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Monday, April 30, 2012

“Big Faith.”

There is nothing more certain on this Christian journey than our desperate need of one another, our responsibility
to be there to help “a brother/sister out”, to know that FAITH is the big stick [for our problems] and lastly, GOD planned it all this way.”
Being a Christian means joy, peace and contentment. But everyday ain’t gonna be a happy day. Christians experience problems,pain and suffering just as everyone else. However this is often worldly misconstrued because most think if you’re a Christian, you
don’t have problems. But know this, many Christians add even more pain to their suffering because of this very mindset.
I believe if we are here on earth for anything, it is to help each other through the tough times. Even If we can’t understand all that’shappening to our fellow Christians, its quite alright, we don’t have to know “why or what”, just “HOW” can we help. We merely needto extend our caring hearts and committed hands, share the Word, let them know to depend on Jesus, but while doing so, they cancertainly count on you to be there. Tell them to “grab hold” and believe that your Big Faith is enough to keep the both of you going until their Faith is strong enough, catches up and overtakes that problem that once chased them.
Blessings… Its going to be a wonderful week.. Let’s share our Big Faith with someone in need”

Blessings.. Heart2Heart

Sister Jdg. Rose

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Good Morning …. “Jesus wants to meet us where we are…”

Just as HE met the Samaritan woman, HE will meet us too. Remember the story? When she traded her messes and miseries for HIS magnificent LOVE, healing, forgiveness and understanding at the well. How did her needs get met? How did she become a recipient of Jesus’ wonderful blessing? How did she go from being a loose woman, to being a loosed Evangelist? I wonder…especially since she
didn’t know she needed deliverance. Granted, she knew she needed something, she just didn’t know what it was.She had an encounter at the well with a man called Jesus. HE told her about her messes. She became pliable and transparent in HIShands and HE opened the door to her heart. HE revealed her deepest hidden (messes) and told her things she thought no one knew.

HE also revealed HIMSELF to her. They exchanged and quenched one another’s thirsts. She, exchanged her thirst for natural waterwith that of Spiritual water. She quickly realized all (6) of the relationships of her past could not heal her. In fact, she immediately sawthey were the cause of her mess/misery. She met Jesus face-to-face, one-on-one, connected with HIM and established a life-long re-lationship. Jesus also quenched HIS thirst because HE went out of HIS way to meet and save a soul who didn’t even know she was lost.
Jesus assures us that It doesn’t matter what our messes are, nor how long we have had them, HE wants to meet us at the well, make“the great thirst exchange” and never thirst again….

 
 Blessings.. Heart2Heart

Sister Jdg. Rose

Is Faultfinding your shortcoming?

No one is without imperfection. We all have faults!! So, why are we sometimes so quick to criticize others for not fixing their faults and straighten their lives? If we recognize our own fault line(s), we wouldn’t be so quick to judge the imperfections in others.
The pre-occupation of finding fault in others is a full time experience and not a very good use of time. It objective is generally to keep us from looking closely at ourselves [and our junk]. We size up people by our own standard, but this attitude has such a distasteful element of pride and prevents us from seeing and appreciating what God is doing in others and in us. Sounds like “thinking more highly of oneself”would you not say? We need not be so self-serving that we fail to see the good in everyone else.

Sister Jdg. Rose

Monday, April 23, 2012

The difference between Drive and ride is the D - discipline!

Good Morning, The difference between Drive and ride is the D - discipline!
The Faith Walk would never be, if we don’t learn to walk with blinders – holding God’s hand along the WAY.

Every morning we climb into our automobiles and take the drive to work. Its a simple, non-threatening and familiar trip. Why? Because we have
traveled it so often. We know the road, every twist, turn, signal light, curve, stop sign and pothole along the way. There’s nothing uncertain or unknown about the trip that normally deters reaching our destination. We could even possibly travel the road with blinders we know it so well.

On the other hand, consider if we were traveling to work in a direction not so familiar. Fear, nervousness, anxiety, distractions would challenge us. The fact that we know how to drive, how to use the stop sign, signal lights and take every curve isn’t enough most of the time. We need to knowwhere we’re going and have some semblance of intelligence of not just getting there, but arriving safely. Now this is a trip we couldn’t travel with blinders. Traveling a road like this [with blinders] is learning to “take the Faith Walk with God.”

Everyday of our lives we wear blinders that
subject us to the trials that the potholes, deep curves, warning lights and undisciplined drivers bring to us. But we are Overcomers!! Whenwe bathe our battles In prayer, stretch out our hands to God in obedience, let HIM drive while we ride with the discipline that “We’ll go whereverHE’s ordering our steps to take us. We don’t have to know the way, just know that HE IS THE WAY. This is what the FAITH WALK looks like !
We have no idea how It blesses God when we trust HIM to hold our hands as we travel life’s journey with blinders.
Blessings.. Have a wonderful week.

Sister Jdg. Rose