BE BLESSED
Today’s Reading: 2 Samuel 2
Click scripture link to read online or HERE to listen online (then click the symbol of the audio speaker above the scripture portion).
Beit She’an from the top of the tel mound. The most ancient area of the city, where Saul’s body was taken from the wall by the men of Jabesh Gilead, is under the mound. From antiquity to the present can be seen in this photograph.
GOOGLE MAPS – To see where the photo was taken, click HERE.
Key Verse: 2 Samuel 2:5
So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “You are blessed of the Lord, for you have shown this kindness to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him…”
PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Lord God, thank You for the people You’ve placed in my life. Help me to always express my appreciation for them, never taking them for granted. Most of all, I’m determined to show my appreciation to You, Jesus, by thanking You for the ultimate favour to me: Your death, resurrection, and constant care. THANK YOU, JESUS! AMEN!
100 PERSONAL WORDS:
My heart is filled with gratitude to God and to all those who faithfully pray for me and who support ministry in Jesus’ Name all over the world. During 2010 and 2011, I had the privilege to travel to 180 cities, towns, and villages across Canada to say “Thank You” to as many people as I could find who had supported the Crossroads/100 Huntley Street ministry throughout the years. Norma-Jean and I, along with the ministry team, and particularly all who’ve given their lives to Christ for many years now, say “Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!” Thank You for the past, present and future. I’ve just remembered that I promised yesterday to tell another story from Uganda.
It was just before Christmas, 26 years ago, President Museveni of Uganda had just assumed office and was determined to reverse the curse of the Idi Amin years. God put it on my heart to ask our viewers to send in a small Christmas gift for the orphans of Uganda. Canada did not have diplomatic representation from Uganda, so I called the Ugandan ambassador in Washington D.C. and asked if I could use the address of his embassy to which people could send these gifts, telling him we would pick them up just before Christmas and send them to Uganda. He said, “Yes.” One week later, he called to say that so many gifts had arrived that he could hardly get into his embassy because of them. The American Air Force volunteered a C-130 cargo plane to take the gifts to Entebbe. President and Mrs. Museveni arranged for the gifts to be taken to the TV station where, on Christmas Day, for five hours live, they distributed the gifts to thousands of the children who had been orphaned by Idi Amin’s atrocities and by the scourge of AIDS. On live TV, the President blessed “those Canadians who brought Christmas back to Uganda.” He also thanked the Americans for their help in the transportation of the gifts.
Yours for blessing others!
David
Ugandan children. How can we not do our best to bless them? My son and daughter-in-law, Reynold and Kathy, are now living in Uganda where their ministry, “World Embrace,” is sponsoring a unity movement among the church leaders. Please pray for the success of their mission.
David’s prayers have brought comfort, strength, ans wisdom to so many. May this this one keep on doing so.
From Psalm 116:
I believed in you, so I said,
“I am deeply troubled, Lord.”
In my anxiety I cried out to you,
“These people are all liars!”
What can I offer the Lord
for all he has done for me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and praise the Lord’s name for saving me.
I will keep my promises to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
The Lord cares deeply
when his loved ones die.
O Lord, I am your servant;
yes, I am your servant, born into your household;
you have freed me from my chains.
I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call on the name of the Lord.
I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people—
in the house of the Lord
in the heart of Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!
Amen.
Amen to David’s prayer…..”what can I offer for all He has done for me”. He has said that He is with us always. So comforting to remember that. Blessings all today and, especially, to Reynold and Cathy in Uganda. May their ministry be blessed and protected, and may God’s Perfect Will take over. Bless this couple, Lord, with Wisdom, health, and, strength. Amen & amen.
Amen,Doreen.Blessings
Doreen, joining you in prayer for Reynold and
Cathy’s Ministry in Uganda, “world Embrace”.
May God bless them continually with success
as they labour for the Lord, in Jesus’ Great Name, Amen.
Wishing everyone a blessed Easter as we remember Jesus’ death on the cross and resurrection to save us from sin.
Amen Joyce
Amen well said Doreen🤗
“Lord God, thank You for the people You’ve placed in my life. Help me to always express my appreciation for them, never taking them for granted (and thank you for the great teaching and mentoring from years of ‘participating’ in 100 Words and for David Mainse’ leading me/us.). Most of all, I’m determined to show my appreciation to You, Jesus, by thanking You for the ultimate favour to me: Your death, resurrection, and constant care. THANK YOU, JESUS! AMEN!”
In parentheses I have added an important amendment in borrowing David’s prayer.I also wish to express my thanks to Ron for carrying on his father’s ministry.May God bless
Spread The Fire (4 David Mainse)
Though you have walked many oceans
And spread My word to many nations,
I saw in you and your devotions
A servant of joyous exhalations.
You have not asked for earthly wealth,
But just to be my most humble voice
And when adversity was kept in stealth
You still worshipped Me out of free choice.
So out of free choice I give you
More time upon the stage of learning,
Whereby My word you show to be true
And spread the fire that’s forever burning.
G W(Bill) Marshall / 01 February, 2014
(Lol,there were no comments when I began to post this.May God bless)
Amen to your prayer and poem William.
May God bless and keep you in His Care, Amen.