48"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">48 </sup>There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26630" class="text John-12-49"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">49 </sup>For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26631" class="text John-12-50"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">50 </sup>I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”</span></span></span></strong></p>
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<p><span class="text John-12-50"><span class="woj">Last night at our weekly Bible study my wife and I along with some friends shared and studied more of John 12. I have taken to taking apart sections of the Gospel and "praying, meditating, thinking on " the word God has given us. This helps me have a better perspective on each section. Dissecting the very words of Jesus for me is very enjoyable.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="text John-12-50"><span class="woj">My hope: Please enjoy God's word for us slowly, gently and know that he loves you and I no matter the circumstances of our lives. He is the "Good Shepard" my desire is to follow him home. Becoming a completely committed follower of Jesus takes time and instruction. But, we need to be teachable as well. Be still and let his word soak into your very being.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="text John-12-50"><span class="woj">Your Brother in Christ,</span></span></p>
<p><span class="text John-12-50"><span class="woj">Journeyman :-)</span></span></p>Forty Day Devotion: From Author Steve Arterburn's "Healing is a Choice"tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2013-09-21:1383940:BlogPost:3622582013-09-21T21:44:29.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>At the end of Steve Arterburn's book "Healing is a Choice" is a Forty-day Challenge. If you take his challenge everyday for the next forty days it will take you about five minutes to read this devotional. I found for myself it had great significance reading it aloud. Reading this devotion helped me to see just how much God Loves me. Language, the power of spoken words to our Lord from our heart is prayer. Prayer has incredible healing abilities. Please take this challenge. Go to a quiet…</p>
<p>At the end of Steve Arterburn's book "Healing is a Choice" is a Forty-day Challenge. If you take his challenge everyday for the next forty days it will take you about five minutes to read this devotional. I found for myself it had great significance reading it aloud. Reading this devotion helped me to see just how much God Loves me. Language, the power of spoken words to our Lord from our heart is prayer. Prayer has incredible healing abilities. Please take this challenge. Go to a quiet place and read these words.<br/> <b>Opening Prayer</b><br/> Lord I am broken and hurting due to the brokenness of others and mistakes of my own. Please use your powers to heal me and give me courage to make the choices I need to make to allow your healing in my life Forgive me for standing in your way of healing for me. Thank you for allowing my past to end one second ago, and my future to begin right now in this moment with you.<br/> Affirmation: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Today I chose to Heal</span></strong></span></p>
<p>Today I choose to Heal.<br/> My healing begins right now, in this moment.<br/> I am no longer bound by my sick past.<br/> There is healing in my future.<br/> For the next twenty-four hours, I choose to live free and heal.<br/> I choose to let go of past hurts that I cannot undo.<br/> I choose to forgive myself for wrong choices in the past.<br/> Today I will dwell on what is good and right, not on the darkness I have experienced or the darkness others invite me to live.<br/> Today I will live beyond myself and live for God.<br/> On this day I will choose to feel my life rather than live in denial.<br/> I will not medicate away my pain, sorrow or anxiety.<br/> I will allow each negative feeling to lead me to greater depths of healing.<br/> I will not drown out or ignore my negative emotions.<br/> I will work through these feelings and move out of them.<br/> I will not project them onto those around me.<br/> When I am unaware of what choice to make next, I will choose to do the next right thing.<br/> Today I will not hide or run away.<br/> I will connect with those who love me and with those who need my love.<br/> Throughout this day I will stay connected to God and ask him to guide me and lead me.<br/> Today will be an adventure for me.<br/> I will take a risk and enjoy the unpredictable.<br/> I will not be governed by my fears.<br/> I will choose to do something uncomfortable that might lead me to know the truth about myself or live life to the fullest.<br/> I will not lie to myself today.<br/> I will seek the truth and will ask for help when I need it.<br/> Today I will reestablish some boundaries that will protect me from unhealthy people and unhealthy situations.<br/> I will tear down some walls that are keeping some wonderful people from knowing me and loving me.<br/> If there is some ungrieved loss, I will grieve it as much as I can today, and then put it away.<br/> Today I will choose reality and embrace it.<br/> I will accept my life and pick up my life right where it is.<br/> I refuse to wallow in self-pity.<br/> I will not focus on what I do not have or what might have been.<br/> On this day I will not give up.<br/> No matter how difficult the struggle, I choose to persevere.<br/> I will not let any excuse be strong enough to derail my path to healing.<br/> I will never give up or give in to an old life that did not serve me well.