by Claytia Doran
No matter what trials come our way,
God will see us through each day.
If only we'll put our trust in Him,
The light of His love will never dim.
Don't ever think that He's forgotten you.
It's just, sometimes, we need a test or two.
For, we'll never be able to help our brother
If we're not tested, one way or another.
Never ask the Lord for an easy road
But only for strength to carry your load.
For, through your sorrows, you will find
The Lord is with you. He's loving and kind.
And, when your trials have all gone away,
'I've been there, too,' is what you can say.
For, there'll be times when someone you meet
Will praise God to walk in the steps of your feet.
Sunday 31 October 2010
Sunday 6 June 2010
begin your cancer journey with God
You recently discovered you have cancer. The doctor says it's incurable. You can't believe your life has suddenly turned for the worst. You feel helpless. The situation looks hopeless. The road ahead appears dark & scary. You feel lost. You don't understand what's happening. You can't make sense of this bad news. You don't know what to do. You feel so alone. You finally broke down & cried.
Do you find yourself in this situation right now? That was my emotional experience four years ago when I learned I had nose cancer. My world came tumbling down but God lifted me up. God assured me I would not be alone. And I began my cancer journey with God. Cancer has allowed me to experience God's goodness in ways that I've not known before. Experiencing God in cancer has helped me to know & love God more.
Cancer can be an unbearable journey if you try to go through it all by yourself. Cancer can be a bearable journey only if God is in it. It's impossible to cope with cancer in your human strength. You need God's divine strength. Commit your cancer to God. Lay all your fears at His feet. Place all your anxieties in His hands. Cast all your cares on His shoulders. Give your all to Jesus. And trust Jesus to handle your all. Jesus has promised He will walk with you through the valley of the shadow of death (Psalm 23:4). And He will.
These are God's promises to you :
"He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart." (Psalm 91:4)
"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:29-31)
As you begin your cancer journey with God, I would like to share a beautiful song by Don Moen to encourage you in your journey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFatHNCcvBk
All to You
music & lyrics by Don Moen
All to You
All to You
I give it all to You.
I lay my life before You
Lord I surrender all
All that I have been through
Lord I give it to You now
And though I have some questions
Things I’ll never understand
I come into Your Presence
And I place them in Your hands
All to You
All to You
I give it all to You
I know that You are faithful
That Your promises are true
Your mercy will sustain me
And Your grace will see me through
So I lift my hands before You
As a sacrifice of praise
I cast my cares upon You
And I come to You in faith
All to You
All to You
I give it all to You
Prayer (adapted from Don Moen's prayer in the video)
"Dear Lord, we exalt Your name. Your name is more powerful than cancer. Your name is more powerful than heart diseases. Your name is more powerful than AIDS. Your name is more powerful than any sickness that we can name tonight. And though the doctors may say it is incurable, Lord Jesus, with You nothing is impossible, and we put our trust & our faith in You. As we lift up Your name, we know You are right here with us. Lord, I ask that You will heal Your people tonight. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen."
nothing can separate us from the love of God,
sockkim
Do you find yourself in this situation right now? That was my emotional experience four years ago when I learned I had nose cancer. My world came tumbling down but God lifted me up. God assured me I would not be alone. And I began my cancer journey with God. Cancer has allowed me to experience God's goodness in ways that I've not known before. Experiencing God in cancer has helped me to know & love God more.
Cancer can be an unbearable journey if you try to go through it all by yourself. Cancer can be a bearable journey only if God is in it. It's impossible to cope with cancer in your human strength. You need God's divine strength. Commit your cancer to God. Lay all your fears at His feet. Place all your anxieties in His hands. Cast all your cares on His shoulders. Give your all to Jesus. And trust Jesus to handle your all. Jesus has promised He will walk with you through the valley of the shadow of death (Psalm 23:4). And He will.
These are God's promises to you :
"He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart." (Psalm 91:4)
"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:29-31)
As you begin your cancer journey with God, I would like to share a beautiful song by Don Moen to encourage you in your journey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFatHNCcvBk
All to You
music & lyrics by Don Moen
All to You
All to You
I give it all to You.
I lay my life before You
Lord I surrender all
All that I have been through
Lord I give it to You now
And though I have some questions
Things I’ll never understand
I come into Your Presence
And I place them in Your hands
All to You
All to You
I give it all to You
I know that You are faithful
That Your promises are true
Your mercy will sustain me
And Your grace will see me through
So I lift my hands before You
As a sacrifice of praise
I cast my cares upon You
And I come to You in faith
All to You
All to You
I give it all to You
Prayer (adapted from Don Moen's prayer in the video)
"Dear Lord, we exalt Your name. Your name is more powerful than cancer. Your name is more powerful than heart diseases. Your name is more powerful than AIDS. Your name is more powerful than any sickness that we can name tonight. And though the doctors may say it is incurable, Lord Jesus, with You nothing is impossible, and we put our trust & our faith in You. As we lift up Your name, we know You are right here with us. Lord, I ask that You will heal Your people tonight. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen."
