When you cry, I will have compassion and cry with you.
When you shout with joy, I will laugh with you.
When you are down, I will encourage you.
When you fall, I will raise you up.
When you are tired, I will carry you.
I will be with you till the end of days,
and I will love you forever.

Heavenly Father, we need Your help.
Free us from sin, bring us to life, and support us by Your power.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
 

God of Love, I thank you for the people in my life who are easy to love.
I thank you for my family and friends who understand my actions, who support me in my decisions, and whose presence can lift the burden of a thorny day.

Help me with those who are difficult to love. When they come at me with criticism and wild expectations, when they ignore me or try to bend me to their will, let me recognize their flaws and their dangers.

But then let me remember your attitude towards them, and lead me to see them in the light of your love

Amen.

I'm sure Jesus Christ will never abandon us when we all pray for each other.

Please keep praying and praying so Jesus grants us his help.

Jesus be always with you

Glory always be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen
Glory be to God in His Church. Amen..

Conversation with God

Of blessings You've given me, Lord,
I thank You each day as I kneel and adore.
Such pain as there is in this earthly life;
Heartaches, sorrow and , O Lord, the strife.
These blur my vision of Your kingdom above
And make me doubt that I've ever known love.

It's hard to imagine the plan of Your Hands
When life has me trapped by its many demands.
I worry and fret, I'm plagued by concern
To the point I don't know which way to turn.

What is the reason, why am I here?
What am I to be, for those I hold dear?
Will the pain go away if I just understand?
Speak to me, Lord! I'll do all I can.


Guide me when I lose Your way,
Guard my tongue in all I say;
Speak to me, Lord! I need much more
So I don't lose Your way, I humbly implore.
And while I'm so bold, each one of the needs
Of family and friends, grant them, Lord, please!

Good morning my children,

I am the Lord your God
Today I will be handling all of your problems.Please remember that I do not need your help. If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, DO NOT attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFJTD box (Something For Jesus to Do). It will be addressed in My time, not yours. Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold on to it or attempt to remove it. Holding on or removal will delay the resolution of your problem. If it is a situation that you think you are capable of handling, please consult me in prayer to be sure that it is the proper resolution.
Because I do not sleep nor do I slumber, there is no need for you to lose any sleep. Rest my child. If you need to contact me, I am only a prayer away.

Love eternally, The Lord your God (Your Father)
“ Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.(1 Peter 5:7 ) “

My child, I miss you, come back to Me
I miss the closeness there used to be
The times you and I would spend alone
Studying My word, ignoring the phone
The long talks we used to enjoy
Now you're so busy, I'm like a cast away toy
I still love you, I always will
I long your life, with Me to fill
I know you're lonely, but I'm still here
My child come, whisper in My ear
I'll wrap My arms around you, gather you in
I'll wash away all the stains of sin
I love you, I hurt when you're away
Come back now, by My side to stay
I'll fill the emptiness you feel within
I'll tone down, the worlds loud din
I know you're weary to the bone
I miss the times we spent alone
I miss the closeness there used to be
My child, I miss you, come back to Me
Love, your Heavenly Father.

In the Kingdom of God…

…a person is lifted up by humbling himself, not by exalting himself in the eyes of others.

…strength is found through weakness, not by being confident in your own abilities.

…fullness comes by becoming empty, not by running after pleasure.

…life is gained by losing it, not by looking out for "number one."

…riches come by giving them away, not by storing them up.

…greatness comes by becoming a servant, not by seeking power and celebrity.
 

THE OBSTACLE IN OUR PATH

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock.

Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, But none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.

The peasant learned what many of us never understand. Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

I encourage you to not be pessimistic when obstacles come in your path, but be steadfast and determined to get through every problem and know with God's help you will always be victorious and have treasure waiting for you on the other side of that obstacle.

Also to try and see the good in every problem that you go through in life and count them as lessons learned. Be optimistic and see the good and not the bad.

