His Word in my Life

2011-08-08T19:46:00.001-07:00

First Christmas Email

2010-12-04T14:05:00.001-08:00

T'was the Month before Christmas

Twas the month before Christmas

When all through our land,

Not a Christian was praying

Nor taking a stand.

See the PC Police had taken away

The reason for Christmas - no one could say.

The children were told by their schools not to sing

About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.

It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say

December 25th is just a ' Holiday '.

Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit

Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!

CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-Pod

Something was changing, something quite odd!

Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa

In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.

As Targets were hanging their trees upside down

At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.

At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears

You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.

Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty

Are words that were used to intimidate me.

Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen

On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!

At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter

To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.

And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith

Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace

The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded

The reason for the season, stopped before it started.

So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'

Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.

Choose your words carefully, choose what you say

Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS ,

not Happy Holiday!

Please, all Christians join together and

wish everyone you meet

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christ is The Reason for the Christ-mas Season!

2010-04-19T20:26:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/user/Marticaluv11#p/u/4/ePTDlmfmECM

A wise Judge

2009-12-27T09:14:00.000-08:00

FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY

In   Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter
And Passover Holy days.  He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case
against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days.  The
argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized
days.
The case was brought before a judge.  After listening to  the passionate
presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring," Case dismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying,
Your honor,
How can you possibly dismiss this case?  The Christians have
Christmas,
Easter and others.  The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and  Hanukkah,
yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays.."
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your
client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."
The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance
or holiday for atheists."
The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm14:1
states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.'  Thus, it is the
opinion of this court, that, if your client says there is no God, then he is
a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned."        ;
You gotta love a Judge that knows his scripture!

Author Unknown

2009-12-27T01:11:00.000-08:00

I have been doing some digital scrap booking called faith booking

2009-12-27T01:10:00.000-08:00

2009-12-27T01:08:00.000-08:00

2009-08-26T20:31:00.001-07:00

Andy Rooney and Prayer

Andy Rooney says:

I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his Theory of Evolution.

Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire Book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game.

But it's a Christian prayer, some will argue.

Yes, and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect -- somebody chanting Hare Krishna?

If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer...

If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer.

If I went to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha..

And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn’t bother me one bit.

When in Rome.....

But what about the atheists? Is another argument.

What about them? Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom.. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer!

Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world’s foundations.

Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep.

Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying.

God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, well, just sue me.

The silent majority has been silent too long. It's time we tell that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard that the vast majority doesn't care what they want. It is time that the majority

Rules!

It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray; you don’t have to say the Pledge of Allegiance; you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right; but by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away. We are fighting back, and we WILL WIN!

God bless us one and all ... Especially those who denounce Him,

God bless America, despite all her faults. She is still the greatest nation of all. God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God.

Let's make 2009

the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions . And our military forces come home from all the wars.

Keep looking up.

2009-06-10T11:28:00.000-07:00

This was going around the internet

I hope that it brightens up your day.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

A Pastor with GUTS!

Thought you might enjoy this interesting

prayer given in Kansas at

the opening session of their Senate. It seems

prayer still upsets some

people.. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open

the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is

what they heard:

Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask

your forgiveness and to seek your direction and

guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those

who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we

have done.

We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed

our values.

We have exploited the poor and called it

the lottery.

We have rewarded laziness and called it

welfare.

We have killed our unborn and called it

choice.

We have shot abortionists and called it

justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our

children and called it building self esteem..

We have abused power and called it

politics.

We have coveted our neighbor's possessions

and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air with profanity and

pornography and called it freedom o expression.

We have ridiculed the time-honored values

of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts

today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.

Amen!

The response was immediate. A number of

legislators walked out during the prayer in

protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian

Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than

5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls

responding negatively. The church is now receiving

international requests for copies of this prayer

from India , Africa and Korea

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on

his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,'and

received a larger response to this program than any

other he has ever aired.

With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep

over our nation and wholeheartedly become our

desire so that we again can be called 'one nation

under God.'

