ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God Rescues Every Time

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God Rescues Every Time: God hears His people when they call to Him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, He ...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: What To Do Right Now

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: What To Do Right Now: God loves you so much. He gave His life to save you from eternal death. He longs for you to be happy now and in your eternal Home in Heav...

What are Your Plans

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Your Plans: Lay all your plans before God, to be carried out or given up, as His providence shall indicate. Accept God's plans instead of your ow...

Recipe for HEALTH

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: HEALTH: Dear friend, I pray above all else that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. The Lord says, "My child, listen...

Self-Respect

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Self-worth, Self-Respect: Many struggle with feelings of self-worth and value. The Lord has given each one of us a sense of self respect, and this must not be oppo...

Conscious Dignity

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Conscious Dignity: It is the privilege of everyone to so live that God will approve and bless (her). ….It is not the will of your heavenly Father that you sh...

What God Doesn't Do

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: What God Doesn't Do: In my life experience, I have found that God doesn't do certain things. For instance: God doesn't stroke our egos; nor does He g...

!: Fashion

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Fashion: If any thing is keeping you from God, then get rid of that thing. I recently rid myself of all my beauty, fashion and makeover books, etc...

What does God Hate?

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: What does God Hate?: Just finished reading "Gods Lamb, our High Priest" by Loren Seibold in Signs of the Times November 2015 magazine. A caption on pag...

God's Free Love

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Free Love: God's love cannot be bought - He gives it freely.

Thanksgiving Remembered

In the late 1950s and early 1960s thanksgiving time meant lots and lots of heavy wet snow. The drifts, along our driveway - from shoveling snow, were 8 to 10 feet high! Yes! I have photos!

School was closed for a week. On Thanksgiving Day the family left early, bundled in blankets, and traveled 2 to 2.5 hours to Grandma's 1880s house. The speed limit was about 45 mph, but if the roads were bad the trip laster longer. There were no heated seats, no hi-tech car heater; just an on/off switch for heat and a fan. I suppose the heat came off the car engine, and no seat belts!

We had dinner with Dad's big family, and grandma's 2 boarders, on Thanksgiving Day. The usual fare was turkey, duck, and ham. Served with gravy from all 3 meats. Also homemade rolls, homemade whipped potatoes (made with real butter, whole milk and a little cream), homemade cranberry sauce with pieces or orange rind and fruit, and homemade variety of pie, cake and also salads. After lunch (or dinner, as Grandma called the noon meal), the adults would sip Grandpas homemade grape wine, and the kids would play.

At 6 pm (after sandwiches, cake and pie) our immediate family loaded back into the car and we drove 2.5 hours to the other grandparents 1910 brick house. Grandma W would serve us an evening snack and then bed us down for the night.
On Friday we would have another thanksgiving feast with mom's sister and brother and their families, and of course, grandma and grandpa W.

Happy Thanksgiving

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Happy Thanksgiving: Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! God"s Blessings to all, whether friend or foe. God loves each of us.  Let us love Him in return f...

: MORNEAU - Prayer

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: MORNEAU - Prayer: Have been reading superior books on intercessory prayer by Roger Morneau (1925-1998). Roger was once a spiritist, he communicated with evi...

We are Never Abandoned

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: We are Never Abandoned: Christ will never abandon those for whom He has died. We may leave Him and be overwhelmed with temptation, but Christ can never turn from ...

In Answer to the Prayer of Faith

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: In Answer to the Prayer of Faith: It is a part of God’s plan to grant us, in answer to the prayer of faith, that which He would not bestow did we not thus ask. The Great C...

Why Worship God?

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Why Worship God?: Why worship God when the ungodly are rich and happy?   "Such words are spoken against Me!” says God.   But you reply, "What...

Your Past Experience

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Your Past Experience: Whatever may have been your past experience, however discouraging your present circumstances, if you will come to Jesus just as you are: we...

God Believes in You!

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God Believes in You!: God is so powerful that He could force us to love Him, but God doesn’t use force, because He loves us and wants us to love Him back . ...

Our Prayers Cannot Die Away

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Our Prayers Cannot Die Away: Amid the anthems of the celestial choir, God hears the cries of the weakest human being.   ...They may be inaudible to any human ear, bu...

Answered Prayer

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Answered Prayer: The prayers you offer in loneliness, in weariness, in trial, God answers - not always according to your expectations, but always for your g...

I thank God for you

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: I thank God for you: I have not stopped thanking God for you (the reader), I pray for you daily. Ephesians 1:16 Even before God created the world, He loved u...

