Message from @Powder πŸ’œ

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2018-07-30 09:46:39 UTC  

Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. --Acts 6:3

Let us watch that we do not slide imperceptibly to a state where the women do the praying and the men run the churches. Men who do not pray have no right to direct church affairs. We believe in the leadership of men within the spiritual community of the saints, but that leadership should be won by spiritual worth.

Leadership requires vision, and whence will vision come except from hours spent in the presence of God in humble and fervent prayer? All things else being equal, a praying woman will know the will of God for the church far better than a prayerless man.

We do not here advocate the turning of the churches over to the women, but we do advocate a recognition of proper spiritual qualifications for leadership among the men if they are to continue to decide the direction the churches shall take. The accident of being a man is not enough. Spiritual manhood alone qualifies. We Travel an Appointed Way, 16.

"Lord, don't ever let me have leadership that I don't deserve. Don't ever let me become careless in prayer. Don't ever let me rely on the women to pray while I lead. Amen." A. W. Tozer Sermon: Men Who Do Not Pray

2018-07-30 17:58:19 UTC  

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2018-07-31 08:11:52 UTC  

Sleep well

2018-07-31 11:12:44 UTC  

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2018-07-31 11:14:51 UTC  

Sometimes..
Therapy brings you to a whole new way of understanding all the things you need to see..
Today.. I saw darkness..
I am understanding why I am where I am..
Yet it is a hard road to grasp..

I am told I will be stronger as a result of seeing with these new eyes.. I am understanding where the fear has come in my life..

Fixing that little girl..
Learning to love me..
-Lori Brough

God can restore what is broken..
and change it into something amazing..
All you need is faith..
Joel 2:25

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2018-07-31 11:16:47 UTC  

Then I remembered what I had heard about surrender..
Something I thought I could never do..
My pride just wouldn't allow it..
But I knew that on my own..
I wasn't going to make it..
So I asked for help..
And getting down on my knees..
I surrendered..
-Eric Clapton

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2018-07-31 11:22:13 UTC  

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate..
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure..
It is our light.. not our darkness that frightens us..
We ask ourselves 'who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?
You’re a child of God.. Your playing small doesn't serve the world.. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us... it's in everyone! And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same..
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others..
-Marianne Williamson

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2018-07-31 11:24:08 UTC  

There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken,
a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable..
There is a sorrow beyond grief which leads to joy
and a fragility out of whose depths emerges strength..
There is a hollow space too vast for words
through which we pass with each loss,
out of whose darkness we are sanctioned into being..
There is a cry deeper than all sound
whose serrated edges cut the heart as we break open
to the place inside which is unbreakable and whole,
while learning to sing..
-Rashani

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2018-07-31 11:29:40 UTC  

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2018-08-01 09:38:02 UTC  

Birds of a Feather
I realized there is NO real growth when you are still willing to stay focused on the world and it's ways..

Your ways are not my ways..
Your thoughts are not my thoughts..
Declares the Lord..
Isaiah 55:8

I want to stand up and rise..
I want to grow and learn..
I want to resemble Jesus..

2018-08-01 09:40:46 UTC  

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2018-08-01 09:51:53 UTC  

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together..
Colossians 1:17

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2018-08-01 09:53:23 UTC  

Again, that world-shaking event, the crucifixion of Christ, is stated in four words, "There they crucified him." One shudders to think what fanfare and buildup such a stupendous event would require if written by the shallow novelists or dramatists of our day. To represent such a solemn event on the stage would cost thousands of dollars and would require enough words to fill a dozen pages of script. The reason for the difference is of course that the evangelists felt the crucifixion and instinctively spoke of it in few words.
To follow this thought further, it is only necessary to note the simple brevity of the announcement of our Lord's resurrection. The "young man" told the inquiring disciples the story in three words: "He is risen." These needed no eloquent preface to such a wondrous announcement. Where there have been mighty deeds, there need be no multitude of words to tell of them. Many words are required only where the deeds have been too feeble to speak for themselves.
A. W. Tozer Sermon: Mighty Deed and Empty Words