"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)
nothing can separate us from the love of God,
sockkim
Tuesday 30 March 2010
two horses in a field
Written By : Georgy
Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if one stops the car, or is walking by, one will notice something quite amazing. Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a good home for him. This alone is amazing.
Listening, one will hear the sound of a bell. Looking around for the source of the sound, one will see that it comes from the smaller horse in the field. Attached to her bridle is a small bell. It lets her blind friend know where she is, so he can follow her.
As one stands and watches these two friends, one sees how she is always checking on him, and that he will listen for her bell and then slowly walk to where she is trusting that she will not lead him astray.
Like the owner of these two horses, God does not throw us away just because we are not perfect or because we have problems or challenges. He watches over us and even brings others into our lives to help us when we are in need.
Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by God and those whom he places in our lives. Other times we are the guide horse, helping others see God.
Source :
http://www.turnbacktogod.com/story-two-horses-in-a-field/
Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if one stops the car, or is walking by, one will notice something quite amazing. Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a good home for him. This alone is amazing.
Listening, one will hear the sound of a bell. Looking around for the source of the sound, one will see that it comes from the smaller horse in the field. Attached to her bridle is a small bell. It lets her blind friend know where she is, so he can follow her.
As one stands and watches these two friends, one sees how she is always checking on him, and that he will listen for her bell and then slowly walk to where she is trusting that she will not lead him astray.
Like the owner of these two horses, God does not throw us away just because we are not perfect or because we have problems or challenges. He watches over us and even brings others into our lives to help us when we are in need.
Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by God and those whom he places in our lives. Other times we are the guide horse, helping others see God.
Source :
http://www.turnbacktogod.com/story-two-horses-in-a-field/
Friday 12 March 2010
a letter from God
Written by : Pastor Wayne
Source : http://www.promiseofgod.com/letter/
My dear beloved child,
Did you think that I didn't hear you when you cried out to Me in your time of need?
Truly, I did hear you.
If I hear the final cry of every sparrow that falls in death, would I not hear you?
Did you wonder if I was listening when you prayed to Me for an answer to the troubles that weighed you down?
Indeed, I was listening.
If I listen intently for the very heartbeat of every baby conceived in the womb, would I not listen when that child prays? I listened, and I remember precisely the instant that your heart took its first beat; the moment that you took your first gasping breath upon leaving the security of your mother's womb; the contented sigh of relief at your first belly full of warm milk. And, though you've grown up, I still listen for every word spoken in My direction.
Do you think that I don't know when problems come into your life? I know everything there is to know about you! Even the very hairs of your head are numbered! I've watched you daily, from those first tentative steps and groping words to your very first love; and I was there, cheering you on, though you never knew it.
Did you think that I was unconcerned because you didn't receive an instantaneous answer to your prayer?
My dear child, I am more concerned for you than you will ever know. If I were not, would I have sent my Son, Jesus Christ, to earth in the flesh and allowed your kind to mock Him, spit on Him, beat Him, and nail Him up on a cross for all to see? He gave His life for You! He poured out His very life's blood in order to pay a price for your life, and to set you free! Would I have done that if I was unconcerned?
Or did you accept the devil's lie that I didn't even exist? Can you really believe his lies when the very magnitude and complexity of the universe bears witness to the unquestionable fact that they are My handiwork? When everything that you can see and not see is a work of My perfection, delicately balanced and timed, from the spiraling galaxies to the spinning atoms? Is it possible to comprehend such an intricate work and say, "There is no God"?
Take a good look at yourself! You are the very epitome of My work! You are My greatest creation! A one-of-a-kind human being.
Of the seventy billion humans that have lived and walked this planet, there has been no other exactly like you. I created you perfect! I created you with a hundred million receptors in your eyes so that you could see the beauty around you; I created you with twenty-four thousand vibrating fibers in your inner ears to hear the softest whisper of the wind; I designed five hundred muscles, two hundred bones, and seven miles of nerve fibers, all wrapped in a renewable, nearly indestructible layer of skin and tissue. I gave you a heart that pulses hour after hour, day after day, thirty-six million beats a year, pumping blood through more than ninety-six thousand miles of veins and arteries to give your body life and keep it free of disease; and I gave you a brain that is the most complex organ in all of the universe, made up of one-hundred-trillion cells and crisscrossed with twenty-five billion nerve cells to help you retain the minutest memory; and I equipped your body with four million pain-sensitive structures, five hundred thousand touch detectors, and over two hundred thousand temperature detectors! And then, to top it all off, I gave you the ability to reason, to dream, to imagine, and to speak; things that no other of My creatures can do. And, as a final touch, after creating that magnificent body that you live in, I created the real you, the inner you, the spirit that I created in My likeness, and I breathed you into your body at the instant of birth.
