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Weberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18310529681902990510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34306996.post-58615373658556674442015-05-07T14:26:00.000-04:002015-05-07T16:15:28.314-04:00Daily Encouragement (05/07/15) "Lord, Hear Our Cry"<font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana; color: black;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Daily Encouragement Net</font></font><br style="font-family: Verdana; color: black;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana; color: black;" size="-1"><small><font style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: black;">A daily, Bible-based message of hope and encouragement.</span><br> </font></small></font><font style="font-family: Verdana; color: black;" size="-1"><small><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Having trouble reading this message? </span></font></small></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><small><font style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); 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color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" size="-1"><big><big><big>"Lord, Hear Our Cry"</big></big></big></font></big></big></big><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font></font></font><font size="-1"><br> Due to a very busy time a podcast will not be prepared for today</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">'s message.<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone--for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness" (1 Timothy 2:1,2). "If my people, who are called by my Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14). </span><br> <br> </font><font size="-1">Today is the National Day Of Prayer here in the USA. This morning we attended a prayer meeting in our community of Mount Joy where community leaders prayed out for the government, military, media, business, education, church and family. We heard an estimate that there will be over 26,000 prayer gatherings nationwide</font><font size="-1"> today</font><font size="-1">. </font><font size="-1">Here in Lancaster County we always have a very well planned day of prayer. A county-wide rally will be held tonight with Ravi Zacharias as speaker.</font><font size="-1"> All over the country groups will be gathering to pray and for many the focus will be spiritual revival and a return to God's ways. Our country is in desperate need of divine intervention!<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/52973/45/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 200px; height: 136px; float: left;" alt="Prayer at altar" title="Prayer at altar" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/misc/prayer_at_altar.jpg" hspace="7"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Our encouragement messages go out to believers in many different countries so we try to write for the spiritual edification of all true believers regardless of where they live. We are unaware of other countries that might have official national days of prayer as we have here in America. However we genuinely believe this is a very important day here in the country where God has providentially ordained that we should live out our lives here on this earth. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Wherever you may live you should pray for your country and every point we make today will apply regardless of your location. </span><br> <br> America is in deep trouble and is in need of genuine repentance. Although there is an active remnant of true believers, the vast majority of our population gives little or no attention to God. Our government and court systems increasingly pass laws and policies that will surely lead to persecution for the believers, and for some that is already happening.<br> <br> Our arts and entertainment industry is a cesspool of immorality. Broken marriages and troubled households abound and in recent years a massive effort is being made to drastically redefine the God ordained institution of holy marriage. Violence fills the land.<br> <br> Our educational system has been very successful at breaking down the moral constraints. Brooksyne and I see this brokenness first hand in our ministry to the workplace, but it's evident to anyone who turns on the news or reads a newspaper. I believe one of the greatest evidences of this escalating trouble is spiritual blindness. <br> <br> We have often considered the second daily verse and we both committed it to memory many years ago. It will surely be quoted in many prayer services today. It is initially expressed as a condition and promise to Solomon during a time of great personal and national consecration as the temple is being dedicated approximately 3,000 years ago. I believe there is an element to this promise that is unique to Israel as a nation, who as a national people were called by God's Name.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/52974/46/"><img title="Man kneeling in prayer" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 150px; height: 126px; float: right;" alt="Man kneeling in prayer" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/temp/kneeling.jpg" hspace="7"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The phrase <span style="font-style: italic;">"My people"</span> in the daily verse in its initial application applied to these people and their specific land. Thus I feel there is interpretive error when we view our specific country (wherever we live) as God's land in the same sense as that spoken of in the initial promise. <span style="font-style: italic;"></span>True believers foundationally hold </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">heaven</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">ly citizenship (far superior to our national citizenship). <br> <br> Having said that, I believe there is still great application in the condition and promise today. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">There is surely a sense that <span style="font-style: italic;">"My people"</span> today refers to the redeemed in Christ who live throughout the world. </font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">God requires </span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">these conditions of His people:</span><br> </font> <ul> <li><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Humble themselves</font></li> <li><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Pray</font></li> <li><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Seek My face</font></li> <li><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Turn from their wicked ways</font></li> </ul> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">God promises these blessings for His people:</span><br> </font> <ul> <li><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Then will I hear from heaven</font></li> <li><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">And will forgive their sin</font></li> <li><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">And will heal their land</font></li> </ul> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">As God's people we are indeed called to humble ourselves, to pray, to seek His face and to turn from our wicked ways. Wherever we may live let us who love God apply these conditions! The eternal, unchanging God is still speaking from heaven, forgiving sin, and extending His saving touch to all who look to Him. Regardless of what happens to America or the land where you live, His promise to the individual who earnestly seeks Him is always bright and good. <br> <br> <br> </font><font size="-1">B</font><font size="-1">e encouraged today,</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/38139/47/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" hspace="10"></span></font></font></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: black;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Daily prayer:</span> </font><small><span style="font-style: italic;">Father, we come into Your presence with thanksgiving in our hearts and give You praise. We ask you to be merciful to our land because You are a loving, forgiving God. You have called on us, Your children, to be a people of prayer, devotion, and denial of self. We pray for our land to repent of neglect and defiance of Your holy commands. In the name of Jesus we come against the powers of darkness that<font size="-1"> seek to engulf the light of Your salvation that brings help, hope, and forgiveness to sin sick souls and secures their eternal dwelling in heaven. Help us not to grow weary in our intercession, for we want to be faithful in prayer so that, at a future date, we will witness the harvest of souls. We pray for Your will to be accomplished in the name of Jesus. Amen.<br> <br> </font></span></small> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> We have had a lot of activity the last couple of days including an ordination service last night for my nephew but want to get this message out before taking the time to prepre them. We will share some photos tomorrow and next week!<br> </font><br> <small><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></small><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: black;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: black;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: black;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Today's Suggested Music</span> <font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">and Supplemental Resources</font><br> </font></div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"NDP 2015 Theme Video "</span> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/52975/48/">Video</a> Arnie McCall<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"If My People"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/52976/49/" target="_blank">Video</a> Men's chorus<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"If My People Pray"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/52977/50/" target="_blank">Video</a> Avalon<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"What if My People Pray"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/52978/51/" target="_blank">Video</a> Casting Crowns<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Jesus Saves"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/38653/52/" target="_blank">Video</a> Travis Cottrell<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Search Me, Know Me"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/52979/53/" target="_blank">Video</a> Kathryn Scott</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><br> </div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/38130/54/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 72px; height: 15px;" alt="Contact Us" title="Contact Us" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/contactus.jpg"></a><br> </font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Send</font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">a message to Step</font><font size="-1">hen & Brooksyne</font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/47101/55/"><img title="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 152px; height: 142px;" alt="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/38th_anniversary_photo_small_05-04-14.jpg" align="right" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen and Brooksyne Weber</font></font><font size="-1"> <br> <small>(Click on photo to enlarge)</small><br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/38126/72/">About Us</a><br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><small><small><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> </font></small></small> </font> <font size="-1">"We want to encourage you daily in your walk with Christ!" </font><font size="-1"> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/38150/73/">Personal Ministry Update</a> (Revised 12/10/14)<br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33035184/101518972/38125/74/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/make_a_donation.jpg" title="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" alt="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 40px; float: left;" align="left" hspace="5"></a></font><font size="-1">Are our daily encouragement messages a blessing to you? 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We just don't know. Frankly we believe the rapid increase in lawlessness signals some very hard times ahead. The Judeo-Christian underpinning of our land is rapidly crumbling with the godless progressives taking a jackhammer to it.</font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">But we are called to live one day at a time and we'll see. However for many this very day is hard enough such as a reader who wrote us with this painful prayer request, "I live with a recovering addict and heavy drinker who gets violent with me every now and then. He is my son. I love him. He just hit me again because he did not get his own way. Your devotion really helped. Please pray for me and my wife." </font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Many of us will testify that the Lord deals with us in unusual ways in the midst of trials. Trials tend to shake us out of complacency and, although undesirable and unpleasant at the time, they can draw us closer to the Lord helping us to focus on that which really matters.</font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">A spiritual truth I've learned in regard to trials is that you don't pick your trials nor do you schedule them! If we could schedule them we'd likely put them on Feb. 29 so we'd only encounter them once every four years and hope that all would be over by the end of the day, for at least another four years. (For a 76 year old woman that would mean that she would have only 19 days of trials over her lifetime!) </font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We begin the spiritual journey when we place our faith in Christ as our Savior and Lord. This journey is a long, marathon-like race. It will certainly include many "dangers, toils and snares." The single, summarizing quote of an early sermon by Paul was, <span style="font-style: italic;">"We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22)</span>. Those hardships may begin very early in life or as one enters the golden years. Some deal with extensive trials all through their pilgrimage. </font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">There is a lot we can know about our spiritual journey. We have many wonderful assurances in Scripture concerning the overall plan and the final outcome. But there are many specifics along the way that are not revealed to us. </font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Today I consider two phrases the Apostle Paul uses in the daily text: <span style="font-style: italic;">"And now, compelled by the Spirit."</span> This has the sense of being strongly urged or constrained by the influences of the Holy Spirit. The KJV states <span style="font-style: italic;">"bound by the Spirit."</span> Like Paul we need to seek the Holy Spirit's strong leading in life. </font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Not knowing what will happen to me there."</span> Although Paul was confident in the Spirit's leading him, he didn't know what awaited him. In the following verse he indicates that he had been forewarned that this will be a very trying time, but was not given foreknowledge about how the trials would "flesh out."</font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We often hear the acronym TMI ("Too Much Information" although around here it would liekly be taken as "Three Mile Island"). Paul was given TLI (Too Little Information), just enough to make one quite reluctant about making such a trip. Surely he could come up with plenty of excuses to delay this trip until the Spirit led him elsewhere, where people would welcome his visit, care for his every need. But Paul was a man of prayer and he was more interested in being obedient than being comfortable. </font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Not knowing all the details of how things will work out is the way we test our faith. Is it rooted and grounded in Christ or is it based on whether we get exactly what we want when we want it? Brooksyne often quotes Warren Wiersbe, "Faith that cannot be tested is faith that cannot be trusted." So how is the testing going for you? Can you trust your faith? Many of you reading this are in the very midst of a fiery trial. I sure hope you have the blessed assurance of the Romans 8:28 perspective. (If you haven't memorized that verse you sure should.) </font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">As you're enduring the trial you may wonder how in the world God is ever going to work this situation out. As a preacher of the Gospel I have often ministered to people in deep trials; for many the most anguishing part is the "not knowing." This is true for Brooksyne and me as well. We want a detailed plan for each step and a specific date for the return of "normalcy." </font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">But we don't get that. Instead we are called to trust. And those who trust Him wholly find Him wholly true! When we experience TLI let us be sure to <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/51223/46/" target="_blank">T&O</a>!</font><br> <br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Be encouraged today, </font><br> <br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Stephen & Brooksyne Weber</font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/38139/47/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;">Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father, it is in the testing of our faith that we prove the worth of our Christian walk. Help us to endure the test and trust You for the outcome, for we know that faith that cannot be tested is faith that cannot be trusted. O for grace to trust You more and more. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.</font><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> The biggest challenge in riding a bike with a dog is holding a leash and the dog pulling at or running before the bike.</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> The other day we were riding our bikes along the river trail and I met a couple with their dogs who had an interesting device called the Cycleash <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52925/48/" target="_blank">Video</a> I looked it up, priced it, then determined to build my own. I call it the redneck version. As a service to any interested readers I will share several photos and instructions. Of course you may have to adapt! </font><font size="-1">This method keeps the dog away from the bike and the "spring" in the PEX pipe gives some margin.</font><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Material needed:</span> Spare piece of PEX pipe (Other plastic pipe may work as well but PEX is very flexible, hose clamp and of course duct tape.</font><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52926/49/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Bicycle leash" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 388px;" alt="Bicycle leash" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/sports/bike_leash1.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Run one end of pex pipe under seat and attach anywhere you can on the seat or post using a hose clamp. My bike seat has a metal band around it so it was easy.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52927/50/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Bicycle leash" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 638px;" alt="Bicycle leash" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/sports/bike_leash2.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">On the other end I attached a used sharkbite fitting to duct tape the leash to. Any connection will work as long as it gives you a place to attach the least. You can probably make it look nicer but I like the look of duct tape.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52928/51/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Bicycle leash" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 718px;" alt="Bicycle leash" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/sports/bike_leash3.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The finished product in use.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52929/52/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Duct tape" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 378px;" alt="Duct tape" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/sports/bike_leash4.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We took the bikes over for a ride on the trail to test the redneck cycle leash out. I planned to take a roll of duct tape over in case I needed it for reinforcement but when getting ready to leave I just couldn't find it. After our bike road I was reloading our bikes when I looked up and spotted the missing duct tape on top of the van. Apparently it had enough tack along the edges to make the 8 mile trip, more evidence of the wonders of duct tap.<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold;" size="-1">Notes:</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">1) You need to use a holter type collar with attachment at top. Do not use neck collar as that would be a choke hazard</font><font size="-1">.<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">2) Take care of course that a tree or post does not separate you and dog! But this device keeps the dog close, but away from the bike. I have found a short leash works well. However the same caution would apply to the commercially available models such as the Cycleash</font><font size="-1">.<br> 3) I am working on a means to separate and quickly disconnect the PEX pipe that sticks out from the seat so I can easily remove it when not needed. Thus far I have not been successful.</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52930/53/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Amish badminton 5/3/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 384px;" alt="Amish badminton 5/3/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/amish/amish_badminton_05-03-15.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Sunday afternoon we passed this wholesome sight; an Amish family playing badminton.</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> </font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font> <div style="text-align: justify;"><font size="-1">As we prepared for today's message we received this article by our friends David and Sabra and a heartfelt post from a loving father, <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52931/54/" target="_blank">"Some Thoughts as My Daughter Gets Married."</a></font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"I Know Who Holds Tomorrow"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52932/55/" target="_blank">Video</a> Gene McDonald and Homecoming singers</font><br> <br> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Through It All"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52933/72/" target="_blank">Video</a> Booth Brothers</font><br> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><br> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Lead Me Lord"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52934/73/" target="_blank">Video</a> Gary Valenciano<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><br> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><br> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Lead Me Lord, I Will Follow</span>" <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33032303/101518972/52935/74/" target="_blank">Video</a> Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir This has the lyrics posted as well. A wonderful song appealing for the Lord's leading.</font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">National Day Of Prayer:</span> This Thursday is National Day Of Prayer and there will be events all over our country. We have a local prayer meeting on Thursday morning and a county wide event Thursday evening with Ravi Zacharias. We encourage all our readers to pursue this and find out where prayer gatherings will be held in your community. 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font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Monday, May 4, 2015</font></font><br> <br> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52903/43/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Church traffic 5/3/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 516px;" alt="Church traffic 5/3/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/church_traffic_05-03-15.jpg"></font></a></font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We had some interesting traffic early yesterday morning. Both vehicles are headed to church. Although Amish buggies are a regular sighting in our area and they're often out on the road early Sunday mornings we don't usually see tractors being driven on Sundays. (Most farmers still honor the Lord's Day as a day of worship and rest.) However yesterday a local church had "Tractor Sunday" and farmers were encouraged to drive their tractors to church, and they did!</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Ester took this photo through our windshield.</font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font> <font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-weight: bold;"><big style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><big><big>"The Blessing Of New Life"</big></big></big></font></font></font><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font></font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52866/44/" target="_blank"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Listen" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 15px; height: 12px;" alt="Listen" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/listen.jpg" hspace="0"></font></font></font></a><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52904/45/" target="_blank">Listen</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to this message on your audio player<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"Go, stand in the temple courts," he said, "and tell the people the full message of this new life" (Acts 5:20).</span><br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52905/46/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/birds/porch_light_bird_nest_05-04-15.jpg" alt="Porch light bird nest 5/4/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 235px; float: left;" title="Porch light bird nest 5/4/15" hspace="7"></font></a></font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We really enjoy seeing the many signs of new life which is so plentiful in the spring. This morning Brooksyne </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">excitingly </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">called down to me from our upstairs bedroom. A resourceful bird is building a nest directly below our bedroom window on a porch light over our deck. She said, "We'll soon be looking down on some baby birds!"<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52906/47/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/birds/baby_chick_05-02-15.jpg" alt="Children with baby chick 5/2/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 200px; height: 161px; float: right;" title="Children with baby chick 5/2/15" hspace="7"></font></a></font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Saturday afternoon Ester and her friend Rachel visited our Amish friends and the children were excited about new baby chicks that just hatched. Wherever you live we hope you also are blessed by new life.<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Having a sense of new life this morning my heart was in awe of God's marvelous blessings. I (Brooksyne) walked nearly four miles this morning with a neighbor on our trail and beyond. We saw so much of God's untamed creation along the way. Squirrels ran along the limbs over our heads, ducks incubating their eggs, one tribe of goslings falling in line with their mom and dad as they swam the creek while newly hatched fish were waggling their little tails through the water. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and was in awe of God's handiwork even as we pointed out the different things we saw.<br> <br> We pray that you will find the <span style="font-style: italic;">"full message of this new life"</span> in your surroundings today. It may be in your workplace, your neighborhood, even in the midst of a traffic jam. Perhaps this is the day when you will see your co-worker or family member experience the "</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">full message of this new life"</span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">, new life that comes through receiving Christ Jesus as his or her personal Saviour. What a glorious celebration that would be! </font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The daily text is a message an angel gave to the apostles when they were miraculously delivered from jail. It's actually a reinforcement of the Great Commission from the Lord they had received before He ascended into heaven. They were taking His command very seriously which is how they landed in jail in the first place. This message remains for all generations of the church age. It's the gospel message earnest followers of Christ are to communicate with the world: <span style="font-style: italic;">"Tell the people the full message of this new life." </span><br> <br> We are called to tell the people the full message. Thank the Lord for the entire revelation of the Holy Scriptures which is so needed. Careful, faithful, Biblical presentation includes all that God has spoken through the Scriptures: <span style="font-style: italic;">"All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16, 17)</span>.<br> <br> We are to tell the people the full message of this new life. This new life is known theologically as regeneration. It should never get old or become routine. I desire that Christ's regenerating, transforming work continue in my life. I want to keep growing in the grace and knowledge of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I also want to continue to witness new life in others and maintain the same wonder of enthusiasm my farmer friend has as he watches the baby corn break through the soil every summer!</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/38139/48/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;">Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father,</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font size="-1">we thank You for Jesus, for His finished work on the cross, and the provision He made for us to be saved. We tend to share this message with others in bits and pieces but when the opportunity is at hand help us to compassionately deliver the <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"full message</span> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">of this new life"</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>we've been given. It isn't ours to store on a shelf for safe keeping, but we are to get out there and share about the hope we have in Christ, though we might be ridiculed or turned away. People are dying everyday without hope, many of them by their own hand, so we must share the good news of salvation that supplies us not only with forgiveness for our sins but also hope for this life and for all eternity. We want to be obedient in sharing the Good News through Christ Jesus our Lord, in whose name we pray. Amen.<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some Scenes from our Neck of the Woods</span></big></big><br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52907/49/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Mount Pleasant Men's Breakfast 5/2/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 378px;" alt="Mount Pleasant Men's Breakfast 5/2/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/MP_men_at_breakfast_05-02-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Early Saturday morning I joined a group of men from our church for breakfast at Gus's as we prepare to launch a Bible Study for men.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52908/50/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Kraybill Road tractor 5/2/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 606px;" alt="Kraybill Road tractor 5/2/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/corn_planter_05-02-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">On the way home from the men's breakfast, as I turned down our country lane, I met our neighbor Leon who was planting corn. Ahhh, the seasonal changes are finally here and we are delighted! We enjoy the unusual traffic we encounter on our road!</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52909/51/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Tractor Sunday 5/3/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 297px;" alt="Tractor Sunday 5/3/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/tractor_sunday_05-03-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">On tractor Sunday the platform has two tractors on it. A group of men from our church called the "Pleasant Passage" sang a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">great</span> song called "Life is like a Farmer's Parcel" written by Mike Book, to the tune of "Life is like a Mountain Railway" (This <a href="%22Life%20is%20like%20a%20Farmer%27s%20Parcel%22%20%28To%20the%20tune%20of%20%22Life%20is%20like%20a%20Mountain%20Railway%22%29" target="_blank">video</a> was taken at our church last year.)<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52910/52/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Tractor Sunday 5/3/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 378px;" alt="Tractor Sunday 5/3/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/tractor_sunday2_05-03-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The sign on the right says, "Drive your tractor to church"<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The church had 100 tractors in the parking lot!<br> <br> </font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Field Of Souls"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52911/53/" target="_blank">Video</a> The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir A great song using an agricultural theme to share spiritual truths.<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Finally today:</span><br> <br> Our friend Lee sent us this photo captioned "Easy Living". It appears the Amish man found a value at a yard sale and transported the item home giving his daughters a free ride along the way.<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/52912/54/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Amish children on traveling love seat (Photo by Lee Smucker)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 402px;" alt="Amish children on traveling love seat (Photo by Lee Smucker)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/amish/easy_living.jpg"></font></a></font><br> <br> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/38130/55/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 72px; height: 15px;" alt="Contact Us" title="Contact Us" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/contactus.jpg"></a><br> </font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Send</font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">a message to Step</font><font size="-1">hen & Brooksyne</font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/47101/72/"><img title="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 152px; height: 142px;" alt="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/38th_anniversary_photo_small_05-04-14.jpg" align="right" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen and Brooksyne Weber</font></font><font size="-1"> <br> <small>(Click on photo to enlarge)</small><br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/38126/73/">About Us</a><br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><small><small><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> </font></small></small> </font> <font size="-1">"We want to encourage you daily in your walk with Christ!" </font><font size="-1"> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/38150/74/">Personal Ministry Update</a> (Revised 12/10/14)<br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/38125/75/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/make_a_donation.jpg" title="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" alt="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 40px; float: left;" align="left" hspace="5"></a></font><font size="-1">Are our daily encouragement messages a blessing to you? </font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Each weekday morning Brooksyne and I prepare these messages and</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/38151/76/"><img title="Donate online" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 108px; height: 108px;" alt="Donate online" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/donate_online.jpg" align="right"></a></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> distribute them at no cost to you and many others all over the</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> world. </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;">We ask you to consider an offering to Daily</font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> Encouragement Net so that we can continue to prepare and provide this daily resource which is accessed by believers and seekers all over the world. 