Thursday, December 3, 2015

Inexperienced Nurses Parable - by DianaDee Osborne

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PARABLE:  
Would you trust a nurse who'd never done a Practicum-- 
who got Straight A's in Knowledge, 
but never worked with patients with an experienced nurse beside him/her??  ..... 
of COURSE not... Related Q - really :)   -
WHY does it appear that 95% of church activities 
seem so   Self focused
instead of personally going outside their building walls?--

that is,  "Activity" defined as individual members DOING somethings besides coming to services; doesn't include easy things like bringing   food for baskets--  



SO WHAT ??         My personal theory: 
I think it's honest  FEAR  FROM  LACK  of  INFO & practice ... 
Like reducing fractions to the lowest common denominator (27/36 to 3/4),
if we search for the ROOT cause,
we'd find that we aren't being taught given  ACTUAL  PRACTICE
exercises on how to PRAY for Wisdom:
Oh, Sure -- there's the lazy Christians (Revelation 2 and 3 shows)...
Yet many Christians are good hearted, DEARLY love the LORD--
but are truly FEARFUL to serve, afraid of being a poor reflection of
the LORD  (2nd Corinthians 3:18)
because Churches in general aren't teaching our KEY : 
John 14:26 &                               LINK: Jesus sending Holy Spirit to teach
James 1:5 &                                LINK:  God promising wisdom IF we ask
Ephesians  6:10-end & etc:        LINK:  God describing weapons we CAN put on
                                                               (but He doesn't throw them on us)
Consider:  Jesus stayed with 12 disciples for 3 years
teaching them not just info but  giving them PRACTICE! 
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What does LORD God say ??  
God promises Wisdom & power as we reach out. 
Jeremiah 1:17, we prepare with study BUT we arise trusting God to give us Words to warn (1:16). 
Church often doesn't even teach that JESUS said to trust God for words as we share His Message & serve Him... Luke 21:15 (but read earlier verses of encouragement too!)
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2nd Corinthians 3:18   shows TWO promises of God:
If we turn to Him, seek to obey Him, trust Him,
(1) we'll grow to MORE & MORE **reflect** our Lord;  and (fantastic!)
(2) the Holy Spirit Himself WILL HELP us to grow!

                             LINK to God's wonderful promise!        2 Corin 3:18

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Ladybugs and Praying Parable - by DianaDee Osborne


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DATE of posting:        2 December 2015

PARABLE:  
Staying overnite at a friend's house, I awoke to hear heavy rainfall outside... and a "ping ping ping" right above my head. First concern that roof was leaking.

It quickly gave way to Panic! when I turned on light & saw insects rush over & start bouncing against it: In my experience, HORNETS do that.

But, hallelujah!, it was just ladybugs like many houses are being invaded with... INTRIGUING easy to see PARABLE: Stayed 2nd nite. Awoke to find perfectly CALM bugs.. gathered in small groups, still resting after I turned on *2* lights... >>

SO WHAT ??
... EVEN God's World of NATURE repeatedly shows a Peace & Comfort when we're together-- even when there's nothing our friends can do or say that actually frees us... JOY in being with others who *care* about us. And promised Power from the LORD to break thru our life chains (John 8 etc) ... and give Peace as we wait on Him (Psalm 46:10, John 16:33, all of John 14, etc).

What does LORD God say ?? 
JESUS: “For where two or three are gathered together in MY name, I AM  there in the midst of them.” -- Matthew 18:20 (& see Exodus 3:14).  God's #CHRISTMAS Promise of Jesus's #Reason for the #Season -- Luke 1:79,  "To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Exodus 3:14, easy to remember location, as the short math number for PI: And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.' ”

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Photo of ladybugs gathered without any protection but each other on a jagged hard rock. 

Source: abc17news on 20 Oct 2014, which warns of Asian Beetles: 
"... the very similar orange and black bugs that we're seeing all across the state 
in high amounts are something you definitely do NOT want to touch. These bugs can even BITE you."
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Photo of 4 joined with the One in Prayer, Source: ChurchNet USA com on Pinterest:

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