<br/> I will allow no one to discourage me.<br/> Today I will heal and rely on God to deliver me through the choices I make.<br/> Today I will allow God to control my life, and each choice I make, I will make with God in mind and love in my heart.<br/> On this day I choose healing.<br/> I will do what I can do to heal and accept the limitations God has placed before me.<br/> I will see every limitation I encounter as an invitation by God to do for me what I cannot do for myself.<br/> I will accept that healing is sometimes slow and delayed and will grow in character in the meantime.<br/> Today I will step outside of myself and serve others.<br/> I will find a need and fill it.<br/> I will find the hurt of another and help heal it.<br/> I will not become self-absorbed or filled with self-obsession.<br/> I will reach out to someone in need and do what I can to meet that need.<br/> Today I will ask for God’s help to live out His purpose.<br/> Today I will live for God and not myself.<br/> Today I choose to live.<br/> Today I choose to love.<br/> Today I choose to heal.</p>Recommended reading for all those who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2013-05-22:1383940:BlogPost:14578262013-05-22T11:24:51.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
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<h3><span class="text John-17-1" id="en-NIV-26761">Jesus Prays to Be Glorified</span></h3>
<p class="chapter-2"><span class="text John-17-1"><span class="chapternum">17 </span>After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:</span></p>
<div class="left-1 child-first-line-1"><p class="top-05"><span class="text John-17-1"><span class="woj">“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify…</span></span></p>
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<h3><span id="en-NIV-26761" class="text John-17-1">Jesus Prays to Be Glorified</span></h3>
<p class="chapter-2"><span class="text John-17-1"><span class="chapternum">17 </span>After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:</span></p>
<div class="left-1 child-first-line-1"><p class="top-05"><span class="text John-17-1"><span class="woj">“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26762" class="text John-17-2"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26763" class="text John-17-3"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26764" class="text John-17-4"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26765" class="text John-17-5"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.</span></span></p>
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<h3><span id="en-NIV-26766" class="text John-17-6">Jesus Prays for His Disciples</span></h3>
<div class="left-1 child-first-line-1"><p><span class="text John-17-6"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>“I have revealed you<sup class="footnote">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=NIV#fen-NIV-26766a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup> to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26767" class="text John-17-7"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26768" class="text John-17-8"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26769" class="text John-17-9"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26770" class="text John-17-10"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26771" class="text John-17-11"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of<sup class="footnote">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=NIV#fen-NIV-26771b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</sup> your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26772" class="text John-17-12"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by<sup class="footnote">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=NIV#fen-NIV-26772c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]</sup> that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.</span></span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-26773" class="text John-17-13"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>“I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26774" class="text John-17-14"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26775" class="text John-17-15"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26776" class="text John-17-16"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26777" class="text John-17-17"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>Sanctify them by<sup class="footnote">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=NIV#fen-NIV-26777d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]</sup> the truth; your word is truth.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26778" class="text John-17-18"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26779" class="text John-17-19"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.</span></span></p>
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<h3><span id="en-NIV-26780" class="text John-17-20">Jesus Prays for All Believers</span></h3>
<div class="left-1 child-first-line-1"><p><span class="text John-17-20"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26781" class="text John-17-21"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26782" class="text John-17-22"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26783" class="text John-17-23"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.</span></span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-26784" class="text John-17-24"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.</span></span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-26785" class="text John-17-25"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>“Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26786" class="text John-17-26"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>I have made you<sup class="footnote">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=NIV#fen-NIV-26786e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]</sup> known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”</span></span></p>
