Prayer or Worship???

Prayer or Worship??? In the math sense it is both / either...
Like Paul noted: Seek  the  best gifts, and which would that be? He never said. But actually He did say, the best gift is the one that is needed at the time. The same is true of true Temple Worship/ Prayer: What ever is needed at the time. As the cycle of life in the Book of Judges pictures, Life is a  cycle of both extremes, times of great triumph and times of despair. After triumph Worship is the thing. Really it is only experienced in truth after a victory. Prayer is needed when the world we have made is crashing all around us. When we are up we worship. When we are down we pray. The secret to on going success is to worship in faith when the sky  is dark, and pray in faith knowing that even the triumph does not for ever last. By merging the two an even and moderated life will emerge when the highs are not too high nor the lows too low.

Home Haiku

Our pastor has been speaking on the subject HOME

It's good to be home
among friends and family,
It' been a long time!

Haiku Proverbs

Haiku Friend

I call you friend;
Friend knows more than  a servant,
All have I told you!

Words of Jesus!

Haiku African Proverb

When you find yourself
In a  hole, Stop digging Now!
Relief can then come!

Haiku on Power

To be mighty, One
Only to be mightier,
Than all other ones!

Haiku Desperation

A most dangerous
is an idea when it
Is all that you have!

Experiencing God Haiku

God speaks with his word;
He finds people to talk to;
He speaks with his friends!

I will be a friend,
To hear what He has to Say,
And to learn from Him!

How do I feel

I treasure his presence,
The time we spend together;
More than his presents.

From my pastors words.

Splash your bucket - Haiku

What fills your bucket
Will splash out when you get bumped;

So fill it with God's Word.

Essentials of the Faith

Our life
We proclaim HIM now;
Christ crucified, Now Risen!
To Know him is LIFE!

Our  Consciousness 
Time in the present,
Presence of God is the Gift
Of God, The Most High!

Our Endeavor
Practicing the Presence 
of God  is my hearts Prayer;
Awake or Asleep!

Our Mission
What preceeds a vision?
Sanctified Discontentment;
Something is not RIGHT!


And what you decide
to do about it...Vision!
Seek Discontentment!

Haiku very old Wisdon
Leadership

Effective Leaders
Not based on being clever;
being consistant
By Dr. John C. Maxwell, Developing The Leader Within You!

Pain

Christainity
A great thing about our faith;
Our Faith Deals with PAIN!

Pain in Prespective

My pain is nothing,
Good pain is the price for growth
Bad pain; Injury.

Know the difference,
With the one you convalesce,
With the other, Praise!

James One says that trials
And pain yield maturity;
So count it all JOY!

Appreciation

To you who served all
We appreciate your love;
Felt through your hands!
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Haiku Endurance

Haiku Endurance

Blessed to endureTemptation:
for when He's tried,
He receives the CROWN!

The Lord has promised
Life as a Crown when you Love
The One who gives LIFE!

Temptation

Let No tempted man;
Say God tempted Me to sin!
God won't tempt or sin!

Each man is tempted;
enticed by his own desire,
Thereby does he sin.

When desire concieves
It brings forth sin, when finished;
Sin then brings forth  DEATH!

Drive Haiku

Purpose

Your life has purpose
So wilderness has purpose,
And Joys have purpose.

God isn't finished
To say that it is finished 
Does not say you are.

The crusty old worm
brings forth a new butterfly
to rise to new heights

So in your cocoon,
Do not forsake all your hopes;
Hold on to God!

Choices

What you yoke with now, 
You partake of as days go, 
And that you become! 

It'll do

It'll do motel
It is not all it could be,
But will do for now!

The gift of the Test

The tests come to all;
Prosperity tries the heart,
Lack can lean the soul.

Both a gift for God;
To fire the Idols we make,
Shake what will not stand.

To teach each one Truth;
That which gives life to remain,
Shows love never fails.

