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Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 449
November 5, 2019//

Today is election day. In many states various offices will be voted on.

Here in Georgia we are not voting on Governor or Lieutenant Governor but on other things more local.

In my county of Henry and in some other counties, the sale of alcohol by the drink on Sunday is on the ballot.

These grieves my heart that we are losing the reverence for setting aside Sunday in honor to the Lord God Almighty.

I believe the word of God teaches that we should abstain from strong drink.

Proverbs 20:1 (KJV)
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 23:29-33 (KJV)
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Isaiah 5:11 (KJV)  Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

I believe the Bible teaches that strong drink impairs people’s judgement and causes them to make wrong choices.

I know I feel more strongly about this than some do but I encourage you to go out to the polls today and let your voice be heard on whatever is being voted on in your county or district.

If we want our country to continue to be for the people and by the people we must vote.

And we must pray for every election large or small. The local elections very much set the course for our children’s schools and other influential areas.

We must pray daily for our country and for our leaders eyes to be opened to truth and the foundation of the Word of God this country was founded on.

We have come a long way regarding the rights of all people, male and female.

But we have gone way away from God in the moral aspects of this country. We are murdering babies by the millions. We are filling our theaters and television screens with filth and violence. We have desired that God be removed from our schools, communities, and nation.

And look at the mess that has gotten us into.

It is only the praying children of the Most High God that is holding this nation and this earth together.

We must pray and ask God to heal our land and invade our leaders with wisdom.

And we must get out and vote in good, Godly men and women of God to guide our nation. We must vote to keep evil and bay and bring in the Glory of God.

Do I believe this can happen in this United States of America?

Absolutely!! Prayer changes things.

Pray daily for our President and his family, the Vice-President and his family, the Cabinet Members, the Senate and House of representatives, the Supreme Court Judges, the Lower Court Judges. The Governors, Lieutenant Governors, State Supreme Court and Lower Court Judges and all elected and appointed officials both local and national.

May I tell you this is the only way you will see real change!

2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
VOTE AND PRAY!!!! GOD WILL HEAR!!!!
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Father, thank you for the privilege to live in the United States of America. Thank you for the freedom to worship you we enjoy in this Great Country. I pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ in other parts of the world who are being persecuted and killed for their Faith. Strengthen them, Father God and send Angels to deliver them. Help your people in the U.S. who have such freedom to worship realize that if we do not pray and let our voices be heard we could begin to see the persecution other parts of the world are seeing. Stir each one who reads this to pray daily for our Nation. I ask it all in Jesus name.

Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 448
October 29, 2019///

Heaven is a real place for real people!

Do you believe that?

The entire human race is striving for Joy, Peace, Happiness, Success, and so much more!

Sometimes we may feel like we are on a merry-go-round. We are going and going, up and down, round and round and yet we seem to be making no progress.

Even for those who have a vital relationship with Jesus Christ, life can get hectic and out of control!

When have you ever heard someone say: “I have too much time!” or “I do not have anything to do!”?

But we are constantly saying, or hearing said, I just don’t have enough time to do all I need to do!

Non-Christians and Christian alike get caught up in the living and responsibilities of each day and we begin to think and live like there is no eternity!

“HEAVEN IS A REAL PLACE FOR A REAL PEOPLE!”

I understand that we are to live and serve the Lord God Almighty and bring His Kingdom to Earth. But this will not happen totally over all the world and all in it until the Lord Jesus is reigning for all eternity.

Sometimes we get caught up in life’s wheel going round and round, day by day and we forget that this life is swift and ………..

“HEAVEN IS A REAL PLACE FOR REAL PEOPLE!”

In heaven you will never hurry because there is no time!

You will never have pain, because your new body will be perfect!

You will have need of nothing!

You will never grieve the passing of a loved one, because there is no death there!

You will drink pure water and eat of the most delicious food ever!

But the best part is we will see Jesus face to face, and we will look on the face of the loved ones gone on before us in death. We will see the babies lost before or after birth and the Bible says about heave: “We will be known as we are Known!”

In other words, I will know you and you will know me. I will know my Mother, Dad, Sisters and all who have preceded me to this place of perfection.

Perfection? Do you ever just long for everything or maybe even a few things in your life to be perfect?

May I tell you that Heaven is a perfect place for a people made perfect and righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ!!!

May I tell you that we must never lose sight of the swiftness of life and the reality of Heaven!