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<div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4>
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<li id="fen-NIV-26766a"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=NIV#en-NIV-26766" title="Go to John 17:6">John 17:6</a> Greek <i>your name</i></li>
<li id="fen-NIV-26771b"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=NIV#en-NIV-26771" title="Go to John 17:11">John 17:11</a> Or <i>Father, keep them faithful to</i></li>
<li id="fen-NIV-26772c"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=NIV#en-NIV-26772" title="Go to John 17:12">John 17:12</a> Or <i>kept them faithful to</i></li>
<li id="fen-NIV-26777d"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=NIV#en-NIV-26777" title="Go to John 17:17">John 17:17</a> Or <i>them to live in accordance with</i></li>
<li id="fen-NIV-26786e"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=NIV#en-NIV-26786" title="Go to John 17:26">John 17:26</a> Greek <i>your name</i></li>
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</div>Gethsemane: My own thoughtstag:www.allaboutgod.net,2013-03-26:1383940:BlogPost:14344722013-03-26T15:25:20.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<h3><span class="text Matt-26-36" id="en-NIV-24091">Gethsemane Matthew 26: 36-46<br></br></span></h3>
<p><span class="text Matt-26-36"><sup class="versenum">36 </sup>Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, <span class="woj">“Sit here while I go over there and pray.”</span></span> <span class="text Matt-26-37" id="en-NIV-24092"><sup class="versenum">37 </sup>He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and…</span></p>
<h3><span id="en-NIV-24091" class="text Matt-26-36">Gethsemane Matthew 26: 36-46<br/></span></h3>
<p><span class="text Matt-26-36"><sup class="versenum">36 </sup>Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, <span class="woj">“Sit here while I go over there and pray.”</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-24092" class="text Matt-26-37"><sup class="versenum">37 </sup>He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.</span> <span id="en-NIV-24093" class="text Matt-26-38"><sup class="versenum">38 </sup>Then he said to them, <span class="woj">“My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”</span></span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-24094" class="text Matt-26-39"><sup class="versenum">39 </sup>Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, <span class="woj">“My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”</span></span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-24095" class="text Matt-26-40"><sup class="versenum">40 </sup>Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. <span class="woj">“Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?”</span> he asked Peter.</span> <span id="en-NIV-24096" class="text Matt-26-41"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">41 </sup>“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”</span></span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-24097" class="text Matt-26-42"><sup class="versenum">42 </sup>He went away a second time and prayed, <span class="woj">“My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”</span></span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-24098" class="text Matt-26-43"><sup class="versenum">43 </sup>When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.</span> <span id="en-NIV-24099" class="text Matt-26-44"><sup class="versenum">44 </sup>So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.</span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-24100" class="text Matt-26-45"><sup class="versenum">45 </sup>Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, <span class="woj">“Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-24101" class="text Matt-26-46"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">46 </sup>Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!” <br/></span></span></p>
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<p><span class="text Matt-26-46"><span class="woj">My dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, So many times I pray about this scene in the Bible. The wonder and beauty of Jesus own human qualities. A <strong>man</strong> in need of <strong>prayer</strong>. With his brothers and needing them to stay <strong>with</strong> him and prayerfully join with him. But, this does not happen. They are <strong>weak</strong> and <strong>tired</strong>. Three times Jesus asks them to stay awake and pray with him and just as Jesus predicts Peter's denial (for three times) they fail him and fall asleep.. Jesus in his own human weakness ask for <strong><em>"this cup to be taken away".</em></strong><em> </em>Do you see yourself in this picture like I see myself at times? Falling "asleep" in our efforts to pray with our Jesus. Our chance here is to stay awake this time and pray with Jesus. Pray about him and our own failings and storms of life. Can we stay awake <strong>with</strong> him? I picture myself next to Jesus laying prostrate on the ground before God our loving Father. When I am with him he is all that matters. I pray. He has given his life for me. Without him I am nothing. His love is like oxygen. Each word that comes from him food for life. May God Bless you all. Jesus has proven how much God loves you and me.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="text Matt-26-46"><span class="woj">Your Brother in Christ,</span></span></p>
