Compliments from an Enemy

"The Christians know and trust their God. They placate those who oppress them and make their enemies their friends. They do good to their enemies. Their wives are absolutely pure and their daughters are modest. Their men abstain from unlawful marriages and all other impurity.
"If any of them has a bondwoman or children, they persuade them to become Christians because of the love they have for them; and when they become so, they are called, 'brother' without distinction. They love one another. "They rescue the orphan from him who does violence. He who has gives ungrudgingly to him who has not. If they see a stranger, they take him into their dwellings and rejoice over him as over a real brother, for they do not call each other brother after the flesh, but after the spirit of God. If any among them is poor and needy, and they do not have food to spare, they fast two or three days that they may supply him with the necessary food. "They scrupulously obey their Messiah. Every morning and every hour they thank and praise God for his loving kindness toward them. Because of them, there flows forth all the beauty that there is in the world.

"But the deeds which they do, they do not proclaim to the ears of the multitude, but they take care that no man shall perceive them. Thus their labor is righteous. Truly this is a new people and there is something divine in them."

This text was reported to the Roman Emperor Hadrian between 117 A.D. and 138 A.D. Dear Christian friend, is this how your enemy describes you?

"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5:16

Prayer
Father,
Remind us of the love we had when we first came to know You! You must be our first love. Fill our hearts with peace and joy because of Jesus, and help us to be hungry to know You more. Let that love and grace that You have motivate all of our actions. Lord, teach us, also, to love others more than we love ourselves. We need Your help to surrender our attitudes, our time, our money, and even ourselves for the good of others, rather than keeping them back for our own gain. Use this love for You and love for others to bring many to know You.
In Jesus' name, Amen

GOOGLE today 12.10.2001

I noticed that Google logo changed from time to time and i did not pay any attention to it until lately.

Today's is in tribute to Art Clokey in interactive Google Doodle.  Click on the ball of clay on your google page and you will see these animated character.

New Delhi: A set of five Google-coloured clay balls spring to life on Google's home page as a tribute to Arthur 'Art' Clokey, a pioneer in the art of stop motion clay animation.

October 12 is Art Clokey's 90th birth anniversary. Born on October 12, 1921 Clokey's birth name was Arthur C Farrington. After his parents divorced and his mother remarried, his step-father sent him to an orphanage. He was later adopted by Joseph W Clokey, a musician who introduced him to the world of arts.
After graduating from University of Southern California, Clokey experimented with short clay animation films including the three minute short Gumbasia (1953), that featured his most famous character Gumby. The interest generated by his short films led to the The Gumby Show.  read more

The Gumby Show

There are also a lot of uploaded episodes in the Youtube.

Happy watching.

Journal

"Do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart" Deuteronomy 4:9. Creating a Faithbook or Spiritual Journal can be a powerful memory tool.


Creating a Faithbook or Spiritual Journal can be a powerful way to remember what the Lord has done in your life. It is easy to forget, during the difficult times of life, how far He has brought us.


How many times do we see in Scriptures where God blessed His people in miraculous and personal ways? The pages of the Bible are filled with their tales! And yet, far too often, those same people soon forgot what the Lord had done and were swallowed up in self-pity and doubt. So how can keeping a spiritual journal help?


A spiritual journal helps us pass on our legacy of faith.


In the book of Joshua we hear the story of the crossing of the Jordan river – a miraculous provision of God for His people. It is significant that Joshua, at God's prompting command, had memorial stones brought forth from the river bed to create a pillar – so that the story would be shared and told to future generations. We can not only be strengthened by what God has done in our own lives, but also what God has done in the lives of those who come before us. Likewise, when we journal for all posterity, how God has worked in our lives we bless our children's spiritual lives as well.


A spiritual journal keeps us focused on the Lord and puts things in perspective.


Most of us are aware of the cathartic nature of journaling. When a day has been hard, a friend angry, or situation particularly tiring we can write our rawest emotions in a journal and release that in a safe way. Many have shared how writing out their feelings towards God at any given moment has helped to bring them back to a place of spiritual peace. Just look at some of David's Psalms for examples – hurt, anger, questioning, doubt, fear, guilt – all emotions expressed before the Lord openly and honestly. And through that expression came the reminder of the Lord's faithfulness. Almost every Psalm ends with a declaration of trust and obedience to the Lord. Our spiritual lives will be richer if we'll be honest with God in the same way.


A spiritual journal helps us face trying times by reminding us of the past successes.


When David went out to face Goliath he cited past occasions where God had supported and protected him. It gave him courage to go to battle. Our spiritual battles are much the same, and a journal can help lift us up when we are down spiritually. We all face times when we can't see God at work in our lives. A spiritual journal allows us to go back, see where God was active in our lives before and say “God is in control – I will make it through”.


In his book God Moments Alan Wright says, “Yesterday's God Moments are stones in the sling of faith for tomorrow's giants”. What stones are you collecting for future giants in your life?


(taken from http://angelaengland.suite101.com/spiritual-journal-importance-a25828)


(http://www.squidoo.com/christianjournaling101)
Other Resources
There are many resources out there for you if you want to become an expert at journaling.
These three sites listed below are resources to enhance your journaling experience. Check them all out, and see if you find anything that can be beneficial to you!


http://leadercast.com This site will be offering a free, downloadable Spiritual Growth Software that will have a journaling component to it. You will be able to categorize your entries by date and the best thing about this is that there is no paper or ink needed! Other components to this Spiritual Growth Software includes a Bible Reading Plan to help you read the whole Bible in a year, a Prayer Request section where you can jot down your prayers and your answered prayers, a Bible Memory section that helps you memorize scripture, and a Bible Reading section to help keep count of the passages that you've read. The Spiritual Growth Software will be coming out soon, so sign up to the LeaderCast mailing list to be the first one to download this amazing software!
http://www.hem-of-his-garment-bible-study.org/Christian-prayer-journal.html This website offers Christian prayer journal pages for free! The site has a few points on why you should journal, and offers four different types of journaling pages.
. http://store.dayspring-store.com/books-journals.html This link lists many well designed journals that you can purchase online. It features classic, prayer journals to Christian diary/journal for children.