Lisa Cline's Blog, page 61
January 16, 2014
Daily Prayer and Praise Reports Concerning England
I have added a new page at the top of this bog and it will be updated daily to show both how you can be praying as you feel led and well as How Good God is in answering those prayers.
PRAYERS
~ That I get a job in some sort of ministry in England.
~ That all needs will be met as I left my job to prepare to move.
~ That visas will be acquired in time.
PRAISE
~ That God has led me with his peace and His world to start this new journey.
~ That I was able to get all the pasports.
January 15, 2014
How I learned to Finish Well
I once heard my pastor (at the time) preach a sermon series titled “Finishing Well” that talked about how even though your past may have been horrible, and in your present you may have struggles, you can still finish well.
I needed to hear that back then. So much so that I bought the series and listened to it over and over. From that point on I was determined that I would do what it took to “Finish Well!”
A lot of time has passed since then, and a lot of changes (some good some bad) have happened in my life.
And although I have not arrived yet I am setting my pace for the finish I desire.
What am I doing right? I am following the advice on those tapes I listened to.
I am leaning on and trusting in the God who created and saved me. The God who knows me and speaks to me daily leading me down the path that I should go.
The Bible says of God
You get us ready for life:
You probe for our soft spots,
You knock off our rough edges.
And I’m feeling so fit, so safe:
made right, kept right.
(Psalm 7:9–10, The Message)
Be determined to finish well and then do so by daily giving over your schedule to the one who made you and is faithful to keep you right…where you need to be!
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January 13, 2014
Mighty faith
Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done.~ Charles Wesley
Good quote about faith
God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.
Augustine.
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God is Trustworthy
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.
~ Psalm 118:8 ESV
January 7, 2014
A really cool story about trusting God
George Mueller was a man who believed God.
In order to prove to Christians worldwide that God listens to us when we pray, he started and keep running orphanage in Bristol, England, on nothing but prayer.
He did not solicit funds from anyone, nor did he allow his employees to do so.
On April 11, 1836, the doors of an orphanage opened in with twenty-six girls. By 1886 the number of Orphans leapt to over 2,000, proving that Mr. Mueller’s belief in God was not in vain. Mr. Muller’s amazing faith was witnessed firsthand by many people who met him, but none more so than Abigail, the eight-year-old daughter of his business associate.
One Morning while Abigail’s father was having a meeting with George, an employee came in and told Mr. Mueller that over 300 children were seated and waiting for breakfast but there was nothing to feed them.
George motioned to Abigail to follow him into where the children were seated and said to her, “Watch God work.” Then he turned to the children and said, “Let’s pray.” They all did, and not long after was a knock at the door.
He opened it to find a baker who had baked all night because “God had told him to do so.” He brought in enough bread for the children to have their fill.
Right after there was another knock at the door. Almost unbelievably a man with ten barrels of milk on his cart told George that the wheel on his car had just broke down in front of the orphanage.
He told George that he could have the milk if he would only keep the barrels safe until he fixed the cart.
George knew that Abigail was moved by what she had seen, and a week or so later was told by Abigail’s mother that she had witnessed Abigail praying to God that He might give her “Mr. Mueller’s faith.”
Taken from my book To Know God as Father
