some stuff from this morning

Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do.

iow, in this sin-soaked world, be careful what you look at, listen to, do, be around, or allow to care your eye. Our hearts can be so swiftly influenced. The devil has one thing in mind for all of us - he wants to destroy us. And he will if we're not constantly aware that he will push all our right buttons,making us sin, or to distract us from what we're supposed to be & do.

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Proverbs 4:25 Look straight ahead & fix your eyes on what lies before you.

26 Mark out a straight path for your feet;

     then stick to the path & stay safe.

27 Don't get sidetracked;

     keep your feet from following evil.


God gave me those verses in January, 2010 for this season in my life. I've been trying to follow it's directive.

This morning, I feel like these verses are for someone else out there besides me - Let me know if it was you, will ya?

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Here's some more verses I think are for some of you - lemme know if it was you...

Mark 10:43 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.


This goes against everything our world says - it says,"Put yourself first." or "Look our for # 1!" or "Be all that you can be!" & "You deserve it!"

iow, the reality is like this...

A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the man, "Come, I will show you hell."
They entered a room where a group of people sat around a huge pot of stew. Everyone was famished, desperate and starving. Each held a spoon that reached the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer than their own arm that it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible.
"Come, now I will show you heaven," the Lord said after a while.
They entered another room, identical to the first - the pot of stew, the group of people, the same long-handled spoons. But there everyone was happy and well-nourished.
"I don't understand," said the man. "Why are they happy here when they were miserable in the other room and everything was the same?"
The Lord smiled, "Ah, it is simple," he said. "here they have learned to feed each other."

Just a thought...



Mark 11:22 Then Jesus said to the disciples, "Have faith in God. 23 I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, 'May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. 24 I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you've received it, it will be yours. 25 But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.


This doesn't mean God is a vending machine - we ask for anything, He gives it.

What I think it does mean is that we simply don't believe that God is active in our lives, & cares about us. We underestimate God's potential activity simply bc we don't talk to Him or ask Him to help us.

if we need a job, or need to know what to do, or just need strength to get through the day, we rely on ourselves so much to make those things happen. All we have to do is ask, & He'll provide the strength,direction, or opportunity for us to connect with what we need.

Anybody else got a different or deeper insight to this passage? Tell me about it, if you will