Darren

Thankful to God and our Lord Jesus ✝️ for giving me life and blessing me in the USA. Happily married father of two who trusts in God alone and His perfect will.

[Darren @RocketRidgeback]

@pudicat11 Email said the Hebrews study starts next week with no class today .

[Steve Martin (shaking the ladder) @pudicat11]

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From Pastor Mark Anderson's website
https://t.co/8L9BoTTE2s

"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."

She sat in my church study, broken and defeated by life. Nothing had seemed to go right. Several failed marriages, legal problems, estrangement from her children were some of the burdens she was carrying. And all she could do was blame herself.

For a long time she had tried to shut her eyes to the pain, the emptiness and meaningless she felt, consoling herself in a life of frantic activity and day to day busyness which the world is always more than ready to provide for that purpose.

Now, she was convinced that God was punishing her. She doubted everything except her own worries, anxieties, fear and hopelessness.

During my years in parish ministry, I knew many like her. The problems varied, of course, as did the particular circumstances of living. Some were rich, others of quite modest means. But what they held in common was a belief that God had dealt with them purely on the basis of sin and retribution. Perhaps you see something of yourself here; preoccupied with what you have done or left undone, what has been lost, uncertain, fearful, or even angry as to God.
The gospels report time and time again of the Lord welcoming into His fellowship those who had lost themselves in sin. As time went on it was these lost ones who became the greatest witnesses to His love. This association was so obvious that Jesus was called "friend of sinners" by His detractors. Although it was meant to be an accusation, the Lord owned the title. He still does.

When we look at ourselves it is easy to become preoccupied with what has been lost. And if we are honest, we are often discouraged with ourselves. When God looks at you through Christ, however, He does not see what was lost, what you have squandered or mishandled. He sees only His baptized child to whom He freely gives love, mercy, and forgiveness in Christ. These gifts of love, mercy, and forgiveness are the heart of the Gospel... and they are for you."

[H. H. H. @helgihh]

Every once in a while, a ewe will give birth to a lamb and reject it. If the lamb is returned to the ewe, the mother may even kick the poor animal away. Once a ewe rejects one of her lambs, she will never change her mind.

These little lambs will hang their heads so low that it looks like something is wrong with its neck. Their spirit is broken. These lambs are called “bummer lambs.”

Unless the shepherd intervenes, that lamb will die, rejected and alone. So, do you know what the shepherd does? He takes that rejected little one into his home, hand-feeds it and keep it warm by the fire. He will wrap it up with blankets and hold it to his chest so the bummer can hear his heartbeat.

Once the lamb is strong enough, the shepherd will place it back in the field with the rest of the flock. But that sheep never forgets how the shepherd cared for him when his mother rejected him.

When the shepherd calls for the flock, guess who runs to him first? That is right, the bummer sheep. He knows his voice intimately. It is not that the bummer lamb is loved more, it just knows intimately the one who loves it.

So many of us are bummer lambs, rejected and broken. But He is the good Shepherd. He cares for our every need and holds us close to His heart so we can hear His heart beat. We may be broken but we are deeply loved by the Shepherd.

[Steve Martin (shaking the ladder) @pudicat11]

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If you're sad.
If you're lonely.
If you're estranged from loved ones.
If life seems overwhelming & hopeless..

Jesus is very close to you.
He has a very soft spot in His heart for the broken-hearted.

[Connie Stooksbury @ConnieStooksbu2]

For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:6

[Ꮗa̷̫̝̖̽̈̓̋ͅყᴎe̴̡̝̼̯̾̉͗̀͒͛̍̈́ _永 @Wayne_Yong_]

"Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling & to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, & authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time & now & for all eternity. Amen." Jude 1:24-25

[Darren @RocketRidgeback]

@pudicat11 @D_B_Harrison Amen

1 Cor 1: 29-31

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

[Angelmom337 @Angelmom337]

Happy Monday Twitter family

[KJV ✝️🇬🇧 @KJVBaptist193]

#VerseOfTheDay for Sunday, October 1, 2023
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“To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”
Jude 1:25 (KJV)

[Steve Martin (shaking the ladder) @pudicat11]

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On Tues. Aug 22, Pastor Mark will start a new Zoom Bible study in the Book of Galatians.
Tues nights at 6p Pacific time & Saturdays at 11a Pacific.
He does a great job in Galatians.
Go here for the links at the start of each session
https://t.co/ONKI8sQC2s

[Teresa @Teresa42254207]

His Will be Done,

[Connie Stooksbury @ConnieStooksbu2]

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, in God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere men do to me?
Psalm 56:3-4

[Ꮗa̷̫̝̖̽̈̓̋ͅყᴎe̴̡̝̼̯̾̉͗̀͒͛̍̈́ _永 @Wayne_Yong_]

"Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy, because of Your truth." Psalm 115:1

[Melissa A. McLaughlin @MMcLaughlinsong]

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Psalm 18:46

[Ꮗa̷̫̝̖̽̈̓̋ͅყᴎe̴̡̝̼̯̾̉͗̀͒͛̍̈́ _永 @Wayne_Yong_]

"Before Me there was no God formed, and there will be none after Me. I, only I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior besides Me." Isaiah 43:10-11

[Immortal Tessy @TheresaArueyin1]

There is salvation in no one else under all heaven, there is no other name for men to call upon to save them except the name of JESUS!

Acts 4:12