Message From Richard
Greetings my brothers and sisters and welcome to our latest edition of Gods Faith Book's weekly newsletter.
I want to take a few minutes to discuss the Christian Dating site that I briefly mentioned in my last letter. While most of the membership's comments have been very positive, we have received several emails expressing concern over a dating site. It is these concerns that I want to address here.
First of all a final decision has not been made. If we decide to go with the proposed dating site, it will be kept separate from our existing GFB site. While the dating site will have access to GFB, all dating members will have a separate profile page. Members will be closely monitored and a strict Christian code will be enforced. WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY UNCHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES.
As many of you are aware, we have been having some issues with our Chat Room over the last several days and have had to close the room for much needed repairs and bug fixing. The developers of the Chat Room have informed us that have located the problem and are now working with our technicians to get the problems fixed so that we can once again open and enjoy the benefits of a chat room. We expect to have the chat room opened again in time for our worship and video session on Saturday. Keep watching the front page for further announcements.
If you haven't had a chance to check out our link section located on the top of home page on the black menu bar, please take a look. We have dozens of e books which you can download and enjoy as well a section featuring Charles Spurgeon's devotions and a new poll questions which we recently posted.
Many more new and exciting features are on the way. Stay tuned.
Remember, that this site does not belong to one person, it belongs to all of you. Without YOU, there is no US. Always Dare To Dream.
"Thank You Lord for this day, and for all you have done for us. Lord forgive us our sins, and help us with forgiveness of others. Lord please heal our bodies, minds and hearts, so that we are free and healthy in body, mind and Spirit. Lord may you guide , protect and provide for our family needs. In Jesus name we pray. Amen"
WE ARE IN JESUS HAND SO DON'T WORRY HE IS ALWAYS WITH US.
GOD'S GRACE IS WHAT ENABLES YOU TO BELIEVE IN HIM. SO THANK HIM EACH DAY FOR REVEALING HIMSELF TO YOU!
DON'T KEEP GODS FAITH BOOK A SECRET--SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS
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Please visit the new and improved GFB gift store! The store is found on the menu and also by clicking here. Shipping and handling is FREE for all GFB members in the continental United States.
Proceeds from our store are used to both host and improve the GFB site...as well as fund different charities we are involved with.
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Losing Myself by Jan Ackerson
Dan and I married young-we were children, really-but I was charmed by the curls that played at his neck, and by his raspy chuckle. Those were reasons enough to marry, as it turns out. Years later, those same qualities still quicken my breath.
Not long ago, we waved at our darling Lily as she embarked on a new life with her own curly-haired charmer, in a flurry of lace. Dan's arm tightened around my waist as their car disappeared, and he whispered in my ear. "We're still young, sweetheart. Time to do something new."
"Something new" was a spiritual itch that had plagued him for months. Dan wanted to be a missionary-had felt the call and started to research mission fields and financial arrangements while I was occupied with Lily's wedding. I strained to hear the same voice that had reached my husband's ears, but God was silent to me. I followed Dan anyway, transported to a distant land by the power of my love for him.
The air in my new country was richer than that of my home, thicker with exotic smells. Colors were more brilliant, the music filled with stranger harmonies. The language, when I learned it, fell softly from my tongue. The children were precious with their quick and dazzling smiles, the women sweetly shy. Yet I resisted falling in love with my new residence. My heart was home with Lily and her husband, with the granddaughter whose growth was chronicled in a well-worn photo album.
A few mornings ago, I awoke realizing that I had dreamed not in English but in my adopted tongue. I felt bemused, as if I was losing myself. The feeling intensified as I shopped for vegetables in the open-air market. Surrounded by the liquid syllables of native speakers, I was startled when an English-speaking tourist grasped my elbow and asked for directions. I blinked at her, uncomprehending, having to translate her words mentally before I could formulate a reply.
And yesterday, I sat in the front row of our cinder-block church, listening to the linguistic dance of Dan and his co-pastor, partners in the Lord. Dan spoke, his partner translated, the congregation laughed at his self-deprecating humor-and I realized that I had not heard Dan's words at all, but had waited for the translation. I am fading away, I thought. If we stay here, I will disappear.
I spent the afternoon in something more closely resembling whining than prayer. "Your work is flourishing here, Lord. Dan loves it. But I have done nothing for Your kingdom, and I am all alone. Why did You bring me here if only to watch me evaporate? How can I serve You if I don't know who I am?" My vaulted and chained spirit locked out God's reply.
This morning, I kissed Dan good-bye, wrapped a colorful skirt around my waist, and prepared a cup of the local tea, spicy and sweet. While I sipped, I listened to the cacophony of accusing birds in the trees outside and explored the borders of my soul. My reverie was interrupted by a knock at the door.
It was my neighbor, a quiet woman with whom I'd occasionally shared a loaf of flat bread or a fruit-filled treat. Tears streaked her cheeks and she fell into my arms, weeping her husband's name. He had been unfaithful to her, I learned, because of her inability to bear him a child. His mistress was now pregnant, and he had put her from their home, penniless and bereft.
I held her stiffly at first, unsure how to minister to this grieving woman, but my arms relaxed as a peacefulness settled upon me-a warmth that spread from the roots of my hair to my sandaled feet. My neighbor's tears subsided, and she whimpered a proverb used to communicate despair: literally translated, she told me "with every rising of the sun, my teeth are broken anew."
God's words filled all of the empty spaces in my spirit. "He is faithful," I said, using the pronoun that means 'the Holy one.' "With every rising of the sun, His mercy comes anew."
She cradled her head on my shoulder, drawing deep breaths. The mirror on the wall reflected my blonde hair mingling with her raven tresses, her chocolate arms intertwining with my pale ones. I locked eyes with the missionary in the mirror and smiled.
We held each other for many minutes, two women discovering grace.
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Group Profile - Christian family movies and more
I created this group for like minded people like myself, who do not care much about watching Television, as much of it is corrupt. There is nothing that is encouraging or uplifting at all. I don't know about you but personally I like to sit down with my Family at home and watch a good clean movie without the Course Language, Nudity and to much violence. Even when we go to the video store we find it hard, We take longer then everyone else trying to pick a good movie. I only find a good family movie now and then, mostly we watch Christian movie's. God Bless, hope you enjoy the page.
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Weekly Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus, thanks and praise be to You for Your faithful love toward us, for always being there for us, for sacrificing Your all for our good and blessedness. Thank You also for being reliable even when all others have failed us, for being our sure and certain support and foundation no matter what befalls us. Help us to be faithful, reliable, and genuinely loving to others, especially those whom You have placed in our care. Give us courage to lose all for the sake of love. Amen.
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Featured Video
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Amy Grant - How Majestic Is Your Name
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Bible Study Classes and Prayer Meeting
Bible Study is held in the AV Chat Room each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Each Saturday we also have a Video prayer and worship session. Classes begin promptly at 8:00 PM EST except for the Tuesday class which begins at 3:00 PM E.S.T.
The GFB Prayer Meeting is held each Wednesday at approximately 9:00 PM EST in the AV Chat room.
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