Fellowship Of The Saints

Saturday evening we attended a local Bible Study group where we were inspired by a message from a visiting minister from Wales, Peter Appleton.

What a joy it always is to meet a new brother or sister in the Lord.

Since we are both from the UK it gave us a lot to talk about but being one spirit in the Lord made our fellowship even more sweet as we shared the goodness of our heavenly Father.

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1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons and daughters of God.

A Parable From My Garden

Even on one of the hottest days of summer I’m busy with my hands in the dirt trimming and cutting back the roots of my plants that are withering to help them survive the heat. What a window to my soul!

For it is often in that scorching heat of trials that the Great Husbandman digs us up to examine our root structure and trims us back that we might survive the heat. It is usually in the fiery furnace that our lives will bear the most abundant fruit. 

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John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away:and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Be Aware Of The Ministry Of  Angels

As I was admiring some of the many statues of angels I have collected for my garden, the Lord reminded me to be comforted by the many unseen angels in the garden of my life.

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Hebrews 1:14 Are angels not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation

Supporting Each Other In Ministry

Attending a Ladies’ Tea Party on Saturday to support the ministry of Truth for Women and hear a message from their President, Kim Checkeye, to exhort us to follow the calling which God has sovereignly placed on each of our lives that we may make a difference in one life at a time.

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1 Corinthians 3:8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. For we are God’s fellow workers

Rejuvenation For The Soul

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.— John Lubbock

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Having been a person who likes to be productive and not a waste a moment, finding great satisfaction finishing my “to do” list, I thought of relaxing as a waste of precious time and laziness, until I took to heart Jesus’ instructions to His disciples. How about all you other type ‘A’ personalities?

Mark 6:31 Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while:for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. (before you come apart!)