Sharon Sharing God: "FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY

Friday, April 20, 2012

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Omnipresent

Welcome to "Fan the Flame" Friday.

This is a weekly post that will be "short and sweet" (kinda like me...)

Just a word and a phrase, a sentence or a question...just a little something to "fan the flame" of your creativity!

Today's word: omnipresent

What does the word omnipresent mean?

Does the concept that God is omnipresent - always with you, all the time - give you comfort or make you feel unsettled? (Or are you like me, a little of both?!)

What are some of the ways that you feel the reality of God's omnipresent Spirit?

Let me know what you think!!

"This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you…For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline." (2 Timothy 1:6-7)

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DeniseApril 20, 2012 at 3:20 AM
Knowing that He is always with me, gives me sweet peace, and much comfort.
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DebbieApril 20, 2012 at 3:23 AM
I'm comforted by God's ominipresence and the knowledge that He is with me in every situation. It's the kind of security blanket that this 'fraidy cat needs. Lately though, I'm even more comforted by the thought that this same God who is with me is with my husband on the road and the two girls in their various cities. That knowledge is, as the Word says, "too wonderful for me".
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bettyApril 20, 2012 at 6:55 AM
Always present, always there is how I would define omnipresent. I am so glad God is omnipresent; that comforts me knowing he is always here with me, always there with my loved ones, etc. Of course he is always there when I'm sinning too, but that's a good thing because it should help me to remember twice before I go down the wrong path.

I hope you have a great day Sharon! Enjoy this beautiful weather!

betty
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Deborah Kay at The Paint SplashApril 20, 2012 at 10:06 AM
I have always been in awe by this word. To think that He is always there is such a comfort in the storms. Blessings, Debbie
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Chatty CroneApril 20, 2012 at 3:10 PM
He's there even when we don't know he's there. sandie
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UnknownApril 20, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Hi Sharon,

I am comforted by the fact that he is always with me.

Hope you have a blessed weekend.
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Nikki (Sarah)April 21, 2012 at 5:45 AM
Knowing He's there always.....gives me courage and strength.
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CharlotteApril 22, 2012 at 4:19 PM
The thought is a little mind boggling, but I know it's true. I'm so glad it's true.
Blessings,
Charlotte
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"So [I] have been greatly encouraged in the midst of [my] troubles and suffering, dear brothers and sisters, because you have remained strong in your faith. It gives [me] new life to know that you are standing firm in the Lord. How [I] thank God for you!" (1 Thessalonians 3:7-9)

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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.

Anonymous

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.

Emily Freeman

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Friday, April 20, 2012

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Omnipresent

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