tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861015291056502952024-09-27T17:57:02.635-04:00"If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small." ~Pat Morley We are a 501(c)3 organization established to minister to the needs of the hurting, helpless, the orphans and widows. Our primary goal is to fulfill the great commission as set forth by Jesus and to do it according to Jesus' command to love one another as we love ourselves. Correspondence and tax-free donations can be sent to: Covenant Life Ministries, Inc., PO Box 2972, Statesboro, GA 30459Covenant Life Ministries Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16074520838214800913noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786101529105650295.post-37115131643231186012012-12-20T07:39:00.000-05:002012-12-20T07:39:01.298-05:00

I have read this several times before (and you may have, too), but it never fails to bless me.  Hope it blesses you as well. The GeeseThere was once a man who didn't believe in the incarnation of Christ or the spiritual meaning of Christmas, and was skeptical about God.He and his family lived in a farm community. His wife was a devout believer and diligently raised her children in her

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I was just thinking this morning ... and maybe doing some worrying when these scriptures came to me.  Yes, times are rough right now - for all of us.  But there's no sense in worrying!  We know our Father God is in control!  Besides ... worrying only gives credit to the enemy - it says we don't trust our Father to do what He says He can and will do!! Have a wonderful

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When the enemy comes to us with discouraging thoughts and encourages us to just give up, it is so important that we renew our mind and speak the Word of God out loud so the enemy can hear it.  The enemy has tried to discourage me many times and let me tell you, that when I stand firm and speak the Scriptures, those thoughts flee from me faster than when they entered my mind.  Be

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Happy Friday!!!! Not sure why this was weighing so heavily on my mind this morning, but I decided to share it once more!  Have a blessed weekend!! To be a survivor in this amazing race with a need for speed you need God’s grace.And if you’re desperate like housewives watching days of our lives, you can’t cope without hope and that’s not on a soap.If you’re lookin to Oprah or Dr. Phil you

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I heard a story which illustrates how we often confuse God's timing with ours. A country newspaper had been running a series of articles on the value of church attendance.  One day, a letter to the editor was received in the newspaper office. It read, "Print this if you dare. I have been trying an experiment. I have a field of corn which I plowed on Sunday. I planted it on Sunday. I did all

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I know this is a reprint, but in light of all that's happening in our world I found it a good reminder that regardless of what is going on - our Father is at the helm and He's taking us home! A pastor had been on a long flight between conferences.  The first warning of the approaching problems came when the sign on the airplane flashed on:  Fasten Your Seat Belts.  Then, after a

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“Buddha said that fortune changes like the swish of a horse’s tail. Tomorrow could be the first day of thirty years of quadriplegia…the more you open to life, the less death becomes the enemy. When you start using death as a means of focusing on life, then everything becomes just as it is, just this moment, an extraordinary opportunity to be really alive.” – Stephen LevineFOR SOME PEOPLE, life’s

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People do the craziest things to lose weight.  Believe me, I know. We will take away all the normal food out of our lives, and then it's tremendous. You can have water, grapefruit, all the lettuce can eat, lots of celery, and watery soup. You can lose weight that way, but you know what? Take it from an old diet expert here, you can't keep it lost. You just can't live that way. You just can't

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I’m going to change.  More than that, God is going to help me change.  He is growing me and making me a better ambassador for Him. My past ended a minute ago and I’m looking ahead to new beginnings and a new hope in all God is. I’m going to be kinder and less critical.  I’m going to be less vocal and listen more.  I’m going to talk like Jesus to every single person I

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Maybe some of you are wondering what happened to me since it's been so long since I posted.  I really didn't fall off the face of the earth.  My schedule has just exploded, and I have found myself pulled in more directions than I thought possible.  Going forward I am going to try to keep posting at least once weekly.  If for whatever reason you wish to be unsubscribed from

