The beauty of words,to love November 25, 2009
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By Herbert Mtowo
Words play a very important and very crucial role when it comes to love, lack of them can draw a couple apart or they can make a relationship so lovely, exciting, refreshing and a never ending story .Both men and women enjoy words being spoken into their minds, lives and heart .we should learn to speak more and often into the lives of our partners, expressing to them how we feel about them and them loving us. Dwell on the positive of your partner, by speaking words, encouraging them and saying how much you appreciate them and check the rewards that it brings to your relationship.
I quote Song Os Solomon 1:15, it’s a common scripture we all know. You look so beautiful, my love; you are really lovely; your eyes are like doves.
16 You are not only handsome, my lover, but you are also charming: and our bed is green like a flourishing garden.
What do you say to each other during moments of intimacy?
When you are in that place of being really close, and nobody else is around? When your feelings are a bit like you are drunk, and you allow yourself to move into a world of fantasy and pleasure, what comes out of your mouth?
When you play with a child you often say things in a way that sounds like a child. How often have you seen a grown man acting like a little child in order to entertain his little son or daughter?
So how do you talk when you are all alone with the one person who has the power to bring you into a place of pleasure and where you can just “be yourself”?
What words do you speak to your lover in the moments of intimacy? Or is it just a matter of satisfying your physical needs and then falling back to go to sleep, like a baby who has just had a good meal at the breast?
Then, what are the words that you would love to hear from the mouth of the one your love during those moments of intimacy? Most of us would never dare to demand or suggest what we expect our lover to say to us. But we all secretly hope to hear the words that will make us feel good about ourselves.
A lot of the time we say things that we would not say in normal conversation. That is ok. It is a time to whisper ‘sweet nothings’ to the one you adore. It is time to say some of the corny things you might never dare to say at other times.
How important are words? They have the power to change our desires and actions. Even the world knows this, and it is a well-known fact that a man will often use the same ‘pick up lines’ to get a woman to respond to him.
So what does your woman want to hear that will make her melt into your arms and submit herself willingly to your advances? What will make her think that you are the most wonderful man in the world?
And what does your man want to hear that will make him want to go out and conquer the world for you? What will make him think that you are most wonderful woman he has ever known?
Solomon gives us many different examples in the Song of Solomon. It is amazing to hear what the loving couple say to each other. Some of the things sound really corny and weird, and perhaps we do not understand because we did not live during that time.
But the clearest words of all are to be found in the passage above. Here you see the intimate expressions of love of both the woman and the man to each other.
The husband tells his wife that she is beautiful. Every woman needs to hear this. Nobody really feels beautiful in themselves. And yes, it is true that she is not the most beautiful woman in the world. She knows that she is full of flaws. But she wants to be lovely in the eyes of the one she loves.
Must you lie to say this to her? Are you lying when you tell her she is the most beautiful woman in the world, when it is clear that there are millions of more beautiful woman all around you? Not at all, because beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And to you she should indeed be the most beautiful woman in the world.
To you, her voice should be the most beautiful sound you have ever heard. There should be at least one thing about her looks that really impresses you. And if you have to really look you will find something.
To Solomon it was clearly the eyes of his lover that impressed him the most. We are not sure what he meant when he said her eyes were like doves. But obviously it was a big compliment to her, because she responded positively back to him.
Is it only a woman who needs to be told that she is lovely? No, a man would also like to think that to his wife he is a pretty good looking guy, and that she sees in him things that she does not see in other men.
The woman here tells her man that she thinks he is both good looking and charming. And then she makes a reference to their bed being green like a flourishing garden. This was her way of saying, “You are the most wonderful lover.” And this, to a man, can be the highest possible compliment.
Every man would like to think that the way he makes love to his wife is special. He would like her to think that he is the most wonderful lover in the world. And of course the truth of the matter is that he is likely nowhere near the image of the great lover. We will see later how you can change this.
But there is something in a man that makes him want to do everything in his power to make his woman happy. He will climb the highest mountain if she inspires him to do so. And her words to him can ignite a fire in him that is not easily quenched.
Are you unhappy about your love making experience? Has it become boring, and something you just do to satisfy your animal cravings? Or it is a time of pleasure far greater than any other experience in life?
