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> Date: September 17, 2009 3:40:17 AM CDT
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> Subject: Upper Room, Thursday, September 17, 2009
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> Thursday, September 17, 2009
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> Stop. Connect with God. And Remove the Clutter this Advent Season. > Order Today! The Uncluttered Heart: Making Room for God During > Advent and Christmas. Order now.
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> Choosing Friends
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> Suggested Bible Reading
> If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have > love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have > prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, > and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have > love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand > over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain > nothing. Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or > boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it > is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, > but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, > hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. But as for > prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will > cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in > part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the > partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a > child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I > became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a > mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in > part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And > now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of > these is love.
> -1 Corinthians 13 (NRSV)
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> Today's Scripture
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> Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."
> -1 Corinthians 15:33 (NIV)
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> AS parents, my husband and I stress to our children the importance > of choosing godly friends who are willing to share in their joys as > well as in their struggles. We want them to have steadfast friends > -- people they know they can count on, no matter what happens.
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> It is important for all of us to choose friends who uplift and > encourage us. However, we also need friends who will tell us when we > stray from God's ways and lovingly guide us back to the right path.
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> I have been blessed with such a friend. When I need someone to pray > with me or just listen to my joys and sorrows, she is the one I > call. I often turn to her for wise and godly guidance. I can count > on her to encourage me, but I also know that she will gently nudge > me back on course if necessary. The friends we want for ourselves > and our children demonstrate these qualities of love as well as > those mentioned in 1 Corinthians 13.
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> We have no friend greater than Christ. However, God also places > godly people in our path to befriend us. We can be thankful for them > and their influence on our lives. In turn, it is also our privilege > as followers of Christ to be that same kind of friend to others.
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> Marcia Hodge (Florida, USA)
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> Prayer
> Father, thank you for sending us godly friends. Help us to be such > friends to others. Thank you for Jesus, our truest friend. Amen.
> Thought for the Day
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> God brings people into our lives to bring us closer to Christ.
> Prayer Focus
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> Those seeking friendship
> Related Reading
> Companions in Christ Participant's Book (Revised)
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> A 28-week study of spiritual formation, scripture, prayer, vocation > and spiritual guidance, the revised COMPANIONS IN CHRIST resource > offers a rich, imaginative pathway to discover a deeper experience > of and response to God.
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> The scripture quotation is from the NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION of > the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education > of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by > permission. All rights reserved.
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Ashlyn and Brooklyn
Congrats to Brent who just graduated from Marine bootcamp
> Subject: Still Waiting...
I did what you told me.
I sent the email to 10 people like you said.
I'm still waiting for that miracle to happen.
To all my friends who in the last year sent me best 'wishes', chain > letters, 'angel' letters
Or other promises of good luck if I forwarded something,
NONE OF THAT STUFF WORKED!
For 2009, could you please just send money, Vodka, Rum, chocolate, > movie tickets
Or gasoline vouchers instead? Thank you!
