The Rest of OUR Story…

Do you, or does someone you know, feel abandoned and hopeless right now?
Is there anyone reading this blog who feels your life might as well be over?

Well, it may be the end of a chapter of your life…
but it’s not the end of the story.
I believe that God writes the end of the story — for you, for me, for all mankind!

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Whether you are struggling with your own salvation
or are trying to help someone else to find their way,
I would like to commend to you three websites that I have found very helpful:

THE FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS

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KNOW MY STORY 

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GET UP WITH GOD

I hope these links will be as helpful to you as they are to me.
I refer to them often –
and I subscribe to the “Get Up With God” updates every day.
“GUWG” is on Facebook and other social networking services
and they have a great smartphone app!

He Lives!

God sent His son, they called Him Jesus
He came to love, heal, and forgive.
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, All fear is gone.
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living just because He lives.

–Bill and Gloria Gaither

Hope in Bloom!

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Hope in the Storm

You are my refuge and my shield;
your word is my source of hope.
Psalm 119:114
NLT

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Remembering all the people affected by recent tornadoes and other storms.
Praying for safety and protection from storms still in the forecast!
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Click on the link below for a related post:
“Sometimes He calms the storm…
and other times He calms His child.”
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Christmas IM’s

Throughout human history,
God has used His angels as supernatural “instant messengers”
to communicate with the people He created.

God sent the angel Gabriel to visit Mary
and give her the news that she was going to be the mother of the Christ Child.

Later, an angel from God visited Joseph
to inform him of the virgin birth and to explain his earthly father’s role in this all-important event.

For generations, the Jews had been looking for their Messiah — their long-awaited King.
The angels revealed to Mary and Joseph that Jesus was this Messiah –
the HOPE of the world!

When the time came for Jesus to be born,
Mary and Joseph found no room in any local inn in Bethlehem –
so they had to spend the night in a lowly stable,
surrounded by the smells and noises of the animals
who shared their space with the expectant couple.

When Mary had delivered her baby,
the first people to learn of Christ’s birth
were shepherds keeping watch over their sheep under the night-time sky.
An angel suddenly appeared to them, announcing the birth and saying,

I bring you good news that will bring great JOY to all people. 
The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—
has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!
(Luke 2:10b-11)

Then the first angel was suddenly joined by a whole army of heavenly angels,
proclaiming this message –

Glory to God in highest heaven,
and PEACE on earth to those with whom God is pleased.
(Luke 2:14)

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Thank y’all for stopping by to visit Little Things.
May your life be filled with little blessings, little chuckles,
and little deeds of kindness (both given and received)!
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During this Christmas season,
may we all know the
HOPE, JOY, and PEACE
that come with the celebration of Jesus’ birth!
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Special (((hugggs))) to my friend Margie
who brightens up our neighborhood every Christmas
with these cute lil’ angels!
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“Like a well-watered garden…”

I can just hear some of you saying – with good reason – “Oh, no, not another post about the weather!”   This one is a little different, though.  I’ve been thinking lately how physical drought can teach us about times of spiritual drought in our lives, as well.

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In times of spiritual emptiness, desolation, hopelessness,
God will guide His people and provide for them.
He will sustain them.

 

By God’s grace and power,
His church will flourish and grow and bring forth fruit –
the fruit of obedient lives, charitable deeds,
and sharing His love with a dying world.

 

In every believer,
there is a well of living water which flows from Christ,
into His people to give them life eternal…
and through His people,
outward to bring hope and life to a thirsty and needy world.

…Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds,
“Anyone who is thirsty may come to Me!
Anyone who believes in Me may come and drink!
For the Scriptures declare,
‘Rivers of living water will flow from His heart.’”

John 7:37,38

Because He Lives…

This is the GOOD NEWS of Easter ~~~
It is to be shared!!!
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