Mine was really good.


mmmm, how about throwing something on the
barbecue for me?

Enjoy.

Hi everyone just got back from prayer meeting

hey everyone...especially sneaky but very sweet Britty. . Got the email while I was at work and read it during a quick break, it helped put a smile on my face. Thank you, now must go follow through...

Thanks for the compliment Tiffa

Akinyahalo - hope the prayer meeting was
uplifting for all present and especially
for those being prayed for and with.



"Prayer opens th way for God himself to do
His work in and through us."

Andrew Murray (1828-1917)

Of the Old Testament saints, it is written that they were not unjustified by that which was waiting in Christ, but were made justified by that which comes upon us.

We needed their witness, that ours may be the more fruitful in Christ.

Hebrews 11: 39,40.

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise :

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Perfect....

interesting word.

Hi honey.

"In spite of all appearances to the contrary,
God has a plan for this bankrupt world.....
This earth of ours, He still wants as a theatre
for His grace and glorious direction."
Helmut Thielicke (1908-1986)

John Wycliffe (1320-1384) was a theologian and early proponent of reform in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He initiated the first translation of the Bible into the English language and is considered the main precursor of the Protestant Reformation. Wycliffe was born at Ipreswell (modern Hipswell), Yorkshire, England, between 1320 and 1330; and he died at Lutterworth (near Leicester) December 31, 1384.

Hi everyone how we doing tonight

(((((Akin))))))) ok this will be a first....but it hit me like a ton of bricks so hey gotta go with it.

Akin I am officially matching you with TiffaIrishGirl who is on this thread....on this same page.....so e-mail her....gigglesnort.

Hi Akinyahalo


remember we met on the soldier thread...?

I am fine and you ...?


just stopping by to say hi to you & everyone



God Bless you Brother in the Military

and whatever you do & wherever you go

Love it....thanks rich.....I can't wait until I get to meet you and the ever so beautiful inside and out Britty......It's going to be a beautiful thing....

cool

Hi Akin

Doing great

How about you?

I am looking forward to meeting you too Debs.

Britty and Debs, you too are too sweet.


God's Blessings be upon all my dear friends here in this coffeehouse. I must skip out on the coffee for now for I am going to sleep. Good Night and stay cool in this warmer weather we've been having God Bless!!!

hey all.

Don't mind me, ladies.

I am just posting something here to avoid the turmoil of another thread.

Someone mentioned delusions again, and it brought to my mind something Noah Webster had said in a letter to Judge Thomas Dawes, his brother - in -law in the winter of 1807.

This has always fascinated me, since I, too, felt somewhat miffed at christian thought before I pursued God with importunity to know what was the exactness of the Holy Spirit.

" For a number of years just past I have been more and more impressed with the importance of regulating my conduct by the precepts of Christianity. Of the being and attributes of God I have never entertained a doubt, and my studies as well as frequent contemplations on the works of nature have led my mind to most sublime views of His character and perfections....(hmmm..there is that word again, heehee)

"Still I had doubts respecting some of the doctrines of the Christian faith, such as regeneration, election, salvation by free grace, the atonement, and the divinity of Christ ;
these doubts served as an apology for my forebearing to to make a profession of religion ; for though I could never read or hear that solemn declaration of our Savior, "Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father who is in heaven, without some compunction and alarm ; yet I endeavored to justify my neglect by a persuasion that I could not conscientiously assent to the usual confession required in Calvinistic churches as the condition of admission to their communion. That is, in plain terms, I sheltered myself as well as I could from the attacks of conscience for neglect of duty under a species of skepticism, and endeavored to satisfy my mind that a profession of religion is not absolutely necessary to salvation.
In this state of mind I placed great reliance on good works or the performance of moral duties as the means of salvation, although I cannot affirm that I wholly abandoned all dependence on the merits of a Redeemer, You may easily suppose that in this state of distraction and indecision of opinions I neglected many duties of piety.