If you want to bring things to life, try choosing words of blessing and admiration. Find something in your lover that you really admire and cherish, and tell it to them continually. If you feel a bit awkward doing this that is ok. But if you go ahead and do it anyway, you will soon find that you become more comfortable with it, and you really mean it from your heart.
And the end result? You might just find that your spouse gets to enjoy it so much that they want to do it more often. And instead of begging and pleading for your marital rights, you might find yourself drowning in a wonderful pool of daily love making that makes your marriage a true heaven on earth.
So what do you say?
Try saying some things and see what happens. Enjoy your partner and take your relationship to greater heights.
Church People November 19, 2009
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Freddy Peatross
Well, I write a small little piece and circulate it among church people and get a corrective response. Below is my response.
Well, ____ it’s obvious that we have taken different paths on our journeys. You seem to be an institutional guy who sees what I write through the lens of a church guy. Or at least corrects what I write with that vision. I’ve been on another path since the early 2000s.
The proximity space the church (organization, institution) likes to practice is not what I would characterize as a “safe space.”
The tradition of primarily using church facilities for activities to bring people closer to the presence of God is not the creation of “safe places.” Church buildings are owned and managed by the church, sometimes to good effect but always subordinate to some other purpose. God’s people would come closer to fulfilling the mission requirements of the emerging culture if they could define the common ground in such a way that it is not directly under the control of the organized church. This is the significance of the boundary between the sanctuary and the “Court of the Gentiles” —such as, believers must come out of the church in order to play on the common ground. They do not cease to be believers, but the rules of the game have changed.
“http://www.wineskins.org/filter.asp?SID=2&fi_key=294&co_key=797“
Obviously you’ve never read the article above that I quoted from. It goes into depth about safe places. Listen I’m not a church man. I live with the outsider. I have many, many more friends outside the church than in the church. I hear, and I think I’ve developed a pretty good understanding of what they are telling me.
I didn’t want to write a long article and hurriedly put that little piece together (why I bothered at all I don’t know). I’ve decided I’d prefer writing for the crowds in the marketplace not church people. You’ve convinced me once again–thank you! I’ll go back. The unchurched have been the primary resource for my writings for some time now. I write to them and I get plenty of feedback– feedback that contrast yours. Someday, after a little more time with them, I’ll publish what I’m learning for the church institution, and then hope and pray they understand, but I have my doubts.
Freddy P.
CHRIST OUR VICTOR November 18, 2009
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John Grace
“The breaker is come up before them” (Micah 2:13). Because Jesus has gone before us, things are much different than they would have been had He never passed that way. He has conquered every foe that obstructed the way. Cheer up now! Not only has Christ traveled the road, but he has slain your enemies. Do you dread sin? He has nailed it to His Cross. Do you fear death? He has been the death of death. Are you afraid of hell? He has barred it against the advent of any of His children. They will never see the gulf of perdition. Whatever foes may be before the Christian, they are all overcome. There are lions, but their teeth are broken; there are serpents, but their fangs are extracted; there are rivers, but they are bridged or fordable. The sword that has been forged against us is already blunted. The instruments of war which the enemy is preparing have already lost their point. God has taken away in the person of Christ all the power that anything can have to hurt us. Well, then, you may go joyously along your journey, for all your enemies are conquered beforehand. You will, it is true, often engage in combat; but your fight will be with a vanquished foe. His head is under your foot. he may attempt to injure you, but his strength will not be sufficient for his malicious design. Your victory is certain! “But no weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper….” (Isaiah 54:17a) “God disarmed the principalities and powers that were ranged against us and made a bold display and public example of them (enemies), in triumphing over them in Him and the Cross” (Colossians 2:15)
God’s Embroidery November 11, 2009
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- Lee Goodall
when I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a great deal. I would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing. She informed me that she was embroidering. I told her that it looked like a mess from where I was. As from the underside I watched her work within the boundaries of the little round hoop that she held in her hand, I complained to her that it sure looked messy from where I sat.
She would smile at me, look down and gently say, “My son, you go about your playing for a while, and when I am finished with my embroidering, I will put you on my knee and let you see it from my side.” I would wonder why she was using some dark threads along with the bright ones and why they seemed so jumbled from my view. A few minutes would pass and then I would hear Mother’s voice say, “Son, come and sit on my knee.” This I did only to be surprised and thrilled to see a beautiful flower or a sunset. I could not believe it, because from underneath it looked so messy.
