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D. O. G.
When Job had those awful problems with the devil who did he rely on?
When David and his pals were thrown into the furnace, who stood around with them in the heat of the moment?
In our time history, when 911 happened here on our planet, we didn't just call ghost busters..did we?
NO!! ( I heard you guys screaming that word at your PC's screens ) We DOG'd them all.
We Depended On God ...
through all of our problems.
I'm sure you've heard people through out the day; call Him..." OH GOD ", or " DEAR GOD...." or " OH GOD!!" . Don't you think that He is up there saying: " What?" or "Yes,what can I do for you?" I am sure that we never finish the sentence with a prayer or thank you. Don't you think He is tired of hearing DAMN ( if He had a last name ) or you have people yelling "...JESUS________ CHRIST!!" ( I didn't think that He had a middle name either ) Don't you think He gets tired of being cursed at? We don't even say we're sorry to use His name in vain; one of the 10 commandments, I might add. You know, He has feelings too, He forgives but doesn't forget THAT often; not unless we repent. Let's say the average christian repents and sins; and sins again; God looks away and doesn't forgive. Actually, ...how many times does a child put his hand on a hot stove before his hand comes back burnt? Only once I would expect. Why can't we follow that concept? There would be less sin in the world.
Problem is people can't be scared by what they can't see. Faith and Grace are the next words to follow that argument.What we need to have is a one-on-one relationship with JC. Trust Him and love Him. Hey, you put faith and love into bad relationships with your friends, boss, relatives, strangers....why not give it all to the only Man who died on the cross to wash away our sins, someone who will love you no matter what...give it to the Man who put
D.O.G. in our hearts and minds....
DEPEND ON GOD.
| Rescue Me If you're looking for that ULTIMATE PASSION,the UNCONDIONAL LOVE, the feeling of PEACE and TRANQUILITY; a " I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF " experience..... Look no further....come and invite your HEAVENLY FATHER,JESUS CHRIST into your HEART. Be a NEW CREATURE in GOD. FEEL your hum-drum life pass before you into a happy, floating cloud of JOY...right before your eyes! His love is UNDERSTANDING. This, MY FRIENDS.....is Not sold in stores or on some cable TV program. You TOO can have JESUS, the SON OF GOD come into your VERY SOUL!! Just think...NO more TEARS or FEARS...NO more STRESS OR TESTS. YOU can TRUST HIM and HE WILL take all your troubles away. I BELEIVE IN THE POWER ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.....IS...SAY: JESUS....RESCUE ME! |
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| Animals are angels All of my life, I have had compassion for the human race and animals.Especially animals.(animals are people too.) Sometimes I think that I can relate better to a dog or bird or even a bunny or turtle. They have such special little hearts and personalities. Living on Long Island,NY most of my life has brought me into alot of domistic pets lives. I am a nuturing kind of person, I think that the dogs and cats that I have involved myself with, thought I was their " MOMMY " and my bonds with them were very close.There was an understanding there. Sometimes I would surprise myself on how each dog or cat would react to me. When I had lived in Missouri for awhile, I saved to dogs from horriable feets. One was a 6 yr. old white lab named Sandi Doodle and the other was a 80% cyoet/20% mutt named Cindy-Bear. These dogs were like night and day. The lab was very laid back, and the mutt was very protective of our family;she was a mush once she got to know you. She was the type that knew exactly if you were a good person or a bad one. When we moved from that state, I gave her to a shelter thinking I would want to give her a chance for a family and not bring her to NY.She would of not survived the drive back like the lab would. Now it is almost 2 years since I have been back from out of state, I have since given away my lab. I often think of Cindy-Bear and Sandy-Dog. I carry around pictures of them in my wallet as if these are my children. I have such fond memories of them and think about them every chance I get. Something quite odd happened not too long ago,last year. I was sitting on the couch watching TV, and I got the strangest feeling, my mood started to change like I was going into some sort of depression...a low low feeling. I only get that sort of 'feeling' when someone i know is going to die. ( stuff like this I have felt all my life ) I tried to shake it off and went back to what I was doing. A