When we lose sight of eternity and heaven, we tend to just flow with the worlds view of how we should live today!

If you do not see another sunrise will heaven be your home?

The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof and all that is in it! But evil abounds and we can get caught up in the race of living and lose sight of Heaven, our destination if we believe and receive Jesus Sacrifice on the Cross.

If we do not have a relationship with the Lord Jesus, all of you know where our eternity will be spent, and no one wants to live in torment and away from the Lord God almighty forever. It is your choice, but for those of us who have a relationship with Jesus, do we really believe in heaven as a real place for real people?

Does it seem like a fantasy or as something so far away we cannot comprehend it? I believe that understanding the brevity of life and the reality of heaven will guide us to live each day as Jesus lived. With compassion, love and free from worry and stress!

1 Peter 1:3-4 (KJV)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

“HEAVEN IS A REAL PLACE FOR A REAL PEOPLE!”
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Father God, creator of all that is I thank you that there is a place of perfection reserved for those who love you and receive what Jesus did on the Cross. Help each of us to take time to reflect on the fact that this earth is not our home, we are just passing through. May we understand that we must live out your priorities and your compassion in this world we are temporarily in. Forgive us when we live like this is all there is and help us to know Heaven is real! I ask this in Jesus Name! Amen

Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 447
October 22, 2019///

It seems like just yesterday that the year of 2019 began. Now we are nearing the end of October and the season of holidays and then will be rolling into the year 2020.

May I tell you that 2020 sounds so absurd to me. Where has this year and all the years before that gone.

I look back and see all the Blessings the Lord God Almighty has bestowed upon myself and my family. But I also look back and see missed opportunities and things left undone.

Time is a measurement only used here on earth. There is no time in heaven and therefore when it seems like God is slow in acting on our behalf, that is only because we are looking at time.

God deals in eternity and looks at all things fully and completely. That is why the only true security in this life is in putting our trust totally in Him.

But back to time!

I ask myself what has my motivation been this year?

How many times have I said, I will just do that later and never got it done?

How many times have I told those closest to me how much they mean to me and how much I love them?

Have I done anything toward the direction of the deepest God given desire of my heart!

We can survive each day, or we can thrive each day! It is our choice!

BUT TIME WILL PASS!!

When we spend our hours, days and weeks bearing the fruit of the spirit in our lives and reaching out to those around us, Time Will Pass!

If we spend time in depression and blaming the world and others for all our trouble, Time Will Pass!

When we pray, read the word, join ourselves with other believers, Time Will Pass!

If we never pray, honor God with our presence in church, or study the word, Time Will Pass!

Whether we exercise or not, eat right or wrong, drink, do drugs or other body harming things, Time Will Pass!

We will grow old, some will die, others will be born and all the while, Time Will Pass!

I think you get the message that TIME WILL PASS!

So, I ask you: what are you doing with the hours, days and years of your life that are swiftly passing. To stop time is impossible, but to spend our days helping and encouraging others, teaching our children, praying and learning from the word, will cause the end of our days to be filled with more delight than regrets.

As I think of all the things I would like to accomplish before the end of this 2019 year, I also remind myself that I must take the first step and then the subsequent steps will come one at a time.

However, may I tell you that in Seventy-Five years of walking this Journey of life, I have learned one thing. Serving Jesus and keeping Him first is the most important thing you can do.

Your life cannot begin to take on the wonder God planned without you first taking Jesus as your Savior and walking moment by moment with Him.

You may not have made much money nor be a household name. You may not be seen in a pulpit or on a performance stage. You may not get a trophy or win a competition, but if you have served the Lord God Faithfully and lived your life with character and integrity, you have made an impact on lives and even though you many not realize it you are laying up treasures in heaven!!

James 4:14 (KJV)
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Matthew 6:20-21 (KJV)
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Even the Billy Grahams, Martin Luther Kings, and Mother Teresa’s, pass from this life!

Does your family and those around you rise and call you blessed?

How are you spending your time?
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Father God, maker of the universe, my Abba Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I decree and declare that every person reading this will join me in dedicating ourselves to spend our time in eternally valuable things. Even as we go about our daily chores, jobs, and responsibilities, may we do so with an eternal perspective and in partnership with you, the creator of all that is. Bless each one who reads this with all spiritual and all other Blessings. Amen

Love Jesus and make difference with your time!
Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 446
October 15, 2019///

Here are the words to an old gospel song!