And you were connected to Me then, but you never knew it. Deep inside of you you knew, because I planted that knowledge of Me there, but over the years you have allowed the things of the world to choke that knowledge out. In the beginning, however, you were perfect; My greatest creation; molded in My own image. Don't you find it really quite humorous, to think that some could adamantly believe that this all came about by chance or evolution? Could such a masterpiece have come about simply by chance?
If you can see the truth in this, then how can you think that I didn't hear you?
Behold, I am standing at your heart's door, knocking and asking entrance, but I will not force My will on you. Call to Me now and ask Me to come in, into your heart and your life. Call to Me, for I am listening and waiting even as you read this. I'm only a word away, and if you will invite Me in, I will come in and never will I leave you alone. Give Me your heart and your love and, as I live, this day you shall be one with Me in Paradise.
Forever,
your heavenly Father
Scripture readings :
John 3:3 & 3:16
Romans 10:8 - 13
91st Psalm
Source : http://www.promiseofgod.com/letter/
My dear beloved child,
Did you think that I didn't hear you when you cried out to Me in your time of need?
Truly, I did hear you.
If I hear the final cry of every sparrow that falls in death, would I not hear you?
Did you wonder if I was listening when you prayed to Me for an answer to the troubles that weighed you down?
Indeed, I was listening.
If I listen intently for the very heartbeat of every baby conceived in the womb, would I not listen when that child prays? I listened, and I remember precisely the instant that your heart took its first beat; the moment that you took your first gasping breath upon leaving the security of your mother's womb; the contented sigh of relief at your first belly full of warm milk. And, though you've grown up, I still listen for every word spoken in My direction.
Do you think that I don't know when problems come into your life? I know everything there is to know about you! Even the very hairs of your head are numbered! I've watched you daily, from those first tentative steps and groping words to your very first love; and I was there, cheering you on, though you never knew it.
Did you think that I was unconcerned because you didn't receive an instantaneous answer to your prayer?
My dear child, I am more concerned for you than you will ever know. If I were not, would I have sent my Son, Jesus Christ, to earth in the flesh and allowed your kind to mock Him, spit on Him, beat Him, and nail Him up on a cross for all to see? He gave His life for You! He poured out His very life's blood in order to pay a price for your life, and to set you free! Would I have done that if I was unconcerned?
Or did you accept the devil's lie that I didn't even exist? Can you really believe his lies when the very magnitude and complexity of the universe bears witness to the unquestionable fact that they are My handiwork? When everything that you can see and not see is a work of My perfection, delicately balanced and timed, from the spiraling galaxies to the spinning atoms? Is it possible to comprehend such an intricate work and say, "There is no God"?
Take a good look at yourself! You are the very epitome of My work! You are My greatest creation! A one-of-a-kind human being.
Of the seventy billion humans that have lived and walked this planet, there has been no other exactly like you. I created you perfect! I created you with a hundred million receptors in your eyes so that you could see the beauty around you; I created you with twenty-four thousand vibrating fibers in your inner ears to hear the softest whisper of the wind; I designed five hundred muscles, two hundred bones, and seven miles of nerve fibers, all wrapped in a renewable, nearly indestructible layer of skin and tissue. I gave you a heart that pulses hour after hour, day after day, thirty-six million beats a year, pumping blood through more than ninety-six thousand miles of veins and arteries to give your body life and keep it free of disease; and I gave you a brain that is the most complex organ in all of the universe, made up of one-hundred-trillion cells and crisscrossed with twenty-five billion nerve cells to help you retain the minutest memory; and I equipped your body with four million pain-sensitive structures, five hundred thousand touch detectors, and over two hundred thousand temperature detectors! And then, to top it all off, I gave you the ability to reason, to dream, to imagine, and to speak; things that no other of My creatures can do. And, as a final touch, after creating that magnificent body that you live in, I created the real you, the inner you, the spirit that I created in My likeness, and I breathed you into your body at the instant of birth.
And you were connected to Me then, but you never knew it. Deep inside of you you knew, because I planted that knowledge of Me there, but over the years you have allowed the things of the world to choke that knowledge out. In the beginning, however, you were perfect; My greatest creation; molded in My own image. Don't you find it really quite humorous, to think that some could adamantly believe that this all came about by chance or evolution? Could such a masterpiece have come about simply by chance?
If you can see the truth in this, then how can you think that I didn't hear you?
Behold, I am standing at your heart's door, knocking and asking entrance, but I will not force My will on you. Call to Me now and ask Me to come in, into your heart and your life. Call to Me, for I am listening and waiting even as you read this. I'm only a word away, and if you will invite Me in, I will come in and never will I leave you alone. Give Me your heart and your love and, as I live, this day you shall be one with Me in Paradise.
Forever,
your heavenly Father
Scripture readings :
John 3:3 & 3:16
Romans 10:8 - 13
91st Psalm
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