If possible, please pass this prayer on to

your friends. 'If you don't stand for something,

you will fall for everything.'

Think about this: If you forward this

prayer to everyone on your

e-mail list, in less than 30 days it would be

heard by the world.

How many people in your address book will

not receive this prayer.....do you have the guts to pass it on?

Joshua 1:9

2009-05-09T20:26:00.000-07:00

Have I not commanded you? be of good courage; be not afraid,neither be dismayed: for the lord your God is with you where ever you go.

(he didn't ask us to be brave He commanded it; Think about it)

2009-05-05T20:29:00.001-07:00

2009-05-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

How Lord do I tell you of the gratitude I feel towards you?
You have blessed me in to many ways to number; you are so awesome it boggles the mind.
To think that out of all the billions of people on this planet; that you would bend your will towards me is so very humbling.
You have given me my home, my health, my income, my car, my family, and my friends; but most of all you gave me my Jesus, my Savior.
If I live to be a thousand years old I could never repay you for all you’ve done for me in my life, and yet still you bless me daily.
You are so wonderful to me.
Some days I forget you are there and I wander away from you.
But you are always there calling me back. You never have given up on me, and I think I love you all the more for it.
Sometimes lord my life is filled with doubt, but then I remember that to believe in you is a choice. And I choose to believe!
It’s like Peter said “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
I know only one way to look. I choose to look up.
As long as I keep my eyes on the cross I will not fall.
I may stumble some times but it’s only when I take my eyes off you.
Lord give me eyes that I may see. Give me ears that I may hear.
And direct my path that I may not stray.

Debra Gallagher

2009-01-31T10:12:00.001-08:00

Lord I want to thank you for looking out for me.
I know that you have always been there for me in the back ground protecting me and over seeing everything that comes my way trying to trip me up.
You sent your Son to die for my sins so that I could live free and with out pain.
You have blessed me in too many ways to count; every day I wake up to a thousand new ways you have blessed me.
My life is good because of you.
My life is what I have made of it and all of the negative things in it are of my doing. You have provided every opportunity for me to succeed and continue to do so; I have only to open my heart and listen to know the way I should go.
I don’t always listen but I always know that you are there.
All things come together for the good of those who believe.
And Lord I do believe with all my heart that you are Lord of all and to follow you is not the best way to go. It is the only way to go.
Debra Gallagher

2009-01-18T20:25:00.001-08:00

2009-01-18T10:31:00.001-08:00

I love the Lord. He is the only stable influence in my life.
He guides me in all I do well he tries to, I don’t always listen. But I do regret it when I don’t listen to him. I do a lot of reaping from what I sow. But my main desire is to change; sometimes I get to the point where I think I’m too old to change; but then I remember what he said in his word, all things are made new again.
I am a new creature in Christ who loves me. I am to put off the old man; he would not ask it of me if it were not possible to do.
I believe that it will get harder and harder to do as we get older but it can be done. And with the Lords help I will do it.
So for the New Year I will have the same goal as I always do.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge him;
And He shall direct our paths.
Psalms 2:5-6
Debra Gallagher

2009-01-18T09:42:00.001-08:00

I'm sorry I have been away for a while but sometimes life happens to me faster than at other times; but I am sure that happens to all of us at one time or another. My holidays were wonderful my son came home from college and stayed home with me for a month I did not realize how much I missed him, but he has gone back to school now so I will try to get back into the swing of things now. I will post soon.

