Susan's Blog: Five Minute Friday

Friday, November 23, 2012

Five Minute Friday - Giving Thanks

Father as I meditate on Your loving-kindness and goodness

Thanksgiving comes from my heart and is on my lips

Thank You for sending Your Son to bear my sins upon the cross

Because of Christ, my sin debt was marked “Paid in Full”

Thank You for the blood of Jesus Christ

Which cleansed me from all my sin

Thank You for the Gift of Promise

The Holy Spirit, my Guarantee of a future spent with You

Thank You for redeeming this wretched sinner

Taking my heart of stone and giving me a heart of flesh

Thank You for clothing me

In the righteousness of Christ

Thank You for Your life giving Word

Like a river of life for my thirsty soul

Thank You for Your transforming power

Empowering and enabling me to walk victoriously over sin

Thank You for the promise of heaven

An eternity spent with You…the Lover of my soul

By Susan Wachtel

November 23, 2012

If you would like to participate in Lisa-Jo Baker’s Five Minute Friday Challenge head over to her website “Tales from a Gypsy Mama”. Be sure to read some of the entries from other writers. I can promise you that you will be blessed.

5 comments:

Megan said...: Susan, your words are beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing!; 12:34 PM
Richelle Wright said...: 5 minutes isn't long enough to even begin to adequately give thanks to God...

Appreciated your list here today! I'm giving thanks right along with you.; 2:11 PM
Ken said...: Hi Susan,
Amen, I thank God all the time for His forgiveness through Christ Jesus. Great post and God bless,
Ken; 11:22 PM
Wanda said...: Joining you in giving thanks & praise to our Lord. There is just so much to be thankful.; 6:45 AM
Ken said...: Hi Susan,
Thank you for visiting my blog and telling me about a sermon on 1 Thess. 5:18 from your church. I went and listened to it and was much blessed. A few years back when I was grieving my first wife's death I kept asking God, "I know I am suppose to be thankful in all things, but how can I be thankful in this?" I came to a deeper understanding, yet never could fully wrap my head around it. Maybe I still don't fully wrap my head around it, but what your pastor spoke sure did bring a much deeper understanding. When he spoke about "if God gave us what we deserved," that sure did hit the nail right on the head. Even in this, things could be a whole lot worse. Actually I should have died 3 times before I was saved or had met my first wife. We both got saved after we were married.
Well anyway, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated you sharing this with me.
God bless,
Ken; 6:58 PM

My Colors Will Be Clear

I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Spirit power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I'm a disciple of His. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.

My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low living, sight seeing, smooth knees, color-less dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, "chinchy" giving and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need position, promotions, or popularity. I don't have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded. I now live by presence, learn by faith, walk by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by power.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my destination is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few. My Guide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity.

I won't give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, and preached up for the cause of the One that gave me life, drew the line in blood for me in the hour of my destiny.

I am one of Christ's remnant people. I belong to Him and none other. All I do to bring this life to another is done because of that blood covenant poured out for me.

I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me. I must share will all that one more might hear and be drawn from the flaming darkness that longs to consume. Reach for another, touch but one more!

Until that moment...He will have no problem in recognizing me- my colors will be clear!!!

Not only are the words inspiring but so is the man behind them. The above letter was written by a Pastor in Africa who was undergoing severe persecution. On the eve of his execution he sat down and wrote the above note.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Five Minute Friday - Giving Thanks

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