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Aug.11.06: Light for the Day - “Are
We All Just Little Sparrows?"
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-- Luke 12:6-7 (Matthew 10:29-31)
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?
Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
7 Even the hairs of your head have all been counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many
sparrows.
-- Philippians 4:6-7
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by
Prayer
and Petition, with Thanksgiving, Present your Requests to God.
7 And the Peace of God, which transcends all understanding,
will Guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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"Are We All Just Little Sparrows?"
I will not sit a squabble about who's God is right,
I will not sit and argue over who has seen the light.
For all of us have deep within a special little place,
Far from this reality, removed from time and space.
A secret little closet hidden deep within our hearts,
Where doors to heaven open and we can be a part,
Of all the love that freely flows if only we would see,
And take hold of the golden cord to set our spirits free.
So many gifts we're given, we don't even realize,
We chase after illusions which we can idolize.
Never giving credit or thanks where it is due,
We hide from our Creator and stay safely out of view.
Like sparrows safe within the flock of others all around,
Too afraid to enter in where light and love is found.
We follow nature's courses set for us at our birth,
Minding rules of instinct which bind us to this earth.
I will not fly in panic when sudden change takes place,
I will not forget the loving kindness placed before my face.
For even though I feel the fear of the great unknown,
I'll make attempts to love and trust the light I have been shown.
I'll calm my trembling little wings and use my conscious will,
To stand within the given light upon the window sill.
I'll take God's love that's offered there,
though one I have not earned,
And hopefully show others the things that I have learned!
-- Michelle A. Bartley
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-- Jeremiah 33:3
2 This is what the LORD says, He who made the earth,
the LORD who formed it and established it -- the LORD is
His Name:
3 ‘Call to Me and I will Answer you and tell you great and
unsearchable things you do not know.’
-- Ephesians 6:18
Pray at all times and on every occasion in the
Power of the Holy Spirit.
Stay alert and be persistent in your Prayers for all Christians everywhere.
-- Colossians 4:2
Devote yourselves to Prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
-- 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18
17 Keep on Praying.
18 No matter what happens, always be thankful,
for this is God’s Will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
-- Psalms 55:22
Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you;
He will never let the righteous fall.
-- Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
-- Colossians 3:15-17
15 Let the Peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of
one body you were called to Peace. And be thankful.
16 Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and
admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms,
hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the
Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through
Him.
-- Matthew 6:25-27, 33-34
25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or
drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important
than food, and the body more important than clothes?
26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in
barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?
27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
33 But seek first God's Kingdom and His Righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
-- 1 Peter 5:6-11
6 Humble yourselves under the mighty power of God,
and in His good time He will honor you.
7 Give all your worries and cares to God,
for He cares about what happens to you.
8 Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy.
He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour.
9 Take a firm stand against him, and be strong in your Faith.
Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters all over the world
are going through the same kind of suffering you are.
10 And the God of all Grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ,
after you have suffered a little while, will Himself
Restore you and
make you strong, firm and steadfast.
11 To Him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
-- Proverb 3:3-10
3 Let Love and Faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He will make your paths straight.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.
8 This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.
-- 1 Peter 4:10-11
10 Each one should use whatever Gift he has received to serve others,
Faithfully administering God’s Grace in its various forms.
11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very Words
of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides,
So that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.
To Him be the Glory and the Power for ever and ever. Amen.
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