2008-12-11T12:53:00.001-08:00

This is my favorite Christmas song I hope you like it as well;

2008-12-11T12:31:00.000-08:00

This was sent to me in an email from a freind;

When I asked our newlywed Sunday School class to share a
favorite Christmas story, Carrie Fuller said, "Our
family has one we call the 'brown bag Christmas.'" When she
finished, I had to hear more.
Two days later, I called a member of her family for more
details. It was the early 1930s during the Dust Bowl days of
Kansas, in the heart of the Depression. The Canaday family---Mom,
Dad, 7 children---were having a tough time existing, so there
would be no luxuries at Christmas that year. Mom told the children to
go outside and find a Christmas tree and decorate it. After
a lengthy search, they returned with a dead branch, the only
thing they had been able to find. They stood it up in a
bucket of sand and decorated it with pieces of paper tied
with string. Little Judy, almost four, did not know how a
Christmas tree was supposed to look, but somehow she knew it
was not like that!
As Christmas approached, the Canaday children, like
children everywhere, pestered Mom and Dad about what
presents they might get under their "tree." Dad
pointed out that the pantry was bare, that they did not have
enough to live on, and there certainly would be no money for
gifts. But Mom was a woman of faith and told her children, "Say
your prayers. Ask God to send us what He wants us to
have." Dad said, "Now, Mother, don't be
getting the children's hopes up. You're just setting
them up for a disappointment." Mom said, "Pray, children. Tell
Jesus." And pray they did.
On Christmas Eve, the children watched out the window for
visitors, but no one came. "Blow out the lamp and go to
bed", Dad said. "Nobody is going to come. No one
even knows we're out here."
The children turned out the lamp and got in bed, but they
were too excited to sleep. Was this not Christmas? Had they
not asked God to send them the presents He wanted them to
have? Did Mom not say God answers
prayer?
Late that night, when one of the children spotted
headlights coming down the dirt road, everyone jumped out of
bed and ran to the window. The commotion woke up Mom and
Dad. "Don't get excited, children," Dad said.
"They're probably not coming here. It's just
someone who got lost." The
children kept hoping and the car kept coming. Then, Dad
lit a lamp. They all wanted to rush to the door at the same time, but Mr.
Canaday said, "Stay back. I'll go." Someone
got out of the car and called, "I was wondering if
someone here can help me unload these bags." The
children dashed out the door to lend a hand. Mom said to her
youngest, "Stay here, Judy, and help Mom open the bags
and put up the gifts."
A deacon from the church in town had gone to bed that
Christmas Eve, and lay there tossing and turning, unable to
get the Canaday family off his mind. Later, he said, "I didn't know what
kind of shape you folks were in, but I knew you had all those kids." He had
gotten up and dressed and went around town, rousing people
from their sleep to ask for a contribution for the Canaday family. He filled his car with
bags of groceries, canned goods, toys, and clothing. Little
Judy got a rag doll which remained her favorite for years.
With so much food, Dad wanted to have a Christmas feast,
to spread it all out and eat as they had never eaten before.
Mom, ever the caretaker, said, "No, we need to make
this last." And it did last, for weeks.
The next Sunday, Mrs. Canaday stood in church and told
what the members---and one deacon in particular---had done
for her family. There was not a dry eye in the house.
Years later, the oldest sister Eva wrote up this story
about her family for a school project. Eva said, "We
were so thrilled by all the wonderful things in the bags,
for a while ;we lost sight of the most special gift. The
best gift that Christmas was not in brown bags at all. It
was Mom's faith, as she taught her children to bring
their needs to Jesus and trust Him to meet them. And a
Dad's love that wanted only to protect his children from
hurt and disappointment."
When Carrie finished telling her story, she added,
"Little Judy is my wonderful grandmother." Today,
Judy Canaday Dryden lives in Sanger, Texas. As she relived
this event from seventy years ago over the phone,
one could hear the tear in her voice and feel her pride in
being the recipient of such a precious heritage from her
mother and father.
At Christmas, we celebrate praying mothers and caring
fathers and believing children. We give thanks for sensitive
deacons and generous friends and sleepless nights. And we praise God for the
hard times that teach unforgettable lessons, stories of faithfulness that
get told and retold through the years inspiring each new generation to
place their faith in a loving Savior

Debra Gallagher

2008-12-06T18:10:00.001-08:00

I love the Lord with all my heart; with all my soul and understanding, he is the one who cares.
He is the one who heals me, he is the one who protects me and covers me in his blessings there is nothing that I cannot take to him. He is waiting for me now.
He wants me to talk to him about what happens in my life.
What matters to me matters to him his word says so.
I am his child and he is my Father.
He loves me and I love him. When all is said and done at the end of the day he is the one there waiting to hear from me.
And it shames me to say that I do not always remember that.
I want to be the kind of child to him that I want my children to be to me. I want my children close to me and to come to me with their joys and their cares. I want to know what is going on in their lives.
The Father wants this from me also.
Help me Father to remember that you are there waiting to hear from me at the end of the day.

