@DevotionalTreasures encouraging is super easy to do! There's so much to easily encourage you about!!!
@DevotionalTreasures just another piece of utterly brilliant penmanship and Holy Spirit intervention through a humble man I've come to call my friend and brother
Are we filtering out impurities from our lives each day?
https://devotionaltreasure.wordpress.com/2021/12/18/filtering-out-impurities/?preview=true
i just read a Facebook post from "UK Government"
ok, yes it was about a mass vaccination event at Wembley Stadium, so some clever person said 'help give covid the boot' in reference to Wembley
but, the vaccine can't be booted away
it can't stop transmission or slow or reduce spreading it
it can't stop you dying
however, it "may" help prevent you suffering badly or for less time, but plenty of people still, sadly, die from covid, even with jabs
but it won't stop you spreading or catching or suffering from covid. and it won't get rid of covid
i'm not anti-vax. i'm so definitely not against medical help (i'm on 3 daily meds to keep me alive)
but i'm utterly fed up of the polarising lies about what the vaccine will do
i'd say this on facebook, but, honestly, why bother
i've not posted like this before. but i truly hate misinformation - where was the fact check warning on that post?!?
grr
i'm off for a hot chocolate
Andy B
@TakeN Awesome...really simple, yet not
@Olamide got to do something with the lack of passion from the singers lol
good on her
@sinbach it's certainly very easy to go for the comfy option
it's all too east to place our reliance on unbiblical approaches like 'use your common sense'
because while God gives us minds to think through problems. He also desires us to 'trust and obey' and our own thinking can get in the way of that all too easily
the narrow path is dangerous, yet exciting...do we want danger? Or comfort?
this thought just popped into my head
when I was walking up a steep hill one day, someone told me to stop looking up. because it can be quite psychologically demotivating to see how much further you have to go
and i'm sure that is a very sensible thing while walking up a hill
but there are two issues with that as a Christian
if we look at our feet, we won't know where we're going.
or, to put that one another way - and far more importantly - we won't see WHO we're going towards
because Christianity isn't just a journey to a destination
it's a journey to a person; to a 'Him'
also, if we only ever look down at our feet, we won't be enjoying the journey we are on
just a mini thought that popped into my head which i thought i'd share with my DingDash family
let's look up to our guide, who already know the twists and turns of the journey ahead
@faith20 Amen!
He will guard the feet of His saints,
But the wicked shall be silent in darkness.
“For by strength no man shall prevail.
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces;
From heaven He will thunder against them.
The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.
“He will give strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed.”
I Samuel 2:9-10 NKJV
@Olamide he speaks even faster than me, but still makes lots of sense
@faith20 oh it was certainly a Praise God moment!!
First solo drive today 🙂
I'm taking Jo to work today, so I'll be on my own, doing my thing, for the very first time
I think it helped that, yesterday, I received a phone call from the hospital anti-coagulation unit, checking on how I was doing at 3 weeks since starting the blood thinners, and to see if I had any concerns etc
I got the same advice from that sweet lady, once again - it'll be in your mind, but don't let is still you just getting on with your life
Folks, don't underestimate the power of a text, email, phone call to check up on someone...even of you're laid to do it!
That call gave me a very much needed boost to push myself even harder towards recovery 🙂
Oh yeah. Theady who called asked me if the there was any intention of "them doing something about sorting out the underlying heart issue?"
Mad me chuckle...I sure hope so!! Was my reply
Just need to move house first
Andy B
Cooked on my own for the family last night...well Nathan chopped the veg to save me having that risk - but felt good, and my legs had enough to stand for a long time
I've tried it a couple of times but always had to abandon the kitchen so somebody else could cook as I couldn't stand up long enough without my legs getting wobbly
So, another step towards recovery ticked off
AND I went for my first brisk walk since October
I've discovered 2 things.
My meds cocktail makes me get much hotter than before when exercising.
And it takes a lot of effort to make my heart beat faster...I carried bags, up a hill, walking fast - and only got up to 102 BPM (so the heart beat slowing beta blockers are doing their thing!)
Covid seems a long way back now, as does the lung infection. My trip to hospital doesn't seem far enough behind me, yet!
But I AM getting there!
Andy B
“You are the light of the world!” (Matthew 5:14)
We often fail to appreciate how significant this statement is. Jesus calls His followers “the Light of the world.”
What chance does the world have to come out of darkness and into light without the Church? None.
Or as Paul questioned:
“How will they hear without a preacher?”
Answer: They won’t.
If the Church isn’t in revival, the world is descending into hell.
What a good day it is to be filled with the Holy Spirt! Our sanctification is the world’s salvation.
Lord, renew in us today, a steadfast and willing Spirit. By Your power, let us fulfill our calling to be the light of the world today. In Jesus’ name.
@Olamide @tanjaostman @bethany @MaryMamuzich @Cherishingsparrows2020 Praise God for answered prayer! wow - thanks for sharing bruv
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