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A Prayer by Pope St. Kyrillos VI (Kyrollos or Cyril the Sixth), 116th Pope of Alexandria and See of St. Mark (Coptic Orthodox Patriarch), whose papacy has been marked by the unprecedented Apparitions of the Blessed Holy Virgin Mary in Zeitun, Egypt

We are asked to pray continually and never lose heart. When we pray we are inclined to give up if God does not seem to answer us immediately. But that's wrong. We should persevere knowing that Christ is always interceding for us to His Father for our protection and welfare. As long as we pray in faith then we can never be beaten by our enemies.

Following is another prayer of Pope St. Kyrillos VI .

"Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, who searches the heart and holds the reins, accord us love and plant it in our hearts. Let us feel it and appreciate it, even if our hearts are separated in far away countries. Yes, Lord, this is a great blessing that you give freely to people who, with one heart, always beg in their prayers and supplications saying, 'O Lord, plant in us the pure tree of love.' We beg you to have it increase and bring forth fruit thirty-fold, sixty-fold and a hundred-fold. O Messiah of Our Lord, who is rich in loving-kindness, protect us with Your strong arm from the enemy who can fill us with wrath, and can make us speak hurtful words to others; for which we later repent in our seclusion. You know Lord that we are powerless in front of this enemy. Give us victory over him. Shut his mouth so that he may not approach us. Set a watch, O Lord, before our mouths. Keep the door closed on our lips. Let us take insults and use them to help us be modest. Let Your right hand hold and keep us under the shadow of Your wings. Guide our steps along the path to truth. Glory, honour and worship are worthy of You, with Your father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen."

A man once went to a minister for counseling. He was in the midst of a financial collapse.
"I've lost everything," he bemoaned.
"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that you've lost your faith."
"No," the man corrected him, "I haven't lost my faith."
"Well, then I'm sad to hear that you've lost your character."
"I didn't say that," he corrected. "I still have my character."
"I'm so sorry to hear that you've lost your salvation."
"That's not what I said," the man objected. "I haven't lost my salvation."
"You have your faith, your character, your salvation. Seems to me," the minister observed, "that you've lost none of the things that really matter."

Can't we be content? Paul says that "godliness with contentment is great gain" (1 Tim.6:6) When we surrender to God the cumbersome sack of discontent, we don't just give up something; we gain something. God replaces it with lightweight, tailormade, sorrow- resistant attache of gratitude.

What will you gain with contentment? You may gain your self-respect. You may gain joy. You may gain the faith to say, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."

LEARNING TO LOVE

"'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?'

Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments" (Matthew 22:36-40, NIV).

Someone else has said with tongue-in-cheek, "Heaven help your neighbor if you hate yourself!" But they were right. Every normal person wants and needs loving relationships, but if we hate ourselves we are not going to experience loving relationships. We will unconsciously project our self-hatred onto others and set them up to reject us, for what we project is what we get back!

Actually, only to the degree that I have learned to love and accept myself in a healthy sense am I able to love and accept others in a healthy sense. What I hate and have rejected in myself, I will also hate and reject in others. My relationships will only ever be as healthy as I am.

Healthy self-love and acceptance isn't a prideful thing, but rather, it is learning to know and accept ourselves as we are--dark side and all. Only then are we free to change and keep growing to become healthier and more loving persons.

To grow in self-love we need to be fully known by at least one other loving and accepting person--a person who will not put me down, judge or criticize me, tell me what I should or shouldn't do, try to fix me, give me unsolicited advice, or preach at me, but accept me just as I am. It is through their knowing, accepting and loving me as I am that, little by little, I learn to love and accept myself. This truth cannot be over-emphasized for I can only feel fully loved to the degree that I am fully known, accepted, and loved by at least one loving, trusted person.

