Good Morning Friends!
Looks like another hot week but to me that beats the extreme cold. Thanks to the Good Lord we have air conditioning. For those who have a choice, we can stay inside mostly!
Mr. Roger and I would like to Thank you all for your support in your prayers and blessings. They have meant so much to us both. Roger is in rehab in Conway now. He is close to me so I am in and out throughout the day.
He is as comfortable as he can be away from home. Hopefully by the end of this week he will be at home. He was at Conway Hospital and Grand Strand Regional Medical Center (The Top 5 in the nation Heart and Trauma Center).
My goodness, Horry County has come a long, long way. Baby look at us now!!!! We're in the Top 10 place for vacation spots in the nation - gold, living, and so much more. We don't want to give out all our wonderful secrets or do we? We do need to work on Education and our pay scale!!! It hasn't found its way up the ladder. Please Leaders, wake up! WE NEED HELP!!!
Thanks Abbi, your words were beautiful as you are! May God Bless You!
Devotion: Today is the Day!
Read this Book: Habakkuk 2:3 (NLT) An Insert from Joel Osteen's book, "It's Your Time".
Down in the Florida Keys, there was a treasure hunter whose motto was "Today's the Day". Everyday for sixteen years, Mel Fisher sent his divers out with those encouraging words to find a spanish ship that sank off the keys in 1611. He often had to pay his men in promises while dodging bill collectors. He and his family lived on a leaky houseboat for years. One of his sons, a daughter in law, and a diver were lost at sea as they searched for the treasure.
Still, Fisher never gave up. He refused to abandon his dream or to give-in to critics and doubters. He held on by declaring that each day would be the day. Then, in 1985, Mel's divers found "the motherload" of gold and silver and jewlery from the wreckage of the spanish galleon. Nearly thirty years later, divers were still bringing up treasures from that sight. Is today the day for you to accomplish your goal, to land your dream job, to find love, to restore your health? You're closer than you think to a better life, a richer relationship, a healthier body. Rewards await you if you stay steadfast in your faith.
Don't let doubters ruin your optimistic spirit. If somebody says to you, "What is it with you"? What makes you think everything will work out? Do you really believe you will always suceed? Just tell the doubters, (I don't think it will happen). "I know it will happen!!! I am a prisoner of hope. I can't get away from it. I can't make myself get negative. I just can't make myself complain. Hope feeds my faith and lifts my spirit." The doubters may say, I don't know why. I saw the medical report. It doesn't look good for you.
"Yes", I have another report, You can tell them. "It says GOD is restoring health back to me."
"Well, I saw your child. I don't think he'll ever do what's right".
"Really? I have another report. It says as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
You may not see any of this in the natural world. It may not look like it will come to pass. But that's ok. The scripture says, "We walk by faith and not by sight." That means we don't have to see it to believe it. It's just the opposite. If we believe it, then we see it.
Take your dreams and the promises God has put in your hearts and everyday declare that they will come to pass. Just say something like, "Father, I want to thank you that my payday is coming. You said no good thing will you withhold because I walk uprightly. And I believe even right now you are arranging things in my favor."
Are you a prisoner of fear? Worry? Self Pity? Negativity?
Break those chains and become a prisoner of hope. Expect God's favor. Believe that he is working in your life even right now.
God has put dreams and desires in your heart. We all have goals we want to accomplish and situations we believe we will turn around. But often when it's taking a long time and things are not working out, it's easy to lose our enthusiasm. That's when the negative thoughts come, saying: It never will change. You never will get well. You never will climb out of debt. That child never will straighten up.
If you will listen to those negative thoughts, you will likely become discouraged and give up on your dreams. Many times we miss out on God's best because we give up too soon. We don't realize how close we are to victory.
Hold on to your faith. Another few days of believing, another few weeks of doing the right thing, or another few months of staying in faith and you will see that promise come to pass.
Right now, you are so close to seeing that situation turn around. That answer you've been praying about is just around the corner. You can't afford to get discouraged. You can't afford to give up now.
That's why the scripture says, in Hebrews 10:35 It tells us now to cast our confidence, for it will be richly rewarded. That saying, if we will stay in faith, if we will keep believing, keep hoping, keep doing the right thing, God promises there will be a reward.
One translation says, In effect, "Don't get discouraged. Payday is coming."
When you're tempted to get down and things are not going your way, you need to keep telling yourself, "This may be hard. It may be taking a long time period. But I know God is a faithful God. And I will believe, knowing that my payday is on its way."
Whenever life grows difficult, and the pressure is turned up, that's a sign that your time is near. When lies bombard your mind, when you are most tempted to get discouraged, and you feel like throwing in the towel, that's not the time to give up. That's not the time to back down. That's the time to dig in your heals. Put on a new attitude. You are closer than you think.
You may have alot of things come against you. I know sometimes it seems like the more you pray, the worse it gets. You do the right things but get the wrong results. Maybe you're treating someone kindly and respectfully, but they're being unkind and discourteous to you. The easy thing would be to say, "Forget it. I don't have to put up with this.": this marriage never will work; " I'll never be able to raise this child"; "I don't like this job." Instead of getting discouraged, instead of going around all sour, you need to have the attitude to say, "I have come too far to stop now. I've been through too much to back down. I'm about to give birth to my dreams!"
Today's Thought:
It's your Time. The depth of my past is an indication of the height of my future. It's my time to step out and embrace all that God has for me!
Compliments to Joel Osteen's book, It's Your Time.
Looking Through The Eyes Of Jesus,
Ms. June and Mr. Roger
Prayer List:
The 3 yr old little girl we've been praying for, has made a full recovery and has awaken. Her doctors say she is now cancer free. All of your prayers and some Divine Intervention perhaps, have rid her of that nasty cancer. (Thank You Jesus and Thank You All) What a Miracle!!!!
Mr. Roger in his recovery which is coming along fabulously.
Fountain of Life Ministries
Mr. Richard Hill - Terminal Cancer.
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