Monday, September 30, 2013

Daily Encouragement (09/30/13) "Broken Cisterns"

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Pump and barrell 9/27/13

"Broken Cisterns"

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"My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water" (Jeremiah 2:13). "Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him" (John 7:38).

Pump and barrell 9/27/13In the course of our visits to the various companies we serve as chaplains, we enjoy travelling through scenic off the beaten paths. I follow my dad's example in looking for variety when I travel. Usually there are numerous ways to get where you are going! The only problem is that Brooksyne who is directionally challenged can rarely remember a route to a newer location because I take a different one each time if possible.

We travel on some roads that make you feel as though you're traveling back in time about 100 years with more horse and buggie and old-order Mennonite bike traffic than autos on some days. We pass many one room schoolhouses where the children, of all ages, are gathered in a circle eating their lunch or engaged in a ball game often with the teacher pitching the softball.

We also enjoy stopping by the home produce stands and so often they have something else for sale as well. Last Friday we stopped at a stand that displayed an old pump with water
gushing into an old barrel. It was for sale so I bought it, cleaned it up, and placed it right outside our office window where we can see and hear it!

I like old pumps and through the years have taken quite a few photos of pumps. My first memory
of seeing a water pump was at my grandparents' small white frame house in the tiny town of Harwood Missouri about 100 miles south of the Kansas City area where I grew up. I distinctly remember that, upon our arrival, I'd run over to the water pump which was right beside the house. There I'd vigorously pump the long handle till water came gushing out. What a vivid memory I still have! However we knew not to drink the unhealthy water since it was merely run off which had gathered in a shallow cistern. A cistern is a receptacle for holding liquids, usually water.

Methodologies
used in everyday living during the Bible period are archaic in comparison to the newer and easier methods implemented over the generations. Yet the timeless illustrations in Scripture convey spiritual truth that is always applicable. Some 2,600 years after Jeremiah wrote the first passage, we all, regardless of where we live, need water to survive! Jeremiah lived during a time of great national apostasy (falling away from faithfulness to God) and persistently called the people to repentance. In fact it was at the time of his ministry that the Kingdom fell and the people were taken into captivity. Among other truths this period of history reminds us that judgment does eventually come.

In the daily text God declares, "My people have committed two sins."

1) "They have forsaken me, the spring of living water." Consider these words, "They have forsaken me." That is the theme all through the second chapter and really the entire book. We can be sure with the loud testimony of Scripture and history that there are always consequences to forsaking God.

Living water is a wonderful descriptive phrase concerning the spiritual life God desires to impart to His people. This is what the people had forsaken. In this prophetic declaration Jeremiah is speaking spiritually using a natural example all can identify with. Yet then, as now, so many have forsaken the Lord and this source of living water, the only source of truly abundant life. Consider the words of Jesus: “Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14).

2) "And have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water." God desires to supply living water but man seeks his own flawed substitutes, exchanging the spiritual living water with efforts to build their own cisterns, "broken cisterns that cannot hold water".
The Full Life Study Bible note on this passage observes, "They seek life and pleasure in the idolatrous things of the world, things that have no real or lasting value". Today we note so many ways the vast majority are digging their own cisterns, determined to live life their way rather than God's way.

Jesus said in John 7:38 "Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." Perhaps our Lord is referring to the passage in Jeremiah when He made this statement, where God identified Himself as a spring  of living water.

Today we encourage each reader to turn to the Lord and partake of the living water that comes from Him. Broken cisterns leak and dry up but living water supplied by God continuously overflows!


Be encouraged today,


Stephen & Brooksyne Weber

Praying manDaily prayer: Father, we know that drinking fresh water is essential to our health, and without it we battle bodily disease and struggle to survive. Drinking from the springs of living water is essential to our spirit as we battle sin diseases of pride, jealousy, rage, bitterness, lying and so many other carnal attitudes that can result in spiritual death. As we drink from the springs of living water we flush out those carnal diseases that would seek to destroy us. Scripture assures us that we will be fully alive in Your Spirit as we drink regularly from Your life giving streams of living water.  Amen.



Brooksyne's Note: I go back farther in time than Stephen's memory when it comes to water pumps. My grandparents, who lived on the mountain in Arkansas, had no electricity or running water. When water was needed we were commissioned to go out to the hand dug well and bring in a bucket of fresh drawn water by lowering a bucket on a rope deep into the water. When the bucket hit the water it dipped and filled with water and then we pulled the rope up by hand. There were a few summers when the well went dry and then we had to walk about 1/4 mile to the spring and lug home a bucket of water. Since we were young we probably spilled half of it before we got back. I'm thankful for those memories and experiencing the value of hard work.