I am blessed. I am blessed.
Every day that I live, I am blessed.
When I wake up in the morning
and I lay my head to rest,
I am blessed. I am blessed

I write to declares to you this morning that I AM BLESSED, and YOU ARE BLESSED!!

I LOOKED UP SOME STATISTICS AND FOUND THAT:
There are 7.47 Billion people in the world and of those 3.15 Billion have no access to the Gospel!

215 Million believers in the world are persecuted for their faith!

783 Million people do not have access to clean drinking water!

Then there are the homeless, the hungry, etc.!

I AM BLESSED!

I can hear the Gospel any time of the night or day!
I AM BLESSED!

I can Worship where, when and how I choose!
I AM BLESSED!

I slept in a bed last night and was able to get up this morning!
I AM BLESSED!

I walked into my kitchen and had access to good water, food, etc.!
I AM BLESSED!

I have eyes to see the pictures on my refrigerator of my precious family and I am reminded that I AM BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE!

I can speak and I can read and write!
I AM BLESSED!

I was born into a family who taught me about Jesus!
I AM BLESSED!

Perfection in our lives is not possible but we are all Blessed more than we are conscience of!

I am breathing to walk this day in a relationship with the creator God. I live in a world that is beautiful beyond measure when I take the time to look around me!
I AM BLESSED!

I can hear the cry of a newborn baby and the laughter of a toddler!
I AM BLESSED!

My needs are met and even some of my desires!
I AM BLESSED!

What about you? May each of us take time today to just think of all the ways we are Blessed!

James 1:17 (KJV)
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
James 1:17 (MSG)
Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle.

Everything good in our life comes from God! He never changes!

I AM BLESSED, YOU ARE BLESSED, AND TODAY LET US GIVE THANKS FOR THOSE BLESSINGS!!
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Father, thank you for your blessings on each one who reads this! Forgive us when we whine and/or complain! You have Blessed us with rivers of the light of life. May we hold those we love close and may we understand your love! In Jesus name I pray! Amen!
You are Blessed!
Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 445
October 8, 2019///

Matthew 24:14 (KJV)
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Matthew 24:14 (MSG)
All during this time, the good news—the Message of the kingdom—will be preached all over the world, a witness staked out in every country. And then the end will come.

This scripture was spoken by Jesus after the disciples had asked Him when the things He talked about would come. He had been teaching about the end times.

May I first tell you that the rapture of the born-again believers in Jesus can come anytime. Jesus taught it will come as a thief in the night. We need to always be ready to be gathered up to be forever with the Lord Jesus who died for us.

After the born-again believers are taken from this earth where we have a temporary home, the great tribulation will come worse than has ever been seen. This great sorrow comes to bring the Jewish nation to the belief that Jesus is the messiah. God is faithful to the promises he made to his servant Abraham (whom the Jews are descendants of).

I have heard all my life people wondering why Jesus had not returned to rapture the church. I understand that we are now seeing things happen as never before and we are at the door of the things described as the great tribulation and therefore can expect the rapture anytime.

Look with me at that verse in Matthew 24.

Maybe, just maybe, the church of Jesus Christ has slowed His coming because of our lack of reaching the entire world with the gospel, which is the good news that changes lives and sets people free.

Maybe we, as the church of Jesus Christ, have been reluctant to send by our prayers and support those who desire to go into all the world and preach the gospel.

Maybe we as individuals in the church of Jesus Christ said no or wait to the call to go into not only other countries, but other states, cities, neighborhoods.

It is amazing when people say yes to go to other nations, and we can be part of that with our prayers and support. We can pray that the Glory of God cover the earth.

But look around or research the dark and desperate places in our own nation. There is such a need for those who are called, to say yes and go into those places as well as other nations.

Look around your neighborhoods and your workplaces as you will see opportunities to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.

You can be a missionary to the nations, locally, nationwide, and worldwide.

You can go or give and absolutely pray!!!

We must take the authority to obey the command of Jesus to His disciples, after the resurrection, as He was about to ascend to heaven.

Mark 16:15 (KJV)
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mark 16:15 (MSG)
Then he said, “Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God’s good news to one and all.

Each person must decide for themselves to accept what Jesus did on the cross, but the following verse tells us that they must hear!

Romans 10:14 (KJV)
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

Don’t think you are not a preacher. Just sharing what Jesus has done for you and what He can do for others is preaching.

May we understand the we are to spread the gospel of Jesus to the whole world.

