Sharon Sharing God: WORDS FROM THE OWNER'S MANUAL

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

WORDS FROM THE OWNER'S MANUAL

This is what I, the LORD, have to say:

Preach My Word.

Be prepared.

Patiently correct and encourage people with good teaching.

Keep a clear head in every situation.

Don't be afraid of suffering for My sake.

Work at telling others the Good News.

Fully carry out the ministry I have given you.

Each day proclaim My Salvation.

Publish My glorious deeds.

Tell everyone about the amazing things I do.

Recognize that I am glorious and strong.

Worship Me in all My Holy Splendor.

Come to Me with praise and thanksgiving.

Fight the good fight, run your race, and remain faithful.

I will reward you with a Crown of Righteousness.

I will bring you safely into My Heavenly Kingdom!

For I am a great God.

Who is like Me, and who can challenge Me?

Listen to My Voice...today!

For you are the people I watch over - the flock under My care!

I am the Rock of your Salvation!

Love you all,

God

(Taken from Jeremiah 49, Psalm 95 & 96, and 2 Timothy 4)

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KatieNovember 3, 2010 at 4:20 AM
Amen! :)
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UnknownNovember 3, 2010 at 4:46 AM
encouraging words, thank you Sharon. God Bless - Nita
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SandyNovember 3, 2010 at 5:17 AM
Thank you Sharon for proclaiming His words
of life and truth!
Blessings,
Sandy
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lioneagleNovember 3, 2010 at 5:35 AM
Hi Sharon -

Yes indeed this is the Lord speaking. Clearly it is HIM!

Thank you, Sharon, for sharing this.

Sidebar: I heard a testimony this morning where a man who grew up in Christian home, went wayward...the Lord spoke to him one day and told him, "If you don't come to me today, I will NOT be back this way." The Lord warned him that He would no longer draw him with His Spirit. The man obeyed GOD and now is a minister....
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bettyNovember 3, 2010 at 8:22 AM
I love how you do these Sharon!! they are always so awesome on how you expound from the Lord's word his promises, blessings, protection, etc :)

betty
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DebbieNovember 3, 2010 at 9:11 AM
I love it when you do this. You know, I think it would be a WONDERFUL retreat activity to write out what God says using his word the way you do.

Hmm. Wonder if I have time to fit it in this weekend.
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DeniseNovember 3, 2010 at 10:09 AM
You always have such encouraging words to share with us. Glad I stopped by for a visit.
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KarenNovember 3, 2010 at 4:03 PM
Amen! This owner's manual is one we never should misplace...

Thank you for the sweet comment on my blog....
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Chatty CroneNovember 3, 2010 at 7:42 PM
I like that He is my rock and my salvation! Good to know! Sandie
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SharonNovember 3, 2010 at 9:25 PM
Katie - YOU BET! God is good!

Nita - Glad that God encouraged you today!

Sandy - Life and truth, indeed! God's Word still reigns!

Sandra - I read these Scriptures, and I just HEAR Him speak! Loved your comment in the "sidebar." I love that God spoke, and that that young man LISTENED! And how He blessed the return of the prodigal!!

Betty - I'm so glad you like these! I have fun writing them - because I can just hear God speaking as I write! It's so exciting...

Debbie - So much of God's Word just seems to tumble out like a letter. Written just for us - each word. You know - that's a great idea about using this as a retreat activity - it could even work in a class or Bible Study. Have to keep that in mind. (I sent you a short email - long one to follow soon - but is your retreat THIS weekend?!)

Denise - Oh, thank you, my friend. It always makes me smile a little bigger when you stop by! Glad God spoke His encouraging words to you today!

Karen - And it's an owner's manual that we should actually READ - unlike the one sitting in my glove compartment!! I continue to think of you in your difficult time...

Sandie - I love ALL of God's "titles" - but knowing what you know about how I love rocks - ROCK OF MY SALVATION is one of the best!!

GOD BLESS, dear ones...
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MY WORD FOR 2016

GRATEFUL

Grateful: feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act; appreciative of benefits received; warmly or deeply thankful; indebted; beholden.

Word origin: 1550's, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude," from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from Latin gratus "pleasing" – derived from the same word origin as the word "grace."

The trick to changing your behavior is to become more thankful.

The practice of gratitude involves a focus on the present moment, on appreciating your life as it is today and what has made it so.

Let us begin an eternal quest to express in new and creative ways our thanks to God.

So I'm breathing in Your grace,

And I'm breathing out Your praise.

Let our prayers be the overflow of a grateful heart to God.

Three steps in prayer:

PRAISE – praise, reverence, worship, adoration, and awe for who God is and what He does

ASK – honest, earnest, and intense requests

THANK YOU – always end with thanksgiving for everything

Pulpit commentary:

In everything give thanks.

In every circumstance – in joy and in sorrow; for everything – for prosperity and for adversity; in every place – in the house of God and on the bed of sickness.

Christians should not only be engaged in constant prayer, but in constant thanksgiving.

For this – this thankful spirit – is the will of God, His desire.

God by the gift of his Son has laid us under the obligation of perpetual thanksgiving. Our whole lives ought to be one continued thank-offering for all the blessings of redemption.

Gill's Exposition:

Thanks are to be given to him for all things…

For all temporal good things;

for our beings, the preservation of them;

for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life;

for the means of grace, the word and ordinances, and the ministers of the Gospel;

for spiritual blessings, for electing, redeeming, regenerating, adopting, pardoning, justifying, and persevering grace:

for a meetness for heaven, a right unto it, and a good hope of it;

and especially for Jesus Christ, for such a…Saviour, and advocate with the Father, as he is; and for life, peace, joy, comfort, righteousness, and salvation in him.

Thanks should be given to God in every circumstance of life; in adversity, as Job did; when not in so comfortable and agreeable a frame of soul as to be wished for…even under the temptations of Satan…since the grace of God is sufficient to bear up under them, and deliver out of them.

[Give thanks] in afflictions of every kind, since they are all for good – temporal, or spiritual, or eternal.

WHAT IS LOVE?

Love is when you are missing some of your teeth but you're not afraid to smile because you know your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing.

By Emma K. - Age 6

"Out of the mouth of babes..."

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

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When you are uncertain, it helps to have someone remind you what is true – someone who knows you well, who sees you, and keeps track of you – not just your body but your soul.

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

WORDS FROM THE OWNER'S MANUAL

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