Sabbath Keeping

"Nevertheless, though I am sometimes afraid:

yet put I my trust in thee."

~ Psalms 56:3 ~

"Now it is you alone that I love,

you alone that I follow,

you alone that I seek,

you alone that I feel ready to serve,

because you alone rule justly.

It is to your authority alone that I want to submit.

Command me, I pray, to do whatever you will,

but heal and open my ears

that I may hear your voice.

Heal and open my eyes 

that I may see your will.

Drive out from me

all fickleness,

That I may acknowledge you alone.

Tell me where to look

that I may see you,

and I will place my hope in doing your will.

Amen."

~ Saint Augustine of Hippo ~

"Bring out that creature," said Aslan. One of the Elephants lifted Uncle Andrew in its trunk and laid him at the Lion's feet. He was too frightened to move.

"Please, Aslan," said Polly, "could you say something to-to unfrighten him? And then could you say something to prevent him from ever coming back here again?"

"do you think he wants to?" said Aslan.

"Well, Aslan," said Polly, "he might send someone else. He's so excited about the bar off the lamp-post growing into a lamp-post tree and he thinks-"

"He thinks great folly, child," said Aslan. "This world is bursting with life for these few days because the song with which I called it into life still hangs in the air and rumbles in the ground. It will not be so for long. But I cannot tell that to this old sinner, and I cannot comfort him either; he has made himself unable to hear my voice. If I spoke to him, he would hear only growlings and roarings. Oh, Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good! But I will give him the only gift he is still able to receive."

He bowed his great head rather sadly, and breathed into the Magician's terrified face. "Sleep," he said. "Sleep and be separated for some few hours from all the torments you have devised for yourself." Uncle Andrew immediately rolled over with closed eyes and began breathing peacefully."

~ C. S. Lewis, The Magicians Nephew ~

"Brothers {and sisters}, we do not want you to be ignorant
about those who fall asleep, 
or to grieve like those who have no hope.
We believe Jesus died and rose again
and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus
those who have fallen asleep in Him."
~ 1 Thessalonians 4:13 ~

Happy Resurrection Day! 

Prayer Keeping ~ Whitney and family ~ Gretchen and family ~ Rainey ~ Mr. Claud ~ Roy ~ Peggy ~ Alan ~  Mags ~ Terry ~ Sandra ~

Sabbath Keeping

"But you, Bethlehem, David's country,

the runt of the litter-

From you will come the leader

who will shepherd-rule Israel.

He'll be no upstart, no pretender.

His family tree is ancient and distinguished.

Meanwhile, Israel will be in foster homes

until the birth pants are over and the child is born,

And the scattered brothers come back

home to the family of Israel.

He will stand tall in his shepherd-rule by God's strength,

centered in the majesty of God-Revealed.

And the people will have a good and safe home,

for the whole world will hold him in respect-

Peacemaker of the world!"

~ Micah 5:2-4 ~

"We are all immortal creatures, destined either to live an eternal, resurrected existence with Jesus Christ or destined to successfully have avoided God and his claims and to live in a Christless eternity. These are our only options. And this truth should make a tremendous difference in the way we plan and live our lives.
Lewis also said, "Christianity is a statement which, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, is of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important." But that's what most church-goers choose; isn't it? Most people choose the third option, the one that is really no option at all. We regard the truths of Christianity as moderately important. The fact is, though, that it's either all or nothing, everything or not anything. If this radical stuff is true, then it has the most profound and compelling implications for all of our lives and destinies. It will define our destiny, because, in life, the journey is always defined by the destiny." ~ Dr. Kenneth Boa ~

"Life can only be understood backwards;

but it must be lived forwards."

~ Soren Kierkegaard ~

"With wandering eyes and aimless zeal,

She hither, thither, goes;

Her speech, her motions, all reveal 

A mind without repose.

She climbs the hills, she haunts the sea,

By madness tortured, driven;

One hour's forgetfulness would be

A gift from very heaven!

She slumbers into new distress;

The night is worse than day:

Exulting in her helplessness;

Hell's dogs yet louder bay.

The demons blast her to and fro;

She has not quiet place,

Enough a woman still, to know

A haunting dim disgrace.

A human touch! a pang of death!

