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Jenifer Gilley <[log in to unmask]>
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Jenifer gilley
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble 
remembering how to fly."
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 6:14 AM
Subject: The Word For Today: Saturday July 15th


> "I HAVE BROUGHT YOU GLORY ON EARTH BY COMPLETING THE WORK YOU GAVE ME TO 
> DO." ( JOHN 17:4 NIV )
>
>                        USE YOUR TIME WISELY!
>
> Commenting upon the undisciplined life of Samuel Taylor Colendge, William 
> Barclay writes: "Never did so great a mind produce so little. He left 
> Cambridge University to join the army; he left the army because he could 
> not rub down a horse; he returned to Oxford and left without a degree. He 
> began a newspaper called The Watchman, which lived for ten editors then 
> died. It could be said of him 'He lost himself in visisons of work to be 
> done, that always remained to be done."
> Jesus understood His mission and He never deviated from it. He refused to 
> be the victim of peer pressure or the expectations of others. He sought 
> the approval of one person only-His Father! Just before He assumed public 
> ministry He spent 40 days in the wilderness consulting with His Father. 
> And don't forget the night He spent in prayer before chooseing His 12 
> disciples. Finally, there was Gethsemane. Because Jesus was spiritually 
> sharpened by moments alone with the Father, it was nver difficult for Him 
> to say "no" to invitations and demands which might have looked good or 
> acceptable to us. Here's a life changing insight you always have the time 
> to do what God wants done. And you don't burn out in the process. You may 
> not get done what you want done, or what others think needs done. But so 
> what? Your goal should be to reach the end of life and say like Jesus, "I 
> have brought You glory on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do."
>
>
>
> Linda("The Prayerwarrior/Angel") (\o/)
> email: [log in to unmask] 

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