<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575949834388066139</id><updated>2011-07-07T17:49:49.300-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Joint For Christ ~ MGC</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>MGC Ministries at Google.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03254049423005494686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AVU_Cr1Jvrg/SMoHi2jVr1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/dnUjJI8X9Cw/S220/Dock.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575949834388066139.post-2731008969293314584</id><published>2009-11-28T13:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T14:34:49.118-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Watchery Affiliate at MGC</title><content type='html'>Want To Learn About &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Luxury&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/click?lid=41000000029497076"&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Watches?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check Out The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/click?lid=41000000029497076"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;WATCHERY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;GLOSSARY&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; At &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/click?lid=41000000029497076"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Watchery&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Affiliate of MGC&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is just one example of the great source of information you will find at &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/click?lid=41000000029497076"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Watchery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Glossary at MGC's, &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/click?lid=41000000029497076"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;The Watchery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt; Affiliate Site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Automatic &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/click?lid=41000000029497076"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Watch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; -- Automatic Movement -- Automatic Winding&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the glossary, this is also called “self-winding,” a &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/click?lid=41000000029497076"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;watch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with automatic movement doesn't need a battery. 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give &lt;b&gt;Y&lt;/b&gt;ou honor, we give reverence to &lt;b&gt;Y&lt;/b&gt;our holy and devine name.&lt;br /&gt;We lift &lt;b&gt;Y&lt;/b&gt;our name above every name &lt;b&gt;L&lt;/b&gt;ord &lt;b&gt;G&lt;/b&gt;od and we sing praises to &lt;b&gt;Y&lt;/b&gt;ou in the highest.&lt;br /&gt;We thank &lt;b&gt;Y&lt;/b&gt;ou Lord for all that we have and for all that we are.&lt;br /&gt;We bless the name of &lt;b&gt;J&lt;/b&gt;esus. Thank you &lt;b&gt;L&lt;/b&gt;ord for our salvation, for &lt;b&gt;Y&lt;/b&gt;our love, for the life that &lt;b&gt;Y&lt;/b&gt;ou have breathed into us.&lt;br /&gt;Thank &lt;b&gt;Y&lt;/b&gt;ou for being a blessing to us all. In the name of &lt;b&gt;J&lt;/b&gt;esus.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our scriptures for this sermon are taken from the following:&lt;br /&gt;Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; John 15:12-17; Psalm 31:11-14;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 38:11; Psalm 88:18; Proverbs 17:16;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 27:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What A Friend --- Jesus&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Ecclesiates 4:9-12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The word given to Solomon Son of David&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9} Two are better than one,&lt;br /&gt;because they have a good return for their work;&lt;br /&gt;10} If one falls down, his friend can help him/(&lt;i&gt;her&lt;/i&gt;) up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!&lt;br /&gt;11} Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.&lt;br /&gt;but how can one keep warm alone?&lt;br /&gt;12} Though one may be overpowered,&lt;br /&gt;two can defend themselves,&lt;br /&gt;A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Let us pause here in our walk with the Lord through His word to reflect on what a wonderful friend we have in Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;Truly the Lord loves each and every one of us and cherishes us as His friends.&lt;br /&gt;The word tells us that God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son,&lt;br /&gt;that who ever believed in Him would not perish, but have eternal life.&lt;/i&gt; {John 3:16}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;What a price to pay for someone you love. Yet the Lord Jesus Christ paid the price willingly.&lt;br /&gt;Let us give the Lord praise and thanks for the sacrifice that He made so that we may be saved through Him.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Selah. Praise the Lord.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Section II of the Sermon - What A Friend We Have In Jesus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John 15:12-17 (The words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ)&lt;br /&gt;12} My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.&lt;br /&gt;13} Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.&lt;br /&gt;14} You are My friends if you do what I command.&lt;br /&gt;15} I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business,&lt;br /&gt;Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit ---- fruit that will last.&lt;br /&gt;16} Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name.&lt;br /&gt;17} This is My command; love each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Not a suggestion, not a good idea, not a decision to make.&lt;br /&gt;The Lord says, "This is My command: Love each other."&lt;br /&gt;Let us obey the command of the Lord.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Selah. Praise the Lord.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psalm 31:11-13&lt;br /&gt;11} Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt&lt;br /&gt;of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends --- those who see me&lt;br /&gt;on the street flee from me.&lt;br /&gt;12} I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.&lt;br /&gt;13} For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side;&lt;br /&gt;they conspire against me and plot to take my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Now you might assume from David's narrative that he is really really up against&lt;br /&gt;a rock and a hard place.&lt;br /&gt;But the word says;&lt;/i&gt; {Proverbs 18:24} A man of many companions may come to ruin,&lt;br /&gt;But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;So even when your enemies and neighbors are against you;&lt;br /&gt;Even as the writer says&lt;/i&gt; {Psalm 38:11}&lt;br /&gt;My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;&lt;br /&gt;My neighbors stay far away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Even if times seem so bad that you feel as though&lt;/i&gt; {Psalm 88:18...}&lt;br /&gt;...The darkness is my closest friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Even when we think all hope is lost and we don't have any one to turn to.&lt;br /&gt;We must&lt;/i&gt; {Psalm 31:24} Be strong and take heart, all you who hope&lt;br /&gt;in the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The writer says,&lt;/i&gt; {Psalm 31:14}&lt;br /&gt;But I trust in You, O Lord; I say, You are my God.&lt;br /&gt;15}My times are in Your hands...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;There is a spiritual song that says:&lt;br /&gt;What a friend we have in Jesus, all our grief and pain&lt;br /&gt;to bear.&lt;br /&gt;What a priviledge to carry everything to God in prayer.&lt;br /&gt;The Lord has called us His friend&lt;/i&gt; {John 15:15}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;When we fall down, we have a friend to help us&lt;br /&gt;get back up again.&lt;br /&gt;That friend is Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;When others dread our company, when those who&lt;br /&gt;see us on the street avoid us. When we are forgotten&lt;br /&gt;by many. There is a friend who will never leave or forsake us.&lt;br /&gt;That friend is Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{John 15:15} I no longer call you servants.... I have called you friends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Do you have a friend in Jesus?&lt;br /&gt;If your answer is anything but a definite yes,&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mgcmondaynightprayer.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CLICK_HERE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1575949834388066139-7308213275261039618?l=mgcministries.