Quotes From The Heart May 2011

The resurrection of a city
starts with the rebirth
of the individual citizen.
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Like a sponge, I'm soaking up all of God's goodness.
Like a sponge, sometimes I need to be squeezed,
So that I share some of that soaked up goodness.
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Watching a butterfly,
it's hard to imagine that it could possibly reach a destination.
Watching a child grow,
it's hard to imagine them shaping the destiny of a nation.
Spend some quality time with a child today
and you will shape 100% of the future.
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Dear God,
as Your Spirit envelops Buffalo
and heaven meets earth in Western New York,
help me to stay in the realization of Your Glory
and not get lost in my giddiness.
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There is a flow of the Holy Spirit starting to flood Buffalo, NY.
It's like a river of like minded compassionate people
who desire to experience the exceedingly extravagant abundance
of living life in the purpose for which God created them.
Be alert for coincidental meetings. "It just so happened....."
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Good morning Holy Spirit,
You saw me yesterday as I sat on a pew in a gym and thought about repentance. You heard me repent.
I have not lived up to the potential that You have given me..
It's almost like I had to remove a speck in the eye of my heart to move to a new level in my relationship with you God. Thank you for Your patience.
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Dear God,
I'm grateful for who you are and who you made me to be. Help me to see the opportunities that are in my path today. Help me to run in perseverance and walk in patience. I pray that the shooter who took a life turns himself in and I pray that the tumor on Julians brain disappears. I want more of you God and I know you want more of my effort.
Amen
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 DID YOU EVER HEAR A TREE SAY:
"I got pruned once, I'm not going to bud again."
DID YOU EVER HEAR A STAR SAY"
"I fell once Im not going to fall again."
DID YOU EVER HEAR THE SUN SAY:
"I'm tired of going down, I'm not going to rise anymore."
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They put a blindfold on him
and taunted,
"Who hit you that time?"
They were having a grand time with him. (Mess Luke 22:63)
If you feel like you are being slammed from all sides, just believe that this too shall pass. You will be like a palm tree standing after a hurricane. Slapped by gusts of natures fury, just believe that you will stand glistening in supernatural glory.
Selah
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 FEELING ALONE?
Start FEELING what's happening.
There's new buds on the branches of your life.
There's new growth in the garden of your desires.
There's new healing as He holds your heart in His Hands.
...Listen to His voice as He says: "I won't let you sink any deeper."
Call to Him and He will answer you and show you wonderful things.
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 Are you tired from gleaning?
Go get washed in His Word
Anointed in His Spirit and
Clothed in His Righteousness.
Go lay down at His Feet.
...The story of Ruth.
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Any hope that is given to a child
is a blanket of security that helps them
become comfortable in their own skin.
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GLORY
Where will I see Your Glory today O God?
I pray that I will see Your Glory in someone's eyes in that
"Ah Ha " moment when they understand how much You love them.
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CAUSE and EFFECT
God is the cause we are the effect.
We love because He first loved us.
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Take a moment.
Step back from your current moment.
Focus on a past moment of joy.
Let the moment grow.
It will become a seed moment.
A seed moment of joy.
Go...sow some seed moments of joy and spread some joy in the current moment.
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