17 September: Shipwrecked!

Shipwrecked on the edge of the Adriatic – what a start to an autumn day!

READ ACTS 27  Make notes, if you’d like, of what stands out for you. Feel free to use the “Leave a Comment” box below to also write some of your thoughts.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Having survived a shipwrecked off the southern tip of South America – I wrote about this in my second book Mysterious? …Expect the Unexpected…  – I realise that most of us today don’t want bad news. We struggle with bad news and story’s, like the one in today’s chapter, because we only want to believe in a Creator who is “good”. After all, who would follow a God who has the ability to stop bad things from happening, but doesn’t!

Weirdly enough, though, it seems to me that my Maker’s “good news message” was really only “good” when I was sitting on solid ground after the shipwreck! My Maker demonstrates Himself to me, in a real way, as I watch those floating pieces out there on the waves of my life.  Those broken bits could have been me, had my Father God not saved me, as He did Paul, in just the right way at just the right time. It’s only as my senses are heighted – by experiencing the good, the bad, and the truly ugly – that I can finally see my Creator’s idea of “good”. I can finally see who I really am, in light of who He really is

Read more? … CLICK “17 September – Additional Notes”

What about you? Can you tell me what today’s “breadcrumb” is? Leave a note in the “Comments” box below and tell me what you think of today’s chapter.

Finding it hard to connect with your “Good God”? The rest of this webpage uses Jesus’ own prayer to help help…[a]

[a] Matthew 6:5-15

THE LORD’S PRAYER:

  1. Praise: “Our Father in Heaven, how great is Your name! Your Kingdom come! Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven…”
I’ll thank and praise You today, Lord, for You are great and most worthy of praise! You’re to be feared above all gods. [1 Chronicles 16:25]
  1. Ask: “…Give us today our daily bread…”
  • The world: God’s GRACE on Nicaragua[b]
  • Your nation: The work done among substance abusers
  • Yourself: Your extended Family
  • Your concerns for today
Thank-you Lord for your great promises: that I’ll have plenty to eat, until I’m full. I’ll praise the Name of the Lord my God, who has worked wonders for me. Never again will Your people be shamed. [Joel 2:26]
  1. Admit: “…Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us…”
Help me each day, Father God, to be devoted to others in love – honouring others above myself. [Romans 12:10]
  1. Protect: “… Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one…”
I thank and praise You, God of my ancestors: You’ve given me wisdom and power, You’ve made known to me what I’ve asked of You. [Daniel 2:23]

“For Yours Lord is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory for ever and ever. Amen!”

When questioned, tested, tricked or in His hour of great need, Jesus spoke what was previously written in God’s Word.[c] So, the final section on this page is about memorizing the script through 10 topics. Following these will help you learn 52 portions from the bible in a year! THIS WEEK’S MEMORY VERSE: Topic = A Good Caretaker

“And my God shall supply all your needs, according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus.”[Philippians 4:19]

[a] Matthew 6:5-15

[b] http://www.operationworld.org/country/nica/owtext.html

[c] Matthew 4:4,6,7,10; 11:10; 21:13; and 26:24,31

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