<p><span class="text Matt-26-46"><span class="woj">journeyman</span></span></p>
<p></p>Remember to LISTEN. :-)tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2013-01-30:1383940:BlogPost:14054562013-01-30T15:29:25.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>Remember to be listening.</p>
<p>8 The Lord called Samuel a third time, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’ So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 1 Samuel: 8-9</p>
<p>Samuel was a young follower of God. He had never heard the Lord before this time but he was a trusted friend and follower of…</p>
<p>Remember to be listening.</p>
<p>8 The Lord called Samuel a third time, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’ So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 1 Samuel: 8-9</p>
<p>Samuel was a young follower of God. He had never heard the Lord before this time but he was a trusted friend and follower of Eli. He thought Eli was the one speaking to him. Eli knew better. So the next time you are struggling with doing "the right thing" or being forgiving and noble say "Speak Lord" and then listen carefully, Many times our Lord is reaching out to us through "circumstances".</p>Simply Joyoustag:www.allaboutgod.net,2012-12-21:1383940:BlogPost:13892872012-12-21T17:07:21.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p><span class="userContent">Today as I went for a Doctor appointment the wind and rain have been pretty strong. I arrived a little early and as I sat in my car the bushes and trees moved and seemed to jump for joy as the rain fell and the wind blew. As though they were rejoicing to God and thanking him for the rain. I smiled and thanked God too. Today I learned a friends pathology report was back and the result was "benign". I rejoiced and thanked God. Today as your day goes by see the…</span></p>
<p><span class="userContent">Today as I went for a Doctor appointment the wind and rain have been pretty strong. I arrived a little early and as I sat in my car the bushes and trees moved and seemed to jump for joy as the rain fell and the wind blew. As though they were rejoicing to God and thanking him for the rain. I smiled and thanked God too. Today I learned a friends pathology report was back and the result was "benign". I rejoiced and thanked God. Today as your day goes by see the evidence of God all around you. His love will never end and it raises us up each moment.</span></p>A prayer at 1:00 am.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2012-09-04:1383940:BlogPost:13541792012-09-04T06:52:02.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: times new roman,times;">I am tired papa. I awoke with thirst and pain. I came to you for comfort and you gave it to me in your word for us. Calm my heart, and keep me close. Every breath a gift. Every beat of my heart a celebration of life. Tired again I will rest in your spirit. For now I can not rest. My work is not done. Fill me papa with what you want for me. Show me the path I need to take.There is wisdom to be gained in every moment you…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-3">I am tired papa. I awoke with thirst and pain. I came to you for comfort and you gave it to me in your word for us. Calm my heart, and keep me close. Every breath a gift. Every beat of my heart a celebration of life. Tired again I will rest in your spirit. For now I can not rest. My work is not done. Fill me papa with what you want for me. Show me the path I need to take.There is wisdom to be gained in every moment you have given us. In the precious name of Jesus I pray, Amen.</span></p>God is at work in each of us.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2012-07-18:1383940:BlogPost:13386222012-07-18T21:36:08.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>Do you know the feeling? When you look into someones face and just feel so moved to joy that you sense your very heart rejoicing. Have you looked into the pain on someones face and been moved to tears? God is at work in you. He never stops being with you. Have you ever felt so lost and broken the emptiness in your heart seemed like death? God is there with you.</p>
<p><strong>"Then you will call, and the Lord will</strong> <strong>answer;</strong><br></br> <strong>you will cry for help, and he…</strong></p>
<p>Do you know the feeling? When you look into someones face and just feel so moved to joy that you sense your very heart rejoicing. Have you looked into the pain on someones face and been moved to tears? God is at work in you. He never stops being with you. Have you ever felt so lost and broken the emptiness in your heart seemed like death? God is there with you.</p>