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"Good morning," the angel said. "You're beautiful with God's beauty."(I question such kind words.)"You're beautiful inside and out!"I would have doubted this. Not Mary. She believed. "God has a surprise for you," the angel said.(I am wary of surprises.)"You'll birth a son and call him Jesus. He will be great--the Spirit-planted, holy Son of God."I might have protested this. Not Mary. She

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Wow, wasn't it just last week that I was saying "O my, just another month and it will be Christmas!"  Now here we are just 5 days away.  Where does the time go? What strikes me though as I watch TV and listen to the news and to conversations around me is how many of us are in dire straights again this year.  You know that verse in Philipians 4 ... 12 I know how to live when

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Like most people, I have spent the last week being reminded of and expressing gratitude for all the ways I have been blessed.I have expressed my gratitude for the abundance of really good food that I have enjoyed. I have expressed my gratitude for having a warm, dry place to sleep, to eat, and to watch television.  I have expressed my gratitude for having clean water to drink right out

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During the making of the great epic movie "Ben Hur," Charlton Heston worked long hours with the stunt trainers to learn to drive a chariot for the movie's crucial chariot race scene. He improved greatly with His mastery over the horses and rig, but finally became convinced the task was more of a challenge than He had initially anticipated.He approached the legendary director of the

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Have you ever been discouraged?  Depressed?  Had the blues?  Felt like a failure?  Have there been times when you felt like nothing was going right; nobody was listening; and nobody cared?  You felt as though you were doing God's will - and yet everything still seemed to be falling apart.  Maybe you felt like God had His cell phone turned off or had blocked your

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As I worked my way through some devotional readings, I came across this passage: "The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." (Zephaniah 3:17) I thought of my life. I thought of what the passage says about God and how He feels about me. He is mighty to save. He will

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Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried, Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate, And the Master so gently said, "Child, you must wait." "Wait? You say, wait! " my indignant reply. "Lord, I need answers, I need to know why! Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard? By Faith, I have asked, and am claiming your Word. My future and all to which I

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While watching the World Series, I was reminded of this wonderful devotional thought... During the late 50's and early 60's, a man by the name of Bobby Richardson played second base for the NY Yankees. Bobby Richardson was nominated as MVP of the American League nine times. He played in seven All-star Games. He won five Gold Glove Awards. And he was the only man in baseball history to

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So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lion's den. The king said to Daniel, 'May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!' (Daniel 6:6)                No question,  Daniel got a raw deal.  He was set up by jealous, lesser men who wanted him out of the way.  It seemed

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"And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief." (Matthew 13:58) It sure was frustrating, but it turned out to be my own fault. Let me explain. I was standing in front of the television set trying to get a new DVD to play. The DVD began to play, but when I would walk away, it would abruptly stop playing. The power to the DVD player would turn itself off and the entire screen

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A first grade teacher seated her students in a circle. She asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up. One by one, each child got up and announced, "I'd like to be a nurse like my mother," or "I want to be a banker like my father," or "I want to be a teacher like you, Miss Smith." The last child to speak was the most shy and timid little boy in the class. He said, "When I get big, I'm

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Have you ever been in need of an encouraging word from God and gone to the book of Nahum looking for it? I didn`t think so; neither have I. Well, surprise, surprise, there is certainly one there, and God led me to it this morning – Nahum 1:7, which reads, “The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him.” Isn't that good? Well, it gets better when you

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"If I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him. When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.” Job 23:8-9 “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him." Job 13:15 One day while printing a report for work, I noticed a blank page. I thought the printer was

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Paul Rokich is my hero. When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near an old copper smelter, and the sulfur dioxide that poured out of the refinery had made a desolate wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. When a young visitor one day looked at this wasteland and saw that there was nothing living there -- no animals, no trees, no grass, no bushes, no birds...

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A number of you know I lived in Japan for several years, and I love the Japanese culture (the food, too).  Some years ago, I read a book in which the premise was that God has spoken the message of the gospel into every culture. Just think ... the good news is available to everyone in every culture. This is pretty profound stuff. For example, Japanese is a language where pictograms are

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