GO, GIVE, PRAY!!
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Father, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I come to you with a grateful heart that I heard and accepted you as my personal Savior many years ago. I ask that you forgive your church for not been diligent to spread the good news to the ends of the earth by going, giving, praying. I ask you to touch each of us with the truth of what we can do to usher in the return of Jesus. May our hearts be set on you and our ears open to your call. Amen

Go and spread the good news!
Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 435
October 1, 2019///

I had a new thought on a familiar scripture. I am sharing this with you because I believe that we would do well to examine the purity of our hearts.

In Mark chapter nine Jesus took Peter, James and John with Him up to the mountain and they had the privilege of seeing Him in a glorified state.

When they came down from the mountain the other 9 disciples had a crowd gathered and were attempting with no success to cast a demonic spirit out a young man,

Although these disciples were able to cast out other demonic spirits, this time they could not.

The desperate Father begged Jesus to do something and Jesus commanded the demonic spirits to leave the boy and in an additional statement, found nowhere else in the scripture, Jesus commanded the spirits to never enter the boy again.

There is an amazing amount of truth in the ninth chapter but two things I want to point out.

FIRST: I believe that because this boy had been tormented by this demonic spirit so much, that Jesus knew he was weak and was a likely candidate for the spirit or spirits to return. Therefore, he forbade them to do so.

When we pray for spirits of any kind (unbelief, physical, mental, emotional, etc) we need to be sensitive to the need of the one we are praying for, just as Jesus was. We can command them never to return.

Then when the disciples were alone with Jesus and asked him why they could not cast this demonic spirit out, Jesus makes this statement:

JOHN 9: “THIS KIND CAN ONLY COME FORTH BY PRAYER AND FASTING!”

SECOND, and main thing that I saw in this that I wanted to share is that the 9 disciples may have been hurt and jealous that the other three got to go up on the mountain with Jesus. When we allow hurt, offense or jealousy, or envy in our hearts we lose the power that allows us to defeat the forces of hell every time.

They had cast out demonic spirits before so I believe the reason Jesus told them this kind needed prayer and fasting is that prayer and fasting would cleanse their hearts of jealousy and any impurities and prepare them to be a vessel of honor for His Power to work through.

David said in the Psalms: Cleanse me oh God and know my heart. In another scripture we are told God looks on the heart and we are told to guard our heart.

May I tell you that if we will Pray and study the word and seek the face of the Lord God Almighty, we will be ready to speak life to people and command all of the irritations and forces of hell to go back where y came from.

May I suggest we are powerless because we lack persistent prayer and cleansing of our heart.

May I suggest we are powerless because we harbor resentments, envy, jealousy, unforgiveness, and other ungodly attitudes in our hearts.

I encourage you to let the Holy Spirit search your heart and remove all the junk and fill you with the knowledge and power He wants to give, and we can change the world around us!
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Father search me and cleanse me and make me pure. I release every attitude or action that is not of you to you, to purify. Make me a vessel of Honor so that the world will see your reflection in me! In Jesus name I pray! Amen

Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 443
September 24, 2019///

We are admonished as Christians to pray for our great Country and the World. We must pray for our leaders and our freedoms.

With this in mind, I thought it fitting to share with you some portions of a C-Span video of the first meeting at the United Nations on religious freedom.

No matter what your opinion is of President Trump he made a great speech and gave a couple of startling statistics.

If you want to see the entire thing go to: http://www.c-span.org and check their videos. It was held on Sept. 24, 2019. If you have trouble finding it, you can check out Franklin Grahams face book page. He has a comment and link there about it.

Donald Trump, 9-24-2019
Today, it’s a true honor to be the first President of the United States to host a meeting at the United Nations on religious freedom. And an honor it is. It’s long overdue. And I was shocked when I was given that statistic that I would be the first. That’s very sad, in many ways. And it’s great to be with you.

THE UNITED STATES IS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT OUR RIGHTS DO NOT COME FROM GOVERNMENT, THEY COME FROM GOD, THIS IMMORTAL TRUTH IS PROCLAIMED IN OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND ENSHRINED IN OUR FIRST AMENDMENT TO OUR CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS. OUR FOUNDERS UNDERSTOOD THAT NO RIGHT IS MORE FUNDAMENTAL TO A PEACEFUL PROSPEROUS AND VIRTUOUS SOCIETY THAN THE RIGHT TO FOLLOW ONE’S RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS. REGRETTABLY, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ENJOYED BY AMERICAN CITIZENS IS RARE IN THE WORLD.

APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE WORLD POPULATION******** LIVE IN COUNTRIES WHERE RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES ARE THREATEN, RESTRICTED OR EVEN BAND.

WHEN I HEARD THAT NUMBER I SAID PLEASE GO BACK AND CHECK BECAUSE IT CAN’T POSSIBLY BE CORRECT. SADLY IT WAS. 80%.

AS WE SPEAK, JEWS, CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, BUDDHISTS, HINDUS, SIKHS, MANY OTHER PEOPLE OF FAITH ARE BEING JAILED, SANCTIONED, TORTURED AND EVEN MURDERED AT THE HANDS OF THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT SIMPLY FOR EXPRESSING THEIR DEEPLY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. SO HARD TO BELIEVE. TODAY WITH ONE CLEAR VOICE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CALLS UPON THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD TO END RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.

AS PRESIDENT, PROTECTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS ONE OF MY HIGHEST PRIORITIES AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. LAST YEAR OUR SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO HOSTED THE FIRST EVER MINISTERIAL TO ADVANCE INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND AT THIS YEAR’S MINISTERIAL, SECRETARY POMPEO ANNOUNCED PLANS TO CREATE THE INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ALLIANCE, AN ALLIANCE OF LIKE-MINDED NATIONS DEVOTED TO CONFRONTING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION ALL AROUND THE WORLD. I’VE APPOINTED A SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM, WE ARE STANDING UP FOR ALMOST 250 MILLION CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE PERSECUTED.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 11 CHRISTIANS ARE KILLED EVERY DAY FOR FOLLOWING CHRIST!

JUST THINK OF THIS, 11 CHRISTIANS A DAY FOR FOLLOWING THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST, WHO WOULD EVEN THINK THAT’S POSSIBLE?

IN RECENT TIMES THE WORLD HAS ALSO WITNESSED DEVASTATING ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN SACRED PLACES OF WORSHIP. IN 2016 AN 85-YEAR-OLD CATHOLIC PRIEST WAS VICIOUSLY KILLED WHILE CELEBRATING MASS IN NORMANDY, FRANCE. THE PAST YEAR THE UNITED STATES ENDURED HORRIFYING ANTI-SOMATIC ATTACKS AGAINST JEWISH AMERICANS AT SYNAGOGUES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND CALIFORNIA. IN MARCH, MUSLIMS PRAYING WITH THEIR FAMILIES WERE SADISTICALLY MURDERED IN NEW ZEALAND. ON EASTER SUNDAY THIS YEAR, TERRORISTS BOMBED CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN SRI LANKA, KILLING HUNDREDS OF FAITHFUL WORSHIPERS . THESE PEOPLE ATTACKS ARE A WOUND ON ALL HUMANITY.

THE UNITED STATES IS FORMING A COALITION OF U.S. BUSINESSES FOR THE PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS BEEN DONE. THIS WILL ENCOURAGE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PROTECT PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS IN THE WORKPLACE.

TOO OFTEN PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF POWER PREACH DIVERSITY WHILE SILENCING OR CENSORING THE FAITHFUL. TRUE TOLERANCE MEANS RESPECTING THE RIGHT OF ALL PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR DEEPLY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

TODAY I ASK ALL NATIONS TO JOIN US IN THIS URGENT MORAL DUTY, WE ASK THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD TO HONOR THE ETERNAL RIGHT OF EVERY PERSON TO FOLLOW THEIR CONSCIENCE AND LIVE BY THEIR FAITH AND GIVE GLORY TO GOD. THE UNITED STATES HAS A VITAL ROLE IN THIS CRITICAL MISSION.
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To conclude Me-Maw Thoughts, I ask that you join me in being diligent to pray that God’s Glory covers the earth!!!
Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 442
September 17, 2019///

A smell can make you think of home, stir your appetite, bring memories of past times both good and bad, make you relax and in the case of the smell of rotten things or filth and grim, it can make you nauseated or cause you to throw up.

We light candles, use good smelling creams, aromatherapy bath wash, and flowers to get ourselves, our homes and workspaces to smell good.

But did you realize that as a believer in Jesus Christ you give off a sweet smell to the Lord God Almighty, Creator of the Universe!!