Don't Be Anxious

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Don't Be Anxious: Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanks to God!, present your requests to God. And ...

: Cesspool

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Cesspool: After Ezra L Longway fell into a cesspool covered with floating grass, he said: "Oftentimes the devil's "cesspools" are...

Curses into Blessings

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Curses to Blessings: The Lord will turn a curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you! The Lord is silently planning for thee in love, fo...

Wealth & Finances

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Finances: "There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; and one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches." Proverbs 13:7 &qu...

However Feeble

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: However Feeble: Never a prayer is offered, however faltering; never a tear is shed, however secret;  never a sincere desire after God is cherished, howev...

: God's Promise of Protection

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Promise of Protection: Those who live in the secret place of God will live under the shadow of the Almighty. ...You will not be afraid of the terror of night; no...

An Animal's Love

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: An Animal's Love: "The intelligence displayed by many [mute] animals approaches so closely to human intelligence that it is a mystery. The animals see...

Eye has not seen

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Eye has not seen: Eyes have not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the mind of mankind, the things that God has prepared for those who love Him. ...

O Those Tomatoes and What a Night!

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Tomatoes and What a Night!: At our new home I decided to grow tomatoes.   Being a city-girl I decided one tomato plant produced only two tomatoes a year so planted t...

Veterans Day

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Veterans Day: Thinking of my male relatives this Veterans Day. My army commando-dad who was on the USS Missouri and witnessed the Japanese surrender. Uncle Harley Bossman who came across Dad in the Solomon Islands. My ...

: Complaints? Pray!

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Complaints? Pray!: Stop stomping around complaining about stuff; get on your knees and Pray!

Standards

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Standards: It is a law both of the intellectual and the spiritual nature that by seeing we become changed.  The mind gradually adapts itself to the su...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: If You Only Knew

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: If You Only Knew: If you only knew how much the Father and the Son and Holy Spirit love you; you would live for, and love God. Read the Gospel of Luke to le...

Solving the Problem

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Solve the Problem: There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state of society.  Those who ho...

No Class is Excluded

Christ's love is for everyone, no class is excluded. Jesus Christ identifies Himself with every child of humanity.
Based on Desire of Ages, p 638, Ellen G White, Pacific Press Publishing Association

3 Wonders

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: 3 Wonders: John Newton, who came out of the depths of sin to become a noble preacher, said that there were 3 wonders he would see in the light of his e...

Problems of Marriage

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Problems of Marriage: Satan hates marriage - this is no surprise. He is behind all marriage problems! Satan causes strife, arguments, anger, adultery, jealous...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Lord's Prayer, Modernized

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Lord's Prayer, Modernized: Our Father in Heaven, holy is Your name. Your kingdom come, May Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven Please give us today our sp...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: UFO's

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: UFO's: On May 7, 2013 there was an article regarding an increase of widespread, worldwide UFO sightings in the months of March and April 2013. Wi...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Respect Your Wife

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Respect Your Wife: This is the second thing you do, says God. You cry and weep, covering the Lords altar with tears. Saying "why doesn't God accept...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Hawaii / California Vacation Part 1

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Hawaii / California Vacation Part 1: Once we took a wonderful vacation to Hawaii & California. On Waikiki we rode war canoes and experienced the thrill of the ocean waves, ...

Hawaii / California Vacation Part 2

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Hawaii / California Vacation Part 2: Later our seventeen-minute flight to Honolulu where we caught a Boeing to San Francisco. Most people leave the islands around midnight so t...

Thanksgiving Recipe - Colorful Corn Salad

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Colorful Corn Salad: INGREDIENTS 2 – 11 oz cans of canned sweet corn niblets 2 c diced green pepper 2 c diced red pepper 2 c diced celery 1 c chopped green ...

Thanksgiving Food - Zucchini Boats

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Zucchini Boats - Entree: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Zucchini Boats - Entree : Debra’s Zucchini Boats From the kitchen of: Debra M INGREDIENTS Two large zucchini 1 pk...

A Real Battle

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: A Real Battle: Whenever there is a witness for God, Satan will seek to negate the witness and bring discouragement. ...I can testify that Satan is not a m...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Bible Study Website

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Bible Study Website: Please check Into:  www.biblestudies.com It is really worth your time, and will answer many questions from Holy Scripture. Jesus says,...

True Rest - Justification

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Find True Rest - Justification: This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe…. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, an...

