As we're posting music, check out this one by William McDowell... it's awesome!!!!!!

Michele

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4v5IXbEauM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2nQALWDStA&feature=related

Hey guys

Ria found this song on you tube its amazing check it out.

Hey guys

Hope your having a good and blessed week. So was at church on Sunday which was amazing as missed last week because of my ankle. Sun night when I got back went to bed then when I woke up Mon All the pains I had were gone, which is amazing. Just means I have to go back to work next week. LOL

Anyway below is one of my favorite versus from psalms. Zoe I even have it translated in Chinese first for you.

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Lydia

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上 行 之 诗 。 ） 我 要 向 山 举 目 ； 我 的 帮 助 从 何 而 来 ？

² 我 的 帮 助 从 造 天 地 的 耶 和 华 而 来 。

³ 他 必 不 叫 你 的 脚 摇 动 ； 保 护 你 的 必 不 打 盹 ！

⁴ 保 护 以 色 列 的 ， 也 不 打 盹 也 不 睡 觉 。

⁵ 保 护 你 的 是 耶 和 华 ； 耶 和 华 在 你 右 边 荫 庇 你 。

⁶ 白 日 ， 太 阳 必 不 伤 你 ； 夜 间 ， 月 亮 必 不 害 你 。

⁷ 耶 和 华 要 保 护 你 ， 免 受 一 切 的 灾 害 ； 他 要 保 护 你 的 性 命 。

⁸ 你 出 你 入 ， 耶 和 华 要 保 护 你 ， 从 今 时 直 到 永 远 。

Psalm 121


I look up to the mountains—
does my help come from there?
² My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth!

³ He will not let you stumble;
the one who watches over you will not slumber.
⁴ Indeed, he who watches over Israel
never slumbers or sleeps.

⁵ The Lord himself watches over you!
The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
⁶ The sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon at night.

⁷ The Lord keeps you from all harm
and watches over your life.
⁸ The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go,
both now and forever.

Hey guys

So I was watching something on God TV and Pastor J John was speaking. He was talking about evangelizing. He said its not just about preaching the word but sowing, caring and effective prayer is all part of it too.

He wrapped it up by saying if we all do this think of the amazing change in peoples life's. I know for me that really spoke to me and think of peoples life's we can change.

Below is one of my favorite versus from peter. When I have a challenging week especially with people I look at this verse and it switches things around. I think you showed it to me J cheers bro.

Anyway have a lovely and blessed day

Lydia
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1 Peter 5

Advice for Elders and Young Men

¹ And now, a word to you who are elders in the churches. I, too, am an elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ. And I, too, will share in his glory when he is revealed to the whole world. As a fellow elder, I appeal to you: ² Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly—not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God. ³ Don’t lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example. ⁴ And when the Great Shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of never-ending glory and honor.

⁵ In the same way, you younger men must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, serve each other in humility, for

“God opposes the proud
but favors the humble.”^[a]

⁶ So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. ⁷ Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

⁸ Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. ⁹ Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters^[b] all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering you are.

¹⁰ In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation. ¹¹ All power to him forever! Amen.

Peter’s Final Greetings

¹² I have written and sent this short letter to you with the help of Silas,^[c] whom I commend to you as a faithful brother. My purpose in writing is to encourage you and assure you that what you are experiencing is truly part of God’s grace for you. Stand firm in this grace.

¹³ Your sister church here in Babylon^[d] sends you greetings, and so does my son Mark. ¹⁴ Greet each other with Christian love.^[e]

Peace be with all of you who are in Christ.

Isaiah 43

From Brett:

Isaiah 43

6 I will say to the north, 'Give them up!'
and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.'
Bring my sons from afar
and my daughters from the ends of the earth-

7 everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made."

Breakin it down :-)

everyone who is called by my name,

God has called me by name. When I think about this it brings an amazing feeling of self worth and acceptance that the God who created the universe would call me by name. It makes me feel so secure that he has called me by my own name that he would know my name to start with and then choose me.

whom I created for my glory,

He created me for his glory. He created me to shine the goodness of God in this world. To show people that there is a God in heaven who loves them so much

whom I formed and made

Wow. This changes everything. To know that it wasn't by accident. That I am designed formed and made by God himself. That he has all the resources under heaven to make me with. This gives such an amazing feeling of self worth. To know it was God himself who formed me. That he sees me as nothing short of perfect as he saw his son Jesus. Change me lord to help me see myself how God sees me. Formed and made by the creator of the universe

Have an awesome Saturday and see you in the house tomorrow.

B

Proverbs challenge

hey guys and gals!

how are you?

J and I serve in the New Christians team on church and they are doing the 'proverbs challenge' - read a chapter a day from proverbs...31 chapters for ~31 days per month.

Jono from our team shared this with the group yesterday and I though it would be nice to pass on - enjoy and see you folks tonight at johnny's....100 mt pleasant road, Lewisham for a 7pm start!

Love you all

Ria
http://hithergreenconnect.blogspot.com/

2009/10/22 Jonathan Heath <jonathan.heath.za@gmail.com>

Hey gang. Thanks to Swain for explaining the challenge. I had NOOO
idea this what everyone was going on about. Lesson is: "Go to team
brief!"

I read Proverbs 22 this morning (from a very wet, cold Germany) and it
hit me wam, wam, wam - like listening to Joseph Prince speak on the
Old Testament.
3 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge,
but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
4 Humility and the fear of the Lord
bring wealth and honor and life.
5 In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares,
but he who guards his soul stays far from them.
...
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone
set up by your forefathers.

These verses were particularly helpful to me and got me thinking.
Everyday, we navigate the path God has set before us - full of
opportunities and pitfalls (that's the Devil by the way). Are we
humble enough to trust God and admit that we aren't strong enough?
Wow, I wish I'd run the other way a few times.

Verse 28 sounded like a bell -- our parents and those wiser than us,
God himself, put boundaries in place to protect us -- keep us from
dealing things God never intended. Do we even know where they are any
more?

Drink deeply from His word and you'll always have a word in season for
a friend, courage in the shadow and more grace than your soul can even
contain!!

God bless,

Jono

God's Love

Hey all, my brother sent this to me, cause I also do mime as a ministry. This video brought tears to my eyes, it truly depicts how much God loves us and fights our battles,even when we gave up on ourselves, he will never gave up on us...Hope it blesses you as it did me.

Michele

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