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/feeds/7308213275261039618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1575949834388066139&amp;postID=7308213275261039618' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default/7308213275261039618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default/7308213275261039618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-friend-we-have-in-jesus.html' title='A Friend Called In Jesus'/><author><name>MGC Ministries at Google.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03254049423005494686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AVU_Cr1Jvrg/SMoHi2jVr1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/dnUjJI8X9Cw/S220/Dock.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575949834388066139.post-9112645656004379943</id><published>2009-09-01T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T13:11:43.739-08:00</updated><title type='text'>John and More John ~ HELP!</title><content type='html'>&lt;i&gt;Sometimes the best thing we can do as Christian Workers is to get practical help for certain times and occasions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One very good method for doing this is to attend prayer and devotional meetings at the church of your choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who find it difficult to attend such meetings on a regular basis or who want added inspirational strength to the help they have received from attending prayer and/or devotional meetings, we offer this online prayer and devotional meeting to provide our Christian friends practical help for certain times and occasions.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to Abiding In &lt;b&gt;C&lt;/b&gt;hrist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following is selected reading from the 15th chapter of John:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jn 15:4&lt;/i&gt; Remain in &lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;e, and &lt;b&gt;I&lt;/b&gt; will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in &lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;e.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Lord invites us to be a part of &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;is family and to remain a part of &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;im as good Christians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;e is the tree of our Christian lives and we are the branches. We can bear no fruit by ourselves, only by remaining a part of the vine that is &lt;b&gt;C&lt;/b&gt;hrist do we grow and bloom and mature as good fruit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay in the &lt;b&gt;Lord&lt;/b&gt;, be a fruitful branch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May the &lt;b&gt;L&lt;/b&gt;ord add many blessings to the reading and acceptance of &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;is word.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Praise the Lord.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jn 15:5&lt;/i&gt; "&lt;b&gt;I&lt;/b&gt; am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in &lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;e and &lt;b&gt;I&lt;/b&gt; in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from &lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;e you can do nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jn 15:6&lt;/i&gt; If anyone does not remain in &lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;e, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jn 15:7&lt;/i&gt; If you remain in &lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;e and &lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;y words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jn 15:10&lt;/i&gt; If you obey &lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;y commands, you will remain in &lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;y love, just as &lt;b&gt;I&lt;/b&gt; have obeyed &lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;y Father's commands and remain in &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;is love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following is selected reading from 1 John and 2 John:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;1Jn 2:6&lt;/i&gt; Whoever claims to live in &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;im must walk as &lt;b&gt;J&lt;/b&gt;esus did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;1Jn 2:28&lt;/i&gt; And now, dear children, continue in &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;im, so the when &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;e appears we may be confident and unashamed before &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;im at &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;is coming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;1Jn 3:6&lt;/i&gt; No one who lives in &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;im keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;im or known &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;im.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;2Jn 9&lt;/i&gt; Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of &lt;b&gt;C&lt;/b&gt;hrist does not have &lt;b&gt;G&lt;/b&gt;od; whoever continues in the teaching has both the &lt;b&gt;F&lt;/b&gt;ather and the &lt;b&gt;S&lt;/b&gt;on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let us pray.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jude 24&lt;/i&gt;: To &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;im who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before &lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;is glorious presence without fault and with great joy --&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jude 25&lt;/i&gt;: to the only &lt;b&gt;G&lt;/b&gt;od our &lt;b&gt;S&lt;/b&gt;avior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through &lt;b&gt;J&lt;/b&gt;esus &lt;b&gt;C&lt;/b&gt;hrist our &lt;b&gt;L&lt;/b&gt;ord, before all ages, and forevermore!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Amen.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1575949834388066139-9112645656004379943?l=mgcministries.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/feeds/9112645656004379943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1575949834388066139&amp;postID=9112645656004379943' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default/9112645656004379943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default/9112645656004379943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/2008/09/john-and-more-john-help.html' title='John and More John ~ HELP!'/><author><name>MGC Ministries at Google.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03254049423005494686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AVU_Cr1Jvrg/SMoHi2jVr1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/dnUjJI8X9Cw/S220/Dock.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575949834388066139.post-736042227645086695</id><published>2009-08-22T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-23T17:34:23.119-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Colossians 3:15</title><content type='html'>(15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your heart, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.&lt;br /&gt;(16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. &lt;br /&gt;(17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1575949834388066139-736042227645086695?l=mgcministries.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/feeds/736042227645086695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1575949834388066139&amp;postID=736042227645086695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default/736042227645086695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default/736042227645086695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/2009/08/colossians-315.html' title='Colossians 3:15'/><author><name>MGC Ministries at Google.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03254049423005494686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AVU_Cr1Jvrg/SMoHi2jVr1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/dnUjJI8X9Cw/S220/Dock.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575949834388066139.post-3067236148091605264</id><published>2009-08-19T10:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T05:34:48.025-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PRAY TO THE FATHER IN YOUR ROOM</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Matt. 5:1,2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;1.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Now when &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;H&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;e (&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;J&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;esus) saw the crowds, &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;H&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;e went up on the mountain side and sat down. &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;H&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;is disciples cam to &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;H&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;im.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;2.