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Comment by Chinadoll Chrissy on July 1, 2011 at 7:26am

Good morning brothers and sisters.
Kindly keep my friend's sister Denise in your prayers and thoughts.
Enclosed below her mail.
Thank you and God Bless.
Christine
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Terri Statham
Seems I have been asking for a lot of prayers lately , I am asking yet again for prayers for my sister Denise. She went to the Dr. Yesterday and didn't get good news at all. I ask to please add her to your prayer lists.
She is in the final stages of liver sclerosis . Dr said cant treat her, too bad that it would throw her into a massive heart attack.
 ...Thank you. Jesus watch over her during this time .....

Comment by Chinadoll Chrissy on July 1, 2011 at 12:04am

Kindly keep my friend's father in your prayers and thoughts.
Enclosed below is her mail.
Thank you and God Bless.
Christine
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Kellie Bays McCracken
So many heartfelt thanks to those who have been praying for my dad. A very rough surgery removing the brain tumor and he is struggling. We have had very little speech over the last couple of days but tonight when the nurse asked him who my mom was he said, "My Sweetheart". I cannot tell you how much those two words meant. He is not comfortable and he has pneumonia. Please pray.

Comment by Chinadoll Chrissy on June 30, 2011 at 9:03pm

Dear Brothers and Sisters.
Kindly keep my friend in your prayers and thoughts.
Attached below is her mail to me.
Thank you and God Bless.
Christine

 

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Dani Schmitt Williams July 1 at 7:51am Report
Hi Chrissy-

 

I could use all the prayers I can get tonight.

 

I had a kidney transplant 3 1/2 yrs ago & had my routine blood work done yesterday & I found out that my kidney is having some problems. They don't know what yet. They ordered more tests for tomorrow morning. I am so scared. I lost one kidney transplant back in 2001 & was on dialysis for 6 years. I never want to go on dialysis again. So I am praying for a miracle tomorrow--that it's either nothing to worry about or something they can grab a hold of & make it better before any more damage is done.

 

You don't know how inspiring your wall posts are. I appreciate them greatly!

 

Thank you Chrissy! I hope you have a great day!

 

Hugs- Dani

Comment by Chinadoll Chrissy on June 25, 2011 at 4:43am

Good morning brothers and sisters.
Kindly keep my friend Bobby's mother in your prayers and thoughts.
Below is his mail.
Thank you and God Bless.
Christine

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Bobby Bass
I was just called and my mom has been rushed to St. Francis possibly heart attack please pray everyone...I'm on my way to hospital.....Pray everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bobby Bass
MY mom did have a heart attack and has been admitted to hospital (St.Francis) her blood pressure was 229/104 when taken at home my sister N Law gave her a aspirin and then loaded her in vehicle and headed for the hospital...God be with her her blood pressure now after taken 3 Nitro is now to 88/55 ..and they will run test tomorrow please pray everything will be ok..I love my mother...Thanks everyone!!!

Bobby Bass
They did a heart cath today and there is huge blockage and they felt like it would be better to just put her on blood thinners and let her stay in hospital for a week and see how that works...isn't really nothing that they can do ..she has had 2 open heart surgeries and they said another one could be critical...all we can do is pray and ask the lord to touch her and have his way...I will put it at his felt and leave it he will take care of it..I believe and have faith god is in control..thanks for asking and miss you all so much!!!

Comment by Chinadoll Chrissy on June 13, 2011 at 6:37am

GOOD MORNING BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
KINDLY KEEP MY FRIEND, PAULINE TAN'S MOTHER IN YOUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS, SHE HAD A MAJOR STROKE AND IN COMA NOW.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.
CHRISTINE

Comment by Chinadoll Chrissy on June 2, 2011 at 12:14am

Dear Brothers and Sisters.

 

Kindly keep my friend Tina's son Cameron in your prayers and thoughts, yesterday, he tried to commit suicide and she was devastated.

 

Thank you and God Bless.

 

Christine

Comment by Chinadoll Chrissy on April 7, 2011 at 5:25am

Good Morning brothers and sisters.

 

Kindly keep my girlfriend's sister, in your prayers and thoughts, kindly pass on.

 

Below the mail written by Jody, my friend to me.

 

"Darlene  my sis got streptococcal pneumonia and a lung infection, the infection ate a hole in her lung, right now she is on a traque breathing machine or a vent to help her breath at times. The docs aren't sure she will ever come off it, so were hoping for a miracle at this point.

 

Thank you so much for doing that, we and she needs all the prayers we can get at this point."

 

 

Thank you and God Bless.