Pump and barrell 9/27/13
Here's a photo of our "new" fountain at the corner of our house where we can see and hear it from my office desk.

Pump and barrell 9/27/13
A close up of the old pump. It has no date on it but was manufactured by the Columbiana Pump Company in Columbiana Ohio. A similar pump on Ebay sells for over $100.00 + shipping and I got the whole kit and caboodle for a fraction of that. A large 550 gph electric pump keeps the water running. It still makes a clanking metal to metal sound as the piston hits the inside of the pump housing. (It appears that Mollie is quite taken with the new water pump as well.)

I looked through previous daily encouragement messages for other pump photos I have taken through the years. Here's a sampling:

Pump, Lancaster County PA
Ester and I checking out an old pump beside an old order Mennonite church. Notice the tin drinking cups hanging on the pump.

Old water pump
In this photo I was visiting with Rufus and his wife who are old order Mennonites. Rufus is demonstrating the pump for me. Notice the big hole for the 60' well just beyond the pump. I sure hope they keep that covered!

Old order water pump
I'm not sure what all this pumping contraption does!

Old water pump & chair
Visiting with our friends Lloyd and Janice we saw this old pump in the background.



Today's Suggested Music
and Supplemental Resources

"Spring Up O Well"  Video  Phil Wickham  Nice to hear one of the old songs we sang as young Christians brought back! (This recording cuts off early)

"Fill My Cup Lord"  Video  A studio version of a song that especially compliments the theme of our message today.  It's a prayer for each of us, "Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole."

"Drinking At The Springs of Living Water"   Video 
Haven of Rest Quartet with Lorin Whitney

"There Is A River"  Video  Gaither Vocal Band


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Friday, September 27, 2013

Daily Encouragement (09/27/13) "He Knows All Things"

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Friday, September 27, 2013

Fall decorative display 9/26/13
We've had several days of beautiful weather.
We took this photo of our decorated garden cart yesterday afternoon.

"He Knows All Things"

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"The LORD knows the thoughts of man" (Psalm 94:11). "You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar" (Psalm 139:2). "This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in His presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything" (1 John 3:19,20).

Longtime readers have heard a lot about our three pets over the years. Our oldest is 12 year old Dottie who has the stereotypical personality of a cat regarding interaction with humans and among her "peers". She's content with a few minutes of petting daily. Her greatest interest in life is finding a new cozy place to sleep.

Our older dog Roxie whom we've had since early 2005 is very loyal and always wants to be near us, especially Brooksyne. She's getting older and no longer has the boundless energy she once had in her youth. (I know that feeling.) However, she still enjoys long walks.

Mollie playing with frisbee
But our  two year old dog, Mollie, abounds with energy and always wants to play, even in the middle of the night. Her favorite game is frisbee. Oh, how she loves to run after the frisbee and catch it no matter how bad the throw, unlike my response to end the game if my frisbee partner doesn't know how to properly throw back the frisbee. If I get up from my office chair she assumes that means, "Let's play". However she also responds to verbal suggestions such as "Mollie, do you want to play Frisbee?" Or I may spell it out, "Mollie, F-R-I-S-B-E-E" and she will scurry to the door by the time I get to F-R-.

But my favorite way to get her excited is when I look at her, move my eyebrows up and down twice, and ask softly, "Mollie, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She cocks her head sideways with one ear turned back and looks me in the eyes as she appears to be thinking what I'm thinking. She then grabs the nearest throw toy, runs to the door, and barks for me to join her in play. (In the photo you will see Mollie breaks in every frisbee by chewing a hole in the middle so she can carry it easily.)

Now I don't think Mollie is ever really thinking what I'm thinking; that is, unless I'm thinking about playing with her. But in a far more serious and supreme way our Father knows every thought that crosses our mind, even when we don't speak it aloud. "You are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue You, Lord, know it completely" (Psalm 139: 3b,4).

Attributes are what theologians call the characteristics of God. The Psalmist declares several attributes of God in Psalm 139. Today we consider the One who always knows our thoughts. This is an expression of the divine attribute known as God's omniscience. "You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar."  The Psalmist responded, "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain" (v.6). 

God knows us and has a divine plan for our lives even before we were born. He knows us better than we know ourselves. Matthew 10:30 tells us that even the hairs on our head are numbered. No matter how carefully we may keep our thoughts from others, we have no secrets from God.

