10.24.08: Light4theDay - "We Matter To God" (Viet) (<<) (>>) (PRINT) (lftd.org) (VN) (C1) (C2) (Ko) (Sp) (Fr) (It) (De) (Ru) (Ar) ("How To Receive Christ") Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. -- 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. 
We Matter To God As we come before You Lord And worship at Your feet You pour out Your blessings upon us And meet us in our need Whatever we are facing We can leave it with You Lord And walk away with confidence Knowing You will bear it all For You are God almighty Our God in whom we trust To unload us of our burdens And shower us with love Lord You are so wonderful To care about our lives Each small, insignificant detail Each tear that we cry For everything about us Lord Is so important to You You want to be involved in our lives In everything we do So I can't help but praise You For the loving God You are You care so much for every soul And You're never very far That we can touch Your heart Every time we come to pray And we can come into Your presence Each and every day -- M.S.Lowndes +*+*+*+*+*+*+ -- John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. -- John 17:20 My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in Me through their message. -- Psalms 103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. -- Psalms 23:1-6 1 The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, 3 He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. -- Jeremiah 29:11-13; 33:3 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart." + 33:3 "Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know."
Our Gifts Are For Encouraging Help us Lord to see ourselves Through Your loving eyes To see what You see in us And to come to realize That everything that we possess Comes directly from You The gifts, the talents You’ve placed within Are there for us to use To reach with hope to those that hurt To those who’ve lost their way It’s Your gifts Lord, they’re not our own So take them Lord we pray And use them for Your glory So others may be blessed And have their spirits lifted And their souls also refreshed So they can then be challenged To seek more after You To be much more empowered For what ever they may do For each of us have talents That God has placed within So we can encourage others To have a closer walk with Him And as we encourage another We can be encouraged ourselves For there needs to be a continual flow And a continual pouring out And as we do this we will find Insecurities will disappear And we’ll be strengthened in His love To overcome our fears. -- M.S.Lowndes. +*+*+*+*+*+*+ ++ -- 1 Corinthians 12 [ Spiritual Gifts and Unity ] -- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. -- James 1:16-18 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved. ++ 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the Word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He created. -- 1 Peter 4:8-11 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. ++ 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. -- Philemon 1:4-7 4 I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, 5 because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. 6 I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. 7 Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.
LORD OF MY LIFE! Lord of my life! Whose tender care Has led me on till now, Here lowly at the hour of prayer Before Your throne I bow; I bless Your gracious hand, and pray Forgiveness for another day. Oh, may I daily, hourly, strive In heavenly grace to grow; To You and to Your glory live, Vanity to all else below; Tread in the path my Savior trod, Though thorny, yet the path to God. With prayer my humble praise I bring For mercies day by day; Lord! teach my heart Your love to sing, Lord! teach me how to pray; All that I have, I am, to You I offer, through eternity. -- Unknown +*+*+*+*+*+*+ -- Jude 1:20-21 20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21 Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. -- Proverbs 3:5-8 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.
QUIET, LORD MY FROWARD HEART Quiet, Lord, my froward heart, Make me teachable and mild, Upright, simple, free from art, Make me as a weaned child: From distrust and envy free, Pleased with all that pleases You. What You shall today provide, Let me as a child receive; What tomorrow may betide, Calmly to Your wisdom leave: Until enough that You will care, Why should I the burden bear? As a little child relies On a care beyond his own; Knows he’s neither strong nor wise, Fears to stir a step alone: Let me thus with You abide, As my Father, Guard, and Guide. Thus preserved from Satan’s wiles, Safe from dangers, free from fears; May I live upon Your smiles, Till the promised hour appears; When the sons of God shall prove All their Father’s boundless love. -- John Newton +*+*+*+*+*+*+ -- Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." -- Matthew 11:25-30 25 At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this was Your good pleasure. 27 All things have been committed to Me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him." ++ 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." ++ -- 1 Chronicles 4:10 [Jabez's Prayer] And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil (sin, trouble, harm, hurt,...) so that I will be free from pain (and sorrow)!" So God granted him what he requested. -- Psalms 131:1-3 1 My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. 2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.
-- Isaiah 45:22 Turn to Me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other. -- Psalms 55:22 Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall. -- Psalms 37:3-8 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. 4 Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him and He will do this: 6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. 7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. 8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret -- it leads only to evil. -- Psalms 100:1-5 1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Worship the LORD with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. +++ 3 Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name. 5 For the LORD is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations. -- Matthew 6:25-34 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? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ++ 33 But seek first His 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. -- John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing. -- 1 Thessalonians 5:8-11 8 But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation. 9 For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out His anger on us. 10 Christ died for us so that, whether we are asleep or alive when He returns, we can live with Him forever. 11 So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. -- 2 Peter 3:8-9 8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. (Ps.90:4). 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. -- Hebrews 13:20-21 20 May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21 equip you with everything good for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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