Then Mother would say to me, “My son, from underneath it did look messy and jumbled, but you did not realize that there was a pre-drawn plan on the top. It was a design. I was only following it. Now look at it from my side and you will see what I was doing.”
Many times through the years I have looked up to my Heavenly Father and said, “Father, what are You doing?” He has answered, “I am embroidering your life.” I say, “But it looks like a mess to me. It seems so jumbled. The threads seem so dark. Why can’t they all be bright?” The Father seems to tell me, “‘My child, you go about your business of doing My business, and one day I will bring you to Heaven and put you on My knee and you will see the plan from My side.”
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Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
We can’t always see what the Lord has laid out for us, but he is in control, his ways are not our ways.
I always say….If you want to make God laugh, tell him the plans you have for your future 
The Truth for The Day (10 November 2009) November 10, 2009
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Rabih Khreizat
The meditation is after the verse
التامل بعد الآيات
وَتَقُولُ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ: «أَحْمَدُكَ يَا رَبُّ، لأَنَّهُ إِذْ غَضِبْتَ عَلَيَّ ارْتَدَّ غَضَبُكَ فَتُعَزِّينِي. هُوَذَا اللهُ خَلاَصِي فَأَطْمَئِنُّ وَلاَ أَرْتَعِبُ، لأَنَّ يَاهَ يَهْوَهَ قُوَّتِي وَتَرْنِيمَتِي وَقَدْ صَارَ لِي خَلاَصًا»
أشعياء 12: 1-2
And in that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You; Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me. Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘ For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.”
Isaiah 12:1-2 (NKJV)
Tu diras en ce jour-là: “Je te loue, ô Éternel! Car tu as été irrité contre moi, Ta colère s’est apaisée, et tu m’as consolé. Voici, Dieu est ma délivrance, Je serai plein de confiance, et je ne craindrai rien; Car l’Éternel, l’Éternel est ma force et le sujet de mes louanges; C’est lui qui m’a sauvé.”
Ésaïe 12: 1-2
Meditation التأمل
He is not only the God of the second chance, even if He was angry His anger is turned away so he comfort you and show you His abundant grace that He flows over you. For He is the LORD of your salvation nothing can scare you because YAH the LORD is your strength and everlasting song.
What is your excuse after these words, why you still in despair, broken and humiliated in front of your enemies and not seeing that you have won the war already by the cross and nothing can take away your salvation or peace. You are in the hand of the LORD of lords and the KING of kings no one can take you out of His hands.
So stand up, declare your salvation and declare the power of God over your life, and stop the hand of evil that is over anything in your life which is holding you and keeping you away from seeing your right in Christ.
هو ليس إله الفرصة الثانية فقط، ولكن إذ غضب يرتد غضبه عنك ليعزيك ويريك مدى النعمة التي يغدق بها عليك. فهو إله خلاصك لا شيء يستطيع أن يخيفك لان ياه يهوه قوتك وترنيمتك الأبدية.
ما حجتك بعد هذا الكلام، لماذا لا تزال أيها الإنسان محبط ومنكسر ومذلول أمام أعدائك ولا تنظر بأنك ربحت الحرب في الصليب ولا يستطيع شيء أن يسلبك خلاصك أو سلامك. فأنت في يد رب الأرباب وملك الملوك لا يستطيع أحد أن يخطفك منه.
فقم الآن أعلن خلاصك وأعلن قوة الرب على حياتك وكَف يد الشرير على أي شيء في حياتك يعطلك ويبعدك من رؤية حقك في المسيح.
Prayer صلاة
We praise you LORD and give You all the glory, You are the God of our salvation, our strength, our preserver and our shepherd. Thank You because You turn away Your anger from us and fill us with Your rich grace that never fades away. Amen.
نحمدك يا رب ونعطيك كل المجد، أنت إله خلاصنا وقوتنا وحافظنا وراعينا نشكرك لأنك تزيل غضبك عنّا وتملانا بالنعمة الغنية التي لا تزول. آمين.
A Song
Praise You in the Storm – Casting Crowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHlQ6sBEO9A
ترنيمة in Arabic
رغم الظروف – ليديا شديد وزكريا حنا
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6SiKr6I3c0
