Wen I Askd God 4 Strength,He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face 
Wen I Askd God 4 Brain & Brawn,He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve
Wen I Askd God 4 Happiness, He Showd Me Some Unhappy People
Wen I Askd God 4 Wealth,He Showd me How to Work Hard 
Wen I Askd God 4 Favors,He Showd me Opportunities to Work Hard 
Wen I Askd God 4 Peace,He Showd me hw2 Help Others
God Gave Me Nothin I Wanted,He Gave Me Everythin I Needed.

 Family.....

In this spiritual walk there are times we find ourselves off the narrow road we were walking in.

Satan is deceptive and sometimes easily distracts us off track and we don't even realize it at first as we slowly move off track!

Compromise comes in inches and then suddenly one day we realize we are far out off the track.

Satan finds it easy to distract us.....

When we are not spending quality time with God, in Bible reading, meditation, prayer and listening to God's voice.

We get too busy with worldly activities and leave God out of our thoughts,

We are spiritually weak..

   We are physically weak and in pain,

When we feel hurt, depressed, defeated, offended

When we are successful,

When we refuse to repent,

When we are bored and idle...

In times like these Satan tempts one to watch the wrong stuff, drink, smoke, go to the wrong place and says "Hey it's OK...it's just this once, you'll feel better if you do this, watch this ...you can read your Bible and pray tomorrow when things get better."

But that tomorrow never comes..what started off as fun ends up in addiction and that person realises he's strayed away from God and the path he was to walk...

But there's good news...

When we stray away Jesus comes looking for us, calls out our name, like the shepherd who went searching for that 1 lost sheep, leaving the 99 behind. Then we need to cry out to God, repent & get back to the place where we last felt HIS Presence.

There are just 2 paths,

Matthew 7:13
[ The Narrow and Wide Gates ] "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Matthew 7:14
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

To keep ourselves from wandering away from the right path...

We need to keep our eyes on Jesus and spend time reading HIS WORD & meditating on it,

Pray at all times...

Keep in touch with other believers in the Body of Christ. That's why meeting together as believers, breaking bread together is so important.

^{Nebrews 10:25}Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Don't be idle doing nothing, when alone can listen to good encouraging songs or any thing that does not give the enemy a chance to take hold of our eyes, mind , heart etc...

Be willing to rise up immediately when we fall and keep walking & growing in our Spiritual life.

Keep in touch with our Almighty God and His people then Satan won't find it easy to catch you off guard.

Take care...

Be blessed,

YSIC,

Julia

Love and Time

Love and Time

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived:  Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left.Except for Love.

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you?"

Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!"

"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you."

"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"

Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.

Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder,

Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?"

"It was Time," Knowledge answered.

"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."

The Love of God is verily indescribable beyond time and volume for you and me. He loves us beyond everything.

He even gave His only Son on the Cross for redeeming us back to Him.

No matter who loses hold of you…The Lord God Almighty will take complete control over you.

Love covers a multitude of sins….

A Prayer for Courage

Almighty God, who gives strength to the weak and upholds those who might fall, give me courage to do what is right, for those that trust in you have no need to fear.

Make be brave to face any danger which may now threaten me.

Give me the help that you have promised to those who ask it, that I may overcome my fears and go bravely forward.

Fill me with courage, that nothing which is my duty to do, may be too hard for me. Let me put my trust in your power and goodness.

Thank you my Lord.

Where Change Really Begins

A Message by Billy Graham

People today sense that we are rushing madly toward a climactic point in history. Conferences are held, investigations conducted and junkets authorized in a frantic effort to discover the basic cause of the world’s ills. Millions of dollars are spent to find an answer to international problems. The stockpile of problems mounts higher and higher as the solution to the world’s troubles is hidden from us.


Our spiritual problems can only be solved by the God who created us.Observant people are unanimous in the opinion that the moral disintegration of this generation is a result of a materialistic philosophy. The Word of God says, “They sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind” (Hosea 8:7).


The immutable law of “sowing and reaping” has held sway. We are now the unhappy possessors of a harvest of moral depravity, and we seek in vain for a cure. The weeds of indulgence have overgrown the wheat of moral restraint. All humanity is guilty.But as a minister of the Gospel, I am an optimist. The world’s problems are big, but God is bigger! If we will dare to take God into account, confess our sin and rely unreservedly upon Him for wisdom, guidance and strength, our problems can be solved.


David, king of ancient Israel, found himself in the midst of a confused national situation. His kingdom was torn by internal strife. Slave hated master; master hated slave. People blamed the government; government blamed the people. David’s nation stood on the brink of a perilous civil war.


David knew that if the tide of sin continued to rise, his nation would collapse spiritually. He knew that economic depression, moral disintegration or military defeat inevitably follow spiritual decline.So David did what all intelligent people should do when they reach the end of their rope—he turned to God. The Spirit of God revealed to him that the spiritual tide of his nation could rise no higher than the spiritual level of his own heart. So he fell on his knees in utter humility and prayed:


²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart; 

       test me and know my anxious thoughts.

²⁴ See if there is any offensive way in me, 

       and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24)