God withdrew from Hezekiah
in order to test him
and to see what was really in his heart.
~2 Chronicles 32:31 (NLT)~
Correction concerning Frances Gay: Frances is in remission, not cancer free. Thank God for the good news. Remission is wonderful!
Pray for Petey Harper as he has cancer treatment in South Carolina this week. His sister, Keri/Cissy is with him. Pray for her as she travels home later.
Lloyd Hayden continues to need our prayers. He continues to have problems related to his diabetes and his medicine. Your prayers for him will be appreciated.
Continue to pray for Jimmy Tolar. He continues to be plagued with several issues.
TODAY’S PRAYER
IMB
OCTOBER 25, 2010
“But Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.’” (Matthew 19:14)
WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for Prime Minister Philemon Yang of Cameroon (western Africa, between Nigeria and Chad).
BAOTOU, CHINA (BOW-toh). Thank God that believers have become more numerous in this city. Please plead with the Father to bless His children in Baotou with godly, gifted, faithful, well-rounded leaders who will shepherd His flock with clean hands and pure hearts. Ask Him to bless training events so that participants will grow not only in knowledge and skill, but also in integrity of character.
SHAN OF THE PACIFIC RIM. A worker was able to visit with and encourage T, the believer for whom you have been praying. T realizes now what Jesus meant when He said, “But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown” (Luke 4:24). Pray for T, as he longs to share Truth with those in his hometown and the surrounding villages, but is the only believer right now. P, his younger brother, has not yet decided to follow Jesus, but remains interested. Pray that P will soon choose to follow Him.
Rebooting and Starting Over
Alan Smith
The following are some suggested new error messages for Microsoft Windows:
1) Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.
2) Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.
3) Press any key to continue or any other key to quit.
4) Press any key… no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE!
5) Close your eyes and press escape three times.
6) Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner.
7) Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue.
8) CONGRESS.SYS corrupted… Re-boot Washington D.C? (Y/N)
9) Runtime Error 6D at 417A:32CF: Incompetent User.
10) Error reading FAT record: Try the SKINNY one? (Y/N)
11) WinErr 547: LPT1 not found. Use backup…..PENCIL & PAPER.
12) Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic.
Wouldn’t it be nice if every time we made a mistake in real life, we received an “error message” telling us we did something wrong, along with instructions on how to correct it? And wouldn’t it be nice to keep “backups” so if we did something stupid we could go back and put in the backup, continuing on as if nothing had ever gone wrong? And if things get really bad, wouldn’t it be nice just to be able to “reboot” and completely start all over again from scratch?
In essence, God has given us a way to do just that. Part of the blessing of becoming a Christian is the ability to start afresh. Paul said of the Corinthians:
“Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” (I Cor. 6:9b-11).
Thanks be to God for giving us all a way to “reboot” and start over.
–Alan
Thanks for praying. Make today a good start to your work week.
Anna Lee
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