2 Corinthians 2:15 (KJV)
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
2 Corinthians 2:15 (MSG)
Because of Christ, we give off a sweet scent rising to God, which is recognized by those on the way of salvation—an aroma redolent with life.

Just as good smells make us feel any number of amazing ways, the scripture about tells us when we are Christians, we give off an appealing sweet aroma to Father God! This sweet scent is full of life and love and fullness of joy to all around us!

In the old testament the followers of the Lord God of Heaven, burned sacrifices of bulls and goats as they worshiped. Sometimes this was done as they were asking the God of all that is for something specific as we see in Ezra 6:10.

Ezra 6:10 (KJV)
That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

But Jesus came and reconciled us to the Father and now our sacrifice is Praise to God and who He is. Our Praises come before Him as a sweet smell and He listens and is pleased. And when we are praising Him for the answers to situations and circumstances that we are in and are facing, He answers.

Hebrews 13:15 (KJV)
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Our Thanksgiving and Praise takes us right into the throne room of God and we smell wonderful to Him.

Psalm 100:4 (KJV)
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

So, think with me for a moment. If our sacrifice of Praise resulting from our close walk with Jesus, comes before the Father as a sweet-smelling aroma, what does our trying to run our own lives, our grumbling and complaining, our looking and acting like the world, and contentions with others smell like to Him?

I am of the opinion they stink, like rotten food and rotten bones and filth and manure, and all things that turn our stomach and surely turn the stomach of a Holy God!

When we Praise Him, we are recognizing that He created us, knows us, has a plan, for us and will guide us as we listen with our spirit!

When we present our needs as promises from the word and Praise Him that His word is truth and never fails, not only does He hear and understand but He opens His hands and satisfies our desires!

Psalm 145:16 (KJV)
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

Not only does He satisfy the various needs of our life here on earth, He satisfies the Spiritual needs of our hearts!!

Psalm 107:9 (KJV)
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

I encourage you to continually, as you go about all you need to do, offer a Praise, a sacrifice of Praise and watch God move mightily in your life!
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Father, in Jesus name I come. I come with Thanksgiving for salvation, my family, my friends and my church family. I thank you for the privilege to come to you with Praise and adoration because you are counselor, the mighty God, the prince of peace. I Praise you for your Joy, Lord that is my strength and I Praise you that by your stripes I am healed. I Praises you for your word that is truth and that declares you will supply all our need. Everything we need is met in you, Jesus! Amen

Jesus Loves you and I do too!!
Love, MeMaw

MeMaw Thoughts
Number 441
September 10, 2019///

Last Friday at 2:30 am I turned 75 years old.

I thank God for each of those years even though like all of you I would change some things, choices, actions.

I have witnessed many changes in those 75 years, and I want to reflect of a few of those but read until the end because I am making a point with all of this.

I have seen in my lifetime going from no Television to small black and white TV’s with three stations and a knob to change the channels to color TV’s, larger screens and a few more channels.

This has now evolved to TV’s that might cover most of a wall. Living Color shows on hundreds of stations, with many devoted to special things such as sports, news, or selling goods and services, and remote controls and even voice activation.

I have seen changes from a few banks where rich people might keep their money to thousands of banks joined together with computers and now a new generation that uses all bank cards and no cash. We have gone from having to walk into a bank to do any transaction to being able to conduct bank business on our computers and our phones.

I have seen going from no phones to a corded phone with a party line to single line corded phones to cordless phones, huge car phones that on the rich had, to cell phones that are readily available, to smart phones that you can run your life from.

Gone are the days of waiting for word from travelers, even in other parts of the world. You can communicate as your going from place to place.

I’ve seen coming about, air conditioners as the norm and automatic washers and dryers (some of you may remember washing in was tubs or wringer washers and hanging clothes on the line to dry).

I have observed the coming on the scene of refrigerators (with icemakers and water dispensers) replacing ice boxes that cooled with purchased blocks of ice. Indoor plumbing replaced out houses and vacuum cleaners and microwaves made their appearance.

But I have also seen changes to people. There are 13.7 million single parent homes in the united states. There are 2.5 million grandparents raising their grandchildren.

Suicide and mass murder are rampant, and TV and movies show filth like we could not have imagined when the movie “Gone with the wind” stirred such controversy with the word “dam” used.

The killing of the unborn and assisted suicide for the elderly have reduced the value of life to convenience and money.

Success is no longer measured in family time and helping our neighbor, but in money, possessions and positions.