<p><strong>"Then you will call, and the Lord will</strong> <strong>answer;</strong><br/> <strong>you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I." <span style="color: #ff0000;">Isaiah 58:9 NIV</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;" class="font-size-3"><br/></span></span></strong><span class="font-size-2" style="color: #ff0000;"><span><span style="color: #000000;">I recall as my journey with God to a personal relationship began pouring out "all I was" to him. Confessing the truth of my life. The good, the bad and the ugly I poured out to him.As the Holy Spirit reminded my of the sacrifice of Jesus and his Father had done for me I realized the lies I had listened to for years where a lie. God does love me! God has forgiven me! I knew I had love in me because I loved others, but could not love myself. I cried for help and God answered. <br/></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="color: #ff0000;"><span><span style="color: #000000;">I found out God knew all about me. Every detail came back to me as I talked to him and I cried to him filled with shame and remorse. Still, he loved me. A prodigal son, a lost lamb was ready to come home. But God let me know I had some growing to do. God uses many "sources" to show his children the pathway. I asked in prayer "How Father do I come to know you?" God spoke to my heart and told me to read the Bible and study." To know the Father you must know the Son". Everyday my hunger to know God better grew and grew. <br/></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="color: #ff0000;"><span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span id="en-NIV-26496" class="text John-10-14"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—</span></span></strong> <span id="en-NIV-26497" class="text John-10-15"><span class="woj"><strong><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>just as the Father knows me and I know the Father —and I lay down my life for the sheep. <span style="color: #ff0000;">John 10:13-15 NIV</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="color: #ff0000;"><span><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="text John-10-15"><span class="woj"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span id="en-NIV-26712" class="text John-15-12"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26713" class="text John-15-13"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-26714" class="text John-15-14"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>You are my friends if you do what I command.</span></span> <span style="color: #ff0000;">John 15:12-14</span></span><br/></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p>Today as you go through your day what is your vision telling you? Do your eyes seem to be blurry in seeing others? The guy who cut you off in traffic today was really helping cloud your vision right? The clerk in the store with the wild haircut, how did she appear to you? Your husband/ wife now there is someone who can really give you vision difficulty. Did your eyes focus this morning on Jesus or on you this morning?</p>
<p>From the moment we get up in the morning our eyes start…</p>
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<p>Today as you go through your day what is your vision telling you? Do your eyes seem to be blurry in seeing others? The guy who cut you off in traffic today was really helping cloud your vision right? The clerk in the store with the wild haircut, how did she appear to you? Your husband/ wife now there is someone who can really give you vision difficulty. Did your eyes focus this morning on Jesus or on you this morning?</p>
<p>From the moment we get up in the morning our eyes start focusing on us. What we will wear that day. How do we deal with our wife, husband, or children? Who we will deal with at work? Who will we deal with on the ride to work? Our vision is obstructed by our self. So how do we as Christians take our focus off of ourselves and onto God instead?</p>
<p>First, the privilege of prayer is something we must never take for granted. It is such a powerful means of talking and sharing with our God. So meaningful that when the disciples asked how to pray Jesus gave them what has come to be known as “The Lord’s Prayer” Matthew 6: 9-13. So from the moment we get up in the morning we should work on making it a habit to share our” first fruits” of the day, waking and seeing and breathing with the Lord.</p>
<p>I think I must say that for me, to love Jesus is not enough for me. I say that I am in love with Jesus because I am in Christ. There is a big difference here. Totally committed to “following” Christ requires us to give up love of self. We must place our eyesight on him and focus it completely on Jesus. Is this something we can just do? Well the disciples did it didn’t they. Jesus said “Follow me” and they did. Our eyesight, our vision must follow Jesus. Does this mean I must pack up everything and go somewhere? Sometimes, it does mean that. Only through deep meaningful unselfish prayer will we learn God’s path for us. I have learned to value God’s gift of patience and wisdom more than any silver or gold. “Love is patient”. God is love.</p>
<p>I ask God to keep my eyesight on him. I want to be able to see the beauty of the heart that belongs to the girl with the half bald head and bright pink hair on top. Remember that it is not my job to criticize other drivers.</p>
<p> I am in love with Jesus and committed to him. My eyesight was cloudy this morning. But, Praise God I have not stayed in the cloud of darkness.</p>
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<p> </p>Staying Flexible………….tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2011-11-01:1383940:BlogPost:11864002011-11-01T15:50:51.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
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<p>As many of us are advancing in years it becomes increasingly important for us to stay as healthy and active as we can. Sometimes this is very difficult. I can certainly attest to this fact! But what is even more important is for us as Christians to stay flexible in our walk with Jesus. Anyone who has worked or played sports can tell you “stretching” is vital before doing any physical labor or sports activity. Loosening up our muscles and “warming” them up helps to keep us from…</p>
