Food for thought  20th April 10

One of the best uses of your time is to increase
your competence in your key result areas.
- Brian Tracy

 

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Funny quotes..

"If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?" - Steven Wright.

"I can resist everything except temptation." - Oscar Wilde.

"The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important." - Bobby Robson.

"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness." - Oscar Wilde

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you." - Rita Mae Brown.

"My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe." - Jimmy Durante.

A bargain is something you can't use at a price you can't resist." - Franklin Jones.

"All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy." - Spike Milligan.

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates.

"I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early." - Charles Lamb.

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti.

Praise and Worship Rainbow Ribbons
A beautiful gift

 

The Lord is saying.   Eye has not seen nor ear heard that which I have in store for those who love me. I delight in the plans that I have for you. I enjoy the thoughts of your future and the blessings of your inheritance that you shall surely come into. Slowly and surely your path is becoming brighter and there are some wonderful surprises on your way, that I take great joy in . I love to see the delight in your eyes when I touch your heart with the "little things" that mean so much.

Obedience....... takes grace!!!!

I remember the struggle many years ago....... I wanted to be obedient to that still small voice of the Lord.. Sometimes, maybe I'd scarcely succeed and sometimes I'd fail.... Many times I'd find it impossible, especially when it came to doing something that looked like there was no explanation for and people thought I was "weird", but I wished later I'd obeyed, because the circumstances proved that the "still small voice was correct". The conflict was horrible. I wanted so much to obey God but hated looking weird, or nasty.

I'm not sure what happened but somehow it got resolved in my mind when one of little Jonni's cousins pestered his Mum, after a visit, to stay and play. These little alarm bells were going off inside of me and disturbing my peace but I didn't want to offend the mother. We had a terrible time over the next few hours, the lad running about and causing all sorts of chaos.

In despair I told God that without Him I couldn't even obey Him, so from now on I was going to rely on Him and His grace to just simply do His basic will because on my own I just couldn't, especially when it came to saying "No".

Obedience usually comes naturally without the battle with my will anymore. I've still got a lot of growing in grace to do and I'm realising there are more areas of my life I could surrender to the Lord and find victory in by His grace.

If by any chance I begin to think how 'obedient' I am on my own.... I fall flat on my face as a reminder........

Obedience... takes grace!!!!

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. John 15 4,5.