tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11417402965492895612024-02-06T22:24:50.594-05:00LIGHT RESTORATION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIESFor so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light... (Acts 13:47)Light Restoration International Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310137640211011381noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141740296549289561.post-90473847239150120202011-07-03T08:44:00.000-04:002011-07-03T08:44:06.823-04:00<div style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 4pt; padding-right: 4pt; padding-top: 1pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 28pt; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">The Purpose of Consecration</span><span style="font-size: 28pt;"></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Andalus", "serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">How many of you have been feeling a pull to take your walk with God to another level?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Witness Lee stated in his book entitled, Consecration, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“You cannot offer yourself to God’s work, without first allowing God to do HIS work in you”</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want the purpose of God to become evident in your life, then consecration must become a way of life for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Andalus", "serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">To listen to a webinar teaching on:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Purpose of Consecration</b>, please <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">click <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on the following link. </i></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Andalus", "serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;"><a href="http://youtu.be/1ih1jieVGkY"><span style="color: blue;">http://youtu.be/1ih1jieVGkY</span></a></span></i><span style="font-family: "Andalus", "serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Andalus", "serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">Learn about the Concepts of Consecration</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Colonna MT"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Kartika; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">The Motive of Consecration</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Colonna MT"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Kartika; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">Love (2 Corinthians 5: 14 – 15)</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Colonna MT"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Kartika; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">The Significance of Consecration</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Colonna MT"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Kartika; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">Sacrifice (Numbers 28:2-3)</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Colonna MT"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Kartika; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">The Purpose of Consecration</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Colonna MT"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Kartika; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">Opportunity to Serve (Ephesians 2:10)</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Colonna MT"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Kartika; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">The Result of Consecration </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Colonna MT"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Kartika; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe;">Banished Expectations (Rom. 12:2)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Resourse: Witness Lee, Living Stream Ministry: </span><a href="http://www.lsm.org/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.lsm.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div>Light Restoration International Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310137640211011381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141740296549289561.post-70459967617987818222011-06-24T09:47:00.000-04:002011-06-24T09:47:10.334-04:00A PERSONAL NOTE OF THANKS AUDIO RECORDING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17748802"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17748802" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/administratively-yours/cindy-holmes-thanku">Min. Cindy Holmes thanks attendees of the Lighthouse Series "Consecration" Webinar</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/administratively-yours">Administratively yours</a>Light Restoration International Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310137640211011381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141740296549289561.post-18116852483901658622011-06-18T12:29:00.000-04:002011-06-18T12:29:25.687-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><em>A special shout out to my dad, John. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><em>Happy Father's Day dad!!! </em></span></div>Light Restoration International Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310137640211011381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141740296549289561.post-59456469851520360652011-06-14T09:17:00.001-04:002011-06-14T09:26:34.581-04:00Psalm 27 (From the Message Bible)<div class="result-text-style-normal"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdqlPSNPpC7U7-nG54ywVsNq1Zu-QZNGYKeapis07pycE72B2mlQHARcOc4qqDrhMwIelxs99hZITnHiuBW3kmAhRwMUcv5GJPUwH7SsfZM-YCQy9xdWZ6msDNgsPoUu_NWVC1ZM-59gj/s1600/Lighthouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdqlPSNPpC7U7-nG54ywVsNq1Zu-QZNGYKeapis07pycE72B2mlQHARcOc4qqDrhMwIelxs99hZITnHiuBW3kmAhRwMUcv5GJPUwH7SsfZM-YCQy9xdWZ6msDNgsPoUu_NWVC1ZM-59gj/s200/Lighthouse.jpg" t8="true" width="200" /></a></div><h5 class="result-text-style-normal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </h5><h5 class="result-text-style-normal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is one of my favorite Psalms. I read it today in the message bible for the first time and it really blessed me. Hope it will bless you too. </span></h5><h5 class="result-text-style-normal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: small;"></span></u> </h5><h5 class="result-text-style-normal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: small;"></span></u> </h5><h5 class="result-text-style-normal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: small;">A David Psalm</span></u></h5><div class="result-text-style-normal" style="text-align: center;"> <em><sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13308"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></strong></sup> Light, space, zest— that's <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>! <br />
So, with him on my side I'm fearless, <br />