Angel Encounter! - True Story

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Angel Encounter!: In 2012 I was walking downtown to my job. A disturbed man came at me walking like a gorilla. I tried to ignore him, but he shoved me. The n...

: Even if....

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Even if....: Even if we are in a bad situation at work, at home, in anything...God is still  with us. All we need to do is pray and God is right there ...

: BFF - Best Friend Forever

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: BFF - Best Friend Forever: Jesus is eager to be your BFF. He has not changed with the years. His love is as strong, His understanding as perfect, His sympathy as dee...

Silently Planning

God is silently planning for you in love, because it matters to Him about you.

: A Mother's Best Friend

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: A Mother's Best Friend: Your compassionate Redeemer is watching you with love and sympathy, ready to hear your prayers and to render you the assistance which you n...

Mothers

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Mothers: How often will [the mother/also wives] feel her burden's weight heavier than she can bear; and then how precious the privilege of taki...

: VBS - Vacation Bible School

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: VBS - Vacation Bible School: In the 1960's - during two weeks in June - from nine a.m. until noon - mornings were spent at Missouri Synod Lutheran Vacation Bible Sc...

TRICK or TREATING 1964

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: TRICK or TREATING 1964: On Halloween 1964 I was allowed to go "trick or treating" with the neighbor kids Merry and Mark who were two years older than me. ...

The Soul that Sins will Die

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The Soul that Sins will Die: The soul that sins will die. The living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything. Their love, hatred and envy die with t...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Seeing Grandma's Ghost - True Story

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Seeing Grandma's Ghost - True Story: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God..." 1 John 4:1 [RSV] When Adam and ...

True Story - Demon Harassment

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Demon Harrassment: Before Andy left on a business trip I mentioned two problems: 1) my clothes hangars would fall off the rod by themselves hitting me on the ...

Carry Me Through

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Carry Me Through: I dreamed I was trudging up a steep, sand mountain carrying a heavy load of burdens.  I kept slipping and sliding, falling down and sliding...

Let God Carry Your Load!

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Let God Carry Your Load!: Let God carry your load. When you don't know which way to go in life, or your path is harsh - turn to God and ask Him for total help,...

: God will wipe away all tears

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God will wipe away all tears: God will wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there will be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither will there be any more p...

Saturday

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Day: Does God have a holy  day? I was in the Spirit on the Lords day.  Revelation 1:10 The Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.  Matt...

Do the Dead Come Back to Give Counsel ?

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Will the Dead be Resurrected?: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Are the Deceased Dead or Alive? : Here is the question: Do the dead come back to give us counsel? God's Word says:...

God's Leading Statesmen

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Leading Statesmen: God has His agents among the leading men and women of the nation. With unanswerable arguments statesmen who fear the Lord are influenced by...

Before our eyes...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Before our eyes...: Today men and nations are being tested by the plummet in the hand of Him who makes no mistake... . Today the signs of the times declare t...

Stupendous Crisis Coming

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Stupendous Crisis Coming: The present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and statesmen, (those) who occupy positions of trust and authority, t...

: Satan Can Not read our Thoughts

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Satan can't read our Thoughts: ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Satan can't read our Thoughts : “Satan is not permitted to read our thoughts; but he is a keen observer, and he marks...

Idols

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Idols: Do not let anything or anyone become an idol in your life. In the long run people and things will let you down. God Never will! Your firs...

: Do not Follow Vain People

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Do not Follow Vain People: Those who work will have plenty of food; but those who follow vain people will have poverty enough . Proverbs 28:19

: 2Men and some Pigs

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: 2Men and some Pigs: Did you ever read the true Bible story about two men and some pigs; and Jesus and the demons ?! Read: Matthew 8:28-34. Also Read: Luke 8...

Encouragement

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Encouragement: If there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any sharing of the Spirit, any warmth of affection and deep sympathy, then c...

Deformity / Infirmity

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Deformity / Infirmity: With those who have any type of deformity or infirmity, I want you to know that God loves and cherishes you.  He sees you as the perfect pr...

Do not Neglect Secret Prayer

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Do not Neglect Secret Prayer: Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion. With earnest, fervent prayer, plead for purity of soul. Plead as earnestly, a...

Clouded because of Pain

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Clouded because of Pain: “Often your mind may be Clouded because of pain. Then do not try to think. You know that Jesus loves you! He understands your weakness. ...

God's Promise of Protection

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: God's Promise of Protection: Those who live in the secret place of God will live under the shadow of the Almighty. ...You will not be afraid of the terror of night; no...

