Hello, John and Doves,When you pray, recall to mind what you have read many times.23Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
26He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
27The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
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Luke: I can't believe it!
Yoda: That is why you fail. http://thinkexist.com/quotation/-luke-i_can-t_believe_it--yoda-that_is_why_you/255553.html.
Taken from Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, 20th Century Fox, 1980, screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett.
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Again, remember, if you want God to do something, you've got to do your part.
"And whiles I [was] speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
"Yea, whiles I [was] speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation."
See, you probably keep short accounts with God. Others don't. You must "cover their six" by confessing their sins on their behalf. That way, when they finally do get around to repenting, why then the confession has already been done in a timely manner!
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Finally,
The Secret
Poem by Ralph S.Cushman
I met God in the morning
When my day was at its best,
And his presence came like sunrise
Like a glory in my breast.All day long the Presence lingered,
All day long he stayed with me,
And we sailed in perfect calmness
O’er a very troubled sea.Other ships were blown and battered,
Other ships were sore distressed,
But the winds that seemed to drive them
Brought to us a peace and rest.Then I thought of other mornings,
With a keen remorse of mind,
When I too had loosed the moorings,
With the Presence left behind.So I think I know the secret,
Learned from many a troubled way:
You must seek him in the morning
If you want him through the day!
From Spiritual Hilltops by Ralph S. Cushman.
Copyright 1932 by Ralph S. Cushman.from: http://www.poetseers.org/the_great_poets/misc/the_secret/
[This poem can be sung to the tune, "Simple Gifts." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVU8dGFhV04
Also listen to: http://www.wguc.org/specials/thanksgiving/listen.asp, for example.
The Aaron Copland variations on Simple Gifts probably provide the best melody for this poem.
The variations can be heard in "Appalachian Spring."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnrnnTFFQDg [the variations alone]
It is nothing for the same God that stills storms to create a storm that will bring cooling rain upon the heels of a simple, faith-filled request of one of His kids.
Amen.
Baruch HaShem El Shaddai, ADONAI Jireh
[Blessed be the Name of God Almighty, the LORD (YHVH) who provides],
Mike C.
Mary Anna (3 July 2012)
"Prayer to request power to VA residence..."
I'm OK but NOT many here in VA due to Friday's big storm. I learned people are at a loss and getting rest where they can. Fortunately power had not gone out in church so some slept there. It's brutally Hot! I heard people saying food in their refrigerators now had to be thrown out with no refrigeration! Power has been promised by Fri. but that's 5 days away! Reading Jim Bramlett's post today on Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri's prediction, is very comforting.
Dear Lord God, in Your Son Jesus's Name, please have Mercy, Hear our prayers and Restore Power! Amen and Amen. We are Yours! Rescue the Perishing wherever they are I pray! AMEN and THANK YOU!
Mary Anna