 

Chrissy

Comment by Chinadoll Chrissy on December 14, 2010 at 5:29pm

Dear brothers and sister.

 

Kindly keep my friend Bobby in your prayers and thoughts, he is diagnosed with lung cancer again and doctor said he does not have much time to live.

 

Thank you very much and God Bless.

 

Chrissy

Comment by Teresa Cagmat Mertens Montejo on October 11, 2010 at 4:26am

Episode 2118 INT: Henri Nouwen from Crystal Cathedral Ministries on Vimeo.

Comment by pasror Bob Archer on October 1, 2010 at 3:40pm

Matthew 17:14-21
14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

"THE MAGIC IS NOT IN THE FAUCET!"

INTRO:
Thomas Edward (T.E.) Lawrence was born on August 16, 1888 in Wales. Popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence became famous for his exploits as British Military liason to the Arab Revolt during the First World War.
The desert raids of British officer T.E. Lawrence and his Arab rebels tied down many Turkish troops who could have been fighting the main British armies in the Middle East. Lawrence of Arabia's struggle against the Turks during World War I was a classic of guerrilla warfare, and his personal account has become a classic of world literature. And, of course, many of you have seen the movie about the life of Lawrence of Arabia.
Lawrence wrote about his Arabian adventures in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
During the war, Lawrence formed close friendships with many of the Sheiks of Arabia. After the war, he brought some of these Sheiks back to England to show his appreciation for their support against the Turkish domination.
They had a wonderful visit, appeared before the Joint House of Commons and Parliament, had an audience with the Queen.
On the last night of their visit, Lawrence offered them anything they wanted to take back with them to their desert homes.
They led him up to the hotel room, into the bathroom, and pointed to the faucets in the bathtub and said that they wanted to take faucets with them that would provide them with running water in the deserts.
They didn't realize that the faucets were superficial. Behind them was plumbing, a hot water heater, an energy source that heated the water, a city main that supplied the water, and from the city main went a line to an outside source of water!

• The magic is not in the faucet! It is what is behind the faucet that gives the water!
• The faucet can be 24 carat gold, but if its not attached to a water supply, its useless!
• The magic is not in the faucet, the power comes from what is behind the faucet! Things that are not visible to the human eye, but are there nonetheless!
• If the pump, or the plumbing, or the reservoir ever to out of service, the faucet is useless! It's what's behind the faucet that gives it its power!


THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY THIS MORNING IS THIS; THE FAUCET IS NECESSARY TO GET THE WATER TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
• I don't want to minimize the importance of a vessel! God needs faucets!
• God has always worked through human vessels.
• In fact, most of the time, God works through the most unlikely vessels!

God Can Use Anyone
• Moses stuttered.
• David's armour didn't fit.
• John Mark was rejected by Paul.
• Timothy had ulcers.
• Amos' only training was in the school of fig-tree pruning.
• Jacob was a liar.
• David had an affair.
• Solomon was too rich.
• Abraham was too old.
• David was too young.
• Peter was afraid of death.
• Lazarus was dead.
• John was self-righteous.
• Naomi was a widow.
• Paul was a murderer.
• So was Moses.
• Jonah ran from God.
• Miriam was a gossip.
• Gideon and Thomas both doubted.
• Jeremiah was a bullfrog;
• Just kidding -- he was depressed and suicidal.
• Elijah was burned out.
• Martha was a worry-wart.
• Mary may have been lazy.
• Samson had long hair.
• Noah got drunk, and that's not all.
• Did I mention that Moses had a short fuse?
• But God doesn't require a job interview.
• He doesn't hire and fire like most bosses,
• because He's more our Dad than our Boss.
• He doesn't look at financial gain or loss.
• He's not prejudiced or partial, not judging, grudging,
• sassy, or brassy, not deaf to our cry, not blind to our need.

A Christian minister once said, "I was never of any use until I found out that God did not intend me to be a great man."

God needs us to be faucets! John 7:38
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
• God can have all the plumbing in place, have the pump hooked up, ready to pour out blessings on His people, on the world, but He needs us to be vessels! He needs a faucet!
• In many cases, the only thing that stops a move of God is the lack of a vessel.
• When Elisha was performing the miracle for the prophet's widow, and the oil was flowing freely, the Bible says:
2 Kings 4:6
6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
The only thing that stopped the flow of oil was the lack of a vessel!
• Now, don't ask me to explain why God decided to use imperfect vessels to accomplish His work.
• It doesn't make sense to me that this God who can do all things would choose to restrict Himself to moving through imperfect, flawed, inconsistent humanity!
• I don't know why the Creator chooses to move through His creation!
• But God is always seeking for men and women through which to move!
• At the day of Pentecost, God poured out His spirit upon all "FLESH"! Was filling vessels!

