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Launa's Little ♥Peace of Heaven† Grace Be with all who have Undying Love for Our Lord Jesus Christ †
October 21 When Mathematics 'zeros in' on the truthWhen Mathematics 'zeros in' on the truth Consider this and you are bound to marvel...
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 September 13 Unfolding the 'folded cloth' mystery...Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His Resurrection???
The Gospel of John (20: 7) tells us
"But the burial napkin (kerchief) which had been around Jesus' head, was not lying with the other linen cloths, but was folded up (wrapped round and round) in a place by itself."-Amplified Bible
Kindly note that the napkin, which was placed over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave clothes. The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly folded, and was placed at the head of that stony coffin. Is that important? You'd better believe it! Is that significant? Absolutely! Is it really significant? Yes! In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day.
In the Jewish society of that age the folded napkin was in a way a form of coded communication between the Master and Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this tradition. When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it was exactly the way the master wanted it. The table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait, just out of sight, until the master had finished eating, and the servant would not dare touch that table, until the master was finished. Now if the master was done eating, he would rise from the table, wipe his fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up that napkin and toss it onto the table.
The servant would then know to clear the table. For in those days, the wadded napkin meant, "I'm done". But if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin, and laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table, because the servant knew that the folded napkin meant, "I'm not finished yet." The folded napkin meant, "I'm coming back!"
HE "IS" COMING BACK... HALLELUJAH!
July 08 YOU ARE...... You Are ...
April 24 The Wonderful JesusTHE WONDERFUL JESUS
Oh, truly there is something truly awesome about this "Man" Jesus... He never wrote a book --- yet libraries can not hold all the books about him
He never wrote a song --- yet more songs are written about him than anyone He never founded a college --- yet he has more students than all the schools
He never practiced psychiatry --- yet healed more broken hearts than doctors
He never boasted for notoriety --- yet abounds more than all philosophers
He never asked to die --- yet the grave could not hold him
He never joined the religious leaders of the time --- yet angels acknowledge him
He never joined the religious leaders of the time --- yet demons fear his name
He never went to medical school --- yet he healed multitudes
He never traveled far --- yet is known throughout the entire universe
He never wrote History - yet the World's history is divided into two on the basis of His birth.
~♥~ Launa ~♥~
February 11 Rules to Live by...1. Wake Up !! Decide to have a good day. "Today is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalms 118:24
2. Dress Up !! 3. Shut Up!! 4. Stand Up!!... For what you believe in. Stand for something or you will fall for anything.. "Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good..." Galatians 6:9-10 5. Look Up !!... "I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13 6. Reach Up !!... For something higher. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, And He will direct your path." Proverbs 3:5-6 7. Lift Up !!... Your Prayers. "Do not worry about anything; instead PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING." Philippians 4:6 November 09 A.S.A.PEver wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.? Generally we think of it in terms of even more hurry and stress in our lives. Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a different manner, we will begin to find a new way to deal with those rough days along the way. ************* September 15 Spiritual Vaccum
Everybody worships something or someone. Worship may be a new emphasis for the church these days, but it is not new for human beings. We have been doing it since we were created. That’s because we were created for this purpose. But God did more than create us and tell us to worship him. He created us with a NEED for worship. Blaise Pascal, the brilliant French physicist of the seventeenth century who had a dramatic conversion to Christ and went on to write some of the most famous apologetic for the Christian faith in history, is the one who came up with the idea of a God-shaped vacuum in every human heart. That’s because he studied the vacuum and noticed that whenever a vacuum exists something by nature has to rush in and fill it. It seemed to him the perfect picture of how God created us, as constantly pulling in something. Think of yourself as a giant spiritual vacuum. Now the thing about a vacuum is that it will pull in anything that is within its reach. Like me, you may have heard this concept before, and like me, you may have assumed its work was already accomplished in your life by becoming a Christian. God created us with a need for him—a hole inside us that is in the shape of God so nothing else satisfies that need but him, and once I respond to Christ, that hole is filled and I am spiritually satisfied. But this description doesn’t go far enough. It doesn’t show that we are continuing to need him. God doesn’t plug up the hole so we can go on and indulge in whatever we like since this foremost thing is taken care of. He has made us with an enduring need to keep filling ourselves up with him. In other words, we not only have a vacuum, we are vacuums—always on, always sucking up whatever is near the heart. Whatever you put near the door of your heart is going to be sucked in. Think of the number of things cluttering our spiritual core simply because we have not kept God and his truths close to our hearts at all times. This is why Jesus said we couldn’t serve God and something else. In order to live with our primary purpose fulfilled, we need to keep