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Comment by Shannon Smith Cumiford on August 3, 2011 at 8:46am

My daughter has a very big need. Her kids’ dad spends every summer manipulating my grandson to tell her he wants to stay with dad. Dad is a prescription pill user and wants back on Medicaid which he will get, as well as assistance for housing if he has custody of him. He takes my grandson’s meds to self-medicate himself.

Yesterday she went to get the kids and he refused to give them to her. She took pictures of a horribly unliveable place to live and also of disability records hiding his payments in a girlfriend’s banking acct.

Please pray. She was told that without a divorce in process—she is filing it tomorrow—the authorities cannot intervene or enforce the parenting plan they signed last year. She has the 3 yr old, my granddaughter with her but not my grandson who is seriously ADHD.

Comment by Jolene on August 3, 2011 at 4:44am

Joshua 1:1-9

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Joshua 1
1-9 After the death of Moses the servant of God, God spoke to Joshua, Moses' assistant:
"Moses my servant is dead. Get going. Cross this Jordan River, you and all the people. Cross to the country I'm giving to the People of Israel. I'm giving you every square inch of the land you set your foot on—just as I promised Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon east to the Great River, the Euphrates River—all the Hittite country—and then west to the Great Sea. It's all yours. All your life, no one will be able to hold out against you. In the same way I was with Moses, I'll be with you. I won't give up on you; I won't leave you. Strength! Courage! You are going to lead this people to inherit the land that I promised to give their ancestors. Give it everything you have, heart and soul. Make sure you carry out The Revelation that Moses commanded you, every bit of it. Don't get off track, either left or right, so as to make sure you get to where you're going. And don't for a minute let this Book of The Revelation be out of mind. Ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure you practice everything written in it. Then you'll get where you're going; then you'll succeed. Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don't be timid; don't get discouraged. God, your God, is with you every step you take."



Dear Lord it states you are with us always and have given us direction in where our feet should be places. Hold us steady on the course you have set for our life. Amen.

Comment by Jolene on August 2, 2011 at 3:29am

John 14:1-7

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John 14

The Road
1-4 "Don't let this throw you. You trust God, don't you? Trust me. There is plenty of room for you in my Father's home. If that weren't so, would I have told you that I'm on my way to get a room ready for you? And if I'm on my way to get your room ready, I'll come back and get you so you can live where I live. And you already know the road I'm taking."
5Thomas said, "Master, we have no idea where you're going. How do you expect us to know the road?"

6-7Jesus said, "I am the Road, also the Truth, also the Life. No one gets to the Father apart from me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him. You've even seen him!"

 

What a wonderful day that will be to be greeted in heaven by my Savior. To know the one I have trusted with my life is waiting to live with me too! Amen

Comment by Jolene on August 1, 2011 at 4:18am

Luke 6:27-36

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27-30"To you who are ready for the truth, I say this: Love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer for that person. If someone slaps you in the face, stand there and take it. If someone grabs your shirt, giftwrap your best coat and make a present of it. If someone takes unfair advantage of you, use the occasion to practice the servant life. No more tit-for-tat stuff. Live generously.

31-34"Here is a simple rule of thumb for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you; then grab the initiative and do it for them! If you only love the lovable, do you expect a pat on the back? Run-of-the-mill sinners do that. If you only help those who help you, do you expect a medal? Garden-variety sinners do that. If you only give for what you hope to get out of it, do you think that's charity? The stingiest of pawnbrokers does that.

35-36"I tell you, love your enemies. Help and give without expecting a return. You'll never—I promise—regret it. Live out this God-created identity the way our Father lives toward us, generously and graciously, even when we're at our worst. Our Father is kind; you be kind.

 

Dear Lord help us to be your examples and be kind to all your children. We pray for Shannon's grandchildren, we see children being used to hurt the parents way to much these days. Keep these children safe and your will be done. Amen

Comment by Shannon Smith Cumiford on July 31, 2011 at 6:47pm

I don't sign in often, but I need to ask for prayer for my daughter. She is picking up her children, 8 and 3 on Tuesday from summer visit with their father. She had planned and arranged for Wednesday but has found out that 'dad' and his mother are moving on Wednesday, prior to his knowledge of this plan and he has said the kids won't be there. LSS (long story short) he has enrolled my grandson in school (she has already stopped his last school from sending any records) and thinks they will be living with him.