Witnesses

In all God and devil
Witness what choices you make,
Whose flag will you hold?

If you would choose God,
His new life will build you up,
Else devil destroys!

Also a great Host, 
Cheers you to your victory; 
Makes their work complete.

Angels here to help,
Supernatural wonders, 
Lest you hurt your foot.

People of the land;
Watch the choices that you make, 
To find a path too!

Demons know God's plan,
See the grace in all your life, 
Regret choices made!

The Messiah stands, 
At right hand of God to plead, 
at your every turn.

So make your choices well,
So all may see God in you; 
Glory to the King!

Sabboth

Rest and Be Thankful,
Your Sabbath Rest is today;
So, enjoy your Peace!

CONTENTMENT

Daily contentment;
It is the wealth of the JUST;
Given away; Saved!

Haiku Revival

Haiku Revival

Psalms 80:18

Interpreted through Haiku

Revive us again,
That we may call upon you,
With our whole Hearts then!

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Who is ready for God? What ever does he look like
What ever does he look like?
Look at this mirror

Overwhelming need...
Need to make peace with His God;
Nothing satisfies

A person all ready, 
to surrender heart to God;
Nothing else has worked!

Give up their control
Release the claims on others;
The need to be right!

Replace self, strong will,
With concern for others lives.
Not have their own way

Glad for other's wins,
Enjoy the other person's
Success, Eminence!

On the other hand;                                 

Revival is slow,
to those who are to show floks
all that they do know

Revival is slow, 
To persons always striving
What to do for God!

On Balance;                                 

God Looks for Faithful
Ones not concern for themselves;
But risk getting close.

He resists the one
Who only lives self-centered,
Or puts others off!

Broken confess sin
Grieve over deep rooted hurts
Sorrow for all sin!

Some confess surface
Acts when ever theyget caught,
Sorrow for results!

They see circumstances
Culprit of all their distress;
Wanting to look good!

In conclusion;                                 

Who are you to tell? 
Which one you may be?
On surface or heart!

Ask God for your help;
To change your heart to be new;
Find revival true!

Prayer:                                 

Lord, Change me today,
Make my broker heart anew
Revival begin!

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There thoughts were taken
from a message by Joni
Jonieandfriends.org

The Blessing of His Presence

Harken to my word,
Blessed shall you be going in;
Bless you going out.

Battle going out,
Blessed one wins, takes away spoil;
Blessed never looses.

Blessed when comming in,
Sanctuary His presence,
Is fullness of Joy!

You win much, without
Sorrow adding to your wealth;
Free to give at times!

Forgiveness

Haiku Forgiveness

I saw one who could
not forgive the very great Hurt;
Judged it by effect!

For them selves judged by
motive always pure and true;
others by effect.

This  double standard
never noticed in their mind;
made life difficult!

If the scripture said
forgive to be forgiven
some excuse be made

To allow the sin
to be dropped, overlooked;
Remission given.

The forgiver
discovers himself is the
one who is set free!

Maturity

Maturity Haiku

Many Questions Asked
about how things should be;
Answers not given!

Like the day when I
looked down for the puppets feet;
Or saw a clown close,

The picture that I had ,
Did not fit with my real life;
Answers not given.

Who was I to ask
That they would not laugh at me;
Yet many questions!

What to do with pain
Expectations not fulfilled,
What am I to do?

Where do I go now,
What does the future now hold;
Puppets with no legs!

Turn your face to God,
Some one told me to cry out;
His ears would hear me!

Could it be the truth?
I thought with hope to find out;
If it could be true!

Do I trust again?
Could this God be real, and near;
Would he be able?

Would He even care?
With so many on his mind?
My world with no legs!

Turn to Him I did,
On the hope that He might Help;
To see what might be!

He opened Bible,
Answers my questions given;
Great Peace to my mind!

Love, Joy in my heart,
Questions all answer, given;
Acceptance now felt!

Puppets not alive,
Ears, but could not hear my cry,
Clowns all now make believe!