few minutes later,I felt something pushing my side, like something was leaning on me. There of course, wasn't anthing near me or next to me. That experience happened twice within the next two days. On the third day that I felt this pressure next to me, I got the strangest feeling that my Cindy-bear was behind me, pushing on my body as she laid her body next to me. Again, there isn't an animal next to me. On that day, I found out that my room mate's father had passed away. I didn't know the man but was told that he wasn't one person that you wanted to get close to.He wasn't a good person. After finding out this information,the presence of the feelings I had been having,ceased. I had beleived in my heart that my Cindy-bear was alive and kicking in alittle town in Missouri were I left her to have a better life. Now I have to beleive differently. I don't think it is possiable for a live animal to send its thoughts to you ...only a dead spirit, I think could send its whole body to you....which makes me beleive that my Cindy-bear is deceased but God sent her to warn me of this passing. Like the soul of the person was coming to harm me from the after life and my deceased dog was there to protect me. God sent an angel to cover me. I am sure that there are lots of people out there that have these experiences. I have had many encounters with the spirit world most of my life,before I was a christian and now that I am one.I think that God enhanced this more so now, since I am folowing Him. Some events are scary. Some of them are like the one time I just told you about,where a pet that I had (prefiblly a dog) comes to warn me or stay with me about an event that will happen in my life. Another encounter that I had, was with a rotty named Taz. This animal we had to give away because I was very ill at the time and couldn't take care of him any longer. I had wound up in the hopitol and after surgery, had been put in a nursing home for reabilataion. The nurses there were supposed to be giving me a water pill. I was bed ridden at that time, so the water in my body had to go somewhere, and it wasn't beeing taken out the right way. I was there for 14 days. Every night, around 2-4 am, I would see Taz lieing next to my bed on the floor. I couldn't for the life on me, understand why he was there. Ater I was released from that nursing home,I again wound up in the hopitol with congestive heart failure. I was very close to my heart shutting down. God sent me another angel to warn me. This time i didn't know the reason until it was too late and in another hospitol. I was told once by a preacher, that animals are our helpers here in this life.He didn't think that they had souls as we do. That couldn't be true. If the Lord made every living creature, then we ALL have souls that carry with us through this world and into the next. I think that if we can love one another as our brother or sister, I think we could extend our love to the animals, no matter what they are; elephant, snake, puppy dog or ferret. They too are human. People have got to learn to speak dog or cat. It's not hard. Just open your heart as you can to a human. They are not just dumb animals. They are pretty smart and helpful.I thank God for making them as our "buddies".Animals are angels. |
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| GOD IS LOVE Father,I thank You that I can come boldly to Your throne of grace today and confess I am filled with Your LOVE Jesus, I thank You for interceding for me now,Holy Spirit, I thank You for helping me to walk in LOVE today. I endure long and I am patient and kind; I am never envious or boil over with jealousy; I am not boastful or vainglorious' I do not display my self haughtily; I am not conceited, arrogant or full of pride; I am not rude, unmannerly or act unbecomingly; I do not insist on my own rights or my own way; I am not self seeking; I am not touchy, fretful or resentful; I take no account of evil done to me; I pay no attention to a suffered wrong; I do not rejoice at injustice or unrightousness; I rejoice when right and truth prevail; I bear up everything that comes; I beleive the best of every person; My hopes are fadeless under all circumstances; I endure everything without weakening; I never fail, fade out or become absolete; I never come to an end. ( I Cor.13:4-8 Amplified ) |
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| Do you know what I find just amazing? It's how people will listen to an extent about Jesus and then cut you off because what you say to them doesn't agree with what they want to hear. Then they tell you that " you are getting too fanatical ". At that point,I know I am doing my job (witnessing),right. |
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