Sharon Sharing God: "FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY

Friday, June 14, 2013

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Heavenly Father

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: Heavenly Father

What comes to mind when you think about your Heavenly Father?

At this season in your life, which character trait of the Heavenly Father means the most to you - and why?

What is the one thing you want to say to your Heavenly Father today?

Let me know what you think!!

"So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him." (Matthew 7:11, NLT)

***HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all you dads out there!***

"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)

BLOG = "Blessedly Leaning On God!"

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http://bitsandpieces-sonja.blogspot.com/June 14, 2013 at 8:02 AM
Great is thy FAITHFULNESS, Oh God my Father!
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Chatty CroneJune 14, 2013 at 12:32 PM
I just got what you mean about Fan the Flame - am I slow or what?
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DebbieJune 14, 2013 at 2:40 PM
Laughing at/with Sandie Crone. I needed a giggle tonight.

Oh, what a nice one this week.

At this season of my life, I am most comforted by the idea that as my Father, He really and truly does love me and want the best for me. As a Father, I know that he actually WANTS to provide for me and doing so gives Him pleasure. I probably wouldn't *get* that were it not for the husband. I watch him, and I can see how delighted he is when the girls call him and ask for his advice or help. It's particularly sweet to watch when it's the self sufficient grown up girl in D.C. All she needs to do is mention that she could use something, and he is off on a mission to find it.

I said all that to say that in this season of my life, this "grown up girl" loves realizing that I'm not too grown for my Heavenly Father to want to rush out and provide for me the same way.

Thanks for this. I smile at the thoughts that it made me think.

Sorry it was practically a blog post. Would you get irked at me if I turned it into one?
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CeilJune 16, 2013 at 8:41 PM
Hi Sharon! This is my first time to your blog. I am a fifty something too! Isn't it wonderful?

When I think of my heavenly Father, I think 'love'. That he loves me so much. I guess in this season of my life, I am less fearful of God, and more understanding that he thinks I'm pretty special.

Today, I would say to him "Happy Father's Day!!!"

Happy to 'join' your blog today too :)

Peace in Christ,
Ceil

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DeniseJune 17, 2013 at 4:28 AM
No one cares for me like my Father.
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SharonJune 18, 2013 at 3:00 PM
What comes to mind when you think about your Heavenly Father?

I think of Love. I picture the wings of an eagle, the shelter of a castle, the firmness of rock, and the shield of a warrior. And, a big old cuddly lap to crawl up on!

At this season in your life, which character trait of the Heavenly Father means the most to you - and why?

His faithfulness. I have learned how dependable He is, how completely loyal He is to His children - to me. His faithful Presence, His faithful mercy, His faithful forgiveness - these are but a few of the character traits that mean the most to me.

What is the one thing you want to say to your Heavenly Father today?

I love you, Lord - with all my heart, my soul, my mind, and my strength.

GOD BLESS!
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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, June 14, 2013

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Heavenly Father

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