Only God is real
With ears to hear my out cry;
With justice for all!

The Disciple

Open heart and mind,
Hear voice of Holy Spirit;
To do as He says!

Bible Themes Haiku

Bible Themes Haiku

Bible themes present
Faithfulness, Love Justice too,
Judgment and mercy!

Faithfulness through out
Always there to answer cries,
Give relief needed!

Love from one who is,
His being always the same;
Presence defines Love!

Justice, Holiness;
Seeing each with fairness true,
Doing what is Right!

Judgment, acting on
Needs that are presented full;
He acts Finally!

Mercy always first,
Exalts over all judgment;
Winning over hearts!

These five traits of God,
Pervades all things that He does;
Defining His work

God remains abundant,
In all that he says and does;
Solid as a rock!

Put your Trust in God Haiku

Put your Trust in God

Perhaps situation
or difficulty you face;
Your struggle with God.

To believe that God
Will work things out - miracle;
Your struggle with God!

If this your picture
I ask you today take steps;
Small or Large trust God.

His Sovereign Will
His Perfect Will - work things out;
Put your trust in God!





By Wes G.

How great is our God

How great is our God,
His goodness beyond compare.
He is near to all!

By Wes G.

Your Faith Journey Haiku

Your Faith Journey

Obtain a notebook;
to record your thoughts of heart;
Your Journey with God.

You can save your thoughts
Later see how you grew;
In your faith journey!





By Wes G.

Courage

Courage Haiku

Courage in the face

of trial is rewarded

By a faithful God!


By Wes G.

Dog tails Haiku

Dog tails

Every dog has a tail,

If you don't know the species

but discern the tail!

Every dog has a tail,

to discern dog see tail,

Then be good at tails.

Every dog has a tail
Predict a dog is easy;
If you know the tail!

By Wes G.

A day for Love

A day for Love

A day for some Love

A Peaceful day all day long;

A day for some fun!


By Wes G.

Hard times

Hard times

Hard times are good

Not for the pain they bring, but for

Hearts they make clean

Steel is proven by test

Hearts are proven by trials,

Character by pain!

So use your trials

A better one you'll be,

When in the green again!

By Wes G.

What is a haiku?

Seventeen syllables

Does a haiku present;

beauty, simply, Peace!

five first line and then

seven on the second one

five on the third

simple things pictured

flowers, some nature, and life;

leaving sense of peace.

Friends

it's not the friends made;
it's what you still have years later,
that count in this life!

Givers never Mooch,
Moochers never give at all;
So pick friends Wisely!

Job 16:20 All My friends scorn me:
mine eye pours out tears to God.
He comforts my soul

Job 17:5 He that speaks flattery
to his friends, the eyes of his
children shall fail them.

Job 19:14 My kinsfolk have failed,
my close friends have forgotten
But the Lord fails not....

Job 19:19 All my close friends hate:
even those whom I loved are turned ;
The Lord is faithful!

Job 19:21 Have pity upon me,
have pity upon me, my friends;
The Lord's hand's on me.

Job 32:3 God's wrath was kindled,
having no answer condemned;
Job having no fault!
Job 42:7 After that the LORD spoke
My wrath against you, and them:
Your heart is not right!

Job 42:10 Job's ill LORD turned
when he prayed for his three friends:
LORD doubled Job wealth!

Ps 38:11 My lovers and friends
stand afar from my illness
kinsmen shun me too!.

Ps 38:15 For in you, O LORD,
do I hope: that you will hear,
O my Lord my God.

Haiku for wayward Soul

Continue this way,
Things won't go well with you;
So turn back to God

Going on this way
can not be a way of Peace;
So turn back to God

You do know better,
You were taught the truth at home;
So turn back to God

Some hearts turn easy,
Others only with near death;
So turn back to God

You say you have Choice,
To do anything you wish;
So turn back to God

But choices bring pain
when not along God's true word;
So turn back to God

The path of Great Life,
can be found only in Him
So turn back to God

believer not doubt

I'm a believer not a doubter

I'm a believer

not a doubter to hear Him;

I trust in God.

