Perfect Gift
This was a commisson painting that I did a few years ago.
James Chapter 1 verse 17
Every good and perfect gift
is from above
and cometh down from
The Father of lights,
with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning.
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Think of all the wonderful gifts that have been poured down to us from the Father of lights, Our Father in Heaven. He gives so graciously to us, who often are not worthy to receive. He loves us so much that He loves to bless us with perfect gifts. I thank you Heavenly Father for all the marvellous gifts you have given me, my family, my health, my food, my shelter, my friends, my work the list is undending like your goodness to me is never-ending. Thank you Heavenly Father. Amen.
This is from the Book: ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R.Larman.
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It makes us think when we read these words in the Bible, each edition says things a bit differently but in essence they still mean the same.
Like it says in the Bible – with God there is no shadow of turning. So it is good to count our Blessings. He does not take them back, once He has given them to us.
There is one of course that likes to rob us of our blessings and we all know who that is.
Let us walk in truth and righteousness and treasure the good things that we have, apart from our family etc, there may be a special gift that a friend has given us. There is always something to be grateful for even when we are going through difficult times, it is then that we need to focus on the gift of Jesus that God sent into the world for our sakes.
Have a lovely Day today and cherish the PERFECT GIFTS that God has given especially to you.
This comes with Love and Blessings from me.
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“Flowers for the Altar”
Listen ?
This is a Painting that I did, thought it would be a change to put on here for no special reason except you may like to see it.
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Proverbs Chapter 4 verse 1
Listen, my sons,
to a father’s instruction;
pay attention
and
gain understanding.
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Yes plese Heavenly Father, help me to listen to your instruction, so that I can receive more understanding today.
The above is from the Book: ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R. Larman.
Well there we are….how well do we LISTEN…..to our earthly fathers instruction…..not always very well do we because then off we go to do our own thing. Not always to our advantage might I say.!
So this makes me think – how well do we LISTEN to God our Heavenly Father.
It is hard to LISTEN to God with so much going on in our lives. However if we can find a time each day to sit and read part of our Bible then is the time we can sit quietly and LISTEN when we have prayed for something or someone special. We may not get the answer we want but be assured that if you are a Christian then God has heard your prayers. So then we wait for His will to be done in the situation that we are praying for.
God Bless you today as you try to LISTEN to God our Heavenly Father.
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A Gift of Love?
St. Luke Chapter 3 verse 11
John answered,
“The man with two tunics
should share with him who has none
and the one who has food
should do the same”
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Is there anyone today that you can bless with a gift, it’s lovely to be able to share. I don’t mean an expensive gift. There may be someone near you who is unemployed, disabled, sick or in need of even a nice loaf of bread, biscuits, cake an item of clothing. The main thing is when you share, it is a gift of love. As Christians we can bring a lot of pleasure to those in need and it could be a chance to share the Gospel.
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Just think a gift of love can be just offering a cup of tea to someone. Or to invite them out for morning or afternoon tea especially to ask someone who you may know that is lonely. Even a young mum with a child can be lonely for someone to share and talk with. Other than that there could be an older person you sometimes say ‘Hello’ to while shopping who lives quite near to you. You could extend the ‘Hello’ to stand still instead of walking on and just ask ‘how are you’ or words to that effect.
You may be the only person who speaks to them today – so what a gift of love it is to share, to let them know that you care enough even just to say a few words. Before walking on just say ‘God Bless you’
Yes we can even phone a friend to say ‘Hello’ if we have not seen them for a while and ask how they are. Then before putting the phone down say ‘God Bless You’
Even this is an act of Love to find time to do that.
So I say
‘God Bless You Today’
I hope you have a lovely day.
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Husband & Wife
1 Corinthians: Chapter 7 verses 2-3
But since there is so much immorality,
each man should have his own wife
and each woman her own husband.
The husband should fulfil his maritial duty
to his wife
and likewise the wife to her husband,
the wife’s body does not belong to her alone
but also to her husband.
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This is pretty awesome when you think about it and is quite profound, we really should take note and act in the way that we were made regarding husband and wife.
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The above is from the Book: ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R. Larman.
Well there is not much we can say about the above reading except that we need to be willing to obey God’s Word……I know that we can’t all have a Husband or Wife but for those that do it is a blessing to read and understand the meaning of the above.
God didn’t put that in the Bible just for something to say – He really meant it and what a blessing it is to be a Christian in the Kingdom of God here on earth. To have someone to love and for them to love back in return.
I Pray that you have a lovely Day and for anyone that is not a Christian reading this all you have to do to become one is to ask Jesus to come into your life (your heart) tell Him you are sorry for all the wrong things you have done and really mean that you want Jesus in your life.……and guess what? He will be there with you, with God the Father and the Holy Spirit (that is the Spirit of Jesus).
Just remember that we were all sinners
before we invited Jesus
into our lives to become Christians.
God Bless You Today with Love.
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Pledged to be Married
Matthew: Chapter 1 verse 18.
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about:
His Mother Mary was pledged to be married
to Joseph but before they came together,
she was found be be with child through
The Holy Spirit.
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Mary must have been a beautiful young woman spiritually to be so obedient to God saying yes to what He asked of her. How many of us can truly say that we are obedient to submit ourselves to the ways of The LORD? Dear LORD God I pray today that I may be more obedient to your voice and not to my own wants. In being obedient to you I kow that you will be a blessing me even more than I can ever imagine. Thank you for Mary the Mother of my Saviour – Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.
The above is from the book: ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R. Larman.
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It makes you think dosn’t it – what would we do in the same situation that Mary was in. She must have only been about 16yrs. old or somewhere in her teenage years. Now adays most teenagers would laugh at the idea but – if an Angel appeared before them what ever would they do? Most probably faint on the spot or try to run. But Mary listened to the Angel and what a blessing for us that she did, so that now we can invite Jesus into our hearts into our lives and know that in Eternity we can be with God our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ if indeed we do invite Him to be Lord of our Life.
