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Philippians 4:6 -- Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication (humble request or prayer) with thanksgiving let your requests be made unto God. Prayer and supplication should be made with thanksgiving. We are to thankful when we pray before we get an answer. Sounds a little different. But the Word often stands the world's logic on its head. If we haven't got an answer yet, or we asking with thanksgiving, what could we be thankful for? I would venture that we could be thankful that we as human beings can even approach Almighty God with our prayers and supplications. And, we can be thankful for the peace and comfort of bringing our prayers and supplications to a God who cares. " Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you." I Peter5:7 And, we can be thankful for the measure of faith He builds in us, when we bring our prayers and supplications to Him and are able to surrender our care and control into His hands. At these...

Luke 11: 23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth. There is not middle ground; no straddling the fence with Jesus - no politicians here. You are either "all in" or you are all out. On a secular level I have found this to be true with ironman training. The cost and reward are high, the training rigorous. A half-hearted ironman attempt can lead to serious problems out on the race course. You can't be "almost an ironman. The time limit is 17 hours. Finish within that time and you are an Ironman. Don't finish within 17 hours and you are not. And one who does not gather is one who scatters. If I call myself a Christian, claim to be "all in " for Jesus, yet my life is no different from the way of the world, am I gathering or scattering in the expression of my faith to the world. And, when the world hears my profession of faith and does not see the evidence of Christ acting through me, my confession a...

John 15: 16 -- " Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you." He has chosen me. How great is that? When I was a kid playing sports, I was puny and when teams picked players, I was one of the last to be chosen. Sometimes, I wasn't chosen at all. One time I tried so hard at the try outs yet at the end of the day, the team coach took me aside to tell me I would not be chosen. I was heartbroken. However, someone must have been watching me try so hard yet not be chosen. A few days later I got call from another coach ask me to come to come to another try out. This time I was chosen. I was so grateful that I just played my heart out for this team. In fact, I even chosen to be on league's all-star team. I believe Jesus knows our heart, sees our struggles, knows we have little talent on our...