Our youth are being programed by violence and teaching that anything goes.

But may I now share why I proclaimed all these changes!!

GOD, THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT IS IN IT, NEVER CHANGES!!

James 1:17 (KJV)
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Jesus was God in the flesh, and it was said of him:

Hebrews 13:8 (KJV)
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.

The word of God is still true no matter who says different. Right is right and wrong is wrong. There are no gray areas, evil is from satan and good is from the Lord God Almighty.

Receiving salvation that was paid for on the cross is still the only way to real life.

Teaching our children right and wrong and carrying them to assemble with other believers in the Creator God, is still the best way.

To do our best and serve the Lord God and each other is still the way to a Blessed and fulfilled life.

Our families, children, youth, young adults, and older are all floundering in all kinds of activities and beliefs that will only bring disappoint and despair.

Jesus is the answer, a Love of God and His Word is the answer. We have the answer as Christians and yet we many times think we must be part of the world system.

We are the light in the darkness. May our light stamp out the darkness all around us!

Matthew 5:16 (KJV)
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

GOD NEVER CHANGES: TRUTH NEVER CHANGES: TRUTH SETS US FREE:

Father, in Jesus name I come to you. Thank you that you are always the same, always loving us and always saying “Come to Me!” Amen

I love all of you with all the Love within me!!! Me-Maw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 440
September 3, 2019///

If my Mother were alive today, yesterday would have been her 112th birthday.

She passed away many years ago at age 59 but my memories of her are precious, real and sweet.

As I allow myself to go down the road of memories, my heart is full of true gratefulness for her and my dad. I praise the Lord God Almighty they showed us children that the main thing was living for and serving the Lord Jesus.

My Dad, having just turned 65, passed away later the same year that Mother did. This was difficult but because of the Legacy they had left we knew where our strength lay.

May I ask you what kind of Legacy you are leaving? Our Legacy, unlike an inheritance, is the way we live our lives and the truths we pass on to the next generation.

My Mom was not the best housekeeper but was a great cook and showed her love as she stood over a hot stove, sweat pouring and fried apple pies almost as quickly as we could devour them.

She showed her trust in God by the prayer life she lived. She could not take us on a trip to Europe but could spoon feed us soup when we were sick.

My Dad could not build or repair anything, but he could build and repair lives through the preaching of the Lord God Almighty.

My parents were grateful when we were able to purchase a small house and call it our own.

I know that as I grew up, we did not have much, but I never felt like I was deprived or short changed.

My Mom’s body was larger than it should have been and yet her hugs would send even the most devastating tears away.

My Dad was not an orator but could make the Bible come alive with his preaching, he was not an Ambassador for the U.S. but could win a grouchy neighbor over just by his kindness.

My parents were far from perfect, but they had three things we all need. They loved God and they loved their family, and they loved others. What kind of legacy did they leave?

Our family has preachers, teachers, singers, missionaries, businesspeople who love God and Family and are in California, Texas, Georgia, and on mission trips. I know that is so because of my Parents faithfulness to serve God and pray for their family and love others.

I don’t know where the legacy of serving Jesus started. I know I had grandparents who loved God. How much further back I have no idea! I do know though that you can begin a true Christian Legacy for your family no matter what is in your family’s past.

A new beginning is yours and you can set the standard of making the main thing the main thing for those who come after you.

I encourage you to think about what your family sees every day. How do you react when things go wrong or someone hurts you? Do you show your family your care and love for them by the little things you do? Are you more concerned about them knowing Jesus than them having all the world’s goods?

Ponder what legacy you are leaving!!

Psalm 34:11 (KJV)
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 4:9 (MSG)
Just make sure you stay alert. Keep close watch over yourselves. Don’t forget anything of what you’ve seen. Don’t let your heart wander off. Stay vigilant as long as you live. Teach what you’ve seen and heard to your children and grandchildren.

Psalm 103:17 (KJV)
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

Proverbs 20:7 (KJV)
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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Father, thank you for a Mom and Dad who loved you and taught us to love you. I ask that you will be that Father to those who did not have a home where Christ was lived and taught. Love them to the knowledge that they can leave the truth of Jesus Christ and his ways to their children and those around them. May we all be examples of your love to all we meet. Fill us with the purpose of showing those in our world that your way is best. May we leave the Legacy of loving you and loving each other. In Jesus name I pray. Amen

Leave a legacy of serving Jesus.
Love, MeMaw