Suggested prayer:

"Dear God, please give me at least one safe, loving and accepting person whom I can trust with my total life--dark side and all--and through their loving acceptance of me help me to learn to love and accept myself as you love and accept me, so I can truly love you with all my heart, soul and mind and love my neighbor as you want me to. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer.
Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

Saint Valentine is said to have lived in Rome during the third century. That was a long time ago. During this time Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. Many people did not like the ruler. Claudius was having trouble getting men to serve in his army. He felt many men would not volunteer to join because they did not want to leave their wives and families. He thought that if men were not married, they would join the army. So Claudius passed a new law which did not allow any more marriages. Most people thought this law was cruel. Valentine, who was a priest, did not support the new law. Even after Emperor Claudius passed the law, he kept performing marriage ceremonies secretly. One night he was caught and thrown in jail and told he would be put to death. Many young people came to visit Valentine. One was the daughter of the prison guard. On the day of his death Valentine wrote a note to the daughter signed "Love from your Valentine". This was on February 14, 269 A.D.

 

You have a God who hears you, the power of love behind you, the Holy Spirit within you, and all of heaven ahead of you. If you have the Shepherd, you have grace for every sin, direction for every turn, a candle for every corner, and an anchor for every storm. You have everything you need.

And who can take it from you? Can leukemia infect your salvation? Can bankruptcy impoverish your prayers? A tornado might take your earthly house but will it touch your heavenly home?

And look at your position. Why clamor for prestige and power? Are you not already privileged to be part of the greatest work in history?

According to a minister in Indianapolis. Knowing he would be asked about his profession at a Rotary Club meeting, he resolved to say more than "I'm a preacher."

Instead he explained, "Hi, I'm with a global enterprise. We have branches in every country in the world. We have representatives in nearly every parliament and boardroom on earth. We're into motivation and behavior alteration. We run hospitals, feeding stations, crisis-pregnancy centers, universities, publishing houses, and nursing homes. We care for our clients from birth to death. We are into life insurance and fire insurance. We perform spiritual heart transplants. Our original Organizer owns all real estate on earth plus an assortment of galaxies and constellations. He knows everything and lives everywhere. Our product is free for the asking. Our CEO was born in a hick town, worked as a carpenter, didn't own a home, was misunderstood by his family and hated by his enemies, walked on water, was condemned to death without a trial, and arose from the dead. I talk to him everyday."

If you can say the same, don't you have a reason to be content?

Last night I had a wonderful dream,
I had come to a beautiful garden;
I entered in through pearly white gates,
Sin free for the Lord gave me pardon;

My eyes beheld such beauty,
My mind such peace never felt;
When Jesus showed me His flowers,
My heart began to melt;

For in place of orchids was Mother and Dad,
Singing at the top of their voice;
Instead of roses were brother and sis,
Dancing as they rejoice;

It's hard to explain all I saw there,
The wondrous sights to behold;
The Lamb of God in His glory,
How He welcomed me into His fold;

When I woke up I was saddened,
To think this was all just a dream;
I sat alone in the quiet,
Then I realized what I had seen;

God is picking His flowers,
For all of Heaven to view;
And as He completes His garden,
I pray He will pick me too.

Dear Lord

There are many things that suppress my will ,
this is a very heavy burden,
therefore I need you to be the power I live with
because my power is never enough .
I trust you to save me of my helpless feeling.
I put in your hands my mind, my will & my life.

To you I raise my prayer.Amen
 

Good Looks

Joshua was a very wise advisor to the king. But he had a rather ugly face. The king's daughter was jealous because Joshua was getting more attention from her father than she was. So she tried to make fun of him.

One day she asked him mockingly: "If you are so wise, tell me why God stores so much wisdom in such a plain vessel." Joshua asked her: "Does your dad have any wine?" "Don't be silly," she said. "We've got the best wine in the whole world."

"Okay," asked Joshua, "where does he keep it?" "In large earthenware jugs," she answered quickly. "Earthenware!" Joshua roared with laughter. "I'm surprised that a clever man like your dad would use such plain material for such good wine. Even the poorest people in town do that. I would expect royal wine to be kept in gold and silver jars." He bowed and left the princess, who was red-faced with anger.

