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Feelings

Posted: May 20, 2013 in friendship, heart, life, love, music, religion
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You can close your eyes to things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close your heart to the things you don’t want to feel ~ Unknown

…and the most important thing you can feel in your heart is God!

When God enters your heart, there is no greater feeling.

When you accept God into your heart your life will change forever.

When did you let God into your life?

Is God still in your life?

Is He still at the centre of your life?

God can make your life feel brand new, and help you see and experience life in a whole new way, so kneel before Him today and give your life to Him. I can promise you it’ll be the best feeling you’ll ever have when you let Christ into your life!

Prayer Guide

Posted: May 8, 2013 in family, friendship, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religion, words
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If you’ve every attended a church service or heard someone pray, you may think you cannot pray because you could not use the type of words or phrases, that those you heard used. This however could not be further from reality, as God wants you to speak to Him just as you would anyone else.

So have a think about how you speak to your family and friends…This is exactly how God wants you to speak to Him.

Speak to God as you would another human.

Speak to God about anything and everything that’s on your mind, because He cares about you, and everything you care about.

Speak to God just as you would your best friend.

Trust God more than you’d trust your best friend, because God, and God alone will always listen to you when you pray, and will always answer your prayers.

Mysterious

Posted: May 7, 2013 in friendship, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religion, words
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God Moves in a Mysterious Way
by William Cowper [1731-1800]
 
God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform:
He plants His footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
 
Deep in unfathomable mines
With never-failing skill,
He treasures up His bright designs
And works his sovereign will.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
 
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for His Grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
 
His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour:
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower
 
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan His work in vain;
God is His own interpreter,
And He will make it plain.

When times are tough and God seems distant, don’t despair, because God is there with you. It may feel as though God’s doing nothing to help you, but He will be, you may just not be able to actually see what He’s doing for you yet.

What you can be assured of though, is that God is with you and He will answer your prayers, maybe not in the way you expected or wanted, but in His way.

Effective Prayer #7

Posted: April 27, 2013 in friendship, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religion, words
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I don’t know about you, but I sometimes find that when I try to spend time with God in prayer, I am easily distracted by noises and people around me. Therefore, I’d suggest that in order to ensure that we are fully focused on God, find yourself a quiet place with no distractions, so you can talk freely with God, and also be attentive when He speaks to you.

In this quite moment
Still before your throne
Conscious of your presence
Knowing I am yours
In this quiet moment
Set my spirit free
In this quiet moment
Make a better me

As these words say, if we give God time to work in us, He can make us better people, so make sure you find some quiet time to spend to God each day.

Effective Prayer #4

Posted: April 23, 2013 in bible, friendship, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religion, words
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When we pray, tell God everything that’s on your mind, that’s worrying you, because only when you do give all your worries to Him, will you find peace. God has promised to help us in all times of need, so all we have to do is give Him all our worries, and He will help us.

1 Peter:5-6 (NLT)

So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honour. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

How To Be More Effective

Posted: April 18, 2013 in friendship, life, love, religion, words
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We all live very busy lives these, running around from one task to another, without having any time to stop and consider how effectively we are at actually achieving anything. So here’s a lovely poem I came across which give us some guidance on how to live more effective lives:

To Be More Effective by M.S.Lowndes
 
I know I need to concentrate
Wholly Lord on you
But why does that always seem
So hard for me to do
 
I get so easily distracted
With so many worldly thoughts
Unable to stay focused on you
And on the things I ought
 
Lord I long so much to know
Your tender loving ways
And to be much more effective
When to you I humbly pray
 
I need your Holy Spirit
Filling me this hour
So I will be fully equipped
Inspired and empowered
 
Then I can face the day ahead
And be ready for what may come
To continue to walk and to flourish
In the things that you’ve begun
 
To bring it into maturity
A full completion in you
So when others may behold your works
They will long to know you too

Calling

Posted: April 9, 2013 in blogging, computing, Employment, life, love, management, music, religion, Salvation Army, words
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Your career makes a living but your calling makes your life.

So today’s question for you is twofold:

  1. Is your career fulfilling your ambitions?
  2. Have you accepted your calling?

As far as my first question is concerned, many find themselves falling into a particular job or career simply because of circumstances, i.e. It was the only job they could get, while others may have following a childhood dream, or through their academic achievements found certain opportunities opened for them.

Now my second question is for me the more interesting one, as in order to accept your calling, you have to first listen to God as He directs you , and then choose to accept the plan He has for your life.

It may be difficult to change your career, particularly given the current economic climate and lack of job opportunities at present. However it is never too late to say, “Yes”, to God’s calling. So whether you’ve been swithering for a short time, or ignoring God for years, it’s not too late to accept God’s calling now, today!

I hope you enjoy listening to the International Staff Songsters of the Salvation Army singing Christ Calls, as the message in this song, reinforces what I’ve written in this blog post:


Somewhere

Posted: March 22, 2013 in family, friendship, life, love, music, religion
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Do you ever think there’s nowhere for you or that no one wants or needs you? I have, a lot!

But there is a place for each of us in this world, and we are all needed by someone.

God put each one of us on this earth for a reason. God as a plan for each of us.

Therefore, we must put our trust in God to direct and guide us through life, even when it seems we’re not needed by anyone. God needs us and if we put our trust in Him, He will help us achieve all He knows we can achieve.

So find your somewhere by putting your full trust in God because He need you.

Only In His Strength

Posted: March 18, 2013 in family, friendship, life, love, music, religion
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How many times must we try to do things by ourselves and fail before we remember that it’s only when we put our faith and trust in God, He will provide the strength we need to get us through each and every situation we find ourselves in?

I know I tend to be quite an independent person and try not to have to ask others for help if I can help it, but what I do need to constantly remind myself is that its ok to ask for help, particularly when its God we’re asking to help us.

Don’t try to get through life on your own, because you’ll fail. Instead, rely on God to provide you with the strength you need to get through the problems of life.

I Can’t Do This Anymore…or Can I?

Posted: March 12, 2013 in friendship, Health, life, love, music, religion
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How many times have you found yourself saying, “I can’t do this anymore”?

Well in these last few days I’ve found myself saying this many times to myself as life just seems to be throwing some difficult situations at me one after another this year.

I’ve shed many tears while saying and thinking those words, and wondered, “How can I keep going through this?”. But then I’ve stopped myself and realised I’m simply questioning whether I can get through this because I’m trying to do so in my own strength – If I simply allow God‘s strength to surround me I can get through this, because God is my rock and my tower of strength.

In this song by Steven Curtis Chapman we are reminded that His Strength is Perfect when our strength has gone:

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