Just think how beautiful the Angels must be in the Heavenly Realm.
I Pray that you have a lovely Day today.
** God Bless You **
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Pure Joy
James Chapter 1 verses 2-3
Consider it pure joy,
my brothers,
whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that
the testing of your faith develops
perseverance.
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We don’t usually face trials with joy do we? If only we could use our faith more in the difficult circumstances, persevere in faith and let God be in charge instead of ourselves, we would find life much easier. Maybe you are in a difficult situation today, remember the disciples – we must have faith even as small as a mustard seed. Let us not give up in the testing of our faith, don’t let the devil have the upper hand, especially today.
The above is taken from the book: ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R. Larman.
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Well – how can we express Joy our Joy – it can be through singing, not sad songs of course but uplifting Songs or Hymns. Do you know that satan does not like us to be happy or to sing or to have any sort of Joy. So to make him move away from us we need to start rejoicing in our God, even to just thank Him for our Blessings, which when we begin to think of it are many. We must have that perserverance like the Bible says to walk in Faith however small our Faith is – it is better than having none.
Remember the weakest Christian on his knees is enough to make the devil tremble.
So give it a go some time and don’t be robbed of your Joy.
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* I Pray that you have some sort of pure joy today *
* God Bless You *
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Wisdom – do you have it?
James: Chapter 1 verse 5
If any of you lacks wisdom,
he should ask God,
who gives generously to all
without finding fault
and it will be given to him.
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I love wisdom, how about you? How ever naive or unskilled we are, if we ask God for wisdom He gives it to us – the above verse says – generously. We can all be wise but we must remember to ask for wisdom, what a privilege to be able to ask and receive!
The above is taken from the Book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R. Larman.
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Here us a nice clean Scroll……. we do need Wisdom to be able to write something sensible on it. Just a small amount of Wisdom is all we need to write something. But to write something really important or to try to judge what is right or wrong we need maybe a bit more Wisdom.
Remember – Solomon aked God for Wisdom – you can read about Solomon in – (1Kings: Chapter 3) in your Holy Bible.
Wisdom helps us to make wise decisions which was something that Solomon was able to do when he had to intervene in a dispute by the two women.
Let us try to be wise today and each day as we continue to walk in peace and love with each other while we live on this earth.
I Pray that God will bless you with extra Wisdom when you need it – but – yes there is a but – and that but is that you need to Ask before you can receive.
* Have a lovely Day *
* God Bless you *
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Can you Sing?
Psalm 13 verse 6
I will sing to
The LORD,
for He as been
good to me.
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The LORD loves to hear us sing,
so what are we waiting for – Let us: Sing,
sing, sing – today.
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The above is from the book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by: J.M.R.Larman.
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Do you know that God gave us each a voice and one of the things He likes us to do with it is to Sing – mainly to sing to Him. There are so many lovely Songs and Hymns that we can sing.
If you can talk you cannot say that you can’t sing, because it does not matter if you cannot compete with others with your voice because yours is special to God our Heavenly Father and He likes to hear you Sing and Praise Him with your own voice.
Even in the shower, the car, the house, outside in the garden or just walking along you can use your voice to sing quietly or out loud. However the best songs will come when you sing them as a prayer from your heart as a blessing to The Lord Jesus.
If you ask The Holy Spirit I am pretty sure He will help you to Sing – especially in the Congregation in your Church, think how lovely to have the Angels sing with you in the Congregation.
Well how about putting on a C.D. and just singalong with it while doing the housework or chores around the house where you live. Remember that depression starts to flee away when we sing – as long as it is something nice that we like.
Let the Trumpet sound and let our voice be heard to Praise The Lord our God. Amen.
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* God Bless you today –
as you may try a new Song *
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Room for God?
St. Georges Church. Carnarvon. W.A. Pen/Ink Drawing by:J.M.R.Larman.
Psalm 10 verse 4
In his pride the wicked does not seek him;
in all his thoughts there is
no room for God.
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Let us try to make a bit more room in our hearts today for God, our thoughts come from our hearts and out of our mouth the heart speaks. People will know if we have made room for God by the things we say, let our thoughts today be more holy.
Taken from the book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R.Larman
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Well this may make us think about the pride that we have in our hearts……Pride is a sin…..so let us look into our heart today to see if there is any pride in there. Pride does push God out somehow, especially when we think we are really clever to get things done our way, making us feel better than the next person.
Pride can take many forms and sometimes pushes people away from us, when they think they cannot compete with us.
Let us try to get rid of pride for a start from our heart and ask God to come in and help us with our everyday tasks.
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*God Bless You today*
Have a lovely day with room in your heart for God our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ His Son, not forgetting The Holy Spirit who helps us when we ask for help in whatever circumstances we find ourselves in.
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Today is a New Day
Psalm 1 verse 1
Blessed is the man
that walketh not
in the counsel
of the ungodly…..
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Today is a new day, let us not walk in or listen to the counsel of those who are ungodly, let us be guided by The Holy Spirit of Jesus and have a lovely day.
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The above is taken from the book ‘Drink from the Cup’
It is lovely to be guided by the Holy Spirit and not to listen to others who may be advising us in the wrong way.
Sometimes we would rather listen to our friends suggestion that we do things their way. Well we do all want to do things our own way and think that our friends may be right if it suits us better than waiting on God.
Today is a New Day…….so we can practice trying to listen to The Holy Spirit when we are trying to make a special decision about something.
Let us remember that He is waiting for us to talk to Him and also to ask His help for anything that we are thinking about. He is always with us and I am sure He loves to help us.
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