Debra Gallagher

2008-12-04T15:04:00.001-08:00

I love the lord; I respect the sacrifice he made.
I am awe struck that he cared so much for some one like me.
There is no doubt in my mind that my face; and the faces of all the people who have come to the Lord or ever will flashed before his eyes as he hung there dying.
That the father of us all gave up his only Son to be tortured and beaten, and hung on a cross, so that I could be with him in glory.
He did this for all of us.
And if you stop to think about it and what actually happened that day; in that place, you would be humbled I know that I am.
It would be my wish and my prayer that I could be worthy of such a sacrifice, I know that I never could or will. I am too strong willed and too stubborn and head strong.
But when I stop and picture what happened in my mind; when I think how the nails must have torn threw his wrist; as the beam jarred when it dropped down into that hole the agony he suffered.
How can I not be humbled?
He gave up a lot to be with us.
He loved us then and he loves us now.
He calls to us daily.
We only have to reach out to him and he is there.

Debra Gallagher

The Crop Hop

2008-12-03T09:55:00.000-08:00

The Crop Hop

2008-12-03T09:53:00.000-08:00

The Crop Hop

2008-11-20T12:17:00.001-08:00

My family is all I have in this world that mean any thing to me, and I fear for them; I want them with me for eternity. You can not force people to believe in the Lord it is a choice they must make for them selves. It is one of the hardest things I have ever had to learn; to just place them in the hands of my Lord and trust in him to cause them to see the truth for them selves.
I thank you Lord for their deliverance and for their health I believe with all my heart that you will call them to you. I believe that they will be saved.
The enemy comes in like a roaring lion and tries to frighten me with their eventual fate. But your word tells me that they will be saved, and I know your word to be true.
I believe in the blood that was shed for their transgressions.
I believe when the word goes out it will not return void.
The word is spoken all over the country they may not want to hear it but they do hear, and your word says that it will not return empty handed.
Draw them to you Lord send your Holy Spirit to minister to them and to cause them to see your beauty and truth and to know that you alone are God

Debra Gallagher

2008-11-11T19:48:00.001-08:00

2008-11-11T19:38:00.001-08:00

2008-11-11T19:36:00.001-08:00

2008-11-05T11:20:00.000-08:00

The problems of this world do not frighten me; sometimes I am startled and sometimes I panic. But then I look up and I see the face of my Beloved Savior as he smiles at me, and I know that nothing of this world can separate me from his love and I am at peace.
The enemy is always there doing his worst to confuse me and turn me away from my Lord, but I am under his protection and I am at peace.
He roams this world seeking to kill, steal, and destroy; but I need not fear him my Lord knows where I am and what I am doing, He watches over me; and I am at peace.
I fear for the souls of my family and my friends. I love them and I do not want to be separated from them. But the lord has promised me that my house shall be saved if only I believe in him. I believe in him with all that I am; and I am at peace.

Debra Gallagher

2008-10-26T09:25:00.001-07:00

The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want; nor have I, all of my life my needs have been met. I have never lacked for any thing I needed. There have been times when there was no end in site and I despaired, but then I looked up and saw my salvation there waiting for me to reach out and take it. He is not a selfish God that he will not provide; but all things come to us in his time not ours. We are his children and he knows where we are in life and he cares; he will allow no harm come to us that we do not invite in by our own actions. But we need to be responsible for the gifts he has given us. And like any Father who truly loves his child we can be punished. But he is not a mortal human with a humans understanding of punishment. He is merciful beyond our understanding and he loves us with a jealous love, and he cares for us in a way we can never comprehend. We are so fortunate to have him in our lives. Where Lord would I be with out you? I don’t know; I don’t want to know.
You are my life and my salvation with out you I am nothing, and I have no hope. You are my great provider and I love you like no other in my life. Thank you Lord for caring about me and protecting me.

