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 "I've heard the contrition of Ephriam. Yes, I've heard it clearly,saying, You trained me well. You broke me, a wild yearling horse, to the saddle. Now put me, trained and obedient, to use. You are my God. After those years of running loose, I repented. After you trained me to obedience, I was ashamed of my past, my wild, unruly past. Humiliated, I beat on my chest. Will I ever live this down?" "Oh! Ephraim is my dear, dear son, my child in who I take pleasure! Every time I mention his name, my heart bursts with longing for him! Everything in me cries out for him. Softly and tenderly I wait for him." God's Decree. Eugene H. Peterson, The World I Live In

Joyce Meyer Acceptance  

God's Message:  "Heaven's my throne, earth is my footstool. What sort of house could you build for me? What holiday spot is reserved for me? I made all this ! I own all this!" God's decree. "But there is something I'm looking for: a person simple and plain, reverently  responsive to what I have to say". " I know everything they have ever done or thought. I'm going to come and then gather everyone- all nations, all languages. They'll come and see my glory. I'll set up a station at the centre. I'll send the survivors of judgement all over the world: Spain and Africa,  Turkey and Greece, and the far-off islands that never heard of me, who know nothing of what I've done, nor who I am. I'll send them out as  missionaries to teach my glory among the nations. They'll return with all your long-lost brothers and sisters from all over the world. They'll bring them back and offer them in living worship to God. They'll br

 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?.... No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future nor any power, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate from the love of God, that is in Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 8:35,37-39 Because God loves us, He will always take good care of us and help us. We can be confident and secure in the knowledge that he loves us all the time, in every situation. The apostle Paul said we should be so rooted in God's love that nothing, no matter how bad it seems, is able to separate us from it. Joyce Meyer Climb God's Mountain

"Take a good look at my servant. I'm backing him to the hilt. He's the one I chose, and I couldn't be more pleased with him. I've bathed him with my Spirit,  my life. He'll set everything right among  the nations He won't call attention to what he does with loud speeches and gaudy parades. He won't brush aside the bruised and the hurt and he won't disregard the small and insignificant, but he'll steadily and firmly set things  right. He won't tire out and quit. HE WON'T BE STOPPED until he's finished his work to - set things right on earth. Far-flung ocean islands wait expectantly for his teaching". Eugene H. Peterson, The World I Live In

 Isreal suffered because the people sinned. Everyone-both Isaiah and the people- knew the reason for their suffering. The people's sin wasn't winked at or whitewashed, but the people who sinned were completely accepted. God received them as forgiven people, and treated them sympathetically as judged people. We can learn from this. Suffering people are suffering because they have been separated from something that is vitally important to their existence., whether their home or their loved one or their God or something else. All of these separations, though different in degree, feel similar. And all have the same guilt attached to them-whether real or imagined. That guilt needs to be acknowledged and addressed. If we deny it, we'll never find out anything about our past that can give us comfort from the present or courage for the future. And worse, we won't recognize God's first words when he is bringing comfort to us: " Speak softly and tenderly to Jerusalem....

 The form dissolves into nothingness And yet who can erase the image Permanently etched into memory? The connection remains unbroken Through an invisible endless chain Love's prisoner forever We live and yet we don't After a loved one is gone The rest of our life is a search Here and there, everywhere Waiting for another meeting Beyond death and eternity And in the end Love's win and death's defeat! Ruta Mohapatra Climb God's Mountain

 The path of right living people is level The Leveler evens the road for the right-living We're in no hurry, God We're content to linger in the path sign-posted with your decisions. Who you are and what you've done are all we'll ever want. Through the night my soul longs for you. Deep from within my spirit reaches  out to you. When your decisions are on public display, everyone learns how to live right. If the wicked are shown GRACE, THEY DON'T SEEM TO GET IT. In the land of the right living, they persist in wrong living, blind to the splendor of God. Eugene H. Peterson Share My Bread