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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
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 Posted - Oct 19 2011 : 09:01:42 AM
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There is more than one way to get information. Satan is always trying to pervert God's purposes. He may be a fallen foe but he certainly wants to take as many with him as he can.
I was involved in the witchcraft thing and there can be some real scary things happen. Frankly I much prefer being attuned to a loving God, and I love having a real knight in shining armor, Jesus, not to mention a comforter like the Holy Spirit to having to deal with that scary stuff. It can really turn your blood to ice.
God has uplifted me, given me hope and eased my grief and pain. That's a winner in my book and I will worship Him, forget the bell, book and candle routine.
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buffypuff
True Blue Farmgirl
1183 Posts
Claudia
Deer Park
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 19 2011 : 8:54:54 PM
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Wow Cherime. I learned alot and I agree with your knight in shining armour. Thank you!
Buffypuff/ Claudia ~ Farmgirl Sister #870 @}~~
"God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves." DL Moody
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Lieberkim
True Blue Farmgirl
839 Posts
Kimberly
Sunnyside
WASHINGTON
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2011 : 4:51:56 PM
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Jen, you quoted my life's ambition. I yearn to be a Proverb's woman. It's my goal, my aim and what I strive for. I feel blessed that I was raised in a Christian home, accepted the Lord at an early age and even though I screw up regularly; my faith has been real all the way through. I praise God for this because with my personality and weaknesses I could have gotten in a lot of trouble. So I'm thankful He kept me from it.
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
1222 Posts |
Posted - Oct 21 2011 : 07:33:47 AM
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Kim, I hear that. I always tried to get myself to church when I got old enough to bike there by myself but not a lot of mentoring at home. My parents were always so busy trying to make a living and then there was their relationship, a bit volatile to say the least. I surely did get in a lot of trouble that could have been avoided. But He makes all things new and boy am I thankful for that.
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buffypuff
True Blue Farmgirl
1183 Posts
Claudia
Deer Park
WA
USA
1183 Posts |
Posted - Oct 21 2011 : 09:27:42 AM
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I was on facebook the other day...and you know the little advertizements at the side? Well, there was one for/from Billy Grahams's grandson, asking to friend and receive little devotion updates. Well, I have yet to receive one, and I can't remember his name. Do any of you know it? I want to look him up?
It's a day to get the garden put to bed for the winter, so I pray you all have a grand and blessed day!
Buffypuff/ Claudia ~ Farmgirl Sister #870 @}~~
"God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves." DL Moody
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
1222 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2011 : 12:24:11 PM
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At church this am was a missionary speaking of what is presently taking lace in Cambodia. What a ministry he is involved in. They have gone from 4 people to over 60 and the majority are young Cambodians on fire to preach and plant churches in their homeland and beyond into other areas of SE Asia. I am going to go to the evening meeting on Monday and I will be making a contribution to that ministry. There are several from all over the world at our missions conference but that one really grabbed at me. Well off to visit a sister in the Lord. Blessings all.
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Oct 24 2011 : 09:37:20 AM
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I think it speaks volumes to the power of our faith that Christian movements are strongest where there is not only suffering but strong opposition to Christianity-- and weakest where we have complete freedom and "rich world problems" poking holes in our theology.
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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buffypuff
True Blue Farmgirl
1183 Posts
Claudia
Deer Park
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 24 2011 : 10:54:41 AM
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So true Jen. Cherime, please keep us updated if you could about his ministry. A speck of light is made more prominent in the darkest of dark. And Jen, I was reminded of the story of placing a frog in a pot of cool water and gradually upping the heat. The frog doesn't notice the increase until it is too late. I'm afraid that may be what is happening to us. We are comfortable with worldly things around us, so we are not challenged enough to pursue God.
Buffypuff/ Claudia ~ Farmgirl Sister #870 @}~~
"God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves." DL Moody
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2011 : 04:15:02 AM
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JEN
Thank you for showing me Proverbs Woman.
Yesterday I posted Proverbs 31 to my best facebook friends, then commented: Maybe I should vacuum.
Make cupcakes not war!
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
1222 Posts |
Posted - Oct 26 2011 : 08:26:06 AM
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I will keep you updated as we get new from the church. I felt moved by the Spirit to give them a donation for the work that is expanding there.
I have taken to listening to the Bible on my GoBible when I ride into work on the van in the am. Helps me to keep in the spiritual instead of in the world.
The Proverbs woman is one I immediately go to when I get someone who feels that women in the Bible were downtrodden. I also know someone who is Jewish and she tells me that men are to reverence and care for the women in their lives and God will be most distressed with them for not doing so when judgment comes. Keeping a woman down is something that is a perversion and is not of God. Certainly Jesus had many women in his life and treated them well. After all the Sumerian woman at the well was the first real evangelist.
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buffypuff
True Blue Farmgirl
1183 Posts
Claudia
Deer Park
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2011 : 09:50:02 AM
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May I ask for your prayers for a dear friend's great nephew. She and her church has prayed many times for those requests made by our farm girls. I know that Nola would appreciate it. Here is her request. "Our 14-month old great-nephew Easton Zentz is in Children's Hospital in Tacoma with E-coli infection. He has not improved and his kidney count is down. Thank you for joining us in prayer."
Thank you ladies.
Buffypuff/ Claudia ~ Farmgirl Sister #870 @}~~
"God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves." DL Moody
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
1222 Posts |
Posted - Oct 26 2011 : 10:03:36 AM
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Asking our great Father and our healer with the power that raised Jesus from the dead to touch that little child and heal him.
