Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... October, November and December 2016

October 1, 2016 | JustAmy; Meg33, The Mayor; Trisham;

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[The Mayor]

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Grasping the Cross

October 7, 2016

Not that I have . . . already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.  Philippians 3:12

In 1856, Charles Spurgeon, the great London preacher, founded the Pastors’ College to train men for the Christian ministry. It was renamed Spurgeon’s College in 1923. Today’s college crest shows a hand grasping a cross and the Latin words, Et Teneo, Et Teneor, which means, “I hold and am held.” In his autobiography, Spurgeon wrote, “This is our College motto. We . . . hold forth the Cross of Christ with a bold hand . . . because that Cross holds us fast by its attractive power. Our desire is that every man may both hold the Truth, and be held by it; especially the truth of Christ crucified.”

In Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he expressed this truth as the bedrock of his life. “Not that I have . . . already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me” (Phil. 3:12). As followers of Jesus, we extend the message of the cross to others as Jesus holds us fast in His grace and power. “I have been crucified with Christ; and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20).

I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Philippians 3:12

Our Lord holds us in His grip of love each day—and we hold out His message of love to others.

Lord Jesus, Your cross is the focal point of history and the turning point of our lives. Hold us tightly as we cling to Your cross and extend your love to others.

We hold to the cross of Christ and are held by it.

INSIGHT:

Driven, disciplined, and focused might be accurate adjectives to describe Paul’s zeal in persecuting the church before he came to Christ. But when Paul met Jesus on the Damascus Road, his life took a decided turn (Acts 9). Paul was now called to be an apostle, and many marveled that he preached the gospel he once sought to destroy. The man who had been driven by self-righteousness now preached grace-righteousness.

[MEG33]

*Good Morning To Amy's Place*

We Wear Red On Friday To Support
Our Troops



*Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country*

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Happy Friday!

Wishing You All a Glorious Day!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[trisham]

Happy Friday, everyone!

May you all have a wonderful weekend!

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[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY FRIDAY TO
AMY'S PLACE!


Governor Sarah L. Palin

Happy Friday From The
Entire MacNessa Clan!

Wearing Red to support our Troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world!

[trisham]

Deep In Our Refrigerator

Deep in our refrigerator,
there's a special place
for food that's been around awhile...
we keep it, just in case.
'It's probably too old to eat,’
my mother likes to say.
'But I don't think it's old enough
for me to throw away.

It stays there for a month or more
to ripen in the cold,
and soon we notice fuzzy clumps
of multicolored mold.
The clumps are larger every day,
we notice this as well,
but mostly what we notice
is a certain special smell.

When finally it all becomes
a nasty mass of slime,
my mother takes it out, and says,
'Apparently, it's time.'
She dumps it in the garbage can,
though not without regret,
then fills the space with other food
that's not so ancient yet

Jack Prelutsky

Happy Caturday, Dogurday and Bunnyday, everyone!

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Happy Saturday!

Woo Hoo! A Blessed Autumn Day To You!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[The Mayor]

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The Drinkable Book

October 8, 2016

The water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. John 4:14

Because it is so difficult in parts of the world to find clean drinking water, an organization called Water Is Life developed a wonderful resource called “The Drinkable Book.” The paper in the book is coated in silver nanoparticles that filter out almost 99.9 percent of harmful bacteria! Each tear-out page can be used and reused to filter up to 100 liters of water at the cost of only four pennies per page.

The Bible is also an unusually “drinkable” Book. In John 4, we read of a particular kind of thirst and a special kind of water. The woman at the well needed much more than to quench her physical thirst with clean, clear liquid. She was desperate to know the source of “living water.” She needed the grace and forgiveness that comes from God alone.

Father, we yearn for the satisfaction that only You can give.

God’s Word is the ultimate “drinkable” Book that points to God’s Son as the sole source of “living water.” And those who accept the water that Jesus gives will experience “a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (v. 14). 

Father, we yearn for the satisfaction that only You can give. Help us discard the things that leave us empty and thirsting, and exchange them for the satisfaction of the living water You offer.