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<p>As many of us are advancing in years it becomes increasingly important for us to stay as healthy and active as we can. Sometimes this is very difficult. I can certainly attest to this fact! But what is even more important is for us as Christians to stay flexible in our walk with Jesus. Anyone who has worked or played sports can tell you “stretching” is vital before doing any physical labor or sports activity. Loosening up our muscles and “warming” them up helps to keep us from becoming injured. I equate “stretching” of our Christian muscles to reading God’s word. Listening to good Christian music is another. We have so much to choose from now for all tastes. Listening to Bible tracts is one. Fellowship with other Christians who also love this stretch. There are many, many more. I’m sure as many as God’s blessings on all of us. Practicing these connections will keep us flexible, pliable to God’s work in us.</p>
<p>Some time back I was reminded how important it is as we go about learning and growing to be “coachable”. Our ability to listen to what God is telling us. Our willingness to “let go and let God” as well as the “practice” of reading God’s word for us, are crucial to growing in Christ. Our willingness to take direction is directly affected by how much we “know” of the love God has for us. He loves us. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>We must also love ourselves in a balanced manner</strong></span>. He is working out a perfect plan in our lives. God also tells us what he is looking for from us.</p>
<p><b> <sup>37</sup> Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’<sup>[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+22:37-39&version=NIV#fen-NIV-23910a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup> <sup>38</sup> This is the first and greatest commandment. <sup>39</sup> And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.</b>’<sup>[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+22:37-39&version=NIV#fen-NIV-23912b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</sup> Matthew 22:37-39</p>
<p>Loving God and loving ourselves and our neighbors is the goal. What must we do to reach the goal? How do we as Christians attain the goal God has planned for us? The answer is to stretch our muscles in God’s word. To read or listen or watch God’s holy word given to us so that we might become stronger in Christ. There are many resources available to us to help us learn and spread the good news of Jesus throughout “our” world.</p>
<p>I come from a place of not loving myself very much. Broken, hurting and confused I tried my best to “perform” without God in my life. Seemed like no matter how hard I worked or what I looked like in the world I was still on the “broken list”. God lifted me up out of the pit and held me close! Now as I grow it is my desire to live for him and in him. I have no desire to let my Christian muscles grow weak. My day starts with prayerful thanks. Stretching out and looking for all the blessings God has given me. Working my ears and reminding myself that God tells us he loves us always. Using my voice to praise and thank him for “all” that he has done and will do.</p>
<p>We can’t allow ourselves to stay dwelling around the past. Are you stuck in your old way of doing things? What was it like when you first came to Jesus? We must stretch our muscles. We must grow and look to our God for his plan not our old one.</p>
<p><b><sup>16</sup> So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. <sup>17</sup> Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:<sup>[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians+5:16-18&version=NIV#fen-NIV-28895a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup> The old has gone, the new is here! <sup>18</sup> All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation</b>: 2 Corinthians 5:16-18</p>
<p>We are new creations! Our old is gone forever! God loves us! Jesus says take his hand and walk with him. “Follow me” he told his disciples. Stretch our hands high! Take a deep breath! Let the air out slowly…..<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>God loves you</strong></span>! :-)</p>
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<p> </p>A miracle in my life.....tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2011-10-13:1383940:BlogPost:11704132011-10-13T00:04:18.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p>It was a Wednesday September 21, 2011 at work. I had not been feeling to well dizzy, nauesea, and my back was really hurting. I decided to go and see our occupational health nurse. Well not long after chatting with her I was on my way to the Emergency room in Worcester, MA. What seemed to take forever was actually not long at all. As if by her own miracle my wife was in the ER with me. Seems like you tell the same story 1000 times while you are there. Whats wrong? What hurts? What were you…</p>
<p>It was a Wednesday September 21, 2011 at work. I had not been feeling to well dizzy, nauesea, and my back was really hurting. I decided to go and see our occupational health nurse. Well not long after chatting with her I was on my way to the Emergency room in Worcester, MA. What seemed to take forever was actually not long at all. As if by her own miracle my wife was in the ER with me. Seems like you tell the same story 1000 times while you are there. Whats wrong? What hurts? What were you doing when this happened? Then they tell you,"well we are going to keep you here for observation". Suddenly it seems all else stops. Now you are a plastic name band with your birthday and Doctors name on it.</p>