Debra Gallagher

2008-10-16T10:51:00.000-07:00

You Lord are my hope.
When all else fails me and there is no help for me in this world; you are there showing me the way. I have trusted you for all of my life even before I knew you I trusted you, I have always known that you were there for me waiting. I give you praise for the day that your wait ended and my life in you began. You have given me a foundation on which I could stand and not be afraid. You gave me a safe place to rest my head and to calm my fears; you called to me and I ran to you and with open arms you embraced me like a long lost child. You held me in your arms and your umbrella of protection has been over me every since. No harm can touch me with out your knowledge. All that happens to me now Is for my own good and I am not afraid.
My Father knows where I am and he is with me always.

Debra Gallagher

2008-09-18T20:30:00.001-07:00

Every day I live I learn, and the more I learn about the Lord the more I love him; he has done so much for me. All of my life he has been there quietly waiting in the wings for me to look up and see him and say I know you.
He has infinite patience and he does not give up, he called quietly to me; come my child and I will give you safe haven. And so I went to him and I have never regretted it. He loves me with a jealous love, and he will not abandon me when I am in trouble or pain.
He stretches out his hand to me, and guides me home where it is safe for me to be.
My home is in his arms and I go there willingly and joyfully. I have lived a long time and in all of my life no one has been there for me like my Lord. That there are people who do not believe in him is beyond my understanding.

DebraGallagher

2008-09-17T10:13:00.000-07:00

This is the day the Lord has made and I will rejoice, I will shout, I will cry out my Saviour has come he is here with me and he will never leave me because he loves me no matter what; he is waiting for me with open arms and I have nothing to fear! He is my high tower that I run to when I am afraid. He is my rock! Who can stand against him? no one! He is my banner, he watches over me and protects me from the evil one, and I rejoice in him he has made me glad, and I will sing his Praises for ever and ever! I will fall on my knees and kiss his feet with tears of joy running down my face. In him I matter when I matter to no one else.
He loves me he loves you too! He stands at the door and he knocks; it’s your choice.
I choose Jesus!

Debra Gallagher

2008-09-16T19:06:00.001-07:00

Father how good you are to me; you have blessed me in to many ways to count;
And still you continue to bless me daily.
I am in awe of you, I am the absolute least of your children; your prodigal son.
I stray and you lead me home, I stray and you lead me home. Will you ever stop loving me? I think about how I love my children and what I would do for them if I could, and then I understand.
For there is nothing you can not do, and your love and mercy are beyond my comprehension. You said I should forgive my neighbor 70 times 70 in a day how much more would you forgive me? That scripture comforts me more that any other for not even I could mess up that many times.
Your love is eternal and your mercy beyond the reaches of time; you are the great I am, the Prince of Peace the Alpha and the Omega, the Lily of the Valley.
My Brother, my Father, my love, my Saviour!
Thank you!

Debra Gallagher

2008-09-14T20:39:00.000-07:00

How long Lord has it been since I have written of you; of
the joy, of the peace, of the strength that you give to me?
You are the great I am the one who loves me
with all of my faults you keep me safe when I am not diligent.
You protect me when I am ignorant of my surroundings,
You are my high tower that I run to when I am afraid or in need.
You are my brother, you are my friend, you are my great love,
and you are my Saviour.
I bow before you Lord on humble knees and I beg you for your forgiveness;
how long Lord will you strive with me?
You are so good to me every time I turn around you bless me again.
I am in awe of you; your power and mercy are more than my mind can comprehend.
The tiniest aspect of my life has your full attention and you are in total control.
You are my great hope, and I not only worship you; I adore you.

Debra Gallagher