Simply Fun

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

 

Ephesians 5:8 (NIV)
Live as children of light.

 

 

Dark is scary. It’s more fun to live in the light.

 

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Just for Fun

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

 

God is the power behind the giraffe, the monkey and the platypus . . . yes, platypus: that beaver-tailed, duck-billed, egg-laying mammal that looks like it was created out of left-over parts.

Just for the fun of it.

 

 

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Have Fun with God

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

 

 

What do you do for fun?

 

  • Commune with nature
  • Party on!
  • Find a comfy corner to relax
  • Head to the mall

Next time, invite God to come with you.

If you can’t have fun with Jesus, you have a problem:  either the wrong idea of Jesus or the wrong kind of fun.

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Safe Shelter in Paradise

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

Hawaii has been hammered: flood, volcano, earthquake. 50 inches of rain in 24 hours in Kauai. Kilauea’s eruption. Repeated earthquakes.

Where do you go when the ground shakes, the mountains explode, the air is thick and water covers the dry land?

Lord, may the people of Hawaii turn first to you. Their land may be unstable, but you, O God, are not. Be their safe shelter and solid ground. May our prayers be their umbrella, the light for their feet, their fresh breath. 

Send the help and hope they need. Bless those who respond, those who step out in faith to help.

 The first Samaritan’s Purse team has already arrived to help clean up after the flood. Read about it here.

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Unity–God’s Way

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

I confess, Lord, that when I pray for unity, I’m sometimes thinking, “Make everybody do it my way.” Instead, teach me to pray, “Let everybody–including me–do it your way.” As in, “Your will be done.”

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I Need Help

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

I’m looking for a reading specialist with ESL experience to collaborate on adult Bible studies. If you’re interested, send me a message via my contact page.

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Unity: Pray Early, Pray Often

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

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Unity for a Worthy Cause

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

Jesus prayed for our unity:

John 17:20-21 (NIV)
I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one,Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

 

We should also pray for unity. It’s for a worthy cause (“so that the world may believe“).

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Simple Unity

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

Pray for unity:

— in Christ
— with Christ
— through Christ

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Constructive Unity

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Shirlee Abbott

 

The theme for our National Day of Prayer is UNITY. What do you think? Where’s unity needed most?

 

 

  • In my family
  • In my church
  • In my community
  • All of the above

 

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