Sunday

When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites!

They love to stand up and pray

in the houses of worship and on the street corners,

so that everyone will see them.

I assure you, they have already been paid in full.

~Matthew 6:5 (TEV)~

Caring Bridge

Thanks for the prayers for Daddy.  He seems better already and is looking forward to being released from the hospital.

Baptist Press Stories for Apr. 9, 2010
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John Paul Stevens, court’s leading liberal, to retire
FIRST-PERSON: Do dead people talk?
Stupak says he won’t seek re-election
Missionary: Coal families’ attitudes uplifting
Paper provides ‘Just the Facts’ about SBC structure, methodology & finance
Cooperative Program: A sacred effort
M.E. Dodd, CP originator, loved cooperative ministry
Dodd would warn against ‘fractured’ CP, granddaughter says
Hankins comments on GCRTF session with state execs
FIRST-PERSON: Mourning man’s inhumanity toward man
FIRST-PERSON: Tea & taxes
FIRST-PERSON: Go see ‘Letters to God’
FIRST-PERSON: Young leaders gain passion for stewardship, CP

CLOSET

aac.jpgHOW DO YOU build a “sanctuary” in your busy life; a place where you can meet with God…?

Build a “closet.”

Isaac’s closet was in a field ( Genesis 24:63). Peter’s closet was on a housetop ( Acts 10:9).

You must fashion your own.

It may mean leaving the kids with your spouse, while you sit out on the back porch with a cup of coffee and your Bible for fifteen minutes.

It may mean snatching a few minutes when your baby is taking his or her afternoon nap.

For those who have a long drive to work, your sanctuary may be in your car with a CD player. It may mean posting a passage of Scripture near your steering wheel, where you can meditate and pray about it during the time that you drive.

It may mean reading your Bible during your lunch break at work.

It may mean taking the first ten minutes to read and pray in your office each morning.

It may mean putting your tennis shoes on and going for a walk with your Bible in hand.

It may mean sitting in your garage or workshop with a CD player to listen to sermons.

It’s not what the sanctuary looks like or where it is that matters. It’s what you do there that makes it a meaningful place. The sanctuary does not provide rest. What takes place there in the desert is what refreshes the inner man. (Steve Farrar)

“But you, when you pray, go into your room,

and when you have shut your door,

pray to your Father who is in the secret place;

and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.” Matthew 6:6

Posted by Mike Benson

Have a great Lord’d Day!

Anna Lee

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