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(Actually this is my intent but I haven't done</font><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>much with it!)</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33031235/101518972/38158/93/" target="_blank">"Hymns of Hope"</a> - Brooksyne along with two friends made a CD using classic hymns. Brooksyne tells the background story of the 11 hymns. 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font-style: italic;" size="-1">"For my iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me" (</font><font style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic;" size="-1">Psalm 38:4</font><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">). "Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens" (Psalm 68:19). "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28).</span><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/52867/46/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Oversize load" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 333px; float: left;" alt="Oversize load" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/oversize_load_04-17-15.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a>We've all seen the trucks with the caution sign, "Oversize Load". I was visiting with some employees at Smucker Laser, a shop that cuts large sheets of metal using laser. They had made some oversize load signs for trucks and one had a defect and was now just scrap. I knew I could somehow use it for illustrative purposes so with the permission of management I took it home.<br> <br> I used it as a sermon illustration several weeks ago and it is now on the side of our home as a decoration which I think looks great but I don't think Brooksyne will let it stay there much longer, since her idea of decorations isn't always in line with my creative ideas!</font><font size="-1"> And not just anyone wants to visit our home and be greeted by the sign, "Oversize load" which could lead to various speculations!<br> <br> Speaking of "oversize load" we all have borne them and surely many of our readers do so now. Consider a person carrying the heavy metal "oversize load" sign on his back, slouched over, bearing the many burdens that weigh people down. We have had them ourselves but today consider the many we have heard through the years in the course of our ministry.<br> </font> <ul> <li><font size="-1">The father burdened to tears concerning his wayward daughter. He said to me, "Help me salvage this life."</font></li> <li><font size="-1">A mother burdened by her son's ongoing addiction struggles.</font></li> <li><font size="-1">A man struggling to overcome the fiery darts of temptation. </font></li> <li><font size="-1">A grandmother weighed down by rebellious grandchildren.</font></li> <li><font size="-1">A wife seeking to hold her family together with little to no support from her irresponsible husband.<br> </font></li> <li><font size="-1">Parents raising a special needs child. Last night at the ballgame my heart went out to an older man who had brought his significantly disabled adult son to the game. I observed his loving and tender care toward him.</font></li> </ul> <font size="-1">In our chaplaincy a major job description could be "bearing people's burdens". Many days we come home weary from the heartaches we hear. It seems that some people's troubles only go from bad to worse to seemingly unbearable.</font><br> <br> <font size="-1">My own experience in regard to my burdens is that I tend to set them down (trust) and later pick them up again (doubt). Many will identify with this!<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/48078/47/"><font size="-1"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 252px; height: 317px; float: right;" alt="Prayer at chaplain conference 6/25/14" title="Prayer at chaplain conference 6/25/14" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/chaplaincy/prayer_at_chaplaincy_conference_06-25-14.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font size="-1">Our first daily text shares the heavy burden of sin.</font><font style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic;" size="-1"> "For my iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me."</font><font size="-1"> Thanks be to God through confession and repentance this load can be lifted!<br> </font><font size="-1"><br> But what about the loads that are just part of life. </font><font size="-1">And we all sure know about these burdens. Surely we can identify with the Lord's statement that <span style="font-style: italic;">"each day has enough trouble of its own"</span> (Matthew 6:34b). T</font><font size="-1">hese loads were known by the people in Scripture. <br> </font><br> <font size="-1">David wrote, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens." </span>In Scripture God often emphasizes the unit of time we call the day. In fact it's the very first unit of time mentioned in the Bible and the most frequently mentioned starting with Genesis 1:14. David was relieved and thankful that each day God bore his burdens. That's a good model for us as well.<br> <br> A commentary explains the further meaning of the text in this way: "God daily carries us as a manifestation of His protective and sustaining care." Such an interpretation brings to mind a poem written by Mary Stevenson during her teen years in 1936 as she endured major obstacles in her young life, </font><font size="-1">"Footprints in the Sand".</font><br> <font size="-1"><br> What assurance His Word brings. Believing friend, God is bearing your burdens today. Through His Word He states, </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28).</span></font><br> <font size="-1"><br> He loves you and the trial you are presently enduring matters greatly to Him. He is faithful and He will see you through it! Don't try to shoulder your burdens in your own strength and might, for the increasing load will surely break you. Instead lay your burdens down at the foot of the cross. Jesus will meet you there.<br> <br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/38139/48/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father, our faith rests in the finished work of Jesus at Calvary. Because of His tremendous sacrifice our sins are forgiven and a place is reserved for us in heaven. We also find rest from our unending troubles in this life as we respond to Jesus' invitation: <span style="font-style: italic;">"Come to Me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest."</span> Help us to look to You for needed strength and an overcoming spirit as we daily encounter challenges and ongoing burdens. Our burdens are lifted at Calvary for that is where Jesus bore not only our sins but also our sorrows. Praise be to You, our Father in heaven, who daily bears our burdens. Amen.<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><br> <big style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Take Me Out To The Ballgame!"</span></big></big><br> <br> Last night we attended the home opener for our local minor league baseball team, the Lancaster Barnstormers.<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/52868/49/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Barnstormer opening game 4/30/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 436px;" alt="Barnstormer opening game 4/30/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/sports/barnstormer_opening_game_04-30-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font size="-1">Nathan and Neville, our new friends from Zimbabwe, attended their very first ball game. The pace was much slower than soccer but they watched intently and enjoyed the experience.<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/52869/50/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Barnstormer opening game 4/30/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 378px;" alt="Barnstormer opening game 4/30/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/sports/barnstormer_opening_game2_04-30-15.jpg"></font></a><br> There was lots of ceremony last night before the game since the Barnstormers won the league championship last year and the game was 45 minutes late in starting. That's worked in our favor because the fans got free tickets for a later game since they had to cancel the fireworks!<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/52870/51/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Barnstormer opening game 4/30/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 393px;" alt="Barnstormer opening game 4/30/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/sports/barnstormer_opening_game3_04-30-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font size="-1">Of course Ester had to take a "selfie"<br> <br> </font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Jesus Will Meet You There"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/52871/52/" target="_blank">Video</a> Steven Curtis Chapman An excellent video presentation of a song I (Brooksyne) heard for the first time this morning. It will touch your heart. Great photos with lyrics from the song and Chapman's crystal clear vocal will speak to you and others you might drive to the site who are going through difficulty. He touches on many heartbreaking subjects such as failures, illness, imprisonment, etc.<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Tears Are A Language God Understands" </span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/52872/53/" target="_blank">Video</a> Gordon Jensen This was a popular song when we were in college. Gordon Jensen is several years older than us. From a blog article written a couple of years ago I learned that "he averages about one hundred and fifty personal appearances each year. His tours have taken him throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, The West Indies, Scandinavia, Europe, Africa and India. After learning how busy Gordon Jensen is, I can tell you from the brief time I've talked with him, that Jensen is sincere about his passion for the Lord in his ministry. I started into this conversation a little on the nervous side, but by the time I ended the phone call it was like I was speaking with one of my best friends. It is an honor and privilege to do this article on one of the giants in Gospel Music."<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1">God sees the tears of a broken hearted soul.</font><br> <font size="-1">He sees your tears and hears them when they fall.</font><br> <font size="-1">God weeps along with man and takes him by the hand,</font><br> <font size="-1">Tears are a language God understands.</font><br> <br> <font size="-1">Often you've wondered why tears come into your eyes,</font><br> <font size="-1">And burdens seem to be much more than you can stand.</font><br> <font size="-1">But God is standing near He sees your falling tears.</font><br> <font size="-1">Tears are a language God understands.</font><br> <br> <font size="-1">When grief has left you low it causes tears to flow,</font><br> <font size="-1">Things have not turned out the way that you had planned,</font><br> <font size="-1">But God won't forget you, His promises are true,</font><br> <font size="-1">Tears are a language God understands.</font><br> </div> <font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Lay Your Burden Down"</span> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/42902/54/" target="_blank">Video</a> Chuck Girard</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Lay Your Burdens Down"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/44535/55/" target="_blank">Video</a> Great song, musicians not specified<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Burdens Are Lifted At Calvary"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/52873/72/" target="_blank">Video</a> Collingsworth Family<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"He Knows My Name"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/52874/73/" target="_blank">Video</a> Tommy Walker <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"I Cast All My Cares Upon You"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33027205/101518972/48085/74/" target="_blank">Video</a> Kelly Willard We recall singing this chorus for many years. 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font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thursday, April 30, 2015</font></font><br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52847/43/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Shock's Mill Bridge 04-29-15 (Click to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 323px;" alt="Shock's Mill Bridge 04-29-15 (Click to enlarge)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/shock%27s_mill_bridge2_04-29-15.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Shock's Mill Bridge over Susquehanna River</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Click on photo for large view</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font><br> <big style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><big><big><font size="-1"><big><big><big><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-weight: bold;"><small>"Godly Parents - An Endangered Species"</small></font></font></big></big></big></font></big></big></big><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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The walking trail passes the stately bridge presented in our lead photo.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52849/46/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Eagle watching 04-29-15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 386px; float: left;" alt="Eagle watching 04-29-15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/birds/eagle_watching_04-29-15.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We passed two eagle nests and saw an eagle in one of them. I didn't have a camera with zoom but plan to return for our own eagle photo.</font><font size="-1"> A donated observation viewer is mounted alongside the trail and </font><font size="-1">Brooksyne is examining for evidence of an eagle in its nest high up in the tree</font><font size="-1">. Unfortunately it must have gone out for a walk (I mean, flight).<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">When we hear the term "endangered species" we may immediately think of the bald eagle. The bald eagle was declared endangered in 1967 and extensive efforts were taken to protect it which have been very successful. In 2007 the bald eagle was removed from the federal endangered species list. Now we have nests up and down the Susquehanna River and many other places in America. It sure is nice to see the progress made in saving the Bald Eagle but during this time something else needs to be placed on the endangered list.<br> <br> I saw a bumper sticker that stated "Godly parents An Endangered Species". I can't speak for the situation all over the world but I suspect it's pretty similar to the conditions here in America everywhere.<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We see so much evidence of this but this week many of us have been following the events in Baltimore, a city some 60 miles south of us.</font><font size="-1"> Although commentators differ on solutions based on their political and ideological persuasions all agree that the breakdown of the family is a major contributor. I strongly agree with one's comment that government cannot fix this chaotic mess but families need a much greater role in the "faith community". Faith community is the politically preferred phrase for "church". <br> <br> This weekend Ester was scheduled to attend "Acquire the Fire", a conference in a church near the area where the rioting has taken place. But it, like many other events including the major baseball games were cancelled (the game took place yesterday but no fans allowed in the stadium - a 1st in history). We think of the restraining influence of these churches and God-fearing inner city pastors. Thank the Lord for inner city parents who resolve, against the forceful tide of mocking unbelief, to live by God's pattern. I recently spoke to a young man in his early 30's who lives in this kind of setting but is seeking to be a good husband, father, and role-model.<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> But there is a decreasing number who make their priority in life that of bringing up children in <span style="font-style: italic;">"the training and instruction of the Lord"</span> which is at the heart of raising godly children and being godly parents.<br> <br> Indeed there is an urgent need for godly parents, who will take the responsibility of raising their children according to Biblical standards. It requires sacrifice and perseverance and at times it seems no fruit comes from our labor. But, Parents & Grandparents, hold onto God's Word and this reassuring promise through the apostle Paul <span style="font-style: italic;">"that our labor in the Lord is not in vain"</span> (1 Corinthians 15:58).<br> <br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/38139/47/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father,</font> <font size="-1">as the state of the family declines year by year it also brings down our country. Many politicians, community leaders and individuals cry out, "Pour more money into education and community programs." Others wring their hands and wonder what can be done to improve our neighborhood, city and country. Though the answers are found in Your Holy Word these same people ridicule and reject that which is of spiritual origin so the troubles continue and even escalate during times of crisis. Father, we need a heaven sent revival that will reveal who You are to those who know You not and revive those of us who do. Help those who are childrearing not to become discouraged but to persevere in bringing their children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. It's in Jesus' name that we pray. Amen.<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">A walk along the Susquehanna River</span></big></big><br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52850/48/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Shock's Mill Bridge 04-29-15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 672px;" alt="Shock's Mill Bridge 04-29-15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/shock%27s_mill_bridge3_04-29-15.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The river trail is a recent project we have enjoyed for several years. Previously, this railroad bridge had stopped the trail but they made this interesting walkway under the bridge right near the Susquehanna River, a portion we walked for the first time yesterday.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52851/49/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Wild flowers along River trail" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 713px;" alt="Wild flowers along River trail" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/flowers/wild_flowers_04-29-15.gif"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Many beautiful wild flowers along the Susquehanna River trail.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52852/50/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Lancaster County farm Susquehanna 4/29/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 488px;" alt="Lancaster County farm Susquehanna 4/29/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/river_farm2_04-29-15.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">A secluded farm along the peaceful river trail.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52853/51/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Creekside greenhouse" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 378px;" alt="Creekside greenhouse" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/amish/creekside_greenhouse_04-29-11.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We stopped by yesterday to see our Amish friends, parents of nine children, who run the Creekside Greenhouse. Wonderful to see the older kids helping out.<br> <br> </font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> An interesting <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52854/52/" target="_blank">plaque</a> about bald eagles we saw along the trail. Among other factoids is that an eagle nest can weigh more than 2 tons!<br> </font><font size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Find Your Wings"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52855/53/" target="_blank">Video</a> Mark Harris A powerful song for godly parents using an analogy from an eagle (or other bird) raising their young<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Learn To Let Go" </span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52856/54/" target="_blank">Video</a> Mark Schultz<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Train Up A Child" </span><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52857/55/" target="_blank">Video</a> Rob Frazier<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Family Bible"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/52858/72/" target="_blank">Video</a> </font><font size="-1">Dailey and Vincent</font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/38130/73/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 72px; height: 15px;" alt="Contact Us" title="Contact Us" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/contactus.jpg"></a><br> </font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Send</font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">a message to Step</font><font size="-1">hen & Brooksyne</font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/47101/74/"><img title="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 152px; height: 142px;" alt="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/38th_anniversary_photo_small_05-04-14.jpg" align="right" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen and Brooksyne Weber</font></font><font size="-1"> <br> <small>(Click on photo to enlarge)</small><br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/38126/75/">About Us</a><br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><small><small><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> </font></small></small> </font> <font size="-1">"We want to encourage you daily in your walk with Christ!" </font><font size="-1"> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/38150/76/">Personal Ministry Update</a> (Revised 12/10/14)<br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/38125/77/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/make_a_donation.jpg" title="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" alt="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 40px; float: left;" align="left" hspace="5"></a></font><font size="-1">Are our daily encouragement messages a blessing to you? </font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Each weekday morning Brooksyne and I prepare these messages and</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33026451/101518972/38151/78/"><img title="Donate online" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 108px; height: 108px;" alt="Donate online" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/donate_online.jpg" align="right"></a></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> distribute them at no cost to you and many others all over the</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> world. </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;">We ask you to consider an offering to Daily</font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> Encouragement Net so that we can continue to prepare and provide this daily resource which is accessed by believers and seekers all over the world. 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Our part of the world is really getting green!</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><small>(Click on photo for larger view)</small></font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font> <big style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><big><big><font size="-1"><big><big><big><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">"Success Or Failure?"</font></font></big></big></big></font></big></big></big><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font></font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52744/44/" target="_blank"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Listen" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 15px; height: 12px;" alt="Listen" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/listen.jpg" hspace="0"></font></font></font></a><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52744/45/" target="_blank">Listen</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to this message on your audio player<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"He (Uzziah) sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success" (2 Chronicles 26:5). "But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God" (2 Chronicles 26:16).</span><br> <br> How do we define success? A common formula is fame, power, prestige and money; ideally all of them for those striving for worldly success.<br> <br> Today let us consider an Old Testament king who was identified as successful. King Uzziah is not one of the more famous kings but </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">the entire <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52745/46/" target="_blank">26th chapter of 2 Chronicles</a></font><font size="-1"> is devoted to his life. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The Bible records the lives of these kings not only as history, but also for the lessons we can learn from them.</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> Uzziah began his reign as king at sixteen and ruled over Judah for fifty-two years. At the beginning of his reign he was under the instruction of Zechariah, who had a godly impact on the young king. Under his example and influence he sought the Lord and <span style="font-style: italic;">"as long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success"</span>. Notice the nature of Zechariah's teaching: <span style="font-style: italic;">"who instructed him in the fear of God"</span>. Zechariah taught him that he had a God to whom he was accountable. That's a lesson we all need to learn and hide deep in our hearts.<br> <br> Uzziah's success is described in verses 6-15</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I like a tiny detail about his life: <span style="font-style: italic;">"he loved the soil" (v. 10</span>). Another interesting verse states "</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">In Jerusalem he made engines of war invented by skillful men to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones" (v.15a).<br> <br> This section ends with this transitional phrase, "His fame spread far and wide, for he was greatly helped <span style="text-decoration: underline;">until</span> he became powerful" (v.15b). </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">He would likely have continued to do well (ie. have success) for a time after this, but eventually it caught up with him.<br> <br> His life took a sad turn summed up in our second daily text: </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"> "But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God."</span> </font><font size="-1">He even tried some spiritual shenanigans such as entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense, something he was strictly forbidden to do.<br> <br> This is an excellent example of one who is filled with pride. When an individual gets to thinking he or she is above the law of God, pride is at work in that person's heart.<br> <br> Uzziah's downfall led to isolation and death by leprosy as described in v.21: <span style="font-style: italic;">"in a separate houseleprous, and banned from the temple of the Lord."</span><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> Uzziah reminds us that we should always seek the Lord. Do not let your success (or apparent lack thereof) deceive you. The presumption of God's blessings based upon the appearance of "success" is one of the great deceptions of the modern church. The first call of God in our lives is to seek Him (Matthew 6:33). God ever remains a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/38139/47/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father,</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font size="-1">we consider the great honor granted Uzziah when he was crowned king at a young age. Due to the influence of Zechariah, he was taught in the ways of the Lord. You blessed, prospered, and honored him as he implemented godly principles and followed the commands of Scripture. But, much to his demise and that of the people he served, he took his eyes off Your truths and pride led to his downfall. Indulging pride entered his heart and its tentacles spread to his head giving him an inflated sense of self-importance which began the downward spiral. We've seen it many times when Christian leaders take their eyes off the Master they are serving and begin to think more highly of themselves than they ought. When pride creeps into our thoughts, help us to recognize it. Perhaps it will be a Scripture, a messenger sent from God, or a consequence resulting from our pride that will get our attention and get us back on track to recognize that all gifts, skills, knowledge and abilities come from You, not within ourselves. Keep us submitted to Your will and walking in Your ways all the days of our lives, in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <big style="font-weight: bold;"><big>A Visit To The<br> Strasburg Railroad Maintenance Shop</big></big><br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52746/48/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Strasburg Railroad maintenance shop" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 763px;" alt="Strasburg Railroad maintenance shop" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/Strasburg_railroad_maintenance_shop2_04-23-15.jpg"></font></a><br> Yesterday I had an "excuse" to visit the Strasburg Railroad Maintenance shop. Earlier in the morning I spoke to two roofers, Rodney and Ray, who told me they had an unusual roofing job; putting a new roof on a railroad car. I eagerly stopped by to greet them at their worksite.<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52747/49/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Strasburg Railroad maintenance shop" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 672px;" alt="Strasburg Railroad maintenance shop" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/Strasburg_railroad_maintenance_shop1_04-23-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Jeff is one of the engineers who also works in the shop. It was fun visiting with the employees, several who dressed like real old time rail yard workers, black soot and all.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52748/50/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Strasburg Railroad maintenance shop" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 396px;" alt="Strasburg Railroad maintenance shop" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/Strasburg_railroad_maintenance_shop3_04-23-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The shop is restoring this old steam engine and has a full array of tool shop machines for the job. After all, you just won't find these parts listed on EBay!<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52749/51/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Strasburg Railroad maintenance shop" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 587px;" alt="Strasburg Railroad maintenance shop" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/Strasburg_railroad_maintenance_shop4_04-23-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Big old rail wheels. Anyone believe they could bench press these!<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52750/52/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Strasburg Railroad maintenance shop" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 824px;" alt="Strasburg Railroad maintenance shop" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/Strasburg_railroad_maintenance_shop5_04-23-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Wouldn't want to see this engine coming at me for real!<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52751/53/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Amish seven mule tilling team near Bird In Hand PA 4/23/15 Click to enlarge" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 330px;" alt="Amish seven mule tilling team near Bird In Hand PA 4/23/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/amish/amish_seven_mule_tilling_team2_04-23-15.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">On the road again we passed this Amish farmer with a seven mule team tilling the soil.<br> We think Uzziah would have enjoyed this scene since </font><font style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic;" size="-1">"he loved the soil"</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">!<br> <small>(Click on photo for larger view.)</small><br> <br> </font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Last night we saw this video and must not forget!</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52752/54/" target="_blank">Recant or Else: Saeed Faces New Psychological Torture</a><br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Glorious Freedom"</span> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52524/55/" target="_blank">Video</a> Gaither Vocal Band This evening we are going with a group of friends to a concert at the Giant Center in Hershey with the Gaither Vocal Band and several others and sure hope to hear this song!<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)</span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52753/72/" target="_blank">Video</a> The Isaacs</font><font size="-1"> (Another group we will hear tonight)<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"There Is A Way"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52754/73/" target="_blank">Video</a> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The Nelons We will also hear this group!</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/49361/74/" target="_blank">Strasburg Railroad</a> The Strasburg Rail Road Company is America's oldest short line railroad, incorporated in 1832. It still hauls freight but is now mostly a tourist railroad.<br> <br> For the enthusiast here's a <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52755/75/" target="_blank">site</a> for their repair shop or watch this <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52756/76/" target="_blank">video</a><br> <br> A bike train in the Poconos we hope to take in several weeks! Neat <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52757/77/" target="_blank">video</a> with great song!<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Finally today:</span><br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/52758/78/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Blue Heeler with new pups 4/23/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 523px;" alt="Blue Heeler with new pups 4/23/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/pets/blue_heeler_with_pups_04-23-15.jpg"></font></a><br> Yesterday we stopped by to see some friends and their Blue Heeler just had puppies!