Broken:
I had a whole heart,
But then sin was found in me,
The blood restores me.

How great is our God

How great is our God,

His goodness beyond compare.

He is near to all!

Various Gifts

Mercy Compassion

Mercy compassion
Share from the heart completely
Bearing others pain

Faith

Faith to move Mountain
Worketh much for an elder
Bring about great change

One word

Great One efficient
With one word, "Let there be Light!"
All this came to be...

Hospitality

Hospitality
To open a home for fun,
Your heart to be healed

Administrator

Administrator
To put in order all things,
With no discord seen.

Appreciate

Appreciate
To someone special like you
To encourage you

Service

We come when needed
You just say what to do;
We do what you say!

Giving

Giving in secret
Great anger to put away;
Bring Fellowship anew!

The greatest Gift

Desire the greatest gift
What gift is the greatest gift?
The gift most in need...

The Pastor

Shepherd cares for all
Not one soul to be lost
Till return The Lamb

The Teacher

Study the word
Picking meaning from each line;
Easy learn and easy teach!

The Preacher

Gives exhortation
Edification-to charge
Comfort all in pain...

The Evangelist

The Hope of the day,
To see a life born anew;
Leave the clean to God!

The Apostle

Go into the world
Building the church of God
Wonders, miracles!

The greatest Gift

Desire the greatest gift
What gift is the greatest gift?
The gifty most in need...

The Stewart

Care for another's goods
Make a profit if you can;
Report all in tact!

Various Gifts

Mercy Compassion

Mercy compassion
Share from the heart completely
Bearing others pain

Faith

Faith to move Mountain
Worketh much for an elder
Bring about great change

One word

Great One efficient
With one word, "Let there be Light!"
All this came to be...

Hospitality

Hospitality
To open a home for fun,
Your heart to be healed

Administrator

Administrator
To put in order all things,
With no discord seen.

Appreciate

Appreciate
To someone special like you
To encourage you

Service

We come when needed
You just say what to do;
We do what you say!

Giving

Giving in secret
Great anger to put away;
Bring Fellowship anew!

The greatest Gift

Desire the greatest gift
What gift is the greatest gift?
The gift most in need...

The Pastor

Shepherd cares for all
Not one soul to be lost
Till return The Lamb

The Teacher

Study the word
Picking meaning from each line;
Easy learn and easy teach!

The Preacher

Gives exhortation
Edification-to charge
Comfort all in pain...

The Evangelist

The Hope of the day,
To see a life born anew;
Leave the clean to God!

The Apostle

Go into the world
Building the church of God
Wonders, miracles!

The greatest Gift

Desire the greatest gift
What gift is the greatest gift?
The gifty most in need...

The Stewart

Care for another's goods
Make a profit if you can;
Report all in tact!

healing flowers

healing flowers

healer must be healed

to give away healing gifts

so see the flowers...



healing flowers

Givers

Givers never Mooch,
Moochers never give at all;
So pick friends Wisely!

Today is all you have

yesterday's check spent,
tomorrow a promise note;
but today is cash!

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this came from Tom Dooley's oneyearaudiobible.org

Miracles are easy Haiku

Miracles are easy Haiku

A seed planted in

Need Together with faith in

God, Hope is Granted.

By faith understand Haiku

By faith understand Haiku

Faith the substance Hoped
evidence as yet unseen;
Let there be a light!

By faith understand
the world is framed by God's Word;
Let there be a light!

What we now can see
Does not come from what appears;
Let there be a light!

Without Faith no please
for he that comes must believe ;
Let there be a light!

Believe that he is,
and to reward diligent;
Let there be a light!

They desire a country,
heavenly where God is proud;
Let there be a light!

There a city waits,
prepared for each, one and all;
Let there be a light!

