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hello karen happy birthday...may the good LORD Jesus Christ be with you and your family...God bless you

Many many Happy returns of the day! May u have a loooonnnnngggg n happyyyyy life. Happy Birthday!!! :)

Luke 9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

When I first became a Christian I was afraid of what I would become. Would I be stuck up and better than everyone else? Would my nose stick up in the air? Would I have to wear a dress with lace? Now that I've been a Christian for many years I can say a resounding, "NO!" Accepting Jesus as your Savior means you have a relationship with Him. He actually doesn't want us to be someone we aren't but to be the people He made us to be. With some cleaned up language and habits. Because I was the only Christian in my family I felt alone. This verse really stood out to me. James 1:26-27 26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless. 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this... Read More: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. NKJV What He asks is much simpler than what we imagine at times.

The gospel of a broken heart demands the ministry of bleeding hearts...We can never heal the needs we do not feel. Tearless hearts can never be heralds of the passion. We must pity if we would redeem. We must bleed if we would be ministers of the saving blood.

Sometimes I realize my faith is like crossing a bridge over a deep canyon. If I look down I get dizzy and afraid- but if I look ahead to Jesus, I have confidence and continue on my journey. With everyday comes the potential for all sorts of things to go wrong. I'm good at finding them... But when I focus on the tasks I can do and look to the Lord I am steady. It's encouraging to know that Peter had days like that. Matt 14:29-32 29 So He said, "Come." And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!" 31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt... Read More?" 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. NKJV

Heb 13:5-6 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 6 So we may boldly say: "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?" NKJV

If You remain in me and my Words remain in You, ask Whatever You Wish, and it Will be Given You." John 15/7

Jude 24-25 24 And now to him who can keep you on your feet, standing tall in his bright presence, fresh and celebrating — 25 to our one God, our only Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Master, be glory, majesty, strength, and rule before all time, and now, and to the end of all time. Yes. THE MESSAGE So how can we go wrong? : )

"For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness."Isaiah 38:18

Psalm 103:1-4 Praise the LORD, O my soul all my inmost being, praise his holy name Praise the LORD, O my soul and forget not all his benefits- who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion.

Ps 37:3-4 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. NKJV When my heart is in the right place there is joy and peace.

1 John 4:4-5 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. NKJV 1 John 4:4-5 4 My dear children, you come from God and belong to God. You have already won a big victory over those false teachers, for the Spirit in you is far stronger than anything in the world. THE MESSAGE Rom 8:37-39 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. NKJV

Heb 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." NKJV Hebrews 11 is also known as The Great Hall of Faith. You can read it to see some of the things people in the Old Testament did in faith. Personally I love this verse, it helps me remember not to give up.

Nahum 1:3 The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet. NKJV Can't you just imagine 2 giant feet kicking up clouds in the sky? Thanks very much for your prayers about the hurricane. It turned out that a cool wind current blew the hurricane off course putting it over 100 miles off the New Jersey coast... : ) The force of the hurricane was much less powerful than predicted. Some of the New England states got some of the impact. We should pray for these people. And praise God for his cool wind current : )

I read this in my Bible today Matt 5:5 5 Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. NKJV Matt 5:5 5 "You're blessed when you're content with just who you are — no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought. THE MESSAGE I looked up the word "meek" in the dictionary and it means to endure injury with patience and without resentment. I love the words "be content with just who you are." I sometimes get so busy trying to run ahead of where I am, I forget to simply enjoy or be thankful for where I'm at. It's a true gift to be content and simply appreciate God is in control.