God knows everything about us, both good and bad, and He still loves us. God understands how we feel when we are going through hard times because He knows our thoughts and feelings.

Is there anyone else to whom we could comfortably entrust our thoughts. Thankfully, He knows us, He loves us, He guides us and He too is awaiting the day when we will see Him face to face.

He knows my name
He knows my every thought
He sees each tear that falls
And hears me when I call


Be encouraged today,


Stephen & Brooksyne Weber

Praying manDaily prayer: Father, You love us so completely and have a wonderful plan for our lives that is revealed to us through the Scriptures and in our life's experiences. You know us intimately; you know our thoughts before we even speak a word. To grasp the scope of Your awesome power is more than we can comprehend, but we walk by faith and grow in our knowledge of You as a personal God. You know when we sit and when we rise; You perceive our thoughts from afar. You are greater than our hearts and You know everything. Amen.



Note: Because of scheduling changes in our chaplaincy visitation due to Ester's recuperation we were unable to complete a Daily Encouragement message yesterday (9/26/13).

Family Note: Ester is continuing to recuperate from her recent surgery. She's now able to get up out of a chair on her own, and with the assistance of PaPa Steincross' (her great-grandfather) cane she is regaining strength as she walks around the house and up and down our driveway. Thank you so much for your interest and prayers. Next week she has a follow-up appointment to check her new pacemaker.



Today's Suggested Music
and Supplemental Resources

"He Knows My Name"  Video  Maranatha Singers

"As High As The Heavens"
  Video 
Marty Nystrom

"I Exalt Thee"  Video  Alleliua Singers

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Scripture references are from The Holy Bible: New International Version. © 1984 by International Bible Society; NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. and the King James Version.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Daily Encouragement (09/25/13) "Hang In There!"

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Pumpkin wagon on Grandview Road 9/24/13

"Hang In There!"

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"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us" (Romans 8:37).

"Hang in There" balloon
Our daughter, Ester, had her pacemaker replaced at Hershey Medical Center yesterday afternoon. Following her surgery and post-op care in the hospital she and Brooksyne returned home last night around 11:00. Stephen had been at the hospital prior to the surgery in the early afternoon and then the waiting room and greeted her when she got back to her room about 6:00 PM but at that point he was more than ready to get out of the hospital environment! Brooksyne is always there for the long haul.

Upon their arrival home last night Stephen helped Ester out of the van and noticed a large balloon in the back that Brooksyne had bought at the gift shop. With the monkey hanging upside down it holds a banner that reads, "Hang In There"
which led me to consider a timeless truth from God's Word for today's message.  We write it especially to those who feel as though you are just "Hanging In There" by a thread. Or like the monkey, by its tail.

Andrea Higgins
Before Ester went to surgery she looked up at us and said very matter of factly, "I'm a hupernikomen". She was expressing a spiritual truth we taught her when she was a little girl and that Brooksyne and I have reinforced regularly throughout her life. It's a truth we want to explain in today's message but many of you who have followed our ministry will recall the teaching.

This morning Ester got a message from Andrea, a friend from our church in New England who is confined to a wheelchair due to an automobile accident when she was a baby. We saw her through a number of difficult surgeries while we lived up that way and taught her the principle of being a hupernikomen based on this Scripture passage. She wrote to Ester recalling this teaching.

In today's text
from Romans 8 Paul is writing to the Roman believers about life in the Spirit.  He considers the difficulties and weaknesses that believers experience in this life, but reminds us that God is working out everything for our good (v.28). Paul begins to detail the daunting obstacles a believer may very well endure and builds to a victorious crescendo as he summarizes it in the generalized phrase "In all these things". This includes anything that can go wrong in life, most of which many of us have never experienced. 

Romans 8:37
Wondrously, however, in all these things "we are more than conquerors." This phrase translates the single Greek word "hupernikomen", which can only be found here in the entire NT. It literally means we are "hyper-overcomers" or "preeminently victorious". "Hupernikomen" indicates that "we are winning a most glorious victory" (Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament.)

This is "through Him who loved us." God's amazing love is the very foundation of this victory and Paul reveals the intensity of His sacrificial love in 8:32, "He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?" Paul repeats the phrase "all things" three times in vv. 28-37 for added emphasis. It's a reminder that there is no hardship we face, presently or in the future, that we can't conquer, with the help of our loving God who gives us all things.

