Daily inspiration / devotional / or words of encouragement

[Laura J]

A thread to add daily inspirational words, or a devotional / or spiritual words of encouragement. 

To read, copy and print, or use for the benefit of your day. 

Here's one I wanted to share today: 

Lord today so many people walk around with sour looks on their faces,
judgment in their hearts and condemnation on their lips, may we who have the light of Jesus in us
show this light and God's amazing grace to all we meet
and show them God's never ending love so that they too will want to be filled with God's love
and get into a relationship with Jesus Christ, In Jesus name, Amen.

2 Cor. 4:6 For God, who said, "Let there be light in the darkness,"
has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

[Whisper]

Putting the WTF back into the bible.

I was reading my english-greek bible in Mark 3 today.

He had healed the withered hand in the synague on the sabbath.

The church leaders accused him of healing on the sabbath and threatened him.

They left and went to the sea. Crowds gathered from word of mouth at what he had done from all the cities around that side of the lake.

The crowd was crushing him physically each being healed or cleaned of unclean spirit just from touching him. He was being crushed snd wanted to get in a boat to escape the crushing crowd.

They shouted "sy ei ho huios tou theo" which means "you are the son of god" word for word. He told them not to tell anyone.

He went to the mountain calling 12 apostles to be with him, preach, and cast out demons.

He then...went home!

the crowds gathered more and were starving. His family came to him saying one word...

exeste

Mark 3:21

Different translations translate exeste many different ways.
KJV He is beside himself
AMP He is out of his mind (beside himself, deranged)
Orth jew bible He is meshuga

i think i get the picture of what happened. In my own experience, WTF fits this word.

Jesus went home when his family came to him, he was like "WTF".

Exeste, meshuga, beside himself, out of his mind, was like "WTF"

Even jesus had a WTF moment

Keep the faith
whisper

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Lift up your hearts, your joy has come, take courage for I am with you, my heart knows your heart, I have seen your suffering.


...from Jesus, to us, this morning.

Trinity

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Thank you Lord for the gifts of the year thar is done, the joys, the sorrows, the lives we touch, the trust you gave us. For divine apointments and lives that were saved.

Use us Lord in the year to come, to bring joy and hope, to give your love, to make a difference. Guard our hearts and our souls, save us from our enemies both in this world and the one unseen. Light the forest paths, protect this forum, bless the family we are.

The one you brought here.

The diamonds of Trans.

We love you. Walk with us. Live inside us. Free us from the devils snares of hate.

You are one with us, thank you for giving us life, last year and in the New one to come.

Trinity et al

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Jan 1, 2016 10:50:39 GMT 8 Trinity said:

Thank you Lord for the gifts of the year thar is done, the joys, the sorrows, the lives we touch, the trust you gave us. For divine apointments and lives that were saved.

Use us Lord in the year to come, to bring joy and hope, to give your love, to make a difference. Guard our hearts and our souls, save us from our enemies both in this world and the one unseen. Light the forest paths, protect this forum, bless the family we are.

The one you brought here.

The diamonds of Trans.

We love you. Walk with us. Live inside us. Free us from the devils snares of hate.

You are one with us, thank you for giving us life, last year and in the New one to come.

Trinity et al

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Beautiful. You're such a sweet soul, Trinity. 

[Trinity]

To have your joy in Christ restored is a great gift.

The one you gave to me.

There are no words.

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[Trinity]

Lord, deliver us from bitterness, from evil, from the mind and heart darts of the enemy of our souls. Show us the way today, to light the path that we must walk, the path of light and courage you have created for us from before time began.

Walk beside us, hand in hand, show us the beauty of what you have made. Let us talk together and see the wonder of this world you made, and light the candles in the darkness, the darkness cannot prevail over the light.

For those who are also of the forest, give them wisdom, give them strength, give us the words that will help them fight their way through. Let no one that comes to us be lost, let all find the truth, and be set free.

Let your grace and love shine through and shame the ones that hate us, as they even hated you, they do not understand. Let their lack of wisdom not stop our loving grace, but let us forgive, and speak your words, and tell them of your love for us, as you have made us, for the paths we walk. Let your power and grace be shown, let your approval of us be obvious, and let it have the witness of the Holy Spirit upon it, so that no one can doubt it is you.

Let us live the life you call us to, the one of sacrifice and love, of the crucifixion of the selfishness and ways of the world, of daring to empty ourselves out so you can come in. Let that which stregthens surround us, that which endures speak out, that which lights the ways of heaven be seen, let your truth be set free.

Let us love you Lord as You love us, let us not be charr in the wind, let us live with you forever, in the bodies we need, in your mercy and grace, in your wonder and life and love.

We seek you and you found us, we heard you and you answered us, we fainted and you carry us, we cried and you mourned with us, we laughed, and you were filled with joy.

We are your children, our hands and arms are raised to you, to be picked up and loved, and protected with all the fierce love you possess, that love that is also in us, unstoppable, incredible, the wondrous love of Almighty God for all His creation, all His children, let us share that heartsong, let us live that love.

In Christs Holy Name

Trinity

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Wow. Beautiful! Thank you for writing this. 

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