Friday, January 18, 2008

Bible Verses

What a faithful God has me...

I will proclaim the name of the LORD.
Oh, praise the greatness of our God!

He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.

A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.

Deuteronomy 32:3,4 NIV

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He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

1 Corinthians 1:8,9 NIV

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May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:23,24 NIV

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In thy steadfast love spare my life,
that I may keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

For ever, O LORD, thy word is
firmly fixed in the heavens.

Thy faithfulness endures to all generations;
thou hast established the earth, and it stands fast.

Psalm 119:88-90 RSV

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Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith
that saves is faith in Him.

The Difference Between Need and Want

What is the difference between a need and a want?

A need facilitates something.

The object of need is like the road to your destination.
There are also different levels of needs.

For example, we need air more than we need clothes,
and we need a heart more than we need a hand.

Our greatest need is God because he is the source
(facilitator) of all good things.

A want, in essence, does not affect the course.
It simply makes the journey more enjoyable.

~A MountainWings Original, Coyette Clunie, Jamaica W.I.~

Whispering Hope

Good morning guys!! here is a story for you!! advance happy weekend!!

"Thank you." That was the name of the MountainWings I found in
my box.

Let me explain. For four years, my dad and I had gone our
separate ways. Then one night my son called me, and said, "Mom,
sit down. Now this is one time I am going to tell you what to
do, and you're going to listen to me, and do what I say."
(He is 25 so he can get away with that now.)

"Mom, your dad is sick. He has cancer and it does not look
good. It is all through his body, and it's just a matter of
months. I want you to call your Dad, and make amends, and I want
you to do it right now."

I spent 24 hours in prayer, because my Mom is a good example
of "mommy dearest." I wasn't sure I could take her destruction
in my life again. But God showed me I can do all things
through Christ who gives me strength.

I called my father the next evening and I had about a week
with him. Actually, about three days.

One Saturday, my husband and I had stopped by to do something
for my mother and she asked me to play the old pump organ that
I used to play when I was a child. It was my father's mother's.
He used to play it when we were growing up.

I sat there and tried to think of something to play. I pulled
out all the stops, started pumping up the billows with air,
and played the one song he used to play for us when we were
kids, "Whispering Hope."

When I finished, I walked into his bedroom and saw the biggest
smile on his face. He was rocking his head back and forth to
the music, and his face had a smile from ear to ear.

When he realized I was standing beside his bed, I whispered in
his ear, trying not to cry, "See Dad, I remembered. I love you
and thank you." As he looked at me again, not quite sure who I
was, and his smile faded.

He died that night.

And your thank you - it came when I needed it the most for it
was my chance to hear his voice once again, and through all
the tears that were coming from my face, I told him, "Daddy,
you're welcome."

I got to usher my Dad home.

Thank you MountainWings. I have been dealing with many
regrets. And your "Thank You" was my miracle this season.

~A MountainWings Original by Cathy Divine, Pipe Creek, Texas~

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Everything you never knew about....Man's Best Friend

I watched a movie last night with friends entitled UNDERDOG by Walt Disney Production. That was a good movie especially for kids. It has a moral value about friendship and family. It's really worth watching for.

It happened that yesterday I also read an article in the Enquirer magazine about Man's Best Friend, the Dogs.

I love animals. Back in the Philippines, I have three dogs. Since the other one gave birth to five dogs, I supposed to have 8 dogs now. My brother gave away 2 dogs so I have now 6 dogs. They are supposed to gave away four newly birth dogs, but my husband said that he wanted to keep three.

Back to this article which I read yesterday, it's really quite interesting. For dog lovers here are some information about Man's Best Friend.

Are most dogs right-pawed or do they favor their left paw? Which pooches bark the most? Which breeds are the brightest? Augustus Brown's fascinating new book, "Play It Again, Tom"- tells you everything you never knew about man's best friend.

Male dogs tend to be left-pawed, which females favor their front right paw.

Dogs prefer Bach to Britney. A study looked at the way hundreds of distressed rescue dogs reacted to different kind of music: Spears did nothing to calm them, heavy metal and grunge music made the dogs even more agitated. They relaxed and enjoyed themselves most when they heard classical music-Bach, in particular.

The ten brightest breeds of dog- ranked according to their ability to learn and follow commands are:
1) Border Collie; 2) poodle; 3)German shepherd; 4)golden retriever; 5)Doberman pinscher; 6)Shetland sheepdog; 7)Labrador retriever; 8) papillon; 9) Rottweiler 10) Australian cattle dog.

Dogs can smell human fingerprints that are a week old. Their noses are so sensitive they can even smell electricity.

A dog's barks last, on average, for 0.2 seconds each. A beagle- one of the "barkingest" breeds- was once recorded barking 907 times in 10 minutes. Some dogs are more likely than others to be guilty of excessive barking. Highest ranking breeds: Yorkshire terrier, Cairn terrier, miniature schnauzer, West Highland white terrier, fox terrier and beagle.

Dogs can tell the time. During his famous experiments, the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov trained dog to expect to receive food every half-hour. But when he failed to give them anything, they still started salivating after about 30 minutes.

Contrary to the familiar saying, old dogs CAN learn new tricks- provided they are following a healthy lifestyle. A study discovered that when elderly beagles were fed well and exercised regularly, they were able to learn a whole range of new tasks.

DOGS ARE NOT COLORBLIND. But they don't see the range of colors other species, such as humans, do. Their world is predominantly made up of yellows and blues.

A dog has 40 times more of its brain devoted to smell than we do. Its sense of smell is believed to be 100,000 times better than a human's. That is the equivalent of smelling one bad apple in two billion barrels.

Dogs can detect odors that are up to 40 feet underground. They have been used to detect leaky gas pipes and termite infestations.

They are able to hear sounds 250 yards away that a human would only detect at 25 yards.

Dogs sweat through their feet. This is why, during hot weather, they leave damp patches where they have been standing.

The oldest dog on record was an Australian cattle dog called Bluey. He was put to sleep at the age of 29 years and 5 months.

Bible Verses

Meditation

Wait on the LORD (NASB)

The LORD is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the defense of my life;
Whom shall I dread?

Teach me Your way, O LORD,
And lead me in a level path
Because of my foes.

Do not deliver me over to
the desire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.

I would have despaired unless I had believed
that I would see the goodness of the LORD
In the land of the living.

Wait for the LORD;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the LORD.

Psalm 27:1, 11-14 (NASB)

Bible Verses

The LORD is our refuge

Faithful is He Who called you!

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The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.

Those who know your name will trust in you,
for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 9:9,10 NIV

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Nevertheless my lovingkindness
will I not utterly take from him,
nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

My covenant will I not break,
nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Psalm 89:33,34 KJV

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The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!

2 Peter 3:9-12 NASB

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Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith
that saves is faith in Him.

So Much

Good morning everyone!!! just happened to read this in my inbox...Perhaps this might be true to some of us!! Wish everyone a great day!!

There is so much good in the worst of us,
and so much bad in the best of us,
that it hardly becomes any one of us
to talk about the rest of us.


~Author Unknown~

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