CHEWING THE BREAD OF LIFE: April 2014

Monday, April 28, 2014

Welcome - Week of April 28, 2014 True Stories Party

I Love a True Story !!

I hope you are enjoying these remarkable true stories.

All of your entries are read by me by reading four or five at a sitting. I also make short comments. Hope you are doing likewise, especially those near you!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. -Psalm 107:8-9

Intimacy with Jesus is the context in which the deep longing in our hearts for more of Him is progressively satisfied. People who are born again do not automatically have a sense of the nearness of God. Effective ministry produces a satisfaction that comes through helping others and being useful in God's kingdom, but it is not the same as the satisfaction that comes from encountering God in our inner man. Jesus must become real to us as a Personal Savior.

The Holy Spirit may give spiritual gifts to believers and release His power through us, but these things do not ultimately satisfy the desire in our hearts for more of God. When our spiritual hunger is not being satisfied, we will experience frustrating spiritual boredom and restlessness. Mike Brickle

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Monday, April 21, 2014

Welcome - Week of April 21, 2014 True Stories Party

Sharing True Stories with Friends

I hope you are enjoying these remarkable true stories. Be sure to read and make comments, especially those near your entry!

Notice when you hover over an icon for an entry you really like - - there is a share selection that you may use to let others know about the lovely story you enjoyed..

Your true stories are welcome here. Dig back into your childhood, or your children’s cute stories. Include memories old and new.

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Praising God When You're Feeling Low by R.T. Kendall

Praising God when I am sad, pleases Him. It shows I trust His Word and that I love Him without His doing everything that pleases me. It is a wonderful opportunity for blessing—just to believe and be thankful!

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name. —Hebrews 13:15

It is also called a "sacrifice of praise" (Heb. 13:15). We sacrifice feelings, we sacrifice pleasure, we sacrifice time—just to praise God. And when we don't feel like it—when we are at a low point, we then really show a sacrifice of praise. In fact, the lower we are, the greater the opportunity to demonstrate a sacrifice of praise to God.

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Monday, April 14, 2014

Welcome - Week of April 14, 2014 True Stories Party

Read Me a True Story, Daddy !!

I hope you are enjoying these remarkable true stories.

I read them ALL by reading four or five at a sitting. I also make short comments.

Dig back into your childhood, or your children’s cute stories. Include memories old and new. Return here in a couple days and view other true stories you will find.

Please be sure to take a few minute to visit as many stories as you are able, and be kind to leave them a comment. Also those who leave you a comment please return the visit and likewise leave them a comment.

A few encouraging Scripture Verses about Our Identity in Christ

What Happened to Me?

Rom. 5:1 I have been justified (completely forgiven and made righteous).

2 Cor. 5:21 I have been made righteous.

Rom. 6:1-6 I died with Christ and died to the power of sin’s rule on my life.

1 Cor. 2:12 I have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by God.

1 Cor. 2:16 I have been given the mind of Christ.

1 Cor. 6:19, 20 I have been bought with a price. I am not my own. I belong to God.

2 Cor. 5:14, 15 Since I have died, I no longer live for myself, but for Him (Christ).

Gal. 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. (The life I am living is Christ’s life.)

Monday, April 7, 2014

True Story Week April 7, 2014

Please Tell Me a True Story !!

Welcome to our True Story Blog Party: You are cordially invited to post your True Stories here.

Please read and comment on several posts near you. We all love comments.

If you have received Jesus into your heart and life - - Understand these important facts and Repeat them daily:

I am accepted…

John 1:12 I am God’s child.
John 15:15 As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:1 I have been justified.
1 Corinthians 6:17 I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 I have been bought with a price and I belong to God.
1 Corinthians 12:27 I am a member of Christ’s body.
Colossians 1:13-14 I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins.
Colossians 2:9-10 I am complete in Christ.
Hebrews 4:14-16 I have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus Christ.