26 May 2013 Sunday
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Praise
The Lord!!         Â
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Start with four steps
1. Come as you are I love you, come the way you are with your brokenness, Inner
wounds. No hopes, insecurity – Matthew 11 28"Come to me, all
you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Â
 2. Give the truth in your heart to the Lord – What is bothering in your heart, it can be your Anger, Hatred, ego, jealousy, etc. - Galatians 5:19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
 3. Surrender your life to the Lord - not by mere words, but from the depths of your soul and give Him the complete ownership of your life. From now on I am in his hands - Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
4. Wait in silent communion with the Lord in that state of surrender, and the Lord will speak to you, and you will be filled with the "Holy Spirit" - Matthew 3:1111 I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Thus says
the wisdom of God:
"The
LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways,
the
forerunner of his prodigies of long ago;
from
of old I was poured forth,
at
the first, before the earth.
When
there were no depths I was brought forth,
when
there were no fountains or springs of water;
before
the mountains were settled into place,
before
the hills, I was brought forth;
while
as yet the earth and fields were not made,
nor
the first clods of the world.
"When
the Lord established the heavens I was there,
when
he marked out the vault over the face of the deep;
when
he made firm the skies above,
when
he fixed fast the foundations of the earth;
when
he set for the sea its limit,
so
that the waters should not transgress his command;
then
was I beside him as his craftsman,
and
I was his delight day by day,
playing
before him all the while,
playing
on the surface of his earth;
and
I found delight in the human race."
R. (2a)Â O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
When
I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the
moon and the stars which you set in place —
What
is man that you should be mindful of him,
or
the son of man that you should care for him?
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
You
have made him little less than the angels,
and
crowned him with glory and honor.
You
have given him rule over the works of your hands,
putting
all things under his feet:
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
All
sheep and oxen,
yes,
and the beasts of the field,
The
birds of the air, the fishes of the sea,
and
whatever swims the paths of the seas.
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
Brothers and sisters:
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith
to this grace in which we stand,
and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions,
knowing that affliction produces endurance,
and endurance, proven character,
and proven character, hope,
and hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.Â
Jesus said
to his disciples:
"I
have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.
But
when he comes, the Spirit of truth,
he
will guide you to all truth.
He
will not speak on his own,
but
he will speak what he hears,
and
will declare to you the things that are coming.
He
will glorify me,
because
he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.
Everything
that the Father has is mine;
for
this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine
and
declare it to you."
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Thought for the dayÂ
Question the beauty of the earth, question the beauty of the sea, question the beauty of the air distending and diffusing itself, question the beauty of the sky. . . question all these realities. All respond: "See, we are beautiful." Their beauty is a profession [confessio]. These beauties are subject to change. Who made them if not the Beautiful One [Pulcher] who is not subject to change?
-- St. Augustine
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