afraid of no one and nothing. <br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13309"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></strong></sup> When vandal hordes ride down <br />
ready to eat me alive, <br />
Those bullies and toughs <br />
fall flat on their faces. <br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13310"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></strong></sup> When besieged, <br />
I'm calm as a baby. <br />
When all hell breaks loose, <br />
I'm collected and cool. <br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13311"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></strong></sup> I'm asking <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> for one thing, <br />
only one thing: <br />
To live with him in his house <br />
my whole life long. <br />
I'll contemplate his beauty; <br />
I'll study at his feet. <br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13312"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></strong></sup> That's the only quiet, secure place <br />
in a noisy world, <br />
The perfect getaway, <br />
far from the buzz of traffic. <br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13313"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></strong></sup> God holds me head and shoulders <br />
above all who try to pull me down. <br />
I'm headed for his place to offer anthems <br />
that will raise the roof! <br />
Already I'm singing God-songs; <br />
I'm making music to <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>. <br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13314"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">7-9</span></strong></sup> Listen, <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>, I'm calling at the top of my lungs: <br />
"Be good to me! Answer me!" <br />
When my heart whispered, "Seek God," <br />
my whole being replied, <br />
"I'm seeking him!" <br />
Don't hide from me now! <br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13315"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">9-10</span></strong></sup> You've always been right there for me; <br />
don't turn your back on me now. <br />
Don't throw me out, don't abandon me; <br />
you've always kept the door open. <br />
My father and mother walked out and left me, <br />
but God took me in. <br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13316"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">11-12</span></strong></sup> Point me down your highway, <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>; <br />
direct me along a well-lighted street; <br />
show my enemies whose side you're on. <br />
Don't throw me to the dogs, <br />
those liars who are out to get me, <br />
filling the air with their threats. <br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13317"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">13-14</span></strong></sup> I'm sure now I'll see God's goodness <br />
in the exuberant earth. <br />
Stay with <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>! <br />
Take heart. Don't quit. <br />
I'll say it again: <br />
Stay with <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>. </em></div><div align="left" class="result-text-style-normal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">Hope of Glory Ministries </span></em></strong></div><strong><em><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">Reading, PA</span></div></span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"></span></em></strong><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pastor Dorothy Ellison </span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Sunday, May 29, 2011</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">12:00 pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Speaker</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>Minister Cindy Holmes </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>Light Restoration International Ministries, Phila. PA </em></span></div>Light Restoration International Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310137640211011381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141740296549289561.post-87801078910273205102011-05-07T07:34:00.039-04:002011-05-07T09:55:46.835-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;"><em>Mothers Are Special </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYskkxSzHmz7wp5jGXGTpz1rGxeVl3OiB6oFRvpcQlbkhyjHdeLntJOevsFCinmOevOcO917GnNIsjzrx6QsXrEKx8yiZSIjZAj48IBVtBHev11AkGWQIy0Vem8d1OUsaUXi47IcZf4ls/s1600/White+Rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYskkxSzHmz7wp5jGXGTpz1rGxeVl3OiB6oFRvpcQlbkhyjHdeLntJOevsFCinmOevOcO917GnNIsjzrx6QsXrEKx8yiZSIjZAj48IBVtBHev11AkGWQIy0Vem8d1OUsaUXi47IcZf4ls/s200/White+Rose.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">There is no love like a mother’s love</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">no stronger bond on earth</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like the precious bond that comes from God, </span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">to a mother when she gives birth.</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">A mother’s love is forever strong,</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">never changing for all time</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">And when her children need her most, </span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">a mother’s love will shine.</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">God bless these special mothers,</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">God bless them every one</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">For all the tears and heartache,</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">and for the special work they’ve done. </span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">When her days on earth are over, </span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">a mother’s love lives on</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Through many generations,</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">with God’s blessing on each one.</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Be thankful for our mothers,</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">for they love with a higher love</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">From the power God has given,</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">and the strength from up above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anonymous</span></em></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Prayer of Thanksgiving:</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heavenly Father, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for the gift of mothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May your blessings shower down on each one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for all of their unconditional love and support over the years.</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Teach us how to be more appreciative, patient and loving toward them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heal the mother/child relationships that are estranged today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redeem the time that was lost between them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">We pray your peace and comfort to those whose mothers are no longer with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May they remember her and feel her in your warm embrace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><strong>From Light Restoration International Ministries</strong></span></span></i></div><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy Moth</span></span></i><i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">r’s Day. You truely are a gift from God!</span></span></i></span></span></span></strong></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">May 8, 2011</span></strong><br />
