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[Changing4Best]

Hebrews 11:6 New Living Translation (NLT)
6 And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

 

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I have found that these verses are as applicable today as they were when they were written eons ago. Check it out:

2 Chronicles 15:2-4 New Living Translation (NLT)
2 ... he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. “Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted. “Listen, all you people ... ! The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you. 3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the Law to instruct them. 4 But whenever they were in trouble and turned to the Lord, ... and sought him out, they found him.

My PTSD was messing with me really bad last Friday. I got down on my knees and prayed like there was no tomorrow! And when I got back up, I immediately felt better, but not entirely so. Since then I have tried to stay in touch with God as much as possible and things just get better and better. This is not easy to do, but when you do it, it pays off! Keep at it, my friends. You won't be disappointed.

 

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[The Albatross]

This coming year hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty will be at our PCA conference of our Pastors. Our church has been singing a lot of their very sound contemporary hymns. We sang this one Sunday. This one is A Worker's Prayer (Before You I Kneel):

 

[The Albatross]

P.S. Shelia, Spock has a Daniel Amen vid on her diary that speaks about brain plasticity and health... he developed for Saddleback Church something called The Daniel Plan when he felt moved to address nutrition and other aspects of Christian socialization events in the body (Church). Worth a look?

 

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I am reading and listening to music and it is so timely for me today. This is very good.

 

[Changing4Best]

@gizmo Yes, music is such a healing thing to the heart and soul. Happy for you.

 

[Changing4Best]

Matthew 7:7-11 New Living Translation (NLT)
Effective Prayer
7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

9 “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? 10 Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! 11 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.

 

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Philippians 4:1-8 New Living Translation (NLT)
4 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work.

Words of Encouragement
2 Now I appeal to Euodia and Syntyche. Please, because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement. 3 And I ask you, my true partner, to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are written in the Book of Life.

4 Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! 5 Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon.

6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

 

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I want to share something that happened to me yesterday. I was writing a post asking for prayers in the PRAYER REQUEST thread (here in the SOCIAL section). As I was writing it, my phone rang and the problem was solved even before I finished writing writing that post. God is good, all the time!