</font><br> <br> </div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/38130/79/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 72px; height: 15px;" alt="Contact Us" title="Contact Us" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/contactus.jpg"></a><br> </font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Send</font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">a message to Step</font><font size="-1">hen & Brooksyne</font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/47101/80/"><img title="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 152px; height: 142px;" alt="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/38th_anniversary_photo_small_05-04-14.jpg" align="right" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen and Brooksyne Weber</font></font><font size="-1"> <br> <small>(Click on photo to enlarge)</small><br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/38126/81/">About Us</a><br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><small><small><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> </font></small></small> </font> <font size="-1">"We want to encourage you daily in your walk with Christ!" </font><font size="-1"> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/38150/82/">Personal Ministry Update</a> (Revised 12/10/14)<br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/38125/83/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/make_a_donation.jpg" title="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" alt="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 40px; float: left;" align="left" hspace="5"></a></font><font size="-1">Are our daily encouragement messages a blessing to you? </font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Each weekday morning Brooksyne and I prepare these messages and</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33017826/101518972/38151/84/"><img title="Donate online" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 108px; height: 108px;" alt="Donate online" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/donate_online.jpg" align="right"></a></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> distribute them at no cost to you and many others all over the</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> world. </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;">We ask you to consider an offering to Daily</font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> Encouragement Net so that we can continue to prepare and provide this daily resource which is accessed by believers and seekers all over the world. 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font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font></font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Note:</span> The last two days we have examined a "rest of the story" element in two internationally published events; the beheadings of Coptic Christians in Libya this last February and a hijacked airliner from nearly 20 years ago. Both shared an interesting detail that was not immediately known. We believe there are many "rest of the stories;" some we hear about later on this side and many others we will hear about on the other side. Today we have one more, not based upon events known internationally but rather a folksy story about a hymn many of us enjoyed since our childhood.<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note:</span> Due to early start and long chaplaincy day a podcast was not prepared for this message.</font></font></font></font><br> <font size="-1"><br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"For this God is our God forever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death" (Psalm 48:14).</span><br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/52717/44/"><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Tommy Carpenter" style="border: 0px solid ; float: right; width: 122px; height: 131px;" alt="Tommy Carpenter" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/tommy_carpenter_10-10-10.jpg" hspace="7"></font></font></a><font size="-1">Tommy Carpenter is a friend from Arkansas we became acquainted with through Daily Encouragement about ten years ago. He is a veteran minister of the Gospel and missionary. We have been blessed to have him as a guest in our home several times and years ago he preached in the little country church where I served for several years as an interim pastor. He told a moving story that we'll share in today's message that he refers to is as "The rest of the story":<br> <br> Back in the early 1900's singing schools were fairly common in the U.S., having had their origin in American History as early as the 1700's. New systems of music notation, including shape notes, were developed by singing school teachers as an aid in learning to sing by sight without musical instrumentation.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/52718/45/"><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Eugene Bartlett" style="border: 0px solid ; float: left; width: 121px; height: 163px;" alt="Eugene Bartlett" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/music/eugene_bartlett.jpg" hspace="7"></font></font></a><font size="-1">Tommy's Uncle Carl was hosting songwriter Eugene M. Bartlett, the very popular songwriter and leader of a singing school, in his home </font><font size="-1">in rural Arkansas </font><font size="-1">in 1939. One morning Bartlett showed Carl </font><font size="-1">the music and lyrics for</font><font size="-1"> a brand new song he had just written.<br> <br> "I heard an old, old story, how a Savior came from glory
" He then went on to share the entire song that we now know as "Victory In Jesus". Of course the song has become one of the most beloved hymns of the church and is found in most hymnbooks.<br> <br> Eugene Bartlett died in 1941, at 55 years of age, just two years after he wrote this song. But his wife, Joan Bartlett, lived many more years, in fact renewing the copyright in 1967. <br> <br> When her time of death came the family and preacher gathered around her bedside. They looked on rather helplessly as she was in the final throes of death, her body ravaged and completely unresponsive.<br> <br> Expecting to see her draw her final breath they were stunned by her sudden arousal as she broke into song:<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1">I heard an old, old story, how a Savior came from glory,</font><br> <font size="-1">How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me;</font><br> <font size="-1">I heard about His groaning, of His precious blood's atoning,</font><br> <font size="-1">Then I repented of my sins and won the victory. </font><br> <font size="-1">O victory in Jesus
</font><br> </div> <font size="-1"><br> At first her voice was very weak, but as she continued to sing the words became clearer and her voice grew stronger. She then sang the second verse:<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1">I heard about His healing, of His cleansing pow'r revealing.</font><br> <font size="-1">How He made the lame to walk again and caused the blind to see;</font><br> <font size="-1">And then I cried, "Dear Jesus, Come and heal my broken spirit,"</font><br> <font size="-1">And somehow Jesus came and brought to me the victory.</font><br> <font size="-1">O victory in Jesus
</font><br> </div> <font size="-1"><br> Immediately after singing this verse and the chorus she died! The preacher, at a loss for words said, "I reckon she's singing the third verse up yonder." *<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/52719/46/"><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Victory In Jesus" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 208px; height: 243px; float: right;" alt="Victory In Jesus" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/music/victory_in_jesus.jpg" hspace="7"></font></font></a><font size="-1">What a way to go! And what a memorable demonstration of God's presence and guidance even unto death.<br> <br> Psalm 48 begins with the phrase, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
"</span> This Psalm is written by a group of singers known as the "Sons of Korah". Most likely these were temple singers who lived during the period of the divided kingdom. <br> <br> This Psalm extols God for His greatness, His deliverance, His unfailing love and other divine attributes. It includes a virtual Google Earth-like tour around the wall of the Holy City. <span style="font-style: italic;">"Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation" (12,13)</span>.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/52720/47/"><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Psalm 48:14" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 159px; float: left;" alt="Psalm 48:14" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/psalm_48-14.jpg" hspace="7"></font></font></a><font size="-1">But the Psalm ends with our daily text which empowers us as we transmit the life-changing message of God's truths to our own generation. Let us examine it today, consider its relevance, and receive its assurance:<br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"For this God is our God forever and ever."</span> This is our great eternal God! This God is our "Maker, Defender, Redeemer and Friend." Consider His great acts throughout history. Consider the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, of Moses, Joshua, Samuel and David; the God of Ruth, Esther, Mary, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Daniel; the God of Peter, Stephen and Paul. Martin Luther, John Wesley, D.L. Moody, Jim Elliot, Billy Graham, and other contemporaries who stood the tests and finished or are finishing well. The God of so many not recorded in history books, who have stood firm throughout the long history of the church. <br> <br> In your own life consider those who have walked faithfully with God and impacted your own life. Some are now with Christ; others still labor here below. Let us together with one heart and one voice declare, <span style="font-style: italic;">"This God is our God forever and ever! He will be our guide even unto death."</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/38139/48/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father, when we consider the saints throughout history and the marvelous saving power portrayed in their lives we're encouraged by their bold example and their consistent enduring walk with You. We recognize these "greats" of the past and those in our own generation who are faithful and powerful examples. They do not build their own kingdom or take credit for their accomplishments. Instead they recognize that it is God alone who deserves our truest praise, no matter our own personal sacrifice. We gratefully declare to ourselves and to others, "This God is our God! He will be forever and ever! He will be our guide even unto death."</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1">*Interestingly the third verse of "Victory in Jesus" talks about "I heard about a mansion He has built for me in glory.......and some sweet day I'll sing up there the song of victory." How fitting that the third verse would not be sung by Joan Bartlett on her death bed down here below, but she would "sing <span style="text-decoration: underline;">up there</span> the song of victory!", the precise lyrics that were written she would personally experience, from earth's viewpoint!</font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br> </font><font size="-1"><br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/43539/49/"><img title="Tommy & Nelma Carpenter 10/12/11" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 329px;" alt="Tommy & Nelma Carpenter 10/12/11" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/tommy&nelma_carpenter_10-12-11.jpg"></a><br> <small>Another "rest of the story"<br> Tommy and his wife Nelma last visited our home in October 2011 when they returned from a Mission Conference. Only a few days later Nelma and her grandson, Buck, entered into heaven via car accident. We're so glad we took this photo as it was her last one. What a very difficult time it was for Tommy and Buck's parents, for the whole Carpenter family and for all those they had ministered to over the years in their pastoral and missionary role. A couple years later God brought a godly woman named Jane into Tommy's life and they entered into marriage.</small> <small>Tommy in his "retirement" years serves at the Belize Bible Institute as professor.</small><br> <br> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Victory in Jesus"</span> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/52721/50/" target="_blank">Video</a> David Ring includes great overcoming testimony</font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Victory in Jesus"</span> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/52722/51/" target="_blank">Video</a> Shane and Shane with Bethany Dillon A nice bluegrass version</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Victory In Jesus"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/52723/52/" target="_blank">Video</a> Travis Cottrell<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Victory In Jesus</span>" <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/52724/53/" target="_blank">Video</a> Prestonwood Choir & Orchestra (Big church sound)<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"On The Other Side"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33016346/101518972/52725/54/" target="_blank">Video</a> Dailey and Vincent<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brooksyne's further research on singing schools from an online encyclopedia:</span> <br> <br> Singing schools were often taught by traveling singing masters who would stay in a location for a few weeks and teach a singing school. A singing school would be a large social event for a town; sometimes nearly everyone in the town would attend and people would come for miles. Many young men and women saw singing schools as important to their courtship traditions. Sometimes the entire life of a town would be put on hold as everyone came out to singing school. In this way, singing schools resembled tent revivals.<br> <br> Laura Ingalls Wilder related attending a singing school as a young lady in These Happy Golden Years, one of the Little House books. Her husband, Almanzo Wilder, courted her there. <br> <br> One common tradition was the "singing school picture" taken of the teacher and students on the last day of school. Many old black and white photographs exist as records of these events from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; genealogical researchers often find these records useful. The pictures were often taken in front of a blackboard with the name of the teacher and date of the school. Some of these pictures show small classes, while others record very large schools.<br> <br> Singing schools underwent many changes as cities grew and the population moved away from an agrarian lifestyle. One of the most notable changes was the length of schools; athebrews619elpishope one time it was common for schools to last four weeks. This was shortened over time, and today most of the larger singing schools last for two weeks, though the Gospel Singers of America School of Gospel Music still lasts for three weeks.<br> <br> Singing schools began to hold less interest for the general public as time went on and could rarely get attendance from an entire town. Instead, schools were attended by interested students from a much larger region. 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And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?' Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, 'Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish'"</span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic;" size="-1"> (Esther 4:14-16)</font><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br style="font-style: italic;"> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33015477/101518972/52686/48/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Martyrs for Christ" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 151px; float: right;" alt="Martyrs for Christ" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/martyrs_for_christ.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Yesterday we shared a <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33015477/101518972/52683/49/" target="_blank">message</a> about a remarkable conversion of a man from Chad that took place at the time the Egyptian Coptic Christians were martyred in February this year. It was a "rest of the story" message and prompts today's message as well.<br> <br> Today's story took place about 20 years ago but only recently have I read the story we share today concerning a dying witness. We were living in New England in 1996 and recall the story of a hijacked</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> plane</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> going down in the Indian Ocean. A rather famous home video shows the plane going down. 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board died. But again there is a "rest of the story".<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33015477/101518972/52705/50/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Flight 961" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 200px; height: 175px; float: left;" alt="Flight 961" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/airplanes/flight_961.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">In his book, "Acts: Courageous Witness in a Hostile World" Howard Brant shares:<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">"Ethiopian Airlines flight 961 was hijacked over the Indian Ocean. The pilot flew the aircraft until it ran out of fuel and crashed into the sea. Fifty people survived.<br> <br> On that aircraft was a British architect named Andy Meakens. He had been hired by an Ethiopian church to help them build their offices in Addis Ababa. He was a very shy man, hardly speaking more than greetings and necessary business discussions with his fellow workers.<br> <br> At a memorial service for those who died in that crash, one of the survivors talked about Andy's reaction when he knew the plane was going down. He calmly rose and went to the front of the airplane. There, in a clear, strong voice he shared the gospel of Jesus Christ with all the passengers.<br> <br> It was reported that he even gave an invitation that day, and before they went to their deaths, many of the passengers put their trust in Jesus Christ. That is what the enabling and the boldness of the Holy Spirit means."<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> Last week I referred to the passing of Stanley Horton, one of our Bible College professors, who died at 98 years of age and we shared a quote concerning his life, "Some people make a big splash in life. Others spread their impact more quietly over decades."</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> Although we do not know how much impact for Christ Andy Meakens made before his death he certainly did so moments before his death in what was a horrific fatal splash.<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Many years ago I heard a great teaching referring to "Esther moments". These are those special times when God's purpose for our life is especially apparent. This concept is based on the daily text when Mordecai encouraged Esther to take a stand. The Jews faced annihilation (as they so often have throughout history) and Esther was in a position to act for their preservation by appealing to the king. <br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33015477/101518972/44888/51/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Esther with Mordecai" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 144px; float: left;" alt="Esther with Mordecai" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/queen-esther-with-mordecai.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Esther's uncle Mordecai* was confident that, in one way or another, the deliverance of the Jews would come about, </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place."</span> Amazingly in the bigger picture God's grand purposes are always fulfilled with or without our cooperation. However Mordecai challenged Esther to be the agent of God's deliverance as expressed in the daily text, <span style="font-style: italic;">"And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"</span><br> <br> Scripture records that Esther did listen to Mordecai and heeded his challenge to present herself to the king, even if it meant death. I like the resolute attitude she expressed when she made up her mind to be the mediator for her people: <span style="font-style: italic;">"If I perish, I perish." </span> When we're weighing various options there's a point that we've got to make up our mind and act upon that decision, regardless of consequences, and Esther nobly did.<br> <br> Through her outstanding example of devout faith, God sends a message to all true worshippers; we are not to fear the trials the world offers, but we are to persevere, even if it means death. <br> <br> Today all over the world God is working through His people, accomplishing His purpose. At times we can especially sense His work through us in a specific way. Surely that was the case with Esther and many, many others such as Andy Meakens on Flight 961. What a great joy these experiences bring to our spiritual endeavors.<br> <br> May the Lord grant us such "Esther moments" when we powerfully sense our purpose in fulfilling God's plan. The 20 Coptic Christian men we wrote about yesterday surely sensed their "Esther moments" as their Christian witness influenced unbelievers who were also kidnapped and held captive in Libya prior to their beheading in February. We wrote about Mathew who was beheaded because of his newly found faith in Christ. He claimed it was due to the "immense faith" of these believers that he chose to be numbered among the 21 Coptic martyrs. <br> <br> Our obedience to God may not bring front page news or even be known by more than a few. We might not immediately sense the significance of our obedience but obedience always brings personal blessing and it also blesses God while spreading His light in this darkened world. Let us stay faithful!<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33015477/101518972/38139/52/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father, often times I am apprehensive when You speak to my heart like you did Esther, through Mordecai Your messenger. When I'm to do or say something that's not within my comfort zone, my heart feels like it could explode and I become an emotional cripple because fear overtakes me. It prevents me from stepping out in faith and following through with an obedient heart. Would You remind me that there is great blessing when I follow Your leading. Help me not to fear the outcome, for that is not my responsibility. I need to leave that in Your hands. Thank You for Your enlisting me to be a part of your grand purpose in sharing the good news of salvation with the lost, strengthening the weak, and encouraging those whose hope has faded. I can't do it within my own abilities but I can trust the Holy Spirit to equip me to be an uncompromising believer and bold witness for You through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.<br> <br> * Some versions indicate that Mordecai is Esther's cousin. </font><font size="-1"><br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sheep Shearing Photos</span><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33015477/101518972/52706/53/"><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> <img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 537px;" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/animals/rutt_sheep_shearing2_04-21-15.jpg" title="Sheep shearing at Rutt farm 4/21/15" alt="Sheep shearing at Rutt farm 4/21/15" align="middle" hspace="7"></font></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">It took three men to manhandle the ram out of the pen for his turn in getting sheared.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33015477/101518972/52707/54/"><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> <img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 447px;" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/animals/rutt_sheep_shearing3_04-21-15.jpg" title="Sheep shearing at Rutt farm 4/21/15" alt="Sheep shearing at Rutt farm 4/21/15" align="middle" hspace="7"></font></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">They begin by shearing around his face and neck.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33015477/101518972/52708/55/"><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> <img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 666px;" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/animals/rutt_sheep_shearing4_04-21-15.jpg" title="Sheep shearing at Rutt farm 4/21/15" alt="Sheep shearing at Rutt farm 4/21/15" align="middle" hspace="7"></font></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Then they place him in the stand which locks his head in place.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33015477/101518972/52709/72/"><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> <img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/animals/rutt_sheep_shearing6_04-21-15.jpg" title="Sheep shearing at Rutt farm 4/21/15" alt="Sheep shearing at Rutt farm 4/21/15" align="middle" hspace="7"></font></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">This Ewe was very good for her haircut! Maybe she remembers how good it feels to be cooler and lighter in weight.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33015477/101518972/52710/73/"><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> <img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 486px;" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/animals/rutt_sheep_shearing5_04-21-15.jpg" title="Sheep shearing at Rutt farm 4/21/15" alt="Sheep shearing at Rutt farm 4/21/15" align="middle" hspace="7"></font></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">This freshly shorn ewe was missing her lamb, which was still in the pen. 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And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword" (Acts 12:1,2).</span></font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br> Practically daily now we are hearing reports of horrific atrocities to Christians, especially now in Africa. But it's all over and of course in so much of the Middle East. Most recently (although this could change by the time you read this) it is another group of Christians slain in Libya, this time from Ethiopia. <br> <br> Many of us recall the story and graphic image of the beheadings of the Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya this February. Sadly we can hear so much news like this that we grow numb.<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">This morning I read an amazing story of faith</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> from The Voice Of The Martyrs, a ministry focusing on persecution. I recall when I first saw the iconic photo on the beach I noticed a young black man among those slain. I didn't give it a lot of thought since I assume there are a variety of races in Egypt including black. But there is more to the story and it will move you. We might call it "the rest of the story" (at least the part witnessed on this side).<br> <br> "Initially, it was believed that all of the men killed for their faith were from small villages in Egypt. However, the name and background of one of those killed, a black man, was unknown. Mathew Ayairga was soon identified by friends after being recognized in video footage of the killings released by ISIS. According to Ahram-Canadian News, Mathew was from Chad. Mathew had gone missing in January 2015, captured by one of the radical groups in Libya who have kidnapped hundreds, both Muslim and Christian.<br> <br> The video made public on February 15 shows each of the Christian men dressed in orange jumpsuits, kneeling on a beach, with their black-clothed attackers standing behind them. Each one is systematically beheaded, and the video clearly shows many of the men crying out, "Lord Jesus Christ" in their final moments.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52686/46/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Martyrs for Christ" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 151px; float: left;" alt="Martyrs for Christ" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/martyrs_for_christ.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">According to reports, Mathew Ayairga was not a Christian. However, when moments before his death the ISIS extremists demanded that he follow Islam, Mathew turned them down. After reportedly witnessing the "immense faith" of the Egyptian believers, he decided to become a follower of Christ.<br> <br> On camera, one of the terrorists asked Matthew, "Do you reject Christ?" <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Their God is my God,"</span> he responded, and he became one of the 21 men who died for his faith in Christ."<br> <br> Consider the amazing testimony of the Coptic Christians (their names are listed in the linked article below), demonstrating "immense faith" at their time of greatest trial. They could have renounced their faith and lived but instead they chose to obey Christ for an infinitely greater reward.<br> <br> Consider Mathew Ayairga, who was caught up in the mess. At the beginning he apparently was not committed and could easily have scorned Christ and obeyed the call to follow Islam, but that which he saw in his fellow captors must have been utterly amazing. The phrase "immense faith" is part of the story but one can only conjecture how this faith was so powerfully demonstrated. He uttered a powerful expression of faith, <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Their God is my God".</span><br> </font><font size="-1"><br> Our favorite Bible stories include Bible characters whose colorful personalities are filled with adventure and suspense. We're especially inspired and emboldened when God delivers and grants them a bit more time on this earth against impossible odds, humanly speaking. Stories like the three Hebrew boys deliverance from the fiery furnace, Daniel's deliverance from the lion's den, or Peter's deliverance from Herod's sword.<br> <br> But many in Scripture gave up their lives as martyrs, most whose names we do not know; </font><font size="-1">such as the <span style="font-style: italic;">"others"</span> mentioned in Hebrews 11:</font><font size="-1">35ff: <span style="font-style: italic;">"Others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection; and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground."</span><br> <br> </font><font size="-1">Stephen is the first recorded Christian martyr following the resurrection of Christ and establishment of the Church. The account of his stoning provides details of his passing (Acts 6,7). </font><br> <br> <font size="-1">Today's text has often intrigued me. James is the second martyr recorded and the account merely matter-of-factly states, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword" (Acts 12:1,2).</span><br> <br> Now while being quite respectful to the Holy Scriptures I sure would like to hear the rest of this story but will have to wait till heaven to hear it. This was James, the brother of John. the same James who was in the inner circle of the three disciples "Peter, James and John".<br> <br> But just like the modern story of Mathew Ayairga, we are quite sure we will one day hear more about this story and meet the people whose lives were changed because of it. One of the ways God is glorified in one's martyrdom is that it brings about redemptive value right in the midst of evil and loss.<br> <br> And it's true for other apparent mysteries of life. One day we will hear "the rest of the story". "Only one life 'twill soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last!"<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/38139/47/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father,</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font size="-1">we recognize that our life is a gift from You and the life we live is our gift back to You. You give us guidance in how to live our lives through the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit gives us power to overcome the evil one and courage to stand for righteousness in the very face of evil. Even as we are witnessing evil acts of terror all over the world we are also hearing the names and seeing the faces of those whose faith in Christ has made them the target of these evildoers. We admire and respect their bravery and refusal to renounce their faith so their lives can be spared. Instead they look beyond their horrible ordeal, the loved ones they will leave behind, and they must surely fix their hearts on their eternal resting place. In this age when many church leaders are presenting watered down sermons and teachings, softening the commands of Scripture to make them palatable to those whose loyalties are torn between living for Christ and living for the world, bring to our minds people like Mathew Ayairga. A man, drawn by the Holy Spirit, who came to Christ because he esteemed the uncompromising faith of the Coptic Christians of Libya who were willing to lay down their lives for the cause. Because he too laid down his life Mathew's Christian life was short on this side, but throughout the eons of time, we who believe and practice what we believe will have fellowship with our brother, Mathew. Help us to be strong and ever hopeful as we fix our gaze on that which lies beyond the grave, as we seek to glorify You whether in life or in death. Through Christ we pray. Amen. <br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> Tomorrow we will have another, "The Rest Of The Story" message.<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> In the course of preparing this message I came across a </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">stark analysis this morning. One commentator, whom I believe to be trustworthy, commented on recent events and news reports of ISIS cells all over America, "A modern-day Holocaust is unfolding. There's been another purported mass killing of Christians in the Middle East. It's only a matter of time before the Islamic extremist savages target American churches."</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some peaceful scenes from Lancaster County</span><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52687/48/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="1949 Ford pickup" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 460px;" alt="1949 Ford pickup" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/cars/49_ford_pickup.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Sunday morning we passed this 1949 Ford pickup for sale on the way to church. If anyone is interested and wants to acquire this handsome piece of vehicular history, please invite Brooksyne and me to take a ride in it, front or back!<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52688/49/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Amish church parking lot 4/19/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 317px;" alt="Amish church parking lot 4/19/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/amish/amish_church_parking_04-19-15.jpg"></font></a><br> Our neighbors, Elam and Naomi Stoltzfus, had church at their home on Donegal Springs Road this last Lord's Day and we snapped this photo of the "parking lot"</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">. I suppose it's a bit different than most church parking lots our readers use!<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52689/50/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Mollie jumping for rings" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 884px;" alt="Mollie jumping for rings" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/pets/mollie_jumping_for_rings.jpg"></font></a><br> Although she is now over four years old our border collie Mollie has not lost her puppy-like interest or energy to play! She never wears out, but we do! Ester captured these two photos with Mollie in full action.<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52690/51/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Mollie with rope toy" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 430px;" alt="Mollie with rope toy" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/pets/mollie_with_rope_toy.jpg"></font></a><br> She especially likes it when I invent new games!