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“I’m Still Yours” – Kutless (with lyrics)

by Donny on Feb.28, 2010, under Uncategorized, devotionals, devotions, music, prayers, videos

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If You washed away my vanity
If You took away my words
If all my world was swept away
Would You be enough for me?
Would my beating heart still sing?

If I lost it all
Would my hands stay lifted
To the God who gives and takes away

If You take it all
This life You’ve given
Still my heart will sing to You

When my life is not what I expected
The plans I made have failed
When there’s nothing left to steal me away
Will You be enough for me?
Will my broken heart still sing?

If I lost it all
Would my hands stay lifted
To the God who gives
And takes away

If You take it all
This life You’ve given
Still my heart
Will sing to You

Even if You take it all away
You’ll never let me go
Take it all away
But I still know

That I’m Yours
I’m still Yours

Oh, I’m Yours
I’m still Yours
I’m still Yours

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“What a Friend We Have in Jesus!”

by Donny on Feb.14, 2010, under Uncategorized, devotionals, devotions, music, prayers


1.     What a friend we have in Jesus,
	all our sins and griefs to bear!
	What a privilege to carry
	everything to God in prayer!
	O what peace we often forfeit,
	O what needless pain we bear,
	all because we do not carry
	everything to God in prayer. 

2.	Have we trials and temptations?
	Is there trouble anywhere?
	We should never be discouraged;
	take it to the Lord in prayer.
	Can we find a friend so faithful
	who will all our sorrows share?
	Jesus knows our every weakness;
	take it to the Lord in prayer. 

3.	Are we weak and heavy laden,
	cumbered with a load of care?
	Precious Savior, still our refuge;
	take it to the Lord in prayer.
	Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
	Take it to the Lord in prayer!
	In his arms he'll take and shield thee;
	thou wilt find a solace there.    AMEN!

 --- Joseph M. Scriven 1820-1886 ---

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“Warm gratitude melts discontent!” – Evelyn Bence (Daily Guideposts)

by Donny on Feb.13, 2010, under Uncategorized, devotionals, devotions, music, prayers, videos

Lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.

Solomon 2:11

I spent most of this wintry day shivering in discontent. The mailman delivered nothing more personal than advertisements. My neighbor never knocked on the door. Under my breath I repeated a complaint I used to hear from my mother: “The phone hasn’t rung all day.” Her grievance referred to something bigger than the black box wired to the wall. She felt forgotten.

This evening, however, I discovered a long letter I’d tucked away in my journal. It was from Lois, a friend who had left town fifteen years ago. She’d come back to visit once or twice and sent me smiley wedding pictures, but then we’d lost touch. After several years of silence—on her end and mine—this past Christmas I’d sent her a card and letter. Tonight I reread her newsy January response to my holiday greeting, all the way to her closing: “Thanks for not forgetting me.”

As I focused on that line, her warm gratitude melted my discontent. Energized, I made plans to connect with people who might have reason to feel they’ve been forgotten. Tomorrow morning I’ll mail a note to the unacclaimed author of a book I’m enjoying, I’ll e-mail a missionary friend in Europe, I’ll call a local widow just to say hello.

Lord, when I start feeling sorry for myself, turn my attention outward, to others.

(by Evelyn Bence from Daily Guideposts and OurPrayer.org)

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“It Is Good to Give Thanks to God” – Dr. Charles Stanley (In Touch Ministries)

by Donny on Nov.24, 2009, under Uncategorized, devotionals, devotions, music, prayers

PSALM 92

¹It is wonderful to be grateful and to sing your praises, LORD Most High!

²It is wonderful each morning to tell about your love and at night to announce how faithful you are.

³I enjoy praising your name to the music of harps,⁴because everything you do makes me happy, and I sing joyful songs.

⁵You do great things, LORD. Your thoughts are too deep⁶for an ignorant fool to know or understand.

⁷Though the wicked sprout and spread like grass, they will be pulled up by their roots.

⁸But you will rule over all of us forever,⁹and your hateful enemies will be scattered and then destroyed.

¹⁰You have given me the strength of a wild ox, and you have chosen me to be your very own.

¹¹My eyes have seen, and my ears have heard the doom and destruction of my terrible enemies.

¹²Good people will prosper like palm trees, and they will grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.

¹³They will take root in your house, LORD God, and they will do well.

¹⁴They will be like trees that stay healthy and fruitful, even when they are old.

¹⁵And they will say about you, “The LORD always does right! God is our mighty rock.”

Throughout the Psalms, we are reminded and even commanded to give thanks to the Lord. Thanksgiving Day should never become a substitute for the daily expression of gratitude to God for all that He has done.

Because our culture is largely characterized by ingratitude, we need to work at developing a grateful heart. Even in prayer, we can become self-centered and drift from one petition to another without a word of praise to God. Giving thanks refocuses our attention onto the Lord as we remember His love and faithfulness and praise Him for who He is and what He has done.

Thanksgiving refreshes our souls as we spend time with God, concentrating on His goodness and grace. Anxiety is replaced with peace, and despondency with joy. If you wake up each morning and thank the Lord for deliverance from the power of sin, provision for all your needs, and guidance for the day ahead, what is left to cause worry or discouragement?

Gratitude to God for His faithfulness in the past increases faith and strengthens trust in Him for the future. Remember how He carried you in times of pain, helped you in periods of weakness, and supplied all your needs. You can trust Him with whatever lies ahead.

To establish a habit of thanksgiving, recall God’s lovingkindness in the morning, and recount His faithfulness at night. Thank Him for blessings—and also for the deep work He is doing in you through difficulties. As you start to see situations from His perspective, your gratitude and trust will grow.

(by Dr. Charles Stanley from the November 2009 issue of In Touch devotional magazine)