Thursday Writings.....5/5/16

Good morning...
   Today I spent the day with an old friend. She has just bought a new house in what was an incredible opportunity. We went on a couple of errands and then we went to see the house. Is really nice and I am happy for her. It was a fun day. I could see God's hand was in that blessing .
Have a thankful Thursday!




The Thursday devotional, "Resurrection Power,"  is written by Brother Thomas Ukwute and Jody Ward. They are writing about what happened at the time of the death of Jesus. Even the Roman Centurion believed that Jesus was the Son of God after he was a witness to the happenings that day. Here is a quote from the devotional, "Resurrection power can give any circumstance that you have a new beginning."

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  Today's Devotional   

"Resurrection Power"

written by

Brother Thomas Ukwute and Jody Ward

"Jesus, when he shouted out loudly again, released His spirit and breathed His last.

"At that moment, the curtain in the Temple was ripped in two. The heavy cloth that separated the Sanctuary from Holy Place was torn from the top to the bottom.

"All at once, there was a great earthquake and the rocks split apart in pieces and at the same time the tombs broke open and many bodies of godly men and women, who had fallen asleep in death, were raised to life. (After the resurrection, they came out of their graves, left the cemetery and went into the holy city, where many people saw them.)

"Now there was a centurion, a Roman officer, and other soldiers assigned to oversee the crucifixion and guard Jesus. When they saw the earth quake and all the other things that happened, they were all filled with fear and awe.  The terrified centurion exclaimed “This man really was the Son of God!"

Matthew 24.50-54

The power of the resurrection can come bring new life into any of your situations. Resurrection power can give any circumstance that you have a new beginning. Pray and ask that today God bring every stubborn situations to its knees. Ask God to bring a fresh revelation to your heart and show you a new path to follow and connect with your destiny. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Written by Jody Ward and 

           Brother Thomas Ukwute

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   Quotes of Famous Christians   

   Past and Present   

"The Bible is the Only Book That Can Make Us Wise unto Salvation. The

Bible is not a book to be studied as we study geology and astronomy, merely

to find out about the earth's formation and the structure of the universe; but it 

is a book revealing truth, designed to bring us into living union with God."

George F. Pentecost

"It is well for the evangelist to bear in mind, on every fresh occasion of rising

to preach, that his unconverted hearers are totally ignorant of the gospel, 

and hence he should preach as though it were the first time they had ever 

heard the message, and the first time he had ever delivered it...It is the 

presentation of the atoning death and glorious resurrection of the Son of 

God--and all this in the present energy, glow, and freshness of the Holy Ghost, 

from the exhaustless mine of Holy Scripture. Moreover, the one absorbing 

object of the preacher is to win souls for Christ, to the glory of God...Let it 

never be forgotten, the preacher's object is to bring the Savior and the sinner 

together-- to win souls for Christ. 

C.H. Mackintosh

"Every revival worthy of the name begins in the restoration of  the Word of 

God to the pulpit, and its fearless proclamation by those anointed of God to 

preach the Gospel. The revival under Josiah took place when 'Hilkiah found

the Book of the Law of the Lord'." 

Wilbur M. Smith

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   Today's Inspiring Graphic

This is a great definition! When our activities are as if we are the other person

we are able to truly come to an understanding and empathy for

how the other perceives things that mold him or her.

                                          

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                                                  Christian Humorous Phrases of Wisdom   

                 {continued from writings of 5/4/16}

13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway. 

14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it. 

15. No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes. 

16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. 

17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places. 

18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming. 

19. Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it. 

20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on. 

21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. 

22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends. 

23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator. 

24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world. 

             AND . . . (drum roll please?) 

25. Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.

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Prayers are lifted up daily for 

you by the Devotional Writers 

and the Monthly Writing Staff

of Women's Focus Ministries.