Hide this truth deep in your heart. We will have struggles in this life, but God's eternal Word declares that the ability to work through them has already been taken care of.  If there is a crisis you face this hour, begin to personalize today's Scripture by declaring aloud, "I am more than a conqueror through Jesus who loves me."  Repeat it often so the troubling circumstances are no longer our primary thoughts, but God's Word is.  The crisis will ultimately surrender to the victory Jesus has for you "in all these things." So we urge you, whatever you are going through to "HANG IN THERE"! We are all hupernikomens.


Be encouraged today,


Stephen & Brooksyne Weber

Praying manDaily prayer: Father, we thank You for Jesus who intercedes for us in our hardships, persecution, dangers, poverty and troubles of all kinds. Amazingly, You develop in us a spirit that not only overcomes our difficulties, but enables us to overwhelmingly conquer the very thing that Satan intends to use in defeating us. The Apostle Paul found that he delighted in weaknesses and hardships because it was in his weakness that he found Your strength to be superior to his own. Your grace was sufficient for him to deal with his hardship. Yours is an overcoming, conquering strength unavailable to us through genetics, medicine, therapy, or mortal man. It comes only through personal unswerving faith in You and perseverance in prayer that we can overwhelmingly (hupernikomen) conquer our foe! Help us never to give up but hang in there as we endure and overcome the enemy's arsenal. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.



Family Note: Thank you, readers, for your well wishes and prayers for Ester. It was such a blessing to read and hear them throughout the day. As mentioned in yesterday's footnote Ester underwent a replacement pacemaker surgery. This was her 3rd pacemaker and the operation was successful, though there are some lingering concerns. Her pacemaker includes two implanted pacing leads since hers is a dual chamber pacer. The leads made of insulated wire connect to the pacer and carries the electrical impulse from the pacemaker to both chambers of the heart. The leads were implanted back in 2006 and were not to be replaced, just the pacemaker. Unfortunately they were not easily accessed and the insulation of one was very slightly damaged in the process of removing the old pacemaker. (I'm giving a simplified explanation). Stephen's note: I had considered asking him why he didn't use electrical tape but he seemed pretty tired and serious so I refrained.

The leads to the lower ventricle are pacing perfectly, but one of the leads to the upper chamber is not pacing, making it a single chamber pacer instead of the desired dual pacer. Next Tuesday Ester will undergo testing to see if this will be adequate for her needs. If it is not she may have to undergo thoracic surgery and have the leads replaced. If her heart is pacing properly with the present circumstance the long range result will likely be a lessened battery life on this pacer. (Though we've had lots of experience with heart surgeries due to Ester's long history I'm sure not good in explaining in medical jargon the situation, but I know some of you wanted to know the results of her surgery yesterday.) She is plenty sore but recovering as expected. We thank you again for your continued interest and for your prayers. We'll update you following her appointment next week.




Today's Suggested Music
and Supplemental Resources

"Who Shall Separate Us From The Love Of Christ?"  Video  Wayne Tate A song based on Romans 8:35, 37-39

"We've Been Made More Than Conquerors"  Video  Janny Grein

"I Am Persuaded (We Are More Than Conquerors)"  Video 
Maranatha! Singers

"More Than Conquerors"  Video  Hosanna! Music

"More Than Conquerors"  Video 
Acapella

"We are More Than Conquerors"  Video  Melody Four Quartet

For further study on today's topic: http://preceptaustin.org/romans_837-39.htm#8:37

Finally Today:

Ester had her surgery at the new Hershey Medical Center Children's Hospital. This interesting piece of art is in front of the new hospital.

Hershey Medical Center children's hospital "art"

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Our other blogs:
"A Daily Prayer" - A blog simply posting the daily prayer. We keep this up each day since it's merely the prayer from the Daily Encouragement Net message!
"A Little Foolishness" - Humor/satire blog (a great outlet for non-serious writing but at times with a subtle message!) (Note: This material is satire!)
"Clear Minded" - Longer, periodic articles on specific issues impacting the faithful believer and church. (Actually this is my intent but I haven't done much with it!)
"Hymns of Hope" - Brooksyne along with two friends made a CD using classic hymns. Brooksyne tells the background story of the 11 hymns. All of these songs are also available for download on the site.

Personal Mission Statement
"I am created by God to bring Him glory. Through God's Son Jesus Christ I have been redeemed and I make it my life's goal to please the Lord. My mission in life is to honor God through my faith and obedience and to prepare myself and all whom I may influence for eternity."

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