<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52682/52/" target="_blank">Report used in today's message from Mission Network News.</a><br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52691/53/" target="_blank">The ISIS war against 'the people of the cross'</a><br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Martyrs of the Christian Faith"</span> A <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52692/54/" target="_blank">blog post</a> with short video chronicling the various way Christians have been martyred (graphic) <br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mundane Faithfulness:</span> A friend, perhaps expressing the sentiments of many responded to our post last week "I am often tempted to despair because I feel my life is "mundane" and I don't possess a lot of talents with which to bless others. But I intend to be faithful to that which the Lord has called me, and do it to the best of my ability."<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> <br> My note:</span> The greatest people-blessers to me are not necessarily those with talents but those who are faithful! And the older I get the more that is true.</font><br> <font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Now I Know Him"</span> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52693/55/" target="_blank">Video</a> Joseph Habedank</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> Today's message shares a similar message as Ruth. <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52694/72/" target="_blank">Video</a> <br> <br> This powerful story has a similar element to the account in today's message:<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Forty Brave Soldiers For Jesus"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33014586/101518972/52695/73/" target="_blank">Video</a> <br> <br> In Armenia around 320 AD, there was a company of forty Roman soldiers known as the Thundering Legion. When the Governor discovered they were Christians, he was very angry and threatened to have them killed. But the governor was also anxious to spare them because these soldiers were amongst the bravest in the army. He promised them money and honors if they would only consent to worship the gods which the Emperor worshipped.<br> <br> One responded, "You offer us money that remains behind, and glory that fades away." They told him that they would rather die than renounce their faith.<br> <br> This answer further enraged the governor so he ordered them to die a slow painful death. He commanded them to be stripped of their clothes and placed upon the ice of a frozen lake until they froze to death. At the same time he gave orders that a large tank of warm water should be placed at the side of the ice, so that if any of them should wish to renounce Jesus Christ and save his life, he might be taken off the lake and put into the warm water.<br> <br> When these good soldiers were put upon the ice, they encouraged each other to not be afraid of dying. "One night of suffering," they said, "and then an eternity of happiness in Heaven." They prayed that their number would remain 40 and they could all persevere to the end.<br> <br> I heard a song about these soldiers some 20 years ago by Tom Green. In the song's chorus, they encourage each other by singing, "Forty soldiers for Jesus, Forty brave soldiers for Christ . . ." They endured this torture for many hours and then the cold finally became too much for one of them. He asked for one of the soldiers guarding them to carry him to safety and the warm bath. No sooner had he been put into the bath than he died.<br> <br> The shivering soldiers became discouraged and saddened that now there were 39 instead of the 40 they had prayed for. 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width: 180px; height: 221px; float: right;" alt="Wesley Modder" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/wesley_modder.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">In June I will be attending a chaplain training conference and I hope to meet Chaplain Wesley Modder, a longtime Navy chaplain who who at one time served the Navy Seals. He's had a distinguished career and has been well regarded by those whom he serves.<br> <br> However with our country's descending slide into decadence he is now in trouble for doing his job. Approached by a sailor with a request for counsel regarding a sexual issue he answered in accordance to the Bible supported by his long-held beliefs and convictions. You might say he gave the politically incorrect answer. He actually called evil, evil! It was a set-up and now he is under intense scrutiny and will possibly be discharged.<br> <br> We expect more and more of this as our nation increasingly rejects God and His ways.<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Yesterday I preached a message on "Raising Godly children in an ungodly age". I pointed out my conviction that a truly Biblical message should be appropriate in any generation. In other words the message I preached yesterday should have been just as truthful 50, 100 or 1000 years ago or even in the apostolic age, though cultural customs vary due to improved sanitation and modern conveniences.</font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We have used the daily text many times in the course of writing these messages, especially the first part, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil."</span> Evil is increasingly called good. Evil has existed during every generation after the fall, yet in the past it would be determined as an evil period in the historical accountings. For instance just 50 years ago the church, whether liberal branches or conservative, was practically unanimous in its understanding of marriage, family and sexuality. For that matter even society was. Hollywood used to have biblical standards developed by a devout Presbyterian minister!<br> <br> Now the steady erosion of calling evil good has brought about the inevitable corollary; <span style="text-decoration: underline;">good is called evil</span>. And with a deep fog of spiritual blindness enveloping our country (and many others) people are frustrated and confused. A nationally known preacher recently made a statement concerning our present moral condition that was imminently Biblical and sensible regarding the obvious consequences to children being raised without a father's influence. He was excoriated by the national media with the typical charges of being intolerant, narrow-minded</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> and of course hateful</font>.<br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> Among the signs of our culture's moral downfall is the failure to uphold the Creator's standards, which has led to great confusion as to what even constitutes evil.<br> <br> What a powerful message in our daily text. Isaiah's "woe" is timeless. "Woe" is a literal transliteration of the Hebrew. In other words it's an expression that sounds the same in Hebrew, English or any language (similar to the word, "hallelujah"). Woe is also an onomatopoeia, which is when the formation of a word imitates the natural sound associated with the object or action involved. Consider the sounds of deep, painful wailing.<br> <br> Woe is an exclamation of pain and grief. As our culture drifts farther and farther from its Biblical moorings we see the truth of Isaiah's proclamation. Do we also feel his exclamation of woe?<br> <br> What is the source of this woe? Three are listed in the daily text.<br> <br> Those:<br> 1) who call evil good and good evil,<br> 2) who put darkness for light and light for darkness,<br> 3) who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.<br> <br> Biblical morality is being turned on its head, not only in Isaiah's cultural setting but also in our lifetime. Sometimes I am stunned by what is now so contrary to the right and wrong I was taught as a child and was once commonly believed by believers and non-believers alike. But today much of what is evil is called good and what is good is called evil.<br> <br> Today let us remain faithful to the perspective that God gives us through the inspiration of Scripture. As unpopular, "intolerant", socially insensitive, and politically incorrect as it may be described, let us continue to call evil "evil". <br> <br> As God's children let us hear the words of the apostle Paul and <span style="font-style: italic;">"hate what is evil; cling to what is good" (Romans 12:9).</span><br> <br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33012980/101518972/38139/47/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father, we do not want to be overcome by evil but we want to overcome evil with good, as determined in Scripture. And the way we do this is to absorb, maintain, and uphold the Scriptural understanding of good and evil. We pray against authorities, personalities, and persuasive rhetoric that tempt us to compromise or water down the truths we learn from Scripture. The contrasts of light vs. darkness, good vs. evil, the spiritual nature vs. the sinful nature are abundant in Scripture. May the guiding light by which we live our lives in these evil days be the light of Your Holy Word. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Additional thoughts:</span> When we soft pedal the meaning of evil we also water down the meaning of sin. It is rather common now to hear Christians, when referring to a sinful act as "I made a mistake" or "I used poor judgment." Both expressions might be true but James puts it much more bluntly, "Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin." (NASV) God desires that we come to Him and confess our sins. If we have sinned against another we have responsibility to approach that person(s), confess our sin, and ask forgiveness. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> The slide into decadence continues and the notion of determining morality by majority is deeply flawed. I have long had a concern regarding the strategy of the pro-life and traditional marriage position (both of which I hold) in appealing to opinion polls. Will abortion or alternative arrangements of marriage become "good" when the opinion polls indicate a majority favor it? Surely not!<br> <br> I consider how many moral changes have come about simply by majority ruling. The words of Paul in Colossians 2:8 give us a very wise caution that we should pay close attention to: <span style="font-style: italic;">"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ."</span><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Consider Biblical history:</span><br> <br> * A majority gathered around the golden calf when Moses was on the mountain in direct defiance of God's command.<br> * A majority sided with the prophets of Baal in Elijah's epic contest.<br> * A majority bowed before Nebuchadnezzar's image.<br> * And a majority cried out "Crucify Him!" * <br> <br> * Scripture references: Exodus 32, 1 Kings 18, Daniel 3, Matthew 27</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Good News!</span> Thank God there is a remedy for evil. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">God's grace is greater than our sin.</span> Fanny Crosby excluded no one when she wrote, "the vilest offender who truly believes that moment from Jesus a pardon receives." Frank Bottome marveled that he who was once "a child of hell, should in His image shine." And William Cowper describes the fountain of sinless, life-giving blood drawn from Immanuel's veins as powerful enough to save to the uttermost, "The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in His day, and there may I, though vile as he, wash all my sins away." In a song from our own age, the Hoppers declare, "Grace Will Always Be Greater Than Sin!"</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1">Friday evening I took two Amish fathers, along with their sons, to a Hershey Bears hockey game. We all had a great time.<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33012980/101518972/52675/48/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Newborn kid goat 4/17/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 425px;" alt="Newborn kid goat 4/17/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/animals/kid_goat_04-17-15.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The big kid with the little kid! <br> (Little Eli showed me his baby kid goat born just last week and snapped my photo.) <br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33012980/101518972/52676/49/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Lapp children scooters 4/17/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 584px;" alt="Lapp children scooters 4/17/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/amish/lapp_scooters_04-17-15.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">The children ride to school on their scooters.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33012980/101518972/52677/50/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Kid goat and dairy cow 4/17/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 379px;" alt="Kid goat and dairy cow 4/17/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/animals/baby_goat_with_cow.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Kid goat meets Adult cow for first time.<br> Mama doesn't seem too interested or concerned!<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33012980/101518972/52678/51/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img title="Hershey Bears hockey game 4/17/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 585px;" alt="Hershey Bears hockey game 4/17/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/sports/hershey_bears_hockey_game_04-17-15.jpg"></font></a><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">This is the first hockey game I've ever attended. It's never been a sport I especially enjoyed but sure has a lot of intense action. <br> <br> </font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Grace Will Always Be Greater Than Sin"</span> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33012980/101518972/52679/52/" target="_blank">Video</a> The Hoppers</font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Every Saint Has A Past Every Sinner Has A Future"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33012980/101518972/52680/53/" target="_blank">Video</a> A great testimonial song sung by Guy Penrod<br> <br> In Friday's message we referred to a story I had heard on a radio program but at the time I couldn't remember which one and reconstructed the story from memory. I found my notes. It was told by </font><font size="-1">Joe Battaglia</font><font size="-1"> from his book titled, <span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Politically Incorrect Jesus: Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief"</span><br> <br> Here's the story in Battaglia's own words (much better then I recalled it!)<br> <br> There is no more right or wrong in setting standards of morality because there is no one truth. No cause, no effect. I became acutely aware of this scenario in a rather strange way - by shopping with my daughter some 8-10 years ago. Sounds rather innocent, but a closer look revealed something more insidious.<br> <br> While we were at a mall, my daughter asked to go into a very hip, fashionable store for teens to buy a shirt. It must have been more than 20 years since I'd set foot in that store. As I entered, I stopped dead in my tracks. I thought I was in the wrong store i- that I'd walked into an X-rated video establishment. Pictures of half-naked young women (probably not much older than my daughter) lying on top of equally undressed young men adorned the walls.<br> <br> After spending my life in marketing and communication, there was no mistaking what those images and messages were meant to convey. They were very clear - our culture has sacrificed the innocence of our youth on the altar of sexual glorification. It's no longer about selling clothes; it's more about selling our souls. We decry the way our wives and daughters are disparaged over their body images and seen as sexual objects, yet promulgate the very lifestyles and clothing lines that lead to the thing we denounce. We have become a schizophrenic society.<br> <br> But wait, the story did not end there. My daughter knew me all too well. She knew I'd likely say something and not merely slip away into the night, momentarily decrying the decadence of the situation and then doing nothing. As I stood in the line waiting to pay for the shirt, I grew madder by the minute. Let's just call it righteous indignation.<br> <br> As I approached the counter to pay, I observed the young man and young woman who were standing there to serve us. They were probably around 19 or 20 years old. I placed the shirt on the counter and then informed the young man that I was really offended by the display on the walls. "Please pass my comments on to the manager," I insisted.<br> <br> Of course, I didn't stop there, even though my daughter, embarrassed by my approach, was turning quite red. I asked the young man, "How do you feel about working in this environment, particularly working alongside a young lady?"<br> <br> Then I asked her, "How do you feel about all of this? Are you offended, even a little bit? Does this promote the wholesome way in which you'd like to be perceived by the young man working alongside you? I guess it was the journalist in me that needed to ask the obvious questions, as I saw them.<br> <br> As my daughter muttered under her breath, "Dad, they don't care," the young man eyed me. "I wish my father cared as much," he said. That was his exact quote. I'll never forget it.<br> <br> As we left the store, my daughter sighed. "You know, he had to say that."<br> <br> "No," I replied, "he could have said any number of things, like, 'I'll tell my manager.'" 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Spring is a lot more exciting after a cold, snowy winter!</font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font> <big style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><big><big><font size="-1"><big><big><big><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">"Azariah's Parents"</font></font></big></big></big></font></big></big></big><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font></font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52623/44/" target="_blank"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Listen" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 15px; height: 12px;" alt="Listen" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/listen.jpg" hspace="0"></font></font></font></a><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52655/45/" target="_blank">Listen</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to this message on your audio player<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth" (3 John 1:4).</span><br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a linkindex="11" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52573/46/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/church_sign_change.jpg" title="Changing church sign" alt="Changing church sign" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 236px; float: right;" hspace="10"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">This coming Lord's Day I have an opportunity to preach in our church since our pastor is away visiting family. I am preaching a message that has been on my heart for sometime. We are going to consider Azariah's parents. Now here's an interesting quiz. Just who is Azariah? You can stop now and think about it, look it up, or of course in a few paragraphs we will answer!<br> <br> The message title I placed on the church sign last Sunday is "Raising Godly Children". I wanted it to also have "In An Ungodly World" but didn't have the room!<br> <br> Consider the Biblical period described just prior to the Babylonian Exile. The nation of Judah had a succession of evil leadership, the people overall had turned far from from God, and judgment was imminent. 2 Chronicles 36:14-16 describes this period: <span style="font-style: italic;">"Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem. The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place; but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy."</span><br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a linkindex="11"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/misc/raising_godly_children.jpg" title="Raising Godly Children" alt="Raising Godly Children" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 156px; height: 222px; float: left;" hspace="10"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Does that sound similar to the times in which we live? In the Scriptural record we know only the names of a few people who lived at this time such as the kings and the prophet Jeremiah. But there were others whose names are not recorded; other prophets who remained true to the Lord and everyday moms and dads who were seeking to raise their children in the ways of the Lord. They were surely in the minority and the pull of the world was forceful just like it is now raising kids in our age.<br> <br> Now back to Azariah, did you figure out who he is or did you look him up? He's a real person identified early in the Book of Daniel along with three other faithful young men who were taken captive to Babylon. You can read about him <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52642/47/" target="_blank">here</a>. However he is best known by the name given to him by the Babylonians; Abednego.<br> <br> We know these men proved faithful to God early in the Book of Daniel and most notoriously in their furnace trial recorded in <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52643/48/" target="_blank">chapter 3</a>. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">They refused to bow down to the golden idol Nebuchadnezzar had made.</span><br> <br> But what do we know about Azariah's </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">parents </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">(or the parents of the others for that matter)? Actually nothing! However these young men who had such deep convictions surely did not grow up in a spiritual vacuum (or at least it's highly unlikely). We contend that Azariah and his friends, who grew up during the terrible time described in the long selection from 2 Chronicles above, surely had godly parents, grandparents and perhaps other positive influences that prepared them to remain faithful to God.<br> <br> So what can we reasonably conjecture about Azariah's parents?<br> <br> 1) Likely his parents raised him using the Law of Moses that has some timeless guidelines for child-rearing such as Deuteronomy 6<span style="font-style: italic;">, "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates (VV 6-9)</span>.<br> <br> 2) The Proverbs have some great teaching tips such as <span style="font-style: italic;">"Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it" (</span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic;" size="-1">Proverbs 22:6</font><span style="font-style: italic;">).</span><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> 3) Although Azariah's parents wouldn't have had this truth in writing the concept is surely long held that we are to <span style="font-style: italic;">"bring them (children) up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4)</span>.<br> <br> 4) His parents surely knew and practiced the vital parental element of discipline.<br> <br> 5) Although not always the case, even in kids that turn out right, we will assume that his parents provided a good example!<br> <br> Let us make a renewed resolve to faithfully pass on God's truth to the next generation and hope like Azariah they stand faithful when the time of testing comes.<br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/38139/49/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father,</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> we're given the example of sterling young men like Azariah, and his fellow Hebrew friends, who refused the Babylonian king's orders, to bow down to the golden image. Surely they were weary of enduring the daily testing as they were few in number standing against the godless culture of their day. Was it the teachings their parents presented of Moses who stood time after time before the godless Pharoah as he sought the release of the Jews? Was it the story of God providing a ram just seconds before Abraham was going to slay his only son, Isaac? Was it their parents who reinforced that God always comes through in His perfect timing to provide for their needs or deliver them from trouble? Perhaps they'd witnessed numerous challenges their parents were dealt as they remained steadfast in their faith. In the land of many gods they continued to bow down to only one, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We ask your blessings upon all who seek to pass on Biblical faith to their children and equip them to stand when the day of evil comes. In our Lord's mighty Name we pray. Amen<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Some further thoughts:</span><br> <br> </font><font size="-1">We didn't really comment on the daily text in the context of our message today. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth" (3 John 1:4).</span></font><font size="-1"> It's a great verse and surely the aspiration of any parent and spiritual leader. There's no greater joy for parents than to see their children walking in the truth and the same is true for those in leadership. John may have had his spiritual children in mind; that is those he had taught and impacted for the Lord. It's interesting when we get notes from African readers who address us as "Mom and Dad"!</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">*******</font><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> Several weeks ago I heard a story on the radio that touched my heart and then found it on the web (part of a book). Today I couldn't find it again but will seek to reconstruct from memory: <br> <br> A father went to a store in the mall with his daughter to make a purchase for her and observed the practically pornographic images on the walls (I think we have a store like that in our mall). As he checked out he asked a young store clerk what she thought working in such a lust-inducing environment. His daughter was so embarrassed at her dad's questions. He then asked a male employee what he thought. His red-faced daughter quickly answered, "Dad, they don't care." The young man looked at them and in earnest said, "I wish I had a father that cared like you."</font><font size="-1"><br> </font><br> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1">*******</font><br> </div> <font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1">Mark Pulliam, a longtime friend, shared regarding our message Wednesday: "I do believe that God is trying to warn us that persecution is headed our way sooner then we could ever imagine. The Cross is an object of derision, scorn and neglect by most in the circles I am in. Christianity is assumed to always be the 'norm' but those of this world are blind to the battle that is being raged by Satan."</font><br> <font size="-1"><br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some scenes from a beautiful spring day in Lancaster County</span><br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52644/50/"><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Purple Martin birdhouse 4/16/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 708px;" alt="Purple Martin birdhouse 4/16/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/birds/purple_martin_house_at_amish_farm.jpg"></font></font></a><br> <font size="-1">Yesterday, near New Holland, we stopped by an Amish farm to pick up some bronze red Canna bulbs from a woman who resides there. We noticed the giant Purple Martin house which can be raised and lowered like a flag!<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/49152/51/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 854px;" alt="Red Cannas on Amish farm near New Holland, PA 9/4/14" title="Red Cannas on Amish farm near New Holland, PA 9/4/14" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/flowers/red_cannas2.jpg"></span></a><br> </font><font size="-1">Here's a photo from last summer of what we hope to grow this summer. Brooksyne saw them on an Amish farm we pass weekly and was drawn to the striking bronze leaves since we've only grown those with green leaves. Last fall we drove back into the farm and inquired as to whether we might buy some canna bulbs after they're dug up in the fall. Turns out they sell them at auction but Mary, the farmer's wife, kindly told Brooksyne to come back in the spring and she would give her some, a promise kept yesterday, though Brooksyne offered to pay! </font><br> <font size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52645/52/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Kitchen Kettle Village 4/16/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 515px;" alt="Kitchen Kettle Village 4/16/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/kitchen_kettle_village_04-16-15.jpg"></font></a><br> We stopped and walked through the Kitchen Kettle Village in Intercourse where many were out enjoying the pleasant Spring day. We both enjoy the samples in the canning kitchen!<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52646/53/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Banjo Jim at Kitchen Kettle Village 4/16/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 728px;" alt="Banjo Jim at Kitchen Kettle Village 4/16/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/banjo_jim_kitchen_kettle_village_04-16-15.jpg"></font></a><br> Banjo Jim was out playing.<br> He's been a part of the musicians at Kitchen Kettle Village for many years.<br> Here's a <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52647/54/" target="_blank">video</a> someone posted of Jim. <br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52648/55/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Lancaster countryside 4/16/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 324px;" alt="Lancaster countryside 4/16/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/lancaster_countryside_04-16-15.jpg"></font></a><br> A scenic country view near Intercourse Pennsylvania<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52649/72/"><img title="Doc Paglia 4/16/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 371px;" alt="Doc Paglia 4/16/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/chaplaincy/doc_paglia_04-16-15.jpg"></a></font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We also ran into an old friend following several chaplain visits. D.J. (Doc) Paglia is also a chaplain to a business, he and his wife serving for many years at Keystone Custom Cabinets. Doc is in his late eighties but stays active in the Lord's work and told us he had conducted a funeral this last Saturday and preached on Sunday! Doc- the energizer bunny!<br> <br> </font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> </span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Family Prayer Song"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52650/73/" target="_blank">Video</a> Maranatha Singers</font><font size="-1"> We'll be asking the people to make a fresh commitment to serving the Lord this Sunday and conclude the service with this song.<br> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> "As for Me and My House"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52651/74/" target="_blank">Video</a> John Waller <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"> Powerful song and images of men making the right choice! Plus you get to see a man singing on a skyscraper roof.<br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> "Find Your Wings"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52652/75/" target="_blank">Video</a> Mark Harris An outstanding song for parents striving to raise Godly children.<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Keeper"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52653/76/" target="_blank">Video</a> Geoff Moore And The Distance<br> <br> </font><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="-1">"Somewhere In The World</font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33008526/101518972/52654/77/" target="_blank">Video</a> Wayne Watson In what surely must be one of the most tender and most unintentionally romantic songs of all time, a Christian father prays for the future wife of his little boy.<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Finally today:</span><br> <br> This evening I will be taking two Amish fathers and their sons to a hockey game in Hershey. I am not much of a hockey fan but the boys asked me to take them and they are so excited, having been pestering me for months with, "When are you gonna take us to a hockey game?" A couple of days ago a Eli called all excited about something and I just couldn't understand what he was saying and figured it must be something about the hockey game. 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(2 Corinthians 5:17).</span><br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I believe that the Christ Who was slain on the cross,</font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Has the power to change lives today.</font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">For He changed me completely, a new life is mine.</font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">That is why by the cross I will stay.</font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52624/46/"><img title="KK Mechanical Workday 2015" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 252px; height: 252px; float: left;" alt="KK Mechanical Workday 2015" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/chaplaincy/jkworkday_2015.jpg" hspace="7"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We had a great day yesterday. We joined one of our companies in a community service day. JK Mechanical, an HVAC company we serve as chaplains, has about 100 employees and each year they take a day to serve the community. Yesterday they worked at the Water Street Mission, Teen Haven and at Thaddeus Stevens, a local trade school. Many of the employees were able to use specific skills in installing and repairing HVAC but others were involved in projects like painting and cleaning. Brooksyne and I sought to walk through the project areas, help out some, and visit with the various employees as they worked. At one point for me this involved climbing up a narrow hatch to a roof where several were working!<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">A goal in our ministry is sharing some truth and light in whatever situation we are in with whomever we may encounter.</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> Yesterday it may not have been our "official" ministry but we also enjoyed engaging with the various people who work at the Mission.<br> <br> Teen Haven is an inner city ministry working with children and youth that uses a facility several blocks from the Water Street Mission. I walked over and visited with the JK employees who were working over there. My eye was immediately drawn to the mural painted on a concrete wall that serves as our lead photo today. It reminds me of a similar <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52625/47/" target="_blank">mural</a> that is at our local youth center. I removed a projector screen that was partially blocking the mural to take a photo and asked for assistance in placing it back up. A young man smiled and, due to his lesser height, he grabbed a small ladder to assist me. He introduced himself as Jose Jimenez, the director of the Teen Haven.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52626/48/"><img title="Jose Jimenez 4/15/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 288px; height: 411px; float: left;" alt="Jose Jimenez 4/15/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/chaplaincy/jose_04-15-15.jpg" hspace="7"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I enjoy hearing people's stories and he shared his with me. He had moved down to Lancaster</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> from Massachusetts</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> with his family when he was eight and a short time later his father was incarcerated. He began attending Teen Haven activities and recalled specific people who shared Christ's love with him. However he, like so many, did not make a full commitment to Christ through much of the next ten years. <br> <br> But upon turning eighteen years old he made a full surrender to Christ and his life was dramatically changed. He went back to the youth center to inform and thank them for their influence. To his surprise they offered him a summer job and he's been there ever since.