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;And &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;H&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;e began to teach them, saying:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Matt 6:5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;"But when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Matt 6:6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;When you pray, go into your room, and pray to your &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ather, who is unseen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#333333;"&gt;Then your &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ather, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Matt 6:7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;And when you pray, &lt;em&gt;do not keep on babbling&lt;/em&gt; like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Matt. 6:8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Do not be like them (pagans), for your &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;F&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ather knows what you need before you ask &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;H&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;im.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Matt. 6:9-14&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;9.)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;This is how you should pray:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#333333;"&gt;"Our &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ather in &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;H&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;eaven, hallowed be &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Y&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;our name,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;10.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Y&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;our Kingdom come, &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Y&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;our will be done on earth as it is in &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;H&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;eaven.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;11.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Give us today our daily bread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;12.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;13.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; And lead us not into temptation,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;but deliver us from the evil one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;For &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Y&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ours is the &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;K&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ingdom and the &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ower and the &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;lory forever.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Amen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;14.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;For if you forgive men when they sin against you, &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Y&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;our &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;H&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;eavenly &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ather &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#333333;"&gt;will also forgive you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1575949834388066139-3067236148091605264?l=mgcministries.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/feeds/3067236148091605264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1575949834388066139&amp;postID=3067236148091605264' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default/3067236148091605264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default/3067236148091605264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/2009/02/prayer.html' title='PRAY TO THE FATHER IN YOUR ROOM'/><author><name>MGC Ministries at Google.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03254049423005494686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AVU_Cr1Jvrg/SMoHi2jVr1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/dnUjJI8X9Cw/S220/Dock.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575949834388066139.post-5131958942451450694</id><published>2009-08-09T11:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T05:28:14.024-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comfort And Encouragement</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;How many of us find ourselves &lt;em&gt;suffering&lt;/em&gt; on a daily basis because we are &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;hristians? &lt;em&gt;Suffering&lt;/em&gt; not at the hands of others, but by trials brought on by things happening in life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;How many times do you feel insulted because you reverence the name of &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;hrist and find yourself ridiculed and put down verbally?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;How many times have others tried to make you feel ashamed of being &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;hristian?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;If some of the above or all of the above are your experiences, you need to embrace the &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;W&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ord of &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;od given through the Apostle Peter in regards to "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;Suffering For Being &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;hristian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;1st Peter 4:12-19&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;12)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;13)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;hrist's &lt;em&gt;sufferings&lt;/em&gt;; that, when &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;H&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;is glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;14)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; If you be reproached for the name of &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;hrist, happy are you; for the &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;S&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;pirit of &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;lory and of &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;od rests upon you; on their part &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;H&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;e is evil spoken of, but on your part &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;H&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;e is glorified.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;15)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;16)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Yet if any man &lt;em&gt;suffer&lt;/em&gt; as a &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;hristian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;od on this behalf.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;17)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; For the time is come that judgement must begin at the &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;H&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ouse of &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;od: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;G&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;od?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;18)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;19)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Wherefore, let them that &lt;em&gt;suffer&lt;/em&gt; according to the will of &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;od commit the keeping of their souls to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;im in well doing, as unto a faithful &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;reator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1575949834388066139-5131958942451450694?l=mgcministries.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/feeds/5131958942451450694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1575949834388066139&amp;postID=5131958942451450694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default/5131958942451450694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1575949834388066139/posts/default/5131958942451450694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mgcministries.blogspot.com/2009/03/comfort-and-encouragement-against.html' title='Comfort And Encouragement'/><author><name>MGC Ministries at Google.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03254049423005494686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AVU_Cr1Jvrg/SMoHi2jVr1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/dnUjJI8X9Cw/S220/Dock.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