Abraham received ,
promises for his son;
Let there be a light!

For it was said that,
In Issac shall be your seed;
Let there be a light!

But others had cruel trials,
mockings scourging bonds and jail;
Let there be a light!

When some were stoned,
sawed asunder, were tempted;
Let there be a light!

Were slain with the sword,
Destitute, Afflicted, Tormented;
Let there be a light!

The world unworthy,
Wondered deserts, mountains, dens;
Let there be a light!

Through them God provided,
Some better thing made complete;
Let there be a light!

Recently I have been experiencing an easy time of Haiku

Recently nearly every thought is just a breath away from fitting into a Haiku 5-7-5= 17 syllables.
Enclosed you may enjoy some of them.

When Play is your Work
Your Work Is Play and for Fun,
So Play with the Lord!

No fear!

No Fear

I am finding that FEAR is a compendium (range) of feelings that in general register a disincentive to experience a past experience (or imagined experience.)

This range goes from a slight desire to not eat a certain food for example to

an overwhelming revulsion of the subject at hand.

     When loss of control accompanies,

     the element of rage provides emotional power to achieve the avoidance.

The problem with the elements you are describing is that the cells have memory.

• Even when you can consciously take control of the thoughts
  
• (which sometimes I can't,) the physical parts of the body remember the pain and even can reproduce it in a phantom experience.
  
• At times this experience seems as real or more so than the originating offense.

Because Fear has a transitional facit that connects the soul and the spirit, things can be difficult. Trying to touch it is something like trying to shoot a disappearing target at an arcade. Now you see it and now you don't!

So what is the HELP?

The Spiritual help first will over power the soul and ultimately the body will fall in line.
• The Master said, "my words are Spirit and they are Life.
  
• What I did was to read the Psalms
  
       out loud at first,
  
  
  
       as they are more powerful than the thoughts when read out loud.
  
  
  
• Read ten a day.
  1. that will take you through twice a month.
     
  2. It helps to synchronize the numbers on the day
     
          (i.e. #1-!0 on the first; or on the 16th)
     
     
     
          That way if you miss a day just start up where you are for the current calender day (i.e. on the 22nd #71-80)
     
     
     
     This will do two things.
     • First it will renew your mind to the things of the Spirit.
       
     • Then over time, you will begin to see that God HATES your experience of pain as much or more than you do.
       
     • As you begin to sense that you can sense His presence in your world.
       
     • Knowing that he is there will in time hinder the power of the memory to control you
       
     • until eventually you think more of Him than the object of fear.
  3. To know Him is to desire Him and
     
  4. To desire more of Him.
     
  5. This same desire will replace the "dis-desire" evidenced by the Fear!
• As you have more and more power to control the fear,
  1. take the new freedom obtained and help another.
     
  2. Find one who has this or similar fear
     
     and help to understand the things that you have learned.
     
     
     
  3. The process of confession removes the darkness surrounding the subject;
     
  4. which is the power of the Fear.
     
  5. It also takes your own mind off yourself to help and build up another.

If this does not all happen at once it will prove powerful over a few months.

Be patient with yourself and your progress

as it can take twenty-one days to replace or make a new good habit.

Unchallenged these old fears can last a lifetime,

and have been known to shorten an otherwise good life,

but something good will happen to you today when you take hope.

I also hope the best for you.

So you dont have to feel too bad after the holidays and those meals...

I am praying about offering to start a first place group for men only. It combines the spiritual, emotional, and physical in order to give men a handle on the weight thing. The program helped me loose twenty-five pounds, and keep it off (mostly!) Would be nice to get with a few like minded guys to deal with the old belt line and I am not talking about the street!

