The years go by so quickly now

 

Praising the LORD for His Provision

"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother

and shall be joined to his wife, 

and the two shall become one flesh."

Ephesians 1:31

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Thankfulness

Psalm 118:22-24

..."The stone which the builders rejected

Has become the chief corner stone.

This is the Lord’s doing;

It is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day which the Lord has made;

Let us rejoice and be glad in it."... 

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Being a Crown

 

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,

But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. 

Proverbs 31:30

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband

Proverbs 12:4a

 I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, 

and the man is the head of a woman, 

and God is the head of Christ.  

1 Corinthians 11:3

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Character really matters

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Patriotism is meaningful in the Mid-West

 

Lovingkindness and Truth

 

Psalm 25

To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

O my God, in You I trust,


Do not let me be ashamed;


Do not let my enemies exult over me.

Indeed, none of those who wait for You 

will be ashamed;


Those who deal treacherously 

without cause will be ashamed.

Make me know Your ways, O Lord;


Teach me Your paths.

Lead me in Your truth and teach me,


For You are the God of my salvation;


For You I wait all the day.

Remember, O Lord, Your compassion 

and Your lovingkindnesses,


For they have been from of old.

Do not remember the sins of my youth 

or my transgressions;


According to Your lovingkindness remember me,


For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

Good and upright is the Lord;


Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.

He leads the humble in justice,


And He teaches the humble His way.

All the paths of the Lord are 

lovingkindness and truth


To those who keep His covenant 

and His testimonies.

For Your name’s sake, O Lord,


Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

Who is the man who fears the Lord?


He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

His soul will abide in prosperity,


And his descendants will inherit the land.

The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him,


And He will make them know His covenant.

My eyes are continually toward the Lord,


For He will pluck my feet out of the net.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,


For I am lonely and afflicted.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged;


Bring me out of my distresses.

Look upon my affliction and my trouble,


And forgive all my sins.

Look upon my enemies, 

for they are many,


And they hate me with violent hatred.

Guard my soul and deliver me;


Do not let me be ashamed, 

for I take refuge in You.

 

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,


For I wait for You.

Redeem Israel, O God,


Out of all his troubles.

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The LORD comforts us so we can comfort others.

     There was a scar on yonder mountainside,

Gashed out where once the cruel storm had trod,

A barren, desolate chasm, reaching wide

Across the soft green sod.

But years crept by beneath the purple pines,

And veiled the scar with grass and moss once more,

And left it fairer now with flowers and vines

Then it had been before.

There was a wound once in a gentle heart,

From which life's sweetness seemed to ebb and die;

And love's confiding changed to bitter smart,

While slow, sad years went by.

Yet as they passed, unseen an angel stole

and laid a balm of healing on the pain,

Till love grew purer in the heart made whole,

And peace came back again.

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True Comfort

Lessons to be Learned: Don't Pass Them Up

 

Corrie ten Boom

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We Will Not Be Silenced

 Men fight for liberty 

and win it with hard knocks. 

Their children, 

brought up easy, 

let it slip away again, 

poor fools. 

And their grandchildren 

are once more slaves.

D.H. Lawrence, 

cited by Erwin W. Lutzer, 

We Will Not Be Silenced,pg.62

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Patriotism in the Midwest

 

Our Beautiful Back Roads

 

Obey God

Acts 5:29

...“We must obey God rather than men."... 

Galatians 2:20

..."I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."...

Galatians 3:13-14

..."Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”— in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."...

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What is True Freedom

 

..."Freedom from morality does not provide true freedom. 

It only brings about another type of bondage. 

It demands to be served and destroys all it touches. 

The other choice is freedom in Christ, which delivers us from the bondage of sin."

..."Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 

Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace"...                             

Romans 6:12-14

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From Midwest Christian Outreach