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The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. Psalms 33:11 ESV
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For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, [himself] man, Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5 ASV
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That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being.
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And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.
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No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
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Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
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But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.
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UPC Micronesia 2019 General Conference
See the flier attached. You are all invited to the evening services at Pacific Revival Center
For church and affiliate members, the teaching sessions will be daytime at Apostolic Bible Fellowship
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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Good Night from #Guam
Turning to bed now. 2 inspections tomorrow. I am going to have my photographer son do a series of photos downtown in Plaza de Espana day time and night time for the Guam Views Blog. I will continue reading and reviewing here on Bruces Bible Website.
Good Night
May your sleep be undisturbed as you rest in the arms of the One who made you.
Psalm 4:8 (ESV) In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 3:5 (ESV) I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.
Shalom
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Book Review: Rookie Privateer by Jamie McFarlane
Rookie Privateer by Jamie McFarlane
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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This is the book that launched this arc of stories and it had me riveted from the start. McFarlane is a great author but not in a high brow way. A consummate storyteller, he only gives you enough to turn the next page, the next chapter, the next book, the next adventure. Only one question for the author: the covers all imply human characters but is that your intent or the way it was drawn. I only ask because other science fiction writers have isolated themselves from a lot of material by assuming all the adventurers are human. I would ask Asimov the same question by the way.
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Book Review: The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate
The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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I saw a gas station sign that started me on a good think. It says: “Handwritten love letters never go out of style”. True enough and inspiring all by itself, but I believe the Holy Spirit connected a book I have been reading, inspirational fiction called “The Prayer Box” by Lisa Wingate. It is also subtitled “A Carolina Chronicles Book 1). I got it on my Kindle.
The main premise of the book is about a woman escaping a bad marriage that goes to family and friends on the Carolina Coast and takes on a project to prepare an old family house to be sold or turned into a museum. As she cleans, she finds box after box in the attic, in the bedrooms, in the library. Boxes of all sizes and descriptions from old hat boxes to fancy decorated cigar boxes. Inside each box are the prayers of the owner at various stages of her life. They vary from prayers to scriptures to poems to barely legible crablike scrawls from the old woman’s later years when arthritis crippled her. As the story progresses you see the woman’s faith from the ebbs and flows of her life to triumphant testimonies and quiet bereavement.
Now I am not going to tell you anything else about the story, you’re just going to have to download it. But I said all that to encourage you to do your own prayer box. Make it simple or fancy but get your prayers down so you can look back at the testimonies of answered prayers. Write that down too.
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What kind of posts would you like to see here? I’ve started on Advent posts and Christmas songs (emphasis on Christ).
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WHY YOU SHOULDN’T BE ASHAMED OF YOUR ANXIETY DURING ADVENT – reblogged from Child of God
Posted on December 6, 2019 by Child Of God
Heather Caliri
I was supposed to feel happy. That’s the thought that kept running through my head my first Christmas Eve as a married woman, sitting in my in-laws’ dining room as everyone unwrapped gifts. How dare I be unhappy, surrounded by people who genuinely liked each other, and who had welcomed me as one of their own?
But grief was a shard in my heart. As my husband’s family enjoyed themselves, I faked a smile and tried not to cry.
Finally, I excused myself and hurried to the guest bedroom. Once there, I let the tears come, bewildered and ashamed that being surrounded by my new family left me so raw. What was wrong with me?
Even though the songs and gift wrap assure us this season is the “most wonderful time of the year,” many of us feel anxious, sad, guilty, or overwhelmed during the holidays. Often, the bright twinkling lights and soft-focus family photos only bring our negative feelings into clearer view. Nothing feels more grinchy than grief in front of a tinseled tree.
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Thoughts from the Road: God first, last, and always.
I believe that God gave me a Word this morning: Choose. Consistently through the Bible we find passages where a choice is presented, and consequences noted for each side of the choice.
Joshua 24:14-15 (NKJV) “Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Matthew 16:24-26 (NKJV) Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
At the center of all of this is what is more important to you; God or you?
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#Welcome all nations and people
Are you following an ADVENT calendar? Many people do and they tend to be slightly different. I started mine a day late because most of my viewers are stateside. Check out my ADVENT posts on brucesbible.website and give me some feedback.
Here’s what we have for Guam Christian Blog for 5 December 2019: 96 Views, 74 visitors, 46 likes, 343 followers (1 new – WELCOME). The USA continues to hold on to first place(Gold) with 44 views, India returns to second place (Silver) with 21 views, Bangladesh moves into third place (Bronze) with 10 views, Canada slips to fourth place with 5 views, Germany wraps the top five positions with 4 views.
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Daily Bible Reading 6 December 2019
Bible Reading Enhances Any Day (BREAD)
Daily Bible Reading: Hosea 4-5, Psalm 101-102
Hosea 5:4-5 (NKJV) “They do not direct their deeds toward turning to their God, For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And they do not know the LORD. The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them.
Psalm 102:1-4 (NKJV) Hear my prayer, O LORD, And let my cry come to You. Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble; Incline Your ear to me; In the day that I call, answer me speedily. For my days are consumed like smoke, And my bones are burned like a hearth. My heart is stricken and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread.
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Daily Service: Sing unto the Lord
From Daily Service 6
Many Christian worship songs come right out of Psalms (Psalm and Song are synonymous in the Bible). The song running through my head tonight coming home was just like that:
Psalm 98:1-3 Sing to the LORD a New Song
A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory. The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations. He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.…
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Christmas album: Top Christian Christmas classics
Here’s something to have for a background as you are preparing for Christmas (and I do mean in the spiritual sense most of all)
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