In Isaiah 43:18 He said, "I will work, and who will let it?"
God needs a vessel to through which to work!
• Ezekiel said that God was seeking a MAN to stand in the gap and make up the hedge!
• When the Lord struck Saul from his horse on the road to Damascus, He then told Saul, "Go see Ananias, he will tell you what to do!" GOD USED A HUMAN VESSEL!
• In the Book of Revelation, John says that God wept because He could find no MAN to open the book of salvation, so God Himself took on the form of man to bring redemption!
• Do you understand how important you are to the work of God! God will not move without a vessel!
• God will not pour out His spirit without a faucet for it to flow through - you are that faucet!
• God needs you and He needs me!

NOW, THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THIS: EVEN THOUGH GOD NEEDS US, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE THE GLORY FOR WHAT ONLY GOD CAN DO!
• I am a faucet, but I must remember that there is no magic in the faucet!
• Its what is behind the faucet that counts!
• If the power supply ever gets shut off behind the wall, this faucet is useless!
• I may still look good, may still say the same things, may still appear to be the same, but if my power supply is shut off, I am of no use to anyone!

Romans 7:18
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
• I must understand that I am only the vessel, the conduit, the faucet!

2 Corinthians 4:7
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
• The power is God's, I am only the earthen vessel! I can't sing well enough, I can't preach well enough to duplicate what God can only do!

Romans 12:3
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
• No matter how much God moves through us, remember it is God and not us!
• No matter how many prophecies we give, no matter how much anointed preaching and teaching comes forth from us, we must never forget that it is what's behind the faucet that makes all the difference!
• No matter how many good things happen through me, I am only the faucet, there is a power supply behind me, and if that is ever cut off I am useless!
IN OUR TEXT THIS MORNING, JESUS IS TEACHING HIS DISCIPLES THIS VERY IMPORTANT LESSON.
• They had most likely watched Him cast out devils many times before.
• They had heard Him teach about going into the Strongman's house and taking his armor.
• They had probably watched as he sent the legion of devils into a herd of swine.

Numerous times the scripture speaks of Jesus casting out devils, and it is probable that the disciples were witnesses to these events.
• So, now they come across a situation that they feel very confident that they can handle!
• They have watched Jesus do this, they have observed His hand motions, listened to what He said, and how he said it!
• They have the words, actions, motions, and everything else down pat, but there is one thing missing!
• They have no power! There is nothing behind the faucet, and they fail miserably at the task at hand.

And Jesus takes this opportunity to tell them that there is no magic in the faucet!
• In other words, if there is no prayer and fasting, there will be no power!
• There is no magic in the faucet, its what is behind the faucet that makes the difference!
I can:
• Say all the right words
• Do all the right hand motions
• Use the right tone of voice
• But, if there is no prayer and fasting that has taken place behind the wall, there will be no power coming from the faucet! This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting!

THE DANGER WE FACE IS WHEN WE TRY TO DUPLICATE THROUGH MERE HUMAN EFFORTS WHAT CAN ONLY BE PRODUCED BY GOD!
• Preachers get into trouble when they learn how to preach!
• Singers get into trouble when they learn how to sing!
• Teachers get into trouble when they learn how to teach!
We must never reach the point where we learn how to do what only God can do!
• I am never going to become so smart that I don't need God!

2312 Simpson's Most Valuable Discovery
In the year 1847, a doctor from Edinburgh, Sir James Simpson, discovered that chloroform could be used as an anaesthetic to render people insensible to the pain of surgery. From his early experiments, Dr. Simpson made it possible for people to go through the most dangerous operations without fear of pain and suffering. Some people even claim that his was one of the most significant discoveries of modern medicine.
Some years later, while lecturing at the University of Edinburgh, Dr. Simpson was asked by one of his students, "What do you consider to be the most valuable discovery of your lifetime?" To the surprise of his students, who had expected him to refer to chloroform, Dr. Simpson replied, "My most valuable discovery was when I discovered myself a sinner and that Jesus Christ was my Saviour."

The most valuable discovery that you and I can make this morning is this:
• No matter how smart I am,
• No matter how well I can preach,
• No matter how well I can organize

• I am still just a sinner saved by grace!
• There is no power in me, I am just the faucet, the conduit, the vessel through which His power moves!
• There is no magic in the faucet - I NEED JESUS!

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