Father of Mercy

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Father of Mercy: “Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforts us in our trials.” 2 ...

A Warning Dream

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: A Warning Dream to Deb M: A Warning Dream to Deb M In the dream: after purchasing a small, beautiful acreage on the edge of a forest we went about our chores. Sud...

What Does God Require of You?

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: What Does God Require?: What does God require of you?  To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God. Micah 6:8. The Old Testament of Holy Scripture,...

Prayer for America

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Prayer for America: Dear Lord in this time of our deep need, help us again as You did in years gone by.  And in Your anger, remember your mercy. Habakkuk 3...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: My Friend

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: My Friend: God has been an important part of my life since second grade.  I depend on God for helping me in everything: travel blessings/mercies inclu...

Ashley Madison

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Ashley Madison - Forgiveness: Compassion for those who have been exposed by the Ashley Madison hack has been in short supply. There has been a lot of "they got what ...

: It will Go Better for You If...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: It will Go Better for You If...: Things will go better for you, if you follow God's way and teachings. God will protect you and lead you.

The Appearing

If you EVER have the opportunity to attend a video presentation on Jesus' Second Coming by Shawn Boonstra, entitled The Appearing, Please attend. It lasts 5 nights, one hour each night. It is so worth it! I attended night 3 tonite.
Wow!

Satan's Tricks

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Satan's Tricks - Beguiled: Satan appeals to our reason by the presentation of elevating themes; he delights our imagination with enrapturing scenes; and he enlists ou...

Where Everyone & Everything will be Perfect

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Where Everyone will be Perfect: When God created the Earth everything was absolutely perfect.  There were no flaws in anything.  There was no sin.  No troubles, no pain, n...

Only One Sacrifice Needed

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Only One Sacrifice Needed: But this Man Jesus, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.  Hebrews 10:12 By that we hav...

: The Ultimate Sacrifice

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The Ultimate Sacrifice: On the cross, Jesus' love for us was so great, that He would rather die than see us die in our sins?  dlm

He Cares for His own - Please Read

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: He Cares for His own: It's a humbling experience to see God move in answer to the prayers of His people.... ...we have a God who responds to the faith and nee...

Our Daily Test -Please Read

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Our Daily Test: Day by day God instructs His children. By the circumstances of the daily life He is preparing them to act their part upon the wider ...

Blessings out of evil

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Blessings out of evil: When you follow God/Jesus Christ totally - He has your back. He will bring goodness out of a bad situation. God will bring blessings out...
dlm

Even if....

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Even if....: Even if we are in a bad situation at work, at home, in anything...God is still  with us. All we need to do is pray and God is right there ...

The Need of True Men & Women

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: The Need of True Men: The greatest want of the world is the want of men/women - men/women who will not be bought or sold, men/women who in their inmost souls are true and honest, ...

Political Corruption

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Political Corruption: Political corruption is destroying love of justice and regard for truth; and even in free America, rulers and legislators, in order to secu...

You cannot Weary Him

Keep your wants, your joys, your sorrows, your cares, and your fears before God. You cannot burden Him; you cannot weary Him. He who numbers the hairs of your head is not indifferent to the wants of His children.

"The Lord is very pitying and of tender mercy." James 5:11

God's heart of love is touched by our sorrows and even by our utterances of them. Take to Him every thing that perplexes the mind. Nothing is too great for Him to bear, for He holds up worlds, He rules over all the affairs of the universe.

Nothing that in any way concerns our peace is too great for God to notice.

Steps to Christ p 100, ellen g white

YOU MAY REGAIN YOUR SELF RESPECT

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: YOU MAY REGAIN YOUR SELF RESPECT: Jesus loves you…His great heart of infinite tenderness yearns over you. …You may regain your self-respect. You may stand where you regard yo...

Power Reading

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Obtaining Knowledge: Gods people are directed to Holy Scripture as their safeguard against the influence of false teachers and the delusive power of demons. Sat...

An Influence that All will Value

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: An Influence that All will Value: Cultivate respect for yourself because you are Christ’s purchased possession. Success in the formation of right habits, advancement in th...

Under Full Warranty

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Under Full Warranty: God's gifts and God's call are under full warranty - never cancelled, never rescinded. Romans 11:29. The Message translation

Kicking-up a Fuss

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Kicking-up a Fuss: Fussing, fretting and complaining are easy for us humans to do, but it sure wears out the brain!  Deb m