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2011 : 6:51:18 PM
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| Nini is every thing ok out your way? Hey guys guess what? We hosted the church hayride at our place and had around 100 people show up. We had a great time. Live band, horseback riding, tug o war, volley ball ,pin the tail on the donkey for the little ones, horse shoes autograph bingo and of course the hay ride, bon fire and lots of food. It was good fellowship. They respected our home and threw trash in cans and not on ground and helped put away tables and chairs afterward. Its so good when Gods people can get together and just have fun. |
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
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Posted - Oct 28 2011 : 07:34:49 AM
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Glad you had a good time. It is good when we all fellowship.
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Oct 28 2011 : 08:43:56 AM
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So today on facebook, I saw one of those inspirational posters that said:
"I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions."
It immediately brought to my mind:
Psalm 139: 13-18
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you…Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
I'm sure the person that wrote it had no idea how true it was. We are completely flawed, and stitched together with nothing but God's good intentions.
I was just floored by the deeper truth in a simple statement
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
1222 Posts |
Posted - Oct 29 2011 : 07:53:32 AM
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Truly Jen. Without Him I have no idea where I would be and I am so grateful for Jesus' gift of salvation and the love that underlies everything thought God has for us.
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Oct 29 2011 : 3:31:33 PM
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| Kristina did you realize Thur was our 1 year anniversary for this thread? |
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
1222 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2011 : 08:27:43 AM
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Great sermon on Sun. about how life as a believer is 100% God and 100% us joining with God in living this life. God in us, us in God.
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2011 : 08:14:31 AM
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I want to share something a friend sent me (e-mail). She has been e-mailing me, and getting me through some tough times. Anyway, here is something she shared:
Mothers Never Stop Praying For Your Husbands And Children.
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.
Mothers have an unfair advantage with the Lord. In Luke 7, Jesus observed a huge funeral procession in Nain. The entire town was present.
He observed the young men and women weeping. He observed the pastors and apostles weeping. He observed the elders weeping. He observed the
fathers weeping. He observed the children weeping. He observed the sadness on people's faces.
Nothing seemed to move Him, until HE SAW THE MOTHER. The bible says He had compassion when He saw her and immediately raised her boy from the dead. (Luke 7:12-15). It was the cry of a mother that moved the Heart of God.
Still today, Mothers who cry before the Lord for their families, for their marriages, for their homes move the Heart of God. When Mothers stop
praying their families (especially their children) perish. Satan gets a foothold and starts to destroy the home, yet when they return to their rightful place
as the anchor of the home, demonic strongholds get demolished.
In Psalms 17, 36, 57, 63, and 91 God's role is likening to that of a Mother. As a Mother protects, upholds and defends her children, so does
God also protect us under the shadow of His Wings .We find refuge there and can hide there until the danger is over. A mother's role is so vital that a
father cannot get his prayers answered if he dishonours/ disrespects her (1 Peter 3:7). Because, of this favour over mothers, they are also the
most attacked persons in the home. The devil is terrified of Mothers (the powerhouse in the home). Yet the Lord has put inside Mothers grace and
resilience to overcome any situation.
Today, As the woman of the home, consider yourself blessed. Consider yourself highly favoured and consider yourself dangerous when you pray.
I urge all mothers to pass this on to mothers you know or even to future Mothers.
Be Blessed
Unknown
Farmgirl #800
http://pioneerwomanatheart.blogspot.com/
http://scrapreusedandrecycledartprojects.blogspot.com/
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9436 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2011 : 09:10:09 AM
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Profound words indeed Kristina! Thank you for the reminder. I know for myself I tend to forget that I am giving Satan a stronghold in the lives of my family when I am not on my knees for them. "A threefold cord is not easily broken" and I think that applies to the family circle. When one in a couple or one of the parents are giving Satan an opportunity by not being where they should be with the Lord then He also gets a foot in the door of the lives of our children. We must be vigilant.
Thanks for sharing that. Something to really think about today. :)
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2011 : 09:38:09 AM
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Oh, Kristina! I just love this! For me, it very much rings true.
I don't think mother's have an "unfair advantage," though - I just think God knows and understands just how important our role really is! :)
I also want to add that even though we may not have children of our own, the "mother" in us is born every time out heart is moved to mercy, grace, charity, caring and love toward any man, woman or child. She is quite alive and well in all of us at all times. We don't have to physically bring forth children to be mothers - as women, motherhood is part of our being! Throughout our lives, we are blessed to have many spiritual children - the Lord brings them to us in many ways - every single day!
So, always remember just how important and effectual your prayers are, sisters - just keep praying!
And if you ever need a prayer partner - you know to call upon me!
Hugs -
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
www.papercraftingwithnini.myctmh.com
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Cherime
True Blue Farmgirl
1222 Posts
Cherime
Wasilla
Alaska
USA
1222 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2011 : 09:46:25 AM
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Truly Kristina. One never knows. I come in to the fold after my Mom died but I know that she was always praying that I would. Better late than never.
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2011 : 3:55:37 PM
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| That was awesome! Thank you for sharing. |
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AtTheCrossroads
Farmgirl at Heart
7 Posts
Connie
TN
USA
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buffypuff
True Blue Farmgirl
1183 Posts
Claudia
Deer Park
WA
USA
1183 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2011 : 7:39:01 PM
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Amen Connie...we all are and when we are down, we need to remind ourselves of that.
Buffypuff/ Claudia ~ Farmgirl Sister #870 @}~~
"God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves." DL Moody
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