 

Tell us your story of how you came to know Jesus as the Living Water at odb.org or Facebook.com/ourdailybread.

Jesus is the sole source of living water.

INSIGHT:

The Samaritan woman thinks of “water” as purely material—just H2O. So, in her conversation with Jesus, she is stuck on having to trudge tiresomely back and forth daily to this well—perhaps a hundred feet deep—and use muscle power to draw and hoist the container of water homeward. Jesus’s statements symbolize salvation and satisfaction in what is both essential and enjoyable in water; He wants to ratchet up her understanding of eternal life in Him (John 4:14). Perhaps the closest thing to a definition of “eternal life” is found in John 17:3: “This is eternal life: that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” Eternal life means having a relationship with God by knowing Jesus Christ.

[MEG33]

Happy Caturday~Dogurday To Amy's Place

"I Luvs My Warm Fur Covered Bed"

Have A Lovely Weekend

[TheConservativeParty]

Hi there! Happy Caturday!

[TheConservativeParty]

The 2 kitties in a basket are adorable!

Thanks for posting!

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY CATURDAY
TO AMY'S PLACE!



Clan MacNessa Wishes A Happy
Caturday To All!!!

[MEG33]

~Welcome To Sunday At Amy's Place~

Numbers 6:
24 The LORD bless you and keep you;
25 the LORD make his face shine upon you and be
gracious to you;
26 the LORD turn his face towards you and give you peace.
~I Wish You A Blessed Lord's Day~

[The Mayor]

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United in Christ

October 9, 2016

He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach. Mark 3:14

When we come across a list of names in the Bible, we might be tempted to skip over it. But we can find treasures there, such as in the list of the twelve apostles whom Jesus called to serve in His name. Many are familiar—Simon whom Jesus called Peter, the rock. Brothers James and John, fishermen. Judas Iscariot, the betrayer. But we could easily overlook that Matthew the tax collector and Simon the Zealot must once have been enemies.

Matthew collected taxes for Rome, and therefore, in the eyes of his fellow Jews, collaborated with the enemy. Tax collectors were despised for their corrupt practices and for requiring the Jewish people to give money to an authority other than God. On the other hand, before Jesus’s call, Simon the Zealot was devoted to a group of Jewish nationalists who hated Rome and sought to overturn it, often through aggressive and violent means.

Christ gives us unity with each other.

Although Matthew and Simon held opposing political beliefs, the Gospels don’t document them bickering or fighting about them. They must have had at least some success in leaving their previous allegiances behind as they followed Christ.

When we too fix our eyes on Jesus, the God who became Man, we can find increasing unity with our fellow believers through the bond of the Holy Spirit.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You exist in perfect harmony. May Your Spirit dwell in us that the world might see You, and believe.

Our strongest allegiance is to Christ, who gives us unity with each other.

INSIGHT:

The Twelve had two things in common. They were the first to become Rabbi Jesus’s disciples. Accepting the role of a rabbi’s disciple in ancient Israel meant living in the rabbi’s presence full-time, diligently absorbing his teachings, and recruiting more followers. Aside from Judas Iscariot, all lived up to the demands of being a disciple. Second, aside from John, all of the faithful eleven disciples gave their life spreading the message of Jesus. Only John appears to have died of natural causes. This is one of the reasons we often hear about the cost of discipleship. Though we will not all pay that cost in the same way, every disciple will face the challenges and struggles of following Jesus.

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Have A Blessed Sunday!

May Your Day Be Filled With Peace.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[MEG33]

Thank you for this wonderful messsage of unity in Christ, Rus.
I Am So Grateful To You For Our Daily Bread

[The Mayor]

Thank you Meg and Thank you for being here.

[MEG33]

My pleasure, Rus.

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY SUNDAY TO
AMY'S PLACE!



"Abide In Me"
Kings College Choir, Cambridge
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Clan MacNessa Wishes
A Blessed Lord’s Day To You And Yours!