<br> <br> I told him I would like to share his story and we walked outside for a photo posing him beside the "Changing Lives" sign. He looked up and said <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Jesus Christ changes lives!"</span> Amen to that!<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We are glad we serve a God who is in the life-changing business! He's still changing lives today and Jose is one of them. Now he in turn, like those who reached out to him as a child, is reaching out to provide a haven of mercy, love and forgiveness to inner city youth. In spite of all the spiritual, emotional, and physical benefits that come from serving the Lord it can be very hard ministry with many setbacks and disappointments.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52627/49/"><img title="Sonny Oliver" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 322px; float: right;" alt="Sonny Oliver" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/sonny_oliver.jpg" hspace="7"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I rejoice in the work of God seen in the immediate transformation at the time of belief and the slow progressive transformation over a lifetime of following Christ. I rejoice at change demonstrated by longterm faithfulness. Jose goes to a church where one of the pastors is Sonny Oliver (right), a friend from Bible College who has a wonderful testimony we wrote about many years ago. (See below for link to this message.)<br> <br> The Apostle Paul wrote describing this wonderful change, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Corinthians 5:17).</span> Paul experienced that change in his life and he rejoiced in the changed lives he had ministered to. John Newton, the former slave trader best known for writing "Amazing Grace", said before he died, <span style="font-weight: bold;">"My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things that I am a great sinner, and that Christ is a great Savior."</span><br> </font><font size="-1"><br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I believe in a hill called Mount Calv'ry, </font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I'll believe whatever the cost.</font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">And when time has surrendered and earth is no more,</font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I'll still cling to that old rugged cross. *</font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/38139/50/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father, </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">there is no sin too great that Your mercy is not greater. We were born with a sin problem, but You provided the solution for our sin sick souls through the wondrous sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus Christ. We could never be good enough, rich enough, famous enough, or smart enough nothing we offer is enough. Anything we offer is sin-based because of our human condition and all that Christ offers is sin-less because He is the divine Lamb without spot or blemish. Only Jesus, the sinless Lamb of God, is enough to pay for our sins and begin the wonderful work of transforming us into Your likeness. Thank You for Your gift of eternal life through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> * "I Believe In A Hill Called Mount Calvary"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52505/51/" target="_blank">Video</a> GVB Next week we are looking forward to joining with a group of friends at the Gaither &Friends Homecoming Concert in Hershey! This has long been one of my favorite songs.<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"I Believe"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52628/52/" target="_blank">Video</a> Dailey and Vincent<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Since Jesus Came Into My Heart"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52629/53/" target="_blank">Video</a> Homecoming Singers Anyone else recall singing this old gospel song!<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52630/54/" target="_blank">Sonny Oliver's testimony</a><br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52631/55/" target="_blank">Water Street</a> Our Purpose: To advance the kingdom of God through the gospel of Jesus Christ and do missionary, relief & rescue work of all kinds. <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52632/72/" target="_blank">Video</a><br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52633/73/" target="_blank">Teen Haven</a> Teen Haven is a ministry of Water Street Mission, allowing our vision of changing lives to reach the next generation. This is where Jose works.<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/52634/74/"><font size="-1"><img title="1st Water Street Mission convert" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 375px;" alt="1st Water Street Mission convert" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/chaplaincy/1st_water_street_convert.jpg" align="top" hspace="7"></font></a><br> </div> <small><br> I, Brooksyne, was deeply touched as I saw this historic plaque next to the photo of the founders of Water Street Mission, Dr. & Mrs. Sieber, along with their first convert, Sarah Kuhns. (Unfortunately the dated photo did not take well.) I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of people have been converted over the past century at missions all over the world - those who are located in the heart of t<font size="-1">he cities reaching out to the many homeless who are without the basic elements for living and the basic reason for existence, that is, hope!</font></small><font size="-1"><br> </font><br> </div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/38130/75/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 72px; height: 15px;" alt="Contact Us" title="Contact Us" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/contactus.jpg"></a><br> </font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Send</font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">a message to Step</font><font size="-1">hen & Brooksyne</font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/47101/76/"><img title="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 152px; height: 142px;" alt="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/38th_anniversary_photo_small_05-04-14.jpg" align="right" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen and Brooksyne Weber</font></font><font size="-1"> <br> <small>(Click on photo to enlarge)</small><br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/38126/77/">About Us</a><br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><small><small><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> </font></small></small> </font> <font size="-1">"We want to encourage you daily in your walk with Christ!" </font><font size="-1"> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/38150/78/">Personal Ministry Update</a> (Revised 12/10/14)<br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/38125/79/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/make_a_donation.jpg" title="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" alt="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 40px; float: left;" align="left" hspace="5"></a></font><font size="-1">Are our daily encouragement messages a blessing to you? </font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Each weekday morning Brooksyne and I prepare these messages and</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/38151/80/"><img title="Donate online" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 108px; height: 108px;" alt="Donate online" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/donate_online.jpg" align="right"></a></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> distribute them at no cost to you and many others all over the</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> world. </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;">We ask you to consider an offering to Daily</font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> Encouragement Net so that we can continue to prepare and provide this daily resource which is accessed by believers and seekers all over the world. 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(Actually this is my intent but I haven't done</font><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>much with it!)</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33006646/101518972/38158/97/" target="_blank">"Hymns of Hope"</a> - Brooksyne along with two friends made a CD using classic hymns. Brooksyne tells the background story of the 11 hymns. 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Sometimes they're just plain weird and we mercifully forget them as soon as we awaken. I am speaking of dreams.<br> <br> In Scripture God occasionally spoke to people through dreams such as both the old and New Testament Joseph and Pilate's wife.<br> <br> I had a dream the other night that was very realistic and vivid. I don't know whether God was speaking to me or not but it sure serves as a prompting for today's message! It's a dream I would sure rather forget and imagine could never happen. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">I dreamed that I was about to be beheaded!</span></font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> But it has and is happening.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> Two notable New Testament Bible characters were beheaded in the Scriptural record; John (the Baptist) and James (from the inner circle disciples Peter, James and John). In Hebrews 13 beheadings may be alluded to as one of the means the faithful have lost their lives.<br> <br> Through history there are records of beheadings but now it's in the news again as you all should know with ISIS and other Islamic groups. Most recently in the news were the horrific slayings in Kenya two weeks ago. This attack, like many, was specifically targeted to Christians. These fellow believers were killed in various ways, including beheadings.<br> <br> In my dream the other night as I was about to be beheaded I had the opportunity to a share a Scripture verse with my beheader and all who were about to witness my beheading. Today's text came to mind (in my dream): </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain."</span></font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> Let us consider this short verse which many of us have memorized.<br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"For to me."</span> This is the apostle Paul's personal perspective on life and death and it is so liberating! Do you have a personal perspective on life and death?<br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"To live is Christ."</span> After his conversion on the Damascus road Saul (later Paul) began experiencing the great joy that comes from living for Christ. He declared <span style="font-style: italic;">"to live is Christ."</span> It wasn't by any means an easy life but millions since have testified to the joy of serving the living Christ. As a great gospel song states, "life is worth the living just because He lives."<br> <br> Yet Paul realized <span style="font-style: italic;">"to die is gain."</span> The word translated "gain" has the sense of advantage. In fact a few verses later Paul says, <span style="font-style: italic;">"I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far" (Philippians 1:23)</span>. Several years later Paul is writing his final letter to Timothy and he was aware that <span style="font-style: italic;">"the time has come for my departure"</span>. What solid resignation I see in these words as he faced the martyr's death, <span style="font-style: italic;">"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" (2 Timothy 4:7).</span><br> <br> Although not part of the Scripture record here's an account of Paul's final days on this earth: "Paul was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment, which allowed him to write his many epistles to the churches he had formed throughout the Roman Empire. These letters, which taught many of the foundation doctrines of Christianity, form a large portion of the New Testament. Perhaps this is a reminder to us that our sufferings here are indeed minor compared to the intense persecution and cold cruelty faced by the apostles and disciples during their times for the sake of the Faith. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: But he that endureth to the end shall be saved."<br> <br> Today, what a joy it is to follow Christ and to have a deep, abiding assurance of His love. And when the time comes for our departure however that may take place fix in us that deep knowledge that we will "gain" and be better off by far. That's what we live for!<br> <br> Now you may never have a dream like mine or ever have to experience a violent death such as beheading for the sake of Christ. But if it was to happen and you were given an opportunity to testify I think it's a worthy spiritual exercise to ask, <span style="font-weight: bold;">"How would I respond and what would I say?"</span><br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Now the twilight is fading, the day soon shall end</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Lord, I get homesick, the farther I roam</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">But the Father has led me each step of the way</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">And now I'm going home</font><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Going home, I'm going home</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">There is nothing to hold me here</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I've caught a glimpse of that Heavenly land</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Praise God, I'm going home</font><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33004612/101518972/38139/48/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father, as I live out my time here on this earth, I'm so glad that I belong to You. You hold my right hand and guide me with Your counsel which is leading me to a glorious destiny, though the journey may be long, arduous, and at times downright frightening. Though my health may fail and my spirit grows weak, You, Father, remain the strength of my heart and my portion forever. You are my Refuge, my Fortress and my Deliverer. Help me to be courageous and reliant on You so that I will dutifully tell those who will listen of Your mighty works, most especially Your redeeming power and and saving grace through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.<br> <br> We pray for those who are presently experiencing persecution, many to the point of violent death. Grant them an assurance of Your steadfast love and grace and divine anesthetic.<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> "The Faithful"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33004612/101518972/52613/49/" target="_blank">Video</a> Steve Green <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> <br> Christians Are Persecuted, Martyred, and Killed Worldwide</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33004612/101518972/52614/50/" target="_blank">Video</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> <br> What the Media Isn't Reporting on ISIS' Beheading of 21 Christian Men</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33004612/101518972/52615/51/" target="_blank">Article</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> <br> "Going Home"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33004612/101518972/52616/52/" target="_blank">Video</a> Written by Bill Gaither, Singers unspecified This is </font><font size="-1">my favorite YouTube version of</font><font size="-1"> the song referred to in today's message.</font><br> <font size="-1"><br> Here's an accounting someone compiled of how each of the apostles died:<br> <br> 1. Matthew suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, killed by a sword wound.<br> <br> 2. Mark died in Alexandria , Egypt , after being dragged by horses through the streets until he was dead.<br> <br> 3. Luke was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous preaching to the lost.<br> <br> 4. John faced martyrdom when he was boiled in huge basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution in Rome; however, he was miraculously delivered from death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison Island of Patmos. He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos. The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve as Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey. He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully.<br> <br> 5. Peter he was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross. According to church tradition it was because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die in the same way that Jesus Christ had died. <br> <br> 6. James the leader of the church in Jerusalem, was thrown over a hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a fuller's club. This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation.<br> <br> 7. James the Great son of Zebedee, was a fisherman by trade when Jesus called him to a lifetime of ministry. As a strong leader of the church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem. The Roman officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial. Later, the officer walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian.<br> <br> 8. Bartholomew also known as Nathaniel, he was a missionary to Asia. He witnessed for our Lord in present day Turkey. Bartholomew was martyred for his preaching in Armenia where he was flayed to death by a whip.<br> <br> 9. Andrew was crucified on an x-shaped cross in Patras, Greece. After being whipped severely by seven soldiers they tied his body to the cross with cords to prolong his agony. His followers reported that, when he was led toward the cross, Andrew saluted it in these words: 'I have long desired and expected this happy hour. The cross has been consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it.' He continued to preach to his tormentors for two days until he expired.<br> <br> 10. Thomas was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary trips to establish the church in the Sub-continent.<br> <br> 11. Jude Was killed with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.<br> <br> 12. Matthias the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and then beheaded.<br> <br> 13. Paul was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. 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Yesterday I again failed to update the link to the audio message! <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/52593/47/" target="_blank">Here</a> it is if you care to listen to it.<br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ" (Philippians 3:20).</span><br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/52594/48/"><font size="-1"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Tax time" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 127px; float: right;" alt="Tax time" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/misc/tax_time.jpg" hspace="7"></span></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Here in the USA it's tax time. Yesterday I spent several hours on the process and this morning all the forms are filled out and Brooksyne mailed the envelopes on the way to a meeting. Many pay someone to prepare their taxes. Regardless of income, many taxpayers have relatively easy forms and do it early because they have money coming back. I do my own which can be a bit complicated and I am not among those with money coming back!<br> <br> I try to get a good start in February and March but typically finalize everything toward the due date. Since our income is from a variety of sources we need to use several forms.<br> <br> At this time of year I have to take a deep breath and fortify myself with some powerful Biblical truths since I am fulfilling the legal obligation to <span style="font-style: italic;">"render unto Caesar"</span> but admittedly I don't do so joyfully! </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I consider myself blessed to live in America and want to do my part, but when I file my taxes I'm reminded of the corruption and waste that is a part of human government, a stunning evidence of the Fall.</font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I find it helpful throughout the process to purposefully recall my <span style="text-decoration: underline;">heavenly citizenship</span>.<br style="text-decoration: underline;"> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/52595/49/"><font size="-1"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Philippians 3:20" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 135px; float: left;" alt="Philippians 3:20" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/philippians_3-20.jpg" hspace="7"></span></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Paul, a Roman citizen, surely had his own issues with the government of his time. After all, when has human government ever been perfect! He enjoined the believers in Philippi with the forthright statement, <span style="font-style: italic;">"But our citizenship is in heaven."</span> This is one of those powerful truths we must keep before us if we are to find the reality of God's promised peace. Yet we often let other outlooks dim our vision and rob us of peace.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/52596/50/"><font size="-1"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Romans 12:1" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 123px; float: right;" alt="Romans 12:1" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/romans_12-1.jpg" hspace="7"></span></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Early in my Christian walk I heard an expression I have often used. In referring to Romans 12:1,2 which calls us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, "The problem with a living sacrifice is that it's living and keeps on jumping off the altar!" Now this is true not only in regard to consecration but in many other areas as well, including our thought life. We can commit a matter to the Lord and, if we're not intentional, we take it back to start our worrying all over again. Do you ever do that?<br> <br> When my focus is on my earthly citizenship I find myself experiencing anxiety and at times even despair, especially as we see conditions so similar to <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/52597/51/" target="_blank">2 Chronicles 36:15,16</a> unfold before our very eyes. I find that in my life the source of agitation and anxiety often comes from placing too much value in this present life and failing to realize where my primary and ultimate citizenship lies. <br> <br> What issues are you facing today? What has the potential of robbing you of God's peace and promised abundant life? Undoubtedly for some of you, like me, it will be taxes. But there are many other matters that concern us.<br> <br> Today remember Paul's words to the Philippian believers. Chained and imprisoned he nevertheless was able to express and encourage joy more in this short epistle than in any other. He wrote, <span style="font-style: italic;">"So you too should be glad and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">rejoice with me</span>" (Philippians 2:18)</span>. It just seems like he's bubbling over with the joy of the Lord. If he can have joy in his horrible surroundings, I can have joy while sending out these forms and you can have joy regardless of what you are facing today!<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/38139/52/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font size="-1">Father, at one time we were alienated and excluded from heavenly citizenship. We were foreigners destined to perish. But You, in Your great mercy, redeemed us through Your precious blood and thereby we receive our heavenly citizenship. We also consider the privilege of being citizens of the country from which we were born or choose to live in. There are many benefits as well as responsibilities placed upon us - much that we appreciate and understand and all the while we struggle with the corruption and defiance of many in power who no longer heed the Judeo Christian heritage of our great country's founding. We want to do our part to turn it around not only for ourselves but for our children and our children's children. But above all, we fix our attention on our heavenly citizenship in the midst of our disappointments on earth so that we do not lose heart. As our focus is heavenward we are filled with renewed hope and an enduring spirit until You call us to our home in heaven. Keep us obedient, faithful, and hopeful till that glorious day. Amen.<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><font size="-1"><br> Our neighborhood was touched by two tragic events this last weekend: <br> <br> The Posie Patch is a 90 acre commercial flower grower on Kraybill Church Road right around the bend from our house. The owner and his wife were killed in an auto accident this weekend. We toured the farm several years ago and met Ralph Cramer the owner. He restored old cars as a hobby. Here's an <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/52598/53/" target="_blank">article</a> about the accident from our paper. </font><font size="-1">We have some photos of the Cramer Posie Patch <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/42742/54/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1">On the other end of our road Brooksyne visited with the sister of a 19 year old young man who loved the Lord who also died this weekend in a motorcycle accident. Here's an <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/52599/55/" target="_blank">article</a> about that accident. For many years his grandmother, Mary Sweigart, was our neighbor. We include these especially for our local readers who would take special interest and pray for these suffering tremendous, unexpected loss.<br> <br> </font></div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"It Matters to the Master"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/52600/72/" target="_blank">Video</a> </font><font size="-1">The Collingsworth Family<br> <br> Yesterday's message on <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33002728/101518972/52571/73/">"Mundane Faithfulness"</a> prompted a couple of interesting comments from two Texan friends:<br> <br> David Penley wrote, "The importance of simple, persistent, every day faith is so vital. The Lord has really been speaking to me about this in recent days. I read a book about this very thing a couple of months ago entitled "Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World" by Michael Horton, one of my favorite writers, that really spoke to me. <br> <br> Jim Scanlon wrote, I have always been a "plodder", not interested in making the "headlines", just following My Shepherd. Warren Wiersbe wrote a book a number of years ago to that effect: "In Praise of Plodders". 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font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font></font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52564/45/" target="_blank"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Listen" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 15px; height: 12px;" alt="Listen" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/listen.jpg" hspace="0"></font></font></font></a><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52564/46/" target="_blank">Listen</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to this message on your audio player<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></font> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord" (Romans 12:11).</span></font><font size="-1"><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/40042/47/"><img title="Stanley Horton" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 202px; float: left;" alt="Stanley Horton" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/horton.jpg" hspace="7"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Stanley Horton was one our highly esteemed professors when we attended Bible College back in the mid-seventies. At that time he seemed old although he was actually about our age now! He went on to live 98 years, passing away just last year. He continued in active service practically to the end and maintained an active Facebook page and blog, making his last post after his 98th birthday!<br> <br> He was a brilliant man with an encyclopedic knowledge of Scripture. I recall asking him a question about an obscure verse although I didn't even have the reference. He immediately recognized the verse, gave the reference, and provided a satisfactory answer. <br> <br> I read this quote in an article concerning his death, "Some people make a big splash in life. Others spread their impact more quietly over decades." In the case of Dr. Horton his influence spread out for nearly 80 years impacting scores of young people preparing for ministry.<br> <br> It was Martin Luther who asked his thoughtful listeners, "What will you do in the days of mundane faithfulness?" <br> <br> Most of us aren't making a big splash. Our service might even be described as "mundane faithfulness". We go about our days seeking to be faithful in the little things. We are open to making a big splash if that's what God ordains but many of us never do.<br> <br> Mundane faithfulness is unheralded. It's couples who keep their marriage vows, workers who do their jobs conscientiously, parents who steadily care for and nurture their children and there are many areas where mundane faithfulness can be applied in the church setting.<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We should see a lot of this in a healthy local church. I did yesterday. I was standing in the foyer before the service visiting with several men when Dick walked in. Last week his wife, Ruby, fell and broke her hip and now recovers in a rehab hospital. The men gathered around Dick to lend support as he sought to restrain his tears. Married for nearly 60 years this is a tough time for him. But he found encouragement in a small group of men who showed compassion as they assured him they help carry his burden in prayer.<br> <br> We dedicate this message to the many, many people we've come across in our journey who are steadfastly making an impact for Christ in ways barely visible outside their own relatively small sphere of influence as they practice "mundane faithfulness".<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a linkindex="11" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52573/48/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/church_sign_change.jpg" title="Changing church sign" alt="Changing church sign" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 236px; float: right;" hspace="10"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Yesterday I changed the message on our church sign read by those who travel along scenic Mount Pleasant Road. I will be preaching next Sunday while our pastor is visiting relatives so he asked me to put up my sermon title on the sign. Ester watched me and recalled our sign changers while we were in New England.<br> <br> Bill and Veda Shibilo served the Lord in a variety of ways in our congregation, including faithfully changing our sign each week along busy Rt 44 in Taunton, Massachusetts, posting Scripture verses and quippy sayings, which we hoped would speak to driver's hearts as they passed. We periodically received comments from passers-by but </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">only </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">the Lord knows the impact of these truth statements in spiritually barren New England.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a linkindex="11" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52574/49/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/nursery_workers.jpg" title="Naomi in nursery" alt="Naomi in nursery" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 178px; float: left;" hspace="10"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Those who serve in their churches are too numerous to count. Our thoughts immediately race to those who have platform ministry. But consider today Naomi who sat in a church nursery tending the toddlers while their parents enjoyed undistracted worship. How about the trustees who arrive before everyone else, unlocking the doors, adjusting the temperature, staying till all have left the building, checking the bathrooms, turning off lights and locking up. We think of those, like our friend Sherry, who year after year, has visited a nursing home weekly to express spiritual and physical care. <br> <br> How about the dedicated volunteer who calls upon others to prepare a meal when a church member is recovering from an accident or surgery? We benefitted greatly from that when Brooksyne was recovering from surgery seven years ago after she broke her ankle. I contend that the vast majority of the work of Christ is being done by hundreds of millions of believers just like these around the world who work behind the scenes as they practice mundane faithfulness.<br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord"</span> is a command that we do well to practice all the days of our life, whether we're called home young or if we live to be 98, like Professor Stanley Horton. Today, make a fresh determination to faithfully serve the Lord in big or small ways in mundane faithfulness.<br> <br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/38139/50/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father, it seems the longer we live the more likely it is that we grow weary, lose interest, or become frustrated by others who might not help carry the work load, whether it's in the family, work, or church setting. But if we carry out that which You've laid upon our hearts and faithfully serve, even in the mundane chores that others are not attracted to, we do that which pleases You and make an essential contribution to the overall function of the home, workplace, church, community and world. Even that which is mundane to others can be appealing to those whose hearts are zealous, filled with spiritual fervor, because they are "doing their work heartily as unto the Lord", which is even more important than doing it for others. Keep us joyfully on track and focused heavenward as we faithfully serve You in the mundane chores of life. Amen.</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1">Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!<br> May I thy consolation share,<br> Till, from Mount Pisgah's lofty height,<br> I view my home and take my flight.<br> This robe of flesh I'll drop, and rise<br> To seize the everlasting prize,<br> And shout, while passing through the air,<br> "Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer!"<br> <br> </font></div> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><br> Yesterday afternoon we took a bike ride along the Chiques rail trail along the Susquehanna River. Our Zimbabwe friends joined us and Ester took several photos.<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52575/51/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Chiques Rock" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 821px;" alt="Chiques Rock" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/chiques_rock_cliff_04-12-15.jpg"></span></a><br> Rock climbing on Chiques Rock. You can barely see this climber, as he's in the cleft of a rock, and almost reached the top. The bike trail runs below this very popular Chiques rock in Lancaster County.<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52576/52/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Chiques bike trail 4/12/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 462px;" alt="Chiques bike trail 4/12/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/susquehanna_river_bike_trail2_04-12-15.jpg"></span></a><br> The bike trail bridge over Chiques Creek.<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52577/53/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/susquehanna_river_bike_trail_04-12-15.jpg" alt="Chiques bike trail 4/12/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 467px;" title="Chiques bike trail 4/12/15"></span></a><br> We stopped to look out over the Susquehanna River and I used it as a teaching moment.