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Permalink Reply by Tammy Henson on March 8, 2010 at 5:39am

Hello brother. You will be in my prayers for sure. What I do want you to understand however, that no matter how far you stray, you never can stray from the powerful love that God has for you. It's not that I understand His love other than when I look at my own children & I know His love is mightier than that. But know that if you believe in the Son & the Father & have accepted His sacrifice & repented, you can never stray from His love. That's not to say that you can't mess up the relationship but He will always be there for you.

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Permalink Reply by Carol on March 12, 2010 at 1:10am

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IT CAN BE HARD TO SEE OR COMPREHEND GODS LOVE IF WE LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH OR THE WAY PEOPLE TREAT US...I CANNOT BEGIN TO EXPLAIN THE CONDEMNATION THAT I FELT BECAUSE OF THE WAY OTHERS TREATED ME...UNLIKE MAN GODS LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDS AND HAS NO LIMITS...HE LOVES US WHEN WE ARE AT OUR WORSE OR AT OUR BEST...HE LOOKS AT OUR HEART...IT IS ACCOUNTED FOR WHAT A MAN HAS AND NOT THAT HE HATH NOT...IF THERE IS FIRST A WILLING MIND WHICH YOU SEEM TO HAVE...GOD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH SO HOLD ON.

JEREMIAH 29:11
FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARDS YOU, SAITH THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE, AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END.

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Permalink Reply by Tammy Henson on March 12, 2010 at 10:49am

GOD’S TREASURE IS IN EARTHEN VESSELS David Wilkerson

One of the most encouraging Scriptures in the Bible is 2 Corinthians 4:7:
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the
power may be of God, and not of us.” Then Paul goes on to describe those
earthen vessels—dying men, troubled on every side, perplexed, persecuted,
cast down. And even though never forsaken or in despair, those men being used
by God are constantly under the burden of their bodies, waiting anxiously to be
clothed with new ones.

God mocks man’s power. He laughs at our egotistical efforts at being good. He
never uses the high and mighty but, instead, uses the weak things of this world
to confound the wise.

“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the
flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the
foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And the base
things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and
things which are not…that no flesh should glory in his presence” (1
Corinthians 1:26-29).

Does that ever describe me! Weak thing—foolish thing—despised thing—a
base thing—not very noble—not very smart. Yet that is his perfect
plan—the greatest mystery on earth. God calls us in our weakness. He puts his
priceless treasure in these earthen vessels of ours because he delights in doing
the impossible with nothing.

I saw Israel Narvaez, former Mau Mau gang leader, kneel and receive Christ as
Lord. It was not just an emotional surface experience—he really meant it. But
Israel went back to the gang and ended up in prison, an accessory to murder. Did
God quit on him? Not for one moment! Today Israel is a minister of the gospel,
having accepted the love and forgiveness of a longsuffering Savior.

Have you failed? Is there a sin that so easily besets you? Do you feel like a
weakened coward, unable to get the victory over secret sin? But with that
weakness in you, is there also a hunger for God? Do you yearn for him—love
him—reach to him? That hunger and thirst is the key to your victory. That
makes you different from all the others who have been guilty of failing God.
That sets you apart. You must keep that hunger alive. Keep thirsting after
righteousness. Never justify your weakness—never give in to it—and never
accept it as a part of your life.



Read this devotion online: http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/7859

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