Season 3, Episode 10, He Will Never Forsake Us

PODCAST 30, 3-10 – SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTD, Date: 11/12/21

Our first poem is found on page 151.

I HAVE NOTHING

I have nothing to add to the word of God.

I have nothing to add to his love for me.

I have nothing to offer to make me worthy.

I have nothing to add to God’s rhymes.

That is true, but . . .

I can believe in His word.

I can accept his love for me.

I can accept that through Jesus I am worthy.

I can become one of God’s rhymes.

I can offer my life to God.

I can spread the Good News of salvation.

I can be a reflection of his love.

I can share the end of the Christmas story.

I have nothing on my own to give to God,

But with God I have everything to give.

I have every reason to live for him.

I have hope for life eternal with him.

I have nothing until I have God in my life,

Until I accept the atoning sacrifice

That showed his love for me.

I can accept Jesus, my savior,

My redeemer, my hope, my everything.

Thoughts on the Way to Church

The lost sheep,

Are we led,

Led to the way

Or led astray,

Are we fed

By the Bread of Life

Or captive to strife

There are random thoughts that cross my mind

That make me seek the words to find

That will feed me and lead me

To the right words to write

No questions,

No exclamations

Period?

Just the question,

As lost sheep are we led,

As lost sheep are we fed

To the truth, by the truth

Of who God is,

What Jesus has done

And the mission

Of the Holy Spirit?

Do we ever question God’s love?

Do we ever shout an exclamation?

Or do we just end with a period?

God’s love for us is never in question,

We should shout to the world in exclamation

That with God our lives will not end with a period.

Discussion:

It’s not unusual for me to get caught up in punctuation or lack thereof. I think our lives on this earth will end with an exclamation point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now going back in the book to page 142

THOUGHTS FROM READING PETER

I just finished reading 1 Peter

And I am continually reminded

That the Bible is as much about today

As it is about yesterday,

And it is much about tomorrow

As it is about all of our todays

As it is about all of the yesterdays.

As I read I wondered about tomorrow

And what may lead to our sorrow,

But then I remembered that tomorrow

Will worry about itself.

We are told not to worry

So why do we have to hurry

To get through today?

Maybe I need to pray.

No matter where I have read

God’s word it has kept me fed.

I just have to remember

That as a family member

I live with God, through his grace.

I may fail today in so many ways,

But with God, tomorrow is a new day.

Discussion:

Don’t give up on you day is a struggle. There is always a better tomorrow with God.

Yes, there will be times when that struggle we are going through will last more than a day. Don’t give up, God has a plan and that plan is for your betterment.

Now on to page 89, one of my favorites.

THE DINNER TABLE

At the end of the day, before the stars of night,

A family sits at a table, holding hands they pray,

Thanking the Lord for his bounty, the food they eat,

The hands they do hold, for all they receive.

Perhaps it is the first prayer a child does learn,

That all we need comes from his infinite love,

That the fruits of our labor are on the table,

And even more in our love for him and his children.

The family around the table shares their days,

Their joys, their sorrows, their hopes, their desires.

By starting their meal with a prayer

They have set the course for their lives.

At the table in God’s sight

Seeds are sown that they always may

Share their blessing with those they meet,

To share God’s grace that others may believe.

Praying, each in their turn,

They lift their thanks to the one above.

By this, as a family, they are able

To lift others from where they have been.

As a family together, each one prays

That they may live a life that God inspires,

As he encourages them to care

From the table to help others they leave.

It may be at the dinner table

That our faith may be shown

To our children as we pray,

Offering our thanksgiving,

And show them we are

Children of God

And together

We are part

Of God’s family.

Our kids learned a prayer at First Baptist Nursery School before having their snack. Our 5 kids and a few grandkids went there for preschool. It became our dinner prayer and we still say this prayer when we get together as parts and the whole family. We have been doing this for the last 40 years. You talk about tradition, I like this one.

Thank you for the world so sweet

Thank you for the food we eat

Thank you for the birds that sing

Thank you God (Lord) for everything

MATTHEW 14:13-21 (pg. 52)

After the beheading of John the Baptist, Jesus withdrew to a solitary place. The crowd followed him. Seeing them, he healed the sick. As night approached his disciples told him to send the crowd to the nearby villages to buy themselves food. This was not going to happen. Jesus told the disciples to feed the crowd. With only five loaves and two fish he gave thanks in prayer. The crowd was fed.

Jesus gave thanks and prayed

For the loaves and fish to be multiplied.

The needs of the crowd were satisfied,

He healed them,

He fed them,

Their blessings were multiplied.

Our needs, our prayers the Lord receives

If we have believed,

If we have received

He blesses the one who believes.

As Jesus prayed

His prayer was answered,

Answered

With abundance.

God answers our prayers,

He answers them with abundance.

Ask what is pleasing to him

And he will pour out his grace

Which is beyond our knowing.

But his abundance,

His love, will always be showing,

Our blessings will be multiplied.

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