<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52578/54/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/lancaster/susquehanna_river_bike_trail3_04-12-15.jpg" alt="Chiques bike trail 4/12/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 280px;" title="Chiques bike trail 4/12/15"></span></a><br> </font><font size="-1">Young people sure like "selfies"!<br> <br> </font></div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Faithful Men"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52579/55/" target="_blank">Video</a> Twila Paris<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Hope and Joy in my 90s"</span> Stanley Horton's last <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52580/72/" target="_blank">blog post</a> and <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52581/73/" target="_blank">Facebook answer to reader</a></font><font size="-1"><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Leaving a Legacy"</span> with "Prof" Howard Hendricks <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52582/74/" target="_blank">Video</a> (39 minutes) Life lessons from a master storyteller.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Son Shines Down On Me"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52583/75/" target="_blank">Video</a> Canton Junction<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"He Hideth My Soul"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/52584/76/" target="_blank">Video</a> Guy Penrod<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"></font></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/33000920/101518972/38130/77/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; 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His sheep follow Him because they know His voice" (John 10:3,4).</span><br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32995200/101518972/52565/47/"><small><font size="-1"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></font></small></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Anyone who uses a computer, and that's probably all of us, knows the challenge of thwarting the many annoying, disgusting and malicious attacks that come in a variety of ways. We need firewalls, virus detection, content filters, spyware protection, junk email filters and no telling what else depending on how you customize your computer. In spite of varied types of preventive measures the attacks continue.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32995200/101518972/52565/48/"><small><font size="-1"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Malware" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 93px; float: right;" alt="Malware" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/misc/malware.jpg" hspace="7"></span></font></small></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I am now dealing with an annoying pop-up that ominously states, "Your PC may be At Risk". Sometimes it covers all my windows and I have to restart the computer just to get rid of it. Since I am the IT department for Daily Encouragement Net I am rather ill equipped to fix it.<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">These unwelcome intrusions are often revolting and relentless in its attempt to capture our attention and get us off the right path. And these intrusions come in many ways, not just the computer. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">It's similar in the spiritual realm, where our <span style="font-style: italic;">"enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour!" (1 Peter 5:8)</span>.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32995200/101518972/52566/49/"><small><font size="-1"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Good shepherd" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 224px; height: 195px; float: left;" alt="Good shepherd" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/good_shepherd.jpg" hspace="7"></span></font></small></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Jesus shared a parable in John 10 that would have really connected with His initial listeners. Many of them would be familiar with the life of the shepherd and the rich Biblical literature that describes God as our Shepherd, first mentioned in Genesis 45:18, and most familiar to many of us in Psalm 23. Later in this context Jesus states that He is the <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Good Shepherd"</span>.<br> <br> However, the phrase we want to especially consider today is <span style="font-style: italic;">"They know His voice." </span>One of the most important ongoing lessons of life is the ability to recognize and distinguish the voice of the Good Shepherd amidst the clamor of other voices and noise. The times we live in call for great discernment. Yesterday's message dealt with deception and in our age with so many data sources there are many forms of deception.<br> <br> We hear "His voice" in various ways; through His Spirit, in our personal reading and study of the Scriptures, through prayer, through the proclamation of His Word in our churches, through godly relationships. But we have a choice regarding our response to the Shepherd's voice. Really, it's a daily choice.<br> <br> Do we choose to listen carefully and heed His voice, separating His voice among the many other voices and noises that vie for our attention? We desire that this daily encouragement devotional be a little whisper, perhaps at an opportune moment such as a break at work, the lunch hour or toward the late evening. <br> <br> Are you listening? Do you know your Shepherd's voice? Ponder this verse, <span style="font-style: italic;">"But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil" (Hebrews 5:14)</span>. Today, as we regularly partake of the solid food offered to us through the Word of God may we learn to distinguish the voice of the Master and heed His bidding!<br> <br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32995200/101518972/38139/50/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father, as I walk in Your truths, give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your holy name and heed Your still small voice. Help me to walk uprightly and live more by faith, less by sight so that I don't come to rely only on that which I see with my eyes, but I listen for the voice of the indwelling Holy Spirit. In doing so I am far more likely to follow the truths and principles of Scripture as learned throughout the Holy Word of God. Help me to be faithful, I pray in Jesus' name. 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"Let no one deceive you with empty words" (Ephesians 5:6). "For many deceivers have gone out into the world" (2 John 1:7).</span><br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/52529/46/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Adam Jack" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 112px; height: 173px; float: left;" alt="Adam Jack" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/adam_jack.jpg" hspace="7"></span></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Adam Jack grew up in the church we served </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">over 20 years ago </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">in northern Pennsylvania. We continue to stay connected with Adam through Daily Encouragement as well as his parents, Bruce and Cindy, who are longtime friends. Adam graduated from Grove City College and is a financial advisor who has had a very successful career assisting others in managing their finances. I recall speaking to him about seven years ago during the financial crisis and his earnest concern for his clients. We are so pleased that he is a devoted family man and continues to faithfully serve the Lord and remains active in his church.<br> <br> We appreciate all the people who have a role in assisting us through the particulars of life such as our doctor, dentist, mechanic and many other professionals and non-professionals. We seek out those who are competent and trustworthy and find blessing in their services or counsel when they are helpful and prove to be trustworthy. We've also had some headaches and heartaches when that wasn't the case! Our pastors have such a vital role in this regard as those who "watch over our souls", an interesting description for ministry used in <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/52530/47/" target="_blank">Hebrews 13:17</a>. <br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/52531/48/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I think of this when I watch a TV commercial that's been running lately. Surely some of you have seen it and we place a video link below if you would like to watch it.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/52531/49/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Deception illustration" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 196px; float: right;" alt="Deception illustration" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/misc/deception_financial_planner.jpg" hspace="7"></span></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">A businessman is seated at the head of a big conference table in a spiffy office. He is offering people financial advice on their retirement. He is well-dressed and presents himself as a professional, appearing very knowledgeable, using big words like "asset allocation" that impresses his clients. After his presentation the people are asked if they would trust him and they wholeheartedly give their approval. By all appearances he is a competent financial planner.<br> <br> However it turns out he is actually a DJ and has no financial training whatsoever! His polished appearance was deceptive.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/52532/50/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Deception" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 225px; float: left;" alt="Deception" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/quotes/deception.jpg" hspace="7"></span></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I see the ad as a good illustration on deception. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">We've all heard the quote "looks can be deceiving".</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> There are deceptions in many realms. There are financial deceivers. An early proverb (although not a Bible proverb) states, "A fool and his money are soon parted." There are deceivers in medicine, jewelry, politics, carpentry and a host of other areas. Certainly there is a lot of deception in all forms on the internet.<br> <br> But our greatest concern is that of spiritual deception since the consequences have eternal impact</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">. After all Jesus said, <span style="font-style: italic;">"For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36).</span><br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">In one of our Lord's final teachings he warned, </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Watch out that you are not deceived" (Luke 21:8).</span> The apostle Paul likewise wrote, </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Let no one deceive you with empty words" (Ephesians 5:6).</span> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">There are many deceivers and deceptions out there and we are all prone to being deceived. We must always be on our guard. Satan is the master deceiver and he has many minions.</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Charles Spurgeon wrote, "As the salt flavors every drop in the Atlantic, so does sin affect every atom of our nature. It is so sadly there, so abundantly there, that if you cannot detect it, you are deceived."</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> There are many ways the deceiver is active and, as God's people, we need to constantly be on our guard and practice discernment. A mark of the end times is that, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist" (2 John 1:7)</span>. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">This so true in our own age!</span><br style="text-decoration: underline;"> <br> We need to be discerning and vigilant!<br> <br> Some steps to take to guard against being deceived:<br> <br> 1) Growing knowledge of the Word<br> 2) Stability in a Bible faithful local church<br> 3) Prayerful growth<br> 4) Being in service for the Master<br> 5) Recognition of God's design and order<br> 6) Steadfast dependence upon the Holy Spirit<br> 7) Avoiding mob mentality (the mob is often wrong)<br> 8) Wariness of "new" teachings<br> 9) Observe and learn from those who are gifted with discernment to spot deception <br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/38139/51/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> Father, we pray for discernment, so that we make wise decisions since You warn us that deceivers have gone out into the world, and if we're not on our guard, we will be taken in by their deceptive ways. As we read Your Word we learn of those things that are true, honest, good, just and virtuous and we also learn of that which is false, destructive, and misleading. We learn how to detect the enemy though he or she may be dressed in sheep's clothing and even masquerade as a Christian. But in time their words and their works will reveal who they really are. Keep us on our guard so that we are not taken in by those who prey on undiscerning believers. Instead we want to expose the fruitless deeds of darkness and build up the Kingdom of God. It is in the name of Jesus that we pray for discernment. Amen.<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Two more deception thoughts to consider:</span><br> <br> "If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ." Leonard Ravenhill<br> <br> "Intellectual deception always follows moral rejection." Winkie Pratney<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"><font size="-1"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The DJ</span> - Certified Financial Planner Board TV Commercial Ad <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/52525/52/" target="_blank">Video</a> This is the ad referred to in our message today.</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Keep Me True"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/52533/53/" target="_blank">Video</a> Jabu Hlongwane<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Finish Well"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/52534/54/" target="_blank">Video</a> Karen Peck & New River<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"If There Ever Was A Time" </span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/52535/55/" target="_blank">Video</a> The Crabb Family</font><br> <font size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><br> <br> <br> <br> </div> </div> <font size="-1"> </font></div> <font size="-1"> </font> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/38130/72/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 72px; height: 15px;" alt="Contact Us" title="Contact Us" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/contactus.jpg"></a><br> </font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Send</font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> a message to Step</font><font size="-1">hen & Brooksyne</font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/47101/73/"><img title="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 152px; height: 142px;" alt="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/38th_anniversary_photo_small_05-04-14.jpg" align="right" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen and Brooksyne Weber</font></font><font size="-1"> <br> <small>(Click on photo to enlarge)</small><br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/38126/74/">About Us</a><br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><small><small><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> </font></small></small> </font> <font size="-1">"We want to encourage you daily in your walk with Christ!" </font><font size="-1"> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/38150/75/">Personal Ministry Update</a> (Revised 12/10/14)<br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/38125/76/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/make_a_donation.jpg" title="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" alt="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 40px; float: left;" align="left" hspace="5"></a></font><font size="-1">Are our daily encouragement messages a blessing to you? </font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Each weekday morning Brooksyne and I prepare these messages and</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32993448/101518972/38151/77/"><img title="Donate online" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 108px; height: 108px;" alt="Donate online" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/donate_online.jpg" align="right"></a></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> distribute them at no cost to you and many others all over the</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> world. </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;">We ask you to consider an offering to Daily</font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> Encouragement Net so that we can continue to prepare and provide this daily resource which is accessed by believers and seekers all over the world. 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font-style: italic;" size="-1">(Acts 4:33</font><font style="font-style: italic;" size="-1">). "Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life"</font><font style="font-style: italic;" size="-1"> (Romans 6:4</font><span style="font-style: italic;">).</span><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> Today let us consider new life. We see it all around us; the greening fields, the young calves in their hutches, and even the unpleasant odor of manure as farmers begin spreading this ever abounding, renewable fertilizer resource! (it's really smelled bad the last couple of days!) <br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/52517/46/"><font size="-1"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Baby bird 4/7/15" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 158px; float: left;" alt="Baby bird 4/7/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/birds/baby_bird_04-08-15.jpg" hspace="7"></span></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Yesterday I found a little bird in our barn and managed to pick him up and take him outside. He contentedly perched for a few minutes on my finger before flying away. Spring is a season of new life and what a powerful reminder it is today of God's call for all who follow Christ to </font><font style="font-style: italic;" size="-1">"walk in newness of life"</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">.<br> <br> Our first daily text describes church life shortly after Christ ascended. The church was newly birthed and filled with zealous believers: </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all."</span></font><font size="-1"> It was all so new and exciting!<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> But new can become old and a new challenge emerges both for individuals and churches. How do you keep it new and fresh when it's "old"?<br> <br> I want to focus on a single phrase in the second daily Scripture portion. </font><font style="font-style: italic;" size="-1">"So we too might walk in newness of life."</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> The apostle Paul is writing and by now is well along in his life as a Christian believer. Many years have passed since he was dramatically converted on the road to Damascus and he began his new walk with Christ. The major transformation that began that day initiated his growing journey of faith and active service for the Lord. But for him it was no longer new. That's a healthy peril of staying faithful to what one hymn writer calls the "old, old story".<br> <br> The Father sent Jesus that we might have life.</font><font style="font-style: italic;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> One of the great teachings of Christ was when he declared prior to His death,<span style="font-style: italic;"> "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly" (John 10:10).</span><br> <br> Christ died for our sins and was indeed raised from the dead through the glory of the Father and He has ordained a new life for His redeemed children. The apostle Paul uses the 1st person plural indicating that this was a very personal experience for him, not merely an injunction to his readers. The sense of this "new life" is active and ongoing. The Amplified Bible expresses it <span style="font-style: italic;">"so that we too may habitually live and behave in newness of life."</span><br> <br> Genuine conversion leads to a new life! The verb for live or walk is in the present tense. It seems we may have a tendency to see the "new life" as the time that immediately follows our conversion to Christ and it is indeed a real joy to experience this phase. But I accepted Christ over 40 years ago, some of you long before that, and others more recently. We may feel this "newness of life" stage is long past. O, how we are mistaken!<br> <br> Let us consider these words from the apostle Paul, who is surely very mature in his walk at this time. He speaks of living (present tense) in newness of life. So whether we are a new Christian or a seasoned veteran let us hear the words of the resurrected Lord and let us live this day in newness of life! My prayer for each reader and for myself: Lord, help us today to experience the new life you have given us!<br> <br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/38139/47/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> Father, as we embrace the cross of Calvary and apply Christ's redemptive blood to our hearts we find newness of life. We are no longer bound by the chains that fettered us to sin. What great liberty and boundless joy to know that our names are written down in heaven. If we set our hearts on this world, or declare allegiance to those things which have no eternal merit, we will wear down and lose the joy that comes with newness of life. But as we set our hopes and joys on serving Christ, the joy of our salvation is ongoing, uplifting, and a testimony to all who seek answers that this world cannot provide. Like the early apostles may we, give testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Thank You for raising Christ from the dead so that we can be redeemed and walk in newness of life everyday! In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px; font-family: Verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"><font size="-1"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big><br> </font> <div style="text-align: justify;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/52518/48/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Mark Griffin 4/8/15" style="border: 0px solid ; float: left; width: 178px; height: 252px;" alt="Mark Griffin 4/8/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/mark_griffin_04-08.jpg" hspace="7"></span></a>This morning I visited for a few minutes with Mark Griffin, whom Brooksyne and I met in the course of our chaplaincy ministry. Four years ago Mark went through a time of transition and I recall meeting with him in the lobby of the Lancaster Marriott hotel to encourage and pray with him. <br> <br> He felt the Lord's calling to establish a Christian-based HR consulting firm to assist others who are seeking to practice HR using Biblical Principles and he established <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/52519/49/" target="_blank">In HIS Name HR</a>. Today we rejoiced at God's blessings on his endeavor as he has assisted businesses seeking to honor Christ not only here in the states but in several overseas countries as well.<br> <br> Mark was presenting a teaching on using LinkedIn at the meeting I was at this morning.<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/52520/50/"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Dave Balisnki" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 191px; float: right;" alt="Dave Balisnki" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/dave_balinski.jpg" hspace="7"></span></a>I also visited with Dave Balinski who is our area director for </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/52521/51/" target="_blank">CBMC</a>,</font><font size="-1"> which sponsored the event. Dave has done a tremendous job of developing and overseeing CBMC groups here in central Pennsylvania where we now have 21 groups.<br> <br> CBMC is a a group of people in the marketplace living out our faith in authentic relationships.</font><font size="-1"> The goal is to present Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord to business and professional men and to develop Christian business and professional men to carry out the Great Commission. We are grateful for the many ministries that seeks to present the message of Christ out in the marketplace.<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"><font size="-1"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Bring Back the New Again"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/52522/52/" target="_blank">Video</a> The Worship Crew Brooksyne recalled this old song from our early years written by Gordon Jensen.<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Because He Lives!" </span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/52523/53/" target="_blank">Video</a> </font><font size="-1">Wes Hampton</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Glorious Freedom" </span><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/52524/54/" target="_blank">Video</a> GVB</font><br style="font-weight: bold;"> <font size="-1"><br> </font></div> </div> <font size="-1"> </font></div> <font size="-1"> </font> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/38130/55/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 72px; height: 15px;" alt="Contact Us" title="Contact Us" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/contactus.jpg"></a><br> </font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Send</font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> a message to Step</font><font size="-1">hen & Brooksyne</font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/47101/72/"><img title="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 152px; height: 142px;" alt="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/38th_anniversary_photo_small_05-04-14.jpg" align="right" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen and Brooksyne Weber</font></font><font size="-1"> <br> <small>(Click on photo to enlarge)</small><br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/38126/73/">About Us</a><br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><small><small><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> </font></small></small> </font> <font size="-1">"We want to encourage you daily in your walk with Christ!" </font><font size="-1"> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/38150/74/">Personal Ministry Update</a> (Revised 12/10/14)<br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/38125/75/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/make_a_donation.jpg" title="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" alt="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 40px; float: left;" align="left" hspace="5"></a></font><font size="-1">Are our daily encouragement messages a blessing to you? </font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Each weekday morning Brooksyne and I prepare these messages and</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32991992/101518972/38151/76/"><img title="Donate online" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 108px; height: 108px;" alt="Donate online" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/donate_online.jpg" align="right"></a></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> distribute them at no cost to you and many others all over the</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> world. </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;">We ask you to consider an offering to Daily</font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> Encouragement Net so that we can continue to prepare and provide this daily resource which is accessed by believers and seekers all over the world. 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width: 15px; height: 12px;" alt="Listen" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/listen.jpg" hspace="0"></font></font></font></a><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32990144/101518972/52497/45/" target="_blank">Listen</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to this message on your audio player<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></font><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"The Lord is risen indeed" (Luke 24:34). "But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead" (1 Corinthians 15:20). "It is the Lord Christ whom you serve" (Colossians 3:24).</span><br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32990144/101518972/52498/46/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 283px; height: 612px; float: right;" alt="Brooksyne telling story" title="Brooksyne telling story" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/brooksyne_telling_story.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">What a joy to gather Sunday with other believers and proclaim our faith in the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ. I still recall the powerful narration line in a song Brooksyne directed </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">during an Easter musical many</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> years ago that declares,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> "It's not a fable nor a fairy tale but a true accounting of Jesus Christ, God's only Son." AMEN!</span><br> <br> Ester is our "official" church photographer and enjoys taking photos to post on the church Facebook page. She does a great job (Dad's honest, unbiased opinion!) and many have commented concerning enjoying her photos.<br> <br> Following our Easter service she placed a number of photos up, including one that shows Brooksyne who appears to be scolding, even chastising the congregation with her pointer finger upraised. Hardly appropriate anytime but especially not on Easter! Brooksyne looked at the photo and said, "Wow! Why did I look so cross, and why would Ester snap that expression, and worse, why did she post it?" Then we recalled the moment that she took the photo and today we'll share "the full story".<br> <br> The service ended with the grand old testimonial hymn, "He Lives". My favorite line in this hymn is, <span style="font-weight: bold;">"You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart."</span><br> <br> As the choir assembled Brooksyne shared this background story about </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">the hymn </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">with the congregation.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32990144/101518972/52499/47/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img style="border: 0px solid ; float: left; width: 162px; height: 228px;" alt="Alfred Ackley" title="Alfred Ackley" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/alfred_ackley.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">It was in 1932 that Alfred Ackley, a minister, met a Jewish man to whom he began witnessing in evangelistic meetings, but the man resisted the Christian faith. He asked, "Why should I worship a dead Jew?"<br> <br> That statement played on Alfred's mind as he prepared his Easter Sunday message. Rising early to prepare for the day, Alfred flipped on the radio as he shaved and was astonished to hear a famous liberal preacher in New York say, "Good morning it's Easter! You know, folks, it really doesn't make any difference to me if Christ be risen or not. As far as I am concerned, His body could be as dust in some Palestinian tomb. The main thing is, His truth goes marching on!"<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32990144/101518972/52500/48/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 144px; float: right;" alt="Old time radio" title="Old time radio" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/misc/oldtime_radio.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Alfred wanted to fling the radio across the room. "It's a lie!" he exclaimed. His wife rushed into the bathroom, asking, "Why are you shouting so early in the morning?" <br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">"Didn't you hear what that good-for-nothing preacher said?" Alfred replied. (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen's note:</span> Brooksyne says that sounds like something I would say when truth is being attacked- she's right.)<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">That morning, Ackley preached with great vigor on the reality of Christ's Resurrection and he did the same at the evening service. But later that night, he was still worked up about his friend's question and the morning's radio sermon. "Listen here, Alfred Ackley," his wife said at last. (The above photo of Brooksyne shows her dramatizing Ackley's wife as she tells him, "Listen here..."), "It's time you did that which you can do best. Why don't you write a song about it and then maybe you'll feel better?"<br> <br> Alfred went to his study, opened the Bible, and re-read the Resurrection account from Mark's Gospel. A thrill went through him, and he began writing the words to "He Lives." A few minutes later he was at the piano putting it to music, not dreaming it would become one of the church's most triumphant Easter hymns still sung some 83 years later. (Story from "Then Sings My Soul" by Robert J. Morgan.)<br> <br> Consider the words of that liberal preacher, </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">"You know, folks, it really doesn't make any difference to me if Christ be risen or not.</font><font size="-1">" That's a sentiment many hold today about the resurrection and many other core Christian doctrines. But most certainly it does matter!<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> The first daily text is an ancient declaration of faith which can too easily become a mere cliché. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"The Lord is risen indeed.</span>" </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">In just five words it expresses the bedrock truth of Christian faith, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"The Lord is risen indeed"</span> and we, like Ackley, need to feel it with strong conviction deep within our soul. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">This is especially important as true believers testify of the message of their resurrected Lord to the world. </font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> Some may smile and say regarding the message of Christ, "That is a touching story isn't it?" Others, like the liberal preacher, think it doesn't really make any difference whether it's real or not. (In fact to many in our increasingly postmodern world truth doesn't matter on many issues. We sure see that in politics.)<br> <br> Many have "Easter faith" expressed by those who "believe" when they attend church on Easter or other such special holy days. But then they go about their lives ignoring God, at least until the next special church event!<br> <br> But authentic, saving faith is life transforming in the lives of believers 365 days a year - for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is a genuine, historical event, validated by clear accounts of eyewitnesses. The Scriptures strongly denounce any notion of it being merely a touching story, a fable or a fairy tale. <span style="font-style: italic;">"And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith."</span> <br> <br> In yesterday's message we referred to two early eyewitnesses who declared to the disciples, <span style="font-style: italic;">"<span style="font-weight: bold;">It is true!</span> The Lord has risen."</span> For forty days after His resurrection, He showed Himself and gave many convincing proofs that He was alive (Acts 1:3). And many years later a mightily transformed Peter reminds his readers that, <span style="font-style: italic;">"We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty" (2 Peter 1:16).