Please pray for as little trauma as possible for the kids, and her. She has a friend of mine going with her who works in the correction system with sex offenders as a psych specialist and has already arranged for a deputy to meet them there.

Comment by Jolene on July 31, 2011 at 9:55am

Ephesians 1:7-14

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7-10Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we're a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.

11-12It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.

13-14It's in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This signet from God is the first installment on what's coming, a reminder that we'll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.

Ephesians 2:8-9

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7-10Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It's God's gift from start to finish! We don't play the major role. If we did, we'd probably go around bragging that we'd done the whole thing! No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.

 

Dear Lord the direction you give us is  "He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing." Help us Lord to find the niche to do your work the work we need to complete for you Amen

Comment by Jolene on July 30, 2011 at 5:41am

Colossians 1:15-23

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Christ Holds It All Together
15-18We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God's original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body.
18-20He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he's there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.

21-23You yourselves are a case study of what he does. At one time you all had your backs turned to God, thinking rebellious thoughts of him, giving him trouble every chance you got. But now, by giving himself completely at the Cross, actually dying for you, Christ brought you over to God's side and put your lives together, whole and holy in his presence. You don't walk away from a gift like that! You stay grounded and steady in that bond of trust, constantly tuned in to the Message, careful not to be distracted or diverted. There is no other Message—just this one. Every creature under heaven gets this same Message. I, Paul, am a messenger of this Message.

 

Dear Lord you do sustain us you protect and provide for us. You are our beginning and end the alpha and omega. You were there at our beginning and will be there at our end. Praise the Lord Amen

Comment by Jolene on July 29, 2011 at 4:07am

Micah 6:6-8

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6-7How can I stand up before God
and show proper respect to the high God?
Should I bring an armload of offerings
topped off with yearling calves?
Would God be impressed with thousands of rams,
with buckets and barrels of olive oil?
Would he be moved if I sacrificed my firstborn child,
my precious baby, to cancel my sin?

8But he's already made it plain how to live, what to do,
what God is looking for in men and women.
It's quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor,
be compassionate and loyal in your love,
And don't take yourself too seriously—
take God seriously.

 

Such easy instructions Lord to love you above all things and all people and you will bless us beyond our wildest dreams. Amen

Comment by Jolene on July 28, 2011 at 3:59am

Matthew 6:16-18

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16-18"When you practice some appetite-denying discipline to better concentrate on God, don't make a production out of it. It might turn you into a small-time celebrity but it won't make you a saint. If you 'go into training' inwardly, act normal outwardly. Shampoo and comb your hair, brush your teeth, wash your face. God doesn't require attention-getting devices. He won't overlook what you are doing; he'll reward you well.

 

Sometimes Lord I feel I have no knowledge of your word, sometimes Lord I feel I will never understand the depth of your love for us. You forever surprise me when you open my eyes to another new truth. Amen

Comment by Jolene on July 27, 2011 at 6:41am

Deuteronomy 10:12-22

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12-13 So now Israel, what do you think God expects from you? Just this: Live in his presence in holy reverence, follow the road he sets out for you, love him, serve God, your God, with everything you have in you, obey the commandments and regulations of God that I'm commanding you today—live a good life.

14-18 Look around you: Everything you see is God's—the heavens above and beyond, the Earth, and everything on it. But it was your ancestors who God fell in love with; he picked their children—that's you!—out of all the other peoples. That's where we are right now. So cut away the thick calluses from your heart and stop being so willfully hardheaded. God, your God, is the God of all gods, he's the Master of all masters, a God immense and powerful and awesome. He doesn't play favorites, takes no bribes, makes sure orphans and widows are treated fairly, takes loving care of foreigners by seeing that they get food and clothing.

19-21 You must treat foreigners with the same loving care—
remember, you were once foreigners in Egypt.
Reverently respect God, your God, serve him, hold tight to him,
back up your promises with the authority of his name.
He's your praise! He's your God!
He did all these tremendous, these staggering things
that you saw with your own eyes.

22 When your ancestors entered Egypt, they numbered a mere seventy souls. And now look at you—you look more like the stars in the night skies in number. And your God did it.

 

Help me Lord toshow your salvation and joy. Help me to celebrate the life you have given me and not morn the lose of those who pass. Be with us as we live in the present but help us never to forget all you do for us. Amen

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