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Michael Tovornik

Matthew 7:24-25 ESV [24] “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. [25] And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. Every winter and every summer I watch the news and see houses falling into the ocean. In the winter, they get blown away by blizzards and in the summer, hurricanes. They are built on sand. And three or four years later, these same families watch their homes fall into the ocean again. When will they learn? When will we learn to trust God and build our lives on a firm foundation of faith? When we try to do things on our own, ignoring the word of God, things can go very wrong. And yet, we repeat our mistakes over and over again. We trust ourselves, we trust others, but we don't trust God. This time of year reminds me of parents putting toys together for their children or adults putting together more adult gifts. We often think that we know how to do it and ignore that little thing called an instruction booklet. Guilty as charged! I like to refer to the Bible as God's instruction book. I figure that he created us so he should know how we work best. It doesn't make any more sense to ignore God's words than it does to ignore the instruction booklet that tells us how to put together toys, furniture, electronics, etc. We finally turn to the booklet when we have extra parts or the thing falls apart, but it would have been so easy to begin there. It's the same with the word of God, the words of Jesus. Here we find truth, here we find the way to live a fulfilled, happy life. Why don't we pay more attention?

God's Kingdom Within You

Saint's /Believers of God!! “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” — Isaiah 40:31 A Prayer for Strength and Soaring: 🦅 Heavenly Father, We come before You today, acknowledging that our own strength is limited, but Yours is infinite. We lift up this request to be renewed and lifted up by Your mighty hand. Father God, just as You empower the eagle to rise on the wind currents without flapping its own wings, teach us to wait on You. We lay down our weariness, our struggles, and our anxieties at Your feet. Renew our minds, our bodies, and our spirits. We pray for the power of Your Holy Spirit Ruach Ha-Kodesh to lift us above the valleys of despair, frustration, and fatigue. Grant us the perspective of the eagle—to see beyond the immediate ground-level challenges and to view our circumstances from Your heavenly perspective. Help us to run the race of life without growing weary and to walk without fainting. May we truly soar on wings like eagles, sustained not by our own power, but by Your everlasting grace. Thank You, Father, for Your promises are true and Your arms are everlasting. In the mighty and loving name of Jesus, I/we pray, Amen. 🪽💜

Vic

1 John 4:19 Love… It’s the catalyst for all of creation. Love is the power that ignites the spark which gives fuel to righteousness. Without love, we wouldn’t be here. This isn’t a love born out of need, or the desire to control something. It’s a love born of selflessness and a desire to reveal Who He is, Gracious, Kind, Long Suffering and Merciful. How could we miss it? How could we know what love is without Him showing us… showering us in the most extravagant way. It’s said that His love for us is so great, if we were the last person on earth, He would still have chosen the nails. God‘s love is so great, even from the very beginning. There were a lot of things He could’ve done to Adam and Eve for their disobedience, but He chose to cover their sin. The first sacrifice… A picture of what was yet to come. Some may deny the presence of His love, the pain and suffering in this world is hard to miss, but every soul born on this earth has an opportunity for an eternity with Him. An eternity in the Light of His Love. Living in a fallen world has caused many to question God’s love, but those who have spent time with Him understand and accept that His ways are not our ways, and our ways are not His ways. This Love that begins with Him embraces us and holds us whether we’re in the valleys or on the top of the mountain. This love gives us power to be steadfast, to endure, to persevere with Joy and Peace. Thank you, Lord, for showing us how. We don’t want to bury Love as a treasure and keep it for ourselves, our desire is to share it with those around us and whoever You bring before us. Lord, we pray for opportunities to be a reflection of the love You’ve lavishly bestowed on us.

Vernon Caldwell

This I know ; that if it had not been for the Lord that was on my side where would I be, From a very young age ,I was sat apart from most of my peers’ but for the most part. I thought that it was just being a juvenile and going through sickness’ that other kids didn’t understand, and it was hard facing others and going through that Daly, and not even my on siblings understood, or just didn’t care. Being the 7th child of 9 ,I was sheltered, until I desovered I had a hero in Ali , in 1973 and I put on muscle,and had speed ,I felt on top of the world.but I still had a sickness,that was my weakness,and on strong medications day in day out,not even my teacher’ knew what to do with me.I wanted to do sports but I was too sick for it,I felt I could take on any one, of course Ali was my inspiration,and I was heated for that,til I took it too for🤣and tried taken on my dad a 6foot 3in ww2 vet, I was a 4 ft6 guy and shortly after that, I found God😇🤣and I was converted of my ways and I have walk after God ,there on.my friend it’s not good to take on Tha Father ,on less you are looking for to make a change, God bless my father , I made a believer of him as well, I’ll let you thank on that for a moment, but I in return, did something s I sheared with him I would do, that he thought I would not do,and in return made a good father son relationship, But see I was lead of the lord to for fill this mesion, in his later days , and I was glad I could ,dad passed in 2007 at 86 , he was a stern men but good provider , thank you father God.

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