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</div>Light Restoration International Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310137640211011381noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141740296549289561.post-43699795026389622822011-04-24T08:17:00.006-04:002011-04-25T06:09:31.847-04:00THE RESURRECTION STORY<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Luke 24 (The Message)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 5;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Looking for the Living One in a Cemetery</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1-3</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the crack of dawn on Sunday, the women came to the tomb carrying the burial spices they had prepared. They found the entrance stone rolled back from the tomb, so they walked in. But once inside, they couldn't find the body of the Master Jesus. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4-8</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They were puzzled, wondering what to make of this. Then, out of nowhere it seemed, two men, light cascading over them, stood there. The women were awestruck and bowed down in worship. The men said, "Why are you looking for the Living One in a cemetery? He is not here, but raised up. Remember how he told you when you were still back in Galilee that he had to be handed over to sinners, be killed on a cross, and in three days rise up?" Then they remembered Jesus' words. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9-11</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They left the tomb and broke the news of all this to the Eleven and the rest. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them kept telling these things to the apostles, but the apostles didn't believe a word of it, thought they were making it all up. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But Peter jumped to his feet and ran to the tomb. He stooped to look in and saw a few grave clothes, that's all. He walked away puzzled, shaking his head. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 5;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Road to Emmaus</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13-16</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That same day two of them were walking to the village Emmaus, about seven miles out of Jerusalem. They were deep in conversation, going over all these things that had happened. In the middle of their talk and questions, Jesus came up and walked along with them. But they were not able to recognize who he was. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">17-18</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He asked, "What's this you're discussing so intently as you walk along?" </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> They just stood there, long-faced, like they had lost their best friend. Then one of them, his name was Cleopas, said, "Are you the only one in Jerusalem who hasn't heard what's happened during the last few days?" </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">19-24</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He said, "What has happened?" They said, "The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene. He was a man of God, a prophet, dynamic in work and word, blessed by both God and all the people. Then our high priests and leaders betrayed him, got him sentenced to death, and crucified him. And we had our hopes up that he was the One, the One about to deliver Israel. And it is now the third day since it happened. But now some of our women have completely confused us. Early this morning they were at the tomb and couldn't find his body. They came back with the story that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. Some of our friends went off to the tomb to check and found it empty just as the women said, but they didn't see Jesus." </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">25-27</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then he said to them, "So thick-headed! So slow-hearted! Why can't you simply believe all that the prophets said? Don't you see that these things had to happen, that the Messiah had to suffer and only then enter into his glory?" Then he started at the beginning, with the Books of Moses, and went on through all the Prophets, pointing out everything in the Scriptures that referred to him. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">28-31</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They came to the edge of the village where they were headed. He acted as if he were going on but they pressed him: "Stay and have supper with us. It's nearly evening; the day is done." So he went in with them. And here is what happened: He sat down at the table with them. Taking the bread, he blessed and broke and gave it to them. At that moment, open-eyed, wide-eyed, they recognized him. And then he disappeared. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">32</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Back and forth they talked. "Didn't we feel on fire as he conversed with us on the road, as he opened up the Scriptures for us?" </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 5;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Ghost Doesn't Have Muscle and Bone</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">33-34</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They didn't waste a minute. They were up and on their way back to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and their friends gathered together, talking away: "It's really happened! The Master has been raised up—Simon saw him!" </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">35</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then the two went over everything that happened on the road and how they recognized him when he broke the bread. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">36-41</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While they were saying all this, Jesus appeared to them and said, "Peace be with you." They thought they were seeing a ghost and were scared half to death. He continued with them, "Don't be upset, and don't let all these doubting questions take over. Look at my hands; look at my feet—it's really me. Touch me. Look me over from head to toe. A ghost doesn't have muscle and bone like this." As he said this, he showed them his hands and feet. They still couldn't believe what they were seeing. It was too much; it seemed too good to be true. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">41-43</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He asked, "Do you have any food here?" They gave him a piece of leftover fish they had cooked. He took it and ate it right before their eyes. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 5;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You're the Witnesses</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">44</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then he said, "Everything I told you while I was with you comes to this: All the things written about me in the Law of Moses, in the Prophets, and in the Psalms have to be fulfilled." </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">45-49</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He went on to open their understanding of the Word of God, showing them how to read their Bibles this way. He said, "You can see now how it is written that the Messiah suffers, rises from the dead on the third day, and then a total life-change through the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed in his name to all nations—starting from here, from Jerusalem! You're the first to hear and see it. You're the witnesses. What comes next is very important: I am sending what my Father promised to you, so stay here in the city until he arrives, until you're equipped with power from on high." </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">50-51</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He then led them out of the city over to Bethany. Raising his hands he blessed them, and while blessing them, took his leave, being carried up to heaven. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">52-53</span></sup></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And they were on their knees, worshiping him. They returned to Jerusalem bursting with joy. They spent all their time in the Temple praising God. Yes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Agape Love, </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;">Min. Cindy</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><br />
</div>Light Restoration International Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310137640211011381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141740296549289561.post-54530517138575435472011-03-11T08:56:00.030-05:002011-03-11T10:41:35.473-05:00LIFE IS A THEATER - Invite Your Audience Carefully!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEM1H5CYSAzX9-LGnuoY2xJ4Su5F6I13324pwOOd9mGzqY9DmnN2MBtCwdlvh9KbmH7oT6PwFAjUS2EMk7tfopZbW4XBftoj8AxW2jNeuwWrPcWm2_kAEidkQZQShyphenhyphenzNM9UqBLqyIATU3g/s1600/Concert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEM1H5CYSAzX9-LGnuoY2xJ4Su5F6I13324pwOOd9mGzqY9DmnN2MBtCwdlvh9KbmH7oT6PwFAjUS2EMk7tfopZbW4XBftoj8AxW2jNeuwWrPcWm2_kAEidkQZQShyphenhyphenzNM9UqBLqyIATU3g/s200/Concert.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a DISTANCE.<br />
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It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of, or at least minimize your time with, draining, negative, incompatible,<br />
not-going-anywhere relationships/friendships.<br />
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Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention.<br />
Which ones lift and which ones lean?<br />
Which ones encourage and which ones discourage?<br />
Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are going downhill?<br />
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When you leave certain people do you feel better or feel worse?<br />
Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know or appreciate you?<br />
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The more you seek quality, respect, growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you...the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the front row and who should be moved to the balcony of Your Life.<br />
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"If you cannot change the people around you, CHANGE the people you are around."<br />
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Remember that the people we hang with will have an impact on both our lives and our income. And so we must be careful to choose the people we hang out with, as well as the information with which we feed our minds.<br />
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We should not share our dreams with negative people, Nor feed our dreams with negative thoughts.<br />
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It's your choice and your life... It's up to you who and what you let in it.<br />
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~Author Unknown<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Prayer of Faith:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“Dear Lord, Help us to discern unhealthy relationships/connections in our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More importantly, help us to know when we ourselves are that unhealthy link.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heal us in our mind, will and emotions, so we will not be hindrances in the lives of others, but instead be sources of strength and encouragement to one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for making us whole; spirit, soul & body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“In Jesus Name!” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you everyone for visiting and or becoming a friend of this ministry blog site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to begin today by letting you know how this blog came about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I had no</span><span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> desire to start a blog. I didn’t even read them, let alone want to do one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can count on one hand and not use all my fingers to count how many blogs I’ve read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started this blog at the direction of the Lord and with my pastor’s blessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day I was looking at the blog sites of two of my friends, Donna and Tina. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so blessed and excited for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought to myself how awesome and official their pages looked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I continued to look through their information, the Lord spoke to me, as only He can saying, “Why don’t you start a blog for the ministry?