God as the focus of our worship and nothing else—not pride, or money, or material things, or even people. What are you placing near your heart today? That is what you worship, and that is what will be sucked into the core of your being—the place where only God belongs, because only He can satisfy. July 13 Jesus Through The BibleIn GENESIS, Jesus is the Ram at Abraham's altar In EXODUS, He's the Passover Lamb In LEVITICUS, He's the High Priest In NUMBERS, He's the Cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night In DEUTERONOMY, He's the City of our Refuge In JOSHUA, He's the Scarlet Thread out by Rahab's window In JUDGES, He is our King In RUTH, He is our Kinsman Redeemer In 1st and 2nd SAMUEL, He's our Trusted Prophet In KINGS and CHRONICLES, He's our Reigning King In EZRA, He is our Faithful Scribe In NEHEMIAH, He's the Rebuilder of everything that is broken In ESTHER, He is the Mordecai sitting faithful at the gate In JOB, He's our Redeemer that ever liveth In PSALMS, He is my Shepherd In PROVERBS and ECCLESIASTES, He's our Wisdom In the SONG OF SOLOMON, He's the Beautiful Bridegroom In ISAIAH, He's the Suffering Servant In JEREMIAH and LAMENTATIONS, it is Jesus that is the Weeping Prophet In EZEKIEL, He's the Wonderful Four-Faced Man In DANIEL, He is the Fourth Man in the midst of a fiery furnace In HOSEA, He is my Love that is forever faithful In JOEL, He baptizes us with the Holy Spirit In AMOS, He's our Burden Bearer In OBADIAH, He's our Savior In JONAH, He is the Great Foreign Missionary In MICAH, He is the Messenger with beautiful feet In NAHUM, He is the Avenger In HABAKKUK, He is the Watchman that is ever praying for revival In ZEPHANIAH, He is the Lord mighty to save In HAGGAI, He is the Restorer of our lost heritage In ZECHARIAH, He is our Fountain In MALACHI, He is the Son of Righteousness with healing in His wings In MATTHEW, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God In MARK, He's the Miracle Worker In LUKE, He's the Son of Man In JOHN, He is the door by which everyone of us must enter In ACTS, He is the Shining Light that appears to Saul on the Damascus road In ROMANS, He is our Justifier In 1st CORINTHIANS, He is our Resurrection In 2nd CORNITHIANS, He is our Sin Bearer In GALATIANS, He redeems us from the law In EPHESIANS, He is our Unsearchable Riches In PHILIPPIANS, He supplies our every need In COLOSSIANS, He's the Fullness of the Godhead Bodily In 1st and 2nd THESSALONIANS, He is our Soon Coming King In 1st and 2nd TIMOTHY, He is the Mediator between God and man In TITUS, He is our Blessed Hope In PHILEMON, He is a Friend that sticks closer than a brother In HEBREWS, He's the Blood of the everlasting covenant In JAMES, it is the Lord that heals the sick In 1st and 2nd PETER, He is the Chief Shepherd In 1st, 2nd, and 3rd JOHN, it is Jesus who has the tenderness of love In JUDE, He is the Lord coming with 10,000 saints And in REVELATION, He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords July 07 Quieted With His Love________________________________________________
Quieted With His Love 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 take great delight in me. He will quiet me with his love. He will rejoice over me. I confess that althou gh I do not know if I fully understand what it means to be quieted by His love, I do know that there is something inside me that says, "I need that, Lord!" As I pondered more, I prayed, "Lord, please quiet me with Your love." "Lord, please quiet me with Your love." "Lord, please quiet me with Your love." Lord, please quiet me with Your love. "Lord, I get loud sometimes. Not so much verbally loud, but my spirit gets loud. My heart gets loud. My mind gets loud. The world around me gets loud and the loudness overwhelms me to the point that everything within me and around me seems to be loud. So, Lord, please quiet me with Your love. In these times of unrest and confusion in our nation and world, I need to be quieted by your love, dear Lord. Decisions are being made that may well change the way we live and function as a people. Lord, please quiet me with Your love. As the years pass more rapidly than my mind can comprehend, I need to be quiet ed with Your love. I cannot keep up. I try, but I seem to fall farther and farther behind. Lord, please quiet me with Your love. In times when I fear for my very life and for the lives of my family and friends, I need to be quieted by Your love. In times when my spirit in under attack by the Enemy to such an extent that I begin to wonder if You are still there, I need to be quieted by Your love. Lord, please quiet me with Your love. In times of discouragement when I have failed to live like You have asked me to live, I need to be quieted by Your love. In times of disappointment over dreams that have faded and when other people have failed to live up to my expectations, I need to be quieted by Your love. Lord, please quiet me with Your love. In times of loss and my heart has been broken, I need to be quieted by your love. In times of sadness when a joyful spirit seems too much to consider, I need to be quieted by Your love. Lord, please quiet me wi th Your love. In times of suffering and pain as the result of another's actions or my own, I need to be quieted by Your love. In times when others are suffering because of my actions and I am helpless to undo what I have done, I need to be quieted by Your love. And they need to be quieted by Your love. Lord, please quiet me with Your love. In times of distress and anxiety over all that I must do, or feel that I must do, I need to be quieted by Your love. In times when life is so loud that I cannot hear my own thoughts, I need to be quieted by Your love. Lord, please quiet me with Your love. Unless You quiet me with Your love, dear Lord, my life will surely be filled with noises that may drown Your voice from my ears. Lord, I need to be quieted by Your love. When I remind myself that You are with me, when I contemplate Your power, when I consider that You take great delight in me and when I think of You rejoicing over me with singing because of You r love for me, I am quieted. My heart is quieted. My spirit rests. "Lord, You have quieted me with Your love." 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.
