Encouragement For The Day

The foundation of my life is faith. My faith assures me that regardless of appearances, the unconditional love of God sustains me always. I build my life on faith, and I strengthen that faith through prayer. I am spiritually whole and complete, strong and secure. With each prayer, my experience of God’s love grows ever stronger. If winds of ill health, lack, unrest, or indecision blow against me, I stand firm. I do not waver. I have faith that the love of God will see me through any challenge. Divine love carries me through any storm of life with absolute peace in my heart. Nothing I have done or will do can separate me from the love of God. God’s love erases any past mistake and allows me to begin anew. Because I am centered in God, I am at peace. Like a house built upon rock, I stand strong in the love of God.
I live in the presence of diving love.

This is from Living in the Kingdom Spiritual Preparation for Easter 2009
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Robin

And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed. Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, Who touched my clothes? You see the people crowding against you, his disciples answered, and yet you can ask, Who touched me? But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her, Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.
Mark 5:25-34

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Robin

While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. Some of those present were saying indignatly to one another, Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor And they rebuked her harshly. Leave her alone, said Jesus. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. She did what she could. She prepare for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.
Mark 14:3-9

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Robin

What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel, it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds, as it came up, was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams. Study this story of the farmer planting seed. When anyone hears news of the kingdom and doesn’t take it in, it just remains on the surface, and so the Evil One comes along and plucks it right out of that person’s heart. This is the seed the farmer scatters on the road. The seed cast in the gravel-this is the person who hears and instantly responds with enthusiasm. But there is no soil of character, and so when the emotions wear off and some difficulty arrives, there is nothing to show for it. The seed cast in the weeds is the person who hears the kingdom news, but weeds of worry and illusions about getting more and wanting everything under the sun strangle what was heard and nothing comes of it. The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.
Matthew 13:3-8,18-23

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Robin

He told them still another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.
Matthew 13:33

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Robin

It’s what’s in the heart that matters.

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Robin

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

This is from Bigisthenewsmall.com
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Robin

GOD grabbed me. GOD’s Spirit took me up and set me down in the middle of an open plain strewn with bones. He led me around and among them-a lot of bones! There were bones all over the plain-dry bones, bleached by the sun. He said to me, Son of man can these bones live? I said, Master GOD, only you know that. He said to me, Prophesy over these bones: Dry bones, listen to the Message of GOD! GOD, the Master, told the dry bones, Watch this: I’m bringing the breath of life to you and you’ll come to life. I’ll attach sinews to you, put meat on your bones, cover you with skin, and breathe life into you. You’ll come alive and you’ll realize that I am GOD! I prophesied just as I’d been commanded. As I prophesied, there was a sound and, oh, rustling! The bones moved and came together, bone to bone. I kept watching Sinews formed, then muscles on the bones, then skin stretched over them. But they had no breath in them. He said to me, Prophesy to the breath. Prophesy, son of man. Tell the breath, GOD, the Master, says, Come from the four winds. Come, breath. Breathe on these slain bodies. Breathe life! So I prophesied, just as he commanded me. The breath entered them an they came alive! They stood up on their feet, a huge army. Then God said to me. Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Listen to what they’re saying: Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, there’s nothing left of us. Therefore, prophesy. Tell them, GOD, the Master, says I’ll dig up your graves and bring you out alive-O my people! Then I’ll take you straight to the land of Israel. When I dig up graves and bring you out as my people, you’ll realize that I am GOD. I’ll breathe my life into you and you’ll live. Then I’ll lead you straight back to your land and you’ll realize that I am GOD, I’ve said it and I’ll do it. GOD’s Decree.
Ezekiel 37:1-14

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Robin

When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quitet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is what he said: You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule. You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you. You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are-no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought. You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat. You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being’care-full’, you find yourselves cared for. You’re blessed when you get your inside world-your mind and heart-put right. Then you can see God in the outside world. You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family. You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom. Not only that-count yourselves blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies about you discredit me. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort and they are uncomfortable. You can be glad when that happens-give a cheer even!-for though they don’t like it, I do! And all heaven applauds. And knew that you are in good company. My prophets and witnesses have always gotten into this kind of trouble.
Matthew 5:1-12

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Robin

Born in Christ Born for Excellence.

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Robin