"About a year ago an unusual revival of religion took place in New Haven, and frequent conferences of private meetings for religious purposes were held by pious and well disposed persons in the Congregational societies.
I felt some opposition to these meetings, being apprehensive that they would, by affecting the passions too strongly, introduce an enthusiasm or fanatacism which might be considered as real religion.
I expressed these fears to some friends and particularly to my family, inculcating on them the importance of a rational religion and the danger of being misled by the passions.


"My wife, however, was friendly to these meetings and she was joined by two eldest daughters who were among the first subjects of serious impressions.
I did not forbid but rather discouraged their attendance on conferences......"



I am going to rest it a bit there for the moment.

Can anyone guess where these thoughts of Noah Webster are headed?

It sounds all too familiar to me.

and Noah continued to write.....

"These impressions I attempted to remove by reasoning with myself (hhmmm...) and endeavoring to quiet my mind by a persuasion that my opposition to my family and the awakening was not a real opposition to rational religion but to enthuusiasm and false religion.
I continued some weeks in this situation, utterly unable to quiet my own mind and without resorting to the only source of peace and consolation.
The impressions, however, grew stronger till at length I could not pursue my studies without frequent interruptions.
My mind was suddenly arrested, without any previous circumstance of the time to draw it to this subject and, as it were, fastened to the awakening and upon my own conduct.
I closed my books, yielded to the influence which could not be resisted or mistaken, and was led by a spontaneous impulse to repentance, prayer, and entire submission and surrender of myself to my Maker and Redeemer.
My submission appeared to be cheerful, and was soon followed by that peace of mind which the world can neither give nor take away."

breaktime, again.

Mr. Webster continues...

"This, my dear friend, is a short but faithful narration of facts.
That these impressions were nnot the effect of any of my own passions nor of enthusiasm is to me evident, for I was in complete possession of all my rational powers, and that the influence was supernatural is evident from this circumstance; it was not only independent of all volition but opposed to it.
You will readily suppose that after such evidence of the direct operation of the divine spirit upon the human heart, I could no longer question or have a doubt respecting the Calvinistic and Christian doctrines of regeneration, of free grace, and of the sovereignty of God.
I now began to understand and relish many parts of the scriptures, which before appeared mysterious and unintelligible or repugnant to my natural pride.
For instance, I was remarkably struck with the 26th verse of John 14th: 'But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have told you'--------- a passage which I had often read without realizing its import. (hhmmmmm....)
In short, my view of the scriptures, of religion, of the whole Christian scheme of salvation, and of God's moral government are very much changed, and my heeart yields with delight and confidence to whatever appears tto be the divine will.


"Permit me here to remark, in allusion to a passage in your letter, that I had for almost fifty years exercised my talents such as they are, to obtain knowledge andto abide by its dictates, but without arriving at the truth, or what now appears to me to be the truth, of the gospel.
I am taught now the utter insufficiency of our own powers to effect a change of the heart, and persuaded that a reliance on our own talents or powers is a fatal error, springing from natural pride and opposition to God, by which multitudes of men, especially of the more intelligent and moral part of society are deluded into ruin.
I now look , my dear friend , with regret on the largest portion of the ordinary life of man, spent'without hope and without God in the world.'
I am particularly affected by a sense of my ingratitude to that Being who made me and without whose constant agency I cannot draw a breath, who has showeredupon me a profusion of temporal blessings and provided a Savior for my immortal soul....


"In the month of April last I made a profession of faith ; in this most solemn and affecting of all transactions of my life I was accompanied with my two elddest daughters; while I felt a degree of compunction that I had not sooner dedicated myself to God, it was with heartfelt delight I could present myself before my Maker and say, 'Here I am, w8ith the children which thou hast given me.'

"Mrs. Webster was confined at the time and could not be a witness of this scene,so interesting to her as well as to us who were personally concerned, but you may easily conceive how she was affected the first time she met her husband and children at the Communion....."

done.

2 Corinthians 3:17.

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Wouldee....God Just Smiles When He Looks Upon You.....Cause
God is Well Pleased With You, Wouldee..and Loves You So Very Much!!

Wouldee....Stay Encouraged Now, My Brother in Christ !!!
You are a Mighty Witness for the Lord!!!