_________________________________________________ May 16 The Devil’s BeatitudesThe Devil’s Beatitudes 1. Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to spend an hour once a week with their fellow Christians - they are my best workers. April 19 Why Go To Church?If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this! If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it. If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope! April 18 The Will of God
The will of God will never take you,
I can do all things through Christ who Strengthens me. Phil 4:13
April 05 VitaminsRemember to take your vitamins every day
Anxious- Take Vitamin A "All things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28)
Blue- Take Vitamin B "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His Holy name." (Psalm 103:1)
Crushed- Take Vitamin C "Cast all your care on Him, because he cares for you."(1Peter5:7) Depressed- Take Vitamin D "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." (James 4:8) Empty- Take Vitamin E "Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name." (Psalm 100:4)
Fearful- Take Vitamin F "Fear not, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God." (Isaiah 41:10) Greedy- Take Vitamin G "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put unto your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure
you get back." (Luke 6:38)
Hesitant- Take Vitamin H "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces Salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God
reigns.'" (Isaiah 52:7)
Insecure- Take Vitamin I "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."(Philippians 4:13) Jittery- Take Vitamin J "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."(Hebrews 13:8) Know nothing- Take Vitamin K "Know this that the LORD is God, it is He that made us and not we ourselves. (Psalm 100:3)
Lonely- Take Vitamin L "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."(Matthew 28:20) Mortgaged- Take Vitamin M "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9)
Nervous- Take Vitamin N "Never, no never will I leave you nor forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5) Overwhelmed- Take Vitamin O "Overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:21) Perplexed or puzzled?- Take Vitamin P "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (John 14:27)
Quitting- Take Vitamin Q "Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong."(1 Corinthians 16:13) Restless- Take Vitamin R "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him." (Psalm 37:7) Scared- Take Vitamin S "Stay with me, and do not be afraid; for the one who seeks my life seeks your life; you will be safe with me." (1 Samuel 22:23) Tired- Take Vitamin T "Those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not
faint." (Isaiah 40:31)
Uncertain- Take Vitamin U "Understand that I am (the LORD). Before Me no God was formed, nor shall there be any after Me." (Isaiah 43:10)
Vain- Take Vitamin V "Vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.(Acts 5:16) Wondering what to do?- Take Vitamin W "What does the LORD require of you but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" (Micah 6:8)
Exhausted?- Take Vitamin X "Exercise thyself rather unto godliness." (1 Timothy 4:7) Yearning for hope?- Take Vitamin Y "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me." (Psalm 23:4) Zapped- Take Vitamin Z "Zealous for good deeds." (Titus 2:14) April 01 God, You are enough!You Are Enough . . .
When I am so tired, and my whole body aches, God, You are enough. When it seems no one cares that I feel alone, God, You are enough. When all I can do is sit and wonder why I am here on this path, God, You are enough. When I reach out to be held, and no one is there, God, You are enough. When I see my refrigerator and cupboards bare, God, You are enough. When there is no money to pay my bills, God, You are enough. When someone I hold dear, is discovered using me, God, You are enough. When the one person I want so desperately to love me, does not love me, God, You are enough.
March 23 WORRY"Who of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?" (Matthew 6:27)
So when the opportunity to worry comes, use it as a reminder to worship the Lord and thank Him for His good and precious promises! Cast all of your cares on the Lord, because He cares for you! A Prayer for Today I want to place my fears and concerns in Your hands and live in peace knowing that You will fulfill all of your precious promises to me. In Jesus' name - Amen. ~♥~ Launa ~♥~
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