From her first born: "I agree wholeheartedly!!!!! God bless my mom who has shown to be the best mom ever!!! I am truly, truly blessed. We all are. Happy 69th birthday momma!!!!!!!! I love you so, so much!!!!"
From Lula herself: "Thanks Toya for bringing forth this prayer for me. Thanks to all who agreed with her. I love you all so much. I thank God for my family. You all are very special to me. I pray that God continue to bless each and everyone of you because HE has shown HIMSELF faithful to all of us. God is good and faithful. Let us continue to give Him what He is due from us. To give Him all Blessings, Glory, Honor, Power and Praise. In everything give thanks."
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Prayer: LORD, speak through Your Word and in every second of my experience today. In Jesus' name, amen.
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JESUS' MINISTRY IN GALILEE
Mark 2 v. 18-22 (NLT)*part 2*
Emphasis on v. 19-22
Groom and Wineskins
19 Jesus replied, "Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can't fast while the groom is with them. 20 But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
21 "Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.
22 "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins."
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In verse 19 Did you get that the groom represented Jesus? He compared Himself to a groom because in the Bible, the image of a bride is often used for God's people, and the image of a groom for the God Who loves them (Isaiah 62:5; Matthew 25:1-13; Revelations 21:2)
Now what about these wineskins? A wineskin was a goatskin sewed together at the edges to form a watertight bag. New wine, expanding as it aged and stretched the wineskin. New wine, therefore, could not be put into a wineskin that had already been stretched, or the taut skin would burst.
The Pharisees had become rigid like old wineskins. They could not accept faith in Jesus that would not be contained or limited by man made ideas or rules. Your heart, like wineskin can become rigid and prevent you from accepting the new life Christ offers. BEWARE OF THE DECEPTION THAT IS LIVING IN YOUR PARAMETER! Keep your heart pliable and open to accepting the life-changing truths of Christ.
If you have no clue what some of these truths are; my question to you is...
- ARE YOU READING THE GOOD NEWS?
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Pray what comes to your heart after reading today's Word.
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"For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12
Resources: biblegateway.com, NIV Women's Devotional Bible- Classic Edition, and Life Application Study Bible.
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