Inner beauty

Don't be concerned about the outward beauty

that depends on

fancy hairstyles, expensive jewellery or beautiful clothes.

You should be known for the beauty that comes from within;

the unfading beauty of a

gentle and quiet spirit,

which is so precious to God.

1 Peter 3: 3-4

Those who need me

Please God, let those that need me always be able to recognise me and reach me,
no matter how good or bad I feel inside.
Amen.

Pat Caplin, of Colchester.

Promises

Never make promises

unless you are sure you will honour your word.

For people who make promises

that they don't keep

are like nimbus clouds

that bring no rain.

Guard your thoughts

Guard your thoughts;

for your thoughts become words;

your words become speech;

your speech becomes action;

your action becomes habit;

your habit forms your character;

your character determines your destiny;

your destiny forms your vision;

your vision becomes your purpose;

and your purpose tunes into what you do day after day!

This is evident from the following Bible passage therefore take heed:

Yes, as the rain and the snow come down from the heavens

and do not return without watering the earth,

making it yeild and giving growth to provide seed for the sower

and bread for the eating,

so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty,

without carrying out my will and

succeeding in what it was sent to do.

(Isaiah 55:10-11)

Our Father

Our Father

who art in heaven

hallowed be thy name

thy kingdom come

thy will be done

on earth

as it is in heaven.

Give us this day

our daily bread

and forgive us

our trespasses

as we forgive those

who trespass against us.

Lead us not into

temptation

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory,

Forever and ever,

AMEN.

Lord, I thank you for me

Lord, I thank you
for slowing me down
for making me see those details
that I so often ignore
as I rush on by.

Lord I thank you,
for letting me see
that weakness in me
that needs so much
to be strengthened by You.

Lord I thank you,
for relaxing me
that I may take one step back
and let be, those things
that I have no control over.

Lord I thank you,
for the change I feel in me
as I slowly re-build my wounded,
rushed, exhausted, ignorant self
because in Your presence
I have the courage to do better.
Lord, I thank you.

by Pauline Okposi.

Christ on the Cross

They stripped you bare and stole your clothes,
and jeering passed you by;

They stretched you on a wooden cross
and hung you out to die.

Now I before an altar stand,
nor find a place of death
But with a living Lord contend,
and my indwelling breath.

For you are my salvation, Lord,
my hope and vision bright;
The all-revealing living word,
and my indwelling light.

You are my indwelling Good,
a presence all divine
Of God in human form bestowed,
to be holy, to be mine.

So when I take you in my hand,
my Lord, to life the key;
To all the world just bread and wine,
to me your guarantee.

by John Rae, of Littlebourne, Canterbury, Kent.

Just keep working, those debts will go...

These are turbulent times.

This almost seems like an understatement but it's not.

These are turbulent times.



How do we cope?

Things seem to get harder but still we ask the question.

How do we cope?



Keep on saving your money.

There is not enough to live on so how can you say so, but

Keep on saving your money.



Where is your faith? In money or God?

Right now focusing can be difficult because worries are too many. Still

Where is your faith? In money or God?



Right. Just keep working, those debts will go.

Really? Yes. "Be strong and work; for I am with you." Haggai 2:4

Right. Just keep working, those debts will go.



By Pauline Okposi