<p>You don't sleep in the ER you close your eyes and then they poke you with something else. Surrounded by genuinely wonderful people it's hard to focus on the world around you. I prayed a lot. No I mean it. I prayed a lot! Night time comes more pain meds. Long night ahead "help me Lord I pray". Not knowing is very painful. Trusting in God is something I happily embrace. I have no control here at all. Only he can answer my questions I know. Around 10:00am a Doctor comes in with her students around her like ducklings around their Mommy duck. She is short and round. Abour 5 feet 1 inch and carries herself like a drill sargeant. "Good morning she says with great confidence"! Then the questions start. "Stand up she says". I rise slowly. "Do this, do that, look at this, stand on one leg". I obey as best I can. "You have strabisimus". This I learn is a term for eye muscles that are basically out of control. This is what is causing my double vision,dizziness,nausea. So now what I ask? Oh well you need to see a neuroopthamologist!She says to us. My wife and I are like two little kids. What about my chest and back pain I ask? "Oh she says that you'll have to see the spine clinic about".</p>
<p>Three weeks later I have not been at work because the double vision keeps me from driving, reading, typing, so I'm praying a lot. My eyes are so bad one going in one direction the other eye in another I have to buy clip on shades to cover up the "vision issue". I noticed in trying to talk to people it was hard for them to look at me and the dancing eyeballs. Yeah, Ok it was hard for me to look at them too. It is hard for most to hide pity and we feel a need to look away.</p>
<p>Yesterday was my appointment with the "eye specialist". We were excited finally answers! Into Boston, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary! World reknown leader in medical knowledge!My back is so bad I can't walk up so my wife gets me a wheel chair. Dizzy,broken and hopeful we make our way up to the 9th floor. We meet the Doctor and two hours of examination later they say "there is nothing we can do for you medically. It may go away on its own or it may not." I am like"are you kidding me!" No he says. Sorry.</p>
<p>My wife and I leave kinda in a fog. She looks at me and crys. I join her crying. "Can you believe this", I say. We pull away into the Boston traffic heading for home. You know what I say to my wife? Tonight when we are going to bed we are going to pray and I would like you to take some Holy water I got from Lourdes and bless my eyes. So,we did exactly that! My wife dipped her finger in the Holy water and blessed my eyes in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit! Today my eyes are perfect! All day no problems! ! Not once! No double vision! No dizziness! PRAISE GOD! PRAISE GOD! I am typing my little fingers off to tell all! We must always do what we know to do. But never ever never forget that GOD is IN CONTROL! I am here to testify to the truth of this miracle.</p>
<p> </p>Some questions for tomorrow.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2011-09-19:1383940:BlogPost:11514312011-09-19T00:59:59.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/71768798?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/71768798?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> Zechariah 7: 8-10</span></strong></span> </p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-22971">8</sup> And the word of the LORD came again to Zechariah: <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-22972">9…</sup></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/71768798?profile=original"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/71768798?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full"/></a>Zechariah 7: 8-10</span></strong></span> </p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-22971">8</sup> And the word of the LORD came again to Zechariah: <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-22972">9</sup> “This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-22973">10</sup> Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Every day God wakes us up and sets us out on a mission. Reflect on true justice. How will mercy play into our lives? Will we need to be compassionate today? If so will we reflect Jesus in that compassion. Will we look upon someone "differently" because they ar</span><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">e from a country not our own? Will we remember that we are "all" aliens here. Will we walk past the homeless beggar and see him with cold hearts?</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Each day we are given a choice regardless of our circumstances.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Who will we be?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">How will we share the love of Jesus with others?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">What will our hands do to show others the love of Jesus?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">When will it be the "right" time for you and I to step out and take a chance and make a stance?</span></p>Prayer for all those seeking God's will.tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2011-09-05:1383940:BlogPost:11268652011-09-05T13:31:27.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<div class="heading passage-class-0"><h3>While watching Dr. Charles Stanley yesterday morning he spoke of a very important source for prayer that will "impact" our lives. Here it is right out God's word for us The Bible. Our prayer for others and for ourselves would truly be transformed if we intentionally prayed these words everyday! So I vow from this day forward I will include this specific prayer with my daily prayer for all of the family,friends those I know and don't know. Becasuse God is…</h3>