And in a low delight

Thou liest, waiting for new breath,

For morning out of night.

Thou risest up: the earth is fair,

The wind is cool; thou art free!

Is it a dream of hell's despair

Dissolves in ecstacy?

That man did touch thee! Eyes divine

Make sunrise in thy soul;

Thou seest love in order shine:-

His health hath made thee whole!

Thou, sharing in the awful doom,

Didst help thy Lord to die;

Then, weeping o'er his empty tomb,

Didst hear him Mary cry.

He stands in haste; he cannot stop;

Home to his God he fares:

'Go tell my brothers I go up

To my Father, mine and theirs.'

Run, Mary! lift thy heavenly voice;

Cry, cry, and heed not how;

Make all the new-risen world rejoice-

Its first apostle thou!

What if old tales of thee have lied,

Or truth have told, thou art

All-safe with Him, whate'er betide

Dwell'st with Him in God's heart!"

~ Mary Magdalene by George MacDonald ~

"Aslan turned to them and said:

"You do not yet look so happy as I mean you to be."

Lucy said, "We're so afraid of being sent away, Aslan, And you have sent us back into our own world so often."

"No fear of that," said Aslan. "Have you not guessed?"

Their hearts leaped and a wild hope rose within them.

"There was a real railway accident," said Aslan softly. "Your father and mother and all of you are--as you used to call it in the Shadow-Lands--dead. The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning." And as He spoke He no longer looked to them like a lion; but the things that began to happen after that were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story, which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before." ~ C. S. Lewis ~ 

Jesus said:

"I have come that you may have life more abundantly."

~ John 10:10 ~

"I am the way, the truth and the life"

No one comes to the Father except through me."

~ John 14:6 ~

Jesus Christ is the only Son of the Living God and died for all our sins. If you've never trusted Christ for your eternal salvation and would like to, please send me a private note. It would be a privilege and honour to show you The Way.

If you'd like a name added to the prayer list, please let me know. Around the world, people are praying.

Prayer Keeping ~ unspoken requests ~ Jim ~ Stephanie ~ Gwen ~ Sandra ~

Sabbath Keeping

"Seek the Lord while He may be found,

Call upon Him while He is near."

~ Isaiah 55:6 ~

"These...events are permitted and guided by thy wisdom, which solely is light. We are in darkness and must be thankful that our knowledge is not needed to perfect thy work."
~ St. Elizabeth Seton ~
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
~ Jim Elliott ~

"You're born. You suffer. You die.

Fortunately, there's a loophole."

~ Billy Graham ~

On a Saturday morning, Dave, suddenly and very unexpectedly, died of a massive heart attack. He was, quite literally, absent in the body, present with the Lord. The Monday prior he'd called me to his side, "How do I get right with God?" was his question. 

The answer still is...it's easy, really, you just have to want Jesus more than you want yourself. If you're like me, you've not done too badly with your life but, there's the nagging thought, it could be better... Yes, it can definitely be better! 

There are many good books written on God, Christ and the Bible but there's only one Bible. It alone is God's Word, it alone tells us how to accept Christ, live a Christian life and, when we die, spend eternity in Heaven with God, Christ and those great cloud of witnesses. 

God loves you, Jesus loves you and the Holy Spirit wants to be your Comforter. Christ tells us He is the Way, the Truth and the Life and no one comes to the Father, except through Him. The only way to eternity in Heaven is by saying to Jesus, "I love you and believe You're the Son of God and died so I might spend eternity in heaven with You." 

Yes, it really is that easy! Christ has done the hard work...taking on your sin, my sin and the sins of the entire human race so we might be restored with God, Our Father. 

If you'd like to talk or want a New Testament Bible, please let me know. 

Have a blessed Resurrection Day and, 

if we don't meet this side of the veil, 

I'll see you in Heaven!

"Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. 

No man, or woman, comes to the Father except by me."

~ John 14:6 ~

If you'd like a name added to the prayer list, please let me know. Names are kept for one week, unless you give me that name each week. Around the world, people are praying.

Prayer Keeping ~ Maxine ~ Debbie ~ Townsend family ~ Timi and family ~ Jane and Lance ~ Maa and Petal ~ Sara's Daddy ~ Pastor Saeed Abedini ~ persecuted Christians ~