The way that it helped me most was: I did not really know of what good nutrition consisted. For me to maintain my targeted weight i need only to abide by my budget: 8 meat units, four units each of :veges,fruits, and breads. then two units of milk items and fat items. I came off of a "Adkins Hybird" diet, and the hardest part for me was that of cutting down my meats. After four weeks of making no progress, I was challenged by a leader to just try the actual program. When I did, to my geat surprise,I dropped three pounds. Not much, but it was my first success. After two go arounds, of the thirteen week group, I lost my twenty-five pounds. I since have gained seven back as I have gone through some stresses. Would like to get a handle on it again. Sadly one of my remedies when life is loosing it is to eat contraband. I think that if I had group of guys and a little accountability, I might get back in the discipline.

The thing that particularily grabs my attention right now is that in the last two months I have persnally witnessed two men who I knew up close who had, not a bad weight problem, but "just a little overweight" problem. This combined with the poor nutrition choices, alerted me to the eminence of death. Within a week of my eating a meal with one, and answering the call to pray for the other, they each died. I asked the second about his diet, and he said he used to worry about it but not any more. I have worried about this ever since. I felt like both were exemplary Christians and are already missed by more than their immediate family. Could either of these senseless deaths have been prevented? I don't know, but would be nice to get the information out to guys who have an ear to hear. What do you think?

The program costs a little for the reference books as to what constitutes a unit of meat, bread etc. And for instance how many raisins I can have to count one fruit. It is seventeen by the way. The miracle is that as Psalm 139 points out we are fearfully and wonderfully made and that I know right well. Eating a balanced diet adequate to support as much as 90% of a persons weight eliminates real hunger, and when emotional cravings are dealt with, the body doesn't scream too much. There are several acceptable "cheat foods" like carrots, or celery that give you that chew but don't really blow the whole day! Rather than try to tell a guy what he can not do, it gives him trade-offs. For instance you can have a huge piece of cheese cake if you are willing to walk to the top of the "empire state building" and back down a couple of times. That is how much sugar,fat, and carbs that you getting. It is okay to have a feast once in a while if you realize the trade-offs. Cutting only 10% of food needs does not throw the body into starvation mode, therefore adipose tissue is burned with out eating . Most diet programs cause the body to devour muscle first, and after it is over the last to replace is the muscle. Most of the toxins are fat soluble, so we have to drink an abundance of water to flush the system as the inches melt away. These are the kinds of lessons that we learn in the progress toward a heavenly bod! Does this sound like something you could make time to look into? Do you know anyone else willing to make a few changes. Please reply or call me. Hal

What do you do when you're facing a particularly stubborn problem? A problem
that resists your every effort to solve it?

Put the power of love to work on it! The power of love is the greatest power in
the universe. It's beyond defeat. It never fails (1 Cor. 13:8).

Having done all to stand STAND!

Having done all to stand STAND!

Thank you also for your faithfulness. I sincerely believe that there is a place open and waiting for the someone with very gifts and experience that X______ has to bring to the table! Having shared with him over the Christmas season, I believe in you and that your contribution will continue to be valuable!

1. . Keep the switch of faith turned on!
   
   (By that I mean; we remain expectant of the greatest of Job Opportunities.)
   
   
   
2. . Be faithful in the little.
   
   (By that I mean; keep doing the little daily disciplines that no one but God sees; prayer,bible, encouraging others)
   
   
   
3. . Corresponding Actions
   
   (By that I mean; do in your daily life what you would be doing if you already had the Prayer request. )
   
   
   
4. . Remember that you are not alone.
   
   (By that I mean; If you find your self down, contact someone who believes in God for some encouragement and prayer.
   
   
   Two are better than one and a three fold cord is not easily broken. If one stumbles, the other can pick him up.
   
   
   My experience has shown that close before the answer materializes, discouragement is the strongest.
   
   
   I have learned to take this lying symptom as a signal that the answer is near. )
   
   
5. Give and it shall be given you.
   (By that I mean look around for others to encourage, or even pray that they receive the very thing that you are needing. It helps me believe for others needs and it is much easier to stand in the gap for another than to stand alone for your self. )

Hope that these thoughts are more help than hindrance.

Hal