She raced over to the royal wine cellar and ordered the caretaker to pour all the wine out of the earthenware jugs into vessels of silver and gold. Shortly afterwards the king invited people to a banquet, and he ordered the waiters to serve his best wine. The guests sipped it and their noses turned up. The wine had gone sour. The king was furious and called in the chief steward and demanded an explanation, which he got. The princess got a proper scolding and she then put the blame on Joshua.

"You tricked me into doing this," she shouted.
"I am truly sorry, little one," began Joshua,
"but perhaps now you see why God sometimes prefers to put wisdom in ugly containers. Wisdom is like wine: it is best preserved in humble vessels."

I saw Jesus

"I SEE JESUS": THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD

I saw Jesus last week.
He was wearing blue jeans and an old shirt.
He was up at the church building;
He was alone and working hard.
For just a minute he looked a little like one of our members.
But it was Jesus-I could tell by his smile.

I saw Jesus last Sunday.
He was teaching a Bible class.
He didn't talk real loud or use long words,
But you could tell he believed what he said.
For just a minute, he looked like my Bible teacher.
But it was Jesus-I could tell by his loving voice.

I saw Jesus yesterday.
He was at the hospital visiting a friend who was sick.
They prayed together quietly.
For just a minute he looked like Brother Jones.
But it was Jesus-I could tell by the tears in his eyes.

I saw Jesus this morning.
He was in my kitchen making my breakfast
and fixing me a special lunch.
For just a minute he looked like my mom.
But it was Jesus -- I could feel the love from his heart.

I see Jesus everywhere,
Taking food to the sick,
Welcoming others to his home,
Being friendly to a newcomer, and for just a minute
I think he's someone I know.
But it's always Jesus -- I can tell by the way he serves.

Read only if you have time for God

God, when I received this e-mail, I thought...
I don't have time for this...
And, this is really inappropriate during work.
Then, I realized that this kind of thinking is...
Exactly, what has caused lots of the problems in our world today.

We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning...
Maybe, Sunday night...
And, the unlikely event of a midweek service.
We do like to have Him around during sickness...
And, of course, at funerals.
However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play...
because...
That's the part of our lives we think...we can,and should, handle on our own.
May God forgive me for ever thinking that there is a time or place where HE is not to be FIRST in my life.

We should always have time to remember all HE has done for us.

LESSONS IN LOVE

Love makes sacrifices. April is a time of contrasts. It's the end of winter and the beginning of spring, Christ on the cross and Christ risen. So we can't help but wonder if something grim is part of something glorious. Must love sacrifice?

The answer isn't simple.When my mother was seventy years old, her left leg had to be amputated. For the next six years, until her death, she was an invalid.

She took her confinement bravely. Her only fear was that she would have to go into a nursing home. As good as many nursing homes are, the prospect of living in unfamiliar surroundings terrified her. My stepfather understood, and he asked my mother's doctors to teach him how he could take care of her at home. They told him what he had to do, but they didn't think he would hold up under the strain.

For those six years my mother had the care of many nurses and therapists. But her constant companion was my stepfather. He was a man who used to enjoy eating out, but he learned to cook -- and very well. He kept their house as neat and spotless as my mother always had. He never left her for more than an hour a day. He invited their friends to visit. And he never allowed my mother to feel that she was a burden. Because, as far as he was concerned, she wasn't.

His attitude was: "I love her. Taking care of her is part of my love..."

One of the things Christ was telling us from the cross was that when we love someone we discover the best and strongest parts of ourselves. So, yes, sometimes love makes sacrifices. In order to grow on loving.

* DEAR LORD, help me be kind enough to willingly do things out of love and not out of duty. It's so easy Lord, especially when I'm impatient and tired, to evade lending a helping hand. But if I truly care for my partner in life, show me the way to prove my love. Teach me how to be thoughtful and considerate enough not only to undertake tasks without being asked but to also to do them without expecting anything in return. Lord, thank you for being the strength when we feel weak to face life by ourselves.

Thank you for being the example of love we can imitate.

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