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<div class="heading passage-class-0"><h3>While watching Dr. Charles Stanley yesterday morning he spoke of a very important source for prayer that will "impact" our lives. Here it is right out God's word for us The Bible. Our prayer for others and for ourselves would truly be transformed if we intentionally prayed these words everyday! So I vow from this day forward I will include this specific prayer with my daily prayer for all of the family,friends those I know and don't know. Becasuse God is transforming lives and we are his servants.</h3>
<h3>Insert your name or others names where the word says "you". For our children or our spouses or anyone who's life needs guidance to our Lord!</h3>
<h3>Colossians 1:9-14</h3>
<h3>New International Version (NIV)</h3>
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<p> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29475"><strong><font size="2">9</font></strong></sup> For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. <strong>We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives</strong>,<sup class="footnote"><strong><font size="2">[</font></strong><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%201:%209-14&version=NIV#fen-NIV-29475a" title="See footnote a"><font size="2" color="#651300"><strong>a</strong></font></a><strong><font size="2">]</font></strong></sup> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29476"><strong><font size="2">10</font></strong></sup> so that you may <strong>live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,</strong> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29477"><strong><font size="2">11</font></strong></sup> <strong>being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,</strong> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29478"><strong><font size="2">12</font></strong></sup> and <strong>giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you</strong><sup class="footnote"><strong><font size="2">[</font></strong><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%201:%209-14&version=NIV#fen-NIV-29478b" title="See footnote b"><font size="2" color="#651300"><strong>b</strong></font></a><strong><font size="2">]</font></strong></sup> to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29479"><strong><font size="2">13</font></strong></sup> For he <strong>has rescued us from the dominion of darkness</strong> and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, <sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-29480"><strong><font size="2">14</font></strong></sup> in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.</p>
</div>Somewhere Tonight...........tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2011-07-31:1383940:BlogPost:10777112011-07-31T03:32:28.000Zjourneymanhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Jmeister
<h1 align="center">Somewhere Tonight…………….</h1>
<p>Somewhere tonight a wife sits praying for her very ill husband.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a woman begs for pity after being hit again by her husband.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a husband wonders if his wife will take him back.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a woman struggles with an addiction that threatens her very life.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a young soldier looks into the darkness and wonders if he will see the light of day.</p>
<p>Somewhere…</p>
<h1 align="center">Somewhere Tonight…………….</h1>
<p>Somewhere tonight a wife sits praying for her very ill husband.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a woman begs for pity after being hit again by her husband.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a husband wonders if his wife will take him back.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a woman struggles with an addiction that threatens her very life.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a young soldier looks into the darkness and wonders if he will see the light of day.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a young wife sits waiting for her soldier husband to come home.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a young woman makes the decision to end her unborn child’s life.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight lonely people sit quietly wondering will I be alone forever.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a woman sits in a jail cell wondering what went so very wrong.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a man wonders if he really can find happiness and joy in his life.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight a child sits on top of a garbage heap looking for food or something to sell.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight children are dying from malnutrition and disease.</p>
<p>Somewhere tonight women and men pray.</p>
<p>Father, Gentle God have mercy on your creations tonight. Many of us have fallen away from you. Many of us have never known you. Our hearts break tonight. So I know you are saddened too. Thank you for loving us so much. You gave us your son to die a horrible death. You raised him up so we could be with you again. You show us what it means to forgive. Father bring us closer to you. Saved by the cross we reach out to you. Comfort those who seek peace, love and joy! Jesus said to Peter, Do you love me?</p>
<p>We love you Lord! Bless us so we can feed your lambs. Bless us so we can love your lambs. Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from God! We lift up all your lambs tonight to you dear God so you may cover them in your glory! Father let not one lamb be lost tonight. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ , Amen</p>