</span><br> <br> Today let us faithfully serve the risen Savior. Let us boldly declare to the world that our Lord is risen indeed as we walk daily in the resurrected power of our Lord Jesus Christ!<br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">One more reflection: For many, many years I have appreciated the story of </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">a young child who believed in the Lord Jesus. A</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> proud and ungodly professor who said to her: "My dear little girl, you don't know whom you believe in. There have been many christs. In which of them do you believe?" "I know which one I believe in," replied the child. <span style="font-style: italic;">"I believe in the Christ who rose from the dead!"</span></font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32990144/101518972/38139/49/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Father, Your Word declares that Jesus rose from the dead. The eyewitnesses to this glorious miracle were initially in disbelief but when they were face to face with Jesus they were filled with jubilant hope. It is because You live that we live also. You've put our sin nature to death and raised our spiritual nature to life. And one day our physical nature will give way to death but because of Your power over the grave we will be resurrected to eternal life. Praise be to God, the Lord is risen indeed! Amen.<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px; font-family: Verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"><font size="-1"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big></font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32990144/101518972/50555/50/"><img title="Robert J. Morgan 11/30/14" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 494px;" alt="Robert J. Morgan 11/30/14" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/robert_morgan_11-30-14.jpg" align="top" hspace="7"></a><br> Today we quoted a story from Robert J. Morgan's hymn background book, "Then Sings My Soul". He's a prolific writer that we have enjoyed for many years. Last fall we met him at The Donelson Fellowship Church where he has pastored over 35 years, near Nashville Tennessee.</font><br> <br> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32990144/101518972/52501/51/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 378px;" alt="Easter choir 2015" title="Easter choir 2015" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/choir3_04-05-15.jpg"></font></a><br> Here's the uncropped version of the photo of our choir Ester took on Sunday when Brooksyne is telling the hymn story.<br> <br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32990144/101518972/52502/52/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 378px;" alt="Twizzler bites" title="Twizzler bites" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/foods/twizzlers_bites.jpg"></font></a><br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Too funny!</span><br> </font> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>As we finished our message today we both decided to walk to the mailbox (still trying to get in those 10,000 steps a day). </font><font size="-1"> A large envelope from a local friend/DE reader arrived with my name on it. </font><font size="-1">What could Mary Ann be sending me, I thought! Upon opening the envelope I broke into uproarious laughter and Stephen joined me as well. Enclosed were two bags of mini twizzlers (one for each van). Included was this message: "Enjoy the twizzlers. Be sure to keep in your car for those days you are famished and remember to lock your car doors." Obviously she read the message we shared <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32990144/101518972/52307/53/" target="_blank">here</a> and succeeded in amusing us.<br> <br> </font></div> <font size="-1"> </font></div> </div> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px; font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"><font size="-1"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"He Lives! 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The Lord has risen" (Luke 24:34). </span></font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">One day the grave could conceal Him no longer,</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">One day the stone rolled away from the door;</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Then He arose, over death He had conquered;</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Now is ascended, my Lord evermore!</font><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Did you gather with other believers to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ yesterday? I am sure we sang some of the same songs to honor the risen Christ. We're also aware that some of our readers are unable to get out and be with others. We trust you experienced Easter in your heart, and possibly worshipped Him with other believers via television, online or some other valuable resource that brings live worship into your setting.<br> <br> </font><font size="-2"><big><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/38134/46/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 81px; float: left;" alt="Daily Encouragement on Twitter" title="Daily Encouragement on Twitter" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/misc/twitter-logo.jpg" hspace="7"></a></big></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Upon our awakening on Easter morning we already knew the familiar resurrection story. We can only try to understand the excitement of those first participants. At that time the news travelled so slowly compared to today. Likely today the news would first be disseminated with a tweet hash tag #Christarose. The disciples would then put their accounts up on their Facebook page and in no time someone would have a YouTube video posted that would most certainly go viral!<br> <br> This makes me recall a memorable experience Cal Bacon a friend of mine shared when he was a young music minister in a church in Chicago. </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">I knew Cal in the 1990's in New England before he retired and moved to Florida. For several years he sent out a weekly email update and inspirational message to his family and friends prior to his home going (he died on a mission trip in Africa). He had many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and when I read his messages I sensed a type of modern patriarch, faithfully serving God and passing on the heritage to those behind him. One of his final messages was on Easter Sunday and he shared a remembrance from early in his ministry. It is a reflection from the past but a timely truth now and always:</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/52484/47/"><font size="-1"><img title="Western Union delivery man" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 144px; float: left;" alt="Western Union delivery man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/misc/telegram_delivery_man.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">"We celebrate RESURRECTION DAY! I shall never forget an event from the mid-fifties. I was on staff at the Stone Church in Chicago, Illinois as the Minister of Music and Youth. It was Easter Sunday Morning and as usual we were standing in the foyer of that great church welcoming the parishioners at they came in for worship. They were all dressed up with hats and corsages. At that time there was no communication from overseas except Western Union Telegraph. In through the front door popped a young man in a Western Union uniform. He handed the Pastor a yellow envelope. Pastor tore it open and it was from a missionary in Jerusalem. The words, written on 1/4" tape and pasted on the yellow paper were read to the congregation: "HE IS NOT HERE STOP HE IS RISEN STOP HALLELUJAH". ("Stop" was the word used for a period back then.) That made a tremendous impact on my young mind. And the same message is just as real today as it was back then. WE SERVE A RISEN LORD! HALLELUJAH! Our God is different from any other god in the world. He was embedded into mankind and then killed, but He rose again and now reigns as King of kings and Lord of lords. Praise His Name! Let's celebrate. GLORY!"</font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/52485/48/"><img title="Emmaus Road" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 159px; float: right;" alt="Emmaus Road" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/emmaus_road.jpg" hspace="7"></a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"It is true! The Lord has risen" (Luke 24:34)</span>. Have you made this affirmation? It was initially made by the two disciples who encountered the risen Lord on the road to Emmaus. That's the simple, straightforward report they brought to the eleven. <br> <br> It's at the very heart of the Christian faith, a matter of <span style="font-style: italic;">"first importance"</span> according to the apostle Paul. In fact Paul wrote to the Corinthians, <span style="font-style: italic;">"If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins" (1 Corinthians 15:17).</span><br> <br> You see; our faith is grounded in objective historical fact, not religious myth. Peter wrote, <span style="font-style: italic;">"We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty" (2 Peter 1:16).</span><br> <br> And now here we are, nearly 2,000 years later (1,982 years based upon the commonly held date of 33 AD for Christ's resurrection). We write this early on a beautiful Monday morning looking out over a vast farm field. You're reading it in a variety of locations all around the world. After Resurrection Sunday it's back to work, back to living out the remainder of our allotted time on planet earth, back to what has often been referred to as "the daily grind." <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Yet the reality of the resurrection is a dynamic truth that should impact and permeate every area of our life.</span> It should invigorate our walk with Christ and renew our hope in the midst of the daily grind so that our spirit soars above the wear and tear of life's demands.<br> <br> One of the great evidences for the validity of the Christian faith is the changed lives of the disciples. From Resurrection morning onward they went forth as devoted servants of the resurrected Christ with many being martyred for their faith. The resurrection truth meant a deep, abiding commitment to the risen Lord for these early disciples of Christ and it has for believers in each subsequent generation, no matter the cost. The horrific murders of the 147 college students in Kenya last week by the Al Shabaab Muslim terrorists along with the 79 they left wounded has weighed heavily on our hearts. Based on the accounts consider the decision they had in their waking moments to either confess or deny Christ. Not only could they conjure in their minds the flash of martyrdom, they were seeing it firsthand as the victims lie dead all around them killed by gunfire, explosions, and even beheadings. <br> <br> Today, hundreds of millions live for Jesus Christ and we are two of them. We earnestly hope you are as well. Yes, it's true, the Lord is risen! And we believe, you as a reader will properly respond, <span style="font-weight: bold;">"He is risen, indeed!"</span> Let us show that with our words, our actions, and our courageous commitment to follow Him, no matter the cost.<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Buried, He carried my sins far away;</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">Rising, He justified freely forever;</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1">One day He's comingoh, glorious day!</font><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/38139/49/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> Father, the message "He Is Risen" resounds beyond the inner walls of the tomb where Jesus' body no longer lay, for it resounds in our hearts and soars within our spirits nearly 2000 years later. We serve a risen Savior who is in the world today, who dwells within our hearts, and who reconciles us to You, our Father in heaven. What a joyous and triumphant day we celebrate at Easter and everyday as we acknowledge our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ who died, was buried, and who rose again. Amen.</font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px; font-family: Verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"><font size="-1"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big><br> </font><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/52486/50/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 413px;" alt="Stephen and his sister Genelle, Easter around 1965" title="Stephen and his sister Genelle, Easter around 1965" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/stephen&genelle_easter.jpg"></font></a><br> <font size="-1">My sister Genelle is good at finding old photos.<br> This photo was snapped on Easter in the mid-sixties in our lawn in Belton, Missouri.<br> Looks like we had an Easter basket filled with eggs and candy. I wonder if we had to wait till after eating our Easter dinner before indulging in the Easter candy. Mostly likely!<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/52487/51/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 516px;" alt="Easter choir 2015" title="Easter choir 2015" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/choir2_04-05-15.jpg"></font></a><br> <font size="-1">Brooksyne leading our worship on Easter morning with our choir and congregation singing, "Christ the Lord is Risen Today!".<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/52488/52/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 375px;" alt="Easter dinner 2015" title="Easter dinner 2015" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/home/easter_meal_2015.jpg"></font></a><br> <small>Easter dinner with the Cnubes, from Zimbabwe, Africa now residing in our neighborhood while Notsen furthers his studies as a pastor. Ester's friends, Katharine and Bella Cooke also joined us.<br> <br> </small></div> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px; font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"><font size="-1"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Glorious Day"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/52489/53/" target="_blank">Video</a> Casting Crowns <br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Going Home" </span><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/52490/54/" target="_blank">Video</a> Bill Gaither and Tanya Goodman Sykes<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Why Can't We"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/52491/55/" target="_blank">Video</a></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> The Isaacs<br> <br> </font></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <font size="-1"> </font></div> <font size="-1"> </font> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/38130/72/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 72px; height: 15px;" alt="Contact Us" title="Contact Us" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/contactus.jpg"></a><br> </font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Send</font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> a message to Step</font><font size="-1">hen & Brooksyne</font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/47101/73/"><img title="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 152px; height: 142px;" alt="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/38th_anniversary_photo_small_05-04-14.jpg" align="right" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen and Brooksyne Weber</font></font><font size="-1"> <br> <small>(Click on photo to enlarge)</small><br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/38126/74/">About Us</a><br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><small><small><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> </font></small></small> </font> <font size="-1">"We want to encourage you daily in your walk with Christ!" </font><font size="-1"> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/38150/75/">Personal Ministry Update</a> (Revised 12/10/14)<br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/38125/76/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/make_a_donation.jpg" title="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" alt="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 40px; float: left;" align="left" hspace="5"></a></font><font size="-1">Are our daily encouragement messages a blessing to you? </font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Each weekday morning Brooksyne and I prepare these messages and</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32988355/101518972/38151/77/"><img title="Donate online" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 108px; height: 108px;" alt="Donate online" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/donate_online.jpg" align="right"></a></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> distribute them at no cost to you and many others all over the</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> world. </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;">We ask you to consider an offering to Daily</font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> Encouragement Net so that we can continue to prepare and provide this daily resource which is accessed by believers and seekers all over the world. 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is finished!” (John 19:30). "</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="text 1Pet-3-18" id="en-NASB-30443" style="font-family: Verdana;">For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">" (1 Peter 3:18).</span><br /><br />Today
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world to essentially declare, <span style="font-weight: bold;">"I believe Jesus Christ died for my sins.</span>"
There is so much to consider about what happened on this day but let us just consider three words.<br /></span><div style="font-family: Verdana; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It is finished, it is finished</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Tetelesti</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The Son of Man succeeding where I failed</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The wrath of God now satisfied</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">In Jesus, my Emmanuel</span><span><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span><a href="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/it_is_finished_open_bible.jpg" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img alt="John 19:30" hspace="7" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/it_is_finished_open_bible.jpg" style="border: 0px solid; float: left; height: 92px; width: 216px;" title="John 19:30" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">A reader sent us this note: "As
I ponder what I am thankful for, I find many things, yet when I ask
myself, what one thing am I most thankful for; three words from
the Scripture tell it all. Three words that God gave us
that have eternal meaning: <span style="font-weight: bold;">"It is finished."</span></span><span><br style="font-family: Verdana;" /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />Oswald
Chambers wrote, "The greatest note of triumph ever sounded in the ears
of a startled universe was that sounded on the Cross of Christ— <span style="font-style: italic;">“It is
finished!”</span>. That is the final word in the redemption of
humankind."<br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">"<span style="font-style: italic;">It is finished!</span> Jesus’ final word (<span style="font-style: italic;">tetelestai</span> in the
ancient Greek) is the cry of a winner. Jesus had finished the eternal
purpose of the cross. It stands today as a finished work, the
foundation of all Christian peace and faith, paying in full the debt we
righteously owe to God." (David Guzik</span><span>)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span><a href="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/1_peter_3-18.jpg" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img alt="1 Peter 3:18" hspace="7" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/1_peter_3-18.jpg" style="border: 0px solid; float: right; height: 216px; width: 216px;" title="1 Peter 3:18" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">In the second daily text,
Peter, who at Christ's death was at best a distant eyewitness to the
Cross writes:<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />"For Christ also died for sins once for all"</span>. Consider the phrase <span style="font-style: italic;">"once for all"</span> (most prominent in the book of
Hebrews). It speaks of finality and completion. When Jesus
Christ died on the Cross it is very significant that He cried out <span style="font-weight: bold;">"It
is finished"</span>. Sin's price had been paid. The redemptive plan had
been fulfilled. The sacrifice was wholly adequate. <br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"The just for the unjust</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="text 1Pet-3-18" id="en-NASB-30443" style="font-family: Verdana;"> so that He might bring us to God</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">."</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>
Henry Bosch tells the following story: <br /><br />A missionary was speaking to a remote tribe of people who had
never heard about the life and ministry of Jesus. Seated in the front
row, listening intently to all the missionary had to say, was the chief
of the tribe.<br /><br />As the story of Jesus came to its climax and the
chief heard how Christ was cruelly crucified, he could restrain himself
no longer. He jumped up and cried, "Stop! Take Him down from the cross!
I belong there, not Him!" This chief had grasped the meaning of the
gospel; he understood that he was a sinner, and that Christ was the
sinless One that the just was dying for the unjust.<br /><br />As you
picture in your mind the Son of God hanging on the cross in agony,
with blood flowing from His wounds, can you say from your heart, "I
belong there!" Then go one step further and put your trust in Him as
your Savior, so that you can say with Paul, <span style="font-style: italic;">"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Gal. 2:20)</span>.
Jesus took our place and died in our stead. Because He bore our sins,
He has opened the way for us to be brought into fellowship with the
Father. If you identify yourself with Christ and believe that He died
for you, God will identify you with Christ and give you His
righteousness. Can you say, "I belong there!" </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"God made Him who had no sin to
be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of
God" (2 Corinthians 5:21)</span>.
Christ took our place. We
deserved to die in our sins, but Christ died for our sins! <br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"That He might bring us
to God"</span>, the wording is so important in this phrase.
Christ has brought us to God. He led the captives out. The earnest believer worships in grateful acknowledgment for what
God has done. It's a "done deal" and we can <span style="font-style: italic;">"draw near to God with a
sincere heart in full assurance of faith" (Hebrews 10:22)</span>. Praise
the Lord, <span style="font-weight: bold;">It is finished</span>! All peoples everywhere may now have salvation through faith in Christ, the forgiveness of sins!<br /><br /><br />Be encouraged today,<br /><br /><br />Stephen & Brooksyne Weber</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">
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Daily prayer:</span> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Father,
our hearts are stirred as we consider the
extent of Your love in sending Jesus to die for our sins. As He
wept
over Jerusalem we see His tender humanity in relation to our sin
problem. How grateful we are that Jesus yielded Himself fully to
be
used as a sin sacrifice, once for all, not just for Jerusalem but for
peoples of every tribe and language; for all generations prior to His
sacrificial death and for all who follow. We thank You, God, that You
made Jesus who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might
become the righteousness that You require in order that we might have
forgiveness of sins and become joint heirs with Jesus. We walk in
newness of life, in the power of the resurrected Christ, with the
living hope of eternal life in heaven. Praise You, Father, for this
finished work of Christ, that redeems our soul, once and for all! Amen.<br /></span><hr style="font-family: Verdana; height: 2px; width: 100%;" />
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<span><br /><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Several scenes taken at our service last night</span></big><br /><br />More
children participated than in the past. It was especially meaningful as
they entered in and experienced what the disciples experienced when
Jesus washed their feet. Since Ester took the photos we only have the
women and girls photos.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday_04-02-15.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img alt="Maundy Thursday service 4/2/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday_04-02-15.jpg" style="border: 0px solid; height: 431px; width: 504px;" title="Maundy Thursday service 4/2/15" /></span></a></span><span> </span></div>
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<span>The ladies singing as a mother tenderly washes her daughter's feet.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday3_04-02-15.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img alt="Maundy Thursday service 4/2/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday3_04-02-15.jpg" style="border: 0px solid; height: 546px; width: 504px;" title="Maundy Thursday service 4/2/15" /></span></a></span><span> </span></div>
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<span>Another adult washing the feet of one of the youngest among us.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><a href="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday4_04-02-15.jpg"><img alt="s" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday4_04-02-15.jpg" style="border: 0px solid; height: 547px; width: 504px;" /></a><br /> </span></div>
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<span>Granddaughter washing her grandmother's feet.<br /></span><a href="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday5_04-02-15.jpg"><span><img alt="s" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday5_04-02-15.jpg" style="border: 0px solid; height: 642px; width: 504px;" /></span></a><br /><span> </span></div>
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<span>Another young lady getting her feet washed while her mother and sister looks on.</span><span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span>The
men and boys were in another room for
their footwashing.
We had two young boys in our group along with their dads. After we were
finished we spontaneously sang
several songs concerning Christ and the Cross. The men
suggested songs as well as the little boys. One four year old
requested, "Mary had a little Lamb". The group kindly smiled as His
grandpa thoughtfully brought in a
spiritual lesson about the fact that Mary (Christ's mother) did have a
little Lamb, and then we proceeded to sing the time-old nursery rhyme.</span></div>
<span><br /><a href="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday2_04-02-15.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img alt="Maundy Thursday service 4/2/15" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday2_04-02-15.jpg" style="border: 0px solid; height: 575px; width: 504px;" title="Maundy Thursday service 4/2/15" /></span></a></span><span> </span></div>
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<span>We had a meditation shared by Jesse, at 91 years of age. His wife and daughter joined him for a hymn they sang acappella</span>. <small>The
Dourtes have six children and for many years, when the children were
young, they sang together as a family - all of them greatly gifted
musically and dedicated to the Lord.</small><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"It Is Finished"</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/BmYMFuIc1iA" target="_blank">Video</a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Jimmy Needham A song I had never heard prior to this morning with tremendous lyrics.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It is finished, It is finished</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Tetelesti</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The beauty of the double meaning phrase</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">He ceased from His labor and so have I</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now resting only in His grace</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"It Is Finished"</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/TxaAmNuL7BU" target="_blank">Video</a> Gaither Vocal Band</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"It Is Finished"</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/u5mXb3ruCn8" target="_blank">Video</a> Scott Wesley Brown<br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"How Deep The Father's Love For Us"</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/1vmY2ztb5xc" target="_blank">Video</a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Selah<br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Power of the Cross"</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/ubGCISQQ7Zo">Video</a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Keith & Kristyn Getty<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span>Behold the man upon a cross.</span><span>My sin upon His shoulders;</span><span>Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice</span><span>Call out among the scoffers.</span><span>It was my sin that held Him there</span><span>Until it was accomplished;</span><span>His dying breath has brought me life -</span><span>I know that it is finished.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Blessed Redeemer"</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/KOIsjx2VwaM" target="_blank">Video</a> Casting Crowns <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Wounded For Me"</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/lIsGbC2J5PE" target="_blank">Video</a> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Wounded for Me"</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/ztklSyDSUZE" target="_blank">Video</a> </span><br /><hr style="height: 2px; width: 100%;" />
<br /><a href="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/gary_bauer.jpg"><span><img alt="Gary Bauer" hspace="7" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/gary_bauer.jpg" style="border: 0px solid; float: left; height: 205px; width: 180px;" title="Gary Bauer" /></span></a><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Finally today:</span>
As we were wrapping up our message I received an email from Gary Bauer,
a strong contender for traditional values whom we appreciate:<br /><br />"There
is plenty of disheartening and worrisome news. On this day that Christ
carried his cross through the streets of Jerusalem, 147 Christians are
being mourned in Kenya. They were brutally murdered because they
believed in Him.<br /><br />Iran is on the way to a nuclear bomb.<br /><br />Two women were arrested in New York who allegedly believed they could only please their god by killing us.<br /><br />Here at home Judeo-Christian values continue to be pushed out of the public square.<br /><br />But today we focus on the perfect Lamb.<br /><br />It
is a good time to reflect on Good Friday, the truth of Scripture and
exactly what it is that we as Christians are celebrating! (It's not
chocolate bunnies or marshmallow chicks.)<br /><br />Christmas tends to
overshadow most holidays, but ultimately, it is not a birthday that we
celebrate -- it is the resurrection. It is Easter that makes us
Christians!<br /><br />If Christ had not risen from the grave, He would
have been forgotten as a common rabble-rouser whose birthday would have
no significance.<br /><br />Today, on Good Friday, we think about the Cross
and the sacrifice paid for our sins; the amazing love that took our
place; and the grace we have been given.<br /><br />Romans 5:8 tells us,
<span style="font-style: italic;">"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still
sinners, Christ died for us." </span>While some worship a god who commands men
to die (really kill) for him, we worship a loving God who gave His son
to die for us. Thank God for the cross and the empty tomb!<br /><br />With
Christ's resurrection, we have confidence. We have confidence in a
caring Creator, rather than the chaos of the cosmos. We have confidence
in a glorious future, rather than the finality of the grave. It is this
confidence that sustains us in times of trial and tribulation - in
times like these.<br /><br />Why do we have such confidence? Because "It is finished." Christ's atoning work on the Cross is done, and we are saved.<br /><br />On Easter morning, we do not gather to remember a martyr. We come together to worship the risen Son of God!<br /><br />He is risen! He is risen indeed!<br /></span></div>