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me reiterate here, I had NO desire to blog, so I just brushed it off as a passing thought, but it kept coming back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, after two or three days, I found the courage to email my friend Donna, who is anointed administratively, among many other ways. I shared with her what God had put on my heart to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me just share with you excerpts from that email.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">“Good Morning Donna, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">...after seeing the blogs that you and Tina started, God laid it on my heart to set one up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is interesting to me because I never had an interest in blogging, twittering or anything like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was satisfied with Facebook.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">…”I would like to talk to you about what you do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm feeling a nudge to start the wheels in motion for the ministry God has laid on my heart and I'd like to get your help and input.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">_____________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Hey Cindy! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">“God is sooo awesome!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was speaking to me within the past few days to ask you if you wanted me to help set up your blog!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I normally do for the guest Lighthouse Speakers”… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">…“once I set it up for them, I coach them through moving forward and posting their own blog topics”....</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Donna</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">____________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Donna, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">God is so amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That's conformation for me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, please... set one up for me... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you so much for all your help and prayers!!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">To God be the glory for the great things He has done... and is doing!!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Cindy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">So, here we are and the rest is history as they say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it turned out, due to extenuating circumstances, my friend was unable to help me with the blog and I had to set it up myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was an ordeal in and of itself, but God got me through it!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Friends, it is my sincere hope that this blog site will be a place where you and I can be strengthened, enlightened and encouraged by one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope it to be a place where we can dialog openly and honestly about different topics and issues going on in our lives, churches and nation, without bashing anyone’s faith, opinions questions or comments. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Looking forward to hearing from you soon!!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">B</span><span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">efore signing out, please read my blog disclaimer.…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Read at Your Own Risk</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I do not profess to be some great prolific writer, so you will have to excuse any typos, misspelled words, or grammatical errors that may be harmful to your eyes and academic senses</span></i><span style="font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Agape Love, </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Min. Cindy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Segoe Script;">_____________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></em></div>Light Restoration International Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310137640211011381noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141740296549289561.post-53563623185164327732011-02-05T18:35:00.002-05:002011-02-05T20:41:40.808-05:00Welcome to Light Restoration's Blog Site<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank You for Logging In</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today, February 5, 2011 at 7p.m., was the birthing of a brand new ministry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A vision that’s been stirring around in me for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started writing the vision down about 5 years ago and now you’re about to see the outcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Initially, the vision made absolutely no sense to me and as a result, I struggled over it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, in 2007 God spoke to me saying, “Not only will there be <u>no more church as usual</u>... I am raising up an <u>unusual church</u>”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After hearing this, I was able to rest in Him and allow Him to give form to His vision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, without further ado, it is my distinct pleasure to officially introduce to you…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AngsanaUPC; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">“LIGHT RESTORATION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES” </span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Batang", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AngsanaUPC; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">A Non-profit, Non-denominational, Non-traditional, Christian Outreach Ministry with an Evangelistic Mantle</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">L.R.I.M. is not a church but a multi-faceted outreach ministry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not believe that God is doing away with the church, but is changing the way we do church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To learn more about this ordained ministry, please feel free to view the mission statement as well as the other blog pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I also invite you to become a friend of the ministry by clicking on the “Follow” link located to the left of this post and you can write <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">comments at the bottom of this post. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you for your prayers and support as I move forward in the will of God!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Agape Love, </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Minister Cindy Holmes</span></i></div></div>Light Restoration International Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08310137640211011381noreply@blogger.com5