2018-08-01 09:54:47 UTC  

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2018-08-01 10:06:38 UTC  

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2018-08-02 05:06:42 UTC  

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2018-08-02 08:16:01 UTC  

Sensitive people are the most genuine and honest people you will ever meet...
There is nothing they won’t tell you about themselves if they trust your kindness...
They don’t want to hurt other people...
It is against their very nature...
They want to make amends and undo the wrong they do.
Their life is a wave of highs and lows...
They live with guilt and constant pain over unresolved situations and misunderstandings...
They are tortured souls that are not able to live with hatred or being hated...
This type of person needs the most love anyone can give them because their soul has been constantly bruised by others... However, despite the tragedy of what they have to go through in life, they remain the most compassionate people worth knowing, and the ones that often become activists for the broken hearted, forgotten and the misunderstood...
They are angels with broken wings that only fly when loved...
-Shannon L. Alder

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2018-08-02 08:25:10 UTC  

Make me a channel of Your peace..
Where there is hatred let me bring Your Love..
Where there is injury, Your pardon, Lord..
And where there's doubt, true faith in You..

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2018-08-02 08:26:47 UTC  

Time is like a river..
You cannot touch the same water twice..
Because the flow that has just passed..
Will never pass again..

We can't go back and re-live..
But we can take this time before us as allow the flow to create the best of what we have right now..
This very moment..

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2018-08-02 08:36:38 UTC  

Report: Iran Increased Persecution of Christians in July https://hopeforourtimes.com/report-iran-increased-persecution-of-christians-in-july/

2018-08-02 08:50:17 UTC  

Until the full light of God?s inspired Word floods down upon the religious landscape, almost everything is obscure and indistinct. The finest minds see things that are not there and fail to see the things that are. This inability to make out the details is a frustrating thing to persons of a strong religious bent and results in a lot of guessing and theological improvising. Such persons demand to know, and though they neglect or reject the holy Scriptures they will know, regardless, in some manner satisfying to themselves.
Bible lovers have been blamed for being excessively dogmatic and it may be that they sometimes are. I do not wish to justify a spirit of cocksureness wherever it may be found, but the certainty of the believer may be understood when it is remembered that it springs from his faith in the Scriptures as the full and true revelation of the mind of God to men. His dogmatism has back of it the strong ?thus saith the Lord? of prophet and apostle. My own experience has taught me, however, that the most stubborn dogmatism is found not among those who quote the Bible to support their convictions, but among those who quote no one and claim for their spiritual authority nothing higher than their own opinions.
A. W. Tozer Sermon: Minds- Blind or Open

2018-08-02 08:56:10 UTC  

I realized there is NO real growth when you are still willing to stay focused on the world and it's ways..

Your ways are not my ways..
Your thoughts are not my thoughts..
Declares the Lord..
Isaiah 55:8

I want to stand up and rise..
I want to grow and learn..
I want to resemble Jesus..

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2018-08-03 08:27:16 UTC  

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2018-08-03 17:01:03 UTC  

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2018-08-05 07:41:48 UTC  

Peace... Be on my heart..
Around my thoughts..
Through my words..
With my actions..
Every minute.. Every day..
All month..
Throughout the year..

I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart..
The peace I give is a gift the world cannot give..
So don’t be troubled or afraid...
John 14:27

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2018-08-05 07:52:06 UTC  

Be Thankful ✿`β€’.¸ʚįɞ

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don't know something,
for it gives you the opportunity to learn..

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow..

Be thankful for your limitations,
because they give you opportunities for improvement..

Be thankful for each new challenge,
because it will build your strength and character..

Be thankful for your mistakes.
They will teach you valuable lessons..

Be thankful when you're tired and weary,
because it means you've made a difference..

It's easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks..
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings..
-Helen Dowd

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2018-08-05 22:46:26 UTC  

@Powder πŸ’œ. Beautiful!