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width: 500px; height: 455px;" alt="Maundy Thursday service" title="Maundy Thursday service" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday_04-17-14.jpg"></big></span></a><br> <small>The Communion Elements</small><br> <br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><big><big style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><big><font style="font-weight: bold;">"Sharing A Precious Faith"</font></big></big></big></font><br> </div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font></font></font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52429/45/" target="_blank"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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In contrast the world has a lot of strange beliefs, customs and practices from my viewpoint!</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> Yesterday a Christian employee was sharing with Brooksyne some teachings from Scripture while another employee was working beside her. After their brief interchange the employee shook her head and declared, "You guys are crazy!" The employee professes to be an atheist and lives a hard life, yet through our chaplaincy service, she has become a friend though theologically they have nothing in common.<br> <br> Most churches, in various ways, practice Communion or "The Lord's Supper". This ceremony seems strange to the world and sadly some churches have minimized the practice for this reason. But it was at this very time during Holy Week that Jesus established it and the Apostle Paul later stated, <span style="font-style: italic;">"For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26)</span>. We see in the New Testament it was a practice in the early church.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/46785/47/"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><big><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 211px; height: 228px; float: right;" alt="Maundy Thursday service footwashing" title="Maundy Thursday service footwashing" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday_footwashing2_04-17-14.jpg" hspace="7"></big></span></a><font size="-1">Our church also practices a similar ceremony not as commonly practiced. Once a year we hold a "footwashing" service. The denomination I served during my 25 years of pastoral service did not practice this regularly in most of their churches, although it might have been done on retreats and special occasions. I had done so a few times as a sermon illustration regarding humility and servanthood.<br> <br> Each year on Maundy Thursday we enjoy a light meal together, Scripture reading, singing, testimonies and sharing together in communion. The men and women are then dismissed to separate rooms where they gather in a circle and one by one wash the feet of the person sitting next to them.</font><small> In the photo to the right</small><small><font size="-1"> Brooksyne is washing and praying over a sister.</font></small><font size="-1"> Each group not only prays one with another but sings hymns and choruses with the cross and resurrection theme. Finally we join together again and hear a brief meditation and share testimonies. It's a wonderful evening of fellowship with one another and with our Lord Jesus who suffered on our behalf.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/40118/48/"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><big><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 211px; height: 228px; float: left;" alt="Christ washing disciple's feet" title="Christ washing disciple's feet" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/footwashing.jpg" hspace="7"></big></span></a><font size="-1">The first Biblical footwashing was held at the Last Supper and is recorded in John 13. Earnest Christians differ on the extent this should be continued which is a matter of interpretation of John 13:14,15 which states, <span style="font-style: italic;">"If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you."</span> Some churches, like ours, see this as a literal command. Others (actually most) see it as figurative, an illustration of service, which we also believe it is as well.<br> </font><font size="-1"><br> Peter, who most certainly was among the most prominent of Christ's disciples, opens his final epistle by first asserting his servanthood even before his apostleship, </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ".</span></font><font size="-1"> Perhaps the kind rebuke of Jesus at the footwashing had really hit home. <span style="font-style: italic;">"I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him" (John 13:16)</span>. Regardless of what positions or titles we may have, like Peter, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">we must always remember that we are called to serve</span>.<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52430/49/"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><big><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 288px; height: 103px; float: right;" alt="2 Peter 1:1" title="2 Peter 1:1" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/2_Peter_1-1.jpg" hspace="7"></big></span></a><font size="-1">The letter is written <span style="font-style: italic;">"to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ."</span> That's us! The apostle Paul most clearly developed and articulated for the church the glorious doctrine of imputed righteousness, but Peter clearly expresses it here. <br> <br> I find particular blessing in the phrase, "<span style="font-style: italic;">like precious faith</span>." Wow. What a unique advantage of faith Peter had. He had walked and talked with the Lord during His earthly ministry. But in this passage Peter is writing to second-generation believers. He had written in his first epistle: <span style="font-style: italic;">"Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls" (1 Peter 1:8,9).</span> <br> <br> We have received a faith as "precious" as Peter and the other disciples and apostles! The underlying Greek word for "precious", means "of equal value or honor". The NASV translates the phrase, <span style="font-style: italic;">"a faith of the same kind as ours."</span> Today among the inevitable challenges of life don't forget this great gift!<br> <br> I wonder if Peter had any possible thought that his words would reach generations some 2000 years after writing about the wonderful truths and experiences God has for us. Only the Scriptures bring about life changing messages that transform lives and prepare us for eternity. Just consider the opportunities we have to speak daily of our "precious faith" and allow the world to see this faith at work in our lives.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/38139/50/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font size="-1">Father, we thank You for the many, many precious saints spread throughout the whole world, who have obtained like precious faith through Your righteousness and the righteousness that comes through our Saviour Jesus Christ. Though we have not seen You, we love You, and though we cannot see You now we are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy for we are among the redeemed who have an inheritance awaiting us in heaven, where no moth, rust or decay destroys. No matter the evil that surrounds us or the temptations that abound we seek to remain steadfast, immoveable and always abounding in the work of the Lord walking in the steps of our Saviour. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.<br> <br style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Prayer for Kenyan believers:</span> Father, we pray for the family and friends of the 70 plus university students of Kenya who have been slaughtered due to their faith in Christ. While they were praying to You, </font><font size="-1">the most holy God,</font><font size="-1"> in the pre-dawn hours, the radical terrorists were following the orders of Satan, the ruler of evil. We pray for those who are injured and suffering as well as those who have been captured, over 300 at last count. God, we need a miraculous intervention, a mighty sweeping of Your Holy Spirit of conviction and deliverance from evil that we might see a worldwide revival. Fortify other Kenyan believers so that they are not disheartened or paralyzed by fear or discouragement. Your Word says, <span style="font-style: italic;">"You will call upon me and I will answer you; I will be with you in trouble, I will deliver you and honor you"</span> (Psalm 91:15). We seek Your help here and now, yet we also feel peace in our hearts, that if deliverance is not here, those who perish at the hands of evildoers are transferred into a place where sin does not abide, where rest is eternal, and the Crown of Life is awarded the faithful servant of Christ. Amen.<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/46789/51/"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><big><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 687px;" alt="Maundy Thursday service footwashing" title="Maundy Thursday service footwashing" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/maundy_thursday_footwashing_04-17-14.jpg"></big></span></a><br> <small>Ester looked down the hall last year into the men's gathering where we held our footwashing and snapped this photo of the younger serving the older.<br> <br> </small> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/40163/52/"><font size="-1"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/footwashing_service_03-28-13.jpg" alt="Footwashing service 03/28/13" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 616px;" title="Footwashing service 03/28/13" align="top" hspace="7"></font></a><br> </div> <small>Jesse and Jim, two of our retired pastor friends washing one another's feet following the example of Christ, who washed the disciple's feet. </small><br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/40164/53/"><font size="-1"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/footwashing_service2_03-28-13.jpg" alt="Footwashing service 03/28/13" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 1145px;" title="Footwashing service 03/28/13" align="top" hspace="7"></font></a><br> </div> <small>Following the footwashing the elder brothers pronounced blessing upon each other as, in the words of Paul, they also "greeted each other heartily in the Lord". Jesse, age 92, will share the devotional in our service this evening.</small><br> <small><br> </small></div> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"A Strange Way To Save The World"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52431/54/" target="_blank">Video</a> </font><font size="-1">4HIM <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52432/55/" target="_blank">Video</a> </font><font size="-1"> Mark Harris </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"> This actually a Christmas-themed song but the message is also appropriate during this season.<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"As I Have Done For You"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52433/72/" target="_blank">Video</a> Dan Schutte<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"As I Have Done For You"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52434/73/" target="_blank">Video</a> Alexander Barut <br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"It Is Finished!"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52435/74/" target="_blank">Video</a> Gaither Vocal Band Later this month (April 24) we will be going to hear the Gaither Vocal Band and other Homecoming Singers at the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. Readers </font><font size="-1"> in central PA</font><font size="-1"> who may be interested see <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52436/75/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> <br> Footwashing scene from <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Second Chance"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52437/76/" target="_blank">Video</a> Powerful! Interesting in light of point made early in today's message a comment states "this is crazy stuff!"<br> <br> A brief teaching on footwashing and example <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52438/77/" target="_blank">Video</a> <br> <br> </font><font size="-1">Concerning the <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32981456/101518972/52414/78/" target="_blank">photo</a> posted yesterday of our friend Rick with his tie tucked in Jim, a thoughtful reader from New Braunfels, Texas wrote, "When I was in the Air Force from 1952-1972, when we wore our tan uniform, the blue necktie was always tucked in to the shirt, as in the picture you posted. It was not just to keep it out of machinery, but was regulation, to make everyone look neat, and uniform, with no tie flapping in the wind. 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Brooksyne beat me to it since she was up very early giving her the advantage in pulling an April fool's joke on me first thing this morning. She flipped the light switch on and told me, "Get up, Stephen. It's 5:30 so hurry up!" Well, that got my attention since we usually rise at 5 AM. I jumped to my feet, walked across the room and then I saw the clock that read, "3:45 AM." Of course, that's when she smiled broadly and exclaimed, "April Fooool's!"<br> <br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32979652/101518972/52406/46/"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 70px; float: left;" alt="National Atheist Day" title="National Atheist Day" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/posters/national_atheist_day.jpg" hspace="7"></font></a><font size="-1">Perhaps you've seen the bumper sticker with the message, "April 1, National Atheist's Day". When I first saw the sticker years ago I was intrigued and a bit annoyed, but not necessarily surprised. I thought, O great, now we have a day for atheists. Then I moved my car in closer to read the small print. It was actually an attempt to be a witness for the Lord as it quoted Psalm 14:1, which states, <span style="font-style: italic;">"The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.'"</span> It was then that I made the connection; "Oh yeah, Fool's Day is April 1st"! <br> <br> To many the message of the cross is foolishness but we who have Biblical belief and have experienced saving grace rejoice in the Cross, which is a demonstration of the love, wisdom and power of a holy God! The simple, yet profound words of the daily text are so wonderful this special week when we remember what Christ did for us. <br> <br> In our daily verse the apostle Paul bluntly says, <span style="font-style: italic;">"The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing."</span> Indeed to so many the message of the cross is foolishness. It's mocked and ridiculed. Our Savior is cursed and blasphemed. Apostasy (which means a falling away from the faith) is growing. Sadly even so many in the visible church want to do away with the cross. There are those who feel it might offend someone or not be "seeker sensitive". But many also now see the notion of the cross as a theological relic. They are ignoring the redemption plan offered by God in the Bible and attempting to devise another one. Some, who claim to have a heritage in the church, have gone so far as to assert the message of the cross is unneeded in our "enlightened" age.<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32979652/101518972/52407/47/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 176px; float: left;" alt="The cross" title="The cross" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/scripture/the_cross.jpg" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1">"As Paul begins his defense of the 'foolishness of the gospel,' he places his interpretive key front and center. It is the cross that is foolishness and weakness to outsiders. Because Christ crucified is the way that God has acted to save the world, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Paul insists that our normal ways of assessing smart practices and displays of power are prone to deceive us.</span> Is the work of God powerful? Yes, Paul insists, but this power will only be seen as foolishness and weakness to others." (J.R. Daniel Kirk) </font><font size="-1">*¹</font><br> <br> <font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"But to us who are being saved it (the cross) is the power of God."</span> We rejoice in the cross, which is a demonstration of the love, wisdom and power of God! Its power continues to break the heavy chains of sin and bondage.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.' Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men" (1 Corinthians 1:19-25).</span><br> <br> I thank God that Christ's sacrifice on the cross is final and absolutely adequate to provide forgiveness for sins. Christ died once for all on Calvary's Cross to redeem fallen mankind. No better plan is needed. No revised, customized or modified version of the original account should be provided. The mission of the effective church and faithful Christian is to steadfastly proclaim the salvation message of the cross for <span style="font-style: italic;">"Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit" (1 Peter 3:18).</span><br> <br> The apostle Paul said, <span style="font-style: italic;">"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world" (Galatians 6:14)</span>. Today join us in proclaiming, "I love that old cross."<br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1">On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,</font><br> <font size="-1">The emblem of suffering and shame;</font><br> <font size="-1">And I love that old cross,</font><br> <font size="-1">Where the dearest and best</font><br> <font size="-1">For a world of lost sinners was slain.</font><br> </div> <font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32979652/101518972/38139/48/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font size="-1">Jesus, we consider everything that You went through was for our benefit. Your tender response to betrayal and cruelty serves as an example to us when we are treated unjustly. Your obedience in life and especially Your death on the cross shows us how to remain steadfast in the face of tremendous opposition. You embodied the very teaching You delivered to Your followers as You carried out the will of the Father no matter the cost. Each wound that tore Your flesh brought us spiritual and physical healing. You were numbered with the transgressors so that we could be numbered with the saints. Because Your death was redemptive in power, the dark cross of Calvary has a wondrous attraction where we witness Your divine sacrifice on our own personal behalf. What wondrous, amazing love; it demands my soul, my life, my all. Amen.<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1">I knew of a pastor in New Jersey who officially opened a church on a Sunday that happened to fall on April Fool's Day (which is April 1 here in America). As I recall, his first message was on the subject, "I'm a fool for Christ, whose fool are you?" Now I did some pretty unconventional things when I pastored, especially when I was young, but I never did this! I have long appreciated the sentiment of missionary martyr Jim Elliot who wrote, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."</font><br> <font size="-1"><br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Old Rugged Cross"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32979652/101518972/52408/49/" target="_blank">Video</a> Carlene Moody <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32979652/101518972/52409/50/" target="_blank">Video</a> Homecoming Singers<br> <br> It's such a blessing to see those whom you have ministered to serve God faithfully many years after you've served them. Yesterday I received an email from a young man (now in his forties) who was in our church in northern Pennsylvania as a child and teenager back in the eighties. Adam is a successful businessman, steadfast family man and above all is staying faithful to the Cause of Christ. Then last night Brooksyne came across this video that includes Joe, a young man from our church in New England. His mother had posted it on her Facebook page. Frankly he had made some very bad choices and was headed down a very destructive path when I left that area. But... Praise the Lord he got on the right track and is now serving on the staff of a church in Philadelphia, where ironically Phil Menditto the senior pastor, is a friend from Bible College days. Joe married his daughter, Lori, standing to his left in the worship team! <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Your Promises"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32979652/101518972/52410/51/" target="_blank">Video</a> This is an international, multi-racial, multi-ethnic church and the worship expression is quite vibrant!<br> <br> In poking around their site I found a short <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32979652/101518972/52411/52/" target="_blank">video</a> by Pastor Phil that will bless you. Phil preached in our little church start in northern Pennsylvania in the late seventies as an evangelist before starting Philadelphia Christian Center, where he still pastors. It began in a Howard Johnson hotel in 1982 where I had the opportunity to preach one Sunday. We recall the nursery was set up in a regular hotel room! <br> <br> </font><font size="-1">*¹ <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32979652/101518972/52412/53/" target="_blank">Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31</a> by J.R. Daniel Kirk<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Finally today:</span><br> <br> Yesterday in the course of a chaplain visit I saw Rick who was sporting a new look in how men wear ties. Actually he was using some wisdom<br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32979652/101518972/52414/54/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 1055px;" alt="Rick with tie" title="Rick with tie" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/chaplaincy/rick_tie_method.jpg"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"></font> <div style="text-align: justify;"><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Was he:</span><br> A. 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Jesus told the disciples at the Last Supper, <span style="font-style: italic;">"I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's kingdom" (Matthew 26:29)</span>. </font><br> <br> <big><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><big><big><big style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><big><font style="font-weight: bold;">"The Lord's Table"</font></big></big></big></big></font></big><br> </div> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: Verdana;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font></font></font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/52383/44/" target="_blank"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana;"><img title="Listen" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 15px; height: 12px;" alt="Listen" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/listen.jpg" hspace="0"></font></font></font></a><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/52383/45/" target="_blank">Listen</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to this message on your audio player<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></font><br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"When the hour came, Jesus and His apostles reclined at the table. And He said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer" (Luke 22:14,15).</span></font><font style="font-style: italic;" size="-1"> "You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons" (1 Corinthians 10:21). "Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. These are true words of God" (Revelation 19:9).</font><br> <font size="-1"><br> Last night we visited with longtime friends, Jeff and Lois, along with their children, who joined us for dinner and fellowship </font><font size="-1">around our old oak dining room table. The oak table has quite a story and Jeff had a part in it.<br> </font><font size="-1"><br> </font><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/52384/46/"><small><img title="Dining room table" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 360px; height: 226px; float: left;" alt="Dining room table" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/home/dining_room_table.jpg" hspace="7"></small></a><font size="-1">Nearly 30 years ago Brooksyne purchased an old 48"x48" oak dining table for $50.00 at an estate sale that included five 12" leafs. At the time it </font><font size="-1">was an absolute mess with</font><font size="-1"> deep scratches </font><font size="-1">etched in </font><font size="-1">the laminate top, </font><font size="-1">along with </font><font size="-1">multiple colors of stain. It had</font><font size="-1"> black stain</font><font size="-1"> on the carved legs and the leafs had ancient linoleum glued over the oak which looked hideous. In addition the table was in poor structural shape. But like the message in the song "The Old Violin"<span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span> Brooksyne saw promise in that old table.<br> <br> I saw little hope for the bedraggled piece of over-used furniture and told Brooksyne so. Who knows, we probably had some words over it at the time. In my view it was a waste of money but Jeff carefully studied the pitiful table and gave a nod in Brooksyne's favor. He saw potential as well so she made the purchase. After a good month of stripping, sanding, and staining I finally saw the underlying beauty of the table. </font><font size="-1">Jeff assisted her with the structural restoration and even I got on board by drilling new holes and inserting better fitting dowels for the leafs.</font><font size="-1"> <br> <br> </font> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/50038/47/"><small><img title="Dining room table" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 450px; height: 361px;" alt="Dining room table" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/dining_table.jpg" align="top" hspace="7"></small></a><br> </div> <font size="-1"><br> We later found a table very similar to ours advertised for $14.25 in a 1906 Sears catalog, so our table has actually appreciated in monetary value over the past century and has seated many, many people! </font><font size="-1">Fully extended it comfortably seats 12 people and on many occasions we've had more than that. We are quite sure some of you reading this have sat around our table and through the years we've shared many photos taken from around this table</font><font size="-1">, including two from <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/52359/48/" target="_blank">yesterday's message</a>.<br> <br> The table has served us very well as we've dined with people from all over the globe. It's a place where many of our memorable conversations with friends and family have taken place. You surely have a dining table of special significance in your home as well where you've built memories, whether it's that roast beef dinner Mom made every Sunday or the times relatives joined for those special holidays. Perhaps you've had group Bible studies and gleaned important spiritual truths as you've studied together at your table. <br> <br> Today, let us consider a special table in the Bible, known as "The Lord's Table". This table should prompt a solemn memory of Christ's sacrifice.<br> <br> The setting is the final hours of Christ's life before His atoning death and a Passover meal He had with His disciples we call <span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Last Supper"</span>. </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"When the hour came, Jesus and His apostles reclined at the table."<br> </span><br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"When the hour came"</span> is deeply significant. As the time approached for Christ's ultimate demonstration of love He declared, <span style="font-style: italic;">"The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified" (John 12:23</span>). A few verses later He bore His heavy heart, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour" (John 12:27).</span> </font><font size="-1">He began His high priestly prayer, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You" (John 17:1).</span><br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> </span></font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/45726/49/"><img title="Church Communion Table" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 216px; height: 205px; float: left;" alt="Church Communion Table" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/church/communion_table2_02-16-14.jpg" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Jesus and His apostles reclined at the table."</span> Although this was a literal physical table, early in the life of the church it became figuratively known as "the Lord's Table" in relation to the ordinance of Communion as mentioned in 1 Corinthians 10:21. Surely we can recall many occasions of thankfulness and joy around this table. This week, on Maundy Thursday, many congregations will gather around the Table of the Lord and recall the spiritual significance of His broken body and shed blood.<br> </font><font size="-1"><br> But there's a future table in heaven that will be set up for "</font><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">the marriage supper of the Lamb."</span></font><font size="-1"> There are many mysteries in the Word that make us wonder how it will all take place, but most of us can identify with sitting around a large table with an abundance of food amidst family and friends. We can be assured that all the words of the Scripture are true but in this case it's reinforced in the text itself, <span style="font-style: italic;">"These are true words of God."</span><br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">"Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb."</span> The opening photo is a common depiction of the table set for this marriage supper of the Lamb. The extent of God's hospitality is in His ultimate invitation, <span style="font-style: italic;">"Whosoever will, may come."</span> And even more familiar to many of us are those wonderful words from the Golden text (John 3:16), <span style="font-style: italic;">"whosoever believes in Him."</span><br> <br> We have received many invitations and attended many weddings. These joyful occasions are very memorable events and the reception to follow provides great opportunity to celebrate with the family and friends of the couple. But nothing in this life will compare with a future marriage supper at the ultimate table. <br> <br> Brooksyne and I expect to see you there and, by all means, please stop by so we can visit with you around that Table!</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> <br> Be encouraged today,<br> <br> <br> Stephen & Brooksyne Weber<br> </font><font size="-1"><br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"></font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/38139/50/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 130px; height: 114px; float: left;" alt="Praying man" title="Praying man" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/humble.jpg" align="left" hspace="7"></a></span></font></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"> Daily prayer:</font><font> </font></font><font size="-1"> Father, salvation belongs to You who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb! Words are inadequate to express our joy in knowing that one glorious day we will attend the Wedding Supper of the Lamb because You sent Jesus to be the sacrifice Lamb who provided for our salvation. Though words cannot adequately express our joy, the way we conduct ourselves is an expression of thanksgiving to You. We look forward to that glorious day when we shed these mortal bodies and take on immortality, when we receive our wedding garments which will be robes of white. Until then, we prepare ourselves by praying in the Holy Spirit and keeping ourselves in Your love as we wait for the future wedding supper of the Lamb.<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Keep on watching:</span> Jesus said this to His disciples and for all who believe, that He is waiting for that Supreme Wedding Feast when we are joined with Him in heaven to partake again of this fruit of the vine. He has refrained, all these years, from His rightful privilege of enjoying the fruit of the vine that He created since that eventful Last supper. Can you imagine the Love Feast that will be celebrated on that appointed day when He invites all His followers to sit at the Master's Table! Perhaps He will call us together using similar words from an old hymn, "Come and Dine! You may feast at Jesus' table anytime."<br> <br> </font> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><font size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1">Here are several representative photos of a groups gathered around our table:</font><br> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/50011/51/"><img title="Meal with Russian youth 10/26/14" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 504px; height: 338px;" alt="Meal with Russian youth 10/26/14" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/russian_youth_meal_10-26-14.jpg" align="top" hspace="7"></a><br> </font><font size="-1">A Russian youth group who visited last fall for a meal.<br> <br> </font><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/45779/52/" target="_blank"><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial"><img title="Home Bible study at the Webers (click to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 450px; height: 337px;" alt="Home Bible study at the Webers" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/people/retaining.jpg" align="top" hspace="7"></font></a></font><br> <font size="-1">Or a home Bible Study from about eight years ago.<br> </font><font size="-1"><br> <a style="font-family: Verdana;" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/45534/53/"><img title="Weber family 1988 (click to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 527px; height: 346px;" alt="Weber family 1988" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/weber_family_88.jpg" align="top" hspace="7"></a></font><br> <font size="-1">Or a family gathering over 25 years ago<br> <br> </font></div> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><br> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources</span></font><font size="-1"><br> </font></div> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Touch Of The Masters Hand (The Old Violin)"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/52385/54/" target="_blank">Video</a> Wayne Watson<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"There's Always a Place At the Table"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/50040/55/" target="_blank">Video</a> Gaither Vocal Band</font><br> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Table"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/52386/72/" target="_blank">Video</a> </font><font size="-1">Chris Tomlin</font><font size="-1"><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Come To The Table"</span> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/52387/73/">Video</a> Marty Nystrom<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Come to The Table"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/52388/74/" target="_blank">Video</a> Michael Card<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Remembrance (Communion Song)"</span> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/52389/75/" target="_blank">Video</a> Matt Redman <br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Correction!</span> Yesterday we posted several video editions to "And Can It Be" which I mistakenly credited to Isaac Watts. Susan, a thoughtful reader from Long Island caught my error that this song was actually written by Charles Wesley. Actually the song lyrics I should have used at the conclusion was </font><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"When I survey the Wondrous Cross"</span> by Isaac Watts </font><font size="-1">since the phrase from our message title, "Love So Amazing, So Divine" actually comes from this song! <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/52390/76/" target="_blank">Video</a> GVB<br> <br> </font></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <font size="-1"> </font></div> <font size="-1"> </font> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/38130/77/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 72px; height: 15px;" alt="Contact Us" title="Contact Us" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/contactus.jpg"></a><br> </font> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Send</font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"> a message to Step</font><font size="-1">hen & Brooksyne</font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="-1"><br> <a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/47101/78/"><img title="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 152px; height: 142px;" alt="Stephen and Brooksyne Weber 38th anniversary photo (click on photo to enlarge)" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/images/family/38th_anniversary_photo_small_05-04-14.jpg" align="right" hspace="7"></a></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen and Brooksyne Weber</font></font><font size="-1"> <br> <small>(Click on photo to enlarge)</small><br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/38126/79/">About Us</a><br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><small><small><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> </font></small></small> </font> <font size="-1">"We want to encourage you daily in your walk with Christ!" </font><font size="-1"> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/38150/80/">Personal Ministry Update</a> (Revised 12/10/14)<br> <br> </font> <font size="-1"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/38125/81/"><img src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/make_a_donation.jpg" title="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" alt="Make a donation to Dailly Encouragement Ministries" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 144px; height: 40px; float: left;" align="left" hspace="5"></a></font><font size="-1">Are our daily encouragement messages a blessing to you? </font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;">Each weekday morning Brooksyne and I prepare these messages and</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://relay.netatlantic.com/t/32978361/101518972/38151/82/"><img title="Donate online" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 108px; height: 108px;" alt="Donate online" src="http://www.dailyencouragement.net/image_files/donate_online.jpg" align="right"></a></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> distribute them at no cost to you and many others all over the</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> world. </font></font><font style="font-family: Verdana;">We ask you to consider an offering to Daily</font></font><font size="-1"><font style="font-family: Verdana;"> Encouragement Net so that we can continue to prepare and provide this daily resource which is accessed by believers and seekers all over the world. 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